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Ambient horror: From sonic palimpsests to haptic sonority in the cinema of Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Authors: Brown Steven T.
Published: November 2016

In ‘Ambient horror: From sonic palimpsests to haptic sonority in the cinema of Kurosawa Kiyoshi’, Steven T. Brown explores how sound flows modulate affective states and noncognitive responses to the ambient horror films of J-horror maestro Kurosawa Kiyoshi. This article considers elements such as the interrelations between noise and silence, the function of ambient drones and sonic palimpsests, and uses advanced spectral and surround field techniques to analyse sound design. Considering these elements, along with the status of the acousmatic voice, we gain a better understanding of how soundscapes contribute to the construction of horror as a space for what Brown calls ‘haptic sonority’. Haptic sonority is a liminal space that blurs the boundaries between the sonic and the tactile, and compels the audience to bear witness to the embodied effects of sound waves vibrating bodies as if they were resonance chambers. In horror cinema, such haptic sonority opens an intensive space where one does not so much hear sounds as one feels them in one’s body in ways that are by turns bone-rattling, gut-wrenching, and hair-raising. It is here that film touches our bodies and invites us to enter into composition with the micropolitics of sound as resonant subjects in a ‘cinema of sensations’.
A cry in the dark: The howls of wolves in horror and heavy metal music
Authors: Digioia Amanda
Published: November 2016

Deranged howling is a hallmark of wolves, horror texts and heavy metal music artists. This article discusses how wolves, heavy metal music artists and horror text directors use diegetic sound to interact with listeners. Wolves use howls in real life to communicate their location and identity to their pack-mates. Howling in heavy metal music is used either as a literal sound or as a metaphor, to unite their audiences as one cohesive pack, or as a reunion call. The sound of a wolf in horror films indicates something wicked coming along, often in the form of a werewolf or other nefarious monsters. This article shows how a cry in the dark in horror texts, heavy metal music, and in the wilderness is a means of communicating an emotion or identity to a mass human or lupine audience.
A telegraph for China: The attempted application of Caselli’s pantelegraph to transmit Chinese characters, 1856−87
Authors: Vinci Renata
Published: November 2016

In 1872 the Shanghai-based newspaper Shenbao described an invention by Giovanni Caselli that allowed the production of telegraphic messages containing Chinese characters, the ‘pantelegraph’, an ancestor of the fax, reproducing manuscripts, images and symbols, and, as such, totally suitable for Chinese telegraphy. In 1863, the Italian inventor had shown his invention to a legation of Chinese diplomats in France, producing some impressive Chinese transmissions, the caselligrammi. The envoys reported this information back home, but for some reasons a commercial contact was only set twenty years later. Although in many ways this seemed to be a perfectly suitable solution for the telegraphic communication in Chinese, it was never applied in China and the reasons are revealed by a recently discovered account of the Italian Minister Plenipotentiary in China at that time, Ferdinando De Luca, which Caselli himself had copied and saved. The aim of this article is to explore a moment of Chinese and western media history that, to this day, remains relatively unknown. It will discuss an original example of western communication technology and the attempts that were made to lead for its application in China, revealing its strong points and the reasons that ultimately led to its failure.
Trabalho e Educação
Authors: Sampaio Antônio de Pádua Soares de , Andrade Iarê Lucas
Published: November 2016

Produzir uma análise acerca do tema trabalho e educação, parte da necessidade de se detectar, sob a ótica da literatura específica, algumas vertentes que auxiliam no processo de entendimento dos elementos que permeiam e embasam a relação trabalho e educação. Objetiva-se com esta análise, elencar indagações pontuais que evidenciam os contextos históricos e sociais sobre o trabalho e a sua importância para a formação do ser humano. Foram utilizados autores como Aranha (2010), Severino (2013), Pinto (2010), Carmo (2007), Saviani (2007), Manfredi (2009), Ianni (2004), entre outros. A estrutura do trabalho destaca em princípio o contexto de educação, ressaltando os conceitos e a aplicabilidade do referido termo. No segundo momento, o termo trabalho é contemplado, considerando a sua origem, bem como seus diversos percursos históricos. Finalizando, a proposta da pesquisa dimensiona a relação educação e trabalho no contexto das mais diversas aspirações no campo educacional.
Sentimentos de mães de recém-nascidos internados em uma unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal
Authors: Melo Rosana Alves de , Araújo Ana Kariny Costa , Marques Wanderlúcia Flávia , Santos Nadja Maria dos , Fernandes Flávia Emília Cavalcante Valença , Bezerra Cristiane Souza
Published: November 2016

Objetivo: Analisar os sentimentos de mães de recém-nascidos internados na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal, sobre as condutas desenvolvidas em seus filhos, pelos profissionais do setor. Método: Pesquisa qualitativa, descritivo-exploratória, com dados coletados por entrevista semiestruturada, com dez mães de recém-nascidos internados na UTI Neonatal de um hospital público do interior do Estado de Pernambuco, Brasil, entre novembro e dezembro de 2013. Os dados foram analisados por análise de conteúdo. Resultados: As mães sentem-se sensibilizadas com relação a finalidade e importância dos cuidados prestados no setor, para a recuperação adequada de seus filhos, apesar de desconhecerem alguns procedimentos. Conclusão: Ainda há a necessidade de mudança na abordagem do cuidado de enfermagem para que os sentimentos maternos sejam levados em consideração frente as necessidades dos seus filhos e que estas possam participar do cuidado conjuntamente, favorecendo a formação do vínculo afetivo, gerando ambiente mais agradável para a tríade de saúde.
Políticas Públicas e Organizações na Educação do Surdo
Authors: Lopes Edjonas Silvana , Silvana Francimária Sousa Santos , Vieira Anny Caroline Costa , Oliveira Gislene Farias de
Published: November 2016

