bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Electron Capture Supernovae from Close Binary Systems
Authors: Poelarends Arend J. T. , Wurtz Scott , Tarka James , Adams L. Cole , Hills Spencer T.
Published: December 2017

We present the first detailed study of the Electron Capture Supernova Channel (ECSN Channel) for a primary star in a close binary star system. Progenitors of ECSN occupy the lower end of the mass spectrum of supernova progenitors and are thought to form the transition between white dwarf progenitors and core-collapse progenitors. The mass range for ECSN from close binary systems is thought to be wider than the range for single stars, because of the effects of mass transfer on the helium core. Using the MESA stellar evolution code, we explored the parameter space of initial primary masses between 8 and

, using a large grid of models. We find that the initial primary mass and the mass transfer evolution are important factors in the final fate of stars in this mass range. Mass transfer due to Roche lobe overflow during and after carbon burning causes the core to cool down so that it avoids neon ignition, even in helium-free cores with masses up to

, which in single stars would ignite neon. If the core is able to contract to high enough densities for electron captures to commence, we find that, for the adopted Ledoux convection criterion, the initial mass range for the primary to evolve into an ECSN is between 13.5 and

. The mass ratio, initial period, and mass-loss efficiency only marginally affect the predicted ranges.
NBPMF
Authors: Liang Zhewei , Lajoie Gilles , Zhang Kaizhong
Published: December 2017

Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique for determining the composition of a sample. In bottom-up techniques, peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) is widely used to identify proteins from MS dataset. In this article, the authors developed a novel network-based inference software termed NBPMF. By analyzing peptide-protein bipartite network, they designed new peptide protein matching score functions. They present two methods: the static one, ProbS, is based on an independent probability framework; and the dynamic one, HeatS, depicts input data as dependent peptides. The authors also use linear regression to adjust the matching score according to the masses of proteins. In addition, they consider the order of retention time to further correct the score function. In post processing, a peak can only be assigned to one peptide in order to reduce random matches. Finally, the authors try to filter out false positive proteins. The experiments on simulated and real data demonstrate that their NBPMF approaches lead to significantly improved performance compared to several state-of-the-art methods.
Music Emotions Recognition by Machine Learning With Cognitive Classification Methodologies
Authors: Bai Junjie , Luo Kan , Peng Jun , Shi Jinliang , Wu Ying , Feng Lixiao , Li Jianqing , Wang Yingxu
Published: December 2017

Music emotions recognition (MER) is a challenging field of studies addressed in multiple disciplines such as musicology, cognitive science, physiology, psychology, arts and affective computing. In this article, music emotions are classified into four types known as those of pleasing, angry, sad and relaxing. MER is formulated as a classification problem in cognitive computing where 548 dimensions of music features are extracted and modeled. A set of classifications and machine learning algorithms are explored and comparatively studied for MER, which includes Support Vector Machine (SVM), k-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Neuro-Fuzzy Networks Classification (NFNC), Fuzzy KNN (FKNN), Bayes classifier and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA). Experimental results show that the SVM, FKNN and LDA algorithms are the most effective methodologies that obtain more than 80% accuracy for MER.
Novel System for Color Logo Recognition Using Optimization and Learning Based Relevance Feedback Technique
Authors: Pinjarkar Latika Shyam , Sharma Manisha , Selot Smita S.
Published: December 2017

Logo recognition system deals with matching of the input trademark or logo with stored trademark images in database. This application, under CBIR umbrella, focuses on optimizing search through database by extracting minimum features from set of the images and using relevance feedback mechanism to identify the relevant images. Obtaining higher accuracy in retrieval process is the main challenge of the work. The retrieval results of CBIR system can be enhanced by using machine learning mechanisms with relevance feedback for Short Term Learning (STL) and Long-Term Learning (LTL). This paper proposes the relevance feedback system embedded with machine learning and optimization technique for logo recognition. Relevance feedback technique is used as baseline model for logo recognition. Feature set is optimized using particle swarm optimization (PSO) and search process is made intelligent by incorporating self-organizing map (SOM). These techniques improve the basic model as depicted in the results.
Watermarking of Digital Images With the Substitution of Low-Value Bits to Increase Capacity
Authors: Hatamlou Abdolreza , Erfannia Aliasghar , Mahalleh Farzaneh
Published: December 2017

In this article, a novel watermarking method is proposed which applies the substitution of LSB for low-value parts of the image to embed confidential data. The watermark bits are encoded before being placed. Also, the data on the diameters of the host image blocks are selected on the basis of an irregular determined algorithm that is resistant to attacks. The host image applied in the proposed algorithm should be grayscale. The proposed algorithm uses three bits to embed data that will increase the capacity. In the conventional LSB method, in host image matrix, data are stored in the consecutive numbers, but in this proposed scheme, the host image blocks are divided into separate n × n parts and the diameter of each block are placed in a vector. Then embedded watermarking bits in a vector of numbers is done, from the resulting vector a new block is created, and finally, that block is stored in a new matrix. Then the host image block is overwritten which results in a watermarked image with high capacity.
A Dynamic Model of Effective Factors on Open Innovation in Manufacturing Small and Medium Sized Companies
Authors: Nikabadi Mohsen Shafiei , Hakaki Amir
Published: December 2017

