bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Particle Deposition Characteristics and Efficiency in Duct Air Flow over a Backward-Facing Step: Analysis of Influencing Factors
Authors: Lu Hao , Zhang Li-zhi
Published: February 2019

Dry deposition of airborne particles in duct air flow over a backward-facing step (BFS) is commonly encountered in built environments and energy engineering. However, the understanding of particle deposition characteristics in BFS flow remains insufficient. Thus, this study investigated particle deposition behaviors and efficiency in BFS flow by using the Reynolds stress model and the discrete particle model. The influences of flow velocities, particle diameters, and duct expansion ratios on particle deposition characteristics were examined and analyzed. After numerical validation, particle deposition velocities, deposition efficiency, and deposition mechanisms in BFS duct flow were investigated in detail. The results showed that deposition velocity in BFS duct flow monotonically increases when particle diameter increases. Moreover, deposition velocity falls with increasing expansion ratio but rises with increasing air velocity. Deposition efficiency, the ratio of deposition velocity, and flow drag in a BFS duct is higher for small particles but lower for large particles as compared with a uniform duct. A higher particle deposition efficiency can be achieved by BFS with a smaller expansion ratio. The peak deposition efficiency can reach 33.6 times higher for 1-μm particles when the BFS expansion ratio is 4:3. Moreover, the “particle free zone” occurs for 50-μm particles in the BFS duct and is enlarged when the duct expansion ratio increases.
Development of an anti-pollution coating process technology for the application of an on-site PV module
Authors: Jung Sejin , Choi Wonseok , Kim Jung Hyun , Ko Jang Myoun
Published: February 2019

This study aimed to apply annealing processes during the coating of photovoltaic (PV) module glasses to PV modules already installed through an easy and simple procedure. Three types of annealing treatments were applied to PV module glasses, i.e., furnace, rapid thermal annealing (RTA) and torch. Among these, torch annealing, which can be easily carried out at PV module installation sites, was applied to PV module glasses using different numbers of repetition. Light transmittance, contact angle, anti-pollution characteristics, adhesion and hardness of the functional coating films after using different annealing treatment times and methods were measured, and it was confirmed that these characteristics varied depending on the annealing treatment times and methods. Through this, it was possible to optimize the process conditions that provide excellent anti-pollution characteristics and could be easily utilized at on-site PV modules.
WORKING OUT A RATIONAL MODEL OF LITHUANIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Zavadskas Edmundas Kazimieras , Kaklauskas Artūras
Published: February 2019

The research aim was to develop a model for determining rational micro and macro‐level factors for the construction industry in Lithuania by undertaking a complex analysis of environment affecting it and to give recommendations on the increase of its competitive ability. In modelling and forecasting future perspectives and the main development trends of the Lithuanian construction industry, it is possible to be prepared for effective changes in environment. The analysis of construction industry in developed countries and Lithuania can allow identify areas where the situation in Lithuania is comparable, partly comparable with or quite different from the level attained by the above foreign countries. The data of this analysis can be used in identifying construction industry development trends in developed countries as well as providing some recommendations for Lithuania. Proposed model would be designed to give insights into the factors which affect the construction and which require effective management. In order to demonstrate the application of the above research to developing rational model of Lithuanian construction industry some recommendations for improving situation in Lithuanian construction are presented.
TRENDS AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT: VIEW TO NEW EU MEMBERS
Authors: Gineviciene Vanda , Tvaronaviciene Manuela
Published: February 2019

The paper deals with evaluation of development level of new European Union members and 3 acceding counties. Authors elaborate existing systems of indicators and modern ranking methods used for indicated purpose. Presented analysis argues for superiority of statistical methods over qualitative ones in process of qualified evaluation of development level achieved by particular countries. New system comprising 12 indicators has been presented. The chosen set of indicators have emphasized three the most important dimensions, which provide stability of countries: economical, social and environmental. Evaluation of development tendencies during the last years of new the EU members and ascending countries has been done. Closer look at development level achieved by chosen countries comparing to that of EU‐15 has been taken.
UNITIZATION AND SECURITIZATION OF PROPERTY INVESTMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE VALUATION
Authors: Tajudeen Aluko Bioye , Abel Olaleye
Published: February 2019

Property investments are now mobile, being tradable securities or listed units (vehicles) comparable to stocks/ shares in the financial market. Hence, the need for valuation to be a counterpart to investment and security analysis. But, current valuation practice in the country has not placed property in a wider economy and the analytical techniques of other markets. The paper therefore demonstrates how current valuation techniques in the property market can meet the needs of investors for listed or tradeable property assets in the country. It also examines the implications on the valuation profession as well as the attendant consequences that are likely to be associated with the quest for change. The study utilizes data from both the Nigerian property and capital markets using simple descriptive, non‐statistical, techniques.
MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS IN THE KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY: LIFE‐LONG LEARNING ORIENTED HUMAN RESOURSE DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Melnikas Borisas
Published: February 2019

The publication presents an analysis of management specialist development problems arising in today's situation. Special attention is paid to management specialist development in the conditions of globalization, knowledge society development, European integration and the European Union enlargement.

