bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Corner-Boundary Processor Allocation for 3D Mesh-Connected Multicomputers
Authors: Ababneh Ismail M. , Bani-Mohammad Saad , Al Smadi Motasem
Published: March 2015

This research paper presents a new contiguous allocation strategy for 3D mesh-connected multicomputers. The proposed strategy maintains a list of maximal free sub-meshes and gives priority to allocating corner and boundary free sub-meshes. The goal of corner and boundary allocation is to decrease the number of leftover free sub-meshes and increase their sizes, which is expected to reduce processor fragmentation and improve overall system performance. The proposed strategy, which is referred to as Turning Corner-Boundary Free List (TCBFL) strategy, is compared, using extensive simulation experiments, to several existing allocation strategies for 3D meshes. These are the First-Fit (FF), Turning First-Fit Free List (TFFFL), and Turning Busy List (TBL) allocation strategies. The simulation results show that TCBFL produces average turnaround times and mean system utilization values that are superior to those of previous strategies.
Tweeting Negative
Authors: Bekafigo Marija Anna , Pingley Allison Clark
Published: March 2015

The use of negative ads in traditional election campaigns has been well-documented, but the authors know little about the use of Twitter to “go negative.” They content analyze candidate tweets from four different gubernatorial elections in 2011 to understand how candidates are using Twitter. They coded 849 tweets to explain the determinants of “going negative” on Twitter. The results show that while tweets are overwhelmingly positive, candidates go negative by tweeting about policy. They believe this supports the innovation hypothesis, with Twitter being a more conducive forum for policy-based messages. Other determinants of negative campaigning such as competitiveness of the race and campaign funding were consistent with the normalization hypothesis.
Secure Routing and Scheduling in Ad-Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks for Public Safety
Authors: Chan-Tin Eric , Cheng Qi
Published: March 2015

Public safety communication is a critical component of day-to-day life. The authors propose a flexible and resilient communication system using an ad-hoc cognitive radio network that fully utilizes the available spectrum resources. Two main components of the network are addressed: route discovery, i.e., identifying multiple paths from the source to the destination, and scheduling for these paths, i.e., efficiently allocating available resources to achieve an optimal transmission. Field-based routing is adopted. The authors also introduce a secure authentication and routing mechanism for this network. The authentication component leverages the social aspect of public safety communications and mitigates most basic wireless attacks. A hybrid novel reputation scheme is then proposed to allow for efficient routing in the presence of adversaries. The authors show through simulations that the proposed secure framework can efficiently reduce the transmission delay, be robust to the dynamics of channel availability, and mitigate routing attacks in a cognitive radio network.
IN&OUT Model
Authors: Sarabia Maria , Obeso Maria , Philpott Elaine
Published: March 2015

Evidence suggests that only 30 per cent of family businesses survive after the first generation. The purpose of this paper is to explain how the unique culture and knowledge forms, which are identified as intangible and relevant advantages on family businesses, can be protected through leadership succession. IN&OUT succession model is built on three previous frameworks: Denison culture model, Nonaka and Takeuchi's knowledge creation and next-generation socialization theory. The IN&OUT model presents a step-by-step process where the successor receives from the founder and from the business (IN); and the successor contributes to the group and to the organization (OUT), creating a dynamic loop of biographical leadership.
Modeling the Knowledge Sharing Barriers
Authors: Sharma B. P. , Singh M. D.
Published: March 2015

In the knowledge-based economy, the survival and growth of the engineering industries depends upon the knowledge management (KM). In the present environment, KS is the corner stone of the KM. Some variables hinder KS in the industries are known as knowledge sharing barriers (KSBs). The objective of this paper is to identify and recognize the critical KSBs and their mutual influences in the industries. The interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology has been used to develop hierarchy of the identified KSBs evolving their mutual relationships. Identified KSBs at the root of the hierarchy (called driving KSBs) and at the top of the hierarchy (called dependent KSBs). It is observed that two KSBs namely “lack of top management commitment” and “KM is not well understood” have highest driving power. Therefore, these KSBs require serious attention by the managers in the engineering industries. The study concludes with discussion and managerial implications.
The English Science Cities
Authors: Charles David R. , Wray Felicity
Published: March 2015

Six English cities were designated by the UK Government as science cities in 2004 and 2005, with the intention that local consortia develop strategies for the realisation of this vision. Previous definitions of science cities are explored to show how the concept has evolved over time, with the English initiative placed within a global context to show how it adapts previous models to the specific needs of the UK and fits with academic debates on the local governance of science and the role of innovation in urban and regional development. The six cases are briefly examined as to their aims and the nature of their governance and approach and potential benefits of the initiative are outlined to show how it may contribute to a new perspective on the role of cities in science and economic development in the UK.
Classification of Land Use and Land Cover in the Brazilian Amazon using Fuzzy Multilayer Perceptrons
Authors: Pimentel Toni , Ramos Fernando M. , Sandri Sandra
Published: March 2015

