bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
First Record of Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) in Canadian Pacific Waters
Authors: King Jackie R , Surry A Maria
Published: March 2017

We report the first verified record of a Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) from British Columbia, Canada. A Pacific Angel Shark, 1.1–1.2 m in total length, was observed on 30 April 2016 in approximately 12 m of water, 30 m from the tip of Clover Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia (48°24'10"N, 123°20'56"W).
Evaluación de la degradación ambiental de bolsas plásticas biodegradables
Authors: Castellón Castro Carlos Alfredo , Tejeda López Luis Neil , Tejeda Benítez Lesly Patricia
Published: March 2017

Las bolsas plásticas son de uso desechable y se liberan al medio ambiente en cantidades crecientes. Por esta razón muchos fabricantes las están produciendo a base de materiales poliméricos degradables, como por ejemplo, los polihidroxialcanoatos y los polilactatos. En este trabajo se evaluó la degradabilidad por exposición al ambiente de bolsas plásticas declaradas como degradables por sus fabricantes, y se compararon con las convencionales. Se estudiaron tres parámetros como son pérdida de masa, absorción de agua y resistencia mecánica. Los resultados mostraron que las bolsas llamadas degradables presentaron mayor pérdida de masa, mayor absorción de agua, y menor resistencia mecánica antes y después de la exposición al ambiente que las bolsas convencionales, demostrando que las modificaciones químicas realizadas por los fabricantes realmente favorecen su degradación.
Estimación del volumen de un Biodigestor tipo balón usando redes neuronales artificales
Authors: Tabarquino Muñoz Victor Hugo , González Salcedo Luis Octavio , Will Adrian Luis Ernesto
Published: March 2017

La biomasa como fuente alterna de energía puede ser convertida en biogás producido a partir de la digestión anaeróbica de materia orgánica. Para tal fin se usa un compartimiento denominado biodigestor, y diversos protocolos se han definido para la estimación de su volumen y del biogás obtenido, usando una combinación de tablas para el origen de la fuente de la biomasa, ecuaciones que involucran variables como la temperatura ambiente, la carga de la masa biológica y el tiempo de retención. El tratamiento de residuos de materia orgánica y la sistematización de dicha actividad en granjas pecuarias, requiere la intervención de expertos o la utilización de sistemas inteligentes que permitan involucrar variables tanto cualitativas como cuantitativas. En el presente trabajo se estima el volumen de un biodigestor tipo balón, usando redes neuronales artificiales (RNA), las cuales son entrenadas para condiciones generales de generación de residuos por actividades pecuarias y agrícolas. Para evaluar la confiabilidad en la estimación, se usó como indicador de desempeño de la RNA el factor de correlación R. Los resultados muestran que la estimación usando la técnica elaborada es confiable y puede ser usada de manera generalizada.
Diseño e implementación de un prototipo electrónico para monitoreo de parámetros físico-químicos en cultivo de tilapia a través de una aplicación móvil
Authors: Dussán Sergio Andrés , Oscar Vanegas Oscar , Chavarro Adrián Fernando , Molina Johan Julián
Published: March 2017

En los estanques de agua dulce para cultivo de tilapia, especialmente en su etapa de engorde, se presenta un alto índice de mortalidad de peces. Debido a lo anterior, fue diseñado e implementado un prototipo electrónico para monitorear los parámetros físico-químicos como temperatura y oxígeno disuelto del agua, con el fin de identificar los momentos críticos del cultivo. Las pruebas en campo se realizaron en la granja piscícola “Pezcomsi”, ubicada en el municipio de Campoalegre, en el departamento del Huila (Colombia). El prototipo cuenta con un sistema de adecuación de las señales para los sensores, las cuales llegan al microprocesador ATMEGA 328P, que realiza el proceso de adquisición y conversión de datos análogos a digitales para su procesamiento y almacenamiento en una memoria microSD. A través del módulo Bluetooth HC-05, estos datos son enviados a la interfaz gráfica soportada en una aplicación móvil, en donde el usuario puede visualizar el comportamiento de las variables en el cultivo. El sistema es alimentado por medio de paneles solares y presenta porcentajes de error bajo comparados con patrones estándar, por lo que se considera una herramienta electrónica de monitoreo confiable. Con este sistema se espera contribuir a la disminución de índices de mortalidad de la tilapia, debido a cambios bruscos de temperatura y oxígeno disuelto que se presentan diariamente en los estanques; además, los resultados encontrados muestran una disminución en la concentración de oxígeno disuelto que podría ser objeto de estudio posterior.
Revisión sistemática de la integración de modelos de desarrollo de software dirigido por modelos y metodologías ágiles
Authors: Morales Arias Juan José , Pardo Calvache César Jesús
Published: March 2017

Actualmente, en algunas instancias, la industria de desarrollo de software se lleva a cabo por medio de actividades manuales y/o metodologías robustas que pueden llegar a ser en muchos casos pesadas e ineficientes. Esta situación trae consigo algunos problemas relacionados con la dificultad para producir software de manera oportuna, ágil, a bajo costo y con un alto nivel de calidad. Una manera de mejorar esta situación está en añadir al proceso de desarrollo de software el formalismo y la abstracción necesaria que permita automatizar y optimizar las tareas más críticas definidas, a partir de las metodologías utilizadas en las empresas de software, y desde una perspectiva ágil. Esto añadiría valor agregado a los negocios y mejoraría el proceso de software considerablemente. En este sentido, con el objetivo de conocer las bondades de los enfoques ágiles y los entornos de programación dirigidos por modelos, se llevó a cabo una revisión sistemática de la literatura en relación con los proyectos donde se integran estos enfoques a nivel mundial, así como la identificación
Editorial
Authors: Narváez Agudelo Aura Elvira
Published: March 2017