The publication provides an in‐depth analysis of management specialists development principles and practical experiences in the area of management specialist development.

The absence of well‐founded general principles of management specialist development as well as specialprinciples of business and public management specialist development remains an important research problem.The absence of integrated and individualized university studies and of the practical realization of the life‐long learning principle in the area of management specialist development remains an important practical problem.

The aim of the publication ‐ to formulate and ground the main principles of management specialist development as well as to describe an original management specialist development model based on the implementation of the idea of life ‐long learning.

The research methodology is based on the concept of triangulation, combining the descriptive analysis, surveys and expert evaluation. The scientific novelty, theoretical and practical results are defined by the following:The following groups of principles are singled out: a) general development principles, applicable to specialists of all fields, including that of management; b) special principles of management specialist development, applicable exceptionally to management specialist development; c) specific principles of business management specialist development; d) specific principles of public management specialist development, applicable exceptionally to the development of specialists working in the public sector and public management. This model provides for combination of diverse forms of learning, university studies, independent researches, self‐development and in‐service training; long‐term individual programmers are designed to help people acquire different qualifications and develop their competences through studies in universities and other educational institutions and through participating in practical works, workshops and seminars. Introduction of long‐term individualized development programmers facilitates development of unique managerial skills and prepares every specialist for a unique position, a unique professional activity and individualized functions.

The management specialist development model based on the implementation of the idea of life ‐ long learning as well as integrated and individualized university and non ‐ university studies is described.

An important element of management specialist development process is development of human creativity. It also depicts specific characteristics of creativity and highlights new opportunities and possibilities for the development of the creative potential.
SOCIETAL ETHICS AND LEGAL SYSTEM FACING CONTEMPORARY MARKETING STRATEGIES: AN AUSTRALIAN INSIGHT
Authors: Saee John
Published: February 2019

An integral function of Australian market economy is the process of matching products/services with customers’ needs, desires and preferences. This process is greatly facilitated by advertising. Advertising not only provides information for the consumers but may also be used by the advertiser to bring subconscious consumer preferences or inchoate desires to the surface and to stimulate the demand for consumption. In carrying out these tasks, the advertiser must decide the pitch of the advertisement, the appropriate media to be used, the budget, the degree of exposure of the advertisement, market segmentation and claims to be made for the product (Goldring et al, 1987).

Australian firms, irrespective of their size, rely heavily on advertising to market their products and services. The degree to which firms see the crucial role of advertising in their overall marketing mix, is clearly reflected in their annual allocation of advertising expenditure. “In 1997, total Australian advertising expenditures were $ 7.5 billion on advertising” (Miller and Layton, 2000, p. 590) All creative and imaginative forms of enticements and inducements being considered in the development of advertising strategies by these firms in an attempt to evoke favourable consumers’ responses for their offerings.

Over time, some firms have come under increasing criticism by some sections of the community for their inappropriate promotional strategies which are seen as out of step with general community values and standards. Further in some instances, it is alleged that these firms have not only miscarried their social responsibility, but they have also breached the law covering Trade Practices operative in Australia and New Zealand. Such misguided corporate behaviour has also sparked negative consumerism concern, which if no corrective measure is adopted, will strategically harm the firm profit and viability.

This research paper attempts to explore in some detail, aspects of advertising strategies within contemporary management paradigm. The paper will also shed light on corporate ethics /social responsibility. Finally, this paper will address legal obligations and consumerism concerns surrounding firms operating within the Australian society.
WORK-RELATED ATTITUDES: A COMPARISON OF ESTONIA AND FINLAND
Authors: Alas Ruth , Edwards Vincent
Published: February 2019

Although Estonia and Finland are culturally related, according to an empirical study in the electronics industry in the two countries they display significant differences in job‐related attitudes. This paper investigates employees’ attitudes toward society, trade unions, work, employer organisations and pay determinants in the two countries from an institutionalist and cultural perspective. While Finland has experienced almost a century of capitalism and democracy, work‐related attitudes in Estonia have been particularly affected by the 50 years of Soviet rule. It is argued that the differences in work‐related attitudes are influenced inter alia by differences in levels of institutional development.
DETERMINING SNOW CAPACITY OF SNOW PROTECTION FACILITIES ON ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA / SNIEGO APSAUGOS ĮRENGINIŲ NAUDOJIMAS KALNUOTOSE KELIŲ VIETOVĖSE
Authors: Тymchenko Оlga , Ugnenko Evgeniya , Viselga Gintas , Gargasas Justinas
Published: February 2019

The article deals with the snow capacity of snow protection facilities. The purpose of the given work is to determine the snow capacity of snow protection facilities on roads in the mountainous area. To carry out theoretical studies there were applied analytical methods. The article presents a general form of formulas for determining the snow-retaining capacity and the snow capacity of snow protection facilities through well-known geometrical parameters and there were offered protective means against snowdrift.
„KUKA YOUBOT“ DINAMINIŲ CHARAKTERISTIKŲ TYRIMAS / RESEARCH OF KUKA YOUBOT DYNAMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Authors: Lenkutis Tadas , Dzedzickis Andrius , Balitskyi Oleksii , Petrauskas Liudas , Urbonas Rimgaudas , Bučinskas Vytautas , Valiulis Donatas , Morkvėnaitė-Vilkončienė Inga
Published: February 2019

