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Christine Delphy's Constructivist Materialism: An Overlooked “French Feminism”
Authors: Disch Lisa
Published: October 2015

This essay revisits the work of Christine Delphy, a leading activist in the women's liberation movement in France and a leading materialist feminist theorist whom many US feminist scholars have written off as a “seventies feminist”: she not only published one of her most-read pieces in the 1970s but is also judged to typify that period by virtue of her (in)famous conceptualization of women as a class. This essay undertakes a close reading of Delphy's writings on gender together with her earlier work on women as social class to elaborate what I term her constructivist materialism: a materialist analysis of gender hierarchy premised on the conviction that sex difference is not the foundation of gender but is, rather, its effect. I aim not only to give Delphy's work the benefit of a sympathetic reading but also to demonstrate how such a reading participates in contesting two of the narratives that Clare Hemmings has identified as reducing the “feminist seventies” to “seventies feminism.” Delphy's constructivist materialist conceptualization of gender belies efforts to contrast the (essentialist) seventies with the (constructivist) nineties—efforts that mark the latter as theoretically and politically superior.
Indigenous Activism Beyond Borders
Authors: Marcus Diveena S.
Published: October 2015

Indigenous communities in North America are either confined in remote areas of arid and undesirable living environments or scattered amid the dominant non-Indigenous colonial atmosphere. The former are distant and removed from the public's gaze and the latter have long been active contributors to society as a whole but invisible to the public. In spite of an inconsequential existence (from the general public's perspective), Indigenous North Americans are astutely aware of their Indigenous “underground” social world, and like mysterious smoke signals, Indigenous news travels across, in between, and beyond the capacity of technological norms. This essay offers the perspective from that underground social network of a California Native American living in Ontario, Canada, during the Idle No More movement.
The Traumas and Truths of the Body
Authors: Ghabrial Sarah
Published: October 2015

Between 1870 and 1930 the French colonial state in Algeria expanded its regulatory prerogatives in the governance of Muslim “personal status law” without abandoning its policy commitments to “respect local custom.” This article examines this fraught historical process with a focus on the impact of European medicine and redefinitions of evidence and expertise. Through case studies drawn from judicial archives and published jurisprudence, this study traces the paradoxical effects of colonial medicalization on Muslim women’s divorce based on forced or failed consummation of marriage. In divorces based on forced or premature consummation, colonial medical and legal discourses that infantilized Muslim women and criminalized Muslim men created new pathways for women to escape abusive marriages. Conversely, women’s divorce suits based on nonconsummation were weakened by French interventions that suppressed expert witnessing by local women birth attendants (qablas) and instead privileged the witness credibility of husbands as heads of households.
Delongia gen. nov., a new genus of Polytrichaceae (Bryophyta) with two disjunct species in East Africa and the Himalaya
Authors: Bell Neil E. , Kariyawasam Isuru U. , Hedderson Terry A. J. , Hyvönen Jaakko
Published: October 2015

Although the family Polytrichaceae contains the largest and structurally most complex of all mosses, a number of distantly related lineages share a relatively reduced gametophytic morphology and have historically been conflated under polyphyletic genera, most notably Oligotrichum s.l. Based on new and newly identified collections, phylogenetic analysis of nucleotide data, scanning electron microscopy and relaxed‐clock divergence time estimation, we recognise O. glaciale and O. cavallii under the new genus Delongia, which is more closely related to Psilopilum, Atrichum and Steereobryon than to Oligotrichum. The two species are mutually highly distinct in both morphological and molecular characters, with D. glacialis occurring across the Himalaya from Pakistan to Yunnan and D. cavallii found in the East African Rift Mountains and on the island of Réunion. Divergence time estimation suggests that the lineages represented by the extant species diverged from each other around the Oligocene‐Miocene boundary (∼23 Ma), contemporaneous with the origins of the East African Rift system and ongoing uplift of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, while Delongia most likely shares a common ancestor in the Eocene (56–34 Ma) either with the arctic‐subarctic genus Psilopilum or with Atrichum and Steereobryon.
Lejalia sagenopteroides gen. nov. et comb. nov.: A new tropical member of Araceae from Late Cretaceous strata of northern Gondwana (Jebel Abyad, Sudan)
Authors: Coiffard Clément , Mohr Barbara A.R.
Published: October 2015

Fossil leaf material was collected during the 1980s in northern Sudan and described as Proteaephyllum sagenopteroides. The revision of the type material and other specimens from the same collection led to a new interpretation of this taxon. The morphology of these leaves, especially the venation pattern of several vein orders, has been compared with leaves of fossil and extant monocotyledonous angiosperms, especially Araceae, with the conclusion that the fossil's parallel‐pinnate venation as well as its higher‐order venation show most similarities to living Araceae, especially Aroideae. A new genus, Lejalia, is erected to accommodate these results. The ecology of fossil Lejalia sagenopteroides gen. nov. et comb. nov. as an inhabitant of mangrove swamps, most likely together with the mangrove palm Nypa, elucidates the old age and stability of the Nypa‐mangrove environment and its associated elements, including the occurrence of large‐leaved Aroids.
SOME PROBLEMS OF INCREASING SCIENTIFIC LAW-MAKING IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Борисов  , Borisov Aleksandr , Щеголева  , Shchegoleva Natalya
Published: October 2015

