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Assessment of Psychometric Properties of an Oral Health Care Measure of Cultural Competence Among Dental Students Using Rasch Partial Credit Model
Authors: Su Yu , Behar-Horenstein Linda S.
Published: September 2018

Reliability, validity, and feasibility of the only validated oral health care measure of cultural competence, the Knowledge, Efficacy, and Practices Instrument (KEPI), have been confirmed. However, the instrument's psychometric properties including item and person reliability, category response functioning, and scale targeting, as well as differential scale functioning for subgroups, have not yet been examined. The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties of KEPI among dental students using Rasch Partial Credit Model to determine if this model provided broader valid information that cannot be demonstrated according to Classical Test Theory. A total 1,290 dental students in the first or final semester at four U.S. dental schools were invited to participate in the study in 2016. Of those, 1,231 individuals completed the survey, for a 95.4% response rate. The participants were 613 males and 618 females and 889 non‐underrepresented minority (URM) and 342 URM students. The Rasch Partial Credit Model assessed the psychometric properties of KEPI's 20 items/three subscales. Differential scale functioning was found in the Culture‐Centered Practice and Efficacy of Assessment subscales. Four items were endorsed differentially by gender; four items were endorsed differentially by URM/non‐URM students. This study examined the psychometric properties of the KEPI using Rasch analysis to assess differential item functioning by dental student gender and race. The results provided valid evidence for the high internal reliability, measurement properties, and unidimensionality for the KEPI domains, ideal targeting, and well response category functioning, showing that the KEPI is a reliable instrument for measuring the subscales Knowledge of Diversity, Culture‐Centered Practice skills, and Efficacy of Assessment for health care providers.
Using Interprofessional Education to Promote Oral Health Literacy in a Faculty‐Student Collaborative Practice
Authors: Farokhi Moshtagh R. , Muck Andrew , Lozano-Pineda Juanita , Boone Stephanie L. , Worabo Heidi
Published: September 2018

The aim of this study was to assess the oral health literacy knowledge gained by patients who are refugees, community members, and medical and nursing students after participating in an interprofessional education collaborative of students and faculty from the University of Texas Health San Antonio Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing. In this faculty‐student collaborative practice, all patients were triaged (including oral hygiene status and alcohol/tobacco use), and tailored treatment options were offered following assessment of their dental, medical, and social histories. The study was designed as a pre‐post assessment of an educational intervention on oral health literacy. In the pretest, all groups were invited to respond to questionnaires assessing their knowledge of oral health. After participants engaged in oral hygiene instruction demonstrations and received information about an oral health literacy campaign, a posttest was conducted to assess knowledge gained. A total of 151 patients who were refugees, 38 medical students, 34 nursing students, and 17 community/parish members voluntarily participated in this initiative. Each group had a significant increase in mean oral health literacy score from pre‐ to posttest: patients 33.5%, community/parish members 22.3%, nursing students 20.8%, and medical students 13% (all p<0.0001). These results showed that the oral health literacy initiative helped increase all participants’ oral health literacy and knowledge of preventive care.
Does woody species with contrasting root architecture require different container size in nursery?
Authors: De la Fuente Luz María , Ovalle Juan Francisco , Arellano Eduardo C. , Ginocchio Rosanna
Published: September 2018

Small containers used in seedlings production of tree species with different root architecture can result in serious constraints for root growth and unsuitable plant quality, with potential impacts on field performance. We compare responses of root morphology to changes in container size and shape in both deep-rooting (Acacia caven) and shallow-rooting (Baccharis linearis) species, both commonly used in active restoration plans in central Chile. For both species, seedlings were cultivated in four different PVC container-types varying in size (440 mL and 880 mL) and shape ([10, 20, 35, and 45] cm in length), and a control treatment that consists in the commonly container-type used in Chilean nurseries (440 mL black polyethylene bag). Seedlings were cultivated for one growing season under controlled conditions and a set of above- and belowground morphological parameters were evaluated. A second short experiment was performed afterwards to evaluate potential seedling quality through the root growth potential (RGP) test. Results showed that an increase in container volume differently affected morphological parameters of A. caven and B. linearis seedlings. The control treatment had high presence of spiral roots for the deep-rooting species, restricting normal root growth. For both species, elongated containers (>35 cm) produced seedlings with smaller shoots with longer root systems and without deformations in the taproot or main root. Elongated containers also restarted growth of new roots more deeply in the container as result of the RGP test. We concluded that contrasting root architecture of native species require different container size in nursery to promote an adequate root development and growth.
Improvement of interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence through traditional games
Authors: Pratiwi Ade Ratih , Ayriza Yulia
Published: September 2018

This study aims to: (1) improve interpersonal intelligence through traditional games for Kindergarten A students of RumahKu Tumbuh, (2) increase intrapersonal intelligence through traditional game on Kindergarten A students of RumahKu Tumbuh, and (3) describe the process of improving interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence through these traditional games. This study is a classroom action research, referring a modified version of the Kemmis and Taggart model. Data were collected using observation and interviews. The findings show that there is an increase in interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence through traditional game on kindergarten. Improved interpersonal intelligence of children overall in the pre-cycle obtained an average score of 22.59 (very low category), increased to 27.06 in cycle 1 (low category), and increased again to 34.65 with category in cycle 2. As for the increase in child intrapersonal intelligence overall score obtained in the pre-cycle average of 16.82 with a very low category, increasing to 21.35 with a low category in cycle 1 and increased again to 25.88 with category in cycle 2. The process of improving interpersonal intelligence through play action includes child benefit interact in-game, effective communication when asked and answered during play, and pursuing a strategy to win in the game, while at the intrapersonal include children express their emotions in the game, and children know their feelings by doing a question and answer session with the teachers at the end of the game.
Demand and Supply of Forest Products in Bandevi Buffer Zone Community Forest, Chitwan National Park, Nepal
Authors: Pokharel Raju , Poudel Jagdish , Adhikari Ram Kumar , Sharma Aseem Raj
Published: September 2018