In order to maintain competitiveness and a technical edge business entity are increasingly implementing advanced technical solutions in their operational processes, most of which include the installation of various type robotic systems. One of the best known and widely distributed examples of universal robotic system is Kuka-Youbot, which is a modular robotic system developed by KUKA as open source project for education and research. This system consists of two main modules, a robotic arm with 5 degrees of freedom, and a omni-directional mobile platform. It can be assembled in various configuration, such as a stationary robotic arm, a mobile platform, a robotic arm mounted on mobile platform and, two robotics arms mounted on one mobile platform. Positions of robot grabber were determined using two photo cameras of 1920×1080 in resolution, rulers and special algorithm in Matlab software. The longest duration of the vibrations was recorded when rotating Joint II on the vertical plane. The shortest-lasting vibrations were recorded when rotating the Joint V. In order to reduce the duration of the manipulator’s vibration time in operating mode, it is recommended to use the robot’s operating positions located at the horizontal plane.
Herpetological surveys in two proposed protected areas in Liberia, West Africa
Authors: Rödel Mark-Oliver , Glos Julian
Published: February 2019

In March and April 2018 we surveyed amphibians and reptiles in two Proposed Protected Areas (PPAs) in Liberia. In the Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area (KBPPA) in eastern Liberia 36 species of amphibians and 13 species of reptiles were recorded. In the Foya Proposed Protected Area (FPPA) in western Liberia 39 species of amphibians and 10 species of reptiles were recorded. The encountered herpetological communities in both sites were typical for West African rainforests. However, some species indicated disturbances, in particular at the edges of the study areas, the surrounding villages and plantations, and old artisanal gold mining sites within forests. Of particular conservation interest was the discovery of a high percentage of typical rainforest specialists with ranges restricted to the western part of the Upper Guinea rainforest biodiversity hotspot. Outstanding discoveries in KBPPA were two new species of puddle frogs, and the first country record for the arboreal, parachuting lizardHolaspisguentheri. Remarkable records in FPPA comprise a new species of stiletto snake, a new puddle frog and records of various frog species typically breeding in undisturbed rainforest streams, such asOdontobatrachusnatatorandConrauaalleni. Both study areas comprise an important proportion of the remaining rainforests in the Upper Guinea forest zone. The new discoveries indicate that within this biogeographic area, southeastern and western Liberian rainforest may still hold various undiscovered species and species of conservation concern. Further surveys in KBPPA and FPPA and nearby forests should clarify the distribution and conservation status of the new taxa.

This study also emphasizes that the western part of the Liberian forests comprise at least partly a herpetofauna which differs from that of the East of the country. The recorded threatened amphibian species are all specialized on relatively undisturbed rainforests and they all have only small geographic ranges. The remaining parts of undisturbed or little disturbed forests thus have high importance for the long-term survival of these species. In conclusion the study areas have a high conservation potential and should be urgently protected from any further forest loss degradation and uncontrolled hunting.
Sécurité informatique : « Au fait, comment cela se passe-t-il chez nous ? »
Authors: Auger Thierry
Published: February 2019

À la tête de la sécurité des SI de Lagardère, Thierry Auger a inventé une approche pragmatique qui accepte de lâcher sur certains aspects pour se concentrer sur l’essentiel. Alors que de grandes failles de sécurité sont médiatisées, il ne peut que se féliciter des progrès accomplis par le Groupe.
Prospective et science-fiction
Authors: Gévart Pierre
Published: February 2019

Science-fiction et prospective paraissent au premier abord s’opposer l’une à l’autre, tant par leurs méthodes que par leurs objectifs ou leurs productions. Autant la prospective, fondée sur des méthodes strictes, s’appuyant sur les mathématiques, la science économique, les sciences humaines et historiques s’avance drapée du manteau du sérieux et de la rigueur, autant la science-fiction, souvent donnée comme synonyme de l’improbable, de l’impossible ou de la fantaisie, fait figure de douce plaisanterie. Pourtant, l’auteur, après avoir tenté de démontrer l’incapacité de l’une comme de l’autre à annoncer l’avenir, montre comment la prise en compte par les auteurs de science-fiction des résultats de la prospective, et l’exploration par les prospectivistes des voies improbables ouvertes par les premiers conduit à envisager la complémentarité, et donc le nécessaire dialogue, des deux démarches.
Client Engagement in Child Protective Services Questionnaire : adéquation d’une version française et validation
Authors: Charest-Belzile Dorothée , Drapeau Sylvie , Ivers Hans
Published: February 2019

L’instrument de mesure multidimensionnel de l’engagement parental en contexte de protection de la jeunesse, le Client Engagement in Child Protective Services (Yatchmenoff, 2005) est évalué dans le cadre d’une étude en deux volets menée auprès de 123 parents québécois. L’adéquation d’une version française de l’instrument psychométrique est vérifiée, puis sa validité de construit est établie. La structure factorielle à quatre facteurs proposée par Yatchmenoff a été adéquatement reproduite. Les indices de cohérence interne et de qualité du modèle sont généralement satisfaisants et similaires à ceux de la version originale. La validité de construit a été établie via des liens avec des variables associées. L’emploi de l’instrument est recommandé considérant la richesse d’informations qu’il permet d’obtenir. Une réflexion doit se poursuivre quant à sa bonification.
Normaliser la « révolution communautaire »
Authors: Canihac Hugo
Published: February 2019

