bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Logarithmic Ratio and Product-type Estimators of Population Mean
Authors: Izunobi Chinyeaka Hostensia , Onyeka Aloysius Chijioke
Published: November 2019

Based on the natural logarithm of known population mean of an auxiliaryvariable, x, the study introduces logarithmic ratio and product-type estimatorsof the population mean of the study variable, y, in simple random samplingwithout replacement (SRSWOR) scheme. Part of the eciency conditions forthe proposed logarithmic estimators to be more ecient than the existing ex-ponential ratio and product-type estimators, as well as the customary ratio andproduct-type estimators, is that the natural logarithm of the known populationmean of the auxiliary variable, x, must be greater than 2. Generally, there is ahigh tendency for the proposed logarithmic estimators to be more ecient thanexisting customary and exponential ratio and product-type estimators whenthe natural logarithm of the auxiliary variable population mean is greater than2. The theoretical results are illustrated and conrmed using some numericaldatasets.
Analisis Penggunaan Strategi Ungkapan Terimakasih Oleh Penutur Asli Bahasa Jepang
Authors: Arianti Dyah Retno , Nurhayati Silvia
Published: November 2019

(Title: Analysis Of Gratitude Expresion Strategy By Japanese Native Speakers). People who learn about Japanese language generally know that gratitude expressions sayings such as "Thankyou", "I appreciate it", However, Japanese native speakers convey gratitude not only using gratitude expressions but also using other expressions. The main goal of this article is to describe strategy used by Japanese people to gratitude to other people. This research uses a quantitative descriptive approach with a questionnaire as the data source. The questionnaire write in open questionnaire type was distributed to 65 Japanese native speakers to get natural answers. The questionnaire was distributed using the random sampling method. Based on the result of questionnaire, conclude that when Japanese native speakers are gratitude to other people, Japanese native speaker mostly use the combination of two thankful strategies. When Japanese native speakers are gratitude to other people, the most used strategy is the strategy is shinteki taidou no hyoumei or expressions of psychological actions.
PROSPEK DAN STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN E-LEARNING PEMETAAN DALAM INVENTARISASI ASET TANAH DESA (STUDI KASUS: PETA ASET TANAH DESA ASINAN, KECAMATAN BAWEN, KABUPATEN SEMARANG)
Authors: Harahap Fikrah Elhifzi , Manullang Okto Risdianto
Published: November 2019

Ketidakjelasan aset tanah di Desa Asinan menyebabkan Pemerintah Desa sulit dalam melakukan perencanaan dan pengembangan desanya. Metode pemetaan partisipatif dipilih agar tidak terjadi perselisihan ketika melakukan inventarisasi aset tanah desa dan memberikan suatu pengetahuan dan keterampilan kepada masyarakat dalam melakukan pengelolaan pemetaan. Saat ini dan masa mendatang, penggunaan teknologi dapat menjadi solusi dalam peningkatan kemampuan seseorang melalui pendekatan e-learning pemetaan. Dalam mengetahui keberlanjutan dari e-learning pemetaan di Desa Asinan, maka perlu diketahui prospek dan strategi pengembangan terhadap e-learning tersebut, sehingga dilakukan analisis Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) dan analisis internal dan eksternal factor analysis summary. Berdasarkan hasil IPA, penerapan e-learning pemetaan dalam inventarisasi desa memiliki tingkat kepuasan 76,82%, berarti e-learning pemetaan memiliki prospek yang tinggi. Dalam mendukung prospek dibutuhkan strategi pengembangan berupa analisis internal dan eksternal factor analysis summary (IFAS dan EFAS) agar pemberdayaan masyarakat yang berkelanjutan di Desa Asinan dalam Inventarisasi Aset Tanah Desa dapat diwujudkan.
FRAMEWORK FOR MEASURING URBAN ENERGY SECURITY : CITIZEN PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Prambudia Yudha , Rahmana Arief , Juraida Anita
Published: November 2019

The ever increasing urban energy consumption has always been an important issue of urban energy security. Citizen plays critical role in shaping the energy consumption. Therefore, citizen perspective can give significant impact to urban energy security evaluation. This research aims to provide a systematic framework to measure urban energy security taking into account the perspective of citizen and showcase its implementation in a case of Bandung city. The proposed framework is a straight five stages process as follow; (1) establishing the urban context, (2) defining energy security relevant to the context, (3), determining dimensions of energy security , (4) determining indicators and and metrics, and (5) the final stage is calculating energy security. The implementation case shows Bandung’s energy security is at Middle Low status. It also verify that the framework is operationally viable and it can capture the significance of citizen perspective.
The Level of Climate Change Awareness among Citizens of Bitung City, Indonesia
Authors: Nggole Syamsudin , Tyas Wido Prananing , Pradoto Wisnu
Published: November 2019

