bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Geografía política
Authors: Demangeon Albert
Published: June 2017

El autor, un reconocido clásico de la escuela francesa de geografía, manifiesta su animadversión respecto a la nueva geografía política alemana (Geopolitik). Para ello realiza un análisis textual de siete obras publicadas entre 1925 y 1930 por los autores más distinguidos de esta nueva disciplina de vastas ambiciones que abandona la tradición de la Politische Geographie del maestro Friedrich Ratzel, como trata de explicar el autor. En el último apartado toma posición crítica frente a las ideas vertidas en los libros analizados y en la revista portavoz del grupo, en cuanto tratan de poner sus conocimientos al servicio de la política nacionalista y del expansionismo bélico e ideológico. Con este alegato de la Geopolítica, que se remata en la reflexión del último párrafo, como un “engaño intencionado” y una “máquina de guerra”, concluye este artículo que va a suponer, posteriormente, un cierre de filas de la geografía francesa frente a la geografía política alemana.
The Co-construction of Agricultural Policies as a Bottom-up Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Variability (CCV) in the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Haut-Richelieu, Québec
Authors: Akkari Cherine , Bryant Christopher Robin , Marois Claude
Published: June 2017

The overall objective of this article is to improve the understanding of the adaptation process to climate change and variability at the farm and the farming community levels through a mostly bottom-up process, while using the approach of co-construction in the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Haut-Richelieu. To achieve this, the grounded theory approach is used. The results show that all participants recognized the fact that climate change is happening. According to the farmers, climate change is the main determinant of adaptive capacity, followed by institutional support. Most farmers recognized that extremes (or variability) are associated with climate change. To a lesser extent, some farmers concluded that one should not separate climatic factors from non-climatic factors. The results also show that while some farmers recognized the positive and the negative side of climate change and variability (CCV), the others are very optimistic about it as if they only see the positive side; there is nonetheless a need to see both sides of CCV. Moreover, there is still some uncertainty related to CCV, which comes from disinformation and desensitization of the farmers mainly in relation to the causes of CCV along with the nature of climatic events. Despite the latter, the results show that agriculture in the RCM of Haut-Richelieu is well adapted to cope with climate change and variability. Farmers have already adopted measures to cope with CCV; however, they adapt spontaneously. Furthermore, nearly all farmers need help mainly from the agricultural public and private institutions to better adapt to CCV.
Investigation of the Impacts of the Leaning Community Program on Students’ Learning
Authors: Lin Su-Ching , Wu Ming-Sui
Published: June 2017

The purpose of the study aimed to investigate the impacts of the SDPP (Students’ Dialogue Praxis Program) on students’ learning. SDPP was based on the perspectives and strategies of learning community (LC) advocated by Manabu Sato and LC related studies. The core concepts of SDPP included the dialogues with teaching materials, with the peers, and with oneself and majorly included three kinds of learning activities, learning by doing, collaborative learning, and reflective learning. The participants consisted of 106 eight graders from the same junior high school located in central Taiwan. Of 106 participants, 53 students who were the experimental group attending SDPP and 53 students who were the control group not taking any such intervention program. Results found that the experimental group acquired the scores from the communications survey, learning attitude survey, and critical thinking survey significantly higher than those of the control group. The study confirmed that SDPP made remarkable positive impacts on students’ communicative capability, learning attitude, and critical thinking ability. Based on the findings, the suggestions for the teachers were also made in this study.
Review on Social Protection for Vulnerable Group in Cambodia to Poverty Reduction
Authors: Suy Rathny , Chhay Leaksmy , Bekbauova Dinara , Islamjanova Aigul , Iddrisu Issah
Published: June 2017

Social protection is a principal device in progressing comprehensive development and, supportable and socially just development; moreover, social protection has ascended as a widespread arrangement of instruments planned to help individuals, households and communities to better manage risk, shocks and extreme poverty. The National Social Protection Strategy of Cambodia gives the particular purpose of social protection as that assists people cope with major sources of poverty and vulnerability while in the meantime advancing human development. It comprises of abroad set of arrangements and instruments intended to ensure people, households and communities against the financial, economic and social results of diverse dangers, risks, shocks and to bring them out of poverty. In Cambodia, social protection has expanded more thought since the arrival of the National Social Protection Strategy for the Poor and Vulnerable (NSPS) in 2011. The NSPS provides policy guidelines and activity arrangements to reinforce the social protection system in the country. Institutionally, the experience of a social safety net is nothing new to Cambodia, but the term and understanding might be conceptually separate. Cambodia is facing significant sources of vulnerability. The majority of vulnerable groups are children, women, people with disability, and the elderly. Poverty, growth inequality, social exclusion and lack of access to public services and opportunities are the main causes of vulnerability. This paper depicts about social protection policy of Cambodia, scope of SP, and presently facing the challenge of social protection in Cambodia; furthermore reviews on social protection framework and existing of social protection to reduce poverty that being embraced by government intervention.
Estudo das características e da hipersensibilidade de lesões cervicais não cariosas em pacientes com alterações oclusais
Authors: Figueiredo Viviane Maria Gonçalves , Dos Santos Rosenês Lima , Batista André Ulisses Dantas
Published: June 2017

