bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
sedFlow – a tool for simulating fractional bedload transport and longitudinal profile evolution in mountain streams
Authors: Heimann F. U. M. , Rickenmann D. , Turowski J. M. , Kirchner J. W.
Published: January 2015

Abstract. Especially in mountainous environments, the prediction of sediment dynamics is important for managing natural hazards, assessing in-stream habitats and understanding geomorphic evolution. We present the new modelling tool {sedFlow} for simulating fractional bedload transport dynamics in mountain streams. sedFlow is a one-dimensional model that aims to realistically reproduce the total transport volumes and overall morphodynamic changes resulting from sediment transport events such as major floods. The model is intended for temporal scales from the individual event (several hours to few days) up to longer-term evolution of stream channels (several years). The envisaged spatial scale covers complete catchments at a spatial discretisation of several tens of metres to a few hundreds of metres. sedFlow can deal with the effects of streambeds that slope uphill in a downstream direction and uses recently proposed and tested approaches for quantifying macro-roughness effects in steep channels. sedFlow offers different options for bedload transport equations, flow-resistance relationships and other elements which can be selected to fit the current application in a particular catchment. Local grain-size distributions are dynamically adjusted according to the transport dynamics of each grain-size fraction. sedFlow features fast calculations and straightforward pre- and postprocessing of simulation data. The high simulation speed allows for simulations of several years, which can be used, e.g., to assess the long-term impact of river engineering works or climate change effects. In combination with the straightforward pre- and postprocessing, the fast calculations facilitate efficient workflows for the simulation of individual flood events, because the modeller gets the immediate results as direct feedback to the selected parameter inputs. The model is provided together with its complete source code free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) (www.wsl.ch/sedFlow). Examples of the application of sedFlow are given in a companion article by Heimann et al. (2015).
Risk to life due to flooding in post-Katrina New Orleans
Authors: Miller A. , Jonkman S. N. , Van Ledden M.
Published: January 2015

Abstract. Since the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the city's hurricane protection system has been improved to provide protection against a hurricane load with a 1/100 per year exceedance frequency. This paper investigates the risk to life in post-Katrina New Orleans. In a flood risk analysis the probabilities and consequences of various flood scenarios have been analyzed for the central area of the city (the metro bowl) to give a preliminary estimate of the risk to life in the post-Katrina situation. A two-dimensional hydrodynamic model has been used to simulate flood characteristics of various breaches. The model for estimation of fatality rates is based on the loss of life data for Hurricane Katrina. Results indicate that – depending on the flood scenario – the estimated loss of life in case of flooding ranges from about 100 to nearly 500, with the highest life loss due to breaching of the river levees leading to large flood depths. The probability and consequence estimates are combined to determine the individual risk and societal risk for New Orleans. When compared to risks of other large-scale engineering systems (e.g., other flood prone areas, dams and the nuclear sector) and acceptable risk criteria found in literature, the risks for the metro bowl are found to be relatively high. Thus, despite major improvements to the flood protection system, the flood risk to life of post-Katrina New Orleans is still expected to be significant. Indicative effects of reduction strategies on the risk level are discussed as a basis for further evaluation and discussion.
A sensitivity study of fast outlet glaciers to short timescale cyclical perturbations
Authors: Aykutlug E. , K. Dupont T.
Published: January 2015

Abstract. The dynamic response of outlet glaciers on short (annual to decadal) timescales is affected by various external forcings, such as basal or oceanic conditions. Understanding the sensitivity of the dynamic response to such forcings can help assess more accurate ice volume projections. In this work, we investigate the spatiotemporal sensitivity of outlet glaciers to fast cyclical forcings using a one-dimensional depth and width-averaged heuristic model. Our results indicate that even on such short timescales, nonlinearities in ice dynamics may lead to an asymmetric response, despite the forcing functions being symmetric around each reference value. Results also show that such short-timescale effects become more pronounced as glaciers become closer to flotation. While being qualitatively similar for both downsloping and upsloping bed geometries, the results indicate higher sensitivity for upsloping ("West Antarctica-like") beds. The range in asymmetric response for different configurations motivate parameterizing or including short-timescale effects in models while investigating the dynamic behavior of outlet glaciers.
The Anti-Racist Overtones of a Feminist Historical Novel Tetralogy from the 1940s
Authors: Kádár Judit
Published: January 2015

Although the most popular Hungarian historical novels were written in the nineteenth century by the famous romantic writer, Mór Jókai, a revival of the genre occurred in the period following the First World War. Most of the authors, each influenced by a different worldview, were scouring the symbolic space of history for an explanation as to why Hungary had lost the war. “Our knowledge of the past, our cultural heritage is also a symbolic space that is the site of struggle for the self-representation of social groups, a space that is shaped according to the degrees to which certain groups have access to it” – states Györgyi Horváth in her work on the constitutive role of the historical narrative; this, of course, is also true of authors in the Post World War I Era. They represented their own social groups, which happened to be white, middle class, Hungarian men. Although the period between the two World Wars saw the rise of female authorship, and dozens of historical novels were published by women each year, almost all women writers conceived their novels from a dominant masculine perspective. In this paper, I examine one of the few exceptions, a tetralogy of historical novels by Lola Kosáryné Réz, written from the perspective of oppressed women, and I discuss her stance on the relationship between different ethnicities in discourses of war and responsibility.
Critical Recognition of Women's Literature in Hungary: Reception of the 'Kitakart Psyché' Series, 2005-2011
Authors: Miller Rachel
Published: January 2015

