Väikeaktsionärid nurisevad Norma üle / Mariliis Pinn

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Pinn, Mariliis

2008-01-01

Aktsionärid on pahased, et Norma juhtkond otsustas maksta dividendideks vaid viis krooni aktsia kohta, samal ajal kui firma bilansis on raha 557,5 miljonit krooni. Kommenteerib Norma finantsdirektor Ülle Jõgi

L'Estatut com a norma i la seva funció constitucional - El Estatuto como norma y su función constitucional

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Joaquín Tornos

2010-07-01

Full Text Available Concepte i funció de l’Estatut d’autonomia en la Sentència 31/2010, de 28 de juny, sobre l’Estatut d’autonomia de Catalunya (81-85Enoch Albertí RoviraLa funció constitucional de l’Estatut en la Sentència 31/2010, sobre l’Estatut d’autonomia de Catalunya (86-90Josep M. Castellà AndreuL’Estatut com a norma i la seva funció constitucional. Comentari a la Sentència 31/2010 (91-95Enric Fossas EspadalerL’Estatut com a norma jurídica (96-100Joaquín Tornos MasConcepto y función del Estatuto de Autonomía en la Sentencia 31/2010, de 28 de junio, sobre el Estatuto de Autonomía de Cataluña (81-85Enoch Albertí RoviraLa función constitucional del Estatuto en la Sentencia 31/2010 sobre el Estatuto de Autonomía de Cataluña (86-90Josep M. Castellà AndreuEl Estatuto como norma y su función constitucional. Comentario a la Sentencia 31/2010 (91-95Enric Fossas EspadalerEl Estatuto como norma jurídica (96-100Joaquín Tornos Mas

Beneficios de la aplicación de normas internacionales ISO en procesos electorales

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Jeffrey Badí Quinteros Basantes

2017-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se presentarán los beneficios de la aplicabilidad de las normas internacionales ISO en los procesos electorales, con el fin de poder elevar los niveles de percepción positiva de los ciudadanos. Se verificará la aplicación de normas ISO/TS 17582:2014, Sistemas de Gestión de la Calidad y la norma ISO/IEC 27001:2013, para todas las fases de un proceso electoral. Se expondrán los dominios que forman parte de la norma ISO/TS 17582:2014 , los cuales permiten un proceso de mejoramiento continuo a fin de garantizar la calidad de las metodologías que soportan la organización, administración, gestión, seguimiento y auditorías de un proceso electoral. La norma ISO/IEC 27001:2013 se alinea con la norma ISO9001:2008 para la gestión de seguridad de la información. La aplicación de esta normativa permitirá asegurar la integridad, confidencialidad y disponibilidad de la información durante los procesos electorales.

Norma para la Certificación de Aplicadores de Plaguicidas Revisada

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La EPA emitió una propuesta para la revisión de la norma para la Certificación de Aplicadores de Plaguicidas. La norma ayudará a mantener nuestras comunidades seguras, salvaguardar el medio ambiente y reducir el riesgo a los que aplican los plaguicidas.

Norma kaotamine / Martin Hanson

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Hanson, Martin, 1984-

2010-01-01

Autoturvasüsteemide tootjale Autolivile kuulub tütarfirma Automotive Holdingu kaudu 51% Norma aktsiatest, kuid plaanitakse tõsta osalust 77%-ni. Väikeaktsionärid kaaluvad Autolivi pakkumist, kuid kui Autoliv saab nõusoleku vähemalt 39% omanikelt, peavad ka teised oma aktsiad loovutama. Autolivi pakutud ülevõtmishinnaks on 92,31 krooni ja see tekitab väikeaktsionärides ning analüütikutes vastakaid tundeid. Tabel

Sign Inference for Dynamic Signed Networks via Dictionary Learning

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Yi Cen

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Mobile online social network (mOSN is a burgeoning research area. However, most existing works referring to mOSNs deal with static network structures and simply encode whether relationships among entities exist or not. In contrast, relationships in signed mOSNs can be positive or negative and may be changed with time and locations. Applying certain global characteristics of social balance, in this paper, we aim to infer the unknown relationships in dynamic signed mOSNs and formulate this sign inference problem as a low-rank matrix estimation problem. Specifically, motivated by the Singular Value Thresholding (SVT algorithm, a compact dictionary is selected from the observed dataset. Based on this compact dictionary, the relationships in the dynamic signed mOSNs are estimated via solving the formulated problem. Furthermore, the estimation accuracy is improved by employing a dictionary self-updating mechanism.

Normas de usabilidad de sitios web. Pautas de aplicación

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Burgos, Daniel; Ruiz-Mezcua, Belén

2005-01-01

En este artículo presentamos una serie de normas básicas a seguir, y las pautas de aplicación relacionadas, con el objetivo de un manejo eficaz y eficiente de sitios web Las normas finalmente seleccionadas han resultado del fruto del trabajo de estudio e investigación realizado sobre más de un

Conflictos de intereses: normas y conceptos

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José Zalaquett

2011-11-01

Full Text Available En vista de los debates públicos que tuvieron lugar en Chile durante 2010 sobre conflictos de intereses que se decía afectaban a altas autoridades del Estado, este comentario intenta aclarar las normas y conceptos relativos al tema. Con ese fin, reseña el campo de probidad pública, transparencia y anticorrupción dentro del cual se sitúa el tema de los conflictos de intereses, así como las normas internacionales aplicables; sostiene que los conflictos de intereses no son hechos sino situaciones de riesgo para determinados valores públicos o colectivos que se hallan entregados a un resguardo fiduciario, público o privado; analiza distintas formas de vulneración de los valores respectivos a que tales situaciones de riesgo pueden conducir y termina revisando las principales iniciativas y leyes adoptadas en Chile sobre esta materia en las últimas dos décadas.

Las Normas Contables Profesionales y los Costos

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Norberto G. Demonte

2005-12-01

Full Text Available El trabajo relaciona las normas contables profesionales y la doctrina más avanzada de costo con el objetivo de exponer adecuadamente la realidad económica, tanto en los estados contables como en la información de gestión. A partir de una rigurosa clasificación e identificación de los costos se propone aplicar el sistema de costeo variable en el estado de resultados conjuntamente con la valuación al “precio de venta en bloque” de los bienes de cambio en el estado de situación patrimonial. Se analizan críticamente las normas vigentes en los últimos años y se brinda un ejemplo numérico donde puede apreciarse el resultado del período segregado por función.

Norma aktsiapaki minek rootslaste kätte tekitab vastakaid tundeid / Gert D. Hankewitz

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Hankewitz, Gert D.

2010-01-01

Rootslastele kuuluv ettevõte Autoliv, kellele kuulub 51 protsendi Norma aktsiatest, tegi Norma väikeaktsionäridele ülevõtmispakkumise, lubades ülejäänud firma 597 miljoni krooniga ära osta, makstes aktsia eest 92,31 krooni

Controle de Qualidade dos Serv iços de Auditoria Independente: Um Estudo Compara tivo entre as Normas Brasileiras e as Normas Internacionais

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Elisabeth Yukie Horita Ito

2009-03-01

Full Text Available A atividade de auditoria independente exerce um papel importante no bom funcionamento do mercado por contribuir para maior confiabilidade das informações quanto à sua transparência e adequação de forma independente e com base em procedimentos técnicos e profissionais. Para assegurar a qualidade dos serviços prestados pela auditoria independente é necessário um efetivo controle de qualidade desses serviços. A mencionada qualidade está diretamente relacionada à independência e à competência técnica do auditor e no nível de regulação exercido pelas entidades supervisoras. Padrões e normas que tratam de serviços de consultoria, conflitos de interesse, comitê de auditoria e rodízio periódico obrigatório do auditor independente procuram garantir a independência dos serviços prestados. A competência técnica é buscada por meio do exame de qualificação técnica e de programa de educação profissional continuada. O programa interno de controle de qualidade dos serviços prestados e a revisão pelos pares constituem, respectivamente, exemplo de controle interno e externo sobre a auditoria independente. Face ao exposto, buscou-se neste trabalho, avaliar o nível de aderência das normas brasileiras relacionadas com o controle de qualidade dos serviços de auditoria independente com as normas norte internacionais. Como resultado da pesquisa, concluiu-se forte convergência das normas brasileiras relativamente à internacionalmente adotadas.

Teaching Labor Relations with "Norma Rae"

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Taylor, Vicki Fairbanks; Provitera, Michael J.

2011-01-01

Undergraduate business students in North America are often unfamiliar with the labor organizing process and frequently fail to identify with the reasons why workers join unions. This article suggests a discussion exercise based on the 1979 film, "Norma Rae," by 20th Century Fox, as an effective tool for familiarizing students with fundamental…

La crisis del concepto prudencia a causa del tránsito de las normas nacionales austriacas de información financiera a las normas internacionales

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Matthias Reeh Michael; Molina Roa Nelson Andrés

2013-01-01

Al ser un país miembro de la Unión Europea (UE), la nación austriaca ha venido incorporando paulatinamente las International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF) en español, a sus procesos contables y de revelación de información financiera en remplazo de las normas nacionales locales conocidas como Unternehmensgesetzbuch (UGB). Durante este proceso de convergencia, el principio prudencia ha entrado en crisis dentro del marco conceptual...

Dimensionado y Tolerado Geométrico en las Normas Técnicas Colombianas

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Jorge Gómez

2002-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se hace una introducción al tema del Dimensionado y Tolerado Geométrico mostrando una comparación con el sistema de Tolerado Convencional y se destacan algunas de sus ventajas. Posteriormente describe seis tipos de error de frecuente ocurrencia en las Normas Técnicas Colombianas -NTC- sobre Dimensionado y Tolerado Geométrico. Se menciona el número de veces aproximado que estos tipos de errores se presentan en cada norma. Finalmente se aborda una discusión y se hace alusión a las posibles consecuencias que en el país se dan con la existencia de estas normas en su condición actual

Looking for a Link : Comparing Faculty Citations Pre and Post Big Deals

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Taylor, Donald

2007-01-01

Big Deals expand an institution’s access to scholarly literature, with usage statistics showing that previously unavailable journals receive significant usage. To determine if faculty use these new e-journals in their research, the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library analyzed SFU citation data to journals from selected Big Deals for two years prior to signing a major Big Deal (1993 and 1998) and for two consecutive years following the Big Deal (2004 and 2005). Pre Big Deal, the percentage o...

¿QUÉ TIPO DE NORMAS ÉTICAS REQUIERE NUESTRA PROFESIÓN?

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Juan Pablo Romano Pastor

2011-10-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo dar a conocer la situación que la profesión contable argentina en general presenta sobre la ética profesional y los Códigos de Ética, en un marco de creciente integración internacional. Las acciones coordinadas debieran partir del cumplimiento de la “intención” manifestada en el Acta de Catamarca de lograr unificación de normas profesionales en todas las jurisdicciones, cumplida respecto de las normas contables y de auditoría, de las normas éticas, bajo la propuesta de unificación de normativa en un solo cuerpo integrado vigente en todo el país. La posibilidad de adopción del Código de Ética de IFAC nos plantea el interrogante respecto del tipo de normativa que requerimos: ¿basado en reglas o basado en principios?

Hubungan Antara Fakta Norma, Moral, dan Doktrin Hukum Dalam Pertimbangan Putusan Hakim

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A Salman Maggalatung

2015-05-01

Full Text Available Abstract: The Correlation among Facts, Norms, Moral and Legal Doctrine in Consideration of a Judge's Decision. A judge must be able to explore and understand the legal values ​​that live in the community, maintain their independence, applying legal norms with high moral, ethical and adhere to a code of professional conduct, attention to doctrine and the views of legal experts in making a decision. This research aims to identify and analyze the correlation between facts, norms, moral and legal doctrine in consideration of a judge's decision. In addition to knowing the scope of the relationship between the existing facts, norms should be used as the base, and how much influence a judge moral (law enforcement in the decision and determination of the law. This study uses a qualitative-analysis-normative juridical and sociological-empirical. Abstrak: Hubungan Antara Fakta, Norma, Moral, dan Doktrin Hukum Dalam Pertimbangan Putusan Hakim. Seorang hakim harus mampu menggali dan memahami nilai-nilai hukum yang hidup dalam masyarakat, menjaga kemandiriannya, menerapkan norma hukum dengan moralitas yang tinggi, mematuhi etika dan kode etik profesi, memperhatikan doktrin dan pandanganpandangan para Ahli hukum dalam pengambilan sebuah putusan. Penulisan bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis hubungan antara fakta, norma, moral, dan doktrin hukum dalam pertimbangan sebuah putusan hakim. Ruang lingkup tulisan ini meliputi hubungan antara fakta-fakta yang ada, norma-norma yang patut dijadikan dasar, dan seberapa besar pengaruh moral seorang hakim dalam pengambilan dan penetapan hukum. Metode yang digunakan kualitatifanalisis dengan pendekatan yuridis-normatif dan sosiologis-empiris. DOI: 10.15408/jch.v1i2.1462

Norma võidab Avtovazi juhtide vahetamisest / Kaja Koovit

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Koovit, Kaja, 1968-

2002-01-01

Ilmunud ka: Delovõje Vedomosti 6. veebr. lk. 25. Avtovazi juhtide väljavahetamine on Normale positiivne, kui Avtovaz kaasab välispartnereid ja suurendab tootmist, kasvatades nii ka Norma turvavööde tarneid

Normas anti-elusivas domésticas e internacionais no direito tributário internacional

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Okuma, Alessandra de Souza

2009-01-01

O objeto deste trabalho é a análise das normas anti-elusivas veiculadas por leis brasileiras e pelas Convenções Internacionais para evitar a dupla tributação ( CIT ), no que concerne ao imposto sobre a renda da pessoa jurídica. Partiremos da teoria dos sistemas de Luhmann, dos princípios constitucionais tributários e das normas de direito privado para construir a norma geral anti-elusiva doméstica, tal como delineada pelo art. 116, parágrafo único do CTN. Demonstraremos que a aplicação dessa ...

Norma ja Eesti Telekomi ootused vastuolulised / Annika Matson

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Matson, Annika, 1976-

2003-01-01

16.-17. juulil 2003 avalikustavad Eesti Telekom ja Norma oma teise kvartali tulemused. Kõik majandusanalüütikud ennustavad firmadele korralikku kasumit, kuid ootused kõiguvad 25 protsendi ulatuses. Diagramm: Eesti Telekomilt ootab suurimat kasumit Trigon, Normalt Hansapank

Norma aktsionäridel lootus erakorralisele dividendile / Annika Matson

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Matson, Annika, 1976-

2004-01-01

Kolmandas kvartalis paremat kasumlikkust näidanud Norma juhtkond teeb aasta alguses nõukogule ettepaneku maksta erakorralisi dividende. Diagramm: Ettevõtetel olev vaba raha aktsia kohta. Kommenteerib Teet Kolts

Normas para la determinación de las resistencias del cemento

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Meyer, A.

1964-09-01

Full Text Available Not availableTodas las normas de cemento contienen disposiciones sobre el ensayo de resistencia, ya que la resistencia constituye, generalmente, la base de la que se parte para determinar la calidad del cemento. Como las normas de los distintos países no suelen ser iguales, el ensayo de un mismo cemento, hecho según cada una de ellas, da unas cifras muy diferentes, lo cual dificulta considerablemente la comparación de la resistencia de un cemento entre los distintos métodos de ensayo.

El proceso de armonización contable en latinoamérica: camino hacia las normas internacionales

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Mercedes Palacios Manzano

2005-12-01

Full Text Available Actualmente, tras el acuerdo firmado en 1995 entre el IASB y la IOSCO, junto con el plan de convergencia establecido entre el IASB y el FASB en 2002, el proceso de armonización contable se encuentra en un momento de enorme efervescencia. Durante las últimas décadas, numerosos organismos han participado activamente en el proceso de mejora de la comparabilidad de la información financiera de todas las empresas que actúan en un mismo mercado globalizado. Recientemente, la tendencia observada es hacia las Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad (que ahora han pasado a denominarse International Financial Reporting Standards como único conjunto de normas de contabilidad aceptadas a escala internacional. En este contexto, el objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el proceso de armonización contable en América Latina, detallando los esfuerzos realizados para lograr la convergencia de las normas contables. Para ello, se cree conveniente centrar en las principales contribuciones llevadas a cabo por dos grupos que a fechas actuales han alcanzado resultados: el Grupo de Integración del MERCOSUR de Contabilidad, Economía y Administración - GIMCEA y el Comité para la Cooperación en Asuntos de Informes Financieros del Tratado de Libre Comercio de Norteamérica - AFTA, analizando el proceso en los países que han establecido mecanismos formales para lograr la convergencia: Argentina y Brasil (miembros del GIMCEA, Chile y México (miembros del AFTA. Una vez expuestos los modelos armonizadores de los diferentes países, se cree conveniente realizar un estudio comparativo de los tratamientos contables dispares existentes entre las normas internacionales del IASB, los principios contables americanos del FASB, y las normas contables Latinoamericanas (Argentinas, Brasileñas, Chilenas y Mexicanas, determinando las áreas en las que es preciso continuar avanzando para lograr la convergencia de normas contables.Nowadays, after the agreement signed between the

Las normas internacionales de contabilidad

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Monge, Pedro

2006-01-01

SUMARIO Editorial Peña, Aura Elena Artículos La calidad en la microempresa merideña y su impacto en el ambiente. Bustos F, Carlos E. Mecanismos de transmisión de la política monetaria. Chuecos, Alicia Contabilidad de Costos: una evaluación a la cátedra. Molina, Olga Rosa Las normas internacionales de contabilidad. Monge, Pedro Análisis de la cadena de valor industrial y de la cadena de valor agregado para las pequeñas y medianas indust...

Submersible pumps: Energetic efficiency norm; Bombas sumergibles: norma de eficiencia energetica

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Acosta Torres, R. A.; Buendia Dominguez, E. H. [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1997-12-31

The Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE), supporting the Comision Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia (CONAE), has prepared a preliminary project of the norm of energy efficiency for submersible pumps. This document has complied with the necessary formalities for the emission of the norm. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the submersible pumps, the energy savings, as well as the economic evaluation that sustains the norm project, additionally pointing out the environmental impact that will bring along the implantation of the same. [Espanol] El Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE), apoyando a la Comision Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia (CONAE), ha elaborado el anteproyecto de norma de eficiencia energetica para bombas sumergibles. Dicho documento ha cumplido con los tramites necesarios para la emision de una norma. En el presente articulo se mencionan los resultados del analisis de las bombas sumergibles, los ahorros energeticos, asi como la evaluacion economica que sustenta el proyecto de norma, indicandose ademas el impacto ambiental que tendra la implantacion de la misma.

Submersible pumps: Energetic efficiency norm; Bombas sumergibles: norma de eficiencia energetica

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Acosta Torres, R A; Buendia Dominguez, E H [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1998-12-31

The Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE), supporting the Comision Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia (CONAE), has prepared a preliminary project of the norm of energy efficiency for submersible pumps. This document has complied with the necessary formalities for the emission of the norm. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the submersible pumps, the energy savings, as well as the economic evaluation that sustains the norm project, additionally pointing out the environmental impact that will bring along the implantation of the same. [Espanol] El Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE), apoyando a la Comision Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia (CONAE), ha elaborado el anteproyecto de norma de eficiencia energetica para bombas sumergibles. Dicho documento ha cumplido con los tramites necesarios para la emision de una norma. En el presente articulo se mencionan los resultados del analisis de las bombas sumergibles, los ahorros energeticos, asi como la evaluacion economica que sustenta el proyecto de norma, indicandose ademas el impacto ambiental que tendra la implantacion de la misma.

Roentgen signs in diagnostic imaging. Vol. 2

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Meschan, I.

1988-01-01

The introductory chapter presents terminology and definitions of current use in the field of roentgen pathology and also gives a short list of terms relating to the application of the novel imaging methods. The first chapter explains the fundamentals of radiological evaluation of the bone joints and skeleton, and chapters two and three discuss fractures and luxations of the extremities and the available treatment methods. The fourth chapter deals with congenital and hereditary bone lesions and the relevant roentgen signs such as reduced contrast or modifications in size or shape. The chapters five and six deal with specific bone lesions of a particular bone or skeletal area, or a particular extremity, also characterised by reduced contrast. Other bone lesions showing enhanced density, expansive processes or other massive change are discussed in chapter seven, and roen tgen signs of the bone joints in chapter eight. The last chapter deals with computed tomography for diagnostic evaluation of the appendicular skeleton. (MG) With 1803 figs., 29 tabs [de

Pautas para citar textos y hacer listas de referencias según las normas de la American Psichological Association (APA)

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Ossa, Marcela

2003-01-01

La escritura de documentos, artículos, ensayos etc. implica seguir cuidadosamente algunas normas. La Revista EMA se guía para la edición de sus artículos por las normas de la American Psychological Association (APA). El presente documento tiene como objeto dar a conocer algunas de estas normas de tal modo que quien envíe un artículo para su publicación las utilice. Encontrarán algunas pautas para citar textos y hacer listas de referencias según las normas de la American Psychological Associat...

Eco Logic signs deal to destroy Japanese PCB stocks

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Anon.

1997-01-01

According to a recent announcement, Eco Logic of Rockwood, Ontario, has entered into a partnership with the Japanese companies Tokyo Boeki and Nippon Sharyo for the destruction of stockpiled PCB materials in Japan, using Eco Logic's non-incineration technology. The deal is reported to be worth about $50 million in revenues to Eco Logic, spread over the next few years. The agreement includes provisions for the Japanese companies to purchase, or manufacture under licence, a number of Eco Logic's gas phase chemical reduction processing units to serve the Japanese market. In exchange for exclusive rights to the Japanese market, Eco Logic will receive license fees and royalties of up to nine per cent for the use of its process. Eco Logic is currently building a demonstration unit under contract with the two Japanese companies. The Japanese PCB waste destruction market is estimated to be worth as much as $400 million. Incineration, the conventional form of disposal, is strongly opposed by local governments

Dimensionado y Tolerado Geométrico en las Normas Técnicas Colombianas

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Jorge Gómez; Javier Romero; Wilver Suaza

2002-01-01

En este artículo se hace una introducción al tema del Dimensionado y Tolerado Geométrico mostrando una comparación con el sistema de Tolerado Convencional y se destacan algunas de sus ventajas. Posteriormente describe seis tipos de error de frecuente ocurrencia en las Normas Técnicas Colombianas -NTC- sobre Dimensionado y Tolerado Geométrico. Se menciona el número de veces aproximado que estos tipos de errores se presentan en cada norma. Finalmente se aborda una discusión y se hace alusión ...

Norma hoiab ligi pool miljardit krooni hoiupõrsas / Eleri Lopp

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Lopp, Eleri

2007-01-01

Norma AS-i ligi poolest miljardit kroonist, mis seisab juba pikemat aega pangakontol või on paigutatud lühiajalistesse investeeringutesse. Kommenteerib Lauri Lind. Diagramm: Normal pidevalt sajad miljonid käibevaras

ISO 50001 Norma mundial para a eficiência energética. Porquê uma norma mundial?

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Branco, Paulo

2013-01-01

Nem sempre são fáceis os desafios ambientais associados ao consumo de energia. Sobretudo devido à forte dependência de combustíveis fósseis, torna-se cada vez mais evidente a inevitabilidade de agentes económicos, políticos, sociedade em geral, assumirem um compromisso focado na melhoria da eficiência energética e no uso racional da energia, decorrente das atividades económicas. Esta preocupação assume-se também como nacional. A norma NP EN ISO 50001 apresenta...

Algunos Elementos de Técnica Normativa Aplicables a las Normas Contables Profesionales Argentinas

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Leila Di Russo de Hauque

2005-12-01

Full Text Available El artículo analiza lo que los autores consideran los tres defectos principales de las normas contables profesionales argentinas desde el punto de vista de la técnica normativa: a falta de separación entre los contenidos expositivos y los dispositivos en las resoluciones técnicas, b falta de utilización de un ordenamiento sobre la base de artículos y de divisiones de nivel superior e inferior en los mismos y c utilización inadecuada de ejemplos y enunciaciones no taxativas. El trabajo de investigación incluye una propuesta para reescribiruna norma contable profesional nacional concreta: la Resolución Técnica nº 16. Las conclusiones enfatizan la importancia de la utilización de las mejores prácticas de técnica normativa para la redacción de las normas contables profesionales para lograr mejores resultados en el proceso de su aplicación.

TURISMO DE AVENTURA E ECOTURISMO: ENTRE PRÁTICAS E NORMAS NO CONTEXTO BRASILEIRO

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Fabrício Peixoto Vasconcelos

2012-08-01

Full Text Available Este artigo objetiva descrever a importância e urgência da questão de norma em Turismo de Aventura e Ecoturismo no contexto brasileiro. A partir das definições e práticas das modalidades de Turismo de Aventura e Ecoturismo, busca-se desvelar as possíveis relações entre o homem e meio ambiente. Levanta a importância da Associação Brasileira das Agências de Ecoturismo e Turismo de Aventura nas definições e práticas de tais modalidades enfatizando a questão da satisfação, condução, risco controlado e segurança. Nessa perspectiva, apresenta as normas específicas publicadas pela Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas acerca da matéria, enfatizando seu papel social e sua contribuição para a disseminação responsável das práticas de Turismo de Aventura e Ecoturismo.

A Aderência dos Pronunciamentos Contábeis do CPC às Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade

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Jorge Andrade Costa

2012-09-01

Full Text Available A convergência para os padrões contábeis internacionais tem se tornado um assunto relevante, com agenda definida para sua adesão em muitos países ao redor do mundo. No Brasil, coube ao CPC a responsabilidade de emitir pronunciamentos contábeis de acordo com as normas IFRS. Cada documento emitido pelo CPC corresponde a uma norma internacional de contabilidade emitida pelo IASB. Este trabalho tem como objetivo comparar os pronunciamentos do CPC com as normas do IASB e verificar a existência de diferenças entre os mesmos. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa documental aos pronunciamentos do CPC e às normas do IASB. Utilizou-se a técnica da análise de conteúdo, tendo o tema como unidade de significação. O universo de análise compreendeu os 65 pronunciamentos técnicos que estão sendo utilizados nas demonstrações contábeis das companhias brasileiras, emitidos pelo CPC entre os anos de 2007 a 2011. Os resultados apontaram para a existência de diferenças entre os pronunciamentos emitidos pelo CPC e as normas emitidas pelo IASB, as quais foram agrupadas em quatro categorias de análise. Após análise, concluiu-se que as diferenças apontadas não prejudicam a declaração de que as demonstrações contábeis consolidadas brasileiras, preparadas de acordo com os CPCs estão de acordo com as normas do IASB. Palavras-chave: CPC, IFRS, IASB, demonstrações contábeis

Necesidad de una Norma Internacional de Información Financiera para Pymes en el Perú

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Guillermo Humire Delgado

2008-12-01

Full Text Available El proyecto de Norma Internacional de Información Financiera (NIIF para entidaes privadas restringe las normas a aplicar para entidades que no tienen responsabilidad pública en la emisión de información contable. En el Perú, desde 1994, se aplican las NIIF completas y, según nuestra opinión, se deben seguir aplicando sin tener que modificar las normas relativas a entidades privadas. Lo que debe hacerse es implementar un intenso plan de capacitación para contadores, asistentes de contabilidad y gerentes de las entidades, y asegurar así la adecuada aplicación de las NIIF completas.

Plan de implementación de un SGSI acorde a la norma ISO/IEC 27001:2005

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Álvarez Verdugo, Joaquín

2014-01-01

Plan de implementación de un SGSI acorde a la norma ISO/IEC 27001:2005 en un organismo público municipal. Pla d'implementació d'un SGSI d'acord amb la norma ISO/IEC 27001:2005 en un organisme públic municipal. Master thesis for the ICT Security management program.

Norma ISO 690:2010 [Doctorado. 2015

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Biblioteca Universitaria

2015-01-01

Mediante el estudio de este tema aprenderás a gestionar adecuadamente tu bibliografía adquiriendo una serie de competencias que te permitirán: - Actuar de manera responsable, ética y legal en el uso de la información empleada para realizar un trabajo académico. - Identificar el estilo de cita más adecuado para cada disciplina científica. - Identificar correctamente y elaborar las referencias bibliográficas correspondientes a distintos tipos de documentos, de acuerdo con la norma ISO 690:2010....

Norma ISO 690:2010 [Doctorado. 2017

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Biblioteca Universitaria

2017-01-01

Mediante el estudio de este tema aprenderás a gestionar adecuadamente tu bibliografía adquiriendo una serie de competencias que te permitirán: - Actuar de manera responsable, ética y legal en el uso de la información empleada para realizar un trabajo académico. - Identificar el estilo de cita más adecuado para cada disciplina científica. - Identificar correctamente y elaborar las referencias bibliográficas correspondientes a distintos tipos de documentos, de acuerdo con la norma ISO 690:2010....

Norma ISO 690:2010 [Doctorado. 2014

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Biblioteca Universitaria

2014-01-01

Mediante el estudio de este tema aprenderás a gestionar adecuadamente tu bibliografía adquiriendo una serie de competencias que te permitirán: - Actuar de manera responsable, ética y legal en el uso de la información empleada para realizar un trabajo académico. - Identificar el estilo de cita más adecuado para cada disciplina científica. - Identificar correctamente y elaborar las referencias bibliográficas correspondientes a distintos tipos de documentos, de acuerdo con la norma ISO 690:2010....

Norma juht hämas Venemaa osas / Annika Matson

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Matson, Annika, 1976-

2005-01-01

Norma juhatuse esimees Peep Siimon teatas osalise tööaja rakendamise vajadust 551 töötaja puhul ning põhjendab seda keerulise olukorraga Venemaal. Diagramm: Vene autoturg kasvab. Vt. samas: Eesti analüütikud osalise tööaja teadet ei pelga. Kommenteerib Valentin Jurkin

Fundamentos de las normas de descripción archivística y bibliotecaria

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Carlos Oliva Marañón

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Los archivos, las bibliotecas y los centros de documentación han aumentado su visibilidad en Internet durante los últimos años para interactuar con los usuarios y aproximarles a los fondos documentales en formato digital. La normalización es toda actividad colectiva dirigida a establecer e implementar normas para definir los requisitos que deben cumplir bienes, servicios y procedimientos. Esta investigación desarrolla las principales normas de descripción archivística (NEDA, ISAD y bibliotecaria (ISBD, MARC. Este proceso se considera una operación de análisis documental que respeta el principio de procedencia. Las especiales características del documento de archivo; la adaptación de las normas al fondo documental pertinente; la dificultad de la coherencia y la cohesión normativa; el aumento de volumen de trabajo; el alto coste económico; y la gestión del tiempo constituyen los principales inconvenientes para satisfacer adecuadamente las necesidades de información de los usuarios.

Assistance System for Traffic Signs Inventory

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Karel Zídek

2015-01-01

Full Text Available We can see arising trend in the automotive industry in last years – autonomous cars that are driven just by on-board computers. The traffic signs tracking system must deal with real conditions with data that are frequently obtained in poor light conditions, fog, heavy rain or are otherwise disturbed. Completely same problem is solved by mapping companies that are producing geospatial data for different information systems, navigations, etc. They are frequently using cars equipped with a wide range of measuring instruments including panoramic cameras. These measurements are frequently done during early morning hours when the traffic conditions are acceptable. However, in this time, the sun position is usually not optimal for the photography. Most of the traffic signs and other street objects are heavily underexposed. Hence, it is difficult to find an automatic approach that can identify them reliably. In this article, we focus on methods designed to deal with the described conditions. An overview of the state-of-the-art methods is outlined. Further, where it is possible, we outline an implementation of the described methods using well-known Open Computer Vision library. Finally, emphasis is placed on the methods that can deal with low light conditions, fog or other situations that complicate the detection process.

A influência das normas nos processos de trabalho: o caso da Prefeitura Municipal de Panambi-RS

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Denise Dexheimer

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Este artigo identifica como as normas explícitas na cultura organizacional influenciam os processos de trabalho dos funcionários públicos da Prefeitura Municipal de Panambi/RS. Após a caracterização da organização, no referencial teórico encontram-se algumas definições sobre tipos de organizações, cultura organizacional, normas e processos de trabalho. Em termos metodológicos, com base em Vergara (2009 o estudo classifica-se quanto aos fins como uma pesquisa descritiva. Quanto aos meios, o estudo se classifica como pesquisa de campo, pesquisa bibliográfica e pesquisa documental. Foram aplicadas 18 questões com 30 funcionários da referida Prefeitura a fim de verificar qual era a percepção que os funcionários possuíam sobre as normas vigentes, assim como identificar quais normas reguladoras que mais dificultavam o andamento dos processos de trabalho. Após esses diagnósticos foram propostas estratégias que possam viabilizar um melhor e mais eficiente processo de práticas na Prefeitura Municipal de Panambi/RS. Com a conclusão do trabalho, percebeu-se o quanto as normas organizacionais influenciam os processos de trabalho, afetando diretamente os serviços prestados pela organização, podendo determinar os resultados e desempenhos organizacionais.

A influência das normas nos processos de trabalho: o caso da Prefeitura Municipal de Panambi-RS

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Denise Dexheimer

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Este artigo identifica como as normas explícitas na cultura organizacional influenciam os processos de trabalho dos funcionários públicos da Prefeitura Municipal de Panambi/RS. Após a caracterização da organização, no referencial teórico encontram-se algumas definições sobre tipos de organizações, cultura organizacional, normas e processos de trabalho. Em termos metodológicos, com base em Vergara (2009 o estudo classifica-se quanto aos fins como uma pesquisa descritiva. Quanto aos meios, o estudo se classifica como pesquisa de campo, pesquisa bibliográfica e pesquisa documental. Foram aplicadas 18 questões com 30 funcionários da referida Prefeitura a fim de verificar qual era a percepção que os funcionários possuíam sobre as normas vigentes, assim como identificar quais normas reguladoras que mais dificultavam o andamento dos processos de trabalho. Após esses diagnósticos foram propostas estratégias que possam viabilizar um melhor e mais eficiente processo de práticas na Prefeitura Municipal de Panambi/RS. Com a conclusão do trabalho, percebeu-se o quanto as normas organizacionais influenciam os processos de trabalho, afetando diretamente os serviços prestados pela organização, podendo determinar os resultados e desempenhos organizacionais.

Representaciones sobre las normas de género: la resistencia al cambio

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Alejandra Martínez

2011-10-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo es producto de un trabajo de investigación realizado entre 2006 y 2009 en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina. Uno de los objetivos centrales de dicho estudio fue analizar las representaciones de las normas de género en varones y mujeres, y relacionar dichas representaciones con sus condiciones objetivas de existencia. En este escrito mostramos las articulaciones resultantes entre representaciones y condiciones objetivas -específicamente aquellas relativas a la posesión/carencia de capital económico y cultural-, poniendo en relieve la resistencia de las representaciones más tradicionales asociadas a las normas de género.

La nueva norma une-en ISO 9001:2000. Una aplicación en empresas de jardinería.

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Varona Arnaiz, Juan Manuel; Lara Palma, Ana María

2001-01-01

El 15 de diciembre de 2.000 salen a la luz las nuevas normas UNE-EN ISO 9001:2000, que pretenden superar algunos de los problemas y avanzar en la mejora de las antiguas normas. El modelo ISO 9000/94 planteaba graves problemas para la implantación, especi

Recognition of Indian Sign Language in Live Video

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Singha, Joyeeta; Das, Karen

2013-05-01

Sign Language Recognition has emerged as one of the important area of research in Computer Vision. The difficulty faced by the researchers is that the instances of signs vary with both motion and appearance. Thus, in this paper a novel approach for recognizing various alphabets of Indian Sign Language is proposed where continuous video sequences of the signs have been considered. The proposed system comprises of three stages: Preprocessing stage, Feature Extraction and Classification. Preprocessing stage includes skin filtering, histogram matching. Eigen values and Eigen Vectors were considered for feature extraction stage and finally Eigen value weighted Euclidean distance is used to recognize the sign. It deals with bare hands, thus allowing the user to interact with the system in natural way. We have considered 24 different alphabets in the video sequences and attained a success rate of 96.25%.

Compiling a Sign Language Dictionary

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Kristoffersen, Jette Hedegaard; Troelsgård, Thomas

2010-01-01

As we began working on the Danish Sign Language (DTS) Dictionary, we soon realised the truth in the statement that a lexicographer has to deal with problems within almost any linguistic discipline. Most of these problems come down to establishing simple rules, rules that can easily be applied every...... – or are they homonyms?" and so on. Very often such questions demand further research and can't be answered sufficiently through a simple standard formula. Therefore lexicographic work often seems like an endless series of compromises. Another source of compromise arises when you set out to decide which information...... this dilemma, as we see DTS learners and teachers as well as native DTS signers as our target users. In the following we will focus on four problem areas with particular relevance for the sign language lexicographer: Sign representation Spoken languague equivalents and mouth movements Example sentences Partial...

Norma tulemusi toetas suurem müük Venemaa turule / Tarvo Vaarmets

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Vaarmets, Tarvo

2006-01-01

Ilmunud ka: Delovõje Vedomosti 1. nov. lk. 29. Suuremad tellimused Vene autotootjatelt lisasid Norma III kvartali käibele 2005. aastaga võrreldes ligi kolmandiku. Diagramm. Kommenteerib Rait Maasikas

La crisis del concepto prudencia a causa del tránsito de las normas nacionales austriacas de información financiera a las normas internacionales

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Michael Matthias Reeh

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Al ser un país miembro de la Unión Europea (UE, la nación austriaca ha venido incorporando paulatinamente las International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS, Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF en español, a sus procesos contables y de revelación de información financiera en remplazo de las normas nacionales locales conocidas como Unternehmensgesetzbuch (UGB. Durante este proceso de convergencia, el principio prudencia ha entrado en crisis dentro del marco conceptual de las IFRS a cambio del principio valor justo o razonable. Es por ello que este trabajo presenta los principios básicos del sistema austriaco nacional, UGB, en comparación con los de las IFRS con el fin de analizar, por un lado, las razones por las cuales el concepto prudencia entro en crisis y, por otro, si el principio valor justo o razonable es el indicado para remplazar al primero.

A família na Unidade de Pediatria: convivendo com normas e rotinas hospitalares

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Daiani Modernel Xavier

2014-04-01

Full Text Available Objetivou-se conhecer, na visão foucaultiana, como o familiar cuidador da criança convive com as normas e rotinas no hospital. Estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa, realizado no segundo semestre de 2011. Teve como referencial metodológico a Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados. Foi desenvolvido na Unidade de Pediatria de um Hospital Universitário no sul do Brasil, com dezoito familiares cuidadores. A coleta de dados foi realizada por entrevistas semiestruturadas e a análise, através da codificação aberta, axial e seletiva. Percebeu-se que a família tende a submeter-se às normas e rotinas no hospital, mas reconhece a importância de sua flexibilização, exercendo resistência, seja dialogando, seja transgredindo, em busca de autonomia, quando percebem que essas não contemplam suas necessidades. Torna-se importante o uso de normas e rotinas que possibilitem à família práticas e espaços de liberdade, autonomia e resistência.

Normas de Bioseguridad en el consultorio Odontologico

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Del Valle A., Sol Cristina

2002-01-01

El Odontólogo como miembro del grupo de profesionales de la salud está en constante riesgo de adquirir enfermedades virales y bacterianas altamente contagiosas, que en muchos casos pueden ser mortales. Hoy día nuestros pacientes están al tanto del peligro que pueden correr cuando son atendidos con instrumental contaminado y sin las debidas normas de protección y el avance contínuo de información nos obliga y nos exige cuidarnos y cuidarlos a ellos. Se revisarán las medidas necesarias que debe...

Norma majandustulemuste ootused käivad üksteisele vastu / Gea Velthut-Sokka

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Velthut-Sokka, Gea, 1977-

2004-01-01

LHV ja Hansapanga analüütikud ennustavad Normale suurenenud kasumit ja aktsiahinna tõusu, Suprema ennustab nii käibe kui ka kasumi vähenemist. Kommenteerib Norma tegevdirektor Peep Siimon. Diagramm

Making an Online Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language ...

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... is n example of a contemporary sign language dictionary that leverages the 21st ... informed development of this bilingual, bi-directional, multimedia dictionary. ... and dealing with sociolinguistic variation in the selection and performance of ...

Proyección de la Norma Terminológica Internacional ISO 29383 en el contexto de las exportaciones colombianas

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Juan Carlos Díaz Vásquez

2010-05-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: el presente artículo se propone exponer la aplicabilidad de la Norma Terminológica Internacional ISO 29383, y su influencia positiva, en el contexto de las exportaciones en Colombia. Por otro lado, busca mostrar parte del trabajo desarrollado en la tesis ''Aplicación de normas terminológicas internacionales en el sector exportador colombiano'', presentada en la Universidad de Viena, Austria. La sección que se expone en este artículo hace parte igualmente del trabajo al interior del Comité Técnico Internacional ISO/TC 37, en cuanto al desarrollo de normas termino-lógicas que buscan tener una aplicabilidad general en los más diversos contextos. Uno de ellos es el planteamiento e implementación de políticas terminológicas al nivel gubernamental, a partir de la aplicación de normas terminológicas. Método: mediante el análisis de la Norma ISO 29383 ''Políticas terminológicas'', se presentan los aspectos más relevantes que permitan entender sus objetivos, enfoque, orígenes y planteamientos esenciales. Teniendo una visión clara de la norma, se lleva a cabo un análisis comparativo de la misma, contrastándola con el Plan estratégico exportador (Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje -SENA-, 2001, que define los lineamientos de la política exportadora colombiana. Resultados: se presentan proyecciones de la norma en el contexto colombiano, es decir, de qué manera se beneficiaría el sector exportador si allí se aplicara una política terminológica nacional. Conclusiones: el esfuerzo internacional en torno a la normalización terminológica puede influir positivamente en el desarrollo de economías en vías de desarrollo. La aplicación de normas terminológicas es un factor de desarrollo no sólo en la comunicación especializada de un sector dado, sino también como elemento necesario en los procesos de gestión de la calidad, dentro de los cuales la normalización va haciendo cada vez m

Norma categorial para el español de Bogotá, Colombia

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Albeiro Miguel Angel Ramirez Sarmiento

2011-09-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo presentamos los resultados de un estudio elaborado en Bogotá con 210 estudiantesuniversitarios de 5 instituciones con diferentes características sociodemográficas, con el fin de establecer las normas categoriales léxicas. Se utilizaron las 56 categorías léxicosemánticas usadas en el clásico estudio de Battig y Motague (1969 y se recogieron más de 7800 palabras que fueron organizadas por rango y moda. En la revisión bibliográfica realizada no se encontraron trabajos de esta naturaleza para el español colombiano (o latinoamericano, y se espera que sus resultados sean usados en protocolos para el campo de la terapia del lenguaje y los estudios psicolingüísticos. Los datos recogidos fueron comparados con uno de los estudios de norma categorial realizados para el español ibérico

Las Normas Contables Profesionales y los Costos

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Demonte, Norberto G.

2005-01-01

El trabajo relaciona las normas contables profesionales y la doctrina más avanzada de costo con el objetivo de exponer adecuadamente la realidad económica, tanto en los estados contables como en la información de gestión. A partir de una rigurosa clasificación e identificación de los costos se propone aplicar el sistema de costeo variable en el estado de resultados conjuntamente con la valuación al “precio de venta en bloque” de los bienes de cambio en el estado de situación patrimonial. Se a...

Una simulación multi-agente del mecanismo de generalización de una norma social

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Francisco Linares

2012-01-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo trata de abordar dos cuestiones interrelacionadas: ¿qué es una norma social? y ¿cómo se generaliza? Se argumenta que una norma social no es ni mero comportamiento sancionador ni tampoco comportamiento que tan solo se ajusta a las expectativas de los demás; sino que ambos requisitos deben cumplirse para que esta exista. A través de un modelo de simulación multi-agente se muestra cómo una dinámica de refuerzo mutuo entre la ejecución de sanciones y la generalización de expectativas explica la generalización de una norma social, dada la existencia de una masa crítica de sancionadores incondicionales. Además se muestra que a mayor densidad social, menor el tamaño de la masa crítica requerida en la población.

NORMA SUBJETIVA, INTENCIÓN Y CONSUMO DE MARIHUANA EN JÓVENES UNIVERSITARIOS DE MÉXICO

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Guzmán Facundo,Francisco Rafael; Llamas Estrada,Maura Liliana; Rodríguez Aguilar,Lucio; Alonso Castillo,María Magdalena

2012-01-01

Este artículo tuvo como propósito conocer la relación de la norma subjetiva con la intención y el consumo de marihuana en un grupo de jóvenes universitarios del Norte de México. El diseño del estudio fue descriptivo-correlacional, los datos fueron obtenidos a través de la aplicación de un instrumento sobre la Norma Subjetiva para el consumo de marihuana y analizados en el programa SPSS 18. Participaron 558 jóvenes de nueve facultades de una universidad pública. Los resultados mostraron que 15...

Aproximação entre contabilidade gerencial e contabilidade financeira com a convergência contábil brasileira às normas IFRS

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Luciano Gilio

2011-01-01

Este trabalho investiga se a adoção das normas IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standards, por meio dos pronunciamentos técnicos do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis - CPC, resultou em aproximação significativa dos conceitos usados pela contabilidade gerencial e pela contabilidade financeira nas empresas brasileiras. Com a adoção das normas internacionais de contabilidade (as normas do International Accounting Standards Board - IASB) no Brasil, chamada de convergência contábil brasi...

Initial results from NuSTAR observations of the Norma arm

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Bodaghee, Arash; Tomsick, John A.; Krivonos, Roman

2014-01-01

Results are presented for an initial survey of the Norma Arm gathered with the focusing hard X-ray telescope NuSTAR. The survey covers 0.2 deg2 of sky area in the 3-79 keV range with a minimum and maximum raw depth of 15 ks and 135 ks, respectively. Besides a bright black-hole X-ray binary...

Achieving mutual understanding in Argentine Sign Language (LSA)

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Manrique Cordeje, M.E.

2017-01-01

How does (mis)understanding works in conversation? Problems of understanding occur all the time in our everyday social life. How does miscommunication happen and how do we deal with it? This thesis reports on how sign language users manage to understand each other based on a large Conversational

Estudio sobre la pertinencia del uso de las normas disponibles del Raven en adultos mayores chilenos

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Alarcón Paz,Cristina; Díaz Valenzuela,Vanessa; Hernández Rosales,Jacqueline; Estrada Goic,Claudia

2012-01-01

La evaluación de la inteligencia en población adulto mayor ha aumentado su relevancia debido al incremento de la esperanza de vida. Este estudio centra su interés en la pertinencia de normas disponibles para el Test de Matrices Progresivas de Raven para dicha población. Se utilizaron normas de Colchester (1942, en Raven, Court y Raven, 2008), las más completas existentes. Participaron 102 adultos mayores voluntarios (más de 60 años). El diseño fue no experimental transversal correlacional. Lo...

L'ús de la norma de qualitat ISO 9001 a les biblioteques d'institucions d'educació superior = El uso de la norma de calidad ISO 9001 en las bibliotecas de instituciones de educación superior

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Balagué, Núria; ,

2007-01-01

La norma ISO 9001 és un dels instruments de gestió que han estat adoptats per les biblioteques durant els darrers anys. En aquest article es presenten els trets principals de les biblioteques d'institucions d'ensenyament superior que han assolit la certificació dels seus sistemes de gestió de la qualitat amb la norma ISO 9001:2000, els motius que les han dut a certificar-se, i els avantatges i les dificultats que els ha comportat aplicar-la. Finalment, s'ofereix una visió prospectiva sobre el...

Ideologies and Attitudes toward Sign Languages: An Approximation

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Krausneker, Verena

2015-01-01

Attitudes are complex and little research in the field of linguistics has focused on language attitudes. This article deals with attitudes toward sign languages and those who use them--attitudes that are influenced by ideological constructions. The article reviews five categories of such constructions and discusses examples in each one.

Los RRHH: nuevas exigencias en la norma ISO 9001/2015 y su aplicación al sector de la construcción

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Román García, Sergio

2017-01-01

En este trabajo se presenta la norma ISO 9001/2015 que es una norma internacional de calidad, con la mejora continua por bandera. Los objetivos de implementar la norma ISO 9001 principalmente serían tres: aumentar la seguridad, aumentar la rentabilidad económica y reducir el tiempo empleado en los procesos. Para todo esto, se necesita que la alta dirección se implique al 100% y que ésta, a su vez, haga implicarse a todos los trabajadores de la organización. En la parte más práctic...

La EPA propone normas más rigurosas para las personas que aplican los plaguicidas de más alto riesgo

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La EPA emitió una propuesta para la revisión de la norma para la Certificación de Aplicadores de Plaguicidas. La norma ayudará a mantener nuestras comunidades seguras, salvaguardar el medio ambiente y reducir el riesgo a los que aplican los plaguicidas.

INTERACCIONES NUTRIMENTALES Y NORMAS DE DIAGNÓSTICO DE NUTRIMENTO COMPUESTO EN NOGAL PECANERO (Carya illinoensis

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J. L. García-Hernández

2009-01-01

Full Text Available El cultivo de nogal pecanero (Carya illinoensis es actualmente uno de los de mayor rentabilidad en el norte de México. En la región conocida como la Comarca Lagunera que comprende parte de los estados de Coahuila y Durango se han reportado diversos desbalances nutrimentales que afectan el rendimiento y productividad de este cultivo. Este estudio fue desarrollado para determinar las normas de diagnóstico de nutrimento compuesto (DNC y para estudiar las interacciones entre nutrimentos de dicho cultivo. A través de la metodología de DNC se determinó el valor mínimo de alto rendimiento de fruto maduro, así como los rangos de macronutrimentos (N, P, K, Ca y Mg óptimos correspondientes en el tejido foliar, los cuales son llamados normas nutrimentales. Estas normas se definieron considerando un valor de rendimiento mínimo de 1.39 t·ha-1 en este cultivo. Los análisis de componentes principales, utilizando los índices de DNC, permitieron identificar las siguientes interacciones: positiva N-R y negativas N-Ca, K-Mg y P-Ca.

Comparación de las normas sísmicas más utilizadas para puentes continuos en el Perú y sus métodos de análisis

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Acero Martínez, José Alberto

2004-01-01

Este trabajo esta orientado a revisar las normas sísmicas más utilizadas para puentes continuos en el Perú y sus métodos de análisis. Se revisan principalmente: la norma AASHTO STANDARD, AASHTO LRFD, CALTRANS y la Norma Sísmica para Puentes de Japón. También, se discute la propuesta de norma para puentes del Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones del Perú y se revisa la NTE E.030. Por otro lado, se revisan en forma referencial, normas sísmicas de puentes de Chile, Venezuela y Canadá. T...

La Intrascendencia del debate positivismo-iusnaturalismo: Las normas de ius cogens

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Andrés Molina-Ochoa

2010-03-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del artículo es probar la irrelevancia del debate entre iusnaturalismo y positivismo para resolver problemas típicos del derecho. El artículo se fundamenta en las respuestas que positivistas y naturalistas podrían dar al problema de la existencia de normas de ius cogens, particularmente, al problema de la obligatoriedad y validez de dichas normas. Al probar que tanto el positivismo inclusivista y exclusivista, así como el iusnaturalismo responden a los problemas del ius Mogens de la misma forma, el artículo concluye que no hay un verdadero debate entre estas dos teorías, excepto por la discusión que todavía continúa sobre si el derecho puede ser una ciencia descriptiva o tiene que ser una disciplina normativa. En este sentido, el debate entre positivistas y iusnaturalistas puede considerarse como un capítulo más en la larga discusión acerca de la naturaleza de las ciencias sociales.

Infinitely many sign-changing solutions of an elliptic problem ...

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In recent years, a lot of attention has been given to the existence ... the crucial step is to show that the Mountain Pass value is strictly less than the first energy ... So far in the literature the only two papers that deal with the sign-changing solution.

A influência das normas nos processos de trabalho: o caso da Prefeitura Municipal de Panambi-RS

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Denise Dexheimer; Marcos Paulo Dhein Griebeler

2013-01-01

Este artigo identifica como as normas explícitas na cultura organizacional influenciam os processos de trabalho dos funcionários públicos da Prefeitura Municipal de Panambi/RS. Após a caracterização da organização, no referencial teórico encontram-se algumas definições sobre tipos de organizações, cultura organizacional, normas e processos de trabalho. Em termos metodológicos, com base em Vergara (2009) o estudo classifica-se quanto aos fins como uma pesquisa descritiva. Quanto aos meios, o e...

Las normas de auditoria informática

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José Dagoberto Pinilla F.

1994-01-01

Full Text Available El desarrollo económico general de los países y el acelerado proceso de informatización de la sociedad a escala mundial, exigen metodologías de control organizadas y permanentemente actualizadas. De ahí que la función de auditoría informática deba estar debidamente apoyada en parámetros normativos que aseguren niveles deseables de confiabilidad en los resultados de los procesos. En este artículo se presentan los requisitos normativos que la comunidad internacional de auditores ha precisado para el ejercicio profesional. en términos de normas profesionales, para la ejecución del trabajo y para la rendición de informes.

