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Más allá del color: proyecto etnoeducativo en la Institución Educativa Lorgia de Arco
Authors: Álvarez Mangones Jhame , Campo Polo Sandra Helena , Hoyos Pernett Ricardo
Published: April 2016

Más allá del color: proyecto etnoeducativo en la Instituición Educativa Lorgia de Arco, en Santander de la Cruz, municipio de Moñitos, es un trabajo de sistematización sobre la implementación del proceso etnoeducativo afrocolombiano según el decreto 804 de 1995, encaminado a la construcción colectiva de un proyecto global de vida como propuesta alternativa de desarrollo comunitario endógeno con participación de la comunidad en general. Con base en el enfoque epistemológico crítico social, este trabajo reconstruye un proceso étnico, social y pedagógico, basado en el empoderamiento legal y pedagógico de una comunidad que logró, a partir de talleres y prácticas de campo, construir poco a poco sus prácticas institucionales, etnoeducativas, estrategias pedagógicas y didácticas que permitieron apropiarse de un modelo didáctico ambiental fundamentado en ejes problémicos de identidad, cultura ambiental, calidad de vida y desarrollo comunitario, como un devenir social más allá del color, en la perspectiva de los derechos humanos en contextos pedagógicos de acciones afirmativas. 
Clases de costura, tejidos y puntadas
Authors: Sosa Quintero Carol Dayana , Mejía Sánchez Claudia Patricia
Published: April 2016

Este artículo da cuenta de los ejercicios pedagógicos que en una perspec- tiva epistemológica construccionista han sido planteados desde la unidad de Humanidades y Formación Integral de la Universidad Santo Tomás, Villavicencio, tejiendo narrativas entre estudiantes, docentes y ciudadanos. Construidos en lenguaje simbólico-narrativo, facilitan una hermenéutica pe- dagógica orientada a la comprensión de cuentos, relatos y narraciones, que a su vez interrogan y trasforman la realidad de los participantes. Se desarrolla en parques, plazas, iglesias, barrios, avenidas y monumentos, espacios abiertos a diferentes formas creativas y lúdicas, en las que cobra sentido la recolección de los saberes ancestrales, experiencias de vida y fábulas urbanas, que hacen del caminar del estudiante universitario un costurero único, apasionante y formativo, y proporcionan herramientas para que los estudiantes se apasionen por otros textos, otras lecturas, incluido el diálogo con las comunidades, cuyas experiencias y sueños apoyan esta reflexión pedagógica, invitándolos a comunicarse y releer su mundo desde diversas perspectivas epistemológicas. 
Una mirada al performance de Orlan desde una lectura del CsO
Authors: Silva Salazar Steven
Published: April 2016

La obra de arte puede ser mirada, y es la perspectiva desde la que se construye este texto, como una forma de pensamiento, y en este contexto, como una forma de producción de la filosofía. Se trata de ver cómo el mismo objeto artístico se convierte en un fenómeno de interpretación de la vida, y así ofrece respuestas vitales a la misma cotidianidad, tanto del artista/creador como del espectador. El ejercicio surge con ocasión de la visita de la reconocida y polémica artista francesa Orlan al Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, de forma que este artículo tiene como propósito hacer un acercamiento estético y filosófico al performance de la artista, desde sus inicios hasta sus últimas obras fotográficas, a través de la perspectiva de cuerpo sin órganos; concepto filosófico utilizado por G. Deleuze y F. Guattari (2000).
La estructura conceptual de los miedos urbanos
Authors: Páramo Pablo , Roa Edgar
Published: April 2016

Este trabajo indaga por los temores que experimentan los habitantes de las ciudades y por la estructura conceptual que comparten sobre las situaciones temidas actualmente. Se analizan los resultados de 130 entrevistas semiestructuradas, orientadas a identificar los temores más comunes de hombres y mujeres asociados a la ciudad y la estructura conceptual que subyace a estos temores. Los resultados obtenidos se analizaron con un Escalamiento Multidimensional, que permitió identificar la estructura del miedo que muestran los participantes a distintas situaciones. Se proponen acciones en procura de la reducción de la percepción de inseguridad en la ciudad.
Unique Haban wares from the Castle of Regéc
Authors: Pető Zsuzsa Eszter
Published: April 2016

The Castle of Regéc, located in what is today Northeastern Hungary, is one of the largest fortresses built at the turn of the 13th and 14th century. The fortified castle has a complex history; in the post-mediaeval era, several noble and aristocratic families owned it (among others, the Alaghy, Mágóchy, Esterházy, and Rákóczi families). As the Haban wares became increasingly popular in the 17th century in the western, northeastern, and eastern areas of the Carpathian Basin, this type of ceramic can be found at Regéc as well.

Besides the numerous small potsherds and stove tiles, a plate and many fragments of a unique type of floor brick have been excavated. The latter two objects were selected for the present study, which will perhaps show that besides the traditional art historical analysis of ceramics stored in museums or private collections, it is just as important to make comparative studies to evaluate the historical archaeological material.

