bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Incentives for progressive income taxation
Authors: Puy M Socorro
Published: November 2018

This study analyzes the electoral incentives for redistributive income taxation when the incumbent strategically decides the degree of tax progressivity. Progressivity makes the median voter prefer more government spending, which induces left-wing incumbents to foster progressivity and right-wing incumbents to propose flat taxation. However, if (i) more progressivity reduces middle-income voters’ fear of left-wing policies with respect to right-wing policies, (ii) parties’ office holding incentives are high, and (iii) there is low uncertainty about the median voter, then left-wing incumbents opt for less-progressive taxation and right-wing incumbents opt for more progressive taxation. In addition, we show that voters’ risk aversion over private consumption implies that right-wing incumbents propose more progressivity in comparison with left-wing incumbents proposing less progressivity. Our theoretical prediction can explain why, for example, Democrat Kennedy contributed to decreasing progressive taxation and Republican Bush contributed to increasing progressive taxation.
Influence of innovative coatings on salami ripening assessed by near infrared spectroscopy and aquaphotomics
Authors: Vanoli Maristella , Grassi Maurizio , Lovati Fabio , Barzaghi Stefania , Cattaneo Tiziana MP , Rizzolo Anna
Published: November 2018

Coatings play an important role in preserving the quality of meat products by reducing weight loss, improving appearance and integrity. The aim of this work was to study the effect of an innovative coating on the ripening of “Salame Piacentino”. Sixty samples were collected after 40 days of aging: 30 samples were treated with a water-soluble complex based on a cellulose polymer and 30 samples were used as control. All samples were measured after 8, 21, 36, 63 and 78 days of ripening at 11℃ by NIR spectroscopy and were analyzed for weight loss, mechanical properties, colour of outer casing and of the meat, volatile profile (by electronic nose) and sensory characteristics (firmness, meat colour uniformity, fat color, odor). Treated salami showed lower weight loss, firmness and stiffness, were perceived less firm than control samples and had lower CIELab colour values of casing L* and a* and higher values of meat L*. During ripening, weight loss, mechanical and sensory firmness increased while outer casing a*, meat L* and meat color uniformity decreased. As for sensory analysis, panelists were able to distinguish coated salami from control ones only at 78 days of ripening, when also volatile patterns were significantly different. Partial least squares – discriminant analysis of NIR spectra was able to discriminate coated and control salami and identify high variable importance in the projection (VIP) scores in the region 1398–1518 nm, which is within the wavelength range of the water first overtone, suggesting the suitability of the aquaphotomics approach. Comparing aquagrams, coated salami showed higher absorbance values at 1382, 1398 and 1410 nm and lower values in the 1438–1492 nm range than control ones, indicating a higher presence of free water molecules, while hydrogen-bonded water was predominant in control salami. Weight loss, firmness and stiffness were successfully predicted by PLS regression analysis showing R2CV of 0.95, 0.90, 0.83 and RMECV of 1.31, 5.28 and 3.88, respectively.
Comprehensive Health Literacy and Health-Related Behaviors Within a General Japanese Population: Differences by Health Domains
Authors: Goto Eiko , Ishikawa Hirono , Nakayama Kazuhiro , Kiuchi Takahiro
Published: November 2018

The present study aimed to explore how different health-related domains of health literacy, as measured by the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire, were associated with health-related behaviors among a general population in Japan. We conducted a cross-sectional observational study of 1002 Japanese residents. Our questionnaire addressed socioeconomic status, health status, health-related behaviors, and health literacy. Among the 3 health-related domains of health literacy (health care, disease prevention, and health promotion), a multivariate model revealed that the disease prevention domain was associated with exercise behavior and alcohol consumption. The health promotion domain was associated with dietary behavior and exercise behavior. There were strong correlations among all health-related domains of health literacy; however, there were different associations between health literacy and health-related behaviors depending on those domains. Additional research is needed to determine how and to what extent each domain of health literacy is related to what health behaviors and outcomes.
Infant Feeding Guidelines for the Asia Pacific Region
Authors: Binns Colin , Lee Mi Kyung , Kagawa Masaharu , Low Wah Yun , Scott Jane , Lee Andy , Zerfas Alfred , Maycock Bruce , Qiu Liqian , Yusuff Aza , Raheem Raheema Abdul , Hamid Syarhul , Hokama Tomiko , Hairi Noran Naqiah , Lin Jessica Li-Yin , Bulgiba Awang , Khoo Ee Ming , Shakya Prakash , Dahlui Maznah , Karunathilake Indika
Published: November 2018