Open Innovation is a key to improve SMEs' performance in a dynamic marketplace. This article aims to present a dynamic model based on causal relationships among the most important effective factors on Open Innovation in manufacturing SMEs by using system dynamics modelling approach. To study the most important factors, the data collected by questionnaires filled by 275 experts, and analyzed by SPSS and PLS. Causal relationships among studied factors and efficacy coefficients of each factor were identified by fuzzy DEMATEL technique, the data collected from 12 experts and analyzed by MATLAB and EXCEL. Finally, the dynamic model was plotted by VENSIM. According to the results, only strategy of organization has a single loop of causality and effects on itself directly. Economic factors are the most important causal factor that has the highest influence on the other factors. Strategy of organization takes the highest effect from the system and organizational learning is in the next rank. Besides, partners are the most important effected factor and ecological issues as an effected factor has no influence on the others.
Higher Order Sliding Mode Control for Blood Glucose Regulation of Type 1 Diabetic Patients
Authors: Djouima Mounir , Azar Ahmad Taher , Drid Saïd , Mehdi Driss
Published: December 2017

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) treatment depends on the delivery of exogenous insulin to obtain near normal glucose levels. This article proposes a method for blood glucose level regulation in type 1 diabetics. The control strategy is based on comparing the first order sliding mode control (FOSMC) with a higher order SMC based on the super twisting control algorithm. The higher order sliding mode is used to overcome chattering, which can induce some undesirable and harmful phenomena for human health. In order to test the controller in silico experiments, Bergman's minimal model is used for studying the dynamic behavior of the glucose and insulin inside human body. Simulation results are presented to validate the effectiveness and the good performance of this control technique. The obtained results clearly reveal improved performance of the proposed higher order SMC in regulating the blood glucose level within the normal glycemic range in terms of accuracy and robustness.
The Stability of a Class of Fractional Order Switching System with Time-Delay Actuator
Authors: Nabavi Seyed Hossein , Balochian Saeed
Published: December 2017

Since switching systems are important in research and industry, the article is concerned about the stabilization of fractional order switching systems with the order of 1 < q < 2 and a time delay actuator. To this end, the so-called system was initially converted to a system with no delay using a trick, such that the impact of delay was considered in the state matrix of the system in form of a coefficient. In the following, the switching rule was obtained based on the variable structure control with the sliding section. The necessary stability condition for the fractional order switching system with the order of 1 < q < 2 and time delay actuator is presented and approved based on the convex analysis and linear matrix inequalities. Then, a Lyapunov function was introduced with its negative derivative. By defining the Lyapunov function, the system that can be chosen at any time by the switching rule would be stable. Finally, the simulation results were expressed to show the impact of the proposed method.
Adapting Agile Practices for Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Analytics
Authors: Batra Dinesh
Published: December 2017

Business surveys indicate that fewer than 30% of data warehousing and business intelligence (DW/BI) projects meet the stated goals of the budget, schedule, and quality. Agile methods have been suggested as a possible solution, but because of the large size of the typical DW/BI project, it may be difficult to apply the agile values and principles. In this article, the following research questions are raised: Can agile practices be adapted for DW/BI development? What factors influence agile DW/BI development? Six semi-structured interviews were conducted using a questionnaire. The interview transcripts were coded using the grounded theory approach. Eight categories emerged from the analysis: business value, project management, agile development, shared understanding, technological capability, top management commitment, complexity, and organizational culture. Based on the categories, a research framework is proposed. The findings reveal that agile methods are suited for only certain aspects of DW/BI projects and need to be augmented with project management practices.
Alternative Splicing Transcripts of Zebrafish LGP2 Gene Differentially Contribute to IFN Antiviral Response
Authors: Zhang Qi-Min , Zhao Xiang , Li Zhi , Wu Min , Gui Jian-Fang , Zhang Yi-Bing
Published: December 2017

In mammals, RIG-I like receptors (RLRs) RIG-I and melanoma differentiation–associated gene 5 (MDA5) sense cytosolic viral RNA, leading to IFN antiviral response; however, LGP2 exhibits controversial functions. The same happens to fish LGP2. In this study we report that three zebrafish LGP2 splicing transcripts, a full-length LGP2, and two truncating variants, LGP2v1 and LGP2v2, play distinct roles during IFN antiviral response. Overexpression of the full-length LGP2 not only potentiates IFN response through the RLR pathway, in the absence or presence of poly(I:C) at limited concentrations, but also inhibits IFN response by relative high concentrations of poly(I:C) through functional attenuation of signaling factors involved in the RLR pathway; however, LGP2v1 and LGP2v2 only retain the inhibitory role. Consistently, LGP2 but not LGP2v1 and LGP2v2 confers protection on fish cells against spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) infection and at limited expression levels, LGP2 exerts more significant protection than either RIG-I or MDA5. Further data suggest that in the early phase of SVCV infection, LGP2 functions as a positive regulator but along with SVCV replicating in cells up to a certain titer, which leads to a far more robust expression of IFN, LGP2 switches to a negative role. These in vitro results suggest an ingenious mechanism where the three zebrafish LGP2 splicing transcripts work cooperatively to shape IFN antiviral responses.
О критической модели $\mathcal M(3,5)$ RSOS с границами
Authors: El Deeb Omar
Published: December 2017

