bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Consciousness of Streets: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Partition
Authors: Ruprecht Fadem Maureen E.
Published: November 2018

This largely speculative review historicises the current era of ‘Springs’ through the lens of partition. I offer a critique of political modernity and the modern nation-state through analysis of the turn to border politics in colonial conquests, decolonisation efforts, Cold War politics and other instances of international relations across the long twentieth century. The pervasiveness of such plans across late modernity marks the beginning of the end of the nation as a single, reifiable, imaginable structure. With Ireland as exemplar, I posit national dividedness —a generally underestimated paradigm shaping our time— as spurring a decline in state authority and a new, radical “consciousness of streets.” Together with other defining political structures, it participates in transforming the postmodern map of nation into a conflicted network, an imagined community as metropolitan circuit. I take recourse to theories of partition and nation and work by geographers, historians and postcolonial theorists including Joseph Cleary, Benedict Anderson, Monica Duffy Toft, Étienne Balibar and Michel Foucault.
Acropolis Remapped: on a Democratic Politics of Resistance
Authors: Hager Philip
Published: November 2018

In 2010, forty-eight years after Jerzy Grotowski's iconic 1962 performance of Stanisław Wyspiański's Akropolis, Greek director Michael Marmarinos presented to the Athenian audience Acropolis: Reconstruction. In his homage to the Polish director, Marmarinos asked the question that Grotowski (and Wyspiański before him) had raised: what is the contemporary Acropolis? Marmarinos’s Acropolis observes the ruins of contemporary Athens; frustrations, tensions and other dramaturgies of the crisis that was beginning to transform the urban fabric of the Greek capital. In this article, I map the in-crisis restructuring of Athens in dialogue with Acropolis: Reconstruction. Employing Deleuze’s idea of a ‘minor or minimising treatment’ of the classics, I examine the becoming-ruins of monuments in a city in crisis, by searching for the contemporary acropolises not in the ruins upon the hill (the remains of classical Athens and the symbol of its democracy) but in the ruins in its shadow.
The Weak Must Not Any More Than The Strong
Authors: Radhakrishnan Rajagopalan
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Europe’s Crisis: Reconsidering Solidarity with Leela Gandhi and Judith Butler
Authors: Covi Giovanna
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Democracy, Neoliberalism, and Resistance: an interview with Costas Douzinas
Authors: Germanou Maria , Douzinas Costas
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
The Representation of Cyprus’s Trauma in Andrea Busfield’s Aphrodite’s War: Conflict or Dialogue?
Authors: Žindžiuvienė Ingrida Eglė
Published: November 2018

The aim of this article is to examine the representation of the events in Cyprus in the middle and second half of the twentieth century as depicted in Andrea Busfield’s novel Aphrodite’s War (2010). The article discusses the methods and narrative strategies of disclosing collective trauma and considers the fact-fiction dimension, arguing the presence of it in a trauma narrative. Narrative strategies in trauma fiction are discussed and the author’s approach to the restatement of the national trauma is analysed. It is debated whether the novel can be described as a post-trauma testimony and whether the narrative is constructed on unified memory concepts. Postmemory is viewed within the framework of transgenerational trauma and the role of collective memory in the transmission of trauma is emphasised. Based on the ethical charge of the narrative, the reader’s status in the relationship with a trauma novel is questioned.
Hunting in Lusignan and Venetian Cyprus (1192-1570)
Authors: Coureas Nicholas
Published: November 2018

This paper describes hunting on Lusignan and Venetian Cyprus. The sources are legal texts, chronicle accounts and even glazed pottery. The information imparted concerns chiefly the Latin nobility but also other social classes and ethnic groups. Hunting practices were directly influenced by countries and civilisations to the east and west of Cyprus, especially the Mamluk sultanate and the medieval west. Furthermore, in Venetian Cyprus hunting influenced international diplomacy. Falcons reared on Cyprus were granted to Christian and Muslim rulers whom Venice wished to favour.
Turkish Cypriot identity after 1974: Turkish Cypriots, Turks of Cyprus or Cypriots?
Authors: Moutsis Ioannis
Published: November 2018

The hopes created by the unexpected triumph of Mustafa Akıncı in the Turkish Cypriot parliamentary elections in 2015 opened once again the debate about Turkish Cypriot identity. Despite the various works on the issue since the opening of the borders in 2003, the issue of identity in the Turkish Cypriot community still remains under-researched. The hope of the Turkish Cypriots for reunification and an end to political isolation was replaced by skepticism after the rejection of the 2004 Annan Plan by the Greek Cypriots in a national referendum. Nevertheless the election of Mustafa Akιncı with an overwhelming sixty percent proves that the Turkish Cypriots should not be considered as loyal to the AKP-controlled Turkish political order as perhaps they were once thought to be. This article will attempt to examine the various aspects of Turkish Cypriot identity, as this has been formed by the Cyprus issue, their fifty-year-long isolation and the hope for an end of the present status quo that will open a window to the outside world forty-one years after the 1974 war and eleven years after the Annan Plan referenda.
Interview with Stephanos Stephanides
Authors: Christofides Roger Marios , Stephanidis Stephanos
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Amnesiac Passages: Melville’s Pierre, Blanchot and the Question of Psychoanalytic Reading
Authors: Cohen Josh
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Writing Amnesia in Hervé Guibert’s Le Paradis
Authors: Ffrench Patrick
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Spelling out amnesia, or “forgetting me on the pretext of understanding me”
Authors: Lampropoulos Apostolos
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Zhang Benzi, Asian Diaspora: Poetry in North America
Authors: Roumeliotis Evangelos
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
The Impossibility of Reading in the Information Age: Warnings of Militariality Spoken in Salman Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh
Authors: P. Marzec Robert
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Postfeminist Mosaics: Jamie Pachino's Theodora
Authors: Dokou Christina
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Signs of Life: Questions of Survival
Authors: Bartkowski Fran
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Introduction: The difficulty of unbinding Hellenism
Authors: Mitsi Efterpi , Muse Amy
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Morton Timothy, Ecology: Without Nature. Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics.
Authors: Aretoulakis Emmanouil
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Introduction: Reflections Faint and Confused—Experiments in/of Realism
Authors: Despotopoulou Anna , Kitsi-Mitakou Katerina
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Capturing the ‘Real’ in British Television Fiction: Experiments in/of Realism— An Abiding and Evolving Notion
Authors: Dickason Renée
Published: November 2018