Good nutrition for infants, during the first 1000 days from conception, is one of the most important determinants of a healthy long life. Breastfeeding is the most important component of infant nutrition and reduces morbidity and mortality. With the changes to the climate currently occurring, issues of nutrition and food supply are only going to increase in importance. The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, place nutrition at the forefront of world development and a sustainable planet. The vision of Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) is to “achieve the highest possible level of health of all the people of the nations of the Asia-Pacific region.” Much of the burden of disease, early deaths, and disability in the Asia Pacific region could be reduced with public health efforts to address the major risk factors, including nutrition-related causes and smoking. The United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025 has recently been launched with the aim of reducing the global burden of inappropriate nutrition. The goals include increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months, reducing wasting and stunting, and reducing the rates of low birthweight. This is the position endorsed in these guidelines along with the principles of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative. These guidelines expand the information on infants that was included in the 2016 APACPH Dietary Guidelines. APACPH covers many different environments, geographical areas, cultures, and socioeconomic groups. These guidelines are generally applicable to all infants in our region, specific local advice may sometimes be needed.
Becoming cosmopolitan women while negotiating structurally limited choices: The case of Korean migrant sex workers in Australia
Authors: Dalton Bronwen , Jung Kyungja
Published: November 2018

International labor mobility holds the promise that one can become a cosmopolitan citizen of the world. But this interpretation of mobility rarely features in research and media focused on Asian women who travel and engage in sex work. In both arenas, the dominant narrative is that migrant sex workers are poor, the victims of sex trafficking, and pose a risk to public health. This narrative is laced with Orientalist overtones of the Asian sex worker as the alluringly exotic ‘other’, passive and particularly vulnerable, and in need of rescue. However, the interviews of 11 Korean women sex workers based in Sydney, Australia, challenge this narrative. These women engaged in a transnational quest to become cosmopolitan citizens of the world, albeit making logical choices from structurally limited options shaped by their multiple identities as women, sex workers, and Korean, and their relative precarious position in the Australian labor market. Their stories highlight how migration and work can be an agentic process of self-expression and self-actualization of identity. This identity has emerged against the backdrop of shifting meanings and practices of social reproduction in Korea, a country that has experienced a highly compressed transition from developing, to modern capitalist state. Theoretically, the article draws on post-colonial feminist theory to shed light into the conflicting views on migrant sex workers in existing research, by focusing on the women’s voices, which have been neglected or silenced.
Putting sexualized labour in the picture: Encoding ‘reasonable entitlement’ in the lap dancing industry
Authors: Hales Sophie , Riach Kathleen , Tyler Melissa
Published: November 2018

This article is based on a semiotic analysis of corporate websites in the lap dancing industry. Forming part of a larger ethnographic study of the UK lap dancing industry, it focuses on how the exchange relationship between dancers and customers is shaped by the industry’s online presence. Methodologically, it draws on Hancock’s semiotic approach to the analysis of organizational artefacts and Brewis’s writing on the importance of understanding how sex work is constructed and perceived. The article shows the importance of corporate websites as virtual spaces that landscape customer expectations of the exchange relationship emphasizing how these expectations perpetuate, on the one hand, a very prescriptive range of body images shaping the performance and consumption of lap dancing work, and on the other, an ambiguous suggestion of open-ended possibility. The article argues that, in combination, this landscaping of prescription and possibility constitutes a powerful organization of anticipation underpinning perceptions of reasonable entitlement within the lap dancing exchange relationship considering how this impacts upon the dancers’ experiences of this relationship. The analysis highlights both the importance of virtual corporate spaces in landscaping interactive service exchanges, as well as the intensification that results from the ambiguity encoded within these spaces, requiring service providers to reconcile anticipation and experience, prescription and possibility, within the exchange relationship.
Nonlinear oscillator of an artificial bone
Authors: Wang Qingli , Shi Xiangyang
Published: November 2018

Artificial bone mimicking its living partner has porous structure and should have same fractal dimensions with the bone. This paper studies the transverse vibration of the artificial bones which is considered as a porous plate. The result is helpful for designing artificial bones for different uses.
Three-dimensional free vibration of thick plates with general end conditions and resting on elastic foundations
Authors: Lin Zhuang , Shi Shuangxia
Published: November 2018

This paper presents a three-dimensional formulation for the free vibrations of thick rectangular plates with general boundary conditions and resting on elastic foundations. The general boundary conditions are imposed by means of penalty function method. The displacements of the plates are expressed by a three-dimensional cosine series and some simple polynomial functions which introduced to ensure and accelerate the convergence of the series representation. All the unknown coefficients can be obtained by using the Rayleigh–Ritz method. Comparisons of the present results with those in available literature demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of the present formulation. Furthermore, parametric investigations are presented including the effects of boundary conditions, geometrical parameters, and elastic foundation.
The effectiveness of a couple-based intervention for people living with mild Alzheimer’s disease and their spousal caregivers in Korea
Authors: Ha Jung-Hwa , Kwak Minyoung , Han Ji Won , Lee Hyeon Jung , Ingersoll-Dayton Berit , Spencer Beth , Kim Ki Woong
Published: November 2018

Background and objectives

We evaluated the effectiveness of a Korean version of the Couples Life Story Approach (CLSA-K), a structured life-review program originally developed in the U.S. to help older adults with dementia and their spousal caregivers engage with each other and improve their quality of life. Research design and methods: Fifty mild people living with mild Alzheimer’s disease and their spouses were recruited and 37 couples completed the five-week CLSA-K program. Data on psychosocial outcomes—i.e., depressive symptoms, talkativeness, mutuality (for both caregivers and care recipients) and burden (for caregivers)—were collected one week prior to (Time 1) and one week after the intervention (Time 2). Using repeated measures generalized linear models, we examined the differences in the amounts and patterns of the changes in outcomes according to age, gender, and the care-recipients’ level of cognitive impairment.

