bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Merkel-like cell distribution in the epithelium of the human vagina. An immunohistochemical and TEM study
Authors: Polakovičová Simona , Csӧbӧnyeiová Mária , Filova Barbora , Borovský Miroslav , Maršík Ladislav , Kvasilová Alena , Polák Štefan
Published: February 2018

Human Merkel cells (MCs) were first described by Friedrich S. Merkel in 1875 and named “Tastzellen” (touch cells). Merkel cells are primarily localized in the basal layer of the epidermis and concentrated in touch-sensitive areas. In our previous work, we reported on the distribution of MCs in the human esophagus, so therefore we chose other parts of the human body to study them. We selected the human vagina, because it has a similar epithelium as the esophagus and plays very important roles in reproduction and sexual pleasure. Due to the fact that there are very few research studies focusing on the innervation of this region, we decided to investigate the occurrence of MCs in the anterior wall of the vagina. The aim of our research was to identify MCs in the stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium of the human vagina in 20 patients. For the identification of Merkel cells by light microscopy, we used antibodies against simple-epithelial cytokeratins (especially anti-cytokeratin 20). We also tried to identify them using transmission electron microscopy. Our investigation confirmed that 10 (50 %) of 20 patients had increased number of predominantly intraepithelial CK20 positive “Merkel-like” cells (MLCs) in the human vaginal epithelium. Subepithelial CK20 positive MLCs were observed in only one patient (5%). We tried to identify them also using transmission electron microscopy. Our investigation detected some unique cells that may be MCs. The purpose of vaginal innervation is still unclear. There are no data available concerning the distribution of MCs in the human vagina, so it would be interesting to study the role of MCs in the vaginal epithelium, in the context of innervation and epithelial biology.
Linked data: connecting data using Google discoverability
Authors: Brodaric B
Published: February 2018

Understanding surface water and groundwater interactions is crucial to integrated resource management. Obtaining relevant data is a first step, but finding and retrieving the data is challenging because the data are often scattered amongst databases maintained by
different groundwater and surface water agencies, such as in Ontario. The emergence of data networks and web portals addresses this challenge partially, insofar as users can then access the data in a uniform way. However, there remain significant challenges in data discoverability and connectivity:
(1) web portals are often difficult to find and use, and (2) links between different databases are absent. The latter is a major impediment to integrated resource management, due to the relative unavailability of data about relations between surface water and groundwater entities. Linked Data
overcomes these challenges by describing links between entities on the web, using Semantic Web techniques, enabling the relations to be found and retrieved with web browsers and search engines. This complements existing web portals through re-use of their data access mechanisms while providing
value-added information in the form of links.
Presented will be recent results from a project prototyping Linked Data for the Canadian hydro community. Water wells, aquifers, and monitoring sites from the Groundwater Information Network (Natural Resources Canada) are linked to watersheds, catchments and major water bodies from the National
Hydrographic Network (Natural Resources Canada), and to stream gauges from the National Hydrometric Network (Environment and Climate Change Canada). This enables users to find and retrieve targeted information about surface water and groundwater interactions in the region. Planned future work
includes expanding nationally within Canada, as well as internationally to the US to capture cross-border interactions. These early results position Linked Data as the next frontier in providing data for integrated resource management, particularly in situations where data is distributed amongst
many agencies, as is the case in Ontario.
The Ambient Groundwater Geochemistry Program: pilot project in northern Ontario Precambrian aquifers
Authors: Dell K M , Hamilton S M
Published: February 2018

The first implementation of the Ambient Groundwater Geochemistry Program (AGGP) in northern Ontario was completed in 2016 in the Sudbury area. The Sudbury program was designed to test if the AGGP could be successful in delineating the effect, on groundwater
chemistry, of host rock lithology in northern Precambrian shield aquifers as has been already demonstrated for Paleozoic aquifers of southern Ontario. A second objective of this project was to test the potential for the routine sampling of radiological and radiochemical parameters, including radon
and gross alpha-particle and gross beta-particle activity concentrations. Since 2016, the focus of the project has been analyzing the data from the Sudbury area survey and completing a 2017 follow-up project along the north shore of Lake Huron, including Manitoulin Island. In total, 93 overburden
and 246 bedrock wells were sampled. This poster illustrates the regional trends and groundwater characteristics observed in the AGGP northern Ontario data thus far.
In general, the data indicate fewer water quality related exceedences in the Sudbury area than were observed in southern Ontario. However, a few elements increase in concentration in the Precambrian aquifers of the Sudbury area such as U and Cd. Regional variation in groundwater chemistry was
observed and may be controlled by the Precambrian geologic provinces. Bedrock well data from the Grenville Province indicate higher Ca, K and U concentrations than samples north of the Grenville Front. Samples from rocks of the Huronian Supergroup and the Sudbury Basin show relatively high Co, As,
Pb and Cu concentrations compared to the Grenville Province. Radioactivity parameters appear to be controlled by the presence of clay rich overburden units rather than bedrock geology.
The samples taken from wells that penetrate clay overburden are more alkaline because these older, deeper waters are disconnected from lower pH surface waters. Groundwater samples indicating a road salt NaCl source, as indicated by Cl-Br ratios, have the highest average dissolved oxygen percentage
and total coliform relative frequency suggesting interaction with the surface. Some high chloride waters were noted on Manitoulin Island related to connate water in Paleozoic rocks. Future work on Precambrian aquifers will seek to determine if regional geochemical signatures are controlled by
lithology, traces of deep formational waters, anthropogenic influences, or smaller scale regional geologic features such as the Sudbury Igneous Complex and associated mineralization.
Near surface seismic database: future online GSC data delivery
Authors: Griffiths M , Dietiker B , Pugin A J
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Published: February 2018

