bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Partnervalgets grænse: dansk-pakistanske ægteskabsmigranter i Sverige.
Authors: Rytter Mikkel
Published: January 2018

I 2002 indførte Folketinget en række nye regler vedrørende muligheden for ægtefællesammenføring til Danmark. Siden dengang har mange danske statsborgere fået afslag på ægtefællesammenføring og er i stedet flyttet til Sverige, hvor de kan opnå sammenføring under de gældende regler for EU-borgere. Blandt pakistanske migranter i Danmark har et overvejende flertal i mange år giftet sig med ægtefæller fundet i Pakistan. Gruppen af dansk-pakistanere er således i høj grad berørt af de nye familiesammenføringsregler.
Baseret på etnografisk materiale, indsamlet blandt den voksende gruppe ægteskabsmigranter i Sverige, diskuterer denne artikel, hvilke konsekvenser de aktuelle familiesammenføringsregler har fået for herboende pakistaneres ægteskabsmønstre og familieliv. Artiklens første del opridser en modsatrettet værdisætning af partnervalg, som unge dansk-pakistanere stilles overfor henholdsvis deres lokale og transnationale familie på den ene side og den danske nationalstat på den anden. Familien og nationalstaten opstiller to fundamentalt forskellige ægteskabspræferencer og tilbyder følgelig forskellige fremtider. Anden del af artiklen giver eksempler på nogle af de strategier, som ægte-skabsmigranter anvender til at håndtere et familie- og hverdagsliv udstrakt mellem Danmark og Sverige.

ENGELSK ABSTRACT:
Mikkel Rytter: The Limit of Spouse Selection: Danish-Pakistani Marriage-migrants in Sweden

In 2002 the Danish Parliament introduced a new legislation in order to hamper the practice of family reunification from non-European countries. Since then hundreds of people have been denied reunification with their foreign spouses. As a solution Danish citizens move to Sweden where they are entitled to obtain family reunification as members of the European Union. Migrants from Pakistan have been particularly affected by the new law, since the majority used to find their spouses in Pakistan.
Based on ethnographic material gathered among marriage-migrants in Sweden, this article discusses the consequences of the recent legislation for marriage patterns and family organisation among Pakistanis in Denmark. The first part outlines two conflicting marriage preferences that young Danish-Pakistanis are confronted with: on the one hand by their local and transnational family and on the other by the nation-state. The clash of marriage preferences constitutes a “vital conjuncture“ that offers the youngsters different life trajectories and horizons for the future. The second part of the article illustrates some of the strategies marriage-migrants use to handle transnational family- and everyday life stretched out between Denmark and Sweden.

Key words: Family reunification, marriage-migrants, arranged marriages, transnational everyday life, semi-legality.
Ved vejen – i komplekset. Om det globale, det lokale og det materielle
Authors: Marie Raahauge Kirsten
Published: January 2018

Under et antropologisk feltarbejde i to danske boligkvarterer med fokus på materialitet, spatialitet og virtualitet blev et andet tema uomgængeligt: naboer. De to kvarterer befinder sig i to forskellige danske provinsbyer, hvor de omtales som velhaverkvarterer. Inden for de sidste ti år er beboerne blevet stadigt mere sociale, naboer er blevet til venner og naboskab til fællesskab; i nogle sammenhænge kan kvartererne betragtes som usynligt gatede communities. Samtidig er der sket væsentlige ændringer, hvad angår materialitet. Åbenhed og transparens er blevet en vigtig kvalitet ved husene: der er tendens til større vinduer, færre vægge og større rum, som er både poly-funktionelle og poly-sociale. Desuden har virtuelle strømme en stor betydning i hverdagen, gennem computer, tv og telefon. Artiklen undersøger relationer mellem materialitet og sociale relationer og argumenterer for, at de to er forbundne. Desuden diskuterer artiklen, hvorvidt tendensen til usynligt gatede communities er en følge af globale strømme eller et bolværk imod dem og konkluderer, at fænomenet er et resultat af begge processer.

ENGELSK ABSTRACT:
Kirsten Marie Raahauge: At the Street – in the Complex. About the Global, the Local and the Material

While conducting anthropological fieldwork in two neighbourhoods about materiality, spatiality and virtual space, another important topic surfaced: the importance of neighbours. Both neighbourhoods are well off; they are located in two different Danish provincial towns. Within the last 10 years the people living here have become sociable, neighbours have become friends, and neighbourhoods have become communities, invisibly gated communities. Simultaneously openness and transparency have become important themes concerning the house; there is a tendency towards large windows, few inner walls, and large rooms, which are both poly-functional and poly-social. Furthermore the openness of the house is related to virtual flows from computers, telephones, and televisions. This article explores some of the relationships between materiality and social relations arguing that the two are interconnected. The article also discusses the extent to which the tendency towards invisibly gated communities is part of flows of globalisation or rather is a safeguard against them, arguing that the phenomenon can be seen as a result of both of the processes.

