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THE EFFECT OF NANOSCALE SELENIUM ON THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF RING ROT AND POTATO IN VITRO
Authors: Graskova Irina Alekseyevna , Perfileva Alla Innokent'yevna , Nozhkina Ol'ga Aleksandrovna , Dyakova Anastasiya Vyacheslavovna , Nurminsky Vadim Nikolayevich , Klimenkov Igor' Viktorovich , Sudakov Nikolay Petrovich , Borodina Tat'yana Nikolayevna , Aleksandrova Galina Petrovna , Lesnichaya Marina Vladimirovna , Sukhov Boris Gennad'yevich , Trofimov Boris Aleksandrovich
Published: November 2019

The biological activity of biopolymer-based selenium nanocomposite with a high selenium content of 6.4% was investigated. It was shown earlier that nanocomposites of selenium and arabinogalactan (NC Se/AG, 1.23% and 3.4% Se) have a bactericidal and bacteriostatic effect on the pathogenic bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus (Cms) and do not adversely affect the vitality of potato plants in vitro. In this work, it was shown that the nanocomposite under scrutiny has a bacteriostatic effect, inhibits bacterial growth by 20% compared with the check variant and reduces the ability of Cms to form biofilms, which contribute to their high resistance to external factors. In the experiments conducted on plants, it was shown, there was not negative effect of NC Se/AG on biometric parameters, furthermore, this NC reduces the negative effect of potato infection with Cms. The nanocomposite reduced the activity of peroxidase and the content of reactive oxygen species in potato tissues. It was established that selenium does not accumulate in potato plants after the treatment with NC Se/AG. The results obtained allow us to consider NC Se/AG (6.4% Se) as an agent for healing cultivated plants from pathogenic bacteria.
ANTIOXIDANTS IN LIPIDS OF PEATS AND PEAT-FORMING PLANTS
Authors: Yudina Natal'ya Vasil'yevna , Savelieva Anna Viktorovna
Published: November 2019

The paper presents the results of a study of antioxidant activity of lipids isolated from bioproducer plants and peats sampled from a deposit on spurs of the Vasyugan Swamp. Analysis of antioxidants (AOs) is performed via the gasometric method using a model reaction initiated by cymene oxidation. It is found out that oxidation inhibitors of two types differing in reactivity and antioxidant content are present in peat lipids. In fuscum peats of the same type, the amount of AOs changes insignificantly with an increase in the depth of occurrence. A decrease in AOs of the second type is observed for peats with a high degree of decay.

The experiments on plant humification in a peat deposit conducted during 2 years confirm the neoplasm of AOs of the second type, which is the result of microbiological activity. The content of lipids in plants after 2 years of humification is slightly increased, while the increase in AOs amount exceeding their content in peat lipids of the upper horizon is also observed. The depth of occurrence and the type of peat affect the content of AOs and the O/C ratio, as evidenced by the linear correlation dependence. The relationship between the antioxidant activity of lipids and the C/N ratio is not established.
MINERAL AND AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF THE LEAVES OF MYRTHUS COMMUNIS L.
Authors: Bakova Ekaterina Yur'yevna , Plugatar Yuriy Vladimirovich , Bakova Nadezhda Nikolayevna , Konovalov Dmitriy Alekseyevich
Published: November 2019

The homeland of Myrthus communis L. is Mediterranean region, in the countries of which its wild-growing and cultivated varieties grow. In the collection of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens – National Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences the economic-valuable and morphological features of nine cultivars of this species have been studied. The plant is considered as a promising industrial medicinal culture.

Contamination of medicinal plants with heavy metals and other toxic elements is an existing problem, which is associated with serious concern of international organizations on the quality and safety of medicinal raw materials.

It is now established that trace constituents, entering into connection with chemical regulators of metabolism, including amino acids, participate in various biochemical processes, stimulate and normalize metabolism.

The objective of this work is to study the elemental and amino acid composition of leaves of Myrthus communis L., cultivated in the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens.

The study of Myrthus communis L. ultimate composition has been done with due regard to General Monograph requirements "The identification of heavy metals and arsenium in medicinal raw materials and plant preparations" for State Pharmacopeia of XIII edition. The research of the amino acid profile has been done subject to State All-Union Standard 32195-2013 (ISO 13903:2005).

As a result of research it has been established that leaves of Myrthus communis L. accumulate 28 elements and 16 amino acids. The content of heavy metals and arsenium in the studied samples did not exceed the maximum permissible values for medicinal plant raw materials established by the Russian State Pharmacopoeia. The total content of amino acids in the leaves of myrtle was 11.65%. Among the amino acids found, glutamic and aspartic acids prevailed. The least in the leaves was methionine. The obtained results will be used for follow up standardization of myrtle raw materials as a promising source of medicinal plant raw material.
THE STUDY OF PHYSICO-TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS’ INFLUENCE ON THE OUTPUT OF LIPOPHILIC SUB-STANCES FROM MEDICINAL PLANT MATERIALS
Authors: Degtyareva Ekaterina Aleksandrovna , Vyshnevska Liliya Ivanovna , Garnaya Svetlana Vasil'yevna , Kalko Ekaterina Aleksandrovna
Published: November 2019

