bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
From Protocols to Publications: A Study in Selective Reporting of Outcomes in Randomized Trials in Oncology
Authors: Raghav Kanwal Pratap Singh , Mahajan Sminil , Yao James C. , Hobbs Brian P. , Berry Donald A. , Pentz Rebecca D. , Tam Alda , Hong Waun K. , Ellis Lee M. , Abbruzzese James , Overman Michael J. 
Published: August 2015

Purpose The decision by journals to append protocols to published reports of randomized trials was a landmark event in clinical trial reporting. However, limited information is available on how this initiative effected transparency and selective reporting of clinical trial data. Methods We analyzed 74 oncology-based randomized trials published in Journal of Clinical Oncology, the New England Journal of Medicine, and The Lancet in 2012. To ascertain integrity of reporting, we compared published reports with their respective appended protocols with regard to primary end points, nonprimary end points, unplanned end points, and unplanned analyses. Results A total of 86 primary end points were reported in 74 randomized trials; nine trials had greater than one primary end point. Nine trials (12.2%) had some discrepancy between their planned and published primary end points. A total of 579 nonprimary end points (median, seven per trial) were planned, of which 373 (64.4%; median, five per trial) were reported. A significant positive correlation was found between the number of planned and nonreported nonprimary end points (Spearman r = 0.66; P < .001). Twenty-eight studies (37.8%) reported a total of 65 unplanned end points; 52 (80.0%) of which were not identified as unplanned. Thirty-one (41.9%) and 19 (25.7%) of 74 trials reported a total of 52 unplanned analyses involving primary end points and 33 unplanned analyses involving nonprimary end points, respectively. Studies reported positive unplanned end points and unplanned analyses more frequently than negative outcomes in abstracts (unplanned end points odds ratio, 6.8; P = .002; unplanned analyses odd ratio, 8.4; P = .007). Conclusion Despite public and reviewer access to protocols, selective outcome reporting persists and is a major concern in the reporting of randomized clinical trials. To foster credible evidence-based medicine, additional initiatives are needed to minimize selective reporting.
Fordlândia e Belterra: as cidades de Henry Ford na Amazônia
Authors: Duarte Jr. Antonio Marcos 
Published: August 2015

Ao final de 1945, a Ford Motor Company apresenta sérios problemas de gestão. Nesse contexto, Henry Ford II precisa decidir o que fazer com Fordlândia e Belterra, as duas problemáticas cidades construídas por seu avô na Amazônia brasileira.O caso foi elaborado para utilização em disciplinas na área de finanças corporativas, abordando temas relacionados a análise econômica e de riscos presentes em projetos de investimento. Pode ser interessante também em diferentes disciplinas que tratem de temas como cultura organizacional, tomada de decisão, gestão internacional de empresas, operações e liderança. Em um momento de internacionalização de várias empresas brasileiras, o caso ilustra alguns problemas que os gestores brasileiros podem enfrentar quando implantando projetos no exterior. DOI: 10.12660/gvcasosv5n1c1http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/gvcasosv5n1c1
TV PinGuim: licenciamento de personagens no processo de internacionalização
Authors: Pinho Maria Luiza Carvalho de Aguillar , Rocha Angela Maria Cavalcanti da 
Published: August 2015

O caso se propõe a discutir o potencial de negócio do licenciamento de personagens para uma empresa brasileira do ramo audiovisual.O caso visa proporcionar compreensão de como se dá o processo de internacionalização, estimular a reflexão sobre desafios enfrentados pelos executivos na utilização do licenciamento; e desenvolver a capacidade de avaliar quais as alternativas disponíveis para uma empresa em termos de licenciamento internacional e, em particular, os critérios de seleção de mercados de maior potencial para o licenciamento. DOI: 10.12660/gvcasosv5n1c4http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/gvcasosv5n1c4
¿Y yo qué soy?: imaginarios de género de docentes en formación de la Licenciatura en Pedagogía Infantil
Authors: Martinez Marisol Castiblanco , Durango Lara Ibeth Tatiana , Vargas Sánchez Natalia Lucía 
Published: August 2015