Key words: Housing, anthropology, materiality, virtuality, space, community.
En sociologi der hele tiden sættes på prøve
Authors: Blondeau Cécile , Sevin Jean-Christophe
Published: January 2018

Interview med Luc Boltanski
Sociale inklusions- og eksklusionsprocesser blandt danske udstationerede
Authors: Lauring Jakob , Nielsen Bjarke
Published: January 2018

Mange internationaliseringsteorier har beskrevet udstationering som et middel til udvikling af menneskelige kompetencer gennem mødet med individer, der har en anden kulturel baggrund. Sociologisk og antropologisk etnicitetsforskning viser dog, at mødet med det fremmede er en mere kompleks proces, end det ofte antages i teorier om udstationering og kulturmøde. Med inddragelse af disse teorier argumenterer vi for, at grænser mellem det, som opfattes som kendt, og det, som opfattes som fremmed, skabes og udvikles kontinuerligt i interaktionen mellem interne og eksterne gruppemedlemmer. Ved hjælp af empiriske eksempler – baseret på et feltarbejde blandt udstationerede – vil vi argumentere for, at sociale inklusions- og eksklusionsprocesser til dels influerer, hvordan der kommunikeres internt og eksternt, og til dels influerer, hvad der anerkendes, og hvad der ringeagtes i den selvforståelse, der produceres.

ENGELSK ABSTRACT:
Jakob Lauring & Bjarke Nielsen: Processes of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Among Danish Expatriates

Recent theories about internationalization have argued that expatriation is a means to develop human competencies through the meeting of individuals with different backgrounds. However, current sociological and anthropological research demonstrates that meeting culturally different groups and individuals is a more complex process than often assumed in studies on expatriation and acculturation. Applying these sociological theories we argue that what is perceived as well known and what is perceived as strange can be developed through interaction between internal and external group members. We illustrate the dynamics of social inclusion and exclusion by drawing on an empirical field study carried out among Danish expatriates working abroad in a large Danish business.

Key words: Expatriates, cultural tolerance, internal integration, structures of meaning, recognition processes.
’’I Did It My Way’’? – en sociologisk samtidsdiagnose over den senmoderne/postmoderne død
Authors: Ferrari Wanseele Janet , Hviid Jacobsen Michael
Published: January 2018

I denne artikel beskrives de senere års forandringer i dele af den danske døds- og mindekultur med fokus på, hvorledes den enten adskiller sig fra eller mere skal ses som en forlængelse af den i samfundsforskningen ofte fremhævede, fortrængte og tabuiserede dødskultur fra det 20. århundrede. Gennem artiklen diskuterer og illustrerer forfatterne mange af nutidens forandringer gennem en række nedslag i form af et fokus på omsorgen for den døende, individualiseringen af institutionelle og professionelle praksisser, personliggørelsen af ritualer og ceremonier, udfordringen af traditioner og konventioner og den ændrede betydning af kirkegården og mindekulturen. Formålet med artiklen er således at beskrive og dokumentere nogle af de mest centrale ændringer i vores samfunds dødskultur som et spejlbillede på mange af de øvrige samfundsforandringer, der udspiller sig. Derudover ønsker forfatterne at anspore til debat om, hvorvidt den udbredte postmoderniseringstese om valgfrihed, fleksibilitet og individualisering inden for dødsområdet kan underbygges, eller om den skal suppleres med en senmoderniseringstese, der har fokus på institutionel kontrol og inerti.

Søgeord: Senmoderne død, postmoderne død, institutioner, ritualer, mindekultur, professionalisering.

ENGELSK ABSTRACT:
Janet Ferrari Wanseele and Michael Hviid Jacobsen:
”I did It My Way”? – A Sociological Contemporary Diagnosis of Late Modern/Post Modern Death

This article describes some of the major changes taking place in the contemporary culture of death, dying and bereavement in Denmark. It does so by analysing how these may be contrasted with or seen as a continuation of the often advanced thesis of a death-denying and death-taboo culture of the 20th century. The authors illustrate many of the changes through analysis of selected topics such as the care of the dying, the individualization of institutional and professional practice, the personalized content of rituals and ceremonies, the challenge to traditions and conventions and the changing mentality regarding resting place and memorial culture. The purpose of the article is to describe and document some of the major shifts in death and dying as a corollary to contemporary changes within the culture at large. In addition the authors speculate as to whether the current popularity of the thesis of a postmodernization of death and dying can be substantiated or whether it needs to be supplemented by a late modern thesis concerned with institutional control and inertia.

Key words: Late modern death, postmodern death, institutions, rituals, memorial culture, professionalization.
Kan man interviewe sig til viden – om køn?
Authors: Højgaard Lis
Published: January 2018

Kønsstereotype forklaringer eller benægtelser af køns betydning blandt interviewede er fænomener, der ofte dukker op i empiriske kønsforskningsanalyser. Artiklen diskuterer, hvordan dataproduktionsprocessen kan kvalificeres, så den sikrer, at interviews giver så righoldigt et materiale, at det bliver muligt at hente indsigt i de processer, der forlener kategorien køn og institutionel og organisatorisk kønsdifferentiering med betydninger på en måde, der åbner for nye forståelser og ny indsigt. Der argumenteres for at betragte interviewsituationen som en vidensproducerende samarbejdsrelation, og der opstilles en række konkrete bud på fokuseringspunkter, analytiske værktøjer og knudepunkter i forskningsdesignet, som kan skabe et godt grundlag for en analytisk proces.

Søgeord: Kønsforskningsmetode, interviewmetodologi, dataproduktion, kønsteori, empirisk analyse.

