bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identificación de los perfiles dinámicos provinciales de la demanda turística en España. Un enfoque exploratorio espacio-temporal
Authors: Landaluce Calvo M. Isabel
Published: December 2018

En este trabajo se afronta un estudio exhaustivo del perfil dinámico de la demanda turística provincial en España durante los últimos 18 años. Su originalidad se basa en el doble enfoque “espacio-temporal”. Por un lado, se analiza la concentración temporal del flujo turístico y, por otro lado, se define una agrupación en clases de las provincias españolas atendiendo a su trayectoria, encontrando principalmente dinámicas tendenciales y diferentes dinámicas estacionales. El tándem integrado por el Análisis Factorial Múltiple y los Métodos de Clasificación constituye la propuesta metodológica.
The demand of hybrid aspen (Populus tremula × P. tremuloides) on site conditions for a successful establishment on forest land
Authors: Hjelm Karin , Rytter Lars
Published: December 2018

Hybrid aspen ( L. Ã Michx.) is a deciduous tree species suitable for producing large amounts of renewable biomass during short rotations. Its potential under North European conditions could be largely extended if not only agricultural land but also forest land was used for cultivation. Unfortunately, the knowledge of appropriate forest site conditions and effects of site preparation methods on hybrid aspen establishment is limited. In this paper, two studies that explore these questions are presented. In the first study, the sensitivity to acid soils was tested under greenhouse conditions in two type of soils: a) peat soil limed to certain pH levels (3.4â5.7) and b) collected forest soils where pH varied from 3.9 to 5.3. The lowest pH level resulted in reduced growth, elsewhere no significant differences were found. The second study was applied in the field and investigated the effect of four site preparation methods on survival and growth. The methods were: 1) control with no site preparation, 2) patch scarification, 3) mounding and 4) soil inversion. While no differences were found for survival, mounding was generally the method with the highest growth and patch scarification was least successful. The result was probably an effect of good soil aeration and less competition from vegetation after mounding. The field study also revealed clonal differences in growth performance, which stresses the importance of clone selection prior to planting. The results of these studies indicate that hybrid aspen is less sensitive to variation in pH and site preparation methods compared with other poplar species, as have been found in similar studies.Populus tremulaP. tremuloides
Why classic probability cannot be maintained
Authors: Szabó Gábor
Published: December 2018

Pierre Simon Laplace defines classic probability in his “Essai philosophique sur les probabilités” in 1814. According to Laplace, probability is the correlate of partial human knowledge. Laplace’s notion of probability rests on the idea that if there is no reason to believe one event is more likely to happen than the other, then the two events should be considered equally probable. This idea is the principle of insufficient reason defined by Jacob Bernoulli, most probably a counterpoint to Leibniz’ principle of sufficient reason. The principle of insufficient reason is called the principle of indifference by Keynes and it is known under this name in criticism. Laplace defines probability as the number of useful happenings for creating an event divided by the number of events equally probable.

The paper traces three presuppositions of Laplace’s definition and fasifies them one by one to show that his definition of classic probability cannot be defended. The paper claims that because i. in a determinist world there are not only epistemic probabilities, ii. epistemic probabilities are not necessarily subjective and iii. the principle of indifference does not provide sufficient basis for analysing probability, the classic definition of probability cannot be argued for.
The everyday self in Descartes’s philosophy
Authors: Losoncz Márk
Published: December 2018

As the precursor of the Enlightenment, Descartes creates the general logic of the Enlightenment project: the everyday self does not exist for the order of certainty but forms part of the enterprise. The everyday self is an absence in the strict ordo cognoscendi, but it forms the necessary margin of reliable thinking. If the everyday self exists on the margin, then its reconstruction needs the hermeneutics of margins: it needs to be elicited from scribbled notes. One can see why John Carriero thinks that in Descartes there is no articulated and systematic theory of an everyday relation to the world. In contrast to Carriero, this paper points out the systematic presence of the everyday self in Descartes. It argues that the everyday self is not only a constitutive exterior to the quest for certainty but rather a determining element in the order of certainty. The paper claims that the everyday self is not a secondary figure in Descartes’ philosophy but a starting point on the surface of the texts.
Machiavelli and the history of practical wisdom – Introduction
Authors: Garver Eugene
Published: December 2018

Throughout the history of its influence, people have found Machiavelli’s The Prince many things, but a work of rhetoric has rarely been one of them. Two recent readings, however, suggest the timeliness of exploring its rhetorical dimensions. Kenneth Burke has treated The Prince as instruction for an administrative rhetoric, while J.G.A. Pocock has read it as a treatise on political innovation and stabilization. I propose a reading of The Prince that builds on Burke’s and Pocock’s partial accounts to produce a reading of the entire text. Considering The Prince as a piece of rhetorical invention will show the connection between an administrative rhetoric and a concern for stable innovation, and it will connect both of those ideas to the text.
Zarathustra’s dance: Nietzsche’s creative aesthetic
Authors: Lamár Erzsébet
Published: December 2018

Nietzsche criticized the tradition of Western metaphysics (based on the principle of representation, the duality of subject and object of representation, the metaphysics of presence as Derrida puts it) and its language use. In place of this he presents a world view he calls Dionysian: it is a possibility of cognition in which the individual disappears and the tragic subject is merged with archaic substance in an experience that eliminates the dualism of appearance and reality. Nietzsche claims there is a basic tension between life and cognition in Western metaphysics, but this is a symptom of the ascetic ideal which manifests itself in illness and in wanting nothing. Instead the ascetic ideal a new kind of sensibility is necessary which affirms life and gives rise to a new view of the world and to new values.

