bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Urticarial vasculitis as an initial manifestation of colonic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature
Authors: Younis A.A.
Published: December 2018

Cutaneous vasculitis may behave as a paraneoplastic syndrome. Paraneoplastic vasculitis as a phenomenon of colonic adenocarcinoma has been described in the literature. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first case report of urticarial vasculitis being an initial presentation of signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon. I here report a case of 27-year-old woman who had rash, arthritis, and episodic bleeding per rectum. The rash was biopsy-proven to be leukocytoclastic vasculitis. There was only partial response to high-dose steroid, and rectal bleeding continued. Colonoscopy revealed a stenosing growth of sigmoid colon, which proved to be signet ring cell carcinoma of the colon. It is important to remain vigilant with regard to the association between leukocytoclastic vasculitis and malignancies.
Production et gestion des déchets solides des établissements de tourisme dans la région du centre Cameroun : cas du Mérina hôtel de Yaoundé
Authors: Foyet Gankam Arsène Delors , Tchawa Paul
Published: December 2018

In the town of Yaoundé, the head quarter of the Centre Region, tourism establishments (hotels, restaurants…) produce large quantities of solid waste. These sold wastes especially those from hotels are similar to household sold waste. The different services of these establishments are lodging, catering, administration and maintenance. All these services and activities produce different types and quantities of waste based on the frequency of visits into the establishments. We therefore distinguish two seasons of visits (the high and the low). Catering (kitchen, bar, restaurant) is the highest producer of waste with an average ranging between 80 and 102 kg per day representing 82% of the total quantity produced by the establishment. These wastes are largely wet, made up at 69% of fermentable waste. The fraction that can be put to use represents 97%. Individually, a tourist produces 3.92 and 5.27 kg of waste per day contrary to 0.6 and 0.8 kg for a normal resident of the town.Apart from the informal collection circuit, that collects bottles in PET and plastic gallons of maintenance products, no other fraction is neither sorted nor put to use. The quasi-totality of these wastes is dumped in the dust bin of the municipal council and later emptied at the rubbish dump without any form of treatment in spite of the legal exigencies and the existing valorisation sectors.

Dans la ville de Yaoundé, capitale du Cameroun et chef-lieu de la région du Centre, les établissements de tourisme produisent d’importantes quantités de déchets solides. Ces déchets, précisément ceux hôteliers de par leur nature sont assimilables aux déchets solides ménagers. Les différents services offerts par ces établissements sont : l’hébergement, la restauration, l’administration et l’entretien. Toutes ces activités ou services produisent des déchets de natures et de compositions différentes, mais surtout de quantités variables en fonction des saisons de fréquentation. La restauration (cuisine, bar, restaurant) produit le plus de déchets avec une moyenne comprise entre 80 et 102 kg par jour, soit 82% de la quantité totale de déchets produits. Ces déchets sont en majorité humides, constitués à 69% de fermentescibles. La fraction valorisable représente un total de 97%. Individuellement, un touriste ou un résident de l’hôtel produit entre 3,92 et 5,27 kg de déchets par jour contre 0,6 et 0,8 kg pour un résident ordinaire de la ville.En dehors des circuits de collecte informels, qui récupèrent les bouteilles en PET et les bidons plastiques issus de l’utilisation des produits d’entretien, aucune autre fraction n’est véritablement triée, ni valorisée. La quasi-totalité de ces déchets est déversée dans les bacs à ordures municipaux puis transportée à la décharge sans aucune forme de traitement en dépit des exigences règlementaires et des filières de valorisation existantes.
Utilisation d’un lit fixe d’origine naturelle pour le traitement biologique d'effluents laitiers
Authors: Aitcheikh Amal , Boutaleb Nadia , Bahlaouan Bouchaib , Bennani Mohammed , Lazar Saïd , El Antri Saïd
Published: December 2018

The use of oyster shells as a naturally applied as the media in biomass-fixed biological reactors has been studied in the presence of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum fungi for the treatment of dairy effluents. The objective is to compare the purification performance between several biofilms biological treatments, different by the use of colonization supports and also by their design. The common Kadnes commercial media (Kaldnes K3) was thus studied in the case of biological treatment of the same effluent, and the abatement performances of the organic pollution in both cases were compared. The results show comparable performance after 24 hours of treatment. These yields were better compared to the biological treatment that does not use media of colonization.

L’utilisation de coquilles d’huîtres comme support, d’origine naturelle, dans les réacteurs biologiques à biomasse fixe a été étudiée en présence de champignons Aspergillus niger et Penicillium chrysogenum pour le traitement des effluents de laiteries. L’objectif étant de comparer les performances d’épuration entre plusieurs traitements biologiques à biofilms, différents par l’utilisation de supports de colonisation et aussi par leurs conceptions. Le support commercial commun Kadnes (Kaldnes K3) a été ainsi étudié dans le cas de traitements biologiques du même effluent, et les performances d’abattement de la pollution organique dans les deux cas ont été comparées. Les résultats révèlent des performances comparables après 24 heures de traitement. Ces rendements étaient meilleurs comparés au traitement biologique qui n’utilise pas de supports.
Characteristics and evolution of diurnal foehn events in the Dead Sea valley
Authors: Vüllers Jutta , Mayr Georg J. , Corsmeier Ulrich , Kottmeier Christoph
Published: December 2018