With the appearance in 2005 of Éjszakai állatkert. Antológia a női szexualitásról (Night Zoo. An Anthology of Women's Sexuality), the first volume of the Kitakart Psyché (Uncovered Psyche) anthology series, women's literature finally started to generate serious discussion in the Hungarian literary community. This paper examines the series as a whole, the editors, the contributors, the critical response, as well as the events surrounding publication.
Eva Livia Corredor: "East-West Odyssey"; Zsuzsanna Lápossy Diosy:"Life behind the Iron Curtain"; Kati Marton: "Enemies of the People. My Family’s Journey to North America"
Authors: Basa Enikő
Published: January 2015

Eva Livia Corredor. East-West Odyssey. Self Published, 2008. Pp. 275, illus.; Zsuzsanna Lápossy Diosy. Life behind the Iron Curtain. Self Published, 2006. No page no., illus.; Kati Marton. Enemies of the People. My Family’s Journey to North America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. pp. 272, illus.Reviewed by Enikő M. Basa, Library of Congress.
Ozsvath, Zsuzsanna: "When the Danube Ran Red"; Mandel, Eva Marika: "Le Livre de Mana"; Roth, Marika: "All the Pretty Shoes; A Memoir of Survival and the Feminine Spirit".
Authors: Blaikie Evi
Published: January 2015

Ozsvath, Zsuzsanna. When the Danube Ran Red. Syracuse University Press, 2010,171 pp., Illus.Mandel, Eva Marika. Le Livre de Mana. Paris, Glyphe 2009, 231 pp., Illus.Roth, Marika. All the Pretty Shoes; A Memoir of Survival and the Feminine SpiritWyatt McKenzy 2010, 254 pp., Illus.Reviewed by Evi Blaikie, Freelance Writer.
Agatha Schwartz: Shifting Voices. Feminist Thought and Women's Writing in Austria and Hungary
Authors: Borgos Anna
Published: January 2015

McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal and Kingston, London, Ithaca, 2008. pp. 280, illus. Reviewed by Anna Borgos.
Rosen, Ilana: "Sister in Sorrow: Life Histories of Female Holocaust Survivors from Hungary"
Authors: Fialkova Larisa
Published: January 2015

Rosen, Ilana. Sister in Sorrow: Life Histories of Female Holocaust Survivorsfrom Hungary. Translated and edited by Sandy Bloom. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2008. 269 pp. Reviewed by Larisa Fialkova, University of Haifa.
Palasik, Mária: "Félelembe zárt múlt: Politikai gyilkosságok Gyömrőn és környékén 1945-ben" [A Past Kept Secret Through Fear: Political Murders in Gyömrő and the Surroundings in 1945]
Authors: Cornelius Deborah
Published: January 2015

Mária Palasik, Félelembe zárt múlt: Politikai gyilkosságok Gyömrőn és környékén 1945-ben[A Past Kept Secret Through Fear: Political Murders in Gyömrő and the Surroundings in 1945]. Budapest: Napvilág Kiadó, 2010. 248 pp. ISBN: 97896397713. Reviewed by Deborah Cornelius, Independent Scholar.
Kiss, Dénes: "Emberszám"
Authors: Fekete István
Published: January 2015

Kiss, Dénes. Emberszám, Fríg Kiadó, 272 pp. 2008. Reviewed by István Fekete, Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem
Ágai, Adolf: "Az örök zsidó. Régi naplók, életképek (1862-1906)" [The Eternal Jew: Old Diaries and Life Sketches (1862-1906)]
Authors: Mandler David
Published: January 2015

Ágai, Adolf. Az örök zsidó. Régi naplók, életképek (1862-1906) [The Eternal Jew: OldDiaries and Life Sketches (1862-1906)]. Budapest-Jerusalem: Múlt és Jövő Kiadó,2010. Reviewed by David Mandler, Stuyvesant High School, New York City.
Sándor, Klára. Nyelvrokonság és hunhagyomány. Rénszarvas vagy csodaszarvas? Nyelvtörténet és művelődéstörténet. [Linguistic Kinship and the Hun Tradition. Reindeer or Miracle Stag? The History of Language and the History of Culture]
Authors: Sherwood Peter
Published: January 2015

Reviewed by Peter Sherwood
Farkas, Tamás, Kozma, István, eds. A családnév-változtatások történetei időben, térben, társadalomban. [The Histories of Family Name Changes in Time, Space and Society]
Authors: Slíz Mariann
Published: January 2015

Reviewed by Mariann Slíz
Concealed in the Open: Recipients of International Clandestine Jewish Aid in Early 1950s Hungary
Authors: Levine Zachary Paul
Published: January 2015