Progress report on Green Deals 2012; Voortgangsrapportage Green Deals 2012

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2012-10-15

In the Dutch governmental coalition agreement the Green Deal approach was announced in the autumn of 2010. The focus of the Green Deals is for people and companies to develop sustainable initiatives that contribute to economic growth. This progress report provides an overview of the deals that this bottom-up approach has yielded. The report also provides information on the progress of the deals and the interim results of the approach and the individual deals. Also attention is paid to how the 131 Green Deals score on innovation and entrepreneurship [Dutch] In het regeerakkoord van het kabinet is in het najaar van 2010 de Green Deal-aanpak aangekondigd. Centraal in de aanpak staat dat mensen en bedrijven zoveel mogelijk ruimte krijgen voor eigen duurzame initiatieven die bijdragen aan economische groei. Deze voortgangsrapportage geeft een overzicht van de deals die deze bottom-up aanpak heeft opgeleverd. De rapportage informeert bovendien over de voortgang van de deals en over de tussentijdse resultaten van zowel de aanpak als de afzonderlijke deals. Ook wordt gekeken hoe de 131 Green Deals scoren op innovatief vermogen en ondernemerschap.

Guía de implantación de un SGSI basado en la norma UNE-ISO/IEC 27001

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Muñoz Martín, Manuel

2015-01-01

Guía para el análisis, desarrollo e implantación de un sistema de gestión de la seguridad de la información basado en la norma ISO 27001 en una empresa tecnológica. Guia per a l'anàlisi, desenvolupament i implantació d'un sistema de gestió de la seguretat de la informació basat en la norma ISO 27001 en una empresa tecnològica. Bachelor thesis for the Computer Science program.

Asas dan Norma Hukum Administrasi Negara Dalam Pembuatan Instrumen Pemerintahan

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Tubagus Muhammad Nasarudin

2016-08-01

Full Text Available Ketika membahas Indonesia sebagai negara hukum, maka turut pula mengkaji tugas-tugas administrasi pemerintahan dan negara, baik secara aturan hukum tertulis dalam konstitusi atau aturan yang terkumpul di hukum konstitusi. Namun demikian, untuk pelaksanaan isu-isu yang bersifat teknis, hukum konstitusi belum sepenuhnya dilaksanakan secara efektif. Mengingat negara adalah organisasi kekuasaan, maka Hukum Administrasi Negara (HAN dibutuhkan sebagai instrumen untuk memantau penggunaan kekuasaan pemerintahan. Kajian ini mengakomodir dua permasalahan, yaitu batasan definitif dari peraturan perundang-undangan, kebijakan, dan keputusan menurut HAN dan asas-asas dan norma-norma HAN dalam pembuatan peraturan perundang-undangan, peraturan kebijakan, dan keputusan. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan hukum normatif atau studi pustaka hukum. Hasil studi ini menyatakan bahwa Peraturan adalah hukum yang in abstracto atau general norm yang sifatnya mengikat umum (berlaku umum dan tugasnya adalah mengatur hal-hal yang bersifat umum (general. Sementara Peraturan kebijakan hanya berfungsi sebagai bagian dari operasional penyelenggaraan tugas-tugas pemerintahan, karenanya tidak dapat mengubah ataupun menyimpangi peraturan perundang-undangan. Akhirnya, klausul pengaman (veiligheidsclausule pada suatu keputusan dapat disimpulkan sebagai hal yang tidak bermanfaat dan mubazir, sebab dapat menggoyahkan sendi-sendi kepastian hukum. Karena rumusan seperti ini, di satu sisi bertentangan dengan asas kepastian hukum dan di sisi lain bertentangan dengan asas praduga rechtmatig.

ANÁLISE SOBRE AS NORMAS E DOS INDICADORES DE SUSTENTABILIDADE E A SUA INTEGRAÇÃO PARA GESTÃO CORPORATIVA

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Alexandre André Feil

2013-09-01

Full Text Available O conceito da sustentabilidade e as normas de qualidade desafiam corporações e pesquisadores para a criação de modelos produtivos que contemplam a sustentabilidade sob os aspectos ambientais, sociais e econômicos, apoiados na teoria do triple-botton line. Este artigo tem o objetivo de relacionar as normas de qualidade (certificações e os métodos de sustentabilidade corporativa comparando a integração dos sistemas de gestão ambiental e gestão gerencial. Utilizou-se metodologia qualitativa com perspectivas na abordagem bibliográfica e descritiva, buscando as principais normas de qualidade utilizadas nas corporações globais e os modelos de mensuração da sustentabilidade na concepção dos principais cientistas e pesquisadores. Identificou-se que há grande aderência das normas de qualidade e à sustentabilidade corporativa, sendo contemplados em ambos os casos a ligação entre os aspectos ambientais, sociais e econômicos. No entanto, constata-se a divergência entre as partes quanto ao consenso de um modelo de sustentabilidade de utilização global. Sugere-se que os gestores das corporações possam realizar a integração entre a gestão das normas de qualidade e a sustentabilidade, e em conseqüência, reduzir os custos, a mão de obra e o tempo, a fim de agregar maior eficiência nos controles internos das corporações e do monitoramento dos Stakeholders.

MEDICINA Y DERECHO EL CONTROL DE LA VIDA Y LA MUERTE DEL INDIVIDUO, DESDE LA NORMA

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Yolanda M. Guerra García

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo desarrolla la idea de cómo el Derecho hace parte de absolutamente todos los estadios en la vida de un individuo; todo, en relación con la vida, la muerte y lo que sucede en el intermedio está reglado por el Derecho. Todo está juridizado por el derecho, a través de normas: la vida y la muerte, la enfermedad, los tratamientos médicos y las posiciones éticas que debe asumir el médico frente a su paciente. Cuál es la conveniencia de que personas imperfectas que hacen las normas con intereses particulares y teniendo que pagar a quienes los subieron al poder diversos tipos de favores, sean quienes propongan los procedimientos y decisiones que deben tomarse en casos de vital importancia en la vida de las personas, como por ejemplo el caso de la eutanasia? Podría la ética o la bioética tener mayor relevancia en los casos importantes en donde la norma que regula la gerencia de la vida (biojurídica se queda corta sobre todo en las discusiones biopolíticas?.

Progress report on Green Deals 2013; Voortgangsrapportage Green Deals 2013

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2013-11-15

In the Dutch governmental coalition agreement the Green Deal approach was announced in the autumn of 2010. The focus of the Green Deals is for people and companies to develop sustainable initiatives that contribute to economic growth. The Green Deal approach started with the theme energy, but has been extended with the themes biobased economy, climate, resources, buildings, food, mobility, water and biological diversity. This progress report provides an overview of the deals that this bottom-up approach has yielded. The report also provides information on the progress of the deals and the interim results of the approach and the individual deals. Also attention is paid to how the 146 Green Deals score on innovation and entrepreneurship [Dutch] In het regeerakkoord van het kabinet is in het najaar van 2010 de Green Deal-aanpak aangekondigd. Centraal in de aanpak staat dat mensen en bedrijven zoveel mogelijk ruimte krijgen voor eigen duurzame initiatieven die bijdragen aan economische groei. De aanpak is gestart vanuit het thema energie, maar beslaat inmiddels ook de thema's biobased economy, klimaat, grondstoffen, bouw, voedsel, mobiliteit, water en biodiversiteit. Deze voortgangsrapportage geeft een overzicht van de deals die deze bottom-up aanpak heeft opgeleverd. De rapportage informeert bovendien over de voortgang van de deals en over de tussentijdse resultaten van zowel de aanpak als de afzonderlijke deals. Ook wordt gekeken hoe de 146 Green Deals scoren op innovatief vermogen en ondernemerschap.

MIXED SIGNS IN THE SEMIOTICS OF ENGLISH EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSE

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Goncharova Darya Anatolyevna

2014-11-01

Full Text Available The article deals with the linguosemiotic explication of nomination process in educational discourse by signs of different types – verbal, non-verbal, mixed. Verbal signs are presented by lexical units, nominating agents, clients, non/material resources, artifacts, processes, incentives and forms of pedagogical influence. The non-verbal signs include paralinguistic signs (gestures, facial expressions, postures of the participants of the educational process; color-semiotic signs (coloremas, in which the information-impacting vector is directed to a color indication of messages that is important for successful educational communication; visual elements representing traditional British values and concepts; sound signs, topographic signs, that add meaning to the overall significance of a mixed sign. In linguosemiotic system of educational discourse, the mixed signs form the most numerous group and are represented mainly by emblems, anthems and school songs of secondary schools. The author checks and verifies the hypothesis that the semiotics of the educational process in British secondary schools includes the extensive and complex system of mixed signs, which consist of two non-homogeneous parts – verbal and non-verbal – belonging to other sign systems rather than natural language and expressed via graphics, colors, music, etc. Linguistic analysis is applied to the study of the semiotic space of educational discourse. The article determines that in the context of educational communication, verbal, non-verbal and mixed signs form the unity of the linguistic and extralinguistic parameters, being in different relationships and presenting a multilayer intersection of lexical groups, graphic description, color schemes and music accompaniment.

A Norma de Qualidade e os desafios que se colocam ao turismo industrial

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Cordeiro, José Manuel Lopes

2017-06-01

Full Text Available Nas últimas décadas tem-se registado uma cada vez maior diversificação da oferta turística, com o surgimento de novos segmentos, entre os quais o do turismo industrial, ou seja, o aproveitamento turístico do património industrial, contemplando também visitas a fábricas em atividade. A constituição em 2013, pelo Turismo de Portugal, de um Grupo de Trabalho para a elaboração de uma Norma de Qualidade para o Turismo Industrial constituiu um acontecimento relevante nesta área e contribuirá, seguramente, para uma considerável melhoria da qualidade da sua oferta turística. Neste artigo, o autor efetuará uma análise desta Norma e debaterá os desafios que a mesma coloca para garantir boas práticas no domínio deste tipo de oferta turística.

Norma Z39.50, actualidad, posibilidades. ¿Es necesario un cambio de actitud?

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de la Rosa Piñero, A.

1998-12-01

Full Text Available Z39.50 standard based systems technology offers many quite promising possibilities for the future: systems connectivity, retrieval of high structured information, redefinition of applications (as search engines, agents and so forth, integration within proprietary software, online or CD-ROM publishing systems, protocols... However, the situation nowadays is very little advantageous in order to develop Z39.50 based systems. This paper analyses the range of possibilities offered by the mentioned standard

La tecnología de los sistemas basados en la norma Z39.50 ofrece numerosas posibilidades, a priori bastante prometedoras. Conectividad de sistemas, recuperación de información muy estructurada, redefinición de aplicaciones (robots de búsqueda, agentes..., integración con sistemas propietarios, edición online y CD-ROM, protocolos... Sin embargo, en la actualidad se está favoreciendo muy poco el desarrollo de sistemas basados en esta norma. En este artículo se analizan las diversas posibilidades que ofrece la misma.

The Norm NOM-008-ENER-2001 offers an important saving option; La Norma NOM-008-ENER-2001 ofrece una importante opcion de ahorro

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Lalana, Emiliano Ramiro [Fideicomiso para el Ahorro de la Energia Electrica (Mexico)

2006-01-15

The Norm NOM-008-ENER-2001 no longer commands the efficient handling of energy from functional equipment or apparatuses but from a well planned architectural design that allows diminishing the energy use for cooling purposes, consequently this Norm refers to the conduction and radiation principles regulating the heat gain through the cover portions of a building. The Norm defines a reference theoretical building that will dictate the propitious heat gain for the projected buildings. Here the functioning logic of the Norm in respect to both principles is mathematically explained as well as an application example is developed considering the calculations made for the Norm's reference building and for the projected one, the final revision of the fulfillment of the norm, proposals of solutions and the conclusions. [Spanish] La Norma NOM-008-ENER-2001 comanda el manejo eficiente de energia electrica ya no a partir de equipos o aparatos funcionales sino a partir de un bien planeado diseno arquitectonico que permita disminuir el uso de energia para fines de enfriamiento. Por ende, esta norma se refiere a los principios de conduccion y radiacion regulando la ganancia de calor a traves de la envolvente y porciones de un edificio. La Norma define un edificio teorico de referencia que dictara la ganancia de calor propicia para los edificios proyectados. Aqui se explica matematicamente la logica de funcionamiento de la Norma respecto a ambos principios asi como se desarrolla un ejemplo de aplicacion que considera los calculos realizados para el edificio de referencia de la Norma y para el proyectado, la revision final del cumplimiento de la Norma, propuestas de solucion y conclusiones.

Adopción de las normas internacionales de información financiera (NIIF) en una empresa colombiana: lecciones aprendidas

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Lucumí Córdoba, María del Socorro; Pérez Jaramillo, Viviana

2010-01-01

Tesis (Maestría en Administración con énfasis en Finanzas). Universidad Icesi, 2010 El objetivo general del presente trabajo consiste en investigar, hacer un análisis y describir el proceso de adopción de normas internacionales por parte del grupo empresarial Bavaria S.A. Para cumplir con este propósito se plantearon los siguientes objetivos específicos: - Investigar bibliográficamente acerca de las normas internacionales de información financiera. - Investigar en la empr...

Power Deals. Mergers and acquisitions activity within the global electricity and gas market. 2010 Annual Review

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2011-02-15

The global power deal market is finally seeing an upward trend in momentum from the lows reached in 2009, with the total deal value in the non-renewable electricity and gas sectors up 19% year on year from USD 97.6bn to USD 116bn in 2010 - a year which also saw an end to the deal stalemate in the US with a renewed deal flow that looks set to continue this year. Compared to the heady mountain of power deals transacted between 2005-2008, deal values remain low but conditions are in place for a return at least to the foothills of these peaks, according to PwC's annual Power Deals review. Globalisation of the power sector is moving forward on a number of fronts with, for example, companies looking at gaining a larger presence in growth markets, acquisitions of global network asset portfolios with strong international interest in infrastructure assets and signs of greater Chinese involvement, not just from grid companies but also independent power producers.

Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders’ Reflections on Leadership by Norma Rose Point

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Point, Norma Rose

2011-01-01

xwmuthkwey’um Musqueam Elder Norma Rose Point discusses the importance of child rearing, caring for others, and traditional values in relation to leadership. Point elaborates on how she has surpassed experiences of racism, and how she has learnt to understand racism. Themes: caring for others; role modelling; collective approach to leadership-intergenerational advisory; communication; positive self-concept; relationship to the land; racism; perseverance; practice, training; caring for heal...

Independent transmission of sign language interpreter in DVB: assessment of image compression

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Zatloukal, Petr; Bernas, Martin; Dvořák, LukáÅ.¡

2015-02-01

Sign language on television provides information to deaf that they cannot get from the audio content. If we consider the transmission of the sign language interpreter over an independent data stream, the aim is to ensure sufficient intelligibility and subjective image quality of the interpreter with minimum bit rate. The work deals with the ROI-based video compression of Czech sign language interpreter implemented to the x264 open source library. The results of this approach are verified in subjective tests with the deaf. They examine the intelligibility of sign language expressions containing minimal pairs for different levels of compression and various resolution of image with interpreter and evaluate the subjective quality of the final image for a good viewing experience.

¿Normas perversas en el ámbito educativo? Aportes de la psicología social

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Alicia Barreiro

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Desde una perspectiva psicosocial, el presente artículo se propone contribuir a la comprensión del funcionamiento de las normas en los contextos educativos argentinos y su relación con el clima social emocional. Este último refiere a las emociones colectivas que las personas perciben que prevalecen en sus relaciones con los otros y en sus contextos cotidianos. Específicamente, en el artículo se analiza la posibilidad de la existencia de normas perversas en la convivencia escolar, retomando los hallazgos de tres estudios que revelan este tipo de mecanismos en el sistema educativo. Finalmente se propone avanzar en el estudio de las consecuencias de la dinámica de dobles estándares que pueden considerarse en sí mismas situaciones de violencia y maltrato.

Rotulagem de suplementos vitamínicos e minerais: uma revisão das normas federais Labeling of vitamin and mineral supplements: a revision of the federal normative regulations

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Patrícia Borges de Carvalho

2008-04-01

Full Text Available Os produtos à base de vitaminas e minerais têm tido a oferta e o consumo crescentes no Brasil. As diferenças nas dosagens oferecidas ao consumidor em cada produto são o parâmetro para sua classificação como suplementos alimentares ou como medicamentos, de acordo com a legislação sanitária brasileira. Entretanto, este limite entre os conceitos é confuso e pouco claro. Considerando o risco gerado pelo consumo desavisado de tais produtos, e visando facilitar a interpretação e a consolidação das normas que tratam dos produtos à base de vitaminas e minerais e fundamentar a dissertação de mestrado, foram realizados levantamento bibliográfico e avaliação de todo o arcabouço jurídico relacionado à sua rotulagem. Concluiu-se que a normatização é extensa, complexa e de difícil entendimento, com muitas normas de hierarquias diferentes tendo interface com o assunto e que as normas não estão consolidadas, levando a dificuldades de interpretação pelos comerciantes, profissionais de saúde e consumidores e ainda a falhas na aplicação por parte dos órgãos fiscalizadores do Estado. Foram também apresentadas propostas para auxiliar a correção das falhas explicitadas pelo estudo.In Brazil, there is a steadily increasing offer and demand for products on the basis of vitamins and minerals. According to Brazilian law, the differences in the dosages offered to the consumer in each product are the parameter for its classification as alimentary supplement or medicament. The limit between these two concepts, however, is confusing and lacks clearness. Considering the risk posed by imprudent consumption of such products and seeking to facilitate the interpretation and consolidation of the norms dealing with vitamin and mineral products as well as to create the basis for a master's degree dissertation, a bibliographical survey and evaluation of the entire juridical basis regarding the labeling of these products was conducted. It was

Proyección de la Norma Terminológica Internacional ISO 29383 en el contexto de las exportaciones colombianas

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Juan Carlos Díaz Vásquez

2010-01-01

Objetivo: el presente artículo se propone exponer la aplicabilidad de la Norma Terminológica Internacional ISO 29383, y su influencia positiva, en el contexto de las exportaciones en Colombia. Por otro lado, busca mostrar parte del trabajo desarrollado en la tesis ''Aplicación de normas terminológicas internacionales en el sector exportador colombiano'', presentada en la Universidad de Viena, Austria. La sección que se expone en este artículo hace parte igualmente del trabajo al interior del ...

A PARTICIPAÇÃO DE ENTES INTERNACIONAIS NO PROCESSO DE CONSULTA PÚBLICA DA NORMA CONTÁBIL PÚBLICA INTERNACIONAL SOBRE ATIVOS INTANGÍVEIS

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Abner Ribeiro Salaroli

2015-12-01

Full Text Available A contabilidade pública segue na direção da contabilidade financeira buscando a convergência aos padrões internacionais, sendo a IFAC o organismo responsável pela emissão de normas internacionais de contabilidade pública. Nesse contexto, este estudo tem como objetivo analisar o processo de criação da norma contábil internacional sobre ativos intangíveis públicos. A análise foi realizada com base nas sugestões presentes em cartas-comentário enviadas no processo de consulta pública. Como base teórica usou-se a Teoria Tridimensional do Direito de Miguel Reale, em que fato, valor e norma estão sempre presentes e correlacionados no processo de criação de normas. A população da pesquisa refere-se às sugestões das 19 cartas enviadas, todavia, a amostra final foi de 117 sugestões contidas em 18 documentos, que sofreram análise de conteúdo. Das 117 sugestões levantadas, 51 contribuições (44% foram de alguma maneira consideradas para elaboração da versão final da norma. Ressalta-se a participação da Accounting Standards Board (África do Sul e da KPMG como os entes que mais forneceram contribuições. As evidências sugerem que a participação tanto de organismos públicos como de entidades privadas no processo de consulta pública pode contribuir para emissão de uma norma moldada de forma a ser implementada por diferentes países.

Power Deals. Mergers and acquisitions activity within the global electricity and gas market. 2007 Annual Review

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2007-01-01

The year 2007 saw a continued remarkable expansion in the total number and value of deals in the power utilities sector (electricity and gas) worldwide. A 25% increase put the total power deal value of USD 372.5bn nearly nine times above the US$43bn recorded just four years earlier in 2003. Records continue to be set in the sector for the total number and value of deals and for the size of individual deals. There was little sign of the sector pausing for breath in 2007. There were fewer mega-deals, reflecting the complexity of getting really huge deals over the political and regulatory hurdles, but this was more than compensated by a rise in mid-size deal numbers. There was no clear evidence of a fall-off in deal activity in the second half of the year as the credit crisis broke. Indeed, 57% of all power sector deals, 441 of the total 768 deals, came in the second half. Strong deal momentum characterised all the major markets and, with the restructuring of the Russian electricity sector, 2007 marked the year when deals in the Russian Federation made a significant impact on the worldwide totals. Thus, for the first time, Power Deals 2007 includes a specific section on the Russian deals and we separate them out from the wider Asia Pacific totals where they featured in previous editions

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2007-01-15

The year 2007 saw a continued remarkable expansion in the total number and value of deals in the power utilities sector (electricity and gas) worldwide. A 25% increase put the total power deal value of USD 372.5bn nearly nine times above the US$43bn recorded just four years earlier in 2003. Records continue to be set in the sector for the total number and value of deals and for the size of individual deals. There was little sign of the sector pausing for breath in 2007. There were fewer mega-deals, reflecting the complexity of getting really huge deals over the political and regulatory hurdles, but this was more than compensated by a rise in mid-size deal numbers. There was no clear evidence of a fall-off in deal activity in the second half of the year as the credit crisis broke. Indeed, 57% of all power sector deals, 441 of the total 768 deals, came in the second half. Strong deal momentum characterised all the major markets and, with the restructuring of the Russian electricity sector, 2007 marked the year when deals in the Russian Federation made a significant impact on the worldwide totals. Thus, for the first time, Power Deals 2007 includes a specific section on the Russian deals and we separate them out from the wider Asia Pacific totals where they featured in previous editions.

The NuSTAR Hard X-Ray Survey of the Norma Arm Region

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Fornasini, Francesca M. [Astronomy Department, University of California, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States); Tomsick, John A.; Chiu, Jeng-Lun; Clavel, Maïca; Krivonos, Roman A.; Boggs, Steven E.; Craig, William W. [Space Sciences Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States); Hong, JaeSub [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States); Gotthelf, Eric V.; Hailey, Charles J.; Mori, Kaya [Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (United States); Bauer, Franz; Corral-Santana, Jesús [Instituto de Astrofísica and Centro de Astroingeniería, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago 22 (Chile); Rahoui, Farid [European Southern Observatory, K. Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D-85748 Garching bei München (Germany); Stern, Daniel [Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States); Bodaghee, Arash [Georgia College, 231 W. Hancock Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061 (United States); Alexander, David M. [Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE (United Kingdom); Barret, Didier [Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse (France); CNRS, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, 9 Av. colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4 (France); Christensen, Finn E., E-mail: f.fornasini@berkeley.edu [DTU Space—National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Lyngby (Denmark); and others

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We present a catalog of hard X-ray sources in a square-degree region surveyed by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array ( NuSTAR ) in the direction of the Norma spiral arm. This survey has a total exposure time of 1.7 Ms, and the typical and maximum exposure depths are 50 ks and 1 Ms, respectively. In the area of deepest coverage, sensitivity limits of 5 × 10{sup −14} and 4 × 10{sup −14} erg s{sup −1} cm{sup −2} in the 3–10 and 10–20 keV bands, respectively, are reached. Twenty-eight sources are firmly detected, and 10 are detected with low significance; 8 of the 38 sources are expected to be active galactic nuclei. The three brightest sources were previously identified as a low-mass X-ray binary, high-mass X-ray binary, and pulsar wind nebula. Based on their X-ray properties and multiwavelength counterparts, we identify the likely nature of the other sources as two colliding wind binaries, three pulsar wind nebulae, a black hole binary, and a plurality of cataclysmic variables (CVs). The CV candidates in the Norma region have plasma temperatures of ≈10–20 keV, consistent with the Galactic ridge X-ray emission spectrum but lower than the temperatures of CVs near the Galactic center. This temperature difference may indicate that the Norma region has a lower fraction of intermediate polars relative to other types of CVs compared to the Galactic center. The NuSTAR log N –log S distribution in the 10–20 keV band is consistent with the distribution measured by Chandra at 2–10 keV if the average source spectrum is assumed to be a thermal model with kT  ≈ 15 keV, as observed for the CV candidates.

Cálculo de elementos de vidrio en edificación: propuesta de norma española

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Fernández Canteli, A.

2007-04-01

Full Text Available This paper reports on a probabilistic model for design of glass plates and the procedure to determine the allowable load of specified types of glass, as a proposal for a new Spanish code for structural glass. After the experimental material characterization, the design model, implemented in the Windesign software, allows the user to calculate either the probability of failure of a monolithic glass plate for a given dimensions and specific loading, or to determine the plate thickness needed to withstand a known loading for a given probability of failure. Moreover, a comparative analysis among the results obtained by the model proposed here and the current foreign glass design standards, such as the American ASTM E 1300-02, the Italian UNI 7143-72, the French NFP 78-201-1 and the New Zealander NZS 4223 is presented.

El presente artículo describe un modelo probabilístico de cálculo de placas de vidrio y el procedimiento que permite la determinación de la carga admisible en determinados tipos de vidrio, como propuesta de una nueva norma española de vidrio estructural. Una vez caracterizado el material, el modelo, implementado en el programa Windesign, permite el cálculo de la probabilidad de fallo para una placa de vidrio monolítico de dimensiones dadas sometida a una determinada carga, o en su caso, la determinación del espesor de placa capaz de resistir una carga conocida para una probabilidad de fallo dada. Asimismo se presenta un estudio comparativo entre los resultados obtenidos para el modelo aquí propuesto y varias normas extranjeras de vidrio, tales como la norma americana ASTM E 1300-02, la italiana UNI 7143-72, la francesa NFP 78-201-1 y la neozelandesa NZS 4223. Palabras clave: Vidrio estructural; Modelo probabilística; Mecánica de fractura; Norma de cálculo.

A FORÇA NORMATIVA DA CONSTITUIÇÃO E A EFICÁCIA DAS NORMAS CONSTITUCIONAIS NO DIREITO BRASILEIRO

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Dantas, Eduardo Sousa

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O princípio da força normativa da Constituição determina a pretensão de eficácia das normas constitucionais.  Inobstante, a distinção sobre os diversos tipos de eficácia das normas constitucionais impede a efetivação desse princípio e ocasiona crises constitucionais, gerando a necessidade de revisitação da delimitação desse princípio.  É o que vem se verificando na doutrina e jurisprudência brasileira.  Nos moldes em que vem sendo atualmente aplicado, o princípio da força normativa serve como...

Norma Arrostito. Mujer política. Su construcción subjetiva desde la militancia Montonera

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Leandro Diego Basanta Crespo

2013-05-01

Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2013v10n1p89 O artículo aborda la experiencia de la militancia política de Norma Arrostito, desde donde se visualizan conflictos y problemáticas entre sus aspectos personales y la organización política Montoneros. La relevancia de este estudio surgió en pensar a Norma Arrostito como uno de los muchos capítulos relegados de la vida política de los años setenta. Siendo un personaje mítico y paradójico, sentí necesario lograr una comprensión de su figura y su militancia en esos años. Desde este punto se tomó en cuenta para el análisis: la construcción de su figura en la militancia política, su participación en la organización Montoneros, los límites que la organización Político-Militar le impone y el entrelazamiento de todos estos temas con su condición de mujer, la violencia y el contexto político de los años 70´. El período de análisis de mi trabajo fue desde la aparición pública de Norma Arrostito por el secuestro de Aramburu (29 de mayo de 1970 hasta su detención (2 de diciembre de 1976. Su progresiva marginación de la conducción nacional ¿Se fundamenta en cuestiones propias de su personalidad o bien, ella es una expresión más de las desigualdades entre los géneros dentro de la organización Montoneros?  La imposibilidad de torcer las decisiones de la organización Montoneros tal vez hicieron a Norma Arrostito presa de un destino que desde algún punto eligió, sin olvidarse que cualquier ser humano es el producto de sus prácticas sociales. Y partiendo de esta última afirmación, la subordinación femenina estuvo siempre presente.

A CONTABILIDADE COMOAPOIO PARAAGERAÇÃO DE INFORMAÇÕES SOCIAIS APLICADAS À NORMA SA 8000: UM ESTUDO DE CASO

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Maristela Mercedes Bauer

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Este artigo foi desenvolvido através da aplicação de uma lista de verificação construída com o auxílio da contabilidade, para verificar os requisitos necessários para a certificação pela norma SA 8000. A revisão de literatura da pesquisa abordou a contabilidade como sistema de informações apoiando a gestão em resposta a necessidade de informações. A norma SA 8000, com foco na responsabilidade social coorporativa, prescreve, como questão básica, o atendimento às convenções da OIT (Organização Internacional do Trabalho, à Declaração dos Direitos Humanos e à Declaração Universal dos Direitos da Criança. Dentro do preceito inicial de atender à legislação, a norma menciona os seguintes requisitos: trabalho infantil, trabalho forçado, saúde e segurança, liberdade de associação e direito à negociação coletiva, discriminação, práticas disciplinares, horário de trabalho, remuneração e sistema de gestão. Constatou-se também que a contabilidade, representada por contadores gerenciais, auxiliará a área de recursos humanos da empresa a realizar uma auditoria. Palavras-chave: Contabilidade. Responsabilidade Social. Requisitos da norma. Auditoria.

Name signs in Danish Sign Language

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Bakken Jepsen, Julie

2018-01-01

in spoken languages, where a person working as a blacksmith by his friends might be referred to as ‘The Blacksmith’ (‘Here comes the Blacksmith!’) instead of using the person’s first name. Name signs are found not only in Danish Sign Language (DSL) but in most, if not all, sign languages studied to date....... This article provides examples of the creativity of the users of Danish Sign Language, including some of the processes in the use of metaphors, visual motivation and influence from Danish when name signs are created.......A name sign is a personal sign assigned to deaf, hearing impaired and hearing persons who enter the deaf community. The mouth action accompanying the sign reproduces all or part of the formal first name that the person has received by baptism or naming. Name signs can be compared to nicknames...

PENERAPAN NORMA DAN ASAS-ASAS HUKUM ADAT DALAM PRAKTIK PERADILAN PERDATA

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2012-07-01

Full Text Available This research was descriptive research. Secondary and primary data were analysed qualitatively. The result of the research shows that mostly, the application of adat law norm and principles appear in the domain of private, contract, marital, and inheritance law. The adat law norms which are frequently used as judge considerations are the right of spouse on the matrimonial property, the guardian of a child under his mother, and the status of ex-wife as the heir of her former husband. We also identify a number of adat law principles, which include the clear (terang, cash (tunai, real (konkret and familiarity (kekeluargaan. Application of adat law is necessary owing to the normative legislative obligation. In practice, judges need to ensure that adat law norms are consistent with the applicable civil procedure. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif, yaitu melukiskan fakta obyek penelitian. Data primer dan sekunder dianalisis secara kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa norma hukum adat yang dijadikan dasar pertimbangan putusan hakim adalah istri berhak atas harta bersama, anak kecil diasuh ibu yang bercerai, dan istri adalah ahli waris mendiang suaminya. Asas hukum adat yang mendasari putusan hakim mencakup asas terang, tunai, konkrit dan kekeluargaan. Alasan hakim menerapkan norma dan asas hukum adat dikarenakan kewajiban normatif dari undang-undang dan dalam upaya membentuk yurisprudensi. Namun, praktiknya tidak mudah sehingga hakim harus melakukan harmonisasi ke dalam hukum acara positif.

The NuSTAR Hard X-Ray Survey of the Norma Arm Region

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Fornasini, Francesca M.; Tomsick, John A.; Hong, JaeSub

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We present a catalog of hard X-ray sources in a square-degree region surveyed by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) in the direction of the Norma spiral arm. This survey has a total exposure time of 1.7 Ms, and the typical and maximum exposure depths are 50 ks and 1 Ms, respectively...... model with kT ≈ 15 keV, as observed for the CV candidates....

La confianza, la satisfacción, las normas relacionales, el oportunismo y la dependencia como antecedentes del compromiso organizacional del trabajador

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Sonia San Martín Gutiérrez

2013-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo es conocer los determinantes más importantes del compromiso afectivo, normativo y de continuidad del trabajador con la empresa. Nuestra propuesta contempla tanto antecedentes de tipo relacional o interpersonal (confianza, satisfacción y normas relacionales como de tipo económico (oportunismo empresarial y dependencia. El contraste de las hipótesis propuestas, con una muestra de trabajadores mexicanos, indica que tanto el compromiso afectivo como el normativo inciden en el de continuidad; la satisfacción, las normas relacionales y la percepción de oportunismo son los principales antecedentes del compromiso afectivo; y la confianza y la dependencia lo son del compromiso normativo. Por otra parte, la confianza y las normas relacionales contribuyen al aumento de la satisfacción laboral, mientras que los antecedentes del compromiso afectivo lo hacen también, indirectamente, en el compromiso normativo. Estos resultados arrojan interesantes implicaciones para el ámbito académico y profesional.

On the System of Person-Denoting Signs in Estonian Sign Language: Estonian Name Signs

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Paales, Liina

2010-01-01

This article discusses Estonian personal name signs. According to study there are four personal name sign categories in Estonian Sign Language: (1) arbitrary name signs; (2) descriptive name signs; (3) initialized-descriptive name signs; (4) loan/borrowed name signs. Mostly there are represented descriptive and borrowed personal name signs among…

La norma y la práctica en el centro socialista de Bahía Blanca: afiliaciones, cotizaciones, bajas y renuncias (1911-1919

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Cabezas, Gonzalo Ezequiel

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Resumen Este artículo es un estudio de caso en clave microanalítica, que analiza las prácticas de afiliación, cotización, baja y renuncia en el centro socialista de Bahía Blanca en 1911-1919, contrastando cómo debía ser el procedimiento formal según las normas y/o costumbres establecidas en el partido y cómo era el habitual, junto con las razones de los afiliados para justificar que la práctica se alejara de la norma. Proponemos entender las prácticas dentro del continuum que va de lo formal a lo informal (de las reglas a los procedimientos cotidianos, en un intento por trascender la dicotomía entre accionar “tradicional y moderno” (signo del atraso y del progreso respectivamente, común en los estudios sobre partidos políticos en general y sobre socialismo en particular. Abstract This article is a case study in microanalytical key, which analyzes the practices of affiliation, contribution, unenlisting and resignation in the socialist center of Bahía Blanca in 1911- 1919, contrasting how should be the formal procedure according to the rules and/or costumes established in the party and how was the usual one, along with the reasons of the affiliates to justify that the practice moved away from the norm. We propose to understand the practices within the continuum that goes from formal to informal (from the rules to the usual procedures, in an attempt to transcend the dichotomy between “traditional and modern” action (sign of backwardness and progress respectively, common in studies of political parties in general and of socialism in particular.

Norma jurídica da LEI MARIA DA PENHA EM AÇÃO: análise pragmático-cognitiva

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Fábio José Rauen

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Full Text Available Neste artigo, guiados pela noção teórica de conciliação de metas de Rauen (2014, analisamos como a norma jurídica da Lei Maria da Penha é acionada em um caso de oferecimento de representação contra um agressor e solicitação de medidas protetivas à vítima. A análise sugere que a petição inicial se organizada em torno da norma jurídica, pois a seção de fatos qualifica o representado como transgressor da norma dispositiva, a seção de direitos destaca sanções para a transgressão, e a seção de pedidos decorre destas premissas. Os dados indicam que o texto funciona como hipótese abdutiva antefactual habilitadora, ao viabilizar que o juiz faça inferências similares e defira as medidas pela força lógica da conjunção dos fatos com o texto da Lei.

Conocimientos y aplicación de normas de bioseguridad del servicio de Ginecoobstetricia del Hospital Alberto Leopoldo Barton Thompson, Callao 2016

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Salas Zegarra, Rita Maribel

2016-01-01

El objetivo del presente trabajo de investigación es determinar la relación que existe entre los conocimientos de normas de bioseguridad y la aplicación de normas de bioseguridad en el servicio de Ginecoobstetricia en el Hospital Alberto Leopoldo Barton Thompson en el Callao, periodo 2016; la población conformada por los técnicos de enfermería, ginecoobstetrasy obstetras del servicio ginecoobstetricia de 75 trabajadores, la muestra consideró toda la población, en los cuales se ...

TEORIA INSTITUCIONAL: ADERÊNCIA ÀS NORMAS DE RH EM AGÊNCIAS BANCÁRIAS

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Jean Carlos de Oliveira João

2012-05-01

Full Text Available Esta pesquisa procura investigar, com base na teoria institucional, a aderência dos gestores às normas e políticas de recursos humanos (RH de três agências de um banco comercial brasileiro e identificar se esta aderência está relacionada à produtividade da organização. Para isto, obedeceu aos seguintes procedimentos metodológicos: entrevistou cada um dos três gestores, em profundidade, analisando os dados pela técnica de seleção das unidades de significado, preconizadas por Bardin (1971, e validou estas respostas aplicando questionários a quatro subordinados, a cada gestor. Aos dados coletados foram aplicados a técnica de análise dos conjuntos aproximativos, estabelecida pelo software estatístico LHStat de Loesch e Hoeltgebaum (2005. Os resultados demonstraram que o gestor 1 obteve o menor índice de produtividade inferindo que o pressuposto de pesquisa (quanto menor a aderência às normas, menor a produtividade se confirma. O gestor 2 e 3 foram considerados aderentes às normas da instituição e esta aderência interferiu positivamente na produtividade de suas agências. Salienta-se, no entanto, que o gestor 3 alcançou significativa superioridade nos resultados de produtividade, apontados como decorrentes de sua estratégia administrativa de “encurtar” caminhos burocráticos para negociações com clientes, por meio de autorizações, sem desrespeitar as regras do banco. Por conseguinte, estabelece-se a necessidade de investigação destes entraves burocráticos, sua influência sobre a produtividade e estudos que, direcionados à vertente cognitiva da teoria institucional, estabeleçam olhares investigativos sobre os perfis dos gestores pesquisados.

Convergencia de normas contables internacionales entre México y Estados Unidos: evidencia empírica

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Sergio Demetrio Polo Jiménez

2015-12-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo es examinar si la adaptación de la normativa contable mexicana a las IFRS ha convertido los principios mexicanos en unas normas de mayor calidad, incrementando su comparabilidad con los US GAAP y reduciendo la manipulación de los resultados. A su vez, nos cuestionamos, de acuerdo con la Teoría de la Agencia, si las diferencias entre las variables contables calculadas bajo la normativa mexicana y americana pueden ser debidas a la interpretación oportunista de los estándares mexicanos por los managers más que a las diferencias en la normativa contable de ambos países. Los resultados sugieren que los esfuerzos para converger las normas contables han incrementado la comparabilidad del resultado contable, si bien esta convergencia se debe también al uso oportunista de la elección de los métodos contables en función de la distinta coyuntura económica.

Establecimiento e implementación de un sistema de gestión de seguridad de la información basado en la norma ISO 27001:2013

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Quevedo Gómez, Renán

2015-01-01

Trabajo basado en el establecimiento e implementación de un SGSI de acuerdo a la norma ISO 27001:2013. Treball basat en l'establiment i implementació d'un SGSI d'acord amb la norma ISO 27001:2013. Master thesis for the Computer Science program on ICT Security management.

Metodika stanovení velikosti detekovaného signálu v EREM

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Potoma, Jaroslav

2010-01-01

Předkládaná práce se zabývá problematikou environmentální rastrovací elektronové mikroskopie (EREM) a detekcí signálních elektronů pomocí ionizačního detektoru.Hlavní náplní této práce je porovnání osciloskopické metody stanovení velikosti signálu s metodou vyhodnocování velikosti signálu z úrovně šedi ze snímků standartních vzorků. Vyhodnocení výhod a nevýhod obou metod. This work deals with problematics of enviromental scanning electron microscopy and detection of signal electrons by ion...

Iran and Russia signed nuclear agreement

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2006-01-01

This paper deals with signing of agreement between Russian Federation and Iran about nuclear fuel for nuclear power plant which is constructed. It was happened only three days after Bratislava Summit between presidents G. Bush and V. Putin. Supply of nuclear fuel should be started up to two months and the nuclear power plant with value eight hundred U. S. dollars should be commissioned next year. According to this agreement spent fuel will be sent back to Russia. After this manner it should be prevented the possibility that Iran will use spent fuel for producing of nuclear bomb

Las normas de Valoración Aduanera del GATT/OMC y su aplicación actual en el comercio exterior ecuatoriano

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Sempértegui Fernández, Luis Fernando

2015-01-01

La presente investigación se circunscribe a analizar el Acuerdo de Valoración Aduanera del GATT/OMC, las posiciones doctrinarias relativas a la metodología de valoración de las mercancías de importación, los métodos y reglas de valoración aduanera concebidos en el GATT y acogidos por las normas de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN), las normas ecuatorianas en relación al tema de valoración aduanera, especialmente las últimas resoluciones, manuales e instructivos dictados por el Servicio Na...

Propuesta de un nuevo enfoque para las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera para Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas

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Herranz-Martín, Felipe; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Bautista-Mesa, Rafael; Universidad Loyola Andalucía; Molina-Sánchez, Horacio; Universidad Loyola Andalucía

2013-01-01

En los últimos años, la tendencia tanto del InternationalAccounting Standards Board, IASB, como delFinancial Accounting Standards Board, FASB, se dirige a lacreación de una norma específica e independiente del restode normas de información financiera, aplicable, en general,sobre las entidades sin presencia en los mercados cotizados,sin tener en cuenta su dimensión. En nuestra opinión,la opción escogida presenta algunos inconvenientes desde lapropia definición de su ámbito de aplicación, al de...

Propuesta de armonización de la Norma Internacional de Contabilidad del Sector Público 32 –NICSP 32– Concesiones de Servicios: otorgador en el sector público colombiano

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Rojas, Laura

2014-01-01

El objetivo general de este trabajo es presentar una propuesta para incorporar en la contabilidad pública la Norma Internacional de Contabilidad del Sector Público 32, NICSP 32. El problema se centró en cómo deben revelar en su situación financiera los Servicios de Concesión conforme a las Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad Pública. La armonización en Colombia de la Norma Internacional de Contabilidad del Sector Público 32 Concesiones de Servicios: Otorgador generaría varios impactos. Los...

NORMAS ÉTICO-PROFESIONALES DE LOS ESTUDIANTES DE LA CARRERA DE DERECHO

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María Adelaida Pupo Martínez

2013-11-01

Full Text Available La Universidad cubana tiene la responsabilidad de formar profesionales con una sólida formación integral, amplios conocimientos de la especialidad que cursan, firme preparación política - ideológica y una correcta formación educativa. La creación de un documento con normas ético-profesionales, dirigido a los estudiantes de la carrera de Derecho, consolida la formación educativa de estos futuros profesionales; recoge en sus preceptos; valores y modos de actuación que van a contribuir a lograr un profesional integral. Cumplir las normas ético-profesionales del Estudiante de Derecho, constituye un paso importante en el perfeccionamiento de la conducta educativa, fortalecer valores a través del conocimiento de la historia patria y contribuir al cumplimiento de los Lineamientos de la Política Económica y Social del Partido y la Revolución y a los objetivos de la Primera Conferencia del Partido. Tarea permanente de docentes y familiares en la educación de las nuevas generaciones.PALABRAS CLAVE: Normas ético-profesionales; estudiante de Derecho; valores; profesional integralETHICAL PROFESSIONALS STANDARDS OF THE STUDENTS OF LAW CARREERABSTRACTThe University the Cuban has the responsibility of forming professionals with a solid comprehensive formation, wide knowledge of the specialty that they take a course in, firm political and ideological preparation and a correct educational formation. The Creation of a document with standards ethical professionals, directed to the students of the race by right, strengthen the educational formation of these professional futures; Pick up in his precepts; Values and manners of behavior that are going to contribute to achieve an honest professional. Keeping the standards ethical the Law Student's professionals, constitute an important step in the perfecting of the educational conduct, strengthening values through the knowledge of the homeland history and contributing to the fulfillment of the

O campo de detecção de normas e desvios

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Antônio Carlos Luz Costa

2008-10-01

Full Text Available A partir de uma alternativa de desenvolvimento para a teoria da anomia de Robert K. Merton, uma hipótese sobre a dinâmica do contexto social em que surgem comportamentos desviantes a normas é elaborada. Com base em conceitos de Merton, Simmel, Bourdieu e os semióticos, analisa-se: a posição do indivíduo (classificado ou não de desviante em uma estrutura que privilegia determinados sujeitos; e b como se dá esse privilégio. A hipótese de trabalho: do quanto mais capitais (econômico, social e cultural o indivíduo dispuser, menores serão suas chances de ter uma ação detectadaem um campo de detecção de normas e desvios. From an alternative development of Robert K. Merton’s anomie theory, the article Detection fi eld of social norms and social deviance discusses the dynamicssocial contexts in which behaviors deviate from social norms. From Merton, Simmel, Bourdieu and the semiotics, the article focuses on (a the position of the individual (classifi ed or not as deviant in a structure that privileges certain individuals and (b how this privilege happens. The hypothesis: the more are the capitals (economic, social, cultural someone shows, the less are the chances of having the action detected as deviant in a field of detection of norms and deviance.

El numeral 8 de la norma y la mejora continua en las empresas de Ibagué

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Mario Enrique Uribe Macías

2015-03-01

Full Text Available El proyecto de investigación se realizó a partir de la aplicación de un cuestionario estructurado, diseñado con base en la Norma ISO 9004, a siete empresas que habían sido certificadas, siendo una muestra definida por conveniencia. El artículo presenta los resultados del análisis de la aplicación del numeral 8 de la norma “Medición, análisis y mejora”, resaltándose dos grandes conclusiones: el alto grado de autoapreciación que las empresas tienen de su gestión del Sistema de calidad y la aplicación, desarrollo y demostración de las acciones que ellas adelantan se enfocan a mejorar la eficacia de sus sistemas de calidad y a fortalecer su cultura de calidad.Palabras clave: Calidad; Mejora continua; Numeral 8 Norma ISO. Standard ítem 8 and continue improvement in enterprises from IbagueAbstractThe research project was developed by a structured questionnaire application, designed ISO 9004 based-on, to seven certified enterprises that formed a sample chosen by convenience method. This paper presents the results of application of Standard numeral 8. Measuring, analysis and improve behavior analysis, emphasizing two great conclusions: the self-appreciation high level enterprises have about theirs Quality system management, and the application, development and demonstration about the actions they do are focused to improve their  quality systems efficacy and to strengthen their quality culture.Keywords: Quality; Continue improving; Standard ISO numeral 8.

Efectos sobre los estados financieros de la aplicación de la norma internacional de contabilidad Nº 12 "Impuesto sobre la ganancias"

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Giraldo Gómez, Carlos Mario

2014-01-01

El objetivo del presente trabajo: NIC 12 (Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad), “Impuesto a las ganancias e impuesto diferido”, parte integral de las NIIF (Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera), es identificar algunos aspectos especiales que se reflejarán en los estados financieros de las empresas en relación con el manejo del impuesto diferido -- Lo anterior originado en las diferencias que se darán al comparar la información contable con la información fiscal, y que de una ma...

Estudio sobre la pertinencia del uso de las normas disponibles del Raven en adultos mayores chilenos Estudo sobre a pertinência da utilização das normas disponíveis de Raven em idosos chilenos Study on the relevance of using available norms Raven in Chileans older adults

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Cristina Alarcón Paz; Vanessa Díaz Valenzuela; Jacqueline Hernández Rosales; Claudia Estrada Goic

2012-01-01

La evaluación de la inteligencia en población adulto mayor ha aumentado su relevancia debido al incremento de la esperanza de vida. Este estudio centra su interés en la pertinencia de normas disponibles para el Test de Matrices Progresivas de Raven para dicha población. Se utilizaron normas de Colchester (1942, en Raven, Court y Raven, 2008), las más completas existentes. Participaron 102 adultos mayores voluntarios (más de 60 años). El diseño fue no experimental transversal correlacional. Lo...

Norma percibida de consumo de marihuana en los pares de estudiantes universitarios Norma percebida de consumo de maconha sobre os pares de estudantes universitários Perceived norm for marijuana use among university student peers

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Angélica Cazenave

2009-01-01

Full Text Available En este estudio se describe la relación entre la norma percibida del consumo de marihuana en los pares y el consumo real informado por alumnos de una universidad chilena. Se trata de un estudio cuantitativo, multicéntrico y transversal. Participaron 449 estudiantes previa firma del consentimiento informado. La información se recolectó con un cuestionario autoaplicado y se analizó con el programa SPSS 15.0. Fue encontrado que la mayoría son mujeres solteras, entre 20 y 21 años de edad, estudiantes de enfermería y educación. La norma percibida fue mayor que la de estudios nacionales (32,1% versus 21%; también el consumo autoinformado fue mayor que el nacional (32,1% versus 5,6%. Se observa un mayor consumo entre las mujeres, en educación y enfermería. Se confirma la feminización del consumo; el inicio del consumo en la universidad, el uso recreativo y la mayor tolerancia al consumo en los pares. Existe una sobreestimación del consumo de marihuana, lo que de acuerdo a la Teoría de las Normas Sociales y de Normalización influye en el aumento del consumo. Esta investigación constituye un aporte a las políticas de la salud del país y de la universidad.Descreve-se, aqui, a relação entre norma percebida de consumo de maconha entre os pares e consumo reportado em alunos de uma universidade chilena. Este é um estudo quantitativo, multicêntrico, transversal. Participaram 449 estudantes, com livre consentimento. As informações foram coletadas mediante questionário autoaplicado e analisadas através do programa SPSS 15.0. RESULTADOS: a maioria são mulheres, solteiras, entre 20 e 21 anos, estudantes de enfermagem e educação. A norma percebida é maior do que nos estudos nacionais (32,1% vs 21% e maior do que o consumo autorreportado (32,1% vs 5,6%. Observa-se maior consumo nas mulheres, e dos cursos de educação e de enfermagem. Confirma-se a feminização do consumo, o qual se inicia na universidade, por uso recreativo, e haver

APLICAÇÃO DAS NORMAS DO PLANO DE CONTROLE AMBIENTAL (PCA EM PISCICULTURAS DA REGIÃO METROPOLITANA DE GOIÂNIA E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES AMBIENTAIS

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Afonso Pereira Fialho

2006-10-01

Full Text Available Apresenta-se, neste trabalho, uma análise com base em dados colhidos em trinta propriedades rurais da Região Metropolitana de Goiânia e entorno, das condições de pisciculturas já instaladas, cujos projetos encontram-se na Agência Ambiental do Estado de Goiás, órgão que regulamenta tal atividade. Para tanto, vale-se de estudo de casos,em que se procurou verificar se há ou não observância das normas emanadas do Plano de Controle Ambiental (PCA. Nos cinco itens referentes a impactos ambientais – respeito à distância da margem, preservação de nascentes, canal de derivação, tratamento dos efluentes e proteção da saída de escoamento de água dos viveiros –, verificou-se que:apenas uma propriedade respeitou as normas; três projetos respeitaram entre 20% e 40% dos itens; seis projetos acataram 60% dos itens; quatorze cumpriram 80% dos itens e três não cumpriram as normas do PCA. Concluiu-se assim que, a despeito da rica literatura existente e das normas claras e eficientes, o produtor rural envolvido nesse ramo de atividade não está comprometido com o respeito ao meio ambiente, por falta quer de uma fiscalização mais rigorosa, quer de uma educação continuada. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Impactos ambientais, normas (PCA, piscicultura.

NORMAS BRASILEIRAS E INTERNACIONAIS DE CONTABILIDADE APLICADAS AO SETOR PÚBLICO E O DESAFIO DA CONVERGÊNCIA: UMA ANÁLISE COMPARATIVA – IPSAS E NBCTSP

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Adriana Rodrigues Fragoso

2012-11-01

Full Text Available O presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar o estágio atual de convergência conceitual entre as normas brasileiras de contabilidade aplicadas ao setor público (NBCTSP e as International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS. A complexidade e diversidade de transações entre entidades do setor público ou privado, gerada pela internacionalização de mercados, demandam uma avaliação contínua e dinâmica dos eventos que promovem a modificação quantitativa ou qualitativa de um patrimônio. Para esse processo de avaliação, a observação dos princípios e normas de contabilidade é importante para garantir, entre outras características da informação, a compreensibilidade e comparabilidade, reduzindo custos aos investidores e usuários, em geral, considerando as barreiras encontradas na diversidade de idiomas, culturas, políticas fiscais e econômicas. Para a análise de convergência, foi efetuado um estudo comparativo do conteúdo das normas, a partir de uma análise descritiva, com o intuito de verificar a aderência existente entre as normas brasileiras e internacionais aplicadas ao setor público. Os resultados encontrados destacam que ainda há diversos aspectos a serem discutidos para uma efetiva convergência às normas internacionais; esta convergência atual é parcial. No entanto, verifica-se que as NBCTSPs apresentam uma exposição conceitual de qualidade enquanto as IPSAS apresentam um conteúdo mais focado em procedimentos operacionais.