Este trabalho pretende refletir sobre as políticas públicas para a educação dos Surdos no Brasil, desde o século XIX quando um decreto imperial fez nascerem os primeiros institutos para o atendimento as pessoas cegas e surdas. Ressaltando ainda a fundação do INES, Instituto Nacional de Educação de Surdos, o qual oferece ensino formal e ensino profissionalizante para surdos. A Língua Brasileira de Sinais – Libras, é conhecida como a língua dos surdos, ela não é apenas gestos e mímicas, mas trata-se e uma combinação sistemática de gestos e mímicas acrescida da expressão facial e movimentos corporais, o que possibilita uma perfeita comunicação dos surdos com outros surdos e de surdos com os ouvintes que compreendem a língua. O bilinguismo é uma proposta educacional para o Surdo, onde possibilita o mesmo estudar e comunicar-se com duas línguas distintas, a Libras e a Língua Portuguesa. Diversas Leis, Decretos e Resoluções foram elaboradas e divulgadas pensando na inclusão de pessoas com deficiência no Brasil, cabe então aos estados e municípios executarem o que foi dito nos textos legais, visando dessa maneira proporcionar uma maior participação efetiva dessas pessoas na sociedade e preparação para o mercado de trabalho.
Energy management and energy accounting
Enerji yönetimi ve enerji muhasebesi
Authors: Kırlı Mustafa , Kulu Tekmez
Published: November 2016

That the energy, as an important production factor, is a non-replaced element is an undeniable fact while the businesses perform their basic functions. In macro scale the economies of the countries and in micro scale businesses must manage the energy well in order to obtain their goals. In that sense, energy management should be organized as an independent unit within the institutions; it should take precautions to reduce the energy costs and to increase the operation productivity of the businesses. In the modern understanding of business administration, energy management has the functions such as reducing the costs in a business, increasing the competitiveness, increasing the operating profits, increasing the operation productivity, wise use of energy and reducing environmental pollution. Energy accounting is an information system that follows, records and reports the energy consumption and energy costs regularly. Energy accounting has a significant contribution in achieving the expected success of energy management. Energy accounting has benefits in many fields such as reducing energy supply costs, reducing energy consumption costs and making budgets of the business in the context of energy management. Energy accounting motivates and activates all the units of the business in terms of reducing energy costs by performing the duties which are expected from it. Özetİşletmeler temel işlevlerini yerine getirirken, önemli bir üretim faktörü olarak enerjinin; ikame edilemeyecek bir unsur olduğu yadsınamaz bir gerçektir. Makro ölçekte ülke ekonomilerinin ve mikro ölçekte de işletmelerin amaçlarına ulaşabilmeleri için enerjiyi etkin bir şekilde yönetmeleri gerekir. Bu bağlamda, enerji yönetimi, kurumlarda bağımsız bir birim olarak örgütlenmeli; enerji maliyetlerini azaltacak ve işletme faaliyet verimliliğini arttıracak önlemleri almalıdır. Çağdaş işletmecilik anlayışında enerji yönetimi; bir işletmede maliyetlerin azaltılması, rekabet gücünün arttırılması, işletme karlılığının arttırılması, işletme verimliliğinin arttırılması, enerjinin akılcı kullanımı ve çevre kirliliğinin azaltılması gibi işlevlere sahiptir. Enerji muhasebesi, enerji tüketimini ve enerji maliyetlerini düzenli bir şekilde izleyen, kaydeden ve raporlayan bir bilgi sistemidir. Enerji yönetiminin kendisinden beklenen başarıyı sağlamasında; enerji muhasebesinin önemli bir katkısı vardır. Enerji muhasebesi, enerji yönetimi kapsamında işletmelere; enerji tedarik maliyetlerini azaltmada, enerji kullanım maliyetlerini azaltmada, işletme bütçelerinin yapılması gibi bir çok alanda faydalar sağlar. Enerji muhasebesi, kendisinden beklenen görevleri yerine getirerek; işletmenin tüm birimlerini, enerji maliyetlerini düşürme konusunda motive etmekte ve harekete geçirmektedir.
Perspectivas didáticas atuais para a matemática no ensino médio
Authors: Dias do Nascimento Shirleyde Dias , Souza Divanizia , Santos Ana Cacia
Published: November 2016