Deleuze claims Nietzsche’s philosophy has three basic tenets: evaluation, affirmation, and the superman as a new way of life. He adds that “Nietzsche attributes such importance to art because art has already achieved the whole program.” The paper shows that Nietzsche’s aesthetics is a creative aesthetic, a selective ontology based on the principle of double affirmation. The paper argues that Dionysus is the one who returns to Nietzsche eternally, and together with him haunts the idea of creative aesthetics, a key element of the idea of eternal return.
Truth outside Love
Authors: Vincent Carraud
Published: December 2018

The paper analyses the relation of truth and love in Pascal’s thinking by interpreting the appearances of the two concepts in Pascal’s texts. What does the concept of love mean when it occurs without the concept of love, and what does it mean when the two are related? What does the statement “One can only get to truth through love” mean? And if truth is God, then why does the lack of love change it into an idol? And how can we interpret truth as an image? These are the questions the paper seeks to find answers for. The paper claims that for Pascal the statement “God is truth” is not identical with the statement “The truth is God.”
Providence and Agency in Plotinus
Authors: Nagy Anna
Published: December 2018

Plotinus writes that providence determines one’s action the way a play written and taught by the author-director determines the performance of an actor. The metaphor opens a hierarchized metaphysical frame, offering an explanation to the role of evil in relation to providence and to the question of human autonomy and responsibility. Plotinus’s model combines philosophical tendencies of his age in a complex way, often providing original interpretations of them.
Is there such a thing as visual argumentation, or the case of the hydrated tulip
Authors: Csordás Hédi Virág
Published: December 2018

When studying the apparatus of argumentative technique, one can ask if methods of analyzing verbal communication can be extended to the analysis of visual content, too. One can argue that pictures contain statements just like sentences do, and if these statements are identified, their content can also be reconstructed. These visual contents can be analysed from two perspectives: argmentation-theory and rhetorics. The first part of the paper argues that the analysis of verbal content can be performed like the reconstruction of verbal texts: on the basis of informal logic. Also, I argue that visual contents not only complement the verbal but can also be the precondition of its understanding. The second part of the paper analyses a case study for visual argumentation: advertising. In many advertisements arguments rely of visual content that is often sanctioned by the Bureau of Economic Competition, as their analysis by the usual methods of argumentation-theory show. In sum, the paper identifies argumentative schemes of advertisements and highlights the role of visual contents in the process of persuasion.
Critical comments of Harold N. Noonan’s theory of contingent identity
Authors: Nemesi Nikoletta
Published: December 2018

Alla Gibbard’s famous essay on the possibility of contingent identity (1975) questions the validity of  Barcan and Kripke’s argument on the necessity of identity (1947, 1971). Gibbard’s theory has inspired several philosophers to rethink the problem of personal identity. The paper presents a critical analysis of Harold N. Noonan’s theory of contingent identity (1991, 1993, 2005, Curtis-Noonan 2014).
Ecstatic Experience in Pseudo-Longinus’s On the Sublime
Authors: Konkoly Ágnes
Published: December 2018

Although Pseudo-Longinus’s work is basically a study of the theory and practice of rhetorics in public discourse, its main concern with the sublime reaches beyond the limits of its initial frame of reference. An attempt to understand the sublime, the wonderful that lies beyond the realm of rational rhetorical structures constitutes the metaphysical framework of the text. The paper surveys one aspect of the sublime: its ability to make the receiver ecstatic. How can the sublime trigger the state of ecstasy?
Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-Like Weak Inducer of Apoptosis (Tweak) Independently Predicts Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Behcet’s Disease
Authors: Icli Abdullah , Cure Medine Cumhur , Cure Erkan , Arslan Sevket , Unal Mehmet , Sakiz Davut , Ozucan Miyase , Toker Aysun , Turkmen Kultigin , Kucuk Adem
Published: December 2018

Background: Vasculopathy is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Behcet’s Disease (BD). Subclinical atherosclerosis can even be detected in the early stage of BD. Soluble tumor necrosis factor-like (TNF) weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) is known as a good marker of the inflammation in vascular tree. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) and serum TWEAK levels in patients with BD. Materials and Methods: In line with International BD Study Group criteria, 48 BD, and 30 controls were included in our study. Disease activity was evaluated according to BD current activity form (BDCAF). C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), lipid parameters, serum TWEAK levels, and cIMT were measured. Results: Disease activity score of BD patients was found as 2 (range 0–7). cIMT, serum TWEAK, CRP and ESR levels of BD patients were significantly higher comparing to cIMT (0.62 ± 0.13 mm vs. 0.43 ± 0.09 mm, p < 0.001), serum TWEAK (667.5 ± 130.6 vs. 603.4 ± 89.6 pg/ml, p = 0.015), CRP (3.9 ± 4.3 vs. 1.4 ± 1.0 mg/dl, p < 0.001) and ESR (10.2 ± 10.0 vs. 5.6 ± 3.7 mm/h, p = 0.005) levels of the control group. There was a positive correlation between serum TWEAK level and disease activity (r = 0.251, p = 0.030) and cIMT (r = 0.463, p < 0.001). Our study also revealed an independent correlation between cIMT and serum TWEAK levels (beta = 0.354, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Increased serum TWEAK levels can play a part in the development of atherosclerotic heart disease in BD. Due to their liability to atherosclerosis, patients with BD must followed closely.
Imigracja zarobkowa do Polski. Casus Ukraińców (2014–2017)
Authors: Adamczyk Anita
Published: December 2018

