bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
HLA class I restricted epitopes prediction of common tumor antigens in Caucasoid and Oriental ethnic populations: implication on antigen selection for tumor specific CD8+ T cellular immunotherapy and cancer vaccine design
Authors: Hu Wei , Meifang He , Liangping Li
Published: June 2019

Background
Tumor antigens processed and presented by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class I alleles are important targets in tumor immunotherapy. Clinical trials showed that CD8+ T cells specific to tumor associated antigens (TAAs) and tumor neoantigens is one of the main factors resulting tumor regression. Affinity prediction of tumor antigen epitopes to HLA is an important reference index for peptide selection which is highly individualized.
Results
In this study, we selected 6 CTAs (cancer-testis antigens) commonly used in cancer immunotherapy and top 95 hot mutations from the Cancer Genome Atlas for analyzing potential epitopes with high affinities to the common HLA class I molecules in Caucasoid and Oriental ethnic population respectively. The results showed that the overall difference of CTAs epitope prediction is small between the two populations. Meanwhile, there is a linear relationship between the CTAs peptide length and the relative overall epitope occurrence. However, the difference is bigger for epitopes prediction of missense mutations between the two populations. It’s worth noting that, both in the two populations, the single point mutations with the highest incidences have the lowest epitope occurrence while the mutations with the highest epitope occurrence are with low mutation incidence. This may be the result of long-term selection by the host immunosurveillance. The characteristic of predicted epitopes of frameshift / inframe insertion mutations was approximately halfway between the other two antigens above.
Conclusion
Our results provide clues for tumor antigen and epitope selection in specific CD8+ T cellular immunotherapy and cancer therapeutic vaccine design.
The RNA-seq transcriptomic analysis reveals genes mediating salt tolerance through rapid triggering of ion transporters in a mutant barley
Authors: Yousefirad Sareh , Soltanloo Hassan , Ramezanpour Sayad Sanaz , Zaynalinezhad Khalil , Shariati Vahid
Published: June 2019

Regarding the complexity of the mechanisms of salinity tolerance, the use of isogenic lines or mutants that have the same genetic background but show different tolerance to salinity is a suitable method to reduce the analytical complexity to study these mechanisms. In the current study, whole transcriptome analysis was evaluated using RNA-seq method between a salt-tolerant mutant line “73-M4-30” and its wild-type “Zarjou” cultivar at a seedling stage after six hours of exposure to salt stress (300 mM NaCl). Transcriptome sequencing yielded 20 million reads for each genotype. A total number of 7116 transcripts with differential expression were identified, 1586 and 1479 of which were obtained with significantly increased expression in the mutant and the wild-type, respectively. In addition, the families of WRKY, ERF, AP2/EREBP, NAC, CTR/DRE, AP2/ERF, MAD, MIKC, HSF, and bZIP were identified as the important transcription factors with specific expression in the mutant genotype. The RNA-seq results were confirmed in several time points using qRT-PCR of some important salt-responsive genes. In general, the results revealed that the mutant compared to its wild-type via fast stomach closure and consequently transpiration reduction under the salt stress, saved more sodium ion in the root and decreased its transfer to the shoot, and increased the amount of potassium ion leading to the maintenance a high ratio [K+]/­[Na+] in the shoot. Moreover, it caused a reduction in photosynthesis and respiration, resulting in the use of the stored energy and the carbon for maintaining the plant tissues, which is a mechanism of salt tolerance in plants. Up-regulation of catalase, peroxidase, and ascorbate peroxidase genes, which was probably due to the more accumulation of H2O2 in the wild-type compared to the mutant. Therefore, the wild-type initiated rapid ROS signals lead to less oxidative scavenging than the mutant. The mutant increased expression in the ion transporters and the channels related to the salinity to retain the ion homeostasis. Totally, the results demonstrated that the mutant responded better to the salt stress under both the osmotic and the ionic stress phases. Less damage was observed in the mutant compared to its wild-type under the salt stress.
Linguistic Analysis of Pediatric Residency Personal Statements: Gender Differences & Implications for Implicit Bias in the Resident Selection Process
Authors: Babal Jessica , Gower Aubrey , Frohna John , Moreno Megan
Published: June 2019

Background

All US residency programs require applicants to submit personal statements. Prior studies showed gender differences in personal statement writing, which has implications for gender bias in the application process, but previous studies have not considered the dual influence of specialty-specific values on personal statement writing by applicants of each gender.

Objective

To understand gender differences in pediatric residency personal statements

Methods

From 2017-2018, we performed linguistic analysis of personal statements written by interviewees at a mid-size US pediatrics residency during two prior academic years. We assessed writing tone, communal language, and agentic language. We performed t-tests to evaluate for gender differences, p<0.05.

Results

We analyzed personal statements from 85 male and 85 female interviewees. Average word count was 676 words. Personal statements demonstrated analytic writing style with authentic and positive emotional tone. We found no gender differences in communal language for social affiliation (p=0.31), adjectives (p=0.49), or orientation (p=0.48), which deviates from typical gender norms for male language use. Males used agentic language of reward more frequently (p=0.02).

