bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION DEFECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING BIM TECHNOLOGY IN QUALITY INSPECTION
Authors: LIN Yu-Cheng , CHANG Jun-Xiong , SU Yu-Chih
Published: July 2016

Defect management (DM) for quality inspection (QI) is a major strategy employed by general contractors to enhance construction management of building projects. However, there are significant issues in construction DM in standard practice that affects quality inspection, including protracted procedures, data entry redundancies, confusion, and inefficient information management. Recognition of these construction DM issues, this paper proposes a new and practical approach that applies Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology to quality inspection and defect man­agement. Specifically, BIM digitally contains precise geometry and relevant data needed to support building structures to describe 3D object-oriented CAD. Using BIM technology, this study proposes a BIM-based Defect Management (BIMDM) system by on-site quality managers during the construction phase. The intended approach integrates web and BIM technologies in the BIMDM system to illustrate and analyze defect information at the jobsite in real time. The anticipated result is the effectively managed status and results of the corrective works performed. The BIMDM system is applied in a selected case study of a building project in Taiwan to verify the proposed approach and demonstrate the effectiveness of defect management practice. Utilizing the BIMDM system, on-site quality managers are better able to track and manage defects with BIM models through accurate records and photos. The combined results of the study demonstrate that a BIMDM-like system can be an effective visual defect management platform when integrating BIM and web technologies. The advantage of the BIMDM system lies not only in improving defect management efficiency for on-site quality engineers and managers, but also in facilitating easy quality inspection while identifying and com­municating in the 3D BIM environment. As such, authors expect that effective use of the proposed BIMDM would significantly assist on-site quality engineers and managers to systematically handle defect management work using BIM technologies in future construction projects.
AN INSULATION THICKNESS OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS REHABILITATION COMBINING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND LIFE CYCLE COST
Authors: ALMEIDA Ricardo M. S. F. , DE FREITAS Vasco Peixoto
Published: July 2016

The energy efficiency of buildings, including public buildings, is a major concern for all European governments,since they are responsible for a large share of the total energy bill of the states. School buildings play an importantrole in these costs. The best strategy for reversing this scenario includes efforts on buildings retrofit, seeking tooptimize their energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality. However, in the unfavourable economic climate weare experiencing, which requires great prudence when it comes to public investment, special attention should be givento this multi-objective optimization process. In this research, a methodology to optimize the insulation thickness of theexternal walls and roof on school buildings retrofit is proposed. The procedure includes the optimization of the buildingperformance considering the following objectives: the minimization of the annual heating load; the minimization of thediscomfort in the classrooms due to overheating; and the minimization of the life cycle cost of retrofitting external wallsand roof. This methodology was applied to two Portuguese school buildings.
THE CONCEPT OF BASIC INCOME: GLOBAL EXPERIENCE AND IMPLEMENTATION POSSIBILITIES IN LITHUANIA
Authors: LAURINAVIČIUS Algimantas , LAURINAVIČIUS Antanas
Published: July 2016

The article gives an overview of universal basic income as one of the instruments of the asset-based policy, analyses its theoretical concept and practical examples. Latest trends in Europe, especially in Finland and Switzerland, are overviewed and possibilities to implement such an instrument in Lithuania are evaluated. Research methods of scientific literature analysis, comparative and logical analysis of statistical data, data grouping and presentation were used. Article finds out that the concept of basic income is being implemented on a small scale in the US state of Alaska and in a small autonomous territory of China – Macao. Finland and Switzerland are determined to fully implement the concept of basic income by providing monthly benefits to all their citizens. Although Lithuania is categorized as a country with high income inequality and high level of poverty risk, currently it is not possible to implement the concept of basic income in Lithuania: the state social insurance fund budget would not be able to fund sufficient benefits, and the benefits that could be provided by the budget would not comply with the objectives of the concept of basic income.
APPLICATION OF TECNOMATIX PLANT SIMULATION FOR MODELING PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS PROCESSES
Authors: SIDERSKA Julia
Published: July 2016

The main objective of the article was to present the possibilities and examples of using Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (by Siemens) to simulate the production and logistics processes. This tool allows to simulate discrete events and create digital models of logistic systems (e.g. production), optimize the operation of production plants, production lines, as well as individual logistics processes. The review of implementations of Tecnomatix Plant Simulation for modeling processes in production engineering and logistics was conducted and a few selected examples of simulations were presented. The author’s future studies are going to focus on simulation of production and logistic processes and their optimization with the use of genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks.
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SHORT AND LONG-IMPACT INDICATORS FOR CORPORATE BOND MARKET DEVELOPMENT
Authors: ASTRAUSKAITĖ Ieva
Published: July 2016

An additional instrument or established access to the capital market funding would increase business opportunities for performance, development, growth, channeling financing for sustainable and long-term economic growth and job creation. Capital market and its level of development or further development opportunities are exposed to different factors. Clear identification of them mobilizes the attention of accurate and useful decisions or actions influencing the expected results, their adoption and implementation, monitoring. With the purpose to identify a set of factors influencing the capital market deve lopment as well as to introduce a model of their short term and long term impact projections, the ARDL model for the US and Lithuanian cases is introduced. The concluding remarks state on different legal and regulatory framework, banking sector and ICT measures exposures to the different stages of the corporate bond market development.
ASTROMETRIC MONITORING OF THE HR 8799 PLANETS: ORBIT CONSTRAINTS FROM SELF-CONSISTENT MEASUREMENTS
Authors: Konopacky Q. M. , Marois C. , Macintosh B. A. , Galicher R. , Barman T. S. , Metchev S. A. , Zuckerman B.
Published: July 2016

