bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The perfect pattern of moisture transport for precipitation for Arctic sea ice melting
Authors: Gimeno-Sotelo Luis , Nieto Raquel , Vázquez Marta , Gimeno Luis
Published: December 2017

Abstract. We have identified the patterns of moisture transport for precipitation over the Arctic region, the Arctic Ocean, and its 13 main subdomains, which better fit with sea ice decline. For this purpose, we studied the different patterns of moisture transport for the case of high/low Arctic sea ice (ASI) extension linked to periods before/after the main change point (CP) in the extension of sea ice. The pattern consists of a general decrease in moisture transport in summer and enhanced moisture transport in autumn and early winter, with different contributions depending on the moisture source and ocean subregion. The pattern is not only statistically significant but also consistent with Eulerian fluxes diagnosis, changes in the frequency of circulation types, and known mechanisms of the effects of snowfall or rainfall on ice in the Arctic. The results of this paper also reveal that the assumed and partially documented enhanced poleward moisture transport from lower latitudes as a consequence of increased moisture from climate change seems to be less simple and constant than typically recognized in relation to enhanced Arctic precipitation throughout the year in the present climate.
Interannual variability of mean sea level and its sensitivity to wind climate in an inter-tidal basin
Authors: Gerkema Theo , Duran-Matute Matias
Published: December 2017

Abstract. The relationship between the annual wind records from a weather station and annual mean sea level in an inter-tidal basin, the Dutch Wadden Sea, is examined. Recent, homogeneous wind records are used, covering the past 2 decades. It is demonstrated that even such a relatively short record is sufficient for finding a convincing relationship. The interannual variability of mean sea level is largely explained by the west–east component of the net wind energy, with some further improvement if one also includes the south–north component and the annual mean atmospheric pressure. Using measured data from a weather station is found to give a slight improvement over reanalysis data, but for both the correlation between annual mean sea level and wind energy in the west–east direction is high. For different tide gauge stations in the Dutch Wadden Sea and along the coast, we find the same qualitative characteristics, but even within this small region, different locations show a different sensitivity of annual mean sea level to wind direction. Correcting observed values of annual mean level for meteorological factors reduces the margin of error (expressed as 95 % confidence interval) by more than a factor of 4 in the trends of the 20-year sea level record. Supplementary data from a numerical hydrodynamical model are used to illustrate the regional variability in annual mean sea level and its interannual variability at a high spatial resolution. This study implies that climatic changes in the strength of winds from a specific direction may affect local annual mean sea level quite significantly.
Geographien sozialer Krisen/Krisen sozialer Geographien
Authors: Runkel Simon , Everts Jonathan
Published: December 2017

Abstract. This short paper provides the initial provocation for a themed issue that emerges from a conference on the topic of geographies of social crises/crises of social geographies. The article calls for a (re)consideration of the “social question” in the 21st century. We call for social geographers to engage with the historical dynamics of places and milieus to understand novel class societies and the violence that underpins social inequalities. The article makes a case for an empirically saturated social geography. We believe this provides a useful programme which helps to understand current phenomena of political, social and economic crises.
Emocion’AR-T una propuesta educativa de promoción de la residencia a través del arte
Authors: Mundet Bolós Anna , Fuentes-Peláez Nuria
Published: December 2017

La autoestima se considera la base de la fortaleza interna y uno de los pilares de la resiliencia (Grotberg, 2003). El objetivo de este artículo es presentar los resultados de la experimentación de una propuesta educativa diseñada con la finalidad de promover la resiliencia a través de ayudar a fortalecer la autoestima, a partir de promover y trabajar la valoración personal y el concepto que tienen cada uno de los participantes de la experimentación. (n=21). Los lenguajes artísticos son las metodologías usadas en esta experimentación para poder promover el crecimiento personal, ya que se considera que estos permiten desarrollar procesos de aprendizaje desde el sentir, el pensar y el actuar (Dewey, 2008; López, 2015). Los principales resultados ponen de manifiesto que la mayoría de las personas que han participado en la experimentación, fortalecen su autovaloración y su autoconcepto lo que conlleva a una mejora de la autoestima y, en consecuencia, de la resiliencia.
Examen al Egreso de la Educación Básica en el Área de Salud (EXEEBAS): Análisis de unidimensionalidad
Authors: Cantú González Valeria , Rodríguez Macías Juan Carlos
Published: December 2017

Dentro del currículum mexicano se ha incluido la salud como uno de los once temas de relevancia social. Los temas que intentan formar a los estudiantes mexicanos en la cultura de la salud, se encuentran diseminados a lo largo del currículum de la educación básica, pero no se sabe en qué medida los estudiantes que egresan este nivel dominan dichos contenidos. El Examen al Egreso de la Educación Básica en el Área de Salud (EXEEBAS) da cuenta en qué medida los estudiantes que egresan de tercero de secundaria dominan los contenidos esenciales en dicha área. El objetivo del estudio es mostrar las evidencias de unidemensionalidad del EXEEBAS. Se aplicó a 14,545 estudiantes de tercero de secundaria inscritos en el ciclo escolar 2014-15 en Baja California. Los resultados muestran que existen evidencias para afirmar que el EXEEBAS es válido y confiable en términos generales, pero al revisar la unidimensionalidad por líneas de formación, algunas presentan retos de mejora.
Neuropsicología del proceso creativo. Un enfoque educativo
Authors: López-Fernández Verónica , Llamas-Salguero Fátima
Published: December 2017