Entre normas e fatos: desafios e dilemas da ordem internacional

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Cruz Sebastião C. Velasco e

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Examinam-se os limites e o significado da controvérsia entre "realistas" que invocam fatos e "cosmopolitas" que invocam normas, com referência às perspectivas da ordem internacional após 11 de setembro de 2001. Contra a idéia da retomada pelos EUA do multilateralismo, ou do seu oposto, a idéia dos EUA como sede de um verdadeiro império mundial, propõe-se um "cenário de transição", marcado por turbulências inter- e intra-estatais, sem prejuízo da possibilidade real de uma configuração mais equilibrada no futuro.

Estudio sobre la pertinencia del uso de las normas disponibles del Raven en adultos mayores chilenos Estudo sobre a pertinência da utilização das normas disponíveis de Raven em idosos chilenos Study on the relevance of using available norms Raven in Chileans older adults

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Cristina Alarcón Paz

2012-12-01

Full Text Available La evaluación de la inteligencia en población adulto mayor ha aumentado su relevancia debido al incremento de la esperanza de vida. Este estudio centra su interés en la pertinencia de normas disponibles para el Test de Matrices Progresivas de Raven para dicha población. Se utilizaron normas de Colchester (1942, en Raven, Court y Raven, 2008, las más completas existentes. Participaron 102 adultos mayores voluntarios (más de 60 años. El diseño fue no experimental transversal correlacional. Los resultados indican que las normas resultan poco exigentes para ese grupo y que existen diferencias significativas entre los adultos de la tercera y cuarta edad, privilegiando a los del primer grupo. El índice de discrepancia mostró alta sensibilidad, indicando que la distribución de puntajes esperados no se corresponde al de la población general. Se discuten los resultados en torno a la necesidad de actualización de las normas y la consideración de las nuevas características de este periodo vital.A avaliação da inteligência na população idosa tem aumentado sua importância devido ao aumento da expectativa de vida. Este estudo está centrado na relevância das normas disponíveis para o teste de Matrizes Progressivas de Raven para essa população. Foram utilizadas as normas de Colchester (1942, citado por Raven, Court y Raven, 2008, as mais completas disponíveis. Participaram 102 idosos voluntários (com idade superior a 60 anos. O desenho do estudo foi não experimental transversal correlacional. Os resultados indicam que as normas são pouco exigentes para esse grupo e que existem diferenças significativas entre os adultos da terceira e quarta idade, privilegiando o primeiro grupo. O índice de discrepância mostrou alta sensibilidade, indicando que a distribuição de pontuações esperadas não corresponde a da população em geral. Os resultados são discutidos em relação à necessidade de atualização das normas e da considera

La conversión de estados financieros a moneda extranjera en el marco de las normas internacionales de información financiera

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Villanueva González, Félix Martín

2016-01-01

Tanto el Consejo de Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera como el Consejo de Normas de Contabilidad Financiera de los Estados Unidos de América, han desarrollado metodologías de aceptación general para la conversión de estados financieros en moneda extranjera a partir de información financiera elaborada en una moneda diferente a la de presentación. La presente tesis se propuso demostrar que esas metodologías utilizadas para la conversión de estados financieros a moneda extranjera n...

Elaboración del plan de implementación de la norma ISO/IEC 27001:2005 en una empresa del sector reail

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Jácome Lobo, Andrés Augusto

2014-01-01

En este trabajo se surten todas las etapas necesarias para establecer un sistema de gestión de seguridad de la información (SGSI) basado en la norma ISO 27001:2005 en una empresa del sector retail de gran tamaño. En aquest treball es proveeixen totes les etapes necessàries per establir un sistema de gestió de seguretat de la informació (SGSI) basat en la norma ISO 27001:2005 en una empresa del sector retail de grans dimensions. Master thesis for the ICT Security management program.

Propuesta de un sistema de gestión ambiental basado en la norma ISO 14001 para industrial pesquera Santa Priscila S.A.

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Montiel Morán, Miguel

2015-01-01

Este trabajo se inicia con la obtención de toda la información existente y disponible sobre el funcionamiento de la gestión ambiental en Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A., el cumplimiento de la normativa ambiental vigente y de la norma ISO 14001:2004 aplicables a dicha organización, la cual nos otorga el establecimiento y la propuesta de un manual con sus respectivos procedimientos para la implementación de un sistema de gestión ambiental basado en la norma ISO 14001:2004. This rese...

Valor razonable: un modelo de valoración incorporado en las normas internacionales de información financiera

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Berta Silva Palavecinos

2011-01-01

Full Text Available El concepto de Valor Razonable, traducción del inglés de la expresión Fair Value, que aparece desde hace varias décadas en la literatura contable anglosajona, ha cobrado relevancia cuando el International Accounting Standards Board (IASB lo incorporó como un modelo de valoración en las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera. Sin embargo, el significado, la oportunidad en que se usa, cómo se determina, el efecto que genera en el patrimonio de la empresa, además de otros aspectos significativos, se encuentran dispersos a través de distintas normas. El agente decisor requiere tener una concepción clara sobre el tema. Este artículo presenta una compilación y reflexiones sobre estos aspectos, sin agotarlos.

Normalización española sobre cenizas volantes (normas UNE

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Pardo, Antonio

1988-04-01

Full Text Available The "Concrete Additives" task force was created within the "Concretes”/IRANOR Technical Commission-83 in 1983. It presently answers to the AENOR. Its principle objective during these years has been the elaboration of Spanish regulations concerning fly ash to be used in morters and concretes made with Portland cement. The main purpose of this study, in which a comparative analysis of international regulations is also included, is the exposition of these regulations, as well as the steps to be taken in their constant up-dating. In addition, a summary of the characteristics of fly ash produced in Spain before the elaboration of the UNE norms is also included.

En 1983 se creó el Grupo de Trabajo "Adiciones al Hormigón" en el seno de la Comisión Técnica-83 "Hormigones”/IRANOR, actualmente transferido a AENOR. Su finalidad principal, durante estos años, ha sido la elaboración de la normativa española sobre las cenizas volantes que hayan de ser utilizadas en morteros y hormigones de cemento portland. Su exposición es el objeto principal de este trabajo, en el que se incluye también un análisis comparativo con la normativa internacional, así como los pasos a seguir en la actualización constante de las normas. Asimismo se recoge un resumen de las características de las cenizas volantes generadas en España con anterioridad a la elaboración de las Normas UNE.

Análisis de las diferencias entre las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF) y los Principios de Contabilidad (VEN-NIIF)

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Carmen Haydeé Peña Molina

2013-01-01

El presente artículo es producto de una investigación, cuyo objetivo fue analizar las diferencias existentes entre las normas internacionales de información financiera (NIIF) y las normas emitidas por la FCCPV, denominadas VEN - NIF. Tales diferencias consisten en: (1) reservas en la aplicación de algunas disposiciones contenidas en las NIIF, y (2) tratamientos particulares para Venezuela. En Venezuela, la adopción de las NIIF fue aco rdada en enero de 2004 por un Directorio Nacional Ampliado...

APLICAÇÃO DAS NORMAS FEDERAIS DE EDUCAÇÃO AOS SISTEMAS DE ENSINO DOS ESTADOS FEDERADOS E DOS MUNICÍPIOS

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Aristides Cimadon

2014-05-01

Full Text Available Este artigo procurou apresentar um estudo no sentido de clarificar de que forma se aplicam as normas federais de educação aos sistemas estaduais de ensino. Procurou-se fazer um estudo das competências dos Entes Federados no que se refere à educação e, à luz do Direito Educacional, por meio de análise sistemática, apresentou-se uma posição doutrinária a respeito da eficácia das normas federais nos sistemas de ensino dos Estados e dos Municípios, com o objetivo de orientar gestores e educadores nas decisões a respeito das normas de educação. É consabido que os sistemas de ensino, a partir do que determina a Constituição brasileira em seu artigo 211, seguindo a proposição republicana federativa, têm autonomia de competências desde que respeitada a legislação geral nacional determinada pela Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional (Lei n. 9.394/96 (BRASIL, 1996. Palavras-chave: Educação. Ensino. Sistemas de ensino. Direito Educacional.

Beyond an energy deal: Impacts of the Sino-Australia uranium agreement

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Wu Jiaping; Garnett, Stephen T.; Barnes, Tony

2008-01-01

Is the spectacular growth of Sino-Australian trade compelling Australian policy-makers to strengthen strategic support for China in the face of traditional alliances? The recently signed trade agreement under which Australia will annually export 20,000 tonnes of uranium to China for power generation for the next 20 years, will feed China's increased energy demand, allow a reduction in dependence on coal-based energy and ameliorate environmental deterioration, all matters that have become critical to China's economic growth. Yet the uranium trade will contribute only slightly to China's energy needs, and to the Australian economy. However, the trade deal was signed even though China, as a nuclear military power, is a potential threat to Australia's strongest military ally, the US. At the same time it reignited a divisive debate in Australia, covering a wide range of political, social, economic, health and environmental policy areas that reach well beyond strategic relationships. That the Australian Government will risk both internal and external criticism seems to be further recognition that Australia is becoming increasingly dependent on the continued growth of China's economy for its prosperity

Are land deals driving 'water grabs'?

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Skinner, Jamie; Cotula, Lorenzo

2011-11-15

Investors in land often look for land with a high growing potential, which means land with lots of rainfall or land that can be irrigated. In multimillion dollar investments involving irrigation, investors typically want to secure water rights as part of the deal. Motivated by potential revenues from water fees and the prospect of improved agricultural productivity, many African governments are signing away water rights for decades to large investors. But they are doing so with little regard for how this will impact the millions of other users — from fishermen to pastoralists — whose livelihoods depend on customary access to water. Water managers must seriously consider the extent to which water rights should be linked to land in this way before setting a long-term precedent that could compromise sustainable and equitable supply to all users in the future.

NORMAS BRASILEÑAS E INTERNACIONALES DE CONTABILIDAD APLICADAS AL SECTOR PÚBLICO Y EL DESAFÍO DE LA CONVERGENCIA: UN ANÁLISIS COMPARATIVO – IPSAS Y NBCTSP

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Adriana Rodrigues Fragoso

2012-11-01

Full Text Available El presente estudio tiene por objetivo analizar el estadio actual de convergencia conceptual entre las normas brasileñas de contabilidad aplicadas al sector público (NBCTSP y las International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS. La complejidad y diversidad de transacciones entre entidades del sector público o privado, generada por la internacionalización de mercados, demandan una evaluación continua y dinámica de los eventos que promueven la modificación cuantitativa o cualitativa de un patrimonio. Para ese proceso de evaluación, la observación de los principios y normas de contabilidad es importante para garantizar, entre otras características de la información, la comprensibilidad y posibilidad de comparación, reduciendo costes a los inversores y usuarios, en general, considerando las barreras encontradas en la diversidad de idiomas, culturas, políticas fiscales y económicas. Para el análisis de convergencia, fue efectuado un estudio comparativo del contenido de las normas, a partir de un análisis descriptivo, con el intuito de verificar la adherencia existente entre las normas brasileñas e internacionales aplicadas al sector público. Los resultados encontrados destacan que todavía hay diversos aspectos a ser discutidos para una efectiva convergencia a las normas internacionales; esta convergencia actual es parcial. No obstante, se verifica que las NBCTSPs presentan una exposición conceptual de calidad mientras que las IPSAS presentan un contenido más enfocado en procedimientos operacionales.

Sign Lowering and Phonetic Reduction in American Sign Language.

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Tyrone, Martha E; Mauk, Claude E

2010-04-01

This study examines sign lowering as a form of phonetic reduction in American Sign Language. Phonetic reduction occurs in the course of normal language production, when instead of producing a carefully articulated form of a word, the language user produces a less clearly articulated form. When signs are produced in context by native signers, they often differ from the citation forms of signs. In some cases, phonetic reduction is manifested as a sign being produced at a lower location than in the citation form. Sign lowering has been documented previously, but this is the first study to examine it in phonetic detail. The data presented here are tokens of the sign WONDER, as produced by six native signers, in two phonetic contexts and at three signing rates, which were captured by optoelectronic motion capture. The results indicate that sign lowering occurred for all signers, according to the factors we manipulated. Sign production was affected by several phonetic factors that also influence speech production, namely, production rate, phonetic context, and position within an utterance. In addition, we have discovered interesting variations in sign production, which could underlie distinctions in signing style, analogous to accent or voice quality in speech.

Las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera: historia, impacto y nuevos retos de la IASB

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Nadia Ugalde Binda

2014-06-01

Full Text Available La internacionalización de las transacciones comerciales de la postguerra, la expansión empresarial a través de fusiones y adquisiciones así como el interés de abarcar carteras de inversiones más diversificadas, obligan a los organismos a redactar estándares contables uniformes en todos los países que permitan la comparabilidad de la información financiera para estas nuevas “compañías multinacionales” (Zeff, 2012. Así surge en 1973 la IASC, con sede en Londres como un primer intento de establecer los estándares básicos internacionales llamados Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad. En este artículo se hace un recorrido histórico de las instituciones involucradas en la formulación de estas normas, las implicaciones que su aplicación ha tenido sobre los estados financieros, cómo algunos países han hecho adaptaciones a las mismas y cuáles son los principales retos que la IASB debe afrontar en el futuro.

Analisis Minat Beli Konsumen Sabun Cair Lux, Biore dan Lifebuoy di Kotamadya Yogyakarta Ditinjau dari Pengaruh Sikapnya Setelah Melihat Iklan di Televisi dan Norma Subyektif

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Albari Albari

2009-08-01

Full Text Available Salah satu program pemasaran yang intensitasnya semakin gencar dilakukan berupa periklanan merek di media televisi, termasuk pada sabun cuci cair. Kegiatan ini dimaksudkan untuk mempengaruhi minat konsumen untuk membeli, baik melalui sikap konsumen dan atau norma subyektif. Oleh karena itu penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan Reasoned Action Model yang dianggap representatif mampu mengungkap minat beli konsumen.Populasi penelitian adalah konsumen potensial yang sudah pernah melihat iklan sabun cair merek Lux, Biore dan Lifebuoy di televisi Data penelitian diperoleh melalui dua tahap penyebaran angket dan dilakukan secara convenience sampling dan area random sampling. Hipotesis diuji melalui pendekatan uji–beda Friedman, serta analisis regresi dan koefisien determinan yang dikuatkan dengan uji-t dan uji-F pada taraf signifikansi 5%.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 10 atribut produk sabun cair dan empat kelompok referen relevan dijadikan sebagai dasar analisis. Di samping itu ada perbedaan keyakinan konsumen bahwa membeli sabun cair merek Lux, Biore atau Lifebuoy menimbulkan akibat tertentu. Perbedaan juga terjadi pada keyakinan normatif kon¬sumen. Secara umum faktor evaluasi lebih dominan berpengaruh positif terhadap sikap konsumen dibandingkan dengan keyakinan konsumen. Pengaruh positif dari keyakinan normatif konsumen dan atau motivasi untuk mengi¬kuti referen terhadap norma subyektif menunjukkan hasil yang berbeda-beda, dan tidak ada pengaruh positif si¬kap dan norma subyektif terhadap minat konsumen untuk membeli sabun cair Lux, Biore atau Lifebuoy.Keyword: Sikap, norma subyektif, minat membeli

Teaching Prospect Theory with the "Deal or No Deal" Game Show

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Baker, Ardith; Bittner, Teresa; Makrigeorgis, Christos; Johnson, Gloria; Haefner, Joseph

2010-01-01

Recent evidence indicates that decision makers are more sensitive to potential losses than gains. Loss aversion psychology has led behavioural economists to look beyond expected utility by developing "prospect theory." We demonstrate this theory using the "Deal or No Deal" game show.

Studies for the elaboration of standards of energy efficiency in constructions; Estudios para la elaboracion de normas de eficiencia energetica en edificaciones

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Ramos Niembro, Gaudencio; Heard, Christopher [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Temixco, Morelos (Mexico); Hernandez Pensado, Fernando [Comision Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia (Mexico)

1999-07-01

The obtaining of the first drafts of standard of energy efficiency implicate diverse research work previous to its elaboration, which include the justification and the analysis of the reason of the variables to consider, the corresponding cost-benefit study that gives viability to the standard and a procedure of calculation for its fulfillment. The present paper relates the diverse aspects that were analyzed for the justification, the revision and the obtaining of the first drafts of the first standards of energy efficiency in nonresidential constructions that are hoped to be implemented in Mexico. [Spanish] La obtencion de los anteproyectos de norma de eficiencia energetica implica diversos trabajos de investigacion previos a su elaboracion, los cuales incluyen la justificacion y el analisis del porque de las variables a considerar, el estudio costo- beneficio correspondiente, que da viabilidad a la norma y un procedimiento de calculo para su cumplimiento. El presente trabajo relata los diversos aspectos que se analizaron para la justificacion, la revision y la obtencion de los anteproyectos de las primeras normas de eficiencia energetica en edificaciones no residenciales que se esperan implantar en Mexico.

Entre el juego y la agresión: Normas y reglas del evento comunicativo lúdico en un contexto escolar

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Luisa Fernanda Guarín-García

2017-01-01

Full Text Available La investigación tuvo como propósito comprender la agresión comunicativa entre estudiantes de cuarto grado de primaria. Nos enfocamos en el análisis de la agresión como un tipo de evento comunicativo que se desarrolla a través de normas de interacción e interpretación lingüística -verbales y no verbales- aprendidas y desarrolladas en comunidades de habla específicas. A través de un ejercicio extenso de etnografía de aula realizamos un análisis de actos comunicativos entre los escolares, especialmente durante los juegos. Analizamos las normas de interacción e interpretación puestas en escena durante eventos comunicativos escolares y lúdicos, para conocer los procesos de articulación de los enunciados interpretados como agresivos por los niños y las niñas. Los resultados señalan que en la dimensión comunicativa del juego escolar pueden surgir agresiones debido al manejo que los participantes hacen de las reglas y las normas comunicativas desarrolladas en el entorno cultural en el cual crecen e interactúan. El conjunto de competencias comunicativas aprendidas suele ser aprovechado para legitimar actos e interacciones agresivas de manera implícita, e incluirlo como parte de su cotidianidad escolar.

Normas de traducción en las versiones inglesa, alemana, francesa, portuguesa y rusa de Cien años de soledad de Gabriel García Márquez

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Sergio Bolaños Cuéllar

2012-03-01

Full Text Available En este artículo propongo revisar las normas generales de traducción que se emplearon en las traducciones inglesa, alemana, francesa, portuguesa y rusa de Cien años de soledad. En primer lugar, discuto la noción de normas desde un enfoque socio-cultural con el fin de proponer una definición de normas de traducción que pueda servir de concepto central en el análisis de las diversas traducciones. La discusión se lleva a cabo en el marco de los Estudios de la Traducción Modernos, con carácter empírico, que se basan en la comparación textual del original y las traducciones. Por último, se presentan las conclusiones respectivas.

Teoría del comportamiento planificado e intención de infringir normas de transito en peatones Theory of planned behavior and pedestrians' intention to violate transit rules

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Emilio Moyano Díaz

1997-12-01

Full Text Available Desde la teoría del comportamiento planificado, se explora el comportamiento infractor de normas de tránsito en peatones y se prueba una escala de autoreporte acerca de cuán frecuentemente éstos infringen normas de tránsito, cometen errores y tienen lapsus al usar las vías. Participaran 146 habitantes de la ciudad de Santiago de Chile seleccionados intencionalmente, constituyendo un grupo balanceado a por sexo, b con y sin licencia para conducir, c por edad (jóvenes de 17 a 25 años y adultos de 26 y más, y d habiendo tenido y no alguna experiencia de accidente de tránsito, quienes completaron voluntaria y anónimamente un "Cuestionario de opinión sobre el comportamiento peatonal" y una "Escala de Comportamiento Peatonal". La actitud hacia la conducta, la norma subjetiva y el control percibido explican alrededor de un 40% de la varianza en la intención de realizar el comportamiento infractor (R Múltiple= .6266; R2=.3927; F=30.609; Sig.F pBased on the Theory of Planned Behavior, the paper analyzes traffic rules violating behavior in pedestrians, testing a self-report scale that deals with frequency of transit norms violations, error committing and having lapses when using the streets. 146 inhabitants of the city of Santiago were intentionally selected, making up a balanced sample in terms of a genre, b having or not driving license, c age (young, 17-25 years, or adult, 26 years or more, and d with experience of transit accident or not, who voluntarily and anonymously completed a "Questionnaire of opinion about pedestrian behavior" and a "Scale of Pedestrian Behavior". The attitude towards behavior, the subjective norm and the perceived control explain about 40% of the variance of intention to transgress. Pedestrian behavior is also significantly different for young vs. adults for the three variables of the model, demonstrating that the first are more prone to violating behavior, perceive the subjective norm as less inhibiting of

United States and Spain sign energy R and D agreement

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Anon.

1986-01-01

In two memoranda signed June 6, 1986, the United States Department of Energy and two Spanish governmental agencies have agreed to conduct cooperative energy research and development projects. These five-year bilateral agreements mark the first formal cooperative energy efforts between the two countries. Areas of cooperation in one memorandum between the DOE and the Spanish Junta de Energia Nuclear are as follows: nuclear energy (including nuclear safety technology), radioactive waste management, renewable energy (including biomass), and coal and gas technologies. The second memorandum, signed by the DOE and the Spanish Instituto Geologico y Minero, deals solely with coal gasification and geothermal energy technologies. No specific projects or development efforts are discussed in the memoranda. Rather, the terms for exchanges of personnel, technology conferences, establishment of projects, etc. are more to outline areas to possible future cooperation

The Concept of the Luxury Branding in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Series Through Triadic Modes of Sign

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Paksi, Tiyo; Gunawan, Samuel

2017-01-01

This thesis mainly deals with the iconisation of signs and naturalisation process in order to reveal the way Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is naturalised as a luxury product. This thesis also involves analysis of the luxury branding concept through the analysis of a product which conceptualises its advertisement using the concept of luxury identifiers. The focus of the writer's analysis is the advertisements themselves as the writer will use the triadic modes of signs, naturalisation process, and th...

External Audit Green Deal Approach. Final report; Externe Audit Green Deal Aanpak. Eindrapport

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Van Mil, B.P.A.; Gooskens, B.J.F.; Van Schelven, R.M.; Stutje, A.

2013-10-15

External audit of the effectiveness of the Green Deals, based on the question how the Green Deal contributes to green growth. The central idea of this new tool is that the Dutch government facilitates initiatives of businesses, societal organisations, local governments and citizens by removing bottlenecks as much as possible [Dutch] Externe audit over (de effectiviteit van) de Green Deal aanpak, op basis van de volgende onderzoeksvraag: 'Hoe draagt de Green Deal aanpak bij aan het bevorderen van groene groei?' De centrale gedachte van dit nieuwe instrument is dat de overheid initiatieven van bedrijven, maatschappelijke organisaties, decentrale overheden en burgers faciliteert door het wegnemen van knelpunten.

El reconocimiento jurisprudencial de la tortura y de la desaparición forzada de personas como normas imperativas de derecho internacional público

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Gonzalo Aguilar Cavallo

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Una de las características más sobresalientes de la realidad jurídica del mundo moderno consiste en la presencia creciente del Derecho Internacional contemporáneo al momento de adoptar decisiones legislativas o jurisprudenciales en el ámbito de la jurisdicción interna de los Estados. Una de las principales normas que aparecen como cruciales en este aspecto son aquellas llamadas normas de ius cogens. Tanto tribunales internacionales como regionales y nacionales están reconociendo y recurriendo cada vez más a estas normas imperativas e inderogables. Debido a los acontecimientos ocurridos en el mundo, especialmente en el último tiempo, ciertas normas imperativas, como la prohibición de la tortura, adquieren para los órganos legislativos, ejecutivos y judiciales de los Estados una función inspiradora y orientadora fundamental. La actividad jurisprudencial desarrollada por los órganos jurisdiccionales tanto internacionales como extranjeros, constituye una demostración de que, debido a la interacción e interdependencia creciente entre el derecho interno y el Derecho Internacional, sin lugar a dudas, estas normas jugarán un rol mayor en el ámbito interno de los EstadosOne of the most outstanding features of the modern world legal current issues consists in increasing presence of the contemporary international law at the moment of adopting law making or judicial decisions within states domestic jurisdiction. One of the main provisions that appear to be crucial in this aspect is those called imperative or ius cogens. International, regional and national tribunals are increasingly recognizing and applying these imperative and non derogable norms. Due to the world events especially in recent times, some peremptory norms like the prohibition of torture provide legislative, executive and judicial state's bodies with a major inspiring and guiding role. As a result of the hierarchy of these norms and the increasing interaction and

LA OPINIÓN DEL ALUMNADO SOBRE LAS NORMAS DE CONVIVENCIA: ESTUDIO DE UN INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA DE LA CIUDAD DE CEUTA

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Francisco Díaz Rosas

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo, forma parte de una investigación más extensa realizada en un Instituto de Educación Secundaria de la Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta que abarcó diferentes aspectos relacionados con la convivencia escolar y cuyo principal objetivo era la elaboración del Plan de Convivencia del centro. Una de las líneas de trabajo de dicho Plan se centró en una serie de actuaciones dirigidas a los alumnos. Para ello se recabó la opinión de una muestra de alumnos de ambos ciclos de ESO en relación a las normas de convivencia como paso previo para el diseño de las actividades. De este modo se pudo comprobar cuáles son los aspectos que merecen mayor atención y, al mismo tiempo, determinar las posibles causas del incumplimiento de las normas. Entre los objetivos del estudio se encuentran la determinación del grado de conocimiento quelos alumnos tienen de las normas, su participación en la elaboración de las mismas, la finalidad que le atribuyen y el grado de cumplimiento de las mismas. Destacan dos tipos de conclusiones: de un lado, la gran mayoría declara conocer las normas de convivencia, que estas son necesarias, aclaran lo que está permitido y lo que no, y reconocen su valor educativo al estar puestas más para prevenir que para castigar; de otro, la mayoría considera que las normas de convivencia no son justas, que los profesores no colaboran para conseguir su cumplimiento, y que los alumnos han participado poco en su elaboración. A partir de los resultados obtenidos se sugiere abordar la necesaria adaptación y modificación del reglamento de régimen interior con la participación de todos los sectores de la comunidad educativa y, en vez de centrarse obsesivamente en las medidas sancionadoras debe orientarse aconcretar aquellos aspectos que hagan del centro un lugar de convivencia, optimizando los recursos humanos y materiales en el marco de la legislación.

Adaptación de la norma NTC 6001:2008 a micro y pequeñas empresas (MYPES) de software, utilizando como marco de referencia COMPETISOFT

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Valencia Duque, Francisco Javier

2008-01-01

La norma técnica colombiana NTC 6001:2008, es una norma de calidad orientada a las MYPES, que establece los requisitos fundamentales para implementar un sistema de gestión de calidad en cualquier sector económico. En el sector del software, en los últimos años varias entidades del orden nacional e internacional, han venido desarrollando modelos de calidad de software diferentes a los tradicionales (CMMI, ISO 9001) para volver más productivas y competitivas las micro y pequeñas factorías de so...

Beyond an energy deal: Impacts of the Sino-Australia uranium agreement

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Wu Jiaping [School for Social and Policy Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909 (Australia)], E-mail: jiaping.wu@cdu.edu.au; Garnett, Stephen T.; Barnes, Tony [School for Social and Policy Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909 (Australia)

2008-01-15

Is the spectacular growth of Sino-Australian trade compelling Australian policy-makers to strengthen strategic support for China in the face of traditional alliances? The recently signed trade agreement under which Australia will annually export 20,000 tonnes of uranium to China for power generation for the next 20 years, will feed China's increased energy demand, allow a reduction in dependence on coal-based energy and ameliorate environmental deterioration, all matters that have become critical to China's economic growth. Yet the uranium trade will contribute only slightly to China's energy needs, and to the Australian economy. However, the trade deal was signed even though China, as a nuclear military power, is a potential threat to Australia's strongest military ally, the US. At the same time it reignited a divisive debate in Australia, covering a wide range of political, social, economic, health and environmental policy areas that reach well beyond strategic relationships. That the Australian Government will risk both internal and external criticism seems to be further recognition that Australia is becoming increasingly dependent on the continued growth of China's economy for its prosperity.

Beyond an energy deal: Impacts of the Sino-Australia uranium agreement

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Wu, Jiaping; Garnett, Stephen T.; Barnes, Tony [School for Social and Policy Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909 (Australia)

2008-01-15

Is the spectacular growth of Sino-Australian trade compelling Australian policy-makers to strengthen strategic support for China in the face of traditional alliances? The recently signed trade agreement under which Australia will annually export 20,000 tonnes of uranium to China for power generation for the next 20 years, will feed China's increased energy demand, allow a reduction in dependence on coal-based energy and ameliorate environmental deterioration, all matters that have become critical to China's economic growth. Yet the uranium trade will contribute only slightly to China's energy needs, and to the Australian economy. However, the trade deal was signed even though China, as a nuclear military power, is a potential threat to Australia's strongest military ally, the US. At the same time it reignited a divisive debate in Australia, covering a wide range of political, social, economic, health and environmental policy areas that reach well beyond strategic relationships. That the Australian Government will risk both internal and external criticism seems to be further recognition that Australia is becoming increasingly dependent on the continued growth of China's economy for its prosperity. (author)

Magnetic field control of 90 Degree-Sign , 180 Degree-Sign , and 360 Degree-Sign domain wall resistance

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Majidi, Roya, E-mail: royamajidi@gmail.com [Department of Physics, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Lavizan, 16788-15811 Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

2012-10-01

In the present work, we have compared the resistance of the 90 Degree-Sign , 180 Degree-Sign , and 360 Degree-Sign domain walls in the presence of external magnetic field. The calculations are based on the Boltzmann transport equation within the relaxation time approximation. One-dimensional Neel-type domain walls between two domains whose magnetization differs by angle of 90 Degree-Sign , 180 Degree-Sign , and 360 Degree-Sign are considered. The results indicate that the resistance of the 360 Degree-Sign DW is more considerable than that of the 90 Degree-Sign and 180 Degree-Sign DWs. It is also found that the domain wall resistance can be controlled by applying transverse magnetic field. Increasing the strength of the external magnetic field enhances the domain wall resistance. In providing spintronic devices based on magnetic nanomaterials, considering and controlling the effect of domain wall on resistivity are essential.

La desaplicación de normas estatutarias por parte del Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones

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Víctor Orozco Solano

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Estudio sobre el mecanismo de la desaplicación de normas estatuarias por inconstitucionalidad utilizado por el Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones y su posible intromisión en la esfera de competencia de la Sala Constitucional. Expone la naturaleza del recurso de amparo, el control de constitucionalidad y la aplicación del instrumento procesal en materia electoral con el objetivo de determinar la procedencia o no de dicha atribución en manos del Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones.

Screen dealing

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Barlow, J.W.

1991-01-01

The screen dealing system provides a facility whereby buyers and sellers of spot thermal coal can make bids and offers via the medium of the Reuters screen. A sale results when a market participant notifies his acceptance of a price to a central dealing desk. Use of the system is available to all genuine participants in the coal trade. This paper reports that it provides a focus for information and for the visible making of coal prices. For years screen trading has been used successfully to trade other commodities. At last coal is being traded electronically. It makes sense. It works. Users like it

Russian joint ventures, upstream deals hit fast clip

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Anon.

1992-01-01

This paper reports that Russia is stepping up the pace of joint ventures and imports of petroleum technology and hardware. Among the latest action: Polar Lights, a 50-50 venture of Conoco Timan-Pechora Ltd. and Arkhangelskgeologia (AAG), started drilling in the first new-field oil-development project in Russia to include a US partner; The governments of Oman and the Kazakhstan republic signed an agreement covering oil and gas exploration, field development, and production in Kazakhstan; Phibro Energy Inc., Greenwich, Conn., last week reported the sale and delivery of the first full cargo of Russian crude oil produced and exported by a Russian-American joint venture; Era Aviation Inc., Anchorage, Alas., is sending two helicopters with crewmen to Russia to help assess the feasibility of oil and gas development off Sakhalin Island; In deals involving Canadian companies, SNC-Lavalin Inc., Montreal, received a contract for initial work on a $350 million (US) modernization of the Volvograd refinery in southern Russia

Dealing with Sports Injuries

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... Videos for Educators Search English Español Dealing With Sports Injuries KidsHealth / For Teens / Dealing With Sports Injuries ... a long way toward preventing injuries. Types of Sports Injuries Common reasons why teens get injured playing ...

Convergência de fato ou de direito? A influência do sistema jurídico na aceitação das normas internacionais para pequenas e médias empresas

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Carlos Henrique Silva do Carmo

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Para uma norma contábil ser eficaz no cumprimento do seu objetivo ela deve ser aceita no meio social. Esta pesquisa investiga o impacto do sistema jurídico na aceitação das normas internacionais, objetivando verificar se o ambiente jurídico (Common Law e Code Law influencia a opinião das partes interessadas no processo contábil em relação à norma para Pequenas e Médias Empresas (PME. A utilização da norma para PMEs ressalta, ainda mais, a relevância dos resultados obtidos, pois ela irá afetar a rotina contábil da maioria das empresas existentes nos países que estão adotando ou pretendem adotar as normas internacionais e não apenas as grandes corporações de capital aberto. Os dados foram coletados das opiniões sobre 4 perguntas utilizadas pelo IASB no seu Discussion Paper de criação da norma para PMEs. Os respondentes foram classificados de acordo com o sistema jurídico dos seus países de origem e conforme a entidade ou classe que representavam. Os achados da pesquisa indicam que não existem diferenças significativas entre as respostas aos questionamentos do IASB com base no sistema jurídico de origem do respondente e nem diferenças significativas nas respostas levando em conta diferentes categorias de respondentes. A inferência que pode ser tirada desta pesquisa é que, mesmo em países com sistemas jurídicos distintos, as opiniões dos representantes da contabilidade se alinham, o que pode ser um indício de que uma convergência de fato e não apenas de direito pode ser obtida com a introdução de padrões internacionais para as PMEs, o que contraria grande parte da literatura sobre o assunto.

Análise da relação entre normas de sistema de gestão (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, NBR 16001 e OHSAS 18001 e a sustentabilidade empresarial

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Camila dos Santos Ferreira

Full Text Available Resumo A sustentabilidade pode ser inserida no contexto empresarial como uma forma de minimizar impactos causados pelos processos produtivos. Organizações utilizam as normas dos sistemas de gestão para satisfazer os anseios das partes interessadas. Sendo assim, o objetivo do estudo foi analisar a relação entre normas de sistemas de gestão (ISO 14001, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 e NBR 16001 e a sustentabilidade empresarial. O objetivo foi alcançado seguindo as seguintes etapas: Primeiramente, os requisitos da sustentabilidade empresarial foram identificados, baseados em Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial, Indicadores Ethos e Global Reporting Initiative. Posteriormente, a matriz que relaciona os requisitos da sustentabilidade e os das normas foi construída. A matriz foi preenchida pela pesquisadora e por mais seis especialistas. As respostas foram consolidadas, gerando-se a Matriz de Relação Consolidada, a qual foi analisada e interpretada. As relações foram classificadas como forte, moderada, fraca ou nula. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam que ISO 9001 e OHSAS 18001 possuem relação fraca com a sustentabilidade empresarial. A ISO 14001 apresenta relação moderada e a NBR 16001, relação forte. A pesquisa concluiu que os padrões normativos podem auxiliar as empresas a introduzirem a sustentabilidade em seu contexto, no entanto, ISO 9001 e OHSAS 18001 são normas que abordam apenas alguns elementos da sustentabilidade empresarial. A NBR 16001 é a norma que mais apresenta elementos da sustentabilidade em seu escopo. Sendo assim, empresas que objetivam introduzir a sustentabilidade no ambiente corporativo poderiam focar na implementação da NBR 16001.

Aplicación de normas de ergonomia informatica en paginas web en Panama con miras a la creacion de ambientes usables por personas con discapacidad

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de Fuertes, Laila V.; de Clunie, Gisela T

2012-01-01

En este trabajo presentamos un estudio, realizado en la República de Panamá, sobre la aplicación de normas de ergonomía informática en el diseño de páginas web y el nivel de aplicación de las regulaciones de ergonomía de software para páginas web en personas con discapacidad. A manera de contribución, introducimos algunos indicadores relativos al desarrollo de páginas web en Panamá, en el contexto del estudio. Un referente importante para el diagnóstico realizado, lo constituyen las Normas IS...

Combinações de empresas pelo método de compra dos ativos: análise comparativa entre as normas do IASB e as do Brasil

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Christianne Calado Vieira de Melo Lopes

2003-10-01

Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta os resultados de um estudo comparativo sobre uma das formas de combinações de empresas, definidas nas normas contábeis internacionais e brasileiras. A pesquisa compara os principais pronunciamentos e normas contábeis - emitidos pelos órgãos normativos contábeis - internacionais e brasileiros - relativos às combinações de empresas pelo Método de Compra. O estudo inclui, ainda, um caso prático para esta forma de combinação de empresa, baseado nas normas contábeis internacionais e brasileiras. Finalmente, o estudo mostra que as normas contábeis brasileiras não contêm pronunciamentos explícitos sobre as combinações de empresas (método de compra; estas formas de associações de negócios são praticadas nas companhias brasileiras e são regulamentadas pelas leis brasileiras. O estudo também mostra que as companhias brasileiras fazem combinações de empresas pelo Método de Compra da mesma maneira como definidas pelas normas internacionais de contabilidade.This article presents the results of a comparative study about one form of business combination, defined both by the international and Brazilian accounting standards. The research compares the main pronouncements and accounting standards - issued by international and Brazilian accounting boards - related to business combination in accordance with the purchase method. The study also includes a practical case for this form of business combination, based on the international and Brazilian accounting standards. Finally, the study shows that Brazilian accounting boards do not issue any explicit pronouncement about business combinations (purchase method and that these forms of business association are practiced by Brazilian companies and are regulated by Brazilian laws. The study also demonstrates that Brazilian companies carry out business combinations through the purchase method in the same way as defined by international accounting standards.

Defining Good Deals in Business Collectives

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Michael Ayukawa

2011-03-01

Full Text Available In the context of a current project at Carleton University to create creating a deal-making platform, this article presents the results of a recent review of the literature to determine: What is a good deal? This is question is asked from the perspective of the stakeholders in the development of a software-based collaboration tool that is designed to help streamline deal development between members. The stakeholders include the creators, the users, and the investors. We answer this question by examining several streams in the literature, all centered on understanding deals and deal-making processes. These streams explore the concept of a win-win deal, how value may be seen differently, and the group processes involved in deal making. A key contribution from this review suggests that deal goodness can be separated based on a Me-We construct: the impact to each and every stakeholder of the deal and the impact to the entire collective (not just the deal stakeholders. This implies one can separate the platform management problem into actor-centric (Me and linkage-centric (We domains. This is consistent with the notion of players balancing their self interest with the other stakeholders in the deal (Me-We. This is also consistent with the prospect of managing ecosystem health based on player and network-based metrics.

La gestión de la calidad en Perú: un estudio de la norma ISO 9001, sus beneficios y los principales cambios en la versión 2015

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Edmundo Lizarzaburu Bolaños

2016-02-01

Full Text Available Debido a la gran relevancia que tiene la gestión de calidad en la actual coyuntura internacional, el presente trabajo de investigación revisa y analiza la más destacada norma en esta materia: la ISO 9001. En el documento, se establecen los orígenes y la evolución del término calidad. Este se define mediante la descripción de la familia de normas. Se identifican también su estructura y los principios sobre los que se basa. A partir de lo anterior, como un resultado adicional del trabajo, se detallan los beneficios cualitativos y cuantitativos que la norma brinda a las empresas que se adscriben a la misma. Por último, se establecen las principales modificaciones que incorporara la nueva ISO 9001 versión 2015.

Metacarpal sign

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Barbara Nieradko-Iwanicka

2018-02-01

Full Text Available Background Archibald's sign, or metacarpal sign is defined as shortening of the IV and V metacarpal bones, is a rare phenomenon found in the Turner syndrome, homocystinuria and in Albright's osteodystrophy. Objectives The aim of the article was to show a rare case of metacarpal sign with atypical shortening of the III and IV metacarpal bones not connected with gonadal dysgenesia, genetic disorders nor osteodystrophy. Material and methods Case report of a 60-year-old female patient. Results Artchibald's metacarpal sign in the described case was accompanied by erosive arthritis in the left lower extremity. No features of genetic disorders nor gonadal disgenesia were found in the patient. Undifferentiated seronegative asymmetric erosive arthritis developed in the patient. The level of parathormon was within the normal range. No signs of tumor were seen in bone scintigraphy. Conclusions Archibald's metacarpal sign may be present in patients without genetic disorders.

Ergonomics and design: traffic sign and street name sign.

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Moroni, Janaina Luisa da Silva; Aymone, José Luís Farinatti

2012-01-01

This work proposes a design methodology using ergonomics and anthropometry concepts applied to traffic sign and street name sign projects. Initially, a literature revision on cognitive ergonomics and anthropometry is performed. Several authors and their design methodologies are analyzed and the aspects to be considered in projects of traffic and street name signs are selected and other specific aspects are proposed for the design methodology. A case study of the signs of "Street of Antiques" in Porto Alegre city is presented. To do that, interviews with the population are made to evaluate the current situation of signs. After that, a new sign proposal with virtual prototyping is done using the developed methodology. The results obtained with new interviews about the proposal show the user satisfaction and the importance of cognitive ergonomics to development of this type of urban furniture.

Sign language comprehension: the case of Spanish sign language.

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Rodríguez Ortiz, I R

2008-01-01

This study aims to answer the question, how much of Spanish Sign Language interpreting deaf individuals really understand. Study sampling included 36 deaf people (deafness ranging from severe to profound; variety depending on the age at which they learned sign language) and 36 hearing people who had good knowledge of sign language (most were interpreters). Sign language comprehension was assessed using passages of secondary level. After being exposed to the passages, the participants had to tell what they had understood about them, answer a set of related questions, and offer a title for the passage. Sign language comprehension by deaf participants was quite acceptable but not as good as that by hearing signers who, unlike deaf participants, were not only late learners of sign language as a second language but had also learned it through formal training.

Declaraciones del Comité Internacional de Directores de Revistas Médicas anexas a las normas de Vancouver

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Full Text Available Estas declaraciones, emitidas por el Comité de Directores de Revistas Médicas como publicación anexa a las normas de Vancouver, abarcan temas relacionados con algunos aspectos legales, éticos y prácticos de la publicación de trabajos de investigación, y de los comentarios que estos suscitan, en revistas biomédicas. Partiendo de la definición de lo que constituye una revista sometida a arbitraje científico, se describen las funciones de los propietarios y directores de revistas y de los miembros de una junta editorial y se establecen normas de conducta en casos de conflictos de intereses, retractaciones o correcciones, fraude y violaciones de la confidencialidad. Por último se exploran, entre otros temas, los problemas que encierra la divulgación de los resultados de investigaciones por los medios de comunicación de masas, la inclusión de material propagandístico en la revista y la aceptación simultánea de manuscritos cuyos autores llegan a conclusiones divergentes sobre los resultados de una misma investigación.

Headaches - danger signs

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Migraine headache - danger signs; Tension headache - danger signs; Cluster headache - danger signs; Vascular headache - danger signs ... and other head pain. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine . 25th ed. Philadelphia, PA: ...

Miradas fragmentarias: sobre los desnudos en la obra fotográfica de Norma Patiño

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Raymundo Mier

2003-06-01

Full Text Available Este texto (en realidad un conjunto de breves textos pretende una aproximación a las fotografías de Norma Patiño a partir de la conjunción de tres puntos de vista: una reflexión sobre el objeto y el acto fotográficos, una reflexión sobre la condición significativa de mirada y sus límites en la aprehensión del cuerpo con el espectro de sus sentidos, y una reflexión sobre los sentidos de la experiencia corporal y la desnudez en el dominio del erotismo. Las diversas series fotográficas de Norma Patiño, que exploran por distintas vías estas tres esferas de la significación del cuerpo y la fuerza icónica de imagen fotográfica, emplean y recrean una vastedad de recursos estéticos en la tradición los desnudos fotográficos, pero también hacen visibles sus límites, sus fracturas, hace patente las tensiones a la deriva en la aprehensión de la corporalidad y en las aporías de la representación del cuerpo y del juego de la transgresión.

Normas percibidas por estudiantes peruanos acerca de sus pares y el uso de drogas Normas percebidas por estudantes peruanos sobre uso de drogas entre seus pares Perceived norms among peruvian students for drug use among peers

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Inés V. Bustamante

2009-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este estudio fue estimar la diferencia entre las normas percibidas sobre el uso de drogas por sus pares y el uso real de drogas entre universitarios, entre 18 y 24 años, de las áreas de salud. Se trata de un estudio transversal, basado en un censo y en un cuestionario anónimo y autoaplicado. Participaron 306 estudiantes (82%. La proporción del consumo, en el último año, fue de 51,3% para el tabaco, 90,8% para el alcohol, 5,9% para la marihuana y 0,7% para la cocaína. Se observó una diferencia entre la norma percibida de consumo y la proporción de uso real informado para el tabaco (70% vs. 51.3%, marihuana (10% vs. 5.9% y cocaína (8.3% vs. 0.7%. Se concluye que los universitarios sobrestiman el consumo de tabaco, marihuana y cocaína de sus pares.O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a diferença entre as normas percebidas pelos estudantes universitários, com idade entre 18 e 24 anos, sobre o uso de drogas pelos seus pares e o uso de drogas relatado pelos próprios estudantes em cursos da área da saúde. Foi usado o método transversal, baseado em censo realizado através de questionário, preenchido pelos próprios estudantes, sem identificação. O número de participantes foi de 306 (82%. Como resultados obteve-se: a proporção de estudantes que utilizou drogas no último ano foi de 51,3% para o tabaco, 90,8% para o álcool, 5,9% para a maconha e 0,7% para a cocaína. Diferença entre as normas percebidas e o uso de drogas foi observada para o tabaco (70% vs 51,3%, maconha (10% vs 5.9% e cocaína (8,3% vs 0,7%. Conclui-se que os estudantes universitários apresentaram estimativa aumentada sobre o consumo de tabaco, maconha e cocaína entre seus pares.Objective: to evaluate the difference between perceived norms about drug use among peer and actual drug use as reported by the same university students. The students were between 18 and 24 years old and attended health courses. Method: cross-sectional study based on a

Determinación de los costos por pérdidas generados por el no cumplimiento de la norma ISO 9001:2015 en una empresa comunitaria de servicios

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Moran Figueroa, Lorena Maricela

2017-01-01

Diseñar un sistema de costos de calidad y no calidad para disminuir los costos por pérdidas generados por el no cumplimiento de la norma ISO 9001:2015 en la Asociación de Trabajadores Comunitarios Yachay (ASOTRCHAY) dedicada a la prestación de servicios de mantenimiento de áreas verdes y jardines del cantón Urcuquí. El presente proyecto de investigación proporciona un Manual de Costos de Calidad y no calidad basada en los requisitos de la Norma ISO 9001:2015 y estrategias de mejora continu...

Readecuación del laboratorío para análisis de materiales metalicos bajo la norma de calidad ISO 17025 y elaboración del manual de procedimientos basados en norma astm

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Padilla Paredes, Carlos; Paredes V., Cecilia

2009-01-01

Este trabajo se fundamenta en la propuesta de un proyecto que consiste en desarrollar la readecuación del Laboratorio de Materiales - Área de Ensayos Metalográficos de la FIMCP bajo lineamientos de la norma ISO 17025. Para esto, se realizará una descripción clara del manejo y las características de cada uno de los equipos e instrumentos a utilizarse en el mencionado laboratorio, el cual nos permitirá complementar de manera práctica tanto la parte didáctica el estudio de los materiales ...

Sign language typology: The contribution of rural sign languages

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de Vos, C.; Pfau, R.

2015-01-01

Since the 1990s, the field of sign language typology has shown that sign languages exhibit typological variation at all relevant levels of linguistic description. These initial typological comparisons were heavily skewed toward the urban sign languages of developed countries, mostly in the Western

Dealing with data

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Dealing with Data is an introductory course to problems and techniques dealing with data analysis, with emphasis on the physical and engineering sciences. The book starts with the basics of data analysis through non-statistical and non-mathematical assessments of error and uncertainty conditions. Experimental and maximum errors and the use of simple graphical methods are briefly described. Applying quick methods on data analysis such as frequency distributions, determination of standard errors, and applications of significance tests are explained. Special attention is given to the statistical

Extra-Training I-deals

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Elgoibar, Patricia; Lindholst, Morten

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illustrates the negotiation process between a team manager at TNK - a leading multinational software development company- and one of his team members. The employee is willing to negotiate an I-deal with the objective of attending a training course abroad. This case is a two-party employment deal-making......, and professionals; as well as in students from different cultural backgrounds. The feedback from the students shows a clear understanding of the information described in the test as well as a satisfactory learning experience in the concept of I-deals terms, understanding of the concept of BATNA in negotiation......, and the importance of taking into account the interests of the other party and parties when negotiating this type of agreements....

Malaysian sign language dataset for automatic sign language ...

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Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences. Journal Home · ABOUT ... SL recognition system based on the Malaysian Sign Language (MSL). Implementation results are described. Keywords: sign language; pattern classification; database.

Images in pediatrics: the thymic sail sign and thymic wave sign.

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Alves, Nuno D; Sousa, Marta

2013-01-01

The authors present a radiographic image portraying the "thymic sail sign" and the "thymic wave sign," both normal findings in infant radiographs and present a short description of these signs. These are distinguished from pathologic findings such as the "spinnaker-sail sign" in pneumomediastinum.

Etnografía acelerada para transformar normas sociales sobre género y sexualidad en hombres puertorriqueños heterosexuales1,2

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Ortiz-Torres, Blanca; Rivera-Ortiz, Rafael J.; Mendoza, Sigrid

2014-01-01

Resumen La construcción de roles de género dominantes contribuyen al riesgo de contraer VIH, y por tal razón se ha urgido a que se integren las normas sociales relativas al género en las intervenciones preventivas del VIH. Este estudio pretende adaptar y desarrollar una intervención que facilite la transformación de normas sociales del género y de prácticas sexuales en hombres puertorriqueños. La intervención propone transformar normas sociales relacionadas al género y sexualidad en barras comunitarias utilizando el modelo de líderes de opinión. Luego de ser elegidos/as, los/as líderes de opinión diseminan mensajes integrando la importancia de relaciones equitativas entre parejas para la prevención del VIH. La primera fase de esta intervención es discutida en este artículo, la cual incluye un proceso de etnografía acelerada para identificar los escenarios comunitarios en los que podemos desarrollar esta intervención y permitirnos entender la cultura de las barras comunitarias. A partir de las observaciones etnográficas, pudimos: desarrollar un protocolo de seguridad para realizar las observaciones, desarrollar un perfil de la cultura de las barras, elegir las barras a participar en las dos condiciones del estudio y adaptar los instrumentos de la intervención para que respondieran a la particularidad de los/as participantes. PMID:25530828

La socialización de las normas internacionales de los derechos humanos en las prácticas domésticas: introducción | The socialization of international human rights norms into domestic practices: introduction

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Thomas RISSE

2011-06-01

Full Text Available Thomas Risse y Kathryn Sikkink plantean en este texto la importancia del impacto de las normas internacionales en las políticas domésticas y proponen un “modelo en espiral” en cinco fases para comprender los cambios en la interiorización de los derechos humanos como norma por parte de los estados. Desarrollan una teoría que explica las etapas y los mecanismos a través de los cuales las normas internacionales generan cambios en el comportamiento de los actores internacionales y transnacionales, y que ayuda a comprender mejor el impacto general de las normas en la política internacional. Este proceso mediante el cual las normas internacionales son interiorizadas e implementadas domésticamente puede ser entendido según los autores como un proceso de socialización. In this article Thomas Risse y Kathryn Sikkink analyze the importance of international norms impact over domestic politics and propose a five phases “spiral model” to explain the changes in human rights internalization by the states. They develop a theoretical framework that explains the stages and mechanisms by which international norms promote changes in international and transnational actors behavior, and that serves to a better comprehension of the general norms impact over international politics. The process by which international norms are internalized and implented on the domestic level can be understood, according to the authors, as a socialization process.

Programación de las normas ISO 12217-1 (2011) e ISO 12217-3 (2011) para el estudio de la estabilidad y flotabilidad de embarcaciones de recreo

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Gallardo Martínez, Antonio

2013-01-01

Las embarcaciones de recreo para operar dentro de la Comunidad Europea deben de obtener el marcado CE. Para ello se evalúa y clasifica su estabilidad y flotabilidad según la normativa ISO 12217 y se asigna una categoría de diseño (A, B, C o D) adecuada a su diseño y a su carga total máxima. El presente proyecto tiene como objetivo la programación de las normas ISO 12217-1 referente a embarcaciones no propulsadas a vela de eslora igual o superior a 6 m y la norma ISO 12217-3 ...