This article discusses the emergence of the semi-clandestine efforts of a network of international Jewish philanthropies and the Israeli government to send material and financial aid to Jews in early-communist Hungary. Post Second World War Hungary was a special focus for Jewish aid organizations in the west and the Israeli government. They poured resources into Hungary, both to feed, cloth and provide medical care to hundreds of thousands of Jews, and to assist thousands of Jews migrating west through Hungary. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the dominant Jewish aid organization in the world at the time, ran its largest and most expensive program in Hungary. Working with Israeli and Hungarian authorities, it financed a network of welfare services, often through the importation of scarce consumer goods and raw materials. As the Communist Party reshaped the economy, and pushed out “undesirable elements” from Hungarian life, this aid program served a growing population of impoverished, sick, and religious Jews, some exiled in Hungary’s countryside. This program increasingly took advantage of black market networks to distribute aid. Yet, after conditions deteriorated so much that this program ceased officially, Jewish aid providers in the US and Israel adapted their earlier practices and networks to take advantage of the impoverished consumer economy in program to distribute aid clandestinely to Hungarian Jews, with the cooperation of Hungary’s communist authorities.
Tobacco as Cultural Signifier: A Cultural History of Masculinity and Nationality in Habsburg Hungary
Authors: Maxwell Alexander
Published: January 2015

Since tobacco smoking acquired important patriotic symbolism in nineteenth century, the history of tobacco sheds light on Hungarian nationalism. Hungarian tobacco growers found the Austrian tobacco tariff policy harmful to their interests, particularly when war disrupted the supply of American tobacco in potential export markets. Pushing for a different tariff, Hungarian patriots turned smoking into a marker of Hungarian patriotism. Tobacco symbolism was prominent during Hungary’s 1848 Revolution, not least because tobacco acquired revolutionary symbolism in Italy and Germany as well. The culture of patriotic tobacco corresponded to revolutionary national ideas in that it mostly transcended class barriers but excluded women.
Disputed Past: The Friendship and Competing Memories of Anna Lesznai and Emma Ritoók
Authors: Szapor Judith
Published: January 2015

This paper is part of a larger research project that explores the contributions of women intellectuals to the nationalistic, anti-liberal rhetoric of the early 1920s and the gendered aspect of the official ideology of the Horthy-era. The paper probes the connection of the personal and the political by exploring the shared history and competing memories of two woman writers, Anna Lesznai (1885-1966) and Emma Ritoók (1868-1945). The writers were friends and founding members of the Sunday Circle in 1915 but ended up in opposite camps during the 1918-19 revolutions. Ritoók, with Cécile Tormay, became a champion of the counter-revolution, contributing to its anti-Semitic ideology and rhetoric. Lesznai, the wife of Oszkár Jászi and a supporter of the Republic of Councils, was forced to flee and she spent the rest of her life in exile. Their diaries and autobiographical novels reflect the two writers’ diagonally opposing perspectives on their past and their shared intellectual and spiritual home, the Sunday Circle. The juxtaposition of their respective biographies and literary works offers insight into the process of re-interpreting and re-writing the past, whether for personal or political ends. It also illustrates the broader contours and irreparable breach between the Left and the nationalistic Right in Hungarian political and intellectual life after 1919.
Jewish Name Magyarization in Hungary
Authors: Farkas Tamás
Published: January 2015

This article presents the surname changes of the Jews as formal acts which served as a means of assimilation, and which resulted in a characteristic phenomenon of the history of Jewish communities as well as of the surrounding society of the majority. Surname changes as the sign of forming cultural and national identities were used for an individual crossing of a conceptual borderline between ‘they’ and ‘us’ in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Hungarian society. The paper is based on research in different fields of scholarly studies, applying multi- and interdisciplinary standpoints. It focuses on the Name Magyarization process, but also makes comparisons with the name changes of the Jews in other countries. It applies different sources to investigate the social, historical, cultural and ideological background, context and the characteristics of the nominal assimilation of the Jews. It analyzes their names as ethnic symbols, and presents the reasons that made the surname changes so typical for them. It presents the assimilation process of Jewish persons and their personal names in general, and the history of their surname changes in Hungary. The characteristic features of the surnames chosen and their typical motivations are also analyzed, in comparison with those of the non-Jews in the country.
Extra Hungariam Non Est Vita? The Relationships between Hungarian Immigrants and Their Homeland
Authors: Huseby-Darvas Éva V.
Published: January 2015

This study examines various ideologies and myths immigrants hold about their homeland, then turns to look at the relationship over time between immigrants and their natal Hungary. First it explores massive emigrations and minimal remigrations from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While it is impossible to sharply divide economic push factors from political ones, the motivations to leave Hungary were primarily economic in that time. Then I turn to three periods: migrations during the era between the two World Wars; immediately after the Second World War; and to the socialist regime between 1948 and 1989. These times the push factors were mainly political. Finally, I pay attention to the first dozen years of the post-socialist period when emigration was, once again, mainly economically motivated, and remigrations were frequent particularly, though not only, for retirees. (As the study that follows the present one will illustrate, since the Fall of 2010—along with global economic problems—political factors, generally low morale, lack of trust in a viable future are major factors once again for the massive outmigration). The immigrants’ ties with the homeland changed through time depending not on the intentions of the individuals, but on global politics, and the transformation of the various regimes in Hungary. I discuss some versions of both virtual and actual homecoming, as well as expressions and meanings of long distance nationalism.
A Selected and Annotated Bibliography for the Research of Official Surname Changes in Hungary
Authors: Farkas Tamás
Published: January 2015