The near surface geophysics group at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) has developed a land streamer system for the rapid acquisitions of seismic data. With this system, over 700km of near surface seismic data has been collected over the last decade, and the
data collection is rapidly growing.
Using Microsoft Access a database has been designed to catalogue these projects and the associated processed seismic sections, with ease of upkeep as a priority. To accomplish this, a library of Access Macros was created to make data entry as efficient as possible.
With the macros working in the background, a new survey is added to the database in a few minutes. When a project is entered, the associated files are automatically copied into a backend file structure, creating a consistent and organized backup of the processed seismic lines, their coordinate
files, and the log sheets. Macros automatically generate and store links to these files in the database. Storing the archived data as links rather than attachments keeps the database below the file size limit of 2GB without losing file accessibility. Additionally, the relevant spatial meta-data
(such as survey boundaries in UTM and Latitude-Longitude coordinates) are extracted automatically, instead of having the user sift through and manually enter this data.
Additional meta-data is entered manually, such as survey description, acquisition and processing parameters. Meta-data is important as it provides the user with critical information that supports analysis and interpretation of the survey results. The GSC is committed to the ISO 19115 metadata
standard and all published data has to be fully compliant with the Federal Geospatial Platform Harmonized North America Profile (FGP HNAP) metadata profile (http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geomatics/canadas-spatial-data-infrastructure/geospatial-communities/federal).
Survey coordinates can be exported from the database as KML files, making them compatible with Google Earth. This is useful for quality control and spatial querying as eventually this database will form the backbone of an internet accessible tool to search, view and download near surface seismic
profiles in SEGY format, which is a proprietary SEG industry standard. It will be much easier to access data from a standardized structure at one location rather than independent Open Files. This is expected to help applied geo-scientists and researchers integrate this information into their work.
This project aligns with the Government of Canada Open Data policy and delivery within a searchable online mechanism (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-data).
Downscaling SMOS/SMAP soil moisture product using high resolution Radarsat-2 SAR data: a case study in southern Ontario
Authors: Li J , Wang S
Published: February 2018

Current soil moisture products derived from SMOS and SMAP satellites have very coarse resolutions (~40km). This limits the soil moisture products for applications where a resolution of 1-10 km is generally needed (e.g. hydro-climatological applications). To
obtain high resolution soil moisture, an algorithm was developed to downscale SMOS/SMAP products by using multi-temporal dual-polarized (HH and HV) C-band SAR images. Recently the use of full-polarized (FP) SAR data was reported to improve soil moisture retrieval even under dense vegetation canopy,
but FP SAR data has the disadvantage of narrow swath, which limits its applications for soil moisture estimates over large areas. With the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM) becoming operational in 2018, it will provide compact polarimetric (CP) configurations that has a wider swath and hence is a
possible alterative to the FP data. A new downscaling algorithm has been developed to improve soil moisture retrieval by using RCM-CP data, which is simulated from the Radarsat-2 FP imagery. Comparing to previous algorithm, the new algorithm can enhance the removal of vegetation effect by using a
normalized scattering based empirical model, in which the conditions of vegetation are characterized by the RCM-CP derived vegetation parameter. In addition, a new mathematical model, rather than complicate wavelet transform, is used to better account for scale change. The new algorithm is validated
with in-situ soil moisture data from Southern Ontario collected in the summer of 2017. When compared to results obtained from a previous algorithm there is a promising improvement in soil moisture estimation. Since the RCM will provide a short revisit time (<4 days), this study
demonstrates the potential for fusing RCM data with SMOS/SMAP soil moisture (2-3 days repeat cycle) to continuously map soil moisture at higher resolutions over large areas, even under dense vegetation.
Low temperature geothermal case studies
Authors: Lusk W
Published: February 2018

Ontario supports "green" heating and cooling sources, such as geothermal systems, and is committed to ensuring the safe installation of these systems to protect human health and the environment. Consequently, the use of geothermal systems is expected to increase.
Over the next decade, installations of geothermal systems will become routine and common, especially systems using deeper boreholes in dense urban areas. If not properly constructed and managed, there is a potential for geothermal systems to impact groundwater and surface water sources as well as
present human health and public safety issues. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change will present some examples of incidents that ministry has responded to and mitigated over the last ten years.
Investigation of the Potsdam Group sandstone aquifer vulnerability with the DFN-M approach
Authors: Pehme P , Parker B , Sterling S , Crow H , Chapman S , Kearney M
Published: February 2018

