bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessing Accuracy and Coverage of Housing Units Sampling Frame using the Post-Frame Update Survey (PFS) Method
Authors: Elawad Elmogiera , Nardis Yioryos , Agied Mohamed
Published: May 2017

Survey research using nationally representative samples is growing substantially in the rapidly developing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). However, in such countries the population and their demographic makeup change at some of the fastest rates in the world. In Qatar for instance, government censuses tend to be undertaken every five to six years, while the population and its demographic composition change very quickly (Alrouh, Ismail & Cheema, 2013). In 2004, the population of Qatar was just 798,000 and Qataris represented 24% of the countryâ€™s residents. The 2010 census measured the population at 1,699,000, only 17% of which were Qataris.In such countries therefore, sampling frames based on censuses may quickly become outdated as demographic compositions change considerably over short time periods, more so than in other countries. These contexts present a challenge for survey research, as the target population may differ significantly from the sampling frame shortly after it is constructed. Outdated frames may lead to coverage and content errors that not only affect the estimates produced by a survey but also operational processes associated with data collection. Frame error can negatively impact time spent in the field and survey costs. Periodic evaluation of the quality of a sampling frame used between censuses is required for estimating coverage bias and informing researchers about the quality of the frame data. Adjustments in field operations can then be made to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of data collection.This paper describes the Post-Frame update Survey method conducted by the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University. It aims to assess the accuracy and coverage of its housing units sampling frame and improve field operations. This method of evaluating sampling frames could be applicable to other research organizations that survey rapidly changing populations.Â
Thematic Implications in the Stage Directions of George Rygaâ€™s Play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
Authors: Abu-Swailem Abder-Rahim E.
Published: May 2017

The aim of this paper is to illustrate how George Ryga in his play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (1976), tries to make use of stage directions to enhance the themes expressed in the text. Thus, Â he Â uses stage directions extensively in order to express, illustrate and present his themes.Â  Like Bernard Shaw who distrusts the readers apprehension to grasp his ideas and motifs, we see that Ryga, to a great extent he presents us a play which the stage directions run parallel to his intended themes and thus enforcing his purpose, not only for the readers only, but also for the actors and directors of his play.Â
Execução forçada das obrigações
Authors: Rodrigues Neto João Máximo
Published: May 2017

O presente trabalho tem como escopo o estudo da execução forçada das obrigações e a evolução da tutela executiva ao longo dos anos, bem como aborda alguns pontos relacionados à teoria do inadimplemento. Tudo isso em uma ótica de prestígio da efetividade da prestação jurisdicional.
Os embargos de declaraçãoe o prequestionamento ficto à luz do Novo Código de Processo Civil: uma breve análise acerca das súmulas 356/STF e 211/STJ
Authors: Leal Lílian Sousa Terra
Published: May 2017

O presente artigo analisa o recurso de Embargos de Declaração e o instituto do prequestionamento como requisito para admissão dos recursos nos tribunais superiores, especialmente no que tange ao prequestionamento ficto, que sofreu importante alteração com a entrada em vigor do novo Código de Processo Civil.
O Estado desenvolvimentista e a concretização de uma estrutura humanista: uma análise sob a proposta da teoria do capitalismo humanista
Authors: Siqueira Bernardo Goncalves , Lobregat Rodrigo Rabelo
Published: May 2017

O capitalismo, conquanto seja o modelo econômico mais viável e coerente com a natureza individualista do homem, em detrimento ao socialismo, por exemplo, ainda não foi capaz de concretizar, a nível global, a tão almejada democracia universal. Na busca pela compreensão das relações entre o direito e o desenvolvimento, e com foco em uma estrutura humanista, faz-se necessário uma verificação do atual modelo de capitalismo, o que é proposto pela “Teoria Jurídico-Econômica do Capitalismo Humanista”, formalizada na PEC 383/2014.
Dano existencial no trabalho: presunção ou objetividade para provar sua caracterização
Authors: Veiga Janderson Vilela
Published: May 2017

O instituto do dano existencial surgiu de uma indefinição conceitual na doutrina italiana, entre as décadas de 70 e 90, sendo que, por falta de conceito próprio, gerava problemas quanto à sua caracterização. Este artigo analisa a produção de provas do dano existencial no direito trabalhista, apresentando o entendimento da inovação do instituto que amplia a esfera de garantias e direitos da personalidade. Para tanto, examinou-se a jurisprudência pátria sobre a aplicabilidade do dano existencial que, por ser recente, apresentou uma série de equívocos relacionados à suas características conceituais e distinção ante outras espécies de danos imateriais.
La implantación y el seguimiento de la Ventanilla Única en la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
Authors: Pastor Albadalejo Gema , García Solana M.ª José
Published: May 2017

La implantación y el seguimiento de la Ventanilla Única en la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Criterios para la evaluación de las políticas de medio ambiente: una referencia para la evaluabilidad del cumplimiento del Protocolo de Kyoto
Authors: Sierra Ludwig Victoriano
Published: May 2017

El fracaso de la UE en la ejecución de los compromisos del Protocolo de Kioto abre una gran cantidad de preguntas sobre la coordinación de los diferentes marcos regulatorios de los Estados miembros en términos de política ambiental. Este documento analiza los costos y beneficios de las políticas y principios ambientales de la UE, y estudia los instrumentos que tiene para llevar a cabo una evaluación combinada del progreso. en este campo. Asimismo, el autor propone la necesidad de superar los estándares de medición convencionales, en favor de otros en los que las dimensiones económica y social no están excluidas del objetivo principal del «desarrollo sostenible».
Diez años de evaluación de proyectos y organizaciones públicas: el Premio Ciudadanía del Observatorio para la Calidad de los Servicios Públicos
Authors: Monar Rubia Fernando
Published: May 2017