Cet article étudie la production de manuels universitaires sur l’Europe communautaire dans deux de ses pays fondateurs : la France et la RFA. Il s’agit de mettre en relation deux ensembles de recherches sur un groupe particulier d’intellectuels – les universitaires – qui n’ont entretenu que des rapports distants jusqu’ici. D’un côté, les manuels scolaires ont suscité de riches travaux explorant leur rôle dans la construction et la légitimation du pouvoir dans le cadre stato-national. D’un autre côté, les recherches de sociologie historique ont attiré l’attention sur la participation des universitaires, et singulièrement des juristes, au travail de production et de légitimation d’un ordre politique communautaire. Nous examinons ici la façon dont s’est construite une littérature savante, principalement juridique, sur les Communautés qui a, à ce titre, participé à la normalisation de certaines formes de connaissance de l’Europe communautaire. En adoptant une approche comparative, l’enjeu est de montrer les formes différenciées qu’a prises ce processus selon les contextes. L’article se fonde sur une recherche portant sur un corpus de 58 manuels traitant de l’Europe communautaire parus des années 1950 aux années 1990 en France et en RFA. Il met au jour les conditions sociales de production de ces manuels, et suggère que l’objet communautaire n’a pas été saisi de façon identique par les savoirs universitaires français et allemands, ce que reflète la production des manuels. Ce constat invite à étudier la façon dont ces manuels ont, en retour, contribué à solidifier des définitions différentes de l’objet européen dans les deux pays.
Model detecting learning styles with artificial neural network
Authors: Hasibuan Muhammad Said , Nugroho Lukito Edi , Santosa Paulus Insap
Published: February 2019

Currently the detection of learning styles from the external aspect has not produced optimal results. This research tries to solve the problem by using an internal approach. The internal approach is one that derives from the personality of the learner. One of the personality traits that each learner possesses is prior knowledge. This research starts with the prior knowledge generation process using the Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) method. LSI is a technique using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) to find meaning in a sentence. LSI works to generate the prior knowledge of each learner. After the prior knowledge is raised, then one can predict learning style using the artificial neural network (ANN) method. The results of this study are more accurate than the results of detection conducted with an external approach.
Online interaction in social learning environment towards critical thinking skill: A framework
Authors: Wan Husssin Wan Tur Tasnim , Harun Jamalludin , A Shukor Nurbiha
Published: February 2019

Interaction is one of the crucial processes in online learning, which is a process derived from a common encouragement among people action that they able to utilize, store, share and construct knowledge. It is believed that the interaction among students is able to train the students to involve in active learning and enhance critical thinking skill. Recently, critical thinking is recognized as one of the 21st-century skills that students must have to do well in the community. The engagement of the students in a learning environment that supports higher-order thinking activity is the most effective approach to guide the students in developing critical thinking skills. Nevertheless, without the assistance of technology, it may be nearly impossible to ensure that all students have access to learning environments that support and develop these skills. The way students study, interact and think has been shifted due to the increasing use of technologies in learning institutions, particularly during online learning. The online platform is better when there are students interact with each other in form of social learning. Nonetheless, limited research is available on how online interaction in the social learning environment can promote students’ critical thinking skill. This study utilized a theory-building method to design the framework. The purpose of the framework of this study is to assist other practitioners and researchers in applying the elements of online interaction in a social learning environment to foster students’ critical thinking skill.
Innovative chemistry learning model: Improving the critical thinking skill and self-efficacy of pre-service chemistry teachers
Authors: Rusmansyah Rusmansyah , Yuanita Leny , Ibrahim Muslimin , Isnawati Isnawati , Prahani Binar Kurnia
Published: February 2019

Pre-service chemistry teachers should have the 21st century competence such as critical thinking skill. Unfortunately, the critical thinking skill dan self-efficacy level of Indonesian pre-service chemistry teachers is still low. Problem Based Learning (PBL) model and Inquiry model have been implemented widely to improve the critical thinking skills and self-efficacy of pre-service chemistry teachers; however, weaknesses were found such as the need to improve self-efficacy and investigation process based on science process skill. Therefore, innovation was created to develop Scientific Critical Thinking (SCT) Learning Model based on strengths and weaknesses of PBL model and Inquiry model. This innovation was also supported by theories and empirical study. This study serves as preliminary study in the process of SCT learning model development to improve the critical thinking skills and self-efficacy of pre-service chemistry teachers. This study covers need analysis, literature review, and field survey. Result shows that the innovation can stand as the basis of hypothetic SCT learning model development. SCT learning model syntax covers: student orientation, scientific activity, presentation of scientific activity result, critical thinking task completion; and evaluation. Hypothetic SCT learning model should be tested to fulfill the validity, practicality, and effectiveness aspects to improve the critical thinking skills and self-efficacy of pre-service chemistry teachers.
Référents des marques de personne et deixis sociale et émotionnelle en arabe dialectal libanais
Authors: Germanos Marie-Aimée
Published: February 2019