As cities grow, surrounding rural communities often experience development stresses such as increased demand on local aquifers. Rural aquifers can have different threats than city centres, such as nitrates from agriculture or pathogens related to septic systems
that may not have historically been a dominant concern, but become so under the increased water demands. Case in point is the growing community of Greely, near Ottawa, Ontario which is surrounded by agricultural lands, homes have individual septic systems, and a shallow bedrock aquifer provides the
sole water supply from a communal well. The City of Ottawa has engaged the project team to examine the deeper Nepean sandstone as an alternative water supply. An initial borehole was continuously cored through the Paleozoic bedrock sequence into the Precambrian close to the existing pumping well.
The detailed Discrete Fracture Network - Matrix (DFN-M) approach was applied including rock core logging, chemical analysis, geophysical logging, hydrogeologic and hydro-geophysical testing, with cross-hole testing pending. We present the study approach, preliminary results and future plans. In
addition to dealing with Greely's challenges, the multiple high-resolution data sets provide insight into this complex geologic/hydrogeologic setting and an initial assessment of the sandstone's viability as a water supply elsewhere.
An integrated investigation of groundwater-surface-water interactions under conditions of changing climate in the Great Lakes Basin
Authors: Persaud E , Levison J , MacRitchie S
Published: February 2018

Fluctuations in temperature and precipitation associated with changing climate have the potential to influence hydrologic components, such as the timing and amount of groundwater recharge as well as temporal patterns in stream base flow. Variations in such
factors may impact ecological functioning and human activities within a watershed, especially in water stressed, agriculturally dominated regions of the Great Lakes Basin. The potential impacts of climate change and subsequent feedback mechanisms are best examined through an integrated monitoring
and modelling approach. In this manner, an improved understanding of a watershed's hydro-climatic functioning, especially groundwater-surface water interactions, may be obtained through multi-faceted, field based data collection and further supported by integrated numerical modelling. This research
presents the Upper Parkhill Watershed in southwestern, Ontario (jurisdiction of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority) as the location of an ongoing integrated investigation. This watershed features an Integrated Water and Climate Monitoring Station that has been collecting continuous data
since 2012. Measurements from this station have been supplemented by site characterization as well as a water sampling program examining groundwater tracers, such as 222-Radon and electrical conductivity, in addition to stable isotopes (18O and 2H) and tritium to respectively assess locations of
groundwater discharge, water origin, and age. This research supports the creation of an improved hydrogeologic conceptual model from which groundwater-surface water dynamics will be evaluated in the context of historical and potential future climate variability. It is anticipated that this study
will provide a framework for the use of data from integrated monitoring stations and will also help to identify data gaps and variables of greatest importance for the purposes of integrated modelling.
Use of provincial data by conservation authorities
Authors: Post R , Campbell J
Published: February 2018

Conservation Authorities are local level, water resource management organizations; jurisdictionally defined on the watershed-scale. Both local and regional land use decision making process should be informed by a robust understanding of the geological framework
and hydrogeological regime. This requires considerable multi-disciplinary expertise, funding, and an on going involvement by local stakeholders. For our respective conservation authorities, and by extension our municipal partners, the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) has been the catalyst for local
efforts to address data gaps to inform better land use decisions. The use of preliminary data generated from the OGS 3D Geological Model projects in the Niagara Peninsula and Central and South Simcoe areas have addressed information and knowledge gaps including but not limited to: lack of meaningful
regional geologic cross-sections; extent and definition of aquifers; buried bedrock channel morphologies; distribution, thickness and composition of aquitards; refinement of Highly Vulnerable Aquifers, and geochemical anomaly characterization. This has been completed through improved hydrogeologic
characterization via additional golden spike monitoring locations and baseline monitoring (hydraulic and geochemical), geophysical delineation, and associated modelling.
Early advantages of local utilization of the OGS project results have included the use of geological refinement in the development of an integrated MikeSHE model for drought management; information for rural development approvals and municipal groundwater exploration studies, collaboration on
emerging chemicals of concern, and spatially improved groundwater monitoring. Importantly, the OGS results are also addressing items needed for source water protection planning but unavailable for source water protection funding: (i) research to address local data gaps and (ii) long-term water
quality monitoring programs.
Cokeromyces recurvatus in a Papanicolaou test: An exceedingly rare finding that can be mistaken for Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Authors: Sharma Ninu , Schwartzman Joseph D. , Gutmann Edward J. , Marotti Jonathan D. , Liu Xiaoying
Published: February 2018

Cokeromyces recurvatus is a zygomycetes yeast form that is very rarely detected in Papanicolaou (Pap) tests, in which it typically represents an innocuous colonizer. Its morphology closely resembles that of the better known Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, which can disseminate widely and cause clinically significant disease. We present a case of C. recurvatus detected in a cervical liquid-based preparation obtained from a 38-year old healthy woman. Careful cytomorphologic evaluation, in combination with culture and molecular techniques, was utilized to make a diagnosis and prevent the misdiagnosis of P. brasiliensis.
Logarithmes des points rationnels des variétés abéliennes
Authors: Bosser Vincent , Gaudron Éric
Published: February 2018