The present study gives an introduction to the selected material. The Haban plate, dated to 1659 by its inscription, is a unique piece; similar types can be found in some collections. The type of decorated floor bricks is possibly the only identified masterpiece of Haban craftsmen among those that have been found in the region.
Migration and survival of the Hutterite Brethren in Central Europe
Authors: Bálint Emese
Published: April 2016

While the Anabaptist movement was still fluid in the early 1520s, it soon crystallized into factions with sharp differences. Although the Moravian Anabaptists never succeeded in creating common doctrines and practices, the Central and East European experience was not merely a marginal part of the great Anabaptist story. Out of these divergent tendencies grew a strong sect that survived exile through a radical social experiment. Hutterite colonies, settled in a hostile environment, flourished for a long period while other sects disappeared within a few years. The factors that determined the advance and survival of the Hutterites point beyond religious motives. This social experiment was dependent on the integrated social structure enabling them to cope with an aggressive environment without assimilating. Various epochs of the Hutterite history show that communal life was never a uniform and perfect experience, but variants of the structure persisted in the colonies as they evolved in their local circumstances.
Haban faience in the collections of the Bratislava City Museum
Authors: Francová Zuzana
Published: April 2016

The author analyses the Haban faience collection of the Bratislava City Museum—the oldest existing Slovak museum (founded in 1868). The first part of the text provides a chronological survey of the Haban ceramics acquisitions and informs about their exhibition, presentation and publishing. This is followed by the typology and chronology of the objects. Based on the type and colour of the glaze and the painted decoration as well as their typology, the artefacts are divided into the following groups: the oldest objects from the period before 1700, objects with other than white-coloured glaze, objects decorated with blue painting influenced by the Delft faience, pharmacy vessels, floor tiles, white-glazed objects from the period 1700–1730, Late or Post-Haban faience and the ceramics with guild emblems. Finally a Haban stove from Malacky castle is mentioned.
The collection of Anabaptist (Hutterite) ceramics in the Moravian Museum in Brno
Authors: Kalinová Alena
Published: April 2016

The Anabaptists, who started to settle in Moravia after 1526, brought with them the production of faience. They were concentrated mainly in the demesnes of Southern Moravia (current districts of Břeclav, Hodonín, Uherské Hradiště and Znojmo), but after 1620 as non-Catholics, the Anabaptists had to leave. They went mostly to the neighbouring Kingdom of Hungary, today the western region of Slovakia where they continued to produce faience. After the Anabaptist community disintegrated in the last quarter of the 17th century, the production of faience was taken over by individual craftsmen.

The Moravian Museum in Brno holds one of the most representative collections of Anabaptist faience in the Czech Republic. Its origin dates back to the early years after the foundation of the Francis Museum, the predecessor of today’s Moravian Museum. At present, it comprises around 250 items.
The collection of Anabaptist pottery of the Moravian Gallery in Brno
Authors: Husseiniová Andrea
Published: April 2016

Anabaptist faience is the most important local phenomenon in the history of European ceramics. The holdings of the Moravian Gallery in Brno include a small collection of this pottery type (at present nearly 60 items). The start of this collection goes back to the early years after the founding of the Moravian Industrial Museum, the predecessor of today’s Museum of Applied Arts of the Moravian Gallery in Brno. Its core comprises items acquired by the museum as early as in the 19th century. Many of the later acquisitions were originally part of private collections, such as a set of pottery from the collector František Kretz. The oldest dated collection item is a tazza with a perforated rim, bearing a Dietrichstein emblem and the date 1607. With regards to form there is an obvious prevalence of flat ware. The archaeological excavations carried out in the 1950s by specialists from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vacenovice (Hodonín district) made a significant contribution to research into the manufacture of Anabaptist faience. The outcome of these activities was a large exhibition of Anabaptist faience at the end of 1955 and the start of 1956, accompanied by the publication of two catalogues (1955, 1961).
A mitralis elégtelenség sebészi kezelésének új megközelítése: transapicalis ínhúrpótlás dobogó szíven
Authors: Ruttkay Tamás , Jancsó Gábor , Gombocz Károly , Gasz Balázs
Published: April 2016

Severe mitral regurgitation due to prolapse of the valve demands early surgical intervention. Recently artificial chord implantation is the prefered solution, which requires cardioplegia and application of cardiopulmonary bypass using the left atrial approach. Transoesophageal echocardiography guided transapical neochord implantation is an emerging new technique for the treatment of mitral regurgitation. It enables the operation through left minithoracotomy on beating heart using a special instrument introduced into the left ventricle. Acute procedural success rates in different centres vary between 86 and 100%. According to reports, 92% of the patients do not require additional intervention at the 3-month follow-up. Continuous integration of data resulting improved outcomes supports the hope that this novel, less-invasive technique will be applied widely for the treatment of mitral regurgitation. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(18), 700–705.
Role of students’ youth in strategic planning of external communications of population physical health “Sports for all” centers
Authors: Kravchenko O.V.
Published: April 2016