The bibliography presented here contains only those publications in the field which are possible to study without knowledge of the Hungarian language, i.e. which were written in English or other foreign languages, or which simply publish a database of the name changes. The annotations are based on the texts of the publications and the abstracts (if they were available). Naturally, there are also many additional contemporary sources and scholarly publications available in the field in Hungarian, many (lately the majority) include an English abstract
Kopacsi-Gelberger, Judit Heroes Don't Cry
Authors: Glanz Susan
Published: January 2015

Reviewed by Susan Glanz
Kocsis, Aranka. Magyar Faluk és Magyar Falusiak a Szlovák Fôvárosban. Városiasodás és Etnicitás a 20. Század Pozsony Szélén [Hungarian Villages and Hungarian Villagers in the Slovakian Capital. Urbanization and Ethnicity]
Authors: Huseby-Darvas Eva V.
Published: January 2015

Reviewed by Éva V. Huseby-Darvas
Vida, István Kornél. Hungarian Emigres in the American Civil War: A History and Biographical Dictionary
Authors: Nyirády Kenneth
Published: January 2015

Reviewed by Kenneth Nyirády
Problems of a Declining Hungarian Birth Rate: A Historical Perspective
Authors: Szántó Ildikó
Published: January 2015

In contrast to its immediate neighbors, for over a century Hungary has had a seriously declining birth rate. This paper aims to provide an overview of this anomaly through a historical perspective by considering the major findings of a series of demographic studies that identify the key factors behind falling levels of fertility. It does so by focusing on four major periods. The first period covers the era prior to the demographic transition that commenced before 1880, when the demography was characterized by high birth rates and high death rates. The second period is one of demographic transition, between 1880 and 1960 coinciding with modernization, and is the period when death rates fell, while at the same time being accompanied by a decrease in birth rates. The third period is the post-transitional era of 1960-1980. The fourth covers the post-socialist change of 1990-2010. Hungary was the first country in Europe after the Second World War in which the level of fertility declined below a level of simple replacement of the population, which is less than 2.1 births per woman. Since 1981 the population has been declining byabout 0.15 – 0.20 percent per year, and currently fertility in Hungary is one of the lowest in Europe. The Hungarian age structure will become increasingly problematic as the fertile age group of the population continues to shrink.
Selected English-Language Bibliography of Interest for Hungarian Cultural Studies: 2013-2014
Authors: Vasvári Louise O.
Published: January 2015

As the above title indicates, because of the publication schedule of Hungarian Cultural Studies this bibliography straddles 2013-2014, covering the period since the publication in Fall of 2013 of last year’s bibliography in this journal. Each year’s bibliography is supplemented by earlier items that were only retrieved recently. Although this bibliography series can only concentrate on English-language items, occasional items of particular interest in other languages may be included.               For a more extensive bibliography of Hungarian Studies from about 2000 to 2010, for which this is a continuing update, see Louise O. Vasvári, Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, and Carlo Salzani. “Bibliography for Work in Hungarian Studies as Comparative Central European Studies.” CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (Library) (2011): http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweblibrary/hungarianstudiesbibliography.
Death of a Nation? Debating the Great Transatlantic Emigration from Hungary, 1900-1914
Authors: Vida István Kornél
Published: January 2015

The turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century was witness to an unprecedented wave of emigration from East Central Europe, with an estimated 1-1.5 million people leaving for the United States from the territory of Hungary. Such loss of population, mostly young males in their prime, shocked the nation and served as a subject for discussion in various forms and on multiple levels of discourse, from the newspaper reports through literary depictions, to scholarly publications and conferences. In this paper I examine significant monographs as well as conference volumes and proceedings, analyzing the major opinions and debates surrounding the causes and consequences of the Great Transatlantic Emigration. I discuss the most significant publications that appeared before the coming of the First World War, which put an end to mass emigration from Europe. These works in a sense represented the best that Hungarian migration studies had to offer for more than half a century, which makes them particulary worthy of scholarly attention.
The Role of Cultural Competence in the Teaching of Hungarian as a Foreign Language and in Cultural Diplomacy
Authors: Sólyom Erika
Published: January 2015

In the present paper, I aim to shed light on the importance of cultural competence from three perspectives. First, in my capacity as a sociolinguist, I will talk about how Hungarian culture is incorporated in the textbook "Colloquial Hungarian" (Rounds and Sólyom 2011), providing particular examples from various dialogues and cultural notes from the book. I believe that linguistic competence, communicative competence, and cultural competence are equally important parts of foreign language teaching and foreign language learning. Second, as a foreign language instructor at U.S. study abroad programs, I plan to discuss the importance of cultural norms of the speakers of the local language in the host country. Third, as a director of an American cultural and resource center in Budapest, I will talk about the importance of building bridges between two cultures, describing the goals and missions of the center as well as giving specific examples of the activities of the American Corner Budapest.
Gordon, Agáta. 2011. Magdolna lányai: Az Úrnő könyve (The Womenfolk of the Magdolna Quarter: The Lady’s Book). Budapest: Centrifuga eKiadó. 89 pp.
Authors: Kóczé Angéla
Published: January 2015

Gordon, Agáta. 2011. Magdolna lányai: Az Úrnő könyve (The Womenfolk of the Magdolna Quarter: The Lady’s Book). Budapest: Centrifuga eKiadó. 89 pp. Reviewed by Angéla Kóczé, Visiting Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
Nopcsa, Baron Franz. 2014. Traveler, Scholar, Politician, Adventurer – A Transylvanian Baron at the Birth of Albanian Independence (ed. and trans. from German Robert Elsie). Budapest: Central European University Press. 227 pp.
Authors: Mandler David
Published: January 2015