Here the authors propose the use of Fuzzy Multilayer Perceptrons for classification of land use and land cover patterns in the Brazilian Amazon, using time series of vegetation index, taken from NASA's MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) sensor. In addition to the traditional Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), three fuzzy implementations were investigated. These methods were applied to a study area of approximately 10.5 km2 on the east of the state of Mato Grosso in the Brazilian Amazon. For validation purposes, the authors compared the best implementation results with the ones given for the same region by the TerraClass 2010 project. The authors observed that our fuzzy MLP correctly classified 81% of the pixels analyzed.
Proposing and Testing SOA Organisational Structures
Authors: Koumaditis Konstantinos , Themistocleous Marinos
Published: March 2015

Longstanding Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) integration challenges drove healthcare organisations to invest in new paradigms like Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Yet, SOA holds challenges of its own, with SOA Governance surfacing on the top. This research depicts the development of a conceptual SOA Governance Element entitled “Organisational Structures”. ?his element is part of a SOA Governance framework that includes nine distinctive elements with SOA Organisational Structures being one of the critical ones. The conceptualisation of the proposed element is based on the authors' previous research, grounded in the normative literature and further developed to include healthcare aspects. The proposal is tested in a large Greek hospital utilising qualitative methods and the findings presented herein. This proposal aims to pinpoint attributes and guidelines for SOA Organisational Structures, required to successfully govern SOA and tackle longstanding HIS challenges.
Quality Indicators for Cervical Cancer Screening Programs
Authors: Athanasiadi Elena , Pouliakis Abraham , Bilirakis Evripidis , Fragoulakis Vassilis , Bilirakis Constantinos , Karakitsos Petros
Published: March 2015

Cervical cancer is the malignancy most succesfully monitored by screening programs. Although most counties offer screening services, outcomes differ. It is clear that incidence reduction is achieved when quality assurance is implemented. Quality indicators are essential audit tools when implementing screening policies. Uniform indicators are used to monitor general performance and to identify potential problems that may occur and jeopardise efforts. That way quality management is enabled and the assessment of deviation from goals is facilitated. In this paper the authors present the workflow of cervical cancer screening programs in respect to the quality and performance indicators required by the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Cervical Cancer Screening. The authors also propose the appropriate data structures and entities that are required for a computerised system to support their calculation. Additionally the authors highlight important interconnections of the computerised system with other systems; these interconnections are vital for the calculation of the proposed quality indicators.
Oil Export Earnings, Exchange Rate Variability, and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Authors: Folorunso Sunday Ayadi  , Oluwagbemi Olubunmi Elizabeth
Published: March 2015

This paper investigates oil revenue and exchange rate volatility and as well as their impacts on Nigerian economic growth which is examined from 1980 – 2010. Exchange rate volatility was captured using standard deviationof monthly nominal effective exchange rate. During this period, Nigeria recorded high levels of volatility (in oil receipt and effective exchange rate) as can be seen from the Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) and the General Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) - ARCH/GARCH results. Also, the Augmented Dickey-Fuller test indicate that some of the variables exhibit unit root, this research further makes use of vector autoregressive process (VAR) using the variance decomposition of Choleski factorisation in which forecast error variance of some systems of equations has innovations which is credited to each variable and the method of impulse response function. The authors established that exchange rate in Nigeria due to its volatility causes revenue volatility from oil and this has a daring consequence on Nigeria's economic growth (being a monoculture economy). They found that change in oil price index, change in interest rate, proportion of export to GDP and exchange rate variability bears some negative impacts on change in the rate of output growth in Nigeria. Moreover, government size and exchange rate variability created some disturbances to change in the rate of output, these changes were not as substantial as those created by change in interest rate, ratio of oil export to GDP and change in oil price index. In addition, change in output responds negatively for some time horizon to one-standard deviation shocks in change in oil price index, change in interest rate, oil export to GDP and exchange rate variability. The authors recommend economic diversification and sound macroeconomic management among others.
Determinants of the Performance of African Microfinance Institutions
Authors: Triki Mohamed Wajdi , Boujelbene Younes
Published: March 2015

Performance evaluation is part of the chain of financial transparency which involves the production, verification, analysis, synthesis, dissemination and use of information on the financial performance of a micro-finance institution (MFI). In this study, the authors will try to show the convergence or divergence between social performance and the financial performance by answering the following question: are there to arbitration / compatibility between the two types of performance. To answer this question, this study will be organized in such manner the first section outlines a brief literature review of microfinance in terms of both welfarist approaches (social) and institutionalists. The second section describes the characteristics of the sample of 141 MFIs in 21 countries in the MENA region and Africa based on the year of 2005 and 2010. By defining the variables that identify each type of performance with a new index created for social performance called “Depth of Outreach” (noted DEPTH). The financial performance is described by financial indicators namely profitability, portfolio quality and productivity. The authors finish this study by a third section which presents the main results of a factor analysis applied to the sample in order to study the nature of relationship between the two types of performance.
Physics Based on Energy Transfer Postulate
Authors: Ciulin Dan
Published: March 2015