Editorial
PEMODELAN MEKANISME SUMBER GEMPA BUMI RANSIKI 2012 BERKEKUATAN MW 6,7
Authors: Sianipar Dimas Salomo Januarianto , Serhalawan Yopi Ruben
Published: March 2017

Salah satu gempabumi merusak yang terjadi di Indonesia pada tahun 2012 yaitu gempabumi Ransiki, Papua Barat 21 April 2012, Mw 6,7. Yang menarik dari gempabumi ini yaitu lokasi gempabumi yang berdekatan dengan dua sesar, yaitu sesar Ransiki dan sesar Yapen sehingga tujuan penelitian ini yaitu membuat pemodelan dan menganalisis mekanisme sumber gempabumi untuk mengetahui sesar penyebab gempabumi Ransiki. Mekanisme sumber gempabumi dimodelkan dari proses inversi tensor momen menggunakan program Isola. Untuk menentukan bidang sesar sebenarnya digunakan program HC-plot. Hasil inversi tensor momen menunjukan bahwa gempabumi Ransiki merupakan gempabumi mekanisme sesar geser dengan bidang nodal 1; strike 3550, dip 680, rake -1650 dan bidang nodal 2; strike 2590, dip 760, rake -230. Pengolahan dengan program HC-plot menghasilkan bidang sesar sebenarnya yaitu bidang nodal 2 dengan strike 2590, dip 760, rake -230. Hasil ini menunjukan bahwa gempabumi Ransiki 21 April 2012 Mw 6,7, disebabkan oleh sesar Yapen dengan mekanisme sesar geser mengiri berarah barat-timur.
Home Fires and Hearth: One's Place in this World, and How Art Can Make a Difference
Authors: Modeen Mary
Published: March 2017

Ties between land and human identity, culture and adaptation to the environment are undeniably complex. This paper examines some aspects of these through art the effects of cultural history and philosophy typified in indigenous peoples generally, and Maori in particular.
Starting Points? A Discussion of Contemporary Maori Society and Culture
Authors: Cleave Peter
Published: March 2017

In this article, Peter Cleave explores aspects of the revitalisation of te reo Maori in a modern context, considering social, cultural, geographic and political dimensions that affect the development of te reo.
The job of thinking people: Dialogues with Sefita Hao'uli, Kalafi Moala, and Melino Maka
Authors: Brown Pulu Teena
Published: March 2017

Howard Zinn wrote “it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners” (Zinn, 2003).  Democracy by Zinn’s view operates beyond state nationalism and a capitalist economy.  Represented in people movements, it is the grassroots activism, protests, and boycotts of the people from below that gives democracy meaning.  This third essay of four prompted by dialogues with Sefita Hao’uli, Kalafi Moala, and Melino Maka explores the political climate in which people movements are transmitted and spread in present day Tonga.  If it is “the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners” then which side is the executioner? (Zinn, 2010).  Considering the Nuku’alofa riot of November 16th 2006 muddied pro-democracy believability, how have people movements regrouped and recovered?  Social activism in this age of political reform conveys what exactly about development?  And how do people movements influence Tongan critics, the thinking people, to write social criticism and political commentary?
Who Owns Tonga: Dialogues with Sefita Hao’uli, Kalafi Moala, and Melino Maka
Authors: Brown Pulu Teena
Published: March 2017

“Who owns Tonga?” asked Sefita Hao’uli.  “We do.  The people,” I quickly pitched back.  But do we really?  Quietly I second guessed myself after blurting out an idealistic reply.  It might have sufficed the correct response in a liberal democracy where by one general election registered voters elected all their members of parliament.  But in the Kingdom of Tonga’s 2014 election year the dread squatting on my conscience murmured the monarchy and nobility owned Tonga, while ordinary people leased meagre pieces from the upper class for a price.

What social and economic cost did the country pay for not having a liberal democracy?  By having nine nobles’ seats in parliament where thirty-three title and estate holders, all male, elected their class representatives to Tonga’s legislative assembly, did this impede the political system from democratic reform?  This last essay in a series of four dialogues with Sefita Hao’uli, Kalafi Moala, and Melino Maka prods a recurring sore in the side of democratic politics and liberal notions that all citizens are created equal by modern constitutional arrangements.  How can these principles be practiced under a parliamentary structure that starkly exhibits partiality towards noblemen over and above commoners?
Off the Deep End: Tonga's Continental Shelf Politics
Authors: Brown Pulu Teena
Published: March 2017

Tonga had gone off the deep end.  It proposed to grow its ocean territory in length by 60 nautical miles southeast and southwest.  Hardly anyone knew the particulars, apart from a select group of senior bureaucrats in the Government of Tonga persevering to make it happen.  The Tongan public paid closer attention to who might come into government at the November 2014 election and whether any women would get voted into parliament.

Local media had spoon fed this slant to the masses which uncritically they consumed as the top news feed.  Alternatively, raising awareness about continental shelf politics failed to appear on the public information menu.  Why should it matter to ordinary Joe Blog Tongan scratching out a living in a distressed economy?

The story unfolds that Lord Ma’afu, the Minister for Lands, Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources entered office after the first partial submission on the outer limits of Tonga’s continental shelf had been prepared.  His predecessor Lord Tuita tabled the document for consideration at the United Nations in April of 2010. 

Ma’afu was tasked with overseeing a second partial submission to acquire 60 nautical miles in the Lau-Colville Ridge, which he delivered to the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 23rd 2014.  It would be weighed up the following year in 2015 (United Nations, 2014).