The realistic mode of depiction has been an abiding feature of British television fictions intended for British audiences ever since the rebirth of the medium after the Second World War. After briefly evoking the origins of realism in British audio-visual media and some of the reasons for its continued popularity with both viewers and broadcasters, this article examines how the constant challenge of “putting ‘reality’ together” (Schlesinger) has been met by innovation and experiment in differing social, political, and economic climates since the mid-1950s and how the perception of television realism itself has evolved. In the context of reality television and today’s post-modern hybrids which blur the distinctions between fact and fiction, entertainment and information, this article concludes with a reflection on whether British television’s (re)creation of reality is an end in itself or whether it is a means of achieving other objectives.
The Question of Authenticity in Migrant Self-Translation
Authors: Bohórquez Paola
Published: November 2018

Through the reading of Smaro Kamboureli’s and Ariel Dorfman’s translingual memoirs, this essay examines how the trope of authenticity figures in migrant narratives of self-formation in-between languages. With attention to the strategies of self-translation through which each text navigates the disjunction between mother tongue and foreign language, speech and writing, narrated and narrating selves, the essay argues that while both texts do away with mimetic notions of self-representation, each rearticulates the ethos of authenticity as constitutive of the process of writing the self in translation.
Voicing Authenticities through Translation: Framing Strategies in the Multicultural Fairy Tale Collections of Andrew Lang and Angela Carter
Authors: Murai Mayako
Published: November 2018

This article discusses the question of authenticity and translation in two multicultural fairy tale collections in English, Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books (1889-1910) and Angela Carter’s two-volume The Virago Book of Fairy Tales (1990-1992). Although they both deploy comparative folkloristic methods in editing their collections, they point in two opposite directions. On the one hand, Lang’s collection homogenises stories from different cultures into a single framework, smoothing out cultural differences in the service of a supposed universalism whose cultural bias is made invisible through Lang’s editorial strategies. On the other hand, Carter’s collection re-presents multiple authenticities by allowing different storytellers and translators to speak in their own voices while explicitly contextualising the stories in the framework of a feminist story collection. This article concludes with a reflection on the implications of Carter’s framing strategy for understanding the fairy tale and translation in a global context.
Anton Kannemeyer's Tactics of Translation as Critical Lens
Authors: Tyson John
Published: November 2018

Anton Kannemeyer (b.1967) is a white Afrikaner artist whose work engages with translation: subject matter culled from historical archives, comics, and the mass media is transposed into different languages, artistic mediums, and styles. Kannemeyer's artworks use translation as a means of returning to and interrogating traumatic, historical events. The beholder is prompted to (re)engage painful aspects of the past, approached from the critical distance allowed by the deferral implicit in translation. By re-encountering history in the gallery, the viewer must confront her memory and reconcile or interrogate disjunctions proposed in the space of Kannemeyer's work. Thus, with the re-imagining of events as translations in a new language, there is the possibility for a renewed investigation of received histories and a working over of traumas of the past.
Translation, Necessity, Vulnerability: An Interview with Michael Cronin
Authors: Kapsaskis Dionysios , Cronin Michael
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Bellos David, Is that a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything.
Authors: Seago Karen
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
The Promise of the 1821 Revolution and the Suffering Body. Some thoughts on Modernisation and Anti-intellectualism
Authors: Andriakaina Eleni
Published: November 2018

How can we understand and interpret the popular narrative of the 1821 revolution that speaks for the suffering body of the fighter while it reproaches the "Frenchified heterochthons" and conveys a kind of anti intellectualism (defined broadly and loosely by Merle Curti as "a suspicion of, opposition to, or derogation of intellectuals")? The popular view of 1821 has its origins in the memoirs of the "freedom fighters" written after the War of Independence. Its main motifs travelled from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century and lent themselves to multiple readings and various ideological uses. Although it has a socio political content, it cannot be explained in terms of a grand narrative of class war, as some Marxist historians of the twentieth century argue; neither can it be understood in terms of the grand narrative of Greek modernisation, that is, as a survival from a previous stage of historical development, a relic from the past, even though it draws its motives from traditional sources and idealises the role of chieftains in the War of Independence. I suggest that we approach the anti-intellectualism of the early nineteenth century from an anti-essentialist perspective of Greek history that highlights the Janus-face of modernisation and the ambivalent nature of modern ideologies (especially of popular nationalism) with regard to the relation between the intellectual and the people or the nation.
Making it New: Sappho, Mary Barnard and American Modernism
Authors: Barnsley Sarah
Published: November 2018