A finales de los ochenta y principios de los noventa algunos de los gobiernos de los diferentes niveles de las Administraciones públicas en España decidieron incluir en sus agendas, con más vigor que en momentos anteriores, el impulso a diferentes estrategias de mejora de los servicios que prestaban. La potenciación de los sistemas de información y atención al ciudadano, la introducción de conceptos como la determinación y medición de estándares, la planificación estratégica, el marketing político… fueron nutriendo las limitadas despensas del argumentario de una modernización del aparato público cada vez mas anhelada por los usuarios de todo tipo.
Las estrategias fiscales como respuesta a un contexto local en transformación en España
Authors: Navarro Yáñez Clemente J. , Huete García M.ª Ángeles
Published: May 2017

Es sabido que la pasada década de los setenta supuso el inicio de cambios significativos en el ámbito económico, social y político que dieron lugar al planteamiento de síntomas de crisis en el Estado de bienestar, y con ello, a iniciativas que, respondiendo a nuevas formas en la concepción de sus funciones y responsabilidades, así como la gestión de la Administración pública, han ido progresivamente transformándolo
Primeras y sumario
Authors: GAPP Revista
Published: May 2017

Primeras y sumario
Hydatid Disease of liver communicating with common bile duct managed by ERCP - A case report
Authors: Jha Anurag , Pathak Rahul , Sharma Sashi , Khadga Prem
Published: May 2017

Cystic hepatic disease is common in Asia, South America and Africa. Rupture of the hydatid cyst into the biliary tree can lead to serious cholangitis. In this report, a 53-year-old lady presented with the signs and symptoms of obstructive jaundice and cholangitis. Ultrasonography reported dilated common bile duct(CBD) with sludge and hydatid cysts in the liver. CECT revealed large cysts with enhancing thin wall in left and right lobe of liver with communicating into CBD and right IHBD respectively and features of obstructive biliopathy. Due to signs and symptoms of obstructive jaundice in addition to lab data and imaging modalities, ruptured hydatid cyst into the biliary tree was considered, and ERCP intervention was performed, after  endoscopic sphincterotomy , membranes of the cysts were extracted. Post intervention, signs and symptoms and cholestasis enzymes subsided.Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine Vol.5(2) 2016: 38-40
Associations between endothelin polymorphisms and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, clinical vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischemia, and functional outcome
Authors: Griessenauer Christoph J. , Starke Robert M. , Foreman Paul M. , Hendrix Philipp , Harrigan Mark R. , Fisher Winfield S. , Vyas Nilesh A. , Lipsky Robert H. , Lin Mingkuan , Walters Beverly C. , Pittet Jean-Francois , Mathru Mali
Published: May 2017

OBJECTIVE

Endothelin-1, a potent vasoconstrictor, and its receptors may be involved in the pathogenesis of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), clinical vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI), and functional outcome following aSAH. In the present study, common endothelin single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and their relation to aSAH were evaluated.

METHODS

Blood samples from all patients enrolled in the Cerebral Aneurysm Renin Angiotensin System (CARAS) study were used for genetic evaluation. The CARAS study prospectively enrolled patients with aSAH at 2 academic institutions in the US from 2012 to 2015. Common endothelin SNPs were detected using 5′ exonnuclease (TaqMan) genotyping assays. Analysis of associations between endothelin SNPs and aSAH and its clinical sequelae was performed.

RESULTS

Samples from 149 patients with aSAH and 50 controls were available for analysis. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, the TG (odds ratio [OR] 2.102, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.048–4.218, p = 0.036) and TT genotypes (OR 7.884, 95% CI 1.003–61.995, p = 0.05) of the endothelin-1 T/G SNP (rs1800541) were significantly associated with aSAH. There was a dominant effect of the G allele (CG/GG genotypes; OR 4.617, 95% CI 1.311–16.262, p = 0.017) of the endothelin receptor A G/C SNP (rs5335) on clinical vasospasm. Endothelin SNPs were not associated with DCI or functional outcome.

CONCLUSIONS

Common endothelin SNPs were found to be associated with presentation with aSAH and clinical vasospasm. Further studies are required to elucidate the relevant pathophysiology and its potential implications in the treatment of patients with aSAH.
Sporadic pediatric meningiomas: a neuroradiological and neuropathological study of 15 cases
Authors: Huntoon Kristin , Pluto Charles P. , Ruess Lynne , Boué Daniel R. , Pierson Christopher R. , Rusin Jerome A. , Leonard Jeffrey
Published: May 2017

OBJECTIVE

Sporadic meningiomas have been classified in many different ways. Radiographically, these lesions can be described as occurring in either typical or atypical locations. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are any histopathological differences between sporadic meningiomas that arise in these varying locations in children.

METHODS

The neuroimaging, histopathological findings, and clinical records in patients with sporadic pediatric meningiomas not associated with neurofibromatosis Type 2 or prior radiation therapy were retrospectively reviewed. Tumors were classified by radiological findings as either typical or atypical, and they were categorized histopathologically by using the latest WHO nomenclature and grading criteria.

