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It Is Not Magic, It Is Smith: Comparison in a Study of Jewish Theology
Authors: Krawcowicz Barbara
Published: February 2019

In a search for a theoretical framework that would structure and orient a comparative analysis of diverse Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust, the author reached for J.Z. Smith’s discussions of comparative enterprise. The questions of similarity, difference and of the putative goal of comparison loomed large over her project. In J.Z. Smith’s work, the author found helpful clues, illuminating insights as well as somewhat confusing and counterintuitive examples.
Increased copulation duration does not necessarily reflect a proportional increase in the number of transferred spermatozoa
Authors: Weggelaar Tom A. , Commandeur Daniël , Koene Joris M.
Published: February 2019

Post-copulatory sexual selection research tends to focus on the numerous adaptations that have evolved to increase the chances of donated spermatozoa fertilizing oocytes. Even though fertilization obviously directly depends on the presence of sufficient, viable spermatozoa, the quantification of the sperm transfer process itself has not received the attention it deserves. Here, we present experimental work on a simultaneously hermaphroditic snail in combination with a review of the literature focussing on the relationship between the duration of copulation and the number of sperm that are transferred. Based on classical work, this relationship is often assumed to be linear, but as we show here this need not be the case. Both our experimental data and the reviewed literature indicate that there are clear instances where the process of sperm transfer is not a linear process, i.e., longer copulation duration does not necessarily imply more transfer of sperm. As we point out, there seems to be a bias in the literature towards investigating this in insects, but other animal groups in which this has been investigated do show similar relationships. To conclude, we discuss how the specific patterns of sperm transfer that have been reported can be biologically interpreted and we caution that simply using copulation duration as a proxy for the number of sperm transferred can be misleading.
The ‘Due Regard’ Obligation and the Peaceful and Economic Uses of the EEZ other than Fisheries
Authors: Ishii Yurika
Published: February 2019

This article examines the scope and content of the ‘due regard’ obligation with respect to the peaceful and economic uses of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of a third coastal state, other than fisheries. After exemplifying typical elements of the ‘due regard’ obligation, this paper analyses its scope and content with respect to the peaceful and economic uses of the EEZ, namely, navigation and overflight, the laying of submarine cables and pipelines, and marine scientific research (MSR), that a state may exercise within another state’s EEZ.
The Respect of Other States’ Rights (Freedom of Navigation and Other Rights and Freedoms Set Out in the LOSC) as a Limitation to the Military Uses of the EEZ by Third States
Authors: Bastid Burdeau Geneviève
Published: February 2019

Due regard appears as the key notion to articulate rights recognized by the LOSC to coastal states in their EEZ and the rights of third states. Little attention is paid by the LOSC to the relations between third states conducting activities in the EEZ of a coastal state apart from the laying of cables. Third states enjoy all freedoms of the high seas compatible with the rights expressly granted to the coastal state. Although no specific provision regulates the relations between third states in the use of these rights, it is argued that the obligation of due regard prevailing in the high seas under Article 87(2) should also apply between third states in the EEZ of a coastal state. However, for military activities not listed in Article 87(1), the answer is uncertain due to the opposite views of states concerning such activities by third states in their EEZ.
The Sale of ‘Liquid Gold’ in Ireland: Some Thoughts from Tort Law
Authors: Finnerty Aoife
Published: February 2019

At present, the sale of human milk in Ireland is completely unregulated. When the transaction concerns tainted breast milk and physical harm subsequently occurs, however, it may still be subject to the law of tort. By selling unsafe milk, a seller may be in breach of their statutory duty under the Liability for Defective Products Act, 1991 and their conduct may amount to negligence under the common law.
Scientific Uncertainty in Courts. A France-Germany Comparative Perspective on Litigation surrounding Hepatitis B Vaccination
Authors: Milon Alice , Bouvet Renaud
Published: February 2019

Litigation concerning hepatitis B vaccination provides a good illustration of the difficulties courts encounter when deciding on compensation claims in which scientific uncertainty, whether real or perceived, is present. Despite the difference in approach to vaccination – an obligation in France and a recommendation in Germany –, their vaccine coverage is comparable, as are their regimes of compensation for damage attributed to vaccination, whether on the basis of producer liability or national solidarity. Confronted with scientific uncertainty, German and French courts choose to make use of presumptions to establish legal causality that is not contingent on scientific causality. German and French case law diverge however, with regard to their relationship to scientific criteria of causality, the volume of court cases, and consideration of claims, highlighting what seems to be a distinctive situation in France.
Punishing International Crimes in Serbia
Authors: Ristivojević Branislav , Radojčić Stefan
Published: February 2019