Vivimos en un contexto y en una sociedad en constante cambio, que requiere que las personas se adapten a las nuevas circunstancias en las que nos hallamos. La creatividad es uno de los elementos más importantes a tener en cuenta como facilitador de la adaptación, además de ser un criterio de inclusión importante a la hora de detectar personas con alta capacidad intelectual. Por todo ello, es de especial relevancia su estudio desde todas las perspectivas. Por este motivo,  el  objetivo  del  presente  estudio  es  aportar  un  mejor  entendimiento de la creatividad desde un enfoque neuropsicológico, dado el carácter multidimensional del constructo. Se ha llevado a cabo una revisión de algunos estudios que estudian la creatividad desde la neurociencia y se propone una visión de las funciones neuropsicológicas implicadas en dicho proceso, en función de la fase en la que nos encontramos ante actividades creativas y que fueron establecidas por Wallas (1926): preparación, incubación, iluminación y verificación. Los resultados muestran que hay funciones cognitivas de especial relevancia en cada fase y estructuras cerebrales con gran activación en las distintas etapas del proceso creativo. Por último, se propone con esta nueva perspectiva del estudio de la creatividad,  un punto de partida para realizar otras investigaciones.
Aprendizaje-servicio y mejora de la Personalidad Eficaz en futuros docentes de Educación Física
Authors: Chiva-Bartoll Òscar , Pallarés-Piquer Marc , Gil-Gómez Jesús
Published: December 2017

El desarrollo de la “Personalidad Eficaz”, entendido como constructo en el que se relacionan los rasgos de la personalidad con la conducta eficaz en contextos profesionales o académicos, se postula como una de las metas de la formación universitaria del s. XXI. En esta línea, el Aprendizaje-servicio (ApS) es un método pedagógico que podría satisfacer estas necesidades al centrarse en la aplicación de competencias académicas en contextos reales. El presente trabajo, planteado desde un enfoque mixto de investigación,  emerge con el objetivo de conocer si el ApS contribuye al desarrollo de la “Personalidad Eficaz” en estudiantes de magisterio del área de Educación Física. El estudio que se presenta se concretó en la Universitat Jaume I (España) y analiza el resultado de un programa de ApS sobre un grupo de estudiantes de segundo curso del Grado de Magisterio. Del análisis cuantitativo se concluye la existencia de diferencias significativas, a favor del grupo experimental, en los resultados globales del Test de Personalidad Eficaz para Universitarios. Por otra parte, el enfoque cualitativo del estudio se alinea y complementa los resultados cuantitativos, favoreciendo una mejor y más contextualizada comprensión de los mismos.
La formación inicial y permanente del profesorado de Educación Física para la aplicación del modelo competencial: un estudio cualitativo
Authors: Zapatero Ayuso Jorge Agustín , Campos Izquierdo Antonio , González Rivera María Dolores
Published: December 2017

Este estudio pretende conocer el modo en que un grupo de docentes de Educación Física en Educación Secundaria de la Comunidad de Madrid adquirieron su formación para enseñar por competencias y la valoración que hacen de estas modalidades. Se triangularon las técnicas de grupo de discusión y entrevistas semiestructuradas. La formación inicial se postula como la modalidad de formación que más favorece la aplicación de una enseñanza por competencias, especialmente entre los docentes noveles. Asimismo, los participantes expertos consideran que su formación inicial es una ventaja para desarrollar el modelo. Sin embargo, los participantes sugieren realizar pocas actividades de formación permanente sobre este modelo y no parecen dirigirse hacia los principios del mismo. Estos resultados sugieren la posibilidad de potenciar la formación (inicial o permanente) del profesorado, sobre el modelo competencial, como medio para aplicar un modelo con una amplia repercusión nacional e internacional en todos los niveles educativos.
Factors Affecting Successful Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Policy in Sri Lanka
Authors: Anuradha P. I , Fernando R. Lalitha S.
Published: December 2017

Poverty is a critical and social issue in the developing world. Various policy measures have been taken by the countries for reducing this issue. Similarly, Sri Lanka has been taken many initiatives. But the incidence of poverty has not come down as expected. For an example, the Poverty Head Count Ratio in rural sector was 29.4% in 1990 and 24.7 % in 2012 (Census and Statistic Department in Sri Lanka). Among the many reasons for failure of these, poor implementation is imperative. In this context, this paper carries out an empirical study to identify the factors affecting successful implementation of poverty alleviation policy. Quantitative research method was used and primary data was gathered from 71 officers attached with the implementation process at the national, district, and divisional levels. A structured questionnaire was used with interviews for the data collection. Reliability analysis and factor analysis were undertaken to ensure the validity and reliability of the data. Correlation and regression analysis was undertaken in identifying the factors. The test result found that capability, disposition, number of people involved in the implementation, past experience of the implementing officers are significantly affecting on successful implementation of the policy. Based on the findings, policy measures are suggested for improving the policy implementation.
Economic Stability and Growth: The Case of Turkey
Authors: İdikut Özpençe Aylin
Published: December 2017