We present new astrometric measurements from our ongoing monitoring campaign of the HR 8799 directly imaged planetary system. These new data points were obtained with NIRC2 on the W.M. Keck II 10 m telescope between 2009 and 2014. In addition, we present updated astrometry from previously published observations in 2007 and 2008. All data were reduced using the SOSIE algorithm, which accounts for systematic biases present in previously published observations. This allows us to construct a self-consistent data set derived entirely from NIRC2 data alone. From this data set, we detect acceleration for two of the planets (HR 8799b and e) at >3σ. We also assess possible orbital parameters for each of the four planets independently. We find no statistically significant difference in the allowed inclinations of the planets. Fitting the astrometry while forcing coplanarity also returns χ
2 consistent to within 1σ of the best fit values, suggesting that if inclination offsets of ≲20° are present, they are not detectable with current data. Our orbital fits also favor low eccentricities, consistent with predictions from dynamical modeling. We also find period distributions consistent to within 1σ with a 1:2:4:8 resonance between all planets. This analysis demonstrates the importance of minimizing astrometric systematics when fitting for solutions to highly undersampled orbits.
BINARY CENTRAL STARS OF PLANETARY NEBULAE DISCOVERED THROUGH PHOTOMETRIC VARIABILITY. IV. THE CENTRAL STARS OF HaTr 4 AND Hf 2-2
Authors: Hillwig Todd C. , Bond Howard E. , Frew David J. , Schaub S. C. , Bodman Eva H. L.
Published: July 2016

We explore the photometrically variable central stars of the planetary nebulae HaTr 4 and Hf 2-2. Both have been classified as close binary star systems previously based on their light curves alone. Here, we present additional arguments and data confirming the identification of both as close binaries with an irradiated cool companion to the hot central star. We include updated light curves, orbital periods, and preliminary binary modeling for both systems. We also identify for the first time the central star of HaTr 4 as an eclipsing binary. Neither system has been well studied in the past, but we utilize the small amount of existing data to limit possible binary parameters, including system inclination. These parameters are then compared to nebular parameters to further our knowledge of the relationship between binary central stars of planetary nebulae and nebular shaping and ejection.
RAPID CIRCUMSTELLAR DISK EVOLUTION AND AN ACCELERATING STAR FORMATION RATE IN THE INFRARED DARK CLOUD M17 SWex
Authors: Povich Matthew S. , Townsley Leisa K. , Robitaille Thomas P. , Broos Patrick S. , Orbin Wesley T. , King Robert R. , Naylor Tim , Whitney Barbara A.
Published: July 2016

We present a catalog of 840 X-ray sources and first results from a 100 ks Chandra X-ray Observatory imaging study of the filamentary infrared (IR) dark cloud G014.225–00.506, which forms the central regions of a larger cloud complex known as the M17 southwest extension (M17 SWex). In addition to the rich population of protostars and young stellar objects with dusty circumstellar disks revealed by archival data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, we discover a population of X-ray-emitting, intermediate-mass pre-main-sequence stars that lack IR excess emission from circumstellar disks. We model the IR spectral energy distributions of this source population to measure its mass function and place new constraints on the destruction timescales for the inner dust disk for 2–8 M
☉ stars. We also place a lower limit on the star formation rate (SFR) and find that it is quite high (

M
☉ yr−1), equivalent to several Orion Nebula Clusters in G14.225–0.506 alone, and likely accelerating. The cloud complex has not produced a population of massive, O-type stars commensurate with its SFR. This absence of very massive (≳20 M
☉) stars suggests that either (1) M17 SWex is an example of a distributed mode of star formation that will produce a large OB association dominated by intermediate-mass stars but relatively few massive clusters, or (2) the massive cores are still in the process of accreting sufficient mass to form massive clusters hosting O stars.
MORPHOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GAS FRACTIONS OF LOCAL LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES AS A FUNCTION OF INFRARED LUMINOSITY AND MERGER STAGE
Authors: Larson K. L. , Sanders D. B. , Barnes J. E. , Ishida C. M. , Evans A. S. , U V. , Mazzarella J. M. , Kim D.-C. , Privon G. C. , Mirabel I. F. , Flewelling H. A.
Published: July 2016

We present a new, detailed analysis of the morphologies and molecular gas fractions (MGFs) for a complete sample of 65 local luminous infrared galaxies from Great Observatories All-Sky Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRG) Survey using high resolution I-band images from The Hubble Space Telescope, the University of Hawaii 2.2 m Telescope and the Pan-STARRS1 Survey. Our classification scheme includes single undisturbed galaxies, minor mergers, and major mergers, with the latter divided into five distinct stages from pre-first pericenter passage to final nuclear coalescence. We find that major mergers of molecular gas-rich spirals clearly play a major role for all sources with

however, below this luminosity threshold, minor mergers and secular processes dominate. Additionally, galaxies do not reach

until late in the merger process when both disks are near final coalescence. The mean MGF (

