bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Los registros de la violencia en La hija del caníbal de Rosa Montero
Authors: Bonatto Adriana Virginia
Published: October 2016

Este trabajo se propone realizar una lectura de la novela de Rosa Montero, publicada en 1997, momento en que la “nueva novela histórica” española se encontraba en ciernes, con el objetivo de localizar los registros de la violencia en los que la voz de la protagonista y narradora se inscribe, y los modos en que su discurso se desarrolla a la manera de línea de fuga de algunas configuraciones socio-culturales y literarias, entendidas como opresivas o restrictivas. En un primer apartado nos dedicaremos a la revisita que La hija del caníbal hace del género policial negro, sistema literario que tradicionalmente ha estado a cargo de una voz masculina; seguidamente nos detendremos en la representación que la novela lleva a cabo de las relaciones de los espacios de lo público y de lo privado, entendidos como configuraciones socio-culturales atravesadas por prerrogativas violentas o que han operado históricamente de una manera opresiva sobre los sujetos a partir de ellos constituidos; y por último mencionaremos algunos aspectos de la narración en los que se da cuenta de zonas poco transitadas por el discurso literario, desde la convicción de que éste también es un espacio constreñido por tradiciones y jerarquías que en buena medida han limitado sus posibilidades de dar cuenta de sujetos y vivencias alternos.
Memória e documento: o diário de Gonzaga Duque
Authors: Espindola Alexandra Filomena
Published: October 2016

Este ensaio procura discutir como a biografia de Gonzaga Duque, disponível no site oficial da Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa, estrutura-se e, assim, assemelha-se à lógica estrutural da narrativa da História Tradicional. Dessa maneira, a biografia encontra um lugar de legitimidade como um discurso de “verdade”. Para atender ao objetivo deste texto, procuramos compreender como procedem os gêneros história e biografia e a relação que mantêm com “realidade” e ficção. Teóricos como Jacques Rancière, Juan José Saer e Nietzsche nos ajudam a pensar a relação entre “verdade” e aparência, ficção e não-ficção. Rancière entende que, para ser pensado, o real precisa ser ficcionado; já Saer destaca um caráter duplo da ficção: o empírico e o imaginário; e Nietzsche desfaz as fronteiras entre a “realidade” e a “aparência”. Assim, podemos elaborar uma noção de biografia e história livre do velho ranço do discurso da “verdade” e pensarmos os objetos de arte sem a preocupação com a oposição ficcional e não-ficcional.
O espaço da utopia: impulso utópico e mapeamento cognitivo em TAZ - Zona Autônoma Temporária
Authors: Guirau Marcelo Cizaurre
Published: October 2016

Nesse estudo, propomos uma leitura do livro TAZ, escrito por Hakim Bey, à luz da noção de “impulso utópico” (nossas referências aqui são Ernst Bloch e Fredric Jameson) e do conceito de “mapeamento cognitivo”, desenvolvido por Jameson. A nossa análise mostrará que TAZ, enquanto construção utópica, apresenta uma série de lacunas e inconsistências, as quais orientarão nosso esforço cognitivo, uma vez que serão lidas como “sintomas instrutivos” da atual crise da imaginação histórica.
“Let the madness... begin!”: A dialética entre a razão e a sanidade no culto à personalidade do cantor Ozzy Osbourne
Authors: Senra Flavio Pereira
Published: October 2016

O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar a construção do discurso estético do cantor britânico Ozzy Osbourne, tendo como foco as estratégias utilizadas para compor sua imagem de madman do heavy metal. Através da análise de letras de canções, entrevistas, episódios biográficos e fotos promocionais, evidencia-se o emprego de elementos pertencentes ao plano terrestre/humano na formação da imagem do artista pública como uma celebridade a ser cultuada. Dentre estes, constam o caráter limitado/insciente do ser humano “comum”, bem como o espectro da insanidade. Todavia, percebe-se que esses mesmos elementos, ainda que evidenciem um caráter “meramente mortal” da celebridade fomentam o culto à personalidade do artista, e se tornam traços fundamentais da construção de seu discurso estético/imagético/identitário.
Ecos do narrador benjaminiano no filme O Labirinto do Fauno: uma (re)significação da morte pela fidelidade ao Événement
Authors: Hartmann Giuliano , Silva Marisa Corrêa
Published: October 2016

O narrador benjaminiano é a presença condenada ao esvaziamento que faz parte de uma tradição já problematizada; é o eco que, ao longo dos tempos, instilou valores e regulou conceitos de vida. O contemporâneo apresenta-o em constante exílio, corrompida sua sabedoria: viver é banal e morrer já não produz nem faz sentido. Nesse contexto, literatura e cinema transformam a oposição de vida e de morte em um dístico opaco e relativizado: viver é o agora e a morte torna-se um signo plano, um simulacro. O presente trabalho objetiva refletir acerca da questão da representação da morte pela perspectiva do narrador em O Labirinto do Fauno (2006), voz onisciente que apresenta Ofélia, imersa em um universo de opressão e sombra, personagem que tem sua perene existência (re)simbolizada no momento em que viver não significa nada e morrer resgata valores, transformando-se em imortalidade no sentido preconizado por Alain Badiou, de fidelidade ao Acontecimento (événement).
Apropriações literárias em Anticristo, de Lars von Trier
Authors: Kruger Patrícia
Published: October 2016