Objetivo: verificar as características, a extensão e a profundidade da lesão, e a hipersensibilidade das lesões cervicais não cariosas (LCNC) em pacientes com alterações oclusais. Sujeitos e método: por meio de um estudo transversal e observacional foram avaliados 58 pacientes com lesões, de ambos os sexos; entre 18 e 71 anos, nos Serviços de Oclusão das cidades de João Pessoa e Campina Grande-PB. Extensão, profundidade e hipersensibilidade de LCNC foram determinadas por exame clínico realizado por único examinador calibrado. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio de análises descritivas e não paramétricas (coeficiente ρ de Spearman) com 5% de nível significância e 95% de intervalo de confiança. Resultados: extensão supragengival com índice de desgaste dental de grau 1 foi prevalente na população estudada. A idade apresentou correlação positiva com o aumento da profundidade das lesões. A hipersensibilidade cervical esteve presente em 74,13% e mais prevalente nos pré-molares inferiores (22,34%). Conclusão: Lesões com extensão supragengival foram prevalentes entre os pacientes da pesquisa; pré-molares inferiores foram o grupo dental mais acometido pela hipersensibilidade e o aumento da profundidade das lesões esteve associado a presença da hipersensibilidade das LCNC.
Relationship between Motivation to Achieve and Professional Competence in the Performance of Elementary School Teachers
Authors: Sumantri Mohamad Syarif , Whardani Prayuningtyas Angger
Published: June 2017

This study aims to determine the relationship between achievement motivation and professional competence with regard to the performance of teachers in public elementary schools in Central Java. The quantitative method is used in this study. The results of this study indicate that (1) there is a significant positive relationship between achievement motivation and work performance among elementary school teachers, with a correlation coefficient of 0.961. (2) There is a significant positive relationship between the professional competence and performance of elementary school teachers, with a correlation coefficient of 0.979. (3) There is a significant positive relationship between the achievement motivation and professional competence of teachers (considered together) and the work performance of elementary school teachers, with a correlation coefficient of 0.982 and contribution of 96.4%.
Mathematical Critical Thinking and Curiosity Attitude in Problem Based Learning and Cognitive Conflict Strategy: A Study in Number Theory course
Authors: Zetriuslita Zetriuslita , Wahyudin Wahyudin , Jarnawi Jarnawi
Published: June 2017

This research aims to describe and analyze result of applying Problem-Based Learning and Cognitive Conflict Strategy (PBLCCS) in increasing students’ Mathematical Critical Thinking (MCT) ability and Mathematical Curiosity Attitude (MCA). Adopting a quasi-experimental method with pretest-posttest control group design and using mixed method with sequential explanatory strategy, the study involves undergraduate students of Mathematics Education Program at a private university in Riau, Indonesia, academic year 2015/2016 enrolled in Number Theory course. Quantitative data were obtained from essay test and questionnaire whereas qualitative data were from interview and observation. The findings show that; (1) there is a difference between MCT ability taught by PBLCCS and Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI), (2) there is no significant difference between MCA taught by PBLCCS and EDI, (3) students still face obstacles in developing their critical thinking skills when solving matematical problems.
Investigating Arabic to Speakers of Other Languages (ASOL) Lecturers’ Attitudes towards Utilizing Flipped Classroom Instruction (FCI): A Qualitative Study at Jordanian Public Universities
Authors: Al rababah Ibraheem Hasan , Rababah Luqman
Published: June 2017

Although Flipped Classroom Instruction (FCI) is not a new concept, the practice is relatively new in the Arab region, especially, in Jordan, where the face-to face approach is still widely used. This qualitative study examined the attitudes of Arabic language lecturers at three Jordanian public universities towards utilizing FCI in their instruction. With the help of convenience sampling, eight lecturers were selected to participate in the study. To reach a clear understanding of this issue, the study utilized a qualitative design and semi-structured interviews were used as a tool to collect the data. The findings revealed that the attitudes of ASOL lecturers about using FCI in their instruction were generally positive. Through the analysis of the data, three main themes emerged from the interviews. The themes were: 1) increasing interaction and collaborative learning, 2) encouraging learning autonomy and independence, and 3) peer instruction and feedback. A key recommendation of the study is that further research needs to be conducted into the reasons why some teachers had negative attitudes towards FCI.
Perceived Self-Efficacy and Its Relationship to Achievement Motivation among Parallel Program Students at Prince Sattam University
Authors: Harahsheh Ahmad H.
Published: June 2017