Conclusions

Findings suggest that social language is valued in pediatrics, a predominantly female specialty, regardless of applicant gender. Use of reward language by males is consistent with previous findings. Future studies should evaluate gender differences in residency applications across specialties to advance understanding of the role gender plays in the application process.
Factors other than hTau overexpression that contribute to tauopathy-like phenotype in rTg4510 mice
Authors: Gamache Julia , Benzow Kellie , Forster Colleen , Kemper Lisa , Hlynialuk Chris , Furrow Eva , Ashe Karen H. , Koob Michael D.
Published: June 2019

The tauopathy-like phenotype observed in the rTg4510 mouse line, in which human tauP301L expression specifically within the forebrain can be temporally controlled, has largely been attributed to high overexpression of mutant human tau in the forebrain region. Unexpectedly, we found that in a different mouse line with a targeted-insertion of the same transgene driven by the same tetracycline-TransActivator (tTA) allele, but with even higher overexpression of tauP301L than rTg4510, atrophy and tau histopathology are delayed, and a different behavioral profile is observed. This suggests that it is not overexpression of mutant human tau alone that contributes to the phenotype in rTg4510 mice. Furthermore we show that the tauopathy-like phenotype seen in rTg4510 requires a ~70-copy tau-transgene insertion in a 244kb deletion in Fgf14, a ~7-copy tTA-transgene insertion in a 508kb deletion that disrupts another five genes, in addition to high transgene overexpression. We propose that these additional effects need to be accounted for in any studies using rTg4510, and that Tg-INDEL mutations and their impacts on phenotype should be defined for all transgenic models used in biomedical research.
An Evaluation of Folklore Events in Serbia in Terms of Tourism
Authors: Bjeljac Željko , Ćurčić Nevena
Published: June 2019

In Serbia there are many traditional events based on tradition, folklore, old customs and traditional crafts and trades. Folklore events are the oldest elements in the development of tourism and provide a sufficient motive for tourist visits. On the basis of their program content, these events can be divided into folklore and folk music festivals, festivals of folk customs, and children’s folklore festivals. This paper offers a categorization of folklore events according to economic and geographic criteria; particular attention has been given to events that already are, or have great potential for becoming, a major attraction of the tourist destination in question and can thus contribute to a faster and higher-quality development of tourism.
Anthropology and the Theory of Drama
Authors: Nastić Radmila
Published: June 2019

The paper is an attempt at a systematic account of the history of influences between anthropology and the theory of drama in the twentieth century. The starting point is the definition of drama as a mimesis of the movement towards self-knowledge as rebirth. It is described as a variation of the original spring dance in honour of the regeneration of life represented in the figure of the twice-born Dionysus. Anthropologists whose contribution to the theory of drama has been acknowledged are Jane Harrison, Gilbert Murray, Arnold Van Genep Joseph Campbell and Victor Turner.
The Legend of the Old Man and the Packet of Jaffa Biscuits
Authors: Kovačević Ivan
Published: June 2019

The urban legend that tells of how a young person ate by mistake some biscuits belonging to an old man sitting on the same bench in a Belgrade park is a transformation of an urban legend whose British version features an elderly British lady and a young immigrant, and which can be found throughout Europe, involving protagonists of various nationalities. Before undergoing transformation in Serbia, the legend was depoliticized, reducing the protagonists to two persons for the purposes of moral instruction and moral-religious propaganda. In Serbia, the age of the two protagonists has been reversed, while the moral of the story derives from the specific 1990s distinction between Slobodan Milošević’s Serbia and „the Other Serbia“. In both cases, the legend propagates the idea of adaptation and assimilation, suggesting that „others“ can learn to be like „us“, which ensures that they are no longer in the position of „the other“.
The "Cantankerous Old People" Next Door: How Old Age Is Represented in Serbian Television Commercials
Authors: Milosavljević Ljubica
Published: June 2019

This paper is the result of a three-month monitoring of Serbian television commercials which aimed to study the way elderly people are represented in the media. Elderly people appear in only six commercials, more often as a functional part of a series than as protagonists. Yet in spite of the small number of commercials in which they appear, it is easy to identify the stereotypes which are translated from a social paradigm into the sphere of the media. The stereotypes on which commercials are based belong for the most part to the corpus of negative stereotypes of elderly people as hopelessly behind the times, feeble, lonely, irritating, cantankerous, etc. Some positive stereotypes are also evident, but they are mostly limited to a perception of elderly people as kindly givers of useful advice. It is interesting to note that the "cantankerous people next door" are as a rule anonymous elderly people, as are those "lost in time and space", who are mostly elderly women. In contrast, those who let their careers and images be associated with a certain product, in order to pass on their great experience and knowledge, are as a rule famous persons.