Knowledge about citizen’s climate change awareness level is needed to establish an appropriate policy to cope with climate change hazard, particularly in a highly vulnerable country like Indonesia. However, research regarding climate change awareness among citizens in Indonesian cities is limited. This research aims to investigate the level of climate change awareness among the citizens in Bitung City, a medium-sized city in the eastern part of Indonesia. The survey method is used in the research by analyzing questionnaires collected from the citizens. Three variables for measuring the awareness level include public concerns on climate variability, the causes of climate change, and the impacts of climate change. The findings show that the citizens of Bitung have a ”quite strong” awareness level. This contributes to the recognition of citizens’ characteristics toward climate change useful to climate change policy formulation in Indonesia, particularly the Bitung City Government. Some recommendations for the government include the incorporation of climate change issue to the citizens’ daily life and development programs by establishing a special task force of climate change at the city level.
Executive Compensation and Labor Expenses
Authors: Colonnello Stefano
Published: November 2019

Using data on US public firms, I uncover a strong and positive correlation between executive compensation and labor expenses. On average, a 1 % increase in the wage bill translates into a 0.3 % raise in total executive pay. This association is driven by wages rather than by employment growth, is stronger for the incentive than for the salary component of executive compensation, and is particularly pronounced in the financial sector.
The Return ofLanguaging
Authors: Cowley Stephen J.
Published: November 2019

Linguistics is currently being transformed. In relating this to the return oflanguaging, I link the concept’s genealogy with all of its major applications. Crucially, human understanding becomes social and subjective and, thus, incompatible with linguistic theories that focus on individual knowledge of entities likelanguages,usageor forms oflanguage use. As in Elizabethan times, understanding is part of socially organized practice. In leaving behind linguistic “forms,” languaging shapes an entangled meshwork that links living, observing, and social action. In welcoming the return of long-suppressed ideas, I focus on their implications for evolution, history, and human embodiment. In so doing, I hold that each person’s practical experience links a living subject with what can be, has been, and should be said. Finally, I argue that one can use the concept of languaging to build awareness that favors collective modes of action that are directed within the living world, the bio-ecology. By tracing social organization to embodied expression, a new ecolinguistics can aim to think on behalf of the world.
Mobilizing Learning
Authors: Ho Wing Yee Jenifer , Wei Li
Published: November 2019

This article offers an alternative view of mobile learning, moving away from a focus on technology to an emphasis on the mobilization of multiple resources by the learner and the interactivity between the learner and the environment. We present an analysis of an episode of self-directed online learning by a multilingual learner using the perspective of translanguaging. We argue that the mobilization process is a process of translanguaging whereby the learner goes beyond not only the boundaries between different-named languages but also linguistic codes, transcending modalities and making use of the technological environment and artifacts. In so doing, we highlight the need for researchers to broaden the definition of language and language learning and look more closely at the details of how learners orchestrate and coordinate their mind and body to adapt to the affordances of the diverse range of multilingual, multimodal, and multisemiotic resources.
The Learning Space in Tutoring
Authors: Grzegorczyk Grzegorz
Published: November 2019

Following the relational turn that has been observed in the areas of therapy and medical care (cf. Dinis 2010), a similar trend is beginning to develop in education. One didactic manifestation is in academic tutoring, and can be considered as a prototype of personalized education, which is founded on interactivity, dialogicality, and languaging. In our text, we focus on the phenomenon of interactivity and, predominantly, languaging as the substrate for the emergence of a special domain. Here, the learning space is defined as “a cognitive situation where a learner attunes in his/her own epistemic change.” We observe that a learning space occurs as a teacher/tutor engages with aspects of the student’s/tutee’s epistemic frame by questioning, commenting on, or perspectivizing the utterances of the student. It follows that a learning space can be necessary but not sufficient for effective learning. As we show, some research into tutoring excessively idealizes it as an effective teaching tool. In the course of our brief scrutiny we find that success of the learning process also draws on factors like:

being prepared

being good at hearing and using hints

being willing to improvise a learning trajectory

allowing some degree of interdependence with the tutor

using many kinds of first-order activity
Interactivity and Languaging
Authors: Gahrn-Andersen Rasmus
Published: November 2019

This paper clarifies the relation between interactivity and languaging. Hitherto proponents of interactivity have tacitly distinguished between two ways in which “interactivity” can be used. While sometimes espousing a wide view, empirical work on the phenomenon has focused on interactivity in a much narrower sense. Having clarified this distinction, I pursue the more important wide sense in tracing the role of interactivity to the emergence of languaging in early infancy. Occurrences of interactivity allow the child to orient toward nonlocal events and resources that, gradually, enable his or her experience to draw on linguistic denotation and an emerging sense of personhood. Finally, I propose that this can be understood in relation to existential meaning. When considered as intrinsic to both languaging and interactivity, such meanings can guide how wordings are brought into play as people attune to cultural norms and expectations.
The Compound of Substratum and Essence. On a Puzzling Reference in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Z 13.1038b2–3
Authors: Seminara Simone G.
Published: November 2019