RESULTS

Fifteen sporadic meningiomas in pediatric patients were biopsied or resected at the authors’ institution between 1989 and 2013. Five (33%) were typical in radiographic appearance and/or location and 10 (67%) were atypical. Four (80%) typical meningiomas were WHO Grade I tumors. Most (60%) of the atypical meningiomas were WHO Grade II or III.

CONCLUSIONS

This study is the largest series of sporadic pediatric meningiomas in atypical locations to date. Although sporadic meningiomas are relatively infrequent in children, those with atypical imaging, specifically those with apparently intraparenchymal and intraosseous locations, may be more common than previously recognized. In this study, pediatric sporadic meningiomas arising in atypical locations, in particular intraparenchymal meningiomas, may be of higher histopathological grade. The authors’ findings should alert clinicians to the potential for more aggressive clinical behavior in these tumors.
Synthesis of spiro heterocyclic systems from 2-(3-oxoisobenzofuran-1(3H)-ylidene)malononitrile and binucleophiles
Authors: Diyanatizadeh Mohammad Hadi , Yavari Issa
Published: May 2017

The reaction of 2-(3-oxoisobenzofuran-1(3 H)-ylidene)malononitrile, generated from phthalic anhydride and malononitrile, with different binucleophiles led to the formation of spiro heterocycles possessing a phthalide ring system in good yields.
Oman's Diverse Society: Southern Oman
Authors: Peterson J.E.
Published: May 2017

Dhufar, the southern region of the Sultanate of Oman, displays a tremendous diversity in its social structure, rather surprising for an area so small. While the people of the coastal plain and the inland Najd are Arabic-speaking, the mountain highlands of the region are home to various
non-Arabic speaking communities. Brief descriptions of these communities are provided, as well as of other non-Arabic-speaking groups that seem to have originated in Dhufar but have moved into the northeastern deserts. Unlike the case in northern Oman, the principal boundaries of Dhufar's
ethnic groups lie in language; but, as social change accelerates, this distinction may well disappear in the not-too-distant future. The Dhufar War of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as Oman's socioeconomic change since 1970, have increased physical and social mobility and blurred traditional
social distinctions.
“Libya Is Not Iraq”: Preemptive Strikes, WMD and Diplomacy
Authors: St John Ronald Bruce
Published: May 2017

The Bush administration quickly claimed full credit for Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi's decision to renounce unconventional weapons, suggesting this reversal in long-standing Libyan policy was a by-product of the war in Iraq. On the contrary, the role of the current administration
was one of successfully implementing policies discussed for more than a decade and finally initiated in the latter days of the Clinton administration. The welcome decision of the Qadhafi regime to disarm should thus be seen as a win, not for a strategy of preemptive strikes, but for traditional
methods of combating nuclear nonproliferation.
The Famous Forty and Their Companions: North Yemen's First-Generation Modernists and Educational Emigrants
Authors: Burrowes Robert D.
Published: May 2017

This article is a study of the several hundred North Yemenis who went out from isolated Yemen for education between 1947 and 1959. It focuses on their backgrounds, what and where they studied, the impact on them of this experience, what they did when they returned and, finally, the
impact they have had on the Yemen most hoped to change. The major conclusion is that their impact has been modest and that this is best explained by Yemen's socio-cultural system and the political structure it supports.
Khatami's Legacy: Dashed Hopes
Authors: Amuzegar Jahangir
Published: May 2017

Muhammad Khatami's presidency of Iran's Islamic Republic started with a deafening roar and ended in an unceremonious whisper. Chances are that his crisis-ridden eight-year tenure will be more favorably viewed in the future than is now the case with his disillusioned early supporters.
While his administration was a mixture of some successes and certain setbacks — like all previous ones — the country that he left to his successor was in many respects freer, more prosperous, and more diplomatically respected that the one he inherited from his predecessor. The
principal reason for his under-appreciated legacy may lie in the unbridgeable gap between his constituents' ever-rising expectations and his limited capacity to fulfill them. In other words, what was asked of him by the electorate was far more than the maximum he could possibly deliver, and
what he did deliver was far less than the minimum his supporters were eager to receive.
Israel and the Origins of Iran's Arab Option: Dissection of a Strategy Misunderstood
Authors: Parsi Trita
Published: May 2017

This article argues that Iran's "Arab option" — the Arab and pro-Palestinian tilt in Iran's foreign policy — did not emerge out of the ideological musings of Iran's Islamic revolutionaries, but out of Iran's new-found position of preeminence in the later years of the Shah's
rule. The sustainability of Iran's regional leadership required Arab acceptance and support, which could only be won through a pro-Arab orientation in Iran's foreign policy.
Democracy, "Arab Exceptionalism," and Social Science
Authors: Harik Iliya
Published: May 2017

This article deals with a cross-national measurement methodology of democracy as it is applied to Muslim and Arab nations by Freedom House, a major research organization. The results of Freedom House's studies show that Muslim and Arab states prove comparatively to be exceptional in
being resistant to democracy. This article briefly examines measurement criteria then highlights the finding that the exceptionalism thesis propagated by the Freedom House project is the product of serious discrepancies in the measurement application.
Between Palestine and Lebanon: Seven Shi'i Villages as a Case Study of Boundaries, Identities, and Conflict
Authors: Kaufman Asher
Published: May 2017