Abstract. This paper investigates frequently occurring foehn in the Dead Sea valley.
For the first time, sophisticated, high-resolution measurements were
performed to investigate the horizontal and vertical flow field. In up to
72 % of the days in summer, foehn was observed at the eastern slope of the
Judean Mountains around sunset. Furthermore, the results also revealed that
in approximately 10 % of the cases the foehn detached from the slope and
only affected elevated layers of the valley atmosphere. Lidar measurements
showed that there are two main types of foehn. Type I has a duration of
approximately 2–3 h and a mean maximum velocity of 5.5 m s−1 and does
not propagate far into the valley, whereas type II affects the whole valley,
as it propagates across the valley to the eastern side. Type II reaches mean
maximum wind velocities of 11 m s−1 and has a duration of about
4–5 h. A case study of a type II foehn shows that foehn is initiated by the
horizontal temperature gradient across the mountain range. In the
investigated case this was caused by an amplified heating and delayed cooling
of the valley boundary layer in the afternoon, compared to the upstream
boundary layer over the mountain ridge. The foehn was further intensified by
the advection of cool maritime air masses upstream over the coastal plains,
leading to a transition of subcritical to supercritical flow conditions
downstream and the formation of a hydraulic jump and rotor beneath. These
foehn events are of particular importance for the local climatic conditions,
as they modify the temperature and humidity fields in the valley and,
furthermore, they are important because they enhance evaporation from the
Dead Sea and influence the aerosol distribution in the valley.
Arctic cloud annual cycle biases in climate models
Authors: Taylor Patrick C. , Boeke Robyn C. , Li Ying , Thompson David W. J.
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Arctic clouds exhibit a robust annual cycle with maximum cloudiness in fall and minimum in winter. These variations affect energy flows in the Arctic with a large influence on the surface radiative fluxes. Contemporary climate models struggle to reproduce the observed Arctic cloud amount annual cycle and significantly disagree with each other. The goal of this analysis is to quantify the cloud influencing factors that contribute to winter-summer cloud amount differences, as these seasons are primarily responsible for the model discrepancies with observations. We find that differences in the total cloud amount annual cycle are primarily caused by differences in low, not high, clouds; the largest differences occur between the surface and 950 hPa. Stratifying cloud amount by cloud influencing factors, we find that model groups disagree most under strong lower tropospheric stability, weak to moderate mid-tropospheric subsidence, and cold lower tropospheric air temperatures. Inter-group differences in low cloud amount are found to be a function of the dependence of low cloud amount on the lower tropospheric thermodynamic characteristics. We find that models with a larger low cloud amount in winter produce more cloud ice, whereas models with a larger low cloud amount in summer produce more cloud liquid. Thus, the parameterization of ice microphysics, specifically the ice formation mechanism (deposition vs. immersion freezing) and cloud liquid and ice partitioning, contributes to the inter-model differences in the Arctic cloud annual cycle and provides further evidence of the important role that cloud ice microphysical processes play in the evolution and modeling of the Arctic climate system.
TPVTrack v1.0: a watershed segmentation and overlap correspondence method for tracking tropopause polar vortices
Authors: Szapiro Nicholas , Cavallo Steven
Published: December 2018

