bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Do geral ao particular: direito e justiça nas colônias portuguesas em África (1822-1894)
Authors: Martinez Esmeralda S.
Published: March 2016

O artigo demonstra como Portugal instituiu a separação de poderes e como observou dita separação em relação às suas colônias na África. Através de leis gerais com aplicação em todo território português, (Metrópole e Ultramar) que vigoraram lado a lado com leis especiais aplicáveis somente àqueles que eram considerados indígenas pela própria legislação Especial, o Estado afastou a divisão tripartite de poderes na África, o que permitiu a aplicação de uma Justiça Especialíssima para os indígenas distribuída por autoridades que não faziam parte do Poder Judiciário, fomentando, legalmente, a exclusão dos indígenas dos direitos atribuídos aos cidadãos portugueses.
Feitiçaria e esfera pública: Estado e cultura no pós-guerra angolano
Authors: Pereira Luena Nunes
Published: March 2016

Este texto analisa diferentes formas de percepção sobre a feitiçaria assumidas emdois Estados africanos através do debate público sobre acusações de feitiçaria em Angola e África do Sul. A análise parte da descrição dos processos de produção e apropriação de dois relatórios antropológicos realizados nestes países. Estes  relatórios procuraram explicar a “reemergência” de acusações em seus contextos nacionais e sugerir políticas públicas para evitar e controlar ataques a supostos feiticeiros. Comparo o “Relatório Ralushai”, vindo a público na África do Sul em 1996, com o relatório produzido em Angola entre 2001 e 2003, mas não publicado, que chamarei de “Relatório Friedman-Nsenga”. As formas de tratamento que cada relatório recebeu permitem perceber o lugar do debate público sobre feitiçaria nos dois países revelando as tensões entre perspectivas modernizantes e as de defesa do direito tradicional e da diversidade cultural.
RESENHA - Achebe and Friends at Umuahia: The Making of a Literary Elite Terri Ochiagha
Authors: Silva Ana Luiza De Oliveira e
Published: March 2016

A presente resenha apresenta o livro, ainda inédito no Brasil, da Dr.a Terri Ochiagha,pesquisadora visitante na Universidade de Sussex, Reino Unido, intitulado Achebe and Friends at Umuahia: The Making of a Literary Elite.
Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema
Authors: Moon Richard E. , Martina Stefanie D. , Peacher Dionne F. , Potter Jennifer F. , Wester Tracy E. , Cherry Anne D. , Natoli Michael J. , Otteni Claire E. , Kernagis Dawn N. , White William D. , Freiberger John J.
Published: March 2016

Background—

Swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE) occurs during swimming or scuba diving, often in young individuals with no predisposing conditions, and its pathophysiology is poorly understood. This study tested the hypothesis that pulmonary artery and pulmonary artery wedge pressures are higher in SIPE-susceptible individuals during submerged exercise than in the general population and are reduced by sildenafil.

Methods and Results—

Ten study subjects with a history of SIPE (mean age, 41.6 years) and 20 control subjects (mean age, 36.2 years) were instrumented with radial artery and pulmonary artery catheters and performed moderate cycle ergometer exercise for 6 to 7 minutes while submersed in 20°C water. SIPE-susceptible subjects repeated the exercise 150 minutes after oral administration of 50 mg sildenafil. Work rate and mean arterial pressure during exercise were similar in controls and SIPE-susceptible subjects. Average

o
2
and cardiac output in controls and SIPE-susceptible subjects were:

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2
2.42 L·min
–1
versus 1.95 L·min
–1
,
P
=0.2; and cardiac output 17.9 L·min
–1
versus 13.8 L·min
–1
,
P
=0.01. Accounting for differences in cardiac output between groups, mean pulmonary artery pressure at cardiac output=13.8 L·min
–1
was 22.5 mm Hg in controls versus 34.0 mm Hg in SIPE-susceptible subjects (
P
=0.004), and the corresponding pulmonary artery wedge pressure was 11.0 mm Hg versus 18.8 mm Hg (
P
=0.028). After sildenafil, there were no statistically significant differences in mean pulmonary artery pressure or pulmonary artery wedge pressure between SIPE-susceptible subjects and controls.

Conclusions—

These observations confirm that SIPE is a form of hemodynamic pulmonary edema. The reduction in pulmonary vascular pressures after sildenafil with no adverse effect on exercise hemodynamics suggests that it may be useful in SIPE prevention.