Celem artykułu jest analiza imigracji zarobkowej Ukraińców do Polski w latach 2014–2017. W nim przedstawiono dane będące wynikiem badań ukraińskich i polskich instytucji w zakresie migracji ukraińskich pracowników. Przeanalizowano statystyki dotyczące ich aktywności na polskim rynku pracy. Ukazano także wpływ ukraińskich pracowników na rozwój ekonomiczny Polski. W artykule postawiono tezę, że aktywność Ukraińców miała pozytywny wpływ na rozwój polskiej gospodarki.
Złożenia w rosyjskim slangu młodzieżowym
Authors: Kubecka Katarzyna
Published: December 2018

The article is devoted to compounds in Russian youth slang. The author proves that young people treat compounds as a basis for creative modifications and play with words by combining various parts of speech, different styles, languages in one in order to create humorous formations.
Словообразовательные аспекты языковой игры в псевдоэтимологию
Authors: Miakiszew Władimir
Published: December 2018

The paper addresses B. Norman's humorous etymological Russian dictionary. By reanalyzing the morphological structure of Russian words, Norman provides them with knowingly false, amusing interpretations. The paper proposes to investigate the word-formation aspects of Norman’s re-analyzed lexis. It mostly represents an attempt to “build” the false etymological entities into the system of all existing word-formation techniques of the Russian language. Specific features of amusing para-etymology are also identified.
Семантическая неопределенность цветообозначений в польском и русском языках (на материале лексикографических данных)
Authors: Narloch Andrzej
Published: December 2018

Color lexis constitutes a complex semantic network of meanings, which sometimes makes it difficult to determine the characteristic feature of a given color name. This article analyzes the semantic ambiguity of color lexis in the Polish and Russian languages. Color ambiguity, as shown by the analysis, is related to the specificity of the color pattern, the lack of stability of the color pattern or its multicolour quality.
Interdyscyplinarność, wielokulturowość, lingwokulturologia a komunikacja w języku obcym
Authors: Pacholczyk Tadeusz
Published: December 2018

Interdisciplinarity is one of the contemporary lines of research in what are broadly understood as humanistic disciplines (although not only in these ones). It is reflected, among other things, in the megatrends of the 21st century, one of the most significant of which is the drive towards the transition from mono- to multiculturalism. Against such a background the contemporary issues of cultural linguistics and communication are outlined. The main thesis of the paper is that intercultural foreign communication is not a simple transfer of the knowledge of a new culture, but it consists in developing abilities to understand it, to combat prejudice and negative stereotypes with reference to one’s own culture, as well as to the foreign one which is being acquired.
Kulinaria w świadomości językowej Polaków, Rosjan i Niemców (aspekt aksjolingwistyczny)
Authors: Rodziewicz Barbara
Published: December 2018

The article is an attempt at establishing a way of understanding the term Food in the systems of values in the language awareness of Poles, Russians and Germans. The author analyses the results of a Free Word Association Test.
Урбанонимическая омореферентность в устной русской речи
Authors: Щербак Антонина
Published: December 2018

The idea of the Polish scientist, Jerzy Kaliszan, regarding the omo-reference of the facts of word-formation and form-formation in the Russian language is developing on the basis of Russian urbanonyms; it has been established that the formation of targeted linear inner city objects determines the internal dynamism of the grammatical system of the language, expands the fund of verbal resources, increasing the nomination possibilities and expanding the national linguistic picture of the world.
The Microstructure and Property of the Heat Affected zone in C-Mn Steel Treated by Rare Earth
Authors: Song Ming-ming , Xie Yu-min , Song Bo , Xue Zheng-liang , Nie Nan , Hu Chun-lin , Xu Run-sheng
Published: December 2018

The microstructures and impact properties of the heat affected zone (HAZ) in steel treated by rare earth (RE) under different welding processes were discussed. The effect of Al on the impact properties of the HAZ in RE treated steel was analyzed. It finds that when the welding t8/5
is smaller than 111 s, the main microstructure in steels is bainite/widmanstatten. The impact toughness of the HAZ is lower than that of the steel matrix. When t8/5
is more than 250 s, the microstructure is mainly acicular ferrite (AF) in the steel treated by RE, and the impact toughness of HAZ is obviously improved. Even under the welding processing with t8/5
about 600 s in RE treated steel can still obtain a lot of AF. While in the steel killed by Al and treated by RE, the main microstructure is parallel cluster of bainite/widmanstatten, and the impact toughness of HAZ is significantly lower than that of low-Al RE treated steel. Al can deteriorate the optimizing of RE treatment on HAZ.
Skin autofluorescence in children with and without obesity
Authors: Lentferink Yvette E. , van Teeseling Lisa , Knibbe Catherijne A.J. , van der Vorst Marja M.J.
Published: December 2018