Procuramos mostrar aqui como o filme Anticristo (Antichrist, 2009) do cineasta dinamarquês Lars von Trier pode ser analisado atentando-se para suas apropriações literárias. Destacaremos, assim, as relações que o filme estabelece com as elaborações estéticas e algumas obras do dramaturgo sueco August Strindberg e do dramaturgo alemão Bertolt Brecht. Também nos propomos a investigar como o estudo do foco narrativo apresentado pelo filme permitiria uma leitura destoante das que o filme tem recebido e como ferramentas da crítica literária possibilitariam apontar na obra uma armadilha ideológica central para sua interpretação.
Tres figuras históricas en la crítica inmanente de Theodor Adorno: anticuado, estilo y tradición
Authors: Rauschenberg Nicholas D. B.
Published: October 2016

Buscamos presentar la noción de crítica inmanente en Theodor Adorno a partir de tres categorías históricas relativas a la crítica del arte: lo anticuado, el estilo y la tradición. Cada una de éstas nociones sólo pueden ser pensadas en contextos de crítica, es decir, en casos concretos situados de obras de arte o de crítica ideológica. La producción de lo anticuado es una característica de la ideología de la industria cultural, pero, por otro lado, afirma la actualidad crítica de la obra que quiere rechazar. El estilo, característica de una época como el romanticismo o el barroco, sobrepasa la percepción del artista de su propia historicidad al mismo tiempo que su práctica confirma algunas de las características y niega otras en la especificidad material de las obras concretas. La tradición, situada en la antinomia del arte moderno, sólo puede ser pensada como ruptura: valerse por sí misma o ser fetichizada.
Tal Brasil, qual romance? Literatura não é documento. Sobre Ana Cristina César e Flora Süssekind
Authors: Wolff Jorge
Published: October 2016

Ana C. e Flora, convivas e colegas de bancos escolares no universo acadêmico carioca da década de 70, ambas com um pé na universidade e outro no jornalismo, são abordadas criticamente a partir desse convívio e de dois ensaios resultantes dessa safra, Literatura não é documento e Tal Brasil, qual romance?, colocando-os em choque ou contraste e tomando como proposição-chave a noção devida a um teórico do cinema americano segundo a qual toda narrativa fílmica – e por extensão toda narrativa – é um “documentário”.
História e ficção no Livro-reportagem Dossiê Brasília – Os segredos dos presidentes de Geneton Moraes Neto
Authors: Bisol Laísa Veroneze , Silva Denise Almeida
Published: October 2016

Este ensaio apresenta uma análise do livro Dossiê Brasília - Os segredos dos presidentes de Geneton Moraes Neto, que traz informações no formato pergunta-resposta, dispondo, ainda, de textos complementares de apresentação dos políticos, a fim de fazer um resgate sobre diversos períodos da história dos bastidores do poder no Brasil. O objetivo do trabalho é verificar a existência do entrecruzamento entre a realidade e a ficção na obra e, para tanto, tomam-se como referência diversos estudiosos, sobretudo Paul Ricoeur. Este estudo centra-se na apresentação e entrevista constantes no capítulo dedicado ao ex-presidente Fernando Collor de Mello, o qual foi alvo de muitas polêmicas, especialmente em torno de sua gestão e afastamento do poder. A realização desta análise evidencia a presença da literatura em uma obra jornalística, corroborando a ideia de que a história e a ficção podem estar vinculadas em uma mesma obra.
Reprodutibilidade técnica, arte e política
Authors: Soares Marcos
Published: October 2016

Este ensaio pretende mapear alguns dos momentos-chave do diálogo entre o crítico alemão Walter Benjamin e o dramaturgo Bertolt Brecht a respeito do potencial do cinema como linguagem artística e os riscos que artistas interessados em seu desenvolvimento corriam com a ascensão do nazi-fascismo.
Avatar as symptom: Hollywood mythological narrative and crisis
Authors: Vugman Fernando Simão
Published: October 2016

The present essay analyzes Avatar (2009) by director James Cameron in the context of the great American mythological narratives. With a focus on the performance of the myth of the Frontier and of the Manifest Destiny, in addition to the American Dream, that film’s script, mise-en-scène and characters are discussed as a rupture with Hollywood and mythological conventions. Such a rupture of the conventions of the myth is understood as a symptom of an important crisis currently experienced by American society, thus reflecting the need to rethink the present of the country, as well as its future alternatives.
‘Human After All’? Daft Punk e o culto à máquina
Authors: Guirau Marcelo Cizaurre , Mantovani Rafael
Published: October 2016

Daft Punk é um duo formado nos anos 1990 e consagrado na década seguinte. É considerado por muitos como inovador e os próprios componentes apresentam um discurso de experimentação em música. Seu último lançamento, Random Access memories, de 2013, foi bastante aclamado por crítica e público, tendo vencido o prêmio de melhor álbum do ano de 2013 – dentre outros quatro prêmios – no Grammy 2014. O que o Daft Punk traz de realmente inovador é que eles abolem a figura humana, efeito alcançado com a eliminação da figura de (ao menos) um frontman e/ou substituindo, em geral, a voz humana pela voz mecanizada. Abolindo o homem e tendo como fantasia que a produção musical é feita por máquinas, tem-se na banda representado de forma mais completa o sonho mecanicista do século XX, trazido pela primeira vez pela escola futurista.
DELÍCIAS DA CARNE
Authors: Garcia Wilton
Published: October 2016