Purpose: to work out strategy of external communications system’s improvement of population physical health and determine students’ role in optimization of this system. Material: we questioned 136 centers’ functionaries and 338 representatives of groups of influence. SWOT-analysis was used. With the help of SWOT-analysis method we simulated 16 the most probable situations and strategic actions in case of their occurrence. For determination of experts’ opinions concordance, we used concordance coefficient in SWOT-analysis. Results: we found strong and weak sides of external communication centers’ system, favorable opportunities and threats of this system. Strategies of centers’ behavior in the most probable situations were worked out and students’ youth role in them analyzed. It was determined that in every simulated situation participation of students-volunteers of physical culture-sports profile was very important. We also noted demand in increase of personnel’s competence level, in attraction of specialists from other organization. Conclusions: in conditions of limited resources and breadth of functioning the centers shall actively use students’ assistance in organization and realization of different measures; attract them as consumers of the centers’ services.
Fitness yoga as modern technology of special health groups’ girl students’ psycho-physical condition and psycho-social health strengthening
Authors: Skurikhina N.V. , Kudryavtsev M.D. , Kuzmin V.A. , Iermakov S. S.
Published: April 2016

Purpose: substantiation of purposefulness of fitness yoga application for strengthening of special health groups’ girl students’ psycho-physical condition and psycho-social health at physical culture training and recreation classes. Material: trainings were practiced twice a week in 2 groups with 20 girl students in every group. Each training session lasted 60 minutes. The following indicators were registered: pressing ups in lying position; torso bending during 30 sec. from lying on back position; rising legs up to 90 degrees angle in hanging position; long jump from the spot; forward torso bending; test for coordination. Health condition was determined by express assessment of physical health. Results: in both groups girl students’ backbone mobility increased (р-0-05). First group’s girl students demonstrated higher results in pressing ups in lying position during 30 sec. (by 7.34+1.2 times) and in long jump from the spot (14.2+0.4 cm). It was noticed that fitness yoga exercises render positive influence on girl students’ psycho-emotional state, general physical self-feeling and physical condition. Conclusions: targeted fitness yoga exercises’ influences on girl-students’ organism are recommended for support and correction of their health.
Determination of future designers’ professionally important coordination qualities
Authors: Chernovsky S. M. , Kolumbet A. N.
Published: April 2016

Purpose: to find out girl students’ motor abilities, influencing to the largest extent on successfulness of designer’s professional functioning. Material: 210 girl students of 18-22 years’ age participated in experiment. Results: it was found that all indicators of future designers’ professional qualities are closely connected with indicators of definite coordination abilities. High interconnection with kinesthetic indicators and girl students’ professional skillfulness were noted. It was determined that quickness, concentration and re-switching of attention were closely connected with attention, operative memory, accuracy of reproduction of received information. Conclusions: for girl students-designers’ successful professional progress it is necessary to develop kinesthetic, responding and orientation coordination qualities. These qualities are required for quick and effective solution of professional tasks, connected with accurate perception in the shortest possible time and keeping great volume of space information in memory.
Relationships among Cultural Disposition, Morality, and Psychological Health of Medical Students in a Province of Korea
Authors: Lee Sunyoung , An Byungduck
Published: April 2016

This study aimed to investigate the relationship among the cultural disposition, morality, and psychological health of medical students to determine how these factors might relate to curriculum planning in medical education. Data was collected from a total of 186 medical students. The questionnaire used included the individual cultural disposition scale, the symptom checklist-90-revised, and the defining issues test. To evaluate individual cultural disposition, we classified students into four categories—low, individual, collective, or mixed cultural disposition—using individualism/collectivism and vertical/horizontal dimensions. We found that those who were younger and in earlier academic years had higher collectivism than individualism and the males had higher individualism than the females. There was no difference in morality or psychological health by the students’ sex, age, or academic year. Horizontal collectivism and moral judgment showed a statistically significant correlation (r=0.150, p
Clinical and pathophysiologic features of cerebral hypertensive crisis
Authors: Smychek V B , Halinouskaya N V
Published: April 2016

Aim. To specify clinical and pathophysiologic features and prognostic significance of cerebral hypertensive crisis.Methods. The study involved 44 patients with cerebral hypertensive crisis, 53 people with coronary artery disease and 14 healthy volunteers. All patients underwent complete blood count and biochemical blood tests, vegetative status determination using questionnaire survey and recording heart rate variability parameters. In patients with cerebral hypertensive crisis systemic inflammation parameters (concentration of interleukin-6 and -8, C-reactive protein in the blood plasma) were determined. Catamnesis was specified by telephone interview.Results. In cerebral hypertensive crisis, in contrast to coronary artery disease, the parasympathetic autonomic nervous system tone decreases, which is combined with inflammatory changes in the blood (increase in segmented leukocytes number and erythrocyte sedimentation rate), and an increase in the level of systemic inflammation markers: interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein. Vegetative regulation changes closely correlated with the inflammation level and the latter correlated with the clinical symptoms severity and determined poor prognosis in terms of recurrent transient episode. 90-day risk of ischemic stroke after cerebral hypertensive crisis was 2.3%.Conclusion. In patients with cerebral hypertensive crisis the autonomic nervous system parasympathetic tone reduction combined with increased levels of inflammation markers in blood were revealed; adverse prognostic significance for recurrent ischemic attacks occurrence were leukocytes rate increase, band shift in leukocyte blood count, serum total calcium concentration reduction and blood plasma total protein level decrease.
Ultrasound technologies in health centers - potential for early diagnosis of obesity
Authors: Spiridonova T K , Diomidova V N
Published: April 2016

