bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Les potentialités touristiques, atout stratégique de la redynamisation de l’économie locale en Algérie
Authors: Abrika Belaïd
Published: May 2019

Les aspects développés dans cet article mettent en exergue les facteurs nécessaires à la promotion du tourisme en pensant la redynamisation des activités traditionnelles et artisanales du patrimoine ancestral dans la perspective d’un développement territorial durable en Algérie en général à travers des cas d’études de mise en tourisme du patrimoine des espaces villageois en Kabylie en particulier. Les constats d’échec des politiques publiques dans le secteur du tourisme en Algérie relèvent les déficits à combler par les nouvelles orientations préconisées durant la dernière décennie en offrant des facilités et des bonifications afin d’attirer le maximum d’investisseurs étrangers et nationaux. Le tourisme est perçu comme un véritable vecteur du développement territorial. Avec l’implication et la dynamisation des acteurs des organisations de la société et des collectivités locales il est question d’assurer la durabilité des ressources territoriales subissant une dégradation abusive. Deux cas d’étude sont présentés à travers le village fantôme d’Ath El Kaid (Tizi-Ouzou) et celui du mont du village de Djoua (Béjaia) ; ils illustrent l’impérieuse exigence de l’implication des communautés villageoises locales dans les projets de mise en tourisme durable à partir des potentialités touristiques que recèlent les territoires des différentes régions d’Algérie.
Revivre ou déjouer le passé ?
Authors: Mazeau Guillaume
Published: May 2019

La Révolution française s’est en partie vécue à travers un rapport particulier au temps historique, fondé sur la volonté de limiter, voire d’abolir, au moins symboliquement, les filtres de la représentation. La volonté de retenir le temps de la Révolution pour qu’elle ne meure jamais a donné naissance, en France, à un régime tout aussi singulier de la conscience historique, dans lequel la reconstitution de la Révolution, depuis les fêtes commémoratives jusqu’au Puy du Fou, s’est imposée comme un des premiers modes de sa transmission, confinant parfois au fétichisme et, paradoxalement, au folklore. Cet article vise à montrer que certains dispositifs, au théâtre ou dans les techniques digitales, peuvent permettre de reprendre une histoire que l’on croyait épuisée, sans céder au mythe de la reconstitution.
Ursum facere ou le sens reconstitué
Authors: Voisenat Claudie
Published: May 2019

Chaque hiver, dans le Haut-Vallespir, une vallée des Pyrénées-Orientales, de jeunes hommes grimés en « Ours », poursuivis par des « Chasseurs », parcourent les rues des villages pour se saisir des jeunes filles. En dépit de leur ancienneté, ou mieux, en raison d’elle, les fêtes de l’Ours relèvent bien d’une reconstitution : non pas celle d’un passé mis en scène dans sa matérialité, mais celle du sens, perpétuellement reconstruit à mesure que le temps et les transformations sociales viennent l’éroder. Si les gestes et l’expression, « faire l’ours », ursum facere montrent une singulière rémanence, aussi loin que remonte notre documentation, depuis le milieu du xix e  siècle au moins, les raisons de le faire n’ont pas cessé d’être réélaborées, restaurant en permanence la cohérence qui donne sens à l’expérience, en permet le renouvellement et la répétition qui lui donne valeur de rite. Réutilisations, emprunts, transferts, sont à l’œuvre, utilisant les recouvrements successifs des discours autochtones par ceux de la religion tout d’abord, de l’érudition locale ensuite, des sciences humaines. Leur récupération, on pourrait dire leur indigénisation récente, par une communauté soucieuse d’énoncer et de valoriser sa propre culture, ne cantonne pas la reconstitution dans la fidélité à une vérité originelle, unique. Reconstituer la cohérence, c’est avant tout orchestrer une polyphonie. On tente ici d’en isoler quelques voix.
L’impossible reconstitution du catharisme : la maison Déodat Roché à Arques
Authors: Poulot Dominique
Published: May 2019

Le département de l’Aude se définit officiellement comme « Pays cathare » dans sa communication institutionnelle et ses produits touristiques, pour lesquels il a déposé une marque en 1992. On étudie ici un exemple de cette patrimonialisation du catharisme et ses paradoxes avec le petit musée du village d’Arques, consacré à Déodat Roché (1877-1978), considéré de manière médiatique comme le « pape » du catharisme à la fin du xx e  siècle. Le musée d’Arques tente de rendre compte de sa vie et de ses travaux, au centre d’un réseau européen d’ésotérisme religieux, mais se consacre aussi à montrer la mémoire locale autour de cette illustre personnalité locale. L’étude de la muséographie révèle les paradoxes de l’entreprise de contribuer à une identité collective par la mise en valeur d’un revival marginal. L’incarnation d’une mémoire collective dans la reconstitution d’une initiation ésotérique singulière ne va pas sans annexions et réinventions a posteriori .
Generation of IL-3–Secreting CD4+ T Cells by Microbial Challenge at Skin and Mucosal Barriers
Authors: Kunnath-Velayudhan Shajo , Goldberg Michael F , Saini Neeraj K , Ng Tony W , Arora Pooja , Johndrow Christopher T , Saavedra-Avila Noemi Alejandra , Johnson Alison J , Xu Jiayong , Kim John , Khajoueinejad Nazanin , Petro Christopher D , Herold Betsy C , Lauvau Gregoire , Chan John , Jacobs William R , Porcelli Steven A
Published: May 2019

