bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Genericidio e aborto nell’intuizionismo di Ross / Gendercide and abortion in Ross’s Intuitionism
Authors: Mendz George L.
Published: March 2018

Le relazioni etiche tra l’eliminazione su vasta scala di feti o neonati di sesso femminile (genericidio) e l’aborto sono state studiate nell’ambito della teoria dei doveri prima facie di Ross e della metodologia ampiamente applicata del Principialismo. Entrambi i sistemi sono stati brevemente esaminati, ponendo particolare attenzione alla valutazione che questi hanno espresso sull’aborto e sul genericidio. Nell’ambito della teoria morale dei doveri prima facie che in condizioni particolari consente l’aborto e l’infanticidio, la percezione di feti o neonati femminili come membri inferiori di una comunità può rendere ammissibile il genericidio come misura per proteggere la famiglia e la società. Nelle stesse comunità, portatrici di background culturali e condizioni socio-economiche specifiche, l’applicazione del Principialismo alla decisione se abortire i feti femmine o abbandonare le neonate potrebbe portare ad un’analoga accettazione della liceità del genericidio. Le implicazioni di queste conclusioni sono state analizzate e discusse. ---------- The ethical relationships between the large scale termination of female fetuses or infants (gendercide) and abortion were investigated in the context of Ross’s prima facie duty theory and the widely applied method of Principlism. Both systems were reviewed briefly with focus on their evaluation on abortion and gendercide. In a prima facie duty moral theory that allowed abortion and infanticide under special conditions, the perception of female fetuses or infants as a lower class of members of a community could make gendercide permissible as a measure to protect family and society. In communities with these cultural backgrounds and socio-economic conditions, an application of Principlism to the decision of whether to abort female foetuses or neglect female infants could lead to a similar acceptance of the permissibility of gendercide. The implications of these conclusions were analysed and discussed.
Clinical features and electrocardiogram parameters in Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Mochizuki Hitoshi , Ishii Nobuyuki , Shiomi Kazutaka , Nakazato Masamitsu
Published: March 2018

We investigated the relation between clinical features and electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). One hundred and fifty-six PD patients were enrolled. Their clinical features [body mass index (BMI), age, disease duration, and disease stage] and ECG parameters [RR, PR, QRS, and QT intervals, and heart rate-corrected QT (QTc)] were analyzed. BMI was positively correlated with the PR and QRS intervals in patients with PD. The QRS interval was positively correlated with disease duration and Hoehn and Yahr stage, and the QT interval and QTc were positively correlated with age. Clinical features and ECG parameters are likely to be closely associated with each other. Several ECG parameters reflect autonomic dysfunction or disease progression. Clinicians should pay more attention to ECG parameters in the treatment of PD patients.
Whole-Body–Vibration Training and Balance in Recreational Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability
Authors: Sierra-Guzmán Rafael , Jiménez-Diaz Fernando , Ramírez Carlos , Esteban Paula , Abián-Vicén Javier
Published: March 2018

Context: 

Deficits in the propioceptive system of the ankle contribute to chronic ankle instability (CAI). Recently, whole-body–vibration (WBV) training has been introduced as a preventive and rehabilitative tool.

Objective: 

To evaluate how a 6-week WBV training program on an unstable surface affected balance and body composition in recreational athletes with CAI.

Design: 

Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Setting: 

Research laboratory.

Patients or Other Participants: 

Fifty recreational athletes with self-reported CAI were randomly assigned to a vibration (VIB), nonvibration (NVIB), or control group.

Intervention(s): 

The VIB and NVIB groups performed unilateral balance training on a BOSU 3 times weekly for 6 weeks. The VIB group trained on a vibration platform, and the NVIB group trained on the floor.

Main Outcome Measure(s): 

We assessed balance using the Biodex Balance System and the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT). Body composition was measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.

Results: 

After 6 weeks of training, improvements on the Biodex Balance System occurred only on the Overall Stability Index (P = .01) and Anterior-Posterior Stability Index (P = .03) in the VIB group. We observed better performance in the medial (P = .008) and posterolateral (P = .04) directions and composite score of the SEBT in the VIB group (P = .01) and in the medial (P < .001), posteromedial (P = .002), and posterolateral (P = .03) directions and composite score of the SEBT in the NVIB group (P < .001). No changes in body composition were found for any of the groups.

Conclusions: 

Only the VIB group showed improvements on the Biodex Balance System, whereas the VIB and NVIB groups displayed better performance on the SEBT.
Wreath products of finite groups by quantum groups
Authors: Freslon Amaury , Skalski Adam
Published: March 2018

We introduce a notion of partition wreath product of a finite group by a partition quantum group, a construction motivated on the one hand by classical wreath products and on the other hand by the free wreath product of J. Bichon.We identify the resulting quantum group in several cases, establish some of its properties and show that when the finite group in question is abelian, the partition wreath product is itself a partition quantum group. This allows us to compute its representation theory, using earlier results of the first named author.
An equivariant index for proper actions II: Properties and applications
Authors: Hochs Peter , Song Yanli
Published: March 2018