Clinical Trial Registration—

URL:
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov
. Unique identifier: NCT00815646.
Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young
Authors: Ackerman Michael , Atkins Dianne L. , Triedman John K.
Published: March 2016

Although the occurrence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young person is a rare event, it is traumatic and often widely publicized. In recent years, SCD in this population has been increasingly seen as a public health and safety issue. This review presents current knowledge relevant to the epidemiology of SCD and to strategies for prevention, resuscitation, and identification of those at greatest risk. Areas of active research and controversy include the development of best practices in screening, risk stratification approaches and postmortem evaluation, and identification of modifiable barriers to providing better outcomes after resuscitation of young SCD patients. Institution of a national registry of SCD in the young will provide data that will help to answer these questions.
Which Mary? Eastern Christian Women Bringing their Mary into the Lebanese Protestant Church
Authors: Nasrallah Rima , Brinkman Martien E. , Murre-van den Berg Heleen , Barnard Marcel
Published: March 2016

Marian images are powerful and active in the lives of many faithful Christians. This research looks at the role of Mary in the lives of a particular kind of Christians who have a complex liturgical make up: Lebanese women who come from Orthodox and Maronite backgrounds and who by marriage join Lebanese Protestant churches. While one would suppose that Protestantism and Marian devotion should exclude each other, we show that in this case a creative ambiguity is at work where images of Mary help qualify the relationship with the divine.
Evangelism Lost? A Need to Redefine Christian Integral Mission
Authors: Hartropp Andrew , Ronsen Oddvar Sten
Published: March 2016

This article proposes a clarification of the integral mission concept and a change in the way the relationship between social action and evangelism is understood in practical integral mission operations. The idea of “primacy” of evangelism has been under fire: if evangelism is given “primacy”, then everything else is “secondary”. The “ultimacy” of evangelism concept has been suggested as a solution: evangelism should ultimately not be left undone. The main flaw of the “ultimacy” concept is that it has no time element.

In order to rectify these weaknesses, the “anticipation of evangelism” is proposed. “Anticipation” incorporates the view that social action creates a bridge for evangelism, and also takes care of the widespread concern that evangelism should not ultimately be left out or left undone. Anticipation also requires that the evangelism component in integral mission is brought onto the table right from the start of the planning of social action programs. The “anticipation” of evangelism concept can help to ensure better practical guidance in the execution of Christian integral mission as the evangelism component is anticipated at the planning stage and included at the implementation stage. This should ensure that integral mission programs do not end up in social action only.
Transformative Spirituality and Missional Leadership
Authors: Niemandt Cornelius Johannes Petrus
Published: March 2016

The importance of transformative spirituality for missional leadership is explored. Missional leadership is defined as the transformation of people and institutions to participate, through meaningful relations and in the power of the Spirit, in God’s mission. Missional spirituality is discussed in the context of the missional church, focusing on what the churchis, does, how the churchorganizeswhat it does, theappropriate leadership, andmissional spirituality. This article brings together ideas from the missional church movement and the World Council of Churches (Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes), with its emphasis on a ‘transformative spirituality’ an approach that states that ‘mission spirituality is always transformative’. These ideas are applied to missional leadership.

The research applies the following dimensions of personal leadership virtues to transformative missional spirituality and missional leadership: transcendence (which includes appreciation of beauty, gratitude, hope, humor, and religiousness), humanity (which includes the social competencies of kindness, love, and social intelligence), wisdom and knowledge (which include the cognitive competencies of creativity, curiosity, open-mindedness, and love of learning), justice (associated with fairness, leadership, and teamwork), courage (including the personal and emotional competencies of bravery, persistence, and zest), and finally temperance (which includes the competencies of forgiveness, modesty, prudence, and self-regulation).
A Clinical Case Presentation
Authors: Levy Joshua , Finnegan Paul
Published: March 2016

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the unique place of understanding and interpreting dreams in the psychoanalytic process while working through developmental trauma. This psychoanalytic process extended over six years and is presented in four phases: establishing the therapeutic alliance, a crisis, working through, and termination. Dreams from each of these four phases of the analysis are presented, and the collaborative work of understanding and interpreting these dreams is highlighted. Evidence is presented that from this analytic work there ensued an amelioration of the impact of developmental trauma and a furtherance of the development of internal psychic structure.
Workplace bullying laws in Australia
Authors: O’Rourke Anne , Antioch Sarah Kathryn
Published: March 2016

Workplace bullying remains a substantial problem in many developed countries. It is estimated to cost the Australian economy over AUD$6 billion annually, the Irish economy at least €3 billion and the US around US$300 billion. In 2012 the Australian Government established a parliamentary inquiry into workplace bullying that resulted in the creation of a specific bullying jurisdiction within the Fair Work Commission to deal with the issue. This paper provides an overview and critical analysis of the new jurisdiction, comparing it to approaches in Europe and the United States. The paper argues for the adoption of stricter penalties, including criminal sanctions with considerable fines and uncapped compensation, as the most effective deterrent to toxic workplace cultures.
The scope of legal advice privilege in Hong Kong
Authors: Liu Hin Ting , Wong Howard
Published: March 2016

This article considers the recent Hong Kong Court of Appeal decision of Citic Pacific Limited v Secretary for Justice and Commissioner of Police, concerning the scope of legal advice privilege. In departing from the UK position, it was held that all documents gathered or brought into existence for the dominant purpose of obtaining legal advice are protected by legal advice privilege. This is to be welcomed for three reasons. Firstly, the dominant purpose test sits in line with the normative rationale of legal advice privilege. Secondly, the UK position is flawed as a matter of authority. Thirdly, although the ‘dominant purpose’ test appears difficult to apply, it is preferable to the competing alternatives of the sole purpose test and the substantial purpose test. In terms of the practical application of the privilege, it is submitted that the Court of Appeal should have set out a list of guidelines to supplement the dominant purpose test.
Biomarkers of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in smokers and former smokers. Protocol of a longitudinal study
Authors: Truedsson Mikael , Malm Johan , Barbara Sahlin K. , Bugge May , Wieslander Elisabet , Dahlbäck Magnus , Appelqvist Roger , Fehniger Thomas E. , Marko‐Varga György
Published: March 2016