This essay prods two pressure points.  Firstly, how did securing Tonga’s continental shelf further than the 200 mile exclusive economic zone relate to deep sea mining?  And secondly, what prompted Fiji’s 2005 objection to the International Seabed Authority about Tonga’s sovereign declaration over the Minerva Reefs?  In the current geopolitical climate, how would the Tongan state navigate the ocean currents?
Who's got water lapping at the door?
Authors: Brown Pulu Teena
Published: March 2017

An opinion piece by Dr Teena Brown Pulu
Is Tonga ready for Paris?
Authors: Brown Pulu Teena
Published: March 2017

An opinion piece by Dr Teena Brown Pulu
Breaking the Stage: From Te Matatini to Footprints/Tapuwae
Authors: Papesch Te Rita , Mazer Sharon
Published: March 2017

There’s too much talk of decolonising the stage, as if the theatre were not itself a colonial artefact, a hangover from the settlers’ desire to appear civilised in what they saw as a savage land. Here we reject the notion of ‘syncretic’ or ‘hybridic’ theatre, because when European and Māori performance practices meet and mingle under the proscenium arch waters that should be troubled are smoothed beyond recognition. We want to see the stage broken open, its fragments exposed to a critical gaze that recalls rather than transcends social history, that seeks not to console but to confront and catapult us, if not into direct action, then into a conversation that does more than keep us contained within the frame of the dominant culture. This paper is written as two sides of an ongoing debate about the relationship between the theatrical and the social in not-quite-post colonial Aotearoa New Zealand. We look at Te Matatini – the biannual national Kapa Haka Festival, most recently held in Christchurch in March 2015 – and at Footprints/Tapuwae – a bicultural opera first produced in 2001 and revived in June 2015 by the Free Theatre Christchurch – to find powerful cultural performances and contrary theatricalities in 21st century Aotearoa New Zealand.
Taera, Awenga: Sexuality, Power
Authors: Hamilton Mark
Published: March 2017

A Māori-Pasifika dance crew called Torotoro was formed in 2000 to help create a song and dance show called Mika HAKA.[1] The dancers were in their teenage years and early twenties. The show sought to amplify, for British stages, the burlesque performance of takataapui (gay Māori) identity, through which Mika (then aged 38) had carved out a unique niche for himself in the UK fringe festival circuit. I was his international collaborator, supporting creation, development and touring of Mika HAKA. On the surface, Mika HAKA was a flirtatious, sexualised, glamorous and just-about family-friendly reworking of the concert party show format that is the core of touristic renderings of Māori culture. At the same time, it integrated hip-hop and other contemporary pop references. This reflected Mika’s commitment to the juxtaposition of Māori-Pasifika performance with aesthetics and forms circulating globally as an expression of the complexities of (his) urban Māori identity.

 

[1]      Mika HAKA debuted 25 January 2001 at the Maidment Theatre, Auckland (New Zealand). Its international premiere was 1August 2002 at Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh (Scotland). The production toured widely in New Zealand, and in 2003 visited Adelaide (Australia), and revisited Edinburgh.
Carrier and Sampling Frequency Offset Estimation and Tracking in OFDM Systems
Authors: Langowski Adrian
Published: March 2017

In This paper presents the proposition of the tracking algorithm of the carrier frequency and sampling frequency offsets. The algorithm uses a phase difference between channel transfer function estimates computed for the same subcarrier of two successive OFDM symbols. Proposed solution was compared, by means of computer simulation, with similar non-data aided algorithm introduced in [1]. Both schemes were tested by transmitting OFDM symbols over the Rayleigh fading channel.
Using a Cell-based WLAN Infrastructure Design for Resource-effective and Accurate Positioning
Authors: Chan Eddie C.L. , Baciu George , Mak S.C.
Published: March 2017

A large scale WLAN infrastructure requires the placement of many thousands of access points (APs). The current approach is to deploy these in an empirical and ad-hoc manner. However, this deployment results in poor resource utilization and inaccurate positioning due to signal overlap and black spots. In this paper, we propose three structured approaches to WLAN infrastructure deployment that would allow better positioning accuracy and optimal coverage. These three approaches make use of triangular, square, and hexagonal configurations. Our results show that all three are more effective in both 2-D and 3-D space than any of the current ad-hoc or empirical approaches to AP deployment. Overall, the hexagonal approach is the most cost effective and accurate. It allows better positioning with fewer APs than are normally used. As a further contribution, 3-D rendering of buildings and wireless signal coverage could give engineers a concrete visualization that helps them to foresee where the blind spots are in advance and how signal varied across multi-story buildings, such that engineers could estimate the optimal number of APs and where they should be placed.
CARL SCHMITT. TEORÍA PARA UNA FUNDAMENTACIÓN DE LA AUTORIDAD SOBERANA
Authors: Pap Betsabé
Published: March 2017

El objetivo de este trabajo seráprofundizar en el problema centralque nos plantea la obra de CarlSchmitt: al definir al soberano por sucapacidad de declarar el estado deexcepción, el autor nos enfrenta conel punto ciego de todo ordenamientopolítico; aquel que nos muestra que elsistema legal se vuelve superfluo antela emergencia de lo inesperado. Elenfrentamiento con una situaciónsemejante no puede reglarse. Lacompetencia del soberano es, anteella, ilimitada. Normativamenteconsiderada la decisión nace de lanada. Por tanto, desprovista de todomarco procedimental o sustancial, ladecisión soberana nos enfrenta con elproblema del valor de la misma y desus consecuencias; tal vez únicomarco de referencia que resta.¿Existe algún criterio para juzgarla?¿Su finalidad de restaurar el ordenpuede servirse de cualquier medio?¿Hay lugar para la afirmación dealgún valor sustancial en esta teoría?Estas son preguntas que, al menos,intentaremos dejar planteadas.
NATURALEZA HUMANA Y RAZÓN EN LA FILOSOFÍA DE D. HUME
Authors: Pulley Romina V.
Published: March 2017