Results

Some participants benefited from the CLSA-K program, while others did not. For caregivers, mental health, and marital quality remained stable, while caregiver burden increased among those with spouses who had moderate levels of cognitive impairment. For care-recipients, younger and male participants showed increased talkativeness.

Discussion and implications

CLSA-K appears to be promising for specific subgroups of participants in Korea. Multi-component or other approaches may be more beneficial for other couples. Cultural differences as well as social positions may play a role in the acceptability and efficacy of the couple-based intervention.
Incorporating High-Impact Practices for Retention: A Learning Community Model for Transfer Students
Authors: Thomas Devon Thacker , Walsh Eileen T. , Torr Berna M. , Alvarez Anthony S. , Malagon Maria C.
Published: November 2018

Transfer from one institution to another is increasingly common for students during the course of their higher education careers. The number of students moving from community colleges to four-year universities continues to rise. Transfer students report experiences of alienation, isolation, and other personal and academic challenges. To address this problematic transition, the authors propose a cohort-based learning community model that incorporates high-impact practices of first-year experience programs demonstrated to improve retention. These include enhanced advising, project-based student collaboration, application of knowledge across courses, collaboration of core faculty, peer support, and required participation in campus activities. This model, applicable to any major and particularly useful for those comprised heavily of upper division courses, is applied in a Sociology department. Findings from the pilot study suggest that students experience increased sense of community, improved academic and social integration, and great promise for retention. Ultimately, the comprehensive model and assessment plan detailed in this article can be implemented in a similar manner across disciplines and universities for a variety of student populations of concern.
Preparation and investigation of moisture transfer and electromagnetic shielding properties of double-layer electromagnetic shielding fabrics
Authors: Yu Zhicai , Chen Ye , He Hualing
Published: November 2018

In this study, a type of double-layer electromagnetic shielding fabric that combined reflection and absorption layers was successfully fabricated. Polypyrrole-coated cotton fabric was prepared by in situ polymerization and used as electromagnetic wave absorbed layer. A type of metal composite yarn containing stainless steel wire was woven into warp-knitted fabric as the reflection layer of double-layer electromagnetic shielding fabric. The electromagnetic shielding and conductive properties of double-layer electromagnetic shielding fabric were investigated in this work. Result showed that the electromagnetic shielding effectiveness could reach up to 15 dB in a large frequency range from 500 MHz to 1.5 GHz. The electrical conductivity of polypyrrole-deposited cotton fabric was 0.15 S/cm. To investigate the physiological wear comfort of prepared sample, the effect of moisture content on drying rate and air permeability was also discussed. Results indicated that the existence of polypyrrole on the cotton fabric displayed negative influence to water absorption. Furthermore, it was also found that the air permeability of electromagnetic shielding fabric decreased linearly with the increased water content in the fabric, and the air almost could not pass over the fabric when the water content reached approximately 80%. The study was designed in order to have a clear understanding of double-layer electromagnetic shielding fabric and provide advice to produce protective clothing to protect humans from electromagnetic radiation.
Infrarenal Aortic Endograft Infection: A Single-Center Experience
Authors: Fernandez Prendes Carlota , Riedemann Wistuba Mariel , Zanabili Al-Sibbai Ahmad Amer , Del Castro Madrazo Jose Antonio , Santervas Lino Antonio Camblor , Perez Manuel Alonso
Published: November 2018

Purpose:

Endograft infection is an infrequent but one of the most serious and challenging complications after endovascular aortic repair. The aim of this study was to assess the management of this complication in a tertiary center.

Case Series:

A retrospective analysis of a prospective database was performed including all patients who underwent elective endovascular abdominal aortic repair (EVAR) from 2003 to 2016 in a tertiary center. Seven cases of endograft infection were identified during the follow-up period from a total of 473 (1.48%) EVAR. Most frequent symptoms at presentation were fever (71.4%) and lumbar pain (57.1%). One case developed an early infection, while 6 cases were diagnosed as late infections. Mean time from endograft placement to symptom presentation was 28.3 months (2-91.5 months). Gram-positive cocci were the microorganisms most commonly isolated in blood cultures (66%). Two cases were managed with endograft removal and aortic reconstruction with a cryopreserved allograft, 2 cases with surgical drainage, and 2 cases exclusively with antibiotic therapy. In 1 case, the diagnosis was performed postoperatively based on intraoperative findings associated with positive graft cultures; and graft explantation was performed with “in situ” reconstruction using a Dacron graft. Perioperative mortality was 42.9%. One-year mortality was 57.1%. Mean follow-up was 21.5 months.