During Ag priming, naive CD4+ T cells differentiate into subsets with distinct patterns of cytokine expression that dictate to a major extent their functional roles in immune responses. We identified a subset of CD4+ T cells defined by secretion of IL-3 that was induced by Ag stimulation under conditions different from those associated with previously defined functional subsets. Using mouse models of bacterial and viral infections, we showed that IL-3–secreting CD4+ T cells were generated by infection at the skin and mucosa but not by infections introduced directly into the blood. Most IL-3–producing T cells coexpressed GM-CSF and other cytokines that define multifunctionality. Generation of IL-3–secreting T cells in vitro was dependent on IL-1 family cytokines and was inhibited by cytokines that induce canonical Th1 or Th2 cells. Our results identify IL-3–secreting CD4+ T cells as a potential functional subset that arises during priming of naive T cells in specific tissue locations.
A proposed role for non-junctional transverse tubules in skeletal muscle as flexible segments allowing expansion of the transverse network
Authors: Lavorato Manuela , Iyer Ramesh , Franzini-Armstrong Clara
Published: May 2019

Using a variety of technical approaches, we have detected the presence of continuous triads that cover the entire length of T tubules in the main white body muscles of several small fish. This is in contrast to the discontinuous association of sarcoplasmic reticulum with T tubules in the red muscles from the same fish as well as in all other previously described muscles in a large variety of skeletal muscles. We suggest that continuous triads are permissible only in muscle fibers that are not normally subject to significant changes in sarcomere length during normal in vivo activity, as is the case for white muscles in the trunk of fish.
Online Appendix 1: Classification and mapping of the woody vegetation of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe
Authors: Martini Francesco , Cunliffe Robert , Farcomeni Alessio , De Sanctis Michele , D'Ammando Giacomo , Attorre Fabio
Published: May 2019

Within the framework of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA), the purpose of this study was to produce a classification of the woody vegetation of the Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, and a map of its potential distribution. Cover-abundance data of woody species were collected in 330 georeferenced relevés across the Park. These data were used to produce two matrices: the first one using the cover-abundance values as collected in five height layers and the second one based on merging the layers into a single cover value for each species. Automatic classifications were produced for both matrices to determine the optimal number of vegetation types. The two classification approaches both produced 14 types belonging to three macro-groups: mopane, miombo and alluvial woodlands. The results of the two classifications were compared looking at the constant, dominant and diagnostic species of each type. The classification based on separate layers was considered more effective and retained. A high-resolution map of the potential distribution of vegetation types for the whole study area was produced using Random Forest. In the model, the relationship between bioclimatic and topographic variables, known to be correlated to vegetation types, and the classified relevés was used. Identified vegetation types were compared with those of other national parks within the GLTFCA, and an evaluation of the main threats and pressures was conducted.Conservation implications: Vegetation classification and mapping are useful tools for multiple purposes including: surveying and monitoring plant and animal populations, communities and their habitats, and development of management and conservation strategies. Filling the knowledge gap for the Gonarezhou National Park provides a basis for standardised and homogeneous vegetation classification and mapping for the entire Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area.
Online Appendix 2: Classification and mapping of the woody vegetation of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe
Authors: Martini Francesco , Cunliffe Robert , Farcomeni Alessio , De Sanctis Michele , D'Ammando Giacomo , Attorre Fabio
Published: May 2019

Within the framework of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA), the purpose of this study was to produce a classification of the woody vegetation of the Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, and a map of its potential distribution. Cover-abundance data of woody species were collected in 330 georeferenced relevés across the Park. These data were used to produce two matrices: the first one using the cover-abundance values as collected in five height layers and the second one based on merging the layers into a single cover value for each species. Automatic classifications were produced for both matrices to determine the optimal number of vegetation types. The two classification approaches both produced 14 types belonging to three macro-groups: mopane, miombo and alluvial woodlands. The results of the two classifications were compared looking at the constant, dominant and diagnostic species of each type. The classification based on separate layers was considered more effective and retained. A high-resolution map of the potential distribution of vegetation types for the whole study area was produced using Random Forest. In the model, the relationship between bioclimatic and topographic variables, known to be correlated to vegetation types, and the classified relevés was used. Identified vegetation types were compared with those of other national parks within the GLTFCA, and an evaluation of the main threats and pressures was conducted.Conservation implications: Vegetation classification and mapping are useful tools for multiple purposes including: surveying and monitoring plant and animal populations, communities and their habitats, and development of management and conservation strategies. Filling the knowledge gap for the Gonarezhou National Park provides a basis for standardised and homogeneous vegetation classification and mapping for the entire Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area.
Congenital toxoplasmosis among Iranian neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Sarvi Shahabeddin , Nayeri Chegeni Tooran , Sharif Mehdi , Montazeri Mahbobeh , Hosseini Seyed Abdollah , Amouei Afsaneh , Hosseininejad Zahra , Anvari Davood , Saberi Reza , Gohardehi Shaban , Daryani Ahmad
Published: May 2019