En general, se reduce la doctrinahumeana a un escepticismo radicalbasado en la crítica y el consecuenterechazo de ciertas nocionesfundamentales de la metafísicatradicional tales como sustancia, yo ocausalidad. Sin embargo, esta lecturaimplica una reducción de los maticespropios de la filosofía de Hume. Enefecto, Hume no propusosimplemente una crítica de losconceptos metafísicos sino una nuevaconcepción de la razón basada en laidea de una naturaleza humana máscercana a lo pasional e instintivo quea lo racional. En este trabajo seexplora la concepción humeana de lanaturaleza del hombre a partir de deciertas características que Humepresenta como propias de ella: launiformidad, la existencia de ciertosprincipios originales y la relación dela razón con las pasiones. Estopermitirá observar que la críticahumeana a la razón en el sentidotradicional maneja una concepciónde ‘razón’ diferente. En el contexto desu filosofía, la razón es naturalizada,orientada por las necesidades propiasde la especie humana y no uninstrumento ajeno a lo pasional einstintivo.
ESPACIOS CONTEMPORÁNEOS PARA LA UTOPÍA - Entrevista a la Dra. Vita Fortunati
Authors: Misseri Lucas E.
Published: March 2017

Entrevista a la Dra. Vita FortunatiUniBo – ItaliaDoctora en literatura y profesora de literatura inglesa en laUniversidad de Bolonia, Italia. Se ha especializado en latemática del utopismo a la cual ha contribuido con creces. En1989 fundó el Centro interdepartamental de estudios sobre lautopía en la mencionada universidad.
JULIÁ, Marta S. et al. La investigación jurídica en políticas públicas ambientales.
Authors: Jodor Nerea Lucrecia
Published: March 2017

JULIÁ, Marta S. et al. La investigación jurídica en políticaspúblicas ambientales. Unquillo, Narvaja Editor, 2014, pp. 168,ISBN 978-987-530-118-4.
Movimientos sociales y el proyecto de autonomía. Reflexiones desde el pensamiento de Castoriadis
Authors: Cancino Leonardo
Published: March 2017

Castoriadis reflexiona a través de su obra sobre la relación entre los movimentos sociales y el proyecto de autonomía. Dicha relación dista de ser homogénea y transcurre por momentos de proximidad y distanciamiento. A los momentos de proximidad los agrupa bajo la noción de movimiento de emancipación y destaca la importancia de sus diferentes expresiones ya sea que se trate de contener al capitalismo, o bien de la institución de prácticas deliberativas o de derechos parciales. Paralelamente, advierte sobre los riesgos de las desviaciones y limites recurrentes en que desembocan estos actores colectivos, a saber, la contaminación por el imaginario del progreso, la burocratización, el lobby y la incapacidad de sobrepasar la movilización. Asimismo, se presenta la noción de imaginário colectivo como un dispositivo teórico que permite la aproximación a los movimientos sociales como un campo disputa y tensiones al interior del magma de significaciones sociales.
ALONSO, Jorge; MIRANDA, Rafael y CAMACHO, Dolores (comp.), Tarántula: institución y hacer pensante por la autonomía. Castoriadis en la trama de Latinoamérica. Entre academia y política.
Authors: ALDEGANI EMILIANO
Published: March 2017

ALONSO, Jorge; MIRANDA, Rafael y CAMACHO, Dolores (comp.),Tarántula: institución y hacer pensante por la autonomía.Castoriadis en la trama de Latinoamérica. Entre academia ypolítica. México, Publicaciones de la Casa Chata. 2014.
Lo que revelan los finales
Authors: Editor-en-Jefe El
Published: March 2017

Lo que revelan los finales
Tomar al zombi en serio: estado de naturaleza y pesimismo contemporáneo
Authors: Coulombe Maxime
Published: March 2017

El presente trabajo busca observar las notas distintivas del cine de zombis, y de laimagen del apocalipsis que evoca, que pueden ofrecer a las ciencias sociales unaaproximación metafórica que permita esclarecer diferentes aspectos de lasociedad contemporánea. Para ello el trabajo procede siguiendo la propuesta deGeorges Balandier sobre la capacidad de la ciencia ficción para proyectar lascondiciones actuales hacia futuros lejanos desde los que se pueda generar unaperspectiva diferente para pensar nuestro presente.La imagen de la humanidad devastada, principalmente representada a partir deespacios urbanos deshabitados como las imágenes de Londres en 28 Days Later,será incorporada a un análisis sobre la noción de sublime de Kant y laproblematización de la pulsión de muerte de Freud. Esto ofrecerá unaaproximación al deseo de destrucción del sistema actual y de la coerción quegenera sobre los individuos, que encuentra en la ficción de un mundoapocalíptico la sensación de libertad y una ruptura con el estado de pasividad quelas instituciones imponen.
APOCALIPSIS, EVENTO Y UTOPÍA BADIOU Y ŽIŽEK A TRAVÉS DE LA FICCIÓN
Authors: Gonzalo Jorge Fernández
Published: March 2017

Nuestro estudio trata de analizar el concepto de Apocalipsis y de acontecimiento en la filosofía contemporánea y a través de la ficción audiovisual. Para ello, utilizamos las propuestas de Alain Badiou, Slavoj Žižek y el psicoanálisis, junto con referencias cinematográficas como Los pasajeros del tiempo (Escape al futuro) o Peggy Sue se casó, y series de televisión como Flashforward o Perdidos.
AMPLIFICANDO TÉCNICAMENTE LA VIRTUD - UTOPÍA Y MORAL ENHANCEMENT
Authors: Campos Francisco Martorell
Published: March 2017