Buffer Zone Community Forestry (BZCF) in the Chitwan National Park (CNP) started with an objective to engage locals and fulfill their resource needs without jeopardizing conservation. This study estimates the forest product demand and supply of fuelwood, fodder, and timber in Bandevi BZCF user group. Data was collected using stratified random sampling and forest inventory using the quadrate method. Results indicated Bandevi BZCF conditions improved since its handover to the community. However, the study estimated a deficit of 26173 cubic meters per year of timber, 3.21 million tonnes per year (Mt/yr) of fodder, and 0.12 Mt/yr of fuelwood. Deficits were fulfilled from agricultural lands outside BZCF and illegal collection from the Bharandavar corridor forest and CNP. BZCF program is a success in improving forest conditions and needs continuation. Policy and programs must focus primarily on livelihood improvement and income generations to reduce the dependency of local people on the forest.
Cohesion between Cost, Time and Quality Performance of Civil Engineering Project: Evidence from Contractor Prequalification Criteria
Authors: Ola Akinmusire Adeleye
Published: September 2018

Setting cost, time and quality targets for civil engineering project is motivated by the need to have an instrument that would dictate and control activities of the contractor towards delivery of product that meets client’s expectations. This study, which examines the relationship between cost, time and quality performance of civil engineering project, is premised on the importance of showing whether cost, time and quality performance of civil engineering project demonstrates different correlation patterns on one part or exhibit different significance relative to contractor prequalification criteria on the other part. It uses questionnaire to obtain the needed data and analysis achieved through spearman’s rank correlation and regression methods. It establishes the nature of the cohesion between these three parameters. Consequently, both strong and weak positive relationship exists between contractor prequalification criteria and cost, time and quality performance of civil engineering project at p?1%. In spite of this, interconnectivity between these three variables is demonstrated by contractor prequalification criteria. Cohesion also exists between cost, time and quality performance of civil engineering project at p?5%. Therefore, criteria for contractor prequalification firmly bind cost, time and quality performance of civil engineering project. Also, the firmness of cost time and quality performance of civil engineering project depends of contractor prequalification criteria. Hence, client and representatives should take the cohesiveness of cost, time and quality performance into consideration when determining the choice of contractor prequalification criteria for civil engineering project.
Planejamento, gestão e execução de projetos: uma arena de conflitos entre redes de atores
Authors: Desconsi Cristiano
Published: September 2018

Esse artigo pretende refletir sobre a relação entre as estratégias de organização dos atores em redes e as disputas em torno do planejamento, da gestão e da execução de projetos que evidenciam conflitos no âmbito territorial. Utilizando como base a análise teórica e o exame da bibliografia especializada, o texto expõe algumas discussões teóricas acerca da noção de redes, para, em seguida, chamar a atenção para a importância de compreender os conflitos que surgem em torno do planejamento, da gestão e da execução de projetos, dando ênfase à organização dos atores em redes nas disputas, aos conflitos socioambientais associados à implantação de “grandes projetos” e, por fim, às tensões entre projetos entre os próprios atores locais que se expressam em espaços de participação instituídos para gerir algumas modalidades de projetos territoriais. A partir desse percurso argumentativo, sugere-se que os conflitos são constitutivos do processo de planejamento, gestão e execução de projetos. Não raramente, os atores não apenas se organizam em redes estabelecendo alianças com outros atores para planejar, gerir e executar projetos segundo suas concepções, como também o fazem para lutar contra, impedir, barrar, modificar projetos que são impostos por redes de outros atores sobre seus territórios e modos de vida.
Uso de retenedores de humedad edáfica en la sobrevivencia y crecimiento de dos especies de pastos Bouteloua curtipendula [Michx.] Torr. y Chloris gayana Kunth
Authors: Yáñez-Chávez Luis Gerardo , Pedroza-Sandoval Aurelio , Marínez-Salvador Martín , Sánchez-Cohen Ignacio , Echavarría-Cháirez Francisco Guadalupe , Velasquez-Valle Miguel Agustín , López-Santos Armando
Published: September 2018

