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Quality of Life in the Republic of North Macedonia Seen Through the Human Development Indicators
Authors: Djambaska Elizabeta , Lozanoska Aleksandra , Petkovski Vladimir
Published: October 2019

This chapter considers the trend of human development in the RNM, presented through the HDI. The special focus would be the links with the problem of poverty and inequality in the economy, regarding the data for the GINI, IHDI, GDI, poverty line, MPI, vulnerable employment, and youth unemployment. The research subject is the period from 2010 to 2017, using the secondary statistical data. Comparative analysis, with the countries from the CESEE countries, further improve the quality of the chapter. The RNM is a country with a high level of human development, and it is relatively equally distributed among the population. There is a difference in the distribution of the achievements of HD and an intermediate level of equality in the distribution between the genders. Income inequality expressed with the GINI index shows increase. The results confirm that there is no automatic link between the economic growth and human development. Income and gender inequality regress the quality of life in Macedonia. Growth in RNM in the past period has failed to produce the expected positive effects.
Family Violence
Authors: Sette Raffaella
Published: October 2019

Using data from official statistics and surveys on victimization, this chapter aims to estimate the extent of domestic violence against men and examine the contraposition between female aggressors and male victims. More detailed knowledge both of women perpetrators and their male victims is believed to be useful for preparing appropriate programs of rehabilitation for the former as well as effective methods of intervention and help for the victims. The chapter reflects on the fact that, from the point of view of victimology, one of the risks to avoid is that of considering men as “second-class victims,” and from the criminological point of view, it is necessary to gain greater knowledge of the figure of the abusive woman, as well as focusing attention on the social representations of domestic violence.
The Fight Against Corruption
Authors: Razzante Ranieri
Published: October 2019

Corruption, generally speaking, can be defined as “abuse of power for private gain” that can be classified as grand, petty, and political, depending on the amounts of money lost and the sector where it occurs. Therefore, it is a phenomenon that compromises rule of law, weakens public institutions and democracy, impacting negatively on productivity and economy. Indeed, because of all these implications, it can be analyzed stressing social, economic, politic, or legal perspectives. These features have allowed experts from different fields to investigate the phenomenon, which does not exclusively concern conduct punishable by criminal law, but also conduct that can be considered just an “expression of maladministration” in both the public and private sectors. This chapter seeks to address the legal aspect of corruption. In particular, it overviews the main anti-corruption measures international community has adopted in recent years. By showing the evolution and steps that led to the actual treaty situation, the Authors offer a hint on the goals achieved and those to be achieved.
Favoring Crime Desistance and Social (Re)Integration of Offenders Through Intersectoral Partnerships
Authors: Brunelle Natacha , Carpentier Julie , Hamel Sylvie , F. Dufour Isabelle , Gadbois Jocelyn
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this chapter is to show the importance of intersectorality in partnerships to successfully understand and influence the processes of crime desistance and of social and community (re)integration of people subject to judicial control. It begins with an outline of the “what works” and “how it works” movements and provides tools to help understand such notions as crime desistance, (re)integration, trajectories, and intersectorality. After describing the objectives of the (RÉ)SO 16-35 partnered research project, the authors present various intersectoral collaborative initiatives in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada and indicate what, according to the literature, contributed to their development. The chapter concludes with the identification of two central principles in the development of intersectoral partnerships aiming to favor crime desistance and social and community (re)integration trajectories: a culture of dialogue must be instilled, and the initial objective of the project must be kept in mind.
Online Purchase and Advertising in Latin America
Authors: Sabogal Salamanca Mauricio , Fajardo-Toro Carlos Hernán , Renteria Juan Carlos , Mayett Moreno Yesica , Sanchez Baltasar Laura Berenice
Published: October 2019

Online advertising has become an important part of marketing investment for firms around the globe. With the increasing use of these tools, concerns have arisen around their effectiveness. For that reason, recent research has focused on measuring online advertising effectiveness with different metrics and for different markets and categories, with a focus on the profitability of advertising. However, only a few intend to understand advertisement usefulness for consumers. Particularly, in Latin America, not many studies measure the usefulness or preferences of advertising. This chapter tries to close that gap. Using a survey applied to samples in Mexico and Colombia, authors analyse different online purchase behavior and advertising perceived usefulness and preferences. The results have implications for improving the firm´s online advertising strategy and for future research, which aims to conduct comparative studies in the field of advertising usefulness.
Technological Help to Prevent and Reduce Cyberbullying
Authors: Marzano Gilberto
Published: October 2019

This chapter intends to present the most common technological solutions that can be implemented to prevent and reduce cyberbullying. Three main questions will be addressed: How can children stay safe online? What can the information technology (IT) industry do to combat cyberbullying? How effective is automatic cyberbullying detection? The chapter will illustrate the progress that has been made to reduce cyberbullying through technological means and discuss the notion of industry self-regulation. Indeed, the IT industry has a responsibility to respect societal obligations towards users, especially when users are children. While many companies in the industry are working responsibly on solutions for the safer use of technology, some global internet service providers are involved in the illicit use of users' personal data. As a consequence, problems of online safety cannot be solved locally, but through concerted actions undertaken at an international level.
Digit(al)isation in Museums
Authors: Clini Paolo , Quattrini Ramona , Bonvini Paolo , Nespeca Romina , Angeloni Renato , Mammoli Raissa , Dragoni Aldo Franco , Morbidoni Christian , Sernani Paolo , Mengoni Maura , Leopardi Alma , Silvestrini Mauro , Gambelli Danilo , Cori Enrico , Gallegati Marco , Tamberi Massimo , Fraticelli Fabio , Acciarri Maria Cristina , Mandolesi Serena
Published: October 2019