Contrary to the pessimism of American editors in the 1950s who told Mary Barnard that "Sappho would never sell," Barnard‘s Sappho: A New Translation (1958) is now in its fifty-fifth year of continuous print by the University of California Press. Expressing the bare, lyrical intensity of Sappho‘s poetry without recourse to excessive linguistic ornament or narrative padding, Barnard‘s translation is widely regarded as the best in modern idiom, with leading translation studies scholar Yopie Prins asserting that "Barnard‘s Sappho is often read as if it is Sappho." This essay will examine how Barnard managed this remarkable achievement, linking Sappho to the American modernist project to "make it new," to quote Ezra Pound. New archival material is used to show how Barnard declared herself "A Would-Be Sappho" as early as 1930. The essay begins with the reasons why Sappho was appealing to those with modernist sensibilities, reading the development of Imagists Pound, H.D. and Richard Aldington against the backdrop of the public excitement that surrounded the major excavations of Sappho‘s corpus at the turn of the century. The essay then zooms-in on the ways in which Sappho was a vital element in the formulation of Barnard‘s identity as a late modernist writer, particularly examining her appropriation of the imagery from Sappho‘s fragments as Barnard developed her "spare but musical" late Imagist style in her poems of the 1930s and 1940s. If Barnard‘s deep absorption of Sappho in her emergent years enabled her to find a means of producing American free verse in the modernist tradition, then there was an intriguing reciprocation: it was this very "Sapphic modernism," I contend, that enabled Barnard to find a means of translating Sappho to be read "as if it is Sappho." The essay concludes with a new interpretation of the significance of Barnard‘s appropriation of Sappho in her own poetry, noting how, peculiarly, Barnard drew out of her Sappho connection a thoroughly American idiom to pit against European literary autonomy, on a par with William Carlos Williams‘s own attempts to produce a thoroughly American verse. In making Sappho new for modern Americans, Barnard was, I find, making a new language for modern American poetry.
Home and Displacement: The Dynamic Dialectics of 1922 Smyrna
Authors: Georganta Konstantina
Published: November 2018

The destruction by fire of Smyrna, a rich port city on the coast of Asia Minor, in 1922,at the climax of the war between Greece and Turkey, and the consequent exchange of populations signed at Lausanne in 1923 are events that have left a lasting mark on Greek national narratives and modern Greek literary production. 1922 Smyrna also marked one of the final acts in the emergence of early-twentieth century nation-states constructed upon the idea of homogeneity. The inheritance of the implications of enforced homogeneity led writers to return to Smyrna to explore the instability of identities behind the traumatised narratives of war and expulsion and to interrogate the narrative production of „home.‟ This article examines how three novels originally published in the English language and thus widely available, namely Eric Ambler‟s The Mask of Dimitrios (1939), Jeffrey Eugenides‟s Middlesex (2002) and Panos Karnezis‟s The Maze (2004), return to 1922 Smyrna as to a site traumatised by war and create a discursive space lining 1922 to other historical times and to other narratives and modern anxieties. The focus on displacement counteracts the neat arrangement of nationalities designed by the Treaty of Lausanne making Smyrna a real utopia.
Some Thoughts on the Trails and Travails of Hellenism and Orientalism: An Interview with Gonda Van Steen
Authors: Muse Amy , Mitsi Efterpi
Published: November 2018

No abstract available
Tzelepis Elena & Athanasiou Athena (eds.), Rewriting Difference: Luce Irigaray and the Greeks.
Authors: Belia Vasso
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Koulouris Theodore, Hellenism and Loss in the Work of Virginia Woolf.
Authors: Marinou Cryssa
Published: November 2018

No abstract (available).
Recent advances in branching mechanisms underlying neuronal morphogenesis
Authors: Menon Shalini , Gupton Stephanie
Published: November 2018

Proper neuronal wiring is central to all bodily functions, sensory perception, cognition, memory, and learning. Establishment of a functional neuronal circuit is a highly regulated and dynamic process involving axonal and dendritic branching and navigation toward appropriate targets and connection partners. This intricate circuitry includes axo-dendritic synapse formation, synaptic connections formed with effector cells, and extensive dendritic arborization that function to receive and transmit mechanical and chemical sensory inputs. Such complexity is primarily achieved by extensive axonal and dendritic branch formation and pruning. Fundamental to neuronal branching are cytoskeletal dynamics and plasma membrane expansion, both of which are regulated via numerous extracellular and intracellular signaling mechanisms and molecules. This review focuses on recent advances in understanding the biology of neuronal branching.
The Trojan War inside nursing: an exploration of compassion, emotional labour, coping and reflection
Authors: van Zyl Adele Banks , Noonan Ian
Published: November 2018

Compassionate care is fundamental to nursing. However, when delivering compassionate care, the expected emotional state may not always spontaneously arise, risking a dissonance between authentic and displayed emotions. Nurses may therefore be required to engage in some form of emotional regulation strategy, to conform with assumed professional rules on emotional display. In both the dissonance and emotional regulation, there are risks on which nurses need to reflect. In this article, the end of the Trojan War as depicted in Homer's The Iliad and Virgil's The Aeneid is used as an allegory to illustrate the dangers and advantages of using response- or antecedent-focused strategies for emotional regulation. Response-focused strategies are reactive in nature—they could build resilience over time but may leave students and newly qualified nurses feeling exposed. An ‘emotional curriculum’ to include emotional intelligence in nurse education could equip the students with a more proactive approach to developing resilience rather than defensive practice. Using a narrative as an allegory may help to explore the application of these concepts in nursing practice.
From staff nurse to nurse consultant
Authors: Fowler John
Published: November 2018

