bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Taxonomic novelties in Central African grasses (Poaceae), Paniceae 2
Authors: Sosef Marc S.M.
Published: November 2019

Background and aims – Within the framework of the renewed production of the Flore d’Afrique centrale, the grasses are being studied to accomplish their treatment. Taxonomic novelties, or other information not deemed appropriate in a Flora, are published in a series of separate papers of which this is the second.Methods – Standard herbarium techniques have been applied to material from BR, BRLU, GENT, P and WAG. Some types were studied through the JSTOR Global Plant facility.Key results – Novelties are presented for the genera Anthephora, Cenchrus (incl. Pennisetum) and Setaria. Three new combinations are made. Lectotypes are designated for five names. Ten names are treated as new synonyms of accepted species names, with explanations of the new taxonomic concepts applied.
Análise de estresse e índice de massa corporal em estudantes de medicina do Distrito Federal
Authors: Garrido Campos de Andrade Odil , De Castro Pereira Lethícia , Resende Vieira de Sousa Gabriela
Published: November 2019

Objetivo: Identificar a prevalência de estresse, sobrepeso e obesidade. Avaliar o impacto da atividade física no padrão de sono, níveis de estresse e pensamentos suicidas. Avaliar os principais fatores estressores entre os estudantes de Medicina do Distrito Federal. Métodos: Estudo de coorte transversal, realizado em estudantes de medicina do Distrito Federal. Foi aplicado questionário online para obtenção de dados referentes à atividade física, sono e ideação suicida. O estresse foi avaliado através do Inventário de Sintomas de Stress para Adulto de Lipp, que classifica os estudantes em fase: alerta, resistência, quase-exaustão e exaustão. A classificação de sobrepeso e obesidade foi a partir do índice massa corporal. Os dados coletados foram analisados através do software estatístico IBM SPSS Statistics v. 20 (IBM Corp. Released 2011, Armonk, NY), utilizando o teste T independente para comparar duas variáveis e a ANOVA de uma via com teste Post-Hoc de Bonferroni para a avaliação de subgrupos. Resultados: 404 estudantes foram incluídos, atingindo uma boa confiabilidade através do cálculo amostral. A prevalência de estresse é de 71,3%. A prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade da amostra é de 20% e 5%, respectivamente, nos homens 36% e 6% e nas mulheres 12% e 4%. A realização de atividade física mostrou-se significativa na proteção contra o estresse (p: 0,001) e contra a ideação suicida (p: 0,014), além de melhorar o padrão de sono (p: 0,019). Conclusão: A prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade está superior à média geral, assim como a prevalência de estresse. A atividade física mostrou papel fundamental na redução dos níveis de estresse, na proteção contra pensamentos suicidas e no padrão de sono
Avaliação do perfil de sintomas não motores em pacientes com distonia primária
Authors: Matheus Moreno de Oliveira , Cortez Grippe Talyta
Published: November 2019

Introdução: Distonia é o segundo transtorno do movimento mais comum nosconsultórios da especialidade, embora ainda seja pouco reconhecido na prática clínica. Éuma síndrome onde há uma grande riqueza de sintomas não motores, que são muitasvezes negligenciados inclusive por especialistas. Seus principais sintomas sãopsiquiátricos, sendo a ansiedade e a depressão os grandes destaques. Objetivo.Caracterizar e avaliar o perfil epidemiológico de pacientes com distonia primária em umcentro de referência no Brasil, assim como seus sintomas nãomotores. Métodos: Pesquisa realizada em duas etapas. A primeira de maneiraretrospectiva, transversal do tipo descritiva. Foram avaliados prontuários de pacientescom distonia primária acompanhados em ambulatório especializado em distúrbios domovimento no período de 2017 a 2019. Dados como idade, sexo e distribuição corporalforam analisados. Na segunda etapa foi realizada uma pesquisa prospectiva, transversaldo tipo descritiva. Realizou-se a aplicação de questionários para avaliação dos sintomasnão motores. Resultados: Um total de 127 pacientes foram selecionados após avaliaçãodo prontuário e exclusão de pacientes com distonia de causa secundária ou diagnósticode outros distúrbios de movimento. A maioria dos pacientes avaliados é do sexo feminino(53,7%; n= 72), com média de idade de 56,4 anos (18 – 87). A distribuição corporal maiscomum identificada foi a cervical (37%), seguida de cervicofacial (19%), blefaroespasmo(17%) e segmentar (17%). Dos 20 pacientes que responderam o questionário, 45% foramdiagnosticados com ansiedade e 45% com depressão (não sendo congruentes). Alémdisso, os pacientes apresentam comprometimento cognitivo significativo, mesmo quandocomparado a população semelhante. Conclusão: Existe uma grande prevalência desintomas não motores em pacientes com distonia na amostra avaliada, evidenciando queesse aspecto deve ser sempre explorado e abordado pelo médico assistente. Sãonecessários mais estudos em outras regiões do Brasil para que se possa estabelecer umperfil epidemiológico para pacientes brasileiros, permitindo assim uma melhorcaracterização e manejo desses indivíduos
Infecção em pacientes dialíticos. Bacteremia em pacientes dialíticos de um hospital público: estudo do perfil microbiológico, critérios diagnóstico, fatores de risco e morbimortalidade
Authors: Aguiar Taquary Alvarenga Amanda , Alencar Ferreira Carolina , D’ arc Gonçalves da Silva Joana
Published: November 2019