As the theory of economy began to mature, unemployment and economic growth became one of the fundamental macroeconomic indicators. Price stability, full employment and economic growth constitute the basic conditions of economic stability. If, in an economy inflation and unemployment rates reach to high levels and economic growth rates reach to low levels, economic instability will arise. In order to overcome these problems, a series of models are developed and they have taken their place in the history of economic thought. While existence of an inverse relationship was accepted between inflation and unemployment, in the 1970s and especially as the Petroleum Crisis was lived through, the concept of “stagflation” emerged. Therefore, the opinion that the thought to make a choice between inflation and unemployment should be abandoned has become widely accepted.The aim of this study is to investigate how inflation and unemployment affects economic growth in Turkey between for the period of 2008:1 and 2017:3. In this context secondary data has been taken from Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The study differs from the previous ones because it provides research related to issues that were not investigated in previous studies related to Turkey with regards to the Industrial Production Index (IPI), Product Price Index (PPI) and the relationship of unemployment data for the long term and being related with reasoning. According to the Johansen cointegration test, there is a long term relationship between series. An increase of 1 percent in UNMP reduces IPI by 1.7 percent. Consequently, the paper recommended that in order to ensure economic growth in Turkey, especially policies that would reduce unemployment should be preferred.
Cross-Cultural Reader Response to Original and Translated Poetry: An Empirical Study in Four Languages
Authors: Chesnokova Anna , Zyngier Sonia , Viana Vander , Jandre Juliana , Rumbesht Anna , Ribeiro Fernanda
Published: December 2017

In recent years, researchers have conducted empirical studies in reader response, which have either contested or confirmed earlier theories. Indeed, the 1970s and 1980s saw the shift from interpreting the page to looking into reading processes, but the studies remained on the level of abstraction. Our study follows the trend towards evidence-grounded investigations by examining real readers' reactions to poetry and innovates by looking into cross-cultural receptions of a poem in its original and translated versions. To verify whether responses to poetry are universal or culture specific, a rigorous method was adopted: 500 humanities undergraduate students from two different countries (Brazil and Ukraine) were asked to read Poe's “The Lake” and to gauge their reactions using a questionnaire with a fifteen-item semantic differential scale. Participants read either the original version in English (i.e., a foreign language to them) or its translation into their mother tongue (Portuguese, Russian, or Ukrainian). The results point to statistically significant differences within and between the groups. The findings indicate that first-hand responses to poetry are largely culture specific and that the translations also influence reactions.
Visualizing “The Rich Boy”: F. Scott Fitzgerald, F. R. Gruger, and Red Book Magazine
Authors: Nolan Jennifer
Published: December 2017

Although the majority of F. Scott Fitzgerald's stories were published in popular magazines with illustrations, little scholarly attention has been paid to the hundreds of images that interpreted Fitzgerald's stories or to the artists who produced them. Yet, for most of Fitzgerald's contemporary audiences, these illustrations played an essential role in how they experienced the text, particularly given the usual placement of an image preceding, and thereby framing, the narrative. One of Fitzgerald's most important stories, “The Rich Boy,” was published in two installments of Red Book Magazine in January and February of 1926, and was illustrated by F. R. Gruger, a prolific and well-respected illustrator at the peak of his career. Examining the interplay between Gruger's six illustrations and Fitzgerald's text reveals how they mutually reinforce Fitzgerald's narrative and thematic emphases through prefiguring, highlighting, and interpreting elements of the plot. By focusing on this aspect of the print culture surrounding the publication of Fitzgerald's stories, this article demonstrates the integral link between the visual and textual during this era and offers new ways of thinking about how Fitzgerald's stories were positioned for most of his contemporary readership.
Besides Zurich and Beyond Europe: Decentering Euro-Centrism inTender Is the Night
Authors: Käck Elin
Published: December 2017

While the cosmopolitan gestures and racial markers in Tender Is the Night have generated thought-provoking readings in Fitzgerald scholarship, the novel's profound exploration of Eurocentrism has been overlooked. This article considers the novel within the frameworks of spatial theory and geo-criticism to uncover its interrogation of Eurocentrism. It argues that Fitzgerald's Europe is part of a relational geography activated by the novel's global network of geographical locales and that it is a made space. Set mainly in Europe, the novel insistently presents a global geography that rests upon the economic transactions that enable the characters' experience and crafting of Europe. It is not some essence of Europe, its historical heritage or cultural hegemony that warrants its position as central, but its function as an amorphous space that has become malleable through economic consumption. The places described are almost exclusively European, but minor characters, slips, and transformations trouble Europe's explicit centrality in the novel. Europe's places lose their singularity with Hollywood replicas superimposed onto existing monuments, but foreign currency is steadily directed at Europe, which means that it retains its status as a central locus. While the novel thus challenges the notion of Europe as center, it nonetheless reiterates much of the Eurocentric argument.
Fitzgerald as Prose Technician: A Short Catalog of Rhetorical Devices
Authors: Zimmerman Brett
Published: December 2017