Esse trabalho teve como objetivo fomentar uma discussão no tocante as perspectivas didáticas atuais para o ensino da matemática no ensino médio a partir das recomendações presentes nos documentos oficiais que fundamentam esse ensino. Buscou-se discutir sobre o tratamento didático, que apontam propostas de currículos a serem desenvolvidas pelas escolas devem incluir competências básicas, conteúdos e formas de tratamento dos conteúdos coerentes com os princípios pedagógicos de identidade, diversidade e autonomia, e também os princípios de interdisciplinaridade e contextualização, adotados como estruturadores do currículo do Ensino Médio.  E a posterior por uma análise dos resultados obtidos através de uma investigação para sabermos como a contextualização e a interdisciplinaridade têm sido interpretadas no exercício da prática do docente de matemática; como mobilizam o interesse dos discentes pela matemática como os discentes percebem a importância da matemática e como esperam que seja ensinada. Para tanto, nos reportamos a contribuições teóricas  introduzido por Passos (2006), Charlot (2000, 2005 ) e ainda,  por Santomé (1998),Tufano (2001), Ole Skovsmose  (2001) D´Ambrosio (1989).
Thallium Hyperaccumulation in Polish Populations of Biscutella laevigata (Brassicaceae)
Authors: Wierzbicka Małgorzata , Pielichowska Maria , Abratowska Agnieszka , Wiłkomirski Bogusław , Wysocka Irena , Panufnik-Mędrzycka Dorota , Bulska Ewa
Published: November 2016

Biscutella laevigataL. is known as a Tl hyperaccumulator. In PolandBiscutella laevigataoccurs in the Tatra Mts (Western Carpathians) and on the calamine waste heap in Bolesław near Olkusz (Silesian Upland). The purpose of this work was to evaluate whether plants of both populations were able to accumulate an elevated amount of thallium in their tissues. The plants were cultivated in calamine soil in a glasshouse for a season and studied at different ages – from 2-week-old seedlings to 10-month-old adults. Additionally, the plants were grown for ten weeks in calamine soil with EDTA to enhance Tl bioavailability. The total content of Tl in plant tissues after digestion was determined by ICP-MS, whereas its distribution in leaves was studied by LA-ICP-MS. Of the total content of Tl in the soil in the range of (15.2–66.7) mg∙kg−1d.m., only (1.1–2.1) mg∙kg−1d.m. was present in a bioavailable form. The mean content in all the plants grown on the soil without EDTA was 98.5 mg∙kg−1d.m. The largest content was found in leaves – 164.9 mg∙kg−1d.m. (max. 588.2 mg∙kg−1d.m.). In the case of plants grown on the soil enriched with EDTA, the mean content in plants increased to 108.9 mg∙kg−1d.m., max. in leaves – 138.4 mg∙kg−1d.m. (max. 1100 mg∙kg−1d.m.). The translocation factor was 6.1 in the soil and 2.2 in the soil with EDTA; the bioconcentration factor amounted to 10.9 and 5.8, respectively. The plants from both populations did not contain a Tl amount clearly indicating hyperaccumulation (100–500 mg∙kg−1d.m.), however, high (>1) translocation and bioconcentration factors suggest such an ability. It is a characteristic species-wide trait;B. laevigataL. is a facultative Tl hyperaccumulator. The largest Tl amount was located at the leaf base, the smallest at its top. Thallium also occurred in trichomes, which was presented for the first time; in this way plants detoxify Tl in the above-ground parts. Leaves were much more hairy in the Bolesław plants. This is an adaptation for growth in the extreme conditions of the zinc-lead waste heap with elevated Tl quantity.
Stein manifolds of nonnegative curvature
Authors: Chen Xiaoyang
Published: November 2016

Let X bea Stein manifold with an anti-holomorphic involution τ and nonempty compact fixed point set X
τ. We show that X is diffeomorphic to the normal bundle of X
τ provided that X admits a complete Riemannian metric g of nonnegative sectional curvature such that τ*
g = g.
Approach To Analyse Of Reaction Forces In Ring–Traveller System
Authors: Beran Jaroslav , Konečna Miroslava
Published: November 2016

The paper presents the approach to analyse of reaction forces and contact pressure for ring-traveller system in twisting machine. The theory of the ballooning yarn has been adapted for the calculation of reactions, and the motion equation is developed for traveller with two reaction forces. The components of normal reaction forces are analyzed for system with free balloon and control one. The effect of the balloon control ring is shown to be significant, reducing the reaction forces of traveller or increasing the speed of spindle. Contact pressure generated between the ring and the traveller is analyzed using Hertzian contact theory. The article also presents the recommendations for optimization of the traveller shape to increase its service life.
Physicochemical Characterization Of The Multiuse Medical Textiles In Surgery And As Packaging Material In Medical Sterilization
Authors: Rogina-Car Beti , Flincec Grgac Sandra , Katovic Drago
Published: November 2016

This work investigates changes in the physicochemical properties of dry multiuse medical textiles used in surgery and as packaging material in sterilization after 0, 1, 10, 20, 30, and 50 washing and sterilization cycles in real hospital conditions of the Clinical-Hospital Centre in Zagreb. Scanning electronic microscope (SEM) was used to perform morphological characterization. Physicochemical characterization and the resulting changes in the medical textiles were monitored using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer. The change in the mass of the medical textiles as a results of temperature was determined by thermogravimetric (TG) analysis. Furthermore, structural characteristics based on the changes that resulted during the washing and sterilization processes are provided. The conclusion of the conducted research on the changes in the properties of multiuse medical textiles (Cotton/PES, Tencel®, and three-layer PES/PU/PES textile laminate) in real hospital conditions is that the medical textiles do manage to preserve properties after continuous use and it is safe to use them up to 50 washing and sterilization cycles.
Human Capital and Potential to Increase its Creativity
Authors: Galovská Marcela
Published: November 2016