Currently, the lipophilic fractions of well-known medicinal plants are still understudied despite of contains of unique groups of BAS (chlorophylls, carotenoids, tocopherols, sterols, unsaturated fatty acids, phospholipids, etc.), what is the actual task of modern pharmaceutical science. The aim of our work was to perform experimental studies for the choice of optimal conditions of the extraction of lipophilic compounds from the meal of pumpkin pulp. Extraction of lipophilic substances from the meal of pumpkin pulp was carried out in laboratory conditions in the Soxhlet apparatus by the method of circulation extraction. The weight loss on drying, the content of extractive lipophilic substances and the amount of carotenoids (in terms of β-carotene) were determined by compendial procedures. According to the results of the experimental work, the optimum humidity (not more than 7%) and drying temperature (+ 60 °C) of pumpkin pulp meal containing carotenoids were established. The obtained data are necessary for the development of technology of lipophilic pumpkin extract.
C-/O-GLYCOSYL FLAVONES OF SILENE ITALICA
Authors: Olennikov Daniil Nikolayevich , Kashchenko Nina Igorevna , Chirikova Nadezhda Konstantinovna
Published: November 2019

Chemical research of Silene genus focused on the study of terpene compounds including ecdysteroids and triterpenoids, to the detriment of other classes of compounds. One of these poorly estimated group of substances are flavonoids, namely C-/O-glycosyl flavones, widely represented within the family Caryophyllaceae. Early studies revealed the presence of some C-glycosyl flavones (Zemtsova, Dzhumyrko, 1976; Darmogray, 1977), but a detailed study of the flavonoids was not conducted. Application of high performance chromatography with diode-array detection and electrospray ionization mass-spectrometry detection (HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS) allowed to found 14 flavonoids, which are C-, O- and C,O-glycosyl flavones in the aerial part of S. italica of Georgia origin. Ten components were discovered in S. italica for first time. The identified C-glycosides included monoglycosides as isoorientin, isovitexin, isoscoparin (chrysoeryol-6-C-glucoside) and diglycosides as carlinoside (luteolin-6-C-glucoside-8-C-arabinoside), schaftoside (apigenin-6-C-glucoside-8-C-arabinoside), isoschaftoside (luteolin-6-C-arabinoside-8-C-glucoside) and genkwanin-6-C-glucoside-8-C-arabinoside. Two O-glycosides, cosmosiin and cynaroside, and mixed C,O-glycosides as saponarin, isovitexin-2′′-O-arabinoside, isovitexin-6′′-O-arabinoside and O-hexosides od schaftosude and genkwanin-6-C-glucoside- 8-C-arabinoside were not previously identified in Silene genus. The known literature data (Mamadalieva et al., 2014) and the present data demonstrate the useful role of C-/O-glycosyl flavones in the systematics of the genus Silene.
LIPID COMPOSITION AND MEMBRANOPROTECTIVE ACTION OF EXTRACT FROM MARINE GREEN ALGAE ULVA LACTUCA (L.)
Authors: Fomenko Svetlana Yevgen'yevna , Kushnerova Natal'ya Fedorovna , Sprygin Vladimir Gennad'yevich , Drugova Elena Sergeyevna , Lesnikova Larisa Nikolayevna , Merzluakov Valeriy Yur'yevich
Published: November 2019

The object of the present study was a water-alcohol extract obtained from the dried thallus of the marine green alga Ulva lactuca (L.) (syn.: Ulva fenestrate P. et R.) – ulva lettuce. Glycolipids (40.6%) and neutral lipids (34%) prevailed in the lipid fraction of the extract; phospholipids contained 13.4% of the total lipids. The content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was 50% of the total amount of fatty acids, among which PUFA of the n-3 family predominated (37.43%). On the model of toxic hepatitis induced by the introduction of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) (50% solution in olive oil, subcutaneously 2 ml/kg for 4 days), we study the effect of the lipid fraction of U. lactuca extract and the commercial reference preparation Essentiale® on the physiological and biochemical characteristics of erythrocytes and lipid composition of erythrocyte membranes in rats. The introduction of the lipid fraction from the ulva (dose 80 mg of total lipids per kg of body weight) to the animals intragastrically for 7 days after withdrawal of CCl4 exerted a protective effect, which was manifested in the restoration of the erythrocyte size characteristics (average volume and diameter), their osmotic resistance to hemolysis, levels of malondialdehyde and reduced glutathione, as well as maintaining of the ratio of phospholipid fractions. Under the damaging effects of CCl4, the lipid fraction from the green alga U. lactuca was not inferior to the effectiveness of reference preparation Essentiale® in restoring of the physiological characteristics of erythrocytes and the phospholipid composition of its membranes.
METABOLOMIC PROFILE BUPLEURUM SCORZONERIFOLIUM WILLD., GROWING IN THE BAIKAL REGION
Authors: Petukhova Svetlana Andreyevna , Olennikov Daniil Nikolayevich , Mirovich Vera Mikhaylovna
Published: November 2019