Nowadays the problems associated with law-making in the Russian Federation as a whole, and its subjects in particular are of interest to science and practice. The authors argue the need to use the potential of scientists for training deputies and for increasing efficiency of the legislative process.
CORRUPTIONALIZATION OF POWER AS A FACTOR OF DEFORMATION OF GOVERNMENT
Authors: Шедий  , Shediy Mariya
Published: October 2015

This article analyzes the combination of factors that contribute and are directly involved in corruptionalization of the Russian government. On the basis of the analysis the author comes to the conclusion that the cause of corruption lies in the nature of the state and is generated by processes occurring in it. Various political, social, economic and other factors at different stages of the existence of society affect corruption processes in many ways. The cyclic nature of corruption processes is primarily due to the cyclical development of economic, political and socio-cultural relations.
Determination of tax risks in the system of economic security
Authors: Тимофеева  , Timofeeva I.
Published: October 2015

Ensuring economic security in the tax area could have positive results only if it is based on precise and clear regulation in the field of taxation, modern methods of economic analysis and evaluation of existing tax risks, which is especially important in the formation of effective tax policy in economic crisis. The legislation on taxes and duties do not have such terms as "tax risk". According to the author, in the modern theory of economic and fiscal security the concept of "tax risk" should be clearly defined, scientific approaches to its classification should be developed. With the development of economic relations refinement and reclassification of tax risks should be done on various grounds for the purpose of reflection, assessment and development of effective methods of management in order to secure existence of state and business in the market economy.
FACTORS AND CONSTRAINTS AFFECTING FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Клименко  , Klimenko E. , Петрище  , Petrishche Vitaliy
Published: October 2015

The article examines the factors limiting development of entrepreneurial potential of socio-cultural organizations of different types. The possible risks of production and promotion of cultural products on the system B2C and B2B are presented.
TRANSFORMATION OF LABOR POTENTIAL OF COMPANY PERSONNEL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FACTORS OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Гришакова  , Grishakova Elena
Published: October 2015

The article is devoted to the problems of operation of employment potential of company personnel under regional labour market. The author presents social factors which influence employment potential of company personnel and offers means which can stimulate the realization of labour potential in the professional activity.
MASS MEDIA AS A SOURCE OF FORMATION OF HISTORICAL MEMORY OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
Authors: Старых  , Starykh Natalya
Published: October 2015

The article considers mass media as a source of formation of historical memory of the Great Patriotic War. The author examines the main sources of information about the Great Patriotic War; analyzes the current possibilities of formation of historical memory; gives the results of content - document analysis.
Abnormal Accruals in Newly Public Companies: Opportunistic Misreporting or Economic Activity?
Authors: Armstrong Christopher , Foster George , Taylor Daniel
Published: October 2015

Newly public companies tend to exhibit abnormally high accruals in the year of their initial public offering (IPO). Although the prevailing view in the literature is that these accruals are caused by opportunistic misreporting, we show that these accruals do not appear to benefit managers and instead result from the normal economic activity of newly public companies. In particular, and in contrast to the notion that managers benefit from inflating accruals through an inflated issue price, inflated post-IPO equity values, and increased insider trading profits, we find no evidence of a relation between abnormal accruals and these outcomes. Instead, consistent with these accruals resulting from normal economic activity, we find that these accruals are attributable to the investment of IPO proceeds in working capital and that controlling for the amount of IPO proceeds invested in working capital produces a more powerful accrual-based measure of misreporting.

This paper was accepted by Gérard Cachon, accounting.
Automated Design of Revenue-Maximizing Combinatorial Auctions
Authors: Sandholm Tuomas , Likhodedov Anton
Published: October 2015

Designing optimal—that is, revenue-maximizing—combinatorial auctions (CAs) is an important elusive problem. It is unsolved even for two bidders and two items for sale. Rather than pursuing the manual approach of attempting to characterize the optimal CA, we introduce a family of CAs and then seek a high-revenue auction within that family. The family is based on bidder weighting and allocation boosting; we coin such CAs virtual valuations combinatorial auctions (VVCAs). VVCAs are the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism executed on virtual valuations that are affine transformations of the bidders’ valuations. The auction family is parameterized by the coefficients in the transformations. The problem of designing a CA is thereby reduced to search in the parameter space of VVCA—or the more general space of affine maximizer auctions.

We first construct VVCAs with logarithmic approximation guarantees in canonical special settings: (1) limited supply with additive valuations and (2) unlimited supply.