The study aimed to identify the level of perceived self-efficacy and achievement motivation and the relationship between them. The sample of the study included 164 students. The researcher used the measure of perceived self-efficacy and the measure of achievement motivation. The measure of perceived self-efficacy consisted of 72 paragraphs distributed on nine dimensions. While the measure of achievement motivation consisted of 20 paragraphs. It has been conducted the necessary honesty and reliability coefficients for them.The results indicated to the high levels of perceived self-efficacy and achievement motivation, to a correlation which is very weak and a positive direction (proportional) with statistical significance between perceived self-efficacy dimension (behavioral) and achievement motivation, to six correlation relationships which are weak and a positive direction (proportional) with statistical significance between perceived self-efficacy dimensions (emotional, social, self-confidence, others-confidence, cognitive, moral) and achievement motivation, to the presence of correlation relationship which is medium and positive direction (proportional) with statistical significance at the significance level (α = 0.05) between perceived self-efficacy and its two dimensions (persistence and perseverance, academic) and achievement motivate.
Learners’ Attitudes toward Foreign Language Practice on Social Network Sites
Authors: Villafuerte Jhonny , Romero Asier
Published: June 2017

This work aims to study learners’ attitudes towards practicing English Language on Social Networks Sites (SNS). The sample involved 110 students from the University Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabi in Ecuador, and the University of the Basque Country in Spain. The instrument applied was a Likert scale questionnaire designed Ad hoc by the researchers, to assess the dimensions: (i) Integration of SNS into learners’ academic everyday activities, and (ii) Learners’ attitudes towards English Language practices on SNS. All the data was analyzed using SPSS V24.00 of IBM. The findings showed corelationships between learners’ attitudes and the factors: learners’ sex, age, and country. The results also confirmed that both Spanish and Ecuadorian university students prefer YouTube, and Google+ for their easy access, and flexibility to strengthen listening, reading and comprehension skills in English. In addition, Facebook, and Whats App can be used to motivate reading, writing, and speaking practices in English.
Pelvic floor muscle disorders and women’s quality of life
Authors: Stadnicka G. , Łepecka-Klusek C. , Pilewska-Kozak A.B.
Published: June 2017

Purpose: To characterize the symptoms of urinary incontinence of women suffering from pelvic organ disorders (POP) and the effect of these problems on quality of life (QoL). Materials and methods: 215 women from rural regions diagnosed with POP were examined. The research implemented the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LISAT-11), used to assess quality of life; the Sexual Quality of Life-Female (SQoL-F) questionnaire, which was employed to assess sexual activity; and the Gaudenz-Incontinence questionnaire, served to assess the occurrence of symptoms of urinary incontinence as well as to define the type of urinary incontinence and its degree of escalation. Results: The average age of the participants was 54.8 years. Most of the participants had urinary incontinence (159; 73.95%). Women with POP and symptoms of urinary incontinence achieved a lower indicator of the sexual function QoL (median - 61.00) when compared to those not suffering from urinary incontinence (median- 78.00). Differences between the groups were statistically significant (p=0.002). The general indicator of QoL for women with symptoms and those without symptoms of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) did not reveal any significant differences between the groups (p=0.643). Conclusions: Urinary incontinence in women with disorders of pelvic floor muscle functions has an insignificant effect on general QoL, whereas it has a decidedly negative impact on sexual function QoL.
Conscientious objection and European vision of human rights
Authors: Nawrot O.
Published: June 2017

The development of biomedical sciences and techniques, despite the undeniable positives, brings with it new threats, also for human rights and democratic society. The most serious concern is possibility of modification of the biological nature of human beings –which might entail limitations of human freedom. The modification of the human genome, brain and mind control, mechanization of human body, creating digital copies of human beings are now the most widely discussed threats , for human rights and the rule of law. Aside to the mentioned risks directly related to the development of biomedical technologies, the subject of much controversy is the relationships between the beneficiaries of progress in biomedicine (patients), and those who provide defined benefit plans (primarily physicians). The question is whether the physician is obliged to provide every medical service or may refuse to provide those which are opposed to his ethical judgements? The problem of the status of conscientious objection arises in above mentioned context. This paper presents the issue of conscientious objection from the perspective of the Council of Europe regulations.
El desafío de la igualdad domestica a la apertura de las fronteras: el argumento de la singularidad de la coacción estatal | The challenge of domestic equality to the opening of borders: the argument of the singularity of state coercion
Authors: Arcos Ramírez Federico
Published: June 2017

Resumen: Este trabajo examina uno de los argumentos más relevantes empleado para justificar que los integrantes de una misma comunidad política se deban mutuamente deberes de justicia distributiva más exigentes y fuertes que lo que tienen respecto al resto de seres humanos, hasta el punto de justificar un sistema de fronteras cerradas similar al actual. Se trata del que cabría denominar como “argumento de la singularidad de la coacción estatal”. El mismo asume como premisa empírica que dicha coacción es estructural y funcionalmente diferente a la que podamos encontrar en el ámbito internacional, incluida la que se ejerce a través de la prevención y represión directa de la entrada de personas a una determinada comunidad política por medio de los controles fronterizos. Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine one of the most relevant arguments among those used to justify that the members of the same political community owe each other more demanding and strong distribu- tive justice duties than they have with respect to other human beings, to the point of justify a system of closed borders similar to the current one. It is the one that could be denominated like "argument of the singularity of the state coercion". It assumes as an empirical premise that such coercion is structurally and functionally different from what we can find in the international arena, including that which is exercised through the direct prevention and repression of the entry of persons into a given political community by means of border controls.
La Justicia transicional y el dilema de la sanción. Proceso penal y responsabilidad colectiva | Transitional justice and the sanción dilemma. Criminal proceedings and collective responsibility
Authors: García Pascual Cristina
Published: June 2017