In the first part of this series, we defined an equivariant index without assuming the group acting or the orbit space of the action to be compact. This allowed us to generalise an index of deformed Dirac operators, defined for compact groups by Braverman. In this paper, we investigate properties and applications of this index. We prove that it has an induction property that can be used to deduce various other properties of the index. In the case of compact orbit spaces, the index is a special case of Kasparov’s index of transversally elliptic operators. In that case, we show how it is related to the analytic assembly map from the Baum–Connes conjecture, and an index used by Mathai and Zhang. In the case of noncompact orbit spaces, we use the index to define a notion of

K

-homological Dirac induction, and show that, under conditions, it satisfies the quantisation commutes with reduction principle.
Интегралы от бесселевских процессов и многомерные процессы Орнштейна-Уленбека: точные асимптотики для $L^p$-функционалов
Authors: Fatalov Vadim Rolandovich
Published: March 2018

Для $p>0$, $a \geqslant 0$, $b \geqslant 0$ доказаны результаты о точных асимптотиках при $T \to \infty$ средних $\mathbf{E}_a \exp (-\int_0^T \xi_q^p(t) dt )$, $\mathbf{E}_a [ \exp (-\int_0^T \xi_q^p(t) dt ) | \xi_q(T)=b ]$, где $\xi_q(t)$, $t \geqslant 0$, - бесселевский процесс порядка $q \geqslant-1/2$. Найдены также точные асимптотики при $\varepsilon \to 0$ вероятностей $\mathbf{P} \{ \int_0^1 \sum_{k=1}^n |Y_k(t)|^p dt \leqslant\varepsilon^p \}$, $\mathbf{P} \{ \int_0^1 [ \sum_{k=1}^n Y_k^2(t) ]^{p/2} dt \leqslant\varepsilon^p \}$, где $\mathbf{Y}(t)=(Y_1(t),…, Y_n(t))$, $t \geqslant 0$, - $n$-мерный нестационарный процесс Орнштейна-Уленбека с параметром $\gamma=(\gamma_1, …, \gamma_n)$, выходящий из нуля. Получен также ряд иных результатов. Численные значения для асимптотик приведены в случаях $p=1$, $p=2$.
Библиография: 48 наименований.
The use of history and culture in the development of tourism in Nigeria
Authors: Okoroafor Stanley I.
Published: March 2018

Nigeria has expressed the willingness to change from the mono-resource economy borne by petroleum. There has been the realistic desire to develop and utilize the tourism industry in diversifying the economy as the fortune from the oil and gas sector dwindles by the day. An evaluation of this feeling shows that cultural tourism above other aspects of the industry is one that Nigeria is better positioned to do well in, judging from what rich traditions and cultural heritage can be seen through the nation’s past historical experience. This paper depicted the huge potentials laden in Nigeria’s cultural tourism advocates proper appropriation of such and involvement of all for optional utilisation of the resources therein. In the same vein, it exposed and decried the notable societal ills such as insecurity in the country bedevilling the efforts being made in this respect and proffered suggestions on how to improve on the extant provisions bring forth new ones and gainfully support the development of the industry.Keywords: history, cultural tourism, diversified economy
Traditional societies and social change in Nigeria: a study of Ekpe among the people of Cross River State
Authors: Enato Lucky Success Ehimeme
Published: March 2018

The paper critically examined the Ekpe society in its indigenous form and nature prior the advent of Christianity, Western education and Western influence. It described the religion, social, economic and political structures of the society as progressive and dynamic. But, Ekpe in the course of the colonial period underwent a wide range of fundamental changes in their structure, roles, status and activities. The attitude of colonial agencies, the tenets of colonial enterprise – Christianity, Western education and commerce and the pursuit of these tenets as well as some activities of the societies themselves, conduced inevitably to a series of measures adopted by colonial authorities to suppress the societies in question. The acts of suppression altered the pattern of relationship of these societies to their communities and people by altering (diminishing) their roles, status and activities. The aim of this paper is to examine the role and activities of this society, its confrontation with colonial authorities as well as its contemporary standing. Essentially, this is an examination of the themes of change and continuity. The methodology adopted in the course of researching is the primary and secondary sourcesKeywords: Traditional Societies, Social Change, Ekpe, Cross River State
Bibliometrics study: article usage and citation counts metric in trade liberalization
Authors: Muhammad Murtala , Garko Ahmed Baita
Published: March 2018

This paper examined the relationship between article usage count and citation count metric for published studies in trade liberalization. Data were extracted from Thomson Reuters Web of Science, Social Science Citation Index Expanded database a hub for markedly prominent journals. The data covers articles that are published from 1980 to 2015. Our study grouped articles published in trade liberalization according to their total citations into 4 categories. These are 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th top 50 cited articles. Kruskal-Walis test was used to analyze the total citation and citation per year data. While Spearman’s correlation was used to analyze prospective relationship between total citations received by articles and the length of abstract and article title word counts at 95% confidence interval. Based on the aforementioned arrangement, the usage count in the last 180 days and since from January 2013 to December, 2015 showed that 1st top 50 cited articles retained their position for both usage counts in the last 180 days and since 2013. Surprisingly, 4th top cited articles usage count since 2013 became second ranked to that of 1st top 50 articles. Thereby, surpassing 2nd and 3rd top 50 cited articles. Research and publication interest in the field of trade liberalization in the study period had grown remarkably. These research activities also attract huge usage counts especially from 2013 as acknowledged by this study. Moreover, this trend suggests that trade liberalization may have high impact on future research focus and on economic policies.Keywords: Bibliometric, Web of Science, article usage count, citation count metric, research trend
Sustainable intra-country transportation system: a panacea for African regional economic integration
Authors: Omotayo Adeleke
Published: March 2018