Article highlights the contribution of human capital, which is currently important for every business entity. In order to be an effective organization, it must have a human capital with creative potential. Creativity largely influences work and personal life balance and language skills. Therefore, in the first part of this paper, I concentrate on possibilities of increasing creativity of human resources and discuss the notion of human capital and creativity. Currently, if a business entity wants to be competitive and efficient, it must posses creative human resources. What are the possibilities of increasing creativity? Due to the global economic crisis, businesses prefer to reduce the cost of education. This tendency seems to be a very week one, even a dangerous one! The paper deals with the effectiveness of creative thinking and with the use of part of existing global environmental undertaking. The paper investigates in particular the language skills of human resources. I have compared the Slovak and Chinese language, as when operating on a given language, except others, human being is familiar with cultural differences in that particular language and can think within this framework, which creates a new perspective on problem solving in general, with a particular use in the respective organization (firm).

In this article, I discuss and analyze the knowledge of human resource management and human capital theory. I use mainly comparative method and relational content analysis. The contribution is processed on the basis of Human Capital report (21). The main scientific objective is to highlight the language skills of the human resource and its link to creative thinking. Important issue seems to be a balance between professional and personal life, which forms an important basis for the development of creativity and creative thinking. Within the language skills, a specific highlight is dedicated to chromatic adjectives (colors) that are currently used in these languages, but also the idioms and phrases that are not possible to translate into another language.
Implicational scales in colloquial Belgian Dutch
Authors: Ghyselen Anne-Sophie , Van Keymeulen Jacques
Published: November 2016

In variationist linguistics, the concept of implicational hierarchies, i.e. the idea that featureximpliesybut not the reverse, has passed into oblivion the last decades (cf. Rickford 2002: 142). This paper aims at showing the usefulness of implicational scales as an analytical tool, especially when attempting to understand stylistic dynamics and the structure of intermediate variations in dialect/ standard continua. The discussion is based on results from empirical research in Flanders, where intermediate language use between dialect and standard language (the so-calledtussentaal) is increasingly prevalent. In general,tussentaalis conceived of as the whole continuum of regionally coloured language use in between the poles ‘traditional dialect’ and ‘standard language’, and it is hence said to differ from region to region, situation to situation and even from speaker to speaker (Willemyns 2005: 31). Necessary and sufficient conditions would be impossible to define (cf. De Caluwe 2006: 19). This paper however demonstrates, on the basis of quantitative analyses of nine language features as used by ten West Flemish speakers in three types of speech settings, thattussentaalis not just a random idiolectal mix of dialect features, but that it is structured by implicational principles shared across the speech community.
A quantitative approach to Swiss German – Dialectometric analyses and comparisons of linguistic levels
Authors: Scherrer Yves , Stoeckle Philipp
Published: November 2016

German-speaking Switzerland can certainly be regarded as one of the liveliest and at the same time best researched dialect areas in Central Europe. It is all the more surprising that dialectometric analyses in this area have only recently been performed and none of them included an investigation into the level of syntax. In this paper we pursue two goals: First, we present digital data that has been made available in recent years on the basis of theSprachatlas der deutschen Schweiz(SDS) and theSyntaktischer Atlas der deutschen Schweiz(SADS). Our second goal is to present dialectometric analyses performed with this data. A special focus is put on the comparison of different linguistic levels (lexis, phonology, morphology and syntax). Our methods include hierarchical cluster analyses (of the whole dataset as well as of the linguistic levels), correlations (between pairs of linguistic levels and between linguistic levels and geography) and parameter maps which allow us to draw conclusions about the distributions of innovative and conservative regions, dialect centers and transition zones. Our results show that while all four levels generally yield similar geographic patterns (dynamic areas in the North vs. conservative areas in the South, agreement of dialect and cantonal borders, high correlations with geography), syntax deviates most from the other levels.
A proposed order of historical emergence of Esan speech varieties
Authors: Ofure Ikoyo-Eweto Evarista
Published: November 2016

Significant studies on the sound systems of Edoid languages have been conducted, but studies of the internal relations that may exist within them are rare. Linguistic and nonlinguistic correlates of Northern Edoid features have been identified, thereby laying out broad phonetic and phonological indices for identifying this group of languages. Esan is classified as North Central Edoid. The goal of this study is to address the need to further define internal linguistic relations within the languages which constitute this linguistic group. Specifically, this study seeks to identify an order of historical emergence of identified Esan speech varieties.

The study is lexicon based. Data were gathered from one adult native speaker from each of the twelve identified Esan speech varieties making a total of twelve informants. The Ibadan word list of 400 basic items served as an instrument. Available data were transcribed in phonetic tradition and subjected to sound identification procedures. A comparative analysis of the sound systems which emerged for each identified Esan speech variety, separated them into eight groups in the following order: Udo-Ugboha-Ubiaza; Ebhoato-Igueben-Ilushi; Uromi; Ekpoma; Ohordua; Ogwa; Irrua; Ugbegun. The first group of Esan speech varieties exhibit speech sound characteristics that indicate that it is an earlier form of the language. Ubiaza exhibited further linguistic indices to suggest that it predates its counterpart Esan varieties.