Conclusion:

Endograft explantation is the gold standard of treatment; however, given the overall high morbi–mortality rates of this pathology, a tailored approach should always be offered depending on the patient’s overall condition. Conservative management can be an acceptable option in those patients with short life expectancy and high surgical risk.
Intraoperative Probe-Based Confocal Endomicroscopy to Histologically Differentiate Thyroid From Parathyroid Tissue Before Resection
Authors: Ignat Mihaela , Lindner Veronique , Vix Michel , Marescaux Jacques , Mutter Didier
Published: November 2018

Background. Frozen section is the standard method to histologically distinguish parathyroid tissue from thyroid tissue during endocrine neck surgery. Frozen section can be time-consuming and costly. Its drawback is that it is to be performed only after the removal of a suspected pathological tissue. This study demonstrates the use of probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) to confirm histology prior to tissue resection. Design. A prospective, single-institution, nonrandomized study was conducted. No sample size calculation was performed for this observational trial. The primary objective was the description of histological rendering of normal and pathological tissues through pCLE. Real-time in vivo fluorescence microscopy imaging was performed with the CystoFlex UHD probe after intravenous injection of 2.5 mL of 10% fluorescein sodium. Results. Eleven patients with hyperparathyroidism and thyroid conditions were included. A total of 104 videos showing thyroid, parathyroid, adipose tissue, muscle, laryngeal nerve, and lymph nodes were recorded. Videos were compared with visual information and pathological samples (when sampling was indicated). Thyroid tissue could be identified based on the presence of colloid follicles (intensely fluorescent area surrounded by a small ridge of low-fluorescence epithelial cells) including the pathognomonic aspect of resorption vacuole. Parathyroid tissue could be identified based on a regular, “diamond-shaped” capillary network encompassing parathyroid chief cells. Blinded reinterpretation of pCLE videos demonstrated an 89.3% sensitivity and a 90% specificity as compared with histology in tissue recognition. Conclusion. This pilot study describes representative renderings of intraoperative pCLE to nontraumatically differentiate thyroid, parathyroid, and lymph nodes before surgical removal.
Compliant control for wearable exoskeleton robot based on human inverse kinematics
Authors: Brahmi Brahim , Saad Maarouf , Brahmi Abdelkrim , Luna Cristobal Ochoa , Rahman Mohammad Habibur
Published: November 2018

Rehabilitation robots are a new technology dedicated to the physiotherapy and assistance motion and has aroused great interest in the scientific community. These kinds of robots have shown a high potential in limiting the patient’s disability, increasing its functional movements and helping him/her in daily living activities. This technology is still an emerging area and suffers from many challenges like compliance control and human–robot collaboration. The main challenge addressed in this research is to ensure that the exoskeleton robot provides an appropriate compliance control that allows it to interact perfectly with humans. This article investigates a new compliant control based on a second-order sliding mode with adaptive-gain incorporating time delay estimation. The control uses human inverse kinematics to complete active rehabilitation protocols for an exoskeleton robot with unknown dynamics and unforeseen disturbances. The stability analysis is formulated and demonstrated based on Lyapunov function. An experimental physiotherapy session with three healthy subjects was set up to test the effectiveness of the proposed control, using virtual reality environment.
Trajectory planning method of robot sorting system based on S-shaped acceleration/deceleration algorithm
Authors: Chen Qizhi , Zhang Chengrui , Ni Hepeng , Liang Xue , Wang Haitao , Hu Tianliang
Published: November 2018

To improve the sorting accuracy and efficiency of sorting system with large inertia robot, this article proposes a novel trajectory planning method based on S-shaped acceleration/deceleration algorithm. Firstly, a novel displacement segmentation method based on assumed maximum velocity is proposed to reduce the computational load of velocity planning. The sorting area can be divided into four parts by no more than three steps. Secondly, since the positions of workpieces are dynamically changing, a dynamic prediction method of workpiece picking position has been presented to consider all the possible positions of the robot and the workpiece, so as to realize the picking position prediction of the workpiece at any positions. Each situation in this method can constitute an equation with only one solution, and the existence of the solution can be verified by the proposed graphical method. The simulations of the motion time of the sorting process show that the proposed method can significantly shorten the sorting time and improve the sorting efficiency compared with the previous method. Finally, this method was applied to the Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA) robot for experiments. In the physical picking experiment, the missing-pick rate was less than 1%, which demonstrates the efficiency and effectiveness of this method.
Development of speed/trajectory measurement system using smart glasses for beginning or unskilled curlers
Authors: Lee Sangcheol , Park Sanghyuk , Kim Taewhan , Kil Sekee
Published: November 2018