El 85 % de las zonas áridas y semiáridas de México presentan problemas de erosión por sobrepastoreo en áreas de pastizal, con el consecuente incremento en el proceso de desertificación de los suelos. El objetivo del presente estudio, fue evaluar diferentes especies y prácticas de retención de humedad en el suelo en el establecimiento y desarrollo de pasto en zonas semiáridas. Se usó un diseño experimental de bloques al azar en un arreglo de parcelas divididas con tres repeticiones. Las parcelas grandes correspondieron a las dosis de rastrojo de maíz (0 y 10 t ha-1), las parcelas medianas a las dosis de hidrogel (0, 10 y 20 kg ha-1) y las parcelas chicas a las dos especies de pastos Bouteloua curtipendula [Michx.] Torr. y Chloris gayana Kunth. Se usó el método de trasplante. El porcentaje de sobrevivencia fue superior a 72 % en promedio general, aun cuando B. curtipendula fue sobresaliente en las diferentes fechas de evaluación. El rastrojo de maíz como cobertura vegetal, registró un contenido de humedad en el suelo de 16.9 % en relación al testigo, con el consecuente aumento de 24.9 % en la producción de biomasa en términos de materia seca. Lo anterior se asoció a plantas con mayor altura, un mayor número de macollos y un mayor contenido de clorofila. El hidrogel, sólo influyó durante los primeros 15 días después del trasplante al inicio de elongación, con un mejor porcentaje de sobrevivencia después del trasplante de los pastos; sin ningún efecto en fechas posteriores durante la fase de crecimiento y desarrollo del pasto.
Identificación molecular y frecuencia de patógenos aislados de mastitis bovina en establos de la Península de Baja California, México
Authors: Brisuela Raygosa Jennifer , Palacios Torres Javier , López Valencia Gilberto , Hori-Oshima Sawako , Herrera Ramírez José Carlomán , Pujol Manríquez Lourdes Carolina , Angulo Valadez Carlos Eliud , Rentería Evangelista Tomás Benjamín , Medina Basulto Gerardo Enrique
Published: September 2018

La mastitis bovina es una enfermedad de alto impacto económico para la industria lechera, y algunos de los agentes etiológicos que la provocan también son de interés en el ámbito de salud pública. El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar las especies bacterianas aisladas de casos de mastitis bovina, provenientes de siete establos lecheros ubicados en la Península de Baja California. Se tomaron 316 muestras de leche de igual número de cuartos, pertenecientes a 186 vacas en producción que a la prueba de California tuvieron reacción positiva. Se obtuvieron 182 aislados bacterianos de 163 cuartos pertenecientes a 106 vacas y se identificaron por PCR y secuenciación, dando un total de 20 especies diferentes. Además, se obtuvieron las frecuencias relativas, siendo los agentes causales más frecuentes: Staphylococcus aureus (58.8 %), Streptococcus agalactiae (13.2 %), Staphylococcus chromogenes (8.8 %), Escherichia coli (2.2 %) y Streptococcus uberis (2.2 %). El 6.13 % (10/163) de los cuartos con aislamiento presentaron infección mixta, siendo la combinación más frecuente S. aureus con S. agalactiae 30 % (3/10). Estos resultados indican una alta frecuencia y diversidad de patógenos de carácter contagioso y ambiental que provocan mastitis en ganado lechero en la región de estudio, siendo algunos de importancia para la salud pública. Los resultados observados, muestran que las causas de la mastitis son diversas, por lo que es indispensable mejorar las medidas de control y prevención, pero también establecer el diagnóstico de rutina para lograr controlar la mastitis.
Frecuencia de Neospora caninum en bovinos doble propósito en fincas del estado Guárico, Venezuela
Authors: Pinilla León Juan Carlos , Da Silva Borges Natalia
Published: September 2018

Se condujo una investigación con el propósito de determinar la frecuencia de Neospora caninum en bovinos de doble propósito. Se colectaron 890 muestras de sangre distribuidas en cuatro grupos etarios: 0–6 meses, 6–12 meses, 12–24 meses y >24 meses. La presencia de anticuerpos se determinó mediante un kit de ELISA indirecto, y los resultados se clasificaron en positivos y negativos. La seroprevalencia general fue de 21 % en bovinos, y 76.6 % en las fincas evaluadas. Al referir los resultados al grupo etario no se encontró asociación estadística (P>0.05); sin embargo, el riesgo de ser seropositivo incrementa con la edad, indicando la alta probabilidad de transmisión horizontal de N. caninum en el rebaño. Igualmente no hubo asociación estadística con respecto al sexo (P>0.05). Con relación al estatus reproductivo, se encontró asociación estadística (P<0.05) con respecto al aborto. Aunque todos los grupos resultaron positivos, las vacas con historia de aborto mostraron mayor seroconversión, lo que indica que el riesgo de aborto aumenta con niveles crecientes de anticuerpos contra el parásito. Del total de fincas positivas (76.6), se observó mayor seroconversión (100) en las que tenían mayor cantidad de perros (> 7 perros), y este resultado indica que a mayor cantidad de perros, mayor prevalencia de N. caninum, ya que los perros son la principal fuente de transmisión horizontal. Se concluye que existe circulación antigénica de N. caninum asociada a abortos en bovinos del estado Guarico, y que pudiera ser controlada mejorando las condiciones sanitarias de las explotaciones.
Формирование художественно-коммуникационной среды города Астаны в контексте реализации градостроительного проекта Кисе Курокавы
Authors: Tyurin Sergey M. , Nazarov Yuri V. , Kornilova Alla Aleksandrovna
Published: September 2018

The article is devoted to the interrelation of the master plan for the development of Astana, developed by the Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, and the peculiarities of the formation of the artistic and communication environment of the new capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The article presents the philosophical ideas of symbiosis and metabolism of Kisho Kurokawa, which are the basis of the development concept of Astana. In the practice of designing the urban environment, they were implemented through the absence of a dominant style, numerous repetitions, the use of techniques of eclecticism, hyper-symbolism and historicism.

