bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Negotiating Ability of Using Condom to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Disease and HIV/AIDS of Commercial Sex Worker Woman in Region Surakarta
Authors: Widodo Arif , Kaeksi Retno Woro
Published: August 2017

The data from Board of Health in Surakarta City, on 8 September 2005, from 155 commercial sex worker woman had blood examined, there were 7 persons positive in HIV. One of factor affecting the high infection HIV/AIDS in women commercial sex worker was low use of condom. Aims of this research was to know factor-factor associated with didn’t use of condom and social aspect negotiations about using condom (education, economics status, working experience, devilling place, occupation, ethnic, religious, and income). This research is qualitative research using guided group discussion technique, in-depth interview, and participatory observation. Subject for this research were 30 persons, consist of 25 commercial sex worker, 3 guest, 1 room owner, and 1 parent. Independent variables in this research are social economics characteristic, demography and community characteristics. Dependent variables as PPSK capability in condom using negotiating to prevent sexually transmitted disease and HIV/AIDS. Commonly, despite knowing that everyone, including themselves, is vulnerable to AIDS infection, the respondents ignore asking the guest/partners for condom use. Most of them don’t ask for condom use due to their fear of either being the target of the guest anger and bad words, or losing money from them. Women commercial sex worker Silir in using condom and prevent sexual transmitted disease had free education from Board of Health in Surakarta City. In the street prostitutes are low support from peer, room owner, hotel owner, or guest about using condom for women commercial sex worker in illegal place, caused women commercial sex worker in the street more potential and high risk to spread sexual transmitted diseases than they were operated in Silir. The low capability of the street prostitutes for negotiating condom use with the guest customers results from: misperception on "safe-sex" behavior for seeking "help", economic and psychology pressure, free and uncontrolled companion relationship unavailability of condom in the room. This research result serve as an assessment study of the need which will be developed into a comprehensive promotion strategy.
Kajian Ketersediaan Air Permukaan pada Beberapa Daerah Aliran Sungai (Studi Kasus di Sub DAS Temon, Wuryantoro, Alang, dan Keduang)
Authors: Murtiono Ugro Hari
Published: August 2017

The study was conducted at some watersheds (Temon, Wuryantoro, Alang, and Keduang sub Watersheds), in Wonogiri District. These four sub Watersheds are Main River whose outlets go into Wonogiri Dam. The study will calculate of water availability and the need of water for various uses at four sub Watersheds. The Thornwaite and Mather method was used to calculate the of water availability. The results indicate that : (1) The water availability at Temon Sub Watershed) 35.435.875 m³ and the need of water per year sebesar 51.053.247 m³, the water minus 30,59% per year; (2) The water availability per year Wuryantoro sub Watershed 17.788.417 m³ and the need of water per year 22.413.430 m³, the water minus 20,64% per year; (3) The water availability per year at Alang sub Watershed 31.372.317 m³ per year and the need of water per year 69.566.500 m³, the water minus 54,90% per year; (4) The water availability per year geological at Keduang sub Watershed 438.527.889 m³ and the need of water per year 452.611.219 m³, the water minus 3,11% per year; (5). Watershed having condition needs improvement especially an effective water resourcesplan, allocating, and distributing of water according to priority establishment, e.g., water pond, revegetation with low evapotranspiration potential, developing infiltration well, protecting water spring from disconcerting, and construction of water reservoir.
Faktor-Faktor yang Berpengaruh terhadap Pengambilan Keputusan Wanita Migran Bermigrasi ke Kota Malang
Authors: Budijanto B
Published: August 2017

The low family income, lack of job vacancy other than farmland, the narrow square of land possession, and the high level of household load encourage women deciding to migrate to Malang as an effort to support their household economic welfare improvement. The aim of this research is to find and reveal any condition which causes migrant women household to decide migrating to Malang. The research result shows that demography variables (age, marriage status, and the amount of household load) have significant effect toward migrant women's decision making to migrate to Malang. Also, social-economic variable (migrant women education, household income, farmland square, and type of the job) affects migrant women's decision making to migrate to Malang significantly; but, job vacancy in origin area does not bring significant effect toward migrant women's decision making to migrate to Malang.
Teori-Teori Geografi: Pemikiran Kearah Pengembangan
Authors: Effendi Tadjuddin Noer
Published: August 2017

Sampai saat ini masyarakat gcografi masih terlibat dalam pembicaraan dan perbedaan mengenai metodologi geografi. Patut diakui usaha itu telah melahirkan pemikiran-pemikiran baru dalam metodologi. Namun, tanpa disadari perdebatan yang cukup melelahkan itu telah melemahkan, bahkan ada kecenderungan meragukan kedudukan geografi sebagai cabang ilmu. Akibatnya, pengembangan teori-teori yang amat dibutuhkan dalam ilmu pengetahuan mengalami kelambatan.
Analisis Periodisitas Curah Hujan dengan Pendekatan Deret Fourier (Studi Kasus di Daerah Aliran Sungai Kali Konto Hulu)
Authors: Sudibyakto S
Published: August 2017