Ao relacionar comunicação e práticas socioculturais, este texto propõe uma reflexão crítico-conceitual sobre nuances da pornografia, cujo debate inscreve possibilidades expressivas do consumo atual. Trata-se de uma abordagem específica de voracidades entre a ficção e a realidade. Nesse caso, os estudos contemporâneos – no diálogo dos estudos culturais com as tecnologias emergentes – compreendem a dimensão teórico-metodológica, a qual equaciona a observação, a descrição e a discussão. Os resultados demonstram desfechos intrigantes que elencam recursos técnicos, estéticos e éticos desdobrados na pornografia atual, considerando alguns aspectos econômicos, identitários, socioculturais e/ou políticos.
AS PORNIFICAÇÕES DE SI EM DIÁRIO DA PUTARIA
Authors: Baltar Mariana , Barreto Nayara
Published: October 2016

Este artigo reflete sobre imagens dos corpos femininos que povoam as múltiplas telas online dentro do contexto contemporâneo da pornografia, argumentando que tais imagens mobilizam novas construções discursivas sobre sexualidade e prazer. Nesse sentido, analisamos o site brasileiro “Diário da Putaria” com o intuito de investigar aspectos específicos da chamada netporn, sua dimensão política, imagética e cultural. A partir dessa investigação, propomos pensar as interconexões entre a pornografia amadora e o que algumas pensadoras da área têm refletido como “pornificação de si”. Portanto, propomos problematizar e compreender os embates presentes nessas imagens e, com isso, investigar questões referentes à lógica de produção e consumo de imagens pornográficas a partir das articulações das ideias de pornificação de si, empoderamento e prazer.
Relationship of Maternal Depression during Pregnancy and Risk of Preeclampsia
Authors: Ghoghre Sharda , Singh Tara
Published: October 2016

Present research paper investigates the relationship of maternal depression during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia. It is a cross sectional study conducted on 200 pregnant women from different maternity homes in Betul & Bhopal District from Madhya Pradesh. IDAS scale was used to see the depression level among pregnant women having preeclampsia or without preeclampsia. For analysis of data One way analysis of variance was used to show the significant relationship between depression and risk of Preeclampsia among pregnant women having preeclampsia and without preeclampsia. The results of the study show significant relationship of depression among pregnant women having preeclampsia and without preeclampsia.
Varietas Unggul Tembakau Bondowoso ; Superior Varieties of Bondowoso Tobacco
Authors: Yulaikah Sri , Herwati Anik , Djajadi .
Published: October 2016

Tembakau di Kabupaten Bondowoso diolah dalam bentuk rajangan dan digunakan sebagai pengisi (filler) dalam blending industri pabrik rokok. Areal penanaman tembakau tiap tahun berkisar antara 7.000–9.000 ha, dengan total produksi per tahun berkisar antara 6.000–8.000 ton. Permasalahan yang ada adalah terbatasnya varietas unggul yang telah dilepas. Eksplorasi telah dilakukan pada tahun 2008, dan m endapatkan 6 aksesi. Uji multilokasi 6 aksesi yaitu Somporis 1, Serumpung, Marakot, Somporis ah, Somporis lokal, dan Somporis ch dilakukan di 2–3 lokasi pada tahun 2009 sampai 2011. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk memilih kultivar yang memiliki penampilan terbaik. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa Somporis 1 dan Somporis ch merupakan kultivar yang unggul berdasarkan indeks penampilan. Produktivitas Somporis 1 se-besar 0,94 ton/ha, indeks mutu 70,73, dan warna kuning tua (cemerlang). Sedang Somporis ch produktivi-tas 0,73 ton/ha, indeks mutu 71,8, dan sangat aromatis. Kedua kultivar tersebut dapat direkomendasikan sebagai varietas yang unggul dan legal di Bondowoso.

 

Tobacco which was planted in Bondowoso Regency, East Java is processed as air-dried-sliced tobacco and is used as filler in cigarette blending. Tobacco planting area is about 7,000–9,000 ha per year with total pro-duction is about 6,000–8,000 tons. The problem was on Bondowoso tobacco is a shortage availability of superior varieties. The exploration of Bondowoso tobacco was started in 2008 and found six cultivars i.e. Somporis 1, Serumpung, Marakot, Somporis ah, local Somporis, and Somporis ch. Multilocation trials of the six cultivars at 2–3 sites were conducted from 2009–2011. The objective of this research was to select the superior Bondowoso tobacco cultivars. Result showed that Somporis 1 and Somporis ch were the superior varieties based on performance index parameters. Somporis 1 had yield 0.94 tons/ha, quality index 70.73, and dark yellow colour (bright). The yield of Somporis ch were 0.73 tons/ha, it’s quality index 71.8, and very aromatic. These cultivars might be recomended as legalized superior varieties tobacco in Bondowoso.
How Safety Cases and Bowties Can be Used to Improve Safety
Authors: Rowe Richard , O'Toole Peter , Brett Ryan , Alzouebi Ahmed
Published: October 2016

This paper, describes shortcomings of prescriptive regimes and the emergence of and progressive internationalisation of what is variously described as a goal setting or risk-based approach. Specifically the adoption of the "safety case regime" and how it can be used to improve standards of safety and used as a decision support tool is described.