<p>Este artículo se presenta como producto de la investigación Imaginarios de género en los enunciados estéticos (gráficos y escritos) de las y los actuales docentes en formación de la licenciatura en pedagogía infantil de la UDFJC; cuyo objetivo principal fue identificar las tendencias de dichos Imaginarios, mediante la exploración de diversos procedimientos de expresión verbo-icónica implementados al interior del trabajo pedagógico, con el fin de contribuir al abordaje de esta temática en el currículo de la Licenciatura en Pedagogía Infantil. El diseño metodológico se enmarca en la investigación cualitativa, bajo el enfoque de Investigación Acción, que permite la autorreflexión sobre la situación no sólo en los participantes sino también en las y los investigadores. los hallazgos que se resaltan giran entorno a tres categorías: valoraciones conservadoras, renovadoras y ambiguas; que devela en primera instancia, una permanencia de los valores convencionales, heredados de la cultura patriarcal; la segunda demuestra un abierto auto-reconocimiento de carácter progresista que se está operando entre algunas muchachas acerca de su condición de mujeres y del nuevo papel que deben jugar como tales; y, finalmente, la tercera orientación muestra una ambivalente identificación de las posibilidades de equidad entre ambos géneros, que no termina de ubicarse en valoraciones claramente progresistas, pero tampoco se pueden ubicar específicamente como consideraciones patriarcales. </p>
La metáfora cromática en el cine de infancia: una revisión a una década largometrajes sobre niñez
Authors: Daza Orozco Carlos Eduardo 
Published: August 2015

<p>El siguiente escrito tiene como finalidad presentar algunos de los hallazgos de la investigación en curso titulada: <em>“infancias del tercer cine: una revisión a dos décadas de narrativas sobre niñez”. </em>Los cuales hacen referencia a la aplicación del uso de la «metáfora cromática» como instrumento de análisis social aplicado al campo de los estudios visuales.</p><p> </p><p>El diseño teórico-metodológico del estudio se estableció a partir del desarrollo interpretativo de un corpus compuesto por quince (15) largometrajes de producción mundial que compartían elementos como: la enunciación de colores en sus títulos, la presentación actancial de historias relacionadas con niños y/o niñas, y el establecimiento en un marco temporal de estreno correspondiente a dos décadas (1993-2013). Esta composición investigativa, permitió anclar una lectura visual desde la triada compuesta por: la sociología de los cuerpos y las emociones<a href="file:///C:/Users/Eduardo/Desktop/LA%20MET%C3%81FORA%20CROM%C3%81TICA%20EN%20EL%20CINE%20DE%20INFANCIA.docx#_bookmark1">i</a>, la sociología de la infancia<a href="file:///C:/Users/Eduardo/Desktop/LA%20MET%C3%81FORA%20CROM%C3%81TICA%20EN%20EL%20CINE%20DE%20INFANCIA.docx#_bookmark2">ii</a> y el cubismo teórico<a href="file:///C:/Users/Eduardo/Desktop/LA%20MET%C3%81FORA%20CROM%C3%81TICA%20EN%20EL%20CINE%20DE%20INFANCIA.docx#_bookmark3">iii</a> que esbozó una sucinta recuperación de la noción- representación de la niñez que habita en la narratología cinematográfica.</p><p> </p><p>Se propende entonces, a partir de este recorrido resaltar cómo los lenguajes cinematográficos acerca de infancia sufren de una especie de “alexitimia” que recurre - con frecuencia- a la enunciación titular del color como una analogía relacional- complementaria entre las políticas de los sentidos y la exégesis social.</p>
Prácticas pedagógicas de formación política en la infancia
Authors: Avellaneda Avellaneda Yenny Tatiana 
Published: August 2015