La forme des pronoms personnels et plus généralement des marques de personne est bien documentée pour de nombreuses aires dialectales de l’arabe. C’est moins le cas de leurs emplois hors deixis personnelle stricto sensu, autrement dit, pour des référents différents de ceux qui seraient normalement attendus en termes de personne (le locuteur, l’interlocuteur ou un tiers), de genre ou de nombre.Cet article s’intéresse à de tels emplois en arabe dialectal libanais, variété ainsi qualifiée car le corpus qui a servi de base à l’étude est composé de productions médiatiques, culturelles et artistiques. On s’y penche sur les décalages entre marque de personne et référent lorsqu’ils relèvent de la deixis sociale et de la deixis empathique ou émotionnelle.Ces décalages sont regroupés selon les marques pour lesquelles ils ont été observés, en l’occurrence celles des première (pluriel), deuxième (singulier) et troisièmes (singulier et pluriel) personnes. Cet inventaire s’accompagne d’une réflexion sur leurs valeurs pragmatiques.
Verbal Negation in the Lebanese Dialect of Zeitoun, Keserwan
Authors: Khairallah Natalie , Wilmsen David
Published: February 2019

The dialect of Zeitoun village in the northern Keserwan district of Lebanon exhibits both the split-morpheme negators mā…š of the southern and highland Levant and the pre-verbal negator mā without the post-positive -š of the northern Levant, with the -š of negation optionally appearing in identical contexts. It also exhibits the form a…š of southern and highland Levantine Arabic dialects. Some researchers propose that the negator a- can only appear before labial consonants, such as the b- prefix marking habitual action or imminent futurity. Others note that it may also occur with the prohibitive, usually marked by the 2nd-person prefix t-. Neither of these observations holds for the Zeitouni dialect, in which prohibitives negated with sole -š may be formed without the prefix, the initial consonant being whatever the radical might be. Sole post-positive -š also occurs in negation of an unmarked imperfective verb, there, too, sometimes without an overt proclitic person marker. Another feature that is occasionally noted in the literature is the negation of perfective verbs with sole post-positive -š. This, too, occurs in the Zeitouni dialect. This type of verbal negation is characteristic of dialects from the Lebanese highlands and through the Ḥawrān. Finally, it is noticed that a word-final consonant cluster generated by the enclitic -š does not necessarily attract stress.
Vowel Harmony in Old and Central Asian Arabic Dialects
Authors: Tskhvediani Zviadi
Published: February 2019

Vowel harmony in the word-forms of old Arabic dialects is discussed in the works of medieval Arab grammarians. Valuable information regarding vowel harmony is provided by Sibawayhi, Ibn Jinni and others. In the medieval Arabic grammatical tradition the vowel harmony is denoted by the term al-ʼitbāʻ and is viewed as assimilation both at isolated and syntagmatic levels of the word-forms. For example, in the basic C1VC2VːC3, C1VC2C3>C1VC2VC3 and C1VC2VC3 structures: faʻi/īl>fiʻi/īl as well as in the derived forms with -C1C2VC3, -C1VːC3: mu-fՙi/īl>mifՙi/īl and C1VC2Y3 stems: for instance, ʻaṣīy>ʻiṣīy formant vowel change (a>i) in isolated and syntagmatic position. In addition to the above-mentioned cases vowel harmony is analyzed in: the stem words and affixes, prosthetic ʼalif of the imperative mood, doublets of one-syllable roots and pausal forms, -āt plural of fu/iʻl-at type names in which anaptyctic vowels are combined with root vowels, for instance, rukb-at (sing.) and rukub-āt (pl.), sidr-at (sing.) and sidir-āt, etc. In the Arabic dialects of central Asia the vocal structure of derived roots is relatively inconsistent. For example, C1VC2VC3 structure in the isolated position is subject to changes on the syntagmatic level due to vowel harmony (šuġul and šuġl-ak). C1VC2VC3 structure can be identified in verb stems + through vowel harmony (cf. tu-ktub in the imperfect). Some stem structures are characterized by synharmonism peculiar to old Arabic dialects; for instance, kivīr, gilīl. Anaptyctic vowels are combined with stem vowels in one-syllable forms: gidir<qidr, gutun<qutn etc. Vowel harmony in a number of word-forms reflects the general situation in old Arabic dialects of central Asia and conforms to the common Arabic dialectical forms.
Better Sound Rural or Criminal? Data from a Case Study: The City Of Temara, Morocco
Authors: Falchetta Jacopo
Published: February 2019

This paper moves from the following issue: is there a homogeneous variety of spoken Arabic in expansion in Morocco? An ongoing research project on language practices in the Moroccan town of Temara, a sort of “new-town” that has been growing dramatically in the last four decades by the effect of internal immigration, seeks to partially answer this question by analysing language in an urban context, which by its very nature demands a “delocalisation” of speech from its dwellers. After stating why the focus is placed on the social interpretation of single linguistic features rather than on the definition of a “variety”, the paper goes on to motivate the choice of comparing the data collected on the field with the use of spoken Moroccan Arabic in fiction as a technique to acquire more information on the sociolinguistic connotation of linguistic traits in the community. Finally, a brief sketch of the linguistic features selected and the first results of the analysis are provided.
Étude des particules apparentées aux vocatifs/exclamatifs yā et iyyā (k)
Authors: Taine-Cheikh Catherine
Published: February 2019