By considering the space as a function of time, we accept that the space may have a ‘geometry' that fit better to the given situation, the authors accept that the space change in time continuously and also we make a bridge to the fact that any interaction correspond to an exchange of energy. Then, an equivalent mathematical model of physical representation may be based on elliptical and ultra-elliptical functions that are generated by energy based deferential equations. These functions are based on elliptic coordinates where each coordinate is represented by complex angles. More, the complex exponential functions those are used actually with success, in electro-technique, mechanic, electronic and also to represents signals are degenerated elliptical functions. From this point of view, the paper presents an extension of the quantized theorem to elliptic functions and some applications to fields, atomic particle and waves that may constitute a kind of ‘bridges' to the classical theory. As results, another kind of interpretation of some physical phenomena seems lead to the (theoretical) possibility to overpass the speed of the light and also, to have an ‘intuitive understanding' for some physical phenomena. A technology that overpass the speed of the light may leads to the possibility to find out, during a human life-time, of a new planet similar to our earth and extend in this manner, the human knowledge and territory. This will leads to an important enrichment of human possibilities and knowledge. For this goal, a solid-state electric to gravitation actuator is also presented. Associated with a good and convenient technology, all these are of strategic importance. Applications may be found in strategic forecast, interplanetary telecommunications and treks. The presented tools may be used for modeling the fields and matter structures but also to insure their more comprehensive understanding.
Strategic Impact of ICT on Modern Day Banking in Nigeria
Authors: Igun Stella E.
Published: March 2015

This paper examined impact of ICT on modern day banking relating to Ecobank Plc, Abraka Nigeria. The scope of the study covered staff of Ecobank Plc Abraka. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was 72 respondents. Questionnaire were used to collect data from 72 respondents. Simple percentage and frequency count were used to analyse the data. It was found out that computers, internet scanners photocopiers, printers, e-mails, telecommunication, ATM and www are the ICT facilities available for use in Ecobank Plc Abraka. It was also found out that ICT has impacted the activities of the bank in the areas of speed delivery, on-line financial transaction, mobile banking services, reduction of long queues and congestion in the banking hall, easy communication between staff and customers, etc. The paper recommended that more adequate ICT facilities should be provided in the bank for utilization and staff should be adequately trained on the use of ICT facilities for greater efficiency.
Enhancing Visibility in EPCIS Governing Agri-Food Supply Chains via Linked Pedigrees
Authors: Solanki Monika , Brewster Christopher
Published: March 2015

Data integration for the purposes of tracking, tracing and transparency are important challenges in the agri-food supply chain. The Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) is an event-oriented GS1 standard that aims to enable tracking and tracing of products through the sharing of event-based datasets that encapsulate the Electronic Product Code (EPC). In this paper, the authors propose a framework that utilises events and EPCs in the generation of “linked pedigrees” - linked datasets that enable the sharing of traceability information about products as they move along the supply chain. The authors exploit two ontology based information models, EEM and CBVVocab within a distributed and decentralised framework that consumes real time EPCIS events as linked data to generate the linked pedigrees. The authors exemplify the usage of linked pedigrees within the fresh fruit and vegetables supply chain in the agri-food sector.
What Drives Information Security Policy Violations among Banking Employees?
Authors: Teh Pei-Lee , Ahmed Pervaiz K. , D'Arcy John
Published: March 2015

Employees' information security policy (ISP) violations are a major problem that plagues organizations worldwide, particularly in the banking/financial sector. Research shows that employees use neutralization techniques to rationalize their ISP violating behaviors; it is therefore important to understand what leads to and influences these neutralization techniques. The authors' study draws upon social exchange theory to develop a set of factors that drive employees' neutralization of ISP violations. The model specifies previously untested relationships between job satisfaction, organizational commitment, role conflict, role ambiguity, and neutralization techniques. Using a sample of Malaysian banking employees, the authors found a positive relationship between role conflict and neutralization of ISP violations, whereas organizational commitment was negatively related to neutralization in this context. The authors' findings offer fresh insights for scholars and practitioners in dealing with the problem of employees' intentional ISP violations while extending the reach of neutralization theory beyond North American and European cultures.
Extracting Knowledge from Web Data
Authors: Ezzikouri Hanane , Fakir Mohamed , Daoui Cherki , Erritali Mohamed
Published: March 2015