Abstract. A new free modular software package is described for tracking tropopause
polar vortices (TPVs) natively on structured or unstructured grids. Motivated
by limitations in spatial characterization and time tracking within existing
approaches, TPVTrack mimics the expected dynamics of TPVs to represent their
(1) spatial structure, with variable shapes and intensities, and (2) time
evolution, with mergers and splits. TPVs are segmented from the gridded flow
field into spatial objects as restricted regional watershed basins on the
tropopause, described by geometric metrics, associated over time by overlap
similarity into major and minor correspondences, and tracked along major
correspondences. Simplified segmentation and correspondence test cases
illustrate some of the appeal, sensitivities, and limitations of TPVTrack,
including effective representation of spatial shape and reduced false
positive associations in time. Tracked TPVs in more realistic historical
conditions are consistent in bulk with expectations of life cycle and mean
structure. Individual tracks are less reliable when discriminating among
multiple overlaps. Modifications to track other physical features are
possible, with each application requiring evaluation.
Dynamic responses of DOC and DIC transport to different flow regimes in a subtropical small mountainous river
Authors: Shih Yu-Ting , Chen Pei-Hao , Lee Li-Chin , Liao Chien-Sen , Jien Shih-Hao , Shiah Fuh-Kwo , Lee Tsung-Yu , Hein Thomas , Zehetner Franz , Chang Chung-Te , Huang Jr-Chuan
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Transport of riverine dissolved carbon (including DOC and DIC) is a crucial
process linking terrestrial and aquatic C reservoirs, but has rarely been
examined in subtropical small mountainous rivers (SMRs). This study monitored
DOC and DIC concentrations on a biweekly basis during non-event flow periods
and at 3 h intervals during two typhoon events in three SMRs in southwestern
Taiwan between January 2014 and August 2016. Two models, HBV (the
Hydrologiska Byråns Vattenbalansavdelning model) and a three-endmember
mixing model, were applied to determine the quantities of DOC and DIC
transport from different flow paths. The results show that the annual DOC and
DIC fluxes were 2.7–4.8 and 48.4–54.3 t C km−2 yr−1,
respectively, which were approx. 2 and 20 times higher
than the global mean of 1.4 and 2.6 t C km−2 yr−1,
respectively. The DIC ∕ DOC ratio was 14.08, which is much higher than
the mean of large rivers worldwide (1.86), and indicates the high rates of
chemical weathering in this region. The two typhoons contributed
12 %–14 % of the annual streamflow in only 3 days (about 1.0 %
of the annual time), whereas 15.0 %–23.5 % and 9.2 %–12.6 %
of the annual DOC and DIC flux, respectively, suggested that typhoons play a
more important role in DOC transport than DIC transport. The endmember mixing
model suggested that DOC and DIC export was mainly from surface runoff and
deep groundwater, respectively. The unique patterns seen in Taiwan SMRs
characterized by high dissolved carbon flux, high DIC ∕ DOC ratio, and
large transport by intense storms should be taken into consideration when
estimating global carbon budgets.
Multi-hazard risks in New York City
Authors: Depietri Yaella , Dahal Khila , McPhearson Timon
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Megacities are predominantly
concentrated along coastlines, making them exposed to a diverse mix of
natural hazards. The assessment of climatic hazard risk to cities rarely has
captured the multiple interactions that occur in complex urban systems. We
present an improved method for urban multi-hazard risk assessment. We then
analyze the risk of New York City as a case study to apply enhanced methods
for multi-hazard risk assessment given the history of exposure to multiple
types of natural hazards which overlap spatially and, in some cases,
temporally in this coastal megacity. Our aim is to identify hotspots of
multi-hazard risk to support the prioritization of adaptation strategies that
can address multiple sources of risk to urban residents. We used
socioeconomic indicators to assess vulnerabilities and risks to three
climate-related hazards (i.e., heat waves, inland flooding and coastal flooding) at high spatial resolution.
The analysis incorporates local experts' opinions to identify sources of
multi-hazard risk and to weight indicators used in the multi-hazard risk
assessment. Results demonstrate the application of multi-hazard risk
assessment to a coastal megacity and show that spatial hotspots of
multi-hazard risk affect similar local residential communities along the
coastlines. Analyses suggest that New York City should prioritize adaptation
in coastal zones and consider possible synergies and/or trade-offs to
maximize impacts of adaptation and resilience interventions in the spatially
overlapping areas at risk of impacts from multiple hazards.
From widespread Mississippian to localized Pennsylvanian extension in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Authors: Koehl Jean-Baptiste P. , Muñoz-Barrera Jhon M.
Published: December 2018

Abstract. In the Devonian–Carboniferous, a rapid succession of clustered extensional and contractional tectonic events is thought to have affected sedimentary rocks in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. These events include Caledonian post-orogenic extensional collapse associated with the formation of thick Early–Middle Devonian basins, Late Devonian–Mississippian Ellesmerian contraction, and Early–Middle Pennsylvanian rifting, which resulted in the deposition of thick sedimentary units in Carboniferous basins like the Billefjorden Trough. The clustering of these varied tectonic settings sometimes makes it difficult to resolve the tectono-sedimentary history of individual stratigraphic units. Notably, the context of deposition of Mississippian clastic and coal-bearing sedimentary rocks of the Billefjorden Group is still debated, especially in central Spitsbergen. We present field evidence (e.g., growth strata and slickensides) from the northern part of the Billefjorden Trough, in Odellfjellet, suggesting that tilted Mississippian sedimentary strata of the Billefjorden Group deposited during active (Late/latest?) Mississippian extension. WNW–ESE-striking basin-oblique faults showing Mississippian growth strata systematically die out upwards within Mississippian to lowermost Pennsylvanian strata, thus suggesting a period of widespread WNW–ESE-directed extension in the Mississippian and an episode of localized extension in Early–Middle Pennsylvanian times. In addition, the presence of abundant basin-oblique faults in basement rocks adjacent to the Billefjorden Trough suggests that the formation of Mississippian normal faults was partly controlled by reactivation of preexisting Neoproterozoic (Timanian?) basement-seated fault zones. We propose that these preexisting faults reactivated as transverse or accommodation cross faults in or near the crest of transverse folds reflecting differential displacement along the Billefjorden Fault Zone. In Cenozoic times, a few margin-oblique faults (e.g., the Overgangshytta fault) may have mildly reactivated as oblique thrusts during transpression–contraction, but shallow-dipping, bedding-parallel, duplex-shaped décollements in shales of the Billefjorden Group possibly prevented substantial movement along these faults.
From Box Office to Memory: Telling Stories is not an Innocent Act
Authors: Kanbur Ayla
Published: December 2018

Throughout human history narratives have had crucial function to construct a society with meanings culturally binding its members and to sustain them for generations in society. Epic stories, proverbs, historical tales are such narratives which, in particular, form patterns for the “shared conceptual framework” of members of a culture. Thus narratives, in a broadest sense, circulate within a society through individual memories of its members and serve to communicate and create meanings by operating like language.Films Bread and Roses by Ken Loach (2000) and Maid in Manhattan (2002) by Wayne Wange intersect with their narrative tools indicating how individual and cultural memory overlap and contested globally within international film industry.
The Black Tent (1956) and Bengazi (1955): The Image of Arabs in Two post-Empire Journeys into the Deserts of Libya
Authors: Voeltz Richard Andrew
Published: December 2018