Nous démontrons une généralisation du théorème des périodes de Masser et Wüstholz où la période est remplacée par un logarithme non nul$u$d’un point rationnel$p$d’une variété abélienne définie sur un corps de nombres. Nous en déduisons des minorations explicites de la norme de$u$et de la hauteur de Néron–Tate de$p$qui dépendent des invariants classiques du problème dont la dimension et la hauteur de Faltings de la variété abélienne. Les démonstrations reposent sur une construction de transcendance du type Gel’fond-Baker de la théorie des formes linéaires de logarithmes dans laquelle se greffent des formules explicites provenant de la théorie des pentes d’Arakelov.
Special Purpose Alloys ("Superalloys")
Authors:   Metals Technical Committee
Published: February 2018

The data given in Tables 1–4 are typical values only and are not intended for design parameters. Mechanical properties of the special purpose alloys depend greatly upon processing variables and heat treatment. It is recommended that design data be obtained by actual testing or by consultation with the producers of the alloys.
Wrought Nickel and Nickel-Related Alloys
Authors:   Metals Technical Committee
Published: February 2018

This Report presents general information on over 50 alloys in which nickel either predominates or is a significant alloying element. It covers primarily wrought materials, and is not necessarily all inclusive. Values given are in most cases average or nominal, and if more precise values are required the producer(s) should be contacted. This report does not cover the so-called "superalloys," or the iron base stainless steels. Refer to SAE J467, Special Purpose Alloys, and SAE J405, Chemical Compositions of SAE Wrought Stainless Steels, respectively, for data on these alloys.
Aperiodic Diffract: Study of diffraction gratings
Authors: Ferrando Martín Vicente , Calatayud Arnau , Remón Laura , Monsoriu Juan A. , Pons-Martí Amparo , Furlan Walter D.
Published: February 2018

In this work we introduce a virtual laboratory, APERIODIC DIFFRACT, developed in Matlab GUI (Graphical User Interface) as an informatics tool for teaching the diffractive properties of aperiodic gratings. This GUI allows the student to  generate aperiodic sequences by iterating and lets to study the spectra for different iterating orders.
Tagging moisture sources with Lagrangian and inertial tracers:
Application to intense atmospheric river events
Authors: Pérez-Muñuzuri Vicente , Eiras-Barca Jorge , Garaboa-Paz Daniel
Published: February 2018

Abstract. Two Lagrangian tracers tools are evaluated for studies on atmospheric moisture sources and pathways. In these methods, a moisture volume is assigned to each particle which is then advected by the wind flow. Usual Lagrangian methods consider this volume to remain constant and the particle follows flow path lines exactly. In a different approach, the initial moisture volume can be considered to depend on time as it is advected by the flow, due to thermodynamic processes. In this case, the tracer volume drag must be taken into account. Equations have been implemented and moisture convection was taken into account for both Lagrangian and inertial models. We apply these methods to evaluate the intense atmospheric rivers that devastated (i) the Pacific North West region of the United States, and (ii) the Western of the Iberian Peninsula, with flooding rains and intense winds in early November 2006, and May 20, 1994, respectively. We note that the usual Lagrangian method underestimates moisture availability in the continent while active tracers achieve more realistic results.
A pathway to eliminate the gas flow dependency of a hydrocarbon sensor for automotive exhaust applications
Authors: Hagen Gunter , Harsch Antonia , Moos Ralf
Published: February 2018

Abstract. Gas sensors will play an essential role in future combustion-based mobility to effectively reduce emissions and monitor the exhausts reliably. In particular, an application in automotive exhausts is challenging due to the high gas temperatures that come along with highly dynamic flow rates. Recently, a thermoelectric hydrocarbon sensor was developed by using materials which are well known in the exhausts and therefore provide the required stability. As a sensing mechanism, the temperature difference that is generated between a catalytically activated area during the exothermic oxidation of said hydrocarbons and an inert area of the sensor is measured by a special screen-printed thermopile structure. As a matter of principle, this thermovoltage significantly depends on the mass flow rate of the exhausts under certain conditions. The present contribution helps to understand this cross effect and proposes a possible setup for its avoidance. By installing the sensor in the correct position of a bypass solution, the gas flow around the sensor is almost free of turbulence. Now, the signal depends only on the hydrocarbon concentration and not on the gas flow. Such a setup may open up new possibilities of applying novel sensors in automotive exhausts for on-board-measurement (OBM) purposes.
How does Paul Ricoeur apply metapsychology to collective memory?
Authors: Lythgoe Esteban
Published: February 2018

The concept of “abused collective memory” gathers two of Ricœur’s main lines of concern: history and psychoanalysis. The article aims to explain how this convergence was possible, especially, when the transposition of the Freudian metapsychology from the individual to the collective level was hindered by the Ricœurian emphasis on the Freudian libidinal economy. Our hypothesis is that this convergence required two intermediate steps. The first one gathered psychoanalysis and history within the larger framework of otherness as flesh. The second step was a transcendental turn, which would lead Ricœur to inquire about the structures of collective existence that make it possible to apply psychoanalytic categories at that level, rather than considering how this transposition can be done. By taking this turn Ricœur found that a phenomenology of the capable human being was the condition of possibility of a temporal ontology, and then, could describe this ontology as the condition of possibility of his phenomenology.
Anthropology of Homo Interpretans
Authors: Michel Johann
Published: February 2018