In this paper I deal with a puzzling passage, which occurs in Metaphysics Z 13.1038b2 – 3 and where Aristotle mentions four possible meanings of substance: the substratum, the essence, the compound of these (τὸ ἐκ τούτων) and the universal. This list accords only partially with the previous one in Z 3.1028b33–36, where Aristotle mentions the substratum, the essence, the universal and the genus. Thus, Z 13’s list omits Z 3’s genus, but includes τὸ ἐκ τούτων, which is standardly used by Aristotle to refer to the compound of matter and form. This is puzzling, for at least two reasons: (1) it is not clear what has happened to Z 3’s genus; (2) it is not clear what exactly is the reference of τὸ ἐκ τούτων, for the context suggests, at first glance awkwardly, that the compound in question is that of substratum and essence, and not of matter and form. These problems have led some scholars to delete τὸ ἐκ τούτων from the list. In this paper I provide two sets of arguments in order to resist the deletion. In the first set I show how, at least in principle, it would not be inaccurate to define the compound of matter and form as a “compound of substratum and essence”. In the second set, I show how, in fact, through the reference to the compound of substratum and essence, Aristotle does not want to designate, in Z 13, the hylomorphic composite. Rather, he aims to designate the notion of form regarded as universal, namely as ‘species’, which seems to reveal a peculiar sort of composition between a substratum (its genus) and an essence (its specific difference).
Simplicius on the Individuation of Material Substances
Authors: Schwark Marina
Published: November 2019

In his commentary onPhysicsI 9, Simplicius claims that individual forms individuate matter. Given that in the same text he calls the immanent form ‘universal,’ it seems reasonable to conclude that the individual forms are individual instances of one universal species–form. However, Simplicius also mentions accidental properties that are peculiar to form rather than to matter. On the basis of Simplicius’ commentaries on theCategoriesand on thePhysics, I argue that the individuating accidents are not part of the individual forms, but that each individual’s form coordinates the individual’s accidental features. By belonging to a certain species, the individual form sets limits as to which accidents a matter–form compound can assume. This approach enables Simplicius to combine hylomorphism with a theory of individuation through properties. Furthermore, in his commentary onDe CaeloI 9 Simplicius explains the uniqueness of each individual’s conglomeration of properties in light of his Neoplatonic cosmology: each individual corresponds to an individual cosmic disposition that determines its characteristic features.
Ausnahme und Autorität. Neue Literatur zu Kierkegaard und Nietzsche
Authors: Kleinert Markus
Published: November 2019

Exception and authority are core themes of Kierkegaard’s and Nietzsche’s works. These themes are used as points of comparison in more recent studies on the two authors which focus on structural parallels developing the figure of the single one resp. the lonely one and on concepts of power with regard to religious and philosophical authority. Methodological difficulties relevant to the popular comparison of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche in general concern the interpretation of the totality, teleology and style of each works.
Using Oxone and TAED activator in non-chlorine bleaching of soda bagasse pulp
Authors: Zeinaly Farhad , Gabov Konstantin , Kanåni Sula Hadi , Babavand Arash , Fardim Pedro
Published: November 2019

Bagasse fiber has been used in the production of bleached chemical pulp by the Pars Paper Company. In this company, a conventional three-stage sequence of hypochlorite, alkaline extraction and second hypochlorite (HEH) is applied in pulp bleaching. Pulp bleaching is one of the most important environmental pollutant stages in the pulp and paper industry. In this research, the bleaching of soda bagasse pulp by applying Oxone and TAED-activator in non-chlorine bleaching sequences has been investigated. The unbleached pulp, with kappa number of 20, 955 ml/g viscosity and 37 % brightness, was prepared from Pars Paper Company. Results indicated that, the TAED at the first and second stages were more effective than in the Oxone stages. Moreover, the sequences, which contained TAED- and Oxone-second-stage, could reach the minimum level of kappa (1.7), but the highest brightness (80 %) was attained by using only TAED with a comparatively high level of pulp viscosity (752).
Viatscheslaw Romanoff: unknown genius of the periodic system
Authors: Kurushkin Mikhail
Published: November 2019

The history of chemistry has not once seen representations of the periodic system that have not received proper attention or recognition. The present paper is dedicated to a nearly unknown version of the periodic table published on the occasion of the centenary celebration of Mendeleev’s birth (1934) by V. Romanoff. His periodic table visually merges Werner’s and Janet’s periodic tables and it is essentially the spiral periodic system on a plane. In his 1934 paper, Romanoff was the first one to introduce the idea of the actinide series, a decade before Glenn T. Seaborg, the renowned creator of the actinide concept. As a consequence, another most outstanding thing about Romanoff’s paper occurs towards its very end: he essentially predicted the discovery of elements #106, #111 and #118. He theorized that, had uranium not been the “creative limit”, we would have met element #106, a “legal” member of group 6, element #111, a precious metal, “super-gold” and element #118, a noble gas. In 2019, we take it for granted that elements #106, #111 and #118 indeed exist and they are best known as seaborgium, roentgenium and oganesson. It is fair to say that Romanoff’s success with the prediction of correct placement and chemical properties of seaborgium, roentgenium and oganesson was only made possible due to the introduction of an early version of the actinide series that only had four elements at that time. Sadly, while Professor Romanoff was imprisoned (1938–1943), two new elements, neptunium (element #93) and plutonium (element #94) were discovered. While Professor Romanoff was in exile in Ufa (1943–1953), six further elements were added to the periodic table: americium (element #95), curium (element #96), berkelium (element #97), californium (element #98), einsteinium (element #99) and fermium (element #100). The next year after his death, in 1955, mendelevium (element #101), was discovered. Romanoff’s version of the periodic table is an unparalleled precursor to the contemporary periodic table, and is an example of extraordinary anticipation of the discovery of new chemical elements.
Der Calderón’sche auto sacramental in neuem Gewand. Spielarten seiner produktiven Rezeption zwischen Spanien, Frankreich und Mexiko
Authors: Gernert Folke
Published: November 2019