Рассмотрена критическая неунитарная минимальная модель $\mathcal M(3,5)$ с интегрируемыми граничными условиями. Проведен анализ структуры нулей собственных значений трансфер-матрицы, и с помощью термодинамического анзаца Бете определен спектр критической теории. Путем решения функционального уравнения термодинамического анзаца Бете, которому удовлетворяет трансфер-матрица соответствующей решеточной модели $A_4$ RSOS Форрестера-Бакстера в режиме III в непрерывном скейлинговом пределе, получены интегральные уравнения для всех возбуждений в секторе $(r,s)=(1,1)$ и затем определены их энергии. Проведена классификация возбуждений в терминах $(m,n)$-систем.
Космология темной энергии типа Бианки-II с затухающим $\Lambda$-членом в теории гравитации Бранса-Дикке
Authors: Singh Jainendra Kumar , Sharma Navin Kumar , Beesham Aroonkumar
Published: December 2017

Рассмотрен ряд анизотропных моделей темной энергии типа Бианки-II в рамках теории гравитации Бранса-Дикке с переменным параметром уравнения состояния и постоянным параметром замедления. Для получения большинства аналитических решений используется степенная связь между скалярным полем $\phi$ и масштабным фактором $A$, а также между средними значениями параметра Хаббла $H$ и масштабного фактора $A$. Параметр темной энергии $\omega$ уравнения состояния и допустимый в модели диапазон его изменения находятся в хорошем согласии с последними данными наблюдений. Было обнаружено, что космологическая постоянная $\Lambda$ затухает со временем, что также согласуется с последними космологическими наблюдениями. Изучены динамическая устойчивость и физические особенности моделей.
Role of Low-dose Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Follicular Phase for Thin Endometrium in Frozen Embryo Replacement Cycles in in vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Patients: A Pilot Study
Authors: Shankar Kundavi , Nigam Shipra , Varma Thankam R
Published: December 2017

Introduction

One of the most challenging problems inin vitro fertilization(IVF) is patient with thin endometrium. The objective of the study was to ascertain whether daily human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for 7 days with estrogen in hormone replacement frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles during follicular phase can increase the endometrial thickness (ET) and reduce the cancellation of cycles.

Materials and methods

Twenty-five infertile patients with resistant thin endometrium who had antagonist protocol and planned for frozen embryo replacement were recruited. These patients had prior attempts to thicken their endometrium which had failed. All the patients received estrogen daily from D2/3 of cycle. On day 8 or 9 of estrogen administration, 200 IU of hCG was given daily for 7 days. After 7 days on hCG priming (D14/15), ET was measured and progesterone was started accordingly. Identification of an intrauterine gestational sac with fetal heart beat by transvaginal ultrasonography constituted clinical pregnancy.

Results

Mean ET increased significantly from 5.84 to 7.61 mm (p < 0.01). About 72% of patients had more than 20% improvement in their ET after hCG priming. About 76% achieved an ET more than 7 mm. Overall, 50% became pregnant. The ongoing pregnancy rate was 40%.

Conclusion

A total of 200 IU hCG endometrial priming for 7 days in the proliferative phase of hormone replacement cycles for FET is a highly promising approach to thicken thin endometrium with failed prior attempts.

How to cite this article

Nigam S, Shankar K, Varma TR. Role of Low-dose Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Follicular Phase for Thin Endometrium in Frozen Embryo Replacement Cycles inin vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Patients: A Pilot Study. Int J Infertil Fetal Med 2017;8(3):101-105.
Self-Awareness and Recovery of Independence With Strategy Training
Authors: Skidmore Elizabeth R. , Swafford Melissa , Juengst Shannon B. , Terhorst Lauren
Published: December 2017

OBJECTIVE. Poor self-awareness co-occurs with cognitive impairments after stroke and may influence independence in daily activities. Strategy training promotes independence after stroke, but poor awareness may attenuate treatment response. We examined the degree to which awareness status affected changes in independence attributed to strategy training.

METHOD. We conducted a secondary analysis of 30 participants with cognitive impairments after acute stroke randomized to strategy training or attention control in addition to typical inpatient rehabilitation. We measured awareness with the Self-Awareness of Deficits Interview and independence with the FIM™. Data were analyzed using general linear models.

RESULTS. Poor awareness attenuated improvements in independence over time, F(3, 55) = 3.04, p = .038. Strategy training promoted greater improvements in independence over time relative to attention control, F(3, 55) = 5.93, p = .002. However, the interaction between awareness and intervention was not significant, F(1, 19) = 0.025, p = .877.