Aim. To study the ultrasound technologies opportunities in the health center settings at the stage of the working-age population screening examination for the early detection of obesity.Methods. The main group consisted of 196 people of working age with various body mass index deviations. The control group is formed of 40 people with a normal body mass index. In addition to the established examination standard in the health center, trial subjects underwent an ultrasound scan using colour Doppler imaging and power Doppler sonography of blood flow in the anterior abdominal wall and the abdominal cavity vessels to assess borders, subcutaneous and visceral fat thickness indicators. Obtained results are compared with the X-ray computed tomography data.Results. The obesity early diagnosis criteria based on adipose tissue thickness absolute and relative indicators quantitative values according to ultrasound study were determined. Using ultrasound technologies at the stage of the working-age population screening examination in health centers settings allowed to reveal obesity - manageable risk factor of chronic non-communicable diseases - in the early stages when preventive measures in the body weight correction process are the most effective. Results showed that for the obesity early diagnosis information about the visceral fat thickness is the most important, and demonstrated the need to measure not only the absolute but also relative indicators, such as visceral fat thickness and the visceral and subcutaneous fat thickness sum amount ratio coefficients (KVF/TF), as well as the subcutaneous and visceral fat thickness (KSF/VF). It was found that sonographic indicators of visceral fat thickness more than 31.1 mm and a KVF/TF more than 0.64, even in normal body mass indicate the visceral fat excess, what helped to further identify its excess in 20.4% of the subjects with normal body mass index.Conclusion. Due to technical simplicity, accessibility, non-invasiveness of used ultrasound technologies, their use can be recommended both for obesity early diagnosis, and for further body weight control in working age people.
Osteoporosis and pain severity in reproductive age patients with breast cancer
Authors: Tretyakova N Y , Chizhikov A V
Published: April 2016

Aim. To analyze the relationship of osteoporosis in reproductive age patients with breast cancer with the pain severity and osteoporosis diagnosis improvement in these patients to improve their quality of life.Methods. The study included 63 women aged 30 to 50 years. The studied group consisted of 33 women with confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer, control group - 30 healthy, same age women of comparison group. The examination included a blood test for osteocalcin, calcitonin, alkaline phosphatase, parathyroid hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, calcium and phosphorus. The pain severity was evaluated by McGill pain questionnaire and pain syndrome classification. Osteodensitometry was performed to all patients of studied and control groups. All patients with «breast cancer» diagnosis were examined prior to specific treatment administration and 6 months after treatment course completion. 12 patients were examined also after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Results.Osteopenia (initial changes of bone tissue) was revealed in 3 (10%) cases in the control group. There was no cases of osteoporosis in the control group. Clinical manifestations in the form of the 1st level pain syndrome in healthy women was registered in 6 (20%) cases. Osteoporosis develops more often in patients who underwent complex treatment with ovarian function blocking, i.e. the artificial menopause advent. Osteoporosis in breast cancer patients after combined treatment was detected in 69.7% of cases, and pain - in 75.8% of cases. Bone mineral density indicators during treatment and after it were significantly different compared to those before treatment (pConclusion. In breast cancer in reproductive age patients after the complex treatment, osteoporosis and pain often develop, therefore such patients need to undergo osteodensitometry for timely osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment correction.
Possibilities of digital radiography in the coronary arteries calcification diagnosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Authors: Sultanova M J , Azizov V A , Sadigova T A
Published: April 2016

AIM. To assess coronary calcification nature in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using digital radiography.METHODS. Chest and distal upper extremities X-ray examination results of the 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were retrospectively analyzed. The patients mean age was 54.3±7.8 years, mean disease duration - 8.34±0.3 years. The correlation closeness assessment of qualitative features in the observed group was performed by Pearson correlation coefficient.RESULTS. When performing distal upper extremities X-ray examination, in 9 (15.0±4.6%) patients stage I, in 16 (26.7±5.7%) - II, in 21 (35.0±6.2 %) - III, in 14 (23.3±5.5%) patients - stage IV rheumatoid arthritis was found. In 19 (31.7±6.0%) patients coronary calcifications were visualized in the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery, in 14 (23.3±5.5%) patients - in the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery, in 10 (16.7±4.8%) - in the right coronary artery, in 10 (16.7±4.8%) patients - the main trunk of the left coronary artery. In 7 (11.7±4.1%) patients aortic arch calcifications were found. It was found that the coronary calcifications incidence was higher in more prolonged disease course. Correlation relationship between coronary calcifications and rheumatoid arthritis stage was determined: in 7 (77.8±4.1%) patients with stage I, 14 (87.5±4.8%) patients with stage II and in all patients with stage III and IV coronary and aortic calcifications of various nature were identified. The coronary calcification incidence and prevalence had a direct correlation with the patient’s age: in most cases (66.7±10.3%) patients aged 55-60 years had multivessel calcification (≥3).CONCLUSION. There is a close correlation relationship between coronary calcifications and rheumatoid arthritis stages; coronary calcification incidence and prevalence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis depends on age, as well as the disease duration and stage, which is particularly important in the treatment strategy determination.
MÃOS À ARTE
Authors: Pinheiro Wilma Fernandes , Sousa Francisco Judiva Celestino de , Lima Samuel De Oliveira
Published: April 2016