These two little known films are both part of the cycle of post-imperial films dealing with the decline of the British Empire. They are perhaps the only films set in or near the historical period of the British Military Administration of Libya after 1945.  The Black Tent frequently gets lumped in with the genre of World War II British war films.  Bengazi marks the cinematic journey of the actor Victor McLaglen from The Lost Patrol (1934) to Bengazi (1955), his career encapsulating the beginning and end of the Hollywood British Empire film genre. Both films contain redemptive dramatic journeys into the deserts of Libya involving the loss of British imperial male power.  The case studies of The Black Tent and Bengazi show the beginnings of new post-empire film genres and new mentalities toward the Arab “Other” that partially promotes a decolonization of western cinema.
The War that Won't Die: The Spanish Civil War in Cinema
Authors: Lonsdale Sarah
Published: December 2018

David Archibald, The War that Won’t Die: The Spanish Civil War in Cinema. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012. x + 210 pp. ISBN 9780719096532
Editorial
Authors: Bayrak Bengisu
Published: December 2018

Volume 7.1 (2018) includes twelve articles by Murat Akser, Mehmet Işık and Zafer Parlak, Selma Köksal, Ayla Kanbur, Caio Augusto Camargo Bogoni and Renate B. Michel, Naveen Mishra, Janet Barış, Richard Andrew Voeltz, Emilie Herbert, Muhammad Muhsin Ibrahim and Aliyu Yakubu Yusuf, Özlem Denli, and Elif Kahraman Dönmez; and five book reviews by Jeanine Pfahlert, Patrick Adamson, Sarah Lonsdale, James Hodgson, and Maria Korolkova.
Halit Refig's I Lost My Heart to a Turk: Woman, Islam and Modernity in Turkish Cinema
Authors: Akser Murat
Published: December 2018

Defined by some critics as the ultimate national cinema movement piece, Halit Refiğ’s I Lost My Heart to a Turk(1969), the love story of a German woman and a Turkish worker in the ancient town of Kayseri becomes an allegory for the Turkish nation’s identity crisis. This paper identifies the parameters used by Refiğ to position the Turkish identity in his film and emphasize the special role of women in Turkish modernization.
Partidos políticos y procesos congresuales en España. Una aproximación desde la observación participante y la comunicación política a los Congresos de PSOE y Podemos
Authors: Sánchez Duarte José Manuel , Calvo Dafne
Published: December 2018

El funcionamiento de los partidos políticos, sus asambleas y elecciones internas se han ido adaptando a las nuevas formas de comunicación política y al establecimiento de la campaña permanente. Los procesos congresuales, si bien se conciben como una fórmula para reflexionar sobre el funcionamiento de las organizaciones, también se diseñan como eventos con los que fidelizar lealtades y posibilitar el encuentro entre militantes. Así, y en términos de estrategia, movilización de afiliados y comunicación interna guardan similitudes con los periodos electorales en cuanto a visibilidad mediática e importancia organizativa en parte por su capacidad para condicionar el funcionamiento de las organizaciones en periodos entre elecciones. En el siguiente artículo se presentan los resultados de realizar observación participante en los congresos nacionales para la elección de líderes y programas en dos de los principales partidos políticos en España: PSOE y Podemos. El objetivo reside en comprender e identificar las motivaciones de los participantes compartiendo su medio natural así como el desarrollo de estos eventos desde la perspectiva de la comunicación política. Como conclusión, el artículo expone las dificultades halladas para la aplicación de este tipo de metodología, así como la identificación de estos congresos como eventos culturales, de “ocio político” y mediáticos.
Recepción de música orquestal centroeuropea en la Catedral de León: la actividad del violinista Tomás Medrano (1783-1807)
Authors: Santos-Conde Héctor-Eulogio
Published: December 2018

Las catedrales españolas jugaron un importante papel en la recepción de música orquestal europea a finales del siglo XVIII y principios del XIX. Numerosas evidencias procedentes de diversas instituciones así lo confirman. El presente artículo se centrará en el repertorio orquestal centroeuropeo que está conservado en la Catedral de León. El objetivo principal de este trabajo es conocer cómo fue la recepción de este tipo de obras en dicha catedral. Más específicamente, se pretende documentar cómo los músicos locales adaptaron y modificaron estas composiciones para adecuarlas a las plantillas disponibles. En este texto, se estudiará concretamente la actividad desarrollada por el violinista Tomás Medrano durante su estancia en la catedral leonesa entre los años 1783 y 1807. El artículo consta de tres casos de estudio, que ilustran cómo este músico copió y adaptó obras orquestales compuestas por autores centroeuropeos.
Zarzuela: ¿nom commun?
Authors: Porto Isabelle
Published: December 2018