CONCLUSION. Awareness status may not affect the response to strategy training, indicating that strategy training may benefit people with poor awareness.
Analysis of correlated count data using generalised linear mixed models exemplified by field data on aggressive behaviour of boars
Authors: Mielenz Norbert , Spilke Joachim , von Borell Eberhard
Published: December 2017

Population-averaged and subject-specific models are available to evaluate count data when repeated observations per subject are present. The latter are also known in the literature as generalised linear mixed models (GLMM). In GLMM repeated measures are taken into account explicitly through random animal effects in the linear predictor. In this paper the relevant GLMMs are presented based on conditional Poisson or negative binomial distribution of the response variable for given random animal effects. Equations for the repeatability of count data are derived assuming normal distribution and logarithmic gamma distribution for the random animal effects. Using count data on aggressive behaviour events of pigs (barrows, sows and boars) in mixed-sex housing, we demonstrate the use of the Poisson »log-gamma intercept«, the Poisson »normal intercept« and the »normal intercept« model with negative binomial distribution. Since not all count data can definitely be seen as Poisson or negative-binomially distributed, questions of model selection and model checking are examined. Emanating from the example, we also interpret the least squares means, estimated on the link as well as the response scale. Options provided by the SAS procedure NLMIXED for estimating model parameters and for estimating marginal expected values are presented.
Long-term measurements (2010–2014) of carbonaceous aerosol and carbon monoxide at the Zotino Tall Tower Observatory (ZOTTO) in central Siberia
Authors: Mikhailov Eugene F. , Mironova Svetlana , Mironov Gregory , Vlasenko Sergey , Panov Alexey , Chi Xuguang , Walter David , Carbone Samara , Artaxo Paulo , Heimann Martin , Lavric Jost , Pöschl Ulrich , Andreae Meinrat O.
Published: December 2017

Abstract. We present long-term (5-year) measurements of particulate matter with an upper diameter limit of ∼ 10 µm (PM10), elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC), and water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) in aerosol filter samples collected at the Zotino Tall Tower Observatory in the middle-taiga subzone (Siberia). The data are complemented with carbon monoxide (CO) measurements. Air mass back trajectory analysis and satellite image analysis were used to characterise potential source regions and the transport pathway of haze plumes. Polluted and background periods were selected using a non-parametric statistical approach and analysed separately. In addition, near-pristine air masses were selected based on their EC concentrations being below the detection limit of our thermal–optical instrument. Over the entire sampling campaign, 75 and 48 % of air masses in winter and in summer, respectively, and 42 % in spring and fall are classified as polluted. The observed background concentrations of CO and EC showed a sine-like behaviour with a period of 365 ± 4 days, mostly due to different degrees of dilution and the removal of polluted air masses arriving at the Zotino Tall Tower Observatory (ZOTTO) from remote sources. Our analysis of the near-pristine conditions shows that the longest periods with clean air masses were observed in summer, with a frequency of 17 %, while in wintertime only 1 % can be classified as a clean. Against a background of low concentrations of CO, EC, and OC in the near-pristine summertime, it was possible to identify pollution plumes that most likely came from crude-oil production sites located in the oil-rich regions of Western Siberia. Overall, our analysis indicates that most of the time the Siberian region is impacted by atmospheric pollution arising from biomass burning and anthropogenic emissions. A relatively clean atmosphere can be observed mainly in summer, when polluted species are removed by precipitation and the aerosol burden returns to near-pristine conditions.
Capturing temporal and spatial variability in the chemistry of shallow permafrost ponds
Authors: Morison Matthew Q. , Macrae Merrin L. , Petrone Richard M. , Fishback LeeAnn
Published: December 2017

Abstract. Across the circumpolar north, the fate of small freshwater ponds and lakes (< 1 km2) has been the subject of scientific interest due to their ubiquity in the landscape, capacity to exchange carbon and energy with the atmosphere, and their potential to inform researchers about past climates through sediment records. A changing climate has implications for the capacity of ponds and lakes to support organisms and store carbon, which in turn has important feedbacks to climate change. Thus, an improved understanding of pond biogeochemistry is needed. To characterize spatial and temporal patterns in water column chemistry, a suite of tundra ponds were examined to answer the following research questions: (1) does temporal variability exceed spatial variability? (2) If temporal variability exists, do all ponds (or groups of ponds) behave in a similar temporal pattern, linked to seasonal hydrologic drivers or precipitation events? Six shallow ponds located in the Hudson Bay Lowlands region were monitored between May and October 2015 (inclusive, spanning the entire open-water period). The ponds span a range of biophysical conditions including pond area, perimeter, depth, and shoreline development. Water samples were collected regularly, both bimonthly over the ice-free season and intensively during and following a large summer storm event. Samples were analysed for nitrogen speciation (NO3−, NH4+, dissolved organic nitrogen) and major ions (Cl−, SO42−, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+). Across all ponds, temporal variability (across the season and within a single rain event) exceeded spatial variability (variation among ponds) in concentrations of several major species (Cl−, SO42−, K+, Ca2+, Na+). Evapoconcentration and dilution of pond water with precipitation and runoff inputs were the dominant processes influencing a set of chemical species which are hydrologically driven (Cl−, Na+, K+, Mg2+, dissolved organic nitrogen), whereas the dissolved inorganic nitrogen species were likely mediated by processes within ponds. This work demonstrates the importance of understanding hydrologically driven chemodynamics in permafrost ponds on multiple scales (seasonal and event scale).
¿Contrato Indefinido o Contrato Indefinido Temporal? Propuesta de desconstrucción sociológica de la norma de empleo
Authors: Sarfati François , Vivés Claire
Published: December 2017