The specificity of the formation of artistic and communication environment of the left and right Bank of the Yessil river is considered. The attention is drawn to the fact that if the territorial area of theleft Bank is a new administrative and social center, built in a short period of time on freeland, the right Bank is an area of historical development, that has undergone reconstruction and has been included in the overall trend of the city.

It is emphasized that the monumental character of Astana architecture is combined with the originality of the organization of urban spaces. The article presents the names of masters - architects, sculptors, designers of foreign countries and Kazakhstan, who actively participated in the design of the artistic and communication environment of the capital.

The results of the study are presented: 1) the characteristic features of the formation of the artistic and communication environment of the capital in the context of the implementation of the Kisho Kurokawa project are revealed; 2) the types of objects that make up the basis of the artistic and communication environment of the city are classified; 3) the types of advertising and information carriers, the most suitable for the city with a specific severe sharply continental climate and steppelandscape.

It is concluded that the organization of the urban space of Astana as a whole, and the formation of its artistic and communication environment of the XXI century have a pronounced creative vector.
The New Theatrical Buildings of Moscow in XXI Century (on the Hidden Theatres)
Authors: Anisimov Alexander V.
Published: September 2018

Over the past three decades, the number of theater groups in Moscow has increased several times compared to the Soviet era. In the past, the theaters were only state and strictly divided into all-union, republican, Moscow and departmental. And now they are born and die, but still multiply, their number is even difficult to determine - it's about two hundred. The quantitative boom is accompanied by an active search for new forms of performing art, for which halls of a new type with unprecedented stage equipment are needed. Prosperous theaters tend to have their own new houses with original architecture and modern sophisticated technology. Far from everyone succeed at this. The financial problem occurs everywhere, and there are also difficulties in finding a suitable site on the territory of the capital. Many talented teams are forced to look for original ways of financing for construction or at least finishing their interiors and acquiring stage equipment. The situation is saved by cooperation with sponsors and investors, who include theaters in their large facilities under certain conditions, which are dictated by the city's authorities for the allocation of a favorable site. The article discusses three new theatrical objects that appeared in Moscow over thelast decade. Two of them (drama theaters) are built as parts oflarge multifunctional complexes. They arelocated on thelargest highway - the Garden Ring (Malaya Sukharevskaya Square) opposite each other. The third - the Helikon Opera house in the very center of the capital - uses the historic restored rooms of the old city manor and the newly created hall on the site of the former courtyard with the preservation of the old architecture elements. All three theaters have an original architectural appearance of their interiors, modern technological equipment of different levels and variously transformable scenes and halls. The author's search for original design and constructive solutions of the main premises is of great interest. Famous Moscow architects participated in the development of the buildings.
Kepadatan dan Tingkat Infeksi Serkaria Schistosoma japonicum pada Keong Oncomelania hupensis lindoensis dengan Kasus Schistosomiasis di Daerah Endemis Schistosomiasis, Sulawesi Tengah
Authors: Nurwidayati Anis , Widjaja Junus , Samarang Samarang , Nurjana Made Agus , Tolistiawaty Intan , PFS Phetisya
Published: September 2018

AbstractSchistosomiasis in Indonesia only found in Napu and Bada Highlands, Poso district and Lindu Highlandsin Sigi district, Central Sulawesi Province. Schistosomiasis in Indonesia caused by Schistosoma japonicumand Oncomelania hupensis lindoensis is the intermediate snail host. The mapping of snail foci areas in2017 showed that there was a significant change in the spread of the snail's foci. This paper aimed todescribe the density and infection rate of S. japonicum cercariae in the snail host in the endemic areasof schistosomiasis in Central Sulawesi Province. The mean O.hupensis lindoensis snail density in Napuranged from 0.9 to 6.6/m2, with mean rates of cercariae infections ranging from 0.4% to 21.4%. The snaildensity average in Lindu ranging from 3/m2 to 69,1/m2, with 4.4%-72.9% of cercariae infections. In badathe snail density ranged from 0.1 to 4.9/m2, with mean rates of cercariae infections ranging from 0% to14.9%. Bivariate analysis showed there was no correlation between snail density and cercariae infectionrate with schistosomiasis case (p value> 0.05).Keywords : Schistosomiasis, density, infection rate, Oncomelania hupensis lindoensis, Central Sulawesi

AbstrakSchistosomiasis di Indonesia hanya ditemukan di Propinsi Sulawesi Tengah, yaitu Dataran Tinggi Napudan Dataran Tinggi Bada, Kabupaten Poso serta Dataran Tinggi Lindu, Kabupaten Sigi. Schistosomiasisdi Indonesia disebabkan oleh Schistosoma japonicum dengan hospes perantara keong Oncomelaniahupensis lindoensis. Pemetaan daerah fokus pada tahun 2017 menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perubahanyang signifikan dalam penyebaran fokus keong. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan kepadatandan infection rate serkaria S.japonicum pada keong perantara schistosomiasis di wilayah endemisschistosomiasis di Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah. Rerata kepadatan keong O.hupensis lindoensis di Napuberkisar dari 0,9 – 6,6/m2, dengan rerata tingkat infeksi serkaria berkisar antara 0,4% sampai 21,4%, diLindu kepadatan keong berkisar antara 3/m2 sampai 69,1/m2, dengan tingkat infeksi serkaria 4,4%¬72,9%,dan di Bada kepadatan keong berkisar antara 0,1 – 4,9/m2, dengan rerata tingkat infeksi serkaria berkisarantara 0 % sampai 14,9%. Analisis bivariat menunjukkan tidak ada korelasi antara kepadatan keong dantingkat infeksi serkaria dengan jumlah kasus schistosomiasis nilai p value > 0.05.Kata kunci: Schistosomiasis, kepadatan, tingkat infeksi, Oncomelania hupensis lindoensis, SulawesiTengah
Some works and their afterlife
Authors: Mika Elo
Published: September 2018