The staging of the Calderonian auto sacramental The Great Theatre of the World during the Salzburg Festival of 1922 marks the beginning of the discovery of this form of religious drama for the dramatic practice and theatre writing in the 20th century. The present paper aims to deal with the recuperation of this genre by well known Spanish, French and Mexican authors (Federico García Lorca and Rafael Alberti; Albert Camus and Emilio Carballido). They use this obsolescent genre, paradoxically, to renovate contemporary theatre. It is the allegorical structure of these plays that provides them with a pattern for the construction of an intentionally antinaturalistic theatre. The post-Tridentine obsession with the free will dogma is substituted by a more philosophical, non religious and, sometimes even irreverent, debate of human liberty. In the modern Mexican autos sacramentales the tendency to a syncretistic mixture of Christian and indigenous ideas and forms, inaugurated by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the famous nun from New Spain, finds an ironic continuation.
Principales rasgos gramaticales del español de Panamá
Authors: Pato Enrique
Published: November 2019

This work offers an in-depth description of the main morphosyntactic features found in present Panamanian Spanish, a lesser known Central American variety. Text corpora and linguistic surveys help us to provide an updated grammatical overview, which takes into account most categories: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and locutions, illustrates with examples taken from both formal and informal settings. By comparing these features with previous grammatical descriptions, this study helps in identifying some common American features ―such as the use of medio as an agreeing adjective instead of an adverb― as well as some specific patterns ―such as the prominence of -azón and -azo suffixes― in present-day Panamanian Spanish, some of which forms remain to be incorporated in the Academy dictionary.
Test Study on the Suffusion Process of Sand-Rock Mixtures by NMR Systems
Authors: Feng Shang-Xin , Chai Jun-Rui , Xu Zeng-Guang , Qin Yuan , Li Yan-Long
Published: November 2019

Test results on the suffusion of sand-rock mixtures (SRMs) in one-dimensional laboratory seepage tests are reported with details regarding the experimental setup and procedures. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) systems were successfully applied to track fine-particle migration through pores and detect the pore size distribution of SRMs during suffusion. This article discussed the changes of pore size distribution and fine-particle migration and its effect on the suffusion mechanism at 0, 15, 30, 60, 90, and 120 min under the critical hydraulic gradient. Then, the mesostructural changes of mixtures—such as pore distribution, curvature coefficient, and pore fractal dimension—were analyzed to reveal the suffusion mechanism, and an original suffusion evaluation model was proposed. The results showed that the pore connectivity and fine-particle migrations as two controlling factors for suffusion are an interactive process. Furthermore, the pore size range was narrowed and mostly concentrated in large pores with an increase of pore volume, resulting in fine-particle migration and structural deterioration. Moreover, the suffusion evaluation model was divided into four stages by the mesostructural parameters variation.
Investigation of Ultrasonic Reflection Properties Based on Rough Interface in Compression
Authors: Tang Donglin , Wu Weiping , Song Zhen , Tang Yanjin , Hu Lin , Yuan Bo
Published: November 2019

The relations among the reflection coefficient (REC), surface roughness, and interface pressure of solid-solid coupled interface is analyzed by ultrasonic experiment on rough surfaces with the dry-coupled method. A method for deducing the stiffness of dry-coupled interface is proposed, and the REC is calculated by the quasistatic stiffness spring model. The correctness of the method is verified by model comparison and experimental analysis, and the maximum relative error is 2.04 % compared with the measured value. This model can provide dry-coupled ultrasonic testing with a reliable theoretical data for pressure estimation required to achieve the ideal coupling effect under a certain roughness. The results prove the roughness of the dry-coupled interface can significantly reduce the coupling effect, and the coupling performance can be improved by increasing the pressure between the solid surfaces. Based on the stochastic rough interface model, the influence of the interface and the interface pressure can be analyzed quantitatively, which is beneficial to the effective evaluation of the tested specimen.
A Study of Recrystallization Behavior of Two Ni-Cu–Containing High-Strength Steels with Different Mn Contents
Authors: Kumar Atul , Vara Prasad T. V. V. S. , Nazeer M. , Gopinath K. , Balamuralikrishnan R.
Published: November 2019

The Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) has been investigating several high-strength and high-toughness steels in the past few decades for various defense applications. As a part of this work, two novel low-carbon steels—each containing 4–6 wt% Ni + Cu of similar strength level, one with high Mn (∼1 wt%) and one with low Mn (∼0.3 wt%)—were investigated. In order to optimize the rolling schedules during production, it is necessary to understand the recrystallization behavior of these two steels during hot deformation. Usually, the recrystallization behavior of materials that do not undergo phase transformations (viz. aluminum, copper, etc.) is commonly studied using microstructural techniques for identification of fraction of recrystallized grains. But, as the steels in the present study undergo phase transformation wherein the austenitic structure at deformation temperature is transformed to martensitic/bainitic structure during cooling, it is challenging to track the recrystallization process directly from the microstructure. Therefore, the recrystallization behavior was investigated by conducting double-hit compression tests (DHCTs) using Gleeble. Fractional softening values were determined from DHCT data using various methods, such as the offset method, back-extrapolation method, and mean flow stress method. The mean flow stress method was found to be more reliable and thus was adopted in this study. The effects of different deformation temperature (850°C–1,050°C) and intermediate static recrystallization time (ISRT) (10, 100, and 500 s) on fractional softening were studied. Temperature for 50 % recrystallization (T0.5), determined as the temperature for 50 % fractional softening, was seen to reduce with an increase in ISRT. Steel with lower manganese content showed relatively lower fractional softening values and thus relatively higher T0.5, as compared with that for the steel with higher manganese content, for all three ISRTs.
CCB is Involved in Actin-Based Axonal Transport of Selected Synaptic Proteins
Authors: Martin-Peña Alfonso , Ferrus Alberto
Published: November 2019

Synapse formation, maturation, and turnover require a finely regulated transport system that delivers selected cargos to specific synapses. However, the supporting mechanisms of this process are not fully understood. The present study unravels a new molecular system for vesicle-based axonal transport of proteins in male and female flies (Drosophila melanogaster). Here, we identify the geneCG14579as the transcription unit corresponding to the regulatory mutations known ascentral complex broad(ccb). These mutations were previously isolated for their morphological phenotype in R-neurons of the ellipsoid body, a component of the central complex. Mutant axons from R-neurons fail to cross the midline, which is indicative of an aberrant composition of the growth cone. However, the molecular mechanism remained to be deciphered. In this manuscript, we show that CCB is involved in axonal trafficking of FasII and synaptobrevin, but not syntaxin. These results suggest that axonal transport of certain proteins is required for the correct pathfinding of R-neurons. We further investigated the molecular network supporting the CCB system and found that CCB colocalizes and coimmunoprecipitates with Rab11. Epistasis studies indicated that Rab11 is positioned downstream of CCB within this axonal transport system. Interestingly,ccbalso interacts with actin and the actin nucleatorspire. The data revealed that this interaction plays a key role in the development of axonal connections within the ellipsoid body. We propose that the CCB/Rab11/SPIRE system regulates axonal trafficking of synaptic proteins required for proper connectivity and synaptic function.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTProper function of the nervous system requires the establishment of mature, functional synapses. Differential protein composition in the synapse enables optimal performance of cognitive tasks. Therefore, it is critical to have a finely regulated transport system to deliver selected synaptic proteins to synapses. Remarkably, impairments in cytoskeleton-based protein-transport systems often underlie cognitive deficits, such as those associated with aging and neurodegenerative diseases. This study reveals that CCB is part of a novel transport system that delivers certain synaptic proteins via the actin cytoskeleton within the Rab11-related domain of slow recycling endosomes.
Metformin ameliorates body mass gain and early metabolic changes in ovariectomized rats
Authors: Barthem Clarissa Souza , Rossetti Camila Lüdke , Carvalho Denise P , da-Silva Wagner Seixas
Published: November 2019

Estradiol has been used to prevent metabolic diseases, bone loss and menopausal symptoms, even though it might raise the risk of cancer. Metformin is usually prescribed for type 2 diabetes mellitus and lowers food intake and body mass while improving insulin resistance and the lipid profile. Ovariectomized rats show increased body mass, insulin resistance and changes in the lipid profile. Thus, the aim of this work was to evaluate whether metformin could prevent the early metabolic dysfunction that occurs early after ovariectomy. Female Wistar rats were divided into the following groups: SHAM-operated (SHAM), ovariectomized (OVX), ovariectomized + estradiol (OVX + E2) and ovariectomized + metformin (OVX + M). Treatment with metformin diminished approximately 50% of the mass gain observed in ovariectomized animals and reduced both the serum and hepatic triglyceride levels. The hepatic levels of phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (pAMPK) decreased after OVX, and the expression of the inactive form of hepatic acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) was also reduced. Metformin was able to increase the levels of pAMPK in the liver of OVX animals, sustaining the balance between the inactive and total forms of ACC. Estradiol effects were similar to those of metformin but with different proportions. Our results suggest that metformin ameliorates the early alterations of metabolic parameters and rescues hepatic AMPK phosphorylation and ACC inactivation observed in ovariectomized rats.
Care of adult women with Turner syndrome: the state of affairs in Germany
Authors: Viuff Mette H , Gravholt Claus H
Published: November 2019