Tujuan penelitian ini ialah untuk mendapatkan harmonik-harmonik yang memberi sumbangan terhadap ragam data hujan tahunan rata-rata pada Stasiun Pujon dan Ngantang di DAS Kali Konto Hulu, Jawa Timur, sehingga dapat disusun persamaan Deret Fourier. Data utama ialah data hujan tahunan rata-rata di Pujon selama 26 tahun (1951-1988) dan Ngantang selama 29 tahun (1960-1988). Tahap analisis data adalah uji normalitas, uji homogenitas, rata-rata bergerak, dan analisis harmonik. Hasil uji normalitas dan homogenitas menunjukkan bahwa data di kedua, stasiun menyebar normal dan homogen, sedangkan rata-rata bergerak polynomial menggunakan orde-9 adalah paling sesuai dengan data asli. Analisis harmonik data hujan stasiun Pujon menunjukkan tiga harmonik. Sumbangan ragam terjadi pada harmonik III sebesar 61% dan diikuti oleh Harmonik I dan II masing-masing mempunyai ragam 4% dan 2%. Kurva Harmonik pada stasiun Ngantang relatif hampir sama antara harmonik I, II dan III dengan sumbangan ragam berturut-turut sebesar 7%, 4% dan 3%. Dengan demiktan dapat disusun dua persamaan deret Fourier untuk kedua stasiun tersebut.
Incidence and Types of Congenital Heart Diseases among Children in Sulaimani Governorate
Authors: Kamal Niaz , Othman Nasih , Salih Aso
Published: August 2017

Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are common causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among young children and adolescents. It is the most common form of structural congenital defects. Little is known about incidence and type of these disorders in Sulaimani. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine the incidence of congenital heart diseases and their types in Sulaimani Governorate. The study was conducted in Sulaimani Pediatric Teaching Hospital and the Maternity Hospital during January 2015 to December 2016. A sample of 400 consecutive cases of CHD in children aged 0-12 years was recruited attending the echocardiographic department of the hospital for diagnosis or follow-up purposes. Demographic data was collected through a face-to-face interview with the mothers of cases. A total number of new live births for 2015-2016 and those with congenital heart diseases were obtained from the medical records of the department of statistics of Sulaimani Maternity Teaching Hospital. The overall incidence of all types of congenital heart diseases was 1.7/1000, 1.6/1000 live births for the year 2015 and 2016 respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in incidence between males and females over the two years, male to female risk ratio 1.83 (95% CI 1.09-3.14, p 0.007). The commonest types of cyanotic congenital heart diseases were tetralogy of Fallot (38.9% of all cyanotic defects), complete atrioventricular canal (22.1%), and transposition of great arteries (18.2%), while the most common types of non-cyanotic congenital heart disease were atrial septal defect (34.1% of all non-cyanotic defects), ventricular septal defect (31.6%), and the other defects are less common. In conclusion, tetralogy of Fallot, atrial septal defects, and ventricular septal defects are the commonest congenital heart deformities in Sulaimani Governorate; the incidence is lower than other countries but this could be an underestimation.
IMPROVEMENT OF ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SHIP ELECTRIC POWER INSTALLATIONS BY APPLICATION HYDROGENOUS SYNTHESIS GAZ
Authors: Glushkov Sergei Pavlovich , Kochergin Victor Ivanovich , Krasnikov Vasiliy Victorovich , Kirpichnikov Anton Yuryevich
Published: August 2017

For ensuring improvement of operating characteristics of ship electric power installations with diesel engines of internal combustion it is offered to use additives hydrogenous synthesis gas, the hydrocarbon fuel produced by catalytic converting directly onboard the vehicle. This process will allow to provide realization of advantages of hydrogen fuel without essential constructive changes of power stations. Synthesis gas which mode of functioning is based on preliminary evaporating and the subsequent oxidation of fractions of hydrocarbons of diesel fuel is offered to make catalytic conversion on the basis of use of generators. As a result, gas containing hydrogen and monoxide carbon is formed. Pilot studies on influence of additives hydrogenous synthesis gas on ecological characteristics of diesel engines were conducted on diesel-generator installations 1Ч 8.2/7.5 and 4ЧН 95/115. Tests were carried out in no-load conditions and nominal rotary speed with electric load of the generator. Synthesis gas was supplied in an intake manifold of the engine. It has been established that use of additives of hydrogenous fuel is expedient only during the operation of power stations in the load modes. In the course of the conducted researches it has been shown that use of hydrogenous synthesis gas additives reduces the content of harmful substances in the exhaust gases (including monoxide carbon, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen and solid black particles), and also reduces temperature of exhaust gases. Optimum sizes of giving hydrogenous synthesis gas in a percentage ratio from the mass of the main fuel are determined.
ESTIMATION OF FUEL AND MOTOR OIL CONSUMPTION BY MARINE DIESELS SUBJECT TO ENVIROMENT CHANGES
Authors: Simashov Rafail Ravilevich , Manitsyn Vladimir Viktorovich , Glazyk Dmitry Konstantinovich , Sobolenko Anatoliy Nickolaevich
Published: August 2017