The reasons why nurses may want to study for a master's or PhD are many and varied, as is the choice of courses on offer. John Fowler, Educational Consultant, looks at the benefits of undertaking advanced study, but warns that it will require good organisational skills and the support of family, friends and employers
SICKLE as a holistic treatment approach to sickle cell disease related ulcers
Authors: Rivolo Massimo
Published: November 2018

This article introduces a simple approach to adopt in the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD) related ulcerations based on the acronym SICKLE, standing for Skin assessment, Infection control, Compression, Keep moving keep debriding, Local strapping and Endless support. This case report explains and describes each step used in the treatment of this challenging disease in a 24-year-old patient, achieving complete healing in 6 months in long-lasting SCD ulceration previously treated without results with many other treatments. It has been replicated in further patients with excellent results. The SICKLE approach is an attempt to deliver a holistic way of treating patients with SCD-related leg ulcers. More studies are needed to better define the scientific validity of this method or to demonstrate any inconsistencies.
Using video as part of CPD
Authors: Newman Ross
Published: November 2018

The impact of video feedback on teacher-led CPD in Ross Newman‘s schools has been notable. Here, he explains how video feedback was implemented and offers some tips for other schools
A third of staff are stressed
Authors: Stanley Julian
Published: November 2018

This year's Teacher Wellbeing Index highlights continuing problems with stress. Julian Stanley explains
CPD: How teaching assistants can support student learning
Authors: Burnage Steve
Published: November 2018

Continuing his regular series, Steve Burnage talks us through CPD ideas that can be adapted. He offers a template for a 45-minute workshop with free handouts and slides on our website. This instalment looks at how to ensure teaching assistants are best able to support students' learning and progress
Can a reverse shoulder arthroplasty be used to revise a failed primary reverse shoulder arthroplasty?
Authors: Wagner E. R. , Hevesi M. , Houdek M. T. , Cofield R. H. , Sperling J. W. , Sanchez-Sotelo J.
Published: November 2018

Aims

Patients with a failed reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) have limited salvage options. The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of revision RSA when used as a salvage procedure for a failed primary RSA.

Patients and Methods

We reviewed all revision RSAs performed for a failed primary RSA between 2006 and 2012, excluding patients with a follow-up of less than two years. A total of 27 revision RSAs were included in the study. The mean age of the patients at the time of revision was 70 years (58 to 82). Of the 27 patients, 14 (52% were female). The mean follow-up was 4.4 years (2 to 10).

Results

Six patients (22%) developed complications requiring further revision surgery, at a mean of 1.7 years (0.1 to 5.3) postoperatively. The indication for further revision was dislocation in two, glenoid loosening in one, fracture of the humeral component in one, disassociation of the glenosphere in one, and infection in one. The five-year survival free of further revision was 85%. Five additional RSAs developed complications that did not need surgery, including dislocation in three and periprosthetic fracture in two. Overall, patients who did not require further revision had excellent pain relief, and significant improvements in elevation and external rotation of the shoulder (p < 0.01). The mean postoperative American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), and simple shoulder test (SST) scores were 66 and 7, respectively. Radiological results were available in 26 patients (96.3%) at a mean of 4.3 years (1.5 to 9.5). At the most recent follow-up, six patients (23%) had glenoid lucency, which were classified as grade III or higher in three (12%). Smokers had a significantly increased risk of glenoid lucency (p < 0.01).

Conclusion

Revision RSA, when used to salvage a failed primary RSA, can be a successful procedure. At intermediate follow-up, survival rates are reasonable, but dislocation and glenoid lucency remain a concern, particularly in smokers. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2018;100-B:1493–98.
Irrigation and debridement with chronic antibiotic suppression for the management of infected total knee arthroplasty
Authors: Weston J. T. , Watts C. D. , Mabry T. M. , Hanssen A. D. , Berry D. J. , Abdel M. P.
Published: November 2018

Aims

The results of irrigation and debridement with component retention (IDCR) in the treatment of acutely infected total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) have been variable. The aim of this study was to assess the outcome after IDCR when combined with chronic antibiotic suppression. We also evaluated survivorship free from subsequent infection, removal of the components, and death, as well as the risk factors for failure.

Patients and Methods

This was a single-centre retrospective review of 134 infected primary TKAs that were treated with IDCR. Infections within four weeks of the procedure were defined as acute postoperative infections, and those occurring more than four weeks after the procedure with symptoms for less than three weeks were defined as acute haematogenous infections. Patients were treated with intravenous antibiotics for four to six weeks, followed by chronic oral antibiotic suppression. Estimates of survival were made using a competing risk analysis. The mean follow-up was five years (2.1 to 13).

Results

The infection was an acute postoperative infection in 23 TKAs and an acute haematogenous infection in 111 TKAs. The incidence of subsequent infection was 36% in those with an acute postoperative infection and 33% in those with a haematogenous infection, five years postoperatively (p = 0.40). Age < 60 years increased the risk of subsequent infection (hazard ratio (HR) 2.4; p = 0.009) and removal of the components (HR 2.8; p = 0.007). Infection with a staphylococcal species increased the risk of subsequent infection (HR 3.6; p < 0.001), and removal of the components (HR 3.2; p = 0.002). Musculoskeletal Infection Society host type and local extremity grade, body mass index (BMI), the duration of symptoms, gender, and the presence of a monoblock tibial component had no significant effect on the outcome.