The principle of legal certainty in criminal law requires that sentencing should be predictable. Sentences should be applied consistently and systematically, so that the legal consequences are foreseeable. Judges should provide sufficient reasoning on the determination of sentences, and similar offences should be subjected to similar sentences. This article examines consistency in the sentencing practice of the Serbian courts regarding war crimes, by examining sentence length in relation to a number of selected legal sentencing determinants, and by exploring the role of sentencing criteria provided for in the Serbian Criminal Code. The analysis indicates insufficient reasoning in sentencing decisions, especially when it comes to the purposes of punishment. As a rule, courts do not explain the sentences passed, nor do they elaborate on the weight given to specific circumstances. So as far as sentencing consistency is concerned, it could be said that it is only partially achieved.
Rehabilitation Programmes for Convicted War Criminals in Domestic Prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Case Study of Sarajevo Prison
Authors: Buljubašić Mirza
Published: February 2019

International as well as domestic criminal law and jurisprudence consider offender rehabilitation as one of the punishment goals. Rehabilitation, in that sense, strives to change attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of convicted criminals through programmes, which should result in adequate social (re-)integration. Still, rehabilitation, in relation to international crimes, is a disputed concept and very much understudied in practice: how and which rehabilitation programmes are being implemented to convicted war criminals? Based on an analysis of relevant laws, prison rules, and six interviews, this article empirically explores rehabilitation programmes for convicted war criminals in the Sarajevo prison. Further, it aims to critically analyse, review and discuss rehabilitation programmes for war criminals, or a lack thereof. Results indicate that rehabilitation programmes in Sarajevo prison are not tailored to war criminals. In conclusion, this case study suggests that specific programmes should be developed to rehabilitate and reintegrate war criminals in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sentencing Factors Concerning Those Most Responsible for International Crimes in Peru: An Analysis vis-à-vis International Criminal Court Sources
Authors: Perez-Leon-Acevedo Juan-Pablo
Published: February 2019

Peruvian courts convicted those most responsible for acts that constitute or amount to international crimes committed during Peru’s internal conflict (1980–2000), namely, ex-leaders of the terrorist organisation Shining Path-Peruvian Communist Party and ex-senior state officials, including ex-President Alberto Fujimori. The present article seeks to identify, systematise and discuss the sentencing factors applied in this case-law. The analysis is also conducted comparatively vis-à-vis the law and practice of the International Criminal Court (icc). Sentencing factors in the examined Peruvian law and practice may be categorised into two groups: crime/culpability-related factors and offender’s personal circumstances-related factors. The article concludes that Peruvian sentencing law and practice are generally similar to icc sources.
International Organizations and the EU General Data Protection Regulation
Authors: Kuner Christopher
Published: February 2019

The importance of personal data processing for international organizations (‘IOs’) demonstrates the need for them to implement data protection in their work. The EU
General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) will be influential around the world, and will impact IOs as well. Its application to them should be determined under relevant principles of EU law and public international law, and it should be interpreted consistently with the international obligations of the EU and its Member States. However, IOs should implement data protection measures regardless of whether the
GDPR
applies to them in a legal sense. There is a need for EU law and international law to take each other better into account, so that IOs can enjoy their privileges and immunities also with regard to EU law and avoid conflicts with international law, while still providing a high level of data protection in their operations.
A Second Century for What?
Authors: Maupain Francis
Published: February 2019

The question examined in this article is whether, as it engages in its second century, the ILO remarkable resilience will lead it to face the challenge of its “regulatory” raison d’être in a context where the uneven social impact of globalisation seems to make it more relevant than ever. The first part of the article deals with the ILO constitutional capacity to effectively discharge this regulatory function. The answer hinges on the dialectical interplay between the specific legitimacy arising of the ILO tripartite structure; its capacity to do so through persuasive ‘state centric’ means; and finally the tripartite willingness to discharge it. The second part discusses the likelihood of two possible regulatory ‘atrophy’ or ‘revival’ scenarios. The first may develop as a result of divergent motivations and interests among ILO constituents, and the trend towards its further integration into the UN through the 2030 SDG. The second may prevail as a result of the growing external pressure for a more equitable distribution of the benefits and constraints (including environmental) of global interdependence. This pressure needs to be met to spare disruptive consequences, and the ILO could help meet it—subject to a more imaginative and integrated use of its normative tools and of the ILC as a ‘real economy’ forum, to promote greater coherence in the pursuit of socio-economic-environmental commitments. It concludes by highlighting that the ILO offers a readily available regulatory potential which cannot be found elsewhere at the universal level; the centenary celebration could offers a unique opportunity to trigger the momentum necessary to optimise it—though it may not be the most likely outcome.
Consequentializing Moral Dilemmas
Authors: Suikkanen Jussi
Published: February 2019

The aim of the consequentializing project is to show that, for every plausible ethical theory, there is a version of consequentialism that is extensionally equivalent to it. One challenge this project faces is that there are common-sense ethical theories that posit moral dilemmas. There has been some speculation about how the consequentializers should react to these theories, but so far there has not been a systematic treatment of the topic. In this article, I show that there are at least five ways in which we can construct versions of consequentialism that are extensionally equivalent to the ethical theories that contain moral dilemmas. I argue that all these consequentializing strategies face a dilemma: either they must posit moral dilemmas in unintuitive cases or they must rely on unsupported assumptions about value, permissions, requirements, or options. I also consider this result’s consequences for the consequentializing project.
Unashamed Integrity: Stephen Sykes and the ‘crisis’ of Anglican Ecclesiology and Identity
Authors: Morris Jeremy
Published: February 2019