The user behavior on a website triggers a sequence of queries that have a result which is the display of certain pages. The Information about these queries (including the names of the resources requested and responses from the Web server) are stored in a text file called a log file. Analysis of server log file can provide significant and useful information. Web Mining is the extraction of interesting and potentially useful patterns and implicit information from artifacts or activity related to the World Wide Web. Web usage mining is a main research area in Web mining focused on learning about Web users and their interactions with Web sites. The motive of mining is to find users' access models automatically and quickly from the vast Web log file, such as frequent access paths, frequent access page groups and user clustering. Through Web Usage Mining, several information left by user access can be mined which will provide foundation for decision making of organizations, Also the process of Web mining was defined as the set of techniques designed to explore, process and analyze large masses of consecutive information activities on the Internet, has three main steps: data preprocessing, extraction of reasons of the use and the interpretation of results. This paper will start with the presentation of different formats of web log files, then it will present the different preprocessing method that have been used, and finally it presents a system for “Web content and Usage Mining'' for web data extraction and web site analysis using Data Mining Algorithms Apriori, FPGrowth, K-Means, KNN, and ID3.
Injury History, Sex, and Performance on the Functional Movement Screen and Y Balance Test
Authors: Chimera Nicole J. , Smith Craig A. , Warren Meghan
Published: March 2015

Context

Research is limited regarding the effects of injury or surgery history and sex on the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and Y Balance Test (YBT).

Objective

To determine if injury or surgery history or sex affected results on the FMS and YBT.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Athletic training facilities.

Patients or Other Participants

A total of 200 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I female (n = 92; age = 20.0 ± 1.4 years, body mass index = 22.8 ± 3.1 kg/m2) and male (n = 108; age = 20.0 ± 1.5 years, body mass index = 27.0 ± 4.6 kg/m2) athletes were screened; 170 completed the FMS, and 190 completed the YBT.

Intervention(s)

A self-reported questionnaire identified injury or surgery history and sex. The FMS assessed movement during the patterns of deep squat, hurdle step, in-line lunge, shoulder mobility, impingement-clearing test, straight-leg raise, trunk stability push-up, press-up clearing test, rotary stability, and posterior-rocking clearing test. The YBT assessed balance while participants reached in anterior, posteromedial, and posterolateral directions.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

The FMS composite score (CS; range, 0–21) and movement pattern score (range, 0–3), the YBT CS (% lower extremity length), and YBT anterior, posteromedial, and posterolateral asymmetry (difference between limbs in centimeters). Independent-samples t tests established differences in mean FMS CS, YBT CS, and YBT asymmetry. The Mann-Whitney U test identified differences in FMS movement patterns.

Results

We found lower overall FMS CSs for the following injuries or surgeries: hip (injured = 12.7 ± 3.1, uninjured = 14.4 ± 2.3; P = .005), elbow (injured = 12.1 ± 2.8, uninjured = 14.3 ± 2.4; P = .02), and hand (injured = 12.3 ± 2.9, uninjured = 14.3 ± 2.3; P = .006) injuries and shoulder surgery (surgery = 12.0 ± 1.0, no surgery = 14.3 ± 2.4; P < .001). We observed worse FMS movement pattern performance for knee surgery (rotary stability: P = .03), hip injury (deep squat and hurdle: P < .042 for both), hip surgery (hurdle and lunge: P < .01 for both), shoulder injury (shoulder and hand injury: P < .02 for both), and shoulder surgery (shoulder: P < .02). We found better FMS movement pattern performance for trunk/back injury (deep squat: P = .02) and ankle injury (lunge: P = .01). Female athletes performed worse in FMS movement patterns for trunk (P < .001) and rotary (P = .01) stability but better in the lunge (P = .008), shoulder mobility (P < .001), and straight-leg raise (P < .001). Anterior asymmetry was greater for male athletes (P = .02).

Conclusions

Injury history and sex affected FMS and YBT performance. Researchers should consider adjusting for confounders.
Skin Cooling and Force Replication at the Ankle in Healthy Individuals: A Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Haupenthal Daniela Pacheco dos Santos , de Noronha Marcos , Haupenthal Alessandro , Ruschel Caroline , Nunes Guilherme S.
Published: March 2015

Context

Proprioception of the ankle is determined by the ability to perceive the sense of position of the ankle structures, as well as the speed and direction of movement. Few researchers have investigated proprioception by force-replication ability and particularly after skin cooling.

Objective

To analyze the ability of the ankle-dorsiflexor muscles to replicate isometric force after a period of skin cooling.

Design

Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Setting

Laboratory.

Patients or Other Participants

Twenty healthy individuals (10 men, 10 women; age = 26.8 ± 5.2 years, height = 171 ± 7 cm, mass = 66.8 ± 10.5 kg).