In folk medicine in the Baikal region, an infusion from the aerial part of the plant Bupleurum scorzonerifolium (Willd) is widely used as a choleretic and anti-inflammatory agent. The choleretic effect of herbal remedies is mainly due to the content of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids. Using high performance liquid chromatography with a diode-matrix detector and 3Q electrospray ionization detector, we studied the metabolic profile of the phenylpropanoids and flavonoids of the aboveground organs of B. scorzonerifolium (Willd.), which grows in the Baikal region. In the aboveground organs of B. scorzonerifolium, 7 phenylpropanoids and 17 flavonoids were identified, of which 15 compounds for the species were identified for the first time. Quantitative determination of individual components was carried out in the aboveground organs of B. scorzonerifolium and dry extract by microcolumn HPLC with UV detection. The predominant components in the aerial part of the plant are 5-O-caffeic quinic acid, 3,5-di-O-caffeic quinic acid, isoquercitrin, isorhamnetin-3-O-glucoside, kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside and rutin. The dry extract obtained from the aerial part of B. scorzonerifolium contains the entire complex of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids, which are identified in the plant. The content of active ingredients in the extract is 2.5–3.0 times higher than in the aboveground organs. The aboveground organs and dry extract of B. scorzonerifolium can be used as a source of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids.
THE USE OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED PLANT MATERIALS AS SOIL BUILDERS
Authors: Maltsev Mikhail Il'ich , Kalyuta Elena Vladimirovna , Markin Vadim Ivanovich , Katrakov Igor' Borisovich
Published: November 2019

The results of studies on the effects of composite polymer preparations obtained by carboxymethylation of various types of plant materials (sawdust common pine (Pinus silvestris) (NaKMD preparation), oat flower films (Avena sativa L.) (NaKMO preparation) and sunflower husk (Helianthus annuus L.) (NaKMP preparation)), on the water resistance of soil aggregates in laboratory and field conditions of the forest-steppe of the Altai Territory are presented. The object of research is ordinary and leached medium loamy black earth. The water resistance index of soil aggregates was determined by the method of P.I. Andrianova. It was found that both in laboratory and in field conditions, soil aggregates with the use of drugs are washed out by water much more slowly than in versions without the use of drugs. The NaCMP preparation, which contains the largest amount of carboxymethylated lignin (17.1%), had the greatest influence on the resistance of soil aggregates to water. In general, the water resistance of the soil when using the studied drugs, depending on the application dose, increased 1.2–3.5 times compared to the control. The positive effect of preparations from carboxymethylated plant materials varies in the following order: NaKMP> NaKMO> NaKMD.
PERÚ Y LA ESTRATEGIA ARMADA EN LOS AÑOS SESENTA: LA REACTUALIZACIÓN DE UN DEBATE
Authors: MANGIANTINI MARTÍN
Published: November 2019

A principios de los años sesenta, la organización trotskista argentina Palabra Obrera decidió el envío de tres militantes al Perú con el objetivo de construcción e inserción política en un contexto de importante convulsión social, principalmente a partir de la toma de tierra y la sindicalización campesina en la región del Cuzco. La puesta en práctica de acciones armadas por parte de este grupo generó un proceso de discusión y debate que, recientemente, se trajo a colación a raíz de una serie de nuevos insumos documentales. Es objetivo de este artículo analizar este hecho a la luz de estas flamantes herramientas de discusión.
TRAYECTORIAS DE POLITIZACIÓN: LA ESTRATEGIA DEL SINDICATO CERAMISTA NEUQUINO, 2001-2003
Authors: AIZICZON FERNANDO
Published: November 2019

Este trabajo se aproxima al estudio del proceso de lucha del sindicato ceramista de Neuquén (SOECN) entre la crisis sociopolítica del año 2001 hasta fines del año 2003. Dicho proceso, que denominamos trayectoria de politización, permite discutir las transformaciones que atraviesan los trabajadores en el transcurso de una lucha política que posibilita la construcción de estrategias y acciones innovadoras abriendo la discusión sobre la función de la organización sindical más allá del sindicato.
LUCHAS INTERNAS EN LA ZONA FRANQUISTA DURANTE LA GUERRA CIVIL
Authors: THOMÀS JOAN MARIA
Published: November 2019

El presente artículo analiza las tensiones políticas internas producidas en la zona franquista oEspaña “nacional” durante la Guerra Civil española (1936-1939). Partiendo de la diversidad de la coalición autoritaria o bloque político y social de los alzados contra la Segunda República, estudia dicha conflictividad atendiendo a los diferentes proyectos políticos en concurrencia, así como las tensiones entre los dos partidos ultraderechistas dominantes -Falange Española de las JONS (fascista) y Comunión Tradicionalista (carlista)- y el poder franquista. Analiza igualmente la gestación de la unificación imperativa e incautación de los dos partidos citados por el Generalísimo para crear el partido único de su régimen, Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS, así como la de la ley fundamental promulgada durante la contienda, el llamado Fuero del Trabajo.
CONOCIMIENTO, REPRESENTACIONES Y COMPORTAMIENTOS SOCIALES EN TORNO A LA “MASACRE DE TRELEW” EN BAHÍA BLANCA Y PUNTA ALTA (AGOSTO-NOVIEMBRE 1972)
Authors: DOMINELLA VIRGINIA
Published: November 2019