ENGELSK ABSTRACT:
Lis Højgaard: Can Interviews Produce Knowledge – about Gender?
Gender stereotyping or denial of the significance of gender are phenomena that often surface in analysis of interviews about gender. This article discusses how the production of data can be carried out to obtain material sufficiently rich to access processes of gender production that may convey new understandings and new insights. The article argues that the interview should be viewed as a cooperative knowledge producing site. To this end, it suggests a number of focus points, analytical tools and advice on research design to facilitate the process.

Key words: Methodology of gender research, gender theory and empirical analysis, interview methodology.
Comparison of methods for determination of the toxigenic potential of Aspergillus parasiticus sp. and Aspergillus flavus L. isolated from maize
Authors: Nikolic Milica , Stankovic Slavica , Savic Iva
Published: January 2018

Maize is considered one of the most susceptible crops to mycotoxins
worldwide. Compared to other mycotoxins, the greatest attention has been
paid to aflatoxins, due to their potential carcinogenicity and due to
significant and longstanding problems they can cause in humans and animals.
A. flavus and A. parasiticus produce aflatoxins in many economically
significant crops in both fields and storages. Because of the potential
aflatoxin contamination of maize grain, the toxigenic potential of A. flavus
and A. parasiticus isolates, originating from Serbia, was tested in the
present study. Furthermore, various applied methods for detection of these
mycotoxins were compared in the study. Cultural, serological and analytical
methods for the detection of mycotoxins were compared in the course of the
experiment by the direct extraction of aflatoxins from the nutrient medium.
The cultural methods for the detection of aflatoxin production were applied
to 20 isolates of A. flavus (MRIZP Af18-20) and A. parasiticus (MRIZP
Ap1-17). These methods are based on the yellow pigment formation in mycelia
and nutrition media, occurrence of fluorescence on PDA (potato dextrose
agar), agar containing ?-cyclodextrine (CD-PDA), as well as on the red
pigment formation after adding ammonium hydroxide to the existing medium.
The ELISA was used to check quantitative and qualitative analyses of total
aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) while the HPLC method was applied to establish
ability of isolates to synthesize aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2. The yellow
pigment formation, fluorescence and colony color changes of isolates into
red, as a proof of toxigenicity of isolates, were confirmed in all cases by
ELISA. A high potential of total aflatoxin production was determined in the
majority of observed isolates. The ability of A. parasiticus isolates to
synthesize aflatoxins G1 and G2 was confirmed by the HPLC method. This was
essential for a better understanding of the key role of the suitability of
cultural methods for preliminary evaluation of a large number of isolates.
Our goal was to employ rapid biochemical approaches to prevent aflatoxin
contamination of crops, and to reduce human and animal exposure to foodborne
mycotoxins.
Antifungal activity of macrofungi extracts on phytopathogenic fungal strains of genera Fusarium sp. and Alternaria sp.
Authors: Spremo Nemanja , Tesanovic Kristina , Rakic Milana , Janjusevic Ljiljana , Ignjatov Maja , Bjelic Dragana , Karaman Maja
Published: January 2018

During the last decades, intensive application of synthetic fungicides in the
agricultural crop protection practice caused growing concern for the
existence of toxic chemical residues in food as well as in the whole
environment. Instead of using synthetic fungicides, it is suggested that
crop protection be carried out by using preparations based on compounds of
natural origin (secondary metabolites of plants or microorganisms, including
macrofungi from Basidiomycota) as biological control agents. The potential
of macrofungal species as biocontrol agents was analyzed in this
investigation of eight autochthonous species from different locations in
Serbia. Both the terricolous species: Coprinus comatus, Coprinellus
truncorum, Amanita strobiliformis, Hydnum repandum and the lignicolous
species: Flammulina velutipes, Stereum subtomentosum, Trametes versicolor
and Bjerkandera adusta were examined, with an aim to detect some novel
sources of antifungal agents. This study surveyed antifungal activity of
selected macrofungal extracts (MeOH, EtOH and CHCl3) against phytopathogenic
Fusarium and Alternaria strains isolated from garlic, soybean and rice: F.
proliferatum, F. verticillioides, F. proliferatum, F. graminearum and A.
padwickii. Microdilution method in 96 well microplates was applied for the
estimation of antifungal effects of macrofungi extracts in the range from
24.75 to 198.00 mg/ml and determination of minimal inhibitory (MIC) and
minimal fungicidal concentration (MFC). EtOH extract of mychorhizal species
H. repandum showed antifungal activity against all analyzed phytopathogenic
strains, with the strongest effect on Fusarium strains (MIC 24.75 mg/ml; MFC
24.75 mg/ml). Among others, MeOH extracts of S. subtomentosum and C.
micaceus showed similar effects while only B. adusta showed slight effect on
Fusarium strains (MIC 24.75-99.00 mg/ml; MFC 24.75-99.00 mg/ml) and none
effect on A. padwickii. The obtained results indicate the possibility of
using examined extracts as efficient antifungal agents and provide the basis
for the new formulations of biocontrol agents against phytopathogenic fungi
in the future.
Dark-field microscope stool analysis - its role in diagnosis of yeast overgrowth in gut
Authors: Klein-László Mária
Published: January 2018