Intervention(s)

Skin cooling was carried out using 2 ice applications: (1) after maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) performance and before data collection for the first target force, maintained for 20 minutes; and (2) before data collection for the second target force, maintained for 10 minutes. We measured skin temperature before and after ice applications to ensure skin cooling.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

A load cell was placed under an inclined board for data collection, and 10 attempts of force replication were carried out for 2 values of MVIC (20%, 50%) in each condition (ice, no ice). We assessed force sense with absolute and root mean square errors (the difference between the force developed by the dorsiflexors and the target force measured with the raw data and after root mean square analysis, respectively) and variable error (the variance around the mean absolute error score). A repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance was used for statistical analysis.

Results

The absolute error was greater for the ice than for the no-ice condition (F1,19 = 9.05, P = .007) and for the target force at 50% of MVIC than at 20% of MVIC (F1,19 = 26.01, P < .001).

Conclusions

The error was greater in the ice condition and at 50% of MVIC. Skin cooling reduced the proprioceptive ability of the ankle-dorsiflexor muscles to replicate isometric force.
Athletic Trainers' Facilitators of Professional Commitment in the Collegiate Setting
Authors: Eason Christianne M. , Mazerolle Stephanie M. , Pitney William A.
Published: March 2015

Context

Professional responsibility, rewards and respect, and time for rejuvenation are factors supporting professional commitment for athletic trainers (ATs) in the high school setting. The inherent complexities of an occupational setting can mitigate perceptions of professional commitment. Thus far, evidence is lacking regarding professional commitment for ATs in other occupational settings.

Objective

To extend the literature on professional commitment of the AT to the collegiate setting.

Design

Qualitative study.

Setting

Collegiate.

Patients or Other Participants

Thirty-three Board of Certification-certified ATs employed in the collegiate setting (National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I = 11, Division II = 9, Division III = 13) with an average of 10 ± 8 years of clinical experience volunteered. Data saturation guided the total number of participants.

Data Collection and Analysis

Online journaling via QuestionPro was used to collect data from all participants. Two strategies, multiple-analyst triangulation and peer review, were completed to satisfy data credibility. Data were evaluated using a general inductive approach.

Results

Likert-scale data revealed no differences regarding levels of professional commitment across divisions. Two themes emerged from the inductive-content analysis: (1) professional responsibility and (2) coworker support. The emergent theme of professional responsibility contained 4 subthemes: (1) dedication to advancing the athletic training profession, (2) ardor for job responsibilities, (3) dedication to the student-athlete, and (4) commitment to education. Our participants were able to better maintain their own professional commitment when they felt their coworkers were also committed to the profession.

Conclusions

The collegiate ATs investigated in this study, regardless of division, demonstrated professional commitment propelled by their aspiration to advance the profession, as well as their dedication to student-athletes and athletic training students. Maintaining commitment was influenced by a strong sense of coworker support.
Athletic Trainers' Barriers to Maintaining Professional Commitment in the Collegiate Setting
Authors: Mazerolle Stephanie M. , Eason Christianne M. , Pitney William A.
Published: March 2015

Context

Professional commitment simply describes one's obligation to his or her work. For athletic trainers (ATs), the demanding work environment and job expectations may affect their characterization of professional commitment. Our breadth of knowledge regarding professional commitment within athletic training is narrow.

Objective

To evaluate the professional commitment of ATs in the collegiate setting.

Design

Qualitative study.

Setting

Collegiate.

Patients or Other Participants

Thirty-three Board of Certification-certified ATs employed in the collegiate setting (National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I = 11, Division II = 9, Division III = 13) with an average of 10 ± 8 years of clinical experience volunteered. Data saturation guided the total number of participants.

Data Collection and Analysis

Online journaling via QuestionPro was completed by all participants. Multiple-analyst triangulation and peer review were conducted for data credibility. Analysis followed a general inductive method.

Results

Four themes speak to the factors that negatively affect ATs' professional enthusiasm and commitment: (1) life stage, (2) work overload, (3) organizational climate, and (4) human resources. The latter 3 speak to the effect the workplace can have on ATs' professional commitment, and the first speaks to the effect outside responsibilities can have.

Conclusions

Our results suggest that several of the factors that negatively influence the professional commitment of collegiate ATs are modifiable organizational components. Developing resiliency strategies at the individual and organizational levels may help to facilitate improved professional commitment for the AT.
On multisemigroups
Authors: Kudryavtseva Ganna , Mazorchuk Volodymyr
Published: March 2015

Motivated by recent appearance of multivalued structures in categorification, tropical geometry and other areas, we study basic properties of abstract multisemigroups. We give many new and old examples and general constructions for multisemigroups. Special attention is paid to simple and nilpotent multisemigroups. We also show that ‘‘almost all’’ randomly chosen multivalued binary operations define multisemigroups.
L'actualité de l'æuvre de Pierre Corneille
Authors: Turk Boštjan Marko
Published: March 2015