This article offers a critical assessment of Stephen Sykes’ contribution to the theology and ecclesiology of Anglicanism, and especially to reflection on Anglican identity. It contextualizes his work in reaction to mid-twentieth century Anglican apologetic, indicating that his criticism of the failure to develop a theological awareness of Anglicanism’s ecclesiological position arose from his conviction that contemporary radical theology risked undermining traditional Anglican practice and belief. Sykes’ appeal for a systematic Anglican theology nonetheless masked a failure to explore sufficiently the relationship between history and theology.
New Nation, New History: Promoting National History in Tajikistan
Authors: Clark James D.
Published: February 2019

This essay looks at the national history of the Tajiks of Central Asia that was created in the twentieth century and has continued to develop into the twenty-first century. It traces the notion of Tajik nationalism, which arose in the 1920s under the Soviet Union, largely in response to Uzbek nationalism. Soviet intellectuals and scholars thereafter attempted to construct a new history for the Tajiks. The most important effort in that area was Bobojon Ghafurov’s study Tadzhiki (Tajiks, 1972), which gave them primacy among the Central Asian peoples. The essay examines the policies of independent Tajikistan’s government, such as its focus on the Samanid dynasty and the replacement Soviet monuments and names with nationalist ones. Finally, it looks at the challenges that contemporary Islamic movements in the country pose to the earlier secular interpretations.
Betrayed by Earth and Sky: Poetry of Disaster and Restoration in Eighteenth-Century Iran
Authors: Smith Matthew C.
Published: February 2019

In the winter of 1778, an earthquake shattered the city of Kashan. Three poets, Āẕar, Hātef, and Sabāhi, responded to the disaster in verse. Although all three are commonly associated with the Bāzgasht-e adabi (Literary Return) school that championed the style of an earlier era, their poems display an affinity with more contemporary Safavid poetry, particularly that of Mohtasham Kāshāni. In their responses to the earthquake, the poets acted as agents of social order, helping their audience to cope with their loss by putting the calamity into more familiar religious and cultural contexts (such as comparisons to the death of Emām Hoseyn at Karbalāʾ) and enabling them to move forward into the future.
Some Critical Remarks on the Migration of Iranian Poets to India in the Safavid Era
Authors: Shafieioun Saeid
Published: February 2019

Many scholars still firmly believe that the Safavid period was one of hostility towards poets and men of letters. Numerous learned men fled Iran to India, for both religious and ideological reasons, which in turn affected both the quality and quantity of Persian literature from this era. There is evidence that corroborates this line of argument, but there are other socio-political, religious and cultural factors that must also be addressed in relation to this historical phenomenon. Drawing on original sources, this paper aims to analyze this historical ambiguity.
“From Hypocrisy to Sincerity”
Authors: Larsson Gustav
Published: February 2019

This article analyses certain rhetorical aspects of “Islamic State” (IS) propaganda. Specifically, it discusses arguments used to concretise calls to action, focusing on recurring ways in which supposed benefits of engagement are contrasted with disadvantages of abstention. It appears that the opposing notions of “sincerity” and “hypocrisy” underpin many of the arguments presented, which prompts a closer look at their respective symbolisms. The rhetorical prominence of these antonyms indicates an apparently conscious attempt to address contemporary issues of social identity and political marginalisation, whereby the experiences of Muslim minorities (including those in Europe) are repeatedly used as a discouraging example.
“When I finally heard my own voice”
Authors: Vliek Maria
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this article is to expand on Dialogical Self Theory and to illustrate its benefits for the analysis of narratives of leaving Islam in a post-migration context. With leaving one’s religion, complex mechanisms of doubt, uncertainty, and ethical self-making come to the fore. Being in a post-migration context raises additional issues of intersectionality. Dialogical Self Theory is well-suited for the close-reading and in-depth analysis of such trajectories out of Islam, because it firstly considers the actual voices and their interaction in self-narrative. Secondly, Dialogical Self Theory allows for the recognition of the complex embeddedness of these voices in discursive power-structures. Thirdly, it considers self-making agentic properties. The particular usefulness of this theory will be exemplified by applying its analytical tools to one such trajectory.
The AKP’s “pious youth in Cyprus” Project and the Turkish Cypriot “deviations”
Authors: Moudouros Nikos
Published: February 2019

The aim of this article is to analyse the efforts of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to reinforce Islam within the Turkish Cypriot community, especially in the period 2009-2017. The article focuses on the changes recorded in Turkey on the basis of an ideological transformation and the policies that promote these changes in Cyprus, as well as on the reactions to these changes in the period under study. One of the key dimensions of the article is the recording of the deviation of part of the Turkish Cypriot community from the Turkish-Islamic paradigm. The Turkish Cypriot deviation signals the political efforts of the Turkish Cypriots to preserve the Cypriot identity of their community, a key feature of which is secularism.
On Being a (Good) Muslim in the West: Four Contributions by Dutch Muslim Publicists
Authors: Boender Welmoet
Published: February 2019