In this commentary, we discuss the state of affairs concerning the clinical care of females with Turner syndrome (TS) in Germany. TS is a rare disease and new international guidelines describe an appropriate setup for optimal clinical care. Several countries have implemented a program with centralized adult Turner syndrome clinics, which are now found in France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, parts of England and possibly other countries, but hitherto not in Germany. Such an approach should ensure the availability of high quality multi-disciplinary care for all women with TS to be treated and to detect all the conditions that have been associated with TS, which typically appear at odd times during the lifetime of a female with TS. Care should be offered at no added cost for the patient, and treatment with relevant drugs should be available at reasonable cost for the individual patient. Currently, it is quite problematic that many female sex hormone preparations are not available at low cost in a number of countries. Additional problems include supply chain issue which lead to patients not being able to buy their usual drug for a certain period of time. We think it is timely that countries improve the care for individuals with rare conditions, such as TS.
Valores sanguíneos del loro hablador chaqueño (Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx) adulto, en cautiverio en el Centro de Rescate ¨La Esmeralda¨ de la provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina.
Authors: Sciabarrasi Antonio , Ruíz Marcelo , Siroski Pablo
Published: November 2019

Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx conocido comúnmente como loro hablador chaqueño, amazona de alas amarillas o amazona argentino. Su población se distribuye en Argentina desde el distrito fitogeográfico de la Selva Pedemontana de la región fitogeográfica de las Yungas y las áreas próximas a los distritos del Chaco Occidental, Árido y Serrano. En ese país es uno de los loros más traficados ilegalmente. Los aspectos básicos de la patología clínica los cuales incluyen a la hematología han sido utilizados comúnmente en el diagnóstico de aves enfermas; sin embargo, es necesario conocer los parámetros fisiológicos teniendo en cuenta las variables pertinentes a cada región y sus respectivas condiciones. El objetivo del presente estudio fue describir los valores obtenidos para eritrocitos, Hematocrito (Hto), Hemoglobina (Hb), Volumen Corpuscular Medio (VCM), Hemoglobina Corpuscular Media (HCM), Concentración de Hemoglobina Corpuscular Media (CHCM), conteo absoluto y diferencial de leucocitos y conteo absoluto de plaquetas de una población aparentemente sana de 27 individuos cautivos de ésta subespecie, alojados en el Centro de Rescate, Rehabilitación y Reubicación de Fauna ¨La Esmeralda¨ de la Provincia de Santa Fe en Argentina. Los datos obtenidos fueron tabulados y analizados mediante estadística descriptiva. Los resultados para los distintos parámetros fueron en su mayoría similares a los reportados para otras aves Psittaciformes, con mínimas diferencias asociadas a las distintas condiciones ambientales y de manejo de cada estudio. Los valores obtenidos del loro hablador del chaco permitirán ser una guía para la aplicación en la clínica y programas de rescate, conservación.
Organizational and economic determinants of digital energy development in Ukraine
Authors: Timchenko Oleksandr , Nebrat Viktoriia , Liehr Viktor , Bykonia Oleksandr , Dubas Yurii
Published: November 2019

This article concerns digitalization of the energy industry in Ukraine. The authors review the evolutionary aspect of the gradual convergence of ITC and energy technologies and identify the key features and trends in digital transformation of Ukrainian economy. The international experience and the emerging global cooperation in energy digitalization are analyzed. Overall, the energy digitization is discovered to be a universal trend among the most prominent economies despite different prerequisites, interests, and factors concerned. It is shown that the progress in the formation of the intelligent energy supply systems depends on a number of factors. Unique features of specific subtasks that arise during digital transformation of energy industry are analyzed.
The article proposes consideration of the technological platform as a business model for digital development of infrastructure industries. The authors analyze the European experience in the formation and development of technology platforms as a basic tool for implementing innovation policy, economic growth of strategically important industries and technological development of the European Union countries. The potential and role of technological platforms in the process of digitalization of energy are determined. A structure of technological platform suited for the formation and development of the intelligent energy system in Ukraine is proposed. The main tasks and priorities of functioning of the domestic technological platform in the process of digitalization of domestic energy are determined. An organizational and economic mechanism for the formation of the intellectual energy system of Ukraine is developed.
Shifting paradigm in science, technology and innovation policy of Vietnam in the international integration process
Authors: Dao Thanh Truong
Published: November 2019

Vietnam has experienced crucial transformations in every turning point of the world history. In this process, along with changes in the economic model, social institutions, are changes in the Government’s management method in specific areas, especially in the shift from a centrally-planned to a socialist market-oriented economy. Vietnam's science, technology and innovation system has also gone through innumerable reforms to evolve, adapt and positively energize self-innovation. Science, technology and innovation indicators are embedded into the strategic goals of national policies and entered into every area, every sector (public and private) and individuals/organizations in Vietnam. In the context of international economic integration and the fourth industrial revolution, science, technology and innovation have become the targets and means for socio-economic development more than ever before. This paper aims to explore the philosophical moves in Science, technology and innovation management in Vietnam. It will clarify successes and challenges in the context of international integration. The first part of the paper discussed the concepts and approaches in policy and innovation research, since these aspects have not been fully established and agreed in previous studies in Vietnam. Secondly, the author reviewed and assessed the changes in Vietnam's science, technology and innovation policy framework to observe the four philosophy shifts of the relationship between the State and the science, technology and innovation system through the periods. Thirdly, changes in policies resulted in changes in resources, organizational structure, operational content and correlation as well as the position of elements in the science and technology and innovation system. The last part addresses macro and micro policy solutions for the development of the science, technology and innovation system for Vietnam in a new, potential, but risky context. Accordingly, science, technology and innovation policies need to be more "open" and "autonomous" to ensure the self-fulfillment, adaption and innovation of the science, technology and innovation system.
China: investment ambitions, limitations and opportunities
Authors: Korablin Serhii
Published: November 2019