Paul Ricœur is rightly regarded as one of the greatest representants of the hermeneutical tradition, at the crossroads of epistemological filiation from Schleiermacher and Dilthey and the ontological filiation of Heidegger to Gadamer. Johann Michel's bias in this article is to explore a third way of hermeneutics under the guise of an interpretative anthropology. Before being a set of scholarly techniques (philological, legal, historical…) applied to specific fields (symbols, texts, actions…), hermeneutics derives originally from ordinary techniques of interpretation (unveiling, clarification…) at work in the world of life. The purpose of the contribution is to show how Ricoeur's hermeneutics can give serious directions for elaborating such an interpretive anthropology, in which case it also needs to be supplemented by other intellectual traditions to achieve this goal.
No Space. Nowhere. Refugees and the Problem of Human Rights in Arendt and Ricœur.
Authors: Haker Hille
Published: February 2018

In the wake of the recent global refugee and migration crisis, Hannah Arendt’s defense of the right to have political rights has become prominent again. Her work is read as an early reminder that the internationally promoted human rights regime may be merely a rhetorical reference, without the will or international authority for political action. I examine Arendt’s analysis in its historical context and then turn to consider Ricœur’s understanding of human rights. The capability to respond to and to be held accountable by others marks Ricœur’s ethics of responsibility. He agrees with Arendt that legal authority must rest upon power (Macht) and not domination (Herrschaft), but he insists that the undercurrent of common power is the moral capability of an agent. The essay examines the ramifications of Ricœur’s ethics for the current crisis of refugees and migration, and it argues that he offers, at the same time, a correction useful for the ethical foundation of human rights.
Paul Ricœur’s Search for a Just Community. The Phenomenological Presupposition of a Life “with and for others”
Authors: De Leeuw Marc
Published: February 2018

The aim of this article is to examine how Ricœur’s critique of Husserl’s and Levinas’s notions of intersubjectivity informs his own alternative conceptualization of the intra- and interpersonal as a complex intertwining of moral selfhood and a just community. My first assumption is that law, as a prescriptive intervention in the social structure of our communal life, presupposes a phenomenology of our “being with others”. My second assumption is that Ricœur’s entire philosophical anthropology, and specifically his ideas on ethics, legality and justice, can be read as a prolonged response to Husserl’s solipsistic deadlock in the famous Fifth Cartesian Meditation. Taken together these two assumptions connect Ricœur’s early analysis of phenomenology with his complex reconceptualization of moral selfhood in Oneself as Another, culminating in the ethical maxim of “a good life with and for others in just institutions.”
The Battle over the Burden of Proof: A Report from the Trenches
Authors: Cicchini Michael D.
Published: February 2018

After explaining the concept of “proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” many trial courts will conclude their burden of proof instructions by telling jurors “not to search for doubt” but instead “to search for the truth.”  Criminal defense lawyers have argued that such truth-based instructions improperly lower the burden of proof to a mere preponderance of evidence standard.  Prosecutors, however, have dismissed defense lawyers’ concerns as pure speculation.         To resolve this dispute, Professor Lawrence White and I empirically tested the impact of truth-based jury instructions on verdicts.  In our two recently published studies, mock jurors who received truth-based instructions convicted at significantly higher rates than jurors who were simply instructed on reasonable doubt.  Jurors who received the truth-based instructions were also far more likely to mistakenly believe it was proper to convict even when they had a reasonable doubt about guilt.            Based on plain language, logical argument, and now the supporting empirical evidence, we defense lawyers have been asking trial courts to remove truth-related language from their burden of proof jury instructions.  Prosecutors, however, are fighting to keep these burden-lowering, truth-based instructions and have made twenty different arguments when attempting to preserve the status quo.             This Article collects, organizes, and debunks these prosecutorial arguments.  Its purpose is to assist criminal defense lawyers and judges in recognizing and responding to invalid arguments, many of which are based on logical fallacies, misstatements of law, misrepresentations of fact, or a gross misunderstanding of the scientific research.  Debunking these prosecutorial arguments is a critical step in winning the battle over the burden of proof and protecting each defendant’s right to remain free of conviction “except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
No “E”-asy Way Out: Why the FDA Should Not Regulate E-Cigarettes under the Current TCA Framework, even with New Deeming Regulations
Authors: Gagliardo Samantha J.
Published: February 2018

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The Role of Appropriation in Locke's Account of Persons and Personal Identity
Authors: Boeker Ruth
Published: February 2018