RESUMEN: Según las normas de derecho internacional los Estados, frente a los crímenes mas graves, tienen una obligación ineludible, para con sus propios ciudadanos, pero también para con la comunidad internacional, de investigar, perseguir y castigar a los responsables. El desarrollo del derecho penal internacional y el carácter taxativo de las obligaciones de los Estados no ha evitado, sin embargo, que el procesamiento a los perpetradores de crímenes masivos sea considerado a menudo como una tarea imposible, irrealizable e incluso no siempre deseable. En este artículo se analizan las críticas al instrumento jurídico-penal como el mecanismo adecuado para enfrentar la violencia colectiva en el ámbito de la justicia transicional.ABSTRACT: According to the rules of international law, States, in the face of the most serious crimes, have an inescapable obligation, to their own citizens, but also to the international community, to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible. The development of international criminal law and the binding character of States' obligations have not, however, prevented the prosecution of perpetrators of mass crimes from being often considered an impossible, unrealizable and even not always desirable task. This article will focus on such criticism against criminal law as an appropriate tool in the field of transitional justice
Índice de autores/as y estadísticas del número | List of authors and issue statistics
Authors: Editorial CEFD Gestión
Published: June 2017

Índice del número 35 de Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho, correspondiente a junio de 2017
El debate abolicionista en el primer liberalismo español | Abolitionist debate during the first Spanish liberalism
Authors: Martínez de Pisón Cavero José
Published: June 2017

Resumen: España fue el último de los viejos imperios coloniales en abolir el comercio de esclavos. Inglaterra, una de las naciones más beneficiadas por el tráfico de personas, lo hizo en 1807. Con todo, desde primeros de siglos, surgió en España, en el seno del primer liberalismo, un inicial movimiento en favor de la abolición del comercio de negros. Este artículo trata de tres hitos: la defensa de la abolición del comercio negrero por parte de Isidoro de Antillón en su Disertación, leída en Madrid en 1802; los debates de las Cortes de Cádiz sobre la esclavitud, principalmente, el de la sesión del 2 de abril de 1811; finalmente, de la aportación a la discusión de José Mª Blanco White y la publicación en 1814 de su Bosquejo del comercio de esclavos. Abstract: Spain was the last of the old colonial empires to abolish the slave trade. England, one of the nations that most benefited from trafficking, did so in 1807. However, since the early century XIX, within the first liberalism an initial movement for the abolition of the slave trade emerged in Spain. This paper focuses on three milestones: the defense of the abolition of the slave trade by Isidoro Antillon in his Disertación, read in Madrid in 1802; the Cortes de Cadiz debates on slavery, mainly the session of April 2, 1811; finally, José María Blanco White's contribution to the discussion and the publication in 1814 of his Bosquejo del comercio de esclavos.
Sobre el derecho, la medicina y los cuerpos en transformación. Hacia un modelo normativo de autodeterminación sexual | Law, medicine and changing bodies. Towards a normative model of sexual self-determination
Authors: Merino Sancho Victor
Published: June 2017

Resumen: En este trabajo se parte de las tesis de Foucault sobre la integración de ciertos dispositivos de control y de un régimen médico-sexual en el Derecho, que definieron las identidades de los sujetos, para explicar el modo en que estos mecanismos han influido en la regulación jurídica de los cambios de identidad de género. Asimismo, se detalla cómo la medicalización de las identidades por parte del Derecho contradice la evolución del concepto de género. A partir de este análisis, el artículo propone una reflexión sobre algunos cambios legislativos recientes y sobre los puntos de encuentro y desencuentro entre las diversas corrientes al objeto de defender un nuevo discurso justificatorio capaz de reinterpretar los conceptos de autonomía y autodeterminación sexual.Abstract: Taking into account Foucault’s thesis about security dispositives and the medical-sexual regime within law, which have defined the identity of subjects, this paper focus on how these have influenced the legal regulation of gender identity changes. Furthermore, it also focus on how the medicalization of gender identities contrasts with the meaning of concept provided by gender studies. Thus, an examination of recent regulatory changes and the crossing points among the former theories is proposed with a view to promote new meanings and justify discourses in order to reinterpret the concepts of autonomy and sexual self-determination.
Presupuestos hermenéuticos de la teoría comunicacional del derecho de Gregorio Robles | Hermeneutical Assumptions of Gregorio Robles’s Communicational Theory of Law
Authors: Santos Arnaiz José Antonio
Published: June 2017

