bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Transmission of Water Waves under Multiple Vertical Thin Plates
Authors: Yu Yifei , Guo Zhiqun , Ma Qingwei
Published: April 2018

The transmission of water waves under vertical thin plates, e.g., offshore floating breakwaters, oscillating water column wave energy converters, and so on, is a crucial feature that dominates the hydrodynamic performance of marine devices. In this paper, the analytical solution to the transmission of water waves under multiple 2D vertical thin plates is firstly derived based on the linear potential theory. The influences of relevant parameters on the wave transmission are discussed, which include the number of plates, the draft of plates, the distance between plates and the water depth. The analytical results suggest that the transmission of progressive waves gradually weakens with the growth of the number and draft of plates, and under the conditions of given number and draft of plates, the distribution of plates has significant influence on the transmission of progressive waves. The results of this paper contribute to the understanding of the transmission of water waves under multiple vertical thin plates, as well as the suggestion on optimal design of complex marine devices, such as a floating breakwater with multiple plates.
Responsibility for follow-up during the diagnostic process in primary care: a secondary analysis of International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership data
Authors: Nicholson Brian D , Goyder Clare R , Bankhead Clare R , Toftegaard Berit S , Rose Peter W , Thulesius Hans , Vedsted Peter , Perera Rafael
Published: April 2018

Background

It is unclear to what extent primary care practitioners (PCPs) should retain responsibility for follow-up to ensure that patients are monitored until their symptoms or signs are explained.

Aim

To explore the extent to which PCPs retain responsibility for diagnostic follow-up actions across 11 international jurisdictions.

Design and setting

A secondary analysis of survey data from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership.

Method

The authors counted the proportion of 2879 PCPs who retained responsibility for each area of follow-up (appointments, test results, and non-attenders). Proportions were weighted by the sample size of each jurisdiction. Pooled estimates were obtained using a random-effects model, and UK estimates were compared with non-UK ones. Free-text responses were analysed to contextualise quantitative findings using a modified grounded theory approach.

Results

PCPs varied in their retention of responsibility for follow-up from 19% to 97% across jurisdictions and area of follow-up. Test reconciliation was inadequate in most jurisdictions. Significantly fewer UK PCPs retained responsibility for test result communication (73% versus 85%, P = 0.04) and non-attender follow-up (78% versus 93%, P<0.01) compared with non-UK PCPs. PCPs have developed bespoke, inconsistent solutions to follow-up. In cases of greatest concern, ‘double safety netting’ is described, where both patient and PCP retain responsibility.

Conclusion

The degree to which PCPs retain responsibility for follow-up is dependent on their level of concern about the patient and their primary care system’s properties. Integrated systems to support follow-up are at present underutilised, and research into their development, uptake, and effectiveness seems warranted.
Application of prescribing recommendations in older people with reduced kidney function: a cross-sectional study in general practice
Authors: Wood Su , Petty Duncan , Glidewell Liz , Raynor DK Theo
Published: April 2018

Background

Kidney function reduces with age, increasing the risk of harm from increased blood levels of many medicines. Although estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is reported for prescribing decisions in those aged ≥65 years, creatinine clearance (Cockcroft–Gault) gives a more accurate estimate of kidney function.

Aim

To explore the extent of prescribing outside recommendations for people aged ≥65 years with reduced kidney function in primary care and to assess the impact of using eGFR instead of creatinine clearance to calculate kidney function.

Design and setting

A cross-sectional survey of anonymised prescribing data in people aged ≥65 years from all 80 general practices (70 900 patients) in a north of England former primary care trust.

Method

The prevalence of prescribing outside recommendations was analysed for eight exemplar drugs. Data were collected for age, sex, actual weight, serum creatinine, and eGFR. Kidney function as creatinine clearance (Cockcroft–Gault) was calculated using actual body weight and estimated ideal body weight.

Results

Kidney function was too low for recommended prescribing in 4–40% of people aged ≥65 years, and in 24–80% of people aged ≥85 years despite more than 90% of patients having recent recorded kidney function results. Using eGFR overestimated kidney function for 3–28% of those aged ≥65 years, and for 13–58% of those aged ≥85 years. Increased age predicted higher odds of having a kidney function estimate too low for recommended prescribing of the study drugs.

Conclusion

Prescribing recommendations when kidney function is reduced are not applied for many people aged ≥65 years in primary care. Using eGFR considerably overestimates kidney function for prescribing and, therefore, creatinine clearance (Cockcroft–Gault) should be assessed when prescribing for these people. Interventions are needed to aid prescribers when kidney function is reduced.
2018 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium
Authors: Jones Nicole S.
Published: April 2018

The 2018 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Forensic Science Research and Development (R&D) Symposium is intended to promote collaboration and enhance knowledge transfer of NIJ-funded research. The NIJ Forensic Science R&D Program funds both basic or applied R&D projects that will (1) increase the body of knowledge to guide and inform forensic science policy and practice or (2) result in the production of useful materials, devices, systems, or methods that have the potential for forensic application. The intent of this program is to direct the findings of basic scientific research; research and development in broader scientific fields applicable to forensic science; and ongoing forensic science research toward the development of highly discriminating, accurate, reliable, cost-effective, and rapid methods for the identification, analysis, and interpretation of physical evidence for criminal justice purposes.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF CONSTRUCTIVISM: THE CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION OF AESTHETIC CODES AND NARRATIVES
Authors: PISKUNOVA Larisa , STAROSTOVA Liudmila , YANKOV Igor
Published: April 2018