Just as it is possible to make a distinction between commercials depending on whether or not the products advertised are targeted at the elderly – which they rarely are – and whether elderly people appear in leading or supporting roles, in order to make viewers laugh or annoy them, so it is possible to distinguish between the "real-life principle", which involves the translation of the society’s dominant attitudes into commercials, and "commercial reality", which either makes old age invisible or "masks" it so that it is pleasant to the eye. The reason that old people are absent from television commercials or are mostly represented in a negative light is to be found in the low purchasing power of this age group, but also in the fact that advertising in Serbia developed practically overnight, and therefore has not always been able to follow foreign advertising trends, which treat the elderly as a worthy target audience for commercials.
TerrHum: An iOS Application for Classifying Terrestrial Humipedons and Some Considerations about Soil Classification
Authors: Zanella A. , Katzensteiner K. , Ponge J.‐F. , Jabiol B. , Sartori G. , Kolb E. , Le Bayon R.‐C. , Aubert M. , Ascher‐Jenull J. , Englisch M. , Hager H.
Published: June 2019

Core Ideas

A common humus classification system improves communication among soil scientists.

A cellular phone application can be used for global soil mapping and monitoring purposes.

The humus classification can be combined with different soil classification systems.

The name TerrHum is an abbreviation of the words “Terrestrial” (not hydromorphic, not submerged) and “Humipedon” (organic and organic‐mineral humus horizons). With this application, it is possible to describe and classify terrestrial forest and grassland topsoils in a system published as a Special Issue entitled “Humusica 1– Terrestrial Natural Humipedons” in the journal Applied Soil Ecology. The iOS application TerrHum allows the storage of the main content of Humusica 1 on a cellular phone. Images, diagrams and simplified tables of classification may be recalled with a few touches on the screen. Humus forms, representing five humus systems, are classified based on the vertical arrangement of diagnostic horizons and their attributes. TerrHum allows accessing specific figures that are stored in a virtual cloud and can be downloaded the first time the user recalls them. Once all figures have been opened in the device, the application is ready to use, without any further internet connection. The application is in continuous evolution.
Brief Review on Lantana camera
Authors: MANE Rohit Shankar , NAGARKAR Rachana Dattatray , SONAWANE Pragati Pramod , VEDAMURTHY Ankala Basappa
Published: June 2019

Medicinal plants are widely spread in nature with their unique habitats and effective medicinal properties. One of them plant is Lantana Camera. The L. camera is well known invasive weed. Used to cure several diseases in Ayurvedic preparations with different formulations. This plant has great ethnobotany and Pharmacology however it is lagging behind in the list of medicinal plants for their applications in drug preparations due to mere research study and awareness. Therefore present review may help to reveal different aspects of L. camera with their awareness in society.
Ghana's post-MDGs sanitation situation: an overview
Authors: Appiah-Effah Eugene , Duku Godwin Armstrong , Azangbego Naziru Yakubu , Aggrey Ransford Kojo Aduafo , Gyapong-Korsah Barbara , Nyarko Kwabena Biritwum
Published: June 2019

This paper presents an overview of Ghana's sanitation situation post-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It specifically examines why the MDG target on sanitation was missed, Ghana's preparedness towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sanitation target, potential barriers and opportunities for the sanitation sector. An eight step policy analysis framework guided the review. The findings indicate that the low sanitation has largely been driven by rather complex economics, institutional and sociocultural factors including inadequate financial commitment, poor implementation of policies, bad attitude and perception towards sanitation and extensive use of shared and public toilets. Nevertheless, it was found that recent reforms and programmes in the sanitation sector such as the creation of new Sanitation and Water Resource Ministry, National Sanitation Authority (NSA), introduction of sanitation surcharges included in property tax, and programmes such as the Greater Accra Municipal Assembly sanitation and water project put Ghana in a better position to rapidly increase its coverage. However, efforts would have to be accelerated by forging partnerships with the private sector to provide efficient and low-cost technologies, financial schemes, human and technical resources for improved service delivery.
Anterior Uveitis with Negative Work-up: Giant Cell Arteritis Remains the Pet Peeve
Authors: Mercier Camille , Scheiber Mathilde , Lez Marie-Laure Le , Erra Benoit , Bigot Adrien , Diot Elisabeth
Published: June 2019

Background:

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), is the most common primary vasculitis. It
affects large vessels such as the aorta and its branches. According to Chapel Hill Consensus, GCA
is one of the larger vessel vasculitis. The underlying mechanism involves inflammation of the large
arteries. The most frequent presentation consists of headache, polymyalgia, and jaw claudication.
GCA can put the visual prognosis at risk, and rapid diagnosis is compulsory. Cotton wool spots,
due to focal inner retinal ischemia, are an early diagnostic ophthalmological sign. The most frequent
presentation is a rapid, partial or complete blindness. However, atypical presentations, such
as uveitis, especially in the anterior chamber, can delay diagnosis.