In this exposition I present a cluster of works with regard to their subtle interconnections, often not consciously constructed or intended in any particular ways at the time of their conception. The afterlife of these works, however, enact aesthetic intra-actions of their ensemble. Shedding light on some parts of this cavernous network of pressing matters I make an attempt of explicating the ways in which artistic thinking might get "diffracted" into many part-processes that are both divergent and entangled. In the course of my presentation, I try to be sensitive towards the fact that these strings of thinking are distributed in a complex manner across the divide of sensibility and intelligibility. In terms of the chosen approach this implies avoiding the use of discursive explanations as the main medium of explication. This "method", if it can be formalized as one, involves priorizing the material circumstances of particular articulations, both verbal and non-verbal, over content-oriented gestures of translation.
Ornamenting Vocality. Intra-active methodology for Vocal Meaning-Making.
Authors: Elisabeth Laasonen Belgrano
Published: September 2018

This exposition departs from the silence of a non-existing voice. A voice about to touch the ears and eyes of both author and readers/listeners. A voice already sounding in the head of the author - sounding as thoughts, words, letters and sentences. A non/voice being part of a never ending development of new materialities. An onto-epistemological voice diffracted through a singer's process of making sense of a lesson from a 17th century vocal manuscript. A voice as a mattering method for the art of singing through new materialist theories, vocal and discursive narratives and somatic awareness.
Materialising the Social
Authors: Anna Catherine Hickey-Moody
Published: September 2018

Socially engaged arts practices make new forms of sociability. They are intra-active, diffractive methods through which we are able to craft new social faces. Quantum literacies are the modes through which socially engaged arts practices occur: they are at once critical, performative, intra-active. Quantum literacies enable us to examine generative intersections between artistic research and academic research regarding life and matter, nature and culture. Taking into account the multiple processes of material-discursive production, translation, transformation, and diffraction that constitute socially engaged arts practice, this paper considers the material-discursive space of socially engaged arts practice as a way of re-assembling and re-making multicultural urban spaces currently fractured by differences in belief. The transversal line of socially engaged art practice with interfaith youth zigzags across, and brings together, a diverse selection of bodies, beliefs, knowledges, skills, and creates a material-discursive documentation of group subjectivity. Through an excavation of my recent arts workshops with interfaith children, I will examine the ways aesthetic practices perform a group subjectivity created through collaboration. Such a bringing together of nature and culture, of different races and beliefs in urban environments, is urgently needed. The British Government spends 40 million pounds on an annual basis on The Prevent scheme. For those unfamiliar with the scheme, Prevent is just one strand of the UK government’s counter terrorism policy which has 4 strands – to Pursue, Protect, Prepare, and Prevent.

Through prevent funding, local UK police forces have specialized Prevent officers, and both teachers and children are trained to identify radicalised children. On the southern side of the Globe, between 2015-16 Australian budget committed $22 million to ‘countering violent extremism’. This financial commitment reflects the fact that the everyday atmosphere of Australian life, in addition to British life, is characterised by implicit and explicit relationships to 'terrorism' prevention. This emphasis, indeed this atmosphere, and the financial investment it requires, has not reduced the quantity or severity of terrorist threats. More than anything, increased securitization has inspired a corresponding increase in violence and anxiety. The atmosphere of Islamophobia at the heart of such national imaginings that are mobilised to justify funding ways of ‘countering violent extremism’ is increasing. Taking these nationalizing cultural atmospheres as a point of departure, I look to establish transversal strategies for changing public culture and crafting interfaith belonging in Australia, and in the UK, through arts practices and public aesthetics. This paper reports on the early stages of a trans national art project that is designed to intervene in Islamophobic cultural imaginaries through socially engaged art as a vehicle for relationship building and social cohesion.
Stefan: un ave arcaica y moderna aterriza en el Palacio
Authors: García Montañés Cristina
Published: September 2018

Entre el 9 de noviembre y el 9 de diciembre del 2001 el Palacio Episcopal de Málaga albergó un variado y extenso compendio de la producción del artista alemán Stefan von Reiswitz. Las obras expuestas comprenden el período entre 1952-2000, y con motivo de la misma se ha editado un catálogo con lo más destacado de su obra. La brevedad temporal en la duración de la muestra, tratándose de una producción extensa, no nos permite disfrutar quizás todo lo que debiéramos de esa que Stefan llama intemporalidad de las cosas, ese deleitarnos en lo que hace mudo lo cotidiano y mundanal para sumergirnos en la contemplación, en el silencio.
Elena Laverón. La mano en el aire
Authors: Sánchez López Juan Antonio
Published: September 2018