The article considers financial aspects of the implementation of the People's Republic of China's international initiative of "One Belt, One Way". China's impressive economic success over the last 30 years has shown how it grew into a major global exporter and investor, gaining the second-country status in terms of national GDP and imports. These changes took place against the backdrop of rapid economic growth and deep structural reforms, which were accompanied by increased output and exports of high value-added products. Under these conditions, the country naturally prefers to reorient the global economic system in such a way that it is more conducive to China's economic, financial and political interests. A key practical tool for implementing such a plan is the One Belt, One Way initiative, which is to ensure simultaneous access to (a) Western technologies, (b) global raw materials markets, (c) infrastructure capacities that should maximize the deliveries of Chinese produce to all corners of the world economy. However, such an ambitious plan requires an extraordinary amount of financial resources. Despite China's considerable international reserves (over $3 trillion), its volume is still insufficient to cope with such a task. Moreover, the country itself needs further assimilation of foreign investment and technology due to the relatively low level of capital intensity of its workforce. China will be able to solve this dilemma if it manages to create a system of "counter investment", that is, attraction and absorption of foreign investments from more technologically developed countries, which are denominated in the main reserve currencies, and simultaneously realize their own foreign investments in Yuan, offering their users deliveries of own products of slightly lower technological complexity than those received from foreign investors.
This publication was prepared based on the presentation of "The Belt and Road Initiative - A New Shape of Globalization?" presented at the Institute of World Economics and Policy (IWEP) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in May 2019 as part of the International Economic and Economic Conference on "Economic and Trade Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative: Retrospect and Prospect".
Export-oriented service sector – new vector of economic growth in Ukraine?
Authors: Afonin Eduard , Blagodeteleva-Vovk Svitlana
Published: November 2019

Posed the problem of the formation of the export sector of Ukraine intellectual/information services in the context of modernization and restructuring of the national economy and democratization of Ukrainian society. This current number is professionals and availability of infrastructure considered by the authors as a key-factors chovi positive change.
This publication is part of the SRW “The impact of economic reforms on the processes of social mobility in modern Ukrainian anyone societies”.
FORGIVENESS AND HAPPINESS THROUGH RESILIENCE
Authors: Sudirman Subhan Ajrin , Suud Fitriah M , Rouzi Kana Safrina , Sari Dewi Purnama
Published: November 2019

The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between forgiveness and happiness among college students, with a particular focus on the role of resilience in mediating the forgiveness-happiness correlation. Participants consisted of 203 undergraduate students enrolled at a private university in center of Java who completed the subjective happiness scale, Heartland forgiveness scale, and Connor-Davidson Resilience scale. Result of mediational analysis cinfirmed the hypothesis, revealing the resilience partially mediated the correlation between forgiveness and happiness with the overall model explaining 27 percent of the variance in happiness.
HARMONISASI MASYARAKAT MENTAWAI
Authors: Kurniawan Rizal
Published: November 2019

Mentawai merupakan salah satu suku yang masih primitif yang masih menyimpan sisa-sisa kehidupan pemburu dan pengumpul. Mereka masih hidup terpisah hidup berkelompok, masih menjalankan agama kepercayaan mereka, memiliki tato sebagai penanda identitas kelompok. Situasi-situasi tersebut menyimpan potensi untuk terjadinya konflik antar kelompok. Namun beberapa dinamikan kehidupan masyarakat mentawai dan nilai budaya yang diwariskan oleh nenek moyang mereka mampu meredam konflik tersebut. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengambarkan beberapa nilai budaya dan dinamika kehidupan masyarakat Mentawai yang dapat meredakan konflik antar kelompok. Studi pustaka digunakan pada penelitian ini. Hasilnya yang didapatkan bahwa nilai gotong royong yang masih diterapkan dalam membangung tempat tinggal, tersedianya transportasi air yang memudahkan mereka untuk melakukan kontak sosial dan perkawinan antar kelompok yang dipraktekkan dan menghukum berat mereka yang membunuh dapat meminimalisir untuk terjadinya konflik.
Sikap sosial siswa dalam kegiatan infaq
Authors: Irawan Ari
Published: November 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi: 1) Aktivitas siswa dalam pelaksanaan infaq di SMAN 1 Bojongsoang; 2) Sikap sosial siswa di SMAN tersebut; 3) Pengaruh aktivitas siswa dalam pelaksanaan infaq terhadap sikap sosial siswa di SMAN tersebut. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Untuk memperoleh data mengenai pengaruh aktivitas siswa dalam kegiatan infaq dan sikap sosial, penulis menggunakan teknik angket, observasi dan wawancara. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 40 orang. Setelah data terkumpul, kemudian dianalisis secara statistik dengan menggunakan langkah-langkah uji normalitas data, regresi linier dan korelasi. Aktivitas siswa dalam kegiatan infaq tergolong sangat tinggi. Hal ini didasarkan nilai rata-rata sebesar 4,27. Sikap sosial siswa tergolong tinggi. Hal ini didasarkan pada nilai rata-rata sebesar 4,16. Sedangkan Angka koefisien korelasi 0,11 termasuk kategori sangat rendah karena berada pada interval 0,00 – 0,20. Sementara itu derajat pengatuh Variabel X terhadap Variabel Y diketahui 1,21%.
Towards a Typification of Motivations in Pentecostal Ecstasy
Authors: Cely Julian Ernesto , Beltrán William Mauricio
Published: November 2019