Abstract
The architecture of constructivism (functionalism) has a kind of symbolic meaning associated with the modernist project. The authors conducted a study of the architectural avant-garde of Sverdlovsk, Russia which showed that the weak perception of the historical and cultural importance of constructivist buildings and complexes is associated not only with the lack of the people awareness, but also with the underestimation of their aesthetic value.
Meanwhile, the study of space-planning solutions for specific architectural projects reveals really conceptual aesthetics of the buildings. In addition, the study of the social history of constructivist architectural complexes, conducted by the authors, helped us to identify and articulate their cultural and historical significance and to highlight in a creative way the visual perception of these architectural reference markers in the space of the city. The authors also rely on their own experience of the exhibition, publication and sightseeing activities. The analysis of this experience allows the authors to draw some conclusions about the practice of developing and shifting the visual perception of constructivist monuments by the people.
The originality of the presented approach to the study of architecture is an appeal to the social history of architecture which helps to enhance its aesthetic value.
DEMYSTIFYING CREATIVITY: AN ASSEMBLAGE PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS ARTISTIC CREATIVITY
Authors: MANTA Adina
Published: April 2018

Common understandings of creativity reduce it to a flash of insight or to a personal characteristic of a highly-gifted person. This paper develops an alternative way of understanding creativity departing from a series of interviews with local painters by conceptualizing creativity as a process of articulating and getting caught up in a “meshwork” of materials, places, spaces and social encounters. Using assemblage theoretical framework, my perspective examines how different elements (both human and non-human) are brought together in flows of connections. Looking at the art world this paper takes into account also the materiality of the creative process and inquiry into how the materiality of working materials (paint, coal, brushes etc.) and the materiality of the space affect and are affected in the creativity assemblage. As such, departing from an anthropocentric perspective on artistic creativity, that takes only in consideration the meanings attributed by people (especially the artist) to forms, social uses and trajectories of artistic objects.
An Accurate Mass Determination for Kepler-1655b, a Moderately Irradiated World with a Significant Volatile Envelope
Authors: Haywood Raphaëlle D. , Vanderburg Andrew , Mortier Annelies , Giles Helen A. C. , López-Morales Mercedes , Lopez Eric D. , Malavolta Luca , Charbonneau David , Cameron Andrew Collier , Coughlin Jeffrey L. , Dressing Courtney D. , Nava Chantanelle , Latham David W. , Dumusque Xavier , Lovis Christophe , Molinari Emilio , Pepe Francesco , Sozzetti Alessandro , Udry Stéphane , Bouchy François , Johnson John A. , Mayor Michel , Micela Giusi , Phillips David , Piotto Giampaolo , Rice Ken , Sasselov Dimitar , Ségransan Damien , Watson Chris , Affer Laura , Bonomo Aldo S. , Buchhave Lars A. , Ciardi David R. , Fiorenzano Aldo F. , Harutyunyan and Avet
Published: April 2018

We present the confirmation of a small, moderately irradiated (F = 155 ± 7 F
⊕) Neptune with a substantial gas envelope in a P = 11.8728787 ± 0.0000085 day orbit about a quiet, Sun-like G0V star Kepler-1655. Based on our analysis of the Kepler light curve, we determined Kepler-1655b’s radius to be 2.213 ± 0.082 R
⊕. We acquired 95 high-resolution spectra with Telescopio Nazionale Galileo/HARPS-N, enabling us to characterize the host star and determine an accurate mass for Kepler-1655b of

via Gaussian-process regression. Our mass determination excludes an Earth-like composition with 98% confidence. Kepler-1655b falls on the upper edge of the evaporation valley, in the relatively sparsely occupied transition region between rocky and gas-rich planets. It is therefore part of a population of planets that we should actively seek to characterize further.
Connections between Star Cluster Populations and Their Host Galaxy Nuclear Rings
Authors: Ma Chao , de Grijs Richard , Ho Luis C.
Published: April 2018

Nuclear rings are excellent laboratories for probing diverse phenomena such as the formation and evolution of young massive star clusters and nuclear starbursts, as well as the secular evolution and dynamics of their host galaxies. We have compiled a sample of 17 galaxies with nuclear rings, which are well resolved by high-resolution Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescope imaging. For each nuclear ring, we identified the ring star cluster population, along with their physical properties (ages, masses, and extinction values). We also determined the integrated ring properties, including the average age, total stellar mass, and current star formation rate (SFR). We find that Sb-type galaxies tend to have the highest ring stellar mass fraction with respect to the host galaxy, and this parameter is correlated with the ring’s SFR surface density. The ring SFRs are correlated with their stellar masses, which is reminiscent of the main sequence of star-forming galaxies. There are striking correlations between star-forming properties (i.e., SFR and SFR surface density) and nonaxisymmetric bar parameters, appearing to confirm previous inferences that strongly barred galaxies tend to have lower ring SFRs, although the ring star formation histories turn out to be significantly more complicated. Nuclear rings with higher stellar masses tend to be associated with lower cluster mass fractions, but there is no such relation for the ages of the rings. The two youngest nuclear rings in our sample, NGC 1512 and NGC 4314, which have the most extreme physical properties, represent the young extremity of the nuclear ring age distribution.
The Austrian school in Bulgaria: A history
Authors: Nenovsky Nikolay , Penchev Pencho
Published: April 2018