Desde marzo de 2014, las empresas de trabajo temporal pueden suscribir un nuevo tipo de contrato: el CI temporal (CI-T). Los trabajadores temporales que lo firman son contratados por una duración indefinida por la agencia de trabajo temporal, pero asignados como trabajadores temporales a las empresas usuarias. Hemos llevado a cabo una investigación a través de entrevistas semidirigidas a los trabajadores permanentes del trabajo temporal y los trabajadores temporales con un contrato CI-T o que han rehusado a firmar este contrato. Para analizar ese contrato, nuestro artículo recurre fundamentalmente a dichas entrevistas.En la primera parte, situamos el CI en la historia del trabajo asalariado, para ver cómo se convierte en la norma de empleo (1). Las personas entrevistadas en el marco de esta investigación eran trabajadores temporales asignados a misiones “clásicas” o con un CI-T. Sea cual sea su régimen contractual, sus justificaciones del rechazo o de la aceptación del contrato ponen de manifiesto que consideran que el CI es la norma de empleo (2). Ahora bien, sus respuestas también dan una importancia considerable a los efectos del régimen de empleo sobre el trabajo, e invitan a analizar el CI como norma de trabajo (3). Confirman por tanto la pertinencia de cruzar las reflexiones sobre el trabajo y sobre el empleo.
Intermediarios del mercado de trabajo y eficacia de los métodos de búsqueda de empleo durante la crisis económica
Authors: Alva Kenedy , Escot Lorenzo , Fernández Cornejo José Andrés , Cáceres Ruiz Juan Ignacio
Published: December 2017

Las elevadas tasas de paro que sufre la economía española justifican la búsqueda de medidas que ayuden a mejorar las posibilidades de reinserción laboral de los trabajadores desempleados. En este sentido, una eficaz intermediación laboral entre oferentes y demandantes de trabajo resulta fundamental para reducir los tiempos de búsqueda de empleo. En este trabajo se realiza un análisis de los diferentes intermediarios y mecanismos de búsqueda de empleo durante la crisis económica. Se cuantificará cuáles de estos métodos han sido los más utilizados, y cuáles resultaron más eficaces para encontrar un empleo. Utilizaremos para ello los datos de una encuesta realizada durante el 2013 en la Comunidad de Madrid tanto a parados en busca de empleo, como a trabajadores que habían encontrado su empleo recientemente. Según esta encuesta, los portales específicos de empleo de internet fueron los intermediarios más utilizados por las personas paradas en búsqueda de un empleo; por otra parte, los métodos con los que una mayor proporción de trabajadores encontraron su empleo fueron los contactos directos personales y profesionales.
Economía política de la educación en tiempos de austeridad: mecanismos de gestión de la crisis en la política educativa catalan
Authors: Bonal Xabier , Verger Antoni
Published: December 2017

Muchos gobiernos europeos, especialmente en el Sur de Europa, han adoptado políticas de austeridad como respuesta común a la crisis económica y financiera internacional. Los recortes en el ámbito social han afectado a los presupuestos educativos y han obligado a los Estados a gestionar la crisis con estrategias políticas y discursivas. Este artículo desarrolla un análisis crítico sobre cómo el Estado español y el gobierno catalán en particular han gestionado el cambio educativo en un contexto de austeridad. Basándose en el enfoque de la economía política cultural de Bob Jessop y utilizando datos centrados en el caso catalán, el artículo explora los mecanismos y tecnologías de la gestión de la crisis y muestra cómo la crisis, en lugar de restringir la acción política del gobierno, es utilizada en realidad como oportunidad política para construir un nuevo modelo de política educativa.
De lo alto en lo bajo: Carl Schmitt y la representación teológico-política de los valores
Authors: Castorina Franco
Published: December 2017

Si la teología política es uno de los temas centrales que recorre la obra de Carl Schmitt, el problema de los valores —a pesar de los pocos trabajos dedicados al tema— no deja de tener importancia en relación con las reflexiones de este autor. El propósito de este trabajo es, precisamente, mostrar el vínculo existente entre uno y otro, entre la teología política schmittiana y su reflexión en torno a los valores. Para ello, nos proponemos recorrer, por una parte, sus textos tempranos, que nos permitirán dilucidar la relación entre teología y política en la modernidad y, por otro lado, la crítica a la filosofía de los valores elaborada en La tiranía de los valores. A partir de ese recorrido bifurcado intentaremos trazar la continuidad existente entre la teología política y los valores, que, a nuestro juicio, puede rastrearse ya en El valor del Estado y el significado del individuo.
Del cielo normativo a la "tosca materia". La transformación discursiva del buen gobierno en gobernanza
Authors: Abellán López María Ángeles
Published: December 2017