Present methods of fuel and motor oil consumption calculation are executed with assumption that navigation conditions are invariable during the whole voyage. But environmental changes may affect the actual consumption of fuel and motor oil. The most probable range of environment parameter changes makes: environmental temperature -20°C - 40°C, barometrical pressure 660-775 millimeters of mercury, relative air humidity 35-100%, salt-water temperature 5-30°C. The correction of real tests results to standard normal environmental conditions in accordance with GOST R 525217-2005 (ISO 3046-1:2002) has been recalculated. The results of diesel Cummins type KTA G3 test with nominal power Ne = 1227 kW and speed output n =1500 min-1 have been presented. The correction of the results to normal condition for this engine has been made. According to the statistics of atmospheric environment in the port of Vladivostok, specific effective fuel consumption has been calculated. The comparison of real test results and calculation results showed that deviations due to environment change in Vladivostok does not exceed 4.7%. The calculation of fuel consumption changes under extreme environmental conditions has been executed. The proposed method of fuel and motor oil consumption calculation can be applied to standard rates and real consumption during a voyage.
AJUSTMENT OF THE POSITION SENSOR OF THE ROTOR OF THE SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE MOTOR WITH ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC CONDUCTIVITY OF THE ROTOR
Authors: Samoseyko Veniamin Frantsevich , Sharashkin Sergey Vladimirovich
Published: August 2017

The article is devoted to the development of the algorithm for adaptation the rotor position sensor of a synchronous reluctance electric machine with anisotropic magnetic conductivity of the rotor. The main advantages and disadvantages of synchronous electric machines are considered in the construction of ship propulsion systems. The advantages of reluctance motor with anisotropic magnetic conductivity of the rotor are given in the construction of propulsion systems. The essence of the method of adaptation of the rotor position sensor is given. The differential equation of adaptation of the rotor position angle sensor is obtained, its stability is investigated. A model of a reluctance machine with anisotropic magnetic conductivity of a rotor is given, which makes it possible to determine its parameters.
Noël Salomon, Recherches sur le thème paysan dans la "comedia" au temps de Lope de Vega. Institut d'Études Ibériques et Ibéro-Américaines de l'Université de Bordeaux, 1965; xxiv + 946 pp., 10 láms.
Authors: Maurel Serge
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Recherches sur le thème paysan dans la "comedia" au temps de Lope de Vega.
Calle 67 del barrio Los Muiscas: escenario de encuentros y desencuentros
Authors: García Diego Londoño
Published: August 2017

El presente trabajo corresponde a un artículo corto sobre la calle principal del barrio Los Muiscas de Tunja. El texto aporta reflexiones de utilidad para el desarrollo de la investigación â€œUna mirada a la dicotomía público â€“ privado: hacia la negación de lo público en las calles de los barrios Santa Inés y Los Muiscas de la ciudad de Tunjaâ€. El documento seÃ±ala cómo a través de una metodología cualitativa que acude a la etnografía como mecanismo de interpretación y análisis, se logra caracterizar la calle principal de dicho barrio e identificar la manera en que la vía confiere identidad a esta porción del territorio urbano. También se exponen resultados preliminares, producto de las primeras observaciones y conversaciones con habitantes del sector, en torno al papel que cumple la calle en la vida cotidiana: escenario de múltiples usos (equipamientos y actividades económicas, religiosas y sociales) que generan diferentes representaciones individuales y colectivas. Asimismo, la calle confiere legibilidad al lugar, debido a sus funciones diversas y al impacto estético que produce. Finalmente, es también un potencial espacio educativo y de formación ciudadana. El texto se estructura a partir del análisis de tres categorías que interactúan en el espacio urbano objeto de estudio: lo económico, lo social y la calle como escenario. Adicionalmente, se establece un vínculo entre la investigación y el ejercicio docente de los investigadores con el fin de destacar la importancia de estas actividades en los procesos de formación universitaria y la necesidad de que las instituciones educativas sean más pertinentes en los mismos.
Hacia una valoración del patrimonio cultural en el análisis comunicativo del paisaje
Authors: Jaramillo Julian Llanos
Published: August 2017

Los paisajes han sido investigados por varias ciencias, mas no han sido examinados extensamente desde la óptica de la Comunicología y sus disciplinas conexas. Ante esta condición y en vista del interés planteado en distintos frentes por abordar este horizonte, en el presente artículo se reflexiona acerca de las posibilidades para desarrollar análisis comunicativos en los cuales se preste especial atención al patrimonio cultural. Inicialmente, se contempla al paisaje como una plataforma prolífica para tales estudios; a continuación se compendian las premisas del interaccionismo en la comunicación que resultarían aplicables en la comprensión de diversos espacios; luego se revisan otros planteamientos teóricos y metodológicos destinados a complementar y fortalecer dicho enfoque. Por último, se resalta el valor de los bienes patrimoniales como claves para la lectura e interpretación de los mensajes y códigos existentes en un territorio. Asimismo, se ve en la Ruta Libertadora de Boyacá un posible caso a explorar desde la propuesta referida.
La cuestión de los centros históricos en Italia, entre teoría y práctica
Authors: Giambruno Mariacristina
Published: August 2017