This article follows the fate of the only seven Shi'i villages in Mandatory Palestine, beginning in the time of the border demarcation between Palestine and Lebanon (1919-1924) and concluding with Hizbullah's demand to retrieve their territories back to Lebanon (2000). The article examines
the relations of the villages with the Jewish Yishuv and with the Sunni population in Palestine during the British Mandate; their fate as Palestinian refugees in Lebanon; and their status in Lebanon after the 1994 naturalization law that granted them Lebanese citizenship. The story
of the seven villages is examined through three prisms: that of the villages themselves, of the Palestinians, and of the Lebanese. The different narratives enlighten themes such as the colonial legacy in the Middle East, border dynamics, identity formation, and internal Lebanese politics.
What the Axis of Evil Metaphor Did to Iran
Authors: Heradstveit Daniel , Bonham Matthew G.
Published: May 2017

This article focuses on the Axis of Evil metaphor that was used by President George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address in 2002 to represent Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. After describing "axis" as a metonym for fascism and Nazism, and "evil" as a metonym for Satanic forces that
implies an alliance of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea that is collectively responsible for evil deeds, the authors analyze the impact of this metaphor on Iranian self-image and politics. The data for this analysis are drawn from in-depth interviews conducted with 18 members of the Iranian oppositional
elite. The interview results suggest that the Axis of Evil metaphor had an impact on political discourse in Iran and strengthened the rhetorical position of conservatives vis-à-vis reformers by reviving militant revolutionary language with the Great Satan (the United States) as the
main target of the theocratic and conservative forces. The article concludes with some observations about the implications of using cultural and historical experiences for explaining differences between the ways in which Americans (and other people in the West) and Iranians have understood
the metaphor.
Preparation of thick silica coatings on carbon fibers with fine-structured silica nanotubes induced by a self-assembly process
Authors: Baumgärtner Benjamin , Möller Hendrik , Neumann Thomas , Volkmer Dirk
Published: May 2017

A facile method to coat carbon fibers with a silica shell is presented in this work. By immobilizing linear polyamines on the carbon fiber surface, the high catalytic activity of polyamines in the sol–gel-processing of silica precursors is used to deposit a silica coating directly on the fiber’s surface. The surface localization of the catalyst is achieved either by attaching short-chain polyamines (e.g., tetraethylenepentamine) via covalent bonds to the carbon fiber surface or by depositing long-chain polyamines (e.g., linear poly(ethylenimine)) on the carbon fiber by weak non-covalent bonding. The long-chain polyamine self-assembles onto the carbon fiber substrate in the form of nanoscopic crystallites, which serve as a template for the subsequent silica deposition. The silicification at close to neutral pH is spatially restricted to the localized polyamine and consequently to the fiber surface. In case of the linear poly(ethylenimine), silica shells of several micrometers in thickness can be obtained and their morphology is easily controlled by a considerable number of synthesis parameters. A unique feature is the hierarchical biomimetic structure of the silica coating which surrounds the embedded carbon fiber by fibrillar and interconnected silica fine-structures. The high surface area of the nanostructured composite fiber may be exploited for catalytic applications and adsorption purposes.
The Spectrum of SS 433 in the H and K Bands
Authors: Robinson Edward L. , Froning Cynthia S. , Jaffe Daniel T. , Kaplan Kyle F. , Kim Hwihyun , Mace Gregory N. , Sokal Kimberly R. , Lee Jae-Joon
Published: May 2017

SS 433 is an X-ray binary and the source of sub-relativistic, precessing, baryonic jets. We present high-resolution spectrograms of SS 433 in the infrared H and K bands. The spectrum is dominated by hydrogen and helium emission lines. The precession phase of the emission lines from the jet continues to be described by a constant period,

. The limit on any secularly changing period is

. The He i 

line has complex and variable P-Cygni absorption features produced by an inhomogeneous wind with a maximum outflow velocity near 900 km s−1. The He ii emission lines in the spectrum also arise in this wind. The higher members of the hydrogen Brackett lines show a double-peaked profile with symmetric wings extending more than ±1500 km s−1 from the line center. The lines display radial velocity variations in phase with the radial velocity variation expected of the compact star, and they show a distortion during disk eclipse that we interpret as a rotational distortion. We fit the line profiles with a model in which the emission comes from the surface of a symmetric, Keplerian accretion disk around the compact object. The outer edge of the disk has velocities that vary from 110 to 190 km s−1. These comparatively low velocities place an important constraint on the mass of the compact star: its mass must be less than

and is probably less than

.
GMC Collisions as Triggers of Star Formation. III. Density and Magnetically Regulated Star Formation
Authors: Wu Benjamin , Tan Jonathan C. , Christie Duncan , Nakamura Fumitaka , Van Loo Sven , Collins David
Published: May 2017