Not long after birth, yeast, predominantly Candida albicans, colonizes the
epithelium of oral cavity and the whole gastrointestinal tract. C. albicans
lives in yeast, a non-harming form, as a commensal member of the microbial
flora, but may turn into patho?gen infective form under certain conditions
that encourage its overgrowth. In this phase, it may damage the intestinal
wall and enter the bloodstream, causing invasive candidiasis with high
mortality rate. It is essential to recognize candidaemia and start the
lifesaving therapy on time. Recognizing the risk factors which allow candida
to overgrow is the most important step in preventing candida?s overgrowth
and chronic candidiasis, the previous status of invasive candidiasis. If
this recognition is missed, and the overgrowth advances, a question remains
how to discover and treat it and in which phase it should be done. A stool
culture requires time and proves the presence of live yeast cells only. If
the live yeast cells are not present in the stool, the result of the culture
will be negative. In this paper, the author presents her experience of
stool analysis under dark-field microscope, as a rapid, easy to carry out
method for detecting the presence of live or dead yeast cells and yeast
overgrowth.
First case report on pathogenic fungus Fonsecaea sp. Negroni from skin of Pelophylax kl. esculentus L. in Serbia
Authors: Stupar Milos , Breka Katarina , Krizmanic Imre , Stamenkovic Srdjan , Unkovic Nikola , Savkovic Zeljko , Vukojevic Jelena , Ljaljevic-Grbic Milica
Published: January 2018

Non-harmful adhesive tape method was applied directly on the skin surface of
edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus), captured in vernal ponds on the
locality ?Stevanove ravnice? within the Special Nature Reserve ?Deliblatska
pescara?, in order to detect fungal dwellers of frogs? skin. Light
microscopy analyses of Lactophenol Cotton Blue mounted adhesive tape samples
taken from frog?s ventrum revealed the presence of melanized septate hyphae,
branched conidiophores with chains of single-celled ovoid conidia, arising
directly from the skin, which corresponds to morphological features of
dematiaceous hyphomycete - Fonsecaea sp. Since members of genus Fonsecaea
are frequently cited as causative agents of chromomycosis in amphibians, as
well as human phaeohyphomycosis, world?wide, it is of great significance to
study the presence of this fungal pathogen on amphibians in Serbia in order
to make the basic reference data of the incidence of these pathogens in this
region.
Effect of nozzle type on the fungicide efficacy for fusarium head blight suppression on wheat
Authors: Sterbik Ildiko , Bagi Ferenc , Sedlar Aleksandar , Savic Zagorka , Vukovic Slavica , Stojsin Vera , Grahovac Mila
Published: January 2018

Effect of fungicide treatments on Fusarium head blight (FHB) and grain yield
of wheat depending on application technique i.e. use of different nozzle
types, was evaluated in the study. Nozzles types TJ 11004, Albuz ATR 8004
and Arag TFA 11004 were used for application of systemic fungicide Duett
Ultra (0.5 l/ha). FHB intensity (%) was determined on the basis of a visual
assessment of the number of infected heads and the perecentage of the
disease symptoms on the individual head. Differences in grain yield between
the treated variants, as well as between the treated and untreated variants,
were determined after hand threshing. The lowest percentage of FHB
development in wheat and the highest yield were recorded in variants where
fungicides were applied by nozzle type ATR 8004. Application technique
directly affects the reduction of fusarium head blight in wheat and
indirectly it also reduces yield loss.
Resistance of early maturity maize genotypes to southern corn leaf blight
Authors: Zamani Majid , Mohseni Masoud
Published: January 2018

In order to study the resistance of early maize genotypes to Southern Corn
Leaf Blight (SCLB) or Maydis Leaf Blight (MLB), RCBD experiments with 20
inbred lines and hybrids in 2014 and 16 genotypes in 2015 were conducted at
Karaj and Sari Stations. Inoculation was carried out with spore suspension
using syringe (3ml/each whorl) firstly at 3-4 leaf stage of maize, and then,
sorghum grain inoculated with fungus was applied at 6-8 leaf stage in whorl
of each plant using the bazooka technique. Evaluation was done on the basis
of disease progress at pollination stage and two weeks after pollination
stage with scale 0-5. The results of variance analysis and mean comparison
showed that there are different reactions among genotypes to disease. In
this study, in 2014, 15% genotypes categorized into resistant group, and
these were genotypes: KE 77003/10 ? KE 75039, KE 72012/12 ? K1263/1 (KSC
400), and K 2331 ? KE 75039. Among 16 genotypes in 2015, three hybrids - No.
16 with pedigree (KE 76009/311? K 1264/5-1), No. 10 with pedigree (K 2331 ?
KE 75039) and No. 9 with pedigree KSC 400 (KE 72012/12 ? K1263/1) - were
identified as resistant hybrids that can be a good source of resistance to
SCLB.
YOUTH AND INDIGENISATION IN THE ZIMBABWEAN PRINT MEDIA
Authors: Mushore Washington
Published: January 2018