Background

Obesity is associated with oxidative stress, which is related to increased advanced glycation end product (AGE) formation. AGEs accumulated in skin collagen can be measured with skin autofluorescence (sAF). There are conflicting reports on the influence of obesity on sAF in adults and no data in children. Therefore, this study evaluated sAF in pediatric patients with and without obesity.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, participants aged 4–18 years were included: patients with obesity (body mass index standard deviation score [BMI-SDS] >2.3) and lean controls (BMI-SDS >–1.1 to <1.1). sAF was measured using the AGE Reader®. Participants were stratified according to age (<10, ≥10 to <13, ≥13 to <15, ≥15 to <17 and ≥17 years) and skin type (I–VI).

Results

In total, 143 patients and 428 controls were included. In patients, there was no influence of age on sAF (p=0.09). In controls, sAF was higher in children aged <10 years compared to ≥10 to <13 and ≥13 to <15 years (p=0.02; p=0.04). Stratified by age, sAF was higher in patients compared to controls in all age categories, except <10 years of age (p<0.01), while this was not observed when stratified by skin type (p>0.05). Skin type and BMI were significant covariates for sAF.

Conclusions

BMI was a covariate for sAF; however, no difference in sAF was observed between children with and without obesity, stratified by skin type. Duration of obesity as well as accuracy of the AGE Reader® might explain this difference. Further research is warranted, in which patients should be matched for age and skin type.
Using the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 to screen for acute distress in transgender youth: findings from a pediatric endocrinology clinic
Authors: Moyer Danielle N. , Connelly Kara J. , Holley Amy L.
Published: December 2018

Background

Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth are at higher risk for anxiety and depression than their peers. The referral rate for those seeking specialty medical care has rapidly increased in recent years. This paper examines the use of brief screening tools with clear cutoffs to assist physicians in rapidly identifying TGNC youth in acute distress.

Methods

A retrospective chart review was conducted for patients aged 11–18 years being treated in a pediatric endocrinology clinic for gender dysphoria. Patient Health Questionnaires for depression (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) were collected for patients attending an initial consultation (n=79) or follow-up appointment (n=115).

Results

Screener data identified high rates of acute distress, including depression (47%), anxiety (61%), and suicidal ideation (30%). Distress was not associated with age or gender identity. More youth endorsed clinically significant anxiety at initial consultation appointments versus follow-up appointments.

Conclusions

The results support the use of the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 as brief, easy-to-use screening measures that can be administered by physicians to rapidly identify acute distress and inform treatment recommendations among TGNC youth seeking medical intervention.
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Authors: Chan Debora , Rey Andrea , Gambini Juliana , Frery Alejandro C.
Published: December 2018

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The crystal structure of 1,4-dinitroso-2,3,5,6-tetraacetoxy-piperazine, C12H16N4O10
Authors: Mei Xue , Yunlu Li , Jianlong Wang , Jun Chen , Jianghong Li
Published: December 2018

C12H16N4O10, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 21.953(3) Å, b = 7.0292(9) Å, c = 13.5984(19) Å, β = 127.569(4)°, V = 1663.23(40) Å3, Z = 4, R
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Time dependent change of ethanol consumption biomarkers, ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulphate, after single dose ethanol intake
Authors: Karacaoğlu Emre , Balseven Odabaşı Aysun , Akçan Ramazan , Tümer Ali Rıza , Lale Aykut , Kocadağlı Tolgahan , Gökmen Vural
Published: December 2018

Background and objective

Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulfate (EtS), minor metabolites of ethanol, aid to forensic scientist and clinicians to determine recent ethanol uptake when ethanol elimination is occurred. Present study aimed to show (a) kinetics of EtG and EtS in blood and urine after 0.5 g/kg ethanol intake (b) peak concentrations and time of disappearance in Turkish people.

Material and methods

Seventeen (10 male, 7 female) healthy volunteers participated in the study. Blood and urine samples were obtained during 48 h after consumption and analyzed in LC-MS/MS.

Results and conclusion

Blood peak concentrations of EtG and EtS were 0.13–0.389 mg/L and 0.211–0.5 mg/L, urine peak concentrations were 6.89–30.42 mg/L and 10.5–58.17 mg/L, respectively. There was no EtG and EtS in all samples 24 h later in blood and 48 h later in urine. Correlation was found between EtG and EtS concentrations in blood. Most of obtained data are similar to literature, except EtS dominancy to EtG in urine and blood.
Wie steht es mit der Kompetenzorientierung in den Lehr- und Bildungsplänen für den Religionsunterricht?
Authors: Dieterich Veit-Jakobus
Published: December 2018

About one and a half decades after the beginning of the debate it is time to ask about the implementation of competence orientation in the curricula for religious education in Germany. The focus is on the characteristics of competence orientation as well as its being embedded in the basic religious orientation of the curricula. The official guidelines and basic statements of the two major denominations in Germany were examined as well as all the curricula on the Protestant side in an exemplary selection. Competence orientation has been implemented in very different forms and proportions but at the same time, the focus has been on internal religious issues. This should be consciously reflected and the curricula should be opened in relationship to the whole of reality and society and connected with a consequent competence orientation – in the framework of its limited possibilities.
Kompetenzen und Standards für den Deutschunterricht
Authors: Abraham Ulf
Published: December 2018

