Abordando un desafío glocal: integrar la participación de ciudadanos y gobiernos en la búsqueda de soluciones para un canal interoceánico Pacífico-At…

2018

El proyecto, concluido en 2016, de ampliación del Canal de Panamá, condiciona un cambio substancial de planteamientos en la toma de decisiones del siglo XXI respecto a lo acontecido en 1914 -cuando básicamente fue una maniobra económico-militar. A partir del método analítico y documental descomponemos el reto para ser capaces de hacer comparaciones que permitan plantear el problema desde una perspectiva global y sistémica. Fue una ampliación limitada e insuficiente con relación a las necesidades de capacidad en número y tamaño de buques, que no caben ya por el mismo, lo que ha motivado nuevas propuestas de realizar un Gran Canal en alguno de los países de la zona. En nuestro trabajo se valo…

Consulting – A Business for Business

2018

The emergence of information and communication technologies that have linked the world together have led to a global change of all aspects of life, people's way of life and not just material production. Types of economic activity have changed under the conditions of knowledge technology. They allow remote work, offering new opportunities to develop and use personal and knowledge assets. As a result, an institution that meets the needs of time grows and develops. The consulting activity increases the speed of economic decision-making, finds ways to adapt to the individual circumstances of each management technology of the economic agent and promotes the introduction of advanced technological…

Analysis of B-2-C Social Media Communication in Germany

2018

In this research paper, social media marketing activities of social media accounts from German business are analyzed for the social networks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Xing and LinkedIn. As research objects were the context of the interaction, the used and targeted social network functionalities and the behavior of the companies selected. The selection of social media accounts for the research included companies which are currently member from the stock market indices DAX and MDAX, additional online and offline retail business, successful German sports clubs, celebrities and others businesses. Also and to be sure to evaluate high-class social media marketing, the German social media awar…

Figure S1 from Species' ecological functionality alters the outcome of fish stocking success predicted by a food-web model

2018

Changes in the adult whitefish and perch catches (as biomass densities) in response to increased whitefish (Wht300; black) and perch stocking (Wht300+Per50; red) compared to the whitefish baseline (Wht200; gray) during the 100 year fishing period.

The Equationally-Defined Commutator in Quasivarieties Generated by Two-Element Algebras

2018

The notion of the equationally-defined commutator was introduced and thoroughly investigated in (Czelakowski, 2015). In this work the properties of the equationally-defined commutator in quasivarieties generated by two-element algebras are examined. It is proved: If a quasivariety Q is generated by a finite set of two-element algebras, then the equationally-defined commutator of Q is additive (Theorem 3.1) Moreover it satisfies the associativity law (Theorem 3.6). The second result is strengthened if the quasivariety is generated by a single two-element algebra 2: If Q = SP(2), then the equationally-defined commutator of Q universally validates one of the following laws: [x,y] = x^y or [x,y…

Effect of implant placement depth on the peri-implant bone defect configurations in ligature-induced peri-implantitis : an experimental study in dogs

2018

Background The subcrestal placement of implant platform has been considered a key factor in the preservation of crestal bone, but the influence of implant placement depth on bone remodeling combined with peri-implantitis is not fully understood. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the crestal or subcrestal placement of implants on peri-implant bone defects of ligature-induced peri-implantitis in dogs. Material and Methods Eight weeks after tooth extraction in six beagle dogs, two different types of implants (A: OsseoSpeed™, Astra, Mölndal, Sweden; B: Integra-CP™, Bicon, Boston, USA) were placed at either crestal or subcrestal (-1.5 mm) positions on one side of the mandible. Li…

Well-being and functional abilities in nursing home and home living seniors in Latvia

2018

The society in developed countries is aging. 1.5% of seniors live in nursing homes in Latvia.Aim: to compare functional abilities and well-being between nursing home and home living Latvian seniors.Methods:280 home living seniors and 285 from nursing homes, age ≥ 65 years able to respond to questions and stand up were included in the study based on availability. They were asked to describe their well-being from very bad to very good. The functional abilities were assessed by hand grip strength, the ability to stand up without assistance, the dependence on caregivers (1 – independent, 2 – partly dependent, 3 – fully dependent), the use of walking device assistance devices.Results:The home li…

Validation of the Spanish version of the Franciscan Hospital for Children Oral Health-Related Quality of Life questionnaire.