) for non-interacting and early-stage major merger LIRGs is 18 ± 2%, which increases to 33 ± 3%, for intermediate stage major merger LIRGs, consistent with the hypothesis that, during the early-mid stages of major mergers, most of the initial large reservoir of atomic gas (HI) at large galactocentric radii is swept inward where it is converted into molecular gas (H2).
THE DISTORTION OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND SPECTRUM DUE TO INTERGALACTIC DUST
Authors: Imara Nia , Loeb Abraham
Published: July 2016

Infrared emission from intergalactic dust might compromise the ability of future experiments to detect subtle spectral distortions in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from the early universe. We provide the first estimate of foreground contamination of the CMB signal due to diffuse dust emission in the intergalactic medium. We use models of the extragalactic background light to calculate the intensity of intergalactic dust emission and find that emission by intergalactic dust at z ≲ 0.5 exceeds the sensitivity of the planned Primordial Inflation Explorer to CMB spectral distortions by 1–3 orders of magnitude. In the frequency range ν = 150–2400 GHz, we place an upper limit of 0.06% on the contribution to the far-infrared background from intergalactic dust emission.
XMM-NEWTON AND CHANDRA OBSERVATIONS OF THE FILLED-CENTER SUPERNOVA REMNANT G63.7+1.1
Authors: Matheson H. , Safi-Harb S. , Kothes R.
Published: July 2016

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) provide unique opportunities to study relativistic pulsar winds and their interaction with the surrounding medium. G63.7+1.1 is an intriguing supernova remnant studied so far only at radio wavelengths and classified as a PWN candidate based on its nonthermal radio emission. We present the first X-ray study of G63.7+1.1, obtained with XMM-Newton and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, with the goal of detecting and studying the candidate PWN in X-rays and searching for the neutron star candidate. The peak of the X-ray emission lies approximately 1.′2 from the peak of the 21 cm continuum emission and is offset from the center of the X-ray nebula. The diffuse X-ray emission is irregularly shaped (4.′2 × 3.′2), unlike the nearly symmetric 8′-diameter radio nebula. Its X-ray spectrum is fit with a power-law model, yielding a photon index of

, a column density of (1.6 ± 0.5) × 1022 cm−2, and an X-ray luminosity of ∼2 × 1033 erg s−1 (0.5–10.0 keV) at a kinematic distance of 6 kpc. Several point-like sources were detected within the limit of the X-ray nebula. We present a study of their spectra, identifying 3XMM J194753.4+274357 (CXO J194753.3+274351) as a candidate for the location of the neutron star powering the nebula. Located in a dense environment, we estimate that G63.7+1.1 is old enough (≥8 kyr) for the reverse shock to have interacted with the PWN. This, together with the large size estimated from radio studies (∼14 pc) and the offset between the radio and X-ray peaks, suggests an evolved nebula, with the radio nebula being a “relic” PWN.
DETECTION OF THREE GAMMA-RAY BURST HOST GALAXIES AT z ∼ 6
Authors: McGuire J. T. W. , Tanvir N. R. , Levan A. J. , Trenti M. , Stanway E. R. , Shull J. M. , Wiersema K. , Perley D. A. , Starling R. L. C. , Bremer M. , Stocke J. T. , Hjorth J. , Rhoads J. E. , Curtis-Lake E. , Schulze S. , Levesque E. M. , Robertson B. , Fynbo J. P. U. , Ellis R. S. , Fruchter A. S.
Published: July 2016

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) allow us to pinpoint and study star-forming galaxies in the early universe, thanks to their orders of magnitude brighter peak luminosities compared to other astrophysical sources, and their association with the deaths of massive stars. We present Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 detections of three Swift GRB host galaxies lying at redshifts z = 5.913 (GRB 130606A), z = 6.295 (GRB 050904), and z = 6.327 (GRB 140515A) in the F140W (wide-JH band,

) filter. The hosts have magnitudes (corrected for Galactic extinction) of

and

, respectively. In all three cases, the probability of chance coincidence of lower redshift galaxies is

, indicating that the detected galaxies are most likely the GRB hosts. These are the first detections of high-redshift (

) GRB host galaxies in emission. The galaxies have luminosities in the range 0.1–0.6

(with

) and half-light radii in the range 0.6–0.9

. Both their half-light radii and luminosities are consistent with existing samples of Lyman-break galaxies at

. Spectroscopic analysis of the GRB afterglows indicate low metallicities (

) and low dust extinction (

) along the line of sight. Using stellar population synthesis models, we explore the implications of each galaxy’s luminosity for its possible star-formation history and consider the potential for emission line metallicity determination with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.
Ines
Authors: Chiarini Silvia
Published: July 2016

Au sein de l’occitanisme italien, une militante se distingue parmi d’autres, une véritable pasionaria occitane qui depuis plus de quarante ans consacre sa vie à son idéal. La construction de son exceptionnalité se façonne dans une articulation complexe entre reconnaissance et déni, permanence et renouveau et apparaît comme un processus interactionnel et contextuel que cet article se donne pour but d’analyser.
William Wade Harris
Authors: Mary André
Published: July 2016

William Wade Harris est un prophète africain du Liberia qui annonce dans les années 1913-1914 l’arrivée imminente des « derniers temps ». Il réussit en dix-huit mois à baptiser des milliers d’Ivoiriens et de Ghanéens là où les missionnaires avaient échoué. Cette figure d’exception plus que de subversion illustre toutes les ambivalences du lettré africain, chrétien et « civilisé », instituteur converti aux idées panafricanistes, renouant avec le paganisme de ses pères. Toute son histoire, telle qu’elle s’est construite dans le récit légendaire mais aussi telle que les sources historiographiques récentes la restituent, est faite d’une accumulation de paradoxes et de « synthèses incompatibles » qui s’est révélée pleine de promesses pour le peuple noir.
Le père Paolo Dall’Oglio
Authors: Pénicaud Manoël
Published: July 2016