Resumo: A doença renal crônica (DRC) tem fatores de risco muito frequentes entre apopulação brasileira e mundial, como a diabetes mellitus, a hipertensão arterial, otabagismo e a obesidade. Nos últimos anos o número de pacientes em falência renalaumentou, fazendo com que mais pessoas necessitem do serviço de hemodiálise, o quediminui a qualidade de vida e expõe os pacientes a diferentes intercorrências, comoinfecções. As infecções associadas ao cateter/bacteremia podem estar relacionadas ao nãocumprimento das normas para controle de infecção da ANVISA e ao mau uso dos cateterespara acessos venosos, desrespeitando seu tempo adequado de uso. Assim, realizou-sepesquisa transversal, qualitativa e quantitativa, com análise de fichas do Centro de Controlede Infecção Hospitalar (CCIH), as quais obtinham informações anônimas extraídas dosprontuários e exames laboratoriais de pacientes internados na Unidade de Hemodiálise doHospital Regional da Asa Norte (HRAN) e acompanhados durante todo o período deinternação entre janeiro e dezembro de 2018, no HRAN. O objetivo principal do trabalho foiidentificar os pacientes em hemodiálise que desenvolveram infecção e investigar osprincipais fatores associados ao desenvolvimento de bacteremia em pacientes dialíticos,apontando os principais agentes etiológicos destas infecções. Porém, o número da amostracolhida dentro de um ano foi insuficiente, fazendo com que a pesquisa precise de maistempo para obter o resultado desejado. As infecções relacionadas à hemodiálise sãofacilmente evitadas e o cumprimento das normas da vigilância sanitária faz-se essencial
Building inspection in multi-dwelling housing and the perception of building quality
Authors: Zalejska-Jonsson Agnieszka , Muyingo Henry
Published: December 2019

Principal-agency problems due to hidden incentives might be amplified, for example, under circumstances when unjustified trust in an inspector is associated with higher perception of building quality. This paper sets out to determine whether a significant difference exists in the owner’s perception of the building quality based on the perception of the inspector and the inspection process within multi-dwelling housing. A principal-agent theoretical perspective and the question of trust is applied on data from a survey sent to 1563 housing cooperatives in Sweden and analysed using a one-sided ANOVA as well as Kruskal-Wallis and post-hoc Dunn’s test. The major finding is that differences in perception associated with the company size of the developer, the timing of the inspection as well as the complexity of the process for the owners affects reported defect. The main implication is that efforts to address shortcomings related to the gap between the developer and the owner, in the context of building quality and perceived severity of defects, need to be customised to different owner groups. A better understanding of the inspection process by the owner improves active participation, which leads to efficient quality improvement. Society benefits from improved comprehension and utilisation of the results.
Reconstructing N2-fixing cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea beyond observations using 6- and 7-methylheptadecanes in sediments as specific biomarkers
Authors: Kaiser Jérôme , Wasmund Norbert , Kahru Mati , Wittenborn Anna K. , Hansen Regina , Häusler Katharina , Moros Matthias , Schulz-Bull Detlef , Arz Helge W.
Published: November 2019

Abstract. Summer cyanobacterial blooms represent a threat for the Baltic Sea ecosystem, causing deoxygenation of the bottom water and the spread of the so-called dead zones. The time history of the Baltic Sea cyanobacterial blooms is known from in situ and satellite observations since the early 1980s, but still not well understood. By comparing both weekly-resolved trap sediments and a well-dated sediment core from the Eastern Gotland Basin with monitoring and satellite cyanobacterial data of the last ca. 35 years, it is shown here that 6- and 7-methylheptadecane lipids (expressed as 6+7Me-C17:0) are robust semi-quantitative biomarkers for diazotrophic cyanobacteria, and likely mainly for Nodularia spumigena. Using this organic proxy, it was thus possible to reconstruct the history of cyanobacterial blooms beyond the observational period with a resolution of 2–4 years since 1860. Cyanobacteria were constantly present, but in relatively low abundance until 1920, when they started to alternate between periods with high and low abundance. Interestingly, there seems to be no significant increase in cyanobacterial abundance in the 1950s, when eutrophication and deoxygenation of the Baltic Sea increased considerably. Decadal to multi-decadal fluctuations are likely rather related to variability in the Baltic Sea surface temperature and, ultimately, to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. A 7000 years long 6+7Me-C17:0 record from the Bothnian Sea also suggests a relationship with the mean summer temperature in the Baltic Sea region, but at a multi-centennial to multi-millennial timescale. The intensity of the cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea is thus likely mainly related to natural processes such as temperature variability, at least at a multi-decadal to multi-millennial timescale.
The Criminalisation of Coercive Control: The Power of Law?
Authors: Walklate Sandra , Fitz-Gibbon Kate
Published: December 2019