2018

Background The Franciscan Hospital for Children Oral Health-Related Quality of Life questionnaire (FHC-OHRQOL-Q) is an instrument designed specifically for parents and caregivers of patients with special needs that has not yet been applied in Spain. The aim of this study was to adapt it to Spanish and evaluate its reliability and validity in patients with intellectual disability (ID) treated under general anesthesia. Material and Methods The study was conducted in two different stages: a) cross-cultural adaptation of the original questionnaire, and b) cross-sectional study on 100 parents and caregivers who completed the piloted FHC-OHRQOL-Q. The patients were examined according to the WHO m…

Soft Innovation Resources: Enabler for reversal in GDP Growth in the Digital Economy

2018

While Finland and Singapore have been maintaining world digital leaders position, they demonstrate interlaced contrast: high welfare with low GDP growth in Finland and higher GDP growth with lower welfare in Singapore. This provokes an uncaptured GDP postulate that Finnish wellbeing has developed more than one might conclude by GDP. However, a recent reversal in the GDP growth trend suggests the possibility that uncaptured GDP contributes to remove structural impediments in GDP growth.This paper demonstrates this hypothesis. An empirical analysis elucidating the inside the national accountings and institutional systems revealed that soft innovation resources have substituted for service cap…

Non-linear neuro-inspired circuits and systems: Processing and learning issues

2018

In this chapter the main elements useful for the design and realization of the neural architectures reported in the following chapters will be presented. Considering spiking and non-spiking neurons, the models used for implementing each of them, the synaptic models, the basic learning and plasticity algorithms and the network architectures will be introduced and analysed. The key elements that led to their selection and application in the developed neuro-inspired systems will be discussed briefly.

Urban Blight and Redevelopment: An Urban Participation Path

2018

This paper pays particular attention to one of the many participatory models present in the landscape of urban and territorial planning. Specifically, the ACTION PLANNING model was chosen; a model used in Anglo-Saxon countries to identify the problems and needs of the inhabitants of a given territory, through the involvement of interested parties or stakeholders. The model is applied in Sicily, to Villaseta, a small rural settlement, located southwest of the city of Agrigento, which consists primarily of affordable and social housing. It is a suburb without identity, left to itself, where – despite the valuable cultural, historic, scenic, and most importantly human resources – one notes the…

Resolved versus confirmed ARDS after 24 h: insights from the LUNG SAFE study

2018

Purpose: To evaluate patients with resolved versus confirmed ARDS, identify subgroups with substantial mortality risk, and to determine the utility of day 2 ARDS reclassification. Methods: Our primary objective, in this secondary LUNG SAFE analysis, was to compare outcome in patients with resolved versus confirmed ARDS after 24 h. Secondary objectives included identifying factors associated with ARDS persistence and mortality, and the utility of day 2 ARDS reclassification. Results: Of 2377 patients fulfilling the ARDS definition on the first day of ARDS (day 1) and receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, 503 (24%) no longer fulfilled the ARDS definition the next day, 52% of whom initial…

An in vitro cyclic fatigue resistance comparison of conventional and new generation nickel-titanium rotary files

2018

Background New designs and processing of Niquel-Titanium (NiTi) have been introduced to increase resistance to cyclic fatigue. The purpose of this study was to compare the cyclic fatigue resistance of 3 NiTi rotary instruments, ProTaper Next (PTN; Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland), Profile Vortex Blue (PVB; Dentsply Tulsa Dental, Tulsa, OK, USA) and ProTaper Universal (PTU; Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland). Material and Methods A cyclic fatigue test was conducted operating instruments from ProTaper Next X2, Profile Vortex Blue 25.06 and ProTaper F2. A total of 234 instruments were rotated in 2 simulated stainless steel curved canals with different angles of curvature …

Preservation of cultural heritage via education of children, utilizing visual communication: Persepolis as a case of study