L'univers théâtral de Pierre Corneille est un univers fondé sur la loi d'un côté et sur l'inspiration chevaleresque de l'autre. Il semble ainsi étranger à l'homme contemporain de même façon que nous percevons comme lointain les topoi de l'ancienne Rome et du monde médieval. Pourtant le grand dramaturge nous ressemble en deux : l'homme évolutivement, n'a pas visiblement changé pendant l'histoire.
St Mildrith or the monastic life against all odds in Goscelin's Vita Deo dilectae virginis Mildrethae
Authors: Divjak Alenka
Published: March 2015

This paper discusses St Mildrith (dies natalis*, 13 July, +732/733) in Goscelin's Vita Deo dilectae virginis Mildrethae, the abbess of the famous monastery Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, and a consecrated virgin descended from the Kentish and Mercian royal families. The emphasis of the paper is on the examination of a limited number of hagiographic elements which stress most pointedly Mildrith's associations with monasticism and which are viewed in the broader perspective of Anglo-Saxon female sanctity.
Feast of fools : the carnivalesque in John Kennedy Toole's A confederacy of dunces
Authors: Potrč Julija
Published: March 2015

Despite the fact that the action in John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces has often been compared to a carnival, there is little that the maincharacter, Ignatius Reilly, has in common with those participating in a true medieval carnival as described by Mikhail Bakhtin in Rabelais and His World. Ignatius tries to assert his superiority over others both with his speech and behavior, violating the principal rule of carnivalesque equality, and is aggressively opposed to sexuality, which was a deeply positive concept in the carnival culture, symbolizing fertility, growth, and new birth. A greatsource of humor in the novel is the difference between the highly educated speech used by Ignatius and the vernacular spoken by other characters. This difference was successfully transposed into Slovene by translator Nuša Rozman, who managed to capture the differences between social classes by using various degrees of colloquialisms and slang expressions, while opting to nevertheless transcribe the characters' speech in a way that is grammatically correct; a practice that has long been present in both original and translated Slovene literature, which highlights the fact that despite an increase in the number of works written in the vernacular over the past years, a universal standard on how to transcribe spoken Slovene has yet to be established.
Elementi di astrologia nel Decameron censurato di Luigi Groto
Authors: Lazar Kristina
Published: March 2015

The censored version of the Decameron by Luigi Groto, which was published in 1588, was already the third censorship of Boccaccio's masterpiece during the Counter-Reformation. As opposed to the other two censured versions, this one did not place emphasis on philological questions, but it tried above all to narratively fill the gaps created by expurgation; in some cases following the original plot and in the others changing it to such a degree that the novels remained barely recognizable. This article exposes some characteristics of Groto's mannerist style; especially the elements of astrology, which emerge in the expurgated parts of the text, and the way these elements function when inserted into Boccaccio's text.
The development of Indian English post-colonial women's prose
Authors: Grobin Tina
Published: March 2015

Indian English post-colonial women's prose has seen many a change in the last sixty years since the pioneering writers gave voice to the Indian women. By breaking away from the burden of the colonial past and the traditional limitations of Indian society, the writers carved out a place for a distinct female identity in the Indian English literary sphere. The more recent women's prose addresses a wide range of universal issues of human experience, usually closely interwoven with the colourful heritage of the Indian subcontinent. As such it has become a highly acclaimed and internationally recognized global voice of contemporary India and the Indian diaspora.
Les oniriques Fleurs bleues de Raymond Queneau
Authors: Vitez Primož
Published: March 2015

Dans Les fleurs bleues (1965) de Raymond Queneau, le narrateur fait couler deux histoires parallèles qui se terminent dans lʼunité du présent énonciatif.Lʼeffet contrastant de ce double récit, habité dʼun côté par le DucdʼAuge et de lʼautre par un certain Cidrolin, deux facettes dʼun seul personnage, se fonde sur un principe onirique, déclenché au moment quand le Duc dʼAuge sʼendort; dans son rêve se déploie lʼhistoire de Cidrolin qui finitpar sʼendormir à son tour - et voilà le lecteur replongé dans les aventures du Duc. Ce que lʼauteur développe par ses astuces narratives, cʼest la pluralité du réel, ce sont les parallélismes invisibles, cʼest la promesse dʼune perspective existentielle, cʼest la fécondité de lʼironie. À travers la variation de ce qui apparamment est ordinaire, Queneau démontre une dimension extraordinaire de lʼinvention littéraire.
Artistic vs. popular elements in Paul Laric's novel Maribor remembered
Authors: Petrič Jerneja
Published: March 2015

The article discusses Paul Laricʼs Maribor Remembered (1989) as a hybrid novel in terms of genre and artistic value. Essentially a detective novel, it also includes ethnic elements and humor as well as satire used to alleviate the growing tension as the elements of foul play multiply. Other elements, such as minute descriptions of Slovenian cuisine, or portrayal of Slovenian landscape further confirm the mixed-genre thesis.
Kulturelle Selbstverortung und Identitätsfrage: der Krainer Polyhistor Peter von Radics (1836-1912) zwischen zwei Sprachen und Kulturen
Authors: Žigon Tanja
Published: March 2015