This review essay discusses four books published in Dutch by three Muslims and an ‘ex-Muslim’ in 2014 and 2015 that present different approaches to how to live as a (‘good’) Muslim in the West. The former Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali pleads for far-reaching amendments to Islamic rules concerning belief, ethics and law. Her view differs fundamentally from that of the Muslim theologian Razi Quadir (VU Amsterdam), who positions himself within the Sunni legal tradition. The third author, Muslim theologian and ministry official Mohamed Ajouaou (VU Amsterdam) argues that one should focus primarily on the diversity of Muslim religiosity in the Dutch secular context. Finally, in his autobiographical portrait, Dennis Abdelkarim Honing explains how he discovered legitimate options for living as a pious Muslim in the West. Each in their own way, the authors point to the phenomenon of accusing fellow Muslims being heretical or going astray, and its heavy impact on internal Islamic debate.
Special Economic Zones: A Catalyst for International Trade and Investment in Unsettling Times?
Authors: Cheng Teresa
Published: February 2019

In the present unsettling times, the world is in need of an effective catalyst to drive the growth of international trade and investment. Special economic zones (SEZs) may have the strong potential to serve as such catalyst. Drawing on the experience of SEZs around the globe, this article seeks to illustrate how to make an SEZ work and how to do it right. In particular, the experience of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China can provide useful insights in this regard. This article will also look at how changing global trade and economic environment has given rise to new challenges and opportunities for SEZ development, including innovation in dispute resolution mechanisms, synergy with free trade agreement initiatives, greater use of modern technology, a ‘green’ development model and collaboration and partnerships among governments as well as international organizations.
Brazil, BITs and FDI: A Synthetic Control Approach
Authors: Cavallo Paulo
Published: February 2019

The explosion in bilateral investment treaties (BITs) signed between countries in the 1990s and the concurrent surge in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows draw substantial attention in the literature. This article tackles the controversial relationship between BITs and FDI inflows using an innovative technique: the synthetic control method. Brazil is a peculiar case because it is one of the few cases where FDI inflows had a significant surge even in the complete absence of BITs. Did foreign investors really not need BITs in order to invest in Brazil? I find evidence that, although Brazil received substantial amounts of FDI even in the absence of BITs, had they enacted any BIT, the inflow in the period would have been greater. The method builds a synthetic Brazil from a pool of other countries providing this way a better comparative analysis. The findings are robust to both in-space and in-time placebo experiments.
Legalities Unbound?
Authors: Årsheim Helge
Published: February 2019

International human rights law (ihrl) has traditionally enjoyed an uneasy relationship with customary, religious, and indigenous forms of law. International courts and tribunals have considered these non-state forms of law to represent both structural and material challenges to the implementation of human rights norms at the domestic level. Over the course of the last decades, however, the theory and practice of human rights has increasingly started recognizing and accommodating multiple legal orders. This article traces the gradually increasing accommodation of legal pluralism in ihrl in the monitoring practice of four un human rights committees over a period of 20 years, looking in particular at the increasing recognition of religious forms of legality across the committees.
Lexicon-based Detection of Violence on Social Media
Authors: Abdelzaher Esra’ M.
Published: February 2019

This study adopts a lexicon-based approach to address violence on social media. It uses FrameNet 1.7 (fn) and WordNet 3.1 (wn) to build a hierarchical domain-specific language resource of violence. The proposed lexicon tethers fn’s innovative integration of linguistic and paralinguistic knowledge to wn’s hierarchically-organized database. This tether alleviates the need to gather all paralinguistic violence-associated scenes and organize their linguistic realizations hierarchically. The proposed methodology can be internationally applied, given the multilingual availability of fn and wn, to cognitively and quantitatively explore a concept or a phenomenon. The lexicon is applied, then, to a corpus representing posts and comments retrieved from Donald Trump’s Facebook public page. Results reveal that the proposed lexicon recalls 92.68 of the total violence-related words in the corpus with a 76.31 precision (F-score= 83.7). More important, relating wn to fn inspires the creation of new frames, suggests slight modifications to existing ones and advocates promising mapping between some frames and synsets.
A Cognitive-semantic Study of Verbal Complementation with Adjectives Expressing the Emotion of Fear in Canadian English
Authors: Fisher Ryan , Duffley Patrick J.
Published: February 2019