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an irreversible disease, diagnosed predominantly in smokers. COPD is currently the third leading cause of death worldwide. Far more than 15 % of smokers get COPD: in fact, most develop some amount of pulmonary impairment. Smoking‐related COPD is associated with both acute exacerbations and is closely correlated to comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disease and lung cancer. The objective of our study (KOL‐Örestad) is to identify biomarkers in smokers and ex‐smokers, with early signs of COPD, and compare these biomarkers with those of non‐smokers and healthy smokers/ex‐smokers. The participants in the study are recruited from Örestadskliniken, a primary health care clinic in Malmö, Sweden.

Methods

Two hundred smokers and ex‐smokers diagnosed with COPD with airflow restriction according to GOLD stages 1–4 will be included and compared with 50 healthy never‐smokers, and 50 healthy smokers/ex‐smokers without airflow restriction (total n = 300). The age distribution is 35–80 years. The participants undergo a health examination including medical history, smoking history, lung function measurements, and respond to a “Quality of Life” questionnaire. Blood samples are drawn every 6 months during a period of 5 years. Additional blood sample collection is performed if participants are experiencing an exacerbation. The blood fractions will be analyzed by standard clinical chemistry assays and by proteomics utilizing mass spectrometry platforms. Optimal sample integrity is ensured by rapid handling with robotic biobank processing followed by storage at −80 °C. The study has been approved by the Regional Ethical Review Board in Lund (http://epn.se/en), (Approval number: DNR 2013/480), and registered at the NIH clinical trial registry (http://clinicaltrials.gov).

Results and discussion

Currently, 220 subjects are enrolled in the study.

Conclusions and future directions

The study design will enable discovery of new biomarkers by using novel mass spectrometric techniques that define early changes of COPD. Such panels of novel biomarkers may be able to distinguish COPD from closely related diseases, co‐morbidities, and contribute to an increased understanding of these diseases.
Effects of Transdermal Testosterone Gel or an Aromatase Inhibitor on Prostate Volume in Older Men
Authors: Dias Jenny Pena , Melvin Denise , Shardell Michelle , Ferrucci Luigi , Chia Chee W. , Gharib Mohsen , Egan Josephine M. , Basaria Shehzad
Published: March 2016

Context:

T replacement is being increasingly offered to older men with age-related low T; hence, monitoring prostate health is important during T therapy. Data suggest that estrogens have an independent effect on the prostate and some effects of T on the prostate might be mediated via its aromatization to estradiol. Although some studies have assessed the effects of T replacement on prostate volume, the differential effects of T and estradiol have not been delineated.

Objective:

The objective of the study was to investigate the relative effects of T and estradiol on prostate volume in older men with low T.

Participants:

Thirty-one men, 65 years old or older with total T less than 350 ng/dL (measured by mass spectrometry) participated in the study.

Intervention:

The intervention included randomization to 5 g transdermal T gel (TT), 1 mg oral aromatase inhibitor (AI), or placebo daily for 12 months.

Main Outcome Measures:

The primary outcome was prostate volume measured by transrectal ultrasound at baseline and 12 months. Secondary outcomes included prostate-specific antigen levels and lower urinary tract symptoms score.

Results:

Serum T levels increased in both intervention groups; estradiol levels increased in the TT group, whereas it decreased in the AI group. At 12 months, prostate volume significantly increased (4.5 ± 1.76 cc, P < .05) only in the TT group. Increase in prostate-specific antigen levels were seen in both intervention groups at 6 months (P < .01 and P < .001). The lower urinary tract symptoms score increased only in the TT group (P < .05).

Conclusion:

The tropic effects of T on the prostate are mediated via its aromatization to estradiol. Administration of AI for 12 months to older men was not detrimental to the prostate.
A compendium of monocyte transcriptome datasets to foster biomedical knowledge discovery
Authors: Rinchai Darawan , Boughorbel Sabri , Presnell Scott , Quinn Charlie , Chaussabel Damien
Published: March 2016

Systems-scale profiling approaches have become widely used in translational research settings. The resulting accumulation of large-scale datasets in public repositories represents a critical opportunity to promote insight and foster knowledge discovery. However, resources that can serve as an interface between biomedical researchers and such vast and heterogeneous dataset collections are needed in order to fulfill this potential. Recently, we have developed an interactive data browsing and visualization web application, the Gene Expression Browser (GXB). This tool can be used to overlay deep molecular phenotyping data with rich contextual information about analytes, samples and studies along with ancillary clinical or immunological profiling data. In this note, we describe a curated compendium of 93 public datasets generated in the context of human monocyte immunological studies, representing a total of 4,516 transcriptome profiles. Datasets were uploaded to an instance of GXB along with study description and sample annotations. Study samples were arranged in different groups. Ranked gene lists were generated based on relevant group comparisons. This resource is publicly available online athttp://monocyte.gxbsidra.org/dm3/landing.gsp.
Developing Effective Service Policies for Multiclass Queues with Abandonment: Asymptotic Optimality and Approximate Policy Improvement
Authors: James Terry , Glazebrook Kevin , Lin Kyle
Published: March 2016