According to Locke, appropriation is a precondition for moral responsibility and thus we can expect that it plays a distinctive role in his theory. Yet it is rare to find an interpretation of Locke’s account of appropriation that does not associate it with serious problems. To make room for a more satisfying understanding of Locke’s account of appropriation we have to analyse why it was so widely misunderstood. The aim of this paper is fourfold: First, I will show that Mackie’s and Winkler’s interpretations that have shaped the subsequent discussion contain serious flaws. Second, I will argue that the so-called appropriation interpretation —that is the view that appropriation is meant to provide alternative persistence conditions for persons—lacks support. Third, I will re-examine Locke’s texts and argue that we can come to a better understanding of his notion of appropriation in the Essay if we interpret it in analogy to his account of appropriation in Two Treatises. Fourth, I will offer a more fine-grained interpretation of the role of appropriation in relation to persistence conditions for persons. I conclude by showing that the advantage of this proposal is that it reconciles interpretations that have commonly been thought to be inconsistent.
Lumped-circuit Modeling of Surface Charge Decay in a Needle-plane geometry
Authors: Wang X , Taylor N , Niasar M Ghaffarian , Kiiza R Clemence , Edin H
Published: February 2018

Partial discharge (PD) tests were carried out in a needle-plane geometry where the plane was covered by a dielectric barrier. PDs were generated by the application of a periodic negative step voltage. A typical lumped circuit model of the dielectric was created to simulate the bulk and surface conduction of space charge decay processes during corona discharges. The comparison was made between the simulation and the experimental results at the first cycle of the applied voltage. The result shows that at a lower applied voltage, the surface charges decay slower because of a lower surface and bulk conduction, however, they decay faster with the increasing applied voltage due to the increasing conduction.
Inf3 fresh install test
Authors: User Crossref
Published: February 2018

This is yet, another test.
Intra-Season Changes in Open-Class Amateur Boxers’ Physiological Profiles: A Yearlong Study
Authors: Davis Philip
Published: February 2018

Introduction. Little is known of the physiological trainability of boxers and their reactions to current training strategy.
Material and methods. Anthropometric, back/hand strength, upper-body plyometric power and 3x3 min running parameters were measured four times throughout the year and maximal oxygen uptake () at peak season. In twelve male open-class boxers (mean ± standard deviation) age: 22.7±2.7 yrs, height: 177.2±9.4 cm and body mass: 72.1±10.7 kg.
Results. Surprisingly body mass, body fat, percentage body fat and total run distance showed no improvement throughout the season until peak season (all p<.002), 72.1 kg, 8.4 kg, 11.5 %, and 2548 m respectively. However this appeared to be at the expense of fat free mass which decreased by ~2 kg at peak season (p=.014). Furthermore, improvement beyond the starting le­vels at the start of the season for all parameters was never achieved. The results suggest that despite coach and boxer best efforts, training per-se does not necessarily result in the desired improvements.
Conclusion. It is advised that boxers maintain a level of diet-control/training during holiday periods, this will allow the run-up to peak season to be about a controlled decrease of BF and maintenance or increase of fat free mass, strength and power. A simple set of tests should be used to track progress and identify areas that need improving. Strength, plyometric and individualisation of training should be implemented to improve the boxers’ speed and power-endurance.
Infants’ Defense Method (INDEM)
Authors: Khyavi Masoud Hayeri , Abdollahinya Maziar
Published: February 2018

During our childhood, even early after being borne, we have innate features for self-defense instinctively which are barely noticed. On the other hand, nowadays, martial arts and self-defense practices are being steadily educated as a popular form of training. These approaches can end up with consequences in real combats.
The purpose of the present paper is to introduce a new training concept by considering very basic and instinctive defensive movements exhibited by a human since his/her birth and develop and follow these features for self-defense in adolescence. This new concept will indicate that some martial arts (i.e. martial skills – different from common interpretation of a martial art) have been with us since our birth. Here we will demonstrate that even a cutie infant can provide us with noble self-defense ideas.
Identidade cultural e religiosidade: a festa de Nossa Senhora do Rosário
de Bela Vista de Minas
Authors: Araújo Rabello Kelly , Corrêa Lages Sônia Regina
Published: February 2018

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a Festa de Nossa Senhora do Rosário d<span
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medium;">a cidade de Bela Vista de Minas, situada na região metalúrgica
do Médio Rio Piracicaba/MG. Desde o ano de 1950 este festejo é realizado
pelo grupo de Congado local, como um modo de prestar homenagens à sua
padroeira. As festas executados pelo Congado apresentam grande notoriedade
no cenário das manifestações religiosas de cunho popular do estado de Minas
Gerais, preservando as tradições que remetem a um passado escravocrata do
Brasil Colonial. O objetivo desse trabalho é o de analisar a identidade
congadeira a partir dos símbolos culturais que compõem a rememoração da
coração dos Rei e Rainha congos a partir dos conceitos de hibridismo,
tradução cultural e terceiro espaço. A metodologia adotada foi a observação
participante, e a análise dos dados foi realizada a partir dos pressupostos
teóricos dos Estudos Culturais. Este estudo revelou que a construção da
identidade cultural congadeira foi capaz de superar as posições binárias e
hierarquizadas das religiosidades católica e de matriz africana, criando uma
terceira narrativa que contribuiu de forma positiva para o reconhecimento
dessas identidades diaspóricas.
Islã e as religiões: um diálogo possível? Perspectivas históricas acerca
da presença islâmica em Al-Andalus
Authors: Souza Carlos Frederico Barboza de
Published: February 2018