Digit(al)isation of Cultural Heritage is a multidimensional process that helps in the rescue of European Cultural Identity, and the paradigm of Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH) is a valid instrument for social and cognitive inclusion of museum visitors. In light of disseminating and validating new paradigms for the enjoyment and exploitation of Cultural Heritage (CH) artifacts, this chapter shows main first results from CIVITAS (ChaIn for excellence of reflectiVe societies to exploit dIgital culTural heritAge and museumS). The project develops virtual/augmented environments, through the multisensorial interaction with virtual artworks, to satisfy needs and overcome limitations in a larger CH scenario, applying a bottom-up approach. The research presented show a robust and interdisciplinary approach applied to Ducal Pace at Urbino: key activities and faced challenges demonstrated to test cross-fertilization strategies, involving multilayered issues.
Correct Pronunciation of Student Names
Authors: Bright Anita , Cardiel Christopher L.
Published: October 2019

Across multiple aspects of one's life, names matter, and this can be particularly important in a language-learning setting. Speaking to identity, belonging, community, individuality, temporality, and place, the names we carry—formal names, public names, pet names, nicknames, adopted names—serve as markers to identify the ways we nest into the broader context of the world. When our chosen names are mangled, tangled, or forgotten, the symbolic violence and resultant wounds have the potential to be devastatingly life-changing. In addition to providing an overview of naming practices and their significance, this chapter gives voice to ways pedagogical practices can be influenced by this urgency to know my students as whole, contextualized individuals, and to speak the names each student desires, working to identify the ways in which name factors into my professional practice as a critical educator.
Preparing Preservice Teacher Candidates for Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
Authors: Bhattacharya Alpana
Published: October 2019

Over the past 30 years, the ethnic and racial representation of students in P-12 grades across the United States has shifted, with increasing number of students coming from households where a language other than English is used. Despite increase in the number of English language learners in recent years, many education stakeholders are of the position that the academic learning of culturally and linguistically diverse students has not been addressed effectively. Teacher preparation programs therefore are compelled to reimagine their curriculum for preparing teachers to educate diverse learners.This chapter describes a teacher preparation course focused on preparing preservice teachers to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students in secondary school grades. Culturally and linguistically relevant practices drawn from course assignments and clinical experience are described as approaches for preparing teachers to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students, specifically the English language learners.
Personalized Nutrition Recommendations in Food Services
Authors: Giazitzi Katerina , Karathanos Vaios T. , Boskou George
Published: October 2019

The nutritional information on food services could be part of a public health policy against the increasing rate of obesity. The aim of this work is to present the state of art for the nutritional information on food services and the mHealth application usage, worldwide. A particular case study is presented that refers to an Electronic Intelligent System of Personalized Dietary Advice (DISYS) for tablets and smartphones. This application provides nutritional analysis of menu items and personalized suggestions according to the nutritional demands of each customer. The application was characterized as an easy-to-use, comprehensive, and useful tool. Volunteers considered that this application contributes to overall health by enabling the modulation of body weight throughout healthier choices, reduction of calorie intake, and self-monitoring. mHealth applications designed to provide nutritional information seem to be useful for customers as they recommend appropriate nutritional options. They are an effective tool for caterers and nutritionists, who can provide value-added services.
The Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment and Financial Development in OECD Countries
Authors: Gürler Metin , Kara Funda
Published: October 2019

This chapter investigates the relationship between the OECD-FRRI issued by OECD and IMF-FDI issued by IMF for 36 OECD member countries. Cross-section data (CSD) analysis and panel data (PD) analysis consisting of random and fixed effects estimations were used in the study to investigate the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Financial Development for OECD countries for the years 1997, 2003, and 2006 and the 7-year period of 2010-2016. Granger Causality Test (GCT) is also applied to test the direction of causality between two indicators. According to the Random Effects Model (RAM) and Fixed Effects Model (FEM) with PD analysis in the study OECD-FRRI is found as one of the determinants of IMF-FDI and IMF-FDI is found as one of the determinants of OECD-FRRI in OECD member countries. For CSD analysis, there is no significant proof to say OECD-FRRI is one of the main determinants of IMF-FDI and IMF-FDI is one of the determinants of OECD-FRRI in OECD member countries. For CSD, OECD-FRRI does not cause IMF-FDI whereas IMF-FDI causes OECD-FRRI.
Determining the Importance of Domestic Firms on Stock Market Performance in Terms of Financial Marketing
Authors: Ersin İrfan
Published: October 2019