The main goal of this study is to highlight the acceptance, dissemination, interpretation, criticism and make some attempts at contributing to Austrian economics made in Bulgaria during the last 120 years. We consider some of the main characteristics of the Austrian school, such as subjectivism and marginalism, as basic components of the economic thought in Bulgaria and as incentives for the development of some original theoretical contributions. Even during the first few years of Communist regime (1944–1989), with its Marxist monopoly over intellectual life, the Austrian school had some impact on the economic thought in the country. Subsequent to the collapse of Communism, there was a sort of a Renaissance and rediscovery of this school. Another contribution of our study is that it illustrates the adaptability and spontaneous evolution of ideas in a different and sometimes hostile environment.
The genus Rhynchobanchus Kriechbaumer in China, with descriptions of a new species and first record of the genus from Oriental region (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae)
Authors: Li Ze-Jian , Li Tao , Yan Jun , Sheng Mao-Ling
Published: April 2018

Six species and two subspecies of the genusRhynchobanchusKriechbaumer, 1894 are reported from China, of which one,Rh.flavomaculatusSheng,sp. n., is a new species and the first record of the genus from the Oriental Region.RhynchobanchusflavopictusorientalisKuslitzky, 2007 is a new Chinese record. A key to the species ofRhynchobanchusoccurring in China is provided.
Parallel Settings in the Collection of Giovanni Battista Bonometti’s Parnassus Musicus Ferdinandaeus
Authors: Steinheuer Joachim
Published: April 2018

The collection Parnassus Musicus Ferdinandaeus constitutes a snapshot of the small-scale motet repertoire in northern Italy and the Habsburg lands around 1615. A comparison of three pairs of compositions on the same text respectively by Gabussi and Priuli, Pellegrini and Valentini, and Nantermi and Monteverdi reveals an unusual variety of compositional approaches.
“Von Haußaus”: Examples of Imperial Musicians at the Time of Rudolf II
Authors: Žáčková Rossi Michaela
Published: April 2018

The author focuses in this paper on the Imperial musicians’ mobility in the late Renaissance giving some example based on her systematic research of the Habsburg accounting ledgers and other important non-musical sources regarding the government of Rudolf II (1576–1612) available today in the State Archives in Vienna.
A Monastic Manuscript Parallel to the Parnassus Musicus Ferdinandaeus
Authors: Flotzinger Rudolf
Published: April 2018

There are many parallels in the context and content of the printed anthology Parnassus Musicus Ferdinandaeus, dedicated in 1615 to the Inner-Austrian ruler in Graz, and the manuscript collection assembled around 1625 for the use of the monks at the Kremsmünster monastery (Ms. L76). They reflect alike the early diffusion of the Italian sacred monodic repertoire and style in regions of Austria, thanks partly to personal contact between native-born musicians and their Italian contemporaries.
La Grande Guerre dans la bande dessinée contemporaine (2008-2014)
Authors: Révillon Luc
Published: April 2018

Depuis la disparition du dernier poilu français
Lazare Ponticelli, la production de bandes dessinées faisant référence
à la Grande Guerre n’a cessé de croître dans une sorte d’urgence
mémorielle. De mars 2008 à mai 2016 est parue la moitié des albums
traitant de la Première Guerre mondiale publiés depuis 1914.

Cette étude dresse un catalogue des principales
approches et thématiques abordées par les auteurs contemporains.
Ceux-ci, à la suite du pionnier Tardi, privilégient la guerre à la
guerre et la victimisation du combattant, certains d’entre eux
n’hésitant pas à évacuer toute trace d’ennemi dans leurs récits.

Les annexes de cette étude rappellent combien les
approches des albums traitant de la Première Guerre mondiale depuis un
siècle ont évolué en fonction des enjeux, du public et d’un engouement
relativement récent pour le média bande dessinée.

Cette analyse nous amène également à nuancer cette
impression de frénésie éditoriale qui semble avoir gagné la bande
dessinée depuis la mort du dernier poilu.
Mémoires du camouflage de la Grande Guerre dans l’art contemporain
Authors: Bouchet Renaud
Published: April 2018

Le camouflage matériel appliqué durant la Grande Guerre est apparu comme une nécessité immédiate s’appliquant en contexte terrestre et naval dans la perspective défensive et offensive. Fait nouveau dans l’histoire militaire, sa théorisation comme son application ont principalement été confiées à des artistes et artisans d’art dont les compétences spécifiques ont été sollicitées notamment pour la dissimulation d’objectifs soit par fusion homotypique avec les milieux d’implantation, soit par déstructuration des formes révélatrices au moyen de procédés graphiques et chromatiques.Les démarches plasticiennes contemporaines ont pu croiser ce champ du camouflage sans que leurs initiateurs (A. Jacquet, A. Warhol, E. Rutten, K. Meyffret, S. Lang, R. Lichtenstein, M. Aubry, T. Hirschorn) aient toujours une conscience pleine et documentée de ce qu’ils devaient aux camoufleurs de la Grande Guerre et à leur contribution multiforme. D’autres ont clairement corrélé leurs pratiques à cette dernière - filiation à valeur de légitimation peut-être parfois délibérément recherchée - réinvestie et interprétée dans l’optique terrestre de la dissimulation ou bien au contraire dans celle de la Dazzle Painting ou « peinture tape-à-l’œil » navale (Lakonik, J.-C. Le Gouic, J. Koons, A. Bantjes, A. Judic, R. G. McHarg III, P. Van Lubeck, A. Reimann, F. Moreno, C. Fudge, J.-B. Sauvage, C. M. Kubricht). Tous ont assumé la dimension artistique voire esthétique du camouflage, niée, pressentie ou pleinement identifiée par ses expérimentateurs initiaux parmi lesquels H. Bouchard, F. Marc et E. Wadsworth. Une dimension très souvent autonome, faisant du « néo-camouflage » une expression étrangère à l’interrogation de la mémoire traumatique de la guerre.
Joseph Delaville-Leroulx (1747-1803) : entre négoce et politique ou la carrière du premier parlementaire lorientais
Authors: Le Bouëdec Gérard
Published: April 2018