In this study, a smart glasses measurement system was developed to provide real-time speed and trajectory information of the stone in curling. For beginners and unskilled or student athletes who do not have sufficient experience with curling or wheelchair curling, the speed and trajectory information aid in delivery of the stone. The system consists of a pair of smart glasses, tablet PC, gateway (type of small computer), and three speed and distance sensor blocks with a case that has two sensors using lasers to measure distance. The smart glasses and tablet PC display the speed and trajectory of the stone measured by three sensor blocks in real time, allowing the user to observe the condition of the stone immediately after throwing it. Experiments were conducted to confirm the accuracy of the speed and distance measurement of the developed system. Experimental results show that the maximum speed measurement error is approximately 0.0056 m/s and the maximum distance measurement error is approximately 8 mm. The developed system can be used by practicing athletes to collect information on the speed and trajectory of the stone, which varies based on the conditions of the arena including ice surface temperature, ice surface condition, air temperature, and humidity. The collected data can be used as basic information on ice friction, which is necessary for curling research. This system was developed to support Korean curling teams preparing for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
The role of stem cell transplantation in the management of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Authors: Ribera Jose-Maria , Ribera Jordi , Genescà Eulalia
Published: November 2018

The concurrent administration of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) with standard chemotherapy together with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) has improved the outcome of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Although to date, no study has shown alloHSCT to be inferior to chemotherapy plus TKIs in any subgroup of adult Ph+ ALL, there is some evidence suggesting no additional benefit of alloHSCT in patients with deep molecular responses to intensive chemotherapy with a second-generation, and especially, third-generation TKI. As none of these positive and negative studies are controlled, randomized trials are needed to fully define the role of alloHSCT in Ph+ ALL, especially in those with deep molecular response. However, if studies combining TKIs with new approaches such as immunotherapy lead to durable responses, alloHSCT in the first complete remission could be avoided in the near future in the majority of patients with Ph+ ALL.
Community Pharmacy Response in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters: Time-Sensitive Opportunity for Research and Evaluation
Authors: Melin Kyle , Rodríguez-Díaz Carlos E.
Published: November 2018

One year ago, Hurricane Maria passed over the archipelago of Puerto Rico, leaving widespread disruption of nearly all human services, including the health care sector. In the aftermath of the hurricane, limited access to medical care and prescription medications presented a serious challenge to maintaining control of preexisting chronic diseases. Many patients did not have access to refrigeration for heat-sensitive medications. Significant dietary changes due to the limited availability of shelf-stable foods further exacerbated chronic conditions such as heart failure and diabetes. The role of community pharmacists following a natural disaster has previously been documented, and may include the triage of evacuees, assessment of immunization needs, and provision of prescription medications under a collaborative practice agreement. However, our experience in Puerto Rico demonstrated a variety of barriers limited pharmacists’ ability to adequately respond to the magnitude of this disaster. These included medication shortages, extended loss of power, and limited telecommunications for contacting prescribers, disaster relief agencies, and third-party payers. Ultimately, the lack of preexisting emergency protocols made overcoming such barriers difficult. As the first and sometimes only accessible health care provider to many patients following a natural disaster, we must build a solid evidence base and better understanding of the individual, interpersonal, and environmental factors that contribute to the community pharmacist response. To date, however, a paucity of data exists on both the pharmacist and patient factors, which may contribute to an effective immediate response to patient needs at the community pharmacy following a natural disaster. Future research must focus on these multi-level factors to better inform public policy and effective disaster planning. Ultimately, such research and planning will lead to increased resiliency in our primary health care systems in the face of future disasters.
Improving Homeless Point-In-Time Counts: Uncovering the Marginally Housed
Authors: Smith Curtis , Castañeda-Tinoco Ernesto
Published: November 2018

This article discusses improvements made to the methodology of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) point-in-time (PIT) homeless census. HUD’s PIT results are presented to Congress as official data for policy consideration. Yet, PIT methodology focuses on visible street homeless individuals and those in shelters while neglecting the “marginally housed” or less visible homeless who live in automobiles or temporarily stay with friends and extended family. Being a hidden population, the marginally housed has been a traditionally difficult population to study. We replicated HUD’s PIT count but additionally targeted the marginally housed to improve traditional methods of counting the homeless. We improve the PIT count in two ways: (1) by extensively training counters, and (2) by using the personal networks of hundreds of counters to seek out the marginally housed. Student researchers from a local university located 333 more homeless individuals than the local PIT, of which 153 were marginally housed. We do not claim this to be an exhaustive count of all the marginally housed in the region, but it is an initial step in developing methodologies to include this hidden population when calculating the total homeless population. This approach can also improve traditional homeless counts in other cities.
En el planeta Ingmar Bergman
Authors: Rey Sandro Romero
Published: November 2018

Fårö es una isla situada en el mar Báltico, al norte de la isla de Gotland. Allí, el director de cine sueco Ingmar Bergman estableció su residencia, donde rodaría algunas de las películas más importantes de su filmografía. El presente texto, es el resultado de un viaje al epicentro creativo de uno de los realizadores más importantes de la historia. La obra de Bergman, tanto para el teatro, como para la radio, el cine y la televisión, representa uno de los mejores ejemplos de lo que dio a llamarse “la creación de autor”. Poseedor de un estilo único y desgarrador, Bergman se aferró a los oficios de la representación con toda la vehemencia de un explorador radical de los asuntos de la vida y de la muerte. “El séptimo sello”, “Persona”, “Vergüenza”, “La hora del lobo”, “Escenas de un matrimonio”, “Fanny y Alexander”, entre muchas otras, forman parte del patrimonio artístico de la humanidad y recorrer los pasos de su gestor se convierte en una obra de arte en sí misma: trayecto de iniciación hacia los misterios de una industria que, gracias a los artificios de personalidades insustituibles como la de Ingmar Bergman, representa hoy por hoy, el triunfo de un estilo y de una tradición sin concesiones
The influence of tourist evaluative factors on tourist behavioral intention: the mediating role of tourist satisfaction
Authors: Fernaldi Elmer Hafiizh , Sukresna I Made
Published: November 2018