Este trabajo es el fruto de una pregunta y de varias observaciones. ¿Cuáles son las circunstancias y la evolución de la voz “zarzuela” en francés? Las definiciones proporcionadas por los diccionarios y la prensa musical en Francia y en España son muy diferentes. Antes de incorporarse al listado de palabras francesas, ya sea en diccionarios generales o especializados, el término “zarzuela” se empleaba en la prensa musical desde las primeras décadas del siglo XIX. Si en ambos casos la comparación con un género francés similar –la opéracomique–, aparece de forma sistemática, muchas de sus características desaparecen o se alteran a lo largo de la historia de la palabra en francés. El discurso que se elabora al respecto refleja un juicio estético, así como una percepción, desde el otro lado de la frontera, de un espectáculo que actúa como un símbolo español. Los autores aquí citados –desde periodistas y lexicógrafos al poeta Valery Larbaud o el escritor Gérard Genette, pasando por verdaderos aficionados a la zarzuela–, se apropian de la voz “zarzuela” y desarrollan un uso de este sustantivo que no llega a tener mucho en común con su homólogo español.
Un soplo de Marx y un aire de socialismo en Marshall
Authors: Méndez Ibisate Fernando
Published: December 2018

Es conocida la preocupación de Alfred Marshall –al menos autoproclamada– por las condiciones de vida de los trabajadores, la pobreza o la desigualdad extrema, así como sus simpatías hacia los movimientos asociacionistas obreros y sus líderes, con quienes compartió amistad, reuniones, inquietudes filosóficas y hasta políticas. En este ensayo me propongo aclarar y determinar qué posiciones y propuestas defendió Alfred Marshall; hasta qué punto mantuvo ideas o puntos de vista socialistas y qué cambios o evoluciones experimentaron. Y, finalmente, si dichas posiciones o ideas permiten considerarlo un teórico puramente abstracto y alejado de cuestiones morales; un victoriano conservador, y hasta retrógrado; o un reformador socialista, un redistribuidor, tal vez más impetuoso en su juventud, que nos permita contemplarlo como un intervencionista
An Examination of the Persistent Effects of Franchising Strategy on Large Chains
Authors: Garg Vinay Kumar
Published: December 2018

In the US economy, retail chains are extremely important since they account for a very high share of GDP relative to manufacturing sector. Retail is dominated by large franchised chains, particularly in the restaurant industry. A proven business format comprising a differentiated menu, exterior and interior design of the outlet, logos, etc., draws the interest of many prospective franchisees simultaneously, especially to large chains because it reduces their risk. Theoretical arguments are built, supported in relevant research, to present three hypotheses. Together, they form a theory of how franchising helps large chains despite abating of resource scarcity and escalation of threat from agency problems. Developing such a theory is important because extant research does not adequately address the boundary condition of large chains, even though many of them have been becoming from large to mega for many years. This theory is tested in a longitudinal sample from Quick Service Restaurant magazine, which has been publishing a list of top 50 restaurant chains for many years. All of three hypotheses are strongly supported. The paper closes with discussion of results and their implications for practice and research.
Urban Green Space Degradation: An Experience of Kuala Lumpur City
Authors: Abu Kasim Junainah Binti , Yusof Mohd Johari Mohd , Mohd Shafri Helmi Zulhaidi
Published: December 2018

Recently, Kuala Lumpur (KL) urban green space essentially was converted to artificial surface due to the urbanization process. The scarcity land in the city besides government new initiatives on infrastructure and affordable housing scheme has put an extra demands and request for developments to enter green spaces zone throughout the city’s boundary. This study aimsto review the literature on green space issues in KL, as well as to explore the use of Geographical Information System (GIS) that could provide a comprehensive and reliability information of green space predominantly used by urban planners and decision makers. There is a need for Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to map and monitor the gazetted green spaces changes aided by advance technology to ensure the city were plan well and developed in a sustainable way. The technology is extensively used for managing, controlling and mapping the urban green spaces changes and effectively use as an aided tool for planners in planning the green space developments effectively.
An EcoFeminist Perspective on Sylvia Plath and Zhai Yongming
Authors: Zhang Xiaohong
Published: December 2018

This article is particularly concerned with the interrelation between experience and expression, womanhood and creativity. It examines the extent to which Sylvia Plath's and Zhai Yongming's writings are informed by political, social, economic, and environmental changes in a cross-cultural context. In so doing, it reveals a somewhat hidden ecofeminist awareness shared by the two poets in a cross-cultural context, which facilitates authorial reflections on the intricate relationship between womanhood, nature, and urbanization. Gendered images and symbols, as well as physical and spiritual scars experienced by womanhood, are emphatically addressed to showcase Plath and Zhai's ecologically informed confessional poetics.
Animal Narrative and the Dis-eventalization of Politics: An Ecological-Cultural Approach to Mo Yan's Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
Authors: He Chengzhou
Published: December 2018

Slavoj Žižek argues that every event is likely to be dis-eventalized, to be retroactively undone. The true event, according to Badiou's account, is “a contingency which converts into necessity,” generating a new principle or paradigm that becomes universally acknowledged. Such true events are rare, but the undoing of past events has always played a predominant role in the course of history. In the novel Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out written by Mo Yan, China's Nobel Prize Laureate, political events such as the Agricultural Cooperative Movement, the People's Commune Movement, and the Cultural Revolution among others are retroactively undone mainly through the means of animal narrative. In the process, animal narratives also reveal ecological thinking about the harmony among humans, animals, and nature. More importantly, the dis-eventalization of politics and the eventalization of ecological consciousness coexist and complement each other. This dual narrative structure is not only characteristic of the animal narrative of the novel, but also endows it with plot tension and a depth in thought.
Semiotics of Disaster: Writing in the Aftermath of Japan's 3/11
Authors: Lee Tong King
Published: December 2018