Toxoplasmosis is a serious zoonotic disease that can lead to abortion and congenital disorders and has a widespread global distribution in humans and animals. The objective of this review was to investigate the incidence of toxoplasmosis in Iranian neonates in order to obtain a comprehensive assessment of the overall situation of the disease for use in developing future interventions. Original studies investigating the incidence of Toxoplasma gondii infections in Iranian neonates were systematically searched in a number of English-language and Persian-language electronic databases. The search process resulted in the inclusion of a total of 11 studies in the systematic review, 10 of which were entered into the meta-analysis. The reviewed articles included 2,230 Iranian neonates investigated through January 1, 2018. Based on the retrieved studies, the overall weighted incidence rates of toxoplasmosis in the Iranian neonatal population and neonates with suspected congenital toxoplasmosis were estimated to be 0.64% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.31 to 1.09) and 4.10% (95% CI, 2.68 to 5.77), respectively, using a fixed-effects model. The findings of the reviewed studies demonstrate that the incidence of toxoplasmosis is high in Iranian neonates. Accordingly, it can be concluded that toxoplasmosis is a serious public health concern that has been ignored by the Ministry of Health. Therefore, it is essential to perform further studies, in addition to implementing screening and detection programs, using standardized methods to estimate the incidence of toxoplasmosis in Iran and to determine its associated risk factors.
A study of the influence of tropospheric subsidence on spring and summer surface ozone concentrations at the JRC-Ispra station in northern Italy
Authors: Kalabokas Pavlos , Jensen Niels Roland , Roveri Mauro , Hjorth Jens , Eremenko Maxim , Cuesta Juan , Dufour Gaëlle , Foret Gilles , Beekmann Matthias
Published: May 2019

Abstract. The influence of tropospheric ozone to the surface ozone concentrations is investigated at the monitoring station of JRC-Ispra, based on 10 years of measurements (2006–2015) of surface ozone data. In-situ hourly measurements of ozone and other air-pollutants, meteorological parameters and weekly averaged 7Be (as indicator of upper-tropospheric/stratospheric influence) and 210Pb measurements (as indicator of boundary layer influence), have been used for the analysis. It is observed that frequently 7Be and ozone weekly peaks coincide, which might be explained by the impact of deep atmospheric subsidence on surface ozone, particularly during late spring and early summer. Based on this observation, a detailed analysis of selected 7Be and ozone episodes occurring during that period of the year has been performed in order to further elucidate the mechanisms of tropospheric influence to the surface pollutant concentrations. For the analysis composite NOAA/ESRL reanalysis synoptic meteorological charts in the troposphere have been used as well as IASI satellite ozone measurements and NOAA-HYSPLIT back trajectories. The JRC-station hourly measurements during subsidence episodes show very low values of local pollution parameters (e.g. NOx, 222Rn, nephelometer data, PM10), close to zero. On the contrary, during these periods ozone levels reach usually values around 45–60 ppb during the afternoon hours but also show significantly higher values than the average during the night and morning hours, which is a sign of direct tropospheric influence to the surface ozone concentrations.
Evolution of DARDAR-CLOUD ice cloud retrievals: new parameters and impacts on the retrieved microphysical properties
Authors: Cazenave Quitterie , Ceccaldi Marie , Delanoë Julien , Pelon Jacques , Groß Silke , Heymsfield Andrew
Published: May 2019