On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language

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Liina Paales

2011-05-01

Full Text Available A place name sign is a linguistic-cultural marker that includes both memory and landscape. The author regards toponymic signs in Estonian Sign Language as representations of images held by the Estonian Deaf community: they reflect the geographical place, the period, the relationships of the Deaf community with hearing community, and the common and distinguishing features of the two cultures perceived by community's members. Name signs represent an element of signlore, which includes various types of creative linguistic play. There are stories hidden behind the place name signs that reveal the etymological origin of place name signs and reflect the community's memory. The purpose of this article is twofold. Firstly, it aims to introduce Estonian place name signs as Deaf signlore forms, analyse their structure and specify the main formation methods. Secondly, it interprets place-denoting signs in the light of understanding the foundations of Estonian Sign Language, Estonian Deaf education and education history, the traditions of local Deaf communities, and also of the cultural and local traditions of the dominant hearing communities. Both perspectives - linguistic and folkloristic - are represented in the current article.

Auditoría al sistema de gestión ambiental de una cementera para determinar los porcentajes de adecuación a la norma venezolana covenin - iso 14001:2005

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Colmenárez, Alexis

2008-11-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo consiste en la combinación de técnicas de evaluación propias de estudios ambientales con procedimientos de auditoría tradicionales, con el objetivo de auditar el Sistema de Gestión Ambiental (SGA de una empresa cementera venezolana llamada Cementos Carora C. A. siguiendo los lineamientos de la norma venezolana COVENIN ISO 14001:2005 para determinar los porcentajes de adecuación a la norma. Se escoge este sector por el impacto ambiental que produce.

Creating flexible work arrangements through idiosyncratic deals.

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Hornung, Severin; Rousseau, Denise M; Glaser, Jürgen

2008-05-01

A survey of 887 employees in a German government agency assessed the antecedents and consequences of idiosyncratic arrangements individual workers negotiated with their supervisors. Work arrangements promoting the individualization of employment conditions, such as part-time work and telecommuting, were positively related to the negotiation of idiosyncratic deals ("i-deals"). Worker personal initiative also had a positive effect on i-deal negotiation. Two types of i-deals were studied: flexibility in hours of work and developmental opportunities. Flexibility i-deals were negatively related and developmental i-deals positively related to work-family conflict and working unpaid overtime. Developmental i-deals were also positively related to increased performance expectations and affective organizational commitment, while flexibility i-deals were unrelated to either. PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved.

Qualidade e educação superior: a norma de qualidade para a aprendizagem, educação e formação: ISO/IEC 19796-1 = Quality and Higher Education: the standard ISO/IEC 19796-1 for learning, education and training

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Viebrantz, Rosalir

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Em 2005, uma nova norma de qualidade para a aprendizagem, educação e formação, a ISO/IEC 19796-1, foi publicada. O objetivo desta norma é orientar as organizações educacionais e desenvolver sistemas de qualidade e melhorar a qualidade dos seus processos, produtos e serviços. Este artigo busca entender a norma com base em conceitos de qualidade e na tendência à garantia da qualidade. A ISO/IEC é apresentada de forma sucinta, mostrando a metodologia e suas vantagens para as organizações educacionais. É ressaltado que a norma é um modelo de referência e necessita ser adaptada às necessidades e exigências de cada organização

LSE-Sign: A lexical database for Spanish Sign Language.

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Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva; Costello, Brendan; Baus, Cristina; Carreiras, Manuel

2016-03-01

The LSE-Sign database is a free online tool for selecting Spanish Sign Language stimulus materials to be used in experiments. It contains 2,400 individual signs taken from a recent standardized LSE dictionary, and a further 2,700 related nonsigns. Each entry is coded for a wide range of grammatical, phonological, and articulatory information, including handshape, location, movement, and non-manual elements. The database is accessible via a graphically based search facility which is highly flexible both in terms of the search options available and the way the results are displayed. LSE-Sign is available at the following website: http://www.bcbl.eu/databases/lse/.

Las reglas angloamericanas de catalogación y la norma ISO 690 - 1 y 2

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Campos Herrera, Airelys

2007-01-01

Se define la catalogación como etapa del ciclo de procesamiento de la información, así como sus diferencias con el proceso de descripción bibliográfica. Se comparan las reglas angloamericanas de catalogación, segunda edición, con las normas ISO 690 - 1 y 2 para la descripción bibliográfica con respecto a: organismo creador, finalidad, alcance, estructura, tipos de asientos, niveles de descripción y sintaxis. Cataloguing, a phase within the cycle of information processing, as well as its di...

Sign language perception research for improving automatic sign language recognition

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Ten Holt, G.A.; Arendsen, J.; De Ridder, H.; Van Doorn, A.J.; Reinders, M.J.T.; Hendriks, E.A.

2009-01-01

Current automatic sign language recognition (ASLR) seldom uses perceptual knowledge about the recognition of sign language. Using such knowledge can improve ASLR because it can give an indication which elements or phases of a sign are important for its meaning. Also, the current generation of

Integración de la herramienta SGSI tracking con la norma ISO 27001 y el reglamento de la LOPD en un entorno virtualizado

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Cutanda Mompó, David Miguel

2011-01-01

Cutanda Mompó, DM. (2010). Integración de la herramienta SGSI tracking con la norma ISO 27001 y el reglamento de la LOPD en un entorno virtualizado. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/9125. Archivo delegado

Valor y distribución: de la teoría a la norma

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MARIANO FERNÁNDEZ ENGUITA

2000-01-01

Full Text Available Abordar la problemática de la desigualdad, o más exactamente de la justicia económica, requiere partir de un criterio distributivo contra el cual contrastar la distribución realmente existente. Locke propuso una teoría o norma de la apropiación original referida a la distribución de los recursos naturales, pero fue incapaz de resolver el problema de la justicia intergeneracional. Marx formuló una teoría del valor trabajo incapaz de explicar por qué el empleo de la propia actividad como trabajo, en vez de su consumo como ocio, daría derecho a la apropiación del excedente, pero el uso de la riqueza como capital en vez de su consumo como renta, no. Rawls propone una teoría liberal de la justicia, el principio de diferencia, en la que cabe admitir las desigualdades con tal de que con ellas mejore la posición del peor situado. En este artículo se defiende la pertinencia de los tres problemas, que conciernen respectivamente a la apropiación de los recursos naturales (y, por extensión, de la riqueza heredada y de los productos del trabajo y a la incentivación de las aportaciones extraordinarias. Pero se propone, también, una corrección de las tres: de la primera, sustituyendo la apropiación original por las dotaciones iniciales para dar cabida a la igualdad entre generaciones ; de la segunda, recurriendo a una norma del valor trabajo ampliada que incluya la retribución de la abstinencia, es decir, del capital ; de la tercera, en fin, sustituyendo su aceptación sin más por la idea de partir la diferencia, es decir, de reducir la recompensa por las aportaciones extraordinarias al incentivo necesario para las mismas.

Análisis de la Norma Internacional de Información Financiera número tres combinaciones de negocios (NIIF 3) con referencia a las Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad NIC 24( Información a revelar sobre partes vinculadas), NIC 27( Estados finacieros consolidados y separados), NIC 28 ( Inversiones en entidades asociadas), NIC 31 (Participaciones en negocios conjuntos ) y sus implementación en las empresas.

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Cifuentes Garzón, Juan Andrés

2012-01-01

Un problema de interpretar la información financiera es la diversidad de normas contables y poder emitir un criterio que sea entendible, comparable, etc; para otros usuarios de la información y que los resultados obtenidos no pierdan credibilidad. Las IASB (Internacional Accounting Comité Foundation), para poner fin a este y varios problemas más y aumentar la transparencia de la información se comprometen a revisar las NIC (Normas internacionales de Contabilidad). Más delante de acuerdo a ...

Normas percibidas por los estudiantes universitarios hondureños acerca de sus pares y el uso de tabaco, alcohol, marihuana y cocaína Normas percebidas pelos estudantes universitários hondurenhos sobre os pares e o uso de tabaco, álcool, maconha e cocaína Perceived norms among honduran university students about peers and tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and cocaine use

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Syntia Dinora Santos Figueroa

2009-01-01

Full Text Available El propósito del presente estudio fue estimar la diferencia entre las normas percibidas sobre el uso de drogas por los pares y el uso real informado por estudiantes universitarios, entre 18 a 24 años, del segundo y tercer año en el área de Educación. La teoría de las Normas Sociales fue usada como marco referencial. 286 estudiantes participaron en el estudio, el 67% expresó haber consumido alcohol al menos una vez en la vida y el 28% declaró consumirlo diariamente. Los estudiantes percibieron que 62% de sus compañeros consumen tabaco y el 63% alcohol. El estándar percibido de consumo de drogas fue ligeramente más alto entre las mujeres que en los hombres. Se concluye que los resultados indican una sobreestimación al compararse el estándar percibido con el consumo informado de tabaco y alcohol así como de marihuana y cocaína.O objetivo do presente estudo foi estimar a diferença entre as normas percebidas sobre o uso de drogas pelos pares e o próprio uso em estudantes universitários, entre 18 e 24 anos, do segundo e terceiro ano da área de educação. A teoria das Normas Sociais foi usada como marco referencial. Participaram do estudo 286 estudantes, sendo que 67% declararam ter consumido álcool ao menos uma vez na vida e 28%, diariamente. Os estudantes estimaram que 62% dos pares consomem tabaco e 63%, álcool. A norma percebida para o consumo de drogas foi ligeiramente mais alta em mulheres do que em homens. Como conclusão os resultados indicaram hiperestimativa ao se comparar a norma percebida com o próprio consumo, em relação ao tabaco, ao álcool, à maconha e à cocaína.The purpose of this study was to assess the difference between perceived norms and peers' drug use among sophomore and junior university students (from the field of education aged 18 to 24 years. The Social Norms Theory was used as the theoretical framework. In total, 286 students participated in the study, 67% of which reported having consumed

How to Deal with Hemophilia

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... Educators Search English Español How to Deal With Hemophilia KidsHealth / For Kids / How to Deal With Hemophilia ... mild case of hemophilia. Why Do Kids Get Hemophilia? Hemophilia almost always affects boys. Why? Because the ...

Transgenerismos, una aproximación de etnografía extrema: entrevista a Norma Mejía Transgenerismos, una aproximación de etnografía extrema: entrevista a Norma Mejía

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RAQUEL Osborne

2009-01-01

En formato de entrevista, se presentan aquí los ejes principales que atraviesan la vida-reflexiones-tesis de la doctora en antropología social y transexual operada Norma Mejía. Mejía narra y analiza lo que ha visto y lo que ha vivido a través del prisma de la etnografía extrema, en la cual se funden el objeto y el sujeto, la visión etic y la emic, y la persona que observa forma parte del grupo observado. La peculiaridad de su caso es el fuerte contenido autobiográfico de su discurso, que conv...

Grau de aproximação entre a Contabilidade Gerencial e a Contabilidade Financeira em função de convergência às normas do IASB

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Luciano Gilio

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar se a adoção das normas IFRS resultou em aproximação dos conceitos usados tanto pela contabilidade gerencial como pela financeira, em empresas abertas brasileiras. A convergência contábil gerou significativa alteração de padrões na contabilidade financeira como,por exemplo, a mensuração a valor justo de ativos. Por sua vez, a contabilidade gerencial possui discricionariedade na apuração de transações para os tomadores de decisão das empresas. Com base neste quadro, tem-se como hipótese básica deste trabalho que a mesma base referencial, atrelada à essência econômica, dada a adoção das normas internacionais de contabilidade, possa aproximar contabilidade financeira e gerencial. Os procedimentos metodológicos do trabalho dividem-se em duas partes. Na primeira foi feita uma análise qualitativa dos pronunciamentos do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis (CPC, sendo selecionados os assuntos e normas com provável maior impacto na convergência para a contabilidade financeira e com possível maior relação com a contabilidade gerencial. Neste caso, a análise preliminar levou à exclusão das normas que têm uso praticamente exclusivo para usuários externos. Foram então analisadas apenasas normas consideradas mais impactantes pelo próprio cpc , com relação a 11 processos, para a tomada de decisão. Com base nesta seleção, foi enviado um questionário estruturado, com 30 perguntas, a 638 companhias abertas brasileiras, cuja taxa de resposta foi da ordem de 10%. Os resultados evidenciam que,na percepção dos respondentes,ocorreu aproximação entre as contabilidades gerencial e financeira, particularmente nos processos de depreciação, impairment, valor justo de instrumentos financeiros, combinações de negócios,intangíveis e segmentos operacionais. Em que pese o fato de a convergência ser bastante recente, os resultados fornecem evidências positivas no sentido de confirma

Dealing with Coronary Artery Disease in Early Encountering: A Qualitative Study

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Mohammad Mojalli

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is rising in industrial and developing countries. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD is the most common cardiovascular disease. Thus, understanding the signs and risk factors of CAD from the patients’ perspective and their ways of dealing with this disease is of vital importance. Objectives: This qualitative study aimed to explore the Iranian patients’ viewpoints about CAD and how they dealt with it in their first encounter. Patients and Methods: This study was a qualitative content analysis conducted on 18 patients with CAD. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Initially, purposeful sampling was performed followed by maximum variety. Sampling continued until data saturation. Then, all the interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. After all, the data were analyzed by constant comparative analysis using MAXQUDA2010 software. Results: The themes manifested in this study included “invasion of disease” with subthemes of “warning signs” and “risk factors” and “confrontation strategies” with subthemes of “seeking for information”, “follow-up”, and “control measures”. Conclusions:: The results of this study described the patients’ perceptions of CAD and how they dealt with this disorder in early encountering. Based on the results, physicians and nurses should focus on empowerment of patients by facilitating this process as well as by educating them with regards to dealing with CAD.

Dealing with Bullies (For Kids)

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Gestión integral de seguridad de infraestructuras críticas para las organizaciones locales alineadas a las normas IRAM ISO IEC 27.001 y 27.002

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Navarro, Mirta Elizabeth; Becerra, María del Carmen

2013-01-01

Con esta propuesta de gestión integral diseñada para la protección de la información alineada a la norma IRAM ISO IEC 27001, 27002 y a las tendencias y normas de seguridad informática, consistente en la creación y adopción de un marco regulatorio que favorezca la identificación y protección de las infraestructuras estratégicas y críticas de la U.N.S.J., se favorecerá la colaboración entre los diversos sectores públicos y privados, para el desarrollo de estrategias y estructuras adecuadas para...

'Felson Signs' revisited

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George, Phiji P.; Irodi, Aparna; Keshava, Shyamkumar N.; Lamont, Anthony C.

2014-01-01

In this article we revisit, with the help of images, those classic signs in chest radiography described by Dr Benjamin Felson himself, or other illustrious radiologists of his time, cited and discussed in 'Chest Roentgenology'. We briefly describe the causes of the signs, their utility and the differential diagnosis to be considered when each sign is seen. Wherever possible, we use CT images to illustrate the basis of some of these classic radiographic signs.

sign-by-sign'' correlation

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Schmidt, Sabine; Lepori, Domenico; Meuwly, Jean-Yves; Duvoisin, Bertrand; Meuli, Reto; Schnyder, Pierre; Denys, Alban; Michetti, Pierre; Felley, Christian; Melle, Guy van

2003-01-01

Our objective was a prospective comparison of MR enteroclysis (MRE) with multidetector spiral-CT enteroclysis (MSCTE). Fifty patients with various suspected small bowel diseases were investigated by MSCTE and MRE. The MSCTE was performed using slices of 2.5 mm, immediately followed by MRE, obtaining T1- and T2-weighted sequences, including gadolinium-enhanced acquisition with fat saturation. Three radiologists independently evaluated MSCTE and MRE searching for 12 pathological signs. Interobserver agreement was calculated. Sensitivities and specificities resulted from comparison with pathological results (n=29) and patient's clinical evolution (n=21). Most pathological signs, such as bowel wall thickening (BWT), bowel wall enhancement (BWE) and lymphadenopathy (ADP), showed better interobserver agreement on MSCTE than on MRE (BWT: 0.65 vs 0.48; BWE: 0.51 vs 0.37; ADP: 0.52 vs 0.15). Sensitivity of MSCTE was higher than that of MRE in detecting BWT (88.9 vs 60%), BWE (78.6 vs 55.5%) and ADP (63.8 vs 14.3%). Wilcoxon signed-rank test revealed significantly better sensitivity of MSCTE than that of MRE for each observer (p=0.028, p=0.046, p=0.028, respectively). Taking the given study design into account, MSCTE provides better sensitivity in detecting lesions of the small bowel than MRE, with higher interobserver agreement. (orig.)

Valuación de Bienes de Uso en el Marco de las Nuevas Normas Contables Profesionales

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Beatriz Brozzú

2005-12-01

Full Text Available Respecto a la valuación de los Bienes de Uso el abandono de los valores corrientes, reemplazado por valores históricos, sacrifica los requisitos de aproximación a la realidad, verificabilidad y confiabilidad de la información. Al mismo tiempo, se contradice con Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad (IAS hacia las que supuestamente buscaba armonizar, ya que éstas (IAS 16 admiten revalorizaciones y desvalorizaciones, con énfasis en mostrar, en todo momento, el fair value de los Bienes de Uso.

International negotiations on climate change towards a new international deal?

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2009-11-01

This document reports the work performed by the French 'Centre d'Analyse Strategique' until the first of November within the perspective of a new international agreement to struggle against climate change beyond 2012. The basic idea is that such an agreement will have a meaning only if it is signed and ratified by the both main greenhouse gas emitting countries, the United States and China. A first part of this report describes the context and the post-2012 negotiation perspectives, as well as the status of international cooperation in the field of climate change. The two following chapters present syntheses of the climate policies and negotiation postures of China and United States. Then, the authors give an overview of the strategic interests and postures of some other big countries like India, Brazil, Russia, Canada, OPEC countries, and so on. The last part deals with issues of rights of intellectual property applied to the elaboration of 'clean' technologies and to international technological transfers

Adopción de las Normas Internacionales de Auditoría en España

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PUIG PORTERO, IRENE

2014-01-01

El objeto del trabajo fin de carrera propuesto es realizar un recorrido por el proceso de adaptación de la normativa internacional en el contexto nacional, así como el análisis de los principales cambios e implicaciones que esta adaptación conlleva. Tal y como publica la resolución del Instituto de Contabilidad y Auditoría de Cuentas de 31 de enero de 2013, a dicha fecha se sometieron a información pública las nuevas Normas Técnicas de Auditoría, como resultado de la adaptación de las Norm...

Análise do processo de implantação das normas de sustentabilidade empresarial: um estudo de caso em uma agroindústria frigorífica de bovinos.

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Paulo Sergio Miranda Mendonça

2009-04-01

Full Text Available O trabalho tem como objetivo analisar como é o processo de adequação da agroindústriaàs normas internacionalmente reconhecidas de sustentabilidade (ISO9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 e SA 8000. Para tanto, foi estudado um frigoríficoexportador de carne bovina no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Observou-se queo processo de implantação das normas de sustentabilidade foi realizado por meiodo cumprimento dos requisitos normativos exigidos para a certificação, a partir dodesenvolvimento de programas socioambientais, mudando culturalmente as açõesda organização e dos colaboradores em termos mais sustentáveis.

VALOR RAZONABLE: UN MODELO DE VALORACIÓN INCORPORADO EN LAS NORMAS INTERNACIONALES DE INFORMACIÓN FINANCIERA

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Berta Silva Palavecinos

2011-01-01

El concepto de Valor Razonable, traducción del inglés de la expresión Fair Value, que aparece desde hace varias décadas en la literatura contable anglosajona, ha cobrado relevancia cuando el International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) lo incorporó como un modelo de valoración en las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera. Sin embargo, el significado, la oportunidad en que se usa, cómo se determina, el efecto que genera en el patrimonio de la empresa, además de otros aspectos sig...

La pena en las consuetas indianas. Los concilios y la redacción de esas normas

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Martinez, Ana Maria

2015-01-01

Las consuetas pertenecen al Derecho Canónico particular, por tratarse de normas que organizan el funcionamiento del Cabildo Eclesiástico en cada catedral, las que fueron reformuladas por diferentes obispos de acuerdo a las circunstancias locales. En el período colonial en América, tiempo y espacio al cual se ajusta este trabajo, su incumplimiento estuvo penado de diferentes maneras según el lugar y la época. La calidad de estas penas fue esencialmente correctiva y de efecto económico más que ...

Nueva norma de arrendamiento IFRS 16 Leases y su impacto financiero y contable

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Viviana Lambreton Torres

2017-07-01

Full Text Available Este documento tiene como objetivo evidenciar el impacto que generará la aplicación de la IFRS 16 en las métricas de rentabilidad ROA, ROE y en el margen de utilidad. Así como en las razones de apalancamiento financiero y liquidez para que, tanto los responsables de la información como los usuarios de la misma, tengan conocimiento del efecto que genera esta nueva norma internacional de arrendamiento en la situación financiera y en los resultados de operación. Además de presentar los principales requerimientos que establece para que los tomadores de decisiones, tanto de las empresas privadas como de las públicas, puedan anticiparse y prepararse adecuadamente al cambio.

Roentgen signs in diagnostic imaging. Vol. 4/1: The chest. Pt. 1

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Meschan, I.; Farrer-Meschan, R.M.

1991-01-01

This first part of two of the volume on biomedical radiography of the thorax primarily deals with the roentgenography of the body regions and organs mentioned in the title augmentation. Chapters: Introduction. Patient positioning, projections, pathological findings, terminology. Chaper 1, Upper respiratory tract and lungs. Chapter 2, Radiography of the diaphragm, pleura, the osseous thorax, and the upper respiratory tract (excluding the larynx). Chapter 3, Mammography. Chapter 4, Laryngography. Chapter 5, Radiographic signs of pathological changes in the lungs - a survey. Chapter 6, Radiographic signs of respiratory illness in newborns, infants and children. Chapter 7, Unsharp, homogenous shadows in the lung parenchyma. Chapter 8, Roentgendiagnosis of round foci in the lung. Chapter 9, Linear and reticular lung shadows. Chapter 10, Diffuse and focal changes of the lung parenchyma with enhanced radiolucency. Non-roentgenographic imaging methods, such as CT, NMR imaging or nuclear medicine, are discussed only occasionally. (orig./MG) With 1590 figs., 61 tabs [de

Normas percebidas por estudantes universitários de três carreiras, da área da saúde, sobre o uso de drogas entre seus pares Normas percibidas por estudiantes universitarios sobre el uso de drogas entre sus pares, en tres áreas académicas de la salud Perceived norms among university students of three health courses for drug use among peers

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Ana Maria Pimenta Carvalho

2009-01-01

Full Text Available O presente estudo abordou alunos de segundo e terceiro anos de três cursos da área da saúde tendo como objetivos identificar a estimativa do uso de drogas por estudantes universitários (norma percebida, a frequência de uso na presente amostra (norma real, comparar as estimativas com a frequência e identificar condições nas quais as drogas são usadas. Os estudantes superestimaram o uso, por seus pares, de tabaco, maconha e cocaína, na vida e nos últimos 12 meses. O álcool foi exceção. A porcentagem de uso relatada pelos estudantes da amostra e a estimativa do uso por estudantes em geral foram muito próximas. As substâncias são mais consumidas em festas e na companhia de colegas da universidade. Os dados foram interpretados à luz da Teoria das Normas Sociais, da Atribuição de Causalidade e da Normalização.El presente estudio tuvo como participantes a los alumnos del segundo e tercero año de tres cursos académicos de la Salud; el objetivo fue identificar la estimativa del uso de drogas (norma percibida, la frecuencia del uso (norma real, comparar las estimativas con la frecuencia y las condiciones en las cuales se usan las drogas. Se encontró que los estudiantes sobreestimaron el uso de sus pares en lo que se refiere al uso de tabaco, marihuana y cocaína, en alguna vez en la vida y el los últimos 12 meses. El alcohol fue la excepción, ya que el porcentaje de uso y la estimativa estuvieron muy próximos. Las sustancias son consumidas con mayor frecuencia en fiestas y en compañía de sus pares universitarios. Los datos fueran interpretados según el marco la Teoría de las Normas Sociales, de la Atribución de Causalidad y de la Normalización.The present study interviewed second- and third-year students of three health courses to identify university students' estimates for drug use (perceived norm, the rate of drug use among the subjects (real norm; compare the estimates with the actual frequency; and identify in what

Awareness of Deaf Sign Language and Gang Signs.

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Smith, Cynthia; Morgan, Robert L.

There have been increasing incidents of innocent people who use American Sign Language (ASL) or another form of sign language being victimized by gang violence due to misinterpretation of ASL hand formations. ASL is familiar to learners with a variety of disabilities, particularly those in the deaf community. The problem is that gang members have…

Consumers' multifaceted deal knowledge in a grocery retail setting

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Jensen, Birger Boutrup; Bech-Larsen, Tino

2017-01-01

of deal price status, typical deal price knowledge, and deal-spotting ability. Results show reasonably stable knowledge of typical deal prices, while knowledge of deal price status and deal-spotting ability improves significantly during grocery shopping. Surprisingly, consumers’ deal knowledge...... typical deal price knowledge. Furthermore, the findings suggest that consumers store internal reference deal prices. Retailers are therefore well advised to consider mixed depth and creative discount patterns to prevent ‘perfect’ perceptions of typical deal prices.......Despite its relevance to retailers, studies of consumers’ deal knowledge have been few. This study explores consumers’ deal knowledge before, during, and after the store visit applying a between-subjects field-study design with 1204 respondents. In particular, the authors investigate perception...

Victimological aspect of a corruption deal

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Anna A. Ivanova

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Objective to present the author39s concept of the victimological aspect of corruption crime. Methods dialectical method of cognition mainly the systemic approach analysis. Results the article discusses the concept of corruption deal as an unlawful act statutory offence bribery and subornation law abuse by the authorized entity. The illegal most common and manipulative types of corruption deals and their mechanisms are defined as well as the ways of their implementation which include mutually beneficial bilateral trade extortion and initiative active bribery. The diverse negative effects of corruption on the legal relationships are proved. The danger of the crime deal is shown as the factor of corrupt behavior and active means of formation of corruption networks which increases victimogenity of corruption acts doing harm not only to physical but also legal entities. In accordance with this the point of view supported and proved that it is necessary to expand the notion of victim of corruption offences to legal persons. The conclusion is made about the feasibility of a legal assessment of corruption deals as a qualifying feature of a criminal offense. Scientific novelty the article justifies the author39s position in relation to an assessment of corruption victimization of the deal victimological characteristic of a corrupt deals victim are given critical analysis of basic victimological concepts is made to identify the potential corrupt deals victims and ensure victim safety. Practical significance the idea is expressed of reorienting public consciousness views on corruption as a way of solving problems of changing tolerance to corruption due to which the legal subjects become victims of corrupt deals of amending the anticorruption policies towards more careful attention to the protection of the legal relations subjects against the corruption threat. nbsp

Emotions & Relationships: Dealing with the Tough Stuff

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Emotions & Relationships: Dealing with the Tough Stuff; emotional health; emotional health; emotional health article; emotional health articles; best way to deal with emotions; best ways to deal with relationships; how to build relationships; how to strengthen relationships

Impacto de los instrumentos financieros denominados básicos, en las empresas medianas de la provincia de Pichincha, conforme a Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF para las PYMES)

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Ochoa Cabrera, Paúl Bernardo

2014-01-01

La convergencia hacia las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera NIIF, rescata el análisis técnico contable – financiero que permite una mejor toma de decisiones de los usuarios interesados en el conjunto de estados financieros. El presente estudio implica el tratamiento de la norma “NIIF para las PYMES”, sección 11, referente a los instrumentos financieros básicos y sección 35 transición por primera vez a esta NIIF, cuya finalidad es la de determinar el impacto de su...

Sign use and cognition in automated scientific discovery: are computers only special kinds of signs?

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Giza, Piotr

2018-04-01

James Fetzer criticizes the computational paradigm, prevailing in cognitive science by questioning, what he takes to be, its most elementary ingredient: that cognition is computation across representations. He argues that if cognition is taken to be a purposive, meaningful, algorithmic problem solving activity, then computers are incapable of cognition. Instead, they appear to be signs of a special kind, that can facilitate computation. He proposes the conception of minds as semiotic systems as an alternative paradigm for understanding mental phenomena, one that seems to overcome the difficulties of computationalism. Now, I argue, that with computer systems dealing with scientific discovery, the matter is not so simple as that. The alleged superiority of humans using signs to stand for something other over computers being merely "physical symbol systems" or "automatic formal systems" is only easy to establish in everyday life, but becomes far from obvious when scientific discovery is at stake. In science, as opposed to everyday life, the meaning of symbols is, apart from very low-level experimental investigations, defined implicitly by the way the symbols are used in explanatory theories or experimental laws relevant to the field, and in consequence, human and machine discoverers are much more on a par. Moreover, the great practical success of the genetic programming method and recent attempts to apply it to automatic generation of cognitive theories seem to show, that computer systems are capable of very efficient problem solving activity in science, which is neither purposive nor meaningful, nor algorithmic. This, I think, undermines Fetzer's argument that computer systems are incapable of cognition because computation across representations is bound to be a purposive, meaningful, algorithmic problem solving activity.

Poder, normas sociales y desigualdad de las mujeres en el hogar

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Arlette Covarrubias Feregrino

2018-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo propone un marco teórico para analizar el poder de las mujeres en el hogar. Se hace especial énfasis en la visibilidad del poder y en los distintos mecanismos utilizados para mantenerlo, ya que éstos tienen importantes consecuencias en el bienestar de los miembros del hogar, en especial de las mujeres. De esta forma, el artículo se basa en el marco teórico de empoderamiento propuesto por Kabeer (1999 y las tres formas de poder sugeridas por Gaventa (2011, quien retoma las tres dimensiones de poder de Lukes (2005. Debido a que las normas sociales son un factor fundamental del poder de los miembros del hogar, y lo influyen a través de varios canales, se utiliza el marco conceptual propuesto, para analizar las varias formas en que éstas influyen en el poder de los miembros del hogar.

Automatic sign language recognition inspired by human sign perception

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Ten Holt, G.A.

2010-01-01

Automatic sign language recognition is a relatively new field of research (since ca. 1990). Its objectives are to automatically analyze sign language utterances. There are several issues within the research area that merit investigation: how to capture the utterances (cameras, magnetic sensors,

Inuit Sign Language: a contribution to sign language typology

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Schuit, J.; Baker, A.; Pfau, R.

2011-01-01

Sign language typology is a fairly new research field and typological classifications have yet to be established. For spoken languages, these classifications are generally based on typological parameters; it would thus be desirable to establish these for sign languages. In this paper, different

The hidden practices and experiences of healthcare practitioners dealing with fuel poverty.

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Mc Conalogue, D; Kierans, C; Moran, A

2016-06-01

Fuel poverty negatively impacts a population's health affecting life chances along the life course. Moreover, it represents a substantial inequality in the UK. Healthcare practitioners (HCPs) have a key role in identifying and supporting patients who are fuel poor. A qualitative inquiry with District Nurses and General Practitioners, to explore their understanding and experiences of dealing with patients living in fuel poverty. Participants recognize fuel poverty by observing material cues. They perceive their relationship with the patient as pivotal to recognizing the fuel poor. Practitioners' sense of responsibility for their patients' social concerns is determined by their knowledge about the link to health outcomes. The services that they sign-post to are motivated by their experience dealing with the service, or their patients' experiences of the service. Participants' reliance on temporary material cues resulted in few experiences of recognition of the fuel poor. HCPs' perceptions of patient pride and the lack of personal relationship between doctor and patient presented barriers to identifying fuel poor patients. A limitation of this study is the small sample size of nine participants. These came from two professional groups, which afforded more depth of exploration, but may limit applicability to other professionals. © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

Toward the Ideal Signing Avatar

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Nicoletta Adamo-Villani

2016-06-01

Full Text Available The paper discusses ongoing research on the effects of a signing avatar's modeling/rendering features on the perception of sign language animation. It reports a recent study that aimed to determine whether a character's visual style has an effect on how signing animated characters are perceived by viewers. The stimuli of the study were two polygonal characters presenting two different visual styles: stylized and realistic. Each character signed four sentences. Forty-seven participants with experience in American Sign Language (ASL viewed the animated signing clips in random order via web survey. They (1 identified the signed sentences (if recognizable, (2 rated their legibility, and (3 rated the appeal of the signing avatar. Findings show that while character's visual style does not have an effect on subjects' perceived legibility of the signs and sign recognition, it has an effect on subjects' interest in the character. The stylized signing avatar was perceived as more appealing than the realistic one.

Significance of satellite sign and spot sign in predicting hematoma expansion in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.

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Yu, Zhiyuan; Zheng, Jun; Ali, Hasan; Guo, Rui; Li, Mou; Wang, Xiaoze; Ma, Lu; Li, Hao; You, Chao

2017-11-01

Hematoma expansion is related to poor outcome in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Recently, a non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) based finding, termed the 'satellite sign', was reported to be a novel predictor for poor outcome in spontaneous ICH. However, it is still unclear whether the presence of the satellite sign is related to hematoma expansion. Initial computed tomography angiography (CTA) was conducted within 6h after ictus. Satellite sign on non-enhanced CT and spot sign on CTA were detected by two independent reviewers. The sensitivity and specificity of both satellite sign and spot sign were calculated. Receiver-operator analysis was conducted to evaluate their predictive accuracy for hematoma expansion. This study included 153 patients. Satellite sign was detected in 58 (37.91%) patients and spot sign was detected in 38 (24.84%) patients. Among 37 patients with hematoma expansion, 22 (59.46%) had satellite sign and 23 (62.16%) had spot sign. The sensitivity and specificity of satellite sign for prediction of hematoma expansion were 59.46% and 68.97%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of spot sign were 62.16% and 87.07%, respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) of satellite sign was 0.642 and the AUC of spot sign was 0.746. (P=0.157) CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the satellite sign is an independent predictor for hematoma expansion in spontaneous ICH. Although spot sign has the higher predictive accuracy, satellite sign is still an acceptable predictor for hematoma expansion when CTA is unavailable. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Computational triadic algebras of signs

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Zadrozny, W. [T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY (United States)

1996-12-31

We present a finite model of Peirce`s ten classes of signs. We briefly describe Peirce`s taxonomy of signs; we prove that any finite collection of signs can be extended to a finite algebra of signs in which all interpretants are themselves being interpreted; and we argue that Peirce`s ten classes of signs can be defined using constraints on algebras of signs. The paper opens the possibility of defining multimodal cognitive agents using Peirce`s classes of signs, and is a first step towards building a computational logic of signs based on Peirce`s taxonomies.

Thirteen Secrets of the Deal

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Schaffhauser, Dian

2011-01-01

Whether one is on Wall Street, in Congress, or working in an IT shop on campus, negotiating a good deal is hard work. As higher education enters its purchasing season, "Campus Technology" talks to deal makers who have "been there and done that." This article presents their tips for getting the most value from vendors the next time one buys…

Gesture, sign, and language: The coming of age of sign language and gesture studies.

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Goldin-Meadow, Susan; Brentari, Diane

2017-01-01

How does sign language compare with gesture, on the one hand, and spoken language on the other? Sign was once viewed as nothing more than a system of pictorial gestures without linguistic structure. More recently, researchers have argued that sign is no different from spoken language, with all of the same linguistic structures. The pendulum is currently swinging back toward the view that sign is gestural, or at least has gestural components. The goal of this review is to elucidate the relationships among sign language, gesture, and spoken language. We do so by taking a close look not only at how sign has been studied over the past 50 years, but also at how the spontaneous gestures that accompany speech have been studied. We conclude that signers gesture just as speakers do. Both produce imagistic gestures along with more categorical signs or words. Because at present it is difficult to tell where sign stops and gesture begins, we suggest that sign should not be compared with speech alone but should be compared with speech-plus-gesture. Although it might be easier (and, in some cases, preferable) to blur the distinction between sign and gesture, we argue that distinguishing between sign (or speech) and gesture is essential to predict certain types of learning and allows us to understand the conditions under which gesture takes on properties of sign, and speech takes on properties of gesture. We end by calling for new technology that may help us better calibrate the borders between sign and gesture.

Determinación de costos por pérdidas generados por la no conformidad con la norma ISO 9001:2015 en la empresa de servicios de limpieza y lavandería Asotapurc

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Salas Arciniega, Johanna Elizabeth

2017-01-01

Determinar los costos de no calidad de Asotapurc con relación a la norma ISO 9001:2015 para proponer soluciones en base a la mejora continua en los procesos de servicios que presta Asotapurc y de esta manera mejorar sus ingresos económicos y mejorar los niveles de satisfacción del cliente. La presente investigación propone un manual de sistema de costos de calidad basado en la norma ISO 9001:2015 para determinar los costos por pérdidas generados por las no conformidades en los servicios de...

Aplicación de la NIIF 1 adopción por primera vez de las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera, NIC 36 deterioro del valor de los activos, NIC 16 propiedad, planta y equipo y sus efectos sobre la información de los estados financieros de la compañía Urbano Express.

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Orbea Terán, María Elena

2012-01-01

Esta obra tiene como fin explicar al lector el proceso de aplicación de las NIIF en la Propiedad, Planta y Equipo de la empresa de servicios Urbano Express, para lo cual se analiza las NIIF (Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera) y NIC (Normas Internacional de Contabilidad) requeridas, se describe todo el funcionamiento de la organización, y posteriormente se aplican las normas estudiadas para conocer los efectos sobre la información de los Estados Financieros. Las Normas Intern...

ANÁLISIS DE DOS CASOS DE NORMAS URBANÍSTICAS EN ROMA PARA LA PROTECCIÓN DE OBRAS PÚBLICAS.

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Luis Miguel García Lozano

2017-12-01

Full Text Available La época de paz instaurada durante el principado de Octavio Augusto promovió la realización de numerosas construcciones y obras públicas a lo largo de todo el territorio del Imperio Romano. Con el fin de ordenar dichas construcciones, se adoptaron numerosas normas de tipo individual para disciplinar cada una de las obras. El fin de estas normas singulares buscaban, por un lado, evitar abusos de los residentes o transeúntes, por otro, disponer un régimen sancionador que censurase esos abusos y, como fin último, la conservación de las obras públicas dada la inversión que conllevaba su construcción. Il tempo di pace stabilito durante il principato di Octavio Augusto promosse la realizzazione di numerose costruzioni e opere pubbliche, in tutto il territorio dell'Impero Romano. Per ordinare tali costruzioni, sono state adottate numerose regole di tipo individuale per disciplinare ciascuna delle opere. Lo scopo di queste regole uniche ha cercato, da un lato, di evitare abusi da parte di residenti o spettatori, dall'altro, di avere un regime sanzionatorio che censurasse quegli abusi e, come obiettivo finale, la conservazione delle opere pubbliche dato l'investimento coinvolto nella loro costruzione.

SIGNS The sandwich sign

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The sandwich sign is demonstrated on cross-sectional imaging, commonly on CT or ultrasound. It refers to homogeneous soft- tissue masses representing mesenteric lymphadenopathy as the two halves of a sandwich bun, encasing the mesenteric fat and tubular mesenteric vessels that constitute the 'sandwich filling' (Figs ...

¿Qué es una norma social?. Una discusión de tres aproximaciones analíticas

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Tena-Sánchez, Jordi

2011-12-01

Full Text Available In this paper we compare the definitions of social norm proposed by standard Rational Choice Theory, Cristina Bicchieri and Jon Elster. We try to determine how similar or different they are. as long as they present some differences, we try to establish which captures better the very nature of the phenomena that we usually name “social norm” and which provides us with a concept (or concepts more precise and productive and more easily useable in explicative models. In our opinion, Jon Elster’s classification between moral, quasi-moral and social norms is the more successful in this respect. In spite of the fact that Jon Elster does not plan to use their concepts in formal mathematical models with predictive purposes, there is not anything inherent in them which prevents this use. on the other hand, the precision of these concepts makes them especially useful to be used in social mechanism models which let us propose causal, informative and parsimonious explanations of real concrete cases.

En el presente trabajo se comparan las definiciones del concepto de “norma social” ofrecidas por la teoría de la elección racional estándar, cristina Bicchieri y Jon Elster. Se trata de determinar en qué medida son o no asimilables. En la medida en que no lo son, se intenta establecer cuál de las aproximaciones captura mejor la naturaleza del fenómeno al que habitualmente denominamos norma social y cuál de ellas ofrece un concepto (o conceptos más preciso y más fácil y fructíferamente utilizable en modelos explicativos. Se sostiene que la distinción trazada por Jon Elster entre normas morales, cuasi-morales y sociales tiene más éxito que las otras dos en dicho cometido. Pese a que el autor no prevé el uso de sus conceptos en modelos matemáticos formales con potencial predictivo, no hay nada inherente a los mismos que impida ese uso. Por otra parte, la precisión en la definición de los mismos los convierte en especialmente

Porosidad libre en granitos alterados: Comentarios a las normas

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Íñigo Íñigo, A. C.

1995-06-01

Full Text Available In the present paper, the possible relation among some petrophysical properties of five types of granitic materials, whether artificially aged or not, subject to different consolidation and/or water repellent treatments, has been studied. The study indicates a good correlation among imibition values and porosity (free and total. Likewise, correlation exists between apparent density and total porosity. Differences in relative variation of imbibition values and free porosity when treating samples, advise about modification or enlargment of standards for materials with high microporosity index.

En el presente artículo se estudia la posible relación existente entre los valores de algunas propiedades petrofísicas de cinco variedades de materiales graníticos cuando, envejecidos artificialmente o no, son sometidos a diferentes tratamientos de consolidación y/o hidrofugación. El estudio indica una buena correlación entre los valores de la imbibición y porosidad (libre y total. Asimismo, existe correlación entre densidad aparente y porosidad total. Las diferencias en las variaciones relativas de los valores de imbibición y porosidad libre al tratar las muestras, aconseja la modificación o ampliación de las normas para materiales con elevado índice de microporosidad.

Signed Language Working Memory Capacity of Signed Language Interpreters and Deaf Signers

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Wang, Jihong; Napier, Jemina

2013-01-01

This study investigated the effects of hearing status and age of signed language acquisition on signed language working memory capacity. Professional Auslan (Australian sign language)/English interpreters (hearing native signers and hearing nonnative signers) and deaf Auslan signers (deaf native signers and deaf nonnative signers) completed an…

Information structure in Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands

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Kimmelman, V.

2014-01-01

This dissertation explores Information Structure in two sign languages: Sign Language of the Netherlands and Russian Sign Language. Based on corpus data and elicitation tasks we show how topic and focus are expressed in these languages. In particular, we show that topics can be marked syntactically

Warning Signs of Bullying

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... of Aggressive Behavior Print Share Warning Signs for Bullying There are many warning signs that may indicate ... Get help right away . Signs a Child is Bullying Others Kids may be bullying others if they: ...

NOSOTROS Y LOS OTROS. ¿CÓMO SE REPRESENTAN LOS NIÑOS Y LAS NIÑAS LAS NORMAS SOCIALES? (US AND OTHERS. HOW DO BOYS AND GIRLS REPRESENT SOCIAL NORMS?

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Urmeneta Garrido Ana Rebeca

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Resumen:Los resultados presentados en este texto son el fruto de una investigación cualitativa sobre el mundo social infantil. Su principal objetivo es conocer y comprender las representaciones sociales infantiles sobre las normas y la cohesión social. El artículo reflexiona sobre las siguientes cuestiones: ¿Cómo definen la norma social los niños y las niñas? ¿En qué valores y motivos la fundamentan? ¿Cómo se sostiene el orden y la cohesión social desde la perspectiva infantil? La metodología de investigación se basa en una técnica cualitativa innovadora y de elaboración propia: el Cuento Inconcluso. Se trata de un relato inacabado en el que se plantea un conflicto normativo (la desobediencia a una norma social y que los participantes deben desarrollar y finalizar.Estudiamos una muestra de 150 relatos, escritos por estudiantes de 8 a 14 años de diez escuelas de la ciudad de Barcelona (España, 3 de nivel socioeconómico medio-alto y 7 de nivel bajo. El análisis estructural de contenido de estos textos revela la existencia de tres modelos básicos de representación social infantil de la norma: 1 la norma como núcleo de la identidad y la pertenencia a la comunidad; 2 la norma como salvaguardia del bien común; y 3 la norma como forma de racionalidad y madurez. Comentamos las principales características deestos modelos e ilustramos el análisis con algunos casos concretos.Abstract:The findings exposed in this paper are the outcome of a qualitative study into the social world of children. Its main objective is to identify and comprehend children's social representations of norms and social cohesion. The article seeks answers to the following questions: How do boys and girls define the social norm?What values and motives do they base it on? How are order and social cohesion upheld from a children's point of view? The research methodology is based on a novel qualitative technique we developed ourselves: the Unfinished Story. It

Metodología para la implementación de un Sistema de Gestión de Seguridad de la Información basado en la familia de normas ISO/IEC 27000

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Valencia-Duque, Francisco Javier; Orozco-Alzate, Mauricio

2017-01-01

Se propone una metodología de implementación de un Sistema de Gestión de Seguridad de la Información (SGSI) basado en la familia de normas de la ISO/IEC 27000, con énfasis en la interrelación de cuatro normas fundamentales a través de las cuales se desarrollan las actividades requeridas para cumplir con lo establecido en la ISO/IEC 27001, los controles de seguridad presentados en la ISO/IEC 27002, el esquema de riesgos de la ISO/IEC 27005 y los pasos recomendados en la ISO/IEC 27003. Se gener...

The Danish Sign Language Dictionary

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Kristoffersen, Jette Hedegaard; Troelsgård, Thomas

2010-01-01

The entries of the The Danish Sign Language Dictionary have four sections:  Entry header: In this section the sign headword is shown as a photo and a gloss. The first occurring location and handshape of the sign are shown as icons.  Video window: By default the base form of the sign headword...... forms of the sign (only for classifier entries). In addition to this, frequent co-occurrences with the sign are shown in this section. The signs in the The Danish Sign Language Dictionary can be looked up through:  Handshape: Particular handshapes for the active and the passive hand can be specified...... to find signs that are not themselves lemmas in the dictionary, but appear in example sentences.  Topic: Topics can be chosen as search criteria from a list of 70 topics....

Análisis de normas contables y su impacto en la determinación del impuesto a la renta

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Uvillús, Gabriel

2008-01-01

Los estados financieros que preparan las sociedades y las personas naturales obligadas a llevar contabilidad al cierre de un ejercicio económico se elaboran considerando las normas contables nacionales e internacionales, resoluciones y circulares de la Superintendencia de Compañías con la finalidad de presentar estados financieros bajo principios de contabilidad generalmente aceptados, sin embargo, dentro del ámbito tributario se establece que la supremacía de las leyes tributa...

Healthcare payments under the budget deal: mostly good news for physicians

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Robbins RA

2018-02-01

Full Text Available No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. In the early morning hours last Friday (2/9/18 Congress passed and President Trump signed a massive budget agreement (1. The spending package will cost about $320 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Payments for healthcare substantially increase under the deal. Most praised the agreement. "Congress made the right choice this morning for patients and communities by voting to halt damaging cuts to hospitals that care for low-income working families and others who face financial challenges," said Dr. Bruce Siegel, CEO of America's Essential Hospitals, which represents the nation's safety-net facilities. Marc Goldwein of the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget called the healthcare provisions the one "beacon of light" in what otherwise is an exorbitantly costly budget bill. Goldwein praised its mix of structural reforms with "reasonable policy” and liked that the bill pays for the increased healthcare spending. The bill extends Medicare physician fee cuts ….

The Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) statement to assess clinical signs of atopic eczema in trials.

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Schmitt, Jochen; Spuls, Phyllis I; Thomas, Kim S; Simpson, Eric; Furue, Masutaka; Deckert, Stefanie; Dohil, Magdalene; Apfelbacher, Christian; Singh, Jasvinder A; Chalmers, Joanne; Williams, Hywel C

2014-10-01

The lack of core outcome sets for atopic eczema (AE) is a major obstacle for advancing evidence-based treatment. The global Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative has already defined clinical signs, symptoms, quality of life, and long-term control of flares as core outcome domains for AE trials. This article deals with the standardization of measurement instruments to assess clinical signs of AE. To resolve the current lack of standardization of the assessment of clinical signs of AE, we followed a structured process of systematic reviews and international consensus sessions to identify 1 core outcome measurement instrument for assessment of clinical signs in all future AE trials. Systematic reviews indicated that from 16 different instruments identified to assess clinical signs of AE, only the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) and the objective Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) index were identified as extensively validated. The EASI has adequate validity, responsiveness, internal consistency, and intraobserver reliability. The objective SCORAD index has adequate validity, responsiveness, and interobserver reliability but unclear intraobserver reliability to measure clinical signs of AE. In an international consensus study, patients, physicians, nurses, methodologists, and pharmaceutical industry representatives agreed that the EASI is the preferred core instrument to measure clinical signs in all future AE trials. All stakeholders involved in designing, reporting, and using clinical trials on AE are asked to comply with this consensus to enable better evidence-based decision making, clearer scientific communication, and improved patient care. Copyright © 2014 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A convergência da contabilidade pública nacional às normas internacionais e os impactos na aplicação da DRE na administração direta = Convergence of the national public accounting standards and impacts on the implementation of DRE in the direct administration

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Maurélio Soares

2010-11-01

Full Text Available A responsabilidade fiscal dos governos é fundamental para fomentar o crescimento econômico e o desenvolvimento em todo o mundo. Há uma tendência cada vez maior e crescente pressão sobre os governos para ampliarem o campo das suas responsabilidades financeiras a partir da contabilidade voltada para a prestação de contas, ou Accountability. O objetivo desta pesquisa é evidenciar as ações que vêm sendo realizadas na convergência das Normas Brasileiras de Contabilidade Aplicadas ao Setor Público (NBCASP às Normas Internacionais (IPSAS emitidas pela Internacional Federation of Accounts (IFAC, com foco na Norma Brasileira de Contabilidade, que trata das Demonstrações Contábeis (NBC T 16.6, e os impactos na implantação das Demonstrações do Resultado Econômico. Como o assunto é de recente discussão no país, realizou-se uma pesquisa descritiva, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica. Os resultados indicam que a adoção das normas internacionais irá melhorar tanto a qualidade quanto a comparabilidade da informação financeira relatada pelas entidades do setor público no País, porém, a implantação da Demonstração do Resultado Econômico (DRE na Administração Pública carece de maior pesquisa e discussão sobre a sua efetiva aplicabilidade.The governments’ fiscal responsibility is crucial for fostering economic growth and the development around the world. There is a growing trend and increasing pressure on governments to enlarge the scope of their financial responsibilities from the accounting focused on Accountability. The objective of this research is to highlight the actions that have been undertaken at the convergence of Brazilian Accounting Standards Applied to the Public Sector (NBCASP to International Standards (IPSAS issued by the International Federation of Accounts (IFAC, focusing on the Brazilian Accounting Standard that deals with the Financial Statements (NBC T 16.6 and the impacts on implementation of

1985 : new energy deal

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Anon.

2008-01-01

The 540-mile Norman Wells pipeline was completed by Interprovincial Pipe Line in 1985, allowing 25,000 barrels per day of commercial crude deliveries from Esso Resources. A new energy deal was also announced by the federal energy minister, ending 11 years of administered oil prices. The new energy deal also marked the demise of the National Energy Program. The Western Accord deregulated oil prices and eliminated oil export charges. It also provided for the phasing out of the petroleum and gas revenue tax and frontier exploration grants under the Petroleum Incentive Program (PIP). However, grandfathering provisions in the energy deal extended the PIP until 1987. The agreement was viewed by industry as a measure for national economic recovery from the recession of the early 1980s. In 1985, the Newfoundland Accord provided a $300 million offshore development fund and co-management of resources. Safety regulations were also overhauled following the sinking of the Ocean Ranger. The first 100,000 barrel shipment of crude oil from the Bent Horn Field was sent to Montreal after nearly 2 decades of work in the Arctic. 1 tab., 1 fig

The Phonetics of Head and Body Movement in the Realization of American Sign Language Signs.

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Tyrone, Martha E; Mauk, Claude E

2016-01-01

Because the primary articulators for sign languages are the hands, sign phonology and phonetics have focused mainly on them and treated other articulators as passive targets. However, there is abundant research on the role of nonmanual articulators in sign language grammar and prosody. The current study examines how hand and head/body movements are coordinated to realize phonetic targets. Kinematic data were collected from 5 deaf American Sign Language (ASL) signers to allow the analysis of movements of the hands, head and body during signing. In particular, we examine how the chin, forehead and torso move during the production of ASL signs at those three phonological locations. Our findings suggest that for signs with a lexical movement toward the head, the forehead and chin move to facilitate convergence with the hand. By comparison, the torso does not move to facilitate convergence with the hand for signs located at the torso. These results imply that the nonmanual articulators serve a phonetic as well as a grammatical or prosodic role in sign languages. Future models of sign phonetics and phonology should take into consideration the movements of the nonmanual articulators in the realization of signs. © 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel.

New radiation warning sign

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Mac Kenzie, C.; Mason, C.