Conclusion

In a rigorously defined group of acute periprosthetic infections after TKA treated with IDCR and chronic antibiotic suppression, the infection-free survival at five years was 66%. The greatest risk factor for failure was an infection with a staphylococcal species, followed by age of < 60 years. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2018;100-B:1471–76.
MEJORA DE LAS ESTRATEGIAS DE AUTORREGULACIÓN DEL APRENDIZAJE EN LA UNIVERSIDAD: IMPACTO DE UN PROGRAMA DE ADAPTACIÓN ACADÉMICA A GRADO
Authors: Nocito Muñoz Guiomar , Navarro Asencio Enrique
Published: November 2018

INTRODUCCIÓN. El presente artículo tiene como objetivo presentar y comprobar la eficacia de un programa de intervención dirigido a estudiantes de primeros cursos universitarios con el fin de mejorar las estrategias de autorregulación del aprendizaje en el Sistema Europeo de Transferencia y Acumulación de Créditos. El programa “Adaptación académica de los estudiantes a grado” pretende favorecer el ajuste entre las variables personales y contextuales a través de actividades que promueven la reflexión y la adecuada toma de decisiones sobre el comportamiento académico. MÉTODO. Se ha realizado un estudio de diseño cuasiexperimental pretest-postest con grupo de control en estudiantes de segundo de grado. El instrumento utilizado para evaluar el nivel de autorregulación del aprendizaje de los sujetos es el Cuestionario de Estrategias de Aprendizaje y Motivación (CEAM II), versión traducida y adaptada por Roces Montero (1996) del Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) de Pintrich y sus colaboradores (1991). RESULTADOS. Los resultados obtenidos demuestran la eficacia del programa en la mejora de la autorregulación del aprendizaje en relación con las estrategias de organización, elaboración, búsqueda de ayuda y la capacidad de reflexionar sobre el propio proceso de aprendizaje. Asimismo se aprecia un mejor ajuste del tiempo de estudio marcado por las nuevas exigencias académicas y una reducción en los niveles de ansiedad. DISCUSIÓN. En la actualidad favorecer la adaptación académica de los estudiantes a grado es una de las variables a tener en cuenta para conseguir la excelencia universitaria y disminuir la tasa de abandono. Los resultados obtenidos en esta investigación muestran la eficacia del programa en relación a la mejora de las estrategias de autorregulación del aprendizaje en estudiantes universitarios.
NEWMAN, MACINTYRE Y NOSOTROS: AGONÍA Y UNIVERSIDADES EN EL SIGLO XXI
Authors: Luque David
Published: November 2018

INTRODUCCIÓN. En el año 2009, Alasdair MacIntyre publicó un artículo subtitulado “Aristotle, Newman and us”. El propio MacIntyre se sumaba, así, al creciente interés por la figura de John Henry Newman que, sin embargo, no ha sido puesta de manifiesto por la literatura científica que ha tratado de entender al escocés desde una filosofía de la educación. Este artículo pretende subrayar esa relación con la idea de que puede arrojar nuevos marcos de comprensión sobre la universidad y sus problemáticas actuales. MÉTODO. Metodológicamente, se sitúa en la hermenéutica aplicada a la educación que han defendido Deborah Kerdeman, Randall Curren o Anna Pagès, comprendiendo que esta metodología debe ser puesta en diálogo con el presente de tal forma que los autores no solo resulten interesantes, sino orientativos para nuestro presente. RESULTADOS. Lo que se observa con este artículo es que la influencia de Newman en la filosofía educativa de MacIntyre se produce no a través de los textos estrictamente educativos del beato, sino en aquellos relacionados con el desarrollo de la doctrina y la idea de tradición. DISCUSIÓN. Ahí se observa tanto la influencia como un tipo de universidad que se fundamenta en la comprensión agonística de las tradiciones intelectuales. Un tipo de universidad que, aunque está lejos de poder realizarse institucionalmente, sí puede tomar forma en la existencia de los académicos. Ahí permite comprender problemáticas tales como la teoría curricular, la identidad académica y la relación entre la docencia y la investigación.
What do light clocks say to us regarding the so-called clock hypothesis?
Authors: Bacelar Valente Mario
Published: November 2018

The clock hypothesis is taken to be an assumption independent of special relativity necessary to describe accelerated clocks. This enables to equate the time read off by a clock to the proper time. Here, it is considered a physical system–the light clock–proposed by Marzke and Wheeler. Recently, Fletcher proved a theorem that shows that a sufficiently small light clock has a time reading that approximates to an arbitrary degree the proper time. The clock hypothesis is not necessary to arrive at this result. Here, one explores the consequences of this regarding the status of the clock hypothesis.
Epistemic structural realism, modality and laws of nature
Authors: Borge Bruno
Published: November 2018

According to epistemic structural realism (EER) scientific theories provide us only with knowledge about the structure of the unobservable world, but not about its nature. The most significant objection that this posi- tion has faced is the so-called Newman’s problem. In this paper I offer an alternative objection to EER. I argue that its formulation leads to undesirable skeptical positions in two fields close to scientific realism: the debates on modality and laws of nature. I also show that there is an interesting sense in which my objection is stronger than the one offered by Newman.
Katherine and the Katherine: On the syntactic distribution of names and count nouns
Authors: Jeshion Robin
Published: November 2018