O projeto de extensão denominado “Mãos à Arte” oferece, desde 2013, oficinas de origami para crianças e adolescentes em situação de vulnerabilidade social e/ou econômica atendidos pela Pastoral do Menor no município de Cajazeiras/PB. Os principais objetivos do projeto são: desenvolver a criatividade e despertar para a preocupação ecológica reutilizando papeis. As oficinas são expositivas e os participantes realizaram atividades individuais e em grupo na confecção de sólidos geométricos, embalagens, brinquedos e peças decorativas utilizando revistas, jornais, tecidos e diferentes tipos de papeis. Os resultados revelam que as oficinas vêm contribuindo para a comunidade atendida e para os extensionistas, à medida que proporcionam, de maneira descontraída, o desenvolvimento do potencial criativo na elaboração de objetos utilitários produzidos com técnica e material de baixo custo. Além disso, o projeto estabelece uma relação entre o Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (IFPB) e a referida comunidade.
Literatura y exilio: el caso de dos escritores chilenos
Authors: Arroyo Alicia
Published: April 2016

La presente investigación pretende indagar en la relación que existe entre agencia y estructura social en el caso concreto de la experiencia del exilio y la creación literaria. El impacto de las estructuras sociales y de los procesos políticos en la vida de los individuos parece ser más evidente en períodos de cambio violento. así, los exiliados experimentaron en su país una etapa de apertura y, en cierta medida, una revolución, que tenía por objeto transformar la estructura social tradicional de Chile, esta experiencia fue interrumpida por el golpe militar y el establecimiento de una dictadura.
Conflicto, política y polemología en el pensamiento de Julien Freund
Authors: Molina Jerónimo
Published: April 2016

Julien Freund, lorenés de nación (Heridorff, 1921), estará para siempre sentimentalmente asociado a la región alsaciana, a la ciudad de Estrasburgo y, particularmente, a Villé, apacible pueblo en el corazón de los Vosgos del que hizo, como le gustaba decir, su San Casciano. Allí murió en el mes de septiembre de 1993. La luctuosa circunstancia, que en ocasiones puede determinar una repentina y, por tanto, circunstancial atención de la comunidad científica, apenas si ha servido para que se interesen por el pensamiento del gran polígrafo francés unos cuantos especialistas de dispar profesión intelectual.
Violencia social - violencia doméstica
Authors: Centelles Bolós Felipe
Published: April 2016

La Sociología se ocupa del fenómeno de la violencia desde hace poco tiempo. Hasta los años 60 de esta década, no empienza, desde le punto de vista sociológico, a teorizarse sobre la misma. Durante los años 80 es cuando se generaliza su estudio. Anteiormente, en el siglo XIX, sólo se consideraba la violencia revolucionaria, mientras que en el siglo XVII era centro de atención de filósofos como Sorel, Hegel, Marx o Engels, y en todas las épocas anteriores se seguían manteniendo las interpretaciones de la filosofía clásica griega.
The Concert of Humans and Nightingales: Why Interspecies Music Works
Authors: Rothenberg David
Published: April 2016

The Concert of Humans and Nightingales: Why Interspecies Music Works
Doing Life Is That Which We Must Think
Authors: Daddario Will
Published: April 2016

Declaration of belief:Performance Philosophers seek to think anew, not only for the fun of it but also to destroy (or at least artfully ignore) the well-tended perception that thinking must unfold in a certain way, through specific channels, and with the legitimacy bequeathed to thought (i.e., commodified thought; a kind of thought that might be trademarked) through validated keywords and slogans. For these reasons, Performance Philosophers seek to think the doing of life, with the expectation that to do so would mean to live a life worthy of the name. This manifesto elaborates on these claims and calls for the creation of an Invisible College through which we might express the potential of performance philosophy.
Every Text is a Performance: A Pre-History of Performance Philosophy
Authors: Kornhaber David
Published: April 2016