We study a single server queuing model with multiple classes and impatient customers. The goal is to determine a service policy to maximize the long-run reward rate earned from serving customers net of holding costs and penalties respectively due to customers waiting for and leaving before receiving service. We first show that it is without loss of generality to study a pure-reward model. Since standard methods can usually only compute the optimal policy for problems with up to three customer classes, our focus is to develop a suite of heuristic approaches, with a preference for operationally simple policies with good reward characteristics. One such heuristic is the Rμθ rule—a priority policy that ranks all customer classes based on the product of reward R, service rate μ, and abandonment rate θ. We show that the Rμθ rule is asymptotically optimal as customer abandonment rates approach zero and often performs well in cases where the simpler Rμ rule performs poorly. The paper also develops an approximate policy improvement method that uses simulation and interpolation to estimate the bias function for use in a dynamic programming recursion. For systems with two or three customer classes, our numerical study indicates that the best of our simple priority policies is near optimal in most cases; when it is not, the approximate policy improvement method invariably tightens up the gap substantially. For systems with five customer classes, our heuristics typically achieve within 4% of an upper bound for the optimal value, which is computed via a linear program that relies on a relaxation of the original system. The computational requirement of the approximate policy improvement method grows rapidly when the number of customer classes or the traffic intensity increases.
Managing Citizens’ Uncertainty in E-Government Services: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Transparency and Trust
Authors: Venkatesh Viswanath , Thong James Y. L. , Chan Frank K. Y. , Hu Paul J. H.
Published: March 2016

This paper investigates how citizens’ uncertainty in e-government services can be managed. First, we draw from uncertainty reduction theory, and propose that transparency and trust are two key means of reducing citizens’ uncertainty in e-government services. Second, we identify two key sets of relevant drivers of e-government service use: (1) information quality characteristics, i.e., accuracy and completeness; and (2) channel characteristics, i.e., convenience and personalization. We propose that the means of uncertainty reduction, information quality characteristics, and channel characteristics are interrelated factors that jointly influence citizens’ intentions to use e-government. We tested our model with 4,430 Hong Kong citizens’ reactions to two e-government services: government websites and online appointment booking. Our results show that the information quality and channel characteristics predict citizens’ intentions to use e-government. Furthermore, transparency and trust mediate as well as moderate the effects of information quality and channel characteristics on intentions. A follow-up survey found that citizens’ intentions predict use and ultimately, citizens’ satisfaction.
The Double-Edged Sword of Backward Compatibility: The Adoption of Multigenerational Platforms in the Presence of Intergenerational Services
Authors: Hann Il-Horn , Koh Byungwan , Niculescu Marius F.
Published: March 2016

We investigate the impact of the intergenerational nature of services, via backward compatibility, on the adoption of multigenerational platforms. We consider a mobile Internet platform that has evolved over several generations and for which users download complementary services from third-party providers. These services are often intergenerational: newer platform generations are backward compatible with respect to services released under earlier generation platforms. In this paper, we propose a model to identify the main drivers of consumers’ choice of platform generation, accounting for (i) the migration from older to newer platform generations, (ii) the indirect network effect on platform adoption due to same-generation services, and (iii) the effect on platform adoption due to the consumption of intergenerational services via backward compatibility. Using data on mobile Internet platform adoption and services consumption for the time period of 2001–2007 from a major wireless carrier in an Asian country, we estimate the three effects noted above. We show that both the migration from older to newer platform generations and the indirect network effects are significant. The surprising finding is that intergenerational services that connect subsequent generations of platforms essentially engender backward compatibility with two opposing effects. Whereas an intergenerational service may accelerate the migration to the subsequent platform generations, it may also, perhaps unintentionally, provide a fresh lease on life for earlier generation platforms due to the continued use of earlier generation services on newer platform generations.
Invited Commentary—Reflections on ICT-enabled Bright Society Research
Authors: Lee Jae Kyu
Published: March 2016

Since the advent of the AIS Grand Vision Project of ICT-enabled Bright Society (in short, Bright ICT), there has been significant excitement as well as confusion about the concept. To resolve ambiguities about the types of research that are consistent with this vision, the notions of Restorative Bright ICT Research and Enriching Bright ICT Research are defined. In addition, we propose three perspectives that can differentiate Bright ICT research from traditional research approaches to create a disruptive impact on society. To address societal problems that are often global in scope, Bright ICT research recommends taking a holistic design of future society encompassing technologies and policies as well as business models driven by visionary principles. This paradigm can be an extension of design science for the scope of a Macro Information Society.
Commentary—Lessons from Nature: Enhancing the Adaptable Potential of Service Ecosystems
Authors: Lusch Robert F. , Sagarin Rafe , Tang Zhen (Richard)
Published: March 2016