In the main part of the paper, we develop algorithms that design high-revenue CAs for general valuations using samples from the prior distribution over bidders’ valuations. (Priors turn out to be necessary for achieving high revenue.) We prove properties of the problem that guide our design of algorithms. We then introduce a series of algorithms that use economic insights to guide the search and thus reduce the computational complexity. Experiments show that our algorithms create mechanisms that yield significantly higher revenue than the VCG and scale dramatically better than prior automated mechanism design algorithms. The algorithms yielded deterministic mechanisms with the highest known revenues for the settings tested, including the canonical setting with two bidders, two items, and uniform additive valuations. 1
On Dynamic Decision Making to Meet Consumption Targets
Authors: Chen Lucy Gongtao , Long Daniel Zhuoyu , Sim Melvyn
Published: October 2015

We investigate a dynamic decision model that facilitates a target-oriented decision maker in regulating her risky consumption based on her desired target consumption level in every period in a finite planning horizon. We focus on dynamic operational decision problems of a firm where risky cash flows are being resolved over time. The firm can finance consumption by borrowing or saving to attain prescribed consumption targets over time. To evaluate the ability of the consumption in meeting respective targets, we propose the consumption shortfall risk (CSR) criterion, which has salient properties of attainment content, starvation aversion, subadditivity, and positive homogeneity. We show that if borrowing and saving are unrestricted and their interest rates are common, the optimal policy that minimizes the CSR criterion is to finance consumption at the target level for all periods except the last. For general convex dynamic decision problems, the optimal policies correspond to those that maximize an additive expected utility, in which the underlying utility functions are concave and increasing. Despite the interesting properties, this approach violates the principle of normative utility theory and we discuss the limitations of our target-oriented decision model.
The P_0^+-matrix completion problem
Authors: Sarma Bhaba , Sinha Kalyan
Published: October 2015

A real n by n matrix B is a P_0^+ -matrix if for each k in {1, 2, . . . , n} every k by k principal minor of B is nonnegative, and at least one k by k principal minor is positive. A digraph D is said to have P_0^+-completion if every partial P_0^+-matrix specifying D can be completed to a P_0^+ -matrix. In this paper, we study the P_0^+-completion problem, give necessary conditions for a digraph to have P_0^+-completion, and single out those digraphs of order at most four that have P_0^+-completion.
Spatial point pattern analysis of the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) poaching cases in and around Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra
Authors: RIFAIE FARID , SUGARDJITO JITO , FITRIANA YULI SULISTYA
Published: October 2015

Rifaie F, Sugardjito J, Fitriana YS. 2015.Spatial point pattern analysis of the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)poaching cases in and around Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra. Biodiversitas 16: 311-319.Wild Sumatran tigers are in a criticalstate with around 250 adult tigers remain in their habitat in Sumatra Island. Despite the fact that this subspecies is an elusive animal withvery wide home range, Sumatran tigers are facing two serious threats, the depletion of its habitats and preys in one side and the increaseof tiger hunt for illegal wildlife market. Improving the capacity and effectiveness of law enforcement in reducing poaching of tigers isan immediate priority protecting the remaining wild populations in their habitat. Enforcement monitoring was established under theTiger conservation program. During their patrols, the anti-poaching team recorded various data including poaching incidents. Weanalyzed secondary data of Sumatran tiger poaching cases around Kerinci Seblat National Park that have been documented from 2000 to2012. Georeferencing process was performed to transform locality data of 87 poaching cases into geographic position. The NearestNeighbor (NN) analysis suggested a strong clustering pattern with the observed mean distance was 4.9 km, much lower than theexpected mean distance (10.9 km).Similarly, The Ripley's K analysis also showed the aggregation of the points along the observeddistances. On the other hand, about 35.6% of points were located outside the standard deviational ellipse. The pattern indicated thatpoaching incidents were spread in all corner of the region but excessive cases were observed in the center of the park.
Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate an Abuse Prevention Curriculum for Women and Men With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Authors: Hickson Linda , Khemka Ishita , Golden Harriet , Chatzistyli Aikaterini
Published: October 2015

This study was designed (a) to assess the impact of the ESCAPE-DD curriculum on the decision-making skills of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in hypothetical situations of abuse, (b) to examine the role of problem awareness, and (c) to identify factors associated with posttest decision-making performance. Fifty-eight women and men with IDD were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a wait-list control group. Participants who experienced ESCAPE-DD made significantly greater gains on measures of overall effective decision making and safe-now effective decision-making relative to participants in the control group. Problem awareness was related to decision making, but it did not improve as a result of the intervention. Implications of the findings for future curriculum-development efforts are discussed.
Reasoning About Trust Among Individuals With Williams Syndrome
Authors: Ng Rowena , Fillet Patricia , DeWitt Michelle , Heyman Gail D. , Bellugi Ursula
Published: October 2015

The present study examines whether individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) might indiscriminately trust in others, as is suggested by their strong tendency to approach and interact with strangers. To assess this possibility, adults with WS (N = 22) and typical development (N = 25) were asked to reason about the trustworthiness of people who lie to avoid getting in trouble versus to avoid hurting others' feelings. Findings indicated that participants with WS distrusted both types of liars and made little distinction between them. These results suggest that the high level of social approach behavior in individuals with WS cannot be explained in terms of indiscriminate trust.
Impact of the foraging activity of Apis mellifera adansonii Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Bradyrhizobium fertilizer on pollination and yield components of Glycine max L. (Fabaceae) in the field
Authors: Kengni Stephanie Beaudelaine , Tchuenguem Fohouo Fernand-Nestor , Ngakou Albert
Published: October 2015