This study examines the effect of tourist evaluative factors, specifically service quality and tourist experience on tourist satisfaction and its further influence on revisit intention and intention to recommend. Service quality and tourist experience serve as independent variables, while revisit intention and recommend intention are posited as dependent variables, with satisfaction acts as the intervening variable. Data analysis using  Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) of 186 tourist visiting Umbul Sidomukti, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, finds that both revisit intention and intention to recommend could be increased through the improvement of service quality and tourist satisfaction.
Tangential derivatives and higher-order regularizing properties of the double layer heat potential
Authors: Lanza de Cristoforis Massimo , Luzzini Paolo
Published: November 2018

We prove an explicit formula for the tangential derivatives of the double layer heat potential.
By exploiting such a formula, we prove the validity of a regularizing property for the integral operator associated to the double layer heat potential in spaces of functions with high-order derivatives in parabolic Hölder spaces defined on the boundary of parabolic cylinders which are unbounded in the time variable.
La peur, passion radicale
Authors: Morel Pierre-Marie
Published: November 2018

This paper deals with the aetiological aspect of the Epicurean conception of passions. It is argued that the therapy of the soul relies on an overall explanation of the various emotional states, and that fear is at the core of this framework in so far as it is the root of most psychic troubles. The first part deals with fear in the context of the general theory of passions. The second part shows that this basic emotion is the root of injustice and political excessive ambition, in Lucretius’De rerum natura. The third part puts the emphasis on the role of anxiety in passionate love, in the same text. Fear, in its various forms, appears to be the main cause of a number of pathological emotions. It may be concluded that the Epicurean therapy of emotions, far from dealing with separate passions from case to case, is based on a holistic approach of psychic states.
La trattazione vetero-stoica dell’ira: componenti logiche e caratteri fisiologici
Authors: Alesse Francesca
Published: November 2018

The paper compares the two components of the Stoic definition ofpathos, the logico-linguistic component and the physiological, ‘pneumatic’ one, in order to examine the role that each of them plays in the onset ofpathos, its persistence in the human soul, its possible eradication. The analysis is focused on anger (ὀργή) which reveals some peculiarities, especially as regards its logical structure, due to the fact that this passion seems to be the combination of two different feelings. The anger indeed is classified as a species of desire but the description of its onset also includes pain.
Illness and heroics: On counter-narrative and counter‑metaphor in the discourse on cancer
Authors: Hansen Per Krogh
Published: November 2018

This article explores the nexus between narrative and metaphor by examining a specific and widespread metaphor in the discourse on cancer, namely “the war against cancer”, and paying attention to the function it has in the narratives we tell about cancer – personally as well as culturally and politically. Of special interest is how this dominant metaphor has a negative consequence in relation to the seriously and incurably ill, who are necessarily positioned as ‘losers’. The concepts of master and counter-narrative are applied to describe this and show how the war metaphor can be generatively turned against itself and function as the basis for counter-narratives of being ill. In the final part of the article, attention is paid to Danish author Maria Gerhardt’s autofictional novelTransfervindue. Fortællinger om de raskes fejl(2017) [Transfer Window: Narratives about the flaws of the healthy] as an example of a productive extension of the war metaphor. The general aim is to argue that the ‘war against cancer’ metaphor is complex and simultaneously plays a positive and negative role in health discourse. On the one hand, it structures the general effort for treatment of and research on cancer. On the other hand, it positions the incurable as losers. It is, however, argued that we cannot eradicate this metaphor from language, and that we should instead find examples of extensions of the metaphor where e. g. ‘protection’, ‘peace-keeping’ and ‘exile’ are active.
“大华语” 概念适应汉语走向世界的需要
Authors: 陆 俭明 , Jianming Lu
Published: November 2018

汉语/中文/华语将逐渐成为各国学习的热门语言, 今后汉语教学在全世界范围内将会有更大的发展。汉语教学, 无论是语音、词汇、语法教学, 要不折不扣地完全按普通话标准来要求, 事实上难以做到。汉语教学所教、所学的汉语/中文/华语, 在理论上可以明确规定 “要以中国本土的普通话为标准”, 但是实际教学中应允许有一定的弹性, 而不必过于死抠。“大华语” 虽然是一个抽象概括、人为设定的假想性的概念, 但是将这一概念引入汉语教学中有好处, 有助于增强世界华人的凝聚力和认同感, 有助于建立和谐的华人社会, 更有助于推进世界范围的汉语教学。
(An-)Lauttabellen und silbenbasierte Lehrwerke im Deutschunterricht der Primarstufe
Authors: Hagemann Jörg
Published: November 2018