Names are referring expressions and interact with the determiner system only exceptionally, in stark contrast with count nouns. The-predicativists like Sloat, Matushansky, and Fara claim otherwise, maintaining that syntactic data offers indicates that names belong to a special syntactic category which differs from common count nouns only in how they interact with ‘the’. I argue that the-predicativists have incorrectly discerned the syntactic facts. They have bypassed a large range of important syntactic data and misconstrued a critical data point on which they ground the-predicativism. The right data offers new compelling syntactic grounds for referentialism.
Longevidade pós-colheita de hastes florais e vegetativas de Costaceae
Authors: Da Silva Júnior Marcos Antonio , Da Luz Petterson Baptista , Pereira e Barros Carolina De Faria , De Medeiros Carolina Moreira
Published: November 2018

This study aimed to evaluate the vase life of floral and vegetative stems of Costaceae and describe their morphological characteristics. To evaluate the vase life of floral and vegetative stems, four and six species were used, respectively. Three cutting stages were established for floral stems. Stems were cut a few days before flower opening at stage 1, upon opening of the first flower(s) (anthesis) at stage 2, and when floral stems showed more than 15 opened flowers at stage 3. However, only two different stages were applied for each species. Floral stems were standardized with 50 cm in length, while vegetative stems were standardized with 70 cm in length. The morphological characteristics determined for floral stems included diameter of the floral stem, length of inflorescence, diameter of inflorescence and fresh mass of floral stem. For vegetative stems, we considered diameter and fresh mass. After the first evaluation, stems were maintained at 22 ºC and 53% of humidity. The total number of post-harvest days (global longevity) in which the quality of floral and vegetative stems was acceptable were evaluated. The highest vase life for floral stems at stage 1 was observed for Costus woodsoni, Costus arabicus x Costus spiralis (Costus Tropicales), and Costus scaber. Hellenia  speciosa showed higher vase life at stage 3. H. speciosa showed the highest vase life and C. woodsonii the lowest values for morphological characteristics. The vase life of vegetative stems for the six species was satisfactory. Costus scaber (orange) showed the shortest longevity and Costus arabicus (yellow) longest longevity. Dimerocostus strobilaceus showed the highest values of morphological characteristics, and Costus arabicus (pink) showed lowest values. Based on the results, both floral and vegetative stems of Costaceae can be used for cutting.
Feasibility of Ivy (Hedra helix) for landscaping in Seoul, Korea
Authors: Chung Yong Suk , Nan Yukyeong , Lee Jin Hee
Published: November 2018

Due to the global warming, Seoul in Korea seems to be plausible to grow evergreen broad-leaved trees over the cold winter. This offers the planting options to create green environment. Thus, it became worth investigating what kinds of evergreen broad-leaved plants could stand in Seoul during the winter. Ivy (Hedera helix) has been chosen in the current study which is a well-known native and ornamental plant in Europe. It grows in warm condition in general. The current study tracked H. helix which is evergreen cover plant over winter in order to evaluate the possibility for utilizing this species as a climber or cover-plant in Seoul. We found that H. helix can survive over the winter and can be utilized to create evergreen environment in Seoul. It also implies that similar kinds of plants could be tested assuming the environment of Seoul is becoming more suitable for the plants originated from the warmer sites. H. helix is an option for elaborating outdoor environments in the city that lacks of green color.
Sensitivity of potted ornamental peppers to ethylene
Authors: Nascimento Mayana Ferreira , Dos Santos Rusthon Magno Cortez , De Araújo Fernanda Ferreira , Da Silva Neto João José , Finger Fernando Luiz , Bruckner Claudio Horst
Published: November 2018

Many environmental factors affect the post-production shelf life of potted ornamental plants. Exposure to ethylene can reduce the quality of many species, inducing flower, fruit and leaf abscission and senescence. The present study identified ethylene-resistant pepper genotypes during post-production shelf life testing. Potted plants of eleven pepper cultivars were transferred  o a 90-L sealed container when they had 30% of ripe fruits and treated with 10 μL L-1 of ethylene for 48 hours. Number of leaves and fruits were counted at the beginning of ethylene exposure and after 48, 96 and 144 hours. The experimental design was completely randomized, with five replicates of individual pots. The cultivars showed varied rates of foliar and fruit abscission. ‘Peloteira’ showed higher resistance to ethylene, with foliar abscission of 19%, after 144 hours. For fruit abscission, the cultivars ‘Peloteira’, ‘Jalapeño’, ‘Stromboli ornamental’, ‘Malagueta’ and ‘Rocoto Vermelha’ presented a lower percentage of leaf drop, varying between 9 and 34%, after 144 hours of exposure to ethylene. This study showed that ornamental peppers have high genetic diversity regarding ethylene sensitivity.
First Year University Students Self-Reported Health Outcomes Over an Academic Semester
Authors: Doyle-Baker P.K , Verge K.M. , McClelland L. , Fung T.
Published: November 2018

The transition to university can be a stressful time in a student’s life. Recent evidence demonstrates declining mental and physical health in college and university students compared to the general public. A prospective cohort study investigating mental and physical wellness over the course of a semester in a sample of first-year undergraduate students (N=74; 65%F) from nine faculties was completed at a large university in Canada. Sixty-eight (92%) students with a mean (SD, ±) age 18.2 ± 1.1 yrs., weight 67.9 ± 15.5 kg, height, 168.5 ± 11.6 cm and waist circumference 81.3 ± 9.8 cm completed the SF-36V2 quality of life questionnaire at the beginning and end of the semester in Fall 2014. A decrease in vitality (p=0.003), social functioning (p=0.004), emotional state (p=0.014), and mental health (p=0.019) outcomes as measured by the SF-36v2 occurred during the semester. In addition, aggregate mental health significantly declined from the beginning to the end of the semester (p <0.001), while physical health did not change (p=0.242). The importance of promoting and increasing awareness of campus wide mental health strategies should be considered a priority for first year undergrad students. Particularly, because students in their first year may take longer than one semester to adjust to the increased work load and although difficult to speculate it is possible that both mental and physical health would decline over the next (second) semester. Future research should aim for longer study duration.
In the Shadow of the Palm: Dispersed Ontologies among Marind, West Papua
Authors: Chao Sophie
Published: November 2018