Organisms and species have evolved through adaptation and extinction for over a billion years. Service science can learn from this large library of success and failure because species interact and struggle for survival in biological ecosystems in many of the same way as organizations and other actors behaves in service ecosystems. The authors draw upon their collective knowledge of biological ecosystems, biological evolution, business, and service science to develop an integrated framework, including rules of adaptability, adaptability practices, and guidelines for creating adaptable systems. Collectively, these key lessons from the biological world can be used to help organizations be a vital part of service ecosystems adaptability and can be the catalyst for the emergence of innovation.
Asserting credibility and capability: professional practice standards in Australia
Authors: O'Keefe Elissa , Kushelew Irene
Published: March 2016

The Professional Practice Standards and Scope of Practice for Aesthetic Nursing Practice in Australia represents the first description of standards of professional practice for aesthetic nurses in this context. It asserts aesthetic nursing as a credible career pathway, and comes with a set of capabilities that has similarities with nursing in general, as well as some unique features that set it apart as a speciality area with regard to context of practice. The framework is a voluntary and self-regulatory document that promotes the need to research, establish and review appropriate standards of education and training in this area of practice. Implementation of such a document has the ability to: improve the safety and quality of patient care; increase job satisfaction for aesthetic nurses; and enable employers to develop employment opportunities and systems, plan continuing professional development and manage staff performance, if required. It is a pioneering document, in so much as it is the most comprehensive description of the aesthetic nurse's role in Australia to date, and will be a foundational document in the genesis of this context of practice in Australian nursing.
The importance of hydration in wound healing: reinvigorating the clinical perspective
Authors: Ousey K. , Cutting K.F. , Rogers A.A. , Rippon M.G.
Published: March 2016

Balancing skin hydration levels is important as any disruption in skin integrity will result in disturbance of the dermal water balance. The discovery that a moist environment actively supports the healing response when compared with a dry environment highlights the importance of water and good hydration levels for optimal healing.

The benefits of ‘wet’ or ‘hyper-hydrated’ wound healing appear similar to those offered by moist over a dry environment. This suggests that the presence of free water may not be detrimental to healing, but any adverse effects of wound fluid on tissues is more likely related to the biological components contained within chronic wound exudate, for example elevated protease levels.

Appropriate dressings applied to wounds must not only be able to absorb the exudate, but also retain this excess fluid together with its protease solutes, while concurrently preventing desiccation. This is particularly important in the case of chronic wounds where peri-wound skin barrier properties are compromised and there is increased permeation across the injured skin. This review discusses the importance of appropriate levels of hydration in skin, with a particular focus on the need for optimal hydration levels for effective healing.

Declaration of interest:

This paper was supported by Paul Hartmann Ltd. The authors have provided consultative services to Paul Hartmann Ltd.
A multi-centre clinical evaluation of reactive oxygen topical wound gel in 114 wounds
Authors: Dryden M. , Dickinson A. , Brooks J. , Hudgell L. , Saeed K. , Cutting K.F.
Published: March 2016

Objective:

This article reports the outcomes of the use of Surgihoney RO (SHRO), topical wound dressing in a multi-centre, international setting. The aims were to explore the clinical effects of SHRO, including a reduction in bacterial load and biofilm and improvement in healing in a variety of challenging non-healing and clinically infected wounds.

Method:

This was a non-comparative evaluation, where both acute and chronic wounds with established delayed healing were treated with the dressing. Clinicians prospectively recorded wound improvement or deterioration, level of wound exudate, presence of pain, and presence of slough and necrosis. Analysis of this data provided information on clinical performance of the dressing. Semi-quantitative culture to assess bacterial bioburden was performed where possible.

Results:

We recruited 104 patients, mean age 61 years old, with 114 wounds. The mean duration of wounds before treatment was 3.7 months and the mean duration of treatment was 25.7 days. During treatment 24 wounds (21%) healed and the remaining 90 (79%) wounds improved following application of the dressing. No deterioration in any wound was observed. A reduction in patient pain, level of wound exudate and in devitalised tissue were consistently reported. These positive improvements in wound progress were reflected in the wound cultures that showed a reduction in bacterial load in 39 out of the 40 swabs taken. There were two adverse events recorded: a stinging sensation following application of the dressing was experienced by 2 patients, and 2 elderly patients died of causes unrelated to the dressing or to the chronic wound. These patients' wounds and their response to SHRO have been included in the analysis.

Conclusion:

SHRO was well tolerated and shows great promise as an effective potent topical antimicrobial in the healing of challenging wounds.