The main purpose of the indigenisation policy in Zimbabwe, according to Masunungure and Koga (2013), was to empower the historically disadvantaged groups in Zimbabwe after the nationalist government had recognised that the inherited colonial systems were unsustainable and a sure recipe for future social and political instability. Although the indigenisation policy was a very noble idea, there was no consensus â€“ especially at the political level â€“ on how empowerment was going to be achieved. The ruling party (ZANU-PF) saw empowerment as being best achieved through the compulsory takeover of foreign-owned businesses in order to benefit the indigenous blacks, and the main opposition party (MDC-T) perceived empowerment as the creation of more jobs for the multitudes of unemployed Zimbabweans, especially the youth. This article, however, argues that the use of nationalistic language, such as â€˜the black majorityâ€™, in political discourse by politicians in most cases obscures who the real beneficiaries are or will be. In view of the above, the aim of this study is to critically explore, with the aid of framing theory, how the Zimbabwean print media have reported on the issue of youth and indigenisation in stories purposively sampled from The Herald, The Zimbabwean and The Standard newspapers.
YOUTH EXPECTATIONS OF SMART CITY LIVING: AN IMPORTANCE- PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF YOUNG RESIDENTSâ€™ PERSPECTIVES OF CITY GOVERNMENT
Authors: Cohen Jason , Backhouse Judy , Ally Omar
Published: January 2018

Young people are important to cities, bringing skills and energy and contributing to economic activity. New technologies have led to the idea of a smart city as a framework for city management. Smart cities are developed from the top-down through government programmes, but also from the bottom-up by residents as technologies facilitate participation in developing new forms of city services. Young people are uniquely positioned to contribute to bottom-up smart city projects. Few diagnostic tools exist to guide city authorities on how to prioritise city service provision. A starting point is to understand how the youth value city services. This study surveys young people in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, and conducts an importance-performance analysis to identify which city services are well regarded and where the city should focus efforts and resources. TheÂ results show that Smart city initiatives that would most increase the satisfaction of youths in Braamfontein Â include wireless connectivity, tools to track public transport Â and Â information Â on city events. These Â results Â identify Â city services that are valued by young people, highlighting services that young people could participate in providing. The importance-performance analysis can assist the city to direct effort and scarce resources effectively.
Temperature Augmented Visual Method for Initial Screening of Hydrate Inhibitors
Authors: Saikia Tinku , Mahto Vikas
Published: January 2018

The formation of gas hydrates in oil & gas pipelines and drilling fluid flow lines is a major issue in the petroleum industry. Gas hydrate inhibitors are normally used to inhibit the formation of gas hydrates in the pipelines/flowlines. Initial screening of hydrate inhibitors and AntiAgglomerants (AA) requires a safe and economical experimental setup/method. Conventional visual method was used for initial screening of hydrate inhibitors in many researches. Some researchers also suggested modified visual methods, but all of them lacks accurate measurement of induction time and found to be inappropriate for experimental solutions like drilling mud,etc. In this work, a temperature augmented visual method was presented which can be used in academic research laboratories for study and initial screening of hydrate inhibitors. This method is capable of parallel screening of inhibitors and determines hydrate induction time precisely. Experiments were conducted to determine the hydrate induction time of different inhibitors using augmented method and compared with conventional visual method. The developed method found to be more precise in determining the induction time of hydrates in all types of experimental solutions.
Special Collections
Authors: Journal BOSS
Published: January 2018

In each issue of BOSS, we will highlight one archive that can assist Springsteen scholars in their research. In our inaugural issue, we look at Denise Green's Library of Hope and Dreams
PENGENALAN MEREK, PERSEPSI KUALITAS, HARAPAN KONSUMEN DAN INOVASI PRODUK TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN MEMBELI DAN DAMPAKNYA PADA LOYALITAS KONSUMEN (Studi Kasus: Produk Batik Sutra Halus Merek Tamina)
Authors: * Tamamudin
Published: January 2018

This study aimed to examine the effect of brand awareness, perceived quality, customer expectations and product innovation on buying decisions and on increasing customer loyalty. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) based on AMOS was employed to test the hypotesis.The results showed that brand awareness has positive and significant impact on purchasing decisions, perceived quality has positive and significant impact on purchasing decisions, consumer expectations have a positive and significant impact on purchasing decisions, product innovation have a significant and positive impact on purchasing decisions and buying decisions have positive and significant customer loyalty.
Analysis of Periodic Orbits with Smaller Primary As Oblate Spheroid
Authors: Pathak Niraj , Thomas V. O.
Published: January 2018

We have studied closed periodic orbits with loops for two systems – Sun – Mars and Sun – Earth systems – using Poincare surface section (PSS) technique. Perturbation due to oblateness for the second primary (Mars or Earth) is taken in to consideration and obtained orbits with loops varying from one to five around both primaries. It is found that the oblateness coefficient A2 and Jacobi constant C has non- negligible effect on the position of the orbits. The model may be useful for designing space mission for low – energy trajectories.
From Rote Learning to Motivation: A Cognitive-linguistic Approach to L2 Acquisition of English Idioms by Chinese EFL Learners
Authors: Jiang Wangmeng
Published: January 2018

Idioms are non-compositional expressions where the meaning of the whole is different from the literal meaning of their constituent elements (Cooper, 1999). Because of this special nature, idioms can become a serious “bottleneck” for second language acquisition. In the traditional view, idioms can only be learned through blind memorization, since their meaning is considered arbitrary (e.g. Hamblin & Gibbs, 1999). By contrast, in cognitive linguistics (CL), idioms are considered to be motivated (Boers, 2004). It is further argued that such cognitive motivation could facilitate the learning of figurative idioms (Kovecses, 2002) and experimental evidence in this respect is gradually accumulating (Boers 2013, 2015).