2018

Focusing on the next generations as the owners of the heritage, development of the educational approach for children is an important issue which would assist the preservation of cultural affairs. Provision of the possibilities by which children can get familiar with their cultural treasures would support the cultural sustaining and maintaining approaches of the society while this chain would deliver the cultural values more effectively. Among several approaches, visual communication as the unique language which can be understood and utilized by every nation has been considered as an educational approach for children to promote their knowledge on the value of cultural heritage. Considering t…

Interleukin-25 Axis Is Involved in the Pathogenesis of Human Primary and Experimental Murine Sjögren's Syndrome

2018

Objective To investigate the role of the interleukin-25 (IL-25)/IL-17 receptor B (IL-17RB) axis in experimental Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and in patients with primary SS and primary SS-associated lymphoma. Methods Expression of IL-25, IL-17RB, IL-17B, and tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) was analyzed on minor salivary gland (SG) samples from patients with primary SS and on parotid gland samples from patients with primary SS-associated B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). IL-17RB expression and the frequencies of natural group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s), inflammatory ILC2s, and M2-polarized macrophages were assessed by flow cytometry in SG mononuclear cells and p…

A Surrogate-assisted Reference Vector Guided Evolutionary Algorithm for Computationally Expensive Many-objective Optimization

2018

We propose a surrogate-assisted reference vector guided evolutionary algorithm for computationally expensive optimization problems with more than three objectives. The proposed algorithm is based on a recently developed evolutionary algorithm for many-objective optimization that relies on a set of adaptive reference vectors for selection. The proposed surrogateassisted evolutionary algorithm uses Kriging to approximate each objective function to reduce the computational cost. In managing the Kriging models, the algorithm focuses on the balance of diversity and convergence by making use of the uncertainty information in the approximated objective values given by the Kriging models, the distr…

Drosophila melanogaster Models of Friedreich’s Ataxia

2018

Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA) is a rare inherited recessive disorder affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems and other extraneural organs such as the heart and pancreas. This incapacitating condition usually manifests in childhood or adolescence, exhibits an irreversible progression that confines the patient to a wheelchair, and leads to early death. FRDA is caused by a reduced level of the nuclear-encoded mitochondrial protein frataxin due to an abnormal GAA triplet repeat expansion in the first intron of the human FXN gene. FXN is evolutionarily conserved, with orthologs in essentially all eukaryotes and some prokaryotes, leading to the development of experimental models of this…

Prawo w służbie małżeństwu i rodzinie : księga jubileuszowa dedykowana ks. prof. dr. hab. Ryszardowi Sztychmilerowi z okazji 70. rocznicy urodzin

2018

Kary jako podstawowe sankcje w prawie karnym

2018

Polish Superstitions and Customs Relating to Pregnancy Prior to 18 –th Century

2018

In Poland, care for pregnant women during the pagan era and after adopting Christianity was primarily based on folk medicine derived from a combinationof mysticism, pagan beliefs, Christian religion and basc empiricism. Most of the phenomena associating pregnancy and childbirth were not intelligible, but some of them could be well justified. Some of the superstitions are followed till the present day, the others for a long time no longer exist.

Proceedings of the 9th Global WordNet Conference (GWC 2018). January 8-12, 2018, Singapore

2018

Komunikacja w epoce staropolskiej

2018

Danuta Berlińska (1952-2016) - socjolożka, badaczka mniejszości niemieckiej, ceniona wykładowczyni, społeczniczka

2018

Tradycje urbanizacyjne na obszarze Afryki Subsaharyjskiej

2018

W artykule skoncentrowano się na tradycjach budowy i przestrzennej formie miast w Afryce Subsaharyjskiej w okresie przedkolonialnym oraz na przeobrażeniach miast afrykańskich, które dokonały się w czasach kolonialnych. Przypomniano najstarsze, rozwijające się przed naszą erą cywilizacje miejskie Afryki, jak Aksum i Meroe, a następnie sięgające czasów średniowiecza Wielkie Zimbabwe na południu Afryki oraz Timbuktu i Djenne w Afryce Zachodniej. Omówiono różne układy przestrzenne występujące w miastach na południe od Sahary. W okresie kolonialnym planowanie urbanistyczne podporządkowane było zasadzie segregacji przestrzennej różnych w sensie etnicznym i kulturowym grup ludności. Zwrócono uwagę…