Nopcsa, Baron Franz. 2014. Traveler, Scholar, Politician, Adventurer – A Transylvanian Baron at the Birth of Albanian Independence (ed. and trans. from German Robert Elsie). Budapest: Central European University Press. 227 pp. Reviewed by David Mandler, Independent Scholar
Vester, Shari. 2012. Degrees of Courage. Minneapolis, MN: Mill City Press. 574 pp.
Authors: Papp Klára
Published: January 2015

Vester, Shari. 2012. Degrees of Courage. Minneapolis, MN: Mill City Press. 574 pp.Reviewed by Klára Papp, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
Hargitai, Peter. 2013. Who Let the Bats Out? Twisted Tales from Transylvania. Bloomington: iUniverse. 170 pp., illus. Dianne Marlene Hargitai
Authors: Pereszlényi-Pintér Mártha
Published: January 2015

Hargitai, Peter. 2013. Who Let the Bats Out? Twisted Tales from Transylvania. Bloomington: iUniverse. 170 pp., illus. Dianne Marlene Hargitai.Reviewed by Mártha Pereszlényi-Pintér, John Carroll University
Portuges, Catherine and Peter Hames, eds. 2013. Cinemas in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 279 pp.
Authors: Tőke Lilla
Published: January 2015

Portuges, Catherine and Peter Hames, eds. 2013. Cinemas in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 279 pp.Reviewed by Lilla Tőke, Assistant Professor, CUNY, LaGuardia Community College
Kovács, Mária M.2012: "Törvénytől sújtva – a numerus clausus Magyarországon, 1920-1945" (Down by the Law - the Numerus Clausus in Hungary, 1920-1945)
Authors: Kovács Tamás
Published: January 2015

Kovács, Mária M. 2012 : Törvénytől sújtva – a numerus clausus Magyarországon, 1920-1945 (Down by the Law - the Numerus Clausus in Hungary, 1920-1945). Budapest, Napvilág Kiadó, 2012. 267 pp.Reviewed by Tamás Kovács, Magyar Országos Levéltár (Hungarian National Archives), Budapest
The Contested Post-Socialist Rehabilitation of the Past: Dual Narratives in the Republishing of Tibor Mendöl’s "Introduction to Geography"
Authors: Gyimesi Zoltán
Published: January 2015

This paper aims to unravel the contextual layers of the postsocialist republishing of a prominent Hungarian geographer’s textbook originally written in the 1950s, which is considered here as a vehicle of the contested narrativity in the “big historical gap” of postsocialist Hungarian geography. Tibor Mendöl’s Introduction to Geography [Bevezetés a földrajzba] was a hybrid text written in a dual narrative: first in a traditional “age of discoveries” narrative of the previous conservative-nationalist regime, and second in the obligatory Marxist-Leninist language of the later Sovietized regime. In 1999, the two rehabilitators of the text were driven by different motivations (such as the return to a formerly glorious geographical tradition, or the selective confining of a discredited socialist past), but in both cases through a symbolic contestation of the author. This ultimately led to the arbitrarily reediting of the text.
Human Geography, Cartography, and Statistics: A Toolkit for Geopolitical Goals in Hungary until World War II
Authors: Gyuris Ferenc
Published: January 2015

After World War I, which resulted in Hungary surrendering approximately two-thirds of its territory, strong support was given to “Hungarian Studies” aimed at strengthening Hungarian identity and justifying revisionary attempts. This paper investigates how geography in general, and statistical and mapping methods in human geography in particular, contributed to the revisionist project in interwar Hungary. To put the story in its disciplinary context, the paper begins by presenting the links between power, territorial politics, and geography that have existed in Europe since geography was institutionalized as academic discipline. Second, the paper investigates how geography and political power became intertwined in Hungary in the decades between 1867 and the end of the peace negotiations after World War I. Third, the main section of the paper employs some case studies to explain how human geographers in Hungary deployed some of their central arguments during the interwar period to delegitimize the post-WWI European order and to substantiate the righteousness of Hungarian revisionist goals.
Hargitai, Peter. 2014. Barbarian Fantasy. Gulfport, FL: ipubs.
Authors: Sohar Paul
Published: January 2015

Hargitai, Peter. 2014. Barbarian Fantasy. Gulfport, FL: ipubs.Reviewed by Paul Sohar, poet and translator
Introduction: Questions of Space and Place in Scholarship on Modern Hungary
Authors: Jobbitt Steven , Győri Róbert
Published: January 2015

Reflecting on both the personal and intellectual factors that influenced this thematic cluster on space, place, and the making of modern Hungary, the authors situate themselves within the history of the post-socialist revival of geography in Hungary, outlining in particular emergent fields of study and new schools of thought that have transformed geographical research and teaching over the last decade. Having drawn together historians and geographers working in Hungary, Canada, and the United States, Part I of this two-part cluster represents an effort to bring different disciplinary streams and academic cultures into contact with one another, and has provided the authors with an opportunity to better survey the state of a very broad and dynamic field of study, and to identify and begin to address lacunae in their collaborative work.
A Multilingual Monologue: Alexander Lenard’s Self-Translated Autobiography in Three Languages
Authors: Lénárt-Cheng Helga
Published: January 2015