O presente artigo visa discutir, a partir de uma região e um
enquadramento histórico preciso (a Espanha muçulmana dos séculos VIII ao
XIV), a possibilidade de uma postura dialogal do Islã com outras tradições
religiosas. Neste sentido, partir-se-á do conceito de fronteira para, em
seguida, se focar na história islâmica desta região. Logo a seguir,
centrar-se-á na apresentação de alguns feitos culturais, artísticos e
científicos decorrentes de certa tolerância inter-religiosa e mútua
colaboração, apontando para certa Convivência ocorrida nesse período. Por
fim, discutir-se-á aspectos da intolerância e tolerância existentes na
Espanha islâmica, o que gerará reflexões sobre as possibilidades dialogais
do Islã, apontando, sobretudo, para a perspectiva de que o problema não é o
Islã em si, mas posturas intolerantes no seio islâmico, que também estão
presentes em outras tradições religiosas, como o Cristianismo. Ao mesmo
tempo, também há no seio do Islã posturas tolerantes, assim como o há em
outras tradições religiosas.
Racionalização e secularização da morte: contribuições sociológicas à luz
de uma metodologia weberiana
Authors: Amaral Melo Árife
Published: February 2018

Este artigo propõe-se a realizar uma análise sociológica de
cunho weberiano a respeito da relação existente entre o processo de
racionalização e secularização da morte e as mudanças estéticas na
morfologia tumular, em que percebe-se muito mais seu caráter utilitário do
que sacral. Nesse sentido a pesquisa lança seu olhar nos processos sociais
envolvidos nessa situação, procurando identificar que tais variações no
cenário cemiterial refletem também uma relação com o processo de mudanças
significativas na sociedade, a qual se vê diante de “facilidades modernas”
que poupam os enlutados de manter contato direto com seus entes recém
falecidos, proporcionando uma realidade na qual se mantém uma espécie de
mercado da morte que sobrevive e de certa maneira contribui para uma nova
significação das práticas funerárias, no qual sua dimensão religiosa cede
lugar aos processos racionalizados no trato com a morte.
A insuficiência do modelo abstrato de capacidade civil frente à autonomia: possibilidade do adolescente formular diretiva antecipada de vontade
Authors: Menezes Joyceane Bezerra de , Barreto Júlia D'Alge Mont'Alverne
Published: February 2018

O texto analisa a possibilidade de adolescente formular diretivas antecipadas de vontade, em virtude da insuficiência do modelo abstrato de capacidade previsto no Código Civil. Esse modelo abstrato impede o aprimoramento de mecanismos que levam em consideração o real grau de discernimento do incapaz, subtraindo a subjetividade de cada indivíduo. A partir do momento em que se concebe a autonomia como possibilidade de escolha, cujo conteúdo deve ser preenchido pela própria pessoa de acordo com seus interesses, sejam ele corretos ou não sob o ponto de vista social, pode-se afastar a heteronomia estatal e parental incidente sobre o adolescente, abrindo espaço para que tome decisões sobre sua própria saúde, concretizando, então, sua autonomia e, como fim último, sua dignidade. Fundado na compreensão de Dworkin, o presente artigo defende que o processo de autocriação admite escolhas acráticas, pois o reconhecimento de um direito individual de autonomia permite que cada indivíduo seja responsável pela configuração de sua vida de acordo com sua própria personalidade.
A reforma trabalhista como consequência da necessidade de flexibilização das relações de trabalho diante da evolução da sociedade
Authors: Nunes de Carvalho Alexander Perazo , Ferreira de Carvalho Neto Abimael Clementino , Andrade Girão Henrique
Published: February 2018

O direito do trabalho surgiu de uma necessidade imperiosa de regulação das relações de subordinação dos vendedores de mão de obra e os excessos decorrentes da desigualdade de forças entre os tomadores de referidos serviços, notadamente no que concernia à jornada, condições e salubridade, descanso e direitos essenciais. A partir desse cenário e de toda a evolução do quadro protecionista desenvolvido, as relações e necessidades laborais evoluíram, novas atividades e formas de prestação de serviços surgiram, além da concorrência que ampliou seu espectro e atingiu a globalização. Urge a necessidade de repensar a legislação trabalhista e readequá-la à realidade cogente, flexibilizando determinadas máximas e mitigando outras, restabelecendo o necessário equilíbrio e a oferta de empregos. Esse é o contexto justificador da reforma trabalhista, tendo o presente artigo o escopo de, ainda que de forma sucinta, verificar o atingimento desse clamor socioeconômico e possíveis lacunas ainda existentes ou não atendidas.
Meio ambiente do trabalho. Os rituais do sofrimento e as mortes lentas no trabalho: o embate entre a teoria jurídico-trabalhista clássica e a teoria jurídico-trabalhista crítica no contexto da “reforma trabalhista”
Authors: Andrade Everaldo Gaspar Lopes de , Lira Fernanda Barreto , Pinto Jailda Eulídia da Silva
Published: February 2018