The introduction of a "safety case regime" has taken the industry several years to fully appreciate and effectively apply it as a tool for improving standards of safety. The development of a safety case can provide essential insight into the risks facing an installation and the controls required to manage them. How this information is then used most effectively in operations is still an area for improvement; however there are some key approaches that can provide valuable insight and information to operators on a day to day basis.

Historically, most regulatory safety regimes have prescribed rules and standards that must be achieved, with varying degrees of enforcement. The limitations of this approach have been demonstrated in subsequent major accidents following which it was shown that the law was being complied with. A typical response to such incidents was to amend the regulations; often resulting in unnecessary additional costs, and a detailed focus on compliance, rather than understanding the risks associated with an individual facility and how it is operated. The safety case regime was born out the recognition that such mandated regimes were not effective in preventing major accidents.

The use of Bowties as an operational risk based decision support tool is considered with both the benefits and potential pitfalls of this approach being described. This paper builds on extensive experience gained in the North Sea and an approach being developed for use offshore Ghana.
Ghana Students Invigorate School Classrooms with the Oil and Gas Story using the SPE's Energy4Me Programme
Authors: Allotey-Okai James , Akoto Richard Nii , Nyarkoh Fiifi Otoo
Published: October 2016

The Society of Petroleum Engineers first launched it's ‘Energy4Me’ programme internationally in 2007. It is a Global energy education outreach program developed to attract young people to the petroleum industry and improve community awareness.

The intention was to take the important story of Oil and gas into the school classroom. The programme comes complete with a teaching methodology and a whole range of presentation aids to help get that story across in a way that is interesting and easily assimilated by pupils. All that is needed is an enthusiastic group of like-minded SPE volunteers to go into the classrooms and deliver that message.

This paper describes the story of how SPE Ghana embraced the Energy4Me and went about its implementation. Ghana is a country with a new oil and gas industry and it is recognised that the interface between the industry and wider community could always be improved. In these circumstances the SPE is often well placed to provide that interface. The SPE mission statement may be paraphrased here as ‘…the dissemination of technical knowledge for public benefit’. The ‘public benefit’ element should never be forgotten and the Energy4Me programme is geared into getting the oil and gas message into schools’ classrooms across the country.

The Ghana story starts with the 2013 SPE President's visit to the Education and Petroleum Ministries with an ambitious plan to incorporate Energy4Me teachings into the Ghana school's curriculum. A later 2015 reinvigoration of the initiative was championed through the Section officers and SPE Student Chapters with encouraging results. This paper finishes with stories of feedback from pupils, teaching staff and SPE volunteers. It also looks at experiences from other SPE regions and includes learnings that may be useful for new SPE Sections implementing the programme.
Process Safety PS Metrics Driving Change and Behavior
Authors: Howitt Murita
Published: October 2016

Industry incidents happened more frequently when various processes safety and Risk Management activities associated with various sub-processes are not followed, tracked and address on a timely basis. Having a robust tracking system of mitigations plan help to follow up to closure identified corrective actions and consequently this data can be of the valuable support for any incident investigation.

Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC) has developed over the years several Process Safety (PS) metrics involving Management of Change (MOC) Process, Risk Management (RM) studies recommendations, Loss of Containment (LOC), Safety System Function Test, Control System Data, and open Non-Conformance Report (NCR) related to discrepant material conditions. This manuscript will describe how these metrics are put together, the process and how the teams involved are functioning around that. It also describes the process of closure and the functional authority of each metrics governance.

The sufficient information on the data analysis, inference and the utilization of the historical trend for the continual improvement of the targets on the risk mitigation and RM planning are discussed. The key challenges of building the Organizational Capability (OC) to sustain the processes and Process Safety Information (PSI) validation for an effective RM studies will be highlighted in the article. These PS metrics created a multi-disciplinary teams working on different tasks and tracking the actions leading to work culture improvement.

CABGOC Leadership Teams does field verification and validation through General Manager of Operations (GMO), audits, Facility Engineering (FE)/ Heath Environment Safety (HES) field audits, operations top 10 critical safeguard verification list to authenticate the importance of verification and action tracking.

Some of the key risk reduction benefits of the PS metrics tracking and monitoring will be deliberated in the article. The article will provide key lesson learned for future industry practices. PS Metrics help to track, trend, and have dialog about our high risk areas.
RISK ELEMENTS AND DRUG UTILIZATION IN STROKE PATIENTS
Authors: T. Spurthi , B. Gowthami , D. Khyathi , G. Vinod
Published: October 2016

Objective: Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), formally called as stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Recent studies in different parts of India also documented that the prevalence of stroke varies from 40 to 270 per 100,000 populations. Identifying the risk factors of the disease helps to improve the effectiveness of the therapy. Our present study aims in accessing the risk aspects and utilization of drugs in CVA patients.

Methods: A prospective Interventional study was carried out on stroke patients in Medicine Department, Viswabarathi Hospital, Kurnool, AP from January to September 2015. Required demographic and laboratory data, along with general neurological evaluation and brain CT was analyzed.