To determine the impact of Apis mellifera adansonii and Bradyrhizobium on pod and seed yields of Glycine max, field trials were carried out during 2012 and 2013 cropping seasons. Hence, 120 to 25658 flowers were labeled each year and divided into five treatments, differentiated according to whether plots were inoculated with Bradyrhizobium or not, or plants were protected from insects activities or not and the last treatment with flowers isolated then opened only to A. m. adansonii. The effects of Bradyrhizobium on nodulation, plant biomass and seed yield, as well as the foraging behavior of A. m. adansonii on flowers, the number of seeds per pod and the normal seeds' rate were evaluated. Results indicate that Bradyrhizobium significantly increased the number of flowers (P<0.001), root nodules (P<0.0001), plant biomass (P<0.0001), pod and seeds yields in inoculated plots. A. m. adansonii foraged on G. max flowers from 09.00 a.m. to 16.00 p.m. and throughout the whole blooming period. This insect intensely harvested only nectar. By comparing the yields of unprotected flowers to those of flowers isolated then opened to A. m. adansonii, 35.85% increase fructification index, and 73.09% increase in the number of seeds per pod due to this bee were recorded. The synergistic activity of insects and Bradyrhizobium increased the number of seeds per pod by 32.16% and the percentage of normal seeds by 32.87%. Our results reveal that inoculation of soybean plant at sowing with Bradyrhizobium and installation of hives close to the field could be recommended for a sustainable pods and seed yield improvement of this crop.
Shapes Of Energy-Active Segments Of Steel Buildings
Authors: Kowal Z. , Siedlecka M. , Piotrowski R. , Brzezińska K. , Otwinowska K. , Szychowski A.
Published: October 2015

The study presents the summary of the knowledge of energy-active segments of steel buildings adapted to obtain electrical energy (EE) and thermal energy (TE) from solar radiation, and to transport and store TE. The study shows a general concept of the design of energy-active segments, which are separated from conventional segments in the way that allows the equipment installation and replacement. Exemplary solutions for the design of energy-active segments, optimised with respect to the principle of minimum thermal strain and maximum structural capacity and reliability were given [34]. The following options of the building covers were considered: 1) regular structure, 2) reduced structure, 3) basket structure, 4) structure with a tie, high-pitched to allow snow sliding down the roof to enhance TE and EE obtainment. The essential task described in the study is the optimal adaptation of energy-active segments in large-volume buildings for extraction, transportation and storage of energy from solar radiation.
On some dicardinal functions
in ditopological texture spaces
Authors: Polat Kadirhan , Ugur Tamer
Published: October 2015

In the paper we show that net weight and conet weight equal each other in any complemented ditopological
space, and investigate under which conditions pseudo character and copseudo character equal each other. We give
some important results “bounding" the set Q of all q-sets in (a particular subclass of) the class of all ditopological
texture spaces.
Laser vibrometry for combustion diagnostics in thermoacoustic research
Authors: Peterleithner Johannes , Woisetschläger Jakob
Published: October 2015

A novel technique for
time- and space-resolved
measurement of density fluctuation is presented. It is
nonintrusive and based on laser Doppler vibrometry. The
density fluctuations reveal information on dynamic heat release and fluid
velocity. The significance of this technique is proven
by recording thermo-acoustic oscillations in a model
combustor.
High Speed optische
Kohärenztomografie als
vielversprechendes Bildgebungsverfahren bei der
Untersuchung des Blasensiedens
Authors: Kirsten Lars , Domaschke Thomas , Walther Julia , Meissner Sven , Schneider Clemens , Hampel Rainer , Koch Edmund
Published: October 2015

Es wird die High Speed optische Kohärenztomografie (OCT) als
alternatives und komplementäres Messverfahren für die
Bildgebung des Blasensiedens an beheizten Oberflächen
vorgestellt. Mit High Speed OCT können Dampfblasen räumlich
und zeitlich hochaufgelöst visualisiert werden, wobei sich die
Blasengeometrie mit einem Segmentierungs- und Trackingalgorithmus
automatisiert quantifizieren lässt. Darüber hinaus
ermöglicht die Doppler-OCT die simultane Messung der axialen
Geschwindigkeitskomponente des Fluids.
The Unfolded Protein Response and Cholesterol Biosynthesis Link Luman/CREB3 to Regenerative Axon Growth in Sensory Neurons
Authors: Ying Zhengxin , Zhai Ruiling , McLean Nikki A. , Johnston Jayne M. , Misra Vikram , Verge Valerie M. K.
Published: October 2015