This paper looks at the variation in Canadian English between to-infinitive and of + gerund-participle complements with six adjectives that have as part of their semantic makeup a notion of fear. Using data from the Strathy Corpus of Canadian English and the Canadian component of the Global Web-Based Corpus of English, it aims to explain the reasons underlying complement selection with these adjectives as well as temporal relations between the emotion expressed by the adjective and that expressed by the complement. The complementation patterns examined in this study are shown to be connected to certain of the conceptual metaphors that previous studies have observed to be utilized to conceptualize the emotion of fear.
Unraveling Irony: from Linguistics to Literary Criticism and Back
Authors: de Mendoza Ibáñez Francisco José Ruiz , Lozano-Palacio Inés
Published: February 2019

This article argues for the need to strengthen the dialogue between linguistics and literary criticism to enhance existing accounts of irony in both camps. The analytical categories arising from this work allow for a more systematic study of the ins-and-outs of ironic discourse. Our proposal starts from the cognitive-linguistic view of irony, based on the activation of an echoed and an observable scenario, which are mutually exclusive. The clash between them gives rise to an attitudinal element. To this analysis, our proposal adds, on the basis of the more socio-cultural view of literary criticism, a consideration of felicity conditions and a distinction between two basic types of ironist and interpreter, together with a discussion of the communicative consequences of their possible ways of interaction. With these tools the article introduces a degree of homogeneity in the account of the relationship between irony and its socio-cultural context across different time periods.
Introduction
Authors: Jones Medine Carolyn , Loh Lucienne
Published: February 2019

The “Introduction” sets out the origin of the issue, its themes, and its strategy of pairing American and British scholars. It introduces the themes of the essays on literature, performance—particularly in New Orleans—and heritage and tourism. Suggesting that these essays take seriously Paul Gilroy’s “The Black Atlantic,” we also argue that we are extending his argument to look at new themes and forms of cultural production.
Slavery and Public History at the Big House
Authors: Moody Jessica , Small Stephen
Published: February 2019

This article considers the public history of slavery at plantation museums in the US South and at country houses in Britain. Drawing on original research, the authors critique recent and current efforts to bring connections between these “Big Houses” and the history of slavery to the fore through different methods of interpretation. These elite residences are argued to have largely obscured such connections historically through distancing, distortion, and denial. However, some notable efforts have been made in recent years to diversify public history narratives and more fully represent histories of enslavement. Comparing these American and British house museums, this article contextualizes public history work at these sites and proposes possible lessons from this research, presenting some points to be taken forward which emerge from this transatlantic comparison.
The Christian Quaker: George Keith and the Keithian Controversy
Authors: Ward Madeleine
Published: February 2019

How did the early Quakers understand the relationship between Quakerism and Christianity? Did they think faith in Jesus was necessary? What did they mean by the ‘Light within’? These were the central issues in the Keithian controversy: an explosive schism which broke out among Philadelphian Quakers in the 1690s when George Keith – arguably the most influential Quaker theologian of the seventeenth century – was accused of focusing too heavily on the Incarnate Jesus in his preaching. Keith left the movement under a cloud, and the Keithian controversy has often been explained away in terms of personality and politics. However, this volume presents a theological reading of the dispute. Through a study of Keith’s personal theological development, Madeleine Ward presents his departure from the movement as a significant case – study in the contested relationship between Quakerism and Christianity – and, ultimately, as a battle for the spiritual heart of the Religious Society of Friends.
Universalising Inclusivism—and Its Limits: Bhaktivinod and the Experiential Turn
Authors: Wong Lucian
Published: February 2019

This article argues that colonial Hindu attempts to universalise strategies of ‘inclusivism’ to negotiate religious diversity are, at times, marked by tensions and ambiguities that are indicative of the forceful persistence of restrictive concerns associated with pre-colonial Hindu inclusivist modalities. It does so by way of an examination of the writings of Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinod (1838–1914), a prominent Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava theologian and leader in late nineteenth century Bengal. The article demonstrates that, while Bhaktivinod’s early model of Vaiṣṇava inclusivism may instantiate the pervasive universalising impulse of modern Hindu discourse, close reading of his corpus reveals a significant transition in his strategy for dealing with diversity that is undergirded by an implicit shift in his experience-oriented epistemology. In sum, this transition problematises the notion that his inclusivist practice can be taken as a definitive index of rupture from pre-colonial Gauḍīya theology.
Deep mourning with the loss of Ekaterina Alekseevna (Katya) Sidorchuk (09.07.1981–20.01.2019), an excellent and promising palaeontologist

Authors: RASNITSYN ALEXANDR P.
Published: February 2019

Ekaterina Alekseevna Sidorchuk (Katya to all that knew her) (Fig.1) was born in Moscow into a family of scientists: her father was a geomorphologist and her mother a Quaternary palynologist. Soil/peat microsamples from the North Russian Quaternary, the main research material of her mother, are commonly rich in oribatid mites, which Katya started to study when she entered the Geographical Faculty of Moscow State University after completing her high school education in 1998. In the Department of Biogeography, her study of Quaternary oribatids was guided by the known Russian acarologist, the late Prof. Dmitry Krivolutsky. Katya graduated from the University in 2004 and post-graduated in 2007 when she obtained her PhD degree for the study titled “Oribatid mites as bio-indicators of environmental change during the Holocene (modern and fossil bog communities of Northern European Plain)”. The next year, 2008, she entered the A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute and worked at the Arthropoda Laboratory until her recent untimely departure.
Atlantidae (Pterotracheoidea) of the northeast Pacific