We study giant molecular cloud (GMC) collisions and their ability to trigger star cluster formation. We further develop our three-dimensional magnetized, turbulent, colliding GMC simulations by implementing star formation subgrid models. Two such models are explored: (1) “Density-Regulated,” i.e., fixed efficiency per free-fall time above a set density threshold and (2) “Magnetically Regulated,” i.e., fixed efficiency per free-fall time in regions that are magnetically supercritical. Variations of parameters associated with these models are also explored. In the non-colliding simulations, the overall level of star formation is sensitive to model parameter choices that relate to effective density thresholds. In the GMC collision simulations, the final star formation rates and efficiencies are relatively independent of these parameters. Between the non-colliding and colliding cases, we compare the morphologies of the resulting star clusters, properties of star-forming gas, time evolution of the star formation rate (SFR), spatial clustering of the stars, and resulting kinematics of the stars in comparison to the natal gas. We find that typical collisions, by creating larger amounts of dense gas, trigger earlier and enhanced star formation, resulting in 10 times higher SFRs and efficiencies. The star clusters formed from GMC collisions show greater spatial substructure and more disturbed kinematics.
On a New Theoretical Framework for RR Lyrae Stars. II. Mid-infrared Period–Luminosity–Metallicity Relations
Authors: Neeley Jillian R. , Marengo Massimo , Bono Giuseppe , Braga Vittorio F. , Dall’Ora Massimo , Magurno Davide , Marconi Marcella , Trueba Nicolas , Tognelli Emanuele , Moroni Pier G. Prada , Beaton Rachael L. , Freedman Wendy L. , Madore Barry F. , Monson Andrew J. , Scowcroft Victoria , Seibert Mark , Stetson Peter B.
Published: May 2017

We present new theoretical period–luminosity–metallicity (PLZ) relations for RR Lyræ stars (RRLs) at Spitzer and WISE wavelengths. The PLZ relations were derived using nonlinear, time-dependent convective hydrodynamical models for a broad range of metal abundances (Z = 0.0001–0.0198). In deriving the light curves, we tested two sets of atmospheric models and found no significant difference between the resulting mean magnitudes. We also compare our theoretical relations to empirical relations derived from RRLs in both the field and in the globular cluster M4. Our theoretical PLZ relations were combined with multi-wavelength observations to simultaneously fit the distance modulus, μ
0, and extinction, A

V
, of both the individual Galactic RRL and of the cluster M4. The results for the Galactic RRL are consistent with trigonometric parallax measurements from Gaia’s first data release. For M4, we find a distance modulus of μ
0 = 11.257 ± 0.035 mag with A

V
 = 1.45 ± 0.12 mag, which is consistent with measurements from other distance indicators. This analysis has shown that, when considering a sample covering a range of iron abundances, the metallicity spread introduces a dispersion in the PL relation on the order of 0.13 mag. However, if this metallicity component is accounted for in a PLZ relation, the dispersion is reduced to ∼0.02 mag at mid-infrared wavelengths.
Oxygen Chemical Diffusion Coefficients of (U, Pu)O2-x
Authors: Watanabe Masashi , Sunaoshi Takeo , Kato Masato
Published: May 2017

The oxygen chemical diffusion coefficient in (U, Pu)O2-x was determined by thermo-gravimetry as functions of the Pu content, oxygen-to-metal ratio and temperature. The surface reaction was considered in the diffusion coefficient determination. The activation energy for the chemical diffusion coefficient was 60 kJ/mol and 65 kJ/mol, respectively, in (U0.8Pu0.2)O2-x and (U0.7Pu0.3)O2-x.
Irradiation Creep of Uranium-Plutonium Nitride Fuel and Serviceability of Fuel Element
Authors: Konovalov Igor I. , Tarasov Boris A. , Glagovskiy Eduard M.
Published: May 2017

Article discusses experimental data on creep of (U,Pu)N and other uranium compounds, and possible mechanism of mass-transfer. Proposed equation describes the following creep features: weak temperature dependence at T < 1000°C, creep acceleration in a fuel with micron-sized grains, and acceleration with the content of second phases formed by impurities and fission products. The difference in creep behavior in reactors with thermal and fast neutrons environmentsis discussed. Comparison of irradiation creep of nitride fuel and properties of cladding materials shows that under parameters of fast reactors and typical design of fuel element it is impossible to implement restraining of external nitride swelling. As initial porosity in the fuel will not compensate the nitride swelling, the cladding of fuel element will work in a mode of following the changing of fuel size. Some suggestions on the cladding material properties are done.
Об одной гибридной теореме о неподвижной точке для многозначных отображений
Authors: Gel'man Boris Danilovich
Published: May 2017

В 1955 г. в работе М. А. Красносельского была доказана теорема
о неподвижной точке однозначного отображения, являющегося суммой
сжимающего и вполне непрерывного отображений (гибридная теорема).
В дальнейшем эта работа развивалась в различных направлениях.
В частности она послужила толчком к развитию
теории уплотняющих отображений (как однозначных,
так и многозначных), однако такие отображения всегда имеют
компактные образы. Кроме этого появились различные варианты
гибридных теорем для многозначных отображений
с некомпактными образами. В этих работах предполагалось,
что многозначное сжимающее отображение имеет замкнутые образы,
а вполне непрерывное возмущение полунепрерывно снизу
(в некотором смысле).
В настоящей работе доказывается новая гибридная теорема
о неподвижной точке многозначного отображения, являющегося суммой
многозначного сжимающего и многозначного компактного отображения
в случае, когда многозначное компактное возмущение
полунепрерывно сверху и является псевдоацикличным.
В заключение статьи доказанная гибридная теорема применяется
к изучению разрешимости одного нового класса операторных включений,
содержащих сюръективные операторы. Полученная теорема применяется
к изучению проблемы существования решений у одного класса
управляемых систем,
заданных вырожденным дифференциальным уравнением с обратной связью.
Библиография: 19 названий.
Асимптотика многоточечных аппроксимаций Эрмита-Паде первого типа для двух бета-функций
Authors: Kandayan Artur Armenovich , Sorokin Vladimir Nikolaevich
Published: May 2017