Cet article présente la trajectoire de réussite
d’un négociant-commissionnaire-consignataire intégré dans les réseaux
commerciaux, financiers et politiques. Installé à Gand pendant la
guerre d’indépendance américaine, après un apprentissage à Amsterdam,
il migre en 1785 vers Lorient, porte des Indes et des États-Unis. La
situation économique se dégrade, et dans le contexte
prérévolutionnaire, Joseph Delaville-Leroulx devient le leader du
lobby négociant. Il est élu député aux États généraux pour obtenir
l’abolition du monopole de la troisième compagnie et de la franchise
du port, jugés responsables de la crise. Il reprend ses activités à
Lorient mais se trouve sous la menace du gouvernement montagnard en
1794, avant de s’engager, après le coup d’état de Brumaire, dans une
nouvelle carrière politique de sénateur sous le Consulat.
Réfugiés kurdes de Turquie en Loire-Atlantique depuis les années 1970
Authors: Rondeau Coline
Published: April 2018

Cet article analyse les parcours migratoires de
demandeurs d’asile kurdes partis de Turquie pour la France après le
coup d’état de 1980. Ces femmes et hommes kurdes se sont installés,
après plusieurs déplacements, en Loire-Atlantique, département
appartenant à un Ouest considéré comme une région de « faible
immigration ». Leurs parcours d’installation apparaissent
progressivement reliés à ceux de migrants économiques turcs et/ou
d’origine kurde arrivés dans la décennie 70. Dès lors, un
questionnement s’impose sur les liens existants entre les premières
générations de migrants et les réfugiés kurdes. L’exposé de ces deux
contextes migratoires permet une réflexion sur les stratégies
migratoires mises en œuvre par les Kurdes. Il s’agira de saisir, après
leur installation, les liens entre territoire et identité et de
comprendre comment ces Kurdes expriment ou dissimulent leur identité
en Loire-Atlantique.
Ce que fabrique la gestation pour autrui
Authors: Courduriès Jérôme
Published: April 2018

La gestation pour autrui fait l’objet de nombreuses discussions éthiques, morales et politiques. Les questions importantes qu’elle soulève, relatives à la disponibilité du corps humain et à la dimension commerciale de cette pratique dans certains États, dissimulent d’autres enjeux qui piquent la curiosité de l’anthropologue qui s’intéresse à la parenté et aux définitions de la personne. Cet article montrera que la gestation pour autrui, outre qu’elle est une technique médicale et parfois une pratique commerciale, est aussi une pratique qui institue de la parenté.
Sexualité et conception assistée en Inde et en France
Authors: Merleau-Ponty Noémie
Published: April 2018

Cet article met en évidence l’importance de la sexualité dans les parcours de conception assistée. Ce faisant, il propose une méthode d’enquête centrée sur les professionnels des cliniques de conception assistée ainsi que sur le déploiement des prises en charge qui y sont proposées. Sont successivement évoqués les dons de gamète et leur lien au thème de l’inceste, l’organisation des recueils de sperme et la caractérisation d’une forme de l’infertilité peu étudiée, l’infertilité sexuelle. La méthode comparative permet de montrer comment deux modèles normatifs de la parenté relativement similaires et des outils biotechnologiques partagés par l’Inde et la France s’articulent autour de conceptions différentes de la corporéité et de ses liens aux techniques.
Memórias familiares sobre as dinâmicas de socialização e apoio materno às trajetórias de militância política contra a ditadura militar no Brasil
Authors: da Costa Oliveira Flaviane , Dias da Cruz Rocha Jaíza Pollyanna , Campos de Freitas Breugelmans Janaína , Gianordoli-Nascimento Ingrid Faria , Leite Cruz Fatima Maria
Published: April 2018

O trabalho buscou compreender as dinâmicas de socialização e apoio materno à trajetória de militância política de sujeitos que se opuseram ao regime militar no Brasil (1964-1985). Para tanto, foram realizadas dezenove entrevistas semiestruturadas com familiares de militantes e com militantes opositores do regime. A partir da análise de conteúdo foram construídas duas categorias temáticas: 1) Formação moral-político-ideológica; e 2) Figura de apoio. As memórias pessoais e comuns dos entrevistados apresentaram a mãe como agente essencial para a formação político-moral-ideológica, e posteriormente, como principal figura de apoio às trajetórias de militância política. A influência materna repercutiu nas motivações e ações políticas da geração seguinte, fomentando novas possibilidades e ampliando os lugares de atuação feminina no cenário público. Dessa maneira, a investigação dessas experiências revelou facetas que colaboram para a compreensão das relações de gênero em suas conexões com a pauta política, impactando versões que compõem a memória histórica do período.
Enchérir ou négocier : quelle forme préférable de marché ?
Authors: Mignot Sylvain , Vignes Annick
Published: April 2018

Sur certains marchés, les ventes peuvent se faire de gré à gré ou en enchères: c’est le cas du marché au poisson de Boulogne-sur-Mer sur lequel se fonde l’analyse empirique de cet article. Nous y montrons que, alors que les agents peuvent quotidiennement passer d’un mécanisme de vente à un autre, l’organisation du marché est stable au niveau agrégé, avec des quantités significatives s’échangeant chaque jour sur les deux sous-marché. Au niveau micro, nous mettons en évidence que les agents mobilisent des stratégies différentes, certains privilégiant un mécanisme de vente, d’autres en changeant régulièrement. Une certaine spécialisation apparaît : les produits les plus chers se vendent à des prix plus élevés de gré à gré, quand les poissons meilleur marché se vendent plus cher en enchères. Un modèle basé-agent permet de comprendre les conditions de stabilité de cette organisation. L’influence de l’hétérogénéité des biens sur le comportement des individus et le rôle des liens sociaux sont tour à tour analysés.
SCHREBER E A ESCRITA: TRANSCRIÇÃO DO DELÍRIO E SEUS EFEITOS DE ESTABILIZAÇÃO
Authors: Guaraná Bruna Musacchio , Vieira Marcus André
Published: April 2018