Making sense of intimate partner violence has long been seen through the lens of coercive control. However, despite the longstanding presence of this concept, it is only in recent years that efforts have been made to recognise coercive control within the legal context. This article examines the extent to which the law per se has the power, or indeed the capacity, to respond to what is known about coercive control. To do so, it charts the varied ways in which coercive control has entered legal discourse in different jurisdictions and maps these efforts onto what is evidenced about the nature and extent of coercive control in everyday life. This article then places the legal and the everyday side by side and considers the unintended consequences of ‘coercive control creep’. In conclusion, it is suggested that the criminalisation of coercive control only serves to fail those it is intended to protect.
The Roycroft Fiend: Bernard Shaw v. Elbert Hubbard
Authors: Pharand Michel
Published: December 2019

This article traces the aftermath of the unauthorized publication by the Roycroft Printing Shop of Shaw's essay “On Going to Church” (1896). American publisher Elbert Hubbard incurred Shaw's decades-long indignation for having mutilated his essay, “Roycroft” becoming Shavian shorthand for execrable typography. For his part, the eccentric Hubbard frequently took aim at Shaw in his popular little magazine The Philistine, upbraiding him as, among other epithets, a “diabolistic moralist” and “inquisitorial propagandist.”
Management Compensation, Gender Diversification, and Executive Preferences on Tax Avoidance of IDX Manufacturing Companies
Authors: Sudirjo Frans
Published: November 2019

This study aims to analyse the effect of management compensation, gender diversification, and executive preferences on tax avoidance practices in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Conceptually, this study uses mediating variables of executive gender diversification and executive preferences in the relationship between management compensation and tax avoidance. This study uses balanced panel data with a total of 404 observations from manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the 2015-2018 period. The results showed a negative assessment of management compensation on tax avoidance. However, further examination revealed that management compensation will positively influence tax avoidance if compensation is given to the board of directors who have gender diversification characteristics in the composition of their members indicated by at least one female director on the board of directors. Lastly, the greater the management compensation given to executives who have risk taker characteristics will also make directors to do greater tax avoidance.
Political Economy Analysis of Voter Participation and Choices in National Elections in Ghana’s Fourth Republican Era
Authors: Anaman Kwabena Asomanin , Bukari Gbensuglo Alidu
Published: December 2019

We analysed the determinants of voter participation (turnout), impairment of voter participation (spoiled or rejected ballots), and the outcomes (share of the total valid votes cast garnered by the victorious political party) in national presidential elections during the Fourth Republican era in Ghana. This analysis was undertaken based on meso-level statistical models, using district-level data of voters compiled from constituency-level data maintained by the Electoral Commission of Ghana, and district-level socio-economic characteristics derived from the 2010 and 2000 National Population Censuses conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service. In essence, we used data from two presidential elections in Ghana in 2000 and 2012 which could be directly aligned to data from the 2000 and 2010 national population censuses for district-level analysis using the concept of an average “district” voter. Our analysis indicated that the voter turnout was determined by a number of factors, the most important one being the population aged 15 over; the turnout decreases with increasing population. The impairment of voter participation, based on the proportion of the total votes cast attributed to spoiled ballots, was linked to the literacy rate with the spoiled ballots proportion declining with increasing literacy rate. The share of the total valid votes cast, obtained by the victorious party in a district, was influenced to a large degree by the proportion of the total number of citizens in a district belonging to the two biggest social/ethnic groups in Ghana, Asantes and Ewes, who predominantly voted in a countervailing manner for the parties that their political class elites dominate, the New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress, respectively.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Management and Sustainability, Vol. 9, No. 2
Authors: Xiao Evelyn
Published: December 2019

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Management and Sustainability, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2019.
Time Commitments in LNG Shipping and Natural Gas Price Convergence
Authors: Oglend Atle , Osmundsen Petter , Kleppe Tore Selland
Published: December 2019

Inter-continental Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) trade can facilitate the development of a global natural gas market. However, in addition to explicit shipping costs, such trade requires time commitments in shipping due to the long hauls of many shipping routes. We show that this time commitment adds an additional economic cost to LNG shipping, and creates a positive relationship between the economic cost of LNG trade and regional natural gas price spreads. Necessary time commitment therefore augments the other costs of LNG trade, and contributes to weaken the ties between global natural gas markets.
Identifying Strategic Traders in China’s Pilot Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme
Authors: Zhu Lei , Wang Xu , Zhang Dayong
Published: December 2019

This paper uses a sample of 1,867 firms that participate in the “Top-10,000 Energy-Consuming Enterprises Program” in China and aims to identify strategic traders in its pilot emissions trading scheme. Firms included in the ETS can exert their market power and manipulate allowance prices to achieve low compliance costs, which will consequently influence the effectiveness of this platform. This is of great importance to regulators or designers of this system in identifying these strategic traders and understanding their impact. We follow the basic principle proposed by Godal (2005) and develop a simple and implementable empirical procedure to study firm-level data from seven pilot programs in China. The results show that strategic traders exist with clear regional and sectoral differences. As a consequence of strategic trading by these firms, the overall volume of trading falls remarkably, with a clear increase in total compliance costs.
The Application of the Principle of Risk in Claims Settlement in Voluntary Business Liability Insurance in the Light of Case Law
Authors: Woronkiewicz Jacek
Published: November 2019