In this connection, the situation of Chinese learners of English as an L2 has not yet been fully examined. This study aims to fill this research gap through the experimental exploration of the effects of classroom instruction based on cognitive linguistics (CL) on the learning of idioms by Chinese EFL learners. The specific purpose of this study is to verify three hypotheses that involve the short-term and long-term effects of this approach to idiom comprehension and retention and the different effects of metaphor and metonymy. In order to test their validity, an experiment was conducted with fifty Chinese freshmen, including one pre-test, the teaching activity, and two post-tests.

The experiment results provided support for CL-based instruction on English idioms. Both of the two classes perform better after teaching activities, but the experimental group has a higher score and actually acquires more knowledge within the same time limit. In the posttest 2, the experimental group memorized the idioms much better than the control group after two weeks and the difference between the two groups widened to a great extent. Comparing the accuracy rates reveals better short-term and long-term learning for metonymy-based than metaphor-based idioms.
Feasibility of Utilization of Industrial Polyurethane (PU) Rubber Waste in Geopolymer Concrete.
Authors: Pandya Jaydev , Shah Siddharth , Dave Shemal
Published: January 2018

Concrete being most widely used construction material across the world need to be sustainable. This study aims at feasibility study the effects of addition of PU rubber in geopolymer concrete for its strength. PU rubber is formed by polymerization process. A long and low crosslinking chain gives stretchy polymer and a short and high crosslinking chain gives hard polymer. High amounts of crosslinking give tough or rigid polymers. Geopolymer concrete includes an alternate material i.e Fly ash in replacement of cement, as a binding material . Fly ash reacts with the alkaline activated solution i.e mixture of Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) and Sodium Silicate (Na2SiO3) forming a gel which binds the aggregates thoroughly. Cubes of size 150mm x 150mm x 150mm were casted and oven curing was done for 24 hour at 100°C. Compression test was performed in hardened state, for different proportions of replacing the aggregate with PU rubber i.e. 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%. Compressive strength test was performed at 7 & 28 days. Results were obtained and compared. Optimum mixes are Fly ash Coarse aggregate, Fine aggregate, Solution of NaOH and Na2SiO3 combined. Decrease in strength was observed at 7 & 28 days.
The Influence of the Mother Tongue on the Use of Metaphor in English as a Second Language
Authors: Iaroslavtseva Oleksandra , Skorczynska Hanna
Published: January 2018

Metaphor has been widely recognized as a central tool of our cognitive apparatus, motivating the widespread use of metaphorical words and expressions in language and discourse. Therefore, it is important for language learners to use metaphors in the target language appropriately. The influence of the mother tongue on the use of metaphors in essays written by Spanish learners of English was analysed. Three corpora were used for this study: the experimental corpus contained 100 essays of Spanish-speaking learners of English, 50 with B2 level and 50 with C1 level (CEFR). The other two corpora were used as reference corpora: the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA). MIPVU method (Steen et al., 2010) was used to identify metaphors in the experimental corpus. The quantitative analysis showed that the influence of Spanish on errors in metaphors is higher at B2 level than at C1 level. The results of the analysis are especially helpful for learners and teachers of English as a Foreign Language as well as for testing researchers.
R2U2: Tool Overview
Authors: Rozier Kristin Yvonne , Schumann Johann
Published: January 2018

R2U2 (Realizable, Responsive, Unobtrusive Unit) is an extensible framework for runtime System Health Management (SHM) of cyber-physical systems. R2U2 can be run in hardware (e.g., FPGAs), or software; can monitor hardware, software, or a combination of the two; and can analyze a range of different types of system requirements during runtime. An R2U2 requirement is specified utilizing a hierarchical combination of building blocks: temporal formula runtime observers (in LTL or MTL), Bayesian networks, sensor filters, and Boolean testers. Importantly, the framework is extensible; it is designed to enable definitions of new building blocks in combination with the core structure. Originally deployed on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), R2U2 is designed to run on a wide range of embedded platforms, from autonomous systems like rovers, satellites, and robots, to human-assistive ground systems and cockpits.

R2U2 is named after the requirements it satisfies; while the exact requirements vary by platform and mission, the ability to formally reason about Realizability, Responsiveness, and Unobtrusiveness is necessary for flight certifiability, safety-critical system assurance, and achievement of technology readiness levels for target systems. Realizability ensures that R2U2 is sufficiently expressive to encapsulate meaningful runtime requirements while maintaining adaptability to run on different platforms, transition be- tween different mission stages, and update quickly between missions. Responsiveness entails continuously monitoring the system under test, real-time reasoning, reporting intermediate status, and as-early-as-possible requirements evaluations. Unobtrusiveness ensures compliance with the crucial properties of the target architecture: functionality, certifiability, timing, tolerances, cost, or other constraints.
Comparative Study of Different Structural Systems
Authors: Sheth Viral , Panchal Vijay R. , Wankawala Ankit
Published: January 2018