L'arabe standard connaît différentes particules vocatives ou exclamatives servant à interpeller (yā, hayā, a-yā, ˀayyuhā) ou à mettre en garde (ˀiyyā-ka). Dans les dialectes, yā/ya est la particule la plus fréquemment employée pour le vocatif et sa présence devant les termes d'adresse a été relevée à maintes reprises. Mais on relève aussi des attestations de yā/ya comme particule interrogative ou pseudo-interrogative ‘n'est-ce pas ?’, comme particule d'insistance ‘c'est... que’ ou comme marqueur de focus.D'autres attestations de sens plus ou moins proches ont été relevées avec les formes yāk ou iyyāk, notamment au Maghreb.Si l'on excepte la conjonction alternative yā ‘ou’ et yā... yā... ‘ou bien... ou bien...’, bien attestée mais vraisemblablement d'origine persane, les autres particules en (iy)yā(k) pourraient avoir un étymon, sinon identique, du moins proche. Mon article consiste, une fois les données réunies, à analyser la nature de ces relations et à préciser les chaînes de grammaticalisation.
Mixed Varieties in Political Language in Egypt: the Presidential Debate between ‘Amr Mūsa and ‘Abd al-Min‘im Abu l-Futūḥ
Authors: van Kampen Nina
Published: February 2019

In the diglossic language situation existing in Arabic speaking communities, speakers continuously adapt their language to the context by moving up and down the linguistic continuum between literary Arabic and the various dialects, thus creating mixed varieties of Arabic. This paper deals with the use of mixed language in an Egyptian political debate, broadcasted on national television, between two candidates for the presidential elections of June 2012.Focusing on the use of three morphosyntactic variables (relatives, demonstratives and negative markers) in the data, it was noted that these features have different degrees of ‘flexibility’: some are more likely to be used in a hybrid context than others. In order to offer an explanation for these differences in flexibility, grammatical and pragmatic methods are combined. A grammatical analysis of the three variables in the data shows that speakers tend to use the dialectal variants when the syntactic structures for the use of a feature are similar in literary and Cairene Arabic. However, this cannot explain inter- or intraspeaker differences that occur in the data. A pragmatic analysis – looking at the context of enunciation in which the utterances are produced – shows that there seems to be a link between inherent references to the act of enunciation on the one hand, and speakers’ preference for dialectal variants on the other.
The Dynamical Manin–Mumford Conjecture and the Dynamical Bogomolov Conjecture for split rational maps
Authors: Ghioca Dragos , Nguyen Khoa D. , Ye Hexi
Published: February 2019

We prove the Dynamical Bogomolov Conjecture for endomorphisms

\Phi:\mathbb P^1\times \mathbb P^1\to \mathbb P^1\times \mathbb P^1

, where

\Phi(x,y):=(f(x), g(y))

for any rational functions

f

and

g

defined over

\bar {\mathbb Q}

. We use the equidistribution theorem for points of small height with respect to an algebraic dynamical system, combined with a theorem of Levin regarding symmetries of the Julia set. Using a specialization theorem of Yuan and Zhang, we can prove the Dynamical Manin–Mumford Conjecture for endomorhisms

\Phi=(f,g)

of

\mathbb P^1\times \mathbb P^1

, where

f

and

g

are rational functions defined over an arbitrary field of characteristic 0.
Bessel functions and local converse conjecture of Jacquet
Authors: Chai Jingsong
Published: February 2019

In this paper, we prove the local converse conjecture of Jacquet over

p

-adic fields for GL

_n

using Bessel functions.
Guo Moruo on Marx and Confucius
Authors: DESSEIN Bart
Published: February 2019

Through the analysis of two of Guo Moruo’s literary works––his “Marx Enters a Confucian Temple” published in 1926, and “Confucius Eats” published in 1935––Guo Moruo’s assessment of Confucius and Marx is discussed. It is shown how Guo Moruo, although being a self-declared Marxist, kept on adhering to some Confucian principles, and how this attitude of his helps to explain why Guo Moruo, after having been criticized in the “pi Kong pi Lin” campaign, is now, within the revival of Confucianism in the People’s Republic of China, being revaluated.
Mao’s Conception of the Revolutionary Subject
Authors: HOČEVAR Marko
Published: February 2019

The article explores Mao’s conception of the revolutionary subject, focusing on the relationship between the peasantry and proletariat. In the years after the October Revolution, when vulgar and reductionist readings and interpretations of Marx seemed to prevail, Mao, influenced by the specific material conditions and class relations in China, conceptualised an important novelty within the Marxist tradition. Namely, he developed a very different and original understanding of the revolutionary subject, and especially a different understanding of the relationship between the proletariat and peasantry. He introduced the split between the main revolutionary subject––the proletariat––and the main revolutionary force––the peasantry. This novelty, which was unique up to that point in Marxist theory, enabled Mao to think of the Chinese revolutionary movement within a Marxist framework while considering the material conditions of life in China.
Beyond Murderous Dialectics
Authors: HEUBEL Fabian
Published: February 2019