This article is an attempt to analyze the insured's liability for damages pursuant to art. 435 of the Civil Code in the context of voluntary business liability insurance. Above all, it is vital to lay down the criteria which decide about the application of the principle of risk while assessing the insured’s liability for damages.The establishment of the principle of the liability of the insured person points out the specific character of the insurance relationship in the business liability insurance contract in relation to the property insurance, as the insurer shall also assesses the legal situation of the insured person, in the light of the victim’s claims.This article explores the application of the principle of risk, according to which the insured entrepreneurs are liable and the criteria for its adoption. Besides, the roles and functions of the insurer and business liability insurance have been discussed in the context of formulating the liability rules of the insured.
The Blue Car in the Forest: Exploring Children’s Experiences of Sustainability in a Canadian Forest
Authors: Harwood Debra
Published: December 2019

An abandoned blue car from 1958 is a central figure of the qualitative exploration of sustainability pedagogies within a Canadian nature school. The mystery of the car and its entanglement within a densely-forested area where the preschool children play and learn is provocative. As part of a larger ethnographic case study of the nature school, eight young children (3-5-year-olds) and their two nature teachers’ critical engagement with the car is examined over the course of a year. The research approach for the data collection and analysis included photos, videos, participant-observations, educator journals, and children’s oral and written expressions of their ideas related to the project and sustainability. This small scale study offers a glimpse into the possibilities that emerge when we include children’s thinking, decisions, and actions within the more-than-human world to foster sustainability.
Maize Chromosome Abnormalities and Breakage-Fusion-Bridge Cycles in Callus Cultures
Authors: L.R. Aguiar-Perecin Margarida , A. Santos-Serejo Janay , R. Gardingo José , Mondin Mateus
Published: December 2019

The maize karyotype was first characterized by the observation of pachytene chromosomes. The somatic chromosomes were identified by C-banding and FISH with repetitive DNA sequences. C-banding was useful for the identification of chromosome abnormalities in callus cultures. In the present review, we focus on the involvement of heterochromatic knobs on the occurrence of chromosome abnormalities in callus cultures. In a previous work we detected anaphase bridges resulting from delayed chromatid separation at knob regions and typical bridges derived from dicentric chromatids in cultures. The analysis of altered chromosomes showed they were derived from a chromatid-type breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) showed signals of telomere sequences in the broken chromosome arm, thus giving evidence of de novo telomere formation on the broken chromosome end. Further observations of long- and short-term cultures have shown the presence of chromosome alterations derived from BFB cycles followed by chromosome healing. Additionally, the occurrence of unequal crossing over in a knob region was observed in callus culture. These results are of interest for studies on the mechanisms of chromosome alterations during evolution.
Accuracy of Blood Group Typing in the Management and Prevention of Alloimmunization
Authors: Sippert Emilia , Volkova Evgeniya , Rios Maria
Published: December 2019

Blood transfusion is an effective therapeutic approach for several hematological conditions including sickle cell disease (SCD), thalassaemia, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. It is also often indicated for transplantation and for patients receiving medical treatments for cancer. However, transfusion treatment can lead to the red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunization when an incompatible antigen is inadvertently present in the transfused blood. Alloantibodies can cause RBC destruction and many other complications defeating the purpose of the treatment. The risk of development of multiple alloantibodies increases with the frequency of transfusions in transfusion-dependent patients and can be mitigated by transfusing blood type negative for multiple antigens to prevent hemolysis. This chapter discusses the transfusion’s risk of RBC alloimmunization as an adverse event; consequences of alloimmunization in patients’ care; approaches to prevent and/or mitigate alloimmunization and enhance transfusion efficacy; application of RBC genotyping to supplement serology for preventing alloimmunization. The currently available techniques for RBC genotyping and the importance of reference reagents for determining the genotyping accuracy will also be discussed.
Turbulent Flow Simulations
Authors: Jaafer Habeeb Laith , Sabah Saleh Al-Turaihi Riyadh
Published: December 2019

This chapter consists of four sections; Introduction, Boundary and initial conditions, Setting of nonuniformly spaced grid, and Simulation approach. The fields of the fluctuating velocity describe the turbulent flows. Such fluctuations blend the transported quantities, like species concentration, energy, and momentum and make the transported quantity fluctuations in addition. Because such fluctuations have a small scale and high frequency, so they are very computationally costly for simulation straightforward in the virtual engineering computations. Alternatively, the instantaneous accurate governing equations can be time-averaged, ensemble-averaged, or in different way handled for removing the small scales, causing a modified group of equations, which are computationally less costly for solving.
Generation and Manipulation of Nonclassical Photon Sources in Nonlinear Processes
Authors: Zhou Zhi-Yuan , Shi Bao-Sen
Published: December 2019