Authors: MORENO-ALCÁNTARA MARÍA
Published: February 2019

Atlantids are holoplanktonic snails found in epipelagic waters of all oceans mostly tropical and subtropical but some temperate. There are three genera within Atlantidae, which can be identified by a dextrally coiled, laterally flattened, transparent, discoid (Atlanta, Protatlanta) or involute (Oxygyrus) shell. They can be found in samples collected with plankton nets or sediment traps. Of the 23 species recognized worldwide, eight are known in the northeast Pacific. Herein distribution range extensions are reported for the atlantid species Atlanta oligogyra and Protatlanta souleyeti.
A new species of Buccinum from California (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)

Authors: CLARK ROGER N.
Published: February 2019

Buccinum macleani n. sp., from off Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California, is described. The new species is placed tentatively in the genus Buccinum (s.l.), based on radular characteristisc and shell morphology. It differs from all other eastern Pacific Buccinum by its very compressed profile.
Three new species of Tagalis Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) from Brazil HÉLCIO R. GIL-SANTANA (Brazil)
Authors: GIL-SANTANA HÉLCIO R.
Published: February 2019

Tagalis baenai sp. nov., T. grossii sp. nov. and T. marquesi sp. nov. from Brazil are described. Morphological variations and male genitalia of Tagalis inornata inornata Stål, 1860, are described. A revised key to the species of Tagalis Stål, 1860, is presented.
Diversity of sessile rotifers (Gnesiotrocha, Monogononta, Rotifera) in Thale Noi Lake, Thailand PHURIPONG MEKSUWAN (Thailand), PORNSILP PHOLPUNTHIN (Thailand) & HENDRIK SEGERS (Belgium)
Authors: MEKSUWAN PHURIPONG , PHOLPUNTHIN PORNSILP , SEGERS HENDRIK
Published: February 2019

In response to a clear gap in knowledge on the biodiversity of sessile Gnesiotrocha rotifers at both global as well as regional Southeast Asian scales, we performed a study of free-living colonial and epiphytic rotifers attached to fifteen aquatic plant species in Thale Noi Lake, the first Ramsar site in Thailand. We identified 44 different taxa of sessile rotifers, including thirty-nine fixosessile species and three planktonic colonial species. This corresponds with about 40 % of the global sessile rotifer diversity, and is the highest alpha-diversity of the group ever recorded from a single lake. The record further includes a new genus, Lacinularoides n. gen., containing a single species L. coloniensis (Colledge, 1918) n. comb., which is redescribed, and several possibly new species, one of which, Ptygura thalenoiensis n. spec. is formally described here. Ptygura noodti (Koste, 1972) n. comb. is relocated from Floscularia, based on observations of living specimens of this species, formerly known only from preserved, contracted specimens from the Amazon region. In addition, ten of the species recorded are added to the fauna of the Oriental region, twenty-seven are new to Thailand.
On the identity of Isoperla curtata (Plecoptera: Perlodidae): behavioural and molecular approaches show the existence of two separate species
Authors: DE FIGUEROA JOSÉ MANUEL TIERNO , GAETANI BRUNELLA , LUZÓN-ORTEGA JULIO MIGUEL , LÓPEZ-RODRÍGUEZ MANUEL JESÚS , FOCHETTI ROMOLO
Published: February 2019

The identity of Isoperla curtata Navás, 1924, an Iberian endemic, has been questioned since its description. Marked variability in pigmentation, wing length, penial armature and ecology of populations have been noted. To clarify the taxonomic status of I. curtata we examined variation in mating calls and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences for two populations from north-central and southern Spain. Results of both approaches support the presence of two species. The north-central population corresponds to the nominal taxon, I. curtata, while southern populations represent a new species, Isoperla morenica, described herein.
Systematics and molecular phylogenetics of Asian snail-eating snakes (Pareatidae)
Authors: GUO YUHONG , WU YUNKE , HE SHUNPING , Shi HAITAO , ZHAO ERMI
Published: February 2019

The taxonomy of the Asian snail-eating snakes (Pareatidae) is an ongoing controversy, partly because morphological characters do not yield consistent results across studies. We infer phylogenetic relationships within Pareatidae using ~ 2 kilobases of DNA sequences including two mitochondrial (cyt b and ND4) and one nuclear gene (c-mos). Results reveal four major lineages: Aplopeltura, Asthenodipsas, a clade formed by Pareas carinatus and P. nuchalis, and a clade comprising all other species of Pareas sampled in this study. Our data do not have enough signal to either support or reject a monophyletic Pareas. However, large molecular divergence (16.5%) is observed between the two major clades of Pareas, a level that is comparable to that between Pareas and Aplopeltura. Scale characters also suggest that P. carinatus and P. nuchalis are distinct from congeners, and future morphological and/or molecular studies might assess whether a distinct genus should be recognized. The molecular phylogeny further suggests a distant relationship between P. chinensis and P. formosensis and supports the validity of the former species.
Erratum: JI, D. et al. (2011) Redescriptions of five species of marine peritrichs, Zoothamnium plumula, Zoothamnium nii, Zoothamnium wang, Pseudovorticella bidulphiae, and Pseudovorticella marina (Protista, Ciliophora). Zootaxa, 2930, 47–59.
Authors: JI D.
Published: February 2019