This chapter examines the relationship between stock market value of domestic firms traded in stock markets in OECD countries and stock index for 1990-2018 period. As a result of Pedroni Panel Cointegration and Dumitrescu-Hurlin Panel Causality Analysis, there is a relationship between the market values of domestic firms traded on the stock exchange and the stock index. In addition, a two-way causality relationship was found. This situation indicates that this relationship is very powerful. It can be understood that adding domestic companies to the stock market has a significant effect on the stock prices and this will attract foreign investors to enter the market.
Psychological Boundary Management, the Most Essential Source for Org-Improvement
Authors: Weibo Zheng , Dingding Hao , Lu Zheng
Published: October 2019

As globalization and IT application facilitate organizations to develop without boundary in the era of the Industrial Revolution, innovations and changes have become the new normal of organizations. In this background, psychological boundaries can help employees enhance their sense of identity and sense of belonging to the organization, which is an effective way to improve the organizational effectiveness and the most essential source for org-improvement. This paper teases out the domestic and foreign research results pertaining to the connotation, measurement, and influencing factors of psychological boundaries. The perspective of the psychological boundaries provides new ideas for the managers in the era of the Industrial Revolution to establish a long-term “Heart-Central” management mechanism which reveals the essence of management problems and leads management back to its origin.
Public Policy Issues in Direct and Digital Marketing – Concerns and Initiatives
Authors: Mandal Pratap Chandra
Published: October 2019

Companies require information about customers to understand them, know their preferences, and develop relationships with them. Companies employ a number of direct and digital marketing channels to collect information and intelligence about customers. Marketers adopt a number of unfair practices for collecting information through direct and digital marketing and this raises concerns about consumer privacy. The article discusses the various aspects of consumer privacy and the need for protecting consumer privacy. The article further focuses on the various regulations enforced by regulatory bodies and governments of countries to protect customers. Various initiatives taken by companies to protect customers are discussed. Direct and digital marketing channels allow companies to collect information and intelligence about customers and to influence them. However, companies should be sensitive to customer concerns. This will help companies in building long-term customer relationships.
Investigating B-to-B Social Media Implementation
Authors: Liao Ying Kai , Chang Candice , Truong Giang Nu To
Published: October 2019

Social media usage keeps exploding all over the world which makes it an incrementally important resource to be more competitive in both business-to-customer and business-to-business marketing. However, even though social media has been widely used in B-to-B, previous researches still claim that B-to-B marketers are far behind B-to-C marketers either in the level of use or in the sophistication for social media. Building on the electronic marketing orientation (EMO) proposition and media richness theory, this research conducted a series of in-depth interview to understand inter-relationships between research constructs in a B-to-B context. Using a survey approach, the study shows that organizational cultural and cross-department coordination have significant influence on the implementations, adoption and business performance of B-to-B social media. These results of 103 respondents can prove the important references for academicians to conduct further empirical validations, and helpful for professionals to identify their marketing strategies to facilitate B-to-B business.
O TRÁFICO DA AVIFAUNA NO NORDESTE BRASILEIRO E SUAS CONSEQUÊNCIAS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS
Authors: Cavalcanti Camilla de Andrade Tenorio , Nunes Vanessa dos Santos
Published: October 2019

O Brasil é o terceiro país em diversidade de aves, sendo também um dos países com o maior índice de tráfico desses animais. O comércio ilegal de animais silvestres movimenta mais de 1 bilhão de reais no Brasil, com suas aves bastante apreciadas devido a sua beleza, pelo seu canto e pelo seu comportamento dócil ou de fácil manuseio. A Região Nordeste do Brasil é a principal exportadora, ilegal, de aves para as outras regiões brasileiras e para o exterior. Nessa perspectiva, o objetivo central desse trabalho foi verificar as principais aves comercializadas ilegalmente na Região Nordeste e as consequências dessa prática. Para atingir esse objetivo foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico, totalizando treze artigos. A partir desses artigos, foi observado que a principal família de aves ameaçada pelo tráfico é a Emberizidae,e que o mesmo consiste em uma prática extremamente organizada. Essa atividade causa prejuízos nos ecossistemas, à saúde das aves comercializadas, aumenta o risco de ocorrência de zoonoses, e ainda, acarreta em problemas econômicos. Sendo, portanto, um problema ambiental, econômico e de saúde pública, de extrema importância, e que precisa ser visto com maior cuidado pelos órgãos responsáveis, aumentando o número de fiscalizações.
VEIA RENAL DIREITA DUPLA EM QUATI (Nasua nasua , LINNAEUS) - RELATO DE CASO
Authors: Duarte Rafaela Dünkel , Santos-Sousa Carlos Augusto , Júnior Paulo Souza , Figueiredo Marcelo Abidu
Published: October 2019