Resumen: El presente trabajo se centra en los presupuestos hermenéuticos de los que parte la teoría comunicacional del derecho de Gregorio Robles, como doctrina que muestra una vía de superación de la dicotomía entre filosofía analítica y hermenéutica con la finalidad de hacer más claro el lenguaje de los juristas. Para ello, se analizan cuatro de las obras del autor, desde un punto de vista descriptivo y crítico, que presentan una mayor impronta hermenéutica como son Introducción a la Teoría del Derecho, El Derecho como texto, Teoría del Derecho y Comunicación, lenguaje y derecho, para abordar el contexto en el que se mueve, sus influencias, la plausibilidad de la propia teoría dentro del marco analítico-hermenéutico, y el análisis descriptivo y crítico del manejo de determinados conceptos del debate hermenéutico en la teoría comunicacional del derecho.   Abstract: The present paper focuses on the hermeneutical assumptions of Gregorio Robles’s communicational theory of law, as doctrine that shows a way of overcoming the dichotomy between analytical philosophy and hermeneutics in order to clarify the language of jurists. For that purpose, it analyzes four of the author’s works from a descriptive and critical point of view that present a greater hermeneutical influence such as Introduction to Legal Theory, Law as Text, Legal Theory and Communication, Language and Law, to tackle the context of the author, his influences, the plausibility of the theory itself within the analytical and hermeneutical framework, and the descriptive and critical analysis of the use of certain concepts of the hermeneutical debate in the communicational theory of law.
Shared Decision Making and Autonomy Among US Participants with Multiple Sclerosis in the NARCOMS Registry
Authors: Cofield Stacey S. , Thomas Nina , Tyry Tuula , Fox Robert J. , Salter Amber
Published: June 2017

Background:

Treatment decisions in multiple sclerosis (MS) are affected by many factors and are made by the patient, doctor, or both. With new disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) emerging, the complexity surrounding treatment decisions is increasing, further emphasizing the importance of understanding decision-making preferences.

Methods:

North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) Registry participants completed the Fall 2014 Update survey, which included the Control Preferences Scale (CPS). The CPS consists of five images showing different patient/doctor roles in treatment decision making. The images were collapsed to three categories: patient-centered, shared, and physician-centered decision-making preferences. Associations between decision-making preferences and demographic and clinical factors were evaluated using multivariable logistic regression.

Results:

Of 7009 participants, 79.3% were women and 93.5% were white (mean [SD] age, 57.6 [10.3] years); 56.7% reported a history of relapses. Patient-centered decision making was most commonly preferred by participants (47.9%), followed by shared decision making (SDM; 42.8%). SDM preference was higher for women and those taking DMTs and increased with age and disease duration (all P < .05). Patient-centered decisions were most common for respondents not taking a DMT at the time of the survey and were preferred by those who had no DMT history compared with those who had previously taken a DMT (P < .0001). There was no difference in SDM preference by current MS disease course after adjusting for other disease-related factors.

Conclusions:

Responders reported most commonly considering their doctor's opinion before making a treatment decision and making decisions jointly with their doctor. DMT use, gender, and age were associated with decision-making preference.
Modelos de análise das políticas públicas
Authors: Araújo Luísa , Rodrigues Maria de Lurdes
Published: June 2017

In this paper, the objective is to present and discuss four theoretical models that contribute to the understanding of public policies: (1) the Policy Cycle Model, (2) the Multiple Streams Framework, (3) the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, and (4) the Advocacy Coalition Framework. These models are considered by many authors as the most adequate analytical frameworks in the scientific field of Public Policy. The models are logically consistent and empirically verifiable, clear and comprehensive, replicable in different policy areas, situations and contexts.
Corrupted adipose tissue endogenous myelopoiesis initiates diet-induced metabolic disease
Authors: Luche Elodie , Robert Virginie , Cuminetti Vincent , Pomié Celine , Sastourné-Arrey Quentin , Waget Aurélie , Arnaud Emmanuelle , Varin Audrey , Labit Elodie , Laharrague Patrick , Burcelin Remy , Casteilla Louis , Cousin Beatrice
Published: June 2017

Activation and increased numbers of inflammatory macrophages, in adipose tissue (AT) are deleterious in metabolic diseases. Up to now, AT macrophages (ATM) accumulation was considered to be due to blood infiltration or local proliferation, although the presence of resident hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (Lin-/Sca+/c-Kit+; LSK phenotype) in the AT (AT-LSK) has been reported. By using transplantation of sorted AT-LSK and gain and loss of function studies we show that some of the inflammatory ATM inducing metabolic disease, originate from resident AT-LSK. Transplantation of AT-LSK sorted from high fat diet-fed (HFD) mice is sufficient to induce ATM accumulation, and to transfer metabolic disease in control mice. Conversely, the transplantation of control AT-LSK improves both AT-inflammation and glucose homeostasis in HFD mice. Our results clearly demonstrate that resident AT-LSK are one of the key point of metabolic disease, and could thus constitute a new promising therapeutic target to fight against metabolic disease.
In-silicoprediction and modeling of theEntamoeba histolyticaproteins: Serine-richEntamoeba histolyticaprotein and 29 kDa Cysteine-rich protease
Authors: Manochitra Kumar , Parija Subhash Chandra
Published: June 2017

Background

Amoebiasis is the third most common parasitic cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in countries with poor hygienic settings. There exists an ambiguity in the diagnosis of amoebiasis, and hence there arises a necessity for a better diagnostic approach. Serine-richEntamoeba histolyticaprotein (SREHP), peroxiredoxin and Gal/GalNAc lectin are pivotal inE. histolyticavirulence and are extensively studied as diagnostic and vaccine targets. For elucidating the cellular function of these proteins, details regarding their respective quaternary structures are essential. However, studies in this aspect are scant. Hence, this study was carried out to predict the structure of these target proteins and characterize them structurally as well as functionally using appropriatein-silicomethods.