Abstract. In this paper we present the latest refinements brought to the DARDAR-CLOUD
product, which contains ice cloud microphysical properties retrieved from the
cloud radar and lidar measurements from the A-Train mission. Based on a large
dataset of in situ ice cloud measurements, the parameterizations used in the
microphysical model of the algorithm – i.e. the normalized particle size
distribution, the mass–size relationship, and the parameterization of the a
priori value of the normalized number concentration as a function of temperature
– were assessed and refined to better fit the measurements, keeping the
same formalism as proposed in DARDAR basis papers. Additionally, in regions
where lidar measurements are available, the lidar ratio retrieved for ice
clouds is shown to be well constrained by the lidar–radar synergy. Using this
information, the parameterization of the lidar ratio was also refined, and
the new retrieval equals on average 35±10 sr in the temperature range between −60
and −20 ∘C. The impact of those changes on the retrieved ice
cloud properties is presented in terms of ice
water content (IWC) and effective radius. Overall,
IWC values from the new DARDAR-CLOUD product are on average 16 % smaller than
the previous version, leading to a 24 % reduction in the ice water path. In
parallel, the retrieved effective radii increase by 5 % to 40 %, depending on
temperature and the availability of the instruments, with an average
difference of +15 %. Modifications of the microphysical model strongly affect
the ice water content retrievals with differences that were found to range
from −50 % to +40 %, depending on temperature and the availability of the
instruments. The largest differences are found for the warmest temperatures
(between −20 and 0 ∘C) in regions where the
cloud microphysical processes are more complex and where the retrieval is
almost exclusively based on radar-only measurements. The new lidar ratio
values lead to a reduction of IWC at cold temperatures, the difference
between the two versions increasing from around 0 % at −30 ∘C
to 70 % below −80 ∘C, whereas effective radii are not impacted.
Using Deep Learning to Fill Spatio-Temporal Data Gaps in
Hydrological Monitoring Networks
Authors: Ren Huiying , Cromwell Erol , Kravitz Ben , Chen Xingyuan
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Long-term spatio-temporal changes in subsurface hydrological flow are usually quantified through a network of wells; however, such observations often are spatially sparse and temporal gaps exist due to poor quality or instrument failure. In this study, we explore the ability of deep neural networks to fill in gaps in spatially distributed time-series data. We selected a location at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford site to demonstrate and evaluate the new method, using a 10-year spatio-temporal hydrological dataset of temperature, specific conductance, and groundwater table elevation from 42 wells that monitor the dynamic and heterogeneous hydrologic exchanges between the Columbia River and its adjacent groundwater aquifer. We employ a long short-term memory (LSTM)-based architecture, which is specially designed to address both spatial and temporal variations in the property fields. The performance of gap filling using an LSTM framework is evaluated using test datasets with synthetic data gaps created by assuming the observations were missing for a given time window (i.e., gap length), such that the mean absolute percentage error can be calculated against true observations. Such test datasets also allow us to examine how well the original nonlinear dynamics are captured in gap-filled time series beyond the error statistics. The performance of the LSTM-based gap-filling method is compared to that of a traditional, popular gap-filling method: autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA). Although ARIMA appears to perform slightly better than LSTM on average error statistics, LSTM is better able to capture nonlinear dynamics that are present in time series. Thus, LSTMs show promising potential to outperform ARIMA for gap filling in highly dynamic time-series observations characterized by multiple dominant modes of variability. Capturing such dynamics is essential to generate the most valuable observations to advance our understanding of dynamic complex systems.
Role-play simulations as an aid to achieve complex learning outcomes in hydrological science
Authors: Bring Arvid , Lyon Steve W.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Students in hydrology are expected to become proficient in a set of
quantitative skills while also acquiring the ability to apply their
problem-solving abilities in real-life situations. To achieve both these
types of learning outcomes, there is broad evidence that activity-based
learning is beneficial. In this paper, we argue that role-play simulations in
particular are useful for achieving complex learning outcomes, i.e., making
students able to coordinate and integrate various analytical skills in
complicated settings. We evaluated the effects of an integrated water
resources management (IWRM) negotiation simulation next to more traditional
teaching methods intended to foster quantitative understanding. Results
showed that despite similar student-reported achievement of both complex and
quantitative intended learning outcomes, the students favored the negotiation
simulation over the traditional method. This implies that role-play
simulations can motivate and actively engage a classroom, thereby creating a
space for potential deeper learning and longer retention of knowledge. While
our findings support the utility of simulations to teach complex learning
outcomes and indicate no shortcoming in achieving such outcomes next to
traditional methods aimed at quantitative learning outcomes, simulations are
still not widely used to foster activity-based learning in the classroom. We
thus conclude by presenting three particularly challenging areas of role-play
simulations as learning tools that serve as potential barriers to their
implementation and suggest ways to overcome such roadblocks.
UAV STRATEGIES VALIDATION AND REMOTE SENSING DATA FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IN POST-DISASTER SCENARIOS
Authors: Calantropio A. , Chiabrando F. , Sammartano G. , Spanò A. , Teppati Losè L.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. The recent seismic swarms, occurred in Italy since August 2016, outlined the importance of deepen Geomatics researches for the validation of new strategies aimed at rapid-mapping and documenting differently accessible and complex environments, as in urban contexts and damaged built heritage. In the emergency response, the crucial exploitation of technological advances should obtain and efficiently organize high-scale reliable geospatial data for the early warning, impact, and recovery phases. Fulfilling these issues, among others, the Copernicus EMS, has played by now an important role in immediate and extensive damage reconnaissance, as in the case of Centre Italy. Nevertheless, the use of remote sensing data is still affected by a problem of point-of-view, scale and detectable detail. Nadir images, airborne or satellite, in fact, strongly limited the confidence level of these products. The subjectivity of the operator involvement is still an open issue, both in the first fieldwork assessment, and in the following operational approach of interpretative damage detection and rapid mapping production. To overcome these limits, the introduction of UAV platforms for photogrammetric purposes, has proven to be a sustainable approach in terms of time savings, operators’ safety, reliability and accuracy of results: the nadir and oblique integration can provide large multiscale models, with the fundamental information related to the façades conditions. The presented research, conducted within the Central Italy earthquakes events, will focus on potentialities and limits of UAV photogrammetry in the two documented sites: Pescara del Tronto and Accumoli. Here, the aim is not limited to describe a series of strategies for georeferencing, blocks orientation and multitemporal co-registration solutions, but also to validate the implemented pipelines as a workflow that could be integrated in the operative intervention for emergency response in early impact activities. Thus, it would be possible to use this 3D metric products as a reference-data for significative improvements of reliability in typical visual inspection and mapping, flanking the traditional nadir airborne- or satellite-based products. The UAV acquisitions performed in two damaged villages are displayed, in order to underline the implication of the spatial information embedded in DSM reconstruction and 3D models, supporting more reliable damage assessments.