Si bien la “Masacre de Trelew” sacudió a todo el país, Bahía Blanca y Punta Alta se vieron movilizadas en forma particular por diversas razones. Una de ellas fue la cercanía de los sobrevivientes y sus familiares. Este artículo aborda la elaboración de conocimiento, la circulación de información y la conformación de representaciones sobre el acontecimiento de Trelew en dichas ciudades en las horas, los días y las semanas posteriores a los hechos. Asimismo, analiza las actitudes y los comportamientos asumidos frente a ellos por diversos actores locales. ¿Qué informaciones circularon sobre la Masacre” y cómo? ¿Qué pudo conocerse de aquélla? ¿Qué rol ocupó la prensa local y los familiares de los sobrevivientes? ¿Qué sentidos se construyeron sobre el acontecimiento? ¿Cómo reaccionaron los abogados defensores de presos políticos, los sectores estudiantiles, los católicos liberacionistas y los colectivos artísticos militantes?
D. EUGÊNIO SALES NA ARQUIDIOCESE DE SALVADOR EM TEMPOS DE DITADURA MILITAR
Authors: CARNEIRO ZACHARIADHES GRIMALDO
Published: November 2019

Este artigo analisará a atuação do arcebispo D. Eugênio de Araújo Sales na arquidiocese de São Salvador, no estado da Bahia, região Nordeste do Brasil, entre os anos de 1964 e 1971. Ele assumiu a arquidiocese em um período de crescimento econômico acelerado no Brasil, e na Bahia em particular, e de recrudescimento político com a instauração e consolidação da Ditadura Militar (1964-1985). Ele foi responsável pela reestruturação da arquidiocese, mas teve conflitos com membros do clero e leigos pela sua relação com o Regime Militar.
LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA COMO OBJETO DE CONTROL ESPACIAL-POBLACIONAL DURANTE LA ÚLTIMA DICTADURA MILITAR ARGENTINA
Authors: COLMAN ALEX
Published: November 2019

En este trabajo estudio la vigilancia ejercida por el Estado sobre la Universidad Nacional de La Plata durante la última dictadura militar argentina (1976-1983) como parte de una política de control espacial-poblacional. El análisis se centra en dos tomos de un legajo referente a dicha universidad, encontrado en el archivo de la Dirección de Inteligencia de la Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (DIPBA). Específicamente, examino las políticas educativas y espaciales enunciadas en estas producciones, así como la construcción mitologemática de la amenaza. Mantengo que es posible considerar el control espacial-poblacional del campus universitario como un discurso biopolítico, donde la noción de multitud asume un carácter anfibológico que oscila entre un polo positivo y otro negativo. Esta ambigüedad se vincula a una concepción de la (in)seguridad como supervivencia respecto de una vida como amenaza anulada o latente.
LA VIDA COTIDIANA EN EL CENTRO CLANDESTINO DE DETENCIÓN “EL OLIMPO”: INTERACCIONES ENTRE DETENIDOS Y REPRESORES
Authors: CATALDO DÍAZ FLORENCIA
Published: November 2019

El presente artículo propone abordar desde una nueva mirada el funcionamiento del centro clandestino de detención “El Olimpo” entre agosto de 1978 y enero de 1979, en el marco de la última dictadura militar argentina (1976- 1983). Con tal fin se circunscribe al análisis de la dinámica cotidiana establecida en dicho centro, a través del estudio de las interacciones entre los detenidos-desaparecidos y el personal represivo, y de los distintos factores que las fueron moldeando y rediseñando.
The effect of foreign ownership structure and foreign commissioners board on tax avoidance
Authors: Suranta Eddy , Midiastuty Pratana Puspa , Hasibuan Hairani Ramayanti
Published: November 2019

This study aims to provide empirical evidence that there is an influence of foreign ownership structure and the foreign board of commissioner against tax avoidance. In addition, the study Also tested based on tax avoidance tax incentives and non-tax incentives. The dependent variable in this study is tax avoidance is measured using five proxies items, namely the effective tax rate (ETR), cash effective tax rate (CETR), the book-tax difference (BTD), tax expenses to operating cash flow (TEOCF), and Tax Paid to Operating Cash Flow (TPOCF). The independent variables are foreign ownership structure, the foreign board of commissioner, tax incentives (profitability) and non-tax incentives (leverage and firm size). The theory tested in this research is the legitimacy theory. The sample of this research is the non-financial sector 53 companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2016. Data collection method using a purposive sampling technique.The method of analysis in this study using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that the structure of foreign ownership effect on tax avoidance through proxy ETR and CETR. The Board of Commissioners has an effect on tax avoidance through the proxy of TEOCF and TPOCF. Profitability has an effect on tax avoidance through proxy CETR, TEOCF, and TPOCF. Leverage Affects tax avoidance through proxy ETR, TEOCF, BTD, and TPOCF. Company size has no effect on tax avoidance. The results of this study will be useful for Academics to PROVE that foreign ownership structures and the foreign board of Commissioners are Able to limit tax avoidance measures, investors in decision-making, regulators in regards to the presence of the foreign board of Commissioners, as well as Researchers for future reference
The Role of Working Women in Investment Decision Making in the Family in India
Authors: Sharma Manish , Kota Hima Bindu
Published: November 2019