We recently revealed that the axon endoplasmic reticulum resident transcription factor Luman/CREB3 (herein called Luman) serves as a unique retrograde injury signal in regulation of the intrinsic elongating form of sensory axon regeneration. Here, evidence supports that Luman contributes to axonal regeneration through regulation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) and cholesterol biosynthesis in adult rat sensory neurons. One day sciatic nerve crush injury triggered a robust increase in UPR-associated mRNA and protein expression in both neuronal cell bodies and the injured axons. Knockdown of Luman expression in 1 d injury-conditioned neurons by siRNA attenuated axonal outgrowth to 48% of control injured neurons and was concomitant with reduced UPR- and cholesterol biosynthesis-associated gene expression. UPR PCR-array analysis coupled with qRT-PCR identified and confirmed that four transcripts involved in cholesterol regulation were downregulated >2-fold by the Luman siRNA treatment of the injury-conditioned neurons. Further, the Luman siRNA-attenuated outgrowth could be significantly rescued by either cholesterol supplementation or 2 ng/ml of the UPR inducer tunicamycin, an amount determined to elevate the depressed UPR gene expression to a level equivalent of that observed with crush injury. Using these approaches, outgrowth increased significantly to 74% or 69% that of injury-conditioned controls, respectively. The identification of Luman as a regulator of the injury-induced UPR and cholesterol at levels that benefit the intrinsic ability of axotomized adult rat sensory neurons to undergo axonal regeneration reveals new therapeutic targets to bolster nerve repair.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThe endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays a vital role in the sensing and responding to cellular perturbations through alterations in protein and cholesterol biosynthesis, with quality control being ensured through the unfolded protein response (UPR). But the UPR's role in sensory axon regeneration is largely unknown. In sensory axons, the ER generates an important retrograde injury signal through the synthesis and cleavage/activation of the ER transmembrane transcription factor, Luman/cAMP response element binding protein 3, that is retrogradely transported to the nucleus where it regulates the intrinsic of ability of these neurons to regenerate an axon. We now show that Luman does so by regulating the UPR and cholesterol biosynthesis at levels that are beneficial to axon regeneration.
Alternative Splicing in CaV2.2 Regulates Neuronal Trafficking via Adaptor Protein Complex-1 Adaptor Protein Motifs
Authors: Macabuag Natsuko , Dolphin Annette C.
Published: October 2015

N-type voltage-gated calcium (CaV2.2) channels are expressed in neurons and targeted to the plasma membrane of presynaptic terminals, facilitating neurotransmitter release. Here, we find that the adaptor protein complex-1 (AP-1) mediates trafficking of CaV2.2 from the trans-Golgi network to the cell surface. Examination of splice variants of CaV2.2, containing either exon 37a (selectively expressed in nociceptors) or 37b in the proximal C terminus, reveal that canonical AP-1 binding motifs, YxxΦ and [DE]xxxL[LI], present only in exon 37a, enhance intracellular trafficking of exon 37a-containing CaV2.2 to the axons and plasma membrane of rat DRG neurons. Finally, we identify differential effects of dopamine-2 receptor (D2R) and its agonist-induced activation on trafficking of CaV2.2 isoforms. D2R slowed the endocytosis of CaV2.2 containing exon 37b, but not exon 37a, and activation by the agonist quinpirole reversed the effect of the D2R. Our work thus reveals key mechanisms involved in the trafficking of N-type calcium channels.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTCaV2.2 channels are important for neurotransmitter release, but how they are trafficked is still poorly understood. Here, we describe a novel mechanism for trafficking of CaV2.2 from the trans-Golgi network to the cell surface which is mediated by the adaptor protein AP-1. Alternative splicing of exon 37 produces CaV2.2-exon 37a, selectively expressed in nociceptors, or CaV2.2-exon 37b, which is the major splice isoform. Our study reveals that canonical AP-1 binding motifs (YxxΦ and [DE]xxxL[LI]), present in exon 37a, but not 37b, enhance intracellular trafficking of exon 37a-containing CaV2.2 to axons and plasma membrane of DRG neurons. Interaction of APs with CaV2.2 channels may also be key underlying mechanisms for differential effects of the dopamine D2receptor on trafficking of CaV2.2 splice variants.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN DENTAL CARE: PATIENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNICATION. A QUALITATIVE STUDY
Authors: Timofe Mara Paula , Albu Silviu
Published: October 2015

Background and aim. Dental care usually faces the traditional doctor-patient relationship, according to which the doctor does not seek feedback and patients feel uncomfortable when being involved in the healthcare process.The current study aims at analyzing patients’ attitudes and knowledge about dental care and asses the level of communication between them and their dentists.Methods. A series of telephone interviews (N=40) were applied to patients in the city of Cluj-Napoca in order to identify attitudes and knowledge about dental care. The interview guide was applied separately to each respondent and each interview was audio recorded with the verbal consent of the respondent. The data collected was assessed and we performed thematic analysis on the provided answers.Results. When asked about the dentist’s attitude during the consultation, the respondents reported only positive attitudes. The majority of the respondents stated that the communication with their dentist was an efficient and professional one, focused on their dental problems. When asked if they understood the verbal and written information received from the dentist, the majority of respondents said they understood the information without any problems.Conclusion. Identifying the patients’ health literacy about dental services leads to better communication between dentist and patient, which is essential for establishing a quality management system in dentistry. Effective communication leads to a high level of patient involvement.
Co-design: A central approach to the inclusion of people with disabilities
Authors: Sarmiento Pelayo Martha Patricia
Published: October 2015