El presente artículo de reflexión ofrece una genealogía histórica sobre los diversos tratamientos urbanos y de planificación, referidos específicamente a los centros históricos en Italia como parte de la disciplina de la restauración urbana. El objetivo principal del documento es sintetizar las múltiples formas de actuar y pensar la infraestructura de dichos centros, como también su relación con las ciudades a través del tiempo, desde la misma génesis de la ciudad antigua hasta la contemporánea. Este trabajo surge de una exhaustiva mirada a los planes y las propuestas realizadas para diferentes centros en distintos momentos, planes que responden precisamente a los pensamientos y postulados teóricos propios de cada época. El recuento histórico da cuenta de posturas de intervención y tratamiento en torno a tales espacios, las cuales incluyen, por ejemplo, proyectos que conllevaron a demoliciones y abandono,  al igual que otros con intereses de recuperación para el presente y aquellos caracterizados por adoptar el valor patrimonial como eje de la expansión de la ciudad.
Quando “a matéria simples busca a forma”: uma metalinguagem no clássico e no contemporâneo
Authors: Falcão Iouchabel Sarratchara de Fátima , Reis Célia Maria Domingues da Rocha
Published: August 2017

Neste artigo analisamos dois poemas – Transforma-se o amador na cousa amada, de Camões, e O Belo e o Belo, do poeta contemporâneo brasileiro Santiago Villela Marques, convergentes na reflexão do ato poético como substância que se ergue e se singulariza (CHKLOVSKI, 1976) na coisa, na qual o eu lírico se conforma, consciente do outro (PAZ, 2012), lugar de si mesmo na imagem projetada. Nesse âmbito, os versos oferecem elementos atinentes à Estética Literária, como o Belo, a Beleza e a Arte (PAREYSON, 2001; GREUEL, 1994). Tal conjunção coloca em questão poeta e poesia, ação poética como investigação e edificação de imagem do que lhe é inerente e, simultaneamente, inatingível (JAKOBSON, 1969; COHEN, 1974; VALERY, 1991). Tal é o percurso investigativo.---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25094/rtp.2017n23a435
Ferreira Gullar: notas sobre heroísmo
Authors: Franchetti Paulo
Published: August 2017

Ferreira Gullar produziu uma grande quantidade de textos sobre a sua própria poesia: entrevistas, depoimentos, anotações várias em crônicas e mesmo em poemas. Neste trabalho apresentam-se algumas considerações sobre dois pontos: a) o modo como essas leituras de si mesmo dirigiram a maior parte da crítica e, mais importante, b) a relevância dessas leituras como estratégia propriamente poética, de construção de uma imagem do poeta, capaz de dinamizar e tornar exemplar, historicamente, a trajetória de vida e a personalidade do autor.---DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25094/rtp.2017n23a446
A PROBLEMATIZAÇÃO DO BINARISMO SEXUAL E A EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS DOS TRANSEXUAIS NAS CORTES SUPERIORES: UMA ANÁLISE À LUZ DO DEBATE ENTRE BUTLER E FRASER
Authors: Bunchaft Maria Eugenia , Oliveira Gabriele Zini de
Published: August 2017

Resumo: Este artigo analisa a efetivação dos direitos de transexuais em decisões do Supremo Tribunal Federal e do Superior Tribunal de Justiça, por meio da análise crítica da estratégia argumentativa implícita decorrente da patologização da identidade e da utilização de categorias binárias à luz do diálogo Butler-Fraser.  Propugna-se que as teorias de Butler e Fraser estão interligadas, pois o modelo teórico da primeira não anula o da outra. Ambas possuem argumentos pertinentes para criticar o reconhecimento de identidades a partir de modelo hegemônico e heteronormativo. Ademais, a teoria tridimensional de Fraser - que congloba injustiças oriundas da representação, do reconhecimento e da redistribuição - revela maior alcance teórico para compreender e para criticar categorias binárias e as estruturas de poder institucionalizadas e estabelecidas por formas de subordinação de status que são ideologicamente reproduzidas em julgados do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) e Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), no tocante à transexualidade. A pesquisa é estruturada pela análise crítica do discurso feminista e o método de indução analítica.   Outrossim, a técnica de pesquisa envolve a documentação indireta.  O artigo também utiliza a pesquisa documental  através de análise jurisprudencial de decisões relativas à efetividade do direitos de transexuais nas Cortes Superiores. Por fim, a pesquisa utiliza o método monográfico.
Faktor-Faktor Yang Berhubungan Dengan Ketidaktahuan Ibu Tentang Tanda Bahaya Risiko Kehamilan
Authors: Priwahyuni Yuyun
Published: August 2017

Based on the data from the Basic Health Research (Riskesdas, 2012) stated that only 44% of expectant mothers who knew about the danger signs of pregnancy. Several factors that influence the ignorance of the mother of a danger sign of the pregnancy is education, a job, age, interest, experience, culture the surrounding environment, and information. On the other hand, there were only 23% of the complicated cases that got the health care services. Based on the data from City Health Care Department of Pekanbaru in January – March 2014 showed that there were 24.964 of expectant mothers who visit the Community Health Centre in Pekanbaruand there were 1.194 of them who were indicated as high-risk pregnancy. The Community Health Centre in Rumbaihad the highest number of it, there were 238 cases (19%) from 1.196 expectant mothers. This research aimed to know the factors related to the ignorance of expectant mothers about high-risk pregnancy in RumbaiPekanbaru year 2015. This research uses quantitative analytic with cross sectional design. The data are collected by using questionnaire. The population in January-March 2014 was 1.196 expectant mothers who were indicated as high-risk pregnancy and the sample are 160 expectant mothers, by using Purposive Sampling technique. The analysis used in this research is univariat analysis to discover the frequency of distribution and bivariate analysis by using chi-square. to see the relationship variable devenden and variable indevenden The result showed that there is a correlation between the age and mothers’ cognition about the risks in pregnancy (p value = 0,0001, POR 20,8), job and mothers’ cognition about the risks in pregnancy (p value = 0,0001, POR 134,7), source of information and mothers’ cognition about the risks in pregnancy (p value = 0,0001, POR 0,120), experience and mothers’ cognition about the risks in pregnancy (p value = 0,0001, POR 0,052). Based on the research, can be suggested that the mothers’ cognition need to be improved by doing counseling and spreading information about the danger signs of pregnancy in Community Health Centre Rumbai.