En este artículo analizo el proyecto de perfeccionar moralmente al ser humano por mediode la eugenesia desde el ángulo brindado por la utopía. Ello nos permitirá conectar lostrabajos de la actual Moral Enhancement con obras literarias y teóricas del siglo XIX einicios del XX donde la confianza en el progreso de la ciencia y la tecnología ya alentaba laconvicción de que la humanidad sería mejorada artificialmente a todos los niveles en elfuturo, incluido el nivel moral. La exposición hará hincapié en las diferencias y similitudesexistentes entre los dos paradigmas eugenésicos (el victoriano y el liberal) que dichaconvicción ha originado hasta ahora. También en los impactos negativos que a mientender determinados supuestos de la eugenesia dejan en la utopía social.
SOBRE EL SUJETO Y LA POLÍTICA: TANTEOS DE LA FILOSOFÍA CONTEMPORÁNEA EN LA DERIVA DE LA MUNDIALIZACIÓN CAPITALISTA
Authors: Yarza Claudia
Published: March 2017

Contrariamente a lo pregonado por laobjeción anti-totalizante de la filosofíaposestructuralista de fines del siglo XX,el presente trabajo subraya comonovedad el creciente rescate de lacompleja categoría de modo deproducción, como sucede con laproliferación del debate sobre imperio,imperialismo, globalización,mundialización y otras nocionessimilares, y el hecho de que se hayacomenzado a leer los caracteresculturales y sociales teniendo en cuentalas alteraciones objetivas del ordeneconómico. Esto supone habersuperado el lema filosófico quepresentaba el tema de la crisis de larazón moderna en términoscelebratorios, y también el volver a darcarta de ciudadanía teórica tanto allema de la totalidad objetiva como a laidea de una ontología del presente. Eneste marco, se comentan tresaproximaciones de la filosofía europeacontemporánea de Giorgio Agamben,Alain Badiou y Paolo Virno, quesuponen un renovado interés en dos delos ejes vedados para la filosofía previa:los temas de la política y del sujeto.
MAPAS CONCEPTUALES Y DIAGRAMAS V
Authors: Rosa Marcelo Prado Amaral
Published: March 2017

MOREIRA, Marco Antônio (2006). Mapas conceituais ediagramas V [Mapas conceptuales y diagramas V],  PortoAlegre: Ed. do autor. ISBN 85-904420-8-X. 103 págs.Por Marcelo Prado Amaral Rosa - UCS - Brasil
ABORDAJE RELACIONAL AL CONCEPTO BIOLÓGICO DE VIDA Y SUS IMPLICACIONES ÉTICAS Y JURÍDICAS
Authors: Coutinho Francisco , Martins Rogério , Meneses Joyceane
Published: March 2017

En el contexto sociocultural actual los avances científicos en la biología,especialmente en la Genética, afectan de muchas formas los interesespúblicos y privados. Por ello, se torna necesario explicitar el conceptobiológico de vida, dado que esa explicitación podrá guiar el establecimentode límites éticos de determinadas inversiones de instituciones estatales,privadas y de legisladores que comúnmente recurren al apoyo de la cienciapara fundamentar sus opiniones. Bajo esta perspectiva articulamosargumentos para fundamentar la concepción relacional de la vida encontraposición al abordaje esencialista o de simple listado de atributos. Estees muy utilizado para definir al ser vivo, mas necesariamente es pocoabarcador y esclarecedor. Tal abordaje ha producido un amplio número dedefiniciones para el concepto sobre lo que es la vida, lo que resulta más enconfusiones que en esclarecimientos. Al contrario, la concepción relacionalde vida parte de la definición de que la vida es  adaptación flexible. Taldefinición emerge a partir de investigaciones realizadas sobre la vidaartificial y privilegia una metafísica de procesos al revés de una metafísicade sustancias. Entretanto, aunque el concepto relacional de la vida tengaventaja sobre la mayoria de los demás, tal vez no sea útil para ayudar adefinir mejor los límites y prerrogativas éticas y legales de intervencionesque amenacen vidas individuales, tales como el aborto y la eutanasia y noacarrear prejuicios o estabelecer privilegios de alcances sociales escasos.Concluimos con una apreciación jurídica del concepto relacional de la vida,especialmente la vida humana y su tutela en Brasil, informando lanaturaleza, los límites y la extensión de esa protección.
Espíritu y materia
Authors: Misseri Lucas E.
Published: March 2017

Espíritu y materiaPorLic. Lucas Emmanuel Misseri - Editor en jefe
La escuela de Frankfurt: Adorno, Horkheimer y Marcuse.
Authors: Conti Romina
Published: March 2017

SOTELO, Laura. Ideas sobre la historia. La escuela deFrankfurt: Adorno, Horkheimer y Marcuse.  Primera edición.Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros, 2009. - 224 p; ISBN 978-987-574-330-4.-PorROMINA CONTI(Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata – CONICET, Argentina)
ALGUNOS APORTES DEL ENFOQUE INCRUSTADO DE LAS CIENCIAS COGNITIVAS A LAS CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
Authors: Silenzi Maria Inês
Published: March 2017