This study examined the scope of African’s regional economic integration and the role of transport infrastructure, domestic trade, trade facilitation, intra-African trade, market competitiveness, policies and planning, and regional economic communities (RECs). Trade and not aid, is the new mantra for those clamouring for unique solutions to solving African problems instead of soliciting for funds outside the continent. However, the figures for intra-Africa trading have not been impressive mostly due to infrastructural conditions. Trade and transport barriers lessen the competitiveness of locally manufactured goods. It is argued that a sustainable intra-country transport infrastructure has an immense impact on macroeconomics and development, therefore, it is an irreplaceable factor for wider economic integration. As such, single markets can merge with the regional ones with the aid of protocols and resolutions at the regional economic communities. The focus is entirely placed on the road transport because it is the mainstay of most African economies. An assessment was done on transport policies in Nigeria, as an example and some regional efforts too to improve the sector’s condition.
Centro Etnográfico Mandeo. Hormigón y memoria. *** Ethnographic Center Mandeo. Concrete and memory.
Authors: Bouza Cora María Belén , Barge Ferreiros Santiago
Published: March 2018

En un entorno natural de gran valor paisajístico en la cuenca del río Mandeo, el centro, destinado a formación y divulgación, se concibe como una ‘cabaña’ que se integra en el bosque que lo rodea sin restarle protagonismo. El proyecto desarrolla el programa en una sucesión de volúmenes conectados entre sí, que pueden funcionar de forma autónoma o conjuntamente, lo que confiere al edificio una gran versatilidad de uso. La utilización del hormigón autocompactante (inyectado desde las partes inferiores de muros y cubiertas) en la configuración de los volúmenes, ha hecho posible la homogeneidad y compacidad y ha permitido asimismo resolver, con un único material, tanto la envolvente como la estructura del conjunto.***Located in the remarkable landscape of the Mandeo River basin, the Ethnographic Center is a space for education and information, and is conceived as a primitive ‘cabin’ that melds with the surrounding woods. The program is organized in a series of volumes that are interconnected, and that can function independently or jointly, a feature that gives the building a great versatility of use. The use of the self-compacting concrete (sprayed from the lower parts of the walls and roofs) to configure the walls has allowed to make them compact and homogeneous and has also allowed to resolve, with a single material, both the enclosure and the structure of the whole complex.
ISH03. Benissa, Alicante. España
Authors: | estudi d’arquitectura Nomarq
Published: March 2018

Un remanso desde el que contemplar la naturaleza en un paisaje que tiene como telón de fondo al Mar Mediterráneo… se concibe la totalidad del territorio como materia de proyecto. Respetar al máximo el lugar, la naturaleza y potenciar al máximo la contemplación y disfrute de este entorno natural son los factores que determinan los puntos de partida en el diseño de esta vivienda. La idea de este proyecto nace de la propia morfología del lugar, proyectando desde y para el entorno. Bajo esta premisa se lleva a cabo la construcción de este edificio, supeditando el uso y la ubicación de la vivienda a la geometría de la parcela y adaptándose tanto a la orientación como a las vistas del solar. Proponemos una arquitectura de territorio, que la presencia de nuestra construcción impulse a imaginarse el lugar donde se erige. Un edificio que parezca estar fuertemente enraizado en el suelo, que de la impresión de ser una parte natural de su entorno. Como dice Peter Zumthor en su libro Pensar la Arquitectura: “Despierta toda mi pasión poder proyectar edificios que, con el correr del tiempo, queden soldados de esta manera natural con la forma y la historia del lugar donde se ubican.***A haven in which one can contemplate nature in a landscape with the Mediterranean Sea as backdrop... the entire territory is conceived as an additional material in the project. The respect to the settings and the surrounding nature, as well as maximizing both contemplation and enjoyment of this natural environment, are the key factors that determine the starting points in the design of this dwelling. The idea of this project arises from the own morphology of the site, designing from and for its setting. Under this premise, the construction of a detached house is carried out, subjecting the use and location of the house to the plot’s geometry and adapting it both to the site’s orientation and the views. We propose architecture of territory, that the presence of our construction impels us to imagine the place where it is erected. A building that seems to be strongly rooted in the ground, that give us the impression of being a natural part of its environment. As Peter Zumthor says in his book Thinking Architecture: “It awakens all my passion to project buildings that, with the passage of time, remain anchored in this natural way with the form and history of the place where they are located
Planos horizontales de hormigón. La Escuela Oficial de Idiomas en Gandía. *** Horizontal planes of concrete. The Official Language School of Gandia.
Authors: Moreno Puchalt Jésica , Santatecla Fayos José , Lizondo Sevilla Laura , Belda Biurrun Iñaki
Published: March 2018