Methods

The amino acid sequences of the proteins were retrieved from National Centre for Biotechnology Information database and aligned using ClustalW. Bioinformatic tools were employed in the secondary structure and tertiary structure prediction. The predicted structure was validated, and final refinement was carried out.

Results

The protein structures predicted by i-TASSER were found to be more accurate than Phyre2 based on the validation using SAVES server. The prediction suggests SREHP to be an extracellular protein, peroxiredoxin a peripheral membrane protein while Gal/GalNAc lectin was found to be a cell-wall protein. Signal peptides were found in the amino-acid sequences of SREHP and Gal/GalNAc lectin, whereas they were not present in the peroxiredoxin sequence. Gal/GalNAc lectin showed better antigenicity than the other two proteins studied. All the three proteins exhibited similarity in their structures and were mostly composed of loops.

Discussion

The structures of SREHP and peroxiredoxin were predicted successfully, while the structure of Gal/GalNAc lectin could not be predicted as it was a complex protein composed of sub-units. Also, this protein showed less similarity with the available structural homologs. The quaternary structures of SREHP and peroxiredoxin predicted from this study would provide better structural and functional insights into these proteins and may aid in development of newer diagnostic assays or enhancement of the available treatment modalities.
An adaptive singular spectrum analysis method for extracting brain rhythms of electroencephalography
Authors: Hu Hai , Guo Shengxin , Liu Ran , Wang Peng
Published: June 2017

Artifacts removal and rhythms extraction from electroencephalography (EEG) signals are important for portable and wearable EEG recording devices. Incorporating a novel grouping rule, we proposed an adaptive singular spectrum analysis (SSA) method for artifacts removal and rhythms extraction. Based on the EEG signal amplitude, the grouping rule determines adaptively the first one or two SSA reconstructed components as artifacts and removes them. The remaining reconstructed components are then grouped based on their peak frequencies in the Fourier transform to extract the desired rhythms. The grouping rule thus enables SSA to be adaptive to EEG signals containing different levels of artifacts and rhythms. The simulated EEG data based on the Markov Process Amplitude (MPA) EEG model and the experimental EEG data in the eyes-open and eyes-closed states were used to verify the adaptive SSA method. Results showed a better performance in artifacts removal and rhythms extraction, compared with the wavelet decomposition (WDec) and another two recently reported SSA methods. Features of the extracted alpha rhythms using adaptive SSA were calculated to distinguish between the eyes-open and eyes-closed states. Results showed a higher accuracy (95.8%) than those of the WDec method (79.2%) and the infinite impulse response (IIR) filtering method (83.3%).
Growth and Survival of Ornate Spiny Lobster (Panulirus ornatus) in Nursery under Laboratory Condition
Authors: Ratunil, Jr. Virgilio
Published: June 2017

Nursery of juvenile lobsters in the coastal area was attempted but survival was very low with unknown causes of mortality. The study determined whether communal or individualized houses affect the growth and survival of small and big juvenile lobsters after 60 days nursery culture in the laboratory. Four (4) treatments with four (4) replicates were identified in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) and these were small juvenile lobsters in communal tank (T1), small juvenile lobsters in individualized tank (T2), big juvenile lobsters in communal tank (T3) and big juvenile lobsters in individualized tank (T4). Results showed that communal tank for big juveniles attained significantly (P<0.05) highest weight increment of 5.31±1.66 g compared to individualized house for both sizes of lobsters (2.15±1.45 g and 0.68±0.49 g) and communal tank for small lobsters of 1.26±0.97 g. However, survival rate was very low in all treatments with communal tank obtained the highest survival of 45.75±8.50% with no significant difference among individualized tanks for both sizes of lobsters (29.00±20.93% and 20.75±15.76%) and communal tank for small lobsters (20.92±15.93%). Thus, communal tank is better than individualized tank in the nursery, particularly, for big juvenile lobsters but some aspects of the nursery may be improved to increase higher survival rate.
A SOCIEDADE FLUMINENSE IMPERIAL: ESPAÇOS AMPLOS E RESTRITOS EM "SONHOS D'OURO" DE JOSÉ DE ALENCAR
Authors: Carbonieri Divanize
Published: June 2017