Staggered Truss System (STS) is a prospective steel structure system for high-rise buildings and staggered truss framing system is one of the effective design techniques to improve the efficiency of building. In addition, cost reduction arise from reduction in steel tonnage using this framing method. The purpose of this study is to carryout comparative analysis of moment resisting system, moment resisting system with shear wall, staggered truss system and staggered truss system with shear wall. In this analysis, different time histories are used. For the analysis, these structures are modeled in SAP2000 v18 and various displacement data are achieved for different types of system. After analysis of these four models, some outcomes are observed and it is concluded that displacement in staggered truss system reduced by 28% to 76% in transverse direction compared to moment resisting system. It is observed that the reduction in displacement for STS with shear wall is 7% to 43% in longitudinal direction but in transverse direction, the reduction of displacement is almost same as STS system. As per result Staggered truss with shear wall gives 46% to 76% less displacement in longitudinal direction & 28% to 77% less displacement in transverse direction for different near fault ground motion. After analyzing all data, it seems that staggered truss system with shear wall is more efficient than moment resisting system and moment resisting system with shear wall and staggered truss system.
Bilingual Parallel Corpora for Linguistic Research
Authors: Doval Reixa Irene
Published: January 2018

In this paper it will reflect on the specific needs of the linguistic research regarding the construction of bilingual parallel corpora and primarily on the conclusions to be drawn for their design, compilation and domains. A research group of the university in Santiago is currently building a bilingual parallel corpus (Corpus PaGeS) consisting of original texts in German and Spanish together with their translations into the other language, as well as German and Spanish translations from a third language. This corpus was originally intended for linguistic research purposes, specifically, the analysis of the expression of the spatial relations. Initially a brief survey of some significant existing related corpora is performed, and their limitations for linguistic studies are outlined. The different issues that were taken into account for the design of the corpus will be explained, such as type of texts, domains, regional language variety or quality and direction of translations. After describing the manual preparation process of the texts to make the documents suitable for further processing it is explained the manual and automatic annotation procedure: the metadata, and the automatically linguistic annotation. Then the process of sentence alignment and the manual review of the alignment are described and finally the next steps of future work are outlined
Study of Retained Stability on Warm Bituminous Mix
Authors: Vahora Shaleha , Mishra Chandravadan B.
Published: January 2018

WMA refers to the procedure of asphalt creation at temperature lower than hot mix asphalt by the addition of additives. An endeavor is rolled out to assess the improvements in designing properties of the VG30 with and without warm additive. Likewise Marshall Mix configuration is done on VG30 for DBM layer with and without warm blend added substance evothermJ1 in reasonable measurements of 0.3%, 0.4% and 0.5% at lower temperature according to the arrangements of codal practice, with no compromise with quality.

The impression of tests proposes the capable inclination to go for using warm mix additives into the standard of clearing things so that the temperature is cut down to 120°C with no compromise in quality.
Experimental Study on Lightweight Concrete with Styrofoam as a Replacement for Coarse Aggregate
Authors: Patel Divya , Kachhadia Uresh , Shah Mehul , Shah Rahul
Published: January 2018

With the rapid growth in building construction and urbanisation, buildings are getting taller and bigger than ever. In India majority of structures are constructed with the help of concrete resulting into very heavy structures. Heavy loads are one of the limitations for construction of tall buildings. If somehow structures are made lighter, cost of the foundation can also be lowered down. Conventional concrete is one of the main reason in increasing the weight of the buildings. Light weight concrete can be very much effective in reducing the overall weight of the building. In conventional concrete, larger volume comprises of coarse aggregates. In this study, attempt has been made to replace conventional coarse aggregates with Styrofoam which is a very light weight foam. Concrete with different aggregate replacement percentage was tested. The results show very encouraging results for the compressive strength and density.
Seismic Response of Elevated Liquid Storage Steel Tank with Triple Friction Pendulum System at Base of Tower Under Near- Fault Ground Motion
Authors: Shah Ankita , Panchal Vijay R.
Published: January 2018

In this study, the performance of elevated steel water tank with TFPS isolation under near fault ground motion is evaluated. Mathematical model of storage tank is distinct with four degree of freedom model includes tower structure, sloshing mass, isolation system and impulsive mass. TFPS provided at foundation level of tower structure. Performance of TFPS is compared with FPS using SAP 2000.
A Proposal for Genre Analysis: The AMS model
Authors: Casañ-Pitarch Ricardo
Published: January 2018

Genres tend to be studied from analytical and professional perspectives. However, the study of genres can also be used for pedagogical aims in language teaching (Bhatia, 2002). Writing for academic and professional purposes as well as for scholarly publication is often challenging. Some novice writers may find difficulties when they work on new genres and fail to recognize the communicative purpose, organization of the texts and linguistic rules. This paper focuses on a self-developed model of analysis of multi-genre structures (AMS) which aims at determining the common features within a corpus of documents of the same nature. The objective of this AMS model is to help researchers determine the form of any genre related to the users’ personal or professional fields; this involves the study of macro- and micro-structures. This paper begins with a general review of genre analysis theories and connects with the use of suitable corpus linguistics software. Then, our model of genre analysis to carry out is introduced. At last, results on previous analyses are presented with the aim of explaining how to apply the AMS model and discuss their use.
Unification with Abstraction and Theory Instantiation in Saturation-based Reasoning
Authors: Reger Giles , Suda Martin , Voronkov Andrei
Published: January 2018

This paper explores two new inference rules for reasoning with quantifiers and theories in a saturation-based first-order theorem prover. The focus here is on non-ground clauses, complementing our recent work on AVATAR modulo theories for ground theory reasoning. The current implementation focuses on complete theories, e.g. various versions of arithmetic, but we also sketch how to work with incomplete theories.