Keywords        : ignorance, danger signs of pregnancy, Community Health Centre Rumbai
[Review] Unesco in Southeast Asia: World Heritage Sites in Comparative Perspective
Authors: Rownd Rob
Published: August 2017

Book review of Unesco in Southeast Asia: World Heritage Sites in Comparative Perspective edited by Victor T. King, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press 2016.
Predictive anatomical factors for rupture in middle cerebral artery mirror bifurcation aneurysms
Authors: Maslehaty Homajoun , Capone Crescenzo , Frantsev Roman , Fischer Igor , Jabbarli Ramazan , Cornelius Jan F. , Kamp Marcel A. , Cappabianca Paolo , Sure Ulrich , Steiger Hans-Jakob , Petridis Athanasios K.
Published: August 2017

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to define predictive factors for rupture of middle cerebral artery (MCA) mirror bifurcation aneurysms.

METHODS

The authors retrospectively analyzed the data in patients with ruptured MCA bifurcation aneurysms with simultaneous presence of an unruptured MCA bifurcation mirror aneurysm treated in two neurosurgical centers. The following parameters were measured and analyzed with the statistical software R: neck, dome, and width of both MCA aneurysms—including neck/dome and width/neck ratios, shape of the aneurysms (regular vs irregular), inflow angle of both MCA aneurysms, and the diameters of the bilateral A1 and M1 segments and the frontal and temporal M2 trunks, as well as the bilateral diameter of the internal carotid artery (ICA).

RESULTS

The authors analyzed the data of 44 patients (15 male and 29 female, mean age 50.1 years). Starting from the usual significance level of 0.05, the Sidak-corrected significance level is 0.0039. The diameter of the measured vessels was statistically not significant, nor was the inflow angle. The size of the dome was highly significant (p = 0.0000069). The size of the neck (p = 0.0047940) and the width of the aneurysms (p = 0.0056902) were slightly nonsignificant at the stated significance level of 0.0039. The shape of the aneurysms was bilaterally identical in 22 cases (50%). In cases of asymmetrical presentation of the aneurysm shape, 19 (86.4%) ruptured aneurysms were irregular and 3 (13.6%) had a regular shape (p = 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS

In this study the authors show that the extraaneurysmal flow dynamics in mirror aneurysms are nonsignificant, and the aneurysmal geometry also does not seem to play a role as a predictor for rupture. The only predictors for rupture were size and shape of the aneurysms. It seems as though under the same conditions, one of the two aneurysms suffers changes in its wall and starts growing in a more or less stochastic manner. Newer imaging methods should enable practitioners to see which aneurysm has an unstable wall, to predict the rupture risk. At the moment one can only conclude that in cases of MCA mirror aneurysms the larger one, with or without shape irregularities, is the unstable aneurysm and that this is the one that needs to be treated.
Bisphenol A and Metabolic Diseases: Challenges for Occupational Medicine
Authors: Caporossi Lidia , Papaleo Bruno
Published: August 2017

The prevalence of metabolic diseases has markedly increased worldwide during the last few decades. Lifestyle factors (physical activity, energy-dense diets), together with a genetic predisposition, are well known factors in the pathophysiology of health problems. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical compound used for polycarbonate plastics, food containers, epoxy resins coating metallic cans for food and beverage conservation. The ability of BPA to act as an endocrine disruptor—xenoestrogen in particular—is largely documented in literature, with numerous publications of in vivo and in vitro studies as well as epidemiological data on humans. Recently, different researchers studied the involvement of BPA in the development of insulin resistance; evidences in this way showed a potential role in etiology of metabolic disease, both for children and for adults. We review the epidemiological literature in the relation between BPA exposure and the risk of metabolic diseases in adults, with a focus on occupational exposure. Considering published data and the role of occupational physicians in promoting Workers’ Health, specific situations of exposure to BPA in workplace are described, and proposals for action to be taken are suggested. The comparison of the studies showed that exposure levels were higher in workers than in the general population, even if, sometimes, the measurement units used did not permit rapid comprehension. Nevertheless, occupational medicine focus on reproductive effects and not metabolic ones.
High-resolution Spectroscopic Abundances of Red Giant Branch Stars in NGC 6681*
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Authors: O’Malley Erin M. , Knaizev Alexei , McWilliam Andrew , Chaboyer Brian
Published: August 2017