Inne wypadki nabycia i utraty własności (art.179-194)

2018

Sodan kauheuksien kokemushistoriaa

2018

The Nigerian Education and the Opportunities ahead for Mobile Learning

2018

: Information technology is providing opportunities to improve education and therefore, research is needed to identify what gaps exist and how these gaps can become opportunities for technology integration such as mobile learning. This paper suggests that successful integration of technology towards improving quality education should be driven by the existing challenges which are contextually peculiar for every country. The case of the Nigerian education was examined alongside practices and policies. The study used secondary data from Nigeria Education Data Survey (NEDS). This paper highlights three major problems that Nigeria faces in basic education, namely: large number of out of school …

Mahdollisuuksien rajoissa : neksusanalyysi suomen kielen oppimisesta siivoustyössä

2018

Maiju Strömmerin suomen kielen alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastettiin Jyväskylän yliopistossa 15. joulukuuta 2017. Vastaväittäjänä toimi dosentti Leena Kuure Oulun yliopistosta ja kustoksena professori Minna Suni. Maiju Strömmer: Mahdollisuuksien rajoissa. Neksusanalyysi suomen kielen oppimisesta siivoustyössä. Jyväskylä Studies in Humanities 336. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto 2017. Kirja on luettavissa osoitteessa http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-7265-3 nonPeerReviewed

PK-yritysten kybervalmius

2018

Pienet ja keskisuuret yritykset joutuvat yhä enenemissä määrin kyberhyökkäyksen kohteeksi. PK-yrityksen päätöksenteko keskittyy yrityksen toimitusjohtajalle ja häntä avustaville avainhenkilöille, joiden tietämys ei aina riitä kattamaan yrityksen kyberturvallisuutta. Johtuen pienestä henkilöstömäärästä ja suurista suhteellisista koulutuskustannuksista, PK-yritykset suhtautuvat epäröiden henkilöstön kouluttamiseen kyberturvallisuuden alalla. Kyberturvallisuuden näkökulmasta PK-yritystä uhkaavat useat eri toimijat, joiden motiivit ja toimintatavat vaihtelevat. Yleisimpinä hyökkäystapoina ovat tietojenkalasteluviestit, erilaiset huijausyritykset sekä haittaohjelmat. Pystyäkseen vastaamaan uhkii…

Asymmetric Synthesis of Spirocyclic β‐Lactams via Copper‐Catalyzed Kinugasa/Michael Domino Reactions

2018

The first copper‐catalyzed highly chemo‐, regio‐, diastereo‐, and enantioselective Kinugasa/Michael domino reaction for the desymmetrization of prochiral cyclohexadienones is described. In the presence of a chiral copper catalyst, alkyne‐tethered cyclohexadienones couple with nitrones to generate the chiral spirocyclic lactams with excellent stereoselectivity (up to 97 % ee, >20:1 dr). The new method provides direct access to versatile highly functionalized spirocyclic β‐lactams possessing four contiguous stereocenters, including one quaternary and one tetra‐substituted stereocenter. peerReviewed

Kielitietoisuus uudessa varhaiskasvatussuunnitelmassa

2018

Kielitietoisuus on yksi uusista käsitteistä uudessa varhaiskasvatusta ohjaavassa asiakirjassa Varhaiskasvatussuunnitelman perusteet 2016, johon pohjautuvat paikalliset opetussuunnitelmat otettiin käyttöön elokuussa 2017. Artikkelissani kuvailen, miten kielitietoisuuden käsite tuodaan esille varhaiskasvatussuunnitelman perusteissa. Kielitietoisuutta käsitellään asiakirjassa laajana käsitteenä ja siihen viitataan asiakirjan niissä osissa, jotka koskevat varhaiskasvatuksen pedagogista toimintaa ja toimintakulttuuria. Näin ollen kielitietoisuuden voidaan katsoa olevan osa koko varhaiskasvatustoimintaa. nonPeerReviewed