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A distinctive new subspecies of the Royal Sunangel (Aves: Trochiliformes; Heliangelus regalis) from the Cordillera Azul, northern Peru
Authors: GRAVES GARY R. , LANE DANIEL F. , O’NEILL JOHN P. , VALQUI THOMAS
Published: February 2019

A recently discovered and morphologically distinct population of the poorly known Royal Sunangel from the Cordillera Azul, Department of Loreto, Peru, is described as a new subspecies, Heliangelus regalis johnsoni. Males of johnsoni differ from those of nominate regalis in exhibiting intense indigo iridescence, particularly on the crown, throat and upper breast.
Studies on the non-European Endonura Cassagnau, 1979 (Collembola, Neanuridae, Neanurinae) ADRIAN SMOLIS (Poland), LOUIS DEHARVENG (France) & IGHOR J. KAPRUS (Ukraine)
Authors: SMOLIS ADRIAN , DEHARVENG LOUIS , KAPRUS’ IGHOR J.
Published: February 2019

Two new species of non-European Endonura, E. levantica sp. nov. (Israel) and E. asiatica sp. nov. (Kirgisia), are described and illustrated. E. reticulata (Axelson, 1905), the most widespread member of the genus, is redescribed on the basis of a new extensive material.
Validation of Satellite Observations of Storm Damage to Cropland with Digital Photographs
Authors: Gallo Kevin , Schumacher Philip , Boustead Josh , Ferguson Alex
Published: February 2019

Severe storm events that include hail and wind often cause widespread contiguous swaths of damage; however, their occurrence is typically documented at individual and disjointed locations. Satellite-derived products, such as the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), can provide a more spatially uniform look at the extent of these events, particularly in rural or remote areas. The utility of incorporating satellite-based products into the damage identification and documentation process was assessed through high-resolution ground surveys, which included digital photographs, to classify three levels of cropland damage for three severe hail/wind events occurring in the Great Plains during the summer of 2014. Pre- and postevent NDVI values at the photograph locations were calculated using surface reflectance values from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and grouped by damage severity level. In general, more severe crop damage displayed a lower NDVI in the postevent imagery compared to undamaged crops. Additionally, the difference in the median NDVI between the pre- and postevent images was statistically significant between the damage categories with similar trends observed across the three summertime events. Thus, satellite-derived products should be promoted as a valuable tool for the initial assessment of damage severity and extent to agricultural crops and should be integrated when possible into the current hazard documentation process as a supplement to the currently available point-based observations of storm damage.
Deconstructing Generations in Movements: Introduction
Authors: della Porta Donatella
Published: February 2019

This introductory article to the special issue presents a theoretical framework built on a bridging of youth studies and social movement studies. Building on some preliminary observations and empirical evidence, the article introduces the interrelated research questions that this issue addresses, based on the work of the CRY_OUT project: What leads a significant number of young people in times of more or less severe crisis to engage in collective initiatives, rather than to remain passive? What are the forms of social commitment that critical young people choose to use, in particular during periods of crisis? Which meanings are attached to these forms of social engagement? What kinds of resources are available to young people for social mobilization? And to what extent do they vary across different degrees of socioeconomic crisis, governmental constellation, and type of conflict, thereby shaping individual-level forms and levels of social participation? To what extent do differences in the impact of the crisis on national contexts, and related political transformations, result in differences in young people’s social engagement in terms of motivations and forms? After presenting the theoretical model and research design, the article summarizes some results across three main aspects: the meaning of generations in social movements, the self-definition of Millennials, and their forms of commitment. It then presents the research design and the content of the contributions that follow.
Why the White Working-class Mortality and Morbidity Is Increasing in the United States: The Importance of the Political Context
Authors: Navarro Vicente
Published: February 2019

This article analyzes critically the most recent scientific bibliography on the causes of the growth of mortality and morbidity in the white working class of the United States. The methodology used in these studies, and also the insufficient conceptualization of the variables used (such as social class), limits the understanding of the increment of the “diseases of despair” in that sector of the population. This article emphasizes the need to analyze the evolution of the social classes in the United States, and the political determinants that have changed not only the character and composition of that class, but also the power differentials between this class and other classes in the United States.
Affective Information Processing in Self-Managing Teams: The Role of Emotional Intelligence
Authors: Paik Yonjeong , Seo Myeong-Gu , Jin Sirkwoo
Published: February 2019