A partir do paradigmático caso freudiano, baseado no livro de Schreber, o artigo destaca a importância, para o autor, da redação e sobretudo a posterior publicação do seu livro autobiográfico Memórias de um Doente dos Nervos (1905/1984). A ênfase do artigo recairá tanto na atividade de escrita do próprio autor de seu Memórias, incluindo sua repercussão no campo da psicanálise a partir da interpretação de Freud e Lacan, quanto à intenção de Schreber de torná-la pública. Ambos os trabalhos, a atividade de escrita e publicação do livro serão articulados ao conceito de suplência no ensino de Jacques Lacan. A hipótese do presente artigo é a de que tanto a escrita do delírio como a posterior publicação funcionaram como reforços na sua estabilização delirante. A primeira denominada aqui como transcrição do delírio funcionou como apoio à sua imagem pessoal e a segunda referente a tornar pública sua obra funcionou como sustento de seu nome próprio.
APRESENTAÇAO PERCEPTIVA NO AUTISMO: ESTUDO DA AUTOBIOGRAFIA DE DONNA WILLIAMS
Authors: Bialer Marina Martins , Coelho Júnior Nelson Ernesto
Published: April 2018

No presente artigo analisamos o material clínico da autista Donna Williams com objetivo de pesquisar o trabalho de transformação do sensorial-perceptual por intermédio da apresentação perceptiva. Dialogamos com as contribuições dos psicanalistas Cesar e Sara Botella e com as contribuições do psicanalista Roussillon, acerca da importância da reflexibilidade para a percepção e para o reconhecimento enquanto apoio para o processo de simbolização dos primeiros traços perceptivos que precisam ser investidos e associados entre si. No decorrer do texto, tecemos a hipótese de que ao inventar modalidades de espelhamento compensatório, Donna pôde reapresentar traços perceptuais ainda não representados, cuja apresentação perceptiva é preliminar à própria capacidade destes serem representados. Nesse âmbito nos apoiamos nos estudos da psicanalista Laznik acerca da premência da elisão na clínica com os autistas para pensar a existência de traços mnêmicos no autismo que existem, mas não são investidos. Por ficarem completamente sem investimento, não se instalam trilhamentos e ligações, impedindo o surgimento de representações e a complexificação do psiquismo oriundo da organização de representações. Em contraponto, abarcamos um trabalho psíquico de simbolização do registro sensorial por meio da projeção destes traços e, nessa linha de argumentação, demonstraremos como a transferência desses traços, por meio da figuração, favoreceu uma especularidade através desses anteparos que propiciaram a função compensatória de espelhamento.
A RELAÇÃO INTRÍNSECA ENTRE A PSICOLOGIA HISTÓRICO-CULTURAL E A EPISTEMOLOGIA MARXIANA
Authors: Bulhões Larissa Figueiredo Salmen Seixlack , Martins Lígia Márcia
Published: April 2018

Considerando as investidas ideológicas que tencionam mascarar as bases epistemológicas marxistas da psicologia histórico-cultural, o artigo em tela visa contribuir para evidenciar o modo como o materialismo histórico e dialético edificou os pressupostos essenciais desta teoria psicológica. Para tanto, estabeleceu-se a proposição de que os três pilares metodológicos que fundamentam a crítica marxiana à sociedade burguesa – quais sejam, a unidade mínima de análise, a historicização categorial e a essência contraditória do fenômeno estudado – amparam, analogamente, a análise histórica do psiquismo humano como sistema interfuncional. Deste modo, objetivou-se demonstrar que a arquitetônica epistemológica marxiana serviu de sustentáculo para a edificação de uma psicologia legitimamente marxista a qual superou os limites atomísticos da lógica formal burguesa. Concluiu-se que a especificidade metodológica da psicologia histórico-cultural apreendeu o desenvolvimento dos processos psicológicos no movimento de suas tendências antagônicas essenciais – representadas pelo núcleo contraditório que contrapõe e articula os processos funcionais elementares e superiores – alcançando a compreensão da concretude histórica que conforma a subjetividade humana.
Nanocomposites: Recent Trends and Engineering Applications
Authors: Senthil Kumar Ponnusamy , Gunasundari Elumalai
Published: April 2018

The progress of nanotechnology and the resulting technological innovation has attracted the interest of researchers in the world. Most important effort isconcentratedon the capability to attain control of the nanoscale structures through inventive synthetic approaches. The significance of nanocomposites in different ranges applications including automotive, aerospace, marine, and construction, coating tissue engineering due to their excellent properties has led to develop the new design, material and processing technologies. Polymer nanocomposites provide prospectivefor improved mechanical properties, thermal properties, barrier properties and flame retardant properties than conventionally filled materials due to the higher surface area with nanofiller. This chapter was focused on the most recent growth in the area of nanocomposites and engineering applications. The type of nanocomposites and their fabrication techniques were explained.
Nanocomposite for Solar Energy Application
Authors: Tessema Mola Genene , Mbuyise Xolani G. , Oseni Saheed O. , Dlamini Wiseman M. , Tonui Patrick , Arbab Elhadi A.A. , Kaviyarasu Kavi , Maaza M.
Published: April 2018