The contribution of Indian women in family, businesses and society is today being recognized. The role of women in the family decisions is also increasing with the change in demographics as more women are now participating in economic activities. With the change in education, employment and contribution in the earnings of the family, her say in the family decisions are increasing. When it comes to the investment decisions, women tend to be risk averse, have conservative attitude, lower levels of financial knowledge, lack of confidence and dependent on guidance from others as suggested by different researches worldwide. The role of husband becomes particularly important for women while choosing investment products or taking investment decisions. This article attempts to highlight the role of women in investment decision making in the family and further examines the role of a male spouse on the investment decisions. The objectives of the study were to examine the behavior of working women while taking investment decisions; and to identify the extent to which the investment decisions of the working women are influenced by the spouse/husband. The article further highlights that, when it comes to investment decisions, both husband and wife share responsibility for making investment decisions. There are investment products like Bank deposits, 5 year tax saving FDs, precious metals, public provident fund, national pension system, post office saving schemes, mutual funds, life insurance, and commodities, where the influence of women is stronger than their male spouse. The influence of a male spouse is stronger in products like real estate, company deposits, debentures or bonds, pension schemes, equity shares and derivatives.
Preface
Authors: Soniewicka Marta , Warmbier Adriana
Published: November 2019

The hereby introduction gives an insight into the topics and themes discussed in the hereby presented issue of the journal Ethics in Progress, devoted to the topic of transhumanism in its numerous contexts.
‘Co-Emergence’ In Ecological Continuum: Educating Democratic Capacities Through Posthumanism as Praxis
Authors: Sisler Aiden
Published: November 2019

In this piece I argue for posthumanism-based deliberation and education toward just global ecologies. I propose posthumanism’s nonanthropocentric ethical approach and conceptual framework enables a processual multiperspectival account of rich, variegated bionetworks and their organic and inorganic materials’ interrelationships and interdependencies. Among reciprocal studies and methodologies, I consider Mitchell’s (2004) integrative pluralism in tandem with a developmental systems paradigm of co-emergence to acknowldge the dynamic epistemological continuum of complex ecologies. In terms of specific embedded learning experiences, I briefly discuss Lind’s Konstanz Method of Dilemma Discussion (KMDD)® as one specific approach in which to cultivate democratic capacities whilst embracing the destabilizing-stabilizing tendencies of posthumanistic praxis for inclusive flourishing.
Moral Perfection and the Demand for Human Enhancement
Authors: Warmbier Adriana
Published: November 2019

In this article I discuss one of the most significant areas of bioethical interest, which is the problem of moral enhancement. Since I claim that the crucial issue in the current debate on human bioenhancement is the problem of agency, I bring out and examine the conditions of possibility of selfunderstanding, acting subjects attributing responsible authorship for their actions to themselves. I shall argue that the very idea of moral enhancement, properly understood, fails to justify the claims that enhancing the “biological” factor that plays a part in the process of making moral choices, whether through biomedical or genetic interventions, will actually increase the probability of having “morally better future motives”.
Kasna antika: dekadencija ili „demokratizacija“ kulture?
Authors: Milinović Dino
Published: November 2019

In our age “without the emperor”, fascination with empires and with the emperor mystique continues. Take for witness Tolkien and his Return of the King, the third sequel of The Lord of the Rings, or the television serial Game of Thrones. In the background, of course, is the lingering memory of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, “a revolution which is still felt by all nations of the world”, to quote Edward Gibbon. It comes as a surprise that in this dramatic moment of its history, in times marked by political, economic and spiritual crisis that shook the very foundations of the Empire during the 3rd century, historians and art historians have recognized the revival of plebeian culture (arte plebea, kleinbürgerliche Kultur). It was the Italian historian Santo Mazzarino, talking at the XI International Congress of the Historical Sciences in Stockholm in 1960, who introduced a new paradigm: the “democratization of culture”. In the light of the historical process in the late Roman Empire, when growing autocracy, bureaucracy, militarization and social tensions leave no doubt as to the real political character of the government, the new paradigm opened up fresh approaches to the phenomenon of decadence and decline of the Roman world. As such, it stands against traditional scenario of the “triumph of barbarism and Christianity”, which was made responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire and the eclipse of the classical civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. It is not by accident that the new paradigm appeared around the middle of the 20th century, at the time when European society itself underwent a kind of “democratization of culture”, faced with the phenomenon of mass culture and the need to find new ways of evaluating popular art. Today, more than anything else, the notion of “democratization of culture” in late Roman Empire forces us to acknowledge a disturbing correspondence between autocratic and populist forms of government. It may come as a shock to learn that the very emperors who went down in Roman history as villains and culprits (such as Caligula, Nero or Commodus), were sometimes considered the most “democratic” among Roman rulers. Do we need to feel certain unease at this historical parallel?
Knjiga za zombije. O programiranoj budućnosti i pisanju bez posljednje svrhe
Authors: Paić Žarko
Published: November 2019

The article deals with the analysis of the relationship between art, literature, and democracy, starting with the interpretation of Deleuzeʼs reading of D.H. Lawrence, Apocalypse. It is shown that in the contemporary world we are faced with a radical turn of knowledge, values and ways of thinking. Instead of the word prophecy, the act becomes a vision of transparency that has its most powerful means in the logic of mass media interaction. Hence the image that precedes the world has the potential for transforming the idea of the Book into a post-apocalyptic era of visualization of objects. With the help of Deleuzeʼs concepts such as multitude, difference and becoming, the article focuses on the criticism of the democratic emptiness of the world from which the secret has disappeared, and there has been only writing for survivors, the Book for Zombies. Is this a metaphysical testament at the time when writing has nothing more to do with the reference framework of modern art, when a change in the society could still set goals and tasks?
Pieśni rozpaczy w czasach pogardy Wokół cyklu poetyckiego Márciustól márciusig Istvána Vasa
Authors: Piotrowiak-Junkiert Kinga
Published: November 2019