Las Ciencias Cognitivas se constituyen como un espacio construido pordistintas disciplinas cuyos aportes provienen desde la neurociencias, laepistemología, la psicología, la filosofía, la antropología, y la lingüística,entre otras. Ahora bien, cada una de las disciplinas que configuran a lasCiencias Cognitivas intenta responder a la pregunta qué es la mente desdesu propio interés específico. Frente a esta misma intencionalidad, explicarla cognición, se postulan distintas respuestas, las cuales pueden ubicarse, demanera muy general, dentro del  enfoque clásico o dentro del enfoqueincrustado   de las Ciencias Cognitivas.Algunos conceptos como  enseñanza situada, aprendizaje situado,instrucción anclada, cognición situada   y cognición distribuida, entreotros, son producto de la combinación de algunos nuevos aportes teóricos,provenientes particularmente del enfoque incrustado de las CienciasCognitivas, con el ámbito educativo. Creemos necesario poner en cuestión siel análisis de estos conceptos, atendiendo a la relevancia del entorno queéstos promueven, dan cuenta, o no, del impacto teórico del enfoqueincrustado de las Ciencias Cognitivas dentro del ámbito educativo.En el presente trabajo proponemos la reflexión epistemológica sobre larelevancia del contexto en las prácticas educativas, considerando al enfoqueincrustado de las Ciencias Cognitivas como un andamiaje teórico, adecuadoy significativo para su análisis. Tal vez, a partir del renovado análisis teóricoque las Ciencias Cognitivas nos ofrecen, podemos reconsiderar nuestraspropuestas educativas en donde el aprendizaje se encuentradescontextualizado y aislado promoviendo, contrariamente, la interaccióndel alumno con su contexto inmediato.
“EN FILOSOFÍA HAY QUE AGRADECER LAS OBJECIONES”
Authors: Zavadivker Nicolás
Published: March 2017

“EN FILOSOFÍA HAY QUE AGRADECER LAS OBJECIONES”Entrevista a Ricardo Maliandi, por Nicolás Zavadivker
“LA TRADUCCIÓN LITERARIA SIEMPRE ES UNA APROXIMACIÓN”
Authors: Misseri Lucas E.
Published: March 2017

“LA TRADUCCIÓN LITERARIA SIEMPRE ES UNA APROXIMACIÓN”Entrevista a Albert Lázaro-Tinautpor Lucas E. Misseri
Prometeica nº 9
Authors: Editorial Equipe
Published: March 2017

Prometeica nº 9
The Effects of a Linguistic Tsunami on the Languages of Aceh
Authors: Aziz Zulfadli A. , Amery Robert
Published: March 2017

The languages throughout the world are in crisis and it is estimated that 50% to 90% will have disappeared by the end of this century (Grenoble, 2012). Colonisation, nationalism, urbanisation and globalisation have resulted in a linguistic tsunami being unleashed, with a few major world languages swamping others. The rate of language loss today is unprecedented as this small number of dominant languages expands rapidly. Small minority languages are mainly in danger, but even large regional languages, such as Acehnese with millions of speakers, are unsafe. Similar to the case of a tsunami triggered by an earthquake, it is generally too late before speakers are aware of what is happening. In most cases language shift will have already progressed and irreversible before people realize it. This paper examines the early warning signs of impending language shift and what can be done for minority languages to have the best chance of survival. We draw on the local situation in Aceh, as well as other parts of the Austronesian speaking world and Australia, where the record of language loss is the worst in the world. Language shift in Australia is well-progressed; in Indonesia it is more recent. Lessons learned from places such as Australia and Taiwan have relevance for Indonesia today.
Application-Based Crossword Puzzles: Players’ Perception and Vocabulary Retention
Authors: Dzulfikri Dzulfikri
Published: March 2017

This study investigates the perceptions of students towards Application-Based Crossword Puzzles and how playing this game can affect the development of vocabulary amongst students. Drawing on Vygostky’s Socio-Cultural Theory which states that the human mind is mediated by cultural artifacts, the nature of this game poses challenges and builds curiosity, allowing players to pay more attention to the words to fill in the boxes which subsequently enhances their retention of vocabulary. This game has very good potential to build positive perceptions and to develop cognition in the linguistic domain of players, i.e. the amount of their vocabulary. In this study, the researcher conducted interviews with eligible or selected student players to find out their perceptions toward this game and administered a vocabulary test to find out how this game had added to the retention in memory of new words acquired by the players from the game. The study findings showed that the participants perceive this game positively and it affects the players’ vocabulary retention positively as indicated by their test results. It is recommended that English teachers consider using Application-Based Crossword Puzzles to help students build their vocabularies especially as part of extracurricular activities.
AL-'ALAQAH BAINA TAQSIM AL-SHAF AL-DIRASIY WA INJAZ AL-TALAMIDZ FI TA'LIM AL-LUGHAH AL-'ARABIYAH
Authors: Ridha Muhammad , Albantani Azkia Muharom
Published: March 2017

This research was aimed to identify the relation between classroom classification based on the cognitive level and students’ achievement in learning Arabic language. The method used in this research was quantitative using the samples all the 8th grade of MTsN 2 Jagakarsa, 50 students academic year 2012/2013. The research found that there was no relationship between classifying students based on their cognitive level and their achievement in Arabic language with the value (-0,130). This value is between (0,00 – 0,20) meaning that there is no correlation between those two variables. It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was rejected and the null hypothesis (Ho) was accepted or there was no relationship between the variables.
Limb Symmetry Indexes Can Overestimate Knee Function After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Authors: Wellsandt Elizabeth , Failla Mathew J. , Snyder-Mackler Lynn
Published: March 2017

Study Design

Prospective cohort.

Background

The high risk of second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries after return to sport highlights the importance of return-to-sport decision making. Objective return-to-sport criteria frequently use limb symmetry indexes (LSIs) to quantify quadriceps strength and hop scores. Whether using the uninvolved limb in LSIs is optimal is unknown.

Objectives

To evaluate the uninvolved limb as a reference standard for LSIs utilized in return-to-sport testing and its relationship with second ACL injury rates.

Methods

Seventy athletes completed quadriceps strength and 4 single-leg hop tests before anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and 6 months after ACLR. Limb symmetry indexes for each test compared involved-limb measures at 6 months to uninvolved-limb measures at 6 months. Estimated preinjury capacity (EPIC) levels for each test compared involved-limb measures at 6 months to uninvolved-limb measures before ACLR. Second ACL injuries were tracked for a minimum follow-up of 2 years after ACLR.