El presente 2002 ha sido de nuevo un año especialmente fructífero para la Escultura y su proyección expositiva. Aunque la organización de toda muestra dedicada a la "Cenicienta" de las Artes sabe siempre a poco a quienes nos dedicamos al estudio de su problemática, todavía resulta más gratificante comprobar cómo la coincidencia de varios eventos centrados en su discurso formal viene acompañada de un más que relevante resultado cualitativo, en lo que a investigación plástica y repercusión cultural se refiere.
Algo más que un espectáculo... Consideraciones sobre la exposición "El espectáculo está en la calle". El cartel moderno francés: Cassandre, Colin, Carlu y Loupot
Authors: Torres Aguilar Francisca
Published: September 2018

Ciertamente, si hoy en día nuestras calles emiten una cantidad de innumerables signos y señales, medios pasivos que nos hablan desde su quietud, no dejan de sorprendernos las imágenes que nutrieron las marquesinas y muros de la misma ciudad en el pasado. Reunir estas imágenes en una sala de exposiciones puede parecer paradójico sí  tenemos en cuenta que dichos mensajes tienen una finalidad meramente efímera y abierta en el espacio urbano. Esto no ha impedido que la exposición de carteles franceses, que durante un mes se ha exhibido en la Sala de Exposiciones del Palacio Episcopal de Málaga haya sido uno de los eventos culturales más notables del año 2002.
Bonet Correa, A.: Atlas mundial de la arquitectura barroca
Authors: Camacho Martínez Rosario
Published: September 2018

Como indica el profesor Bonet Correa en la presentación de este magnífico libro, desde que en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX se planteara el debate sobre el Barroco, se han publicado muchos ensayos teóricos y estudios descriptivos, así como libros de síntesis y de carácter general, pero hacía falta una obra de conjunto capaz de integrarlo todo, lo que viene a cumplir el Atlas mundial del Barroco, del cual forma parte el volumen sobre arquitectura que aquí se comenta y al que seguirán otros centrados en diferentes ámbitos disciplinares y culturales.
Blázquez Mateos, Eduardo y Sánchez López, Juan Antonio: Cesare Arbassia y la Literatura artística del Renacimiento
Authors: González Torres Javier
Published: September 2018

La Historia del Arte, como Ciencia que estudia las diferentes manifestaciones artísticas, requiere de la combinación y mixtificación de variadas corrientes del pensamiento, necesarias para aportar una visión de conjunto basada en hipótesis y conclusiones impregnadas por las diversas connotaciones que la creatividad humana ha formulado desde tiempos inmemoriales.
Mínguez, Víctor: Los reyes solares. Iconografía astral de la Monarquía Hispánica
Authors: Morales Folguera José Miguel
Published: September 2018

El profesor Víctor Mínguez nos presenta en esta obra el resultado de un largo y laborioso proceso de investigación sobre el tema de la iconografía política hispánica, en relación al cual ya publicó en el año 1995 un libro titulado Los reyes solares, y que en un futuro próximo acabará de configurarse con otro título también muy interesante sobre Los reyes viajeros.
Strollo, Rodolfo Maria: Contributi sul Barocco romano: rilievi, studi e documenti
Authors: Fidalgo Fontanet Leonardo
Published: September 2018

La publicación de este volumen parte de una acción conjunta promovida en el Corso di Oisegno Edile-Riievo dell'Architettura, celebrado en abril de 2000 en la Facoltà di lngegneria dell'Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, a la que pertenece el coordinador del mismo, el arquitecto Rodolfo Maria Strollo.
Rodríguez de la Flor, Fernando: Barroco. Representación e ideología en el Mundo Hispánico (1580-1680)
Authors: Sánchez López Juan Antonio
Published: September 2018

Con la aparición, en 1975, de La cultura del Barroco. Análisis de una estructura histórica de José Antonio Maravall nacía mucho más que un libro. Para ser aún más precisos irrumpía un método y un modelo hermenéutico para acercarse, escudriñar y diseccionar uno de los períodos más controvertidos y, por entonces, pese a parecer lo contrario, también más "desconocidos" de nuestro pasado.
Alpers, Svetlana: La creación de Rubens
Authors: Luque Ramírez Raúl
Published: September 2018

Las figuras de Pedro Pablo Rubens y Nicolás Poussin desencadenaron en la Francia del siglo XVII un álgido debate entre los partidarios del color, también llamados rubenistas, encabezados por Jacques Blanchard y Roger de Piles, y los defensores de las doctrinas academicistas del dibujo, que recibieron el calificativo de poussinistas, abanderados por Phillipe de Champaigne y Charles Le Brun.
Valverde Fernández, Francisco: El Colegio Congregación de Plateros Cordobeses durante la Edad Moderna
Authors: Sánchez-Lafuente Gémar Rafael
Published: September 2018

Córdoba se convirtió en siglos pasados en uno de los centros de platería más importantes del país. Esta afirmación, con ser cierta, se ha formulado básicamente a partir de los resultados de estudios parciales que han incidido sobre todo en dos hechos incuestionables: en la excepcional calidad artística de muchos de sus artífices y en la extraordinaria difusión que durante el siglo XVIII alcanzan sus obras por amplias zonas de la Península.
Gutiérrez, Ramón: Agua y saneamiento en Buenos Aires (1580-1930). Riqueza y singularidad de un patrimonio; Piwonka, Gonzalo: Las aguas de Santiago de Chile (1541-1741)
Authors: Torreblanca Perles M.ª Nuria
Published: September 2018