La profusa utilización del concepto de buen gobierno en los discursos políticos y mediáticos puede conducirnos a pensar que estamos ante una innovación conceptual del presente. Pero lo cierto es que se trata de un viejo concepto que hunde sus raíces en la teoría política clásica y se resiste a una definición clara y precisa. El artículo pretende reflexionar sobre los principales cambios experimentados por el buen gobierno y su metamorfosis en gobernanza, analizándolo como una narrativa de transformación conceptual, en la que se ha pasado de una lógica normativa a una lógica tecnocrática.
“Die Arbeit als eine Pest geflohen wird”: La crítica al trabajo asalariado en los "Manuskripte" de 1844 de Karl Marx
Authors: Morales Bonilla Cristopher
Published: December 2017

Los Ökonomisch-philosophische Manuskripte de 1844 de Marx establecen las bases del proyecto marxista de superación del capitalismo. Para ello, desarrolla una crítica al trabajo asalariado desde el concepto de alienación procedente de la dialéctica hegeliana y de la crítica de Feuerbach a la religión. Este análisis le sirve para establecer otros conceptos como los de una alteridad materialista o la reducción a la animalidad, desde los cuales sería posible construir otro marxismo alternativo al de Das Kapital.
Violencia y Estado. Una propuesta de clasificación para la teoría de la guerra justa
Authors: Paradela López Miguel
Published: December 2017

El presente artículo busca aportar un criterio de categorización que permita plantear una diferenciación en función de la legitimación al recurso a la guerra como medio de resolución de conflictos entre Estados, para así poder distinguir los principales enfoques de la teoría de la guerra justa. De esta manera se diferencian en primer lugar el pacifismo, que rechaza cualquier tipo de respuesta violenta por parte de un Estado; la autodefensa, que limita esa actuación a la defensa frente a una agresión previa; el intervencionismo, que defiende las acciones militares en supuestos de violaciones de derechos humanos; y el belicismo, que rechaza cualquier limitación a la capacidad bélica de los Estados. El artículo concluye mostrando cómo esta propuesta de clasificación aporta una aproximación sencilla con el potencial de resumir las posturas de los distintos autores, así como de mostrar los posicionamientos de estos sobre conflictos actuales.
Implementation of Performance Management in Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights
Authors: Martanto Joko , Efendy Hady
Published: December 2017

This research is conducted on the basis that the success of achieving the goals of a company required an effective management, efficient and have the competitiveness in managing human resources owned. Through implentasi good performance management, the company can manage the performance of human resources owned so that it can work optimally and can achieve the desired goals. Efforts Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in order to create effective and efficient performance management, which is competitive and can support productivity is by applying a competency-based performance management system. The purpose of this research is to explain the implementation of the competency-based performance management system in the Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Human Rights, and to analyse and explain the supporting factors and inhibiting the implementation of competency-based performance management system in the Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of competency-based performance management system in the Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights is included in the pattern of management of Human Resources Management Based on Competence (MSDMBK).
The Work of the Literary Critic in the Age of Big Data
Authors: Aquilina Mario
Published: December 2017

I argue that seven major claims arise from a consideration of the emergence of “the age of big data [that] is coming of age” in literary studies and that is “making it suddenly possible to see more and learn faster” (Lohr 2013:3). These claims are presented, often provocatively, under the following headings: (1) Big and distant are better than small and close; (2) Burn the canon; (3) The future of literary studies is information not evaluation; (4) Machine reading extends human reading; (5) Let's be scientific, above all else; (6) What matters is form; (7) The beauty is in the analysis. Each of these seven claims is critically assessed, with the work of Franco Moretti and Matthew L. Jockers providing the key points of focus in a discussion that seeks to engage with the foundational theoretical assumptions underpinning such approaches. Big data literary studies do not simply promise to do better than what was done before by literary criticism but to radically challenge its key assumptions and objectives, especially in terms of the relation between the literary scholar and his object of study, literature. The implications of this shift for our study of literature are discussed in detail.
The Travesty of Egoism: Same-Gender Passion and Homosocial Desire in a Dutch Seventeenth-Century Morality Play
Authors: Vergeer Tim , Van Der Haven Cornelis
Published: December 2017

In the seventeenth-century Netherlands, drama and politics were interwoven with one another. This was also the case with the controversial morality play Tieranny van Eigenbaat (Tyranny of Egoism, 1679), which opposed the House of Orange, and especially William III, Stadtholder of the Netherlands and King of England (who was, according to the writers of the play, a true example of uncontrolled egoism). Although the main character Eigenbaat (Egoism) disguises himself as a warrior woman (an Amazon) to seize power, his cross-dressing has not been discussed in relation to rumors surrounding William's alleged sexual preferences. By “reading against the grain,” this article discusses the so-called faultlines, where the characters display same-gender passions for each other. The article focusses on two examples of such relationships: Egoism, who seduces Lady Will, while in female disguise, and the intimate nature of Egoism's relationship with his male servant and slave, Vice. As such, the article offers an elaboration on the thesis that Tieranny van Eigenbaat was used by the republican authorities of Amsterdam as a propaganda play to discredit William III for rule, as well as his offspring.
More Light on J. C. Malthaner, Moravian Piano Manufacturer
Authors: Libin Laurence
Published: December 2017