The article offers an interpretation of the poetic cycle Od marca do marca [From March to March] by István Vas, a Hungarian poet and writer of Jewish origin. The author treated each of his poems as a notebook, where he recorded his reflections on the situation of Hungarian Jews, the human condition, the siege of Budapest, etc. For Vas, each piece is a separate testimony to the time of the war. The entire cycle is steeped in irony and a harsh judgement of the society’s moral fall. Vas wrote his poems during the period of Nazism but published them during the communist regime, when he wanted to answer a question about the role of art in the process of recovering historical memory, and whether a literary text could offer protection from the hostile reality.
Protumodernost modernoga – pjesnički protusvijet Julija Benešića
Authors: Rogić Musa Tea
Published: November 2019

This article deals with the poetry of Julije Benešić (his collection Istrgnuti listovi – Torn Pages) in the context of Croatian modernist poetry based on three assumptions: the first, deductive one is that Benešić’s literary, literary-historical, theatrical and public personality is a potential metonymy of the entire Croatian culture of the first two decades of the 20th century; the second, literary-historical assumption is that the choice to use free verse can be read as a counter-modernist gesture against rationalism and structure of rhymed verse of Croatian modernist poetry; third, from the cultural-historical point of view, it is assumed that Benešić’s poetical profile is a reflection of his counter-modernist attitude that was shaped beyond the dominant poetical practices of modernism. The goal of this presentation is as much a cultural-historical as it is a literary-historical one, aimed at proving a thesis by which a small poetical contribution by Julije Benešić is synecdoche for the condition and the atmosphere of Croatian culture of the late modernism and the first interwar years. The notion of counter-modernism is historiographically restricted here and encompasses Benešić’s disputing statements in relation with the dominant paradigm in synchrony with the modernist period. The choice of free verse is understood as a statement of notion about the restraints of the poetics of rhymed verse of Croatian modernism. Since free verse was not part of the canon at the time, Benešić tried to use it to legitimize his own work and democratize the system of poetical competencies.
Trebaju li čudovišta, mutanti i utvare glasati? Monstruozna hrvatska lirika i načelo demokratske jednakosti
Authors: Vuković Tvrtko
Published: November 2019

The paper starts from the assumption that Croatian modern lyric, from Matoš to Maleš, is haunted by various monsters, phantoms and mutants, and possessed by ghosts. Phantasmal hair speaks, the body changed by illness acquires autonomy, bird-men, space-twins and angels inhabit the humanized world, the dead seek eternity, the turtle measures itʼs own existence in relation to space and time, and Jesus-fish according to the degree of its own evolutionary transformation, while language cyborgs and hybrid beings are born. The lyric about monsters is itself a monstrous discourse. In this discourse human existence is necessarily contaminated by the abhuman and the parahuman, language includes its own mutations, and the encounter with meaning depends on the ultimate deformation, hybridization and disappearance of meaning. Thus, in the very center of our humanity, in the artistic form that determines the measure of the humanity of our community, questions about what is humane and inhumane, how to determine the boundary between them, and is not the general understanding of humanity always-already determined by oneʼs own inhuman or a-human are raised. Looking at a series of lyric texts, the paper will analyze these relationships and subsequently show their possible political and legal effects. I will refer to theoreticians who read the lyric as a linguistic event and performative type of utterance (J. Culler, P. de Man, B. Johnson, and others) and to thinkers who, to say it simply, perceive the ideas of equality, law and justice as phantasmal, mutated, scandalous or monstrous democracy (G. Agamben, J. Rancière, J. Derrida, J-L. Nancy and others).
Пламен Дойнов – Поколение и поезия. 1956–1989
Authors: Алипиева Антоанета
Published: November 2019

The article deals with Plamen Doynovʼs idea of the poetic generations during the time of the socialism. There are the connections between the administrative power and the poets, between the ideological directives and the poetry as an autonomous area. The author suggests the idea of the periodization within poetry during the socialism.
„Ложка страху в діжці мотороші”, або кілька слів про найновішу українську антологію жахів
Authors: Горнятко-Шумилович Анна
Published: November 2019

The release of the newest anthology of macabre short stories “Вбивство на вулиці...” (2019) affirmed the superb state of homebred horror literature. The aim of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the seventeen stories that form the aforementioned anthology. Analysis of the anthology has proven that despite a few creative shortcomings of young litterateurs, the “Вбивство на вулиці...” anthology maintains a high level of quality and deserves to be called a bestseller.
The kinetics of the extraction of caffeine from guarana seed under the action of ultrasonic field with simultaneous cooling
Authors: Koturevic Biljana , Adnadjevic Borivoj , Jovanovic Jelena
Published: November 2019