FUSION OF TLS AND UAV PHOTOGRAMMETRY DATA FOR POST-EARTHQUAKE 3D MODELING OF A CULTURAL HERITAGE CHURCH
Authors: Chatzistamatis S. , Kalaitzis P. , Chaidas K. , Chatzitheodorou C. , Papadopoulou E. E. , Tataris G. , Soulakellis N.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Nowadays, the necessity of heritage documentation is essential for monitoring, maintenance, and understanding needed for conservation. The survey phase has been considerably improved using cutting-edge technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Terrestrial Laser Scanners (TLS). Both of these technologies have been applied in heritage documentation individually or combined. Heritage documentation in a post-natural disaster is a situation that requires rapid data acquisition on a hazardous field. On 12th of June 2017 an earthquake (Mw = 6.3), south of Lesvos island, Greece occurred, which was devastating for the Vrisa village destroying, among many other buildings the main church. The Greek State decided from the first moment to restore the whole village, which was proclaimed as a “traditional settlement” since 2002, in its original place starting from the church and the school due to the symbolic meaning that those have to a local community. For this purpose, a 3D model of the church was requested by the authorities for damage assessment. In this paper TLS and UAV photogrammetry has been used in an integrated design to rapidly facilitate the acquisition of the whole church, eliminating all possible occlusions. The TLS was exploited for the acquisition of the facades while the UAV was used for the acquisition of the roof. The recent improvement of the post-processing algorithms provided the ability to implement the fusion of TLS and UAV models and deliver an accurate 3D model of the whole church the same day that the survey was conducted.
MONITORING EROSION AND ACCRETION SITUATION IN THE COASTAL ZONE AT KIEN GIANG PROVINCE
Authors: Diep N. T. H. , Loi N. T. , Can N. T.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Kien Giang is one of the coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta which is facing the problem of coastal erosion to affect people’s life in the coastal area. This project aims to monitor shoreline and to assess landslide and accretion situation in the period from 1975 to 2015 in the coastal area of Kien Giang province. The study applied Normalized Difference Water Index (MNWI) method and water level extraction using LANDSAT imagery from 1975 to 2015 for highlight the shoreline. Thus, analysis was identified erosion and accretion areas based on shoreline changes and land use influenced by landslides and deposition. The results show to create shoreline changes from 1997 to 2015 in the coastal area of Kien Giang province. A landslide occurred in the west from Nguyen Viet Khai commune to Thuan Hoa commune and Nam Yen commune to Vinh Hoa Hiep commune, Rach Gia city, Kien Giang province. An accretion situation was determined in the areas from Thuan Hoa commune, An Minh district to Nam Thai commune, An Bien district, Kien Giang province, Rach Gia sea encroachment at Rach Gia town and Ha Tien encroachment area at Ha Tien town, Kien Giang province. In general, the coastal area of Kien Giang province has a predominant tendency of accretion, however, the occurrence of erosion and accretion are happened interlacing in the coastal area at Kien Giang province.
APPLYING RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFICATION TO MAP LAND USE/LAND COVER USING LANDSAT 8 OLI
Authors: Nguyen H. T. T. , Doan T. M. , Radeloff V.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. This study used the Random Forest classifier (RF) running in R environment to map Land use/Land cover (LULC) of Dak Lak province in Vietnam based on the Landsat 8 OLI. The values of two RF parameters of ntree (number of tree) and mtry (the number of variables used to split at each node) were tested and compared. In current study the best results indicate the number of suitable decision trees involved in the classification process is 300 (ntree), and the suitable number of variables used to split at each node is 4 variables (mtry). These parameters were used to classify 7 bands multi-spectral resolution from 1–7 of Landsat 8 into ten classes of LULC including natural broad-leaved evergreen, semi-evergreen, dipterocarp deciduous forest, plantation forest, rubber, coffee land, crop land, barren land, residential area and water surface. The overall accuracy of 90.32 % with Kappa coefficient of 0.8434 was found in this case.
COHERENT CHANGE DETECTION FOR REPEATED-PASS INTERFEROMETRIC SAR IMAGES: AN APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ON BUILDINGS
Authors: Oxoli D. , Boccardo P. , Brovelli M. A. , Molinari M. E. , Monti Guarnieri A.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. During disaster response, the availability of relevant information, delivered in a proper format enabling its use among the different actors involved in response efforts, is key to lessen the impact of the disaster itself. Focusing on the contribution of geospatial information, meaningful advances have been achieved through the adoption of satellite earth observations within emergency management practices. Among these technologies, the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging has been extensively employed for large-scale applications such as flood areas delineation and terrain deformation analysis after earthquakes. However, the emerging availability of higher spatial and temporal resolution data has uncovered the potential contribution of SAR to applications at a finer scale. This paper proposes an approach to enable pixel-wise earthquake damage assessments based on Coherent Change Detection methods applied to a stack of repeated-pass interferometric SAR images. A preliminary performance assessment of the procedure is provided by processing Sentinel-1 data stack related to the 2016 central Italy earthquake for the towns of Ametrine and Accumoli. Damage assessment maps from photo-interpretation of high-resolution airborne imagery, produced in the framework of Copernicus EMS (Emergency Management Service – European Commission) and cross-checked with field survey, is used as ground truth for the performance assessment. Results show the ability of the proposed approach to automatically identify changes at an almost individual building level, thus enabling the possibility to empower traditional damage assessment procedures from optical imagery with the centimetric change detection sensitivity characterizing SAR. The possibility of disseminating outputs in a GIS-like format represents an asset for an effective and cross-cutting information sharing among decision makers and analysts.
INFORMATION SYSTEM FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED RISK ASSESSMENT FROM NATURAL DISASTERS
Authors: Velev D. , Zlateva P.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. In recent years around the world, and in particular in Bulgaria, there is a reported increase in the number and intensity of disasters caused by natural phenomena. An increase is observed in the adverse effects of disasters on social relations, economic growth and sustainable development of the country. The purpose of the paper is to propose a general framework of information system for integrated risk assessment from natural disasters with the help of modern information and communication technologies. Innovative and classical techniques (quantitative and qualitative approaches, deterministic and stochastic methods, intelligent methods as fuzzy logic and neural networks, etc.) are applied in the overall process of the risk assessment (IEC/ISO 31010:2009): risk identification (identification of single and multiple natural disasters), risk analysis (determination of the disaster probability/intensity; interdependence of multiple disasters; exposure; object vulnerabilities; social, ecological and economical consequences) and risk evaluation. The information system is designed on the principle of modules which implement interaction with geographical information system (GIS) and heterogeneous databases containing information about the monitored objects and potential natural disasters in Bulgaria. The information system will use cloud computing and online network for exchange of heterogeneous databases and expertise for the risks from natural disasters. The proposed information system could successfully assist all stakeholders about risk assessment of the monitored objects before, during or after the occurrence of natural disasters. This system could be considered as a unified platform for interdisciplinary research concerning natural disasters.
A STUDY ON REAL-TIME FLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM BASED ON SENSORS USING FLOOD DAMAGE INSURANCE MAP
Authors: Yeon S. , Kang J. , Lee I.
Published: May 2019