Organic and inorganic nanocomposites have been successfully used in the preparation of thin film organic solar cells with the view either to enhance the harvesting of solar energy or to assist in the charge transport processes. The optical absorption, conductivity and environmental stability of the nanocomposite are the main criteria that determine the suitability of the material for solar energy application. This chapter discusses the properties of a number of nanocomposite which are widely used in the preparation of various types of thin film solar cells.
Notes on some primary types of Papilionidae (Lepidoptera) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
Authors: Korb S.K.
Published: April 2018

A total of 16 lectotypes of Papilionidae (Lepidoptera), identified by A.V.-A. Kreuzberg but not published, are formally designated in the genera Parnassius Latreille, 1804 (14 taxa) and Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 (two taxa). Lectotypes are designated for the following taxa: Parnassius delphius albulus Honrath, 1889, Parnassius apollonius alpinus Staudinger, 1887, Parnassius bremeri conjunctus Staudinger, 1901, Parnassius discobolus Staudinger, 1881, Parnassius bremeri graeseri Honrath, 1885, Parnassius delphius intermedius Bang-Haas, 1915, Parnassius tianschanicus minor Staudinger, 1881, Parnassius delphius mephisto Hering, 1931, Parnassius nordmanni minimus Honrath, 1885, Parnassius apollo mongolicus Staudinger, 1900, Parnassius delphius namanganus Staudinger, 1886, Parnassius nomion nominulus Staudinger, 1895, Parnassius charltonius princeps Honrath, 1888, Parnassius romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1888, Papilio machaon chitralensis Bang-Haas, 1934, and Papilio alexanor maccabaeus Staudinger, 1892.
Synthesis of Human Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Contributes to Angiopoietin-Mediated In Vitro Proinflammatory and Proangiogenic Activities
Authors: Lavoie Simon S. , Dumas Elizabeth , Vulesevic Branka , Neagoe Paul-Eduard , White Michel , Sirois Martin G.
Published: April 2018

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are composed of nuclear DNA in a web-like structure extruded from neutrophils in response to either bacterial infection or inflammation. We previously reported the expression of angiopoietin Tie2 receptor on human neutrophils and the capacity of both angiopoietins (Ang1 and Ang2) to induce proinflammatory activities, such as synthesis and release of platelet-activating factor, upregulation of β2 integrin complex (CD11/CD18), and neutrophil chemotaxis. In contrast, only Ang1 but not Ang2 is capable of promoting translational and transcriptional activities in neutrophils. In this article, we addressed whether Ang1 and/or Ang2 could modulate the release of NETs and if they contribute to angiopoietin-mediated proinflammatory activities. We observed that Ang1 and Ang2, alone or combined (10 nM, 3 h), increase NET synthesis and release by ≈2.5-fold as compared with PBS-treated neutrophils. The release of NETs is Tie2 dependent and requires downstream intracellular participation of PI3K, p38, and p42/44 MAPK pathways; reactive oxygen species production; intracellular calcium store depletion; and protein arginine deiminase 4 activation. These isolated NETs induced neutrophil and endothelial cell activation, leading to neutrophil adhesion onto human extracellular matrix and HUVEC and in vitro formation of capillary-like tubes by endothelial cells. Our study reports the capacity of Ang1 and Ang2 to promote the release of NETs and that these NETs contribute to angiopoietin-mediated in vitro proinflammatory and proangiogenic activities.
Contribution of the Immune Response to Phage Therapy
Authors: Krut Oleg , Bekeredjian-Ding Isabelle
Published: April 2018

Therapeutic phages are being employed for vaccination and treatment of cancer and bacterial infections. Their natural immunogenicity triggers intertwined interactions with innate and adaptive immune cells that might influence therapy. Phage- and bactierial-derived pathogen-associated molecular patterns released after bacterial lysis have been proposed to stimulate local innate immune responses, which could promote antitumor immunity or bacterial clearance. Conversely, immunogenicity of phages induces phage-specific humoral memory, which can hamper therapeutic success. This review outlines the current knowledge on the different types of immune responses elicited by phages and their potential benefits and adverse side effects, when applied therapeutically. This review further summarizes the knowledge gaps and defines the key immunological questions that need to be addressed regarding the clinical application of antibacterial phage therapy.
The TLR4 Agonist Monophosphoryl Lipid A Drives Broad Resistance to Infection via Dynamic Reprogramming of Macrophage Metabolism
Authors: Fensterheim Benjamin A. , Young Jamey D. , Luan Liming , Kleinbard Ruby R. , Stothers Cody L. , Patil Naeem K. , McAtee-Pereira Allison G. , Guo Yin , Trenary Irina , Hernandez Antonio , Fults Jessica B. , Williams David L. , Sherwood Edward R. , Bohannon Julia K.
Published: April 2018

Monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA) is a clinically used TLR4 agonist that has been found to drive nonspecific resistance to infection for up to 2 wk. However, the molecular mechanisms conferring protection are not well understood. In this study, we found that MPLA prompts resistance to infection, in part, by inducing a sustained and dynamic metabolic program in macrophages that supports improved pathogen clearance. Mice treated with MPLA had enhanced resistance to infection with Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans that was associated with augmented microbial clearance and organ protection. Tissue macrophages, which exhibited augmented phagocytosis and respiratory burst after MPLA treatment, were required for the beneficial effects of MPLA. Further analysis of the macrophage phenotype revealed that early TLR4-driven aerobic glycolysis was later coupled with mitochondrial biogenesis, enhanced malate shuttling, and increased mitochondrial ATP production. This metabolic program was initiated by overlapping and redundant contributions of MyD88- and TRIF-dependent signaling pathways as well as downstream mTOR activation. Blockade of mTOR signaling inhibited the development of the metabolic and functional macrophage phenotype and ablated MPLA-induced resistance to infection in vivo. Our findings reveal that MPLA drives macrophage metabolic reprogramming that evolves over a period of days to support a macrophage phenotype highly effective at mediating microbe clearance and that this results in nonspecific resistance to infection.
Об оценивании параметров в случае разрывных плотностей
Authors: Borovkov Alexander Alekseevich
Published: April 2018