We obtain high-resolution spectra of nine red giant branch stars in NGC 6681 and perform the first detailed abundance analysis of stars in this cluster. We confirm cluster membership for these stars based on consistent radial velocities of 214.5 ± 3.7 km s−1 and find a mean [Fe/H] = −1.63 ± 0.07 dex and [α/Fe] = 0.42 ± 0.11 dex. Additionally, we confirm the existence of a Na–O anti-correlation in NGC 6681 and identify two populations of stars with unique abundance trends. With the use of HST photometry from Sarajedini et al. and Piotto et al. we are able to identify these two populations as discrete sequences in the cluster CMD. Although we cannot confirm the nature of the polluter stars responsible for the abundance differences in these populations, these results do help put constraints on possible polluter candidates.
A Halo Model Approach to the 21 cm and Lyα Cross-correlation
Authors: Feng Chang , Cooray Asantha , Keating Brian
Published: August 2017

We present a halo-model-based approach to calculate the cross-correlation between

H i intensity fluctuations and

emitters (LAE) during the epoch of reionization (EoR). Ionizing radiation around dark matter halos are modeled as bubbles with the size and growth determined based on the reionization photon production, among other physical parameters. The cross-correlation shows a clear negative-to-positive transition, associated with transition from ionized to neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium during EoR. The cross-correlation is subject to several foreground contaminants, including foreground radio point sources important for

experiments and low-z interloper emission lines, such as

, O iii, and O ii, for

experiments. Our calculations show that by masking out high fluxes in the

measurement, the correlated foreground contamination on the

–

cross-correlation can be dramatically reduced. We forecast the detectability of

–

cross-correlation at different redshifts and adopt a Fisher matrix approach to estimate uncertainties on the key EoR parameters that have not been well constrained by other observations of reionization. This halo-model-based approach enables us to explore the EoR parameter space rapidly for different

and

experiments.
Spectral Sequences of Type Ia Supernovae. I. Connecting Normal and Subluminous SNe Ia and the Presence of Unburned Carbon
Authors: Heringer E. , Kerkwijk M. H. van , Sim S. A. , Kerzendorf W. E.
Published: August 2017

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are generally agreed to arise from thermonuclear explosions of carbon–oxygen white dwarfs. The actual path to explosion, however, remains elusive, with numerous plausible parent systems and explosion mechanisms suggested. Observationally, SNe Ia have multiple subclasses, distinguished by their light curves and spectra. This raises the question of whether these indicate that multiple mechanisms occur in nature or that explosions have a large but continuous range of physical properties. We revisit the idea that normal and 91bg-like SNe can be understood as part of a spectral sequence in which changes in temperature dominate. Specifically, we find that a single ejecta structure is sufficient to provide reasonable fits of both the normal SN Ia SN 2011fe and the 91bg-like SN 2005bl, provided that the luminosity and thus temperature of the ejecta are adjusted appropriately. This suggests that the outer layers of the ejecta are similar, thus providing some support for a common explosion mechanism. Our spectral sequence also helps to shed light on the conditions under which carbon can be detected in premaximum SN Ia spectra—we find that emission from iron can “fill in” the carbon trough in cool SNe Ia. This may indicate that the outer layers of the ejecta of events in which carbon is detected are relatively metal-poor compared to events in which carbon is not detected.
Double-peaked Emission Lines Due to a Radio Outflow in KISSR 1219
Authors: Kharb P. , Subramanian S. , Vaddi S. , Das M. , Paragi Z.
Published: August 2017

We present the results from 1.5 and 5 GHz phase-referenced VLBA and 1.5 GHz Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) observations of the Seyfert 2 galaxy KISSR 1219, which exhibits double-peaked emission lines in its optical spectrum. The VLA and VLBA data reveal a one-sided core-jet structure at roughly the same position angles, providing evidence of an active galactic nucleus outflow. The absence of dual parsec-scale radio cores puts the binary black-hole picture in doubt for the case of KISSR 1219. The high brightness temperatures of the parsec-scale core and jet components (>106 K) are consistent with this interpretation. Doppler boosting with jet speeds of ≳0.55c to ≳0.25c, going from parsec to kiloparsec scales, at a jet inclination ≳50° can explain the jet one-sidedness in this Seyfert 2 galaxy. A blueshifted broad emission line component in [O iii] is also indicative of an outflow in the emission line gas at a velocity of ∼350 km s−1, while the [O i] doublet lines suggest the presence of shock-heated gas. A detailed line ratio study using the MAPPINGS III code further suggests that a shock+precursor model can explain the line ionization data well. Overall, our data suggest that the radio outflow in KISSR 1219 is pushing the emission line clouds, both ahead of the jet and in a lateral direction, giving rise to the double peak emission line spectra.
Disputing National Histories: Some Recent Australian Debates
Authors: Curthoys Ann
Published: August 2017

National history seems to be a form of history marked by a particularly strong relation between past and present. In the last few decades, the most serious historiographical conflicts, and the ones which have attracted public as well as scholarly attention, have tended to be those where national honour was felt to be at stake. Very often they have concerned either the foundation of the nation, or the national role in war, and sometimes both; think of the example of Japan, Israel, the United States, and Australia, to name just a few. These debates have attracted particular heat because history was seen to have implications not only for specialist historians but also for the morality and future of the nation.
'Dragging her dirt all over the net': Presence, Intimacy, Materiality V1.0
Authors: Milne Esther
Published: August 2017