Case Report:

We report a 75-year-old woman with GCA who initially presented with anterior uveitis
and without any other clinical sign. At the beginning, there was the only ophthalmic sign and
systemic inflammation, the all exhaustive work-up including positron emission tomography (PET)
scan was negative. The biology was fully normal without auto-immune profile (Angiotensin converting
enzyme level, Interferon Gamma Release Assay, Syphilis serology, antinuclear antibody
titer, Rheumatoid factor, CCP antibodies, and chest x-ray were normal. HLA B27 was negative). In
the following weeks, she subsequently developed large vessel vasculitis with headache and more
typical sign. She developed cotton wool spots linked to retinal arteriolar hypoperfusion. Anterior
uveitis has been reported rarely in GCA and moreover, it is very uncommon at the early stages of
GCA. Our case stresses that uveitis onset can precede large vessels vasculitis and typical symptoms
of GCA. PET-scan is a useful tool for atypical GCA, but its sensitivity is not perfect, and its repetition
can be helpful in selected cases such as that of this patient.
Synthesis, In vitro α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Potential and Molecular Docking Studies of 2-Amino-1,3,4-Oxadiazole Derivatives
Authors: Ullah Hayat , Rahim Fazal , Taha Muhammad , Hussain Raffaqat , Wadood Abdul , Nawaz Mohsan , Wahab Zainul , Kanwal  , Khan Khalid M.
Published: June 2019

Background:

In the recent past, we have synthesized and reported different derivatives
of oxadiazoles as potential α-glucosidase inhibitors, keeping in mind, the pharmacological aspects
of oxadiazole moiety and in continuation of our ongoing research on the chemistry and bioactivity
of new heterocyclic compounds.

Methods:

1,3,4-Oxadiazole derivatives (1-14) have been synthesized and characterized by different
spectroscopic techniques such as 1H-, 13C-NMR and HREI-MS.

Result:

The synthetic derivatives were screened for α-glucosidase inhibitory potential. All compounds
exhibited good inhibitory activity with IC50 values ranging between 0.80 ± 0.1 to 45.1 ±
1.7 μM in comparison with the standard acarbose having IC50 value 38.45 ± 0.80 μM.

Conclusion:

Thirteen compounds 1-6 and 8-14 showed potential inhibitory activity as compared to
the standard acarbose having IC50 value 38.45 ± 0.80 μM, however, only one compound 7 (IC50 =
45.1 ± 1.7 μM) was found to be less active. Compound 14 (IC50 = 0.80 ± 0.1 μM) showed promising
inhibitory activity among all synthetic derivatives. Molecular docking studies were also conducted
for the active compounds to understand the ligand-enzyme binding interactions.
Sharing economy, competition and regulation: the case of Uber in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Authors: Martins Patrícia Fragoso
Published: June 2019

This article deals with the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Uber cases, highlighting some implications of those judgments in the fields of competition and regulation. Uber is widely referred to as the paramount example of sharing economy. With this background, there has been intense debate on the need for a new regulatory framework and on the avenues left open by competition law. Although not addressing said issues directly, by considering Uber a carriage company, and not merely an electronic platform, the Court of Justice has contributed to “thicken the plot” on both these fronts.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a dynamic pro unione and pro homine with particular reference to the CJEU case-law
Authors: Sousa Filipe Venade de
Published: June 2019

The incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into the legal order of the European Union acquires a centrality relevant to the interpretation of the fundamental rules within the framework of the catalog of rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union constantly reminds us that the Convention is an integral part of the legal order of the European Union and prevails over European Union law.
The situation of women in BRIC countries: a comparative analysis of the (in) effectiveness of public policies for the protection of women and reduction of gender inequality in the four largest emerging economies in the world
Authors: Coelho Diva Júlia Sousa Safe , Diniz Ricardo Spindola , Coelho Saulo De Oliveira Pinto
Published: June 2019

The research consists of a comparative study of the concrete experiences of Russia, China, India and Brazil on the implementation of policies for the protection of women and reduction of gender inequality. From a constitutional perspective of analysis, it seeks to overcome the purely nomological or doctrinal comparison, typical of the classical view of Comparative Law, in favor of an experiences and realities comparison. To achieve this goal, it uses a complex set of data gathered from relevant reports on the subject in the international context, as well as, realizing a explorative study of the existing literature on the subject in each of the countries. As main results, it was verified that the four countries suffer from serious problems regarding the effectiveness of gender equality and the guarantee of women’s dignity, freedom, and respect. However, each country faces specific challenges in dealing with the issue.
Letters, Poems, and Prose Fictions in Cosmopolitan Latinity
Authors: Greene Roland
Published: June 2019

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Reconstructing Literature. Reflections on Cosmopolitan Literatures
Authors: Verbaal Wim
Published: June 2019