Results: A total of 100 patients was analyzed. Among them, the incidence of ischemic stroke (96%) was greater compared to hemorrhagic stroke (4%). Prevalence of disease was higher in males (69%) than females (31%) with notable occurrence in the age group of 61-70 (26%). Higher percentage of patients were found to have>3 risk factors (34%), including hypertension (68%), age (58%), diabetes (39%), smoking (22%), alcoholism (21%), CAD (10%) and percentage with no risk element accounts7%. The prescribing pattern includes antihypertensives (16.25%), Gastrointestinal agents (12.2%), anti-platelets (9.16%), hyperlipidemic (8.4%), Nootropics (7.97%) followed by other classes and nitrates (0.62%) occupies the last place in prescribing.

Conclusion: The present study emphasizes on the need to identify risk factors and providing awareness among the patients by a pharmacist in minimizing the disease burden. It also points the rationality in prescribing of drugs based on therapeutic guidelines.
Glycine betaine affects the antioxidant system and ion accumulation and reduces salinity-induced damage in safflower seedlings
Authors: Alasvandyari Farnaz , Mahdavi Batool , Madah Hosseini
Published: October 2016

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an important oilseed crop, usually
grown on a small scale and in salt-affected soils. Salinity stress can cause
oxidative damage to plants. Upregulation of the antioxidant defense system
induced by glycine betaine (GlyBet) alleviates the damaging effects of
oxidative stress in plants. In the present investigation, seeds were treated
with 0, 10, 30 and 60 mM of GlyBet solutions. Germination and the primary
growth of the seedling were examined using sodium chloride salt (NaCl) at 0
(non-stress), 50, 100 and 150 mM concentrations. The obtained results
indicate that at 50 and 100 mM NaCl, priming with 30 and 60 mM GlyBet
increased root and shoot lengths compared to the control (0 mM). In addition,
at all stress levels, priming with 60 mM GlyBet led to lower malondialdehyde,
total soluble sugars and proline contents than in control seedlings. Priming
with GlyBet increased catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzyme
activities and protein content, while it reduced the activity of peroxidase
under salinity stress. In addition, priming with GlyBet reduced the Na+/K+
ratio of seedlings and increased K+ under all salinity stress levels. Priming
with 60 mM GlyBet also reduced the Na+ content under 150 mM NaCl. Together,
these results show that 60 mM GlyBet had the most pronounced effect on
tolerance to salinity stress in safflower seedling. The glycine
betaine-increased tolerance to salt in safflower was mainly related to
increased CAT and SOD activities, and the prevention of cell membrane damage
as a result of reduced lipid peroxidation and improved ion homeostasis under
salinity stress condition.
Compensatory Hyperconnectivity in Developing Brains of Young Children With Type 1 Diabetes
Authors: Saggar Manish , Tsalikian Eva , Mauras Nelly , Mazaika Paul , White Neil H. , Weinzimer Stuart , Buckingham Bruce , Hershey Tamara , Reiss Allan L. ,   for the Diabetes Research in Children Network (DirecNet)
Published: October 2016

Sustained dysregulation of blood glucose (hyper- or hypoglycemia) associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been linked to cognitive deficits and altered brain anatomy and connectivity. However, a significant gap remains with respect to how T1D affects spontaneous at-rest connectivity in young developing brains. Here, using a large multisite study, resting-state functional MRI data were examined in young children with T1D (n = 57; mean age = 7.88 years; 27 females) as compared with age-matched control subjects without diabetes (n = 26; mean age = 7.43 years; 14 females). Using both model-driven seed-based analysis and model-free independent component analysis and controlling for age, data acquisition site, and sex, converging results were obtained, suggesting increased connectivity in young children with T1D as compared with control subjects without diabetes. Further, increased connectivity in children with T1D was observed to be positively associated with cognitive functioning. The observed positive association of connectivity with cognitive functioning in T1D, without overall group differences in cognitive function, suggests a putative compensatory role of hyperintrinsic connectivity in the brain in children with this condition. Altogether, our study attempts to fill a critical gap in knowledge regarding how dysglycemia in T1D might affect the brain’s intrinsic connectivity at very young ages.
Reconceptualizing Overall Visitor Satisfaction As an Average of Satisfaction with Attributes
Authors: Taplin Ross H.
Published: October 2016

The tourism, management, and marketing literature debates the meaning of consumer satisfaction with a product or service, including methods for identifying factors influencing satisfaction. This methodological article adds to this literature by reconceptualizing overall satisfaction
with a product or service as a weighted average of the satisfaction with its attributes or components. This is particularly valuable for researchers and managers investigating which attributes of a product or service have the greatest influence on overall satisfaction. Existing models are
reconceptualized in this way, new models are introduced, and an equality F test is proposed as a goodness-of-fit test. This reconceptualization is shown to have considerable merit in terms of fit to data and interpretability of results, whereas the equality F test provides a
previously unavailable test of whether important determinants of satisfaction have been modeled inadequately or whether important attributes have been omitted altogether from the visitor survey. The new methodology is illustrated using a survey of 322 visitors at an Australian metropolitan
zoo.
Una forma distinta de mirar. Los franceses en San Luis Potosí durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX
Authors: Monroy Isabel
Published: October 2016

La presencia de los franceses en San Luis Potosí se puede rastrear desde principios del siglo xix. Minería y comercio son dos actividades económicas en las que encontramos a los galos avecindados en San Luis. Junto a otros extranjeros y en frecuentes alianzas con mexicanos los encontramos recorriendo toda la región centro-norte de México. El eje de sus actividades fue la ciudad de San Luis Potosí, y uno de sus extremos el puerto de Tampico; el otro extremo fue tan variable como Saltillo, Chihuahua. Guadalajara, Zacatecas. Durango, Guanajuato. Querétaro y hasta Mazatlán. Desde entonces, el impacto de la presencia francesa puede apreciarse en distintas formas de construir la vida cotidiana.
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Authors: Cœuré Sophie
Published: October 2016