2006-01-01

Full text: Radiation accidents involving orphan radioactive sources have happened as a result of people not recognizing the radiation trefoil symbol or from being illiterate and not understanding a warning statement on the radiation source. The trefoil symbol has no inherent meaning to people that have not been instructed in its use. A new radiation warning sign, to supplement the existing trefoil symbol, has been developed to address these issues. Human Factors experts, United Nations member states, and members of the international community of radiation protection professionals were consulted for input on the design of a new radiation warning sign that would clearly convey the message of 'Danger- Run Away- Stay Away' when in close proximity to a dangerous source of radiation. Cultural differences of perception on various warning symbols were taken into consideration and arrays of possible signs were developed. The signs were initially tested in international children for identification with the desired message and response. Based on these test results and further input from radiation protection professionals, five warning signs were identified as the most successful in conveying the desired message and response. These five signs were tested internationally in eleven countries by a professional survey company to determine the best sign for this purpose. The conclusion of the international testing is presented. The new radiation warning sign is currently a draft ISO standard under committee review. The design of the propose d radiation warning sign and the proposed implementation strategy outlined in the draft ISO standard is presented. (authors)

Normas de control interno recogidas en el reglamento de la dirección del giro del Banco de San Carlos (1789

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Francisco Mayordomo García-Chicote

2009-12-01

Full Text Available En el Reglamento de la Dirección del Giro, de 1789, se resumieron todas las disposiciones relativas a esta sección del Banco de San Carlos emitidas con posterioridad a la publicación de su Real Cédula fundacional de 1782; observándose en dicho Reglamento que en él se abordaron los aspectos básicos del control interno, tales como, la asignación de funciones y su reparto entre el personal, el establecimiento de normas y procedimientos operativos, describiendo las funciones del personal de correspondencia y de libros, y el detalle las tareas de autorización, ejecución, registro y custodia confiadas a dicho personal; de lo cual se deduce que los objetivos de esta norma —como los de cualquier manual de control interno— fueron los de optimizar la gestión de la Dirección del Giro, prevenir errores en sus registros contables y conferir fiabilidad a la información final que se derivaba de ellos, así como la protección de los activos vinculados a esta Dirección.

Green's Theorem for Sign Data

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Houston, Louis M.

2012-01-01

Sign data are the signs of signal added to noise. It is well known that a constant signal can be recovered from sign data. In this paper, we show that an integral over variant signal can be recovered from an integral over sign data based on the variant signal. We refer to this as a generalized sign data average. We use this result to derive a Green's theorem for sign data. Green's theorem is important to various seismic processing methods, including seismic migration. Results in this paper ge...

O Código Filipino, as Normas Camarárias e o comércio: mecanismo de vigilância e regulamentação comercial na Capitania do Rio Grande do Norte

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Dias,Thiago Alves

2014-01-01

O artigo propõe apresentar algumas considerações acerca das normas metropolitanas encetadas pelo Código Filipino e sua relação com a atuação do poder local municipal representado pelas Câmaras, notadamente, nos aspectos relacionados à vigilância e à regulamentação das práticas comerciais cotidianas. Partindo dos registros das Câmaras Municipais da Capitania do Rio Grande do Norte, evidenciamos a relação entre poder central e poderes locais com base nas normas, na vigilância e na regulamentaçã...

Signed languages and globalization

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Hiddinga, A.; Crasborn, O.

2011-01-01

Deaf people who form part of a Deaf community communicate using a shared sign language. When meeting people from another language community, they can fall back on a flexible and highly context-dependent form of communication called international sign, in which shared elements from their own sign

Metodología de Gestión por Competencias Asumiendo la Norma Cubana sobre Gestión de Capital HumanoMetodologia de Gestão por Competências Assumindo a Norma Cubana sobre Gestão de Capital HumanoMethodology of Competences Management Assuming the Cuban Norm about Management of Human Capital

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SANTOS, Armando Ramón Cuesta

2011-09-01

Full Text Available RESUMOO presente estudo se consiste em uma pesquisa realizada em oito empresas cubanas que seguiam o enfoque de competências na gestão estratégica de recursos humanos segundo a norma cubana NC:3000-3002:2007 sobre gestão do capital humano visando um desempenho de maior produtividade. O objetivo do estudo é apresentar um modelo de gestão de desempenho por competências com base nas normas citas e nos casos analisados. Para o desenvolvimento do modelo procurou-se relacionar o desempenho individual por competências com o desempenho organizacional. Como resultado pode-se apresentar um modelo de gestão de desempenho por competências dos diversos níveis organizacionais com base nas Normas Cubanas mencionadas.ABSTRACTAn applied research conducted in eight Cuban companies which follow the approach of skills in strategic management of human resources according to the standard Cuban CN: 3000-3002:2007 on human capital management, seeking a superior performance to higher productivity. It sought to manage the connection of individual work with the responsibilities for the strategic organizational performance. As a result we have obtained a metodology to manage the various skill levels expressed in this companies, which acceptance of the competence concept in the position is fundamental in the NC mentioned. Presenting this methodology for performance management competence is the mais purpose of this article.RESUMENUna investigación aplicada realizada en ocho empresas cubanas que estaban siguiendo el enfoque de competencias en gestión estratégica de recursos humanos, asumiendo la norma cubana NC: 3000-3002: 2007 sobre gestión de capital humano, en aras de un desempeño superior o de mayor productividad, buscó gestionar el vínculo del desempeño individual por competencias con el desempeño organizacional o estratégico. Como resultado se obtuvo una metodología de gestión de los distintos niveles de competencias que se expresan en esas

Building deals on bedrock.

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Harding, David; Rovit, Sam

2004-09-01

The headlines are filled with the sorry tales of companies like Vivendi and AOL Time Warner that tried to use mergers and acquisitions to grow big fast or transform fundamentally weak business models. But, drawing on extensive data and experience, the authors conclude that major deals make sense in only two circumstances: when they reinforce a company's existing basis of competition or when they help a company make the shift, as the industry's competitive base changes. In most stable industries, the authors contend, only one basis--superior cost position, brand power, consumer loyalty, real-asset advantage, or government protection--leads to industry leadership, and companies should do only those deals that bolster a strategy to capitalize on that competitive base. That's what Kellogg did when it acquired Keebler. Rather than bow to price pressures from lesser players, Kellogg sought to strengthen its existing basis of competition--its brand--through Keebler's innovative distribution system. A company coping with a changing industry should embark on a series of acquisitions (most likely coupled with divestitures) aimed at moving the firm to the new competitive basis. That's what Comcast did when changes in government regulations fundamentally altered the broadcast industry. In such cases, speed is essential, the investments required are huge, and half-measures can be worse than nothing at all. Still, the research shows, successful acquirers are not those that try to swallow a single, large, supposedly transformative deal but those that go to the M&A table often and take small bites. Deals can fuel growth--as long as they're anchored in the fundamental way money is made in your industry. Fail to understand that and no amount of integration planning will keep you and your shareholders from bearing the high cost of your mistakes.

On the temporal dynamics of sign production: An ERP study in Catalan Sign Language (LSC).

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Baus, Cristina; Costa, Albert

2015-06-03

This study investigates the temporal dynamics of sign production and how particular aspects of the signed modality influence the early stages of lexical access. To that end, we explored the electrophysiological correlates associated to sign frequency and iconicity in a picture signing task in a group of bimodal bilinguals. Moreover, a subset of the same participants was tested in the same task but naming the pictures instead. Our results revealed that both frequency and iconicity influenced lexical access in sign production. At the ERP level, iconicity effects originated very early in the course of signing (while absent in the spoken modality), suggesting a stronger activation of the semantic properties for iconic signs. Moreover, frequency effects were modulated by iconicity, suggesting that lexical access in signed language is determined by the iconic properties of the signs. These results support the idea that lexical access is sensitive to the same phenomena in word and sign production, but its time-course is modulated by particular aspects of the modality in which a lexical item will be finally articulated. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Coupons from Deal Sites as Gifts

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Pavlicek, Antonin; Sudzina, Frantisek

2017-01-01

There already exist studies on what influences use of deal sites. But there is a gap in literature when it comes to purchasing coupons from deal sites and then using them as gifts. The paper analyzes whether gender, age and personality traits influence such behavior. Big Five Inventory traits...

Mulheres e a qualidade de vida: duas normas ou uma? Women and the quality of life: two norms or one?

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Julia Annas

1993-12-01

Full Text Available O artigo trata da questão de como podemos avaliar as injustiças suscitadas pela existência de duas normas sociais distintas para a vida de homens e mulheres. Argumenta-se que essas injustiças tornam-se mais visíveis quando se confronta essa diferenciação tal como existe em sociedades de tipo "liberal" comn o modo como se apresenta em sociedades "tradicionais". Essa comparação pode revelar o papel que o apelo a uma noção de natureza humana pode desempenhar na crítica às injustiças de gênero, diversamenter do que sustentam as feministas que aderem ao relativismo cultural ou moral.How to evaluate the injustices arising from the existence of two distinct social normas for the lifes of men and women? The author argues that these injustices become more visible when the way this distinction appears in a "liberal" society is compared with the way it manifests itself in a "traditional" society. This comparison can reveal the role which an appeal to an human nature may play in the criticism of gender injustices, in opposition to the views of feminists who adhere to cultural or moral relativism.

Dealing with dualities

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Dittrich, K.; Jaspers, F.P.H.; Valk, van der W.; Wynstra, J.Y.F.

2006-01-01

This paper introduces the topic of dealing with dualities, which is the theme of this special issue. We first give a short review of the notion of paradox and duality in management research. After this, we discuss the relevance of dualities for the IMP approach of analyzing industrial networks.

Autocorrelation descriptor improvements for QSAR: 2DA_Sign and 3DA_Sign

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Sliwoski, Gregory; Mendenhall, Jeffrey; Meiler, Jens

2016-03-01

Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) is a branch of computer aided drug discovery that relates chemical structures to biological activity. Two well established and related QSAR descriptors are two- and three-dimensional autocorrelation (2DA and 3DA). These descriptors encode the relative position of atoms or atom properties by calculating the separation between atom pairs in terms of number of bonds (2DA) or Euclidean distance (3DA). The sums of all values computed for a given small molecule are collected in a histogram. Atom properties can be added with a coefficient that is the product of atom properties for each pair. This procedure can lead to information loss when signed atom properties are considered such as partial charge. For example, the product of two positive charges is indistinguishable from the product of two equivalent negative charges. In this paper, we present variations of 2DA and 3DA called 2DA_Sign and 3DA_Sign that avoid information loss by splitting unique sign pairs into individual histograms. We evaluate these variations with models trained on nine datasets spanning a range of drug target classes. Both 2DA_Sign and 3DA_Sign significantly increase model performance across all datasets when compared with traditional 2DA and 3DA. Lastly, we find that limiting 3DA_Sign to maximum atom pair distances of 6 Å instead of 12 Å further increases model performance, suggesting that conformational flexibility may hinder performance with longer 3DA descriptors. Consistent with this finding, limiting the number of bonds in 2DA_Sign from 11 to 5 fails to improve performance.

Adoção do regime de competência no setor público brasileiro sob a perspectiva das normas brasileiras e internacionais de contabilidade

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DANIEL PEREIRA CRUVINEL

2011-11-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a adoção do regime contábil de competência pelo setor público brasileiro sob a perspectiva das Normas Brasileiras e das Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade. Trata-se de um ensaio baseado em pesquisa bibliográfica e documental que analisa o disposto nas normas brasileiras e internacionais sobre o tema, confrontando também os aspectos legais sob a perspectiva da Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional (STN, do Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU e da Procuradoria Geral da Fazenda Nacional (PGFN. A justificativa para o estudo está na percepção de que a Contabilidade deve ser base para o planejamento da ação governamental, devendo refletir a essência das transações e não meramente a sua forma legal. A inovação consiste em considerar que o orçamento e a Contabilidade devem possuir a mesma base para efeito de comparabilidade e em trazer a adoção do regime contábil de competência integral sob a perspectiva do Study 14 da IFAC. Conclui-se que entre os resultados esperados com a adoção do regime de competência integral na Contabilidade Pública Brasileira está o registro contábil das transações quando da ocorrência do fato gerador e não no momento do seu pagamento ou recebimento, fazendo com que informações que antes não integravam as contas públicas possam ser registradas e reconhecidas contabilmente nas demonstrações do período em que se relacionarem.

ANÁLISE DAS NORMAS BRASILEIRAS DE CONTABILIDADE APLICADAS AO SETOR PÚBLICO (NBCASP: UM ESTUDO NAS UNIDADES DA FEDERAÇÃO DO BRASIL

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Francisca Francivânia Rodrigues Ribeiro Macêdo

2014-06-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo é descrever a aderência das Unidades da Federação do Brasil às Normas Brasileiras de Contabilidade Aplicadas ao Setor Público. A metodologia utilizada na pesquisa configura–se como descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, realizada por meio de pesquisa documental. Os dados da pesquisa revelam que no exercício de 2010, 2011 e 2012 o disclosure dos órgãos públicos do Estado no que concerne à aderência às Normas Brasileiras de Contabilidade Aplicadas ao Setor Público (NBCASP que convergem com as International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS ainda é incipiente. Ressalta-se que pontos importantes constantes nas normas NBCT 16.3 e NBCT 16.8, que versam, respectivamente, sobre a divulgação do PPA, LDO e Controle Interno ainda não são respeitados, mesmo que tais itens tenham sua divulgação obrigatória exigida na Constituição Federal e pela Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal. Observou-se também que das 27 unidades federativas, apenas os Estados de Minas Gerais, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Bahia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Tocantins, Goiás, Mato Grosso e Mato Grosso do Sul não evidenciaram a conta intitulada intangível. Nenhum dos Estados evidenciou a Demonstração do Fluxo de Caixa e a Demonstração do Resultado Econômico ou se mencionou algo sobre o sistema de custos ou a avaliação das disponibilidades e direitos e títulos de crédito. Conclui-se que os Estados brasileiros ainda não estão preparados para iniciar a divulgação obrigatória segundo as NBCASP, dado o nível de disclosure evidenciado até o momento.

ADOÇÃO DO REGIME DE COMPETÊNCIA NO SETOR PÚBLICO BRASILEIRO SOB A PERSPECTIVA DAS NORMAS BRASILEIRAS E INTERNACIONAIS DE CONTABILIDADE

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Daniel Pereira Cruvinel

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar la adopción del régimen contable de competencia en el sector público brasileño dese la perspectiva de las normas brasileñas y las normas internacionales de contabilidad. Este es un ensayo basado en la literatura de investigación y documentos que analizan las disposiciones de las normas nacionales e internacionales sobre el tema, comparando también las aspectos legales desde la perspectiva de la Secretaría del Tesoro Nacional (STN, Tribunal de Cuentas (TCU y el Procuraduría General de la Hacienda Nacional (PGFN. La justificación para el estudio es la percepción de que las cuentas deben ser la base para la planificación de la acción gubernamental y debe reflejar la substancia de las transacciones y no meramente su forma legal. La innovación consiste en considerar que el presupuesto y las cuentas deben tener las mimas bases para efectos de comparación y para incluir la adopción de la base completa de valores devengados desde la perspectiva del study 14 de la IFAC. Llega a la conclusión de que entre los resultados esperados con la adopción del régimen de competencia integral en la contabilidad publica brasileña están las operaciones contables sobre la ocurrencia de un evento de generador y no en el momento del pago o la recepción, por lo que informaciones que antes no formaban parte de las cuentas públicas puedan ser registradas y reconocidas de manera contable en las demostraciones del periodo en que son relacionadas.

The New Deal: A Global History

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Patel, Kiran Klaus

2016-01-01

The New Deal: A Global History provides a radically new interpretation of a pivotal period in US history. The first comprehensive study of the New Deal in a global context, the book compares American responses to the international crisis of capitalism and democracy during the 1930s to responses by

British Sign Name Customs

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Day, Linda; Sutton-Spence, Rachel

2010-01-01

Research presented here describes the sign names and the customs of name allocation within the British Deaf community. While some aspects of British Sign Language sign names and British Deaf naming customs differ from those in most Western societies, there are many similarities. There are also similarities with other societies outside the more…

Negation switching invariant signed graphs

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Deepa Sinha

2014-04-01

Full Text Available A signed graph (or, $sigraph$ in short is a graph G in which each edge x carries a value $\\sigma(x \\in \\{-, +\\}$ called its sign. Given a sigraph S, the negation $\\eta(S$ of the sigraph S is a sigraph obtained from S by reversing the sign of every edge of S. Two sigraphs $S_{1}$ and $S_{2}$ on the same underlying graph are switching equivalent if it is possible to assign signs `+' (`plus' or `-' (`minus' to vertices of $S_{1}$ such that by reversing the sign of each of its edges that has received opposite signs at its ends, one obtains $S_{2}$. In this paper, we characterize sigraphs which are negation switching invariant and also see for what sigraphs, S and $\\eta (S$ are signed isomorphic.

LAS NORMAS JURÍDICAS Y LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS SOBRE BOSQUES CULTIVADOS EN LAS REGIONES DEL CENTRO Y DE PATAGONIA EN ARGENTINA

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C. M. MINAVERRY

2017-08-01

Full Text Available El eje central de este trabajo es analizar el nivel de desarrollo de las normas jurídicas, de las políticas públicas, y de la idoneidad de las autoridades de aplicación sobre bosques cultivados, en las regiones del Centro y de la Patagonia en Argentina. Se trata de una investigación de carácter exploratorio, donde se aplicó el método de la hermenéutica jurídica y los indicadores ambientales PER. Se puede concluir que los niveles de desarrollo normativo de las provincias no son uniformes, y que la mayoría de las normas jurídicas y de las políticas públicas tienden a establecer incentivos económicos para aprovechar el efecto del mercado, sin orientarse hacia una protección integral de los ecosistemas boscosos, y que las autoridades de aplicación en su mayoría no son técnicamente adecuadas para eso.

Signs of political economy

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Bernard Lamizet

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Like any political system, economy is a system of signs and representations. The Semiotics of economy elaborates its analytical methods to interpret such signs, which give meaning to the economy by representing its performances in public debate and in the media. Four major features distinguish the Semiotics of political economy from other semiotic forms or other systems of information and political representation. First of all, the relationship between the signification of the economy and the real or the imaginary phenomena to which they refer always pertains to the order of values. The second characteristic of economic signs is the significance of the state of lack they express. The third characteristic of signs of the economy is the form of sign production, which can be designated by the concept of emission of signs and their diffusion. Finally, as all signs, the economic sign is arbitrary. In the field of Economics, such arbitrariness does not imply that the Subject is free to superimpose whatever value to the signs themselves, but refers to the rupture between the world and its possible transformation. The very meaning of the word economy is here at stake. Oikos, in Greek (the term from which the word economy is derived refers to a known, familiar space. Economy transforms the real, natural world into a symbolic social world, into a world of relations with others whom we recognise and whose actions are relatively predictable. It might be useful to consider the contemporary issue of debt, its implications and its multiple meanings, which includes both the ethical and moral dimension of the condemnation of debt as well as the imaginary political dimension based on the expression of an idea of independence.

Planning Sign Languages: Promoting Hearing Hegemony? Conceptualizing Sign Language Standardization

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Eichmann, Hanna

2009-01-01

In light of the absence of a codified standard variety in British Sign Language and German Sign Language ("Deutsche Gebardensprache") there have been repeated calls for the standardization of both languages primarily from outside the Deaf community. The paper is based on a recent grounded theory study which explored perspectives on sign…

Signs of the arctic: Typological aspects of Inuit Sign Language

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Schuit, J.M.

2014-01-01

In this thesis, the native sign language used by deaf Inuit people is described. Inuit Sign Language (IUR) is used by less than 40 people as their sole means of communication, and is therefore highly endangered. Apart from the description of IUR as such, an additional goal is to contribute to the

PlugIn Libre para la gestión bibliográfica de la norma UNE-ISO 690:2013

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GARRIDO PICAZO, MARÍA PIEDAD

2016-01-01

[ES] Los gestores de referencias bibliográfica son una herramienta clásica que se utiliza principalmente en los trabajos de investigación científica. Desde la década de loa 80, este tipo de aplicaciones han sido objeto de evaluaciones y mejoras por parte de los propios científicos. Además, recientemente se está imponiendo en todo tipo de instituciones el uso de normas, estilos o directrices que sean capaces de soportar la gestión de citas de documentos electrónicos. JabRef es u...

Necesidad de legislar como contravenciones, las violaciones de normas de bioseguridad e higiene y epidemiología hospitalaria

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Betancourt Doimeadios, Juan Eusebio; Lores Hernández, Luis Enrique; Calzadilla Castillo, Wilmar; Cruz Ávila, Geanela; Marrero Pastor, Alberto

2014-01-01

Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica con el objetivo de profundizar conocimientos relacionados con la bioseguridad, las infecciones asociadas a la asistencia sanitaria y la epidemiología hospitalaria. La revisión contempló normas, programas y artículos afines a estos temas y la legislación vigente relacionada con la imposición de multas por contravenciones personales en materia de higiene. Se analizaron las violaciones que con mayor frecuencia se observan en la prestación de la asistencia y ...

Factibilidad de la norma ISO 50 001 en el Central Hidroléctrica "Carlos Mora Carrión"

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Cuenca Mendieta, Stalin Eduardo

2013-01-01

ISO 50001 es una nueva norma estandarizada para implementar un SGEn (Sistema de Gestión Energético), especifica requisitos para que una organización establezca, implemente, mantenga y mejore un SGEn, habilitando a dicha organización, sistemáticamente, a conseguir un mejoramiento continuo de su rendimiento energético y lograr el uso eficiente de energía, mejorando su productividad, competitividad y reducción de emisiones de CO2. La CCMC (Central Carlos Mora Carrión) es susceptible de evalu...

O fenómeno do Fansubbing em inglês: principais normas de tradução e legendagem

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Sousa, Inês Fernandes e

2011-01-01

Tese de mestrado, Tradução, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2012 Este trabalho enquadra-se no âmbito dos Estudos Descritivos de Tradução, mais concretamente, nos conceitos de norma e estratégia de tradução e teve como objectivo estudar algumas das principais estratégias e regularidades evidenciadas pelo fenómeno de “fansubbing”. Este fenómeno corresponde ao trabalho de equipas amadoras especializadas na tradução para legendagem predominantemente em inglês de desenh...

Las implementaciones de las normas de seguridad de la información: estudio de caso la Sociedad de Lucha Contra el Cáncer del Ecuador

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Marcos Caiza-Acero

2014-11-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo muestra el análisis y la justificación de selección de una de las Normas de seguridad de la información: ISO 27002, COBIT e ITIL para ser implementada en el departamento de sistemas de la Sociedad de Lucha Contra el Cáncer del Ecuador (S.O.L.C.A. El dominio que se analizará es el físico y refleja que el hospital tiene un alto porcentaje de incumplimiento en los controles de protección contra amenzas externas y del medio ambiente así como el de seguridad en la reutilización o eliminación de equipos. Debido a esto, se propone un presupuesto para que se cumplan dichos controles. Finalmente se hacen recomendaciones para que la norma sea implementada en su totalidad en el departamento y luego en la institución.

Ranks of dense alternating sign matrices and their sign patterns

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Fiedler, Miroslav; Gao, W.; Hall, F.J.; Jing, G.; Li, Z.; Stroev, M.

2015-01-01

Roč. 471, April (2015), s. 109-121 ISSN 0024-3795 R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA14-07880S Institutional support: RVO:67985840 Keywords : alternating sign matrix * dense matrix * sign pattern matrix Subject RIV: BA - General Mathematics Impact factor: 0.965, year: 2015 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024379515000257

NORMA PERILAKU ADVOKAT DALAM RANGKA PENEGAKAN HUKUM

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Edi Krisharyanto

2007-01-01

Full Text Available The function of Legal Behaviour is to direct, to cancel, to change and to determine violation of any person dealing with law as his/her profession. Advocate Legal Behaviour is the main law system that has been written in advocate regulation and code of ethics, so that every advocate committed to appropriate legal behaviour would uphold the law enforcement.

Os Refugiados e a fragmentaridade das normas de Direito Internacional. O cenário complexo das migrações forçadas face o cenário sócio-político atual

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Saddam Mohamad Mohamad

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Full Text Available O presente trabalho tem como objeto de estudo, o direito internacional dos direitos humanos, trazendo como proposição a apresentação da fragmentaridade do direito internacional. Muito diferente das normas internas a qual regem-se por uma hierarquia normativa, em âmbito internacional não vemos a mesma coisa, ocorrendo a horizontalidade das normas, fazendo com que as normas internas de cada estado se sobreponha, muitas vezes, as leis internacionais. Tal fato acarreta em algumas restrições a jurisdição internacional, o qual será evidenciado pela problemática dos refugiados sírios na atualidade, temática de grande relevância nos últimos anos no cenário internacional pela expressiva abrangência de seus fluxos, pelo desrespeito a dignidade humana e pela crescente violência na sua contenção, apesar de sua condição de extrema vulnerabilidade. Metodologia. Adotar-se-á o método de abordagem dialético e a técnica de pesquisa bibliográfico.

Sociolinguistic Variation and Change in British Sign Language Number Signs: Evidence of Leveling?

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Stamp, Rose; Schembri, Adam; Fenlon, Jordan; Rentelis, Ramas

2015-01-01

This article presents findings from the first major study to investigate lexical variation and change in British Sign Language (BSL) number signs. As part of the BSL Corpus Project, number sign variants were elicited from 249 deaf signers from eight sites throughout the UK. Age, school location, and language background were found to be significant…

A primeira adoção das normas internacionais de contabilidade: ensaio nas demonstrações financeiras das empresas brasileiras do setor da construção civil e incorporação imobiliária

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Watanabe, Léo

2009-01-01

As recentes mudanças na contabilidade no Brasil, causadas por uma forte corrente mundial em pró de uma linguagem universal contábil, fato que tem levado muitos países a entrarem em um processo de convergência das normas de contabilidade seguindo os pronunciamentos editados pelo International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), fizeram com que o mercado de capitais brasileiro obrigasse as principais companhias listadas na BOVESPA, a partir do ano calendário de 2008, a adotar as Normas Internaci...

German-Brazilian nuclear deal

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Krugmann, H.

1981-01-01

Examination of the arguments in favor of the nuclear deal with West Germany and the resulting program suggests that revisions of both are in order to make them more compatible with Brazil's national interests. The deficiencies of current policy appear to be too weighty and numerous to be ignored. Sooner or later the government will have to move toward adjusting its nuclear agreement with West Germany, if not for the reasons discussed here then for lack of capital. Current estimates of the nuclear package lie in the range of $25 to $30 billion, compared to an initial projection of about $5 billion. The deal has become so expensive that it would draw capital from the hydropower and alcohol programs essential for the short and medium-term energy needs of the country. Mr. Krugman feels the Brazilian government should hold off on further nuclear contracts. And it should thoroughly reassess what Brazil's nuclear energy and technology requirements are and how to meet them. There are indications that the reassessment process is already underway. As long as the German nuclear industry depends on the sale of technology to Brazil, the Brazilian government will have considerable bargaining power to enforce further changes in the deal. If this power is used wisely, the result could be cooperation between the two countries toward nuclear options that are consistent with Brazil's energy and development needs

Adolf Kussmaul and Kussmaul's sign

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Navreet Singh

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Kussmaul's has provided us with three important signs: Pulses paradoxus, Kussmaul's sign and Kussmaul Breathing. This article discusses Kussmaul's sign, its discovery, first description, pathophyiology and exceptions.

Znaky pro barvy v českém znakovém jazyce a jejich etymologie / Colour Terms in the Czech Sign Language and Their Etymology

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Lenka Okrouhlíková

2016-06-01

Full Text Available The text deals with the signs in the Czech Sign Language for the basic colours — white, black, red, green, yellow, blue, brown and grey in the diachronic point of view. On the basis of historical written description of these signs from 1834–1907 the motivation of the signs is being analysed (the signs were derived from the typical object of the particular colour as well as the slow lexicalization and form (especially the components of the signs — the place of articulation, handshape and movement. At the same time, the historical signs are compared to the current signs and the text provides analysis of the trends in changes of phonological/morphological structures of the signs (place of articulation changes — moving down from the center to the periphery of the face, shortening of the movement, changing the shape of the hand etc.. In addition the text examines the possible relationship of these signs with the signs for colours in the Austrian, German and French Sign Language (the languages that had been used in deaf education at the end of the 18th and 19th centuries according to preserved records. Concerning the historical signs their motivation and form were compared, along with the detail look at the contemporary signs. This is the first look at the Czech Sign Language from the etymological point of view at all.

El mejoramiento de procesos y su aplicación bajo norma ISO 9004: caso compañía de aceites

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GIOVANNI PEREZ

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo se centra en la elaboración de una propuesta de mejoramiento para el problema que presenta el proceso de Despacho de Pedidos de la línea de producción de la marca MOTOR PLUS en una empresa dedicada al envase de aceite para vehículos. Para esto se utilizó la teoría sobre mejoramiento de procesos de Harrington y la norma NTC ISO 9001:2000.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL AND BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE (BSL

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Zora JACHOVA

2008-06-01

Full Text Available In the communication of deaf people between them­selves and hearing people there are three ba­sic as­pects of interaction: gesture, finger signs and writing. The gesture is a conditionally agreed manner of communication with the help of the hands followed by face and body mimic. The ges­ture and the move­ments pre-exist the speech and they had the purpose to mark something, and later to emphasize the speech expression.Stokoe was the first linguist that realised that the signs are not a whole that can not be analysed. He analysed signs in insignificant parts that he called “chemeres”, and many linguists today call them pho­nemes. He created three main phoneme catego­ries: hand position, location and movement.Sign languages as spoken languages have back­ground from the distant past. They developed par­allel with the development of spoken language and undertook many historical changes. Therefore, to­day they do not represent a replacement of the spoken language, but are languages themselves in the real sense of the word.Although the structures of the English language used in USA and in Great Britain is the same, still their sign languages-ASL and BSL are different.

The Public Health Responsibility Deal: brokering a deal for public health, but on whose terms?

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Panjwani, Clare; Caraher, Martin

2014-02-01

Coalitions of multinational food and drink businesses have pledged to reformulate their products and to market them responsibly. Largely business-led and self-regulated, the integrity of these voluntary initiatives has been questioned. The Public Health Responsibility Deal in England is an example of a voluntary initiative that is government-led. Does this approach provide evidence that with public leadership there is potential for voluntary actions to deliver meaningful results for public health? The subject of the research is the calorie reduction initiative of the Responsibility Deal. Source material was obtained primarily through a series of UK Freedom of Information requests and comprises previously unpublished Department of Health documentation relating to relevant meetings held during 2011 and 2012. The Responsibility Deal approach to calorie reduction deliberately involves the food industry in the specification of the measures it is to implement (reformulation and portion control). Finding the common ground between private and public interests has resulted in the deflection of public health objectives and the preclusion of adequate monitoring and evaluation. The Responsibility Deal approach is fundamentally flawed in its expectation that industry will take voluntary actions that prioritise public health interests above its own. Being government-led counts for little in the absence of sanctions to drive compliance. Instead the initiative affords private interests the opportunity to influence in their favour the public health policies and strategies that affect their products. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Non parametric, self organizing, scalable modeling of spatiotemporal inputs: the sign language paradigm.

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Caridakis, G; Karpouzis, K; Drosopoulos, A; Kollias, S

2012-12-01

Modeling and recognizing spatiotemporal, as opposed to static input, is a challenging task since it incorporates input dynamics as part of the problem. The vast majority of existing methods tackle the problem as an extension of the static counterpart, using dynamics, such as input derivatives, at feature level and adopting artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques originally designed for solving problems that do not specifically address the temporal aspect. The proposed approach deals with temporal and spatial aspects of the spatiotemporal domain in a discriminative as well as coupling manner. Self Organizing Maps (SOM) model the spatial aspect of the problem and Markov models its temporal counterpart. Incorporation of adjacency, both in training and classification, enhances the overall architecture with robustness and adaptability. The proposed scheme is validated both theoretically, through an error propagation study, and experimentally, on the recognition of individual signs, performed by different, native Greek Sign Language users. Results illustrate the architecture's superiority when compared to Hidden Markov Model techniques and variations both in terms of classification performance and computational cost. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Matrizes progressivas coloridas de Raven - escala especial: normas para Porto Alegre, RS The Raven's coloured progressive matrices: norms for Porto Alegre, RS

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Denise Ruschel Bandeira

2004-12-01

Full Text Available O Teste das Matrizes Progressivas Coloridas de Raven destina-se à avaliação do desenvolvimento intelectual de crianças de 5 a 11 anos de idade. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo estabelecer normas para as crianças de Porto Alegre - RS. A amostra foi composta por 779 crianças matriculadas em escolas estaduais, de 4 anos e 9 meses a 11 anos e 9 meses. Foi constatado aumento progressivo nas médias de pontos com o aumento da idade e não foram encontradas diferenças entre meninos e meninas. Na comparação com as crianças de escolas públicas de São Paulo, as médias das crianças de Porto Alegre foram mais altas, mas em geral foram inferiores às das escolas particulares de São Paulo. Foram estabelecidas as normas em percentis para cada faixa etária. Os resultados reforçam a necessidade do estabelecimento de normas distintas para as diferentes regiões do Brasil, principalmente em relação aos testes de inteligência.The Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices was proposed standards to Porto Alegre (RS children. The sample was composed by 779 children from Porto Alegre state public schools, aged from 4 years and 9 months to 11 years and 9 months. It was found a progressive increase in average scores as age increased and it was not verified differences between boys and girls. Comparing average scores between children from São Paulo and Porto Alegre public schools we found that the average scores from Porto Alegre children was higher, but they were lower than the scores from São Paulo private schools children. Percentile ranks were obtained to each age level with range of six months. Research results show the need to establish specific norms to different Brazilian regions, mainly concerning intelligence tests.

Impactos da implantação das normas internacionais de contabilidade na controladoria: um estudo à luz da teoria da estruturação em uma empresa têxtil

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Ilse Maria Beuren

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Estudos relativos às atividades da Controladoria que se inter-relacionam com outras ciências, como Psicologia e Sociologia, favorecem conhecimentos mais holísticos sobre essa área organizacional. Assim, neste estudo objetiva-se verificar os impactos da implantação das normas internacionais de contabilidade na controladoria à luz da Teoria da Estruturação. O pressuposto é que o processo de implantação das normas internacionais vem contribuir para a produção e a reprodução da ordem social da área organizacional controladoria. A Teoria da Estruturação de Giddens (1979; 1996; 2003 sustenta esta pesquisa exploratória, com abordagem qualitativa, realizada por meio de um estudo de caso em uma indústria têxtil. Nela, analisaram-se impactos da implantação das normas internacionais de contabilidade na controladoria, no período de 2008 a 2010, que abrange a fase de implantação dos CPCs na empresa, emitidos pelo Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis (CPC. A coleta de dados deu-se por meio de observação, análise documental, entrevistas individuais e grupo focal. A análise das entrevistas individuais e do grupo focal foi realizada com o auxílio do software Atlas.ti. Os resultados apontaram que o processo de implantação das normas internacionais de contabilidade impactou a estrutura da área organizacional controladoria, por meio de novas atividades, discussões e mudanças nos processos e controles, além da interação dos agentes, por meio de comunicação e capacidades, permitindo a produção e a reprodução dessa área. Conclui-se que a dualidade da estrutura preconizada por Giddens (1979; 1996; 2003 ocorreu na empresa no período analisado, pois a estrutura impactou a interação e vice-versa.

Signs in neuroradiology - part 1

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The use of signs or analogies for interpretation and description of medical images is an old and common practice among radiologists. Comparison of findings with animals, food or objects is not unprecedented and routinely performed. Many signs are quite specific and, in some cases, pathognomonic. Indeed, notwithstanding their degree of specificity, signs may help in the characterization of certain diseases. Several neuroradiological signs have been already described. The authors will present 15 neuroradiology signs in the present essay, approaching their main characteristics, the significance of their role in the clinical practice, as well as their respective imaging findings. (author)

Signs in neuroradiology - part 1

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2011-01-01

The use of signs or analogies for interpretation and description of medical images is an old and common practice among radiologists. Comparison of findings with animals, food or objects is not unprecedented and routinely performed. Many signs are quite specific and, in some cases, pathognomonic. Indeed, notwithstanding their degree of specificity, signs may help in the characterization of certain diseases. Several neuroradiological signs have been already described. The authors will present 15 neuroradiology signs in the present essay, approaching their main characteristics, the significance of their role in the clinical practice, as well as their respective imaging findings. (author)

Fundamentos Teóricos para la Interpretación de las Normas Contables Profesionales Argentinas en Materia de Conversión de Estados Contables

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Carlos Federico Torres

2005-12-01

Full Text Available La conversión de estados contables de una moneda en la que originalmente fueron preparados a otra, constituye un procedimiento de reexpresión, y, por lo tanto, debe considerárselo un tema inherente a la unidad de medida en la que se expresa la información contable. No consideraremos en este trabajo los aspectos básicos del procedimiento, puesto que sólo nos abocaremos a las cuestiones relativas a la identificación y el análisis del concepto de moneda funcional y a la identificación de los métodos aplicables en el marco de las normas contenidas en la resolución técnica nº 18, sección 1, vigente en la actualidad. Dilucidados estos aspectos, nos trasladamos al contexto argentino, a fin de interpretar cuáles son estos procedimientos en el marco de las normas contenidas de la resolución técnica nº 18, sección 1.

Normas de terminación para la palabra final de oraciones en español para niños mexicanos

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Mario Rodríguez-Carmacho

2011-02-01

Full Text Available Las normas de terminación de oraciones son un recurso valioso para los investigadores interesados en el estudio de los efectos que tiene un contexto sobre los procesos de reconocimiento de palabras, y la comprensión del lenguaje en general. Este estudio presenta las normas de terminación para la palabra final de 278 oraciones en español para niños mexicanos, obtenidas a través del método de cloze, en una muestra de 420 estudiantes (226 niños y 194 niñas de 9 a 12 años de edad del 4º al 6º grado de primarias públicas del Estado de México. La tarea de los niños consistió en leer cada una de las oraciones y completarlas con una palabra al cierre. Se calculó la probabilidad de cierre de cada palabra respondida para cada uno de los contextos, de acuerdo a las respuestas de los niños. Aunque el corpus incluyó oraciones con diferentes restricciones contextuales, la respuesta de los sujetos mostró un mayor número de oraciones con alta probabilidad de cierre. Este material puede ser utilizado en la investigación sobre la comprensión del lenguaje tanto auditivo como escrito en niños.

Una mirada a las normas sobre dimensionado y tolerado geométrico en hispanoamérica

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2007-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo muestra el nivel alcanzado respecto al Dimensionado y Tolerado Geométrico de dibujos mecánicos en Hispanoamérica. Para lograr este propósito, se mira si los diferentes organismos de normalización han homologado estándares ISO que atañen a este tema. También se analiza la cantidad de normas homologadas y la calidad de las traducciones realizadas por país. Se puede apreciar como menos de la mitad de los países han hecho homologaciones y como la mayoría de los que las han realizado presentan fallas que limitan su uso y confiabilidad

NormaCurve: a SuperCurve-based method that simultaneously quantifies and normalizes reverse phase protein array data.

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Sylvie Troncale

Full Text Available MOTIVATION: Reverse phase protein array (RPPA is a powerful dot-blot technology that allows studying protein expression levels as well as post-translational modifications in a large number of samples simultaneously. Yet, correct interpretation of RPPA data has remained a major challenge for its broad-scale application and its translation into clinical research. Satisfying quantification tools are available to assess a relative protein expression level from a serial dilution curve. However, appropriate tools allowing the normalization of the data for external sources of variation are currently missing. RESULTS: Here we propose a new method, called NormaCurve, that allows simultaneous quantification and normalization of RPPA data. For this, we modified the quantification method SuperCurve in order to include normalization for (i background fluorescence, (ii variation in the total amount of spotted protein and (iii spatial bias on the arrays. Using a spike-in design with a purified protein, we test the capacity of different models to properly estimate normalized relative expression levels. The best performing model, NormaCurve, takes into account a negative control array without primary antibody, an array stained with a total protein stain and spatial covariates. We show that this normalization is reproducible and we discuss the number of serial dilutions and the number of replicates that are required to obtain robust data. We thus provide a ready-to-use method for reliable and reproducible normalization of RPPA data, which should facilitate the interpretation and the development of this promising technology. AVAILABILITY: The raw data, the scripts and the normacurve package are available at the following web site: http://microarrays.curie.fr.

Interacciones nutrimentales y normas de la técnica de nutrimento compuesto en nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Miller

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F. Blanco-Macías

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Hacen falta conocimientos básicos sobre la nutrición del nopal, esto para hacerlo más productivo. En ese contexto, se utilizó la técnica de Diagnóstico de Nutrimento Compuesto (DNC para definir normas preliminares de nutrición en nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Miller, sustentada en la relación cúbica entre los rendimientos y las funciones de proporción de varianza acumulada, así como en la función de distribución χ2 de los índices de nutrición global. Se consideró una base de datos con 180 observaciones de rendimiento (expresado en peso fresco de cladodio por planta y las concentraciones (% de N, P, K, Ca y Mg en cladodios de un año de edad. El rendimiento de biomasa de nopal depende significativamente de las concentraciones de N (P≤0.01, K (P≤0.05 y Mg (P≤0.05. Se apreciaron los siguientes sinergismos significativos: P-K (P≤0.05, K-Mg (P≤0.01 y Mg-Ca (P≤0.01; y los antagonismos: N-Ca (P≤0.01 y N-Mg (P≤0.05. Las normas preliminares de DNC propuestas y expresadas como logaritmos de las proporciones centradas (media ± desviación estándar para d = 5 nutrientes, con base en una subpoblación (n = 57 de alto rendimiento (más de 46.7 kg·planta-1 de cladodios de nopal cultivado en un suelo calcáreo son: *N V = -0.98 ± 0.35, * P V = -2.23 ± 0.21, * K V = 0.25 ± 0.19, * Ca V = 0.37 ± 0.35, * Mg V = -0.71 ± 0.17, y * Rd V = 3.29 ± 0.09. Esas normas corresponden a los siguientes rangos de concentraciones óptimas (medias ± desviación estándar en los cladodios: 1.29 ± 0.47 de N (%, 0.36 ± 0.08 de P (%, 4.24 ± 0.88 de K (%, 4.96 ± 1.73 de Ca (% y 1.61 ± 0.27 de Mg (%. El nopal concentra más de cuatro veces K y Ca que N, demostrando que es una planta calcitrófica. Algo similar ocurre entre Mg y P, pues el primero se concentra cuatro veces más que el segundo

A eficácia como condição de validade da norma jurídica em Kelsen /

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Yokohama, Alessandro Otavio

1999-01-01

Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Jurídicas. Estudo da relação entre validade e eficácia da norma jurídica no pensamento kelseniano. Análise do assunto sob ótica dúplice: a) a eficácia como condição de validade; e b) o conceito de mínimo de eficácia. Compreensão do fenômeno eficácia como condição da validade dentro da teoria estática de Hans Kelsen.

Estudio del sistema de protección contra incendio de una planta de hidrocarburos de acuerdo a normas internacionales

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Huarcaya Becerra, Hernan; Huarcaya Becerra, Hernan

2001-01-01

Dentro del marco de adecuar las instalaciones a una condición segura, dentro de las normas internacionales y mejorar la confiabilidad de las Instalaciones TRANSREDES S.A., se ha identificado la necesidad de instalar el sistema de contra incendio en las instalaciones de bombeo y compresión Para llegar a este punto se ha realizado previamente un análisis de riesgo y una ingeniería básica asociada que incluye el diseño básico conceptual, las mejoras a implementar, recomendacion...

Comentarios críticos de la Norma UNE 7245 sobre "determinación de los compuestos de azufre contenidos en los áridos"

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Calleja, José

1982-06-01

Full Text Available This paper shows some deficiences of the Spanish Standard Method UNE 7245 and the corresponding deficiences of the Spanish Concrete Code EH-SO adopting it. According to the actual Method, erroneous low values may result in determining sulphides and in general sulphur compounds in cocrete aggregates. Attention is drawn to the convenience of revising the limit of 1.2 per cent for the admissible maximum value of such compounds, particularly if they are exclusively formed by pyrites.

Se ponen de relieve en este trabajo ciertas definiciones de la Norma UNE 7245 y las correspondientes de la Instrucción EH-80 que la adopta, en cuanto que la citada Norma puede dar valores erróneos por defecto en la determinación de sulfures y, en general, de compuestos de azufre en áridos para hormigón. Se llama la atención sobre la conveniencia de revisar el límite de 1,2 por ciento para el contenido máximo tolerable de dichos compuestos, particularmente si están constituidos en exclusiva por piritas.

Modeling online social signed networks

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Li, Le; Gu, Ke; Zeng, An; Fan, Ying; Di, Zengru

2018-04-01

People's online rating behavior can be modeled by user-object bipartite networks directly. However, few works have been devoted to reveal the hidden relations between users, especially from the perspective of signed networks. We analyze the signed monopartite networks projected by the signed user-object bipartite networks, finding that the networks are highly clustered with obvious community structure. Interestingly, the positive clustering coefficient is remarkably higher than the negative clustering coefficient. Then, a Signed Growing Network model (SGN) based on local preferential attachment is proposed to generate a user's signed network that has community structure and high positive clustering coefficient. Other structural properties of the modeled networks are also found to be similar to the empirical networks.

Sign language: an international handbook

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Pfau, R.; Steinbach, M.; Woll, B.

2012-01-01

Sign language linguists show here that all the questions relevant to the linguistic investigation of spoken languages can be asked about sign languages. Conversely, questions that sign language linguists consider - even if spoken language researchers have not asked them yet - should also be asked of

PEG tubes: dealing with complications.

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Malhi, Hardip; Thompson, Rosie

A percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy tube can be used to deliver nutrition, hydration and medicines directly into the patient's stomach. Patients will require a tube if they are unable to swallow safely, putting them at risk of aspiration of food, drink and medicines into their lungs. It is vital that nurses are aware of the complications that may arise when caring for a patient with a PEG tube. It is equally important that nurses know how to deal with these complications or from where tc seek advice. This article provides a quick troubleshooting guide to help nurses deal with complications that can arise with PEG feeding.

O PROCESSO DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DE NORMAS DE DESEMPENHO NA CONSTRUÇÃO: UM COMPARATIVO ENTRE A ESPANHA (CTE E BRASIL (NBR 15575/2013

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Andrea Parisi Kern

2015-02-01

Full Text Available A preocupação com o desempenho das edificações é uma tendência mundial. No Brasil, em 2010, foi proposta a NBR 15.575, sob o título geral de Edifícios habitacionais até cinco pavimentos – Desempenho. Embora esteja em vigor as iniciativas de utilização do documento por profissionais da construção ainda são incipientes, tendo em vista a complexidade das questões que envolvem o conceito de desempenho e desafiam especialmente arquitetos e engenheiros projetistas. Por outro lado, na Europa é comum o uso de leis, normas ou códigos baseados no conceito de desempenho. Por exemplo, o Código Técnico das Edificações (CTE da Espanha que estabelece desempenho e durabilidade às edificações, em vigor desde 2007, relativamente bem sucedido. Esse artigo tem o objetivo de discutir o processo de implantação do CTE e comparar ao da NBR 15.575/2010. Como contribuições são apontadas algumas estratégias utilizadas na implantação do CTE que poderiam ser consideradas no Brasil tais como a implantação gradual, a criação de meio de comunicação entre responsáveis pela Norma e usuários, a definição de documentos e conteúdos para o cumprimento da norma para projetistas, programas de divulgação e discussão com principais fornecedores de cada área envolvida, e, por fim, a consideração de parâmetros da NBR 15.575/2010 na aprovação dos projetos pelo Município, no Brasil, Códigos de obras.

Guía Metodológica de Análisis para la apliación de las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF`S) para la empresa comercializadora de productos de consumo masivo en el Ecuador, Caso : PYDACO Cía Ltda matriz Quito / Johanna Katherine Paucar González; director Jorge Zapata.

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Paucar González, Johanna Katherine

2010-01-01

La nueva dinámica de los negocios a nivel mundial, hace que la información financiera y la contabilidad requieran un lenguaje universal en la presentación de estados financieros, independientemente del país en el que se desarrolle la actividad económica de las empresas. Para ello el Comité de Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad (IASC, por sus siglas en inglés), ha venido desarrollando un conjunto de normas, integradas por: El Marco Conceptual, Las Normas Internacionale...

Traffic sign detection and analysis

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Møgelmose, Andreas; Trivedi, Mohan M.; Moeslund, Thomas B.

2012-01-01

Traffic sign recognition (TSR) is a research field that has seen much activity in the recent decade. This paper introduces the problem and presents 4 recent papers on traffic sign detection and 4 recent papers on traffic sign classification. It attempts to extract recent trends in the field...

The Forbidden Signs

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Kilstrup, Mogens

2016-01-01

While the field of semiotics has been active since it was started by Peirce, it appears like the last decade has been especially productive with a number of important new concepts being developed within the biosemiotics community. The novel concept of the Semiotic scaffold by Hoffmeyer is an impo......While the field of semiotics has been active since it was started by Peirce, it appears like the last decade has been especially productive with a number of important new concepts being developed within the biosemiotics community. The novel concept of the Semiotic scaffold by Hoffmeyer...... is an important addition that offers insight into the hardware requirements for bio-semiosis. As any type of semiosis must be dependent upon Semiotic scaffolds, I recently argued that the process of semiosis has to be divided into two separate processes of sign establishment and sign interpretation....... I also show that biological semiosis offers examples of forbidden signs, where the faulty interpretation of signs may lead to decimation of whole evolutionary lines of organisms. A new concept of Evolutionary memory which is applicable to both human and biological semiosis is explained...

DEAL annual report.

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Misra, Shashank [Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

2017-11-01

The digital electronics at the atomic limit (DEAL) project seeks to leverage Sandia's atomic-precision fabrication capability to realize the theorized orders-of-magnitude improvement in operating voltage for tunnel field effect transistors (TFETs) compared to CMOS. Not only are low-power digital circuits a critical element of many national security systems (e.g. satellites), TFETs can perform circuit functions inaccessible to CMOS (e.g. polymorphism).

Dealing with Human Death: The Floating Perspective.

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Kenyon, Gary M.

1991-01-01

Explores approach to dealing with human death. Describes floating perspective, based on insights from Choron and Jaspers, as suggesting it is possible to deal with human death by refraining from taking ultimate position on the problem. Position encourages openness to death. Examines role of anxiety and describes possible meaningful outcomes of…

Numeral Incorporation in Japanese Sign Language

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Ktejik, Mish

2013-01-01

This article explores the morphological process of numeral incorporation in Japanese Sign Language. Numeral incorporation is defined and the available research on numeral incorporation in signed language is discussed. The numeral signs in Japanese Sign Language are then introduced and followed by an explanation of the numeral morphemes which are…

APLICABILIDADE DAS NORMAS PENAIS NAS CONDUTAS ILÍCITAS DE CYBERBULLYING COMETIDAS EM REDES SOCIAIS NA INTERNET

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Rafael Giordano Gonçalves Brito

2016-08-01

Full Text Available O número de adeptos da Internet tem aumentado consideravelmente nos últimos anos, principalmente em virtude da utilização das redes sociais. Muitos desses usuários utilizam a rede mundial de computadores para a prática de condutas ilícitas, sendo comumente denominada de “crimes de informática”. Dentre os vários atos ilícitos, tais como: pedofilia, disseminação de vírus de computador, racismo, apologia e incitação aos crimes contra a vida, etc., somente um foi escolhido para ser abordado neste trabalho, o cyberbullying. O cometimento de tal conduta será estudado a fim de verificar a aplicabilidade das normas penais nestes atos.

DEALed : A tool suite for distributed real-time systems development

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Bolshakov, K.; Karpov, Y.; Sintotski, A.; Malyshkin, V.

1999-01-01

DEALed is a tool suite for development of distributed systems using DEAL language. DEAL is being developed at Eindhoven University of Technology as a part of DEDOS project. Area of application of the DEALed is the development of the distributed real- time safety-critical control systems.

13 CFR 305.12 - Project sign.

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2010-01-01

... 13 Business Credit and Assistance 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Project sign. 305.12 Section 305... WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS Requirements for Approved Projects § 305.12 Project sign. The... the construction period of a sign or signs at a conspicuous place at the Project site indicating that...

Dealing with Sexual Harassment.

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Rowe, Mary P.

1981-01-01

Advice is presented for managers who encounter sexual harassment problems. Three recommendations are offered: complainants can be helped to help themselves, such conflicts can be resolved through procedures designed to deal with all kinds of complaints, and the issue of power differences should be confronted. (MLW)

NIVEL DE CONOCIMIENTOS Y APLICACIÓN DE NORMAS DE BIOSEGURIDAD EN EL PERSONAL DE ENFERMERÍA DE EMERGENCIA Y UNIDAD DE CUIDADOS INTENSIVOS DEL HOSPITAL GOYENECHE. AREQUIPA, 2014

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ARRATIA CORRALES, MAYRA ALEXANDRA

2016-01-01

CONOCIMIENTO CLASES DE CONOCIMIENTO BIOSEGURIDAD PRINCIPIOS BÁSICOS DE BIOSEGURIDAD MEDIDAS DE PROTECCIÓN CONOCIMIENTOS Y ACTITUDES SOBRE LAS NORMAS DE BIOSEGURIDAD LA BIOSEGURIDAD EN LOS HOSPITALES PÚBLICOS DEL PERÚ BIOSEGURIDAD EN EL SERVICIO DE EMERGENCIA Y LA UNIDAD DE CUIDADOS DEL HOSPITAL GOYENECHE

"Hearing" the signs:influence of sign language in an inclusive classroom

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Monney, M. (Mariette)

2017-01-01

Abstract Finding new methods to achieve the goals of Education For All is a constant worry for primary school teachers. Multisensory methods have been proved to be efficient in the past decades. Sign Language, being a visual and kinesthetic language, could become a future educational tool to fulfill the needs of a growing diversity of learners. This ethnographic study describes how Sign Language exposure in inclusive classr...