This essay has been inspired by the writings of the contemporary Neo-Confucian philosopher Mou Zongsan and the German sinologist Wolfgang Bauer. It assumes that the power of Mao Zedong’s thought sprung from its ability to systematically subordinate the transformative philosophy of the classical Book of Changes to the Marxist model of revolutionary class struggle. If dialectical thinking requires thought to think against itself and thereby be able to continuously change itself from the inside, Mao seems to have been a master of dialectical thinking. One of the intellectual impulses for the Great Cultural Revolution was the radically unsentimental judgement that, in order for the socialist revolution to succeed, it was necessary to erase the ancient Chinese legacy of paradoxical thinking, and that this was a precondition of the possibility of Mao’s Sino-Marxist discourse. But the enormous power that Mao’s thought derived from the tension between revolutionary heroism and transformative flexibility revealed itself as self-destructive. Mao tried to fight against the failure of his revolutionary vision and the possibility that the wisdom of paradoxical thinking and the classical heritage of China could, finally, gain the upper hand in the ongoing struggle for modernization. From this perspective, this essay touches upon a contradiction, which can be understood as the principle contradiction of contemporary Chinese philosophy: the contradiction between the defence of Sino-Marxism as the ideological foundation of a “socialism with Chinese characteristics” on the one hand, and the renaissance of traditional culture and classical learning on the other, which entails a powerful challenge to this very foundation.
Editor’s Foreword
Authors: S. Rošker Jana
Published: February 2019

This special issue of the journal Asian studies is dedicated to the Sinicization of Marxism as a paradigm for research on Marxist philosophy in contemporary China. There are several reasons for choosing this topic, and are by no means limited to the fact that just a few months ago, on May 5th 2018, we celebrated Karl Marx’s bicentenary. As far as Marx in our time is concerned, my impression is that over these two centuries he was maturing, a bit like a noble cheese or a vintage wine not appropriate for Dionysian parties or guzzling at the firing lines. Rather, he is a stimulating companion for profound thought about the meanings of modernity and especially of human emancipation, an issue which remains of significance for the contemporary world.
Mao’s Marxist Negation of Marxism
Authors: ALTINOK Ozan Altan
Published: February 2019

In this paper, my main aim is to analyse Mao’s conception of Marxist theory and his Marxist subjectivity in theory construction in his three articles. While doing so, I will use two main approaches, first is the idea that Karl Marx’s method in understanding social relations and his theory of knowledge is in many aspects compatible and in continuation with an epistemological reading of Hegel’s subjectivity, and the second is the general structure about the relationship between the object and subject’s process of knowing is similar in all three thinkers. While doing so, I will advocate the position that Mao’s epistemology is compatible with the Marxist understanding of Hegelian epistemology, and that from such an epistemological understanding it is possible to investigate Mao’s three texts in a way that yields, not an orthodox or “end result” Marxism, but instead a more general, meta epistemological understanding of Marx, that is understood better structurally. Eventually, I will claim that while using “scientific” or “orthodox” Marxism as a method to understand society, Mao further uses the subjective element in the same way as Hegel and Marx used it, although eventually he diverts the Marxist subjective manoeuvre to another direction.
Sobre o princípio regulativo e os elementos constitutivos da ideia de sustentabilidade
Authors: Alvim Fiscina Luciano
Published: February 2019

Esta pesquisa visa retomar algumas retóricas que versam sobre o termo sustentabilidade com a intenção de se encontrar perspectivas de consciência histórica, uma vez que a Ecologia tem se projetado como uma visão contemporânea de mundo. Assim, este trabalho é uma análise semântica do termo sustentabilidade, procurando investigar de que modo a ideia de um espaço-tempo regulado como um ideal da Razão histórica aparece implicado no termo. Sendo assim, parte-se da hipótese que há um operador psicológico presente na estruturação discursiva do termo sustentabilidade, no qual observamos o papel de um princípio regulador e alguns elementos constituintes. A pesquisa conclui que os conteúdos reguladores e constitutivos da ideia de sustentabilidade derivam do próprio percurso civilizatório como um imperativo da Razão histórica frente à questão ambiental que se impõe no contemporâneo.
A mutação como metáfora para o discurso da diferença: representações das práticas de racismo e de homofobia no universo literário dos X-men
Authors: Maciel Rodrigo Lima
Published: February 2019