Los libros que analizamos a continuación nos permiten acercarnos a un tema tan candente como es el agua, en dos de las principales capitales iberoamericanas, Buenos Aires y Santiago de Chile, proporcionando al lector una amplia gama de perspectivas desde las que acceder a esta temática tan actual.
Brusatin, Manlio: Historia de los colores
Authors: Bueno Fidel María José
Published: September 2018

El lector que se acerque al libro de Brusatin en busca de una historia lineal y narrativa sobre los colores se dará de bruces con ciento cuarenta páginas de una complejidad y una erudición que en lugar de abrumar abren una estimulante red de relaciones y perspectivas. Brusatin, profesor del Departamento de Historia y Crítica de las Artes de la Universidad de Venecia y de la Politécnica de Milán, es autor, entre otras obras, de Venezía nel Settecento: stato, architettura, territorio (1980) y de una Historia de las imágenes (1989), traducida al castellano por Julio Ollero editor en 1992.
Ávila Ruiz, Rosa María: Historia del Arte, enseñanza y profesores
Authors: Rico Cano Lidia
Published: September 2018

Tal y como dice la autora en este libro, la Didáctica de la Historia del Arte ha sido un campo escasamente abordado por estudios realmente específicos y con un valor práctico. Sin embargo, esta obra podemos situarla como un punto de partida en la investigación sobre la enseñanza y aprendizaje de la Historia del Arte en todos los niveles educativos, con una intención de mejora real en la práctica educativa.
Pracchi, Valeria: "La logica degli occhi". Gli storici dell' arte, la tutela e il restauro dell' architettura tra positivismo e neoidealismo
Authors: Calderón Roca Belén
Published: September 2018

Il crítico paradossalmente non abita, non vive nell'archítettura, egli la percepisce attraverso 'la logica degli occhí'.Con el rescate de esta cita la autora pone de relieve una constante, la concepción de la obra artística como sistema estable, perfecto, cerrado, concluido en un determinado tiempo y lugar, como si de un pequeño objeto encerrado en una caja de cristal se tratase.
Ábalos, Iñaki: La buena vida. Visita guiada a las casas de la modernidad
Authors: Bueno Fidel M.ª José
Published: September 2018

Habitar la filosofía y pensar la arquitectura es la tarea que se ha impuesto el arquitecto lñaki Ábalos en este libro, que recorre los movimientos centrales de ambas disciplinas en el último siglo. Siete son los estadios en los que divide su narración, un número que no está escogido al azar, ya que, al fin y al cabo, se trata de un número asociado a la construcción de las totalidades.
Rodríguez Ortega, Nuria: Manual de teoría y estética del diseño industrial
Authors: Ríos Moyano Sonia
Published: September 2018

La redacción de un manual sobre cualquier disciplina que se precie, entraña una serie de dificultades que vienen determinadas por el propio género literario. Para poder realizar un volumen que responda a las características del mismo, es indispensable la previa realización de un guión esquemático y conciso, –sin obviar la complejidad de la materia ni al lector al que va dirigido–.
Frampton, Kenneth: Le Corbusier
Authors: Montiel Navarro Juan Antonio
Published: September 2018

El instinto primordial de todo ser vivo es asegurarse un albergue. Las diversas clases activas de la sociedad no tienen ya un albergue adecuado, ni el obrero ni el intelectual. La clave del equilibrio roto actual es una cuestión de edificación: arquitectura o revolución. Le Corbusier
Current Topics in Assisted Reproduction in the Czech Republic
Authors: Žáková Jana , Crha Igor , Jelínková Ladislava , Mardešic Tonko , Pastor Zlatko , Trávník Pavel , Kempisty Bartosz , Ventruba Pavel , Ješeta Michal
Published: September 2018

Assisted reproduction is a very dynamic part of reproductive gynaecology with fast changes in therapeutic approaches resulting from intensive research supported by private or public companies. This progress brings also new questions regarding ethical, legal or therapeutic issues. At the 26th Czech-Slovak symposium of assisted reproduction in Brno, several interesting topics of assisted reproduction were presented. During two days, more than 350 specialists discussed current topics related to gynaecology, embryology, andrology, genetics and sexology. From this fruitful discussion we chose the following topics that we consider to be the most important: (1) “Soft” versus “standard” stimulation protocols for IVF (2) Use of exogenous and endogenous progestins in IVF stimulation protocols (3) Cryopreservation and transplantation of ovarian tissue - state of the art and situation in the Czech Republic (4) Selection of spermatozoa with fragmented DNA: practical recommendations (5) Artificial activation of oocytes (8) Access of single and lesbian women to assisted reproduction technologies and possibility of their reproduction in the Czech Republic. Panel conclusions were presented at the end of the conference, which had great attendance, invoked lively commentaries and produced some definitive consensus. Certain issues remained inconclusive and these matters will be the subject of further discussion in future. This is a summary of the most important theses from this field in the Czech Republic in 2017.
The Analysis of Satisfaction Level from Renewable Energy Sources Usage Co-Financed from European Funds in the Rossosz Commune
Authors: Sałuch Mateusz , Siłuch Marta , Tokarski Daniel , Żukiewicz-Sobczak Wioletta , Sobczak Paweł
Published: September 2018