Kinship in Mongolian Sign Language

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Geer, Leah

2011-01-01

Information and research on Mongolian Sign Language is scant. To date, only one dictionary is available in the United States (Badnaa and Boll 1995), and even that dictionary presents only a subset of the signs employed in Mongolia. The present study describes the kinship system used in Mongolian Sign Language (MSL) based on data elicited from…

Eye Gaze in Creative Sign Language

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Kaneko, Michiko; Mesch, Johanna

2013-01-01

This article discusses the role of eye gaze in creative sign language. Because eye gaze conveys various types of linguistic and poetic information, it is an intrinsic part of sign language linguistics in general and of creative signing in particular. We discuss various functions of eye gaze in poetic signing and propose a classification of gaze…

Menores y acceso a Internet en el hogar: las normas familiares Internet Access by Minors at Home: Usage Norms Imposed by Parents

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Mercè Morey López

2010-03-01

Full Text Available Este artículo analiza el establecimiento de normas por parte de los progenitores a sus hijos sobre la utilización de Internet en los hogares. Los datos se han obtenido mediante encuestación sobre una muestra representativa de los menores de las Islas Baleares de entre 6 y 16 años, habiéndose analizado las siguientes dimensiones: acceso de los menores a Internet desde el hogar; grado de autonomía o acompañamiento en la navegación; normativización impuesta en el hogar por parte de sus padres y madres; tipos de normas impuestas; relación entre normas y género; valoración de los menores de los conocimientos y habilidades de sus progenitores para navegar por Internet y, finalmente, el acompañamiento de los padres y madres a la hora de navegar por Internet. Se constata que poco más del 53% de los menores de entre 6 y 14 años, y del 62% de los de 15 y 16 años navegan a través de Internet sin que sus progenitores les establezcan limitaciones. Cuando establecen algún tipo de normas, éstas se refieren, principalmente, a restricciones de carácter temporal. Por tanto, se infiere que los padres y madres no son conscientes de los peligros de la Red o que, al menos, actúan de forma poco razonable. Ello muestra la necesidad de sensibilizar y formar a las familias para que asuman su responsabilidad educativa.This paper examines and discusses the rules and standards set by parents for their children on Internet usage at home. Data that supports the paper have been obtained by surveying a representative sample of children in the Balearic Islands aged between 6 and 16 years; the analysis dimensions are: access by minors to the Internet from home; location of the computer from which have online access; level of autonomy or accompaniment while surfing the Net; norms imposed by their parents; types of rules imposed; relationship between norms and gender; the minors’ opinion and assessment of the knowledge and abilities of their parents on use of

Electronic traffic signs: Reflecting upon its transition

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Arbaiza Martin, A.E.; Alba, A.L.; Hernando Mazon, A.; Blanch Mico, M.T.

2016-07-01

In our days we face a fundamental issue concerning road signs. We may display contents in vertical and horizontal format (static signs, variable message signs, road markings), either on a post, a gantry or a dashboard. And we foresee a coming age where the excellent matrix resolution of painted signs will be truly approached by the resolution of full matrix displays. But we also risk a babel context threatening the universal approach encouraged by international catalogues as the 1968 Convention (ECE/TRANS/196, 2007). And the fundamental risk comes from our decisions regarding how the transition from the contents and formats displayed on static message signs to the ones displayed on electronic signs (in gantries or dashboards) should be. Our work explores this issue specifically, considering the transition from Advance Direction Signs (static message signs, class G, 1 in the 1968 Convention) to what could be termed Advance Location Signs (signs concerning the location of variable events with regards to certain landmarks) developed as an adaptation of the G, 1 class to electronic traffic signs.(Author)

La regulación agraria en Colombia o el eterno déjà vu hacia la concentración y el despojo: un análisis de las normas jurídicas colombianas sobre el agro (1991-2010

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Rocío del Pilar Peña Huertas

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo plantea que el diseño institucional contenido en las normas jurídicas sobre propiedad agraria, en el período 1991-2010 no tiene como fundamento la distribución de la tierra y que, por el contrario, incentiva o permite la concentración de la misma; esto, distanciándose de las tesis que aborda el problema de la tierra como una consecuencia de la indebida aplicación de las normas que regulan el tema rural. Además, en materia de propiedad agraria, la Constitución de 1991, a pesar de su sesgo garantista y de haber cambiado un sinnúmero de estructuras sociales y políticas, en el tema de propiedad de la tierra conservó la estructura decimonónica y liberal clásica de los derechos de propiedad regulados en el Código Civil. Si bien los fenómenos de la concentración y el despojo de la tierra no se pueden explicar únicamente desde la variable de la norma jurídica, esta sí puede arrojar indicios sobre dichas situaciones. Así las cosas, se realizará un análisis desde las normas jurídicas para determinar si, desde su diseño, existen elementos que hayan contribuido a la concentración y al despojo de la tierra en Colombia.

Road Signs for UV-Completion

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Dvali, Gia; Gomez, Cesar

2012-01-01

We confront the concepts of Wilsonian UV-completion versus self-completion by Classicalization in theories with derivatively-coupled scalars. We observe that the information about the UV-completion road is encoded in the sign of the derivative terms. We note that the sign of the derivative couplings for which there is no consistent Wilsonian UV-completion is the one that allows for consistent classicalons. This is an indication that for such a sign the vertex must be treated as fundamental and the theory self-protects against potential inconsistencies, such as superluminality, via self-completion by classicalization. Applying this reasoning to the UV-completion of the Standard Model, we see that the information about the Higgs versus classicalization is encoded in the sign of the scattering amplitude of longitudinal W-bosons. Negative sign excludes Higgs or any other weakly-coupled Wilsonian physics.

The Use of Sign Language Pronouns by Native-Signing Children with Autism

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Shield, Aaron; Meier, Richard P.; Tager-Flusberg, Helen

2015-01-01

We report the first study on pronoun use by an under-studied research population, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exposed to American Sign Language from birth by their deaf parents. Personal pronouns cause difficulties for hearing children with ASD, who sometimes reverse or avoid them. Unlike speech pronouns, sign pronouns are…

Promoção de normas de qualidade dos cuidados de enfermagem em saúde infantil e pediátrica

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Rainha, Cláudia Bargão D' Arbuez Gomes

2013-01-01

Resumo O presente relatório surge no âmbito do Curso de Mestrado em Enfermagem de Saúde Infantil e Pediátrica e retrata o meu percurso experienciado nos diferentes contextos de assistência à criança/ jovem e família com vista ao desenvolvimento de conhecimentos, capacidades e competências no que concerne à minha atuação e intervenção como futura Enfermeira Especialista de Saúde Infantil e Pediátrica. Desenvolver competências no âmbito do desenvolvimento de normas de qualidade nos Cuidad...

Recipientes para la conservación de acuerdo con las normas de las probetas cúbicas de hormigón

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Editorial, Equipo

2016-01-01

La calidad del hormigón suele comprobarse, corrientemente, determinando su resistencia a compresión, en probetas cúbicas, de 20 cm de lado, preparadas de acuerdo con las normas DIN 1.048. Sin embargo, ocurre con frecuencia que los resultados obtenidos en estos ensayos son inferiores a los que se esperaba alcanzar. Tal cosa es debida, generalmente, a que el tratamiento posterior y la conservación de las probetas no ha sido correcta. Esto es lo que ocurre en las obras pequeñas, en que no se dis...

Implementación de norma internacional de inventarios en Colombia

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Nohora del Pilar Bohórquez Forero

2015-07-01

Full Text Available La implementación de las normas internacionales de información financiera (NIIF en Colombia sigue la tendencia de globalización y armonización de la información contable que permitirá que los estados financieros sean comparables entre países. Dicha comparabilidad es importante, ya que les permite ahorrar tiempo y dinero a las empresas, en cuanto a conversión de estados financieros se refiere. Dentro de las partidas que van a sufrir un cambio importante se encuentra la partida de inventarios. La valuación, costo y presentación de los inventarios se modifican, lo cual tendrá un efecto en los estados financieros, sus indicadores y la determinación de los impuestos de las compañías colombianas. Bajo la nueva normativa contable, no se puede llevar como un mayor valor de inventario los intereses de financiación de los mismos. Esto tiene repercusiones en el Estado de Resultados de las empresas, que deberán llevar como gasto financiero estos rubros pagados, disminuyendo las utilidades de las mismas. Adicionalmente, los inventarios deberán reflejar su valor de mercado. Cuando los inventarios sean superiores al valor de este, se ajustarán reflejando un gasto en el Estado de Resultados, disminuyendo así las utilidades de los entes económicos, y generando incluso quiebras en los casos donde la partida del inventario sea muy significativa y su valor de mercado sea inferior al valor en libros. Los nuevos estándares de contabilidad no permiten la valuación del inventario utilizando el método “últimas en entrar, primeras en salir” (UEPS. Esto tiene como fin el hecho de que no se puedan manipular las utilidades al registrar mayores valores como costo, disminuyendo así las ganancias. Las empresas cuyos inventarios son perecederos deberán tener una optimización de la rotación de inventario para adaptarse a la NIC 2. Ya que la valuación de los inventarios bajo la NIC 2 tendrá efectos importantes sobre las utilidades de las empresas

Discovery of a Group of Receding, Variable Halo Stars toward Norma

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Chakrabarti, Sukanya; Sargent, Benjamin; Lipnicky, Andrew [School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623 (United States); Angeloni, Rodolfo [Departamento de Fisica y Astronomia, Universidad de La Serena, Av. Juan Cisternas 1200 N, La Serena (Chile); Freeman, Kenneth [Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics ANU RSAA Mount Stromlo Observatory (Australia); Simon, Joshua D. [The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 (United States); Konorski, Piotr [Warsaw University Observatory, al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-001 Warszawa (Poland); Gieren, Wolfgang [Universidad de Concepcion, Concepción, Bío Bío Region (Chile); Sesar, Branimir [Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Room 332, Könighstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg (Germany); Blitz, Leo; Basri, Gibor [Department of Astronomy, Campbell Hall, #501, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States); Vacca, William [SOFIA-USRA, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop N232-12, Moffet Field, CA 94035-1000 (United States); Marengo, Massimo [Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010 (United States); Guhathakurta, Puragra [Department of Astronomy, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States); Quillen, Alice [Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 (United States); Chang, Philip, E-mail: chakrabarti@astro.rit.edu [Dept of Physics, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 (United States)

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We present results from spectroscopic observations of a trio of Cepheid candidates identified from K {sub s} -band light curves toward Norma. The spectra show that these stars are moving with a large and similar radial velocity—the heliocentric velocities are 171 ± 32 km s{sup −1}, 164 ± 37 km s{sup −1}, and 173 ± 20 km s{sup −1}. The average radial velocity is ∼169 km s{sup −1}, which is large and distinct from typical stars in the Galaxy’s stellar disk. Given the radial velocities and associated 1 σ error, we find that the combined probability that these three stars are foreground Milky Way disk stars is ∼7 × 10{sup −4}%, and the probability that these are large-amplitude spotted stars in a binary is ∼10{sup −5}%. These objects at l ∼ 333° and b ∼ −1° are therefore associated with the stellar halo. The identification of these sources as Type I Cepheids is not certain, and thus the distances of these sources are not yet well established. Assuming the 3.6 μ m period–luminosity relation of Type I Cepheids gives a distance of ∼78 kpc for these sources.

Discovery of a Group of Receding, Variable Halo Stars toward Norma

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Chakrabarti, Sukanya; Sargent, Benjamin; Lipnicky, Andrew; Angeloni, Rodolfo; Freeman, Kenneth; Simon, Joshua D.; Konorski, Piotr; Gieren, Wolfgang; Sesar, Branimir; Blitz, Leo; Basri, Gibor; Vacca, William; Marengo, Massimo; Guhathakurta, Puragra; Quillen, Alice; Chang, Philip

2017-01-01

We present results from spectroscopic observations of a trio of Cepheid candidates identified from K s -band light curves toward Norma. The spectra show that these stars are moving with a large and similar radial velocity—the heliocentric velocities are 171 ± 32 km s −1 , 164 ± 37 km s −1 , and 173 ± 20 km s −1 . The average radial velocity is ∼169 km s −1 , which is large and distinct from typical stars in the Galaxy’s stellar disk. Given the radial velocities and associated 1 σ error, we find that the combined probability that these three stars are foreground Milky Way disk stars is ∼7 × 10 −4 %, and the probability that these are large-amplitude spotted stars in a binary is ∼10 −5 %. These objects at l ∼ 333° and b ∼ −1° are therefore associated with the stellar halo. The identification of these sources as Type I Cepheids is not certain, and thus the distances of these sources are not yet well established. Assuming the 3.6 μ m period–luminosity relation of Type I Cepheids gives a distance of ∼78 kpc for these sources.

Dealing with Dwindling Resources.

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Martorana, S. V.

Factors contributing to the struggle for survival faced by postsecondary institutions and ways to deal with dwindling resources, in particular by regionalism and regionalization, are considered. Among the contributing factors are the leveling off of the college-age population (18-21-year-olds), the declining status of advanced learning in American…

An inventory of the first round of Green Deals

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Wetzels, W.; Hekkenberg, M.; Daniels, B.W.; Ybema, J.R.

2012-01-01

By means of the Green Deal, the Dutch government aims to accelerate the sustainability of the economy by supporting initiatives in the field of energy, water, feedstocks and mobility. Businesses, organizations and authorities have submitted over 200 proposals, of which 59 have been selected and elaborated into Green Deals. A previous note has mapped the additional effects of the Green Deals on the share of renewable energy and the emission of non-ETS greenhouse gases. This note addressed questions such as: Which positive effects may occur?; Do the Green Deals lead to additional activities?; Can the results be scaled up?; Can the effects be measured?; Which effects can be observed for renewable energy and emissions in 2020? The note subsequently discusses in which ways the positive effects of the Green Deals could be enhanced. [nl

Normas percibidas por los estudiantes universitarios acerca de sus pares y el uso de drogas en Bogotá, Colombia Normas percebidas pelos estudantes universitários acerca dos seus pares e o uso de drogas em Bogotá, Colômbia Perceived norms among university students about their peers and drug use in Bogota, Colombia

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Luz Stella Medina Matallana

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Este estudio tuvo como objetivo estimar la diferencia entre las normas percibidas sobre uso de drogas en universitarios y sus pares, entre 18 a 24 años, de las áreas de salud y educación. Se trata de un estudio transversal, por encuesta y cuestionario autoaplicado anónimo. Participaron 365 estudiantes. En el último año, la proporción de consumo real de tabaco fue 43,6%, de alcohol 96,2%, de marihuana 8,2%; y 2,2%, de cocaína. La norma percibida de la proporción de consumo de tabaco el último año fue 78,9%, alcohol 88,3%, marihuana 35,4% y 20,9% cocaína. La proporción de consumo real de alcohol entre los estudiantes y la norma percibida por ellos estuvieron muy próximas; para el tabaco, marihuana y cocaína la percepción estuvo sobreestimada. De las drogas de acceso fácil o muy fácil en el campus, se encontró una subestimación para cigarrillo y cocaína, y sobreestimación para marihuana. Se concluye que los universitarios sobrestiman el consumo de tabaco, marihuana y cocaína, parte de sus pares, y tienen una percepción exacta del consumo de alcohol. La sustancia de consumo más sobreestimada de los últimos doce meses fue el tabaco.Com este trabalho objetivou-se estimar a diferença entre as normas percebidas sobre o uso de drogas pelos estudantes universitários e os seus pares, com idades entre 18 e 24 anos, das faculdades de educação e saúde. É um estudo transversal, baseado em censo e questionário autoadministrado, sem identificação do respondente. Participaram 365 estudantes. Quanto aos resultados, vê-se que a proporção do consumo de tabaco no último ano foi 43,6%; álcool 96,2%, maconha 8,2% e 2,2% cocaína. A norma percebida para a proporção do consumo de tabaco no último ano foi de 78,9%, álcool 88,3%, maconha 35,4% e 20,9% para a cocaína. A proporção do consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e a norma percebida estiveram muito próximas, para o consumo de tabaco esteve sobreestimada. Para o acesso f

Has evolution 'prepared' us to deal with death ...

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Has evolution 'prepared' us to deal with death? ... brain with its enlarged Broca's area suggests the possibility of a sophisticated communication system and an enhanced way of dealing with emotion. ... Some attention is given to this thesis.

The predictive accuracy of the black hole sign and the spot sign for hematoma expansion in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.

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Yu, Zhiyuan; Zheng, Jun; Ma, Lu; Guo, Rui; Li, Mou; Wang, Xiaoze; Lin, Sen; Li, Hao; You, Chao

2017-09-01

In patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH), hematoma expansion (HE) is associated with poor outcome. Spot sign and black hole sign are neuroimaging predictors for HE. This study was aimed to compare the predictive value of two signs for HE. Within 6 h after onset of sICH, patients were screened for the computed tomography angiography spot sign and the non-contrast computed tomography black hole sign. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of two signs for HE prediction were calculated. The accuracy of two signs in predicting HE was analyzed by receiver-operator analysis. A total of 129 patients were included in this study. Spot sign was identified in 30 (23.3%) patients and black hole sign in 29 (22.5%) patients, respectively. Of 32 patients with HE, spot sign was observed in 19 (59.4%) and black hole sign was found in 14 (43.8%). The occurrence of black hole sign was significantly associated with spot sign (P black hole sign for predicting HE were 43.75, 84.54, 48.28, and 82.00%, respectively. The area under the curve was 0.740 for spot sign and 0.641 for black hole sign. (P = 0.228) Both spot sign and black hole sign appeared to have good predictive value for HE, and spot sign seemed to be a better predictor.

Sociolinguistic Typology and Sign Languages.

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Schembri, Adam; Fenlon, Jordan; Cormier, Kearsy; Johnston, Trevor

2018-01-01

This paper examines the possible relationship between proposed social determinants of morphological 'complexity' and how this contributes to linguistic diversity, specifically via the typological nature of the sign languages of deaf communities. We sketch how the notion of morphological complexity, as defined by Trudgill (2011), applies to sign languages. Using these criteria, sign languages appear to be languages with low to moderate levels of morphological complexity. This may partly reflect the influence of key social characteristics of communities on the typological nature of languages. Although many deaf communities are relatively small and may involve dense social networks (both social characteristics that Trudgill claimed may lend themselves to morphological 'complexification'), the picture is complicated by the highly variable nature of the sign language acquisition for most deaf people, and the ongoing contact between native signers, hearing non-native signers, and those deaf individuals who only acquire sign languages in later childhood and early adulthood. These are all factors that may work against the emergence of morphological complexification. The relationship between linguistic typology and these key social factors may lead to a better understanding of the nature of sign language grammar. This perspective stands in contrast to other work where sign languages are sometimes presented as having complex morphology despite being young languages (e.g., Aronoff et al., 2005); in some descriptions, the social determinants of morphological complexity have not received much attention, nor has the notion of complexity itself been specifically explored.

Sociolinguistic Typology and Sign Languages

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Schembri, Adam; Fenlon, Jordan; Cormier, Kearsy; Johnston, Trevor

2018-01-01

This paper examines the possible relationship between proposed social determinants of morphological ‘complexity’ and how this contributes to linguistic diversity, specifically via the typological nature of the sign languages of deaf communities. We sketch how the notion of morphological complexity, as defined by Trudgill (2011), applies to sign languages. Using these criteria, sign languages appear to be languages with low to moderate levels of morphological complexity. This may partly reflect the influence of key social characteristics of communities on the typological nature of languages. Although many deaf communities are relatively small and may involve dense social networks (both social characteristics that Trudgill claimed may lend themselves to morphological ‘complexification’), the picture is complicated by the highly variable nature of the sign language acquisition for most deaf people, and the ongoing contact between native signers, hearing non-native signers, and those deaf individuals who only acquire sign languages in later childhood and early adulthood. These are all factors that may work against the emergence of morphological complexification. The relationship between linguistic typology and these key social factors may lead to a better understanding of the nature of sign language grammar. This perspective stands in contrast to other work where sign languages are sometimes presented as having complex morphology despite being young languages (e.g., Aronoff et al., 2005); in some descriptions, the social determinants of morphological complexity have not received much attention, nor has the notion of complexity itself been specifically explored. PMID:29515506

Sociolinguistic Typology and Sign Languages

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Adam Schembri

2018-02-01

Full Text Available This paper examines the possible relationship between proposed social determinants of morphological ‘complexity’ and how this contributes to linguistic diversity, specifically via the typological nature of the sign languages of deaf communities. We sketch how the notion of morphological complexity, as defined by Trudgill (2011, applies to sign languages. Using these criteria, sign languages appear to be languages with low to moderate levels of morphological complexity. This may partly reflect the influence of key social characteristics of communities on the typological nature of languages. Although many deaf communities are relatively small and may involve dense social networks (both social characteristics that Trudgill claimed may lend themselves to morphological ‘complexification’, the picture is complicated by the highly variable nature of the sign language acquisition for most deaf people, and the ongoing contact between native signers, hearing non-native signers, and those deaf individuals who only acquire sign languages in later childhood and early adulthood. These are all factors that may work against the emergence of morphological complexification. The relationship between linguistic typology and these key social factors may lead to a better understanding of the nature of sign language grammar. This perspective stands in contrast to other work where sign languages are sometimes presented as having complex morphology despite being young languages (e.g., Aronoff et al., 2005; in some descriptions, the social determinants of morphological complexity have not received much attention, nor has the notion of complexity itself been specifically explored.

Adapting tests of sign language assessment for other sign languages--a review of linguistic, cultural, and psychometric problems.

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Haug, Tobias; Mann, Wolfgang

2008-01-01

Given the current lack of appropriate assessment tools for measuring deaf children's sign language skills, many test developers have used existing tests of other sign languages as templates to measure the sign language used by deaf people in their country. This article discusses factors that may influence the adaptation of assessment tests from one natural sign language to another. Two tests which have been adapted for several other sign languages are focused upon: the Test for American Sign Language and the British Sign Language Receptive Skills Test. A brief description is given of each test as well as insights from ongoing adaptations of these tests for other sign languages. The problems reported in these adaptations were found to be grounded in linguistic and cultural differences, which need to be considered for future test adaptations. Other reported shortcomings of test adaptation are related to the question of how well psychometric measures transfer from one instrument to another.

DESEMPEÑO DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES MEXICANAS CERTIFICADAS EN LA NORMA ISO 9001:2000

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VÍCTOR MANUEL NAVA CARBALLIDO

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Esta investigación describe la situación de la certificación en México en la norma ISO 9001:2000. Luego de una revisión del estado del arte, se valida un modelo que relaciona cuatro variables independientes: Evaluación de la estrategia, Motivación, Proceso de implantación y control estratégico y su impacto en la variable dependiente desempeño de la organización. La investigación fue aplicada en 96 organizaciones mexicanas. Como resultado de lo anterior, se demuestra que el desempeño de una organización sí mejora cuando se implanta un programa ISO 9001:2000, siempre y cuando exista una motivación activa. El desempeño organizacional fue medido como una mejora de la calidad (0,81, una disminución de costo (0,83, un aumento de ventas (0,88 y una mejora en la satisfacción del cliente (0,82. Con base en la evidencia empírica hallada se propone un modelo.

Governance capabilities for dealing wisely with wicked problems

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Termeer, C.J.A.M.; Dewulf, A.; Breeman, G.E.; Stiller, S.J.

2015-01-01

This article explores an integrative approach for dealing with wicked problems. Wicked problems not only require alternative action strategies but also alternative ways of observing and enabling. Four governance capabilities are essential: (a) reflexivity, or the capability to deal with multiple

Sociolinguistic Typology and Sign Languages

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Adam Schembri; Jordan Fenlon; Kearsy Cormier; Trevor Johnston

2018-01-01

This paper examines the possible relationship between proposed social determinants of morphological ‘complexity’ and how this contributes to linguistic diversity, specifically via the typological nature of the sign languages of deaf communities. We sketch how the notion of morphological complexity, as defined by Trudgill (2011), applies to sign languages. Using these criteria, sign languages appear to be languages with low to moderate levels of morphological complexity. This may partly reflec...

Dealing with a Health Condition

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... own troubles as Melissa, who has Crohn's disease , discovered. Some of Melissa's medications made her look puffy, ... Palsy Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Dealing With Cancer HIV and AIDS View more About Us Contact Us ...

Phonological Development in Hearing Learners of a Sign Language: The Influence of Phonological Parameters, Sign Complexity, and Iconicity

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Ortega, Gerardo; Morgan, Gary

2015-01-01

The present study implemented a sign-repetition task at two points in time to hearing adult learners of British Sign Language and explored how each phonological parameter, sign complexity, and iconicity affected sign production over an 11-week (22-hour) instructional period. The results show that training improves articulation accuracy and that…

Standardization of Sign Languages

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Adam, Robert

2015-01-01

Over the years attempts have been made to standardize sign languages. This form of language planning has been tackled by a variety of agents, most notably teachers of Deaf students, social workers, government agencies, and occasionally groups of Deaf people themselves. Their efforts have most often involved the development of sign language books…

Deal or No Deal: using games to improve student learning, retention and decision-making

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Chow, Alan F.; Woodford, Kelly C.; Maes, Jeanne

2011-03-01

Student understanding and retention can be enhanced and improved by providing alternative learning activities and environments. Education theory recognizes the value of incorporating alternative activities (games, exercises and simulations) to stimulate student interest in the educational environment, enhance transfer of knowledge and improve learned retention with meaningful repetition. In this case study, we investigate using an online version of the television game show, 'Deal or No Deal', to enhance student understanding and retention by playing the game to learn expected value in an introductory statistics course, and to foster development of critical thinking skills necessary to succeed in the modern business environment. Enhancing the thinking process of problem solving using repetitive games should also improve a student's ability to follow non-mathematical problem-solving processes, which should improve the overall ability to process information and make logical decisions. Learning and retention are measured to evaluate the success of the students' performance.

Viagem em norma e estilo: conjugação de “opostos” em Monteiro Lobato

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2011-06-01

Full Text Available presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar uma multiplicidade de aspectos da obra Emília no país da Gramática, de Monteiro Lobato, que se prestam a estimular reflexões em sala de aula de Língua Portuguesa e Literatura, a serem conduzidas pelo próprio alunado e mediadas pela figura do professor crítico. Entre elas, destacam-se noções do escopo da Lingüística Geral e a presença de criações estilísticas de índole neológica contidas no texto. Na obra supracitada, os personagens do Sítio do Picapau Amarelo empreendem uma viagem ao País da Gramática, durante a qual se deparam com um construto alegórico dos constituintes da Gramática Tradicional, com ênfase às classes de palavras. Apesar das terras visitadas terem como habitantes entes gramaticais apresentados como sendo regidos pela norma e de uso perfilado pela prescritividade de regras, ao longo da narrativa o autor não hesita em criar palavras novas através de processos expressivos que contrariam as regras por ele mesmo apresentadas (“nomado”; “Advérbia”; “estazinha”; “Vossa Serência” etc. Além disso, discutem-se no texto questões como a arbitrariedade do signo lingüístico, a mutabilidade necessária das línguas naturais, preconceito linguístico e variação diatópica, diafásica, distrática e diacrônica, uso versus norma, entre outros aspectos essenciais das teorias lingüísticas emergidas desde o advento do Estruturalismo. Propomos, neste trabalho, que o professor crítico faça valer o potencial de Emília no país da gramática como ponto de partida para suscitar junto aos aprendizes reflexões valiosas acerca de fenômenos lingüísticos e metalinguísticos e, simultaneamente, incentivar a fruição desta obra de interessante valor beletrístico.

Traffic sign recognition based on a context-aware scale-invariant feature transform approach

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Yuan, Xue; Hao, Xiaoli; Chen, Houjin; Wei, Xueye

2013-10-01

A new context-aware scale-invariant feature transform (CASIFT) approach is proposed, which is designed for the use in traffic sign recognition (TSR) systems. The following issues remain in previous works in which SIFT is used for matching or recognition: (1) SIFT is unable to provide color information; (2) SIFT only focuses on local features while ignoring the distribution of global shapes; (3) the template with the maximum number of matching points selected as the final result is instable, especially for images with simple patterns; and (4) SIFT is liable to result in errors when different images share the same local features. In order to resolve these problems, a new CASIFT approach is proposed. The contributions of the work are as follows: (1) color angular patterns are used to provide the color distinguishing information; (2) a CASIFT which effectively combines local and global information is proposed; and (3) a method for computing the similarity between two images is proposed, which focuses on the distribution of the matching points, rather than using the traditional SIFT approach of selecting the template with maximum number of matching points as the final result. The proposed approach is particularly effective in dealing with traffic signs which have rich colors and varied global shape distribution. Experiments are performed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in TSR systems, and the experimental results are satisfying even for images containing traffic signs that have been rotated, damaged, altered in color, have undergone affine transformations, or images which were photographed under different weather or illumination conditions.

Cancer treatment: dealing with pain

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... this page: //medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000827.htm Cancer treatment - dealing with pain To use the sharing features ... test, can cause pain. Treatment. Many types of cancer treatments can cause pain, including chemotherapy , radiation , and surgery. ...

ADEQUAÇÃO DE REQUEIJÃO CREMOSO AOS PADRÕES DE IDENTIDADE E QUALIDADE E ÀS NORMAS DE ROTULAGEM

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Fernanda de Melo Ramos

2012-12-01

Full Text Available O requeijão cremoso é um tipo de queijo fundido cremoso, obtido por fusão de uma massa de coalhada dessorada e lavada obtida por coagulação ácida e/ou enzimática do leite com adição de creme de leite e/ou manteiga e/ou gordura anidra de leite ou butter oil. Este trabalho objetiva avaliar a adequação de requeijões produzidos por micro e pequenas empresas da região do Sul de Minas Gerais, às normas da legislação de alimentos, visando identificar possíveis problemas. Foram realizadas análises de composição-química dos três lotes, e os resultados dos teores de gordura no extrato seco e teores de umidade, comparados com os requisitos estabelecidos no Regulamento Técnico de Identidade e Qualidade de Requeijão. Foi avaliada também a adequação dos rótulos dos produtos em relação ao disposto na legislação brasileira vigente sobre rotulagem de alimentos. Foi verificado que todos os requeijões cremosos analisados apresentaram irregularidades em relação ao Regulamento Técnico de Identidade e Qualidade de requeijão e normas referentes à rotulagem de alimentos. Desta forma fica evidente a necessidade de ações visando à melhoria da qualidade dos requeijões analisados e a adequação destes à legislação.

Phonological Similarity in American Sign Language.

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Hildebrandt, Ursula; Corina, David

2002-01-01

Investigates deaf and hearing subjects' ratings of American Sign Language (ASL) signs to assess whether linguistic experience shapes judgments of sign similarity. Findings are consistent with linguistic theories that posit movement and location as core structural elements of syllable structure in ASL. (Author/VWL)

Dificultades en la Accesibilidad Web de las Universidades Españolas de acuerdo a la Norma WCAG 2.0

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Chacón-Medina, Antonio

2013-12-01

Full Text Available The purpose of the study has been to learn of possible limitations in the level of accessibility of 74 Spanish universities’ web sites. The tool, TAW, was used to detect the existing barriers in each web, based on the WCAG 2.0 regulation. After an automatic and manual review of the principles, guidelines and criteria of priority levels A and AA, a percentage analysis showed that none of the universities surpassed these aspects entirely for either of the two web pages analysed, although the university with the best accessibility on both web pages was the University of Granada, followed by the University of Alicante. The study concludes by recommending revisions and adjustments to resolve these problems and to facilitate web accessibility.El propósito del estudio ha sido conocer posibles limitaciones en el nivel de accesibilidad de las páginas principales y de estudiantes, de los sitios web de 74 Universidades españolas, para lo cual se ha utilizado la herramienta TAW, que permite analizar, de acuerdo a la norma WCAG 2.0, la existencia de barreras en ellas. Después de revisar automática y manualmente los Principios, Pautas y Criterios de conformidad de la norma, en sus niveles de prioridad A y AA, un análisis porcentual constata que ni una sola de las universidades los supera en su totalidad en ninguna de las dos páginas analizadas, aunque la mejor situada en accesibilidad es la de Granada en ambas páginas, seguida de la de Alicante. Se concluye recomendando hacer chequeos y ajustes para resolver estos problemas y facilitar la accesibilidad web.

The halo sign and peripancreatic fluid: useful CT signs of hypovolaemic shock complex in adults

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Ryan, M.F.; Hamilton, P.A.; Sarrazin, J.; Chu, P.; Benjaminov, O.; Lam, K.

2005-01-01

AIM: To report two new, useful computed tomography (CT) signs of the hypovolaemic shock complex (HSC) in adults admitted after blunt abdominal trauma: the halo sign (ring of fluid around a collapsed intra-hepatic inferior vena cava (IVC)), and peripancreatic retroperitoneal fluid. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CT images of 498 consecutive patients admitted after blunt abdominal trauma were reviewed, of which 27 had CT signs of the HSC. The CT images of these 27 patients were analysed. A control group of 101 patients examined using CT for suspected blunt abdominal trauma who did not have the HSC were chosen for comparison. RESULTS: The most common features involved the vascular compartment: diminished IVC diameter (n=27), a positive halo sign (n=21); diminished anteroposterior diameter of the aorta (n=13); and abnormal vascular enhancement (n=10). Peripancreatic retroperitoneal fluid in the absence of pancreatic injury, pancreatitis or pancreatic disease was observed in eight patients. Hollow visceral abnormalities included: diffuse increased mucosal enhancement of both the small and large bowel (n=19); diffuse thickening of the small bowel wall (n=11); and small bowel dilatation (n=7). Solid visceral abnormalities included both decreased and or increased enhancement. Several concomitant intra- and extra-abdominal injuries were also identified. CONCLUSION: In the setting of blunt abdominal trauma, early abdominal CT can show diffuse abnormalities due to the HSC, which occasionally may alert clinicians of unsuspected shock. Recognition of these signs as distinguished from injured viscera is important in order to avoid unnecessary laparotomy. Two new signs are described: the halo sign and peripancreatic retroperitoneal fluid

The halo sign and peripancreatic fluid: useful CT signs of hypovolaemic shock complex in adults

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Ryan, M.F.; Hamilton, P.A.; Sarrazin, J.; Chu, P.; Benjaminov, O.; Lam, K

2005-05-01

AIM: To report two new, useful computed tomography (CT) signs of the hypovolaemic shock complex (HSC) in adults admitted after blunt abdominal trauma: the halo sign (ring of fluid around a collapsed intra-hepatic inferior vena cava (IVC)), and peripancreatic retroperitoneal fluid. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CT images of 498 consecutive patients admitted after blunt abdominal trauma were reviewed, of which 27 had CT signs of the HSC. The CT images of these 27 patients were analysed. A control group of 101 patients examined using CT for suspected blunt abdominal trauma who did not have the HSC were chosen for comparison. RESULTS: The most common features involved the vascular compartment: diminished IVC diameter (n=27), a positive halo sign (n=21); diminished anteroposterior diameter of the aorta (n=13); and abnormal vascular enhancement (n=10). Peripancreatic retroperitoneal fluid in the absence of pancreatic injury, pancreatitis or pancreatic disease was observed in eight patients. Hollow visceral abnormalities included: diffuse increased mucosal enhancement of both the small and large bowel (n=19); diffuse thickening of the small bowel wall (n=11); and small bowel dilatation (n=7). Solid visceral abnormalities included both decreased and or increased enhancement. Several concomitant intra- and extra-abdominal injuries were also identified. CONCLUSION: In the setting of blunt abdominal trauma, early abdominal CT can show diffuse abnormalities due to the HSC, which occasionally may alert clinicians of unsuspected shock. Recognition of these signs as distinguished from injured viscera is important in order to avoid unnecessary laparotomy. Two new signs are described: the halo sign and peripancreatic retroperitoneal fluid.

Generating potentially nilpotent full sign patterns

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Kim, I.J.; Olesky, D.D.; Shader, B.L.; Driessche, van den P.; Holst, van der H.; Vander Meulen, K.N.

2009-01-01

A sign pattern is a matrix with entries in {+,-, 0}. A full sign pattern has no zero entries. The refined inertia of a matrix pattern is defined and techniques are developed for constructing potentially nilpotent full sign patterns. Such patterns are spectrally arbitrary. These techniques can also

LHCb: Wrong-Sign to Right-Sign Yield in Flavor Tagged $D^0 \\to K\\pi$ Data at LHCb

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Bessner, M

2011-01-01

Initial results on wrong-sign $D^0 \\rightarrow K^+ \\pi^-$ decays based on the 2010 dataset are presented: the selection criteria, the yield, the time-integrated ratio of wrong-sign to right-sign ($D^0 \\rightarrow K^- \\pi^+$) decays, and a decay time acceptance corrected ratio. The corrected ratio is measured to be $R_{acc \\, cor} = (0.409 \\pm 0.031 (stat.) \\pm 0.039 (sys.)) \\%$. This analysis is the first step towards the measurement of the time-dependent wrong-sign/right-sign ratio from which $D^0$ mixing parameters may be extracted.

Kinematic parameters of signed verbs.

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Malaia, Evie; Wilbur, Ronnie B; Milkovic, Marina

2013-10-01

Sign language users recruit physical properties of visual motion to convey linguistic information. Research on American Sign Language (ASL) indicates that signers systematically use kinematic features (e.g., velocity, deceleration) of dominant hand motion for distinguishing specific semantic properties of verb classes in production ( Malaia & Wilbur, 2012a) and process these distinctions as part of the phonological structure of these verb classes in comprehension ( Malaia, Ranaweera, Wilbur, & Talavage, 2012). These studies are driven by the event visibility hypothesis by Wilbur (2003), who proposed that such use of kinematic features should be universal to sign language (SL) by the grammaticalization of physics and geometry for linguistic purposes. In a prior motion capture study, Malaia and Wilbur (2012a) lent support for the event visibility hypothesis in ASL, but there has not been quantitative data from other SLs to test the generalization to other languages. The authors investigated the kinematic parameters of predicates in Croatian Sign Language ( Hrvatskom Znakovnom Jeziku [HZJ]). Kinematic features of verb signs were affected both by event structure of the predicate (semantics) and phrase position within the sentence (prosody). The data demonstrate that kinematic features of motion in HZJ verb signs are recruited to convey morphological and prosodic information. This is the first crosslinguistic motion capture confirmation that specific kinematic properties of articulator motion are grammaticalized in other SLs to express linguistic features.

Revisión conceptual de la comunicación persuasiva en las normas jurídicas. Análisis del caso español

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Esther Martínez Pastor

2013-01-01

Full Text Available El artículo tiene como propósito realizar una revisión conceptual del término de la comunicación persuasiva desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar abordada desde la comunicación y el derecho. El objetivo es evidenciar que las normas jurídicas en el ámbito publicitario se valen de términos poco exactos que en ocasiones no se ajustan a la realidad. La metodología que se llevó a cabo fue un análisis exploratorio revisando la literatura relativa a la publicidad desde la comunicación y el derecho e identificando las normas de ámbito europeo y nacionales relativas a la publicidad. Se concluye que existe un legalismo desbocado en el que la ley utiliza indistintamente términos como la publicidad, información, propaganda y fuerza de venta que generan una confusión jurídica en materia publicitaria. Una posible solución sería que las autoridades administrativas junto con la industria trabajasen conjuntamente para clarificar los términos de esta disciplina y generar una seguridad jurídica en esta materia tal y como se está haciendo en la publicidad digital.

The problems with the preparation and evaluation of teleradiographs of the skull in the Norma frontalis with special consideration of the angular teleradiographic unit

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Arnold, J.

1982-01-01

With the help of the angular teleradiographic unit the possibility of simultaneous preparation of teleradiographs in the Norma frontalis and the Norma lateralis is studied. It was shown that the problem of scattered radiation, even with improved X-radiation techniques, cannot to desirable extents be mastered. The soft skull coverings have a deciding influence on the extent of the scattered radiation. By the use of the angular teleradiographic unit whose two radiation sources stand at right angles to another with a FFA of 150 cm each, the interval between frontal and lateral teleradiographs could be shortened. The individual movements of the patient could thereby be diminished and projection distortions between the two exposures reduced. A further advantage of the angular teleradiographic unit is that lateral and posterior-anterior exposures can be produced without changing the head positioning. The prerequisite is a stable cephalostat. For the evaluation of the posterior-anterior teleradiographic exposures of the facial bones a method is recommended, which is simple and comprehensive and satisfies the requirements of clinical diagnostic. Finally, a method for the clear representation of the sixth year molars is suggested in which the clinical crown is covered with a radiographically contrasting foil (tin foil). (orig.) [de

Adaptation of a Vocabulary Test from British Sign Language to American Sign Language

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Mann, Wolfgang; Roy, Penny; Morgan, Gary

2016-01-01

This study describes the adaptation process of a vocabulary knowledge test for British Sign Language (BSL) into American Sign Language (ASL) and presents results from the first round of pilot testing with 20 deaf native ASL signers. The web-based test assesses the strength of deaf children's vocabulary knowledge by means of different mappings of…

Pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients without air-meniscus sign and underlying lung disease: CT findings and histopathologic features

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Yoon, Soon Ho; Park, Chang Min; Goo, Jin Mo; Lee, Hyun Ju (Dept. of Radiology and Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)), email: rosaceci@radiol.snu.ac.kr

2011-09-15

Background: Pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients has been described as a saprophytic infection with pre-existing lung lesions showing an air-meniscus sign on chest radiograph or CT scans. There have been rare articles dealing with pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients without pre-existing lung lesions. Purpose: To evaluate the CT findings of pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients without air-meniscus and underlying lung disease and to correlate the CT findings and pathologic features of pulmonary aspergillosis in these patients. Material and Methods: A total of seven surgically proven pulmonary aspergillosis found in immunocompetent patients without an air-meniscus and underlying lung disease (M:F = 1:6; mean age 63.4 years) were included. On CT, the lesion shape, margin, type, location, diameter, presence of satellite nodules, presence of CT halo sign or hypodense sign, and interval growth were evaluated. Histopathologic features of each lesion were classified as one of the following; primary aspergilloma, chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis, or invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Correlation between CT findings and pathological features was performed. Results: All lesions presented as a nodule or mass unable to differentiate from malignancy. Most lesions had well-defined margins (n = 4), appeared as solid lesions (n = 7), and were located in the upper lobe (n = 5). Mean diameter of lesions was 2.3 cm. Satellite nodules (n = 2), CT halo sign (n = 1), and hypodense sign (n = 4) were found. Only one lesion increased in size during follow-up. Lesions were pathologically classified as primary aspergilloma (n = 3) and chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (n = 4). The hypodense sign on CT was pathologically proved as dense fungal hyphae filled in bronchus and CT halo sign as parenchymal hemorrhage. Conclusion: Pulmonary aspergillosis predominantly presented as a nodule or mass mimicking malignancy in the upper lobes

Pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients without air-meniscus sign and underlying lung disease: CT findings and histopathologic features

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Yoon, Soon Ho; Park, Chang Min; Goo, Jin Mo; Lee, Hyun Ju

2011-01-01

Background: Pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients has been described as a saprophytic infection with pre-existing lung lesions showing an air-meniscus sign on chest radiograph or CT scans. There have been rare articles dealing with pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients without pre-existing lung lesions. Purpose: To evaluate the CT findings of pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients without air-meniscus and underlying lung disease and to correlate the CT findings and pathologic features of pulmonary aspergillosis in these patients. Material and Methods: A total of seven surgically proven pulmonary aspergillosis found in immunocompetent patients without an air-meniscus and underlying lung disease (M:F = 1:6; mean age 63.4 years) were included. On CT, the lesion shape, margin, type, location, diameter, presence of satellite nodules, presence of CT halo sign or hypodense sign, and interval growth were evaluated. Histopathologic features of each lesion were classified as one of the following; primary aspergilloma, chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis, or invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Correlation between CT findings and pathological features was performed. Results: All lesions presented as a nodule or mass unable to differentiate from malignancy. Most lesions had well-defined margins (n = 4), appeared as solid lesions (n = 7), and were located in the upper lobe (n = 5). Mean diameter of lesions was 2.3 cm. Satellite nodules (n = 2), CT halo sign (n = 1), and hypodense sign (n = 4) were found. Only one lesion increased in size during follow-up. Lesions were pathologically classified as primary aspergilloma (n = 3) and chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (n = 4). The hypodense sign on CT was pathologically proved as dense fungal hyphae filled in bronchus and CT halo sign as parenchymal hemorrhage. Conclusion: Pulmonary aspergillosis predominantly presented as a nodule or mass mimicking malignancy in the upper lobes

The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages

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De Meulder, Maartje

2015-01-01

This article provides an analytical overview of the different types of explicit legal recognition of sign languages. Five categories are distinguished: constitutional recognition, recognition by means of general language legislation, recognition by means of a sign language law or act, recognition by means of a sign language law or act including…

Visual cortex entrains to sign language.

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Brookshire, Geoffrey; Lu, Jenny; Nusbaum, Howard C; Goldin-Meadow, Susan; Casasanto, Daniel

2017-06-13

Despite immense variability across languages, people can learn to understand any human language, spoken or signed. What neural mechanisms allow people to comprehend language across sensory modalities? When people listen to speech, electrophysiological oscillations in auditory cortex entrain to slow ([Formula: see text]8 Hz) fluctuations in the acoustic envelope. Entrainment to the speech envelope may reflect mechanisms specialized for auditory perception. Alternatively, flexible entrainment may be a general-purpose cortical mechanism that optimizes sensitivity to rhythmic information regardless of modality. Here, we test these proposals by examining cortical coherence to visual information in sign language. First, we develop a metric to quantify visual change over time. We find quasiperiodic fluctuations in sign language, characterized by lower frequencies than fluctuations in speech. Next, we test for entrainment of neural oscillations to visual change in sign language, using electroencephalography (EEG) in fluent speakers of American Sign Language (ASL) as they watch videos in ASL. We find significant cortical entrainment to visual oscillations in sign language sign is strongest over occipital and parietal cortex, in contrast to speech, where coherence is strongest over the auditory cortex. Nonsigners also show coherence to sign language, but entrainment at frontal sites is reduced relative to fluent signers. These results demonstrate that flexible cortical entrainment to language does not depend on neural processes that are specific to auditory speech perception. Low-frequency oscillatory entrainment may reflect a general cortical mechanism that maximizes sensitivity to informational peaks in time-varying signals.

Analysis of factors temporarily impacting traffic sign readability

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Majid Khalilikhah

2016-10-01

Full Text Available Traffic sign readability can be affected by the existence of dirt on traffic sign faces. However, among damaged signs, dirty traffic signs are unique since their damage is not permanent and they just can be cleaned instead of replaced. This study aimed to identify the most important factors contributing to traffic sign dirt. To do so, a large number of traffic signs in Utah were measured by deploying a vehicle instrumented with mobile LiDAR imaging and digital photolog technologies. Each individual daytime digital image was inspected for dirt. Location and climate observations obtained from official sources were compiled using ArcGIS throughout the process. To identify contributing factors to traffic sign dirt, the chi-square test was employed. To analyze the data and rank all of the factors based on their importance to the sign dirt, Random forests statistical model was utilized. After analyzing the data, it can be concluded that ground elevation, sign mount height, and air pollution had the highest effect on making traffic signs dirty. The findings of this investigation assist transportation agencies in determining traffic signs with a higher likelihood of sign dirt. In this way, agencies would schedule to clean such traffic signs more frequently.

Useful radiologic sign in diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer: Nucleohalo sign and its pathologic basis

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Wang, H.; Shi, D.

1994-01-01

The authors investigated the x-ray findings of 117 patients with peripheral lung cancer proved by operation and pathology, of them 35(29.9%) cases were found to have the 'nucleohalo sign', 6(13.6%) in 44 cases of solitary metastatic lung cancers, but none in 167 cases of benign lung nodular lesions and 4 cases of primary lung sarcoma and lymphoma. Radiologic and pathologic correlative study of the nucleohalo sign with surgical specimens of 14 lung cancers suggested that the cancerous parenchymas in nuclear areas were more than the interstitices in 12 cases and the other 2 were equal in both parenchymas and interstitices. Instead, the cancerous parenchymas in halo areas were less than cancerous interstitices in all cases. Dynamic observation of the 'nucleohalo sign' showed that this sign was an appearance of a stage in cancer growth. It is considered a very important sign in x-ray diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer, especially in the early diagnosis of lung cancer under or equal to 3 cm in diameter

DEVELOPING SIGNS AND SONGS MATERIALS DEALING WITH THE 2013 CURRICULUM FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS IN MTSN BALANG-BALANG

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Mardiana

2016-04-01

Full Text Available This research aimed to develop Signs and Songs Materials based on 2013 curriculum for the Seventh Grade Student at MTsN. BalangBalang, Gowa. It was Research and Development (R&D applied ADDIE model standing for Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. The procedures were; 1 analyzing materials needed by students; 2designing the blueprint; 3 developing the materials through the syllabus of 2013 Curriculum; 4 implementing the product (try-out product; and 5 evaluating the product. The product was tried out to the seventh grade students at MTsN Balang-balang. Type of data obtained in this study was qualitative. The instruments used in this study were questionnaire and rubrics for teacher and expert. Then, the teacher and expert were involved in order to validate the product. They validated three systematic aspects of the product, namely; the organization of the Materials, English Teaching strategies or method, and the content of the materials. Finally, based on the teacher and expert judgment as well as try-out design result, it was found that the developed materials were applicable to be taught for the Seventh Grade of Junior High School as additional learning and teaching materials which help both students and teachers in learning process based on 2013 Curriculum.

Study on road sign recognition in LabVIEW

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Panoiu, M.; Rat, C. L.; Panoiu, C.

2016-02-01

Road and traffic sign identification is a field of study that can be used to aid the development of in-car advisory systems. It uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to extract the road signs from outdoor images acquired by a camera in uncontrolled lighting conditions where they may be occluded by other objects, or may suffer from problems such as color fading, disorientation, variations in shape and size, etc. An automatic means of identifying traffic signs, in these conditions, can make a significant contribution to develop an Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) that continuously monitors the driver, the vehicle, and the road. Road and traffic signs are characterized by a number of features which make them recognizable from the environment. Road signs are located in standard positions and have standard shapes, standard colors, and known pictograms. These characteristics make them suitable for image identification. Traffic sign identification covers two problems: traffic sign detection and traffic sign recognition. Traffic sign detection is meant for the accurate localization of traffic signs in the image space, while traffic sign recognition handles the labeling of such detections into specific traffic sign types or subcategories [1].

The sign language skills classroom observation: a process for describing sign language proficiency in classroom settings.

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Reeves, J B; Newell, W; Holcomb, B R; Stinson, M

2000-10-01

In collaboration with teachers and students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), the Sign Language Skills Classroom Observation (SLSCO) was designed to provide feedback to teachers on their sign language communication skills in the classroom. In the present article, the impetus and rationale for development of the SLSCO is discussed. Previous studies related to classroom signing and observation methodology are reviewed. The procedure for developing the SLSCO is then described. This procedure included (a) interviews with faculty and students at NTID, (b) identification of linguistic features of sign language important for conveying content to deaf students, (c) development of forms for recording observations of classroom signing, (d) analysis of use of the forms, (e) development of a protocol for conducting the SLSCO, and (f) piloting of the SLSCO in classrooms. The results of use of the SLSCO with NTID faculty during a trial year are summarized.

The Oregon Shootings: Dealing with the Ethical Issues.

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Smith, Saylor; Godbold, Jim; Carter, Paul

1999-01-01

Presents three short articles dealing with ethical issues facing the Thornton High School (Oregon) newspaper staff as they dealt with the aftermath of an incident in which an armed student allegedly entered the school cafeteria and began shooting. Discusses how the local newspaper covered the tragedy, and policies on dealing with reporting of…

Repetitions in French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB) and Flemish Sign Language (VGT) narratives and conversations

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Notarrigo, Ingrid; Meurant, Laurence; Van Herreweghe, Mieke; Vermeerbergen, Myriam

2016-01-01

Repetition was described in the nineties by a limited number of sign linguists: Vermeerbergen & De Vriendt (1994) looked at a small corpus of VGT data, Fisher & Janis (1990) analysed “verb sandwiches” in ASL and Pinsonneault (1994) “verb echos” in Quebec Sign Language. More recently the same phenomenon has been the focus of research in a growing number of signed languages, including American (Nunes and de Quadros 2008), Hong Kong (Sze 2008), Russian (Shamaro 2008), Polish (Flilipczak and Most...

Entrevista a Leandro Cañibano, presidente de la Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, sobre las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF.