How is intimacy produced within digitally enabled communication platforms such as the mailing list? How do geographically dispersed subjects represent and ‘make present’ their identity? This paper addresses such questions through a case study of the email discussion group, Cybermind. Providing an evocative example of the power and affective relations across mailing list culture, the case study demonstrates that, contrary to the popular critical imagination, the linguistic and rhetorical behaviours of the online self function in a manner that is relatively predictable and therefore fairly stable. Thus the paper challenges the 1990s dream of the online, radically decentred subject. This does not overlook the fact that identity is always a performance and the product of highly mediated cultural, material and institutional forces. However, the complex interplay between technology, fantasy and materiality in the shaping of identity has not been fully explored. Crucial to the production of identity are the symbolic and technological relations of presence. Authors assume that the material signifiers of writing can be deployed to express, to make present, the particular version of subjectivity they wish to convey. Moreover, even the representations of multiple and playful selves are, in fact, quite carefully governed by their authors. The paper concludes with a discussion of the extent to which the socio-technical architecture of the mailing list is conditioned by fantasies of presence and economies of affect.
Reflections on Cybermind, V1.0
Authors: Ghaly Salwa
Published: August 2017

This short piece attempts to reconstitute and reflect upon my impressions of the world of Cybermind, the cyberlist I joined in the spring of 2001. At the time, I resided in the United Arab Emirates, an important fact to underline at the outset, as my initial reactions and views on cyberspace were undoubtedly coloured by my geographic and cultural situatedness as much as by how my gender and ethnic identity played out online. Although I present, in what follows, a personal account, I would like to posit that my conclusions regarding gender dynamics on Cybermind reflect not only my own experience of/on online lists, but possibly that of other women listers as well. On Cybermind, women listers are caught between, on the one hand, the list as a would-be rhizomatic space holding out the liberatory promise of multiple playing fields for all, women included, and, on the other, the regulatory apparatuses working to align disembodied with embodied space, such that the former comes to refract, if not reflect, the latter. In what follows, I seek to share with the readers some thoughts, often disjointed, on how, despite all our efforts and wishes to make of the internet an empowering space for women, women’s voices in cyberspace can be censored, curtailed and excluded through online verbal and nonverbal processes and actions that seek to inscribe hierarchy and order by assigning and maintaining traditional gender roles.
From the Internet Text: Gender, Embodiment and Ontology
Authors: Sondheim Alan
Published: August 2017

The Internet Text is an extended analysis of the environment of Internet communication, an extended meditation on the psychology and philosophy of Net exchange. As such, it is concerned primarily with virtual or electronic subjectivity – the simultaneous presence and absence of the user, the sorts of libidinal projections that result, the nature of flamewars, and the ontological or epistemological issues that underlie these processes.

Internet Text begins with a brief, almost corrosive, account of the subject – an account based on the concepts of Address, Protocol, and Recognition. This section “reduces” virtual subjectivity to packets of information, Internet sputterings, and an ontology of the self based on Otherness – your recognition of me is responsible for my Net-presence. The reduction then begins to break down through a series of further texts detailing the nature of this presence; a nature which is both sexualized/gendered, and absenting, the result of an imaginary site.

Eventually, it has become clear that everything revolves around issues of the virtual subject, who is only virtual on the Net, but who has a very real body elsewhere. So Internet Text has evolved more and more in a meditation on this subject – a subject which will perhaps be one of the dominant modes of being within the next millennium.

Finally, it should be noted that there are no conclusions to be drawn in Internet Text, no series of protocol statements or declarations creating any sort of ultimate defining or explanatory position. The entire history of philosophy mitigates against this; instead, I side with the Schlegels, with Nietzsche, Bataille, Jabes, and others, for whom the fragment is crucial to an understanding of contemporary life...

It is dedicated to Michael Current and Clara Hielo.
Foundational Myths: Country and conservation in Australia
Authors: Adams Michael
Published: August 2017

forthcoming
Table of Contents
Authors: Cultures Transforming
Published: August 2017

Table of Contents for "Ocean of Stories": communication & contested identities across the Indian Ocean
'Ocean of Stories': an introduction
Authors: Ghosh Devleena , Davidson Lola Sharon
Published: August 2017

Editors' introduction to the volume.
Introduction to Cities, Nature, Justice
Authors: Goodall Heather
Published: August 2017

A discussion of the ideas and the workshop which generated these articles, dialogues and opinions.
From the villages to the cities: the battlegrounds for Lepcha protests
Authors: Little Kerry
Published: August 2017

Lepchas are the Indigenous people of Sikkim, a small Himalayan state in north-east India. They are known for their deep knowledge of botany and ecology; their close connection to their landscape has been acknowledged and admired for centuries. Their feeling for nature and reluctance to accept change to their sacred landscape, contributed to a protest movement to stop the development of several mega hydro-electric projects inside the Lepcha Dzongu Reserve in North Sikkim. The Lepcha activists’ battle to stop the hydro projects started in Dzongu villages in 2003 and relocated to the capital of Sikkim, Gangtok in June 2007. Bhutia-Lepcha (BL) House, a worn out building on Tibet Road in Gangtok became the site of their flagship protest, a relay hunger strike which ran for close to two and a half years. The protest also extended to the Lepcha enclave in neighbouring West Bengal and the city of New Delhi where the activists spread their protest narrative to the wider Lepcha community, NGOs and the Indian Central government. In 2008 the Lepcha activists, aware that they needed to re-engage their community, started to shift their campaign back to the villages. This paper analyses the Lepcha protest narrative, contextualising it in terms of cultural heritage and contemporary political economy. It evaluates the protest group’s strategic use of both rural and urban settings to strengthen the impact of their campaign.
Rapid transporter regulation prevents substrate flow traffic jams in boron transport
Authors: Sotta Naoyuki , Duncan Susan , Tanaka Mayuki , Sato Takafumi , Marée Athanasius FM , Fujiwara Toru , Grieneisen Verônica A
Published: August 2017