O objetivo deste relato é apresentar um caso de duplicidade da veia renal direita em quati, com enfoque nas implicações clínico-cirúrgicas, como anastomoses cirúrgicas, nefrectomias e planejamento pré-operatório para redução de riscos e complicações. O animal foi devidamente formolizado no Laboratório de Ensino e Pesquisa em Morfologia de Animais Domésticos e Selvagens e posteriormente dissecado. Foi observada variação numérica na veia renal no rim direito de um macho. Observou-se no rim esquerdo apenas uma veia renal medindo 1,99 cm de comprimento. O rim direito apresentou duas veias renais; a primeira, cranial, medindo 1,54 cm de comprimento, localizada em L1; e a segunda, caudal, medindo 1,35 cm de comprimento, localizada em L2.
O MÉDICO VETERINÁRIO NO NÚCLEO AMPLIADO DE SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA E ATENÇÃO BÁSICA (NASF-AB)
Authors: Gonçalves Saulo Romero Felix , Silva Órion Pedro da , Melo Kaasy Mary Cavalcante de , Brandespim Daniel Friguglietti
Published: October 2019

A partir do ano de 2011, o médico veterinário foi integrado às equipes multiprofissionais do Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF), denominação esta da Portaria MS 2.488/2011, alterada para Núcleo Ampliado de Saúde da Família e Atenção Básica (Nasf-AB) pela Portaria Ms 2.436/2017, apesar de ser considerado como profissional da saúde pelo Conselho Nacional de Saúde (CNS) desde 1988 pela resolução CNS 287/1998. O médico veterinário atua principalmente em epidemiologia e formas de prevenção e controle das enfermidades causadas por alimentos de origem animal em humanos, além do controle e prevenção das zoonoses para promoção da saúde humana. Objetivou-se relatar a vivência dos médicos veterinários residentes, da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, durante sua atuação no (Nasf-AB), do município de Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brasil, no período de Outubro a Dezembro de 2017. Durante o período da vivência foram realizadas várias atividades, como visitas domiciliares, matriciamento, atividades de educação em saúde em sala de espera, e participação em reuniões sobre discussão de casos. Este relato demonstra a importância da execução das atividades práticas realizadas no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), durante o programa de residência na área profissional da saúde em Medicina Veterinária.
CONDIÇÕES ASSOCIADAS AO RISCO PARA LEISHMANIOSE VISCERAL PRESENTES EM DOADORES DE SANGUE DE REGIÃO ENDÊMICA NO BRASIL
Authors: Filho Osmar Negreiros , Santos Helcileia Dias , Barbosa Silvia Minharro , Tavares Débora Gonçalves , Sousa Sebastiana Adriana Pereira , Alexandrino Bruna
Published: October 2019

A Leishmaniose Visceral (LV) é um problema de saúde pública que não possui fronteiras raciais ou culturais, considerada pela Organização Mundial de Saúde uma das prioridades dentre as doenças tropicais. A principal forma de transmissão da doença é por meio da picada da fêmea de flebotomíneos infectada, especialmente a espécie Lutzomyia longipalpis, mas há fortes indícios de transmissão por transfusão sanguínea. O Brasil responde pela maioria dos casos notificados na América do Sul e o sistema de coleta de sangue não realiza exame laboratorial para LV. Objetivou-se com essa pesquisa identificar a frequência de fatores relacionados ao risco de infecção por leishmaniose visceral em doadores de sangue em uma área endêmica. Os dados foram obtidos através de aplicação de formulário de entrevista realizado com doadores de sangue classificados, segundo os critérios do Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, como aptos para doação pelo serviço de triagem clínica. Foram entrevistadas 400 pessoas doadoras de sangue com idade entre 18 e 59 anos, no sistema de coleta de sangue da hemorrede de Araguaína, Tocantins. Verificou-se que 182 doadores (45,5%) possuíam cães na residência, 74 (18,5%) relataram a ocorrência de cão com LVno domicílio ou vizinhança e 21 (5,2%) relataram ter ocorrido caso humano de LVna residência ou vizinhança. Os resultados indicam que em localidades com transmissão intensa da LV existe a possibilidade de coleta de sangue em doadores infectados assintomáticos, por estarem expostos a condições associadas ao risco de transmissão, sugerido a inclusão da triagem laboratorial nos hemocentros dessas áreas.
On the Optimal Design of Metal Matrix Composites as Functionally Graded Innovative Materials for Sensor Devices
Authors: Singh Narinder , Singh Rupinder , Ahuja Inderpreet Singh , Farina Ilenia
Published: October 2019

In the present work an effort has been made to prepare Al matrix composite by 3D printing assisted rapid investment casting (RIC). The RIC has been performed by using patterns prepared by fused deposition modelling (FDM). For preparation of 3D parts, a composite material reinforced with ceramic particles (SiC and Al2O3) has been used as filament wire. The main motive of this research work is to prepare metal matrix composites as functionally graded innovative materials (FGIM), via investment casting as functional prototypes which will have wear resistance properties of SiC and Al2O3 (especially in rapid tooling (RT) applications. The reinforcements in the RT (as functional prototype) have been ensured by SEM analysis. The potential of the analysed materials for the fabrication of novel sensor devices is highlighted. Also the functional prototypes were checked for process capability analysis for batch production
The Dutch Reformed Church is continuously changing: Revision of the church order of 1998
Authors: Strauss Piet J.
Published: October 2019