No estudo do espaço ficcional em Sonhos d'ouro, um dos romances urbanos de José de Alencar, é possível vislumbrar a perspectiva que o autor apresenta a respeito da literatura brasileira. É também nessa obra que Alencar insere o famoso prefácio “Bênção paterna”, em que examina as fases da literatura brasileira, posicionando seus romances de acordo com cada uma delas. Na terceira fase, aquela que ele considera o início de uma literatura nacional independente, estariam situados os retratos ficcionais que ele foi capaz de realizar da sociedade fluminense imperial, um contexto híbrido entre aspectos europeus e costumes locais. Dividindo o espaço romanesco em espaços amplos e restritos, o objetivo deste trabalho é estabelecer relações entre o espaço ficcional e as visões de Alencar a respeito da identidade nacional e da literatura brasileira.
PRÁTICAS DE POLICIAMENTO DA LEITURA NA ESCOLA
Authors: Borges Junior Carlos
Published: June 2017

Este artigo problematiza o trabalho que a Escola realiza com a leitura. Faz uma relação teórico-discursiva do ensino de leitura associado a algumas concepções de linguagem que fundamentaram o ensino de língua portuguesa e que acabaram contribuindo para o policiamento das atividades de leitura em contexto escolar. O artigo discute brevemente como a Escola foi constituída enquanto instituição detentora do papel fiscalizador do conhecimento, passando a monitorar as práticas desenvolvidas em seus espaços de ensino, especificamente as de leitura. O estudo critica a concepção de leitura associada à perspectiva gramatical de ensino da língua em contraste com a perspectiva dialógica, elegendo esta como uma proposta favorável ao ensino de leitura na escola. Ao final, sugere-se o gênero debate como proposta para as aulas de leitura. O artigo se consolida como resultado de estudos e discussões teóricas realizadas sobre o assunto no curso de doutorado, tendo como referências autores como Foucambert (1994), Goulemot (2001), entre outros.
Do Types of Perforation Impact Outcomes in Perforated Stage II/III Colorectal Cancer Patients?
Authors: Onozawa Hisashi , Kumamoto Kensuke , Matsuzawa Takeaki , Ishiguro Toru , Sobajima Jun , Fukuchi Minoru , Kumagai Youichi , Ishibashi Keiichiro , Mochiki Erito , Ishida Hideyuki
Published: June 2017

The purpose of this paper is to compare the oncologic outcomes between colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with tumor perforation and those with perforation proximal to the tumor. Medical charts of 39 patients who underwent emergency surgery for colonic perforation related to potentially curable CRC were reviewed. Eighteen patients developed tumor perforation (group A), whereas 21 patients developed perforation proximal to the tumor (group B). Twenty-four patients were pathologic stage II and 15 patients were stage III. There were no significant differences in the clinicopathologic and surgical data, including hospital mortality, between the groups; however, the incidence of diffuse peritonitis was higher in group B than that in group A (P < 0.01). The induction rates of adjuvant chemotherapy for survivors were identical between the 2 groups. Disease-free and overall survival periods did not significantly differ between the groups. Perforation type was not found to be associated with oncologic outcomes in patients with CRC-related perforation.
Lateral heterogeneity of lunar volcanic activity according to volumes of mare basalts in the farside basins
Authors: Taguchi Masako , Morota Tomokatsu , Kato Shinsuke
Published: June 2017

Estimates for volumes of mare basalts are essential to understand the thermal conditions of the lunar mantle and its lateral heterogeneity. In this study, we estimated the thicknesses and volumes of mare basalts within five farside basins, Apollo, Ingenii, Poincare, Freundlich‐Sharonov, and Mendel‐Rydberg, using premare craters buried by mare basalts and postmare craters that penetrated/nonpenetrated mare basalts employing topographic and multiband image data obtained by SELENE (Kaguya). Furthermore, using the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory crustal thickness model and the mare volumes estimated by this and previous studies, we investigated the relationship between the volumes of the mare basalts and the crustal thicknesses. The results suggest that the minimum crustal thicknesses within the basins were a dominant factor determining whether magma erupted at the surface and that the critical crustal thicknesses for magma eruption were ~10 km on the farside and >20 km on the nearside. The total areas of the regions in which magmas could erupt at the surface are ~10 times larger on the nearside than on the farside. A comparison between the mare volumes within the mare basins on the nearside and the farside shows that magma production in the farside mantle might have been ~20 times smaller than that in the nearside mantle, implying a stronger dichotomy than previously estimated. These results suggest that the mare hemispherical asymmetry should be attributed to both the difference in the crustal thickness distribution and the difference in the quantity of magma production between the nearside and farside mantles.
A
merican Gothic
Authors: Crow Charles L.
Published: June 2017

The United States and the Gothic have common origins in the turmoil of European thought in the late eighteenth century. The cusp of the Enlightenment and Romanticism produced early English Gothic novels, the Declaration of Independence, and the United States Constitution. Deeply entwined with American thought from the beginning, the Gothic has produced a dark twin of the national narrative, a critique of the story the United States has been trying to tell about itself. It has offered a voice to the repressed and oppressed, to those left out or pushed into the shadows. The Gothic is a literature of borderlands, suited to a country defined by its frontier. It also has patrolled other shifting and unstable boundaries, and provides an index of American fears, anxieties, and self‐doubt.
Amityville Horror, The
Authors: Lippert Conny
Published: June 2017