Cet article retrace la trajectoire singulière du jésuite italien Paolo Dall’Oglio (né en 1954) qui se définit comme « amoureux de l’Islam et croyant en Jésus ». Après avoir fondé en Syrie un lieu d’inculturation dans un monastère voué à l’hospitalité abrahamique, il en a été expulsé pendant la guerre civile. En 2012, il y est retourné clandestinement et est devenu otage de l’organisation « État islamique » en voulant faire libérer des musulmans, en fidélité à son vœu de badalya (substitution).
Adolph Hennecke
Authors: Bafoil François
Published: July 2016

Dans les pays est-européens soviétisés après 1945, le stakhanovisme a constitué une étape importante dans le processus de construction de la société communiste. Le mineur Hennecke a illustré en rda cet « héroïsme » au travail caractérisé par le dépassement des normes de production mais aussi par la mise en place de mesures de terreur dans l’entreprise, l’abaissement des salaires et au final de profonds désordres qui ont entraîné la fin du stakhanovisme.
Alfred Levitt
Authors: Feschet Valérie
Published: July 2016

Alfred Levitt (1894-2000), artiste peintre new-yorkais, juif d’origine ukrainienne, fit plusieurs séjours d’étude dans le sud de la France dans les années 1950 et 1960 où il découvrit la pétanque. Il fonda le premier club de New York en 1968 ( lbny ) et s’engagea dans le développement institutionnel de la pétanque au niveau national en créant et en présidant pendant treize ans la Fédération de Pétanque des usa (fpusa ). Le caractère exceptionnel de son parcours tient à son entregent auprès des institutions pour développer un sport alors méconnu des Américains.
Jacques Glassmann
Authors: Gastaut Yvan
Published: July 2016

En 1994, « l’affaire OM/VA » a défrayé la chronique du football : cet article s’intéresse à celui qui a révélé la tentative de corruption de plusieurs joueurs valenciennois par des dirigeants de l’Olympique de Marseille à la tête desquels se trouve Bernard Tapie. Figure à part, imperturbable, Jacques Glassmann n’était jusque-là qu’un « anonyme » du football français : il acquiert dès lors, malgré lui, une renommée quelque peu singulière en devenant progressivement un paria dans le milieu du football tandis que les médias s’intéressent à cette trajectoire inédite.
Le jour de Babô
Authors: Xanthakou Margarita
Published: July 2016

Cet article s’interroge sur le sens que l’on peut donner au jour de Babô, un rite d’inversion du genre observé voici trente ans dans le nord-est de la Grèce et devenu aujourd’hui « kermesse » patrimoniale. L’auteur recherche les liens entre les phases traditionnelles de la fête et certains rituels balkaniques ainsi que des cérémonials de l’Antiquité hellénique. Plus généralement, l’article analyse la possibilité d’interprétations alternatives.
« L’endoctrinement corporel » ou comment penser l’apprentissage imitatif dans la danse de possession
Authors: Halloy Arnaud
Published: July 2016

À partir d’une mise à l’épreuve ethnographique de trois modèles théoriques de l’apprentissage imitatif, cet article cherche à rendre compte du concept vernaculaire d’« endoctrinement corporel » dans un culte de possession afro-brésilien. L’« endoctrinement corporel » renvoie à une situation d’imitation « en miroir » où l’individu possédé est amené à imiter le comportement de son initiateur, qui lui-même imite la danse de la divinité en cours d’apprentissage. Dans ce contexte pédagogique singulier, l’« endoctrinement corporel » semble largement reposer sur des mécanismes perceptuels, émotionnels et sensorimoteurs étroitement imbriqués et largement inconscients, où le comportement d’autrui est d’abord appréhendé « corporellement », entendre à travers sa résonance émotionnelle et motrice dans le corps de l’apprenant – en l’occurrence l’individu possédé. Ce qui ressort également de cette étude, c’est que « l’endoctrinement corporel » est soutenu par une relation pédagogique entre la divinité et son initiateur, caractérisée par une série de biais perceptuels et interprétatifs qui facilitent l’apprentissage et le processus imitatif.
Étude des représentations de 250 joueurs et de 50 entraîneurs sur la communication dans les sports collectifs
Authors: Obœuf Alexandre , Fernandes Emmanuel , Lecroisey Loïc , d’Arripe Agnès , Duployé Alexis , Collard Luc
Published: July 2016

Comment définir la communication au sein des sports collectifs ? Apparemment anodine, cette question se révèle d’une grande complexité. Par l’entremise d’une Comparaison par Paires de Condorcet, nous explorons les représentations de 250 joueurs et de 50 entraîneurs de sports collectifs sur ce sujet. Les représentations de ces derniers confirment le flou entourant la notion de communication. En effet, les six modalités proposées aux suffrages des répondants obtiennent des votes. Néanmoins, la majorité des joueurs et des entraîneurs considèrent que ce sont les modalités « Communications verbales » et « Passes » qui définissent le mieux la communication au sein des sports collectifs. Les signes moteurs (appels de balle, feintes et courses diverses, replacements, etc.) utilisés in situ sont les grands oubliés de la majorité des enquêtés. Bien que sachant parfaitement la façon dont il faut jouer, les joueurs et les entraîneurs se révèlent pourtant dans l’impossibilité de mettre au jour les lois qui inspirent la façon dont ils jouent et qui animent l’ensemble de leurs conduites. Dans une optique heuristique, il ressort de ce travail des pistes intéressantes afin de définir le concept de communication dans les sports collectifs. Ce travail peut aussi être à la source d’une réflexion sur de nouvelles formes d’entraînements sportifs.
Splenic Cysts
Authors: Shabtaie Samuel A. , Hogan Anthony R. , Slidell Mark B.
Published: July 2016