This article explores how indigenous Marind of West Papua conceptualize the radical socio-environmental transformations wrought by large-scale deforestation and oil palm expansion on their customary lands and forests. Within the ecology of the Marind lifeworld, oil palm constitutes a particular kind of person, endowed with particular agencies and affects. Its unwillingness to participate in symbiotic socialities with other species jeopardizes the well-being of the life forms populating a dynamic multispecies cosmology, including humans. Drawing from ontological theories and the multispecies approach, I show how people in a remote place engage with adverse environmental transformations enacted by an other-than-human actor. Assumptions of human exceptionalism come under question in the context of a vegetal being that is exceptional in its own particular and destructive ways. Arguing for greater attention to other-than-human species that are unloving rather than unloved, I explore the epistemological frictions that arise from combining the anthropology of ontology with multispecies ethnography. I also attend to the implications of these theoretical positions in the real world of advocacy for those struggling in and against growing social and ecological precariousness.
Sintesis Elektrolit Padat NaMn2-xCoxO4 dengan Variasi Suhu Kalsinasi Menggunakan Metode Sol-Gel dan Karakterisasinya
Authors: Mufida Indah Ilmiyatul , Nuryanto Rahmad , Taslimah Taslimah
Published: November 2018

Elektrolit padat NaMn2-xCoxO4 telah disintesis menggunakan metode sol-gel dengan pelarut air deionisasi. Tahapan reaksi yang terjadi adalah hidrolisis, substitusi, polimerisasi, pembentukan oksida dan penyusunan spinel. Bahan yang digunakan antara lain CH3COONa (0,4 M), (CH3COO)2Mn (0,6 M), (CH3COO)2Co (0,2 M) dan Polivinil Alkohol (PVA) 8 % (w/v). Variasi suhu kalsinasi yang diterapkan masing-masing adalah 750°, 850°, 900° dan 950°C dan menghasilkan kristal serbuk berwarna hitam dengan berat masing-masing 1,64, 1,57, 1,60 dan 1,48 gram. Kristal yang dihasilkan dikarakterisasi menggunaknan X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), LCR Meter, dan SEM-EDS. Dengan meningkatnya suhu kalsinasi, aglomerat yang terbentuk menjadi lebih padat dan berkumpul menjadi aglomerat yang besar. Hal ini dapat menyebabkan perbedaan nilai konduktivitas. Spinel dengan nilai konduktivitas terendah dan tertinggi masing-masing adalah 2.01 x 10-7 S/cm dan 1.28 x 10-6 S/cm yang diperoleh pada suhu kalsinasi 750°C dan 850°C. Spinel elektrolit padat pada suhu kalsinasi terendah dan tertinggi adalah NaMn1,52Co0.48O4 dan NaMn1,51Co0.49O4.
Sintesis Elektrokimia Kompleks Cu(II)-Basa Schiff N-Benziliden Anilin dan Uji Aktivitas sebagai Antibakteri terhadap Escherichia Coli dan Staphylococcus Aureus
Authors: Chasanah Ulfa Wiwit , Widodo Didik Setiyo , Mulyani Nies Suci
Published: November 2018

Telah dilakukan penelitian tentang sintesis elektrokimia kompleks Cu(II)-basa schiff N-benziliden anilin dan uji aktivitas sebagai antibakteri terhadap Escherichia Coli dan Staphylococcus Aureus. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh produk kompleks ba Schiff N-benziliden anilin serta memperoleh data uji aktivitas antibakteri dan nilai LC50 dengan metode dilusi cair. Tahapan penelitian ini adalah penentuan potensial elektroda kerja, kompleksasi N-benziliden anilin dengan logam Cu, regenerasi bakteri dan uji aktivitas antibakteri. Kompleksasi dilakukan dengan melakukan elektrolisis pada potensial 8 volt menggunakan elektroda Cu dan karbon, sedangkan uji aktivitas antibakteri dilakukan dengan metode dilusi cair. Produk yang diperoleh berupa padatan putih kekuningan dengan berat rata-rata 0,03 gram dan rendemen sebesar 20,54%. Nilai LC50 yang dihasilkan pada N-benziliden anilin dan kompleks untuk bakteri Escherichia Coli masing-masing adalah 5,788 ppm dan 3,75 ppm sedangkan untuk bakteri Staphylococcus Aureus masing-masing adalah 6,135 ppm dan 2,601 ppm.
Pengaruh Variasi pH Sol terhadap Karakteristik Produk pada Pembuatan Elektrolit Padat NaMn2−xCoxO4 dengan Metode Sol-Gel
Authors: Azizah Sapta Nur , Nuryanto Rahmad , Taslimah Taslimah
Published: November 2018