Nonclassical photon sources are key components in quantum information science and technology. Here, the basic principles and progresses for single photon generation and their further manipulation based on second- or third-order nonlinear processes in various degrees of freedom are briefly reviewed and discussed. Based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion and spontaneous four-wave mixing, various nonlinear materials such as quasi-phase-matching crystals, dispersion-shifted fibers, and silicon-on-insulator waveguides are used for single photon generation. The kinds of entanglement generated include polarization, time-energy, time-bin, and orbital angular momentum. The key ingredient for photon pair generation in nonlinear processes is described and discussed. Besides, we also introduce quantum frequency conversion for converting a single photon from one wavelength to another wavelength, while keeping its quantum properties unchanged. Finally, we give a comprehensive conclusion and discussion about future perspectives for single photon generation and manipulation in nonlinear processes. This chapter will provide an overview about the status, current challenge, and future perspectives about single photon generation and processing in nonlinear processes.
Análise morfométrica da bacia do ribeirão da laje, no Sudoeste de Goiás, Brasil
Authors: Alves Wellmo Dos Santos , Martins Alécio Perini , Scopel Iraci , Pereira Maria Antonia Balbino
Published: November 2019

Devido aos impactos ambientais negativos causados pelo uso intensivo do solo, expansão urbana e industrial e à importância dos recursos hídricos para manutenção das diversas formas de vida na Terra, tornam-se necessários dados para o planejamento e a gestão ambiental de bacias hidrográficas. Objetivou-se analisar a morfometria da bacia do ribeirão da Laje, uma das principais fontes fornecedoras de água para o abastecimento público da população urbana de Rio Verde (GO), apoiado em geotecnologias e obras de autores consagrados. A área de estudo apresenta variáveis morfométricas, geologia, solos e precipitação pluviométrica predominantemente favoráveis à sua conservação e à recarga de água. Entretanto, a forma alongada e possíveis ocorrências de chuvas intensas na cabeceira sujeitam a bacia hidrográfica às torrentes eventuais, podendo causar prejuízos ambientais e econômicos; a amplitude altimétrica máxima, as maiores declividades, a densidade hidrográfica, densidade de drenagem, Nitossolo Vermelho, Neossolo Litólico e a predominância de agricultura intensiva são favoráveis à perda de solos. Este estudo irá subsidiar o planejamento e a gestão ambiental dessa bacia hidrográfica, além de servir de base para outros trabalhos locais e de outras regiões, contribuindo para a disponibilidade hídrica em quantidade e qualidade adequadas aos usos múltiplos.
Dans l’eau je suis chez moi: esquisse autofictionnelle de l’autre francophonie
Authors: Soto Cano Ana Belén
Published: December 2019

El presente artículo se plantea como principal objetivo el estudio crítico de la primera novela de Aliona Goulkhova (Minsk, 1984-). Esta autora se enmarca en un amplio mosaico literario de intelectuales que, instalados en Francia, han adoptado el francés como lengua de adopción y vehículo de expresión literaria. La aventura escriptural aquí analizada se enmarca en esa autre francophonie (Nowicki & Mayaux, 2012) ligada a los acontecimientos de 1989. La propuesta novelesca aquí presentada nos permite analizar las consecuencias personales intrínsecas a los sistemas totalitarios desde una perspectiva autoficcional.

The main objectif of this article is the critical study of Aliona Gloukhova’s (Minsk- 1984) firs novel. This autor is part of a large literary mosaic of intellectuals who, settled in France, have embraced French as their language of adoption and vehicle for literary expression. The scriptural adventure analyze in this paper is framed in that autre francophonie (Nowicki & Mayaux, 2012) linked to the events of 1989. The novel proposal presented here allows us to study the intrinsic personal consequences of totalitarian systems from an autofictional perspective.

El presente artículo se plantea como principal objetivo el estudio crítico de la primera novela de Aliona Goulkhova (Minsk, 1984-). Esta autora se enmarca en un amplio mosaico literario de intelectuales que, instalados en Francia, han adoptado el francés como lengua de adopción y vehículo de expresión literaria. La aventura escriptural aquí analizada se enmarca en esa autre francophonie (Nowicki & Mayaux, 2012) ligada a los acontecimientos de 1989. La propuesta novelesca aquí presentada nos permite analizar las consecuencias personales intrínsecas a los sistemas totalitarios desde una perspectiva autoficcional.
Métaphysique des tubes d’Amélie Nothomb: une vie racontée à travers l’intensité linguistique
Authors: Crespi Patrizia
Published: December 2019

La lectura de un libro de la autora belga Amélie Nothomb conlleva siempre entrega y pasión. A través de su peculiar estilo, lleno de figuras retóricas aplicadas con gran maestría, el lector se sumerge en una atmósfera agradable y excesiva, donde realidad y exageración se mezclan sin solución de continuidad. Esto es particularmente cierto en sus novelas de inspiración autobiográfica. En Métaphysique des Tubes la autora viaja en el tiempo y en la memoria para devolvernos los recuerdos de sus tres primeros años de vida. Adoptando el el punto de vista de cuando era niña, Nothomb consigue que sus lectores compartan las sensaciones de la protagonista a través de una sintaxis extremadamente cuidada y de un discurso colmado de procedimientos de intensificación ; una verdadera red subyacente a la trama principal que asume, mediante las múltiples expresiones léxicas de la intensidad, la función de estructura de soporte de la novela en su descripción de la realidad.