As the name of the title suggests, the Dutch Reformed Church is continuously changing or reforming. This change focuses on improvement as times change. In 1994, the Dutch Reformed Church was confronted with a new South African society built on a new paradigm, as expressed in Chapter 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996. Against this background, the General Synod of 1998 amended the church order. The amendments, including employment relationships of ministers, church discipline and the relationship between church and state, echoed the new South Africa and were an attempt to operate anew from reformed constants or principles. As a changing church in a changing situation, the Dutch Reformed Church wished to reform on these points or change on the basis of reformed principles.
Leukaemia in children
Authors: Karabus C. D.
Published: October 2019

The two major varieties of leukaemia in childhood are acute lymphocytic and acute myeloblastic leukaemia. Subclassification of acute lymphocytic leukaemia has defined groups with a good or poor prognosis and different treatment strategies are employed. Overall, about one-third of cases may be cured and results in good prognosis disease are even better. The different varieties of acute myeloid leukaemia all respond less well to treatment, with the major problem being one of maintenance of disease remission. Current treatment of both forms of leukaemia are outlined. Although advances in the management of childhood leukaemia, in particular the lymphocytic variety, have been truly remarkable over the past thirty years, further progress is necessary. Greater refinement of chemotherapy or the use of bone marrow transplantation are the likely avenues for future improvement in prognosis.
Análisis temporal y frecuencial de presiones medidas en la solera de cuencos de aliviaderos de vertido libre
Authors: Marco F. , Carrillo J.M. , Castillo L.G. , García J.T.
Published: October 2019

El flujo en vertido en lámina libre constituye uno de los métodos de disipación de energía más utilizados en el sobrevertido de presas. Este artículo presenta el análisis temporal y frecuencial de registros de presiones medidos en la solera de un cuenco de disipación de un aliviadero de vertido libre. Las mediciones han sido realizadas en un dispositivo experimental de tamaño relativamente grande (altura de caída de hasta 2.84 m y velocidades del chorro incidente entre 5.3 y 7.6 m/s). Se han analizado los comportamientos en el dominio del tiempo y de la frecuencia de los cuatro tipos de chorros de aliviaderos de vertido libre clasificados en estudios previos. El estudio se centra en el punto de estancamiento y en las distribuciones de presiones en su entorno. Finalmente, se ha realizado una comparativa de las frecuencias obtenidas con resultados existentes en la bibliografía para chorros circulares y rectangulares.
Jacuba é gambiarra, de Sabrina Sedlmayer
Authors: Ferreira Marina Dos Santos
Published: October 2019

Resenha de: SEDLMAYER, Sabrina. Jacuba é gambiarra. Versão para o inglês: Rodrigo Seabra. Belo Horizonte: Autêntica Editora, 2017.
Prospero's Kitchen
Authors: Louis Diana Farr , Marinos June
Published: October 2019

Corfu, Kefalonia, Zakynthos and the other Ionian islands are home to one of the finest cuisines of the Mediterranean. The stamping-ground of Captain Corelli and Lawrence Durrell, the Ionians have always held a particular, almost mystical, fascination for visitors, and, for many of the thousands who travel to the region each year, it is the special nature of Ionian cooking that forms an essential and unforgettable part of their experience. The recipes in "Prospero's Kitchen" come mostly from family notebooks handed down through the generations and reflect the cosmopolitan nature of Ionian cuisine. Together, they provide a unique and tantalising taste of the variety of Ionian cuisine. Featuring over 150 easy-to-follow recipes as well as fascinating information on Ionian cooking and customs, beautiful photographs and original illustrations, "Prospero's Kitchen" is an essential kitchen addition for anyone with a passion for the beautiful and lyrical Ionian islands.
The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography
Authors: Cochrane Claire , Robinson Jo
Published: October 2019

The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography is an authoritative guide to contemporary debates and practices in this field. The book covers the key themes and methods that are current in theatre history research, with a particular focus on expanding the object of study to include engagement with theatre and performance practices and the development of theatre histories around the world. Central to the book are eighteen specially commissioned essays by established and emerging scholars from a wide range of international contexts, whose discussion of individual case studies is predicated on their understanding and experience of their ‘local’ landscape of theatre history. These essays reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and, most valuably, draws on academic contexts beyond the Western academy to expand our knowledge of the exciting directions that such an approach opens up. Prefaced by an introduction tracing the development of the discipline of theatre history and changing historiographical approaches, the Handbook explores current issues pertaining to theatre and performance history research, as well as providing up to date and robust introductions to the methods and historiographic questions being explored by researchers in the field.