Declaration of interest:

Matthew Dryden has become a shareholder in Matoke Holdings, the manufacturer of Surgihoney RO, since the completion of this study. Keith Cutting is a consultant to Matoke Holdings.
La acción sonora como reivindicación social: Una intervención artística en el Barrio Espíritu Santo de Espinardo (Murcia)
Authors: Ortuño Mengual Pedro , Lapeña Gallego Gloria , Lapeña Gallego Gloria
Published: March 2016

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar una práctica colaborativa de intervención artística, llevada a cabo por alumnos de la asignatura optativa de Grado de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Murcia, “Intervenciones escultóricas en el espacio urbano y natural”. En un barrio marginal de Murcia, los estudiantes y las familias, tras una serie de encuentros, acuerdan por consenso remodelar una de las calles. Inspirados en el manifiesto futurista de Russolo (1913), ponen especial atención en la escucha de sonidos, ruidos y palabras habladas de las calles. Las propuestas resultantes convergen en la seña de identidad ligada al cante, toque y baile flamenco que materializan en rehabilitación de fachadas, mejora de infraestructuras y pintura mural como lugar en el que se hibrida la idiosincrasia étnica y la práctica artística.
La persona investigadora del patrimonio histórico-educativo como cernedora en la Sociedad de la Información: De la infoxicación hacia conocimiento
Authors: González Santana Alazne
Published: March 2016

El concepto de historia del patrimonio histórico-educativo ha ido cambiando acorde con la aparición de nuevas formar de comunicarnos. Hemos pasado de estar en archivos nacionales o autonómicos para conseguir documentos, a poder hacerlo desde la comodidad de nuestro hogar a través de unos simples clics. A pesar de ello, esta suerte de aventura sólo puede llevarse a buen término cuando aprendamos a ser investigadores-cernedores. Cuando aprendamos a separar con nuestro cedazo la información veraz, presumible de poder erigirse en conocimiento científico, de aquella infoxicada que distorsiona y llena de ruidos nuestras pesquisas como personas historiadoras.
Ruido Blanco: Ruido para una escucha segura
Authors: León Mendoza Raúl
Published: March 2016

Por acción de diversos dispositivos (electrónicos, administrativos, urbanos, económicos, políticos, sociales) hemos perdido la capacidad de administrar el sonido que producimos con nuestro cuerpo y la posibilidad de clasificarlo comoíntimoopúblico. Nuestras comunicaciones a través del sonido, que por defecto deberían ser privadas e intimas, se producen en contextos donde potencialmente pueden ser escuchadas, registradas y redistribuidas.Ruido blancoes una tentativa de recuperar la autonomía en la comunicación, de generar unaestríacapaz de devolvernos la seguridad de comunicarnos en igualdad, que pasa necesariamente por anular el registro sonoro. Reconstituir algunas certezas sobre la cualidad de unespacio limpioy ensombra, libre de registro, igualitario y por lo tanto un espacio de confianza mutua.
Sonear: sonificar, sonorizar y audificar. Transformaciones del campo electromagnético en el arte
Authors: Bueno de Santiago Alejandra
Published: March 2016

La utilización de lo cotidiano en el arte cambia; actualmente es la tecnología y sus extensiones electrónicas quienes están bajo este marco. El paso de lo analógico a lo digital ha generado un nuevo elemento de trabajo, una materia no perceptible transmitida por el aire. Nos relacionamos con más máquinas que con personas, y estas no hablan pero generan energías y vibraciones, un segundo nivel de interacción máquina-usuario. Las energías nos atraviesan y podemos ser sensibles o no, o mejor dicho, podemos ser conscientes o no. El sueño por entender el mundo se basa en dominar todos los medios, lo visible y lo invisible. Por ello mi práctica artística e investigación se ha centrado en la detección de las señales electromagnéticas emitidas por las máquinas para hacerlas perceptibles. Amplificando la señal mediante un dispositivo que aumenta el valor de la señal, las bajas frecuencias como las ondas de radio, la luz solar o la emitida por plantas y organismos vivos, se hacen perceptibles. Estas frecuencias han sido modificadas y empleadas en diferentes composiciones musicales y trabajos artísticos.
El rugido de Calibán: Ruido, cultura y subversión en tiempos de Próspero
Authors: García Castilla Jorge David
Published: March 2016

El rugido de Calibán representa en este artículo el ruido que la modernidad ha tachado de incomprensible. Hablando específicamente del campo musical, este rugido está constituido por las prácticas sonoras que la cultura dominante trata de excluir. Con el fin de explorar distintos aspectos de la dominación capitalista y de los procesos de resistencia que se dan en su contra, este texto aborda tres ejes principales en los que las prácticas ruidistas se convierten en espacios de subversión de los valores culturales hegemónicos. El primero de estos ejes es el mercado, el segundo el cuerpo y el tercero el deseo. De manera transversal, exploraremos la relación que tiene el ruido con los procesos de descontrol social y de transformación identitaria.
La literatura infantil iberoamericana, ¿esa gran desconocida?
Authors: García Padrino Jaime
Published: March 2016

Es un hecho innegable que la Literatura Infantil y Juvenil haya adquirido en las últimas décadas un importante desarrollo en los distintos países de Iberoamérica, tal y como lo pone de manifiesto la ingente cantidad de publicaciones e investigaciones sobre la materia. En el presente trabajo se realiza un recorrido por el universo de la literatura infantil tanto en España como en Iberoamérica a través de su creación y principalmente de su difusión. Asimismo, se analizan los catálogos españoles de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil iberoamericana y se ofrece una perspectiva crítica sobre esta disciplina. Por último, el autor presenta una panorámica de la Literatura Infantil iberoamericana y un listado de referencias bibliográficas, que constituyen una aproximación al canon interdisciplinar —y también personal— en los distintos países del otro lado del Atlántico.
El Descubrimiento y la Conquista de América en la literatura infantil y juvenil española actual
Authors: Mendiola Oñate Pedro Javier
Published: March 2016