This essay seeks to position the experiences of people who live with disabilities in their interactions with the built environment that surrounds them. It argues, in part, that a hands-on approach such as co-design, which relates the personal experiences of individuals with the processes of design, can promote the inclusion of people living with disabilities. This paper also recognizes the existence and possibility of alterations to the built environment initiated by people with disabilities who, despite their disabilities, transform their surroundings to better their conditions. For these types of processes, the term user-initiated design –UID- can be defined, becoming a tool of empowerment for these individuals. These writings briefly develop the concept of user participation in design processes, analyze the use of empathic participation methods utilized in design processes with disabled individuals, and conclude that design directed towards this population cohort requires a participation that involves knowledge based on these individuals, and which should be deemed irreplaceable. 
¿Cómo la comprensión de lectura en estudiantes sordos se ve facilitada por el uso de tecnologías de la comunicación e información?
Authors: Rincón Martha Lucia , Aguirre Bravo Ángela , Carmona Saida Melisa , Contreras Ruiz Paula , Figueredo Higera Laura , Guevara Urrego Constanza , Sosa Sabogal Sandra Liliana , Urán Loaiza Ana Jasmin
Published: October 2015

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar, analizar y reflexionar la utilidad del empleo de las Tecnologías de la Comunicación e Información en los procesos de comprensión lectora en sordos, caracterizada por ser una competencia bilingüe de alta complejidad. A partir de una investigación-acción, se identificó como el empleo de las TIC impacto en el desempeño de  5  estudiantes sordos, en el dominio de una lengua lecto-escrita  ( comprensión lectora )-L2-. Se encontró  que el empleo de  las  Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación –TIC-, dinamizan el proceso lector aportando herramientas que incorporan e integran la utilización de todo recurso sensorial que facilita e integra la información gráfica del texto, con códigos de procesamiento viso-espacial y viso-construccional propios  de los mecanismos del procesamiento de la información en sordos, facilitando la flexibilidad y modificabilidad cognitiva e incrementando las estrategias metacognitivas en la solución de problemas.
INDONESIAN EFL STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN SPEECH PRODUCTION: POSSIBLE CAUSES AND REMEDY
Authors: Anandari Christina Lhaksmita
Published: October 2015

This research examined what causes speech-production-related foreign-language anxiety among Indonesian students majoring in English Language Education. Furthermore, it also looks into whether and how selfreflective activities are able to help these students reduce their anxiety. The data were gathered from a qualitative research conducted on a group of Indonesian students taking a Public Speaking course at Sanata Dharma University. The subjects were given two types of questionnaires to explore the possible causes of their anxiety and their reflection on the process of learning the public speaking skills. The research results show three causes of foreign language anxiety: fear, shyness, and discomfort. The results also demonstrate that self-reflections helped the students deal with foreign language anxiety because they helped the students identify their strengths and weaknesses,conduct problem solving, and increase confidence.
WASHBACK OF ENGLISH NATIONAL EXAMINATION IN THE INDONESIAN CONTEXT
Authors: Furaidah Furaidah , Saukah Ali , Widiati Utami
Published: October 2015

This study examines how teachers teach English to prepare students for high-stakes English national examination in the Indonesian context. Data were collected from two high-achieving and three low-achieving schools with eleven teachers as the subjects of in-depth interviews and nonparticipatory classroom observations. The findings reveal that bi-directional washback was found in both groups of schools. The schools of low achievers were found to have more intensive negative washback than those of high achievers. The different intensity of negative washback is likely related to the teachers’ perspective about their students’ level of competence for passing the national examination and about the quality of their schools. The consistently unsatisfactory national examination scores of the low-achieving schools, despite their concerted efforts in the examination preparation program, suggest that the government should focus on supporting such schools with more empirically-based empowerment programs, which would become an indispensable follow-up actions regarding the implementation of the highstakes national examination.
SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTIC GENRE PEDAGOGY (SFL GP) IN A TERTIARY EFL WRITING CONTEXT IN INDONESIA
Authors: Emilia Emi , Hamied Fuad Abdul
Published: October 2015

This article reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate whether systemic functional linguistic genre pedagogy (SFL GP) can help students develop their writing ability in English and the students’ opinions about the teaching program using SFL GP. The study was conducted in one semester with 19 student teachers taking a writing course on argumentative texts, in the English Department at a state university in West Java, Indonesia. The texts in focus were Exposition, Discussion and Response to Literary Works, but in the interests of space, the article will centre around Exposition. The study used a qualitative case study research design with data collected from participant observations for 16 meetings, analysis of students’ texts collected over the program, and questionnaires distributed at the conclusion of the program. The results indicate that despite some aspects that still need improvement, SFL GP can generally help students develop their writing ability. Observation data show students’ writing skill improvement supported by students’ texts which depicts good control of the schematic structure and linguistic features of the texts in focus. Finally, questionnaire data reveal students’ consciousness of improved writing skill and positive responses to each activity in the program. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended that SFL GP be implemented in other contexts in Indonesia and other countries.
COURSERA ONLINE COURSE: A PLATFORM FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS’ MEANINGFUL AND VIBRANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Silvia Arnis
Published: October 2015