The paper investigates the question of self-translation in the work of Alexander Lenard (Lénárd Sándor). Lenard, a polyglot writer and translator, rewrote his autobiography three times, in three different languages (in German, English, and Hungarian). This process of self-translation created a fascinating web of autobiographical texts, which invite a multiscopic reading. Following in the footsteps of 18th century parodists, Lenard challenges a great number of protocols associated with life-writing. The most important among these is the authority of the proper name as a guarantee of autobiographical authenticity. To challenge the authority of the proper name Lenard purposely multiplies his own authorial identities, for example by claiming that “A. L. is only a pseudonym.” Thus, the word ‘self-plagiarism’ acquires in Lenard’s case a double meaning, implying both that the author plagiarizes his own text and that he plagiarizes his own self. The paper explains why existing theories of self-translation cannot be applied to Lenard’s texts, and why his unique case can enrich future studies of this topic.
Review Article: The Saddest History Ever Written: On Randolph L. Braham’s "The Geographical Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in Hungary" (2013)
Authors: Allen Marguerite De Huszar
Published: January 2015

Only in 1989, after forty-five years of Soviet domination, could the Holocaust in Hungary begin to be discussed openly and honestly. One scholar in particular, the author – editor of this mammoth geographical encyclopedia, Randolph L. Braham, has devoted his life and career to uncovering the truth about what happened within the borders of Hungary and the annexed territories. Since 1961 he has written or edited, co-authored or co-edited more than fifty books on the Holocaust. The masterful two-volume Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary (1994) appeared to be his definitive statement. But now, with a team of Hungarian Holocaust scholars and journalists, he uncovers, with maps and photos, how the Holocaust was implemented within each and every city, town, and village of every one of the forty-one counties in wartime Hungary.
First report of Pseudoveronaea ellipsoidea causing sooty blotch and flyspeck in China
Authors: Chen Chen , Li Wenhuan , Gao Liu , Zhang Rong , Sun Guangyu , Gleason Mark L.
Published: January 2015

Pseudoveronaea ellipsoidea is reported and described as a newly recorded species from China. This fungus was isolated from peels of hawthorn and apple fruit collected from Shaanxi and Shanxi Provinces, and caused sooty blotch and flyspeck signs on these hosts. Based on morphological
characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, we identified our isolates as P. ellipsoidea. This is also the first report of the genus Pseudoveronaea in China.
A new species of Leptostroma on Pinus henryi from China
Authors: Zhang Lan , Minter D.W. , Li Qing , Lin Ying-Ren
Published: January 2015

A coelomycetous fungus found on dead fallen secondary needles of Pinus henryi from Shennongjia forestry region of Hubei Province, China, is described, illustrated, and discussed. Habitat, morphology, and conidial development place it in the Rhytismataceae. It differs from
other members of this family on the same substratum by having conidiomata with upper walls more than one cell thick, and is formally named as Leptostroma magnum sp. nov. Its conservation status is evaluated as Data Deficient. The type specimen is deposited in the Reference Collection
of Forest Fungi of Anhui Agricultural University, China (AAUF).
A new Stemonitis species from Turkey
Authors: Doğan Hasan Hüseyin , Eroğlu Gönül
Published: January 2015

Stemonitis mediterraneensis is described herein as a new species of myxomycete from material collected on a rotten wood remnant of Abies cilicica subsp. cilicica from Adana-Aladağ in Turkey. The new species is characterized by rough warty pale brownish to
yellowish-brown spores and smooth capillitia lacking spines.
New record of Melanoleuca cinereifolia in Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan
Authors: Saba M. , Khalid A.N.
Published: January 2015

Basidiomata of Melanoleuca cinereifolia have been collected underneath Pinus wallichiana trees in Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan. Its identification was confirmed by nrDNA ITS sequence analysis. A detailed morphological description and illustrations are
provided. This is the first report of M. cinereifolia from Asia.
Rhizoglomus, a new genus of the Glomeraceae
Authors: Sieverding Ewald , da Silva Gladstone Alves , Berndt Reinhard , Oehl Fritz
Published: January 2015

Rhizoglomus gen. nov. (Glomeraceae, Glomeromycetes) is proposed, typified by Glomus intraradices [≡ Rhizoglomus intraradices]. The genus encompasses species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi that frequently form abundant spores in soil and roots
and is morphologically characterized by spores with cylindrical subtending hyphae (usually with an open pore at the base) and at least two or three (rarely up to five) distinct wall layers. Phylogenetically, the genus forms a separate clade in the Glomeraceae. In addition to R. intraradices,
the genus includes R. aggregatum, R. antarcticum, R. arabicum, R. clarum, R. custos, R. fasciculatum, R. invermaium, R. irregulare, R. manihotis, R. microaggregatum, R. natalense, and R. proliferum. Some of these species were previously assigned to Rhizophagus (type: R.
populinus), a pathogenic genus that does not belong in the Glomeromycota.
New species of Graphium and Periconia from China
Authors: Wu Yue-Ming , Xu Jun-Jie , Kong Jin-Hua , Zhang Tian-Yu
Published: January 2015