Featuring a series of essential research tools, including a detailed list of resources and an annotated bibliography of key texts, this is an indispensable scholarly handbook for anyone working in theatre and performance history and historiography.
Art and Emergency
Authors: Terracciano Emilia
Published: October 2019

During states of emergency, normal rules and rights are suspended, and force can often prevail. In these precarious intervals, when the human potential for violence can be released and rehearsed, images may also emerge. This book asks: what happens to art during a state of emergency? Investigating the uneasy relationship between aesthetics and political history, Emilia Terracciano traces a genealogy of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India; she explores catastrophic turning points in the history of twentieth-century India, via the art works which emerged from them. Art and Emergency reveals how the suspended, diagonal, fugitive lines of Nasreen Mohamedi's abstract compositions echo Partition's traumatic legacy; how the theatrical choreographies of Sunil Janah's photographs document desperate famine; and how Gaganendranath Tagore's lithographs respond to the wake of massacre. Making an innovative, important intervention into current debates on visual culture in South Asia, this book also furthers our understanding of the history of modernism.
The Participator in Contemporary Art
Authors: Kaitavuori Kaija
Published: October 2019

The early twenty-first century has seen contemporary art make continued use of audience participation, in which the spectator becomes part of the artwork itself. In this book, Kaija Kaitavuori claims that the ‘participator’ is a new artistic role that does not fall under the auspices of artist or spectator and in proving such she devises a four-group typology of involvement. Her classification distinguishes between different forms of engagement and identifies their specific features. The key criteria she proposes are how concepts of authorship and ownership shift in relation to collectively created work, how contracts regulating the use and production of shared work are arranged and the extent to which involvement in making art can be regarded as democratic. This highly original book thus offers students and teachers the tools with which to improve their understanding of participatory art and removes the confusing terminology that has characterised so many other discussions.
MIROC-INTEG1: A global bio-geochemical land surface model with human water management, crop growth, and land-use change
Authors: Yokohata Tokuta , Kinoshita Tsuguki , Sakurai Gen , Pokhrel Yadu , Ito Akihiko , Okada Masashi , Satoh Yusuke , Kato Etsushi , Nitta Tomoko , Fujimori Shinichiro , Felfelani Farshid , Masaki Yoshimitsu , Iizumi Toshichika , Nishimori Motoki , Hanasaki Naota , Takahashi Kiyoshi , Yamagata Yoshiki , Emori Seita
Published: October 2019

Abstract. Future changes in the climate system could have significant impacts on the natural environment and human activities, which in turn affect changes in the climate system. In the interaction between natural and human systems under climate change conditions, land use is one of the elements that play an essential role. Future climate change will affect the availability of water and food, which may impact land-use change. On the other hand, human land-use change can affect the climate system through bio-geophysical and bio-geochemical effects. To investigate these interrelationships, we developed MIROC-INTEG1 (MIROC INTEGrated terrestrial model version 1), an integrated model that combines the global climate model MIROC (Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate) with water resources, crop production, land ecosystem, and land use models. In this paper, we introduce the details and interconnections of the sub-models of MIROC-INTEG1, compare historical simulations with observations, and identify the various interactions between sub-models. MIROC-INTEG1 makes it possible to quantitatively evaluate the feedback processes or nexus between climate, water resources, crop production, land use, and ecosystem, and to assess the risks, trade-offs and co-benefits associated with future climate change and prospective mitigation and adaptation policies.
Development of soil biological quality index for soils of semi-arid tropics
Authors: Aravindh Selvaraj , Chinnadurai Chinnappan , Balachandar Danajeyan
Published: October 2019

Abstract. The Agricultural intensification, an inevitable process to feed the ever-increasing population, affects the soil quality due to management-induced changes. To measure the soil quality in terms of the soil functioning, several attempts were made to develop the soil quality index (SQI) based on a set of soil attributes. However, there is no universal consensus protocol available for SQI and the role of soil biological indicators in SQI is meagre. Therefore, the objective of the present work is to develop a unitless soil biological quality index (SBQI) scaled between 0 and 10, which would be a major component of SQI in future. The long-term organic manure amended (OM), integrated nutrient management enforced (INM), synthetic fertilizer applied (IC) and unfertilized control (Control) soils from three different predominant soil types with three different cropping patterns of the location (Tamil Nadu state, India) were chosen for this. The soil organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon, labile carbon, protein index, dehydrogenase activity and substrate-induced respiration were used to estimate the SBQI. Five different SBQI methods viz., simple additive (SBQI-1 and SBQI-2), scoring function (SBQI-3), principal component analysis-based statistical modeling (SBQI-4) and quadrant-plot based method (SBQI-5) were developed to estimate the biological quality as unitless scale. All the five methods have same resolution to discriminate the soils and INM ≈ OM > IC > Control is the relative trend being followed in all the soil types based on the SBQIs. All the five methods were further validated for their efficiency in 25 farmers' soils of the location and proved that these methods can be effectively used to scale the biological health of the soil. Among the five SBQIs, we recommend SBQI-5, which relates the variables to each other to scale the biological health of the soil.
Ocean forced evolution of the Amundsen Sea catchment, West Antarctica, by 2100
Authors: Alevropoulos-Borrill Alanna V. , Nias Isabel J. , Payne Antony J. , Golledge Nicholas R. , Bingham Rory J.
Published: October 2019