Sophie Cœuré propose d’éclairer le fonctionnement des institutions qui ont produit les archives de l’Internationale, ainsi que la manière dont les archives du fonds dit de Moscou, archives spoliées par les autorités allemandes en France occupée entre 1940 et 1944, puis saisies et confisquées par les Soviétiques après 1945 en Allemagne, ont été gérées, et ainsi d’expliquer leur forme documentaire actuelle. Dès 1917 eurent lieu la création d’un réseau d’archives d’État et, parallèlement, la création d’un réseau des archives du Parti communiste d’URSS. Ces dernières furent rassemblées, au bout de quelques années, dans une structure unique, l’Institut Marx-Engels, intégrant les archives de l’Internationale communiste. Cette structure resta stable jusqu’en 1991. Les archives sont conservées aujourd’hui au Centre des Archives russes d’État pour l’histoire sociale et politique [RGASPI]. Par ailleurs, en 1945, fut décidée la création d’un centre spécial, secret, destiné à accueillir les « archives-trophées ». C’est là que furent conservées les archives françaises spoliées par les occupants allemands pendant l’occupation de la France de 1940 à 1944. Ces archives, dont l’existence resta secrète jusqu’en 1991, furent restituées à la France à la fin des années 1990 ; de là, l’appellation « fonds de Moscou ». Aussi bien pour les archives soviétiques que pour les archives spoliées, la constitution des instruments de recherche reflète à la fois la tradition archivistique russe et la conception « militante » d’archives conçues en partie comme une arme dans la lutte du pouvoir communiste entre ses ennemis.
APPLICATION OF 3D SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA MODELING,
MANAGEMENT, AND ANALYSIS IN DB4GEO
Authors: Kuper P. V. , Breunig M. , Al-Doori M. , Thomsen A.
Published: October 2016

Abstract. Many of today´s world wide challenges such as climate change, water supply and transport systems in cities or movements of crowds need spatio-temporal data to be examined in detail. Thus the number of examinations in 3D space dealing with geospatial objects moving in space and time or even changing their shapes in time will rapidly increase in the future. Prominent spatio-temporal applications are subsurface reservoir modeling, water supply after seawater desalination and the development of transport systems in mega cities. All of these applications generate large spatio-temporal data sets. However, the modeling, management and analysis of 3D geo-objects with changing shape and attributes in time still is a challenge for geospatial database architectures. In this article we describe the application of concepts for the modeling, management and analysis of 2.5D and 3D spatial plus 1D temporal objects implemented in DB4GeO, our service-oriented geospatial database architecture. An example application with spatio-temporal data of a landfill, near the city of Osnabrück in Germany demonstrates the usage of the concepts. Finally, an outlook on our future research focusing on new applications with big data analysis in three spatial plus one temporal dimension in the United Arab Emirates, especially the Dubai area, is given.
EXTRACTION OF THE 3D FREE SPACE FROM BUILDING MODELS FOR INDOOR
NAVIGATION
Authors: Diakité A. A. , Zlatanova S.
Published: October 2016

Abstract. For several decades, indoor navigation has been exclusively investigated in a 2D perspective, based on floor plans, projection and other 2D representations of buildings. Nevertheless, 3D representations are closer to our reality and offer a more intuitive description of the space configuration. Thanks to recent advances in 3D modelling, 3D navigation is timidly but increasingly gaining in interest through the indoor applications. But, because the structure of indoor environment is often more complex than outdoor, very simplified models are used and obstacles are not considered for indoor navigation leading to limited possibilities in complex buildings. In this paper we consider the entire configuration of the indoor environment in 3D and introduce a method to extract from it the actual navigable space as a network of connected 3D spaces (volumes). We describe how to construct such 3D free spaces from semantically rich and furnished IFC models. The approach combines the geometric, the topological and the semantic information available in a 3D model to isolate the free space from the rest of the components. Furthermore, the extraction of such navigable spaces in building models lacking of semantic information is also considered. A data structure named combinatorial maps is used to support the operations required by the process while preserving the topological and semantic information of the input models.
Identificação e manejo de biótipos de Chloris polydactyla com resistência ou suscetibilidade diferencial ao glyphosate no Estado do Paraná
Authors: Placido Henrique Fabricio , Albrecht Alfredo Junior Paiola , Santos Rayssa Fernanda dos , Albrecht Leandro Paiola , Becker Andreos Dos Santos , Barroso Arthur Arrobas Martins , Victória Filho Ricardo
Published: October 2016