Este artículo analiza la imagen de América en la narrativa española infantil y juvenil reciente. El análisis se centra en seis obras que tratan sobre el Descubrimiento de América y que tienen a Colón como protagonista o personaje principal. El estudio se centra en la presencia de tópicos y estereotipos sobre el paisaje de América o la figura del indio.
Educación literaria, pensamiento crítico y conciencia ética: La composición, de Antonio Skármeta
Authors: Llorens García Ramón Francisco , Terol Bertomeu Sara
Published: March 2016

El presente estudio aborda las contribuciones al canon literario escolar del álbum ilustrado La composición de Antonio Skármeta, con ilustraciones de Alfonso Ruano, una de las obras fundamentales de la literatura infantil y juvenil chilena que trata el tema de la dictadura y la represión. La obra, de marcado carácter histórico, favorece la reflexión del lector por la realidad que refleja y por el simbolismo de los elementos que la conforman. Tanto el relato como las ilustraciones conducen al lector a implicarse en la obra, sintiendo como propios el miedo, la tristeza y el cariño de sus personajes.
La figura del gaucho en la historieta argentina. De las versiones del Martín Fierro a Inodoro Pereyra
Authors: Rovira Collado José , Rovira Collado Joan Miquel
Published: March 2016

Entre los múltiples personajes propios de la literatura latinoamericana, posiblemente el gaucho argentino ha sido el que ha despertado un mayor interés por la creación literaria, con el Martín Fierro de José Hernández como buque insignia de una amplia tradición. Esta se ve recogida muy pronto por la narración gráfica, ya sea a través de las ilustraciones de las ediciones clásicas, o en las adaptaciones de las grandes obras en revistas de historietas. Todas ellas van configurando una iconografía que completa el imaginario de los guachos, fundamental para la identidad argentina. En el siguiente trabajo haremos una panorámica de las historietas de gauchos desde las revistas tradicionales, las adaptaciones de obras literarias, como las del Martín Fierro, hasta personajes propios como Lindor Covas o Inodoro Pereyra.
La utilidad del deseo
Authors: Villoro Juan
Published: March 2016

Criaturas sin voz, reducidas a una condición de obediencia, los niños fueron vistos durante siglos como desaliñados prólogos de la edad adulta. Si la idea de individuo comienza cabalmente en el Renacimiento, la idea del niño como sujeto independiente es más tardía y apenas se vislumbra en la Ilustración. Un largo proceso cultural transformó a los seres de orejas sucias y pelo revuelto, con la cabeza llena de ideas desmedidas y palabras que no existen en los diccionarios, en personas ya realizadas.
What Drives a Firm's Choice of Product Recall Remedy? The Impact of Remedy Cost, Product Hazard, and the CEO
Authors: Liu Angela Xia , Liu Yong , Luo Ting
Published: March 2016

When product recalls occur, companies provide corrective or compensation measures to consumers for the defective products they have purchased. These remedies directly affect consumers and the effectiveness of recall. This article examines the determinants of remedy choices with a theoretical framework rooted in the basic trade-off between remedy cost and consumer harm. In addition to recall and company characteristics, the authors also consider the impact of the CEO's personal incentives. Using recalls issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the authors find that companies prefer to avoid full remedy when remedy cost is high, yet they are more likely to provide full remedy for more severe product hazards. The results show that CEOs’ personal interests interfere with remedy decisions: full remedy is less likely when the CEO receives greater cash compensation or less equity incentive, and when the CEO has longer tenure in the position. Importantly, the CEO's financial interests further moderate the effects of remedy cost and consumer harm. The findings have important implications for recall strategy, consumer welfare, public policy, and leadership ethics.
Implementation of Energy-Saving Innovations as the Main Direction of Development of the Building Materials Industry
Authors: Kuzina Olga
Published: March 2016

The value of the construction industry for green growth of the Russian economy is identified. The structure of the building materials industry, indicators of production volumes, share of exports and imports of construction materials are analysed. The main factors of high energy consumption in the construction industry are formed as a table. Main activities to modernise the building materials industry and “green” growth of the Russian economy as a whole are proposed. The urgency of formation of the mechanism of energysaving innovation application in the construction industry is justified. The methodology of management of the building materials industry development through the introduction of energy-saving innovations is proposed.
Real Estate Due Diligence Process in International Real Estate Transactions in Latvia
Authors: Viesturs Janis , Auziņš Armands
Published: March 2016

International real estate transactions, especially in countries with different legal systems, are characterised by the fact that each transaction is unique in its complexity, confidentiality, different risk factors, and the limited availability of information regarding the real estate. The Due Diligence (DD) process is an instrument that can help avoid or at least reduce risks and assist in making important decisions regarding real estate transactions. The term “Due Diligence” has a number of different meanings. The aim of this paper is to determine the etymology of this term and to identify its most common contemporary meaning. Each DD process is to be recognised as a project requiring management because of the potentially high number of individuals that could be involved.
The Development of Housing Sector and Residential Real Estate Market After Economic Recession in Latvia
Authors: Geipele Sanda , Auziņš Armands
Published: March 2016