This article sketches out a typification of the motivations that lead Pentecostal Christians to seek experiences of religious ecstasy. To this end, it draws on the insights of interpretive sociology, particularly the construction of ideal types. To interpret the information, we draw on the categories set forward in Max Weber’s sociology of religion. The article proposes four pure types of motivation for ecstatic experience: ecstasy as a method of producing a miracle; ecstasy as a method of confirming the Pentecostal path of salvation; ecstasy as a method of sanctification directed towards the earthly realm; and ecstasy as a means of sanctification that allows escape from the earthly realm.
Conflicting Futures, Entangled Pasts
Authors: Knibbe Kim Esther
Published: November 2019

Scholars studying Pentecostalism unite in networks such as the GloPent network (represented by this journal) on the basis of the fact that across the globe, we observe the emergence, growth and evolution of organization and networks that are similar, yet also quite strongly rooted in the local context. The emergence of missionary activities from Nigeria and other countries of what is often called the “Global South” is a new phase in the history of Pentecostalism that has now been ongoing for a while. It calls into question the relationship between local contexts and global religious phenomena in new ways: how can we understand these movements as shaped both by “local contexts” (of, in this case Nigeria), as well as part of a global network of Pentecostal movements, in the way they relate to the “local context” of a country that is a former colonial power (and current resource extractor and job provider, via Shell), namely the Netherlands? In this article I want to take a step back and attend to the question: what do we study when we study Nigerian Pentecostal missionaries in Europe? Furthermore, through attending the dimension of time I will explore how this phase in the history of Global Pentecostalism may give new insights into the new complexities of Europe.
The Missionary Nature of Tongues in the Book of Acts
Authors: Ireland Jerry Michael
Published: November 2019

This essay explores the way in which Luke presents tongues speech in Acts as the overcoming of crucial barriers to the forward movement of the Gospel in the Spirit’s power to the nations. In contrast to the fairly recent turn to holistic missions among many Pentecostal scholars, I argue that glossolalia represents strong support in Luke’s second volume for the narrow sense of missions that characterized the apostolic church and the beginnings of the modern Pentecostal movement. This perspective is argued for on the basis of the literary structure of Acts and various hindrances regarding the disciples movement to the nations.
Pentecostalism, Media, Lived Religion and Participatory Democracy in Ghana
Authors: Benyah Francis
Published: November 2019

This article discusses the public manifestation of religion in contemporary Ghana. It reflects on how the synergy of the mass media, and democracy precipitates new forms of religious expression. The article argues that the dominance of the Pentecostal movement in the media, fuels democratic participation that results in the amalgamation of religious ideas, beliefs and practices in the discussion of national issues that affects the everyday – politics, economics, legal and educational matters. The article argues that these forms of religious expression in the media by Pentecostal/ Charismatic churches on national issues engenders inclusiveness and generate belongingness in both the political, economic, and socialcommunal decision making process that has implications for effective democratic participation, good governance and development.
CASSELBERRY, Judith. The Labor of Faith: Gender and Power in Black Apostolic Pentecostalism
Authors: Barba Lloyd
Published: November 2019

CASSELBERRY, Judith. The Labor of Faith: Gender and Power in Black Apostolic Pentecostalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017. 232pp. Pbk. ISBN: 9780822369035. $25.95.
YOUNG, Shawn David. Gray Sabbath: Jesus People USA, the Evangelical Left, and the Evolution of Christian Rock
Authors: Bustraan Richard
Published: November 2019

YOUNG, Shawn David. Gray Sabbath: Jesus People USA, the Evangelical Left, and the Evolution of Christian Rock. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. 327pp. Pbk. ISBN: 9780231172394. £24.
HAYNES, Naomi. Moving by the Spirit: Pentecostal Social Life on the Zambian Copperbelt
Authors: McClymond Michael
Published: November 2019

HAYNES, Naomi. Moving by the Spirit: Pentecostal Social Life on the Zambian Copperbelt. The Anthropology of Christianity Series. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2017. 216pp. Pbk. ISBN: 9780520294257. £29.00.