This is a general introduction to and reflection on some of the concepts and questions that will be central to JOLCEL, highlighting the fundamental role of schooling in the formation and continuation of literary universes. It is argued, amongst others, that one cannot construe a thorough history of Europe’s national literatures without taking into account their roots in Latin schooling and texts – roots that run far deeper than the (already widely studied) ‘reception of the classical’. Vice versa, we cannot fully understand the internal workings and development of the Latin tradition without taking into account neighbouring, overlapping and competing literatures.
Avatars of Latin Schooling: Recycling Memories of Latin Classes in Western Poetry: Five Paradigmatic Cases
Authors: Cullhed Anders
Published: June 2019

This paper tries to elucidate the significance of Latin schooling for the production of poetry by lining up five typical cases of recycling Roman texts, from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The French poet Baudri de Bourgueil (ca 1050–1130) rewrote Ovid’s Heroides 16–17 within a cultural context, characteristic of the incipient “Ovidian age,” aetas ovidiana, based on classroom practices such as paraphrase, accessus and glosses, presupposing a sense of historical continuity – or translatio studii et imperii – from Antiquity down to the twelfth century. In his great work, The Comedy, the Florentine Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) reused Ovid in a quite different way, representative of the allegorizing tendencies noticeable in Italy and France towards the end of the Ovidian age. The Early Modern motto ad fontes, on the other hand, presupposed a breach between ancient and present times, none the less possible (and surely commendable) to bridge by means of imitation within the framework of studia humanitatis and a new philological culture, made possible by the printing press. This cultural paradigm shift is illustrated by a look at a famous sonnet by the Spanish Golden Age poet Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645). Finally, our modern and postmodern era, characterized by an ambivalent attitude to the classical heritage, is represented by the Anglo-American poet T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) and his Swedish successor Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961), both of whom remembered their Latin classes in their mature poetry, marked by irony, distance and, probably, nostalgia.
Los Danzantes de Monte Albán y su relación con el jaguar
Authors: FAHMEL BEYER Bernd Walter
Published: June 2019

Los Danzantes son un grupo de figuras humanas labradas en piedra durante la época I de Monte Albán. Por sus posiciones corporales y aparente desnudez se les ha interpretado como chamanes o cautivos de guerra, aunque el significado que tuvieron para los habitantes de la ciudad sigue siendo un misterio. Con el fin de entender la semejanza entre la posición de las figuras y diversas actitudes del jaguar se ana-lizará la relación que hubo entre los señores zapotecas y este animal, enfocándola desde el punto de vista de la antropomorfización de las fuerzas naturales.
Ciclos culturales y astronómicos en Xochicalco, Morelos
Authors: Morante López Rubén Bernardo
Published: June 2019

Más de 115 fechas inscritas en los relieves de Xochicalco no dejan duda de que en el sitio se empleaban calendarios muy parecidos a los que tenían los pueblos del centro de México y Oaxaca en el siglo xvi. El trabajo pionero de Alfonso Caso (1967) fue un antecedente para el estudio en el cual revisamos, completamos y ordenamos los signos de los días que él propuso (Morante 1993, ms, 2018). En este escrito abordamos un problema no resuelto que es fundamental para la calendárica mesoamericana. El método que seguimos es la corre-lación de fechas registradas en Xochicalco durante la segunda mitad del siglo vii. Retomamos un trabajo que inició hace 30 años, partiendo del riguroso registro y análisis del corpus de textos glíficos en piedras, lo que nos ha llevado a abundar en los sistemas de cómputo del tiempo en un sitio donde se tiene evidencia arqueológica de dos hechos: por un lado del conocimiento astronómico que habla de cálculos precisos del ciclo solar y, por otro, del lugar que en el centro de México dejó el mayor número de textos fechados, fuente invaluable en el conocimiento del calendario. Nos preguntamos si se conocía la diferencia entre los 365.2422 días del año trópico y los 365 del año civil, con casi un día de diferencia cada cuatro años, y si así era, cómo y con qué periodicidad se hacía la corrección por esta diferencia. En caso contrario, nos preguntamos por qué se permitía el desfase, sobre todo cuando los ciclos climáticos, agrícolas, religiosos y sociales se veían afectados.
Multi-layer agency problems in a non-profit and for-profit collaboration: a case study of a delicatessen product in support of a minority
Authors: Rombach Meike , Koehl Lisa , Bitsch Vera
Published: June 2019

The study investigated the collaboration between a non-profit and a for-profit organization and evaluated the benefits and drawbacks of the collaboration for the non-profit partner. The non-profit partner is a charitable organization that supports an ethnic minority in one of the least economically affluent European countries. The collaboration stemmed from a project, in which members of the minority cultivated and processed a delicatessen product for the market in more affluent European countries. The collaboration did not succeed to fully produce the desired results. It was negatively affected by inadequate communication, the absence of meta-goals, as well as classical and multi-level agency problems. In part due to the inexperience of both partners with such collaborations, the for-profit partner seems to have taken hidden actions. These actions did not contribute to the project goals, respectively jeopardized the goals and reputation of the non-profit partner.
Effects of monetary policy shocks on income mobility in the Euro area countries
Authors: Bárcena-Martín Elena , Martín-Fuentes Natalia , Pérez-Moreno Salvador
Published: June 2019