Didactics of German has been tackling the challenge of devising and implementing competence-based models of learning, as well as supporting ‚competence-oriented teaching‘, in a heterogeneous way. Whereas Didactics of Language experts approached this challenge unexcitedly, experts on Literary and Media Learning are still expressing reservation, although (or rather, because) they have long been discussing competences as basic anthropological abilities (according to Habermas). Moreover, disseminating an extended literature concept and integrating visual media made the discourse on competences more difficult. Individual critics go to such lenghts as to doubt the adequacy of the competence concept established by Weinert altogether.
Community-Based Organization Adaptations to the Changing HIV Prevention and Care Landscape in the Southern United States
Authors: Shapatava Ekaterine , Rios Aisha , Shelley Gene , Milan Jesse , Smith Shuenae , Uhl Gary
Published: December 2018

Community-based organizations (CBOs) provide HIV prevention services throughout the United States, including the South where HIV/AIDS burden is high. We assessed Southern CBO response to changes in the HIV prevention landscape, including the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) High Impact Prevention. Both strategies aim to improve outcomes for people living with or at high risk for HIV. Inductive qualitative analysis of interviews and consultations with CBOs, capacity building assistance providers, and CDC staff revealed CBOs are building clinical service capacity and cross-agency partnerships to adapt, but face inadequate or reduced funding. A holistic approach to HIV prevention and care in the South is critical, where stigma and other socio-structural factors limit health care options for persons affected by HIV. Health care organizations may benefit by partnering with CBOs because CBOs have the skillsets and community rapport to effectively improve health outcomes of persons living with HIV.
The best joint pharmacy and diabetes team initiative to improve insulin and prescribing safety in hospital
Authors: Dashora Umesh , Sampson Mike , Castro Erwin , Stanisstreet Debbie , Jones Christine , Hillson Rowan
Published: December 2018

Introduction: The annual National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NaDIA) in the UK continues to show a high incidence of insulin errors in patients admitted to hospital with diabetes. It is clear that new initiatives are urgently required to address this risk.Methods: The Joint British Diabetes Societies for In-Patient Care (JBDS-IP) organised the third national Rowan Hillson Insulin Safety Award on the theme of the best joint pharmacy and diabetes team initiative to improve insulin and prescribing safety in hospital.Results: There were two winners (Derby and Sheffield teams) and one runner up (St George’s Hospital team). The Derby team won by showing improvements in NaDIA-reported data on medication, prescription, glucose management and insulin errors by a combination of electronic prescribing, staff education and regular audits. The Sheffield team improved self-administration of insulin by a pharmacist-led programme. The St George’s Hospital team improved patient safety by a dedicated pharmacist-supported programme for peri-operative patients.Conclusions: These and similar schemes need to be developed, promoted and shared to reduce insulin errors in hospitalised patients with diabetes.
Preface
Authors: Press Vilnius University University
Published: December 2018

DAMSS-2018 is the jubilee 10th international workshop on data analysis methods for software systems, organized in Druskininkai, Lithuania, at the end of the year. The same place and the same time every year.
Ten years passed from the first workshop. History of the workshop starts from 2009 with 16 presentations. The idea of such workshop came up at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and the Lithuanian Computer Society supported this idea. This idea got approval both in the Lithuanian research community and abroad. The number of this year presentations is 81. The number of registered participants is 113 from 13 countries.
In 2010, the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics became a member of Vilnius University, the largest university of Lithuania. In 2017, the institute changes its name into the Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies. This name reflects recent activities of the institute. The renewed institute has eight research groups: Cognitive Computing, Image and Signal Analysis, Cyber-Social Systems Engineering, Statistics and Probability, Global Optimization, Intelligent Technologies, Education Systems, Blockchain Technologies.
The main goal of the workshop is to introduce the research undertaken at Lithuanian and foreign universities in the fields of data science and software engineering. Annual organization of the workshop allows the fast interchanging of new ideas among the research community.
Even 11 companies supported the workshop this year. This means that the topics of the workshop are actual for business, too. Topics of the workshop cover big data, bioinformatics, data science, blockchain technologies, deep learning, digital technologies, high-performance computing, visualization methods for multidimensional data, machine learning, medical informatics, ontological engineering, optimization in data science, business rules, and software engineering. Seeking to facilitate relations between science and business, a special session and panel discussion is organized this year about topical business problems that may be solved together with the research community.
This book gives an overview of all presentations of DAMSS-2018.
Predictive Factors of Tumor Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma treated with Transarterial Chemoembolization
Authors: Cerban Razvan , Ester Carmen , Iacob Speranta , Grasu Mugur , Pâslaru Liliana , Dumitru Radu , Lupescu Ioana , Constantin Georgiana , Croitoru Adina , Gheorghe Liana
Published: December 2018