Using the taxonomy and the terminology of classical rhetoric, this article examines the prose of the four novels published in Fitzgerald's lifetime as well as several of his most notable short stories. This methodology enables one to go beyond the fuzzy descriptors—such as “brilliant,” “clear,” “vital,” “lucid,” “fluent,” “natural,” “fine,” and “rich”—often applied to Fitzgerald's writing. The article eschews the impressionistic in favor of a more “scientific” approach to that prose: through the exegetical microscope of the rhetorical lexicon, it demonstrates the surprising subtleties of Fitzgerald's linguistic craftsmanship. Without claiming that Fitzgerald was steeped in the terminology of classical rhetoric, it proposes that he at least had an intuitive understanding of the syllabic, lexical, aural, descriptive, metaphorical, syntactical, argumentative, grammatical, verisimilous, emotional, psychological, and even the comedic and satirical strategies and maneuvers that the terms describe and for which the ancient Greeks and Romans provided names and categories. The article concludes with a number of observations about Fitzgerald's careful and conscientious craftsmanship: some buttress widely accepted pronouncements about his prose style, techniques, and philosophy of composition; others, one hopes, are new insights that may surprise even Fitzgerald's most enthusiastic champions and be embraced by them.
Atitudes dos enfermeiros de centro cirúrgico diante da sistematização da assistência de enfermagem perioperatória
Authors: Ribeiro Elaine , Ferraz Keny Michelly Camargos , Duran Erika Christiane Marocco
Published: December 2017

Introdução: A Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem Perioperatória (SAEP) trata-se de um valioso instrumento para assistência do pacientede forma integralizada, contínua, segura e humanizada pela enfermagem, sendo composta por cinco fases: visita pré-operatória de enfermagem, planejamento,implementação, avaliação e reformulação da assistência a ser planejada. Objetivo: Descrever as atitudes dos enfermeiros relacionadas à SAEP em umcentro cirúrgico (CC) de um hospital no interior paulista. Métodos: Estudo transversal, descritivo. Resultados: Evidenciou-se pouco conhecimento e contatodos enfermeiros com a SAEP; as atitudes dos enfermeiros sobre esta obteve escore 89,55; a maioria dos adjetivos recebeu escore ≥5,5; quanto maior o tempotrabalhado na instituição, maior o contato com a SAEP. Conclusão: É notório que a implementação da SAEP é um desafio para o enfermeiro cirúrgico,mesmo se tratando de uma ferramenta para tornar a assistência de enfermagem individualizada e eficaz, minimizando riscos e complicações pós-operatórias.
Complicações na sala de recuperação anestésica, fatores de riscos e intervenções de enfermagem: revisão integrativa
Authors: Ribeiro Mariângela Belmonte , Peniche Aparecida De Cassia Giani , Silva Silvia Cristina Fürbringer e
Published: December 2017

Objetivos: Identificar as complicações e os riscos que os pacientes possam desenvolver no pós-operatório imediato e propor um instrumento quecontenha as complicações, riscos e intervenções de enfermagem individualizadas. Método: Revisão integrativa da literatura realizada entre março e outubrode 2015 nas bases de dados PubMed (arquivo digital produzido pela National Library of Medicine) e Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS). Para o levantamentodos artigos foram utilizados os descritores: sala de recuperação, complicações e cuidados de enfermagem. Resultados: A estratégia de busca permitiu a análisede 15 artigos. As complicações, riscos e intervenções foram identificadas e assim categorizadas: hipotermia, hipoxemia, apneia; edema agudo de pulmão,tremores, náuseas e vômitos; retenção urinária, grau de dependência de cuidados; disritmias cardíacas, complicações gerais; complicações com idosose posicionamento cirúrgico. Conclusão: As complicações e riscos levantados, assim como as intervenções, foram a base para a construção do instrumento.
Symptoms and quality of life from patients undergoing hemodialysis in Switzerland
Authors: Delmas Philippe , Cohen Christine , Loiselle Marie-Chantal , Antonini Matteo , Pasquier Jerome , Burnier Michel
Published: December 2017

Background: Dialysis patients experience multiple symptoms impairing their quality of life. A relationship seems to exist between the cultural context and the burden of symptoms. In this study, the prevalence and severity of 30 symptoms and their relationship with quality of life among hemodialysis patients in Switzerland is explored.Methods: A cross-sectional correlation design was used with a convenience sample of 119 patients from five dialysis units. Presence and severity of symptoms were assessed with the Dialysis Symptom Index and quality of life with the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire. Multivariate linear regressions were used to examine the relationship between the prevalence and severity of symptoms, respectively, and quality of life. T-tests and Fisher’s tests were used for the international comparisons.Results: On average, patients reported 10 symptoms and often rated these as “somewhat bothersome”. The most frequent were: lack of energy, dry skin, trouble falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, and muscle cramps. Average symptoms prevalence and severity levels were both observed to decrease patients’ quality of life, items related to physical health and psychological state having the greatest impact. Prevalence and severity of psychological symptoms and prevalence of sex-related symptoms seem to be influenced by patients’ cultural context.Conclusions: These results demonstrate that patients on chronic hemodialysis present several symptoms that affect their quality of life. Healthcare professionals should develop strategies to identify more properly these symptoms, especially sex-related and psychological symptoms.
The first year as a nurse practitioner: An integrative literature review of the transition experience
Authors: Twine Nicole
Published: December 2017