This paper examines the impacts of monetary policy shocks on income mobility
in the Euro area, relying on earnings heterogeneity and income composition
channels through which monetary policy affects income distribution. From a
relative mobility perspective, upward and downward mobility are estimated
over the period 2004-2014 for the EMU countries that originated the Economic
and Monetary Union (EMU 1999). By using a vector error correction model
(VECM) approach, overall we find that an expansionary monetary policy seems
to encourage upward mobility and discourage downward mobility. By income
groups, a loose monetary policy appears to reduce downward mobility for the
upper class, while no empirical evidence can be provided to support that
monetary policy shocks alter upward mobility for the lower class. Monetary
policy shocks are especially favourable for the middle class as an
expansionary monetary policy seems to boost upward mobility. A detailed
analysis of the middle class shows that an expansionary monetary policy may
propel the upward mobility and hinder the downward mobility of the
lower-middle class, particularly favouring this income group.
Promoting Interventions to Develop Religous Identity of Secondary School Students
Authors: Prawitasari Galuh , Suwarjo Suwarjo
Published: June 2019

Adolescence is known as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In this period, the adolescent will experience many changes related to their identities in various domains of life, including the religious domain. This study aims to investigate the profiles of religious identity status of early adolescents. A total of 116 secondary school students participated in this study. Data were collected by using the Scale of Religious Identity Status. The results showed that students’ religious identity status were distributed in four categories: achievement (66%), searching moratorium (23%), foreclosure (10%), and moratorium (1%). Implications for guidance and counseling services in secondary school are discussed to promote the development of religious identity of early adolescents.
The role of career exploration in career decision participants
Authors: Hermawan Rio , Farozin Muh
Published: June 2019

AbstractIn the digital era, humans were required to be more able to develop themselves according to potentials owned so that it was important for each individual to understand his/her ability and also able to develop other various skills. Career selection was one of most important decision making processes in individual living. However, today learners were facing various different career environment both in characteristics as well as their kinds, and also trend of learners who were less understand potentials owned both due to their ignorance as well as due to they do not explore nor develop potentials owned so that it gives a negative impact for himself/herself in a career decision so that needed roles of career exploration in a career decision making. Therefore, understanding, awareness and acceptance towards potentialsowned by each individual is necessary in supporting learner career in the future. Efforts conducted in preparing learner career were very much. One of efforts in preparing it was by exploring career. Career exploration was defined as an individual desire to explore or search information towards career information sources. Roles of career exploration in a career decision was related to a career exploration region includes selection orientation, self-exploration, environmental exploration, in-depth environmental exploration, decision status and commitment.
A Survey of career status identity on student college
Authors: Kusuma Kusumawati , Suwarjo Suwarjo
Published: June 2019

One of the concerns in the process of adolescent transition into adulthood is the status of career identity. Good status enables teenagers to survive in increasingly competitive conditions. This study aims to see the status of career identity found in first year students at Yogyakarta State University. Data were collected by survey method using scale spread to 500 respondents. The scale used by SPSS to meet the validity and reliability The results show that 96% of respondents in the right field are in the category of achievement and 4% are in foreclosure category. While in the non-exact field there are 97% are in the category of achievement and 3% is foreclosure category. So it can be said that about 95% of respondents have good identity status, and expected to survive in an increasingly competitive conditions. This study contributes to literature of career identity status as well as other contributions described.
Just community approach to character education: school change or student change?
Authors: Sukma Dina , Ananda Azwar , Gistituati Nurhizrah , Daharnis Daharnis
Published: June 2019

This article focuses on the development of, and research about, a strong democracy education intervention, the Just Community approach. Three questions frame the discussion: 1) Does Just Community change student or do student in these program change their school? 2) How Just Community change student and how Just Community change their school? 3) How can democracy be 'learned' by student in these program? This article begins with a brief history of the Just Community approach, a description of the original developmental model created by Lawrence Kohlberg, some research has been created in European and US. Just Community’s theoretical basis: Piaget’s cognitive development theory and Durkheim’s view of collective socialization. How to run this program? The aim of the program and implementation for education.
Conclusion
Authors: Nickerson Michelle M.
Published: June 2019

The concluding chapter examines how housewife populist ideology influenced a new generation of conservative female activists, and questions how the history of women on the right might bring useful scrutiny to the categories and assumptions that frame U.S. feminist and political history. It argues that housewife populism continues to shape conservative beliefs about women's importance to society and American politics, as the career of Alaska's former governor, Sarah Palin, illustrates. After Barack Obama won the election in 2008, Palin's populist style carried over into the conservative Tea Party movement, an alliance of organizations and bloggers that emerged in opposition to government-sponsored economic stimulus, health-care reform, and numerous other grievances directed against the Democratic administration and Congress. The endurance of housewife populist ideology demands that scholars pay closer attention to the ambiguities and paradoxes that conservative women have managed to reconcile and marshal to their own interests, in much the way that suffragists and other skillful political actors in American history achieved their goals.
Remapping American Catholicism
Authors: Matovina Timothy
Published: June 2019