John Christian Malthaner (1810–73), a German immigrant piano manufacturer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, occupied an important position in his community, but his life and career have not previously been studied in detail. This article, based on archival sources, iconographic evidence, and examination of extant instruments, sheds light on the Malthaner family over several generations and considers Malthaner's work in the context of Bethlehem's developing economy and social structure, and of American piano technology and commerce. The article discusses the rise and demise of his business in relation to other contemporary musical instrument production and to events impacting his family, including his joining the Moravian Church in 1841, Bethlehem's incorporation as a free borough, the Civil War, the Panic of 1873, and his sons' and grandsons' competing interests. Bethlehem's Female Seminary emerges as central to Malthaner's dual occupation as piano manufacturer and technician, but in the end, despite endorsement by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Francis Wolle, and others, his small artisanal workshop proved unable to compete with larger, more prestigious, more innovative urban factories.
“So that in this part you should not lag behind other missionary congregations …”: The Introduction of National Helpers in the Moravian Mission among the Labrador Inuit
Authors: Rollmann Hans J.
Published: December 2017

While the Moravian Inuit congregations in Labrador prior to 1840 had a variety of male and female chapel servants and noncommissioned helpers, some of whom also fulfilled pastoral and evangelistic functions, none had ever been officially appointed to the office of a “national helper” (“National-Gehülfe”). In Labrador, this situation would change gradually in the coming decade, in part through prompting by the elders in Saxony. The process leading to that change is studied by examining the exchange of the local missionaries with the Unity Elders' Conference (UEC). While we can thus observe the change in Aboriginal lay leadership through the eyes of church administrators and missionaries, the reactions of the Moravian Inuit affected by these changes can at best be gleaned from the scope and nature of their extended activities, but without any direct access to the reflections of the lay helpers themselves. The story depicted here conveys nevertheless internal knowledge of one side of the process that led to indigenizing the Moravian ministry in Labrador. Official participation in church and ministry remained more limited in Labrador than in other missionary locales, a situation that continued into the twentieth century.
Moravians Encounter New England's Radical Evangelicals, 1745 and 1759
Authors: Burkholder Jared S.
Published: December 2017

The Moravian travel reports reproduced here contain accounts and observations of radical evangelical religion in New England during the 1740s and 1750s, especially in and around New London, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. These accounts supplement existing knowledge about radical New Lights and separatists at the height of the Great Awakening. Itinerants James Burnside, Owen Rice, and Richard Utley encounter associates of James Davenport, members of the separatist seminary known as the Shepherds Tent, sectarian Rogerenes, and the exuberant Indian congregation of Narragansett preacher Sam Niles. Beyond providing heretofore-unpublished accounts of these radical evangelicals, these sources also illustrate the uneasy place Moravians occupied during the Great Awakening. The three Moravian travelers seemed to feel affinity for some of the radicals they encountered, but were critical of others and admonished them to steer clear of extremes. Given the fact that these are just two of many Moravian sources related to radical religion during the time period, this is also meant to highlight an avenue ripe for ongoing study.
Co-speech gesture projection: Evidence from truth-value judgment and picture selection tasks
Authors: Tieu Lyn , Pasternak Robert , Schlenker Philippe , Chemla Emmanuel
Published: December 2017

Two main analyses have been proposed to explain how co-speech gestures interact with logical operators. According to the Supplemental analysis (Ebert & Ebert 2014), co-speech gestures have the same semantic status as appositive relative clauses. According to the Cosuppositional analysis (Schlenker To appear a; b), co-speech gestures trigger a particular kind of presupposition. The sentence “John will not use the stairs”, produced with an UP gesture (finger pointed upwards) is argued to give rise to the conditional presupposition that if John were to use the stairs, he would use the stairs in an upwards trajectory. Both the Supplemental and Cosuppositional analyses predict that inferences triggered by co-speech gestures should project out of the scope of operators, but not quite in the same way. We present an experimental investigation of the projection properties of the inferences arising from the co-speech gestures UP and DOWN in six different linguistic environments (plain affirmative and negative sentences, modal sentences containing “might”, and quantified sentences containing “each”, “none”, and “exactly one”). Applying a reading detection analysis (Cremers & Chemla 2017) to the responses of a Truth Value Judgment Task and a Picture Selection Task, we find evidence for existential projection of the gestural inferences in the scope of “each”, “none”, and “exactly one”, and, to some degree, local accommodation of the inferences. These results can be derived by the Cosuppositional analysis, in combination with an analysis of presupposition projection such as Beaver (2001), which predicts existential projection out of quantified structures; on the other hand, both findings are difficult to reconcile with the Supplemental analysis. Our projection results bring gestural inferences and verbal presuppositions closer together, but a remaining puzzle is why in quantified structures we obtain existential rather than universal inferences (Chemla 2009), the latter being the more standard finding in the presuppositional literature (though see Tieu et al. 2016 for evidence of universal projection of the same gestural inferences).
Editorial Núm 23
Authors: Herrera Herrera Alejandrina
Published: December 2017