O surgimento de plantas daninhas resistentes tem aumentado os custos e prejudicado a produção dos cultivos pela interferência de plantas daninhas com o cultivo e perda de efetividade dos herbicidas de ampla utilização com amplo espectro de controle e baixo custo, como o glyphosate. Deste modo, o trabalho objetivou identificar populações de C. polydactyla resistente ou com suscetibilidade diferencial ao herbicida glyphosate, no Estado do Paraná, e estabelecer seu controle alternativo. Coletou-se biótipos com suspeita de resistência em municípios localizados nas regiões: oeste, centro-oeste e noroeste do estado. Instalou-se um ensaio de ¨screening¨ de populações, em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com tratamentos de 0, 450, 650 e 900 g e.a. ha-1 do herbicida glyphosate, com 4 repetições, avaliando-se controle visual com 7, 14 e 21 dias após aplicação (DAA) e acúmulo de matéria fresca. Determinou-se o controle alternativo das diferentes populações com glyphosate; quizalofop; haloxyfop; tepraloxydim, clethodim e a associação destes herbicidas inibidores da ACCase com glyphosate, avaliando-se o controle visual aos 14, 21 e 28 DAA e redução da matéria fresca. O Paraná possui populações C. polydactyla que necessitam de altas doses de glyphosate para diminuir sua massa fresca ou atingir níveis adequados de controle, sendo um alerta para surgimento de populações resistentes. As populações estudadas desta espécie foram facilmente controladas com uso da associação glyphosate e clethodim, na dose comercial. É de suma importância rotacionar princípios ativos e mecanismos de ação na propriedade devido a características especificas da população alvo.
Impact of Nonthermal Atmospheric Plasma on the Structure of Cellulose: Access to Soluble Branched Glucans
Authors: Delaux Joakim , Ortiz Mellet Carmen , Canaff Christine , Fourré Elodie , Gaillard Cédric , Barakat Abdellatif , García Fernández José M. , Tatibouët Jean‐Michel , Jérôme François
Published: October 2016

We have investigated the effect of non‐thermal atmospheric plasma (NTAP) on the structure of microcrystalline cellulose. In particular, by means of different characterization methods, we demonstrate that NTAP promotes the partial cleavage of the β‐1,4 glycosidic bond of cellulose leading to the release of short‐chain cellodextrins that are reassembled in situ, preferentially at the C6 position, to form branched glucans with either a glucosyl or anhydroglucosyl terminal residue. The ramification of cellulosic chain induced by NTAP yields branched glucans that are soluble in DMSO or in water, thus opening a straightforward access to processable glucans from cellulose. Importantly, the absence of solvent and catalyst considerably facilitates downstream processing as compared to (bio)catalytic processes which typically occur in diluted conditions.
Homogeneous Cobalt/Vanadium Complexes as Precursors for Functionalized Mixed Oxides in Visible‐Light‐Driven Water Oxidation
Authors: Pavliuk Mariia V. , Mijangos Edgar , Makhankova Valeriya G. , Kokozay Vladimir N. , Pullen Sonja , Liu Jia , Zhu Jiefang , Styring Stenbjörn , Thapper Anders
Published: October 2016

The heterometallic complexes (NH4)2[Co(H2O)6]2[V10O28]⋅4 H2O (1) and (NH4)2[Co(H2O)5(β‐HAla)]2[V10O28]⋅4 H2O (2) have been synthesized and used for the preparation of mixed oxides as catalysts for water oxidation. Thermal decomposition of 1 and 2 at relatively low temperatures (<500 °C) leads to the formation of the solid mixed oxides CoV2O6/V2O5 (3) and Co2V2O7/V2O5 (4). The complexes (1, 2) and heterogeneous materials (3, 4) act as catalysts for photoinduced water oxidation. A modification of the thermal decomposition procedure allowed the deposition of mixed metal oxides (MMO) on a mesoporous TiO2 film. The electrodes containing Co/V MMOs in TiO2 films were used for electrocatalytic water oxidation and showed good stability and sustained anodic currents of about 5 mA cm−2 at 1.72 V versus relative hydrogen electrode (RHE). This method of functionalizing TiO2 films with MMOs at relatively low temperatures (<500 °C) can be used to produce other oxides with different functionality for applications in, for example, artificial photosynthesis.
“Disorganised Devolution”: Reshaping Metropolitan Governance in England in a Period of Austerity
Authors: Shaw Keith , Tewdwr-Jones Mark
Published: October 2016

After 2010, the UK Government’s espousal of a Localist agenda reflected a rejection of the regional level as the most appropriate scale for sub-national governance. The development of a more explicitly city regional level of governance is illustrated in the creation of City Deals which have given some of England’s largest cities increased autonomy to allocate the dividend of local economic growth. More recently, Combined Authorities have been formed, within which larger city-regions such as Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool and the North-East of England have been tasked to undertake transport, economic development and other functions. In assessing this contemporary reshaping of metropolitan governance this article draws upon political economy, spatial and institutional approaches that highlight how austerity, competing spatial imaginaries and the historical evolution of central-local relationships within the UK state have combined to produce a particularly ‘disorganised’ approach to contemporary devolution in England. It contends that while the city region remains the dominant spatial narrative, the on-going process of rescaling at the sub-national state level falls well short of being a coherent, clearly thought-out and permanent transfer of powers and fiscal responsibilities to a uniformly defined scale of governance.
Model's Race: A Peripheral Cue in Advertising Messages?
Authors: Whittler Tommy E. , Spira Joan Scattone
Published: October 2016