This chapter argues that the long-standing links between Latin and North America already lead many Latinos to adopting a more hemispheric perspective to Catholicism in the United States. The memory that Hispanics established faith communities in Spanish and Mexican territories before the United States expanded into them shaped the historical development of those communities as they, their descendants, and even later immigrants became part of the United States. The chapter shows how such perceptions conflict with the presumption that European immigrants and their descendants set a unilateral paradigm for assimilating newcomers into church and society. Since the early 1990s, the geographic dispersion of Latinos across the United States and the growing diversity of their national backgrounds have brought the historical perspectives of Catholics from Latin America and the United States into unprecedented levels of daily contact.
Transformation in America’s Largest Church
Authors: Matovina Timothy
Published: June 2019

This concluding chapter considers how Latinos present a distinct agenda of core concerns within U.S. Catholicism. Many Euro-American Catholics have emphasized concerns such as liturgical reform, the role of the laity, dissent or obedience to sexual ethics and other church teaching, the proper exercise of authority, and the question of who is called to ordination. Conversely, Latinos have been more inclined to accentuate concerns such as funding for Hispanic ministry offices, youth initiatives, outreach efforts, and leadership training and formation programs. Although these efforts encompass attempts at reform in areas such as liturgy and participation in church leadership, they are primarily intended to equip the church to serve and accompany its Latino members in their faith and daily struggles.
Authority, Conventions, and the Normativity of Law
Authors: Marmor Andrei
Published: June 2019

This chapter completes the outlines of a plausible version of legal positivism. It is organized into two parts. The first section discusses some of Joseph Raz's ideas about the nature of practical authority and the implications of his views about the normativity of law. The second section returns to the rules of recognition and tries to show that, though H. L. A. Hart is basically right about the idea that social rules are at the foundations of law, we need a theory of social conventions to articulate the requisite foundations. These two ideas in hand—the authoritative nature of law and its conventional foundations—provide the main building blocks needed to reconstruct a plausible version of Hart's theory of law.
Is Legal Philosophy Normative?
Authors: Marmor Andrei
Published: June 2019

H. L. A. Hart characterized his theory about the nature of law as “descriptive and morally neutral.” Like previous legal positivists such as John Austin and Hans Kelsen, he thought that a philosophical account of the nature of law should strive to avoid moralizing of any kind, and should aim at an explanation of the nature of law that is quite general in its application—one that explains what law, in general, is. However, many contemporary legal philosophers claim that a theory about the nature of law, such as Hart's legal positivism, cannot be detached from moral and political views about law's merits. This chapter argues that Hart was quite right, and that it is both possible and theoretically desirable to detach a philosophical account of the nature of law from moral and political views about law's merit.
The Language of Law
Authors: Marmor Andrei
Published: June 2019

This chapter focuses on the role of language and interpretation in understanding the content of the law. The argument here is motivated by Dworkin's argument that we can never grasp what the law says without interpretation. Since, as he argues, interpretation is partly, but necessarily, an evaluative matter, understanding what the law requires is necessarily dependent on some evaluative considerations. It is argued that this conception of what it takes to understand a legal directive is based on a misunderstanding of language and linguistic communication. The chapter attempts to clarify some of the semantic and pragmatic aspects of what the law says. It shows that when linguistic considerations are taken into account in the appropriate ways, interpretation becomes the exception, not the standard form of understanding what the law says. It also shows how certain pragmatic aspects of understanding a speech situation can be used to clarify the distinction between understanding what the law says and interpreting it. This last chapter completes a defense of a fairly strong detachment view about the nature of law, both in method and substance.
The Theory behind the Findings
Authors: Binder Amy J. , Wood Kate
Published: June 2019

This chapter examines in more abstract terms how universities, in combination with the broader political culture, cultivate distinctive styles of conservatism among students. It reviews research in the fields of higher education studies, cultural sociology, political theory, and organization studies to capture some of the more general processes observed at Eastern Elite University and Western Flagship University. In particular, it considers how social and cultural capital gives rise to the particular dominant conservative styles of civilized discourse at Eastern Elite, provocation in the Western Public university system, and the submerged styles seen at these different campuses. The chapter concludes by arguing that the model developed for studying student conservatism on both campuses is general enough to be useful to scholars studying other aspects of students' lives other than politics.
Adelina fotógrafa. Una imagen para el futuro
Authors: Berenguer Carola , Marchiano Pilar , Moreno Mariana
Published: June 2019

En este trabajo se estudia una selección de imágenesfotográficas pertenecientes al fondo documental deAdelina Dematti de Alaye del Archivo Histórico de laprovincia de Buenos Aires. Son fotografías que fuerontomadas por Adelina el 5 de mayo de 1984, en el partidode Ensenada, fecha en la que recuerda la desapariciónde su hijo Carlos, siete años antes. Se analiza la relaciónentre imagen y palabra, la noción de representación y deausencia-presencia sobre la condición ritual de la imagen apartir de la figura del desaparecido. También se trabaja elcarácter público-privado y la construcción del archivo al quepertenecen las fotografías.
¿Cómo actualizar el acontecimiento ? Reflexiones sobre una retrospectiva de Escombros
Authors: Baez Escobar Luciana , Bifaretti María Eugenia , Duarte Julián Facundo
Published: June 2019