Although this study is not aimed at reconstructing Esan, its findings serve as input to such a goal as well as to dialect studies of the language. It provided an avenue for the documentation of Esan speech forms. The outcome of this study contributes to further similar linguistic studies on Esan and other Edoid Languages.
Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using quail egg yolk and investigation of potential application areas
Authors: Nadaroglu Hayrunnisa , Ince Selvi , Gungor Azize Alayli
Published: November 2016

Nanotechnology is a growing area of research. For example, gold nanoparticles have a wide variety of applications, including optical, electronic, and medical; they are also used as catalysts in biosensor applications and can be used for scanning, carrier, heat source, and sensors. Therefore, nanoparticle synthesis is of great importance to the country’s economy and to scientific development. Nanoparticle synthesis involves using chemical methods, physical methods, or both chemical and physical methods. The synthesis is performed at high pressures or high temperatures and severe conditions, both of which have a high cost in terms of energy. In our investigation, we used a green synthesis method, which used quail eggs that required more moderate conditions and less energy. The yolk from quail eggs has a high protein and vitamin content. Using quail egg yolks, the reaction conditions were optimized in terms of pH, temperature, and concentration. The morphological properties of the obtained gold nanoparticles were characterized using an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer, a scanning electron microscope, and an X-ray diffraction analysis.
Hexabothriid monogeneans from the gills of deep-sea sharks off Algeria, with the description of Squalonchocotyle euzeti n. sp. (Hexabothriidae) from the kitefin shark Dalatias licha (Euselachii, Dalatiidae)
Authors: Kheddam H. , Justine J.-L. , Tazerouti F.
Published: November 2016

Sharks (765 specimens from ten species) from the Mediterranean Sea off Algiers, Algeria, were examined for the presence of gill monogeneans. The following deep-sea sharks were investigated from 2009 to 2015: Centrophorus granulosus (27 specimens); Centrophorus uyato (39); Etmopterus spinax (67); Somniosus rostratus (19); Galeus melanostomus (189); Scyliorhinus canicula (261), Hexanchus griseus 3), and Dalatias licha (100). In addition, two pelagic shark species were examined: Alopias vulpinus (7), and Prionace glauca (53). Only two species of gill monogeneans were found. Protocotyle grisea (Cerfontaine, 1899) Euzet et Maillard, 1974 was found on its type-host Hexanchus griseus; comparative measurements are provided, and Algeria is a new geographic record. Squalonchocotyle euzeti n. sp. from Dalatias licha is described here. We found that the species of Squalonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899 can be separated into two groups, according to body size. Small-bodied species include 7 species. Large-bodied species (body > 20mm) include S. borealis (Van Beneden, 1853), S. laymani Yamaguti, 1958 and S. euzeti n. sp; the latter is distinguished from the two other species by a characteristically slender body. A sequence of Cytochrome Oxidase Type I (COI) gene, potentially useful for barcoding, was obtained for S. euzeti n. sp. and is the first for the family Hexabothriidae.
Helminths in rodents from Wet Markets in Thailand
Authors: Ribas A. , Saijuntha W. , Agatsuma T. , Thongjun C. , Lamsan K. , Poonlaphdecha S.
Published: November 2016

Only a few surveys have ever been carried out of the helminths of the commensal rodents found in the traditional wet markets that play such an important part of daily life in South-east Asia. The potential of rodents as reservoirs of zoonoses including helminths is of great interest since in these markets humans and rodents come into closer contact than in other environments and food may be indirectly contaminated via rodent faeces. Helminths in a total of 98 rats belonging to two species (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus exulans) were surveyed in eight traditional wet markets in Udon Thani, Thailand. Thirteen species of helminths were recovered, seven of which are potentially zoo-notic, with an overall prevalence of 89.8 %. Our results show that rodents in wet markets could pose a threat to human health as potential reservoirs of zoonotic helminthiases.
Molecular characterization of three species belongs to the Allocreadioidea, Hemiuroidea and Plagiorchioidea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting freshwater fishes in India
Authors: Chaudhary A. , Mukut S. , Singh H. S.
Published: November 2016

Three species of digenetic trematodes are redescribed based on specimens collected from the intestine of freshwater fishes of Hastinapur and Meerut (U.P.), India: Allocreadium handiai (Pande, 1937) Madhavi, 1980 (Allocreadioidea: Allocreadiidae) from Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) (Siluri-formes: Bagridae), Genarchopsis goppoOzaki, 1925 (Hemiuroidea: Derogenidae) and Phyllodistomum chauhaniMotwani & Srivastava, 1961 (Plagiorchioidea: Gorgoderidae) from Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793) (Perciformes: Channidae). The three species were subjected to morphological, morphometric and molecular analyses. The morphological study revealed that A. handiai, G. goppo and P. chauhani can be distinguished by their congeners on the basis of their morphology. Partial nucleotide sequences of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene were obtained from the three trematode species and deposited in the GenBank. A phylogenetic reconstruction based on the 28S rRNA gene placed the three studied species within their respective families and their validity is discussed. For the first time molecular data of newly collected material of these species from India were used for confirmation of their validity and to assess their phylogenetic relationships.
Psychological needs, self-regulation, and motivation profiles among a sample of Hong Kong Chinese university students: a person-centered approach
Authors: Ma Cecilia M.S. , Shek Daniel T.L. , Lai Catie C.W.
Published: November 2016