Results

Forty (57.1%) patients achieved 90% LSIs for quadriceps strength and all hop tests. Only 20 (28.6%) patients met 90% EPIC levels (comparing the involved limb at 6 months after ACLR to the uninvolved limb before ACLR) for quadriceps strength and all hop tests. Twenty-four (34.3%) patients who achieved 90% LSIs for all measures 6 months after ACLR did not achieve 90% EPIC levels for all measures. Estimated preinjury capacity levels were more sensitive than LSIs in predicting second ACL injuries (LSIs, 0.273; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.010, 0.566 and EPIC, 0.818; 95% CI: 0.523, 0.949).

Conclusion

Limb symmetry indexes frequently overestimate knee function after ACLR and may be related to second ACL injury risk. These findings raise concern about whether the variable ACL return-to-sport criteria utilized in current clinical practice are stringent enough to achieve safe and successful return to sport.

Level of Evidence

Prognosis, 2b. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2017;47(5):334–338. Epub 29 Mar 2017. doi:10.2519/jospt.2017.7285
Status, vegetation composition and biomass of forests of Arun valley, East Nepal
Authors: Kunwar Ripu M. , Chaudhary Ram P.
Published: March 2017

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Chemical composition and feed value of fodder trees from Palpa District, Nepal
Authors: Malla Mrigendra B.
Published: March 2017

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Early growth, thinning yield and estimated biomass of standing trees of Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. in the eastern Terai, Nepal
Authors: Thapa H.B.
Published: March 2017

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A framework for initiating forest certification in Nepal
Authors: Shrestha Kumud
Published: March 2017

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Landscape level conservation could promote a special category of protected areas
Authors: Khatri Top B. , Sigdel Ek R.
Published: March 2017

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Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids (MAAs) Profile of Two Marine Red Macroalgae, Gelidium sp. and Ceramium sp.
Authors: Pandey Abha , Pandey Shruti , Rajneesh - , Pathak Jainendra , Ahmed Haseen , Singh Vidya , Singh Shailendra P. , Sinha Rajeshwar P.
Published: March 2017

Macroalgae have evolved different strategies to mitigate the damaging effects of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR), including accumulation of photoprotective compounds such as mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs). MAAs are secondary metabolites, synthesized by a large variety of organisms including macroalgae, phytoplanktons, cyanobacteria, lichen, fungi and some marine animals. MAAs act as photoprotectants and antioxidants. In the present investigation, MAAs profile of methanolic extracts of two marine red algae Gelidium sp. and Ceramium sp., collected from their natural environment, was studied. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and UV-Vis spectrometry analyses were used to reveal different MAAs profile in the extracts obtained from these two red algae. The MAAs isolated by HPLC were identified as shinorine (λmax= 333.5 nm), porphyra-334 (λmax=332.3 nm) and palythine (λmax=317.9 nm) having retention times (RT) 1.26, 2.12 and 3.64 min, respectively, in the extract obtained from Gelidium sp. Similarly, shinorine (λmax=332.3 nm), porphyra-334 (λmax=333.5 nm) and palythinol (λmax=332.5 nm) with RT 1.27, 2.13 and 4.61 min, respectively, were identified in the extract obtained from Ceramium sp. This study revealed that Gelidium sp. and Ceramium sp. could serve as potential source for economical exploration of MAAs in pharmaceutical sciences.Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(1): 12-21
Tomato Quality from Organic and Conventional Production in the Selected Area of Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal
Authors: Yadav Pramod Kumar
Published: March 2017

From the selected area of Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal, conventional and organic tomatoes were grown and tested with different parameters. Conventional tomatoes contained less value of Mg, Ca, K, Cu and Mn, but more value of Fe than organic tomatoes, where as Pb and Ni were not detected.The Zn was found to be same in both tomatoes sample. The sizes of conventional tomatoes were reportedly bigger than organic tomatoes. The viscosity and surface tension of organic tomatoes juice were reported to be higher than in conventional tomatoes juice. The refractive index value was found to be lower in conventional tomatoes juice than in organic tomatoes juice. The vitamin C value was found to be higher in conventional tomatoes juice than in organic tomatoes juice. The comparative study of color, juice containing capacity, storage capacity and firmness of organic and conventional tomatoes of Dharan,Sunsari,Nepal has also been included.Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(1): 91-97
Swasth Mahila Swasth Pariwar: A Screening Program for Women to Detect Common Health Problems in Cost Effective Manner
Authors: Thakur M. , Narang A. , Muzammil S. , Mahabole K.G. , Aggarwal M. , Gupta M. , Rastogi S. , Kapil S. , Sharma L.M.
Published: March 2017

Objectives- A woman is pivot of a family, but they hardly pay attention to their health. The present study aimed to screen the women for common health problems under one roof. A programme “Swasth Mahila, Swasth Pariwar” was conducted in a small hospital set up and cost effective manner. Material and Methods- 408 women, above 18 years were screened for the study after obtaining their consent, 294 were enrolled and were subjected to a questionnaire regarding sociodemographic factors, dietary habits and medical history. Anthropometry and clinical examination was followed by laboratory investigations including Hb%, TLC, DLC, P/S for anaemia, Urine analysis, Blood Glucose. Vaginal cytology with special staining in patients complaining of vaginal discharge (n=128). After screening, patients were referred to separate special clinics accordingly for homoeopathic treatment and follow up. Collaboration with family planning department was done to educate them about family planning practices. Results- The prevalence of anaemia was 40.14% (mean haemoglobin 10.1g/dl). 64.4% had mild, 33.1% had moderate and 2.5% had severe anaemia. 92 % women had iron deficiency anaemia. The prevalence of diabetes was 11.57% and pre-diabetes was 28.9 %. 13 new diabetic and 35 UTI cases were identified. 45.3% women had bacterial vaginosis, 10.9% had trichomoniasis, 17.2% had candidiasis and 0.8% had candidiasis with bacterial vaginosis. All the facilities including consultation, medical examination and laboratory testing were free of charge. The expenditure on laboratory testing for each patient was Rs 300 (approx). Conclusion- This programme helped to identify nutritional, lifestyle disorders and to generate awareness to improve the sexual health status of women in a cost effective manner.Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(1): 86-90
-119C/G in MYG1 Gene and 49A/G in CTLA4 Gene Polymorphisms in Turkish Patients with Vitiligo
Authors: Yildiz Saliha Handan , Yildirim Ayşen , Özuğuz Pınar , Özdemir Erdoğan Müjgan , Doğruk Kaçar Seval , Arikan Terzi Evrim Suna , Kuşku Elvin , Söylemez Zafer , Solak Mustafa
Published: March 2017