<p>El presente artículo surge a partir de una experiencia investigativa que se plantea como pregunta problema ¿Qué prácticas pedagógicas posibilitan la formación política de la infancia en contextos de vulneración de derechos? . El proceso se desarrolló con niños y niñas de escuelas rurales de la Provincia de Ricaurte en Boyacá, bajo la dinámica de la Investigación Acción; a partir de cuya indagación y resultados, se plantean aportes de orden conceptual, teórico y metodológico, para pensar la relación entre infancia y política.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Palabras claves:</strong> formación política, infancia, escuela, derechos, prácticas pedagógicas.</p>
Parathyroid adenoma imaging-preoperative localization
Authors: Ghemigian Adina , Buruiana Andra , Olaru Maria , Dumitru Nicoleta , Goldstein A. , Hortopan D. , Ioachim D. , Ghemigian M. , Boanta Roxana , Caragheorgheopol Andra , Eugenia Petrova 
Published: August 2015

ABSTRACT
Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a frequent endocrine disorder that can only be cured by a surgical procedure that is parathyroidectomy. The main causes are usually solitary benign adenoma (80-85%), diffuse or nodular hyperplasia (10-15%), or parathyroid carcinoma (<1%). Out of the known localization techniques, ultrasonography, nuclear scintigraphy and computer tomography (CT scan) are most commonly used [1].
The aim of this study is to evaluate the sensibility of ultrasonography by comparison to scintigraphy and CT scan for the preoperative localization of parathyroid adenoma in patients with biochemically confirmed primary hyperparathyroidism. Localization studies were correlated with intraoperative findings, histopathological outcomes. In a retrospective study we analyzed 60 patients out of 245 patients who had undergone parathyroidectomy for PHPT between 2012-2013 in the Surgery Department of the National Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest.
Preoperative evaluation included imaging explorations (ultrasonography, scintigraphy and cervical CT scan) and therapeutic success was confirmed by histopathological result and the evolution of hormonal and biochemical tests.
Intraoperative exploration revealed a single adenoma in 59 patients and one double adenoma.
Thyroid disease was associated in 27 (45%) patients
Thyroid screening in pregnancy - a compulsory preventive activity
Authors: Scrinic Olesea , Circo E. 
Published: August 2015

ABSTRACT
Obiectives: To assess the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in a group of pregnant women, originating from Dobrogea region of southeastern Romania, considered to be an area without iodine deficiency, including the Black Sea area. Materials and methods: We enrolled 324 pregnant women in different trimesters of pregnancy. Each case was reviewed by a detailed madical history, clinical examination and by serum dosage of thyroid hormones: TSH, FT4, and the antithyroidperoxidase. They were evaluated by comparison with trimester -specific reference range for TSH recommended by American Thyroid Association, then the results were compared with those obtained using the manufacturers reference range. Abortion rate was also analysed. Results: The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction was different in all the 3 trimesters: subclinical hypothyroidism being the most frequently approx. 24% of all cases; 7% of pregnant women had overt hypothyroidism. Incidence of thyrotoxicosis in entire study cases was approx. 5.5%. The most frecvent thyroid autoimune disorders were Hashimoto thyroiditis: 42 % - I trimester, 26,6% in II trimester and about 12,5 % in III-trimester; Graves disease have an incidence of only 0,9 % (n=3).The difference between reference methods eluded a lower number of cases using manufactures reference range for TSH (P< 0,001), but higher for recommended trimester - specific TSH value, confirming the undervalueted hypothesis. The risk of misclassifying the hypothyroidism is between 3 %-8 %. Conclusion: Necessity for thyroid hormone dosage periodic/trimesterly/ in pregnancy is a preventive measure. The reference values for hormonal dosage requires trimester-specific assessment. The possibility of hormonal disorders during pregnancy is common. The need for specific therapy at diagnosis depends on the nature of hormonal disorder. Further precautions are needed in pregnant women with known autoimmune thyroid disorder or newly diagnosed
Vitamin D and thyroid autoimmunity
Authors: Petrova Eugenia , Dumitrache C. , Buruiana Andra , Olaru Maria , Popescu Irina , Dumitru Nicoleta , Ghemigian M. , Petrov B. , Ghemigian Adina 
Published: August 2015