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Cañibano, Leandro

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Entrevista a Leandro Cañibano, presidente de la Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, sobre las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF.

Componentes normativas de alta incidencia en la nueva morfología del Santiago Metropolitano: una revisión crítica de la norma de "Conjunto Armónico"

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Elke Schlack

2011-05-01

Full Text Available Mayor altura, mayor densidad habitacional y diferenciación tipológica respecto del entorno son las principales cualidades de los edificios que se construyen actualmente en el marco de la normativa chilena llamada "Conjunto Armónico". Considerando que esta normativa promueve la excepción morfológica y funcional de los proyectos respecto a su entorno, se sostiene que esta regulación podría constituir una manera de normar edificios excepcionales en la ciudad: aquello que hoy se conoce como "megaproyectos". Este artículo ilustra dos momentos en la evolución de esta norma. En ambos se puede visualizar la intención de constituir piezas de relevancia urbana. Se muestra la evolución de la norma y se ejemplifica a través de casos del periodo inicial, asociado a la visión composicional (1930-50, y de un segundo período, asociado a la visión funcionalista de la ciudad (1960-80. Se contrastan los objetivos asociados a estas dos etapas, con las cualidades que actualmente promueve la norma de Conjunto Armónico. Se reflexiona acerca de la pertinencia actual de la norma y se comentan las posibilidades que brinda hoy este instrumento para la gestión de piezas de relevancia urbana.Increased height, higher residential density and typological differentiation regarding the environment are the main characteristics of buildings that are currently constructed int eh context of the Chilean legalnorm known as "Harmonic Set". Considering that this norm promotes the morphological and functional exception of such projects regarding their environment, it is maintained that this regulation could represent one way to regulate certain exceptional buildings in the city: those that today are known as mega-projects. This articule illustrates two moments in the evoluation of this legal norm. In both, the intent to form relevant urban archetypes can be clearly seen. It shows the evolution of this norm and exemplifies this process through cases from the initial

Experiencias de la instauración de normas relativas al contenido de plomo en aire y el agua, en los Estados Unidos de América

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Davis J Michael

2003-01-01

Full Text Available En los Estados Unidos de América se ha logrado una disminución de la exposición a plomo de la población en general, gracias al establecimiento de diversas normas. En este artículo se destaca parte de los conocimientos adquiridos a través de la experiencia obtenida en este país en materia de plomo, en particular respecto al aire y al agua. Uno de los aspectos fundamentales es la posibilidad de contar con una base científica sólidamente establecida y claramente entendida, a partir de la cual se tomarán las medidas correspondientes. Los efectos secundarios de ciertas normas concernientes al aire ponen de manifiesto de qué manera los esfuerzos orientados a solucionar un problema pueden aportar beneficios en otras áreas, si bien pueden surgir consecuencias no deseadas, debido a la falta de previsión y de evaluación. Asimismo, en este documento se discuten las diferencias entre los enfoques centralizados y los descentralizados para el manejo de la exposición a plomo.

O assédio moral e a sistemática aplicação de normas gerais nas relações de trabalho

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Fábio Túlio Barroso

2017-06-01

Full Text Available O assédio moral é um fenômeno que atinge a dignidade, a personalidade, a integridade física e psíquica do trabalhador por meio de atos, gestos, palavras e comportamentos degradantes de forma sistemática e prolongada. Neste contexto, buscou-se observar o papel do empregador na aplicação das leis trabalhistas existentes para proteger a saúde dos trabalhadores, apesar de não haver norma específica relacionada ao fenômeno que se reflete fortemente hoje no ambiente laboral, assim como uma possível adoção de uma política de luta contra o assédio nas organizações. Foram analisadas as limitações teóricas e práticas do assédio moral, segundo as fontes doutrinárias e jurisprudenciais, as leis estaduais, municipais e projetos de leis que buscam regular o instituto, bem com a recém publicada lei nº 13.185/2015, que Instituiu o Programa de Combate à Intimidação Sistemática. Igualmente a necessária eficácia dos direitos fundamentais consagrados na Constituição da República, como o princípio da dignidade humana, bem como a norma ordinária trabalhista, a CLT.

Energy saving in the house of social interest by means of the application of the power efficiency standard:NOM-020; Ahorro de energia en la vivienda de interes social mediante la aplicacion de la norma de eficiencia energetica: NOM-020

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Diaz Jimenez, Rodolfo; Morillon Galvez, David [Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F. (Mexico)

2001-07-01

In face of the urgent necessity of saving and of using in an efficient way the energy, the Secretariat of Energy (Sener) through the Comision Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia, (CONAE) (National Commission for Energy Saving) has promoted the design and application of different measures and programs of energy efficiency. The elaboration of standards of energy efficiency has been a subject of great importance to foment the adequate use of the energy resources. For the residential sector the standard first draft exists: NOM-020-ENER-1998 energy efficiency in constructions: Standard for the covering of buildings for housing up to three floors. In this study the thermal analysis of the cover of one of the house models more used in the construction of houses of social interest in Mexico. By applying the methodology proposed by the first draft of the Standard the thermal gains by conduction in roof and walls, and by radiation in windows were determined. The analysis was performed for several cities of the country with different climates, the results were compared with the values proposed in the Standard, the viability of application of this Standard in the sector of the house of social interest was analyzed and finally the energy saving in ceasing using air conditioning systems for interiors. [Spanish] Ante la imperiosa necesidad de ahorrar y usar de forma eficiente la energia, la Secretaria de Energia (Sener) a traves de la Comision Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia, (CONAE) ha promovido el diseno y aplicacion de diferentes medidas y programas de eficiencia energetica. La elaboracion de normas de eficiencia energetica ha sido un rubro de gran importancia para fomentar el uso adecuado de los recursos energeticos. Para el sector residencial existe el anteproyecto de norma: NOM-020-ENER-1998 ficiencia energetica en edificaciones: Norma para la envolvente de los edificios para uso habitacional hasta de tres pisos. En este estudio se presenta el analisis termico de la

CARACTERIZACIÓN DE COMPOST A BASE DE ESPINILLO EN RELACIÓN A LA NORMA CHILENA No2880

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Ricardo Tighe-Neira

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Caracterización de compost a base de espinillo en relación a la Norma Chilena No2880. El objetivo de este estudio fue caracterizar el compost a base de espinillo (Ulex europaeus L. y contrastar sus características físico-químicas con las de la Norma Chilena de compost (NCh 2880. El ensayo se montó en el Centro Experimental Pillanlelbún, Temuco, Chile, entre diciembre 2010 y abril de 2011. Se empleó un diseño factorial de 2×2, los factores fueron: mezcla y acelerador de compostaje (AC, ambos en dos niveles. Cuatro tratamientos: T1 U. europaeus (100% sin AC, T2 U. europaeus (78% + estiércol de bovino (22% sin AC, T3 U. europaeus (100% con AC y T4 U. europaeus (78% + estiércol de bovino (22% con AC. Se evaluó el contenido de materia orgánica (MO%, C orgánico total (%, relación C:N, N total (%, humedad (Ho%, tamaño partículas (TP%, toxicidad (% germinación de Raphanus sativus L., pH, densidad aparente (DAP kg/m3, conductividad eléctrica (CE dS/m y germinación de malezas (No de propágulos. Los tratamientos U. europaeus (100% sin AC y con AC presentaron mayor %MO, %N total y relación C:N que T2 y T4. A la vez, U. europaeus (100% sin AC, presentó un menor %C y T2 menor pH en comparación al resto de los tratamientos. Las demás variables evaluadas no presentaron diferencias significativas. Todas cumplieron con la NCh 2880, excepto toxicidad en el tratamiento con solo U. europaeus, y la CE en todos los tratamientos. Se debe reducir la CE para poder optar a su certificación por la NCh 2880.

Impact of frequency of use of deal sites on intention to use deal sites

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Sudzina, Frantisek

2016-01-01

Deal sites are used as a marketing communication tool for some time now. But there is still only a limited number of papers investigating its adoption and use. The Technology Adoption Model posits that there is a link between the intention to use technology and the actual use of technology...

Green Deal Sustainability of Solid Biomass. Report 1 - 2012; Green Deal Duurzaamheid Vaste Biomassa. Rapportage 1 - 2012

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2013-08-15

In the title Green Deal, Dutch energy producers agreed late 2012 to report annually on the sustainability of the currently used solid biomass for energy production. This report provides insight over 2012 in the nature and origin of biomass, applied certification systems to demonstrate the sustainability, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emission [Dutch] In de titel Green Deal hebben Nederlandse energieproducenten eind 2012 afgesproken jaarlijks te rapporteren over de duurzaamheid van de gebuikte vaste biomassa voor de energieproductie. Deze rapportage over 2012 biedt inzicht in onder meer de aard en herkomst van de biomassa, gehanteerde certificeringssystemen om de duurzaamheid aan te tonen en de reductie in broeikasgasemissies.

Do Gender and Personality Traits Influence Awareness of Deal Sites?

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Sudzina, Frantisek

2015-01-01

Deal sites exist for a decade now but there are still some people who have not heard about them. The research pre-sented in the paper investigates if gender and personality traits influence awareness of deal sites. Big Five Inventory-10 is used to measure personality traits. The findings...... are that gender does not influence awareness, and neuroticism is the most significant personality trait influencing awareness of deal sites - the more neurotic the person is, the higher is the probability that he or she has never heard of deal sites....

Electronic structure of C28, Pa at sign C28, and U at sign C28

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Zhao, K.; Pitzer, R.M.

1996-01-01

Electronic structure calculations, including relativistic core potentials and the spin-orbit interaction, have been carried out on the C 28 , Pa at sign C 28 , and U at sign C 28 species. Excitation energies, spin-orbit splittings, the electron affinity, and the ionization potential are computed for C 28 . The ground state of C 28 is described well by the Hartree-Fock wave functions, but other states are not. The computed electron affinity and ionization potential are similar to those of C 60 . Strong metal-cage binding is found for Pa at sign C 28 and U at sign C 28 , similar to that in U(C 8 H 8 ) 2 . The ground electronic states depend on the order of the lowest-energy cage π * and metal 5f orbitals, with (π * ) 1 and (π * ) 1 (5f) 1 found to be the ground electronic configurations for the two complexes. U at sign C 28 is found to be diamagnetic. 30 refs., 1 fig., 13 tabs

Eigen-Gradients for Traffic Sign Recognition

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Sheila Esmeralda Gonzalez-Reyna

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Traffic sign detection and recognition systems include a variety of applications like autonomous driving, road sign inventory, and driver support systems. Machine learning algorithms provide useful tools for traffic sign identification tasks. However, classification algorithms depend on the preprocessing stage to obtain high accuracy rates. This paper proposes a road sign characterization method based on oriented gradient maps and the Karhunen-Loeve transform in order to improve classification performance. Dimensionality reduction may be important for portable applications on resource constrained devices like FPGAs; therefore, our approach focuses on achieving a good classification accuracy by using a reduced amount of attributes compared to some state-of-the-art methods. The proposed method was tested using German Traffic Sign Recognition Benchmark, reaching a dimensionality reduction of 99.3% and a classification accuracy of 95.9% with a Multi-Layer Perceptron.

Signály úzkosti v kresbě dětí mladšího školního věku

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ČERNÁ, Adéla

2017-01-01

This bachelor thesis deals with the extent of using drawing techniques as indicative screening method for detecting increased level of anxiety and anxiousness of primary school children. The basic terminology such as anxiousness, anxiety and fear are defined in the theoretical part. The thesis focuses on the issue of anxiety and anxiousness of children attending primary schools as well as on using children's drawings as a diagnostic tool with an orientation on human body drawing. Signs of anx...

Approaching Sign Language Test Construction: Adaptation of the German Sign Language Receptive Skills Test

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Haug, Tobias

2011-01-01

There is a current need for reliable and valid test instruments in different countries in order to monitor deaf children's sign language acquisition. However, very few tests are commercially available that offer strong evidence for their psychometric properties. A German Sign Language (DGS) test focusing on linguistic structures that are acquired…

The role of syllables in sign language production.

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Baus, Cristina; Gutiérrez, Eva; Carreiras, Manuel

2014-01-01

The aim of the present study was to investigate the functional role of syllables in sign language and how the different phonological combinations influence sign production. Moreover, the influence of age of acquisition was evaluated. Deaf signers (native and non-native) of Catalan Signed Language (LSC) were asked in a picture-sign interference task to sign picture names while ignoring distractor-signs with which they shared two phonological parameters (out of three of the main sign parameters: Location, Movement, and Handshape). The results revealed a different impact of the three phonological combinations. While no effect was observed for the phonological combination Handshape-Location, the combination Handshape-Movement slowed down signing latencies, but only in the non-native group. A facilitatory effect was observed for both groups when pictures and distractors shared Location-Movement. Importantly, linguistic models have considered this phonological combination to be a privileged unit in the composition of signs, as syllables are in spoken languages. Thus, our results support the functional role of syllable units during phonological articulation in sign language production.

Müts silmini. Kurb päev väikeaktsionäridele pöördus Norma suuromaniku rõõmupäevaks / Alyona Stadnik ; kommenteerinud Kilvar Kessler

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Stadnik, Alyona

2011-01-01

2010. aastal börsilt lahkunud ja väikeinvestoritelt madala ülevõtmishinnaga aktsiaid ostnud Norma oli oma otsust põhjendanud sellega, et firma ei suuda oma ärikasumimarginaali säilitada, kuid oli oma 2010. aasta käivet 50% võrra kasvatanud. Tegemist võib olla ebapädeva juhatuse või prognooside alandamise pahatahtlikkusega

Integrated sign management system : ADOT maintenance group

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2003-12-01

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) maintains and manages an inventory of roadway signs. Before the implementation of this project, sign technicians maintained inventory records on individual laptops to track their daily sign maintenance ...

Desempeño De Las Organizaciones Mexicanas Certificadas En La Norma ISO 9001:2000

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Víctor Manuel Nava Carballido

2008-07-01

Full Text Available Esta investigación describe la situación de la certificación en México en la norma ISO 9001:2000. Luego de una revisión del estado del arte, se valida un modelo que relaciona cuatro variables independientes: Evaluación de la estrategia, Motivación, Proceso de implantación y control estratégico y su impacto en la variable dependiente desempeño de la organización. La investigación fue aplicada en 96 organizaciones mexicanas. Como resultado de lo anterior, se demuestra que el desempeño de una organización sí mejora cuando se implanta un programa ISO 9001:2000, siempre y cuando exista una motivación activa. El desempeño organizacional fue medido como una mejora de la calidad (0,81, una disminución de costo (0,83, un aumento de ventas (0,88 y una mejora en la satisfacción del cliente (0,82. Con base en la evidencia empírica hallada se propone un modelo.

Norma categorial para el español de Bogotá, Colombia Category norm for the Spanish spoken in Bogota, Colombia

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Albeiro Migue Ángel Ramírez Sarmiento

2010-07-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo presentamos los resultados de un estudio elaborado en Bogotá con 210 estudiantes universitarios de 5 instituciones con diferentes características sociodemográficas, con el fin de establecer las normas categoriales léxicas. Se utilizaron las 56 categorías léxico-semánticas usadas en el clásico estudio de Battig y Motague (1969 y se recogieron más de 7800 palabras que fueron organizadas por rango y moda. En la revisión bibliográfica realizada no se encontraron trabajos de esta naturaleza para el español colombiano (o latinoamericano, y se espera que sus resultados sean usados en protocolos para el campo de la terapia del lenguaje y los estudios psicolingüísticos. Los datos recogidos fueron comparados con uno de los estudios de norma categorial realizados para el español ibérico.In this article, we present the results of a study carried out in Bogotá, Colombia with 210 university students from five different universities pertaining to diverse socio-demographic groups. The objective of the study was to establish the lexical category norms. 56 lexical-semantic categories used by Battig and Montague (1969 in their classic study were employed. More than 7800 words were collected and organized by range and mode. There are no other studies on this subject for Colombian or Latin American Spanish. We hope that the results presented here will be used both in psycholinguistic and language therapy studies. The collected data were compared to one of the category norm studies made for European Spanish.

IMPACTO DEL PROCESO DE CONVERGENCIA A LAS NORMAS INTERNACIONALES DE INFORMACIÓN FINANCIERA EN LA RELEVANCIA DE LAS INFORMACIONES CONTABLES

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Marcelo Alvaro da Silva Macedo

2012-11-01

Full Text Available La Ley n. º 11.638/07 fue el marco inicial de una serie de mudanzas en la legislación que rige las prácticas contables brasileñas. La principal razón para esas mudanzas es el proceso de convergencia de los estándares contables locales para los internacionales. Con la Ley n. º 11.638/07, el precedente legal necesario para la consecución de esa convergencia de los estándares contables fue establecido. En ese contexto, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar el impacto Del proceso de convergencia a las normas internacionales de contabilidad en la relevancia de las informaciones contables, teniendo como base los datos de 2007 sin y con las alteraciones introducidas por la Ley n. º 11.638/07 y por los Pronunciamientos del CPC, aplicables al ejercicio de 2008 en adelante. Para tanto, se utiliza un estudio de value relevance, aplicándose el análisis de regresión a las informaciones anuales de precio de las acciones (variable dependiente y lucro líquido por acción (LLPA y patrimonio líquido por acción (PLPA como variables independientes. Los principales resultados muestran que las informaciones contables de LLPA y PLPA del ejercicio de 2007, sin y con las alteraciones de la legislación, se presentan relevantes para el mercado de capitales. Pero, una comparación entre las dos regresiones, utilizadas en el análisis, muestra que hubo una ganancia informacional para las informaciones contables con las alteraciones introducidas por la primera fase del proceso de convergencias contable a las normas internacionales.

Legislación y normas técnicas de accesibilidad en tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones

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Martínez Normand, Loïc; Caraça-Valente Hernández, Juan Pedro

2008-01-01

Dentro de los instrumentos que posee la sociedad para lograrla inclusión de todas las personas destacan la legislación y las normas técnicas. En este capítulo se recopilan actividades legislativas y de normalizaciones, tanto internacionales como nacionales para promover una sociedad de la información inclusiva para todos. Dentro de las acciones legislativas destacan la sección 508 del Acta de Rehabilitación de Estados Unidos, los planes eEuropa de la Unión Europea y las leyes españolas de Ser...

La función mantenimiento en PYMEs venezolanas y la gestión de calidad según las normas internacionales iso 9000

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Gómez Z, Gabriel; González O, Carlos

2005-01-01

El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar los cambios necesarios en la Función Mantenimiento (FM) de pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYMEs) venezolanas, a fin de implantar exitosamente sistemas de gestión de la calidad, estructurados siguiendo los lineamientos de las Normas Internacionales ISO 9000:2000. Para la realización de esta investigación se recurrió a fuentes secundarias de información y como principal resultado se identificó que la forma de administrar el mantenimiento en las PYMEs ve...

Análisis de la norma ISO/IEC 27001 : Diseño de implementación en la red de una empresa.

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Sandoval Vargas, César Andrés

2014-01-01

Durante el proceso de esta investigación se aborda el tema relacionado con la seguridad informática, haciendo énfasis en el análisis de la norma ISO/IEC (International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission) 27001 y su puesta en práctica en una empresa o institución. El trabajo se encuentra dividido en tres capítulos. En el primero se efectúa un estudio de la seguridad informática.- Durante el segundo capítulo se lleva a cabo una caracterización general ...

Ex-ante evaluation of Green Deals Energy; Ex-ante evaluatie van Green Deals Energie

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Elzenga, H.; Kruitwagen, S.

2012-06-15

An overview is given of the results of a study of the bottlenecks experienced by initiators in the realization of green projects, the solutions for which the Dutch government has chosen, and the role that local authorities play in it. An important research question is to what extent it is likely that Green Deal projects will lead to imitation by others. The research has focused on four themes: Onshore wind energy, Energy production from co- fermentation of manure, Energy conservation of heat in the built environment, and Decentralised electricity generation with solar panels [Dutch] Een overzicht wordt gegeven van de resultaten van een onderzoek naar de knelpunten die initiatiefnemers ervaren bij de realisatie van groene projecten, de oplossingsrichtingen waarvoor de Rijksoverheid heeft gekozen, en de rol die decentrale overheden daarin spelen. Een belangrijke onderzoeksvraag is in hoeverre het aannemelijk is dat Green Deal-projecten zullen leiden tot navolging door anderen. Het onderzoek heeft zich toegespitst op vier thema's: Windenergie op land, Energieproductie uit (co)vergisting van mest, Energiebesparing op warmte in de gebouwde omgeving, en Decentrale elektriciteitsopwekking met zonnepanelen.

La EPA aplica un criterio flexible en cuanto a las normas que rigen las plantas eléctricas móviles importadas para usarse en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses

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Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La EPA aplica un criterio flexible en cuanto a las normas que rigen las plantas eléctricas móviles importadas para usarse en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses

Segmentation of British Sign Language (BSL): Mind the gap!

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Orfanidou, E.; McQueen, J.; Adam, R.; Morgan, G.

2015-01-01

This study asks how users of British Sign Language (BSL) recognize individual signs in connected sign sequences. We examined whether this is achieved through modality-specific or modality-general segmentation procedures. A modality-specific feature of signed languages is that, during continuous signing, there are salient transitions between sign locations. We used the sign-spotting task to ask if and how BSL signers use these transitions in segmentation. A total of 96 real BSL signs were prec...

Plan maestro de Seguridad Informática para la UTIC de la ESPE con lineamientos de la Norma ISO/IEC 27002

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Baldeón Garzón, Mauricio Javier; Coronel Guerrero, Christian Alfredo

2012-01-01

La Seguridad de la Información (S-I) es algo más que un antivirus, cortafuego o cifrado de datos, la S-I es el resultado de operaciones realizadas por personas y que son soportadas por la tecnología (Gonzalo Álvarez Marañon, Pedro Pablo Pérez García, 2004); bajo este contexto, la Escuela Politécnica del Ejército (ESPE) desde el año 2010 ha realizado adquisiciones considerables de equipamiento de seguridad perimetral y software de altas prestaciones, requiriéndose definir políticas, normas, pr...

Sistema de Gestión de la Calidad según la Norma ISO 9001:2008, de la Empresa de Limpieza, CLEANER

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Ortiz-Boronat, Guillermo

2013-01-01

El presente proyecto, tratara sobre la implantación de un Sistema de Gestión de Calidad en una empresa de Limpieza, la cual desarrolla su actividad en la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía. El motivo es dinamizar la organización, intentando mejorar y corregir posibles fallos en su gestión, mejorando el registro y modo de proceder en los procesos y procedimientos de CLEANER. Por lo tanto, diseñaremos un Sistema de Gestión de la Calidad, basado en la Norma ISO 9001:2008, basándon...

Electronic traffic signs: The interplay between hybrid and full matrix e-signs

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Lucas-Alba, A.; Hernando Mazon, A.; Blanch Mico, A.M.; Gutierrez Perez, D.; Echeverria Villaspi, J.I.; Landa Tejero-Garces, N.

2016-07-01

Road signs constitute a complex and growing communication system where different elements (pictograms, shapes, texts, etc.) are combined following different strategies. In this paper we have confronted drivers with a number of messages (congestion or road works, before, between, after location/s) developed as an adaptation of Advance Location Signs (class G, 1c in the 1968 Convention) to electronic displays. We manipulate two main factors a) the reading strategy (top-down vs. bottom-up) and the type of matrix display (hybrid, dissociating pictogram and text, vs. full matrix), in a repeated measures experimental design. The time taken to answer and the response given (correct, incorrect) was measured for each of the 24 message-blocks. Results show that the organization of the elements displayed is a key determinant for driver comprehension. Further thoughts on the need to understand the interplay between the formats adopted by static vs electronic message signs are provided. (Author)

Análisis de un inversor fotovoltaico según la norma ENTSO-E y características de la misma

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Sanz Sánchez, Óscar

2015-01-01

Este proyecto pretende analizar un inversor fotovoltaico bajo la norma ENTSO-E de conexión a red. Se comenzará con una introducción sobre el origen del uso de la energía fotovoltaica, el principio por el que se rige un panel para crear energía y las primeras aplicaciones. Se hablará de algo muy relacionado con este tipo de energía y es la radiación solar. También se expone este capítulo las ventajas y desventajas de la energía fotovoltaica y la situación en la que se encuentra de forma glo...

Idiosyncratic Deals and Organizational Commitment

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Ng, Thomas W. H.; Feldman, Daniel C.

2010-01-01

This article examines the relationship between idiosyncratic deals and organizational commitment. In particular, it examines how two individual differences which reflect self-worth (core self-evaluations and age) moderate that relationship. We predicted that employees with feelings of high self-worth will expect and will feel entitled to these…

Issues in Sign Language Lexicography

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Zwitserlood, Inge; Kristoffersen, Jette Hedegaard; Troelsgård, Thomas

2013-01-01

ge lexicography has thus far been a relatively obscure area in the world of lexicography. Therefore, this article will contain background information on signed languages and the communities in which they are used, on the lexicography of sign languages, the situation in the Netherlands as well...

Learning to Detect Traffic Signs

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Møgelmose, Andreas; Trivedi, Mohan M.; Moeslund, Thomas B.

2012-01-01

This study compares the performance of sign detection based on synthetic training data to the performance of detection based on real-world training images. Viola-Jones detectors are created for 4 different traffic signs with both synthetic and real data, and varying numbers of training samples. T...

Concise Lexicon for Sign Linguistics

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dr. Jan Nijen Twilhaar; Dr. Beppie van den Bogaerde

2016-01-01

This extensive, well-researched and clearly formatted lexicon of a wide variety of linguistic terms is a long overdue. It is an extremely welcome addition to the bookshelves of sign language teachers, interpreters, linguists, learners and other sign language users, and of course of the Deaf

«Existe-t-il des signes visuels?» Rivisitazione del Traité du signe visueldel Groupe μ

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Michele Amadò

2008-06-01

Full Text Available In order to develop its great potential, visual communication needs to be founded on the characteristics of the visual channel and on the typologies of the visual signs (iconic and plastic, therefore, on a specific semiotic and rhetoric distinct from the ones of the linguistic sign. Visual signs, in particular the noblest expressions like the artistic ones, reveal themselves more as aims rather than as means. They do not point away from themselves but to themselves: this connotation is founded on the autonomy of visual signs as regards the reported reality. The respective itineraries can emphasize the possibilities and inherent to a visually constructed logic with nonverbal characteristics.

Signs of Resistance: Peer Learning of Sign Languages within "Oral" Schools for the Deaf

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Anglin-Jaffe, Hannah

2013-01-01

This article explores the role of the Deaf child as peer educator. In schools where sign languages were banned, Deaf children became the educators of their Deaf peers in a number of contexts worldwide. This paper analyses how this peer education of sign language worked in context by drawing on two examples from boarding schools for the deaf in…

Parkinsonian signs are a risk factor for falls.

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Dahodwala, Nabila; Nwadiogbu, Chinwe; Fitts, Whitney; Partridge, Helen; Karlawish, Jason

2017-06-01

Parkinsonian signs are common, non-specific findings in older adults and associated with increased rates of dementia and mortality. It is important to understand which motor outcomes are associated with parkinsonian signs. To determine the role of parkinsonian signs on fall rates among older adults. We conducted a longitudinal study of primary care patients from the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Adults over 55 years were assessed at baseline through surveys and a neurological examination. We recorded falls over the following 2 years. Parkinsonian signs were defined as the presence of 2 of 4 cardinal signs. Incident falls were compared between subjects with and without parkinsonian signs, and modified Poisson regression used to adjust for potential confounders in the relationship between parkinsonian signs and falls. 982 subjects with a mean age of 68 (s.d. 8.8) years participated. 29% of participants fell and 12% exhibited parkinsonian signs at baseline. The unadjusted RR for falls among individuals with parkinsonian signs was 1.36 (95% CI 1.05-1.76, p=0.02). After adjusting for age, cognitive function, urinary incontinence, depression, diabetes, stroke and arthritis, individuals with parkinsonian signs were still 38% more likely to fall than those without parkinsonian signs (RR 1.38, 95% CI 1.04-1.82; p=0.03). Falls among those with parkinsonian signs were more likely to lead to injury (53% vs 37%; p=0.04). Parkinsonian signs are a significant, independent risk factor for falls. Early detection of this clinical state is important in order to implement fall prevention programs among primary care patients. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Suboptimal investments and M&A deals in emerging capital markets

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Cherkasova Victoria

2016-01-01

Full Text Available This paper focuses on the efficiency of target-company investment decisions before and after Merger & Acquisition deals. We study whether M&A deals help to solve the problem of suboptimal investment after the acquisition. Using a sample of 145 target companies from BRICS countries that were acquired during the period 2004-2014, we outline those that had over- or underinvested before the deal and show that more than half the companies managed to optimize the investment level after the deal. We determine the key factors that improve the inefficiency of investment decisions and demonstrate that the industry and country have an impact on the degree of suboptimal investment.

Traffic signs recognition for driving assistance

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Sai Sangram Reddy, Yatham; Karthik, Devareddy; Rana, Nikunj; Jasmine Pemeena Priyadarsini, M.; Rajini, G. K.; Naseera, Shaik

2017-11-01

In the current circumstances with the innovative headway, we must be able to provide assistance to the driving in recognising the traffic signs on the roads. At present time, many reviews are being directed moving in the direction of the usage of a keen Traffic Systems. One field of this exploration is driving support systems, and many reviews are being directed to create frameworks which distinguish and perceive street signs in front of the vehicle, and afterward utilize the data to advise the driver or to even control the vehicle by implementing this system on self-driving vehicles. In this paper we propose a method to detect the traffic sign board in a frame using HAAR cascading and then identifying the sign on it. The output may be either given out in voice or can be displayed as per the driver’s convenience. Each of the Traffic Sign is recognised using a database of images of symbols used to train the KNN classifier using open CV libraries.

Abdominal X-ray signs of intra-intestinal drug smuggling.

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Niewiarowski, Sylwia; Gogbashian, Andrew; Afaq, Asim; Kantor, Robin; Win, Zarni

2010-05-01

"Body packers" either swallow or insert drug filled packets rectally or vaginally in order to smuggle illicit drugs. AXR is used routinely to screen suspects for the presence of intra-intestinal drug packages. AXR diagnosis can be difficult as stool or gas within the intestine may resemble ingested foreign bodies. We identify the frequency and co-existence of several signs; tic-tac sign, rosette sign, double condom sign, dense surrounding material, density and discover a new sign; parallelism, which will aid in increasing the radiological accuracy. We retrospectively reviewed 285 AXRs performed for suspicion of drug smuggling during the period of March 2006-March 2009 to identify the frequency of these signs. Of the 285 AXRs performed 59 were positive, 221 negative and five were indeterminate. The tic-tac sign was present in 93%, double condom sign in 73%, dense surrounding wrapping material in 36% and parallelism in 27%. Sixty one percentage of drug packages were iso-dense to faeces and 39% hyperdense. Twenty percentage of the positive abdominal radiographs demonstrated one of the radiographic signs, 39% demonstrated two signs, 32% demonstrated three and 7% four. The most common radiographic sign combination was the tic-tac sign with either dense surrounding material or double condom sign. The most commonly encountered radiographic sign is the tic-tac sign, followed by the double condom sign and dense surrounding material. We also discover a new sign, "parallelism" which although uncommon is highly specific. Accuracy is further increased by comparing the density of packages to faeces and looking for the co-existence of multiple signs. Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.

Sign rank versus Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension

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Alon, N.; Moran, Sh; Yehudayoff, A.

2017-12-01

This work studies the maximum possible sign rank of sign (N × N)-matrices with a given Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension d. For d=1, this maximum is three. For d=2, this maximum is \\widetilde{\\Theta}(N1/2). For d >2, similar but slightly less accurate statements hold. The lower bounds improve on previous ones by Ben-David et al., and the upper bounds are novel. The lower bounds are obtained by probabilistic constructions, using a theorem of Warren in real algebraic topology. The upper bounds are obtained using a result of Welzl about spanning trees with low stabbing number, and using the moment curve. The upper bound technique is also used to: (i) provide estimates on the number of classes of a given Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension, and the number of maximum classes of a given Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension--answering a question of Frankl from 1989, and (ii) design an efficient algorithm that provides an O(N/log(N)) multiplicative approximation for the sign rank. We also observe a general connection between sign rank and spectral gaps which is based on Forster's argument. Consider the adjacency (N × N)-matrix of a Δ-regular graph with a second eigenvalue of absolute value λ and Δ ≤ N/2. We show that the sign rank of the signed version of this matrix is at least Δ/λ. We use this connection to prove the existence of a maximum class C\\subseteq\\{+/- 1\\}^N with Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension 2 and sign rank \\widetilde{\\Theta}(N1/2). This answers a question of Ben-David et al. regarding the sign rank of large Vapnik-Chervonenkis classes. We also describe limitations of this approach, in the spirit of the Alon-Boppana theorem. We further describe connections to communication complexity, geometry, learning theory, and combinatorics. Bibliography: 69 titles.

Análise comparativa entre as normas contábeis nacionais e as internacionais em relação à forma de tratamento do cálculo do resultado de equivalência patrimonial Comparison of Brazilian and international accounting standards for patrimonial equivalence

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Vinícius Silva Pereira

2006-01-01

Full Text Available São notórios os esforços para uma convergência de normas contábeis domésticas para normas internacionais. Vários fatores, porém, dificultam essa tendência à convergência. Uma dessas dificuldades reside em mensurar os investimentos permanentes pelo Método de Equivalência Patrimonial (MEP. Assim, o objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar as diferenças entre as normas da CVM, do IASB e da Lei 6.404/1976 no tratamento do cálculo do resultado de equivalência patrimonial, bem como o impacto desse resultado no lucro líquido, na distribuição de dividendos e no patrimônio líquido da empresa investidora. Objetiva-se, também, analisar a forma mais coerente no tratamento do cálculo de equivalência patrimonial. Apresentam-se, inicialmente, os métodos de avaliação de investimento e as diferenças no reconhecimento e mensuração dos investimentos permanentes, segundo as normas, para posteriormente apresentar um exemplo ilustrativo que contemple simulações sobre tais normas. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa exploratória, documental e qualitativa. Verificou-se que a mais importante diferença na maneira pela qual as normas tratam o MEP reside na forma de tratamento do lucro-não-realizado para o grupo, que afeta o lucro líquido, o patrimônio líquido e a distribuição de dividendos. Ainda, entende-se que a forma mais coerente de tratamento do lucro-não-realizado é dada pela CVM.Efforts for the convergence of Brazilian standards towards international accounting standards are well known. However one of the persisting difficulties is the measurement of permanent investments according to the Patrimonial Equivalence Method (PEM. This research analyzed the differences between the calculation of the patrimonial equivalence according to CVM and the IASB and Law 6.404/1976 as well as the impact on company net profit, dividend distribution and net equity in order to find the most coherent treatment. Evaluation methods and differences in

Potencial de resposta à adubação para N, P, K, Ca e Mg em cupuaçueiros avaliados por diferentes normas DRIS Response potential to fertilization response for N, P, K, Ca and Mg in cupuaçueiros evaluated by different DRIS standards

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Jairo Rafael Machado Dias

2011-03-01

Full Text Available O potencial de resposta à adubação é uma ferramenta utilizada para a interpretação dos valores dos índices DRIS, de forma que pode ser útil para verificar se diferentes grupos de normas resultam em diagnósticos distintos ou semelhantes entre si. Neste sentido, objetivou-se avaliar o comportamento do diagnóstico nutricional, submetidos a cinco grupos de normas DRIS. Para isto, amostras foliares de cupuaçueiros foram coletadas de pomares comerciais, cuja idade das plantas variou de 5 a 18 anos, sob monocultivo e sistemas agroflorestais (SAF's, obtendo-se para cada relação nutricional entre os nutrientes N, P, K, Ca, Mg, as normas DRIS bivariadas, as quais foram obtidas para o conjunto das populações monitoradas e para subpopulações específicas. As diferentes normas DRIS resultaram em diagnósticos semelhantes para N, P e Ca, enquanto que para K e Mg os diagnósticos produzidos distinguiram-se entre as normas resultando em desvios nutricionais.The response of potential fertilization is a tool used to interpret the values of DRIS indices, so that it may be useful to see if different groups of rules might result in different or similar diagnosis among themselves. In this sense, it we aimed to evaluate the performance of the nutritional diagnosis, submitted to five groups of DRIS norms. For this, leaf samples were collected from commercial cupuaçueiro orchards, whose plant ages ranged from 5 to 18, with cropping or agroforestry (SAF. For each relationship among the nutrition nutrients N, P, K, Ca and Mg, we obtained bivariate DRIS standards for all populations and monitored for specific subpopulations. The different standards resulted in DRIS diagnoses similar for N, P and Ca and distinct for Mg and K the produced diagnoses stood out among the norms resulting in nutritional deviations.

Definitions for warning signs and signs of severe dengue according to the WHO 2009 classification: Systematic review of literature.

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Morra, Mostafa Ebraheem; Altibi, Ahmed M A; Iqtadar, Somia; Minh, Le Huu Nhat; Elawady, Sameh Samir; Hallab, Asma; Elshafay, Abdelrahman; Omer, Omer Abedlbagi; Iraqi, Ahmed; Adhikari, Purushottam; Labib, Jonair Hussein; Elhusseiny, Khaled Mosaad; Elgebaly, Ahmed; Yacoub, Sophie; Huong, Le Thi Minh; Hirayama, Kenji; Huy, Nguyen Tien

2018-04-24

Since warning signs and signs of severe dengue are defined differently between studies, we conducted a systematic review on how researchers defined these signs. We conducted an electronic search in Scopus to identify relevant articles, using key words including dengue, "warning signs," "severe dengue," and "classification." A total of 491 articles were identified through this search strategy and were subsequently screened by 2 independent reviewers for definitions of any of the warning or severe signs in the 2009 WHO dengue classification. We included all original articles published in English after 2009, classifying dengue by the 2009 WHO classification or providing the additional definition or criterion of warning signs and severity (besides the information of 2009 WHO). Analysis of the extracted data from 44 articles showed wide variations among definitions and cutoff values used by physicians to classify patients diagnosed with dengue infection. The establishment of clear definitions for warning signs and severity is essential to prevent unnecessary hospitalization and harmonizing the interpretation and comparability of epidemiological studies dedicated to dengue infection. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Signed Young Modules and Simple Specht Modules

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Danz, Susanne; Lim, Kay Jin

2015-01-01

By a result of Hemmer, every simple Specht module of a finite symmetric group over a field of odd characteristic is a signed Young module. While Specht modules are parametrized by partitions, indecomposable signed Young modules are parametrized by certain pairs of partitions. The main result of this article establishes the signed Young module labels of simple Specht modules. Along the way we prove a number of results concerning indecomposable signed Young modules that are of independent inter...

Irreducible Specht modules are signed Young modules

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Hemmer, David J.

2005-01-01

Recently Donkin defined signed Young modules as a simultaneous generalization of Young and twisted Young modules for the symmetric group. We show that in odd characteristic, if a Specht module $S^\\lambda$ is irreducible, then $S^\\lambda$ is a signed Young module. Thus the set of irreducible Specht modules coincides with the set of irreducible signed Young modules. This provides evidence for our conjecture that the signed Young modules are precisely the class of indecomposable self-dual module...

History of metaphoric signs in radiology

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Baker, Stephen R., E-mail: bakersr@umdnj.edu; Noorelahi, Yasser M., E-mail: dr.ynoorelahi@gmail.com; Ghosh, Shanchita, E-mail: Ghoshs1@umdnj.edu; Yang, Lily C., E-mail: yangclily@gmail.com; Kasper, David J., E-mail: dkasp86@gmail.com

2013-09-15

Purpose: To survey the nearly 100 year history of metaphoric sign naming in radiology describing the pace of their overall accumulation in the radiology canon, their specific rates of growth by modality and subspecialty and the characteristics of the referents to which the signs are attached. Materials and methods: A comprehensive list of metaphoric signs was compiled from a search of articles in several major English language radiology journals, from a roster compiled in a monograph on the subject published in 1984 and from a search of several databases to find signs published in the first half of the 20th century. Results: The growth of radiological metaphorical signs naming was slow for several decades after the first one was published in 1918. It then increased rapidly until the 1980s encompassing all modalities and subspecialties. Recently the practice has shown a marked and steady decline. Conclusion: Metaphoric sign naming was a frequently reported contribution to the radiological literature in the second half of the 20th century corresponding with Radiology's growth as a descriptive discipline. Its decline since then may be a consequence of Radiology's evolution into a more analytic, data-driven field of inquiry.

History of metaphoric signs in radiology

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Baker, Stephen R.; Noorelahi, Yasser M.; Ghosh, Shanchita; Yang, Lily C.; Kasper, David J.

2013-01-01

Purpose: To survey the nearly 100 year history of metaphoric sign naming in radiology describing the pace of their overall accumulation in the radiology canon, their specific rates of growth by modality and subspecialty and the characteristics of the referents to which the signs are attached. Materials and methods: A comprehensive list of metaphoric signs was compiled from a search of articles in several major English language radiology journals, from a roster compiled in a monograph on the subject published in 1984 and from a search of several databases to find signs published in the first half of the 20th century. Results: The growth of radiological metaphorical signs naming was slow for several decades after the first one was published in 1918. It then increased rapidly until the 1980s encompassing all modalities and subspecialties. Recently the practice has shown a marked and steady decline. Conclusion: Metaphoric sign naming was a frequently reported contribution to the radiological literature in the second half of the 20th century corresponding with Radiology's growth as a descriptive discipline. Its decline since then may be a consequence of Radiology's evolution into a more analytic, data-driven field of inquiry

Diseño e implementación de un algoritmo para translación de protocolo entre las normas IEC60870-5-104 y MODBUS TCP/IP

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Feria Briceño, John Henry; Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

2015-01-01

Este artículo muestra los resultados del proceso de diseño, implementación y prueba de un algoritmo para hacer la translación de protocolo entre las normas IEC 60870-5-104 y MODBUS TCP/IP, éste modelo de algoritmos son de amplio uso en los procesos de supervisión y automatización en sub-estaciones eléctricas.

Cutting through Red Tape: Strategies for Dealing with Bureaucrats.

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Neugebauer, Roger

1994-01-01

This article discusses the characteristics of bureaucratic organizations and bureaucrats, focusing on how these attributes affect day-care centers that must deal with bureaucracies. Outlined are several strategies for dealing with the types of bureaucrats that child care directors are likely to encounter. (MDM)

DRIS norms for 'Valencia' sweet orange on three rootstocks Normas DRIS para laranjeira 'Valência' sobre três porta-enxertos

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Francisco de Assis Alves Mourão Filho

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS applies nutrient ratios instead of the isolated concentration values of each nutrient in interpretation of tissue analysis. The objectives of this research were to establish adequate DRIS norms for 'Valencia' sweet orange irrigated commercial groves budded on three rootstocks and correlate indexes of nutrition balance with yield. Experiments were conducted in São Paulo State, Brazil. Rootstocks Rangpur lime, Caipira sweet orange, and Poncirus trifoliata, with more than six years old and yield above 40 ton ha-1 were utilized. Data referred to yield, tree spacing, rootstock and foliar concentrations of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, and B in non fruiting terminals for each grove were processed for the years 1994 through 1998. DRIS indexes were calculated by Nick criterion for choosing the ratio order of the nutrients and Jones calculation method of the ratio functions. Indexes of nutritional balance calculated from DRIS norms presented high correlation with yield for the three scion/rootstock combinations. DRIS norms defined in this research are valid, since leaf sampling is done on non fruiting terminals and the grove is irrigated.O sistema integrado de diagnose e recomendação (DRIS - Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System utiliza relações entre nutrientes em vez da concentração absoluta e isolada de cada um deles na interpretação da análise de tecidos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estabelecer normas para o método DRIS em pomares comerciais irrigados de laranjeira 'Valência' sobre três porta-enxertos e correlacionar os índices de balanço nutricional com a produtividade. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no Estado de São Paulo, com os porta-enxertos limão 'Cravo', laranja 'Caipira' e Poncirus trifoliata, com mais de seis anos, e produtividade acima de 40 t ha-1. Dados de produtividade, espaçamento, porta-enxerto e teores foliares de N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Cu

Dealing with Resistance to Change

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Williamson, Ronald; Blackburn, Barbara R.

2010-01-01

One of the biggest roadblocks to addressing instructional rigor in schools is the resistance to change that is displayed by teachers, students, parents, and other building and district leaders. Every person deals differently with change. Some are more accepting, others more resistant. No change is successful if the people being asked to change…

Transition from Sign-Reversed to Sign-Preserved Cooper-Pairing Symmetry in Sulfur-Doped Iron Selenide Superconductors.

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Wang, Qisi; Park, J T; Feng, Yu; Shen, Yao; Hao, Yiqing; Pan, Bingying; Lynn, J W; Ivanov, A; Chi, Songxue; Matsuda, M; Cao, Huibo; Birgeneau, R J; Efremov, D V; Zhao, Jun

2016-05-13

An essential step toward elucidating the mechanism of superconductivity is to determine the sign or phase of the superconducting order parameter, as it is closely related to the pairing interaction. In conventional superconductors, the electron-phonon interaction induces attraction between electrons near the Fermi energy and results in a sign-preserved s-wave pairing. For high-temperature superconductors, including cuprates and iron-based superconductors, prevalent weak coupling theories suggest that the electron pairing is mediated by spin fluctuations which lead to repulsive interactions, and therefore that a sign-reversed pairing with an s_{±} or d-wave symmetry is favored. Here, by using magnetic neutron scattering, a phase sensitive probe of the superconducting gap, we report the observation of a transition from the sign-reversed to sign-preserved Cooper-pairing symmetry with insignificant changes in T_{c} in the S-doped iron selenide superconductors K_{x}Fe_{2-y}(Se_{1-z}S_{z})_{2}. We show that a rather sharp magnetic resonant mode well below the superconducting gap (2Δ) in the undoped sample (z=0) is replaced by a broad hump structure above 2Δ under 50% S doping. These results cannot be readily explained by simple spin fluctuation-exchange pairing theories and, therefore, multiple pairing channels are required to describe superconductivity in this system. Our findings may also yield a simple explanation for the sometimes contradictory data on the sign of the superconducting order parameter in iron-based materials.

Brain Aneurysm: Dealing with Emotional Distress

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... a great deal to do with initiation and motivation, and survivors with damage to this area may ... uncaring. The family of a survivor with poor motivation may become upset if they believe that the ...

Tritium in Exit Signs | RadTown USA | US EPA

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2017-08-07

Many exit signs contain tritium to light the sign without batteries or electricity. Using tritium in exit signs allows the sign to remain lit if the power goes out. Tritium is most dangerous when it is inhaled or swallowed. Never tamper with a tritium exit sign. If a tritium exit sign is broken, leave the area immediately and notify the building maintenance staff.

25 CFR 700.513 - Business dealings on behalf of the government.

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2010-04-01

... 25 Indians 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Business dealings on behalf of the government. 700.513... RELOCATION PROCEDURES Employee Responsibility and Conduct § 700.513 Business dealings on behalf of the... the Commission. Employees shall observe courtesy, consideration and promptness in dealing with clients...

Fast Drawing of Traffic Sign Using Mobile Mapping System

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Yao, Q.; Tan, B.; Huang, Y.

2016-06-01

Traffic sign provides road users with the specified instruction and information to enhance traffic safety. Automatic detection of traffic sign is important for navigation, autonomous driving, transportation asset management, etc. With the advance of laser and imaging sensors, Mobile Mapping System (MMS) becomes widely used in transportation agencies to map the transportation infrastructure. Although many algorithms of traffic sign detection are developed in the literature, they are still a tradeoff between the detection speed and accuracy, especially for the large-scale mobile mapping of both the rural and urban roads. This paper is motivated to efficiently survey traffic signs while mapping the road network and the roadside landscape. Inspired by the manual delineation of traffic sign, a drawing strategy is proposed to quickly approximate the boundary of traffic sign. Both the shape and color prior of the traffic sign are simultaneously involved during the drawing process. The most common speed-limit sign circle and the statistic color model of traffic sign are studied in this paper. Anchor points of traffic sign edge are located with the local maxima of color and gradient difference. Starting with the anchor points, contour of traffic sign is drawn smartly along the most significant direction of color and intensity consistency. The drawing process is also constrained by the curvature feature of the traffic sign circle. The drawing of linear growth is discarded immediately if it fails to form an arc over some steps. The Kalman filter principle is adopted to predict the temporal context of traffic sign. Based on the estimated point,we can predict and double check the traffic sign in consecutive frames.The event probability of having a traffic sign over the consecutive observations is compared with the null hypothesis of no perceptible traffic sign. The temporally salient traffic sign is then detected statistically and automatically as the rare event of having a

Análise do método de simulação de desempenho térmico da norma NBR 15.575

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Márcio José SORGATO

2014-09-01

Full Text Available As normas de desempenho de edificações avaliam e regulamentam o setor da construção civil, garantindo um padrão mínimo de qualidade e desempenho das edificações residenciais. O artigo tem como objetivo avaliar o método de simulação do desempenho térmico de edificações residenciais da NBR 15575. Observou-se que o método da norma apresenta limitações, avaliando o desempenho da edificação através de dias típicos de verão e inverno. Como proposta, foi desenvolvido e encaminhado um novo método de simulação durante a consulta pública da NBR 15575. A proposta do novo método busca avaliar o desempenho térmico da edificação através dos graus-hora de resfriamento e aquecimento. Os resultados da comparação entre estes dois métodos foram analisados, permitindo observar que o método de simulação da NBR 15575 atende ao desempenho térmico mínimo quando comparado com o sistema construtivo com paredes de concreto de 5 cm de espessura. Já com a aplicação do método proposto, observou-se que a edificação apresentou um desempenho térmico insatisfatório para o sistema construtivo analisado. Palavras-Chave: simulação computacional, desempenho térmico, edificações residências.

Sistema de aseguramiento de la calidad e inocuidad basado en la norma ISO 22000 para una planta de producción de chocolates

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Chumpitaz Vásquez, Magally Karina; Chumpitaz Vásquez, Magally Karina

2011-01-01

El presente informe trata de los requisitos que se deben cumplir para asegurar la calidad e inocuidad durante la producción de chocolates a nivel industrial, los que están basados en la Norma ISO 22000:2006. La aplicación de estos requisitos permite demostrar la capacidad de la organización para controlar los peligros que se presentan durante toda la etapa de la cadena alimentaria con el fin de suministrar productos inocuos. El informe describe el proceso productivo del chocolate, así c...

Capacitación Basada en Normas de competencia laboral. Una alternativa para el nuevo milenio en cuestión de capacitación

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Rebeca Schwartzman Kaplan

2000-01-01

Considerando el desarrollo científico y tecnológico, así como la globalización de las economías mundiales, hoy la competitividad y la productividad se dan en la capacitación de los recursos como una estrategia de cambio en forma continua y permanente. La capacitación basada en normas de competencia laboral representa una alternativa para hacer de la capacitación tradicional un sistema más eficiente y eficaz a las necesidades actuales, ya que en última instancia son los recursos hu...

Implantação da Norma Regulamentadora 32 e o controle dos acidentes de trabalho Implantación de la Norma Reglamentadora 32 y el control de los accidentes del trabajo Implementation of Regulatory Standard 32 and the control of occupational accidents

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Maria Helena Palucci Marziale

2012-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Identificar os acidentes de trabalho com exposição à material biológico ocorridos em um hospital universitário, discutindo os resultados com o processo de implementação das medidas de segurança e saúde dos trabalhadores, exigidas pela Norma Regulamentadora NR-32. MÉTODOS: Estudo exploratório de abordagem quantitativa dos dados. Foram realizados levantamento dos acidentes de trabalho, as entrevistas com o coordenador do Serviço de Segurança e Medicina do Trabalho e a análise de dados documentais do Programa de Prevenção de Riscos Ambientais e do Programa de Controle Médico de Saúde Ocupacional. RESULTADOS: O percentual de acidentes de trabalho reduziu ao longo do período, no qual várias exigências dessa norma foram sendo adotadas. Acidentes com material perfurocortante foram os mais frequentes, não havendo em todos os setores do hospital o oferecimento dos dispositivos de segurança exigidos pela NR-32. CONCLUSÃO: Houve redução de acidentes de trabalho com material biológico no hospital estudado entre 2007 e 2009. Contudo, não é quantitativamente significativa, apesar da implantação de várias diretrizes da NR-32 ao longo dos anos. É necessária a colaboração entre gestores, serviços de segurança e trabalhadores na promoção da saúde no trabalho.OBJETIVO: Identificar los accidentes de trabajo con exposición a material biológico ocurridos en un hospital universitario, discutiendo los resultados con el proceso de implementación de las medidas de seguridad y salud de los trabajadores, exigidas por la Norma Reglamentadora NR-32. MÉTODOS: Estudio exploratorio de abordaje cuantitativo de los datos. Fue realizado un levantamiento de los accidentes de trabajo, las entrevistas con el coordinador del Servicio de Seguridad y Medicina del Trabajo y el análisis de datos documentales del Programa de Prevención de Riesgos Ambientales y del Programa de Control Médico de Salud Ocupacional. RESULTADOS: El

Implantació i certificació d'un sistema de gestió de la qualitat basat en ISO 9001:2008 d'una empresa TIC

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Rodríguez Arroyo, Mónica

2011-01-01

Aquest projecte pretén abordar des de la creació de l'àrea de Qualitat en una empresa passant per la definició, implantació i certificació d'un Sistema de Gestió de la Qualitat basat en la norma ISO 9001:2008. Este proyecto pretende abordar desde la creación del área de Calidad en una empresa pasando por la definición, implantación y certificación de un Sistema de Gestión de la Calidad basado en la norma ISO 9001:2008. This project deals with the creation of a quality department in a co...