Hideo Furukawa's Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure is among the first literary responses to Fukushima's 3/11 triple disaster—Japan's worst catastrophe in decades. This article reflects on the formal characteristics of disaster writing by analyzing Furukawa's work with respect to its genre, temporal–spatial structure, and rhetorical style. It argues that the work's generic ambiguity, nonlinear narrative structure, and fractured, minimalist prose are paradoxically resonant with the gravity of the crisis that gave rise to the writing. The article also highlights the metatextuality of Horses, which is as much about writing disaster as it is about writing about writing disaster, and argues that this metatextuality affords Horses a self-reflexiveness that distinguishes it as a unique piece of ecocritical literature.
The Marriage of Hysteria and Feminism in John Steinbeck'sThe Chrysanthemums: Elisa Allen as a Married but Virgin Feminist Homosexual Hysteric
Authors: Kohzadi Hamedreza
Published: December 2018

Through a detailed analysis of John Steinbeck's “The Chrysanthemums,” this article aims to open a new chapter in Freudian hysterical criticism of Steinbeck's works. “The Chrysanthemums” is unquestionably the literary version of Freudian views and observations of hysteria and hysterical patients, especially “Dora”—Freud's famous hysterical patient and “Anna O.”—Breuer's famous hysterical patient. This masterpiece of hysteria is an extremely complex and roundabout story in which Steinbeck artistically plays with symbols, colors, flora and fauna, protagonist's body language, clothing, pruning tools, and so forth, to represent how the social and emotional life of a hysterical woman in a patriarchal, procreation-orientated society is so horribly affected by hysteria and neurotic anxiety. The protagonist, Elisa Allen, is characterized by Steinbeck as being the severest case of hysteria. In the main, she is portrayed as a bisexual hysterical woman of perverse “infantile sexuality,” afflicted with persistent “masculinity complex” and constant “virginal anxiety,” two main factors that finally push her toward oral eroticism and lesbianism.
How Would We Know If Moral Enhancement Had Occurred?
Authors: Young Garry
Published: December 2018

The aim of this essay is to question the coherence of debates on moral enhancement by neurophysical or pharmaceutical means in the absence of a cogent conception of the object of moral scrutiny: namely, moral enhancement. I present two conceptions of moral enhancement—weak and strong—and argue that given the problem of acquiring a standard measure of moral enhancement, regardless of whether enhancement is present in its weak or strong form and regardless of whether one endorses moral realism or different forms of antirealism, presenting a cogent conception of moral enhancement is fraught with difficulty. This fact has serious implications for continuing debates on the morality of moral enhancement, insofar as it limits the extent to which we have, or it is possible to have, an agreed conception of moral enhancement that could (in principle) be empirically verified and count as an object for moral scrutiny.
Greatness at a Distance: A Commemorative Survey of the Work of John Steinbeck
Authors: Pugh Scott
Published: December 2018

The panorama of John Steinbeck's work, viewed now from the distance of half a century after his death, brings new perspectives into play. Fifty years on from Steinbeck's death, looking back on the range of his great achievement and his even greater range of productive experimental endeavor, we honor him best by collaborative engagement with his material and by forthright critique. Steinbeck died in 1968, just six years after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature, but looking back across that great divide of social upheaval that followed, his readers will find much more than historical reflection, as important as that is.
Presentación
Authors: Zelaya Ochoa Marysabel
Published: December 2018

A nivel mundial la población experimenta grandes cambios que inciden en la estructura de la sociedad global. El Banco Mundial y el Fondo Monetario Internacional, consideran que esta situación reestructurará el desarrollo económico durante décadas planteando desafíos para reducir la pobreza y lograr la prosperidad compartida siempre y cuando se apliquen las políticas adecuadas. En ese contexto, las últimas conferencias mundiales de población han trascendido su preocupación del crecimiento poblacional a la preocupación por la calidad de vida, se busca un abordaje más integral para solventar los retos y desafíos que enfrentan los Estados para elevar las condiciones de bienestar de la población.

Desde el siglo XIX Emile Durkheim consideraba que las modificaciones en la población constituían un importante factor de cambio en las sociedades, es decir se reconoce que las sociedades pasaron progresivamente de comunidades homogéneas a grandes sociedades complejas lo que genera la necesidad de promover los estudios de población para comprender la causalidad y consecuencias que estos cambios representan para la población y sus territorios.

El compromiso desde la academia se concentra en promover y visibilizar los resultados de la investigación, es decir, se trata de generar evidencia científica como base para la toma de decisiones. Atendiendo a esta responsabilidad, en 2018 la Maestría en Demografía y Desarrollo de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras presenta el volumen14, de la revista Población y Desarrollo: argonautas y caminantes, esta nueva edición publica seis artículos: El aporte de la comunidad paraguaya a la ciudad de Buenos Aires de Victoria Mazzeo y Andrea Gill, La mortalidad en Danlí-El Paraíso entre 1901-1912 con base en registros de defunciones de la parroquia Inmaculada Concepción de Orlín Manuel Duarte, La segregación laboral vertical y horizontal. Elementos estructurales del mercado laboral hondureño de Martha Lilian Cálix, Movimientos migratorios internos del Distrito Central y San Pedro Sula en Honduras 1988-2013 de Manuel Flores Fonseca, tipología y clasificación de los hogares hondureños, periodo 2001-2017 de Héctor Figueroa, e Incidencia del Hijo Deseado Inmediato por hombres hondureños, según factores sociodemográficos y culturales. 2011 y 2012 de Lorenzo Herrera León, Ana Carolina Paz y Lilian Sierra. 