Nutrient uptake by roots often involves substrate-dependent regulated nutrient transporters. For robust uptake, the system requires a regulatory circuit within cells and a collective, coordinated behaviour across the tissue. A paradigm for such systems is boron uptake, known for its directional transport and homeostasis, as boron is essential for plant growth but toxic at high concentrations. In Arabidopsis thaliana, boron uptake occurs via diffusion facilitators (NIPs) and exporters (BORs), each presenting distinct polarity. Intriguingly, although boron soil concentrations are homogenous and stable, both transporters manifest strikingly swift boron-dependent regulation. Through mathematical modelling, we demonstrate that slower regulation of these transporters leads to physiologically detrimental oscillatory behaviour. Cells become periodically exposed to potentially cytotoxic boron levels, and nutrient throughput to the xylem becomes hampered. We conclude that, while maintaining homeostasis, swift transporter regulation within a polarised tissue context is critical to prevent intrinsic traffic-jam like behaviour of nutrient flow.
Modulation of occluding junctions alters the hematopoietic niche to trigger immune activation
Authors: Khadilkar Rohan J , Vogl Wayne , Goodwin Katharine , Tanentzapf Guy
Published: August 2017

Stem cells are regulated by signals from their microenvironment, or niche. During Drosophila hematopoiesis, a niche regulates prohemocytes to control hemocyte production. Immune challenges activate cell-signalling to initiate the cellular and innate immune response. Specifically, certain immune challenges stimulate the niche to produce signals that induce prohemocyte differentiation. However, the mechanisms that promote prohemocyte differentiation subsequent to immune challenges are poorly understood. Here we show that bacterial infection induces the cellular immune response by modulating occluding-junctions at the hematopoietic niche. Occluding-junctions form a permeability barrier that regulates the accessibility of prohemocytes to niche derived signals. The immune response triggered by infection causes barrier breakdown, altering the prohemocyte microenvironment to induce immune cell production. Moreover, genetically induced barrier ablation provides protection against infection by activating the immune response. Our results reveal a novel role for occluding-junctions in regulating niche-hematopoietic progenitor signalling and link this mechanism to immune cell production following infection.
Postmodern Feminism: Cultural Trauma in Construction of Female Identities in Virginia Woolf's The Waves
Authors: Jamili Leila Baradaran , Roshanzamir Ziba
Published: August 2017

The present article sheds new light on trauma as a devastating phenomenon respecting the construction of male and female characters' identities and reveals reconstruction of male and female identities in Virginia Woolf's (1882-1941) The Waves (1931). Trauma is defined as an unexpected event that leaves the most terrible marks on the person's self, identity, psyche, emotions, beliefs, etc. Individual trauma is diagnosed by the male and female characters' horrendous responses regarded as post-traumatic stress disorder in terms of a distressing recollection of the traumatic occurrence. In contrast, cultural trauma, like patriarchy, gender, or sexual difference which has a horrific influence on cultures, can encompass traumatically the collective identity of male and female characters. In The Waves, the characters such as Rhoda, Jinny, and Susan get involved in the struggle for the self-definition relating to their collective and individual identities, respectively. No wonder, this article exploits an integrated method of feminism and psycho-trauma. It contextualizes the ideologies of postmodern feminist critics, such as Judith Butler (1956-), Helene Cixous (1937-), Cathy Caruth (1955-), and Luce Irigaray (1930-). Woolf, de facto, reveals how trauma as a catastrophe, either individual or collective, affects shockingly male and female characters' identities, so that their physical and psychological responses can be analyzed in terms of diagnosis of the trauma and its aftermath.
On Translation of Nicknames in Chinese Classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh
Authors: ZHANG Xiuqing
Published: August 2017

Chinese great classic novel Shui Hu Zhuan, also known as The Outlaws of the Marsh translated by a famed U.S.-born translator Sidney Shapiro, is rich in nicknames. In this paper, nicknames are divided mainly into five groups according to different standards. Then the author comments on Shapiro’s translation in great details and draws a conclusion that Shapiro’s translation is quite successful and he has made a great contribution in spreading Chinese culture to the Western world.
The Othering in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go
Authors: Vichiensing Matava
Published: August 2017

In this article, I will investigate the concept of ‘othering’ originally as part of a post-colonial theory. This concept is interested in many academic areas, including a literary study. In Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go is about human clones raised for organs. The clones are excluded and discriminated to be ‘the other’ from the normal people. The manifestations of othering in Never Let Me Go can be presented in the forms of linguistic features, indoctrination, objectification, and assimilation. Although the othering phenomenon can be found in the reality, it can be appeared in literary texts as well. The findings show that the study of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go helps us to understand and aware of how the negative consequences of the othering process affect undesirable treatments in the society as a whole.