Background & Aims: To evaluate the predictive factors for recurrence of the disease and overall survival(OS) after achieving complete response (CR) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated withtransarterial chemoembolization (TACE).Methods: From January 2013 to December 2017, 168 treatment-naïve patients diagnosed with HCCunderwent TACE as a first-line therapy and the gathered data was retrospectively reviewed. We determined the predictive factors for complete response (CR), for recurrence after CR and for survival using the Cox proportional hazard model.Results: Median follow-up was 27.4 months (range 4-65 months). The mean patient age was 62.2±7.9 years. Eighty-three patients had an α-fetoprotein (AFP) level > 20ng/mL. The median maximal diameter of the tumors was 3.5 cm. Sixty-three patients (37.5%) achieved CR after TACE, and recurrence after CR was detected in 37 patients (58.7%). In multivariate analysis, tumor size (≤4.5 cm) and a single tumor were found to be predictive factors for CR, with hazard ratios (HRs) of 2.352 (p=0.022) and 3.964 (p<0.0001), respectively. After achieving CR the median time to recurrence was 12 months (range 6-24 months). Elevated serum AFP > 25 ng/mL and multiple tumors were demonstrated to have a significant relationship with recurrence after CR, with HRs of 1.650 (p=0.05) and 3.932 (p=0.038), respectively. Increased initial serum AFP > 22 ng/mL, tumorsize > 4.5 cm, outside Milan criteria, not receiving a liver transplant and presence of portal vein thrombosis (PVT) were correlated with poor survival.Conclusions: In patients treated with TACE as an initial therapy, tumor size (≤4.5 cm) and single tumor were predictive factors for CR. Multiple nodules and an elevated serum AFP > 25 ng/mL were predictive factors for recurrence after CR. Outside Milan criteria tumors, elevated AFP levels and the presence of PVT were significantly correlated with decreased survival.
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction – A Review
Authors: Smiseth Otto A , Opdahl Anders , Boe Espen , Skulstad Helge
Published: December 2018

Heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-PEF), sometimes named diastolic heart failure, is a common condition most frequently seen in the elderly and is associated with arterial hypertension and left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. Symptoms are attributed to a stiff left ventricle with compensatory elevation of filling pressure and reduced ability to increase stroke volume by the Frank-Starling mechanism. LV interaction with stiff arteries aggravates these problems. Prognosis is almost as severe as for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-REF), in part reflecting co-morbidities. Before the diagnosis of HF-PEF is made, non-cardiac etiologies must be excluded. Due to the non-specific nature of heart failure symptoms, it is essential to search for objective evidence of diastolic dysfunction which, in the absence of invasive data, is done by echocardiography and demonstration of signs of elevated LV filling pressure, impaired LV relaxation, or increased LV diastolic stiffness. Antihypertensive treatment can effectively prevent HF-PEF. Treatment of HF-PEF is symptomatic, with similar drugs as in HF-REF.
“Resurgencia” y recolonización de la papa. Del mundo andino al escenario alimentario mundial, siglos xvi- xx
Authors: Bonnett Vélez Diana
Published: December 2018

Este artículo estudia el proceso de “resurgencia” de la papa (Solanum tuberosum), entendida como universalización de su consumo en el último siglo, al reaparecer o brotar en el escenario alimentario mundial y, de alguna manera, cambiar su identidad y recomponerse. El artículo afirma que el tubérculo ha sido adaptado, incorporado y asimilado a las necesidades de suficiencia alimentaria actual de varias maneras; una de ellas, con su uso en la comida rápida o fast food. En una dimensión histórica de largo plazo, estudia el variado significado del tubérculo a partir de una muestra de lo que pensaban los cronistas, viajeros e ilustrados, y cuestiona la unanimidad en las apreciaciones o los prejuicios sobre este alimento. Más recientemente, en diferentes culturas la papa, junto con el trigo, el maíz y el arroz, ha logrado ocupar un lugar primordial en las mesas de ricos y pobres. Espacialmente, el artículo se concentra en la zona Andina y, particularmente, en Colombia, pero se proyecta al escenario alimentario mundial.
Urban form and sustainability in historic cities
Authors: Khoshnaw Rebaz , Kissfazekas Kornélia
Published: December 2018

This paper discusses the issue of sustainable urban form in the old neighbourhoods in the centre of Erbil city. These traditional districts preserved their urban form throughout the past two centuries. During the last few decades, however, with growing population and the increased number of cars, they have lost much of their former appeal. This paper evaluates the general aspects of sustainable urban form and then analyses the two old neighbourhoods as case studies. A descriptive and interpretative method was adopted to analyse and identify the aspects of sustainability in this area. Finally, the article concludes that the urban form of these districts has a high potential for sustainability and the reasons why they are currently unattractive are mainly due to bad management.
Spontán haemothorax – mellkassebész és intervenciós radiológus sikeres együttműködése
Authors: Vincze Balázs , Lázár István , Mezei Péter , Almássy Sándor , Tóth Imre
Published: December 2018

Absztrakt:

A spontán haemothorax a vér felhalmozódását jelenti a mellüregben baleset vagy
iatrogén okok hiányában. Egy 17 éves férfi beteg esetét ismertetjük, akinél a
vérzés okaként többszörös kóros artériás összeköttetéseket találtunk a
szisztémás keringés és a tüdőkeringés között. Az eset kapcsán rövid irodalmi
áttekintést nyújtunk a kiváltó okról, valamint a haemothorax klinikumáról,
illetve az ennek megoldásában szóba jövő intervenciós radiológiai
módszerekről.
Mediasi Lokal sebagai Model Utama Penyelesaian Kasus Perceraian Masyarakat Muslim Kalisat Pasuruan
Authors: Salam Nor
Published: December 2018