The kinetics of isothermal extraction of caffeine from guarana seed under the action of ultrasonic field with simultaneous cooling (UESC) was investigated. The isothermal kinetics curves were measured at temperatures range T = 17-58°C. Using the model-fitting method it was determined that the kinetics of caffeine extraction can be described by a theoretical Jander three-dimensional diffusional model. The values of the rate constant were calculated for different temperatures, as well as the kinetic parameters (activation energy (Ea) and pre-exponential factor (lnA)). Based on the results obtained, it is concluded that the rate constants of caffeine extraction under UESC are about 2 times higher in comparison to the values obtained for the extraction in the conditions of conventional heating (CH). The activation energy of the caffeine extraction under the UESC $\left( E_{\text{a}}\,^{\text{UESC}}=19.4\,\text{kJ}\cdot \text{mo}{{\text{l}}^{-1}} \right)$is lower than the values are for CH $\left( E_{\text{a}}\,^{\text{CH}}=21.8\,\text{kJ}\cdot \text{mo}{{\text{l}}^{-1}} \right).$Energy consumption for UESC is four times lower than for CH conditions. It is shown that there is a linear correlation relationship between kinetic parameters obtained for UESC and CH conditions. The changes in the values of kinetic parameters are explained by the model of selective transfer of energy from the reaction system to the reactant molecules.
The agglutinated Arabic article in Ibero-Romance
Authors: Noll Volker
Published: November 2019

For almost a century, linguists have tried to explain why Ibero-Romance languages present loanwords with the Arabic article a-, al attached, whereas Italian, for example, does not. In the last decades, the thesis of berberised Arabic has been favoured, although it remains unclear how it worked. This article will determine the underlying linguistic mechanism for agglutination which finds a parallel in the way Berber languages treated Arabisms, with or without Arabic loanwords in Ibero-Romance necessarily depending on Berber influence.
Focused vortex-beam generation using gap-surface plasmon metasurfaces
Authors: Ding Fei , Chen Yiting , Bozhevolnyi Sergey I.
Published: November 2019

In spite of a wide range of applications ranging from particle trapping to optical communication, conventional methods to generate vortex beams suffer from bulky configurations and limited performance. Here, we design, fabricate, and experimentally demonstrate orthogonal linear-polarization conversion and focused vortex-beam generation simultaneously by using gap-surface plasmon metasurfaces that enable high-performance linear-polarization conversion along with the complete phase control over reflected fields, reproducing thereby the combined functionalities of traditional half-wave plates, lenses, and q-plates. The fabricated metasurface sample features the excellent capability of orthogonal linear-polarization conversion and focused vortex-beam generation within the wavelength range of 800–950 nm with an averaged polarization conversion ratio of ~80% and absolute focusing efficiency exceeding 27% under normal illumination with the x-polarized beam. We further show that this approach can be extended to realize a dual-focal metasurface with distinctly engineered intensity profiles by using segmented metasurfaces, where an orthogonal-polarized beam with Gaussian-distributed intensity and a vortex beam with intensity singularity have been experimentally implemented. The proposed multifunctional metasurfaces pave the way for advanced research and applications targeting photonics integration of diversified functionalities.
Crystal structure of catena-poly[(μ2-1,2-bis(3-pyridylmethylene)hydrazine-κ2
N:N′)-bis(O,O′-dimethyl dithiophosphato-κ2-S,S′)cadmium(II)], {C16H22CdN4O4P2S4}n
Authors: Tan Yee Seng , Tiekink Edward R.T.
Published: November 2019

C16H22CdN4O4P2S4, orthorhombic, Pbca (no. 61), a = 12.66410(10) Å, b = 13.00140(10) Å, c = 15.30720(10) Å, V = 2520.35(3) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0186, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0503, T = 100(2) K.
Modelling Antiquity. Surveying the Private Areas of the Episcopal Palace, Side. Turkey
Authors: Cordero Moisés Hernández , Pülz Andreas
Published: November 2019

The use of digital techniques is often applied today by archaeologists in the field to get quick and reliable 3D surveys for their research. 3D models and reconstructions are the focus for the use of these techniques. The aim of this paper is to present the methodology employed during the 2018 season, and its combination with that from 2016 on the private areas of the bishop’s residence of the Episcopal Palace in the ancient city of Side, Turkey. This paper will focus on the data acquisition process, accuracy of the survey, errors and solutions as well as the workflow-process of the data. The aim is to present a useful workflow to combine surveys at a maximum level of accuracy with already completed surveys. A Total Station (TS) survey, Global Positioning System (GPS) Real Time Kinetics (RTK) survey and Structure from Motion (SfM) are among the techniques used to compile the information later exported into a Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Geographic Information System (GIS) environment. Eventually, viable applications of the data created with such methods that help to formulate a new hypothesis for the ritual and non-ritual areas will be shown: plans, 3D models, digital elevation models (DEM) and orthophotos.
Truth Communication in Times of Digital Abundance: A Practical Theological Perspective
Authors: Schlag Thomas
Published: November 2019

Digital providers inundate their users with an abundance of words, as well as pictorial and iconic information that has long become almost unmanageable. In terms of religious communicative usage, there are some indications that a new, perhaps even disruptive quality is being introduced into these digital practices, particularly with regard to truth communication. For both the individual actors and their places of lived religion and religious communication, the claim to truth expressed in each case is influenced by the very dynamics of digital use. Against this background, the basic question arises of whether a practical-theological reflection in the mode of a critical observation of these digital dynamics is conceivable at all. Therefore, I examine the current dynamics of digital media use in more detail by focusing on the anthropologically and theologically relevant concept of “searching” in a fundamental sense. The question arises of whether the implied, highly intensive and independent religious search developments are actually able to represent and promise in their entirety that “truth” which can be meaningfully searched for and found according to theological understanding. From these reflections on a practical public theology, some exemplary consequences for the field of religious educational practice are subsequently pointed out. I argue that, in the sense of cultivating critical perception and interpretation competence, an awareness of the significance of this abundance of analogous expressions and behaviors should be created in concrete educational processes. But an awareness should also be created of the relevance of developing an identity and a personal relationality in the digital world, shaped by the theological idea not only of “searching,” but of “finding” and “being found.”
Age- and Gender-Related Changes in Physical Function in Community-Dwelling Brazilian Adults Aged 50 to 102 Years
Authors: Coelho-Junior Hélio J. , Uchida Marco C. , Gonçalves Ivan O. , Calvani Riccardo , Rodrigues Bruno , Picca Anna , Onder Graziano , Landi Francesco , Bernabei Roberto , Marzetti Emanuele
Published: November 2019