This article focuses on the life and creative path of the Carniolian polymath,many-faceted researcher, historian, German specialist, and theater specialist Peter von Radics (1836-1912), who was born in Postojna (Adelsberg) but did not have Carniolan roots. Based on this case study, the author examines the issues of what characterized an intellectual working in Carniola in the nineteenth century, what his place in society was, and what his understanding of his own identity was. The article also examines the hypothesis that one can speak of at least three identities in the nineteenth-century Slovenian lands - regional, ethnic, and dynastic (Habsburg), sheds light on the conditions that marked Radicsʼ life and work, and seeks to explain why he chose to live in the microcosm of Carniola rather than seeking his fortune as a journalist, researcher, and author in the centerof the monarchy, in Vienna.
Dreamers in dialogue: evolution, sex and gender in the utopian visions of William Morris and William Henry Hudson
Authors: Novák Caterina
Published: March 2015

The aim of this article is to explore the parallels between two late-nineteenth-century utopias,William Henry Hudsons A Crystal Age (1882) and William Morriss News from Nowhere (1891). Itaims to explore how these two works respond to the transition from a kinetic to a static conception ofutopia that under pressure from evolutionary and feminist discourses took place during the period.Particular focus lies on the way in which this is negotiated through the depiction of evolution, sexuality,and gender roles in the respective novels, and how the depiction of these disruptive elements may workas a means of ensuring the readers active engagement in political, intellectual and emotional terms.
In memoriam: Mirko Jurak (1935-2014)
Authors: Maver Igor
Published: March 2015

In memoriam: Mirko Jurak (1935-2014)
Daughters, death and desire in Fatal attraction, The piano and Talented Mr Ripley
Authors: Segal Naomi
Published: March 2015

The oedipal principle characteristic of the nineteenth-century novel of adultery survives into twentieth-century narrative fiction too, as exemplified in two films of the late century, Fatal Attraction (1987) and The Piano (1993). In both, a marriage is disrupted by the desire of an outsider. This article begins with that comparison, and then it turns to a third example of triangulation, The Talented Mr Ripley (1999).
A 12 year observation of water-soluble inorganic ions in TSP aerosols collected at a remote marine location in the western North Pacific: an outflow region of Asian dust
Authors: Boreddy S. K. R. , Kawamura K.
Published: March 2015

Abstract. In order to characterize the long term trend of remote marine aerosols, a 12 year observation was conducted for water-soluble inorganic ions in TSP aerosols collected from 2001–2012 in the Asian outflow region at a Chichijima Island in the western North Pacific. We found a clear difference in chemical composition between the continentally affected and marine background air masses over the observation site. Asian continental air masses are delivered from late autumn to spring, whereas marine air masses were dominated in summer. Concentrations of nss-SO42-, NO3-, NH4+, nss-K+ and nss-Ca2+ are high in winter and spring and low in summer. On the other hand, MSA- exhibits higher concentrations during spring and winter, probably due to springtime dust bloom or due to the direct continental transport of MSA- to the observation site. We could not find any clear decadal trend for Na+, Cl-, Mg2+ and nss-Ca2+ in all seasons, although there exists a clear seasonal trend. However, concentrations of nss-SO42- continuously decreased from 2007–2012, probably due to the decreased SO2 emissions in East Asia especially in China. In contrast, nss-K+ and MSA- concentrations continuously increased from 2001–2012 during winter and spring seasons, demonstrating that biomass burning and/or terrestrial biological emissions in East Asia are increasingly more transported from the Asian continent to the western North Pacific.
A comprehensive inventory of ship traffic exhaust emissions in the European sea areas in 2011
Authors: Jalkanen J.-P. , Johansson L. , Kukkonen J.
Published: March 2015

Abstract. Emissions originated from ship traffic in European sea areas were modelled using the Ship Traffic Emission Assessment Model (STEAM), which uses Automatic Identification System data to describe ship traffic activity. We have estimated the emissions from ship traffic in the whole of Europe in 2011. We report the emission totals, the seasonal variation, the geographical distribution of emissions, and their disaggregation between various ship types and flag states. The total ship emissions of CO2, NOx, SOx, CO and PM2.5 in Europe for year 2011 were estimated to be 131, 2.9, 1.2, 0.2 and 0.3 million tons, respectively. The emissions of CO2 from Baltic Sea were evaluated to be more than a half (58%) of the emissions of the North Sea shipping; the combined contribution of these two sea regions was almost as high (96%) as the total emissions from ships in the Mediterranean. As expected, the shipping emissions of SOx were significantly lower in the SOx Emission Control Areas, compared with the corresponding values in the Mediterranean. Shipping in the Mediterranean Sea is responsible for 39 and 49% of the European ship emitted CO2 and SOx emissions, respectively. In particular, this study reported significantly smaller emissions of NOx, SOx and CO for shipping in the Mediterranean than the EMEP inventory; however, the reported PM2.5 emissions were in a fairly good agreement with the corresponding values reported by EMEP. The vessels registered to all EU member states are responsible for 55% of the total CO2 emitted by ships in the study area. The vessels under the flags of convenience were responsible for 25% of the total CO2 emissions.
On the radiative impact of aerosols on photolysis rates: comparison of simulations and observations in the Lampedusa island during the ChArMEx/ADRIMED campaign
Authors: Mailler S. , Menut L. , di Sarra A. G. , Becagli S. , Di Iorio T. , Formenti P. , Bessagnet B. , Briant Régis , Luis Gómez-Amo J. , Mallet M. , Rea Géraldine , Siour G. , Sferlazzo D. M. , Traversi R. , Udisti R. , Turquety S.
Published: March 2015