Splenic cysts are rare in the United States but more common in regions of the world where
Echinococcus
is endemic. Cysts are typically classified as true cysts or pseudocysts. True cysts can be parasitic or nonparasitic in origin, whereas most pseudocysts are a result of previous trauma. Recent recognition of features shared by true cysts and pseudocysts suggests the classification system may need to be revised. The prevalence of splenic cysts has increased secondary to the widespread use of abdominal imaging and successful nonoperative management of traumatic splenic injuries. Treatment previously consisted primarily of total splenectomy. However, recognition of the importance of the spleen throughout a patient's life has led to changes in the management of splenic disease. Advances in the testing and preoperative localization of splenic lesions have also led to increased efforts in splenic conservation.

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Pediatr Ann
. 2016;45(7):e251–e256.]
Intestinal Rotation Anomalies
Authors: Pelayo Juan Carlos , Lo Andrea
Published: July 2016

Intestinal rotation abnormality (IRA) predisposes to lethal midgut volvulus. An understanding of intestinal development illustrates the process of normal intestinal rotation and fixation. An appreciation of the clinical presentation and consequences of missed IRA will enhance clinical suspicion and timely evaluation. Selecting the appropriate imaging modality to diagnose IRA requires an understanding of the benefits and limitations of each. The Ladd's procedure continues to be the appropriate surgical treatment for IRA with or without volvulus. Laparoscopy has emerged as an option for the diagnosis and treatment of IRA. Populations in which IRA is always associated, but a Ladd's procedure rarely required, include patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and abdominal wall defects. Prevalence of IRA is higher in children with congenital heart disease and heterotaxy syndrome; asymptomatic patients require multidisciplinary consideration of the risks and benefits of screening for IRA, whether a Ladd's procedure is required, and the timing thereof.

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Pediatr Ann
. 2016;45(7):e247–e250.]
Locating a Sealed Cave in Kentucky Using Electrical Resistivity Surveys
Authors: Junfeng Zhu , Gary A. O’Dell , Ellis L. Laudermilk , Gregg Bogosian , James C. Currens , Steven E. Webb , Pam Bogosian
Published: July 2016

Clifton Cave in Woodford County, Kentucky, was known as the habitat for two unique cave-dwelling species only found living in the cave and associated nearby habitats. The cave was surveyed in 1964, but the only cave entrance was destroyed and sealed by road improvements in 1970. To determine whether these species are still present in the cave and to plan future conservation efforts, researchers need to regain access to the cave. A vertical access hole into the cave passage was proposed because the 1964 cave survey provided the general location of the cave passages. In order to determine potential drilling sites to locate cave passages, we conducted two electrical resistivity surveys. Orientation, length, electrode spacing, and location of the surveys were designed to detect three estimated cave passage targets. The survey results showed excellent correspondence between the high resistivity anomalies and all the estimated targets. Although survey results have not been confirmed by drilling, the excellent correspondence suggested the electrical resistivity method is a promising reconnaissance tool for locating caves at relatively shallow depths.
El laboratorio en la investigación cerámica
Authors: Arredondo Francisco
Published: July 2016

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Propiedades y aplicaciones de los materiales aislantes a base de vidrio espumado
Authors: Sánchez Castro Carlos
Published: July 2016

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Diplodus levantinus (Teleostei: Sparidae), a new species of sea bream from the southeastern Mediterranean Sea of Israel, with a checklist and a key to the species of the Diplodus sargus species group
Authors: Fricke Ronald , Golani Daniel , Appelbaum-Golani Brenda
Published: July 2016

The sea bream Diplodus levantinus n. sp. is described from off the coasts of Israel in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it replaces Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758). The new species is characterized by 11-12 spines and 10-16 soft rays in the dorsal fin, 3 spines and 11-13 soft rays in the anal fin, 15-17 pectoral fin rays, 6-9 + 8-12 gill rakers on the first gill arch, upper and lower jaws with a single row of 4 incisors on each side, followed by a total of 16-19 molariform teeth in the upper jaw and 12-14 molariform teeth in the lower jaw, with the molariforms of the upper jaw separated from the incisors by a wide, toothless gap, and the sides of the body in adults with 8 vertical bars of equal width which are present even in large adults, followed by a broad bar on the caudal peduncle which usually nearly reaches the ventral margin of the caudal peduncle. An updated checklist of the species of the genus Diplodus, and a key to species of the Diplodus sargus species group from the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, are presented.
Au-delà des Pyrénées, en deçà du Rhin : tracés des frontières géoculturelles dans la littérature européenne des XIXe et XXe siècles
Authors: Kraume Anne
Published: July 2016