Penelitian tentang pengaruh variasi pH sol terhadap karakteristik elektrolit padat NaMn2−xCoxO4 telah dilakukan. Keuntungan penggunaan elektrolit padat adalah material ini tidak menyebabkan kebocoran elektrolit sebagaimana elektrolit cair yang digunakan pada baterai, sehingga dapat meningkatkan keselamatan baterai. Pembuatan elektrolit padat dilakukan dengan metode sol-gel, yaitu dengan mencampurkan larutan natrium asetat, mangan asetat, kobalt asetat dan polivinil alkohol (PVA), pengadukan larutan selama 1 jam, penambahan NH4OH 0,5 M untuk mengkondisikan pH sol mejadi 8,3; 9,3 dan 10,3. Lalu, sol diaduk kembali selama 2 jam dan selanjutnya diuapkan pada suhu 60°C selama 40 jam. Gel yang diperoleh dikeringkan pada suhu 175°C selama 12 jam dan dikalsinasi pada suhu 800°C selama 4 jam. Hasil yang diperoleh dikarakterisasi menggunakan difraktrometer sinar-X (XRD), mikroskop elektron (SEM-EDS) dan LCR meter. Disimpulkan bahwa senyawa komponen penyusun elektrolit padat terdiri dari NaMnO2, Co2O3 dan Co3O4. Variasi pH sol mempengaruhi konduktivitas listrik elektrolit padat, peningkatan pH meningkatkan nilai konduktivitas listrik. pH 9,3 merupakan pH optimum untuk menghasilkan produk, dengan nilai konduktivitas listrik tertinggi yaitu 373 × 10-8 Scm-1, dengan formula NaMn1,557Co0,443O4 dan ukuran aglomerat 1,591 μm.
Pengaruh Variasi Konsentrasi Doping Kobal terhadap Karakteristik Elektrolit Padat NaMn2-XCoxO4 Menggunakan Metode Sol-Gel
Authors: Ardila Selfina Riska , Nuryanto Rahmad , Taslimah Taslimah
Published: November 2018

Penelitian tentang pengaruh variasi konsentrasi doping kobal dalam pembuatan elektrolit padat menggunakan metode sol-gel yang diduga dapat meningkatkan konduktivitas material telah dilakukan. Konduktivitas dapat ditingkatkan dengan menambahkan doping kation seperti kobal. Pembuatan elektrolit padat NaMn2-xCoxO4 dilakukan dengan pencampuran Na asetat 0,2 M, Mn asetat 0,3 M, Polivinil Alkohol dengan variasi Co asetat 0,025; 0,05; 0,1; 0,2; dan 0,4 M. Material yang dihasilkan dikarakterisasi menggunakan XRD, SEM-EDS dan LCR-meter. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa produk dengan konsentrasi dan doping tertinggi menghasilkan konduktivitas tertinggi yaitu sebesar 3,3174 x 10-6 S/cm.
The Chemical Characteristics of Iron Oxide/Carbon Synthesized by the Arc Discharge Method in Liquid Media with the Addition of Ammonia
Authors: Retnosari Indah , Hayati Ikrima Nur , Amalia Amalia , Hastuti Sri , Saraswati Teguh Endah
Published: November 2018

The chemical characteristics of composite material of iron oxide with carbon synthesized by arc discharge method in liquid medium have been identified. The liquid medium used in the method was ethanol with ammonia addition. The chemical characteristics of the resulting product were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). The morphology of the material was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The observed materials have a spherical and orderly structure. The FTIR spectra profile shows the peaks of N-H and C-N. The amino groups coming from ammonia as a liquid medium during arc discharge were supposed to have been covalently attached to carbon materials composited with iron oxide. The elemental analysis of EDX confirms the presence of nitrogen elements that were not found on the materials synthesized in arc discharge without ammonia addition.
Metabolite Profiling of Java Turmeric (Curcuma xanthoriza) Essential Oil with Different Harvest Times
Authors: Rafi Mohamad , Septaningsih Dewi Anggraini , Heryanto Rudi
Published: November 2018

Java turmeric (Curcuma xanthoriza) is one of the native plants from Indonesia. Java turmeric is known as a medicinal plant with a high content of volatile oils. In this study, we investigated the chemical profile of java turmeric essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation associated with different harvesting times of the rhizome (7, 9, and 11 months). The constituent of the essential oil was determined by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometer. About 19, 20 and 34 compounds were identified in 7, 9, and 11-month old java turmeric. Fifteen compounds were found in all samples namely β-elemene, zingiberene, γ-elemene, β-farnesene, α-curcumene, benzofuran, α-cedrene, epicurzerenone, ar-curcumene, germacrone, aromadendrene, α–longipene, trans-caryophilene, curcuphenol, and xanthorrhizol. This study showed the level of all compound detected in 7, 9, and 11 months old of java turmeric is different.
Das Fachreferat: vom Universalgelehrten zur Schwarmintelligenz
Authors: Tréfás David
Published: November 2018

Die Diskussion um das Berufsbild des Fachreferenten gebiert immer neue Entwürfe, während die Rolle der Fachreferenten innerhalb der Organisation der Bibliothek vernachlässigt wird. Dieser Artikel erläutert, wie man die Fähigkeiten dieser Gruppe von sehr gut ausgebildeten Fach- und Bibliothekswissenschaftlern in einem Sinne nutzt, dass sie es schafft, neue Entwicklungen im Bibliothekswesen zu adaptieren oder gar anzustossen. Um die kreative Kraft zu entfesseln braucht es aber eine Führungsphilosophie, die Solidarität und Vertrauen im Betrieb fördert.