To better understand factors that influence individuals’ motivation to engage in physical activity, this study aimed to identify the motivational profiles among the Chinese university students, compare the motivational profiles between genders, and explore whether satisfaction of various psychological needs vary with different motivational profiles. Two thousand and twenty-two Chinese university students completed a battery of self-report questionnaires assessing motivation regulation and psychological needs satisfaction. Three motivational profiles were identified for both genders. The overall patterns of the motivational profiles for both genders were similar. However, males (44%) were more likely than their female counterparts (19%) in self-determined profile group. Students with self-determined motivation profile, compared to non self-determined motivation profile, had higher values on three types of needs satisfaction. Findings and implication of the study were discussed.
Network Decline in the Internet Era: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and India, 1994-2010
Authors: Shrum Wesley , Palackal Antony , Dzorgbo Dan-Bright S. , Mbatia Paul , Schafer Mark , Miller Paige , Rackin Heather
Published: November 2016

Has the size of personal networks changed since the invention of the Internet? We use a unique longitudinal survey during the primary period of Internet diffusion in Africa and Asia to address three questions. First, has the overall size of professional networks changed? Second, has there been a shift in the kinds of relationships people maintain? Third, are there identifiable patterns in the nature of the shifts over time? We analyze data on nine professional linkages reported by a population of scientists and educators in Kenya, Ghana, and the Indian State of Kerala over a sixteen year period (1994-2010). Results show that extended personal networks experienced a dramatic decline during the initial diffusion of new communication technologies, followed by partial recovery. An increase in collaboration has been accompanied by a decline in friendship.
On statistically lq$l_{q}$-complete and c0⁢s$c_{0s}$ in measure convergences of sequences of measurable functions
Authors: Papanastasiou N. , Papachristodoulos C. , Dimitriou X.
Published: November 2016

We introduce and study s-

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Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer / Employment and Unemployment of the Elderly
Authors: Müller Eva , Wilke Ralf A. , Zahn Philipp
Published: November 2016

In 1997, the German government enacted a reform of the unemployment insurance system which lead to a reduction of the maximum entitlement length for unemployment benefits of the older unemployed in the subsequent years. This paper analyses the effects of this reform on the risk of unemployment and on unemployment duration of the older unemployed aged 54-56. This group is of particular interest because it lost a smooth early retirement path via the unemployment benefits scheme. In our empirical analysis we use German administrative individual data drawn form the registers of the federal employment agency and of the public pension funds. After the reform we expect a lower risk of unemployment and shorter unemployment durations for the considered age group. This is confirmed by our empirical analysis. We show that the reform effectively reduced the amount of early retirement at the expense of the unemployment insurance. In particular larger companies and their employees use extended entitlement periods for unemployment benefits for early retirement purposes.
Has the Export Pricing Behaviour of German Enterprises Changed?
Authors: Stahn Kerstin
Published: November 2016

The question as to whether the globalisation-related increase in competitive pressure may have caused the importance of cost pass-through (CPT) and pricing-to-market (PTM) for export pricing in Germany to shift since the 1990s is addressed by testing the long-run export pricing behaviour of German enterprises for changes in the impact of its determinants. As globalisation may have affected competitive pressure in individual product markets differently, export pricing is analysed for 11 product categories. Analytically, this problem is solved by applying the Saikkonen (1991) approach to estimate the individual export price categories in single equations. The first hypothesis – that CPT is stronger, and PTM weaker, for heterogeneous products than for homogeneous products – is found to hold more for CPT than for PTM. The second hypothesis, which presumes that CPT has weakened and PTM has strengthened since the 1990s, is confirmed with respect to the overall outcome, although for several product categories the results conflict with the hypothesis. Moreover, error correction models are used to test exporters’ short-run price-setting behaviour for asymmetry, ie whether short-run increases in the export price determinants are passed through to a different extent than decreases. It is shown that symmetric export pricing is seldom rejected.
A Novel Dynamic Physical Layer Impairment-Aware Routing and Wavelength Assignment (PLI-RWA) Algorithm for Mixed Line Rate (MLR) Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) Optical Networks
Authors: Iyer Sridhar
Published: November 2016