La présente contribution analyse les tracés des frontières géoculturelles dans des œuvres exemplaires de la littérature européenne des XIXe et XXe siècles, et soulève ainsi la question de la codification littéraire des points cardinaux. Tandis qu’au tournant du XIXe au XXe siècle le philosophe espagnol Miguel de Unamuno discute l’appartenance de l’Espagne à l’Europe justement dans une optique géoculturelle, et voit dans les Pyrénées la frontière entre l’Europe et l’Afrique, le poète français Victor Hugo esquisse, dans son recueil de poèmes Les Orientales (1829), un Orient qui se définit d’un côté par son altérité par rapport à l’Europe, mais dont les territoires se caractérisent de l’autre côté par sa proximité géographique : l’Orient de Victor Hugo, c’est aussi bien le Danube que l’Espagne ou la Grèce. Dans la pensée de l’écrivain alsacien René Schickele par contre, l’Europe ne se définit justement plus par des tracés de frontières qui excluent. Schickele tend à abolir les frontières géoculturelles par l’image d’un jardin transfrontalier qui se situerait des deux côtés du Rhin. De cette manière, les jalonnements géoculturels (comme les représentent les Pyrénées ou le Rhin dans les œuvres de ces auteurs si différents) se révèlent être des codifications multiples et variables, dont les significations peuvent varier et se superposer, et qui illustrent non seulement les facultés purement esthétiques de la littérature, mais aussi son aspiration à changer la réalité.
Localisations de l’art : conceptions d’une « esthétique du froid » de L’Histoire des Peuples du Nord (Olaus Magnus, 1555) au Tasse (Il Re Torrismondo, 1587)
Authors: Wodianka Stephanie
Published: July 2016

La présente contribution se concentre sur les codifications culturelles du Nord au XVIe siècle. Elle examine dans quelle mesure l’Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1539) d’Olaus Magnus et ses traductions – qui, au XVIe siècle, circulent dans toute l’Europe – sont fondées sur les conceptions d’une esthétique spécifiquement nordique : en quoi les phénomènes esthétiques, la relation à l’art des habitants du Nord, voire le Nord même en tant que lieu esthétique interviennent-ils dans la caractérisation de l’Europe du Nord  ? Une étude comparative montre que, dans le discours sur l’art, les accents sont placés différemment dans les diverses éditions. Les descriptions d’un “art du froid” chez Olaus Magnus ont enrichi l’imaginaire littéraire. Torquato Tasso s’est servi de cette dimension esthétique de l’Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus pour sa tragédie Il Re Torrismondo et sa conception poétologique. Diffusée par le biais de Michel de Montaigne et de la pièce de Torquato Tasso, l’œuvre d’Olaus Magnus a contribué à intégrer le Nord à l’Europe.
Una topografia interpretata : Gli esordi paesaggistici del Fermo e Lucia e dei Promessi Sposi
Authors: Güntert Georges
Published: July 2016

Sebbene la stesura dei Promessi Sposi si estenda lungo un periodo di più di vent’anni, la mia ricerca mostra che le modificazioni essenziali sono state realizzate fra il 1823 e il 1827. Confrontando la prima versione, intitolata Fermo e Lucia, con la prima edizione dei Promessi Sposi del 1827, si nota che ambedue i romanzi raccontano in principio la stessa storia che però assume delle significazioni diverse. E’ indicativa in questa prospettiva l’analisi comparata della descrizione del paesaggio negli incipit (cap. I). Fin dalla prima frase, Fermo et Lucia insiste sul futuro, mentre Fermo et Lucia mette in scena un cambiamento ciclico fra permanenza e movimento. Un’altra differenza riguarda la funzione dei punti cardinali nelle due descrizioni : l’asse nord–sud che suggerisce la via della civilizzazione, è valorizzato soltanto nel Fermo et Lucia. Invece dell’esperienza innanzitutto cognitiva del viandante, interpretabile come figura del lettore, il romanzo dei Promessi Sposi dà luogo ad una esperienza sia estetica sia etica dello spazio.
Leopardi in California
Authors: Neumeister Sebastian
Published: July 2016

La teoria dell’influenza del clima sulla cultura sostenuta soprattutto nel Settecento è il risultato dell’opposizione fra le culture del nord e del sud dell’Europa. Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) si considera un partigiano del sud (mezzogiorno) per quanto riguarda la civilizzazione e la vita sociale, sebbene riconosca che il nord abbia trionfato nell’epoca moderna riguardo al progresso tecnico e spirituale. Per quando riguarda l’opposizione dei punti cardinali ovest ed est, l’America stimola l’immaginazione degli autori europei. Herder, Chateaubriand e Leopardi, ad esempio, considerano la California un paradiso terrestre, regione di una vita semplice e a contatto con la natura. Nella stessa epoca, Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) riconosce nella grazia naturale (disinvoltura o Anmut) un tratto caratteristico del paradiso, senza pensare invece alla California.
All the Colours of the East. “Ideological Geography”, Orientalism, and the Fluctuating Semantics of the East in the Works of Maurice Barrès
Authors: Hufnagel Henning
Published: July 2016