Métaphysique des tubes by Amélie Nothomb: narrating a life through lexical intensity

Reading a book of the belgian writer Amélie Nothomb is an act of passion and dedication: through her characteristic style, filled with rhetorical images that she perfectly masters, the reader plunges into a nice and immoderate atmosphere in which reality merges with exaggeration. This is mostly referred to her autobiographical novels: in Métaphysique des Tubes (The Character of Rain) she travels through times and memories to give us a recollection of her first three years of living. By applying in this book to the point of view of a child, the author let the reader feel the same sensations as the main character, thanks to the accuracy of a precise syntax, where the speech is filled with intensification methods, becoming an implicit network underlying the main history, being by definition the real outline of the description of reality. Intensity is, in Nothomb’s book, a stylistic and narrative necessity, revealing its creative force through many lexical forms that we aim to identify and categorise in this article.

La lecture d'une oeuvre de l'écrivaine belge Amélie Nothomb constitue un véritable acte de passion. Grâce à un style très particulier, fourré d'ironie et d'autres figures rhétoriques qu'elle emploie avec une maîtrise absolue, le lecteur plonge dans une atmosphère agréablement excessive où la réalité se fond souvent avec l'exagération. Ceci est particulièrement vrai par rapport à ses livres sur fond autobiographique. Dans Métaphysique des Tubes, elle voyage dans le temps et la mémoire afin de nous rendre les souvenirs de ses trois premières années de vie. En assumant le point de vue de l'enfant, Nothomb partage avec le lecteur les sensations intenses ressenties par la protagoniste, à travers une syntaxe très soignée où les procédés de l'intensification remplissent le discours; une véritable structure portante de la réalité décrite.
Revisión del “espacio autobiográfico” en la narrativa de Boris Vian
Authors: Cortijo Talavera Adela
Published: December 2019

Este artículo aborda la dificultad de establecer límites y categorías entre la realidad y la ficción en la obra narrativa y la “escritura del yo” de Boris Vian, en relación con los principios del Colegio de ‘Patafísica al que pertenece. Para ello, a través del concepto de “espacio autobiográfico” de Lejeune, que modifica su teoría expuesta anteriormente en el Pacto autobiográfico, nos centraremos en las técnicas del lenguaje- universo vianiano que juega con el principio de identidad a través de los seudónimos, la autocitación y las transposiciones novelescas de amigos y conocidos que, enmascarados, participan en las peripecias de su mundo ficticio en el que los límites entre lo vivido y lo imaginado se diluyen sin censar.

This article addresses the difficulty of establishing limits and categories between reality and fiction in the narrative work and the "writing of the self" by Boris Vian, in relation to the principles of the Pataphysics College to which he belongs. For this, through the concept of "autobiographical space" of Lejeune, which outlines and modifies in Moi aussi his theory previously exposed in the Pacte autobiographique, we will focus on the techniques of the language-universe that plays with the principle of identity through the pseudonyms, the self-citation and the novelistic transpositions of friends and acquaintances who, masked, are participants in the vicissitudes of their fictional world in which the borders between the lived and the imagined are blurred without ceasing.

Cet article aborde la difficulté d'établir des limites et des catégories entre la réalité et la fiction dans le travail narratif et "l'écriture du moi" de Boris Vian, en relation avec les principes du Collège de ‘Pataphysique auquel il appartient. Pour cela, à travers le concept d'"espace autobiographique" de Lejeune, qui modifie sa théorie précédemment exposée dans le Pacte autobiographique, nous allons cibler sur les techniques du langage-univers vianien qui joue avec le principe d'identité à travers les pseudonymes, les autocitations et les transpositions romanesques d’amis et de connaissances qui, masqués, participent aux péripéties de leur monde fictif dans lequel les frontières entre le vécu et l’imaginé s’estompent sans cesse.
Las políticas sociales del siglo XXI en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: la mirada de los técnicos sobre los usos de las transferencias de dinero
Authors: Dettano Andrea
Published: December 2019

El presente escrito tiene por objetivo analizar los sentidos vinculados al uso del dinero de los destinatarios de los Programas de Transferencias Condicionadas de Ingresos (PTCI) en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires desde la mirada de los técnicos que participaron en el diseño e implementación de tales programas. Para llevar a cabo nuestro propósito, se trabajará con entrevistas en profundidad a técnicos de los dos PTCI de mayor envergadura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Ciudadanía Porteña y Asignación Universal por Hijo). En esta línea se analizarán los sentidos positivos atribuidos a la bancarización, el temor por el uso correcto/incorrecto de las transferencias, así como la concepción del dinero como forma homogénea de resolver diversas problemáticas del mundo social. Se concluye considerando no solo el carácter compensatorio de las intervenciones, sino también los modos en que el temor y la desconfianza convierten lo “personal” en blanco predilecto de la política social.
Herpesviral lytic gene functions render the viral genome susceptible to novel editing by CRISPR/Cas9
Authors: Oh Hyung Suk , Neuhausser Werner M , Eggan Pierce , Angelova Magdalena , Kirchner Rory , Eggan Kevin C , Knipe David M
Published: December 2019