Adult Sail Sign: Radiographic and Computed Tomographic Features

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Lee, Yu-Jin; Han, Daehee; Koh, Young Hwan; Zo, Joo Hee; Kim, Sang-Hyun; Kim, Deog Kyeom; Lee, Jeong Sang; Moon, Hyeon Jong; Kim, Jong Seung; Chun, Eun Ju; Youn, Byung Jae; Lee, Chang Hyun; Kim, Sam Soo (Dept. of Radiology, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul (KR))

2008-02-15

Background: The sail sign is a well-known radiographic feature of the pediatric chest. This sign can be observed in an adult population as well, but for a different reason. Purpose: To investigate the sail sign appearing in adult chest radiography. Material and Methods: Based on two anecdotal adult cases in which frontal chest radiographs showed the sail sign, we prospectively screened radiographs of 10,238 patients to determine the incidence of the sail sign found in adults in their 40s or older. The cause of the sail sign was assessed using computed tomography (CT). Results: The sail sign was revealed in 10 (seven males, three females; median age 60.6 years) of 10,238 patients. Of these 10 patients with a sail sign on frontal radiographs, eight underwent CT. The frontal radiographs of these 10 patients showed a concave superior margin toward the lung in nine patients, a concave inferior margin in five, and a double-lined inferior margin in three. Lateral radiographs disclosed a focal opacity over the minor fissure in five of six patients, which was either fuzzy (n = 4) or sharp (n = 1) in its upper margin, and was sometimes double lined in the inferior margin (n = 3). CT revealed the anterior mediastinal fat to be the cause of the radiographic sail sign, which stretched laterally from the mediastinum to insinuate into the minor fissure. Conclusion: The incidence of sail sign on adult chest radiographs is about 0.1%. The sign is specific enough to eliminate the need for more sophisticated imaging

Adult Sail Sign: Radiographic and Computed Tomographic Features

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Lee, Yu-Jin; Han, Daehee; Koh, Young Hwan; Zo, Joo Hee; Kim, Sang-Hyun; Kim, Deog Kyeom; Lee, Jeong Sang; Moon, Hyeon Jong; Kim, Jong Seung; Chun, Eun Ju; Y oun, Byung Jae; Lee, Chang Hyun; Kim, Sam Soo

2008-01-01

Background: The sail sign is a well-known radiographic feature of the pediatric chest. This sign can be observed in an adult population as well, but for a different reason. Purpose: To investigate the sail sign appearing in adult chest radiography. Material and Methods: Based on two anecdotal adult cases in which frontal chest radiographs showed the sail sign, we prospectively screened radiographs of 10,238 patients to determine the incidence of the sail sign found in adults in their 40s or older. The cause of the sail sign was assessed using computed tomography (CT). Results: The sail sign was revealed in 10 (seven males, three females; median age 60.6 years) of 10,238 patients. Of these 10 patients with a sail sign on frontal radiographs, eight underwent CT. The frontal radiographs of these 10 patients showed a concave superior margin toward the lung in nine patients, a concave inferior margin in five, and a double-lined inferior margin in three. Lateral radiographs disclosed a focal opacity over the minor fissure in five of six patients, which was either fuzzy (n = 4) or sharp (n = 1) in its upper margin, and was sometimes double lined in the inferior margin (n = 3). CT revealed the anterior mediastinal fat to be the cause of the radiographic sail sign, which stretched laterally from the mediastinum to insinuate into the minor fissure. Conclusion: The incidence of sail sign on adult chest radiographs is about 0.1%. The sign is specific enough to eliminate the need for more sophisticated imaging

Adult sail sign: radiographic and computed tomographic features.

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Lee, Yu-Jin; Han, Daehee; Koh, Young Hwan; Zo, Joo Hee; Kim, Sang-Hyun; Kim, Deog Kyeom; Lee, Jeong Sang; Moon, Hyeon Jong; Kim, Jong Seung; Chun, Eun Ju; Youn, Byung Jae; Lee, Chang Hyun; Kim, Sam Soo

2008-02-01

The sail sign is a well-known radiographic feature of the pediatric chest. This sign can be observed in an adult population as well, but for a different reason. To investigate the sail sign appearing in adult chest radiography. Based on two anecdotal adult cases in which frontal chest radiographs showed the sail sign, we prospectively screened radiographs of 10,238 patients to determine the incidence of the sail sign found in adults in their 40s or older. The cause of the sail sign was assessed using computed tomography (CT). The sail sign was revealed in 10 (seven males, three females; median age 60.6 years) of 10,238 patients. Of these 10 patients with a sail sign on frontal radiographs, eight underwent CT. The frontal radiographs of these 10 patients showed a concave superior margin toward the lung in nine patients, a concave inferior margin in five, and a double-lined inferior margin in three. Lateral radiographs disclosed a focal opacity over the minor fissure in five of six patients, which was either fuzzy (n = 4) or sharp (n = 1) in its upper margin, and was sometimes double lined in the inferior margin (n = 3). CT revealed the anterior mediastinal fat to be the cause of the radiographic sail sign, which stretched laterally from the mediastinum to insinuate into the minor fissure. The incidence of sail sign on adult chest radiographs is about 0.1%. The sign is specific enough to eliminate the need for more sophisticated imaging.

How to deal with public concerns and resistance

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Kach, V.D.

1988-01-01

First hand experience dealing with the public's perception of radiation, their reaction to a proposed installation of a Cobalt-60 industrial irradiator in their neighbourhood, and the tactics employed by nuclear critics have allowed the author to make some observations. Among these observations is the requirement for a public education program, discernment of the appropriate incentive to the community, and sufficient time to accomplish the education/information process and to deal with objections. (author)

Time integrated ratio of wrong-sign to right-sign $D^0 \\rightarrow K\\pi$ decays in 2010 data at LHCb

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2011-01-01

First results of the measurement on wrong-sign $D^0 \\rightarrow K^{+} \\pi^{-}$ decays based on the 2010 dataset taken with the LHCb detector are presented. The ratio of wrong-sign to right-sign ($D^0 \\rightarrow K^{-} \\pi^{+}$) $D^0$ decays corrected for the decay time acceptance is determined to be $R_{{\\rm corr}}=(0.409 \\pm 0.031 ({\\rm stat.}) \\pm 0.039 ({\\rm sys.})) \\% $. This analysis is the first step towards a measurement of the time-dependent wrong-sign to right-sign ratio from which the $D^0$ mixing parameters can be extracted.

Impacto del Proceso de Convergencia a las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera en la Relevancia de las Informaciones Contables

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Marcelo Alvaro da Silva Macedo

2012-01-01

Full Text Available La Ley n. º 11.638/07 fue el marco inicial de una serie de mudanzas en la legislación que rige las prácticas contables brasileñas.La principal razón para esas mudanzas es el proceso de convergencia de los estándares contables locales paralos internacionales. Con la Ley n. º 11.638/07, el precedente legal necesario para la consecución de esa convergencia delos estándares contables fue establecido. En ese contexto, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar el impacto delproceso de convergencia a las normas internacionales de contabilidad en la relevancia de las informaciones contables,teniendo como base los datos de 2007 sin y con las alteraciones introducidas por la Ley n. º 11.638/07 y por los Pronunciamientosdel CPC, aplicables al ejercicio de 2008 en adelante. Para tanto, se utiliza un estudio de value relevance,aplicándose el análisis de regresión a las informaciones anuales de precio de las acciones (variable dependiente y lucrolíquido por acción (LLPA y patrimonio líquido por acción (PLPA como variables independientes. Los principalesresultados muestran que las informaciones contables de LLPA y PLPA del ejercicio de 2007, sin y con las alteracionesde la legislación, se presentan relevantes para el mercado de capitales. Pero, una comparación entre las dos regresiones,utilizadas en el análisis, muestra que hubo una ganancia informacional para las informaciones contables con las alteracionesintroducidas por la primera fase del proceso de convergencias contable a las normas internacionales.

Obtención del hormigón apropiado a terrenos y/o aguas agresivas diversas mediante la norma TGL 11357

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Talero, Rafael

1985-09-01

Full Text Available TGL 11357 Norm specifies the express use of the cement: — Portland with a content between 0% and 5% of C₃A, or — Supersulphathed iron foundry (with conditions, or — Aluminates (with conditions when the agressiveness of the water and/or of an agressive sulphatic ground (among others will be touching the concrete work. There are countries where there is not such a specific kind of cement, being unable to execute this norm. But by means of this study, which enlarge with good reason the range of those appropiate composites to defined puzzolans, it would be easier to keep the meaning o this norm, to reach identical purpose, that is, a cement concrete with appropriate puzzolanic additions (and/or appropriate iron slags resistant to the mentioned agressiveness.

La norma TGL 11357 especifica la utilización expresa de cementos: — Portland con un contenido de C₃A del 0% al 5%, o — Siderúrgicos Sobresulfatados (con condiciones, o — Aluminosos (con condiciones cuando la agresividad del agua y/o terreno agresivo que vaya a estar en contacto con la obra de hormigón sea del tipo sulfático, entre otras. Existen muchos países que no disponen de tal tipo tan específico de cementos para poder cumplimentarla, y mediante el presente artículo, al ampliar fundadamente la gama de variabilidad de aquellos adecuados citados, a sólo determinados puzolánicos, se les facilitará bastante más la posible cumplimentación del espíritu de la norma en cuestión, para alcanzar idéntico objetivo, o sea, un hormigón de cemento con adiciones puzolánicas adecuadas (y/o escorias siderometalúrgicas adecuadas, resistente al mencionado ataque agresivo.

Probabilities of False Alarm for Vital Sign Detection on the Basis of a Doppler Radar System

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Nguyen Thi Phuoc Van

2018-02-01

Full Text Available Vital detection on the basis of Doppler radars has drawn a great deal of attention from researchers because of its high potential for applications in biomedicine, surveillance, and finding people alive under debris during natural hazards. In this research, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR of the remote vital-sign detection system is investigated. On the basis of different types of noise, such as phase noise, Gaussian noise, leakage noise between the transmitting and receiving antennae, and so on, the SNR of the system has first been examined. Then the research has focused on the investigation of the detection and false alarm probabilities of the system when the transmission link between the human and the radar sensor system took the Nakagami-m channel model. The analytical model for the false alarm and the detection probabilities of the system have been derived. The proposed theoretical models for the SNR and detection probability match with the simulation and measurement results. These theoretical models have the potential to be used as good references for the hardware development of the vital-sign detection radar sensor system.

50 CFR 85.43 - Signs and symbols.

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2010-10-01

... sign. (i) You may place the message “P PUMP OUT”, “P PUMPOUT STATION”, “P PORTABLE TOILET DUMP STATION... information signs at pumpout and portable toilet dump stations. Such information should indicate fees... sign at the entrance to a marina advertising the presence of a pumpout and/or portable toilet dump...

Comparación de las normas NTC 4552 de 2008 e IEC 62305 de 2010 para el análisis de riesgo

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Oscar Ignacio Sánchez; César Alberto Torres

2014-01-01

Para realizar un diseño eficiente de un sistema de protección contra descargas atmosféricas sobre una estructura es necesario evaluar el riesgo que puede presentar en la estructura y cuáles podrían ser los daños y pérdidas consecuentes de ese evento. En este sentido, se deben tener en cuenta los aspectos descritos en la norma NTC 4552 o la IEC 62305 para poder realizar la evaluación del riesgo y, de esta manera, determinar si la estructura implicada necesita o no un sistema de protección cont...

Benchmarking desktop and mobile handwriting across COTS devices: The e-BioSign biometric database.

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Tolosana, Ruben; Vera-Rodriguez, Ruben; Fierrez, Julian; Morales, Aythami; Ortega-Garcia, Javier

2017-01-01

This paper describes the design, acquisition process and baseline evaluation of the new e-BioSign database, which includes dynamic signature and handwriting information. Data is acquired from 5 different COTS devices: three Wacom devices (STU-500, STU-530 and DTU-1031) specifically designed to capture dynamic signatures and handwriting, and two general purpose tablets (Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and Samsung ATIV 7). For the two Samsung tablets, data is collected using both pen stylus and also the finger in order to study the performance of signature verification in a mobile scenario. Data was collected in two sessions for 65 subjects, and includes dynamic information of the signature, the full name and alpha numeric sequences. Skilled forgeries were also performed for signatures and full names. We also report a benchmark evaluation based on e-BioSign for person verification under three different real scenarios: 1) intra-device, 2) inter-device, and 3) mixed writing-tool. We have experimented the proposed benchmark using the main existing approaches for signature verification: feature- and time functions-based. As a result, new insights into the problem of signature biometrics in sensor-interoperable scenarios have been obtained, namely: the importance of specific methods for dealing with device interoperability, and the necessity of a deeper analysis on signatures acquired using the finger as the writing tool. This e-BioSign public database allows the research community to: 1) further analyse and develop signature verification systems in realistic scenarios, and 2) investigate towards a better understanding of the nature of the human handwriting when captured using electronic COTS devices in realistic conditions.

FAST DRAWING OF TRAFFIC SIGN USING MOBILE MAPPING SYSTEM

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Q. Yao

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Traffic sign provides road users with the specified instruction and information to enhance traffic safety. Automatic detection of traffic sign is important for navigation, autonomous driving, transportation asset management, etc. With the advance of laser and imaging sensors, Mobile Mapping System (MMS becomes widely used in transportation agencies to map the transportation infrastructure. Although many algorithms of traffic sign detection are developed in the literature, they are still a tradeoff between the detection speed and accuracy, especially for the large-scale mobile mapping of both the rural and urban roads. This paper is motivated to efficiently survey traffic signs while mapping the road network and the roadside landscape. Inspired by the manual delineation of traffic sign, a drawing strategy is proposed to quickly approximate the boundary of traffic sign. Both the shape and color prior of the traffic sign are simultaneously involved during the drawing process. The most common speed-limit sign circle and the statistic color model of traffic sign are studied in this paper. Anchor points of traffic sign edge are located with the local maxima of color and gradient difference. Starting with the anchor points, contour of traffic sign is drawn smartly along the most significant direction of color and intensity consistency. The drawing process is also constrained by the curvature feature of the traffic sign circle. The drawing of linear growth is discarded immediately if it fails to form an arc over some steps. The Kalman filter principle is adopted to predict the temporal context of traffic sign. Based on the estimated point,we can predict and double check the traffic sign in consecutive frames.The event probability of having a traffic sign over the consecutive observations is compared with the null hypothesis of no perceptible traffic sign. The temporally salient traffic sign is then detected statistically and automatically as the rare

Edges and vertices in a unique signed circle in a signed graph

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Richard Behr

2017-12-01

Full Text Available We examine the conditions under which a signed graph contains an edge or a vertex that is contained in a unique negative circle or a unique positive circle. For an edge in a unique signed circle, the positive and negative case require the same structure on the underlying graph, but the requirements on the signature are different. We characterize the structure of the underlying graph necessary to support such an edge in terms of bridges of a circle. We then use the results from the edge version of the problem to help solve the vertex version.

Constraints on Negative Prefixation in Polish Sign Language.

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Tomaszewski, Piotr

2015-01-01

The aim of this article is to describe a negative prefix, NEG-, in Polish Sign Language (PJM) which appears to be indigenous to the language. This is of interest given the relative rarity of prefixes in sign languages. Prefixed PJM signs were analyzed on the basis of both a corpus of texts signed by 15 deaf PJM users who are either native or near-native signers, and material including a specified range of prefixed signs as demonstrated by native signers in dictionary form (i.e. signs produced in isolation, not as part of phrases or sentences). In order to define the morphological rules behind prefixation on both the phonological and morphological levels, native PJM users were consulted for their expertise. The research results can enrich models for describing processes of grammaticalization in the context of the visual-gestural modality that forms the basis for sign language structure.

Segmentation of British Sign Language (BSL): mind the gap!

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Orfanidou, Eleni; McQueen, James M; Adam, Robert; Morgan, Gary

2015-01-01

This study asks how users of British Sign Language (BSL) recognize individual signs in connected sign sequences. We examined whether this is achieved through modality-specific or modality-general segmentation procedures. A modality-specific feature of signed languages is that, during continuous signing, there are salient transitions between sign locations. We used the sign-spotting task to ask if and how BSL signers use these transitions in segmentation. A total of 96 real BSL signs were preceded by nonsense signs which were produced in either the target location or another location (with a small or large transition). Half of the transitions were within the same major body area (e.g., head) and half were across body areas (e.g., chest to hand). Deaf adult BSL users (a group of natives and early learners, and a group of late learners) spotted target signs best when there was a minimal transition and worst when there was a large transition. When location changes were present, both groups performed better when transitions were to a different body area than when they were within the same area. These findings suggest that transitions do not provide explicit sign-boundary cues in a modality-specific fashion. Instead, we argue that smaller transitions help recognition in a modality-general way by limiting lexical search to signs within location neighbourhoods, and that transitions across body areas also aid segmentation in a modality-general way, by providing a phonotactic cue to a sign boundary. We propose that sign segmentation is based on modality-general procedures which are core language-processing mechanisms.

DISEÑO DE UN BANCO PARA LA DETERMINACIÓN PRÁCTICA DEL COEFICIENTE DE VÁLVULAS, NORMA VDI/VDE 2173

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César Zambrano Miranda

2018-01-01

Full Text Available Se presenta el proceso de diseño de un banco de entrenamiento para la determinación del coeficiente de flujo de válvulas de control, usando las indicaciones de la norma VDI/VDE 2173, que establece parámetros para la elaboración de este tipo de ensayos. Se adopta un criterio de ergonomía para el dimensionamiento preliminar del banco con base en datos de la antropometría colombiana. Los elementos estructurales del equipo son posteriormente diseñados mediante la comparación de cálculos de teoría de falla con análisis de elemento finito en SolidWorks.

[Usefulness of AccuSign in emergency room].

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Nakamura, Yoshihiko; Nakano, Minoru; Takahashi, Eiji; Suzuki, Hiroyuki; Hasuike, Toshikazu; Akuzawa, Hisashi; Yuasa, Hideko

2012-09-01

TriageDOA is effective for screening patients with methamphetamine intoxication, but false positives also sometimes occur. A definite diagnosis is made by performing an instrumental analysis for methamphetamine intoxication, but this is difficult to conduct in general hospitals. AccuSign using immunochromatography can identify methamphetamine (MET) and amphetamine (AMP) individually. An improvement in the diagnostic accuracy is expected by combining the measurements of both AccuSign MET and AMP. We herein investigated the diagnostic accuracy of AccuSign. THE SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Investigation A: The subjects comprised 115 cases of urine samples that were brought to the crime laboratory of the Gunma prefectural police (hereinafter, crime laboratory) under suspicion of methamphetamine intoxication from January 2006 to April 2009. The outcomes of the measurements of MET from AccuSign MET, AMP and instrumental analyses were compared. Investigation B: The subjects comprised 16 cases in which TriageDOA was positive and AccuSign MET and AMP were performed on patients suspected of methamphetamine intoxication or patients with a disturbance of consciousness in our hospital from July 2009 to October 2010. The outcomes of the measurements of MET and AMP from AccuSign MET, AMP and instrumental analyses were compared. Investigation A: The results were classified into positive for AccuSign MET as well as AMP, and others. The sensitivity of MET detected by instrumental analyses was 88.8% (40/45), with a specificity of 100% (70/70). Investigation B:The results were classified into positive for AccuSign MET as well as AMP, and others. The sensitivity of MET detected by instrumental analyses was 80.0% (4/5), with a specificity of 100% (11/11). A definite diagnosis of methamphetamine intoxication would be possible without using instrumental analyses when both AccuSign MET and AMP are positive.

32 CFR 150.6 - Signing of papers.

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2010-07-01

... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Signing of papers. 150.6 Section 150.6 National... JUSTICE COURTS OF CRIMINAL APPEALS RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE § 150.6 Signing of papers. All formal papers shall be signed and shall show, typewritten or printed, the signer's name, address, military grade...

From gesture to sign language: conventionalization of classifier constructions by adult hearing learners of British Sign Language.

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Marshall, Chloë R; Morgan, Gary

2015-01-01

There has long been interest in why languages are shaped the way they are, and in the relationship between sign language and gesture. In sign languages, entity classifiers are handshapes that encode how objects move, how they are located relative to one another, and how multiple objects of the same type are distributed in space. Previous studies have shown that hearing adults who are asked to use only manual gestures to describe how objects move in space will use gestures that bear some similarities to classifiers. We investigated how accurately hearing adults, who had been learning British Sign Language (BSL) for 1-3 years, produce and comprehend classifiers in (static) locative and distributive constructions. In a production task, learners of BSL knew that they could use their hands to represent objects, but they had difficulty choosing the same, conventionalized, handshapes as native signers. They were, however, highly accurate at encoding location and orientation information. Learners therefore show the same pattern found in sign-naïve gesturers. In contrast, handshape, orientation, and location were comprehended with equal (high) accuracy, and testing a group of sign-naïve adults showed that they too were able to understand classifiers with higher than chance accuracy. We conclude that adult learners of BSL bring their visuo-spatial knowledge and gestural abilities to the tasks of understanding and producing constructions that contain entity classifiers. We speculate that investigating the time course of adult sign language acquisition might shed light on how gesture became (and, indeed, becomes) conventionalized during the genesis of sign languages. Copyright © 2014 Cognitive Science Society, Inc.

[Dealing with uncertainty--the hypermodernity of general practice].

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Barth, Niklas; Nassehi, Armin; Schneider, Antonius

2014-01-01

The general practitioner is fundamentally dealing with uncertainty. On the one hand, we want to demonstrate that uncertainty cannot simply be stipulated as a matter of fact. Instead, we will show that this uncertainty is a performative effect of the primary care setting. On the other hand, we want to point out that the general practitioner's ability to bear uncertainty is a genuinely hypermodern way of productively dealing with uncertainty. Copyright © 2013. Published by Elsevier GmbH.

Normas farmacológicas cubanas: desarrollo e impacto

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Celeste Aurora Sánchez González

2003-08-01

Full Text Available Se describió la importancia como instrumento de consulta, del compendio nacional de sustancias activas y asociaciones de uso farmacéutico industrial aceptadas y rechazadas en Cuba. Se identificó la información de seguridad para el uso racional que incorpora la clasificación terapéutica adoptada y la estructura organizativa de estas Normas Farmacológicas Cubanas (NFC. Se cuantificó su aplicación por el Centro para el Control de la Calidad de los Medicamentos (CECMED, usuarios cubanos y extranjeros durante el período 1996 al 2000, para determinar grados de novedad y caracterización terapéutica, mediante el análisis de Ensayos Clínicos Autorizados y Registros de Medicamentos otorgados. Se dimensionó el impacto en la Reglamentación Farmacéutica Nacional y la interacción con otras regulaciones. Se identificaron las perspectivas de desarrollo en su alcance y contenido. Se concluyó la utilidad de las NFC en la adecuada clasificación del grado de novedad de los productos, el ágil y preciso manejo y evaluación de trámites, así como en la caracterización del enfoque terapéutico.The importance as a consultation tool of the National Compendium of active ingredients for industrial pharmaceutical use and its combinations that are accepted and refused in Cuba was described. The safety information for their rational use that includes the adopted therapeutic classification and the organizational structuring of the Cuban Pharmacological Standards were identified. Its application was quantified by the Center for Drug Quality Control (CECMED , by national and foreign users in the period 1996-2000, in order to identify the degree of novelty of products and the therapeutical characterization by analysing the authorised clinical trials and the register of provided drugs. The impact on the National Pharmaceutical Regulation, and the interrelation with other regulations were shown. The scope and contents of the development prospects were stated

Signing Earth Science: Accommodations for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Whose First Language Is Sign

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Vesel, J.; Hurdich, J.

2014-12-01

TERC and Vcom3D used the SigningAvatar® accessibility software to research and develop a Signing Earth Science Dictionary (SESD) of approximately 750 standards-based Earth science terms for high school students who are deaf and hard of hearing and whose first language is sign. The partners also evaluated the extent to which use of the SESD furthers understanding of Earth science content, command of the language of Earth science, and the ability to study Earth science independently. Disseminated as a Web-based version and App, the SESD is intended to serve the ~36,000 grade 9-12 students who are deaf or hard of hearing and whose first language is sign, the majority of whom leave high school reading at the fifth grade or below. It is also intended for teachers and interpreters who interact with members of this population and professionals working with Earth science education programs during field trips, internships etc. The signed SESD terms have been incorporated into a Mobile Communication App (MCA). This App for Androids is intended to facilitate communication between English speakers and persons who communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) or Signed English. It can translate words, phrases, or whole sentences from written or spoken English to animated signing. It can also fingerspell proper names and other words for which there are no signs. For our presentation, we will demonstrate the interactive features of the SigningAvatar® accessibility software that support the three principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and have been incorporated into the SESD and MCA. Results from national field-tests will provide insight into the SESD's and MCA's potential applicability beyond grade 12 as accommodations that can be used for accessing the vocabulary deaf and hard of hearing students need for study of the geosciences and for facilitating communication about content. This work was funded in part by grants from NSF and the U.S. Department of Education.

Dictionaries of African Sign Languages: An Overview

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Schmaling, Constanze H.

2012-01-01

This article gives an overview of dictionaries of African sign languages that have been published to date most of which have not been widely distributed. After an introduction into the field of sign language lexicography and a discussion of some of the obstacles that authors of sign language dictionaries face in general, I will show problems…

A gestão dos recursos naturais nas organizações certificadas pela norma NBR ISO 14001 Managementof natural resources in organizations certified by NBR ISO 14001 standard

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Celso Machado Junior

2013-03-01

Full Text Available O estudo destaca um conjunto de variáveis associadas aos processos de controle e às ações para mitigar o consumo dos recursos nas operações com o objetivo de verificar se as empresas certificadas pela norma NBR ISO 14001 apresentam procedimentos de gestão ambiental significativamente diferentes dos adotados pelas empresas não certificadas por essa norma. É uma pesquisa descritiva assentada em uma amostra composta por 649 empresas de diferentes ramos de atividade, que disponibilizaram informações para a publicação na revista Análise Gestão Ambiental (2008. Foram objeto de estudo os seguintes recursos: água, energia elétrica, combustíveis, lenha/carvão e recursos minerais. A utilização de tratamento estatístico, consubstanciada na regressão logística e no quiquadrado, permitiu evidenciar que as empresas certificadas pela norma NBR ISO 14001 acentuam um conjunto maior dos fatores ambientais em sua gestão por meio de controles, ações e programas estruturados, demonstrando assim maior preocupação socioambiental.This study focuses on a set of variables associated with control processes and actions to mitigate the consumption of resources in operations in order to determine whether the companies certified by NBR ISO 14001 standard have environmental management procedures significantly different from those adopted by the companies which are not certified. It is a descriptive research based on a sample of 649 companies of different businesses which provided information for publication in the journal "Análise Gestão Ambiental" (2008. The objects of this study were the following: water, electricity, fuel, wood/coal and mineral resources. Using statistical analysis, embodied in the logistic regression and chi-square test, it was observed that the companies certified by NBR ISO 14001 standard invest in a larger set of environmental factors in their management, through controls, actions, and programs structured to reduce the

A Study on Guide Sign Validity in Driving Simulator

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Wei Zhonghua

2011-12-01

Full Text Available The role of guide sign to inform road user about the information of network is important. How to design and locate guide sign to increase traffic operation efficiency is a key point for traffic engineers. Driving simulator is useful devised to study guide sign in the process and system control. For the purpose of studying guide signs using the tool of driving simulator, guide sign's validity in driving simulator was studied. Results of this experiment are the foundation of further study on guide sign. Simulator calibration procedure for guide sign was set up in this study. Legibility distance as measure of performance was used to evaluate the validity of guide sign in driving simulator. Thirty two participants were recruited. Results indicated legibility distance and speed were inversely related with the method of data mining. Legibility distance and text height of guide sign were positive related. When speed is 20km/h, 30km/h, 40km/h, magnifying power of text height is 4.3, 4.1, 3.8, while guide signs are absolute validity in driving simulator.

Extending DTGolog to deal with POMDPs

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Rens, G

2008-11-01

Full Text Available For sophisticated robots, it may be best to accept and reason with noisy sensor data, instead of assuming complete observation and then dealing with the effects of making the assumption. We shall model uncertainties with a formalism called...

Sharing Vital Signs between mobile phone applications.

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Karlen, Walter; Dumont, Guy A; Scheffer, Cornie

2014-01-01

We propose a communication library, ShareVitalSigns, for the standardized exchange of vital sign information between health applications running on mobile platforms. The library allows an application to request one or multiple vital signs from independent measurement applications on the Android OS. Compatible measurement applications are automatically detected and can be launched from within the requesting application, simplifying the work flow for the user and reducing typing errors. Data is shared between applications using intents, a passive data structure available on Android OS. The library is accompanied by a test application which serves as a demonstrator. The secure exchange of vital sign information using a standardized library like ShareVitalSigns will facilitate the integration of measurement applications into diagnostic and other high level health monitoring applications and reduce errors due to manual entry of information.

Validation of Theory of Consumption Values Scales for Deal Sites

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Sudzina, Frantisek

2016-01-01

Deal sites became a widely used artefact. But there is still only a limited number of papers investigating their adoption and use. Most of the research published on the topic is qualitative. It is typical for an early stage of investigation of any new artefact. The Theory of Consumption Values ex...... explains purchase behavior. The aim of this paper is to validate scales for the Theory of Consumption Values for deal sites. This should pave a way for quantitative investigation of motives for purchasing using deal sites....

Hepatic dimple sign on CT

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Matsumoto, Kunihiko; Nakajima, Teiichi; Ishikawa, Nobuyoshi; Ebihara, Reiko; Saida, Yukihisa

1983-01-01

The ''Dimple sign'' has been coined by Baltaxe et al. in 1974 and was said to be useful angiographic sign of avascular tumor. Similar dimple can be seen in the margin of the liver on CT examination of the hepatic tumors. We called this hepatic dimple sign and its clinical usefulness on CT examination was studied with 133 cases of hepatic tumors. Among 133 cases, there were 68 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma, 57 cases of metastatic liver tumor, 5 cases of hemangioma of the liver and 3 cases of hepatoblastoma. Hepatic dimple sign was recognized on 2 cases of metastatic liver tumor, 1 case of hemangioma, and 1 case of carcinoma of the gallbladder with hepatic infiltration. Cases experienced in the affiliated hospitals were also studied. A case of hepatocellular carcinoma and a case of metastatic liver tumor were evaluated. These tumors were relativly large measuring over 5cm in the greatest diameter and low density areas were apparent on plain CT. Therefore, dimples in the hepatic margin seen in CT scan did not contribute to the diagnostic accuracy of the liver tumor in these cases. (author)

Hepatic dimple sign on CT

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Matsumoto, Kunihiko; Nakajima, Teiichi; Ishikawa, Nobuyoshi; Ebihara, Reiko; Saida, Yukihisa

1983-06-01

The ''Dimple sign'' has been coined by Baltaxe et al. in 1974 and was said to be useful angiographic sign of avascular tumor. Similar dimple can be seen in the margin of the liver on CT examination of the hepatic tumors. We called this hepatic dimple sign and its clinical usefulness on CT examination was studied with 133 cases of hepatic tumors. Among 133 cases, there were 68 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma, 57 cases of metastatic liver tumor, 5 cases of hemangioma of the liver and 3 cases of hepatoblastoma. Hepatic dimple sign was recognized on 2 cases of metastatic liver tumor, 1 case of hemangioma, and 1 case of carcinoma of the gallbladder with hepatic infiltration. Cases experienced in the affiliated hospitals were also studied. A case of hepatocellular carcinoma and a case of metastatic liver tumor were evaluated. These tumors were relativly large measuring over 5cm in the greatest diameter and low density areas were apparent on plain CT. Therefore, dimples in the hepatic margin seen in CT scan did not contribute to the diagnostic accuracy of the liver tumor in these cases. (author).

CDC Vital Signs-Preventing Stroke Deaths

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This podcast is based on the September 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Each year, more than 140,000 people die and many survivors face disability. Eighty percent of strokes are preventable. Learn the signs of stroke and how to prevent them.

Dealing with the difficult utility

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Keats, D.E.; Sundquist, M.J.; Cross, J.P.

1991-01-01

STS HydroPower, Ltd. (STS) is an independent hydroelectric power developer involved in the full scope of hydroelectric activities. This includes the permitting, design, financing, turbine design and manufacturing, site construction and operation of small to mid-sized hydroelectric sites across the United States. At the present time, STS owns and operates nine sites in four states with a combined capacity of 20 megawatts. In dealing with the implementation of these sites, STS has dealt with five different utilities. In addition, in pursuing additional development opportunities throughout the United States, STS has had contact with numerous other utilities. During this time it would be fair to conclude that each of these utilities has exhibited its own personality with respect to dealing with independent developers. To the credit of the utility industry, the majority of these utilities have been helpful and supportive of independent projects, but a small number of utilities have approached projects from an initial and continuing adversarial position. The purpose of this paper is to examine those options and procedures available to the developer when a utility is encountered with a negative predisposition

Sign Detection Theory and Its Applications.

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Heine, M. H.

1984-01-01

Offers characterization of sign-transmission which is more general than conventional signal-transmission theory. Concepts and terminology, formal description of individual communications process, reconciliation with classical signal-detection theory, applications of sign-detection formalism to information retrieval on MEDLINE database, and a…

Signs of Alcohol Abuse and Addiction

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Signs of Heroin Abuse and Addiction

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Characteristic CT signs in oligodendrogliomas

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Marcu, H.; Vonofakos, D.; Hacker, H.

1980-01-01

Computed tomography offers valuable aid for improving the diagnostic capabilities for oligodendrogliomas. The authors have attempted to determine more precisely the CT characteristic signs for this type of tumor and to establish criteria for predicting malignancy grade. They can conclude that calcifications are the main signs which lead to the diagnosis of oligodendroglioma, as the most usual calcifying glioma. This finding was known before the CT era, but with the CT one can be more exact with regard to form, growth, number and density of the calcifications and especially the smallest of them, which are not to be seen on the conventional X-ray examination. The cyst formation is another feature of oligodendroglioma. The occurrence of contrast enhancement and cyst formation are the most characteristic signs of malignancy. (C.F.)

El capital social en las sociedades cooperativas. Las Normas sobre los aspectos contables de las sociedades cooperativas a la luz de los principios cooperativos

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Pilar Gómez Aparicio

2003-01-01

Los principios cooperativos tienen un alto contenido económico y marcan particularidades en la estructura financiera y en la generación y reparto del excedente. La diferencia concreta en España entre sociedades cooperativas y de capitales procede de la diferente normativa y las distintas leyes que han influido en el régimen económico de estas sociedades. La aparición de las Normas sobre los aspectos contables de las sociedades cooperativas tienen incidencia directa sobre régimen económico ...

La importancia relativa en auditoría. Las nuevas normas internacionales en comparación con la normativa vigente en Iberoamérica

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Francisco Javier Martínez García

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Como se sabe, actualmente estamos inmersos en una profunda crisis financiera internacional. Ante esta situación, resulta necesario introducir, entre otras medidas, mayores y mejores mecanismos de control para lograr una información contable plenamente transparente. En este sentido, la Federación Internacional de Contadores (ifac está revisando y actualizando las Normas Internacionales de Auditoría (nias, que constituyen el referente mundial más importante de los principios y requisitos que deben seguir los auditores para cumplir de la forma más adecuada su función como agentes que garanticen la fiabilidad de la información contable publicada por las empresas. De las nias existentes, se revisaron particularmente la 320 y la 450, las cuales regulan la aplicación de la importancia relativa por los auditores, dada la importancia del concepto en la planeación, ejecución y finalización de las auditorías y las críticas que su inapropiada utilización ha recibido en los últimos años. Específicamente, analizamos el contenido actualizado de ambas normas, que entrarán en vigor a partir del 15 de diciembre de 2009, y las comparamos con sus análogas en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, España, México y Portugal. Debido a la aceptación mundial de las nias, es necesario que los organismos reguladores en estos países emprendan el camino hacia su adopción o convergencia.

The signed Roman domatic number of a digraph

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Seyed Mahmoud Sheikholeslami

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Let $D$ be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set $V(D$.A {\\em signed Roman dominating function} on the digraph $D$ isa function  $f:V (D\\longrightarrow \\{-1, 1, 2\\}$ such that$\\sum_{u\\in N^-[v]}f(u\\ge 1$ for every $v\\in V(D$, where $N^-[v]$ consists of $v$ andall inner neighbors of $v$, and every vertex $u\\in V(D$ for which $f(u=-1$ has an innerneighbor $v$ for which $f(v=2$. A set $\\{f_1,f_2,\\ldots,f_d\\}$ of distinct signedRoman dominating functions on $D$ with the property that $\\sum_{i=1}^df_i(v\\le 1$ for each$v\\in V(D$, is called a {\\em signed Roman dominating family} (of functions on $D$. The maximumnumber of functions in a signed Roman dominating family on $D$ is the {\\em signed Roman domaticnumber} of $D$, denoted by $d_{sR}(D$. In this paper we initiate the study of signed Romandomatic number in digraphs and we present some sharp bounds for $d_{sR}(D$. In addition, wedetermine the signed Roman domatic number of some digraphs.  Some of our results are extensionsof well-known properties of the signed Roman domatic number of graphs.

Towards first principle medical diagnostics: on the importance of disease-disease and sign-sign interactions

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Ramezanpour, Abolfazl; Mashaghi, Alireza

2017-07-01

A fundamental problem in medicine and biology is to assign states, e.g. healthy or diseased, to cells, organs or individuals. State assignment or making a diagnosis is often a nontrivial and challenging process and, with the advent of omics technologies, the diagnostic challenge is becoming more and more serious. The challenge lies not only in the increasing number of measured properties and dynamics of the system (e.g. cell or human body) but also in the co-evolution of multiple states and overlapping properties, and degeneracy of states. We develop, from first principles, a generic rational framework for state assignment in cell biology and medicine, and demonstrate its applicability with a few simple theoretical case studies from medical diagnostics. We show how disease-related statistical information can be used to build a comprehensive model that includes the relevant dependencies between clinical and laboratory findings (signs) and diseases. In particular, we include disease-disease and sign-sign interactions and study how one can infer the probability of a disease in a patient with given signs. We perform comparative analysis with simple benchmark models to check the performances of our models. We find that including interactions can significantly change the statistical importance of the signs and diseases. This first principles approach, as we show, facilitates the early diagnosis of disease by taking interactions into accounts, and enables the construction of consensus diagnostic flow charts. Additionally, we envision that our approach will find applications in systems biology, and in particular, in characterizing the phenome via the metabolome, the proteome, the transcriptome, and the genome.

Crocodile jaw sign

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Brij Sharma

2016-01-01

Full Text Available This teaching image highlights the CT abdominal imaging finding of 'crocodile jaw sign' which should raise concern about the presence of an incomplete annular pancreas which causes partial encasement of the duodenum.

Segmentation of British Sign Language (BSL): Mind the gap!

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Orfanidou, E.; McQueen, J.M.; Adam, R.; Morgan, G.

2015-01-01

This study asks how users of British Sign Language (BSL) recognize individual signs in connected sign sequences. We examined whether this is achieved through modality-specific or modality-general segmentation procedures. A modality-specific feature of signed languages is that, during continuous

Signs of Cocaine Abuse and Addiction

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Signs of Marijuana Abuse and Addiction

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A comparative study of the blend sign and the black hole sign on CT as a predictor of hematoma expansion in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.

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Li, Ruili; Yang, Mingfei

2017-01-01

Hematoma expansion (HE) is a major determinant of a poor outcome in patients with a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH). The blend sign and the black hole sign are distinguished from non-contrast CT (NCCT) in patients with sICH, and both are independent neuroimaging predictors of HE. The purpose of the current study was to compare the value of the two signs in the prediction of HE. We retrospectively analyzed clinical and neuroimaging data from 228 patients with sICH who were treated at our hospital between August 2015 and September 2017. NCCT of the brain was performed upon admission (within 6 h of the onset of symptoms) to identify the blend sign and the black hole sign. HE was determined based on CT during a follow-up 24 h later. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) with which the blend sign and the black hole sign predicted HE were calculated. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed in order to compare the accuracy of the two signs in predicting HE. The blend sign was identified in 46 patients (20.2%) and the black hole sign was identified in 38 (16.7%) based on NCCT of the brain upon admission. Of the 65 patients with HE, the blend sign was noted in 28 and the black hole sign was noted in 22. The blend sign had a sensitivity of predicting HE of 43.1%, a specificity of 89.0%, a PPV of 60.9%, and an NPV of 79.7%. In contrast, the black hole sign had a sensitivity of predicting HE of 33.9%, a specificity of 90.2%, a PPV of 57.9%, and an NPV of 77.4%. The area under the ROC curve was 0.660 for the blend sign and 0.620 for the black hole sign (p = 0.516). In conclusion, the blend sign and the black hole sign on CT are both good predictors of HE in patients with sICH, though the blend sign seems to have a higher level of accuracy.

Comparison of Swirl Sign and Black Hole Sign in Predicting Early Hematoma Growth in Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

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Xiong, Xin; Li, Qi; Yang, Wen-Song; Wei, Xiao; Hu, Xi; Wang, Xing-Chen; Zhu, Dan; Li, Rui; Cao, Du; Xie, Peng

2018-01-29

BACKGROUND Early hematoma growth is associated with poor outcome in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The swirl sign (SS) and the black hole sign (BHS) are imaging markers in ICH patients. The aim of this study was to compare the predictive value of these 2 signs for early hematoma growth. MATERIAL AND METHODS ICH patients were screened for the appearance of the 2 signs within 6 h after onset of symptoms. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of the 2 signs in predicting early hematoma growth were assessed. The accuracy of the 2 signs in predicting early hematoma growth was analyzed by receiver-operator analysis. RESULTS A total of 200 patients were enrolled in this study. BHS was found in 30 (15%) patients, and SS was found in 70 (35%) patients. Of the 71 patients with early hematoma growth, BHS was found on initial computed tomography scans in 24 (33.8%) and SS in 33 (46.5%). The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of BHS for predicting early hematoma growth were 33.8%, 95.3%, 80.0%, and 72.0%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of SS were 46.5%, 71.3%, 47.0%, and 71.0%, respectively. The area under the curve was 0.646 for BHS and 0.589 for SS (P=0.08). Multivariate logistic regression showed that presence of BHS is an independent predictor of early hematoma growth. CONCLUSIONS The Black hole sign seems to be good predictor for hematoma growth. The presence of swirl sign on admission CT does not independently predict hematoma growth in patients with ICH.

Elevated risk of incarceration among street-involved youth who initiate drug dealing

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Carly Hoy

2016-11-01

Full Text Available Abstract Background Street-involved youth are known to be an economically vulnerable population that commonly resorts to risky activities such as drug dealing to generate income. While incarceration is common among people who use illicit drugs and associated with increased economic vulnerability, interventions among this population remain inadequate. Although previous research has documented the role of incarceration in further entrenching youth in both the criminal justice system and street life, less is known whether recent incarceration predicts initiating drug dealing among vulnerable youth. This study examines the relationship between incarceration and drug dealing initiation among street-involved youth. Methods Between September 2005 and November 2014, data were collected through the At-Risk Youth Study, a cohort of street-involved youth who use illicit drugs, in Vancouver, Canada. An extended Cox model with time-dependent variables was used to examine the relationship between recent incarceration and initiation into drug dealing, controlling for relevant confounders. Results Among 1172 youth enrolled, only 194 (16.6% were drug dealing naïve at baseline and completed at least one additional study visit to facilitate the assessment of drug dealing initiation. Among this sample, 56 (29% subsequently initiated drug dealing. In final multivariable Cox regression analysis, recent incarceration was significantly associated with initiating drug dealing (adjusted hazard ratio = 2.31; 95% confidence interval (CI 1.21–4.42, after adjusting for potential confounders. Measures of recent incarceration lagged to the prior study follow-up were not found to predict initiation of drug dealing (hazard ratio = 1.50; 95% CI 0.66–3.42. Conclusions These findings suggest that among this study sample, incarceration does not appear to significantly propel youth to initiate drug dealing. However, the initiation of drug dealing among youth coincides

DRIS NORMS INTERPRETATION FOR PLANT TISSUE AND SOIL FOR "PÊRA" ORANGE IN THE GOIÁS STATE CENTRAL REGION NORMAS DRIS PARA INTERPRETAÇÃO DE ANÁLISES DE FOLHA E SOLO, EM LARANJEIRA PÊRA, NA REGIÃO CENTRAL DE GOIÁS

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Ronaldo Veloso Naves

2008-06-01

respectivos coeficientes de variação, em uma população de alta produtividade, constituindo as normas DRIS. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi gerar normas DRIS de diagnóstico da laranjeira [Citrus sinensis (L. Osbeck] cv. Pêra, enxertada sobre limão Cravo, nos cerrados da região central de Goiás. Foram coletadas amostras de folhas em ramos frutíferos e amostras de solos e estimada a produtividade em pomares comerciais, nos municípios de Inhumas, Goiânia e Goianápolis, na safra 2004/2005. O banco de dados foi formado por 303 observações, sendo analisados os teores de N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn e B, nas folhas, e MO, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Cu, Fe Mn, Zn e B, no solo. As normas foram geradas a partir de uma população de referência acima de 22 t ha-1 e foram comparadas com as disponíveis na literatura. Concluiu-se que as normas DRIS, no cerrado de Goiás, foram diferentes das normas DRIS de outros locais. Os resultados também mostraram que é importante o desenvolvimento de normas regionais, em vez de sua universalização, para a aplicação do método DRIS.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Laranjeira; normas DRIS; balanço nutricional.

Medical diagnosis through semiotics. Giving meaning to the sign.

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Burnum, J F

1993-11-01

Physicians are engaged in incorporating quantitative methods for making clinical decisions into their practices. An acquaintance with semiotics, the doctrine of signs, may complement this project. A sign stands for something. We communicate indirectly through signs, and by interpreting what signs mean we make sense of our world and diagnose and understand our patients. Thus, through association and inference, we transform flowers into love, Othello into jealousy, and staring eyes into thyrotoxicosis. Characteristically in diagnosis, beginning with an unstable inference, we test and otherwise ask questions likely to produce signs that support (or discredit) our hypothesis. In a literary sense, we join with the author to clarify and rewrite the text; creative interpretation is the key. Diagnosis is concluded through narration, by the meaning that is revealed by telling the story of the patient. Diagnosis will succeed only to the extent that we respect the principles and caveats of sign interpretation. The sign is both the key to the unknown and the master impersonator. The sign and its meaning are usually not the same; meaning has to be inferred. Because interpretations are made subjectively, they are circumscribed by the experience and bias of the clinician. Moreover, the contexts in which the sign appears shape the meaning of the sign and may change it altogether.

Gestión cultural en procesos de certificación con base en la norma técnica colombiana NTC-ISO 9001 versión 2000

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Alba Liliana Gutiérrez Garavito

2008-12-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo se llevó a cabo con el propósito de identificar y analizar los factores asociados con el diseño de una política de gestión cultural para el manejo del cambio derivado de los procesos de normalización y certificación con base en la Norma Técnica Colombiana NTC-ISO 9001:2000, adaptable a cualquier tipo de empresa colombiana. Ligado a este objetivo general, se propusieron los siguientes objetivos específicos: (a identificar los factores culturales que facilitan y que obstaculizan la implantación del Proceso de Certificación; y (b proponer alternativas de manejo de los factores culturales, acordes con las necesidades de la organización. Para alcanzar los objetivos propuestos, y bajo los preceptos de una investigación descriptiva, con un diseño de carácter exploratorio, se entrevistaron cinco consultores en procesos de normalización y certificación de calidad con base en la citada Norma. Las entrevistas se realizaron siguiendo un cuestionario semiestructurado, a través del cual se indagaron las siguientes categorías: Gestión, Gestión Cultural, Liderazgo, Comunicación, Valores y Estructura Organizacional. Estas categorías se definieron de manera preliminar. No surgieron nuevas categorías a partir de las entrevistas.

Evaluación de un procedimiento de soldadura para el AISI 4130 sin PWHT bajo normas API 6A y ASME Sección IX

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Naranjo, Carlos; Sánchez, Xavier; Morales, Juan

2014-01-01

Resumen— Debido a la complejidad de realizar postcalentamiento en campo necesario para garantizar las propiedades mecánicas de una junta soldada de acero AISI 4130 de acuerdo con las normas API 6A [1] y ASME Sección IX[2], y evitar la presencia de martensita en la estructura metalográfica de la junta, siendo esta última perjudicial en los aceros y provocada por enfriamientos rápidos. Se ve la necesidad de desarrollar un procedimiento de soldadura capaz de satisfacer mencionadas condiciones si...

Indoor sign recognition for the blind

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Kunene, D

2016-09-01

Full Text Available that is faster and more reliable. We first segment the signs by colour, and then by shape recognition. The sign-type classification is done using a tree search structure that enables the use of iterative contour descriptors like the speeded-up-robust features...

Signs of Painkiller Abuse and Addiction

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Sign language for the information society: an ICT roadmap for South African Sign Language

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Olivrin, G

2008-11-01

Full Text Available of work made in SASL. There is currently no collection of the cultural and linguistic heritage of SASL. Public signage and localisation: Provision for SASL-specifi c sign names of places, people, companies and brands, as well as the localisation... upgrading the aging data and voice infrastructures for visual grade technologies, new usages of technologies will emerge in public signage and communications, in advertising and for visual languages such as SASL. Research and development in Sign Language...

Missing Strands? Dealing with Hair Loss

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The meningeal sign: a new appraisal

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Hutzelmann, A.; Palmie, S.; Zimmer, C.; Benz, T.; Leweke, F.; Freund, M.

1996-01-01

To evaluate the occurrence of the meningeal sign in meningiomas and metastases. We studied 20 patients with meningiomas and 17 patients with cerebral metastases adjacent to the dura. MRI studies (Siemens, Magnetom 1,5) included axial T 1 -weighted and T 2 -weighted unenhanced as well as gadolinium-DTPA enhanced T 1 -weighted (axial, coronal, sagittal) SE imaging. In all patients the tumours were resected with the attached dura mater. Histopathological examinations were done, which corresponded to the area of marked enhancement by gadolinium-DTPA. There was no correlation between the occurrence of the meningeal sign and the histopathological examinations. In 20 patients with meningiomas adjacent to the dura we found the meningeal sign in 11 cases. Histologically we observed an increase of collagen fibres and fibrocytes. In 5 to 17 cases with superficial cerebral as dura infiltrations and microbleedings. The meningeal sign is not specific for meningiomas and can be observed in a wide variety of pathological entities. (orig.) [de

Do Gender and Personality Traits Influence Use of Deal Sites?

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Sudzina, Frantisek

2015-01-01

Deal sites became widespread, there are numerous both international and local players in the market. The research presented in the paper investigates if gender and personality traits influence use (versus non-use) of deal sites. Big Five Inventory-10 is used to measure personality traits...

Early Sign Language Exposure and Cochlear Implantation Benefits.

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Geers, Ann E; Mitchell, Christine M; Warner-Czyz, Andrea; Wang, Nae-Yuh; Eisenberg, Laurie S

2017-07-01

Most children with hearing loss who receive cochlear implants (CI) learn spoken language, and parents must choose early on whether to use sign language to accompany speech at home. We address whether parents' use of sign language before and after CI positively influences auditory-only speech recognition, speech intelligibility, spoken language, and reading outcomes. Three groups of children with CIs from a nationwide database who differed in the duration of early sign language exposure provided in their homes were compared in their progress through elementary grades. The groups did not differ in demographic, auditory, or linguistic characteristics before implantation. Children without early sign language exposure achieved better speech recognition skills over the first 3 years postimplant and exhibited a statistically significant advantage in spoken language and reading near the end of elementary grades over children exposed to sign language. Over 70% of children without sign language exposure achieved age-appropriate spoken language compared with only 39% of those exposed for 3 or more years. Early speech perception predicted speech intelligibility in middle elementary grades. Children without sign language exposure produced speech that was more intelligible (mean = 70%) than those exposed to sign language (mean = 51%). This study provides the most compelling support yet available in CI literature for the benefits of spoken language input for promoting verbal development in children implanted by 3 years of age. Contrary to earlier published assertions, there was no advantage to parents' use of sign language either before or after CI. Copyright © 2017 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Linearization of weak hand holds in Russian Sign Language

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Kimmelman, V.

2017-01-01

Russian Sign Language (RSL) makes use of constructions involving manual simultaneity, in particular, weak hand holds, where one hand is being held in the location and configuration of a sign, while the other simultaneously produces one sign or a sequence of several signs. In this paper, I argue that