Maurice Barrès is a geographical thinker: His texts are built around places and spaces, and they are structured by movements in space and by the changing of places. The names of cities, rivers and regions carry a semantic weight and are bestowed with an evocative power equalled only by certain toponyms in Proust. This geographical thinking is a constant in Barrès’s work, and it takes on many functions. In the present article, I examine the role of the East within his system of thought. The semantics and the valuations of this cardinal direction are fluctuating in Barrès’s texts: Barrès’s East often wears a menacing Pickelhaube or an alluring veil, defines and divides Europe, is, at the same time, a promise of joy and a menace of horror. First, I define Barrès’s particular concept of geography, blending locational and mental properties. I then analyse various manifestations of the East in his works: how the formative voyage is generally a voyage to the East; how the East can paradoxically be found in the West; how, because of its ‘Easternness’, Germany is excluded from Europe. In a last section, I examine Barrès’s last major work, Un Jardin sur l’Oronte (1922), set in the Middle East at he time of the crusades, and show how the view from the East seems to be subverting Barrès’s – and not only his – categories.
Les blancs de l’Europe : vides esthétiques dans les fictions de la Grande Guerre
Authors: Roger Jennifer
Published: July 2016

Notre contribution vise à démontrer que les fictions de la Grande Guerre peuvent être un lieu de mémoire de l’Europe qui se définit par l’absence et l’effacement. Les représentations elliptiques de la guerre et des “gueules cassées” sont le symbole d’une conception d’un centre européen qui est tellement vidé de sens par les horreurs de la Grande Guerre que toute quête de points cardinaux semble mener à l’absurde. Le “centre vide” de la rose des vents désigne ainsi la difficulté de se souvenir de l’événement qui a bouleversé et remis en question toute possibilité d’orientation en Europe et dans le monde.
Centre vide. La Méditerranée et la modernité littéraire
Authors: Hofmann Frank , Messling Markus
Published: July 2016

Pour les auteurs de la modernité littéraire, la Méditerranée est au centre d’une réflexion sur la conscience européenne au moment où celle-ci connaît une crise radicale sous l’effet des modernisations forcenées, du colonialisme et des guerres de la première moitié du XXe siècle. Cependant, la Méditerranée qu’ils décrivent ne figure plus comme civilisation modèle, ou du moins pas sans réserve, et ils n’en font pas non plus le centre d’une société planétaire globale. Ils dressent en effet une dernière fois l’inventaire culturel de la Méditerranée et se détachent, chacun à sa manière, de la conception normative d’un classicisme et d’un humanisme dont le Sud serait seul détenteur. Néanmoins, si la modernité littéraire remet radicalement en question l’héritage méditerranéen et réorganise la géographie culturelle de la Méditerranée, la relation au Sud constitue toujours un des éléments déterminants pour penser l’Europe. Le présent article conceptualise cette relation comme une confrontation avec un centre vide.
ICT and Language Learning
Authors: Naqvi Samia , Al Mahrooqi Rahma
Published: July 2016

Technology-enriched classrooms have been claimed to produce enhanced learning opportunities for foreign language students. These technologies can be integrated into language teaching and learning inside the classroom or used for independent learning by students outside it. This study involves the use of digital-videos in Middle Eastern English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. It attempts to explore if using technology creatively in language teaching has the potential to enhance communication skills and other sub-skills in EFL classes. Omani EFL students, working in small groups, created commercials for products they chose to design and promote using digital videos. These were then presented to the class while each group was responsible for collaboratively writing a report the presentation of a commercial product and wrote about their experiences. Using data collected mainly from student questionnaires, this article reports on this experience from the points of view of students.
IL-10 Regulates Memory T Cell Development and the Balance between Th1 and Follicular Th Cell Responses during an Acute Viral Infection
Authors: Tian Yuan , Mollo Sarah B. , Harrington Laurie E. , Zajac Allan J.
Published: July 2016

T cells provide protective immunity against infections by differentiating into effector cells that contribute to rapid pathogen control and by forming memory populations that survive over time and confer long-term protection. Thus, understanding the factors that regulate the development of effective T cell responses is beneficial for the design of vaccines and immune-based therapies against infectious diseases. Cytokines play important roles in shaping T cell responses, and IL-10 has been shown to modulate the differentiation of CD4 and CD8 T cells. In this study, we report that IL-10 functions in a cell-extrinsic manner early following acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection to suppress the magnitude of effector Th1 responses as well as the generation of memory CD4 and CD8 T cells. We further demonstrate that the blockade of IL-10 signaling during the priming phase refines the functional quality of memory CD4 and CD8 T cells. This inhibition strategy resulted in a lower frequency of virus-specific follicular Th (Tfh) cells and increased the Th1 to Tfh ratio. Nevertheless, neither germinal center B cells nor lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus–specific Ab levels were influenced by the blockade. Thus, our studies show that IL-10 influences the balance between Th1 and Tfh cell differentiation and negatively regulates the development of functionally mature memory T cells.
One Center's Guide to Outpatient Management of Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Acute Pulmonary Exacerbation
Authors: Muirhead Corinne A. , Sanford Julian N. , Mccullar Benjamin G. , Nolt Dawn , Macdonald Kelvin D.
Published: July 2016

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disorder characterized by acute pulmonary exacerbations that comprise increased cough, chest congestion, increased mucus production, shortness of breath, weight loss, and fatigue. Typically, severe episodes are treated in the inpatient setting and include intravenous antimicrobials, airway clearance therapy, and nutritional support. Children with less-severe findings can often be managed as outpatients with oral antimicrobials and increased airway clearance therapy at home without visiting the specialty CF center to begin treatment. Selection of specific antimicrobial agents is dependent on pathogens found in surveillance culture, activity of an agent in patients with CF, and the unique physiology of these patients. In this pediatric review, we present our practice for defining acute pulmonary exacerbation, deciding treatment location, initiating treatment either in-person or remotely, determining the frequency of airway clearance, selecting antimicrobial therapy, recommending timing for follow-up visit, and recognizing and managing treatment failures.
Alimentación y Salud: Enfoques predominantes en prensa española
Authors: Marín-Murillo Flora , Armentia-Vizuete José-Ignacio , Olabarri-Fernández Elena
Published: July 2016