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) establishes lifelong latent infection and can cause serious human disease, but current antiviral therapies target lytic but not latent infection. We screened for sgRNAs that cleave HSV-1 DNA sequences efficiently in vitro and used these sgRNAs to observe the first editing of quiescent HSV-1 DNA. The sgRNAs targeted lytic replicating viral DNA genomes more efficiently than quiescent genomes, consistent with the open structure of lytic chromatin. Editing of latent genomes caused short indels while editing of replicating genomes produced indels, linear molecules, and large genomic sequence loss around the gRNA target site. The HSV ICP0 protein and viral DNA replication increased the loss of DNA sequences around the gRNA target site. We conclude that HSV, by promoting open chromatin needed for viral gene expression and by inhibiting the DNA damage response, makes the genome vulnerable to a novel form of editing by CRISPR-Cas9 during lytic replication.
Varierande titulatur: En jämförelse av titlar och social stratifiering i tre källtyper under svenskt 1730-tal
Authors: Ågren Henrik
Published: December 2019

Varying Titling: A Comparison of Titles and Social Stratification in 1730s Sweden This study analyses the relation between styles of addressing people and social stratification in 1730s Sweden. The aim is to see how titles signalled social belonging in practice, specifically when people communicated reciprocally. In an earlier study, titles painted a unanimous picture of social stratification. Borders between social groups were not always the same as in ideal descriptions of early modern society, but were strictly consistent. There would be little room for change if that were the entire truth; unanimous systems remain stable.That study, however, was based on only one type of source material: court protocols. This study, therefore, tests whether other types of material will give a more varied result. To do so, two source types have been studied: letters and occasional poetry. In both, unlike court protocols, private persons addressed one another.The results show that private persons practised more variety in title choices. This meant that sometimes the social differences were more pronounced, although more often they were less so. Titles were chosen more to please than to categorise. Even though the differences were small, these sources indicate a potential for change, which is a result that will be important for future research.
Grain Yield and Economic Returns of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Induced by In-situ Moisture Conservation and Sulfur Fertilization on Vertisol of Western Tigray, Ethiopia
Authors: Abrha Hailemariam
Published: November 2019

A field experiment was conducted in 2015 and 2016 to evaluate the effects of in-situ moisture conservation using tied-ridging and conventional flatbed tillage practices combined with five sulfur fertilizer rates (0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 kg ha-1). The experiment was lied out in a split plot design with three replications under rain-fed conditions. A newly released improved variety of sesame“Setit 1” was used as a test crop. Most of the agronomic data were collected at harvest. The collected data were analyzed using GenStat16 EdSP. The marginal rate of return was also estimated from the total revenue and total variable cost. Results show that there was a significant (P < 0.05) difference due to the combined effects of tied ridges and sulfur fertilizer rates on grain yield, days to 90% maturity, number of branches per plant, plant height, and number of capsules per plant except the days to 50% flowering in 2015. But, in 2016 there was no significant (P > 0.05) difference by the combined effect. The highest grain yield of 889.3 kg ha-1 as well as the corresponding highest net revenue of 14,239.4 Ethiopian Birr was recorded at 40 kg S ha-1 under tied ridges, but this was statistically not significant (P > 0.05) with the grain yield of 857.6 kg ha-1obtained using 30 kg S ha-1combined with tied ridges in 2015. However, in 2016 the significant difference resulted were due sulfur fertilizer but not due to the combined effect of tillage practices and sulfur fertilizer, hence calculating partial budget analysis is not necessary for statistically non-significant results. Therefore, sulfur fertilizer rate at 30 kg ha-1combined with tied ridges is most economically feasible technologies for the farmers to increase sesame productivity at Kafta Humera district.
Chemical and Physical Properties of Soils in Mt. Apo and Mt. Hamiguitan, Mindanao, the Philippines
Authors: P. Daquiado Nonilona , M. Ebuña Raul , G. Tabañag Renato , B. Bojo Perfecto , B. Amoroso Victor
Published: November 2019

Aims: The study was aimed to determine the edaphic qualities of two Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites in Mindanao; Mt Apo in Cotabato and Mt. Hamiguitan in Davao Oriental, the Philippines

Study Design: Random soil sampling within the plots

Place and Duration of Study: Analyses of the soil samples collected from each site were performed at Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory (SPAL), Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon, the Philippines from October, 2012 to December 2013.

Methodology: One hectare permanent plot was established in each site. Soil profile description was done in a pit measuring 1m wide, 1.5m long and 1m deep in each site. Soil samples for physicochemical characterization were collected within the plot. Soil physical properties included bulk density, particle density, soil texture and water holding capacity while the chemical properties included soil pH, organic matter, extractable P and exchangeable K contents using the methods employed at SPAL.