The study is concerned with an examination of resource distribution in order to promote sustainable development of housing sector in the context of evolving residential real estate market after the economic recession period in Latvia. The statistical and comparative analysis methods have mainly been applied in the study, and the recommendations on the implementation of conceptual solutions for promoting the efficient management of housing sector according to the public needs have been provided. The findings of the study may significantly contribute when improving the housing policy and appropriate institutional environment in Latvia.
Study on the Track Wheeled Vehicle Designing for Off-Road Operations on Snowy and Wet Terrains
Authors: Aghazadeh N. , Taghavifar H.
Published: March 2016

Off-road vehicle trafficking is of interesting subjects for agricultural, mining and civil engineering purposes. The traversing over snowy and wet terrain is of greater importance regarding the sinkage and terrain properties. The motion resistance, traction, sinkage, and vehicle stability are functions of wheel-terrain interactions and particularly the contact patch characteristics. As adoption of wheeled vehicles on snowy terrain is difficult, tracked wheel vehicles are of greater interest and applicability. In this paper, the designing and analysis of tracked wheel system mounted on a light weight all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is addressed. The designing considerations are based on semi-empirical models (Bekker and Mohr-Coulomb criterion) and experimentally obtained data on the snow mechanical properties for the test region. Based on the analysis, it is observed that the greatest value of total deformation for the front and rear chasses are obtained at 0.00028485 and 0.00026229 m, respectively. The von Mises yield criterion addresses that the yielding of materials starts when the second deviatoric stress invariant gets to a critical value close to failure. Furthermore, the greatest values of von Mises stress for the front and rear tracked wheel chassis are equal to 64.60 and 62.48 MPa, respectively. The similarity is that the critical point is situated at the coincidence point between the inclined and longitudinally oriented rods (joint point). It is concluded that the developed vehicle could serve as a functional vehicle to perform on different off-road operational condition particularly wet terrains.
Differential Response to Sea Salt Salinity by Nitrate and Antioxidant System in Six Soybean Varieties
Authors: Saad-Allah K.M.
Published: March 2016

Six varieties of soybean (Glycine max L.) plants were grown for 30 days under three levels of sea salt salinity (0.0, 8.0 and 16.0 mS/cm2) for studying the effect of sea salt on uptake of nitrate and response of the antioxidant system for these salinity doses. Salt treatments resulted in a gradual decline in nitrate uptake by increasing sea salt concentration, which mean that this will bring negative consequences on nitrogen assimilation. However, salt treatments induced the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and glycinebetaine in the leaves of all soybean verities as an adaptive strategy to cope with salt stress. On the other hand, there was a differential response in phenolic compounds among soybean verities as a function of salt concentration and the studied variety, which means there has a decline in phenolics under salt stress in the varieties Crawford, G21, G22 and G83, but in contrary in G35 and G82, phenolics has accumulated in response to salinity. Isozymes electrophoretic banding showed changes in peroxidase activity with sea salt, however superoxide dismutase showed stability in number and intensity of bands with salt treatments. Esterase enzyme was more sensitive to salinity and showed a gradual decline in activity by increasing salt concentration.
Effect of canopy density on litter invertebrate community structure in pine forests
Authors: Brygadyrenko Viktor V.
Published: March 2016

We investigated the structure of the litter invertebrate community in 141 pine (Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus, 1753) forest sites with five variants of canopy density (30-44, 45-59, 60-74, 75-89 and 90-100%) in the steppe zone of Ukraine. The total number of litter macrofauna specimens collected at each site decreased from an average of 84/100 trap-days in the sparsest stands (30-40% density) to 4-39 specimens/100 trap-days in the forests with a denser canopy. The number of macrofauna species caught in the pitfall traps does not vary significantly with different degrees of canopy density. The Shannon-Weaver and Pielou diversity indexes show increases corresponding to increasing stages of canopy density. The average share of phytophages in the trophic structure of the litter macrofauna does not vary with canopy density. The relative number of saprophages decreases from 54% in the forests with the sparsest canopy to 11-13% in the forests with denser canopies. The relative number of saprophages in pine forests (22%) is lower than that in deciduous forests (40%). The share of zoophages in the trophic structure of the litter macrofauna increases significantly with the increase in the pine forest canopy density (from 21% in the sparsest plots to 59% in the densest). The relative number of polyphages is highest (47-65%) when the canopy density is 45-89%. At canopy densities below or above this range, the share of polyphages in the community decreases to 20 and 24%, respectively. Regardless of canopy density, Formicidae and Lycosidae invariably rank amongst the first three dominant families. Nine families of invertebrates dominate in the pine forest stands with the highest density (90-100%), and 5-7 families dominate in the stands with lower density. For the pine forest litter macrofauna, we have observed an extreme simplification of the community size structure compared with natural and planted deciduous forests of the steppe zone of Ukraine.