This article traces a genealogy of performance philosophy along two separate lines within the history of the twentieth-century academy.  On the one hand, it locates within the long history of philosophically-informed studies of dramatic literature a partial model for the work of performance philosophy, one that applied philosophical scrutiny to dramatic texts without ever extending the same consideration to theatrical performance—in spite of the practical theatrical work of many of this movement’s leading academic proponents.  On the other hand, it identifies in the poststructualist rethinking of textual authority an opening for the reconsideration of philosophical communication that returns performance to a place of philosophical potential that it has not securely held since before Plato’s dialogues.  It is argued that the intersection of these two trend lines in academic thought should be regarded as constituting an important intellectual genesis point for the emergence of performance philosophy and a useful means of approaching the purposes and boundary points of the field.
Minding the Gap – of Indifference: Approaching ‘Performance Philosophy’ with Salomo Friedlaender (1871-1946)
Authors: Lagaay Alice
Published: April 2016

The concept of "Creative Indifference" put forward by Salomo Friedlaender in his 1918 magnum opus, Schöpferische Indifferenz, provides much food for thought from a Performance Philosophy perspective. Friedlaender's work, which has been largely overlooked by academic philosophers until now, was in fact hugely influential in expressionist Dada circles at the time of its publication. It also contributed to shaping Gestalt Therapy theories and practice, thereby relating to a number of bodywork movements that continue to inform performance practice and Performance Philosophy alike. In this short text, Alice Lagaay begins to explore the manner in which Friedlaender/Mynona can be seen as a Performance Philosopher “avant la lettre”, and how the notion of "Creative Indifference” might be fruitful in the ongoing "Mind-the-Gap”- debate relating to the relation between “Performance" and "Philosophy".
From Odd Encounters to a Prospective Confluence: Dance-Philosophy
Authors: Cvejić Bojana
Published: April 2016

This text inquires into the relationship between Western philosophy and Western theatre dance from their odd encounters in modernity to the current affiliations between contemporary choreographic poetics, critical theory and contemporary philosophical thought. The point of departure for the inquiry is a discussion of the three problems that have structured the historically vexed relationship between dance and philosophy: dance’s belated acquisition of the status of an art discipline, the special ontological status of the work of dance, and the limits of dance’s meaning-production set by the theme of bodily movement’s “ephemerality” and “disappearance.” After critically examining the approaches of Alain Badiou and Jacques Rancière in whose philosophies dance is relegated to a metaphor or, even worse, to an ahistorical conduit for a general ontology, the author makes a case for another movement of thought that arises in dance practice and is at the same time philosophical, rooted in Spinoza’s (and Deleuze’s) principle of expression. Demonstrating how choreographers, like Xavier Le Roy and Jonathan Burrows, create by “posing problems,” Cvejić presents a theory of “expressive concepts,” whereby choreography contributes to a philosophical rethinking of the relationship between the body, movement and time. This points to the new prospects of a kind of “dance-philosophy,” in which the epistemic hierarchy is reversed: the stake is no longer in what philosophy could do for dance, but how an experimental, radically pragmatic orientation in dance offers a practical framework for theorizing perception, concept-formation and other philosophical issues.
For What Do We Need Performance Philosophy?
Authors: Kirkkopelto Esa
Published: April 2016

In my short manifesto I consider the interrelation of the emergence of performance philosophy and the simultaneous emergence of practice-based or artistic research in the humanities and the higher education in arts. The need for performing artists to have recourse to philosophical discourse is motivated by an attempt to establish their new political and academic role as artist-researchers, as well as to understand the nature and the significance of the knowledge they produce. Performance philosophy opens up a new academic practice in which performance, performance makers and performers can make contact with philosophical thinking without the advocacy of intermediary disciplines and in equal dialogue with them, learn to think in their own terms, and become understood by others. It builds upon a collective attempt to give an answer to what performing arts and artists can do in an age where ‘performance’ has become a denominator of global capitalism.
Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions
Authors: Böhler Arno , Loughnane Adam , Parkes Graham
Published: April 2016

Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions
Migration and transformation characteristics of DOM in fine sand and marl rock
Authors: Wang Xinyi , Zhen Xiaoge , Li Renzheng , Liu Xiaoman , Wang Tiantian , Zhao Li , Yang Jian
Published: April 2016

This paper mainly studied migration and transformation characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in underground aquifers. To achieve the research purpose, we carried out the dynamic column experiments of the DOM at different conditions indoors. In the experiment, the water of Wujiang River from Pingdingshan Coal-field is used as water sample, meanwhile, fine sand and marl rock are used as testing rock sample. A comparative study on migration and transformation characteristics of the DOM in different rock samples is done. The results show that, in the fine sand, the main effects are convection and dispersion, while the adsorption and biological effects are very weak. However, in the marl rock, besides existing convection and dispersion, the adsorption and biological effect are quite significant. And in the marl rock, convection and dispersion plays a major role in the early experiment, while adsorption is the main effect in the medium term, then the biodegradation dominates the final stage. With the increasing of temperature and seepage velocity in the fine sand, the impact of the convection effect becomes gradually weak, the dispersion effect gradually enhances, and, however, convection effect is still playing a dominant role. With the temperature rising in the marl rock, the adsorption effect becomes weak, but biodegradation is enhanced. As the seepage velocity increases in the marl rock, the adsorption and biodegradation both decrease.
Combined Turbine and Cycle Optimization for Organic Rankine Cycle Power Systems—Part A: Turbine Model
Authors: Meroni Andrea , La Seta Angelo , Andreasen Jesper , Pierobon Leonardo , Persico Giacomo , Haglind Fredrik
Published: April 2016