The purpose of this integrative literature review was to synthesize current knowledge about the role transition from new graduate Nurse Practitioner (NP) to novice NP to increase our understanding of how to better support NP entry into practice. The NP role was implemented in the United States over fifty years ago and has proven to contribute to patient outcomes and reduced health care costs. Proper transition experience to advanced practice nursing is fundamental to these improved patient outcomes in the hospital setting. The transition from Registered Nurse to professional NP is an important and difficult adjustment to make and may affect ongoing NP practice. The following topics were reviewed: graduate NP to novice NP transition, NP perception of preparedness, and perceived challenges encountered during role transition. A search for relevant literature was conducted in the EBSCO Host and ProQuest databases and in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, and MEDLINE specialty databases. Ten articles were identified and 3 major topic areas were revealed in the analysis: role transition, perception of preparedness, and perceived challenges. Establishing role identity as an NP, developing professional relationships, and having effective mentorship emerged as key issues influencing the transition process. Training programs are rare. A need exists for additional support and education for new hospital based NPs as they transition from students to practicing clinicians. Future studies that focus on the transition experience after internships programs may provide insight into how to develop or modify educational programs for NPs that will improve or enhance their transition to expert practitioner practice.
Testosterone suppression in the treatment of recurrent or metastatic prostate cancer — A Canadian consensus statement
Authors: Klotz Laurence , Shayegan Bobby , Guillemette Chantal , Collins Loretta L. , Gotto Geoffrey , Guérette Dominique , Jammal Marie-Paule , Pickles Tom , Richard Patrick O. , Saad Fred
Published: December 2017

Testosterone suppression, achieved through orchiectomy or medically induced androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), is a standard treatment for men with recurrent and metastatic prostate cancer. Current assay methods demonstrate the capacity for testosterone suppression to <0.7 nmol/l, and clinical data support improved outcomes from ADT when lower levels are achieved. Practical clinical guidelines are warranted to facilitate adoption of 0.7 nmol/l as the new standard castrate testosterone level. A pan-Canadian group of experts, representing diverse clinical specialties, identified key clinical issues, searched and reviewed relevant literature, and developed consensus statements on testosterone suppression for the treatment of prostate cancer. The expert panel found that current evidence supports the clinical benefit of achieving low testosterone levels during ADT, and encourage adoption of ≤0.7 nmol/l as a new castrate level threshold. The panel recommends regular monitoring of testosterone (e.g., every 3–6 months) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels as clinically appropriate (e.g., every 3–6 months) during ADT, with reassessment of therapeutic strategy if testosterone is not suppressed or if PSA rises regardless of adequate testosterone suppression. The panel also emphasizes the need for greater awareness and education regarding testosterone assay specifications, and strongly promotes the use of mass spectrometry-based assays to ensure accurate measurement of testosterone at castrate levels.
Post-Traumatic Arthritis: The Role of Cytokine Levels in Serum and Synovial Fluid
Authors: Sarafan Naser , Fakoor Mohammad , Mehdinasab Abdolhossein , Bahadoram Mohammad , Ashtary-Larky Damoon , Mahdavi Hossein , Javanmardi Fatemeh
Published: December 2017

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Inflammatory processes play an important role in intra-articular fractures. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between chemerin, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and Interleukin 17 (IL-17) serum and synovial fluid levels of osteoarthritis patients and individuals with intra-articular fractures.METHOD: In this case-control study, all osteoarthritis patients and individuals with intra-articular fractures who visited the Imam Khomeini Orthopedic Clinic of Ahvaz were examined. Blood samples (5 cc) were collected prior to surgery to measure chemerin Interleukin 17, and hs-CRP serum levels. Synovial fluid samples (2 cc) were collected during the surgery.RESULTS: Measuring the levels of IL-17, chemerin and hs-CRP indicated a significant statistical difference between the serum and synovial fluids of osteoarthritis patients, individuals with intra-articular fractures, and the control group (p < .001). Post-hoc analyses showed statistically significant differences in all conditions except for hs-CRP levels between osteoarthritis patients and individuals with intra-articular fractures.CONCLUSION: Discovering ways to stop or slow down osteoarthritis is a matter of great concern. The findings on osteoarthritis indicate diverse, complex, and multidimensional processes involving cytokines. Information on cytokines that effect diseases can help develop efficient therapy methods.
The Relationship between the Values of Primary School and Music Teacher Candidates and Their Cheating Attitudes
Authors: Saracaloglu Asuman Seda , Gerceker Ceren Saygi , Aladag Soner
Published: December 2017