El objetivo de la presente comunicación es mostrar la arquitectura de la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Gandía, Valencia. El edificio, respondiendo a los condicionantes específicos de una trama urbana que actúa de diafragma entre la ciudad compacta y la ciudad dispersa, resuelve un programa funcional concreto a partir de la combinatoria arquitectónica de tres elementos: planos de hormigón, volúmenes de clinker blanco y patios. El juego complementario de llenos y vacíos genera un espacio urbano a modo de ágora pública, un espacio tensionado entre planos horizontales de hormigón que conecta diferentes perspectivas a través de patios estratégicamente situados.***The purpose of the article to promote the architecture of the Official Language School of Gandía, Valenica. The building, answering to the specific conditions of an urban scene that acts as a partition between the compact city and the dispersed city, solving a specific functional program from 3 combined architectural elements; concrete planes, white clinker volumes and courtyards. The complimentary game of full and empty spaces generate an urban space through a public agora, a tensioned space between concrete horizontal planes that connect different perspectives through strategically placed courtyards.
Una iglesia entre hormigón: la puesta en obra de un proyecto docente. *** A church in concrete: the placing of an undergraduate project.
Authors: Moreno Hernández Álvaro , Espinosa García-Valdecasas Ana , Espinosa García-Valdecasas María
Published: March 2018

La ponencia presenta el proceso de una obra singular –una iglesia- concebida en hormigón blanco visto, con una materialidad muy definida y la voluntad de integrarse en una línea contemporánea de arquitectura sacra. Transformar la dificultad en oportunidad se convirtió en el lema del proyecto para poder sortear la crisis iniciada en 2008. Es así como se relata el proceso de renuncias necesarias para su construcción y cómo esta escasez permite recurrir a la experimentación con el hormigón para fabricar los elementos de la liturgia, entre ellos el altar, que se convertirá en la síntesis del proyecto.***The lecture introduces the process of a unique construction –a church- conceived in exposed white concrete, with a very defined texture and with desire to become part of a contemporary line of sacred architecture. Transforming difficulty into opportunity became the projectÅLs motto, to cope with the crisis that started in 2008. This is the narration of the process of renunciations that where necessarily made for its construction, and how this scarcity gave way to the experimenting with concrete to produce some of the elements of the Liturgy, including the altar, which will become the synthesis of the project.
Casa de la Cantera. *** Quarry house.
Authors: Esteve Ramón
Published: March 2018

Situada en la cima de una ladera, dentro de una de las urbanizaciones más consolidadas de Valencia, Casa de la Cantera nace de las condiciones extremas del terreno con la voluntad de escalar la pendiente para ganar vistas al paisaje.***Located on the top of a hillside, in one of the most established housing states of Valencia, the House of the Quarry is based on the extreme conditions of the ground with the aim of climbing the slope to get views of the landscape.
Rehabilitando en hormigón. Alternativa “low cost” en un entorno de crisis. Rehabilitating with concrete. *** Low cost alternative in a crisis environment.
Authors: Celis D'Amico Flavio , Echeverria Valiente Ernesto , Da Casa Martín Fernando , Delgado Conde Ignacio
Published: March 2018

La presente ponencia se centra en el análisis de una rehabilitación realizada íntegramente en hormigón visto, el nuevo Centro de Recursos para el Aprendizaje y la Investigación (CRAI) de la Universidad de Alcalá, poniendo de relieve el uso de dicho material como un factor de abaratamiento de costes de ejecución (sin menoscabo de la calidad arquitectónica) en un momento de ajustados recursos económicos de las administraciones públicas. La utilización del hormigón visto como solución constructiva integral, tanto desde el punto de vista estructural como desde el punto de vista de los acabados y terminaciones, permitió realizar dicho edificio sin desviaciones presupuestarias significativas, con la dificultad añadida de tratarse de la rehabilitación de un edificio histórico, con las incertidumbres técnico-constructivas de toda intervención patrimonial.***The focus of the paper is the rehabilitation with fair-faced concrete of the new Learning and Research Center (LCR) of the Alcalá University. The intervention has been strongly conditioned by the economic costs, and the use of concrete has helped to reduce it, in a difficult period of public finances. The use of fair-faced concrete as integral constructive solution (from the structural to the final finishes) has allowed to build the LCR without significant budgetary slippages, with the usual difficult of the historical heritage rehabilitation and its uncertain technical and constructive problems.
Reinforced concrete prototypes for the factory in Italy (1950-1975). The architectural expressive machines
Authors: Quadrato Vito
Published: March 2018

The relationship between architectural expressiveness and concrete formal structure was the leitmotif of the Italian structuralism in the second post-war two decades. The design of industrial structures radicalized this relationship because of the nature of the production processes that imposed to the architect the dimension of standardisation, repetition and economy of means. This approach reduced the distance between architectural form and informal building. This research aims to show how this condition transforms the idea of design process by some Italian authors, in the restricted field of reinforced-concrete structures for industry. The architectural form becomes a process that includes all the aspects of the project: the technological content (cooling, ventilation and water-drainage systems), the economic side, the engineering start up. In this way, the project of industrial structures is an outcome of the components design, constituted by structural elements (pillars, beams, desk boards), and controlled by the project of a structural bay, as a device for the design process. In this sense, the proposed paper shows the research on the Kodak factory in Marcianise by Aldo Favini and Gianluigi Gh. as a paradigm of this phenomenon. The paper illustrates how the hollow structural form of the elements addresses the problem of the technological content in the architectural design, showing morphological- structural models that isolates the bay as a design device. This aspect defines a specific quality of the industrial prototypes, developed through the professional partnership between the architect and the engineer. The knowledge about this kind of industrial prototypes is useful on one hand to admit these building as an Italian historical heritage that needs to be preserved, on the other hand to understand how it is possible transform these buildings through a new adaptive reuse.
Primary and secondary organic aerosols in summer 2016 in Beijing
Authors: Tang Rongzhi , Wu Zepeng , Li Xiao , Wang Yujue , Shang Dongjie , Xiao Yao , Li Mengren , Zeng Limin , Wu Zhijun , Hallquist Mattias , Hu Min , Guo Song
Published: March 2018