Teaching materials in German lessons at primary level, which are intended to guide or support the acquisition of written language, have different concepts. As part of a nationwide survey, between 2013 and 2015, the question was asked about the textbooks used in German lessons, and especially about the use of an initial sound table. The evaluation focuses on the distribution of syllabic-oriented textbooks and the use of initial sound tables. It can be seen that the nationwide distribution shows regional tendencies. Follow-up surveys and a correlation with spelling and reading at later points in time of the cohorts collected can provide possible indications as to how learn-effective textbooks could be.
Design and Characterization of an Ultra Low Loss, Dispersion-Flattened Slotted Photonic Crystal Fiber for Terahertz Application
Authors: Islam Mohammad Rakibul , Arif Hossain Md. , Ali Syed Iftekhar , Sultana Jakeya , Saiful Islam Md.
Published: November 2018

A novel photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based on TOPAS, consisting only rectangular slots is presented and analyzed in this paper. The PCF promises not only an extremely low effective material loss (EML) but also a flattened dispersion over a broad frequency range. The modal characteristics of the proposed fiber have been thoroughly investigated using finite element method. The fiber confirms a low EML of 0.009 to 0.01 cm−1 in the frequency range of 0.77–1.05 THz and a flattened dispersion of 0.22±0.01 ps/THz/cm. Besides, some other significant characteristics like birefringence, single mode operation and confinement loss have also been inspected. The simplicity of the fiber makes it easily realizable using the existing fabrication technologies. Thus it is anticipated that the new fiber has the potential to ensure polarization preserving transmission of terahertz signals and to serve as an efficient medium in the terahertz frequency range.
Millimetre Waves Over Free Space Optics System for 5G Application
Authors: Murugan K H Shakthi , Sumathi M
Published: November 2018

With advancement in communication systems and ever increasing demand of bandwidth, research has been oriented towards 5G networks. For achieving high data rates, mm waves are employed using radio over fiber (RoF) technique. This work focus on employing mm waves in free space optics. Two independent channels are employed with each having 5 Gbps data rate and 60 GHz of radio signal. Output signal received is observed by analyzing using BER and eye diagrams.
Yoram Barzel and the Economics of Institutions
Authors: Lueck Dean
Published: November 2018

This article examines the relationship between the work of Yoram Barzel and Institutional Economics. Barzel has developed a property rights/transaction cost approach to economics and has written on topics ranging from car racing to slavery to Jewish lending to voting rules in condominium associations. Among his many ideas are those about racing to claim assets, multitasking, rationing by waiting, divided ownership of complex assets, measurement costs, and the economic orgins of democracy. In the process Barzel’s work unearthed the economic rationale for many institutions and offered a framework for analyzing them. Barzel holds an important place among all economists for expanding the scope of economic science in a way that focuses attention on the importance of property rights in understanding institutions and the economic logic of their variety. In this way he has been a crucial part of economic study of institutions.
Dichten an der Stelle des Denkens. Bemerkungen zur Genese des Gesangs im dritten Teil von Nietzsches Zarathustra
Authors: Christen Felix
Published: November 2018

Poetry in lieu of thinking. Reflections on the genesis of song in the third part of Nietzsche’s Zarathustra. The chapter Von der grossen Sehnsucht opens the final section of Nietzscheʼs Also sprach Zarathustra with a speech in which Zarathustra invites his soul to sing and in which he starts to sing himself. Based on Nietzscheʼs own late interpretation in Ecce homo, this article focuses on the narrative coherence and poetic logic of the chapter Von der grossen Sehnsucht. While the address to the soul can be understood as a soliloquy that corresponds to the definition of thinking in Platoʼs Sophistes, the chapter Von der grossen Sehnsucht also allows insight into the relationship between thinking and writing. Von der grossen Sehnsucht, after all, follows the chapter Der Genesende, in which Zarathustraʼs animals talk to him about eternal recurrence. Moreover, the invitation to sing anticipates the Dionysos-Dithyramben: the address to the soul is followed by Das andere Tanzlied and the Ja-und Amen-Lied, which Nietzsche describes as a dithyramb. As such, the chapter Von der grossen Sehnsucht introduces dithyrambic poetry.
Multi-facets of kinetic roughening of interfaces
Authors: Nath Palash , Jana Debnarayan
Published: November 2018

In this review, the authors are going to explore the intriguing aspects of kinetic roughening of interfaces. Interface roughness dynamics connected with various physical processes have been studied through novel microscopic models in connection with experiments. The statistical properties of such rough interfaces appearing in wide range of physical systems are observed to belong to different universality classes characterized by the scaling exponents. With the advancement of characterization techniques, the scaling exponents of thin-film surface (or the morphological evolution of amorphous surfaces eroded by ion bombardment) are easily computed even in situ during the growing (erosion) conditions. The relevant key physical parameters during the dynamics crucially control the overall scaling behaviour as well as the scaling exponents. The non-universal nature of scaling exponents is emphasized on the variations of the physical parameters in experimental studies and also in theoretical models. Overall, this review containing both theoretical and experimental results will unfold some novel features of surface morphology and its evolution and shed important directions to build an appropriate theoretical framework to explain the observations in systematic and consistent experiments.
Stability of a 50 mg/mL Ceftazidime Eye-Drops Formulation
Authors: Gautier Eric , Saillard Justine , Deshayes Caroline , Vrignaud Sandy , Lagarce Frederic , Briot Thomas
Published: November 2018