En esta oportunidad contamos con la colaboración del artista hondureño Orlando Roque Santos destacado pintor que por medio de la pintura aborda la problemática social con un sentido de responsabilidad.
El aporte de la comunidad paraguaya a la ciudad de Buenos Aires
Authors: Mazzeo Victoria , Gil Andrea
Published: December 2018

El objetivo del artículo es analizar las características sociodemográficas de los migrantes paraguayos que viven en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires; la composición de sus hogares, con especial énfasis en el rol de la mujer. Para analizar su importancia relativa en la población de la ciudad se utilizan como fuente de datos los censos de población realizados entre 1855 y 2010. Las características sociodemográficas se muestran a través de los resultados de la Encuesta Anual de Hogares 2016 relevada por la Dirección General de Estadística y Censos del Gobierno de la ciudad. Se consideran distintos indicadores que permiten mostrar su estructura demográfica, la composición de sus hogares, las características socioeconómicas de sus jefes, prestando atención al rol de las mujeres en los hogares con núcleos conyugales completos. En 2016, la comunidad paraguaya que reside en Buenos Aires representa el 19% del total de extranjeros de la ciudad y el 36% de la población migrante nacida en países limítrofes. Puede afirmarse que esta comunidad tuvo singular relevancia en el crecimiento demográfico de la ciudad durante este siglo y constituye un importante aporte en la actividad económica de la misma.
Experiencia de voluntarios universitarios nicaragüenses: de la mano con la antropología social
Authors: Gazo Robles Jossarys Massielle
Published: December 2018

La universidad es una institución social, que debe cumplir con la responsabilidad social universitaria (RSU). En respaldo a lo antes mencionado la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN-Managua), como una de las instituciones de educación superior más grande del país, pertenece a la Red Nacional del Voluntariado, es decir, la instancia participativa, democrática y representativa de las organizaciones voluntarias de Nicaragua. Por consecuente bajo esa misma línea institucional, como elemento motivador, se creó en el 2013 el Voluntariado Social de la carrera de Antropología Social, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Jurídicas, culminando en el 2016, siendo un espacio universitario para demostrar la solidaridad organizada de la intervención del sector educativo, ejecutando acciones en benéfico de la comunidad, así como fortalecer una mayor sensibilidad social y unidad de los estudiantes respecto a las problemáticas y necesidad de los habitantes más vulnerables de la cuidad. Por ende, el objetivo de este estudio es explicar como el voluntariado universitario de la carrera de antropología social, se convirtió en un ámbito de interés para fortalecer los procesos de formación universitaria como expresión de un aprendizaje servicio; y se analizará la acción voluntaria por medio de la responsabilidad e implicación de los estudiantes en las diferentes actividades, las cuales permiten: ampliar sus redes sociales, aumentar su realización personal, agregar valor al currículo, contrastar conocimientos, descubrir competencias, sentirse útil para la sociedad, invertir tiempo libre y dejar huella.
Capacitación sobre planeación y evaluación efectivas de proyectos, Unidad de Investigación Científica, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas UNAH, 2008-2018
Authors: Alger Jackeline , Maradiaga Edna
Published: December 2018

Aunque la investigación para la salud es el eje de sistemas de salud eficientes y efectivos, se ha descrito que la investigación sigue siendo una débil función de salud pública en las Américas (Etienne, Abbasi, Cuervo, 2018). La realidad es que la organización y gestión de la investigación no existe o tiene un desarrollo muy limitado en los países de la región, a pesar de todos los recursos y herramientas que la era digital ha puesto a la disposición de los individuos y de las instituciones. En la formación de talento humano para la investigación en salud, las instituciones académicas juegan un papel fundamental. En la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), la Unidad de Investigación Científica (UIC) es la unidad académica responsable de contribuir al desarrollo de la investigación para la salud en Honduras desde la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (FCM), a través de la gestión del conocimiento científico, tecnológico, humanístico y ético (Unidad de investigación Científica, Biblioteca Virtual en Salud de Honduras, disponible en http://www.bvs.hn/php/level.php?lang=es&component=59&item=11, acceso julio 2018). Durante la década de 2008 al 2018, la UIC y sus aliados estratégicos han contribuido a la formación de talento humano a través de los Cursos de Planeación y Evaluación Efectivas de Proyectos de Investigación (PEEP). Aunque los logros a la fecha son sobresalientes para la UIC, a nivel Facultad se podría haber impulsado más ampliamente los cursos para la construcción de una masa crítica de docentes y administradores formados en buenas prácticas como lo son la planeación y evaluación de los proyectos de investigación para la salud.
Prácticas contemporáneas para potenciar la gestión del talento humano en el contexto Hondureño, año 2016-2017
Authors: Argueta Moreno Jesus
Published: December 2018