Meio ambiente e adoecimento no trabalho têm sido abordados pela teoria jurídico-trabalhista clássica por meio de uma visão apenas dogmática. Aqui, porém, serão retratados através da história operária, do diálogo entre a teoria jurídico-trabalhista crítica e as demais teorias sociais, do ponto de vista dos movimentos sociais e das teorias dos movimentos sociais. Logo, a neutralização do avanço das enfermidades psicofísicas – que se transformam ao longo do industrialismo -, só pode ser encarada por meio dos movimentos coletivos ou da superação das crises do sindicalismo. Assim, através de uma versão analítica que põe em relevo os movimentos sociais e faz uma opção dentre as teorias dos movimentos sociais, um corte epistemológico que privilegia o Direito Sindical sobre o Direito Individual e não atribui apenas aos chamados poderes instituídos a capacidade de impedir os avanços das patologias sociais que afetam o mundo do trabalho, torna-se possível rejeitar a “Reforma Trabalhista”, que agride os fundamentos do Direito do Trabalho e a Constituição do país.
La regulación de los hidrocarburos en Venezuela: situación actual y propuestas de reforma
Authors: Hernández González José Ignacio
Published: February 2018

La regulación de los hidrocarburos en Venezuela se basa en el modelo del Petro-Estado, reconociendo un rol marginal a la inversión privada. A los fines de desmontar el Petro-Estado y promover una visión de desarrollo centrada en el ciudadano, el articulo define los cambios mínimos indispensables tal marco regulatorio.
Vias alternativas à jurisdição contenciosa da Justiça do Trabalho: superando mitos e apontando caminhos à luz da Lei nº 13.467 de 2017
Authors: Teixeira Sergio Torres
Published: February 2018

A Lei 13.467 de 2017 inseriu na CLT inovações relativos a duas fórmulas alternativas à jurisdição contenciosa trabalhista, a cláusula compromissória de arbitragem e o processo de jurisdição voluntária de homologação de acordo extrajudicial. Existe, contudo, uma forte resistência no âmbito da magistratura do trabalho, bem como na doutrina clássica, às vias alternativas à Justiça do Trabalho. Existem alguns “mitos” apresentados como dogmas insuperáveis pelos que negam a admissibilidade da mediação extrajudicial e da arbitragem como meios de composição de conflitos individuais trabalhistas. Esses “mitos” incluem argumentos como a tese da indisponibilidade absoluta de todos os direitos trabalhistas, a idéia de que apenas um juiz do trabalho reúne as condições necessárias à adequada composição de um conflito individual trabalhista e a existência de uma ameaça à Justiça do Trabalho caso ocorra o uso intensivo dessas vias alternativas. Por meio de uma análise crítica da realidade dos órgãos do Judiciário Trabalhista, formulada em observações extraídas da realidade cotidiana desse ramo da Justiça, será desenvolvido um esforço para superar tais dogmas e demonstrar a admissibilidade das fórmulas alternativas, desde que satisfeitas algumas condições mínimas de aplicabilidade. Em seguida, serão examinados criticamente os dispositivos da Lei 13.467 de 2017 que disciplinam essas vias alternativas, com o objetivo descrever as novas técnicas colocadas à disposição dos sujeitos da relação de emprego para dirimir seus conflitos individuais. Ao final, será enfatizada a importância da participação dos juízes, dos mediadores e dos árbitros no processo de fortalecimento da Justiça do Trabalho.
Marathon penguins – reasons and consequences of long-range dispersal in Fiordland penguins / Tawaki during the pre-moult period
Authors: Mattern Thomas , Pütz Klemens , Garcia-Borboroglu Pablo , Ellenberg Ursula , Houston David M , Long Robin , Lüthi Benno , Seddon Philip J
Published: February 2018

Migratory species often roam vast distances bringing them into contact with diverse conditions and threats that could play significant roles in their population dynamics. This is especially true if long-range travels occur within crucial stages of a species’ annual life-cycle. Crested penguins, for example, usually disperse over several hundreds of kilometres after completing of the energetically demanding breeding season and in preparation for the costly annual moult. A basic understanding of crested penguins’ pre-moult dispersal is therefore paramount in order to be able to assess factors affecting individual survival. The Fiordland penguin / tawaki, the only crested penguin species breeding on the New Zealand mainland, is currently one of the least studied and rarest penguin species in the world. We successfully satellite tracked the pre-moult dispersal of 17 adult Tawaki from a single colony located in the species’ northern breeding distribution. Over the course of 8-10 weeks the penguins travelled up to 2,500 km away from their breeding colony, covering total swimming distances of up to 6,800 km. During outbound travels all penguins headed south-west within a well-defined corridor before branching out towards two general trip destinations. Birds leaving in late November travelled towards the Subtropical Front some 800 km south of Tasmania, whereas penguins that left in December headed further towards the subantarctic front. Using K-select analysis we examined the influence of oceanographic factors on the penguins’ dispersal. Water depth, surface current velocity and sea level anomalies had the greatest influence on penguin movements at the subantarctic Front, while sea surface temperature, chlorophyll a concentration were key for birds travelling to the subtropical front. We discuss our findings in the light of anthropogenic activities (or lack thereof) in the regions visited by the penguins as well as the potential consequences of Tawaki pre-moult dispersal for the species’ breeding distribution on the New Zealand mainland.