This article reports on English teachers‘ attitudes towards a professional development program run by Coursera (coursera.org). Theseteachers were participants of Foundation of Teaching for Learning 1: Introduction online course. Using a survey case study, the findings reveal that most of the participants perceive the course as a well-organized and effective platform to engage in professional learning. Coursera is an online learning platform offering various courses for teacher educators which are meaningful (closely related to their daily teaching practice) and vibrant (involves active collaboration among peer participants to review and assess their projects). Albeit this nature, another finding shows that the participants lament that their institutions do not provide professional development (PD) support. In fact, PD programs are not constrained to face-to-face encounters, since it can be designed using online platforms such as Coursera, a massive open online course (MOOC). Accordingly, the contribution of the article is to show how online platforms make meaningful and vibrant teacher professional development (TPD) possible. The implication of the study is that school administrators and policy makers should provide support for their teachers to take online PD programs. This professional learning should contribute to the best teaching practice and student learning attainment.
Capital social em rede organizacional: uma análise de suas dimensões explicativas
Authors: Silva Paulo José , Brito Mozar José de , Sousa Ana Rosa de , Brito Valéria da Glória Pereira
Published: October 2015

Resumo Neste artigo, abordam-se os resultados de uma pesquisa cujo objetivo foi investigar os construtos explicativos do capital social presente na rede organizacional formada por empresas do setor de eletroeletrônicos da cidade de Santa Rita do Sapucaí, MG. Partiu-se do pressuposto de que o referido capital social é constituído por três dimensões analíticas, ou seja, os constructos de natureza estrutural e relacional e aqueles que retratam os benefícios e as restrições relativas à formação desse tipo de capital social. Para validar este modelo explicativo e testar as hipóteses a ele adjacentes, empregou-se o método de pesquisa descritiva ancorado pela Parcial Least Square Path Modeling (PSL-PM). As análises dos resultados obtidos a partir da aplicação da modelagem de equações estruturais evidenciaram que o modelo explicativo proposto tem validade nomológica e estrutural.
The knowledge level of dental surgeons regarding the relationship between occlusal factors and Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)
Authors: ASSIS Jefferson Filippo Castro de , SILVA Pâmela Lopes Pedro da , LIMA Jully Anne Soares de , FORTE Franklin Delano Soares , BATISTA André Ulisses Dantas
Published: October 2015

AbstractIntroductionThe relationship between dental occlusion and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) remains a subject of disagreement. Many professionals erroneously base diagnosis and treatment strictly on the occlusal factor, despite the fact that current scientific evidence does not show such a relationship.ObjectiveTo evaluate the knowledge of dental surgeons (DSs) from João Pessoa (PB)-Brazil, regarding the relationship between occlusal factors and TMD.Materials and methodA sample of 100 DSs who do not have expertise in TMD and orofacial pain (CG Group) and seven DSs with this specialty (EG Group) completed a questionnaire that addresses issues concerning knowledge of TMD and its relationship with occlusal factors. The questionnaire also contained information used to characterize the sample, such as age, gender, and length of experience. The current literature's degree of consensus was established as the "gold standard" response for each statement and was compared with the responses of the specialists and non-specialists. Data were tabulated using the SPSS software package and analyzed descriptively (by percentage) and statistically using the chi-square and Fisher's exact tests (p < 0.05).ResultA wide divergence could be observed between the knowledge of DSs who do not specialize in TMD and orofacial pain and that of professionals who do.ConclusionThere was low agreement between specialists and non-specialists. The relationship between dental occlusion and TMD remains unclear for the vast majority of participating professionals, which may prove to be reflected in diagnostic behaviors and inappropriate occlusal treatment for the management of TMD.
Alguns aspectos da biologia reprodutiva do guaranazeiro (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis (Mart.) Ducke - Sapindaceae
Authors: Gondim Carlos José Esteves
Published: October 2015

O objetivo deste trabalho é a identificação dos insetos visitantes do guaraná (Paullinia cupanavar. sorbilis)e a determinação dos prováveis polinizadores, em uma plantação próxima de Manaus, assim como determinar a taxa de visita em ambas as flores, masculinas e femininas. Também estuda a variação na freqüência da produção de flores masculinas e femininas, no período da floração. Foram coletadas trinta e duas famílias de insetos de cinco ordens. Hymenoptera foi a ordem mais freqüente com 71% de todos os indivíduos. Vinte e sete espécies de abelhas foram encontradas visitando as flores. A síndrome geral da polinização da espécies parece estar adaptada aos Hymenoptera. E sugerido que Melipona seminigra merilae, Xylocopa muscariae Apis melliferaestão entre os mais Importantes polinlzadores, sendo que outros Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera e Coleoptera são, talvez, ocasionais . Parece não haver preferência dos diversos grupos de insetos por flores masculinas ou femininas. A floração ocorreu durante 37 a 38 dias com dois períodos bem definidos. Houve uma pausa de um a dois dias [sem floração) entre os dois períodos, coincidindo em todas as inflarescências estudadas. 0 primeiro período durou 20-22 dias, enquanto o segundo foi menor, durando somente 16-18 dias. Em nenhum caso, o pique da floração masculina coincidiu com a feminina.
Local Rainfall Variability - A Potential Bias for Bioecological Studies in the Central Amazon
Authors: Ribeiro Maria de Nazaré Góes , Adis Joachim
Published: October 2015