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between the values of primary and music teacher candidates and their cheating attitudes in terms of different variables. The study group of the research is composed of 249 students who are studying at the Departments of Primary School Teaching and Music Education at Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Education. In the research, Portrait Values Questionnaire and personal information form were used. In the analysis of data, t test, ANOVA, correlation analysis and tukey HSD test was used. It was detected that teacher candidates had high levels of value perceptions and the three most important values were universalism, security and self-direction. It was found that there was a statistically significant difference in primary school and music teacher candidates in all values except achievement, hedonism and stimulation according to their departments. This difference was on behalf of primary school teacher candidates. Another conclusion of the research was the gender variable. In all values except power, significant difference was on behalf of females. When the value scores of primary school and music teacher candidates were examined, all the values except for power were on behalf of freshmen. It was seen that there were significant differences between the teacher candidates’ academic achievement perceptions and their value scores of achievement, stimulation, self-direction, universalism, benevolence, tradition, conformity and security except power and hedonism values. Findings related to cheating, which was another variance of the research, are as follows; cheating attitudes of primary school and music teacher candidates were moderate. It was detected that the participants had negative attitudes towards cheating. A significant difference was detected in cheating attitude according to the department. In other words, it was seen that music teacher candidates were more positive towards cheating. When cheating attitudes according to gender variable were examined, it was seen that there was a significant difference on behalf of females.
Topographic Map Analysis of High Elevation Black Hills Through Valleys Linking Spearfish and Rapid Creek Headwaters Valleys, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Authors: Clausen Eric
Published: December 2017

The Spearfish-Rapid Creek drainage extends from elevations greater than 7130 feet (2173 meters) roughly in a north direction across the northern Black Hills upland to where it becomes the Spearfish-Whitewood Creek drainage divide at an elevation of approximately 6440 feet (1963 meters) and separates north-oriented Spearfish Creek headwaters from southeast- and east-oriented Rapid Creek headwaters. This study used detailed topographic maps to investigate through valleys (and wind gaps) now crossing the Spearfish-Rapid Creek drainage divide, which is one of the Black Hills’ highest drainage divides. Through valley (or wind gap) floor elevations were determined and ranged from approximately 6150 feet (1875 meters) to approximately 7050 feet (2149 meters) and through valley (and wind gap) depths were also calculated and ranged from approximately 30 feet (9 meters) to about 290 feet (88 meters). Map evidence suggesting these through valleys (and wind gaps) originated as components of diverging and converging complexes of bedrock-walled channels is described and suggests large and prolonged southeast-oriented floods once flowed from or across the Spearfish Creek drainage basin to the Rapid Creek drainage basin. Based on today’s topography there is no upland Black Hills region capable of generating the large and prolonged floods required to erode the observed through valleys (and wind gaps) and their associated diverging and converging channel complexes so the erosion is interpreted to have taken place while the Black Hills were just beginning to emerge as the topographic high they are today. A water source could not be determined from map evidence, but large and prolonged southeast-oriented floods across the region are consistent with a recently proposed hypothesis that massive southeast-oriented (continental ice sheet) ice-marginal melt water floods eroded what are today western South Dakota and North Dakota river drainage basins.
The Lower Kimmeridgian of the Wieluń Upland and adjoining regions: lithostratigraphy, ammonite stratigraphy (upper Planula/Platynota to Divisum zones), palaeogeography and climate-controlled cycles
Authors: WIERZBOWSKI Andrzej
Published: December 2017

The Early Kimmeridgian of the Wieluń Upland and adjoining regions, after the decline of sedimentation of the deep-neritic sponge megafacies (Częstochowa Sponge Limestone Fm.) and associated limestones and marls with poor benthic fauna (Pilica Fm.) during the Planula Chron, showed the subsequent development of moderately shallow-water biostromal chalky limestones with siliceous sponges and corals, replaced laterally by micritic limestones and marls (Prusicko Fm.) during the Platynota Chron and the earliest Hypselocyclum Chron. Towards the north and south shallow-marine carbonate platforms occurred (represented by deposits of the “oolitic” fm.), whereas towards the north-west and west deeper marine facies, represented initially by limestones with siliceous sponges (Częstochowa Sponge Limestone Fm.), and later during the Hypselocyclum Chron by bedded limestones and marls with ammonites (Burzenin Fm.) were deposited. This palaeogeographic pattern was controlled by the synsedimentary tectonics. The detailed biostratigraphical classification of the deposits studied from the Platynota to the Divisum zones, and their lithological character, enable the recognition of the primary sedimentary cyclicity by comparison with the well dated short eccentricity cycles in the coeval succession of south-eastern France. The two appendixes enclosed give the characteristics of: (1) the characteristics of the ammonite faunas especially of the families Ataxioceratidae and Aulacostephanidae (where two new species are established – Balticeras samsonowiczi sp. nov., and Rasenioides glazeki sp. nov.); (2) the newly established lithostratigraphical units: the Prusicko Fm., and the Burzenin Fm., and the smaller rank units (members, beds) recognized therein.
LABORATORY STAND FOR SMALL WIND TURBINE SIMULATION
Authors: MATELSKI Wojciech , Łowiec Eugeniusz , ABRAMIK Stanisław
Published: December 2017

The article presents a concept of the laboratory stand for wind turbine simulation, built on the basis of cage induction motor, supplied from a frequency converter. The model assumes control of the engine torque, using simple constant Volt/Hertz control with slip regulation, taking into account the moment of inertia of the simulated turbine. Performance of the system for different wind and generator load conditions has been shown. Test results proved, that the turbine torque is well tracked by the wind motor emulator.
Pojęcie ideologii jako pojęcie krytyczne
Authors: Świrek Krzysztof
Published: December 2017