This article analyzes the background of the legal pattern of the community at Kalisat Pasuruan in making local mediation as the main model to resolve divorce cases. This study uses a socio-legal approach with the Legal System Theory initiated by Lawrence Meir Friedman. This article is based on the emergence of the Supreme Court Regulation on Mediation in order to change the image of the Religious Courts from judicial paradigm to dispute resolution paradigm, including in divorce cases. The mediation in the case is imperative and the denial of mediation process in the court results in the cancellation of the decision by law. This study concludes that the alignment of the Kalisat community towards local mediation is much more due to non-legal factors which are categorized into elements of legal culture than to structural elements or legal substances. The legal culture element that is intended for example concerns the understanding of the Kalisat community on the teachings of their religion, their perceptions of the proceedings in the Religious Court in resolving divorce cases, or other factors such as the emotional closeness between them and community leaders who are local mediators.
Aktuelle Kenntnisse zu Therapie und Prävention der kaninen Leishmaniose
Authors: Mitropoulou Athanasia , Thom Nina , Moritz Andreas , Apostolopoulos Neoklis
Published: December 2018

Die kanine Leishmaniose ist eine Infektionskrankheit, die zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnt, da auch in Deutschland der Hauptvektor der Leishmaniose vorkommt und Einzelfälle autochthoner Infektionen beschrieben sind. Der Artikel fasst aktuelle Informationen über Therapie und Prävention der Leishmaniose zusammen. Kürzlich wurden bei Hunden, die unter Allopurinoltherapie ein Rezidiv der Erkrankung erlitten, Allopurinol-resistente Leishmania-infantum-Stämme gefunden. Daher werden alternative Langzeittherapien erforderlich. Auch die Ergebnisse aus Langzeitstudien zur Effizienz von Miltefosin im Vergleich zu Megluminantimonat können die Wahl des leishmaniziden Therapeutikums beeinflussen. Eine Vielzahl verschiedener Repellenzien steht zur Übertragungsprophylaxe zur Verfügung. In Europa sind zwei Impfstoffe für Hunde zugelassen, um das Risiko einer aktiven Infektion und den Schweregrad der klinischen Erkrankung zu reduzieren.
Concepções ideológicas sobre a natureza e a ciência.
Authors: De Arruda Campos Alzira Lobo
Published: December 2018

Este artigo objetiva reabrir um debate sobre as relações do homem com o meio natural, analisando um repertório das ideias que organizam a relação das sociedades humanas à natureza, em toda a sua diversidade — espacial, cultural e temporal — na qual é possível distinguir, numa perspectiva estrutural, um número finito de esquemas que a constroem e também de suas variantes — estas, infinitas. Nesse sentido, visa a contribuir para a apresentação de respostas a algumas grandes questões: Onde nos colocamos no grande debate entre universalismo e relativismo? Como poderemos contestar ao mesmo tempo a generalidade da distinção entre a natureza e a cultura e pretender esclarecer invariantes nos modos de relação aos humanos e aos não humanos? Por meio de historiadores, como Keith Thomas, e de antropólogos, como Phillipe Descolas, estudam-se concepções sobre o meio ambiente, consideradas, em sua filogênese, como decorrências de sistemas ideológicos, que defendem o predomínio da racionalidade sobre a não razão ou do homem sobre o universo não humano.
FİNANSAL MUHASEBE DERSLERİNDE OLUŞAN KAVRAM YANILGILARINA YÖNELİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: ŞEKER Yasin , İŞLEYEN Aykut
Published: December 2018

Bu çalışmanın amacı finansal/genel muhasebe dersini alan öğrencilerin muhasebe öğrenimini
zorlaştıran kavram yanılgılarının tespit edilmesi ve oluşan yanılgılara yönelik çözüm önerileri
sunmaktır. Finansal/Genel Muhasebe derslerinin muhasebe öğrenimine başlangıç niteliğinde olduğu
düşüldüğünde bu derslerde oluşan kavram yanılgılarının tespiti ve giderilmesine yönelik yapılacak
öğretim uygulamalarının muhasebe öğrenimine oldukça önemli bir katkı sağlayacağı söylenebilir.
Ayrıca öğretim elemanlarının, bu çalışma sonucunda belirlenen, öğrencilerde muhasebe öğreniminde
oluşan kavram yanılgılarını bilerek hareket etmesi derslerin daha verimli geçmesinde ve öğrencilerde
oluşabilecek kavram yanılgılarına karşı önceden önlem alınmasında katkı sağlayacağını söylemek
mümkündür. Bu kapsamda çalışmada Hitit Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesindeki
İşletme, Bankacılık ve Finans, İktisat, Maliye ve Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi bölümlerinde Genel
Muhasebe dersini alan tüm öğrencilere kavram yanılgılarının tespitine yönelik bir anket çalışması
uygulanmıştır. Anket çalışması demografik değişkenler, kavram yanılgılarının oluşabileceği durumlar
ve öğrenci önerilerinden oluşmaktadır. Anket uygulaması sonucunda elde edilen veriler IBM SPSS
istatistik paket programıyla analiz edilmiş ve analiz sonuçları yorumlanmıştır. Sonuç olarak,
muhasebe dersi alan öğrencilerde oluşan kavram yanılgılarının, çalışma kapsamında ele alınan
cinsiyet, dersi alma durumları, mezun olduğunda muhasebe mesleği seçmeleri, muhasebe derslerine
çalışma sebepleri, muhasebe dersi için harcanan çalışma süreleri ve öğrencilerin devam durumu
değişkenlerinde anlamlı farklılık gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir.
Books, Files, Slips, Clippings, Copies ... in Short the Stuff which Makes a Handbook. The Encyclopedia of the Folktale, its Library and Archives
Authors: Shojaei Kawan Christine
Published: December 2018