Axial-flow turbines represent a well-established technology for a wide variety of power generation systems. Compactness, flexibility, reliability and high efficiency have been key factors for the extensive use of axial turbines in conventional power plants and, in the last decades, in organic Rankine cycle power systems. In this two-part paper, an overall cycle model and a model of an axial turbine were combined in order to provide a comprehensive preliminary design of the organic Rankine cycle unit, taking into account both cycle and turbine optimal designs. Part A presents the preliminary turbine design model, the details of the validation and a sensitivity analysis on the main parameters, in order to minimize the number of decision variables in the subsequent turbine design optimization. Part B analyzes the application of the combined turbine and cycle designs on a selected case study, which was performed in order to show the advantages of the adopted methodology. Part A presents a one-dimensional turbine model and the results of the validation using two experimental test cases from literature. The first case is a subsonic turbine operated with air and investigated at the University of Hannover. The second case is a small, supersonic turbine operated with an organic fluid and investigated by Verneau. In the first case, the results of the turbine model are also compared to those obtained using computational fluid dynamics simulations. The results of the validation suggest that the model can predict values of efficiency within ± 1.3%-points, which is in agreement with the reliability of classic turbine loss models such as the Craig and Cox correlations used in the present study. Values similar to computational fluid dynamics simulations at the midspan were obtained in the first case of validation. Discrepancy below 12 % was obtained in the estimation of the flow velocities and turbine geometry. The values are considered to be within a reasonable range for a preliminary design tool. The sensitivity analysis on the turbine model suggests that two of twelve decision variables of the model can be disregarded, thus further reducing the computational requirements of the optimization.
Solar Hydrogen Production via a Samarium Oxide-Based Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle
Authors: Bhosale Rahul , Kumar Anand , AlMomani Fares , Ghosh Ujjal , Saad Anis Mohammad , Kakosimos Konstantinos , Shende Rajesh , Rosen Marc
Published: April 2016

The computational thermodynamic analysis of a samarium oxide-based two-step solar thermochemical water splitting cycle is reported. The analysis is performed using HSC chemistry software and databases. The first (solar-based) step drives the thermal reduction of Sm2O3 into Sm and O2. The second (non-solar) step corresponds to the production of H2 via a water splitting reaction and the oxidation of Sm to Sm2O3. The equilibrium thermodynamic compositions related to the thermal reduction and water splitting steps are determined. The effect of oxygen partial pressure in the inert flushing gas on the thermal reduction temperature (TH) is examined. An analysis based on the second law of thermodynamics is performed to determine the cycle efficiency (ηcycle) and solar-to-fuel energy conversion efficiency (ηsolar−to−fuel) attainable with and without heat recuperation. The results indicate that ηcycle and ηsolar−to−fuel both increase with decreasing TH, due to the reduction in oxygen partial pressure in the inert flushing gas. Furthermore, the recuperation of heat for the operation of the cycle significantly improves the solar reactor efficiency. For instance, in the case where TH = 2280 K, ηcycle = 24.4% and ηsolar−to−fuel = 29.5% (without heat recuperation), while ηcycle = 31.3% and ηsolar−to−fuel = 37.8% (with 40% heat recuperation).
Effect of Food Emulsifiers on Aroma Release
Authors: Li Jia-Jia , Dong Man , Liu Yan-Long , Zhang Lu-Lu , Zhang Yan , Yang Zi-Yu , Ren Jing-Nan , Pan Si-Yi , Fan Gang
Published: April 2016

This study aimed to determine the influence of different emulsifiers or xanthan-emulsifier systems on the release of aroma compounds. Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and GC-MS were used to study the effects of varying concentrations of xanthan gum, sucrose fatty acid ester, Tween 80 and soybean lecithin on the release of seven aroma compounds. The effects of the emulsifier systems supplemented with xanthan gum on aroma release were also studied in the same way. The results showed varying degrees of influence of sucrose fatty acid ester, soybean lecithin, Tween 80 and xanthan gum on the release of aroma compounds. Compared with other aroma compounds, ethyl acetate was more likely to be conserved in the solution system, while the amount of limonene released was the highest among these seven aroma compounds. In conclusion, different emulsifiers and complexes showed different surface properties that tend to interact with different aroma molecules. The present studies showed that the composition and structure of emulsifiers and specific interactions between emulsifiers and aroma molecules have significant effects on aroma release.
The Effects of Topical Application of Polycal (a 2:98 (g/g) Mixture of Polycan and Calcium Gluconate) on Experimental Periodontitis and Alveolar Bone Loss in Rats
Authors: Park Sang-In , Kang Su-Jin , Han Chang-Hyun , Kim Joo-Wan , Song Chang-Hyun , Lee Sang-Nam , Ku Sae-Kwang , Lee Young-Joon
Published: April 2016