Abstract. To improve air quality, the Beijing government has employed several air
pollution control measures since the 2008 Olympics. In order to investigate
organic aerosol sources after the implementation of these measures, ambient
fine particulate matter was collected at a regional site in Changping (CP) and
an urban site at the Peking University Atmosphere Environment Monitoring Station (PKUERS)
during the “Photochemical Smog in China” field campaign in summer
2016. Chemical mass balance (CMB) modeling and the tracer yield method
were used to apportion primary and secondary organic sources. Our results
showed that the particle concentration decreased significantly during the
last few years. The apportioned primary and secondary sources explained
62.8 ± 18.3 and 80.9 ± 27.2 % of the measured OC at CP and
PKUERS, respectively. Vehicular emissions served as the dominant source.
Except for gasoline engine emissions, the contributions of all the other primary
sources decreased. In addition, the anthropogenic SOC, i.e., toluene SOC, also
decreased, implying that deducting primary emissions can reduce anthropogenic
SOA. In contrast to the SOA from other regions in the world where biogenic
SOA was dominant, anthropogenic SOA was the major contributor to SOA,
implying that deducting anthropogenic VOC emissions is an efficient way to
reduce SOA in Beijing. Back-trajectory cluster analysis results showed that
high mass concentrations of OC were observed when the air mass was from
the south. However, the contributions of different primary organic sources were
similar, suggesting regional particle pollution. The ozone concentration
and temperature correlated well with the SOA concentration. Different
correlations between day and night samples suggested different SOA
formation pathways. Significant enhancement of SOA with increasing particle
water content and acidity was observed in our study, suggesting that aqueous-phase acid-catalyzed reactions may be the important SOA formation mechanism
in summer in Beijing.
Abundance and sources of atmospheric halocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean
Authors: Schoenenberger Fabian , Henne Stephan , Hill Matthias , Vollmer Martin K. , Kouvarakis Giorgos , Mihalopoulos Nikolaos , O'Doherty Simon , Maione Michela , Emmenegger Lukas , Peter Thomas , Reimann Stefan
Published: March 2018

Abstract. A wide range of anthropogenic halocarbons is released to the atmosphere,
contributing to stratospheric ozone depletion and global warming. Using
measurements of atmospheric abundances for the estimation of halocarbon
emissions on the global and regional scale has become an important top-down
tool for emission validation in the recent past, but many populated and
developing areas of the world are only poorly covered by the existing
atmospheric halocarbon measurement network. Here we present 6 months of
continuous halocarbon observations from Finokalia on the island of Crete in
the Eastern Mediterranean. The gases measured are the hydrofluorocarbons
(HFCs), HFC-134a (CH2FCF3), HFC-125 (CHF2CF3), HFC-152a
(CH3CHF2) and HFC-143a (CH3CF3) and the
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), HCFC-22 (CHClF2) and HCFC-142b
(CH3CClF2). The Eastern Mediterranean is home to 250 million
inhabitants, consisting of a number of developed and developing countries,
for which different emission regulations exist under the Kyoto and Montreal
protocols. Regional emissions of halocarbons were estimated with Lagrangian
atmospheric transport simulations and a Bayesian inverse modeling system,
using measurements at Finokalia in conjunction with those from Advanced
Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE) sites at Mace Head (Ireland),
Jungfraujoch (Switzerland) and Monte Cimone (Italy). Measured peak mole
fractions at Finokalia showed generally smaller amplitudes for HFCs than at
the European AGAGE sites except for periodic peaks of HFC-152a, indicating
strong upwind sources. Higher peak mole fractions were observed for HCFCs,
suggesting continued emissions from nearby developing regions such as Egypt
and the Middle East. For 2013, the Eastern Mediterranean inverse emission
estimates for the four analyzed HFCs and the two HCFCs were 13.9 (11.3–19.3)
and 9.5 (6.8–15.1) Tg CO2eq yr−1, respectively. These emissions
contributed 16.8 % (13.6–23.3 %) and 53.2 % (38.1–84.2 %)
to the total inversion domain, which covers the Eastern Mediterranean as well
as central and western Europe. Greek bottom-up HFC emissions reported to the
UNFCCC were higher than our top-down estimates, whereas for Turkey our
estimates agreed with UNFCCC-reported values for HFC-125 and HFC-143a, but
were much and slightly smaller for HFC-134a and HFC-152a, respectively.
Sensitivity estimates suggest an improvement of the a posteriori emission
estimates, i.e., a reduction of the uncertainties by 40–80 % in the
entire inversion domain, compared to an inversion using only the existing
central European AGAGE observations.
Unprecedented strength of Hadley circulation in 2015–2016 impacts on CO2 interhemispheric difference
Authors: Frederiksen Jorgen S. , Francey Roger J.
Published: March 2018