Исследовано асимптотическое поведение аппроксимаций Эрмита-Паде
первого типа для двух бета-функций. Результаты представлены
в терминах задач равновесия теории логарифмического потенциала
и в терминах мероморфных функций на римановых поверхностях.
Библиография: 4 названия.
Автоморфизмы графов с массивами пересечений $\{60,45,8;1,12,50\}$ и $\{49,36,8;1,6,42\}$
Authors: Gavrilyuk Aleksandr L'vovich , Makhnev Aleksandr Alekseevich
Published: May 2017

Рассматриваются автоморфизмы дистанционно регулярных графов.
Доказано, что граф с массивом пересечений $\{60,45,8;1,12,50\}$
не является вершинно симметричным, а граф с массивом пересечений
$\{49,36,8;1,6,42\}$ не является реберно симметричным.
Библиография: 6 названий.
О точных решениях одного соболевского уравнения
Authors: Aristov Anatoly Igorevich
Published: May 2017

Работа посвящена построению точных решений следующего уравнения:
$$
\frac{\partial}{\partial t}(\Delta u-u)+\mu u^n+
(\lambda,\nabla)u^2=0.
$$
Здесь $u$ - действительнозначная функция,
зависящая от пространственной переменной
$x\in[0,l]^N\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ и времени $t>0$.
Библиография: 10 названий.
Непрерывная $\varepsilon$-выборка и монотонно линейно связные множества
Authors: Tsar'kov Igor' Germanovich
Published: May 2017

Изучаются множества с непрерывной выборкой из почти наилучших
приближений, а также монотонно линейно связные множества;
приводятся многочисленные примеры таких множеств.
Библиография: 16 названий.
Универсальная деформация кольцевой схемы Витта
Authors: Deninger Christopher , Oh Young-Tak
Published: May 2017

Описывается универсальная деформация над приведенными базовыми кольцами кольцевой схемы Витта, снабженной поднятием отображения Фробениуса и отображением переноса. Она согласуется с $q$-деформацией, введенной ранее вторым автором, для которой дается более простое описание. В приложении обсуждается теория векторов Витта для инд-колец, которая может представлять независимый интерес.
Библиография: 7 названий.
Рост объемов квазигиперболических шаров
Authors: Zhang Xiaohui , Klen Riku , Suomala Ville , Vuorinen Matti
Published: May 2017

Изучаются понятия квазигиперболического объема и оценки роста квазигиперболического объема шаров в области $G \subset {\mathbb R}^n$ в терминах радиусов этих шаров.
Библиография: 23 названия.
Intrarater Reliability and Other Psychometrics of the Health Promoting Activities Scale (HPAS)
Authors: Muskett Rachel , Bourke-Taylor Helen , Hewitt Alana
Published: May 2017

OBJECTIVE. The Health Promoting Activities Scale (HPAS) measures the self-rated frequency with which adults participate in activities that promote health. We evaluated the internal consistency, construct validity, and intrarater reliability of the HPAS with a cohort of mothers (N = 56) of school-age children.

METHOD. We used an online survey that included the HPAS and measures of mental and physical health. Statistical analysis included intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), measurement error, error range, limits of agreement, and minimum detectable change (MDC).

RESULTS. The HPAS showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .73). Construct validity was supported by a significant difference in HPAS scores among participants grouped by physical activity level; no other differences were significant. Results included a high aggregate ICC of .90 and an MDC of 5 points.

CONCLUSION. Our evaluation of the HPAS revealed good reliability and stability, suggesting suitability for ongoing evaluation as an outcome measure.
Gender and the Social Body in Edith Wharton'sThe Fruit of the Tree
Authors: Bruner Nicolette Isabel
Published: May 2017

In The Fruit of the Tree, Wharton portrays corporate personhood as an early feminist alternative to the lingering vestiges of coverture, one that allows married women a socially acceptable method of furthering their own desires through the corporate profit-making imperative. Wharton emphasizes the social, communal nature of the corporation, using familiar constructs like “company” and the traditional bonds of marriage and family to naturalize the corporation into an extension of preexisting social ties. Up until the mid-nineteenth century, the legal doctrine of coverture constructed marriage as a form of group personhood in which a woman's legal being, including her property, became subsumed into that of her husband. In The Fruit of the Tree, Wharton presents the corporation as supplanting the strictures of coverture by pitting the old understandings of the meanings of marital union against the new financial realities of stock ownership. In addition, by creating a corporation where the stock is transferred from mother to daughter, Wharton complicates the gendering of the corporation, presenting its operations as animated in large part by women occupying traditionally feminine spaces.
ReadingThe Age of Innocencein France
Authors: Ricard Virginia
Published: May 2017

In this article I discuss the ways in which Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence helps students think about the past, and more particularly the way it helps them to question their ideas about women's roles today and in history.
Motivational Factors Leading Young Saudi Females to Become Bilinguals
Authors: Garcia Ana Gil , Cardella Mercedes
Published: May 2017