Рассматривается задача об оценивании параметра в случае, когда плотность $f_\theta(x)$ распределения $\mathbf{P}_\theta$ элементов выборки $\mathrm X$ объема $n$ имеет по крайней мере одну точку разрыва $x(\theta)$, $x'(\theta)\neq 0$. Предполагается, что либо (a) из априорных соображений можно указать локализацию параметра $\theta$ (или точки разрыва), удовлетворяющую легко проверяемым условиям, либо (b) существует состоятельная оценка $\widetilde{\theta}$ параметра $\theta$ (построенная, возможно, по той же выборке $\mathrm{X}$), что также дает некоторую локализацию. Тогда по сегменту эмпирической функции распределения, определенному локализацией, с помощью простого правила строится семейство оценок $\theta^*_{g}$, зависящее от параметра $g$, такое, что 1) вероятности $\mathbf{P}(\theta^*_{g}-\theta>v/n)$ и $\mathbf{P}(\theta^*_{g}-\theta<-v/n)$ при достаточно больших $n$ допускают явные экспоненциальные по $v$ оценки; 2) в случае (b) при выполнении соответствующих условий (см. условия I-IV в \cite[гл. 5]{1}, где исследованы оценки максимального правдоподобия) можно указать значение $g$, при котором оценка $\theta^*_{g}$ асимптотически эквивалентна оценке максимального правдоподобия $\widehat{\theta}$, т.е. $\mathbf{P}_\theta(n(\theta^*_{g}-\theta)>v)\sim \mathbf{P}_\theta(n(\widehat{\theta}-\theta)>v)$ при каждом $v$ и $n\to\infty$; 3) значение $g$ можно выбрать так, что возможно $\mathbf{E}_\theta(\theta^*_{g}-\theta)^2< \mathbf{E}_\theta(\widehat{\theta}-\theta)^2$ при достаточно больших $n$. При этом никаких условий гладкости на $f_\theta(x)$ по существу не накладывается. При наличии «вспомогательной» состоятельной оценки $\widetilde{\theta}$ найдены простые правила отыскания оценок $\theta^*_g$, асимптотически эквивалентных $\widehat{\theta}$. Изучено предельное распределение $n(\theta^*_g-\theta)$ при $n\to\infty$.
О порядке случайной подстановки с весами циклов
Authors: Yakymiv Arsen Lubomirovich
Published: April 2018

Пусть $\operatorname{Ord}(\tau)$ - порядок элемента $\tau$ из группы $S_n$ перестановок множества $X$ из $n$ элементов. В настоящей статье рассматривается так называемая общая параметрическая модель случайной подстановки, согласно которой произвольная фиксированная подстановка $\tau$ из $S_n$ наблюдается с вероятностью, равной $\theta_1^{u_1}\dotsb\theta_n^{u_n}/H(n)$, где $u_i$ - число циклов длины $i$ подстановки $\tau$, а $\{\theta_i, i\in \mathbf{N}\}$ - некоторые неотрицательные параметры, называемые весами циклов длины $i$ подстановки $\tau$, причем $H(n)$ - соответствующий нормирующий множитель. Пусть случайная подстановка $\tau_n$ имеет указанное распределение. Предполагается, что функция $p(n)=H(n)/n!$\enskip $\mathrm{RO}$-меняется на бесконечности с нижним показателем, большим $-1$ (в частности, она может правильно меняться) и последовательность $\{\theta_i, i\in \mathbf N\}$ ограничена. При этих предположениях показано, что случайная величина $\ln\operatorname{Ord}(\tau_n)$ асимптотически нормальна со средним $\sum_{k=1}^n\theta_k\ln k/k$ и дисперсией $\sum_{k=1}^n\theta_k\ln^2k/k$. В частности, в эту схему вписывается класс случайных $A$-подстановок, т.е. когда $\theta_i=\chi\{i\in A\}$, где $A$ - произвольное фиксированное множество натуральных чисел. Также сюда входит модель Эвенса случайной подстановки, в которой $\theta_i\equiv\theta>0$ для любого $i\in\mathbf N$. Доказанная предельная теорема обобщает некоторые результаты, полученные ранее в этих схемах. В частности, при $\theta_i\equiv1$ для любого $i\in\mathbf N$ из сформулированного утверждения следует известная предельная теорема Эрдeша-Турана.
Elaboration d’une approche multicritère pour la recherche de sites de décharges contrôlées de classe 1 au Maroc
Authors: Cherkaoui Dekkaki Hinde , Lanoue Johanna
Published: April 2018

In this paper, we propose a multicriteria approach allowing the selection of Class 1 landfill sites, which receive household and similar waste, taking into account the environmental constraints and the orientations of urban planning documents while remaining in line with the Moroccan laws texts, essentially the law 28.00. For its application, we opted for the province of Tetouan located in the North of Morocco. The approach adopted is based on a succession of three major steps : (1) Systematic inventory of the environment and associated activities, (2) Identification of free surfaces and (3) Site selection. At the end of this work, our initial goal was achieved, the potential regulated landfill site for the province of Tetouan was selected. The standardization of this approach in order to apply it to various other areas constitutes a valuable gain of time. Its application on other zones in order to validate the relevance of the parameters retained and the robustness of the applied rating system constitutes our main perspective.