Abstract. The response of ice streams in the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE) to future climate forcing is highly uncertain. Here we present projections of 21st century response of ASE ice streams to modelled local ocean temperature change using a subset of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) simulations. We use the BISICLES adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) ice sheet model, with high resolution grounding line resolving capabilities, to explore grounding line migration in response to projected sub-ice shelf basal melting. We find a contribution to sea level rise of between 2.0 cm and 4.5 cm by 2100 under RCP8.5 conditions from the CMIP5 subset, where the mass loss response is linearly related to the mean ocean temperature anomaly. To account for uncertainty associated with model initialisation, we perform three further sets of CMIP5 forced experiments using different parameterisations that explore perturbations to the prescription of initial basal melt, the basal traction coefficient, and the ice stiffening factor. We find that the response of the ASE to ocean temperature forcing is highly dependent on the parameter fields obtained in the initialisation procedure, where the sensitivity of the ASE ice streams to the sub-ice shelf melt forcing is dependent on the choice of parameter set. Accounting for ice sheet model parameter uncertainty results in a projected range in sea level equivalent contribution from the ASE of between −0.02 cm and 12.1 cm by the end of the 21st century.
La configuración del software como cuestión política
Authors: De la Cueva González-Cotera Javier
Published: October 2019

El presente artículo es una transcripción adaptada de la intervención del autor en la Comisión Mixta del Congreso de los Diputados y del Senado de Seguridad Nacional realizada en el mes de enero de 2019. El motivo de la comparecencia fue para informar sobre ciberseguridad, incidiendo la intervención en la necesidad de la posesión del código fuente de los programas informáticos como requisito previo para la seguridad de los servicios estratégicos del Estado. Asimismo, en la intervención se propuso un marco de análisis de la tecnología que se inspira en las tres capas de la semiótica: la sintaxis, la semántica y la pragmática. Según cuál sea la capa en la que un usuario pueda modificar la tecnología, se posibilitará un menor o mayor número de mundos posibles, lo que tiene implicaciones políticas de gran dimensión en una era en la que las organizaciones trabajan dentro de las posibilidades que les ofrece el software que utilizan.
Financial Performance of Non-oil Manufacturing Companies Listed on the Libyan Stock Market (LSM): Mixed Methods Study
Authors: Omar Khalifa Mohamed Khalifa
Published: October 2019

The major objective of this study is to assess the financial performance and identify the affecting factors in this performance of non-oil manufacturing companies from 1999 to 2008. The study sample consisted of all non-oil manufacturing companies' enlisted at Libyan stock market which count (8). The data collected was analyzed by using statistical analysis method such as descriptive statistics, correlation test, Multiple- regression, as well as semi-structured interviews method. The results regarding to the statistical analysis method (net working capital, inventory turnover ratio, selling and general administrative expenses ratio, and company size and company age), have a positive statistical effect on the financial performance(ROA), while the variables of (current ratio, quick ratio and account receivable turnover ratio), have a negative statistical effect on the financial performance (ROA). The results regarding to semi-structured interviews method, reveal that the respondents in the interviews were confirmed that the selected factors have a significant effect on financial performance (ROA). The researcher recommended that the selected companies must consider the listed decision on the Libyan stock market; even when their financial performance is good.
The Economy of Puberty and Early Pregnancy Diagnosis in Nellore and Nellore X Angus Females
Authors: Diaz-Rodriguez Frederich , Ojeda-Rojas Oscar Alejandro , Pugliesi Guilherme , Ferraz Junior Marcos Vinícius , Binelli Mario , Pires Alexandre Vaz , Gameiro Mariana Bombo Perozzi , Gameiro Augusto Hauber
Published: October 2019

Cash flows were developed to verify, over a 15-year period, the effect of anticipating puberty (using feedlot and nutritional supplementation) and pregnancy diagnosis (using conventional transrectal ultrasound or color Doppler) on the net present value (NPV) of farms dedicated to producing Nellore (Bos taurus indicus) or Nellore x Angus (Bos taurus taurus) crossbred calves. In addition, in order to determine the effect of input prices on the viability of the enterprise, an economic analysis was carried out with the historical prices paid and received by Brazilian farmers over a 10-year period. Multiple regression was the statistical technique used to construct models that adequately described the relationships between the various independent variables (genetic group, nutritional strategy, pregnancy diagnosis technique, and relative market prices) and the dependent variable, which was represented by the NPV economic indicator. The fact that Nellore x Angus females reached puberty earlier than Nellore females favored the number of weaned calves and therefore, the NPV of the enterprise. Conducting pregnancy diagnosis earlier increased the project’s NPV by R$ 2.7 million (≈ US$ 0.77 million). Although feedlot and supplementation represent 65% of production costs, obtaining reasonable growth rates by providing animals with proper feeding improved the NPV significantly. Finally, after analyzing the effect of historical prices of the main inputs in the system, we concluded that the cost of inputs affects the performance of the enterprise the most.
Death is Merely a Comma: Immortality in the Cinema and Literature of Tadeusz Konwicki
Authors: Krakus Anna
Published: October 2019