The first new rule utilises theory constraint solving (an SMT solver) to perform reasoning within a clause to find an instance where we can remove one or more theory literals. This utilises the power of SMT solvers for theory reasoning with non-ground clauses, reasoning which is currently achieved by the addition of prolific theory axioms.

The second new rule is unification with abstraction where the notion of unification is extended to introduce constraints where theory terms may not otherwise unify e.g. p(2) may unify with ¬p(x+1) ⋁ q(x) to produce 2 ≄ x+1 ⋁ q(x). This abstraction is performed lazily, as needed, to allow the superposition theorem prover to make as much progress as possible without the search space growing too quickly.

Additionally, the first rule can be used to discharge the constraints introduced by the second. These rules were implemented within the Vampire theorem prover and experimental results show that they are useful for solving a considerable number of previously unsolved problems.
A Corpus Analysis of Sentence-Initial "Lo que". A Constructionist Approach
Authors: Hennemann Anja
Published: January 2018

The present paper is concerned with sentence-initial Lo que ‘What’ – a so-called “copulativa enfática de relativo” (NGLE 2009: 3024). The focus marker Lo que is considered a construction because its form, function and even meaning are not strictly predictable from its component parts. The work with the CREA and CORDE shows that the construction’s frequency has increased over time so that the construction can nowadays be said to occur “with sufficient frequency” (Goldberg 2006: 5; cf. also Hilpert’s concept of constructional change, 2013).
Grammatical Disambiguation in the Tatar National Corpus
Authors: Khakimov Bulat , Gataullin Ramil , Gilmullin Rinat
Published: January 2018

This paper concerns the issues of grammatical ambiguity in the Tatar National Corpus and the possiblities for automation of the disambiguation process in the corpus. Grammatical ambiguity is widely represented in agglutinative languages like Turkic or Finno-Ugric. In order to build the grammatically disambiguated subcorpus, wе have developed a special software module which searches for ambiguous tokens in the corpus, collects statistical information and allows creating and implementing the formal disambiguation rules for different ambiguity types. Disambiguation in the corpus is based on the context-oriented classification of ambiguity types which has been carried out on statistical corpus data in the Tatar language for the first time. We can say that we use the corpus as a source of our research and at the same time as a destination for implementing the results. Estimated cumulative effect of disambiguation of the identified frequent ambiguity types in the Tatar National Corpus can be up to 50%.
Performance of SIFCON with Steel Slag
Authors: Sharma Shashi Kant , Chopadekar Aniruddha , Bhatia Samarth
Published: January 2018

Slurry infiltrated fibrous concrete (SIFCON) is a new and unique type of high performance concrete invented by Lankard in 1979, containing high percentage of fiber about 6% to 20% by volume. SIFCON possesses high strength as well as large ductility and has excellent potential for structural application. The matrix in SIFCON has no coarse aggregate but high cementitious content. The aim of study is to evaluate the performance of SIFCON mortar with lower fiber percentage and to minimize the fine aggregate usage by replacing it with industrial waste i.e. steel slag. Thereby, it also helps in effective disposal of industrial waste and helps in mitigating environmental pollution. The main objective of this study is to determine the effect of partial replacement of sand with steel slag on the mechanical properties of SIFCON mortar. The experimental program was carried out with 2%, 3% and 4% of fiber content by volume combined with replacement of sand by steel slag in proportion of 10% and 20% by weight. For this purpose, compressive strength, flexural strength, split tension and impact strength of SIFCON specimens were tested after 7 and 28 days of curing, yielding positive results.
Communication in virtual work: Towards a reliable framework for piloting training modules
Authors: MacDonald Penny , Pérez-Sabater Carmen , Montero-Fleta Begoña
Published: January 2018

Improving the employability of graduates and professionals is the main aim of the European project CoMoViWo, a project which strives to address linguistic, virtual communication and intercultural challenges in global work contexts. To this end, the design and development of a series of intensive modules to improve communication in virtual and mobile contexts in the workplace is the objective of this three-year research and development project. To validate these modules, CoMoViWo has sought to establish a framework for the subsequent piloting of the materials. The present paper is delivered at the end of the third year of the project, and reports on the process of creating a questionnaire, a useful tool to pilot the communication learning modules. The rationale involved in the design and implementation of the questionnaire is discussed. The grid was designed following the recommendations proposed in several "Quality Guidelines” publications during recent years (see, for example, Lasnier et al., 2000). These criteria involve aspects such as transparency, reliability, integrity, practicality, attractiveness, flexibility, awareness and generativeness. The questionnaire was administered to the students to get feedback on the learning modules and their satisfaction with the modules. Although the students were not necessarily in a position to address the validity of the pedagogical aims of the input, their feedback on the structure, content, format and exercises/tasks, and their engagement with the platform and activities provided important data on their feasibility. The analysis of the results obtained indicate that the process of piloting the modules is an essential part of any materials elaboration project and vital for giving relevant feedback for the final stage of materials development. This confirms the validation of the grid devised and confirms the considerable relevance of the piloting process.