Dans le présent travail, nous proposons une approche multicritère permettant la sélection de sites de décharges contrôlées de classe 1, en tenant compte des contraintes environnementales et des orientations des documents d’urbanisme tout en restant conforme aux principaux textes de lois marocains dont la loi 28.00 Maroc. L’approche adoptée repose sur la succession de trois étapes : (1) inventaire systématique du milieu et des activités associées, (2) identification des surfaces libres et (3) sélection de sites. Au terme de ce travail, notre but initial a été atteint, le site potentiel de décharge pour la province de Tétouan a été sélectionné. La standardisation de cette approche dans l’objectif de son application sur diverses autres zones constitue un gain précieux de temps. Son application sur diverses zones afin de valider la pertinence des paramètres retenus et la robustesse du système de cotation appliqué constitue notre principale perspective.
Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee
Authors: Lee Rubin Rachel
Published: April 2018

Every now and then, a song inspires a cultural conversation that ends up looking like a brawl. Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee, released in 1969, is a prime example of that important role of popular music. Okie immediately helped to frame an ongoing discussion about region and class, pride and politics, culture and counterculture. But the conversation around the song, useful as it was, drowned out the song itself, not to mention the other songs on the live album—named for Okie and performed in Muskogee—that Haggard has carefully chosen to frame what has turned out to be his most famous song. What are the internal clues for gleaning the intended meaning of Okie? What is the pay-off of the anti-fandom that Okie sparked (and continues to spark) in some quarters? How has the song come to be a shorthand for expressing all manner of anti-working class attitudes? What was Haggard's artistic path to that stage in Oklahoma, and how did he come to shape the industry so profoundly at the moment when urban country singers were playing a major role on the American social and political landscape?
Meteor echo height ceiling effect and the mesospheric temperature estimation from meteor radar observation
Authors: Lee Changsup , Jee Geonhwa , Kim Jeong-Han , Song In-Sun
Published: April 2018

Abstract. The mesospheric temperature estimation from meteor height distribution is reevaluated by using the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) and the King Sejong Station meteor radar observations. It is found that the experimentally determined proportionality constant between the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the meteor height distribution and temperature is in remarkable agreement with theoretical value derived from the physics-based equation and it is nearly time-invariant for the entire observation period of 2012–2016. Furthermore, we newly found that the FWHM provides the best estimate of temperature at slightly lower height than the meteor peak height (MPH) by about 2–3 km. This is related to the asymmetric distribution of meteor echoes around MPH, which is known to be caused by the meteor echo height ceiling effect (MHC). At higher altitude above MPH, the meteor detection rate is greatly reduced due to the MHC and the cutoff height for this reduction follows a fixed molecular mean free path of the background atmosphere. This result indicates that the meteor height distribution can be used to estimate the mesospheric temperature even under the asymmetric meteor echo distribution caused by the MHC at high altitude.
Investigating the anatomy of magnetosheath jets – MMS observations
Authors: Karlsson Tomas , Plaschke Ferdinand , Hietala Heli , Archer Martin , Blanco-Cano Xóchitl , Kajdič Primož , Lindqvist Per-Arne , Marklund Göran , Gershman Daniel J.
Published: April 2018

Abstract. We use Magnetosphere Multiscale (MMS) mission data to investigate a small
number of magnetosheath jets, which are localized and transient increases in
dynamic pressure, typically due to a combined increase in plasma velocity and
density. For two approximately hour-long intervals in November, 2015 we found
six jets, which are of two distinct types. (a) Two of the jets are associated
with the magnetic field discontinuities at the boundary between the
quasi-parallel and quasi-perpendicular magnetosheath. Straddling the
boundary, the leading part of these jets contains an ion population similar
to the quasi-parallel magnetosheath, while the trailing part contains ion
populations similar to the quasi-perpendicular magnetosheath. Both
populations are, however, cooler than the surrounding ion populations. These
two jets also have clear increases in plasma density and magnetic field
strength, correlated with a velocity increase. (b) Three of the jets are
found embedded within the quasi-parallel magnetosheath. They contain ion
populations similar to the surrounding quasi-parallel magnetosheath, but with
a lower temperature. Out of these three jets, two have a simple structure. For these two jets, the increases in density and magnetic field strength are correlated with the dynamic pressure increases. The other jet has a more complicated structure, and no clear correlations between density, magnetic field strength and dynamic pressure. This jet has likely interacted with the
magnetosphere, and contains ions similar to the jets inside the
quasi-parallel magnetosheath, but shows signs of adiabatic heating. All jets
are associated with emissions of whistler, lower hybrid, and broadband
electrostatic waves, as well as approximately 10 s period electromagnetic
waves with a compressional component. The latter have a Poynting flux of up
to 40 µW m−2 and may be energetically important for the
evolution of the jets, depending on the wave excitation mechanism. Only one
of the jets is likely to have modified the surrounding magnetic field into a
stretched configuration, as has recently been reported in other studies. None
of the jets are associated with clear signatures of either magnetic or
thermal pressure gradient forces acting on them. The different properties of
the two types also point to different generation mechanisms, which are
discussed here. Their different properties and origins suggest that the two
types of jets need to be separated in future statistical and simulation
studies. Keywords. Magnetospheric physics (magnetosheath; plasma waves and instabilities; solar wind–magnetosphere interactions)