Este artigo propõe uma leitura crítico-sociológica de questões histórico-sociais abordadas nas american graphic novel´s X-Men. Publicada inicialmente em 1963, nos Estados Unidos, essa História em Quadrinhos (HQs) tem apresentado diferentes personagens, histórias e temáticas bastante pertinentes aos atuais problemas da contemporaneidade, tais como: os conflitos étnicos, a violência urbana e a desigualdade social. Para além dessas temáticas, as HQs dos X-Men, em um discurso metafórico, possibilitam-nos também pensar em outras questões sociais – como as práticas de racismo e de homofobia. Desse modo, analisando trechos de revistas e filmes, em paralelo à realidade social de negros e de pessoas lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, trans e intersexos (LGBTI) no Brasil e no mundo, propomos estabelecer uma relação entre o discurso da mutação dos quadrinhos com o discurso da diferença, isto é, de respeito à alteridade. Como recurso teórico para empreender tal análise, estão articuladas, nesse texto, as reflexões do filósofo Giles Deleuze, quanto à “reversão ao simulacro”, bem como à lógica da diférrance do filósofo Jacques Derrida. Assim, a partir disso, verificamos que essa literatura nos possibilita flagrar intersecções entre as práticas discriminatórias sofridas pelos mutantes nas HQs e as práticas racistas e homofóbicas sofridas pelos negros e pelas pessoas LGBTI.
Terry Eagleton: cultura e política em transformação
Authors: Puglia Daniel
Published: February 2019

This article aims at commenting on some works by the British critic and essayist Terry Eagleton. The following books have been selected: Against the grain: selected essays (1986), William Shakespeare (1986), The Ideology of the Aesthetic (1990), Ideology: an introduction (1991) and The Illusions of Postmodernism (1996). Our hypothesis is that this period represents a transition phase in both the form and content of Eagleton's work. Some previous theoretical assumptions are abandoned and others are reaffirmed or modified. I try to discuss the results of this process in cultural, historical and political terms.
It hurts ’cause you’re in my world now, bitch: Gothic features in the 1984 and 2010 versions of A Nightmare on Elm Street
Authors: Zanini Claudio Vescia
Published: February 2019

This article aims to discuss the 1984 slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street and its 2010 remake within a Gothic framework. The main hypothesis is that while both versions display Gothic traces in their imagery and structure, such as transgression and excesses (Botting, 2004), the monstrous character, the haunting return of the past, and the Terrible Place (Clover, 2015), the 2010 film capitalizes more efficiently on the interplay between appearance and reality by enhancing the importance of trauma in its plot. The proposal’s pertinence and originality rely on the juxtaposition of a consolidated framework (Gothic studies), a prolific horror cinema subgenre (slashers), and a recurrent tendency in contemporary cinema (remakes).
“Tá dificil competir": Adaptação da trilogia de Michael Dobbs, House of Cards, pela BBC e pela Netflix
Authors: Reichmann Brunilda Tempel
Published: February 2019

This paper presents a reading of the political trilogy House of Cards, To Play the King e The Final Cut, by Michael Dobbs, an English writer; and their adaptation by the BBC and Netflix series. I try to demonstrate how novelists, script writers and directors of series celebrate the unparalleled art of Shakespeare by reworking themes, updating contexts and rebuilding personality traits of his unforgettable characters. In short, this text aims to analyze the series and to recover some of the genetic characteristics of Shakespeare’s plays in contemporary artistic/mediatic production.
Duas casas: A C creative-critical commentary on Romeo and Juliet
Authors: LAZZARIS FABIANE
Published: February 2019

Adaptations created in pedagogical contexts are creative-critical commentaries which produce concepts about adaptational relations unavailable through the traditional academic works. The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the short film Duas Casas, a creative-critical commentary on Romeo and Juliet produced in pedagogical context. After presenting the production context and describing the fourteen-minute film, the article will analyze the short film’s cultural and social significance by approaching the discussion through Huang’s concept of cultural location. In conclusion, producing creative-critical commentaries legitimate readers to appropriate the text dealing with it as a living organism, persistently being revisited and recreated.
Hearts of Darkness: the experience of horror in Roger Casement's writings - the fabrication of an anti-hero
Authors: De Andrade Roberto Carlos
Published: February 2019

The article presents an analysis of texts by a multitude of authors who deal with Roger Casement’s writings, aiming at assessing how those authors fabricate a discourse based on alleged acts in order to perpetuate a representation of Casement’s persona. Casement ends up being both a hero – up until his arrest and condemnation as a traitor to the British Empire – and an antihero – not only after his arrest but also and specially after his Black diaries were uncovered, bringing about Casement’s disappearance from the public’s view as an important humanist and character in British and Irish histories. The article also tackles the close relation between Casement and the main characters in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
Uma releitura de "The Waste Land" sob o viés do Materialismo Lacaniano
Authors: Grecca Gabriela Bruschini , Silva Marisa Corrêa
Published: February 2019

This article aims to reflect on some aspects of the poem The Waste Land (1922), by T.S. Eliot, rethinking the poem's movement of equating modernity with a phantasmagoric and unreal dimension, from which it would be possible to escape by reaching an incorruptible sphere of being. However, it is necessary to inquire which tensions are present in the imaginary representations of the poem that conflict with the latent desire of transcendence, making this desire, in the course of the poem, lead, in the words of Slavoj Žižek (2013, p.26), to a sensation of “metaphysical malaise”, and not to a redemptive perspective. Thus, the Lacanian Materialism via Žižek, a Slovenian philosopher who writes in the scope of Political Theory, Film Criticism, Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies, becomes essential for the possibility of detecting a deeper movement in the dynamics of the poem.