On the night of November 13, 1974, 112 Ocean Avenue, Long Island, New York – a Dutch colonial property named “High Hopes” – became the scene of a grisly mass murder. Ronald Joseph “Butch” DeFeo Jr., then twenty‐three years old, was convicted of killing his parents and four siblings, who had all been shot in the back with a high‐powered rifle while they were sleeping in their beds. Butch, who had claimed to have discovered the bodies of his slain family members upon his return to the house, was initially brought in as a witness by the police. DeFeo's story, which involved suspicions about a mob‐related execution of his family, initiated by a man called Louis Falini, was made somewhat believable by the sheer professionalism with which the murders were conducted, and the fact that it was regarded as unlikely that one perpetrator had killed all six victims. Soon, however, DeFeo's status changed from being a witness in protective custody to being a suspect. Empty cartridge boxes fitting the murder weapon had been found in his room and DeFeo changed his statement slightly, now claiming that he had indeed been home – albeit held at gunpoint – when his family was executed (see
family
).
A
sian Gothic
Authors: Ancuta Katarzyna
Published: June 2017

While Asia is a somewhat familiar territory for Gothic, Asian Gothic appears to be a category in the making, or a label in search of content. A potential contributor has to face two major issues to begin with. One significant difficulty is to agree upon what exactly is meant by “Asia” in Asian Gothic. If we define Asia by its geographical boundaries, we are immediately confronted with the virtually impossible task of drawing parallels between radically different cultures, for one tends to forget that Asia stretches through the vast territory of Russia and ex‐Soviet republics, down to the Middle East and then through the Indian subcontinent toward the Far East of China and Japan (see
japanese gothic
). There exists also a more convenient and culturally coherent Asia based on definitions of Eastern philosophies and religions derived from various forms and practices of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism, which once again can prove misleading, as it omits a significant Islamic population that has been present in the area for generations, as well as Asian Christians. Needless to say, there is yet another Asia, popularized by influential critical texts which focus on selected economically attractive regions, postcolonial literary heritage, and visual texts from countries with well‐established cinematographies, which successfully narrows the continent down to India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and an occasional mention of South‐East Asia, as represented by either Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, or Vietnam (but rarely by all at the same time).
Asylums
Authors: Mason Diane
Published: June 2017

In early Gothic novels such as Ann Radcliffe's
The Mysteries of Udolpho
(1794), imprisonment in gloomy dungeons or impenetrable family piles is a pervasive fate that befalls many an embattled heroine (see
radcliffe, ann
). In
Udolpho
, Emily St. Aubert is struck with “melancholy awe” at the “gothic greatness” of the stronghold where she is to be held and is overcome with “terrors” as to the dangers that lurk within at the hands of the evil Montoni (Radcliffe 2001: 216, 217). Here, the young, virginal woman is not only confined but also in imminent peril of her virtue, if not her life, through enforced marriage or, by implication, the sexual machinations and threat of physical violence posed by a villainous male captor.
Buffy theVampireSlayer(1997–2003)
Authors: Ruddell Caroline
Published: June 2017

Buffy the Vampire Slayeris a fantasy‐based television series created by Joss Whedon, and is an important text for a variety of reasons: the series repositions traditional gender politics and embodies a Gothic sensibility by mixing humor with the macabre while also managing to be, as Michelle Callander (2001) points out, deeply emotional. The series was produced in America and ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003.Buffy the Vampire Slayercan be seen in the context of other fantasy‐based television series produced at a similar time that focus on a central, strong female protagonist who is physically able to defend herself. Such series includeXena: Warrior Princess(1995–2001) andDark Angel(2000–2).
Carter,Angela
Authors: Peach Linden
Published: June 2017

Angela Carter (1940–92) is one of the most studied late‐twentieth‐century British Gothic writers and influenced a generation of women authors interested in the Gothic, including Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson, Fay Weldon, and Sarah Waters. She produced nine novels, each of which is crammed with an extraordinary range of ideas, themes, and allusions; several collections of short stories; a number of works of nonfiction; edited collections of fairy stories; children's stories; and radio plays. Her fiction might be described as a fusion of Gothic, horror, fantasy, and myth.
Comics and Graphic Novels
Authors: Round Julia
Published: June 2017

There are strong thematic, structural, aesthetic, cultural, and historical links between the Gothic and comics in Britain and America. These include themes such as appropriation, absorption, and inversion; the use of psychoanalytic and Gothic/horror motifs; structural devices such as embedded narratives, overwriting strategies (“retroactive continuity”), and the problematizing of the texts' own (non)fictional status; textual parallels such as comics' aesthetic of excess and ability to visually shock and horrify; and shared cultural factors such as a strong subcultural status and sense of delegitimacy, which has nonetheless allowed for the construction of a canon and reclassification as “literature.”