Subject and purpose of work: the purpose of this article is to present the opportunities for rural development and the benefits of participation in the Regional Operational Program of the Lublin Province for the years 2007-2013, as well as the estimation of the level of satisfaction of the inhabitants of the Rossosz Commune in the Bialski Poviat, Lublin Province, using renewable energy sources co-financed by EU funds. Materials and methods: this work was created with the use of author’s interview questionnaire as the basic research tool. The survey was carried out among the inhabitants of the Rossosz Commune. Results and conclusions: participation in the “Clean Energy in the Zielawy Valley” project contributed to the development of rural areas in the Biała Podlaska Poviat of the Lubelskie Province and it was a fundamental factor enabling the installation of devices using renewable energy. The research shows that the vast majority of respondents appreciated the benefits of renewable energy installations and many of them envisage to make use of the possibility of installing renewable energy devices in the near future.
Obtaining Electric and Thermal Energy from Processed Municipal Waste and the State of Waste Management in Poland in 2015
Authors: Ozga Patrycja
Published: September 2018

Subject and purpose of work: The purpose of this work is to present the problem of municipal waste management, and its use for the production of electric and thermal energy. Materials and methods: The information used is derived from the CSO publication for 2015 in the scope of the data on municipal waste and electric energy per province. To establish the rankings of provinces, the method of zero unitarisation was applied, whose task is to bring various variables to the state of comparability with different titres and orders of magnitudes; and then the results derived from the two rankings were compared. Results: The rankings of provinces with respect to the state of waste management and obtaining electrical energy in Poland in 2015 were presented. These rankings are characterized by a significant degree of similarity. Conclusions: Regional differentiation in individual Polish provinces in 2015 is relatively moderate.
Urban Farming – The Ecological, Spatial and Social Factors of Urban Landscape Transformation
Authors: Szumigała Paweł , Szumigała Karolina
Published: September 2018

Subject and purpose of work: The subject of the study is urban farming and examples of urban gardens built in selected cities in North America and Europe. The aim of the study was to determine the influence of urban farming on urban landscape. Materials and methods: A case study - analysis of the ecological, spatial and social aspects of selected examples. Results: The idea of urban farming is gaining popularity and every year there are more urban gardens in cities in North America and Europe. There are several dozen urban gardens in Poland. Their structure is diversified so as to meet the needs of local communities. The character and scale of urban farming is diversified. These gardens satisfy aesthetic, scenic, ecological, social and even economic needs of small communities. They enrich the urban landscape with new, seasonally changeable enclaves of utility and aesthetic greenery. Conclusions: Urban farming is an ecological, social and spatial factor and a favourable alternative to urban landscape transformations. The development of urban farming should be successively supported by local authorities.
Regional Differentiation of Sheep Production in Poland
Authors: Rokicki Tomasz
Published: September 2018

Subject and purpose of work: The objective of the thesis was to present the differentiation of sheep production represented in the sheep population in Poland and to determine directions of changes in the sheep population in Poland. Disparities in the regional differentiation of sheep production and their causes were also shown. Materials and methods: The spatial range of research covered 16 provinces, while the time range covered the year 2015. Sources of the materials were: domestic and foreign literature as well as data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS in Polish). Data analysis and presentations were based on descriptive, tabular, graphical and indicatory methods, as well as the Pearson linear correlation coefficient. Results: The conducted research shows the presence of disparities between provinces, because there are provinces with large populations and stocking density of these animals but there also exist territorial units with a very small number of sheep. There was also a large decrease in the number of sheep found in most provinces. Conclusions: The existence of a significant link between the share of pastures in AL (agricultural land) and the sheep population in provinces was confirmed. Correlation occurred only in the case of this parameter. The conducted research should be treated as a pilot study.
CORRUPTION IN ASIA PACIFIC
Authors: Masnila Nelly , Darusalam Darusalam
Published: September 2018

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of economic development (GDP and GNI) on corruption (Corruption Perception Index) in Asia Pacific countries. The data used were obtained for 21 selected countries samples during the period 2010-2016. For this data panel, we use Eviews program to analize it. The results of this study shows that first, simultantly, all variables GDP, GNILN, and GNIGR have positive and significant effect on corruption. Second, partially GDP has negatif effect and GNILN has posistif effect on corruption. Third, although the statistical results of this study prove that GDP and GNI have an influence on corruption, it stands that the countries with the highest CPI are not the countries with the highest GDP and GNI. Similarly, countries with the lowest CPI is not the country with the lowest GDP/GNI
Kinh nghiệm nâng cao năng lực đổi mới sáng tạo trong doanh nghiệp của Hàn Quốc, Malaysia và đề xuất với Việt Nam
Authors: Bui Tien Dung
Published: September 2018

Bài viết này nghiên cứu chính sách nâng cao năng lực đổi mới sáng tạo trong doanh nghiệp với kinh nghiệm Hàn Quốc, Malaysia. Đây là hai quốc gia tiêu biểu về thực hiện chính sách nâng cao năng lực đổi mới sáng tạo trong doanh nghiệp thành công. Các quốc gia này có xuất phát điểm với điều kiện, hoàn cảnh khác nhau, nhưng họ thực hiện các chính sách nâng cao năng lực đổi mới sáng tạo trong doanh nghiệp phù hợp đã giúp họ nhanh chóng trở thành các quốc gia có vị thế cao trên thế giới. Hàn Quốc, Malaysia trước đây có nhiều điểm tương đồng với Việt Nam hiện nay, điều này đặt ra cho nước ta cần có thêm nhiều chính sách thúc đẩy tích cực, thiết thực nhằm nâng cao năng lực đổi mới sáng tạo trong các doanh nghiệp Việt Nam.