Based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model and Social Categorization Theory, an experiment examined minority viewers' use of racial cues on exposure to product advertising. A total of 160 Black adults from a southeastern city rated a garment bag advertisement that featured either a White or a Black model and contained either strong or weak message arguments. Consistent with both theoretical notions, product and advertising evaluations were more favorable given a Black than a White model, but only for Black participants who identify strongly with Black culture. Blacks who identify weakly with Black culture evaluated the product and advertisement similarly given a White or a Black model. The results also showed that the Black model's race motivated Blacks, particularly those with strong racial attitudes, to process the message in a biased manner. In particular, the Black (versus White) model's race positively influenced the Black participants' thoughts about the product, which in turn yielded more favorable product evaluations. The findings suggest that Blacks appear to engage in biased processing (and not simple cue processing) when exposed to Black models in advertising messages.
International Federation for Emergency Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum
Authors: Atkinson Paul , Bowra Justin , Lambert Mike , Lamprecht Hein , Noble Vicki , Jarman Bob
Published: October 2016

To meet a critical and growing need for a standardized approach to emergency point of care ultrasound (PoCUS) worldwide, emergency physicians must be trained to deliver and teach this skill in an accepted and reliable format. Currently, there is no globally recognized, standard PoCUS curriculum that defines the accepted applications, as well as standards for training and practice of PoCUS by specialists and trainees in emergency medicine. To address this deficit, the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) convened a sub-committee of international experts in PoCUS to outline a curriculum for training of specialists in emergency PoCUS. This curriculum document represents the consensus of recommendations by this sub-committee. The curriculum is designed to provide a framework for PoCUS education in emergency medicine.

The focus is on the processes required to select core and enhanced applications, as well as the key elements required for the delivery of PoCUS training from introduction through to continuing professional development and skill maintenance. It is designed not to be prescriptive but to assist educators and emergency medicine leadership to advance PoCUS education in emergency medicine no matter the training venue. The content of this curriculum is relevant not just for communities with mature emergency medicine systems but in particular for developing nations or for nations seeking to develop PoCUS training programs within the current educational structure. We anticipate that there will be wide variability in how this curriculum is implemented and taught, reflecting the existing educational environment, resources and goals of educational programs.
Development and analysis of an operator steering model for teleoperated mobile robots under constant and variable latencies
Authors: Vozar Steve , Storms Justin , Tilbury D. M.
Published: October 2016

Latency hinders a mobile robot teleoperator's ability to perform remote tasks. However, this effect is not well modeled. This paper develops a model for teleoperator steering behavior as a PD controller based on projected lateral displacement, which was tuned to reflect user performance determined by a 31-subject user study under constant and variable latency (having mean latencies between 0 and 750 ms). Additionally, we determined that operator performance under variable latency could be mapped to the expected performance of an equivalent constant latency. We then tested additional latency distributions in simulation and demonstrated equivalent steering performance among several different latency distributions.
Coil occlusion of aberrant arteries to pulmonary sequestration in a case with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: successful treatment of repetitive myocardial ischaemic attacks
Authors: Ono Akemi , Hayabuchi Yasunobu , Kagami Shoji
Published: October 2016

In this study, we describe an infant case of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum associated with ventriculo-coronary arterial communication for which a modified Blalock–Taussig shunt operation was performed. He experienced repeated myocardial ischaemic attacks. Further examination revealed pulmonary sequestration in the right lower lobe. He therefore underwent a bidirectional Glenn operation and coil occlusion of the feeding arteries. His myocardial ischaemic attacks subsequently improved.
haṇt-andhaiθiia-in the Old Avestan Texts
Authors: AHMADI AMIR
Published: October 2016

This article examines the usage and sense of hātąm ‘of beings’ and the adjective haiθiia- ‘true’, both from the present participle haṇt- ‘being’, in the Old Avestan texts. It argues that the first is a rhetorical figure that enhances the stature of its complement and does not denote any particular kind of being whether divine or mortal. haiθiia- consistently appears in contexts that may be legitimately described as eschatological. Most often it qualifies a certain type of activity that leads to or constitutes a ‘splendid’ state of existence. What truly is, the article concludes, refers to existence beyond mortal life.
The relationship between micronutrient status and sleep patterns: a systematic review
Authors: Ji Xiaopeng , Grandner Michael A , Liu Jianghong
Published: October 2016

Objective

To review articles on the relationship of dietary and circulating micronutrients with sleep patterns, and to identify issues surrounding implications for future research and public health practice.

Design

A systematic review was conducted. PubMed, Embase and Scopus were searched through January 2016.

Setting

Both experimental and observational studies were included. However, studies that focused on secondary sleep impairment due to comorbidities were excluded.

Subjects

Individuals in different age groups, from infants to older adults.

Results

A total of twenty-six articles were selected. In the articles reviewed, researchers generally supported a potential role of micronutrients, particularly Fe and Mg, in the development of sleep stages among infants and in reversing age-related alterations in sleep architecture in older adults. Micronutrient status has also been linked to sleep duration, with sleep duration positively associated with Fe, Zn and Mg levels, and negatively associated with Cu, K and vitamin B12levels. The mechanisms underlying these relationships include the impact of micronutrients on excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmitters and the expression of circadian genes.

Conclusions

Although the number of studies on the relationship between micronutrient status and sleep remains low, evidence has emerged that suggests a link between dietary/circulating micronutrients and sleep. Future research is needed to investigate the dose-dependent as well as the longitudinal relationships between micronutrient levels and human sleep across populations, test the interactions among micronutrients on sleep outcomes, and ultimately examine the clinical relevance of micronutrients on sleep health.