Three new species from soil in China, Graphium variabile, G. wuweiense, and Periconia guangdongensis, are described and illustrated. Specimens (dried cultures) and living cultures are deposited in the Herbarium of Shandong Agricultural University, Plant Pathology (HSAUP),
and the Herbarium of Institute of Microbiology, Academia Sinica (HMAS).
Two new species of Myrothecium from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area, China
Authors: Wu Yue-Ming , Jiang Yu-Lan , Ma Ya-Nan , Zhang Tian-Yu
Published: January 2015

Two new species from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area (China), Myrothecium variabile and M. xigazense, are described and illustrated. Specimens (dried cultures) and living cultures are deposited in the Herbarium of Shandong Agricultural University, Plant Pathology (HSAUP),
and the Herbarium of Institute of Microbiology, Academia Sinica (HMAS).
The new lectotypification of Umbilicaria kisovana (Umbilicariaceae, lichenized Ascomycota)
Authors: Davydov Evgeny A. , Yakovchenko Lidia , Ohmura Yoshihito
Published: January 2015

The protologue and typification of the name Gyrophora kisovana [Umbilicaria kisovana, an East Asian lichen-forming fungus] are discussed. The lectotype is designated from the Asahina collection deposited in TNS.
A new report of Uromyces ambiens on Buxus from Pakistan
Authors: Sadiqullah  , Ishaq A. , Fiaz M. , Afshan N.S. , Khalid A.N.
Published: January 2015

The rust fungus, Uromyces ambiens, is described and illustrated based on a specimen of Buxus wallichiana, Himalayan boxwood, from northern Pakistan. This rare fungus is reported for the first time from this host and for the first time from Pakistan.
A checklist of the fungi recorded from Serra da Jibóia, Bahia state, Brazil. 33 p.
Authors: Barbosa Flávia R. , Machiner Monique , Barbosa Gleyson Cristiano K. , Gusmão Luís F. P.
Published: January 2015

Serra da Jibóia is one of the priority areas for the conservation of biodiversity located in the semiarid Caatinga biome of Northeast Brazil. Two hundred and fifty-nine species of fungi (mitosporic and meiosporic ascomycetes and basidiomycetes) were reported from Serra da Jibóia
and are presented here. These species are distributed in 155 genera among which Dictyochaeta was the most highly represented genus with nine species. Inventory of the Serra da Jibóia region has thus far contributed to the description of one new genus and seven new species to science;
six species are considered rare while 121 are new records of fungi. These data were based on literature records.
The platelet P2 receptors in inflammation
Authors: Cattaneo M.
Published: January 2015

In addition to their well characterized and established role in haemostasis and thrombosis, platelets contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammation. Adenine nucleotides are signalling molecules that regulate the function of virtually every cell in the body, by interacting with P2 receptors. Their important role in inflammation is well established. In the last few years, the pro-inflammatory roles of adenine nucleotides interacting with their platelet P2 receptors has emerged. In particular, it was shown that the platelet P2Y12 receptor for ADP significantly contributed to the proinflammatory effects of cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLT) in experimental models of asthma in mice. More importantly, it was recently shown that P2Y12 variants were associated with lung function in a large family-based asthma cohort and that the P2Y12 antagonist prasugrel tended to decrease bronchial hyper-reactivity to mannitol in patients with allergic bronchial asthma in a randomized, placebo controlled trial.

These data strongly suggest that P2Y12 may represent an important pharmacological target for the treatment of patients with allergic bronchial asthma.
Please choose hard cover when possible, thank you
Authors: Perich Capdeferro Ariadna
Published: January 2015

Fundamentals, the XIV International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale 2014, is an exercise of architectural criticism in exhibition format where curator Rem Koolhaas proposes a both personal and collective review of the essential characteristics of discipline, of what belongs to it. Unlike other disciplines in architecture there is no collective agreement or single definition of its basic elements. The redefinition of its vocabulary remains open in accordance with times, theories, or through the contribution that the very architecture works make when being built. The books on display in the lobby of the exhibition Elements of Architecture are an example of this diversity of approaches, some contradictory, some similar, all complementary. Texts like Elements (Book / exhibition catalog) address and attempt to answer the difficult question of what is architecture?
Tecno-patrones: pieles, contexto y fabricación
Authors: Zappulla Carmelo
Published: January 2015

We could explain the architecture through the relationship between Mater and Pater: Matter and pattern.

But what is it that transforms matter into built systems?

They are the “techno-patterns”, the patterns belonging to materiality and physical organization.

The research on matter has implications in the development of patterns; relationship configurations comprising more architectural levels.

In such construction of relationships, technology is not only a tool but a creative form and a part of the design process as “revelation”. Revelation in transparency, in kinetics response, in geometries that define complex surfaces or in robotic manufacturing processes.