Results: Results showed that the soils in Mt. Apo were extremely to very strongly acidic, had very high organic matter contents, slightly deficient to very deficient in extractable P, low to very high exchangeable K content, low particle and bulk density values, high porosity, moderate water holding capacity and moderately coarse to moderately fine-textured soils belonging to loamy textural class. On the other hand, the soils in Mt. Hamiguitan were slightly to very strongly acidic, contained adequate organic matter content, low extractable P, low exchangeable K, low particle and bulk density values, high porosity, moderate water holding capacity and are moderately fine to fine-textured belonging to loamy and clay textural classes. Generally, soils in Mt. Apo were more acidic but with relatively higher fertility status and comparable physical make-up with the soils in Mt. Hamiguitan.

Conclusion: It was found that both sites have some soil constraints, particularly in terms of soil acidity and low nutrient availability to plants. Information obtained on this study revealed that identification of soil constraints are indispensable in formulating proper land use and conservation program.
Isolation and Identification of Keratinophilic Fungi from Cattle House Soil in Khartoum City, Sudan
Authors: Abdalla Wisal, G. , Osman Huda
Published: November 2019

The present study was done to investigate the presence of keratinophilic fungi in soil, sixty soil samples were collected randomly from bovine farms in Khartoum state. Hair baiting technique was used for isolating the fungi. Plates which contain soil and children hair were then incubated at 28ºC for one month. Ten genera and fifteen species were isolated from cattle house soils. Aspergillus species represent the highest occurrence of isolates.
Influence of Nitrogen Sources and Bio-fertilizer on Soil Nutrients, Yield and Quality of Cowpea under Saline Soil Conditions
Authors: A. Ahmed Marwa, , El-Agyzy Fatma H. A. , A. Shaban Khaled,
Published: November 2019

Two field experiments were conducted at El-Rod village at Sahl El-Houssinia, El-Sharkia governorate, (32°15' 00" N 30°50' 00" E), Egypt. The study investigated evaluations of different nitrogen fertilizers sources (calcium nitrate, ammonium sulphate and urea fertilizers) and rates (0, 47.6, 71.4 and 107 kg N/ha) alone or combined with bio-fertilizer (using bio-fertilization with Rhiobium radiobacter sp strain on improve nutrients available and contents in cowpea productivity and quality in newly reclaimed saline soil conditions during two summer seasons 2017 and 2018.  The studies treatments were disturbed among the experimental pelts in split design with six replicates. The obtained results cleared that the used ammonium sulphate fertilizer was increase effect with increasing rate in EC, pH, and available N, P, K , Fe, Mn and Zn content in soil. Moreover data recorded the applied 71.4 kg N /ha was increase of plant height, weight of 100 seeds, weight of pods (g/plant) , weight of seeds (g)/plant and seeds yield (ton ha-1) have been affected by inoculation with bio-fertilizer combined with nitrogen sources fertilizers  and different rates than other treatments. The highest values of N, P , K, Fe, Mn and Zn concentrations and uptake in seeds treated with ammonium sulphate at rate 71.4 kg N/ha than other treatments. The decrease of the soil salinity to increased content of cowpea plant of chlorophyll and protein, but increased salinity of the soil led to increase the content of the plant of proline. The application of ammonium sulphat at 30 kg N/fed combined with bio-fertilizer was improve soil properties and cowpea productivity and quality under saline soils conditions.
Microbial Remediation of Used Engine Oil from Contaminated Soil around Automobile Workshop in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria
Authors: Andem A. B. , Bassey I. U. , Odey C. O. , Ibor O. R. , Agborubere I. O.
Published: November 2019

Microbial biodegradation of engine oil contaminated soil in Calabar Metropolis was studied for a period of six (6) months (January to June, 2017). The soil samples collected were ice boxed and taken to the laboratory for microbial, total hydrocarbon, total organic carbon and other physico-chemical parameters analysis. A total of thirteen (13)  indigenous bacteria species were identified in the soil of the sites analyzed during the study, which includes; Staphylococcus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus spp., E. coli, Enterococcus feacalis, Shigella spp., Arthrobacter spp., Alcaligen spp., Acinobacter spp., Azotobacter spp., Aeromonas spp., Xanthomonas spp. and Clostridium spp. The most abundant bacteria in the contaminated site was Staphylococcus spp. (65%) while the least bacteria count in the contaminated site was Clostridium spp. (9%). Staphylococcus spp. was the most abundant indigenous bacterial species and also the most effective biodegradation bacteria. The identified indigenous bacteria utilized the hydrocarbons, multiplied rapidly and then degraded the total hydrocarbon and total organic carbon more in the contaminated site compared to the control site. Site one recorded the highest bacteria count (927) while the least bacteria counts were recorded in the control site (81). The bacteria species showed its degradation and bioremediation capabilities prompting the need for its use in cleaning crude oil contaminated sites, due to the fact that it is cheap and not environmentally harmful.