Abstract. The extreme El Niño of 2015 and 2016 coincided with record global warming and unprecedented strength of the Hadley circulation with significant impact on mean interhemispheric (IH) transport of CO2 and on the difference in CO2 concentration between Mauna Loa and Cape Grim (Cmlo-cgo). The relative roles of eddy transport and mean advective transport on IH CO2 annual differences from 1992 through to 2016 is explored. Eddy transport processes occur mainly in boreal winter-spring when Cmlo-cgo is large; an important component is due to Rossby wave generation by the Himalayas and propagation through the equatorial Pacific westerly duct generating and transmitting turbulent kinetic energy. Mean transport occurs mainly in boreal summer-autumn and varies with the strength of the Hadley circulation. The timing of annual changes in Cmlo-cgo is found to coincide well with dynamical indices that we introduce to characterize the transports. During the unrivalled 2009–2010 step in Cmlo-cgo indices of eddy and mean transport reinforce. In contrast for the 2015 to 2016 change in Cmlo-cgo the mean transport counteracts the eddy transport and the record strength of the Hadley circulation determines the annual IH CO2 difference. The interaction of increasing global warming and extreme El Niños may have important implications for altering the balance between eddy and mean IH CO2 transfer.
An objective cross-validation framework for mapping rainfall hazard based on rain gauge data
Authors: Blanchet Juliette , Paquet Emmanuel , Vaittinada Ayar Pradeebane , Penot David
Published: March 2018

Abstract. We propose an objective framework for estimating rainfall cumulative distribution function within a region when data are only available at rain gauges. Our methodology is based on the evaluation of several goodness-of-fit scores in a cross-validation framework, allowing to assess goodness-of-fit of the full distribution but with a particular focus on its tail. Cross-validation is applied both to select the most appropriate statistical distribution at station locations and to validate the mapping of these distributions. Our methodology is applied to daily rainfall in the Ardèche catchment in South of France, a 2260 km2 catchment with strong disparities in rainfall distribution. Results show preference for a mixture of Gamma distribution over seasons and weather patterns, with parameters interpolated with thin plate spline across this region. However the framework presented in this paper is general and could be likewise applied in any region, with possibly different conclusion depending on the subsequent rainfall processes.
A network model for characterizing brine channels in sea ice
Authors: Lieblappen Ross M. , Kumar Deip D. , Pauls Scott D. , Obbard Rachel W.
Published: March 2018

Abstract. The brine pore space in sea ice can form complex connected
structures whose geometry is critical in the governance of important physical
transport processes between the ocean, sea ice, and surface. Recent advances
in three-dimensional imaging using X-ray micro-computed tomography have enabled the
visualization and quantification of the brine network morphology and
variability. Using imaging of first-year sea ice samples at in situ
temperatures, we create a new mathematical network model to characterize the
topology and connectivity of the brine channels. This model provides a
statistical framework where we can characterize the pore networks via two
parameters, depth and temperature, for use in dynamical sea ice models. Our
approach advances the quantification of brine connectivity in sea ice, which
can help investigations of bulk physical properties, such as fluid
permeability, that are key in both global and regional sea ice models.
Implementing an empirical scalar constitutive relation for ice with flow-induced polycrystalline anisotropy in large-scale ice sheet models
Authors: Graham Felicity S. , Morlighem Mathieu , Warner Roland C. , Treverrow Adam
Published: March 2018

Abstract. The microstructure of polycrystalline ice
evolves under prolonged deformation, leading to anisotropic patterns of
crystal orientations. The response of this material to applied stresses is
not adequately described by the ice flow relation most commonly used in
large-scale ice sheet models – the Glen flow relation. We present a
preliminary assessment of the implementation in the Ice Sheet System Model
(ISSM) of a computationally efficient, empirical, scalar, constitutive
relation which addresses the influence of the dynamically steady-state
flow-compatible induced anisotropic crystal orientation patterns that develop
when ice is subjected to the same stress regime for a prolonged period –
sometimes termed tertiary flow. We call this the ESTAR flow relation. The
effect on ice flow dynamics is investigated by comparing idealised
simulations using ESTAR and Glen flow relations, where we include in the
latter an overall flow enhancement factor. For an idealised embayed ice
shelf, the Glen flow relation overestimates velocities by up to 17 % when
using an enhancement factor equivalent to the maximum value prescribed in the
ESTAR relation. Importantly, no single Glen enhancement factor can accurately
capture the spatial variations in flow across the ice shelf generated by the
ESTAR flow relation. For flow line studies of idealised grounded flow over
varying topography or variable basal friction – both scenarios dominated at
depth by bed-parallel shear – the differences between simulated velocities
using ESTAR and Glen flow relations depend on the value of the enhancement
factor used to calibrate the Glen flow relation. These results demonstrate
the importance of describing the deformation of anisotropic ice in a
physically realistic manner, and have implications for simulations of ice
sheet evolution used to reconstruct paleo-ice sheet extent and predict future
ice sheet contributions to sea level.
Experiencia del paciente: una nueva forma de entender la atención al paciente oncológico
Authors: Yélamos Carmen , Sanz Ana , Marín Ruth , Martínez-Ríos Cristina
Published: March 2018