The article discusses the significance of the concept of ideology for social sciences. Although this concept was abandoned a long time ago in favour of the more “neutral” terms, due to Marxism and psychoanalysis it returned to social sciences in the second half of the 20th century. In the article, I present the concept of Louis Althusser, whose perception of ideological phenomena shifts them from the field of studies on cognitive mistakes and manipulation towards the socialization theory. I discuss shortly the psychoanalytical sources of this concept and point to the sociological tradition where similar concepts and problems can be found. I use the empirical example to illustrate the consequences of Althusser’s theory for understanding ideology, and Slavoj Zizek’s theory to show the ways out of certain impasse of this theory. In the summary, the question returns on the importance of the concept of ideology for social sciences.
Krąg społeczny: od klasycznej metafory do współczesnych ujęć analitycznych
Authors: Porczyński Dominik
Published: December 2017

The paper undertakes the problem of a social circle notion “wandering”. The main objective is the description of this process and the extraction of its key fields. My main argument is that as many of terms are borrowed from everyday language, its vagueness makes a social circle a notion differently interpreted in structural and interactionist perspectives, which constitute two main ways of its transfer. The analysis presents three transfers: from everyday life to cultural sciences theoretical framework; from low-operationalised notion to an acute one from perspective of different sociological paradigms; from a metaphor of collectivity to an element of network theory.
CONTRIBUIÇÕES DE MICHEL FOUCAULT AO ESTUDO DA FILOSOFIA ANTIGA:O CONCEITO DE PARRHESÍA APLICADO AO FEDRO DE PLATÃO
Authors: Rocha Gabriel Rodrigues
Published: December 2017

O artigo analisa a interpretação foucaultiana do diálogo intermédio Fedro, de Platão. Neste propósito, para Michel Foucault, a querela entre retórica e filosofia e entre a oralidade e a escrita, são de menor importância, em relação à questão da utilização boa ou má do logos. Do que se segue - no uso foucaultiano -, que o uso apropriado do logos faz-se a partir de três prévios requisitos: a parrhesía, a psicagogia e a dialética.  A filosofia de Platão, analisada a partir do referido diálogo Fedro, propõe um novo lugar (tópos) ao uso discursivo do logos. Em consequência, o logos filosófico constrói-se em direta relação com a verdade do enunciado e, em consequência, com a eticidade do discurso. Assim apresenta-se como definitivo a ruptura com o que se denominou de uso procedimental da retórica. Isto é, a sua utilização puramente formal e instrumental ao processo persuasivo. A propósito, viés este largamente utilizado na tradição sofistica, à qual, a tradição socrático-platônica irá veementemente se opor.
DA BIOPOLÍTICA À NECROPOLÍTICA: VARIAÇÕES FOUCAULTIANAS NA PERIFERIA DO CAPITALISMO
Authors: Hilário Leomir Cardoso
Published: December 2017

O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar e contextualizar uma ferramenta de análise de autoria do filósofo e cientista social camaronês Achille Mbembe como atualização da crítica social foucaultiana para fenômenos da periferia do capitalismo, em específico aqueles que aludem a uma passagem da biopolítica – a produção da vida e da subjetividade adequadas à forma social capitalista – para a necropolítica, isto é, uma política centrada na produção da morte em larga escala, característica de um mundo em crise sistêmica.  
PIERRE HADOT E MICHEL FOUCAULT: SOBRE A FELICIDADE ESTOICA E A EXPERIÊNCIA DA ALEGRIA
Authors: Stephan Cassiana Lopes
Published: December 2017

Conforme Hadot, Foucault teria transformado a moral estoica em uma ética que busca o prazer em si mesmo, já que, erroneamente, conceberia a felicidade como um estado de puro deleite corpóreo e psíquico. Hadot afirma que para os estoicos a busca pela felicidade é incondicional e a tranquilidade d’alma deve ser compreendida como um estado imperturbável no qual o si mesmo se encontra despojado de qualquer tipo de sentimento, seja ele violento ou sereno. Diferentemente, Foucault concebe que o domínio de si corresponde à soberania exercida sobre si mesmo e está atrelada a uma satisfação que se tem consigo. O estado de ataraxia ou euthumía é interpretado por Foucault como uma forma outra de prazer, aquela que se opõe ao prazer violento, cuja origem não está em nós mesmos, mas nos objetos aos quais descontroladamente atribuímos valores morais. Foucault associa essa diferenciação entre o mau e o bom prazer respectivamente aos termos, encontrados em Sêneca, “voluptas” e “gaudium”. Todavia, Hadot entende que Foucault teria cometido um deslize ao interpretar a alegria ou o bom sentimento como outra forma de prazer, pois, de acordo com Hadot, nos estoicos a distinção entre prazer e alegria não corresponde a uma mera questão de vocabulário. Assim, neste texto se trata de recontextualizar a crítica que Hadot dirigiu às análises de Foucault acerca da terapia das paixões no estoicismo, através da problematização da maneira pela qual cada um dos autores compreende a relação entre a alegria e a tranquilidade d’alma.
CUIDADO DE SI, PRÁTICAS DE SI CONTEMPORÂNEAS E DISCURSOS DE AUTOAJUDA: UMA LEITURA FOUCAULTIANA
Authors: Dutra Ramos Estéfani
Published: December 2017