Abstract. Typical types of natural disasters that occur in Korea are damages from heavy rain, storm, and heavy snow. In order to prepare for this, the storm and flood damage insurance program is operated. For this purpose, the risk of these damages is calculated for each region, and the storm and flood damage insurance map is created based on the risk. This map can provide insight into the degree of risk to wind and flood, snow damage, as well as policies to prevent and prepare for each type of natural disaster. In order to support decision-making by utilizing this insurance map, it is necessary to use with Storm and Flood Damage Information contents. In order to efficiently construct such disaster information contents, it is possible to utilize public data produced by various organizations. Korea has a public data portal to open various administrative information. The public data portal currently publishes and updates about 25,000 data from 700 organizations. In this study, the linkage system is designed that can construct disaster information contents by collecting public data and processing it so that it can be overlapped with the insurance map. The system automatically links public data to keep up-to-date disaster information content. It is expected that it will be able to prevent and prepare for natural disaster by supporting the decision making of decision makers related to flood damage.
An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals
Authors: Abruzzo Emma
Published: May 2019

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Novalis and the problem of the original action of the I
Authors: Silva Fernando
Published: May 2019

Between 1795 and 1796 Novalis produces a vast group of fragments on Fichte’s philosophy, the posthumously entitled “Fichte-Studien”. Among the topics therein approached, one of the most important is that of the original action of the I (Urhandlung), and the possible or impossible union of the opposites which model human life and thought, feeling and reflection. The aim of this article is to inquire Novalis’ view of this problem of paramount importance for a philosophy of the I; namely, to investigate the contours of Novalis’ circular conception of the problem, and its differences regarding Fichte; to expound the dilemma of the necessity and yet impossibility of a union between opposites; and to show how the young philosopher considers this problem both in its real and in its ideal prism, thereby proposing, as a solution, a union in disunion, an (im-)possible union between opposites, which Novalis affirms as a new conception of the circular study of the I and as the foundation for a new philosophizing.
Selection and identification of xylose-fermenting yeast strains for ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass
Authors: Araújo Juliana Alves , Abreu-Lima Thiago Lucas de , Carreiro Solange Cristina
Published: May 2019

Ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass is of economic interest due to the pressure to reduce fossil fuels consumption and land use for non-edible crops. Xylose is one of the main sugars obtained by hydrolysis of hemicellulose fraction of biomass, but industrial yeasts cannot ferment it. This work aimed to select, characterize and identify xylose-fermenting yeasts from Brazilian microorganisms collections with potential use in ethanol production. Xylose assimilation was tested by replica plating, and fermentation was tested with Durham tubes. Xylose-fermenting strains had their fermentative capacity quantified and compared to a reference strain (Scheffersomyces stipitis UFMG-IMH 43.2) and were identified by molecular techniques. Three strains isolated from plant exudates were able to ferment xylose and showed fermentative parameters similar to the reference strain. Two strains were identified as Candida parapsilosis and one was identified as Meyerozyma guilliermondii. The findings show the potential biotechnological use of these microorganisms.
Deutsche Schule urbana - Collegio Allemão de Pelotas na rota da Verein Für das Deutschtum im Ausland (V.D.A.), 1921-1925, 1933 / Urban Deutsche Schule – German College of Pelotas on the Verein Für das Deutschtum im Ausland (V.D.A.) Route, 1921-1925, 1933
Authors: Fonseca Maria Angela Peter da , Tambara Elomar Antonio Callegaro
Published: May 2019