En el presente trabajo se analiza el concepto de Experiencia del Paciente (PX) así como las variables que contribuyen a la mejora del mismo. El objetivo es explicar su utilidad clínica en el ámbito de la salud, en concreto sobre la población oncológica, además de demostrar el papel activo que la Psicooncología puede tener en la implementación de esta estrategia, en relación directa con la humanización de la asistencia sanitaria. Para ello, se ha revisado la literatura con evidencia empírica existente hasta el momento y que sitúa la experiencia del paciente como un pilar indispensable a la hora de mejorar la calidad de la atención clínica, junto con la efectividad del tratamiento y la seguridad del paciente. Estos elementos presentan una interacción positiva entre ellos y están moderados por la comunicación médico-paciente, lo que evidencia la necesidad de desarrollar habilidades de comunicación por los profesionales en la práctica clínica, la coordinación de la atención sanitaria, el acceso a los servicios y la percepción del paciente respecto a la atención recibida. La experiencia del paciente resulta clínicamente relevante e influyente en la recuperación del estado de salud del paciente, así como constituye un cambio en la cultura sanitaria, cuyo protagonista es el paciente y en torno a él debe girar dicho cambio de manera multidisciplinar e integral por parte de los profesionales sanitarios implicados en su cuidado. Se concluye con una nueva línea de actuación del psicooncólogo en la experiencia del paciente para promover un servicio oncológico de calidad.
Exploring InTASC Standards and Principals from the Perspectives of Soka (Value-Creating) Education
Authors: Kuo Nai-Cheng , Aniezue Loretta
Published: March 2018

Value-creating education, developed by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944), Josei Toda (1900-1958), and Daisaku Ikeda (1928-present), is a relatively new educational philosophy based on compassion and love for humanity. Originating in Japan, this philosophy has gradually gained international attention through scholarly research, particularly in the United States (Sherman, 2016). In this paper, we discuss how value-creating education can maximize the use of the U.S. national teacher education standards, InTASC, across four categories: the learner and learning, content knowledge, instructional practice, and professional responsibility. By using value-creating education, we hope to cultivate teachers whose role is not merely to deliver knowledge but to nurture the next generation who will uphold the dignity of each individual’s life.
Prospects for the Study of Cormac McCarthy
Authors: Frye Steven
Published: March 2018

Cormac McCarthy studies is currently a vibrant and active field of inquiry that came along late in his career. A small group of scholars associated with the Cormac McCarthy Society and The Cormac McCarthy Journal initiated study of his novels in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Presently, particularly after the publication of the National Book Award–winning All the Pretty Horses in 1992, a new critical tradition has expanded, producing a number of essay collections and single-author books. These studies have dealt with a range of topics, from religious and philosophical inquiries to narratological analyses, and few of these topics have been exhausted. Much remains to be done. The topic of McCarthy's religio-philosophical concerns is broad and deep and invites further inquiry. In addition, influence and innovation, sociopolitical concerns, transnational and transcultural study, and ecocritical issues invite attention. These and other critical areas will advance in valuable ways our understanding of this important contemporary author.
ESTUDO COMPARATIVO DOS MÉTODOS DE SIMULAÇÃO SNESIM E FILTERSIM - APLICADO A UM MODELO SINTÉTICO DE COBRE
Authors: Takafuji Eduardo Henrique de Moraes , Rocha Marcelo Monteiro , Ramos Gustavo Zanco
Published: March 2018

Os métodos de simulação geoestatística tradicionais podem apresentar resultados inadequados quando estruturas complexas como boudins, dobras, falhas, canais meandrantes, dentre outras, precisam ser reproduzidas. Pois, para modelar estruturas complexas, o uso do variograma é limitado e para suprir esta limitação, os métodos geoestatísticos de multiponto foram propostos. Neste trabalho é apresentado um estudo comparativo em que os algoritmos de simulação multiponto (Multiple-Point Simulation – MPS) SNESIM e FILTERSIM são aplicados à um depósito sintético de cobre. Este depósito foi criado como análogo a um depósito real para ser utilizado como referência. Ele mimetiza uma mineralização complexa que implica em alta variabilidade dos padrões geológicos e, portanto, a simulação multiponto foi realizada em um cenário também complexo. Os métodos simulam os padrões encontrados em uma imagem de treinamento (IT), que deve ter geologia análoga a do local estudado. As simulações foram calculadas utilizando três malhas amostrais diferentes com amostras coletadas a aproximadamente cada 60 m, 40 m e, por fim, 20 m. Considerando as duas amostragens mais dispersas, os resultados obtidos pela simulação FILTERSIM apresentam melhor conectividade espacial, sendo visualmente mais representativos da região simulada e comparando suas estatísticas globais com as amostras e a imagem de treinamento, elas são mais representativas que as estatísticas obtidas pelo SNESIM.
The Factor Influencing Brand Loyalty in Fashion Industry among Generation Y in Malaysia
Authors: Devi Selvarajah Dilashenyi
Published: March 2018