The ever-increasing global Internet traffic will inevitably lead to a serious upgrade of the current optical networks’ capacity. The legacy infrastructure can be enhanced not only by increasing the capacity but also by adopting advance modulation formats, having increased spectral efficiency at higher data rate. In a transparent mixed-line-rate (MLR) optical network, different line rates, on different wavelengths, can coexist on the same fiber. Migration to data rates higher than 10 Gbps requires the implementation of phase modulation schemes. However, the co-existing on-off keying (OOK) channels cause critical physical layer impairments (PLIs) to the phase modulated channels, mainly due to cross-phase modulation (XPM), which in turn limits the network’s performance. In order to mitigate this effect, a more sophisticated PLI-Routing and Wavelength Assignment (PLI-RWA) scheme needs to be adopted. In this paper, we investigate the critical impairment for each data rate and the way it affects the quality of transmission (QoT). In view of the aforementioned, we present a novel dynamic PLI-RWA algorithm for MLR optical networks. The proposed algorithm is compared through simulations with the shortest path and minimum hop routing schemes. The simulation results show that performance of the proposed algorithm is better than the existing schemes.
Fetal myocardial index during labor
Authors: Gimovsky Alexis C. , Whitney Brianne , Wood Dennis , Weiner Stuart
Published: November 2016

BACKGROUND: The Myocardial Performance Index (MPI) is a Doppler derived myocardial function tool and can be used to evaluate
systolic and diastolic function in fetuses. The objectives of this study were to investigate the MPI during labor and compare it to values
in non-laboring women.

METHODOLOGY: 40 women with uncomplicated, term, singleton pregnancies were recruited to this prospective observational study at
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Controls were a retrospective cohort of women > 34 weeks who underwent third trimester fetal
echocardiography. Fetal left and right sided isovolumic contraction time, isovolumic relaxation time and ejection time were recorded
before, during and after contractions. Right and left sided MPI was then calculated.

RESULTS: Laboring patients and non-laboring patients were comparable for age, race, gravidity and parity. During labor the average left
MPI was 0.63 ± 0.17 and the average right MPI was 0.62 ± 0.20. The coefficient of correlation between MPI and cervical dilation was
0.15 for left MPI Index and 0.14 for right MPI. When comparing non-laboring to laboring women, the average left MPI for non-laboring
women was 0.34 ± 0.04, p = <0.001.

CONCLUSIONS: Myocardial Performance Index is a non-invasive, easily attainable measure of cardiac function that can be obtained
during labor and does not change with cervical dilation. MPI is significantly different between laboring and non-laboring women.
The fetal MPI may help define fetal status in labor.
The Bumpy Road of Civil Society in the New Member States: From State Capture to the Renewal of Civil Society
Authors: Ágh Attila
Published: November 2016

This theoretical paper discusses the controversial development of civil society in the new member states (NMS) over a quarter century of systemic change and after 10 years of EU membership. In doing so, it attempts to elaborate a new conceptual framework for the decline of top-down democracy and the return to democratisation as a bottom-up process. This study of the bumpy course of NMS civil society analyses the gap between large formal legal institutions and small local informal ones and emphasises the need for participatory democracy if democracy in the NMS is to be sustainable. In fact, in this quarter century, two faces of informal institutions have emerged, reflecting the tension between genuine civil society organisations and large corrupt clientele networks. The mass emergence of these “negative” informal institutions has led to a situation of state capture and a democratic façade often analysed in the NMS academic literature. The study concludes that after the political and policy-learning processes of the last 25 years, there are now some signs of a participatory turn in the bottom-up process of NMS democratisation.
Fatigue Damage of V-Lock Chain Ring Under Random Load
Authors: Zhang Qiang , Wang Haijian , Guo Tong
Published: November 2016

To study the influence of the random load on the V-lock chain ring for mining, the numerical simulation technology is used. The dynamic tension is obtained by using the dynamic model of the plough. The life and damage nephograms are obtained by using ANSYS Workbench. The analysis results show that the short fatigue life region of the V-lock chain ring for mining is mainly concentrated on the transition region between the medial straight edge and arc, and the fatigue damage of the link chain on the side of the motion direction of the plow head is larger than that on the other side. This link chain has strong anti-fatigue performance.
Analysis of the Start-Up of Natural Bio-Film Colonization of Constructed Rapid Infiltration System
Authors: Xu Wenlai , Yang Ju , Wang Jing , Jian Yue , Tang Min
Published: November 2016

this paper studied the start-up of natural bio-film colonization under the conditions where wet-to-dry ratio was 1:6, hydraulic load was 0.8m3/m2·d, and water temperature was 10°C-15°C, it took 25d in total to become mature, after the success of bio-film colonization, the removal rate of COD and NH4+-N can be stabilized at 80%, and the removal rate of NH4+-N can reach 90% above. The microorganism was divided into the following stages during bio-film colonization: 1.Reversible adhesion of cell on the surface of the carrier, 2.Irreversible adhesion of cell on the surface of the carrier, 3.Division of cell adhering to the surface of the carrier and formation of microcolony adhering to the surface of the carrier, 4.Growth of microcolony adhering to the surface of the carrier to be mature bio-film with three-dimensional structure. The process of natural bio-film colonization can be judged comprehensively according to removal rate of NH4+-N and COD, effluent pH as well as color of microbial film.
Auto Mission Planning System Design for Imaging Satellites and Its Applications in Environmental Field
Authors: He Yongming , Wang Yuan , Chen Yingwu , Xing Lining
Published: November 2016