In this article we will see how the role and use of technology in the skin has been transformated as well as its relationship with its environmental context.
Recorregut de recerca geològica i mineralògica per la comarca del Pallars Sobirà: des de Caregue al Coll de Portella, al Estanys de Mainera, al Coll d´Eixol i a Superespot
Authors: Mata Perelló Josep Maria , Sanz Balagué Joaquim
Published: January 2015

Itinerari realitzat el 26 d'octubre de 2013.1 En aquesta ocasió, la totalitat del recorregut de l´itinerari discorrerà íntegrament pel Sistema Pirinenc. Això si, discorrerà sempre el seu recorregut per la Zona Axial Pirinenca (en concret per la denominada Unitat dels Apilaments de la Zona Axial).Així, tots els materials que anirem trobant en aquest recorregut seran paleozoics, fonamentalment de l´Ordovicià. Tot i això, molt sovint aquests materials els trobarem recoberts per sediments del Pleistocè i de l´Holocè, que molt sovint corresponen als sediments detrítics d´origen glacial: és a dir a les morrenes. També corresponen als sediments fluvials de la Noguera Pallaresa i dels seus diferents afluents.Per d´altra banda, el recorregut de l´itinerari discorrerà íntegrament per una sola comarca, concretament per la del Pallars Sobirà, de la Regió de Tremp (o de Tremp-Seu d´Urgell). Al mateix temps, part del recorregut transitarà pel Parc Nacional d´Aigües Tortes, especialment pels voltants del Mainera i de Superespot.
Recorregut de recerca geològica i geoambiental per la comarca de l’Anoia: des de la Panadella a Santa Maria del Camí i a Jorba
Authors: Mata Perelló Josep Maria , Sanz Balagué Joaquim
Published: January 2015

Itinerari realitzat el 12 de gener de 2014. En aquesta ocasió, es realitzarà un recorregut geològic a través de diferents indrets de la Depressió Geològica de L´Ebre; i més concretament pels sectors corresponents a la seva Depressió Central. Així, tot el recorregut transitarà entre afloraments dels materials terciaris (de l´Eocè i de l´Oligocè) i quaternaris que reblen aquesta depressió.Així, inicialment es transitarà al llarg de tot aquest recorregut, per la comarca de l’Anoia (Catalunya Central), iniciant el recorregut a la Panadella, a la Segarra Anoienca, per a finalitzar-lo al poble de Jorba.
Recorregut de recerca geològica i mineralògica per la comarca de l’Anoia: des del Bruc al Port dels Brucs, Castellolí, Santa Margarida de Montbui, a la Tosa de Montbui i a Saió
Authors: Mata Perelló Josep Maria , Sanz Balagué Joaquim
Published: January 2015

Itinerari realitzat el 13 de gener de 2014. En aquesta ocasió, bona part del recorregut de l´itinerari discorrerà per la Depressió Geològica de l´Ebre. Tanmateix es faran diferents recorreguts per la Serralada Prelitoral Catalana (Sistema Mediterrani), al principi del recorregut.Així, el recorregut s´iniciarà a la Depressió Geològica de l´Ebre, tot i que molt prop de la Serralada Prelitoral Catalana (del Sistema Mediterrani). Tot seguit es farà un breu recorregut per aquesta unitat geològica. I tot seguit, la resta del trajecte ja es realitzarà exclusivament per la depressió esmentada inicialment, anant cap a ponent. Així, s´arribarà a Castellolí, Santa Margarida de Montbui i finalment a Saió, per on finalitzarà, després de pujar a la Tossa de Montbui.És a dir: la totalitat del recorregut s´efectuarà exclusivament per la comarca de l’Anoia (de la Catalunya Central), pels part dels seus sectors meridionals, anant des del Bruc fins a Saió (del terme de Santa Margarida de Montbui).
Knockdown of hypothalamic RFRP3 prevents chronic stress-induced infertility and embryo resorption
Authors: Geraghty Anna C , Muroy Sandra E , Zhao Sheng , Bentley George E , Kriegsfeld Lance J , Kaufer Daniela
Published: January 2015

Whereas it is well established that chronic stress induces female reproductive dysfunction, whether stress negatively impacts fertility and fecundity when applied prior to mating and pregnancy has not been explored. In this study, we show that stress that concludes 4 days prior to mating results in persistent and marked reproductive dysfunction, with fewer successful copulation events, fewer pregnancies in those that successfully mated, and increased embryo resorption. Chronic stress exposure led to elevated expression of the hypothalamic inhibitory peptide, RFamide-related peptide-3 (RFRP3), in regularly cycling females. Remarkably, genetic silencing of RFRP3 during stress using an inducible-targeted shRNA completely alleviates stress-induced infertility in female rats, resulting in mating and pregnancy success rates indistinguishable from non-stress controls. We show that chronic stress has long-term effects on pregnancy success, even post-stressor, that are mediated by RFRP3. This points to RFRP3 as a potential clinically relevant single target for stress-induced infertility.
Heritable capture of heterochromatin dynamics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Authors: Dodson Anne E , Rine Jasper
Published: January 2015

Heterochromatin exerts a heritable form of eukaryotic gene repression and contributes to chromosome segregation fidelity and genome stability. However, to date there has been no quantitative evaluation of the stability of heterochromatic gene repression. We designed a genetic strategy to capture transient losses of gene silencing in Saccharomyces as permanent, heritable changes in genotype and phenotype. This approach revealed rare transcription within heterochromatin that occurred in approximately 1/1000 cell divisions. In concordance with multiple lines of evidence suggesting these events were rare and transient, single-molecule RNA FISH showed that transcription was limited. The ability to monitor fluctuations in heterochromatic repression uncovered previously unappreciated roles for Sir1, a silencing establishment factor, in the maintenance and/or inheritance of silencing. In addition, we identified the sirtuin Hst3 and its histone target as contributors to the stability of the silenced state. These approaches revealed dynamics of a heterochromatin function that have been heretofore inaccessible.