Esta investigación desarrolla un análisis cualitativo sobre el fenómeno denominado “networking profesional”, el cual presenta distintas particularidades en el contexto hondureño y más aún en el ámbito de Tegucigalpa. Destacando que el “networking profesional” junto con otras prácticas y condiciones, es una herramienta clave para potenciar, acelerar y asegurar el éxito laboral, aun en condiciones profesionales muy extremas. La cual tiende a mal interpretarse y asociarse con la jerga popular en Honduras, a nivel del concepto de “compadrazgos”. No obstante este documento pretende eliminar esta errada concepción y facilitar aquellas prácticas sistémicas que le permiten a profesional, contar con un potencial de trabajo superior al de la media. Por otro lado, luego de evaluar de manera cualitativa algunas características del “networking profesional” en el contexto local, es importante aseverar, que conforme a la evidencia empírica, la cual esta acuerpada por insumos teóricos, se infiere que la principal limitante para la efectiva gestión del “networking profesional” en el mercado laboral de Tegucigalpa, responde a la escasa percepción de fortaleza institucional, de las organizaciones públicas y privadas en el país, situación que compromete la aplicación de las buenas prácticas del “netwoking profesional”, así como la sana búsqueda de oportunidades de trabajo. Finalmente, se destaca que la pesquisa más allá de definir las distintas particularidades del “networking” profesional” en Honduras, demuestra que el principio del Antropólogo Robin Dunbar no es aplicable con la realidad laboral en el país.
Effects of an Intercultural Communication Course in Developing Intercultural Sensitivity
Authors: Tuncel İbrahim , Paker Turan
Published: December 2018

The purpose of the study is to see whether intercultural communication, an elective course, taught through case analyses in the department of English language teaching is effective on the level of students’ intercultural sensitivity. For this purpose, we conducted the study based on the explanatory sequential design. The participants were senior students (teacher candidates) in English Language teaching department in Pamukkale University in Turkey. The participants were in two elective courses: intercultural communication and sociolinguistics. The data were collected through intercultural sensitivity scale quantitatively and group focused interviews with students and instructors qualitatively. The quantitative data were analyzed by means of ANOVA for mixed measures to compare the means of two groups. In addition, qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis in terms of emerging codes and themes. Our results indicated that the contribution of intercultural communication course to the development of intercultural sensitivity among students was significant. Both the students and the instructor revealed in the interviews that the activities carried out throughout the semester contributed a lot to increase their awareness towards intercultural communication components and to the development of their intercultural sensitivity.
Strategic Management for SMEs: For the Projection to Global Markets
Authors: Cradazco Wilson , Niebles William , Hernández Hugo , Hoyos Lorena , De la Ossa Santander
Published: December 2018

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are a driving factor in the Colombian economy, being fundamental for the generation of most of the country's employment; their limited conditions lead these organizations to face challenges to achieve a sustained position in the market and favorable returns.  In this sense, strategic planning is presented as a response to the need to structure its actions according to the fulfillment of visions, missions and objectives coherent with the reality of its position in the market, and its internal conditions.  This is how this research proposes an analysis of the main contributions of the use of methodologies, techniques and strategic management tools in SMEs, highlighting their contribution to the establishment of successful marketing plans, innovation and commitment of employees, as well as the integration of stakeholders. The methodology applied was of mixed cuts, since quantitative and qualitative paradigms were combined. The results allow to glimpse a great disposition on the part of the SMEs for the strategic management, nevertheless, there are few resources that are managed for such purpose.
Kan prijsdifferentiatie mededingingsbeperkend zijn? Zaak C-525/16 (MEO)
Authors: van Damme Eric , Sauter Wolf
Published: December 2018

Kan prijsdifferentiatie mededingingsbeperkend zijn? Zaak C-525/16 (MEO)

In deze zaak stelt het Hof van Justitie vast onder welke voorwaarden sprake kan zijn van misbruik van economische machtspositie in de zin van discrimiminatie (dan wel prijsdifferentiatie) tussen ondeling concurrerende afnemers waarbij er geen verticaal verband met de leverancier bestaat. De effecten op de concurrent staan centraal. Advocaat-generaal Wahl draagt een kritische conclusie bij waarin onder meer de nadruk op de significantie van de mogelijke gevolgen voor de consument gelegd wordt.
Investment Appraisal and the Choice between Continuous and Discrete Cash Flow Discounting
Authors: Cavalcante Luiz Ricardo , Rocha Carlos Henrique
Published: December 2018

The vast majority of corporate finance textbooks presents the problem of investment decisions considering discrete cash flows at the end of each period. However, on several occasions, this assumption does not fit the facts, as in the case of the revenues of large retailers, which tend to be generated almost continuously, instead of at the end of each year. In this paper, we compare the net present value of a typical investment considering both a discrete distribution of expected cash flows and a continuous one. We show that the differences observed depend upon the behavior of the function that describes the cash flows and upon the capital cost used to discount the values. Differences tend to be higher if higher capital costs are used. As a result, riskier projects are more sensitive to the right choice of the cash flow distribution to be used in its appraisal and no method can be considered, a priori, better than the other, as operational, fiscal and accounting aspects may make continuous or discrete cash flows more appropriate to describe practical realities. Thus, the article contributes to better supporting investment decisions and to enriching teaching material addressing the subject of investment decisions.