The push for English acquisition has made countries rethink their internal academic curriculum affairs across all levels of education, K-21. Traditionally, most countries used their native official language as the mode of instruction in the classroom. In recent years, due to technological innovation, globalization and social networking, higher education institutions have created ways to adapt to and accommodate an increasing demand for English as a worldwide business language. English, which has in the past century become the second language of the world, has unofficially become the number one language of the global village, both in real terms and through the media. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not an exception. Many universities in the Kingdom have responded to the internationalization of the curriculum by facilitating mechanisms to deliver full degrees in English and have westernized their modes of instruction. But, what mechanisms have influenced the population to make English the preferred language for teaching and learning? For the purpose of this qualitative research, 67 freshman female Saudi students were asked to write about their motivation to become bilingual in English. To collect data, students wrote essays about their motivation and inspirations that drove them to learn English as a second language. The methodology incorporated the use of the five W questions approach: What, Who, When, Where and Why. Surprisingly, the primary forms of motivation to learn the language were parents at home. The second factor was social media outlets offering individuals the ability to communicate with the outside world, and thirdly, personal and professional reasons to make them more competitive and marketable in todays’ demanding business world.
Cultural Intelligence and Creativity: The Experience of Trainees Abroad
Authors: Zanazzi Silvia
Published: May 2017

Cultural intelligence (CQ), defined as ‘an individual’s ability to be effective in situations characterized by cultural diversity’ (Ang, Van Dyne, 2008), can be developed and strengthened through experience, education and training. For a number of years, research on cultural intelligence has found important and recurring results for individuals with higher levels of CQ: better cross-cultural adjustment, improved job performance and enhanced personal well-being. More recent works have focused on the relation between cultural intelligence, creativity and innovation, opening new horizons for studies in the field. In light of these recent developments, the paper explores the link between cultural intelligence and creativity in a specific context: a program for American college students doing their traineeship in Rome, Italy. The research is based on the analysis of field journals written by trainees. While reading and coding them, we looked for ‘proofs’ of divergent and critical thinking, assuming, based on a literature review, that they are important components of the creative process. Results show that divergent and critical thinking are consistently present in the journals written by trainees who have been positively assessed by their academic tutors and placement supervisors. Critical and divergent thinking, and subsequently creativity, are likely to be higher among individuals who demonstrate interest and openness to the new culture they encounter and are capable not only to describe it, but also to compare it with their own. This re-confirms the importance of cross cultural training to enhance the learning outcomes of a traineeship abroad.
Faculty Involvement in Student Organizations
Authors: Warren Louis L.
Published: May 2017

This article examines how college students benefit from faculty being involved in their student organizations. Substantial research has been carried out on how such involvement impacts college students, for example, on their skills, values, aspirations, attitudes, job and even personality characteristics. Beyond the opportunities provided for students to gain academically-related information, such interactions have a wider impact on students’ general ways of thinking, methods of solving problems, and interests in life goals. Increased involvement of faculty with students’ programs is one way of increasing students’ satisfaction with academic and other non-academic programs, thus helping to retain highly motivated and qualified individuals who can remain loyal to the learning institution and support its programs. Such interactions also foster students’ occupational decisions, increase students’ persistence at the college, influence academic and intellectual development, and foster social or personal development. Research on the impact of faculty-student interaction concludes that more is better.
Gender Representation in EFL Textbooks in Saudi Arabia: A Fair Deal?
Authors: Sulaimani Amjjad
Published: May 2017

This study explores gender representation in an international English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbook that has been specifically adapted for the Saudi Arabian context. It aims to investigate gender frequencies in conversations in three dimensions: gender relations, subject positions, and contents. The quantitative data were analysed using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a model. The results indicate that the textbook is biased in terms of gender. Women are underrepresented in the textbook. They have been totally excluded from half of the units in the textbook. Also, the equal relations between the two genders are limited to friendship. Although both genders are positioned in the same subjects and contents, women are less frequently characterised than men.
The Evolution of Citizen Participation and Regulatory Success
Authors: Akao Ken-Ichi , Kim Geumsoo
Published: May 2017

In an evolutionary game setting we have shown that either perfect compliance or perfect non-compliance with a regulation can evolve as an asymptotically stable state. However, this depends critically on the size of a defector’s additional payoff when there is no private monitoring to a cooperator’s payoff, relative to his expected fine from an enforcer’s monitoring. As an enforcer’s willingness to monitor voluntarily gets affected by their relative share of the population to the defectors’, the society could be stuck in the neighborhood of the initial state if many defectors already exist and a little larger than enforcers, even though the regulatory agency has a strong policy in its enforcement.
VECM and Variance Decomposition: An Application to the Consumption-Wealth Ratio
Authors: Silatchom Francois De Paul
Published: May 2017

This study uses a variance decomposition technique, which doesn’t rely on the underlying economic theory, in order to implement a permanent-transitory variance decomposition of the consumption-wealth ratio. We break down the wealth variable into financial assets, tangible assets, and human assets. Using quarterly data over the last six decades, we rely on cointegration analysis as the framework for the study, in order to assess the long-term interrelation between consumption shocks, and those from each of the above mentioned wealth components. Our results indicate that wealth components tend to exhibit permanent shocks, while consumption shocks appear to be transitory. Moreover, the results also indicate a low contemporaneous correlation between shocks in consumption and the ones from financial assets, and also between shocks in consumption and the ones from tangible assets. In addition, the variance decomposition of consumption shocks seems to indicate that, over the time a significantly increasing proportion of consumption shocks is explained by financial assets.
Reforms in Bahrain
Authors: Longva Anh Nga
Published: May 2017

Genuine democratization or strengthening autocracy through liberalization? Those critical to the country’ s reforms argue that there will be progress, but just enough to consolidate the king’ s powerbase and improve his image, while isolating the opposition.
Fordrevne syrere i Libanon: gjestfrihetens muligheter og begrensninger
Authors: Thorleifsson Cathrine
Published: May 2017