The aim of this study was to observe whether Polycal has inhibitory activity on ligation-induced experimental periodontitis and related alveolar bone loss in rats following topical application to the gingival regions. One day after the ligation placements, Polycal (50, 25, and 12.5 mg/mL solutions at 200 μL/rat) was topically applied to the ligated gingival regions daily for 10 days. Changes in bodyweight, alveolar bone loss index, and total number of buccal gingival aerobic bacterial cells were monitored, and the anti-inflammatory effects were investigated via myeloperoxidase activity and levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α. The activities of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and lipid peroxidation (MDA) were also evaluated. Bacterial proliferation, periodontitis, and alveolar bone loss induced by ligature placements were significantly inhibited after 10 days of continuous topical application of Polycal. These results indicate that topical application of Polycal has a significant inhibitory effect on periodontitis and related alveolar bone loss in rats mediated by antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative activities.
Repellent Activity of the Essential Oil from the Heartwood of Pilgerodendron uviferum (D. Don) Florin against Aegorhinus superciliosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Authors: Espinoza Javier , Urzúa Alejandro , Tampe Jocelyne , Parra Leonardo , Quiroz Andrés
Published: April 2016

The weevil Aegorhinus superciliosus Guérin (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), which is endemic to Central-Southern Chile and Argentina, is one of the major berry pests in Chile and the most important pest in the La Araucanía Region (38°44′9″S, 72°35′25″W). Due to the poor effectiveness and problems surrounding the implementation of the traditional control methods using organophosphate and carbamate insecticides, new strategies for controlling this pest are needed. In this communication, we evaluated the behavioral responses of male and female A. superciliosus to volatile compounds released from the essential oil (EO) obtained from the heartwood of Pilgerodendron uviferum (D. Don) Florin using olfactometric bioassays. The composition of the EO was analyzed using gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). According to these analyses, δ-cadinol (24.16%), cubenol (22.64%), 15-copaenol (15.46%) and δ-cadinene (10.81%) were the principal components of the EO. The Pilgerodendron uviferum EO, which is almost exclusively composed of sesquiterpenes (99.5%), exhibited a repellent effect against A. superciliosus adults, regardless of the sex or concentration used (56.6 mg/cm3 and 1.58 × 10−2 mg/cm3). The EO has low volatility and greater persistence than the EOs composed of monoterpenes and is considered a good model in the search for raspberry weevil repellents.
Bifunctional Phosphorus Dendrimers and Their Properties
Authors: Caminade Anne-Marie , Majoral Jean-Pierre
Published: April 2016

Dendrimers are hyperbranched and monodisperse macromolecules, generally considered as a special class of polymers, but synthesized step-by-step. Most dendrimers have a uniform structure, with a single type of terminal function. However, it is often desirable to have at least two different functional groups. This review will discuss the case of bifunctional phosphorus-containing dendrimers, and the consequences for their properties. Besides the terminal functions, dendritic structures may have also a function at the core, or linked off-center to the core, or at the core of dendrons (dendritic wedges). Association of two dendrons having different terminal functions leads to Janus dendrimers (two faces). The internal structure can also possess functional groups on one layer, or linked to one layer, or on several layers. Finally, there are several ways to have two types of terminal functions, besides the case of Janus dendrimers: either each terminal function bears two functions sequentially, or two different functions are linked to each terminal branching point. Examples of each type of structure will be given in this review, as well as practical uses of such sophisticated structures in the fields of fluorescence, catalysis, nanomaterials and biology.
3,5,6,7,8,3′,4′-Heptamethoxyflavone, a Citrus Flavonoid, Ameliorates Corticosterone-Induced Depression-like Behavior and Restores Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression, Neurogenesis, and Neuroplasticity in the Hippocampus
Authors: Sawamoto Atsushi , Okuyama Satoshi , Yamamoto Kana , Amakura Yoshiaki , Yoshimura Morio , Nakajima Mitsunari , Furukawa Yoshiko
Published: April 2016

We previously reported that the citrus flavonoid 3,5,6,7,8,3′,4′-heptamethoxyflavone (HMF) increased the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus of a transient global ischemia mouse model. Since the BDNF hypothesis of depression postulates that a reduction in BDNF is directly involved in the pathophysiology of depression, we evaluated the anti-depressive effects of HMF in mice with subcutaneously administered corticosterone at a dose of 20 mg/kg/day for 25 days. We demonstrated that the HMF treatment ameliorated (1) corticosterone-induced body weight loss, (2) corticosterone-induced depression-like behavior, and (3) corticosterone-induced reductions in BDNF production in the hippocampus. We also showed that the HMF treatment restored (4) corticosterone-induced reductions in neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus subgranular zone and (5) corticosterone-induced reductions in the expression levels of phosphorylated calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2. These results suggest that HMF exerts its effects as an anti-depressant drug by inducing the expression of BDNF.