En el marco de la investigación que realizamos sobre lasprimeras acciones del Grupo Escombros a través del archivopersonal de Héctor Puppo —integrante y cofundador—, nosembarcamos en una reflexión en torno a la muestra GrupoEscombros. Pancartas 30 Años (1988-2018) realizada en laGalería Walden (CABA) de marzo a mayo de 2018. En estareseña, indagaremos en cómo el archivo de obras efímerasy sus paratextos, constituyen una herramienta de un granpotencial para la presentación y actualización de este tipode producciones.
El archivo como retrospectiva. Aldo Sessa 1958-2018
Authors: Macioci Victoria
Published: June 2019

En este texto se pone de relieve la función fundamentaldel archivo de artista para la realización y la organizaciónde una exposición retrospectiva que exhiba su produccióny trayectoria. Se utilizará como estudio de caso la muestraArchivo Aldo Sessa 1958-2018: 60 años de fotografías,con curaduría de Victoria Noorthoon. La misma fue realizadaentre el 21 de marzo y el 27 de mayo de 2018 enel Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA).
Hostile attribution and counterproductive work behavior
Authors: Rhee Jeongmin , Shin Yonghwan , Sohn YoungWoo
Published: June 2019

The purpose of the present study was to specify the mechanism of employees’ counterproductive work behavior (CWB) and to offer proper solutions for such behavior. For this purpose, this study proposed a moderated mediation model in which hostile attribution under upward social comparing situation in organizational context has an effect on CWB via malicious envy (ME), and the strength of the mediation effect is strengthened by employees’ negative reciprocity and competitive organizational goal, respectively. Results from a sample of 259 American workers showed that hostile attribution had a positive effect on CWB and ME fully mediated this relationship. The moderation effects of negative reciprocity and competitive organizational goal were found, respectively. Specifically, ME was more strongly associated with CWB as individuals’ negative reciprocity increased, and also as organizations’ competitive goals strengthened. Based on these results, theoretical and practical implications, limitations and directions for future research were discussed.
The influence of newcomers’ proactive personality on their job satisfaction: its mediating and moderating factors
Authors: Kim Kyungmin
Published: June 2019

This study investigated mediating and moderating factors on the relationship between newcomers’ proactive personality and job satisfaction. 203 newcomers participated in the survey 6 months after the entry. An additional survey has been conducted right after the entry in order to measure the change in the person-organization fits. Results showed that newcomers’ proactive personality has a positive relation with their job satisfaction. This relationship, however, was moderated by socialization tactics such that it is significant only when the organization employs institutionalized socialization tactics rather than individualized socialization tactics. Finally, newcomers’ proactive personality affected job satisfaction being fully mediated by the change of person-organization fit. These results imply that an individual’s proactive personality can influence the adaptation process to a new organization. It provides practical implications for organizations to effectively design and implement the selection and socialization practices.
Follicular choristoma in the third eyelid of an eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus)
Authors: Darden Joshua E. , Winkel-Blair Andrea M. , Edwards Erin E. , Hoppes Sharman M. , Mansell Joanne , Scott Erin M.
Published: June 2019

CASE DESCRIPTION

A 1-year-old male eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus) with a 3- to 4-month history of blepharospasm in the right eye was referred to a veterinary medical teaching hospital for further evaluation. Conventional medical treatments had been ineffective. The referring avian specialist had plucked a suspected ectopic feather from the right eye 6 weeks prior to the referral evaluation.

CLINICAL FINDINGS

The parrot was sedated, and ophthalmic examination of the right eye with slit-lamp biomicroscopy revealed a 3 × 2 × 2-mm raised vascular mass with a focally pigmented center associated with the temporal aspect of the leading edge of the third eyelid. No abnormalities were detected in the left eye.

TREATMENT AND OUTCOME

The parrot was anesthetized, and the right eye mass was excised and submitted for histologic examination. Histologically, there was a single pigmented feather follicle bulb surrounded by multiple discrete lymphoid follicles and moderate lymphoplasmacytic inflammation within the substantia propria of the third eyelid conjunctiva. The histologically normal feather follicle in an abnormal location classified the lesion as a choristoma. Nine months after surgery, the parrot had no signs of ocular discomfort and no overt regrowth of the feather follicle.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

For the eclectus parrot of this report, a lesion caused by normal differentiation of an ectopic feather follicle in the right third eyelid was successfully treated. A third eyelid choristoma appears to be a hitherto unreported pathological finding in avian species. Although rare, the presence of a choristoma should be considered as a differential diagnosis for birds with blepharospasm.