Background and Purpose:

Cutoff points for physical function tests are commonly used in clinical practice for the evaluation, monitoring, and treatment of older adults. Previous studies have shown that, while age-related patterns of muscle strength change are similar between ethnic groups, strength values differ significantly independent of age. Whether the same applies to other physical function tests is presently unclear. This study investigated age- and gender-related changes of performance on a battery of physical function tests in Brazilian community dwellers.

Methods:

The study followed a cross-sectional design. Participants were community-dwelling adults. Candidates were considered eligible if they were 18 years or older, lived independently, and possessed sufficient physical and cognitive abilities to perform all of the measurements required by the protocol. Physical function tests included isometric handgrip (IHG), 5 times sit-to-stand (5×STS) test, Timed Up and Go, 1-leg stance, and walking speed (WS) at usual and fast pace.

Results:

Two-thousand eight-hundred and four people were enrolled. Mean age was 68.0 (7.0) years (range 50-102 years), and 2262 (80.7%) were women. Men displayed better IHG and balance, while women showed higher performance on the 5×STS and WS tests. A gender-specific pattern of decline in physical performance was observed. Specifically, women showed a linear age-dependent decline in all tests. In men, only in the IHG, 1-leg stance, and WS test at a fast pace was there a linear decline with age. In both genders, the lowest mean values of physical function tests were higher than the proposed cutoffs for sarcopenia.

Discussion and Conclusions:

Our findings indicate that the performance on different physical function tests decreases with advancing age in Brazilian adults, following a gender-specific pattern. In none of the tests did the lowest mean values reach the cutoffs for sarcopenia. This suggests that region-specific cutoffs might be necessary to identify older people at risk of adverse events.
Influence of Deformation Mode on Hot Deformation Behavior of CP Titanium
Authors: Athreya C. N. , Suwas S. , Subramanya Sarma V.
Published: November 2019

To obtain desired properties, the microstructure of metallic materials is tailored by subjecting them to different thermomechanical processing routes. In manufacturing industries, metallic materials are subjected to different hot deformation processes, viz, rolling, extrusion, and forging, during which materials undergo deformation under complex stress state. Therefore, it is important to understand the effect of deformation mode on microstructure evolution during hot deformation. In the present work, we report systematic studies performed on the influence of deformation mode on dynamic recrystallization behavior of titanium. Titanium specimens were deformed through uniaxial compression (UC) and plane strain compression (PSC) at temperatures of 1,023, 1,073, and 1,123 K, and at strain rates of 0.01–1 s−1 to an equivalent strain of 0.5. Hot deformation experiments were conducted in a Gleeble thermomechanical simulator in an argon atmosphere. The specimens were water quenched immediately after the deformation process to arrest microstructure. To understand the deformation behavior of hot deformed specimens, flow curve analysis was performed. The microstructural characterization was performed through electron backscattered diffraction technique. The dynamic recrystallization (DRX) fraction is temperature and strain rate dependent. Significant difference in DRX fraction between PSC and UC is observed at 1,123 K at a strain rate of 0.1 s−1 and 1 s−1. In both, PSC- and UC-deformed specimens, DRX grains formed preferentially along grain boundaries through grain boundary bulging mechanism.
Hot Deformation Studies and Optimization of Hot Working Parameters in Custom 465® Martensitic Precipitation Hardenable Stainless Steel
Authors: Anoop C. R. , Singh R. K. , Kumar Ravi Ranjan , Jayalakshmi M. , Narayana Murty S. V. S. , Thomas Tharian K.
Published: November 2019

Hot deformation studies and optimization of hot working parameters and corresponding microstructure control were explored in Custom 465® ultrahigh-strength precipitation hardenable martensitic stainless steel. Hot compression tests were carried out in the temperature range of 800°C–1,100°C and at five different strain rates (0.001–10 s−1). Processing maps were developed based on the results of hot compression tests, employing principles of the Dynamic Materials Model, and various domains of microstructure evolution (in the austenite phase) were identified. The stable and unstable domains as well as domains indicating dynamic recrystallization (DRx) were identified from the processing map. The domain for DRx was confirmed by detailed microstructural investigations (prior austenite grains) of the respective water-quenched specimens, as well as from the inflections in hardening curves. The optimum conditions for processing Custom 465 steel were suggested as T = 1,075°C and ϵ˙=10−3s−1 and can be used for initial ingot breakdown (cogging) operations and T = 925°C and ϵ˙=10−3s−1 for finish forging operations to obtain grain size control. The value of the activation energy for hot deformation was calculated to be 543.88 kJ/mol for this steel.