Neste artigo enfoca-se o papel dos visitantes que chegavam à Deutsche Schule urbana, Collegio Allemão de Pelotas, no sul do Rio Grande do Sul, provenientes da Verein für das Deutschtum im Ausland (V.D.A.), (Sociedade de Apoio ao Deutschtum no Exterior), em 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 e 1933, situada em Hamburgo e Berlim, na Alemanha. O objetivo desses visitantes era inspecionar o projeto educacional alemão e a manutenção do Deutschtum, que mesclava elementos do nacionalismo alemão, vigente, à cultura escolar deste educandário em tempos de Nacionalização do Ensino no Brasil. Consequência dessas visitas era o envio de livros, material didático e professores alemães, bem como a troca de correspondência entre os alunos do educandário de Pelotas e alunos alemães. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, bibliográfica e documental cujas fontes principais são os Relatórios Escolares da Deutsche Schule de Pelotas dos anos 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 e 1933.* * *This paper focuses on the role of visitors arriving at the urban Deutsche Schule, German College of Pelotas, in the south of Rio Grande do Sul from the Verein für das Deutschtum im Ausland (VDA), a Society for Supporting Deutschtum Abroad, in 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1933, located in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany. The purpose of these visitors was to inspect the German educational project and the maintenance of the Deutschtum, which merged elements of German nationalism, in force, into the school culture of this educandário in times of Nationalization of Teaching in Brazil. The consequence of these visits was the sending of books, didactic material and German teachers, as well as the exchange of correspondence between the students of the educator of Pelotas and German students. It is a qualitative, bibliographical and documentary research whose main sources are the School Reports of the Deutsche Schule of Pelotas of years 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1933.
Investment Horizon and the Choice of Mutual Fund
Authors: Amadi Felicia Y. , Amadi Confidence W.
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the choice of mutual fund investment style and investor investment horizon. The investment style is characterized as a measure of the riskiness of the mutual fund and therefore the required/expected return of a mutual fund ranging from large cap value to small cap growth. The results of this study show that investment horizon and investment style are inter-related. Longer investment horizons are best suited for small cap value and small cap growth. In general, for each investment horizon, the large cap value style had the lowest expected return as evidenced by its beta coefficient. The investment style with the highest expected return depends on the investment horizon.
Uniqueness of power of ameromorphic functionwith its differential polynomial
Authors: Chakraborty Bikash
Published: May 2019

In this paper, taking the question of Zhang and Lu into background,we present one theorem which will improve and extend some recentresults related to Bruck Conjecture.
Antibiotic therapy and infection complications in paediatric burn injuries
Authors: Noskiewicz Jakub , Juszczak Paweł , Rzanny- Owczarzak Małgorzata , Mańkowski Przemysław
Published: May 2019

Background: Each year, nearly 1% of population suffers from burn injuries. The main cause of complications and death after thermal injury is infections. Excessive use of antibiotics affects however the children treated for burns and can have negative effects. Therefore, specifying the recommendations for antibiotic therapy in patients after thermal injury seems to be of importance.
Materials and methods: An evaluation of 310 paediatric patients hospitalised for burn injuries was performed. In the first part of evaluation, a retrospective analysis of treatment with particular focus on infection complications and administered antibiotics was performed. This was followed by a prospective evaluation of effectiveness of the principles of antibiotic therapy specified at the earlier stage.
Results: In 2010-2016, an antibiotic was systemically administered to 53.4% of children treated for thermal injury, provided that in 87.1% of cases it was introduced as a prophylactic measure. Infection of a burn wound was recorded in 4.7% of cases. The most frequently isolated bacterium (57.1%) was Staphylococcus aureus MSSA. Supply of antibiotics failed to reduce the number of infection complications or burn wound infections. The studies formed the basis for specification of the internal antibiotic therapy criteria, effectiveness of which was then evaluated. In 2017, an antibiotic was administered to 37.1% of patients. Reducing antibiotic therapy did not increase the risk of infection complications or frequency of wound infections.
Conclusion: Routine antibiotic prophylaxis in burn injuries has no effect on the risk of infection complications and does not reduce the treatment time. It should be limited to perioperative prophylaxis in the case of skin grafts and to the patients with progressing symptoms of burn disease or with concomitant infections.
Tekst og handling
Authors: Kemp Peter
Published: May 2019

Fransk filosofi har hævdet sig stærkt i dette århundrede. Så­ledes har en hel generation af franske filosoffer vakt interna­tional opmærksomhed i årerie efter 2. verdenskrig. Sartre og Merleau-Ponty blev kendt uden for fagfilosofiske kredse allere­de i slutningen af 40erne. Michel Foucault og Jacques Derrida slog igennem i 60erne. Mange andre franske filosoffer har spillet en betydelig rolle i kulturdebatten i de sidste 40 år.
Filosofien i mellemkrigstidens København
Authors: Koch Carl Henrik
Published: May 2019