Brand loyalty has place at the middle of the both marketing theory and the practice since it is the origin of the revenue. The revenue usually get it from the customer feedback, price premiums, increased in sales, higher balance, and the cut operating costs. The reason or gap to study this research is to analyze the factors that influence brand loyalty to fashion industry. The finding of this study not only improving the understanding of the different factors in increase the brand loyalty for the brand, but also help in market segment and formulate appropriate customer retention policies that are more cost-effective than others. The main objective of this research is to investigate the factors that influence brand loyalty in fashion industry in Malaysia. The purpose existence, it will provide certain procedures or else guidelines to the researcher to resolve the problematic that get up in the issue deliberated. These results might be a proof for future researchers or the surveyor.
Implementing Local Government Strategies: A Framework for Action
Authors: Padovani Emanuele , Young David W. , Heichlinger Alexander
Published: March 2018

To implement its strategy, a local government (LG) can use six interrelated activites, which we call the Six Cs. These activities comprise coalition building, citizen involvement, conflict management, compensation and rewards, cross-unit collaboration, and control. Each activity is related to one of Chester Barnard’s classic three functions of the executive (communication, coordination, and commitment to purpose). The research was based on in-depth investigations of seven European cities that had received an award for high performance by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA). A multiple case study “action research” methodology was used. Although each city had a different strategy, each had used the Six Cs in concert to make its strategy a reality. The Six-C model constitutes a framework that can be used by any city to help implement its strategy. Although there is no “cookbook solution” for using the Six Cs, they nevertheless constitute a conceptual framework that an LG’s management team can use to think about how it will move toward its strategic vision. An LG that wishes to achieve its strategy must think about how it will employ the Six Cs in a coordinated way. The central issues are not only the specifics of each C but how each matches and is aligned with the other five in order to assist the city to move toward its strategic vision.
Glomus tympanicum – clinical characteristics and surgical management
Authors: Łukawska-Popieluch Izabela , Bartoszewicz Robert , Morawski Krzyztof , Niemczyk Kazimierz
Published: March 2018

Objective: The aim was to determine the clinical characteristics and analysis of surgical treatment of patients with
glomus tympanicum hospitalized in the Department of Otolaryngology of Warsaw Medical University.
Material and methods: Between 2000 and 2015, 27 patients were hospitalized. Age ranged 28–79 years old. The
study analyzed data from the clinical examination and the type of surgical technique.
Results: The most common symptoms were tinnitus and hearing loss. Resection of the tumor was performed by anterior
tympanotomy in 3 (11,1 %), CWU mastoidectomy in 21 (77,8%), CWD mastoidectomy in 1 (3,7%), lateral petrosectomy
in 2 patients (7,4%).
Conclusion: Glomus tympanicum were more common in women than in men. The most common symptoms were
unilateral tinnitus and hearing loss. The most of the paraganglioma were operated in the second stage. Glomus tympanicum
were usually resected via CWU mastoidectomy.
Are LOD and LOQ Reliable Parameters for Sensitivity Evaluation of Spectroscopic Methods?
Authors: Ershadi Saba , Shayanfar Ali
Published: March 2018

The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) are common parameters to assess the sensitivity of analytical methods. In this study, the LOD and LOQ of previously reported terbium sensitized analysis methods were calculated by different methods, and the results were compared with sensitivity parameters [lower limit of quantification (LLOQ)] of U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines. The details of the calibration curve and standard deviation of blank samples of three different terbium-sensitized luminescence methods for the quantification of mycophenolic acid, enrofloxacin, and silibinin were used for the calculation of LOD and LOQ. A comparison of LOD and LOQ values calculated by various methods and LLOQ shows a considerable difference. The significant difference of the calculated LOD and LOQ with various methods and LLOQ should be considered in the sensitivity evaluation of spectroscopic methods.
Vitamin D Dietary Supplementation: Relationship with Chronic Heart Failure
Authors: Dattilo Giuseppe , Casale Matteo , Avventuroso Emanuela , Laganà Pasqualina
Published: March 2018

It is estimated that over 1 billion people worldwide have a deficiency of vitamin D, also known as hypovitaminosis D, which the World Health Organization has defined as a public health problem. Beyond its historical homeostasis regulatory function of calcium and phosphorus, in relation to the preservation of the skeletal system, several studies show today a close connection between hypovitaminosis D and the genesis of rheumatic, autoimmune, neoplastic, and cardiovascular diseases. With exclusive reference to cardiovascular aspects, multiple heart diseases such as hypertension, myocardial ischemia, and heart failures might have deficiency in vitamin D as an important causative factor. Because of the influence of concomitant pathologies caused by antibiotic-resistant agents, the function of this vitamin should be critically evaluated. However, the role of vitamin D remains to be established; only a few studies have tested the effects of its supplementation in patients with chronic heart failure diseases, and reported results are unclear. It is important to implement studies in this field in order to assess the real benefits induced by vitamin D supplementation in cardiovascular patients and, in particular, in patients with heart failure. Should the research confirm actual clinical improvement after treatment with vitamin D, such a supplementation might represent a new low-cost therapeutic approach to improving quality of life.