A proposta deste artigo é refletir sobre os vínculos existentes entre os temas do cuidado de si, das práticas de si contemporâneas e das influências dos discursos de autoajuda na formação das subjetividades. Partindo das leituras de Foucault sobre o cuidado de si e da sua volta aos filósofos antigos para compreender tal tema, nosso objetivo é evidenciar a aproximação da ideia de cuidado de si a práticas de si contemporâneas expressas em um conjunto de habilidades, atitudes e comportamentos a que os sujeitos se submetem com o intuito de serem felizes e bem sucedidos. Nessa esfera, tais práticas estariam, segundo Foucault, muito distantes do cuidado de si pensado, por exemplo, na filosofia socrática, platônica ou estoica em que o cuidado era exercido como condição ao desenvolvimento das virtudes visando não estritamente o aprimoramento de si, mas o cuidado com o outro. Pensado nos dias de hoje, esse cuidado é praticado por meio do autoconhecimento e do auto exercício que são imprescindíveis ao investimento que o indivíduo deve fazer sobre si na busca daquilo que é compreendido como sucesso profissional e felicidade. Obviamente, tais ações são motivadas por discursos que, além de auxiliarem no aprimoramento do eu, influenciam diretamente na formação das subjetividades. É nesse sentido que os discursos de autoajuda transformam o ideal de cuidado de si em práticas de si extremamente individualizadas. Diante do exposto, nosso interesse é analisar como Foucault delineia a noção de “cuidado de si” para pensarmos, por fim, como esse cuidado é assumido pelos discursos de autoajuda que o reduzem a técnicas de si que incidem, por ora, na formação de subjetividades cujo êxito é o fim a ser perseguido pelos indivíduos em nossa contemporaneidade.
ASPECTOS DA HISTÓRIA DO NÚMERO "pi" NA PERSPECTIVA DUMA FILOSOFIA DA MATEMÁTICA DE INSPIRAÇÃO WITTGENSTEINIANA
Authors: Margutti Pinto Paulo Roberto
Published: December 2017

No presente artigo, o autor tenta expor os princípios fundamentais duma filosofia da matemática que extrai sua inspiração do segundo Wittgenstein. Tais princípios são aplicados em seguida a dois momentos diferentes da história do número p. O objetivo é testar, ainda que de maneira superficial, a viabilidade dessa filosofia para a explicação pragmatista da objetividade e necessidade das proposições matemáticas.

 
COMO PENSAR A LIBERDADE A PARTIR DA SUBSTITUIÇÃO?
Authors: Aguiar Diogo Villas Bôas
Published: December 2017

Outramente que ser estabelece uma diferença fundamental e pontua uma ruptura com Totalidade e Infinito no que diz respeito ao modo como a subjetividade é interpretada. Trata-se da noção central de substituição. Este não é, de modo algum, um conceito de fácil apreensão, e não encontramos no texto levinasiano uma formulação explícita daquilo que significaria substituir-se. No entanto, adotaremos aqui uma estratégia que nos permitirá uma aproximação que, em nosso modo de ver, torna possível uma forma interessante de abordar esse tema. A substituição traz consigo, de imediato, o problema da liberdade. Tendo em vista a sempre recorrente, e não menos problemática, discussão entre passividade e atividade, o que significaria pensar a liberdade a partir da substituição? Se substituir-se não se origina de um ato de liberdade do sujeito, deliberando para si mesmo a decisão de sacrificar-se por outrem, o que seria tal substituição e qual o sentido de ainda falarmos em liberdade nesse contexto? Buscaremos defender que o conceito levinasiano de substituição deve ser pensado em conjunto com o de liberdade, pois a liberdade é simultaneamente derivação da heteronomia e origem da possibilidade de toda ação.
Terminologies, Lexical Hierarchies and other Configurations
Authors: Vogel Radek
Published: December 2017

The focus of the monograph is on hierarchical systems of lexical items, particularly in scientific terminologies. It includes research outcomes from the dissertation Lexical Hierarchies in the Scientific Terminology, supplemented with a broad introduction to the typology of lexical and semantic relations and to a variety of branching and non-branching hierarchies, proportional series and other types of lexical configurations. It analyses the principles of formation of terminological classificatory hierarchies and identifies sense relations between items at superordinate and subordinate levels, and those at the same level. Specific morphological and onomatological properties of different languages influence consistency of corresponding lexical hierarchies, altghough the conceptual systems are identical.
Teaching Common Morality
Authors: Triplett Timm ,   Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Published: December 2017

Bernard Gert’s account of morality is straightforward, clear and, in its essentials, easily grasped. As such, it offers rich pedagogical resources for teaching morality, not just in undergraduate courses but also in pre-college philosophy classes or workshops, including those offered during the elementary school years. Gert’s account, properly calibrated to the age group in question, can provide a unified framework for students to think about morality, clarify their understanding of it, and engage in discussions with each other about it. After summarizing Gert’s account, I illustrate several ways in which it can be applied in the classroom, beginning with applications at the elementary school level and working up to pedagogy appropriate to high school and college. I conclude by considering and responding to some possible objections to this approach.