Den 2. juli 1931 døde Harald Høffding. Hans position som dansk filosofis nestor og som en central dansk kulturpersonlighed havde i en menneskealder været uanfægtet. Både national og international anerkendelse var blevet ham til del.
Hvad betyder tænkning?
Authors: Heidegger Martin
Published: May 2019

Den følgende tekst er en oversættelse af Martin Heidegger: "W as heisst Denken ?" fra Vortriige und Aufsiitze, II, Neske, Pfüllingen 1954 (3. oplag 1967).
Oprindelsens udspring - omkring begrebet Ursprung hos Heidegger
Authors: Olsen Kasper Nefer
Published: May 2019

Er Heidegger en "oprindelsestænker"? Hvis han traditionelt er blevet betragtet og måske ikke mindst berygtet som sådan, har det uden tvivl sin tilstrækkelige grund i den hyppighed, hvormed ord som Ursprung og ursprunglich, Anfang og anfanglich, optræder i Heideggers filosofiske værk (både hvor han "taler selv" og hvor han fortolker den filosofiske overlevering), og det med en retorisk betoning, som man ikke kan opfatte som andet end positiv, affirmativ, bejahend.
Spøger ånden fra 68 stadig?
Authors: Kristensen Jens Erik
Published: May 2019

"Et spøgelse går gennem verden, studenternes spøgelse!" - proklamerede Daniel Cohn-Bendit i juni 1968 i en slet skjult omskrivning af Det kommunistiske mani­fest fra 1848 - "alle verdens magter har forenet sig i en hellig alliance for at mane dette spøgelse i jorden, paven, centralkomiteen, Kiesinger og de Gaulle, de franske kommunister og det tyske politi.
Aux larmes, citoyens
Authors: Østergaard Uffe
Published: May 2019

Kampen om den symbolske reeræsentation af den re­publikanske arv i fransk politik
Individualismens former
Authors: Simmel Georg
Published: May 2019

Det er en almen europæisk anskuelse, at det er den italienske renæssancetid, der har skabt det, vi kalder individualitet dvs. det enkelte menneskes indre og ydre udskillelse af middelalderens upersonlige foreningsformer, der kun tillod den enkeltes livsudformning, hans virksomhed, hans karaktertræk at være i jævnhøjde med alle andre enheder, hvorved så at sige personlighedsomridset flød ud, og ud­viklingen af personlig frihed, af individets selvfølgelige eneståen og af dets ansvar over for det selv holdes nede.
Tegn på liv? - om følelse og fornuft i etnografisk kulturforskning
Authors: Knudsen Anne
Published: May 2019

Kultutforskning udøves på universiteterne blandt andet ved e\ fag, der har tradition for schizofreni. Denne traditionelle schizofreni dækker alle aspekter af faget, fra forskningsmetoden over de teoretiske antagelser og erkendelsesinteressen og til selve fagets navn.
Serres – en filosof på gyngende grund
Authors: Olsen Kasper , Raahauge Anders
Published: May 2019

I anledning af en oversættelse: introduktion til Michel Serres: "Genese"
Venner og fremmede
Authors: MacIntyre Alisdair
Published: May 2019

- en problematik vedrørende aristoteliske dyder
Videnssamfundet - det er sund fornuft
Authors: Pedersen Esther Oluffa
Published: May 2019

Videnssamfundet - det er sund fornuft
Uorganisk darwinisme – Udviklingstanken i de fysiske videnskaber
Authors: Kragh Helge
Published: May 2019

Uorganisk darwinisme

– Udviklingstanken i de fysiske videnskaber
Vendingen mod billedet – eller hvad der gemmer sig bag The Iconic Turn
Authors: Lassen Frank Beck
Published: May 2019

Vendingen mod billedet

– eller hvad der gemmer sig bag The Iconic Turn
Fremtidsstaten og samfundsmaskinen – Social ingeniørkunst mellem teknokrati og produktivisme
Authors: Wagner Michael F.
Published: May 2019

Fremtidsstaten og samfundsmaskinen – Social ingeniørkunst mellem teknokrati og produktivisme
Virksomhedens glemte kamp for social legitimitet
Authors: Christiansen Christian Olaf
Published: May 2019

Virksomhedens glemte kamp for social legitimitet
Introduktion: Løgstrup og Kant
Authors: Møller Marie Louise Odgaard
Published: May 2019

Introduktion: Løgstrup og Kant
Da Batman indtog elfenbenstårnet – Opgraderingen af populær- og hverdagskulturen som analyseobjekt
Authors: Fabian Louise
Published: May 2019

This article discusses the different conceptualisations of popular and everyday culture and examines the diverse motivations and methods that are present in its recent upgrading as a rich source of academic analysis. Central aspects in the development of the British tradition of cultural studies are introduced to show how this tradition has developed sophisticated ways to analyse the critical and creative potentials involved in the appropriation of cultural products. Cultural studies have long held critical roots and aspirations, which have had to be reinvented within the different paradigms that explain cultural phenomena in various contexts, such as the semiotic, emotional and embodied. This critical potential and its ongoing reformulations are discussed in the article.