Density-functional tight-binding modeling of electromechanics of phosphorene

2018

Single-layer black phosphorus or phosphorene is a two-dimensional material made from a puckered honeycomb structure. It is a semiconductor with a tunable band gap and both its mechanical and electronic properties are highly asymmetric because of the puckering. Recently there has been numerous computational studies and some experimental works trying to bring deeper understanding about this relatively new 2D material. In this study we simulate phosphorene using computationally low-cost density functional tight-binding (DFTB) method to see how stretching, shearing and bending affect its electronic properties. The band structure analysis shows that there is a relation between shearing and bendi…

Work-loss years among people diagnosed with diabetes : a reappraisal from a life course perspective

2018

Aims Early exit from the workforce has been proposed to be one of the unfavorable consequences of diabetes. We examined whether early exit from the workforce differed between persons who were and were not diagnosed with diabetes during their work career. Methods The cohort included 12,726 individuals of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study, born between 1934 and 1944. Using data from nationwide registers, the cohort was followed up from early adulthood until they transitioned into retirement or died. Work-loss years were estimated using the restricted mean work years method. Results During a follow-up of 382,328 person-years for men and 349 894 for women, 36.8% transitioned into old age pension …

Alapään tiivisteen vuodosta öljynvaihtoviikkoihin : kuukautistabun vaikutus kuukautisasenteisiin ja -kiertoilmauksiin

2018

Tämän tutkielman aiheena on kuukautistabun näkyminen kiertoilmauksien käytössä, affektisuudessa sekä puhumiseen liittyvissä asenteissa. Tutkielma pyrkii selvittämään kuukautistabun olemassaoloa kyselytutkimuksella. Aineistona tutkielmassa toimii 787 kyselylomaketta, joiden analyysissä hyödynnettiin monimuotoisesti kvantitatiivisen analyysin eri keinoja, kuten luokittelua sekä vertailua. Kyselyssä vastaajat saivat arvioida omaa asennettaan kuukautisista puhumiseen sekä määrittää kiertoilmausvaihtoehdoista ne, joita käyttävät. Tämän lisäksi tutkielmassa selvitetään kiertoilmausten käytön syitä sekä ilmauksien affektisuutta. Tutkielma lähestyy aihetta neljän tutkimuskysymyksen avulla: 1. Mitä …

Innkjøpssaken i Grimstad kommune : Kontrollmiljø og habilitet

2018

Masteroppgave revisjon og regnskap BE508 - Universitetet i Agder 2018 Innkjøpssaken i Grimstad kommune handler om alvorlige brudd på lov om offentlige anskaffelser i perioden 2012-2016. Kommunen anskaffet tjenester i helse- og omsorgsektoren for opp mot 100 millioner norske kroner. Innkjøpene ble gjort som ulovlige direkteanskaffelser uten konkurranse og rammeavtaler, og begrunnes av kommunen som «hastesaker» på grunnlag av brukernes tilstand og behov. Det finnes avtaler for alle innkjøpene, men noen manglet signatur. Daværende assisterende kommunalsjef for helse- og omsorgsektoren er svigerinne til innehaveren til selskapet Farm in Action, som var en av de største leverandørene av helsetje…

Jaunas rīcībpolitikas izveide: bezpilota lidaparātu (dronu) izmantošanas gadījums

2018

Bakalaura darba “Jaunas rīcībpolitikas izveide: bezpilota lidaparātu (dronu) izmantošanas gadījums” galvenie mērķi ir identificēt veidus, kā Latvija varētu izmantot bezpilota lidaparātu (dronu) tehnoloģiju publiskajā sektorā, un izveidot dronu izmantošanas rīcībpolitikas uzmetumu. Lai šos veidus noteiktu un iegūto informāciju izmantotu rīcībpolitikas uzmetuma veidošanā, tika veikta rīcībpolitikas pārvietošanas analīze, kuras ietvaros tika analizēta Amerikas Savienoto Valstu (ASV) pieredze bezpilota lidaparātu tehnoloģijas izmantošanā publiskajā sektorā. Pētījums ir konstruēts divās daļās – teorētiskajā un empīriskajā. Teorētiskajā daļā ir aprakstīta rīcībpolitikas pārvietošanas teorija un s…