This article examines the motifs of death and immortality in Polish film director and author Tadeusz Konwicki’s 1971 film Jak daleko stąd, jak blisko [How Far, How Near, 1971], and the 1979 novel Mała apokalipsa [A Minor Apocalypse]. In these works, Konwicki grapples with the idea of mortality—he both fixates on and does away with death. At the same time humorous and eerie visits from the other side undo death’s absolute power, even in those cases where it appears to have succeeded. While Konwicki’s earlier works had already began his foray into the topic, How Far, How Near marks a special moment in his oeuvre, one in which death becomes an unavoidable matter and yet its own opposite, eternal life. Furthermore, the release of How Far, How Near coincides with a political shift in Poland—Edward Gierek being installed as Party secretary with a consequent change in the metaphorical might of immortality in Polish political rhetoric. Konwicki’s “immortality” resides in the aesthetic realm during a period in which political rhetoric ceases to spare political leaders from death, How Far, How Near thus marks a new moment in Konwicki’s works, and it occurs during a new moment in Polish politics.
Rev. Walter J. Ciszek, SJ: An Icon of the Catholic Russian Mission
Authors: Guzik Michael A.
Published: October 2019

With the fall of Tsarist Russia and the chaos which ensued after the Great War, the Roman Catholic Church began serious missionary efforts to convert Russia to Catholicism. As the Bolsheviks continued to solidify their seizure of power, the opportunity for conversion receded. In response, the Pontifical Commission for Russia, headed independently by the Jesuit bishop Michel d’Herbigny, managed the meager gains it made but perhaps more importantly, planned for a future in which the Church could resume its missionary activity. The cornerstone of this planning was the training of “Russian Rite” priests at the Russicum. Much of the scholarship on this theme has examined this from an ecclesiological or anticipatory Cold War perspective. This article, contrarily, examines the so-called Russian Mission of the Catholic Church from a cultural perspective through an analysis of Rev. Walter Ciszek, S.J., who spent almost twenty-three years inside the USSR, many of them inside the Soviet prison and GULAG system. The article contends that Ciszek was ill-prepared by the Church for his mission, significantly based on soft-Orientalist dynamics at work in the Russicum.
The effect of maternal health conditions on maternal morbidity in women with a prior cesarean: the role of elective repeat cesarean delivery
Authors: Fridman Moshe , Korst Lisa M , Lawton Elizabeth , Greene Naomi , Saeb Samia , Nicholas Lisa A , Gregory Kimberly D
Published: October 2019

Background: We evaluated women with a prior cesarean delivery (CD) who were eligible for elective repeat CD or trial of labor to test whether the risk of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) was: 1) directly associated with important pre-existing and gestational conditions or 2) indirectly associated (significantly increased or decreased) with the decision to undergo elective repeat CD.Methods: Women with a prior CD who had inborn, liveborn, term, singleton, vertex deliveries were identified in California 2010-2011 hospital discharge datasets. Using discharge codes, this population was stratified into two groups: attempted labor and elective repeat CD. A mediation model (stratified by younger vs. older women [>35 years]) was built for each of the following maternal conditions (exposure): chronic/gestational diabetes mellitus (DM), chronic/gestational hypertension, heart disease, obesity, and mental health diagnoses. Elective repeat CD was the mediator and SMM was the outcome.Results: Of 141,535 eligible deliveries, 72.7% had an elective repeat CD; 2.3% had SMM, which occurred in 2.2% of younger vs. 2.6% of older women. For younger and older women respectively, the modeled total effect odds ratios (95% CI) for heart disease were: 10.7 (8.5, 13.5) and 8.8 (6.4, 12.2); for hypertension: 1.7 (1.4, 1.9) and 2.0 (1.6, 2.4); and for mental health diagnoses: 1.9 (1.6, 2.3) and 1.7 (1.3, 2.3). Neither DM nor obesity demonstrated a direct effect. Odds ratios for indirect effects were negligible for all models.Conclusion: Among women with a prior CD, in the presence of important health conditions, the increased risk of SMM mediated by an elective repeat CD was negligible.
Genetic Basis of Giant Embryo Traits and Effects of Environmental Factors on Giant Embryo Rice
Authors: Peng Bo , Xu Kun , He Kun , Tang Dong-Ying , Peng Juan , Tian Xia-Yu , Sun Yan-Fang , Song Xiao-Hua , He Lu-Lu , Pang Rui-Hua , Li Jin-Tao , Wang Quan-Xiu , Zhou Wei , Li Hui-Long , Yuan Hong-Yu , A Xin-Xiang
Published: October 2019

Giant embryo rice (GMR) is a special rice which can produce eutrophic functional rice. Giant embryo rice and its intensive processing products have been widely used in food, medicine, health care products and other fields, with extremely important scientific significance and economic value. In recent years, a series of important advances have been made in the research of giant embryo rice, and its achievements have attracted the attention of rice breeders and consumers at home and abroad. In this paper, the genetic basis of giant embryo traits and the effects of environmental factors on giant embryo rice were reviewed and analyzed, and the application prospect of giant embryo rice was also prospected, these will provide important reference for genetic improvement and application promotion of giant embryo rice.
Algorithm on Trees With Knots and Their Folding
Authors: Adel Sh. , Ahmed H.
Published: October 2019

In this paper, we introduced an algorithm on trees with knots when the trees are weighted. The folding of the algorithm on tree with knots in many cases such as: folding of the edges and folding of the knots are discussed .Some theorems related to these results are obtained. Also, some applications are introduced.