Based on a multilevel data set collected from 599 individuals working in 102 self-managing teams, we examined the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and team member performance, focusing on the dimensions of teamwork and leadership performance. Furthermore, we explored the moderating role of team-level characteristics, such as noninformational diversity, size, and collective EI on the EI–performance relationship. As predicted, team members with higher EI were better at facilitating teamwork and playing the role of an informal leader than those with lower EI. The positive contribution of EI on team member performance was stronger for teams with greater diversity, larger sizes, and with lower average levels of team member EI. The study suggests that managers of self-managing teams should emphasize EI in their selection, training, and evaluation systems.
Microstructure, wear and corrosion characteristics of Cu matrix reinforced SiC–graphite hybrid composites
Authors: Jamwal Anbesh , Prakash Prem , Kumar Devendra , Singh Neera , Sadasivuni Kishor K , Harshit Kumar , Gupta Sumit , Gupta Pallav
Published: February 2019

The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of SiC-graphite reinforcement on the properties of pure copper. Copper matrix composites with SiC-graphite reinforcement (0, 2.5,5, 7.5 and 10 wt.%) were prepared by stir casting process. Microstructure, phase, density, hardness and wear rate of prepared samples have been investigated. X-ray diffraction revealed that there is no intermediate phase formation between the reinforcement and matrix as a result of interfacial bonding between them. Microstructure study shows the uniform distribution of SiC-graphite particles in the Cu-matrix. Mechanical and corrosion properties of these Cu matrix MMCs were found to be dependent on the reinforcement content. Hardness was found to decrease with the addition of graphite due to its soft nature. Composite containing 5 wt.% reinforcement has shown minimum wear rate and maximum corrosion resistance. It is expected that the present composite will be useful for thermal management applications especially in heat exchangers.
Fabrication of glass/carbon fiber-reinforced Al-based composites through deformation bonding
Authors: Reihanian M , Dashtbozorg M , Lari Baghal SM
Published: February 2019

The goal of the present study is to fabricate the short fiber-reinforced metal matrix composites by accumulative roll bonding. Various mixtures of fibers including 100 glass, 95 glass/5 carbon and 80 glass/20 carbon (all in wt.%) were used as the reinforcement. In order to investigate the bonding quality at layer interface, the composites with various fiber mixtures were produced by cold roll bonding. The bonding strength of the composites under different processing conditions including the fiber mixture, reduction in thickness and post-rolling annealing was measured by the peeling test. The 95 glass/5 carbon mixture was used to fabricate the fiber-reinforced composite through accumulative roll bonding. The fiber distribution, tensile properties and wear behavior of the composite were investigated at various numbers of accumulative roll bonding cycle. It was found that during accumulative roll bonding, the fiber clusters were broken and fragmented into smaller pieces. Results showed that the tensile strength and wear resistance of the composite enhanced with increasing the number of accumulative roll bonding cycles.
Sexism and Rape Myth Acceptance: The Impact of Culture, Education, and Religiosity
Authors: Prina Francesca , Schatz-Stevens Julie N.
Published: February 2019

This study explores the influence of education and religiosity on sexist attitudes towards women and rape myth acceptance in two samples totaling 399 participants from the United States and Italy. Both samples completed a demographic questionnaire that assessed age, area of residence, and racial and gender identification. Three questions about religiosity and three about education were included, as well as the Attitudes Towards Women Survey and the Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression. In the Italian pool, 44 held at least a bachelor’s degree, 108 had completed some college, and 29 completed high school at most, while the United States pool consisted of 83, 123, and 12, respectively. Average self-reported levels of religiousness were M = 3.87 (SD = 3.05) in Italy and M = 5.10 (SD = 2.76) in the United States. In both samples, religiosity was a strong predictor of both sexism and rape myth acceptance, while education was only related to rape myth acceptance and with less strength than religiosity. Moreover, country of residence was an important influence for sexist beliefs along with both religiosity and education; however, for rape myth acceptance, country did not have a significant impact.
Tolerated but not equal
Authors: Insel Ahmet
Published: February 2019

Tolerance is an ambivalent attitude. It allows living in plurality but not in equality. The tolerant tradition of the Ottoman Empire, for example, is based on a very clear political and social hierarchy between different religions. Dominants boast of their tolerant tradition. Tolerance is also about imposing limits on the other in a unilateral way. In Republican Turkey where theoretically all citizens are equal, the majority of Turkish-speaking Sunnis tolerate non-Muslim minorities, Alevis, Kurds. It is the ‘liberal’ currents of this ethno-religious majority that pronounce themselves tolerant of others. However, minorities do not demand tolerance but equality because the history of Turkey for more than a century with the genocide of Armenians, pogroms, massacres, deportations have shown those who say they are tolerant can switch to each moment in extreme violence against those whom they now consider intolerable. In this framework, the discourse of tolerance prepares the ground for the reproduction of the domination of a double nationalism, religious and ethnic, under cover of a republican equality all theoretical.