La implicación de la alimentación en la salud de los ciudadanos es hoy un asunto que está presente tanto en la agenda política como mediática. Este artículo analiza, desde la teoría del Framing, las estrategias discursivas respecto a esta materia de los tres periódicos de  mayor difusión en España, El País, La Vanguardia y El Mundo. Metodología: Se han seleccionado y analizado todos los textos sobre alimentación y salud correspondientes al primer semestre de 2014, dedicando especial atención a los principales enfoques presentes en los mismos. Resultados y conclusiones: Los trastornos alimentarios, las dietas y, muy especialmente, la obesidad se han convertido en los temas más frecuentes en el ámbito de la alimentación y la salud. Se constata un limitado nivel de especialización periodística en este campo y ciertas carencias informativas sobre la autoría y financiación de las investigaciones citadas como fuente.
Deployable Molecular Detection of Arboviruses in the Australian Outback
Authors: Inglis Timothy J. J. , Bradbury Richard S. , McInnes Russell L. , Frances Stephen P. , Merritt Adam J. , Levy Avram , Nicholson Jay , Neville Peter J. , Lindsay Michael , Smith David W.
Published: July 2016

The most common causes of human infection from the arboviruses that are endemic in Australia are the arthritogenic alphaviruses: Ross River virus (RRV) and Barmah Forest virus (BFV). The most serious infections are caused by the neurotropic flaviviruses, Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) and the Kunjin subtype of West Nile virus. The greatest individual risk of arbovirus infection occurs in tropical/subtropical northern Australia because of the warm, wet summer conditions from December to June, where conventional arbovirus surveillance is difficult due to a combination of low population density, large distances between population centers, poor roads, and seasonal flooding. Furthermore, virus detection requires samples to be sent to Perth up to 2,000 km away for definitive analysis, causing delays of days to weeks before test results are available and public health interventions can be started. We deployed a portable molecular biology laboratory for remote field detection of endemic arboviruses in northern Queensland, then in tropical Western Australia and detected BFV, MVEV, and RRV RNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays of extracts from mosquitoes trapped in Queensland. We then used a field-portable compact real-time thermocycler for the samples collected in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Real-time field PCR assays enabled concurrent endemic arbovirus distribution mapping in outback Queensland and Western Australia. Our deployable laboratory method provides a concept of operations for future remote area arbovirus surveillance.
What Do We Know About Chagas Disease in the United States?
Authors: Montgomery Susan P. , Parise Monica E. , Dotson Ellen M. , Bialek Stephanie R.
Published: July 2016

Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects more than 5 million people worldwide leading to serious heart and gastrointestinal disease in a proportion of chronically infected patients. Important modes of transmission include vector-borne, congenital, and via blood transfusion or organ transplant from an infected donor. Vector-borne transmission of Chagas disease occurs in the Americas, including the southern half of North America, where the specific vector insects (triatomines), T. cruzi, and infected reservoir mammalian hosts are found. In the United States, there are estimated to be at least 300,000 cases of chronic Chagas disease among people originally from countries of Latin America where Chagas disease is endemic. Fewer than 30 cases of locally acquired infection have been documented in the United States, although a sylvatic transmission cycle has been known to exist in this country for at least a century. Studies defining risks for locally acquired infection and effective prevention strategies are needed to help prevent domestic transmission of T. cruzi. To help address Chagas disease in the United States, improved health-care provider awareness and knowledge, better tools for screening and diagnosing patients, and wider availability of treatment drugs are needed.
Bullous Scabies
Authors: Luo Di-Qing , Huang Mei-Xing , Liu Juan-Hua , Tang Wen , Zhao Yu-Kun , Sarkar Rashmi
Published: July 2016

Scabies is a common contagious cutaneous disease and usually affects the young, characterized by polymorphous lesions that may present as burrows, pruritic papules, and inflammatory nodules. Bullous scabies (BS) is its rather rare subtype, mimicking bullous pemphigoid. We report a 15-year-old Chinese boy presenting with 1-month history of pruritic bullae on his penile skin, showing poor response to both topical steroids and systemic antihistamines, but cured by sulfur ointment alone. No recurrence occurred in the 5 years of follow-up. We also reviewed the published cases. Up to date, 44 cases, including the present, have been reported. Of them, 30 were male and 14 were female. The age range was from 1 to 89 years old, with a median age of 70.6 years. The bullous lesions may involve the arms, legs, trunk, genitals, feet, buttocks, thighs, neck, inguinal folds, and may even be generalized. Trunk and extremities are the most common involved locations. Facial or mucosa involvement had never been reported. The histological findings present as a subepidermal split with variable inflammatory infiltrate predominantly neutrophils, and eosinophilic spongiosis, or both. Eighteen of 32 patients showed positive deposition of linear-granular IgG or complement 3 alone or in various combinations, and five of 24 patients revealed circulating IgG. All the 40 cases with therapeutic details were cured by antiscabietic remedy. BS always involves the trunk and extremities. It has a predilection for elderlies and males. The treatments for BS are similar to those of classical scabies.