Background

Microbial keratitis are severe infectionsgenerally linked to risk factors. High-doses antibiotic eye-drops could be required to avoid severe complications. In such cases, hospital pharmacists are in charge of their production given the lack of such formulations on the market. The stability of these antibiotic eye-drops is generally limited to a couple of days and publications generally do not describe addition of microbial preservatives even though it is a European Pharmacopeia requirement. The aim of this study was to describe a new ceftazidime eye-drops formulation at 50 mg/mL with a antimicrobial additive, benzalkonium chloride at 0.04 mg/mL.

Methods

Physico-chemical studies of this new formulation were performed by a stability indicating HPLC-UV method validated according to ICH standards, osmolality measurements, pH monitoring and visual examinations. Antimicrobial preservative efficacy was evaluated according to the method from the European Pharmacopeia.

Results

After 75 days at −20 °C followed by 7 days at 4 °C, or after 7 days at 4 °C, the eye-drops were stable. A degradation trend was finally observed at day 14 at 4 °C.

Conclusions

A new ceftazidime eye-drops formulation is proposed with a stability of 7 days. Outpatients do not need to return to the hospital pharmacy for repeat dispensing, thus possibly improving treatment compliance.
Marseille en V.O. ? La négociation des langues dans des interactions entre touristes internationaux et conseillers touristiques
Authors: Wilson Adam
Published: November 2018

Marseille is slowly transforming into an important international tourist destination following sustained efforts by city authorities. The influx of international tourists has led to an intensification and diversification of language contact situations in the already highly multilingual city. This chapter aims to provide an analysis of in situ language practices in one of Marseille’s key tourist contexts in order to explore the sociolinguistic changes taking place. Using interactional data taken from a long-term fieldwork project undertaken in Marseille’s Tourist Office, this chapter focuses on the negotiation and selection of the principal language of interaction in exchanges between international tourists and tourist advisers. These moments are shown to be crucial to the facilitation of communication and the co-construction of meaning and it is shown how speakers mobilise two strategies - explicit requests and tacit negotiations - in these sequences. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the wider sociolinguistic dynamics underpinning these practices.
Acting out on Twitter: Affordances for animating reported speech in written computer-mediated communication
Authors: Wikström Peter
Published: November 2018

Quotativebelikeis a construction associated with informal spoken contexts and, especially, with various forms of embodied enactments. This study examines instances of quotativebelikein a corpus of Twitter data (1,000,000 tweets; 1,113 quotative instances). Special attention is paid to how users of Twitter employ the platform’s affordances toanimatetheir speech reports – i.e. to represent voices, enact body language, or otherwise ‘dramatize’ the speech reports. The aim is to investigate how a linguistic format which is richly embodied in face-to-face interaction gets ‘re-embodied’ on Twitter. The study finds that animation of reported speech on Twitter is visually, and predominantly typographically, afforded. In the material, oral practices are more frequently reconfigured andremediatedrather than directly reproduced. That is to say, even when users are not reproducing spoken utterances, they often employ graphical strategies that are mainly understandable by analogy to spoken and embodied face-to-face interaction. However, users also draw on emergent online repertoires with no face-to-face analogues, such as ‘pure’ typographical play and the recruitment of established online memes. Thus, the findings suggest that orality lingers as a trace, but is not a necessary component, in bringing reported speech to life in a text-based computer-mediated setting.
Synthesis, molecular, and crystal structures of 3d transition metal cyanocyclopentadienides [M(MeOH)
n
(H2O)4–

n
{C5(CN)4X}2] (M=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn; X=H, CN, NH2, NO2)
Authors: Sünkel Karlheinz , Reimann Dietmar , Nimax Patrick
Published: November 2018

The reaction of the 3d transition metal dichlorides MCl2 (M=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) with the silver salts of substituted tetracyanocyclopentadienides Ag+ [C5(CN)4X]− (X=CN, H, NH2 NO2) gives the complexes [M(MeOH/H2O)4{C5(CN)4)X}2]. Nine of these complexes were characterized by X-ray diffraction and it shows that they all are mononuclear with an octahedral M(N)2(O)4 coordination sphere. In the structures, extensive hydrogen bonding leads to dense three-dimensional network structures.
Data science and communications management
Authors: Sévigny Alex
Published: November 2018

In this editorial for issue two of volume five of the Journal of ProfessionalCommunication, the author discusses how data science is changingthe communications landscape. He suggests that advances intechnology are making it easier to learn about and communicate withpublics. The author challenges communciations professionals to makebetter use of this new technology in their own work.