ABSTRACT
Vitamin D deficiency is a global health problem, its role as an immune modulator being recently emphasized. Recent studies are increasingly suggesting that vitamin D plays a significant role in reducing the incidence and progression of autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, it was reported that patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune thyroid disease had lower vitamin D levels [1].
We initiated a prospective study, for a period of 6 months with a study group represented by 160 patients admitted to the National Institute of Endocrinology “CI Parhon” in the period 2013 -2014. Patients were divided into 3 groups: 121 patients without thyroid pathology, 22 patients diagnosed with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, who received 2000 IU cholecalciferol daily, 17 patients diagnosed with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, which did not receive cholecalciferol.
We found that patients with chronic thyroiditis have a poor vitamin D status with ATPO values negatively correlating with 25 (OH) vitamin D levels. Treatment with cholecalciferol not only improves vitamin D status but also lowers antithyroid antibodies titres. Keywords: vitamin D deficiency, chronic
“Why do I have to trust you?” The perspective from civil society on active citizenship in post–communist Albania
Authors: Dhembo Elona , Duci Veronika , Ajdini Juliana 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
Civil society (CS) is the main medium in which active citizenship can flourish and have an impact on good governance and democracy. The communist past has played a major role in CS underdevelopment across Eastern European countries but research primarily targeting the elites has explained little of how citizenry has developed and mapped little of the cross-country variation. This paper attempts to increase understanding, looking at the case of Albania, where low levels of active citizenships are documented1, as the main indicator of this underdevelopment. Data from in-depth interviews with key informants explain that it results from a combination of historical factors with current determinants such as the low perceived level of impact, the transparency of CS actors and the political influence believed to often dictate their agendas. These and additional explorations of gender and age differences lead to suggested new strategies to boost active citizenship in the country.
Decay Rates of The Solution to the Cauchy Problem of the Type III Timoshenko Model Without Any Mechanical Damping
Authors: Said-Houari Belkacem 
Published: August 2015