Satellite hardware has reached a level of development that enables imaging satellites to realize applications in the area of meteorology and environmental monitoring. As the requirements in terms of feasibility and the actual profit achieved by satellite applications increase, we need to comprehensively consider the actual status, constraints, unpredictable information, and complicated requirements. The management of this complex information and the allocation of satellite resources to realize image acquisition have become essential for enhancing the efficiency of satellite instrumentation. In view of this, we designed a satellite auto mission planning system, which includes two sub-systems: the imaging satellite itself and the ground base, and these systems would then collaborate to process complicated missions: the satellite mainly focuses on mission planning and functions according to actual parameters, whereas the ground base provides auxiliary information, management, and control. Based on the requirements analysis, we have devised the application scenarios, main module, and key techniques. Comparison of the simulation results of the system, confirmed the feasibility and optimization efficiency of the system framework, which also stimulates new thinking for the method of monitoring environment and design of mission planning systems.
Model of Eco-Water Driving Force Affecting the Evolvement of Runoff in the Upper Minjiang River Basin
Authors: Huang Jin , Yang Wunian , Peng Li , Ashraf Muhammad Aqeel
Published: November 2016

The amount of eco-water resources reflects the land surface water conservation capability, and the underlying surface condition in the hydrologic cycle. In the upper Minjiang River Basin, the amounts of eco-water resources were retrieved from remotely sensed data during 1992 to 2005. Through regression analysis between the retrieved eco-water data and the climate hydrological data mainly including the temperature, the precipitation, and the runoff in the same period, the model of eco-water driving force affecting the evolvement of runoff was established. The accuracy analysis indicates that the model can well describe the relationship between dry season runoff and its driven factors, the measured data validation proves that the model has high precision and good practicability. The eco-water remote sensing inversion provides a valid method to quantify the land surface water conservation capability, and suggests an interesting approach for the driving function quantitative researches of underlying surface factor in the hydrologic cycle.
Muck Problems in Subway Shield Tunneling in Sandy Cobble Stratum
Authors: Cui Kai , Lin Weikang
Published: November 2016

Experiments aiming at the muck improvement for Chengdu’s subway shield tunneling in water-rich sandy cobble ground initially finds out the kinds and ratio of muck improver suitable for the this strata, and through the field application determines the reasonable ratio of muck improver for shield tunneling in sandy cobble ground, providing a reference to other muck improvement for shied tunneling in similar ground. And the earth pressure balanced shield is widely used in tunnel engineering, with its characteristics as wide adaptability, safe operation, fast driving speed, low environmental noise and low cost. Taking Chengdu Metro Line as the background, aiming at the difficulty faced by EPB shield tunneling in water-rich sandy cobble ground, and based on the explorations and researches of the predecessors and scholars, engineering and technical personnel, the present paper combines with engineering examples to make a systematic summary and research on key construction technology of EPB shield tunneling through sandy cobble ground from the aspects of EPB shield adaptability, , structure and transformation of cutter and helical unearthed wares, settlement control method, and muck improvement measures. It has certain reference value and guiding significance to the selection of shield machine and the reconstruction of shield machine in complex geological condition.
Grandmothers migrating, working and caring: Latvian women between survival and self-realisation
Authors: King Russell , Lulle Aija
Published: November 2016

This paper describes the circumstances surrounding the migration of older Latvian women and their multi-dimensional lives as economic migrants and as distant carers and supporters of diverse family members who remain in Latvia. In post-Soviet Latvia, especially since the 2008 financial crisis and the austerity measures which took away hope for a decent old-age pension, older women migrate abroad in order to salvage their economic wellbeing and support their multi-generation families, which can run to four generations – their children and grandchildren plus, often, their elderly parents. Migration enables these women to maintain multidirectional flows of care and also to achieve economic and psychosocial independence. Therefore, care practices that reach four generations put the figure of the grandmother at the core of transnational care relations. Research evidence for this paper comprises 50 in-depth interviews with older Latvian migrant women aged from their mid-40s to their late 60s in the UK and elsewhere. The paper demonstrates the complexity and richness of these women’s working lives, built around enhanced economic wellbeing, multiple and transnational caring responsibilities, and a new sense of self-worth and empowerment.
Microclimate Observation at Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) Habitat in the “Iron Gates” Natural Park. Case Study: Lower Eșelniţa Watershed (Banat, Romania)
Authors: Ciocanea Cristiana-Maria , Gavrilidis Athanasios-Alexandru , Bagrinovschi Vasile
Published: November 2016

“Iron Gates” Natural Park is located in the South-Western part of Romania and is recognized for its great diversity of ecosystems, wide variety of species and emblematic landscapes. Due to its Mediterranean climatic influences and vegetation structure, the area is a suitable habitat for the existence and development ofTestudo hermanni boettgeri.

Monitoring both, the evolution of the microclimatic features in the lower Eșelnița watershed and the species behaviour, represents a useful step in order to determine if the global climate change endangers the conservation management of the tortoise.
The Current State of Phyto-Coenological Research in the “Iron Gates” Danube Gorge (Banat, Romania)
Authors: Drăgulescu Constantin
Published: November 2016

The author of the study writes a concise history of the phyto-coenological research conducted previously in the Danube Gorge; he notes the papers and the respective publishing years for the botanists who contributed with research to the knowledge of the cormophyte vegetation along the aforementioned sector of the Danube River.

55 important papers are highlighted, authored by fifty-four specialists in the years 1931-2006.