Rainfall data registered betwe en 1910 and 1979 at Manaus confirm the existence of a dry season between June and November (monthly rainfall: 42-162mm) and a rainy season from December until May (monthly rainfall: 211-300mm). Annual precipitation amounted to 2105mm with about 75% of the rainfall recorded during the rainy season. Rainfall data collected over 12 months at eigth stations in the vicinity of and at Manaus are compared. Annual precipitation was lower in Inundation Regions (1150-2150mm) compared with Dryland Regions (2400-2550mm). Considerable differences are found in rainfall patterns (intensity, frequency and time of rainfall). This is also truefor neighbouring stations, even if data of a 11-year record period are compared. Thus, it is highly recommended that preciptation data for bioecological studies be collected at the study site.
Biologia de Anofelinos Amazônicos. VI. Variabilidade Enzimática em ANOPHELES DARLINGI Root. (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)
Authors: Contel Eucleia P. B. , Santos Joselita Maria Mendes dos , Tadei Wanderli Pedro
Published: October 2015

São relatados resultados preliminares sobre o polimorfismo protético de populuções naturais de Anopheles darlingi, procedentes de duas localidades da região amazônica-Ariquemes (Rondônia) e Rodovia PA-422 (Pará). Pata as esterases, foi detectada variação para o locus Est-2na população de Ariquemes, enquanto foi monomórfico na população da PA-422, sendo verificados nesta última, apenas indivíduos com o genótipo Est2*F/Est2*F. A freqüência do alelo Est2*F foi estimada em 0,80 na população de Ariquemes, valor este muito maior do que o observado na população da BR-174 (Manaus/Boa Vista), em estudos anteriores, que foi de 0,48. Os resultados para o sistema da leucina aminopeptidase (LAP) sugerem que a enzima é controlada por três loci, aparentemente monomórficos em ambas as populações.
Estudos Silviculturais de uma População Natural de COPAIFERA MULTIJUGA Hayne - Leguminosae, na Amazônia Central. 3. Distribuição Espacial da Regeneração Natural Pré-Existente
Authors: Alencar Jurandyr da Cruz
Published: October 2015

Mostra-se a distribuição espacial de. plântulas de Copaifera multijuga, Hayne de 12árvores matrizes. 0 potencial de regeneração em área não perturbada é variável em decorrência da maior ou menor produção de sementes pelas matrizes, da competição entre plântulas da espécie e destas com plântulas deoutras espécies, além da provável predaçãopor animais e da luta para sobreviver a baixos níveis de radiação solar. a distribuição das freqüências das plântulus sugere uma forma de J invertido. Nos dois inventários feitos, a altura das plântulas variou de 10cm até um máximo de 50cm, sendo a altura média para as 12 matrizes de. 20,66cm e 15,54cm no1° e 2° inventários, respectivavente. a diferença na variância das alturas das plântulas é significativa, na faixa de5%. As freqüências relativas esperadas, segundo a equação de Poisson, mostrou que a distribuição da regeneração de todas as matrizes é do tipo agregado. 0 número de plântulas /árvore matriz pode ser silviculturalmente útil para fins de plantios, desde quesejam feitos estudos de adaptabilidade das plântulas às condições deviveiro.
Comportamento preliminar de algumas variedades de mamoeira (Ricinus communis L.) em Manaus - AM.
Authors: Bueno Carlos Roberto , Weigel Peter
Published: October 2015

A produção de mamona é de grande importância econômica para o Brasil Entretanto, não existem informações sobre o comportamento da espécie na Amazônia. Para obter algumas informações a respeito, foram comparadas três variedades comerciais e uma "população" coletada nas proximidades de Manaus, tendo-se obtido produções médias/lha da ordem de 1090 Kg, 950 Kg, 802 Kg e. 635 Kg para a "população" Manaus e para as variedades Guarani, IAC - 38 e Campinas, respectivamente, sendo que a variedade Campinas diferiu estatisticamente da "população" Manaus, Os resultados obtidos sugerem a necessidade de implantação de um programa de melhoramento da mamoeira, antes que se possa recomendar seu cultivo na Região Amazônica.
Four new species of Wing Rolling Neodawnaria (Homoptera : Derbidae) from the Amazon Basin
Authors: Penny Norman D. , Arias Jorge R.
Published: October 2015

Four new species of Neidawnaria are described, and compared with other members of the genus. Keys and geographical distribution are given for all nem species and the wings of two other species are illustrated.