Revista Científica de FAREM-Estelí No. 23
Factores que inciden en la conducción en la Escuela de Medicina en la Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University
Authors: Jackson Rodríguez Nereyda
Published: December 2017

En este artículo se exponen algunos factores que inciden en la Escuela de Medicina en el marco del fortalecimiento de la educación superior, teniendo en cuenta que la conducción es un aspecto amplio e integral, dinámico y flexible, máximo cuando se trabaja con personas interactivas comunicativas. El objetivo fue determinar los factores que inciden en la conducción de la Escuela de Medicina en la Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University BICU, Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur de Nicaragua. Según el nivel inicial del conocimiento es explorativa, con un enfoque cualitativo, es descriptiva, de corte transversal. Las técnicas utilizadas en recopilación y procesamiento de información la constituyó la matriz FODA (fortaleza, oportunidades debilidades y amenaza), así como la aplicación de un cuestionario con cuatro dimensiones: liderazgo, motivación, reciprocidad o compromiso y participación. Los resultados obtenidos en la investigación pueden ser de utilidad para mejorar la conducción de la escuela de medicina.
Evaluación y comparación de las respuestas fenológicas, morfológicas y ecofisiológicas de 4 especies de Quercus típicas de los bosques del trópico seco (Paisaje Terrestre Protegido Miraflor-Moropotente – Nicaragua)
Authors: Zuccarini Pablo , Biel Carmen , Ruiz Verónica , Herrera Alejandrina , Espelta José Maria , Peguero Guillermo , De Herralde Felicidad , Aranda Xavier , Funes Immaculada , Grau Beatriz , Araujo Alves José , Savé Robert
Published: December 2017

Para este estudio se han analizado las variables fenológicas, morfológicas y ecofisiológicas de 4 especies de Quercus sp que se encuentran en el Paisaje Terrestre Protegido Miraflor de Miraflor-Moropotente (Estelí, Nicaragua), en invierno (estación seca) y en verano (estación húmeda). Cada especie presenta un diferente rango altitudinal de distribución, y para cada especie se han elegido dos poblaciones, ubicadas respectivamente en la zona baja y en la zona alta de dicha área. Todos los parámetros analizados varían significativamente entre especies, poblaciones y estaciones, con la especie como principal factor discriminante. En especifico, las especies que ocupan altitudes menores presentan estrategias de adaptación típicas de regímenes hídricos más escasos, como la caída de hojas más prolongada en el tiempo y menores densidades estomáticas; este patrón se observa también entre poblaciones de altitudes diferentes dentro de cada especie, aunque menos marcado. Se puede concluir que los factores climáticos relacionados con la altitud afectan significativamente las respuestas de estos árboles típicos del trópico seco, y que dichas respuestas varían entre especies como resultado de diferentes estrategias de adaptación. Estas estrategias están a la base de la estructura, composición y biodiversidad de los bosques del trópico seco, e influencian los patrones de distribución de las especies. La mejor comprensión de dichas estrategias es una herramienta crucial para la gestión forestal de estos delicados ecosistemas en el marco del cambio climático en curso.
Antagonismo in vitro de hongos endófitos para su uso en el biocontrol de enfermedades forestales
Authors: Flores-Pacheco Juan Asdrúbal
Published: December 2017

Los hongos endófitos, son aquellos que colonizan los tejidos vivos internos de las plantas sin causar efecto significativo en el hospedante. Estos hongos, al ejercer en ocasiones, antagonismo frente a patógenos fúngicos a la planta hospedante, pueden ser una solución para el control de muchas de las enfermedades forestales causadas por otros hongos. Este campo ha sido poco evaluado en pruebas in vitro y en pruebas en vivo. Se utilizaron cinco hongos endófitos y seis hongos patógenos que se enfrentaron en medio de cultivo generalista Papa + Dextrosa +Agar (PDA) en condiciones de oscuridad a 25º C por siete días. Durante este periodo se midieron los ejes centrales y laterales de la colonia. Con estos datos se obtuvo el coeficiente de forma del hongo y se calculó el crecimiento directo, el coeficiente de forma del hongo patógeno frente al endófito respectivo, el porcentaje de inhibición del crecimiento radial y el porcentaje de inhibición de la zona de crecimiento. Se establecieron placas únicamente con el hongo patógeno a manera de grupo control. Los datos se analizaron con un Análisis de Varianza y para los casos estadísticamente significativos se aplicó la prueba de Diferencia Mínima Significativa. Los resultados muestran que los endófitos que tienen una mayor inhibición frente a los hongos patógenos. De esta manera se demuestra un efecto controlador de al menos un endófito sobre uno o más patógenos. Esto sugiere su posible utilidad como Agente de Control Biológico (ACB) ante enfermedades forestales. La reducción del crecimiento de los hongos patógenos ante la presencia de los endófitos, puede deberse a los mecanismos de acción de éstos (competencia y secreción de micotoxinas) frente al patógeno. Se deben realizar ensayos in vivo donde los endófitos se inoculen de acuerdo con su ecología y con un tiempo adecuado para la colonización de la planta.