Tre år inn i den syriske borgerkrigen har Libanon mottatt flest flyktninger av landene i Midtøsten. Hvordan mestrer fordrevne syrere hverdagen i nabolandet Libanon? Og hvordan responderer det libanesiske vertsamfunnet på presset fra flyktningstrømmen?
Egypts kamp om loven
Authors: Parslow Joakim
Published: May 2017

Etter revolusjonen i 2011 har egyptiske militærdomstoler dømt flere sivile enn noen gang før. Mye tyder likevel på at tiden er omme for militærdomstoler som politisk redskap.
Kjønnssegregering og kvinners handlingsvalg
Authors: Kjeldstadli Tine
Published: May 2017

Artikkelen diskuterer hvordan saudiske kvinner håndterer skrevne og uskrevne normer og regler for atferd i offentlige rom. Analysen antyder at kvinner finner kreative handlingsmuligheter til tross for klare atferdsregler. I tillegg diskuteres betydningen av sosiale arenaer og klassetilhørighet for handlingsvalg.
Militant islamisme og "legitim" vold
Authors: Kolås Åshild
Published: May 2017

Militant islamisme bygger på to grunnleggende ideer: muslimske forestillinger om hellig krig og den moderne politiske voldsdoktrinen, nasjonalistisk militarisme. Det ideologiske kunststykket har vært å forene den statlige krigsretorikken med religiøs retorikk til et tilsynelatende logisk hele.
Hvor mye medivold er for mye?
Authors: Figenschou Tine Ustad
Published: May 2017

Etter Irak-krigen har debatten gått blant internasjonale journalister, politikere og medieforskere: Hvor voldelige bilder skal mediene vise fra slagmarken?
Vold og politikk i Iran
Authors: Shahibzadeh Yadollah
Published: May 2017

Finnes det ideologisk belegg for en voldelig orientert bevegelse i Iran?
Kristne palestinere på Vestbredden
Authors: Kartveit Bård
Published: May 2017

Det foregår et stille drama i de palestinske områdene. Områdets kristne innbyggere reiser ut i en alarmerende fart og minker i antall for hvert år. Situasjonen er spesielt dramatisk i Betlehem. Dette har tradisjonelt vært en kristen by, men i dag utgjør de kristne rundt 25 prosent av byens befolkning.
Hva er islamisme?
Authors: Høigilt Jacob , Selvik Kjetil
Published: May 2017

Islamisme behandles i forskningslitteraturen oftest som et politisk fenomen. Selv om en slik analyse ikke er feil, gir den ikke et fullstendig og sammenhengende bilde av islamismen. Her vil vi foreslå en fortolkningsramme som tar høyde for islamismens kulturelle aspekter for å favne bredere enn det tradisjonelle, politisk-orienterte paradigmet.
Narrativer i konflikt
Authors: Strand Trude
Published: May 2017

Frem til slutten av 1980-tallet var de fleste israeleres oppfatning av krigen i 1948 preget av ideologisk historiefortelling i nasjonsbyggingens navn. De “nye historikerne” utfordret de gamle forestillingene og debatten som fulgte rokket ved Israels etablerte maktstrukturer, kollektive hukommelse og selvforståelse.
En proto-politisk forståelse av "Irak" i den sen-osmanske perioden
Authors: Visser Reidar
Published: May 2017

Myten om Irak som en fullstendig kunstig konstruksjon, skapt av britiske imperialister under første verdenskrig, er seiglivet. Den mangler imidlertid et solid empirisk grunnlag.
Tyrkias utenrikspolitikk etter den arabiske våren
Authors: Wigen Einar
Published: May 2017

Under den arabiske våren ble Tyrkia stadig trukket frem som et mulig forbilde for Tunisia, Egypt og Libya, og som en potensiell regional stormakt i kjølvannet av revolusjonene. Der Tyrkias utenrikspolitikk før dreide seg om samarbeid med alle, gjør denne nye posisjonen Tyrkia upopulær blant regionens autoritære regimer.
Tyrkisk utenrikspolitikk i populærkulturen
Authors: Wigen Einar
Published: May 2017

Få hendelser har utløst en slik sjelegranskning i tyrkisk politikk som USAs invasjon av Irak i 2003. Mens Tyrkia er USAs allierte, har de alvorlige problemer med amerikanernes fremferd i regionen. Denne artikkelen tar for seg populærkulturens fremstilling av denne frustrasjonen.
Radicalism or realpolitik? The Foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Authors: Goodarzi Jubin
Published: May 2017

While there have been major changes in Iranian foreign policy since 1979, there have also been important continuities. This article argues that the Islamist regime’s foreign policy objectives are, in order of priority, regime survival, national security and revolutionary Islam.
Palestinske flyktningers kår etter Nahr al-Bared
Authors: Tiltnes Åge A.
Published: May 2017

Raseringen av Nahr al-Bared har gjort en tidel av de fattige og rettighetsløse palestinske flyktningene i Libanon hjemløse. Det vil i beste fall ta flere år før de kan flytte hjem. Hvilke muligheter har de fordrevne og palestinere i Libanon i sin alminnelighet til å forbedre sine levekår?
Med oppholdstillatelse på egen jord: Palestinere i Øst-Jerusalem
Authors: Abdel-Fadil Khaled
Published: May 2017

Mange israelske kontrollinstanser gjør livet og hverdagen vanskelig for palestinere som er bosatt i Øst-Jerusalem. Hensikten med kontrollen er en stille deportering.