Vitiligo is a disease characterized by sharply limited white macular depigmentation as a result of melanocyte loss. Disease is divided into three types according to prevalence and localization as localized, general and universal. Etiology of vitiligo is unknown, but clearly shows a complex structure. Genetic predisposition, stress, many influencing factors such as systemic diseases and physical trauma causes vitiligo. In our study, MYG1 gene rs1465073 (-119C/ G) and CTLA4 gene rs231775 (49A/G) polymorphisms were evaluated in 106 patients diagnosed with vitiligo and 97 controls. Genotyping was performed using real time PCR method. There is no statistically significant differences between patients and controls in terms of allele frequencies of MYG1gene rs1465073 and ve CTLA4 gene rs231775 polymorphisms. Beside, there is no statistically significant differences between patients and controls in terms of genotype frequencies of CTLA4 gene rs231775 polymorphism. On contrary to this there is statistically significant differences between patients and controls in terms of genotype frequencies of MYG1gene rs1465073 polymorphism.In conclusion, consistent with the literature data, there is a significant association between MYG1gene rs1465073 polymorphism and vitiligo. But there is no directly association between CTLA4 gene rs231775 polymorphism and vitiligo.Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine 2016;05(01):1-5
Changes in Heart Rate Variability and Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Prediabetics and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Mishra A.K. , Jha R.K. , Kapoor B.K.
Published: March 2017

Background People with diabetes mellitus (DM) suffer from cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN), this may remain subclinical and reduced heart rate variability (HRV) is noticed as its early indicator.Objective The present study was undertaken to investigate the changes in heart rate variability and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) in (i) pre-diabetics, (ii) diabetics, (iii) non-diabetic subjects.Methods The present study enrolled 30 patients, diagnosed with type 2 DM and 30 prediabetic subjects aged between 30-60 years and compared with its aged matched healthy controls. In HRV, Time Domain (TD) parameters used were: SDNN, rMSSD, NN50 and pNN50%; and Frequency Domain (FD) parameters were: low frequency (LF), high frequency (HF) and LF/HF ratio. Glycosylated Hb and random blood sugar were measured.Results In HRV, though the time domain measures that reflects parasympathetic activity decreased was insignificant in the cases, the FD parameters such as LF reflecting activities of both division of ANS and HF reflecting only parasympathetic activity were found significantly reduced in diabetes and then control, whereas LF/HF ratio was increased only in diabetic patient (p<0.001) indicating sympathovagal imbalance. Rise in HbA1C was insignificant in prediabetic compared to control, which was observed significant only in diabetic (p< 0.001) patients.Conclusion Findings of the present study suggest that though HbA1c is an indicator of sustained hyperglycemia for monitoring glycemic level, even before its significant rise in plasma, alteration of sympatho-vagal balance over heart begins early in the disease process of diabetes.Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine 2016;05(01):15-18
Celiac disease and its histopathology
Authors: Pudasaini S
Published: March 2017

Celiac disease is gluten induced enteropathy and is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the small intestine characterized by malabsorption. It is a common immune mediated disorder which is triggered by consumption of wheat (gluten). It occurs in genetically predisposed individuals (carriers of HLA-DQ2 and DQ8 haplotypes). It is characterized by inflammation of the small-intestinal mucosa and myriad gastrointestinal and systemic manifestations. A duodenal biopsy with positive serology is the gold standard for the diagnosis of Celiac disease. As there are changing presentation for Celiac disease, communication of pathologist and gastroenterologists is essential for appropriate interpretation of duodenal biopsy.
Registration of ‘Mesa’ Russian Wheat Aphid–Resistant Winter Feed Barley
Authors: Mornhinweg Dolores W. , Hammon Robert W. , Obert Don E.
Published: March 2017

‘Mesa’ (Reg. No. CV‐362, PI 659768), Russian wheat aphid [RWA, Diruaphis noxia (Kurdjumov)]‐resistant six‐rowed winter feed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), tested as 97BX 43‐99A and STARS 1014B, was developed and released by USDA‐ARS, Stillwater, OK. All crossing, selection, and evaluation was done by the USDA‐ARS, Stillwater, OK. Colorado State University assisted by planting yield trials in western Colorado and USDA‐ARS Aberdeen, ID, entered Mesa in multi‐state elite barley trials. Mesa has the pedigree ‘Schuyler’*4/R017. The recurrent parent, Schuyler, has the pedigree Hudson/Alpine. R017 is an unadapted Russian wheat aphid‐resistant germplasm line selected by the USDA‐ARS, Stillwater, OK from CI 10721. R017 and Mesa have a RWA seedling resistance rating of 2 on Webster's scale of 1 to 9, where 1 is immune and 9 is dead. Mesa is the first RWA‐resistant winter barley cultivar.