L’Enzyklopädie des Märchens (Enciclopèdia de contes populars) és una obra de referència única en la narrativa tradicional internacional i temes relacionats que s’ha publicat en quinze volums durant un període de quaranta anys (1975-2015), precedida per una fase de preparació d’uns quinze anys. Es va publicar en alemany, però la seva perspectiva és mundial i els seus autors provenen de més de cinquanta països. Destaca el fet que el projecte va posar una gran quantitat de material a disposició dels seus col·laboradors, especialment textos de tot el món, disposats d’acord amb el sistema d’Aarne/Thompson, molts dels quals s’havien traduït prèviament a l’alemany per a aquest propòsit, sobretot de llengües eslaves i altres de difícil accés. A més, cal destacar que el fundador de l’enciclopèdia, Kurt Ranke, havia associat investigacions a textos de l’era moderna i barrocs, concretament sermons, amb aquest projecte, especialment les investigacions d’Elfriede Moser-Rath.El present document descriu els arxius de l’enciclopèdia i les possibilitats que ofereixen als seus usuaris.
El tractament de la dona com a pensadora en l’Aplec de rondaies mallorquines d’Antoni M. Alcover
Authors: Gelabert i Miró M. Magdalena
Published: December 2018

En l’Aplec de Rondaies d’Antoni M. Alcover apareixen tipus de dones molt diverses. Hi trobam dones que es presenten des de la perspectiva de la intel·ligència i és la seva capacitat intel·lectual un dels trets principals que les caracteritza. Aquestes dones tant poden pertànyer a la reialesa —o a classes socials altes— com a la pagesia; tant poden ser joves com velles; fadrines com casades. La capacitat de pensar de les dones i el seu enginy fan que, en moltes ocasions, superin les figures masculines i que siguin elles les que donin la solució als problemes que sorgeixen al llarg de la trama. Amb l’anàlisi d’exemples diversos de l’Aplec d’Alcover. observam com la dona és considerada una figura de prestigi que mereix ser respectada per la seva capacitat de pensament i per la saviesa.
El cuento colorao: mujeres de La Manchuela y cuentos eróticos
Authors: González Andújar Margarita
Published: December 2018

En este artículo se propone un acercamiento a un tipo de repertorio narrativo femenino poco conocido que, sin embargo, estaba difundido entre las narradoras de La Manchuela (una comarca que se extiende entre el sureste de Cuenca y el noreste de Albacete).Cuando no había hombres ni chiquillería presentes, las mujeres abrían las puertas de un archivo muy diferente al de los consabidos «cuentos chiquilleros» y se lanzaban a narrar cuentos que «se contaban para echar la “risotá” y entretenerse mientras se sacaba rosa», pero que por su temática erótica eran tabú. Este repertorio incluía desde cuentos que no son más que sencillos juegos de palabras hasta narraciones explícitamente sexuales o incluso procaces. Se dará una muestra del material recopilado.***En aquest article es proposa un acostament a un tipus de repertori narratiu femení poc conegut que, tot i així, es difonia entre les narradores de La Manchuela (una comarca que s’estén entre el sud-est de Cuenca i el nord-est d’Albacete).Quan no hi havia homes ni canalla presents, les dones obrien les portes d’un arxiu molt diferent al de les conegudes rondalles per als infants i es llançaven a contar rondalles que «se contaban para echar la “risotá” y entretenerse mientras se sacaba rosa», però que per la seva temàtica eròtica eren tabú. Aquest repertori incloïa des de rondalles que no són més que senzills jocs de paraules fins a narracions explícitament sexuals o fins i tot procaces. Es donarà una mostra del material recopilat.
Els contes de la primera època d’El Mole: aproximació a un material folklòric de principi del segle XIX
Authors: Barquero Genovés Carles J.
Published: December 2018

El diari El Mole, fundat a la ciutat de València l’any 1837, constitueix l’exemple més antic de premsa regular escrita en llengua catalana. Malgrat que les motivacions del seu redactor principal, Josep Maria Bonilla, no van ser en cap moment culturals sinó polítiques (sobretot difondre la ideologia liberal i anticarlina), sovint va utilitzar per al seu propòsit petits contes tradicionals d’origen folklòric per explicar o il·lustrar als seus lectors moltes de les idees i actuacions que defensava. L’objectiu del present article és subratllar l’origen folklòric i tradicional de tots eixos contes, editar-los seguint criteris filològics actuals i posar-los en valor com una de les mostres més antigues, desconegudes i notables de la rondallística tradicional valenciana.