AbstractIn this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the one-dimensional Cauchy problem in Timoshenko system with thermal effect. The heat conduction is given by the type III theory of Green and Naghdi. We prove that the dissipation induced by the heat conduction alone is strong enough to stabilize the system, but with slow decay rate. To show our result, we transform our system into a first order system and, applying the energy method in the Fourier space, we establish some pointwise estimates of the Fourier image of the solution. Using those pointwise estimates, we prove the decay estimates of the solution and show that those decay estimates are very slow and, in the case of nonequal wave speeds, are of regularity-loss type. This paper solves the open problem stated in [10] and shows that the stability of the solution holds without any additional mechanical damping term.
A novel construction of thermodynamically compatible models and its correspondence
with Boltzmann-equation-based moment-closure hierarchies
Authors: Hong Liu , Yang Zaibao , Zhu Yi , Yong Wen-An 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
In this article,
we propose a novel approach to construct macroscopic balance equations and constitutive equations describing various irreversible phenomena. It is based on the general principles of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and consists of four basic steps: picking suitable state variables, choosing a strictly concave entropy function, properly separating entropy fluxes and production rates, and determining a dissipation matrix.
Our approach takes advantage of both extended irreversible thermodynamics and GENERIC formalisms and shows a direct correspondence with Levermore's moment-closure hierarchies for the Boltzmann equation. As a direct application, a new ten-moment model beyond the classical hierarchies is constructed and is shown to recover the Euler equations in the equilibrium state. These interesting results may put various macroscopic modeling approaches, starting from the general principles of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, on a solid microscopic foundation based on the Boltzmann equation.
The Chinese-perspective of Intercultural Competence Models Revisited
Authors: Chong Yoon Huat , Grzymała-Moszczyńska Halina 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
Most intercultural competence models have been developed by Western experts based on Western theory and Western cultural values, and they are not culturally specific models. The lack of non-Chinese researchers to study and contribute to the construction of intercultural competence from a Chinese-perspective is a serious shortcoming, and most of the models developed by Chinese scholars are a replica of the Western models. A Chinese-perspective of intercultural competence model is indeed needed to reinterpret concepts and theories that are coined in the West, which are then widely used and generalized without any concrete-solid bases of their universality. This paper deployed empirical study methods to analyze the content of the literature to understand the construct of Chinese-perspective intercultural competence models. Eight Chinese-perspectives of intercultural competence models formulated by Chinese scholars between 1998 and 2013 have been identified, two of them are researched in English, while six others are in Chinese. As a result, there are no significant differences in the components of those eight models, as most Chinese scholars agree that cognitive ability, emotional management and communication skills are three of the major components which constitute the Chinese version of intercultural competence models. This research is timely, and is worth conducting, due to increased Chinese investments throughout the world, and the power and influence of China as the world’s largest economy. The results could be used as a guiding operational scheme to prepare business partners from both sides for successful cooperation.
However, one should recommend, in future research, that there be a comparison of Chinese-perspective models with Western-perspective models in order to delve deeper into the construct of the models to examine the degree to which the Chinese and Western-perspective of intercultural competence are complementary and compatible with each other.
Individual-Level Determinants of International Orientation of a Firm: A Study Based on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data
Authors: Pawęta Elena , Zbierowski Przemysław 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
In recent decades economic integration and globalization processes facilitate the firms’ internationalization. The main determinants of that process are divided into three categories - internal factors, external factors and personal characteristics of an entrepreneur. The latter is considered to be the most important and will be the research subject in this article. The objective of this paper is to analyze the determinants of firm internationalization on the individual level and to verify whether entrepreneurial traits of the founder are indeed important for the internationalization. The research is based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data, using which we employ independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA analyses to test the hypotheses. The results show that the only variable which determines international orientation of a company is the level of education of an entrepreneur. All other characteristics of an entrepreneur do not correlate with international orientation of a firm. Results obtained make important contribution to entrepreneurship research - they show significant shift in international entrepreneurship trends - internationalization is getting more available, less risky and more natural for entrepreneurs of different ages, backgrounds and individual characteristics. Findings may be useful for further international entrepreneurship research.
Family Business to Improve Management Paradigm – Selected Cross-cultural Remarks
Authors: Gorzeń-Mitka Iwona 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
Complexity and changeability of modern economic processes (especially in cross-cultural context) require enterprises to continuously improve their management processes. Family enterprises, which play an important role in economic growth of economies all over the world, constitute a group that is in especially susceptible to dynamism of changeability of the economic environment, because they mostly belong to the group of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. Improvement, which is becoming a key challenge for today’s enterprises and constitutes a paradigm of modern management of an enterprise (also in cross-cultural management view), is especially visible in an analysis of this group of entities. The aim of this paper is to confirm the thesis the characteristics distinguishing family firms from the others are determinants of improvement, which is a modern paradigm of management (also in cross-cultural context).
Risk Profiles Along the Lifecycle in Dynamic Markets
Authors: Koplyay Tamas , Mitchell Brian , Cohn Sorin , Fekete Maria , Jazouli Abdelkader 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
That supply chain management and logistics are a determining factor for the long term success of a company was well documented by Forrester over a half century ago [1], with the importance of the statement only growing through the intervening years.Whether consciously factored into the operating mode or not, logistics and distribution channel management plays a critical role in the life, and death, of a firm. From the rudimentary beginnings of the start-up company to the hectic world of the growth company and onto the relatively secure existence in mature markets, the value chain consisting of logistics and distribution channel linkages follows the firm, until it solidifies into immutable form of the mature value chain and begins to exert an inexorable pressure on the survival of the entire chain, and conversely the chain imposes its will on the members. The emergence of mature industry value chains is often driven by the need to monopolistically control logistics and distribution channels which provides a competitive advantage but also introduces a serious exposure to pending shock loadings of the chain.
The Median Solution of the Newsvendor Problem and Some Observations
Authors: Sinha Pritibhushan 
Published: August 2015

Abstract
We consider the median solution of the Newsvendor Problem. Some properties of such a solution are shown through a theoretical analysis and a numerical experiment. Sometimes, though not often, median solution may be better than solutions maximizing expected profit, or maximizing minimum possible, over distribution with the same average and standard deviation, expected profit, according to some criteria. We discuss the practical suitability of the objective function set and the solution derived, for the Newsvendor Problem, and other such random optimization problems.