Abstract. The Mediterranean basin is characterized by large concentrations of aerosols from both natural and anthropogenic sources. These aerosols change the optical properties of the atmosphere, therefore affecting tropospheric photochemistry through the photolytic rates. Two simulations of the atmospheric composition at basin-scale have been performed with the CHIMERE chemistry-transport model for the period from 1 June to 15 July 2013 covered by the ADRIMED campaign, a campaign of intense measurements in the western Mediterranean basin. One simulation takes into account the radiative effect of the aerosols on photochemistry, the other one does not. These simulations are compared to satellite and ground-based measurements, with a particular focus on the area of Lampedusa. Values of the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) are obtained from the MODIS instrument on the AQUA and TERRA satellites as well as from stations in the AERONET network and from the MFRSR sun photometer deployed at Lampedusa. Additional measurements from instruments deployed at Lampedusa either permanently or exceptionnally are used for other variables: MFRSR sun photometer for AOD, diode array spectrometer for actinic fluxes, LIDAR for the aerosol backscatter, sequential sampler for speciation of aerosol and Brewer spectrophotometer for the total ozone column. It is shown that CHIMERE has a significant ability to reproduce observed peaks in the AOD, which in Lampedusa are mainly due to dust outbreaks during the ADRIMED period, and that taking into account the radiative effect of the aerosols in CHIMERE improves considerably the ability of the model to reproduce the observed day-to-day variations of J(O1D) and J(NO2). While in the case of J(O1D) other variation factors such as the stratospheric ozone column are very important in representing correctly the day-to-day variations, the day-to-day variations of J(NO2) are captured almost completely by the model when the optical effects of the aerosols are taken into account. Finally, it is shown that the inclusion of the direct radiative effect of the aerosols in the CHIMERE model leads to reduced J(O1D) and J(NO2) values over all the simulation domain, which ranges from a few percents over continental Europe and the northeast Atlantic Ocean to about 20% close to and downwind from saharan dust sources. The effect on the modelled ozone concentration is twofold, with the effect of aerosols leading to reduced ozone concentrations over the Mediterranean Sea and continental Europe, close to the sources of NOx, and on the contrary to increased ozone concentrations over remote areas such the Sahara and the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Coupling in the middle atmosphere related to the 2013 major sudden stratospheric warming
Authors: de Wit R. J. , Hibbins R. E. , Espy P. J. , Hennum E. A.
Published: March 2015

Abstract. The previously reported observation of anomalous eastward gravity wave forcing at mesopause heights around the onset of the January 2013 major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) over Trondheim, Norway (63° N, 10° E), is placed in a global perspective using Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) temperature observations from the Aura satellite. It is shown that this anomalous forcing results in a clear cooling over Trondheim about 10 km below mesopause heights. Conversely, near the mesopause itself, where the gravity wave forcing was measured, observations with meteor radar, OH airglow and MLS show no distinct cooling. Polar cap zonal mean temperatures show a similar vertical profile. Longitudinal variability in the high northern-latitude mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) is characterized by a quasi-stationary wave-1 structure, which reverses phase at altitudes below ~ 0.1 hPa. This wave-1 develops prior to the SSW onset, and starts to propagate westward at the SSW onset. The latitudinal pole-to-pole temperature structure associated with the major SSW shows a warming (cooling) in the winter stratosphere (mesosphere) which extends to about 40° N. In the stratosphere, a cooling extending over the equator and far into the summer hemisphere is observed, whereas in the mesosphere an equatorial warming is noted. In the Southern Hemisphere mesosphere, a warm anomaly overlaying a cold anomaly is present, which is shown to propagate downward in time. This observed structure is in accordance with the temperature perturbations predicted by the proposed interhemispheric coupling mechanism for cases of increased winter stratospheric planetary wave activity, of which major SSWs are an extreme case. These results provide observational evidence for the interhemispheric coupling mechanism, and for the wave-mean flow interaction believed to be responsible for the establishment of the anomalies in the summer hemisphere.