bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
La comunicación oral. Actividades para el desarrollo de la expresión oral
Authors: Marcos Garrán Silvia , Garrán Antolínez María Luz
Published: March 2019

El uso de la comunicación oral de forma eficiente es un factor clave para tener éxito tanto en el ámbito personal como en el ámbito público. Después de revisar el concepto de comunicación oral y analizar algunas dificultades que conlleva su desarrollo en el mundo escolar, realizamos una propuesta de intervención, fundamentada en el modelo de expresión oral de Bygate (1987), en el que se desarrollan conocimientos, habilidades útiles para ayudar al alumnado a desenvolverse en diferentes situaciones comunicativas formales.
Cómo cantar el desastre: la literatura comprometida en las canciones de Nacho Vegas
Authors: Bedía Sanjurjo Pablo
Published: March 2019

El compromiso artístico de los autores se identifica, en la mayoría de los casos, en aquellas obras cuya trama o temática versa directamente sobre conflictos sociales, políticos o históricos. No obstante, el compromiso estético puede surgir incluso en obras cuyos personajes sean seres alienados, abúlicos o desarrapados. Sobre este último caso de compromiso, destaca, en la cultura popular española, el caso del cantautor asturiano Nacho Vegas, cuyas letras son muestras manifiestas de esta estética del fracaso y del naufragio, pero de las que también se destila un firme compromiso para con su época.
Miradas concurrentes para enunciar nuevas preguntas: reflexiones en torno a una línea de investigación sobre focos de atención en experiencia estética
Authors: Frega Ana Lucía , Murata Cecilia
Published: March 2019

Las autoras reflexionan acerca del diálogo transdisciplinario desarrollado en el estudio de los focos de atención en la experiencia estética. Se parte de una mirada histórica de modelos y métodos empíricos de estudio sobre experiencia estética y focos de atención (Madsen y Geringer), replicados en Argentina por Ana Lucía Frega desde 1980, que enfocan en particular la música. En psicología cognitiva se considera la atención como función compleja y multifacética de la cognición humana. Los procesos atencionales son estudiados de maneras diversas, aunque se enfatizan los aspectos visuales para su medición. Vincular focos de atención sobre estímulos diferentes (distintos lenguajes del arte) permitió expandir la indagación sobre experiencia estética; así apareció la necesidad de los estudios transdisciplinares. A partir de estas articulaciones han surgido interrogantes acerca de las posibilidades de expansión y construcción transdisciplinar de conocimiento en experiencia estética y focos de atención en las investigaciones sobre arte.
Headlines as Fake News: Discursive Deception in Serbia’s DailyInformer(2012–2018)
Authors: Jovanović Srđan Mladenov
Published: March 2019

Since the end of the wars of Yugoslav secession, and since Kosovo’s declaration of independence, the Balkans—Serbia included—have taken a back seat in academic research. Even though media freedoms have been severely stifled following the coming to power of Aleksandar Vučić in 2012, today’s Serbian media are still failing to become a topic for scholarly research. In this article, we scrutinize the dailyInformer,the unofficial daily of Serbia’s strongman, president Vučić, via a discourse analysis of its headlines. As shall be shown, theInformersupports the reign of Aleksandar Vučić by framing him as a hero and martyr, fighting for the ‘people’, in a highly populist fashion, discursively painting the opposition in a highly negative light, as well as promoting warmongering and the idea that Serbia is surrounded by enemies. This is achieved via discursive deception, bases on assertive rhetoric, filled with exaggerations.
Modern Concepts for Constructive Solutions in Dobrogea
Authors: Draghici Gabriela , Maican Ana Maria
Published: March 2019

In the summary published at the international conference WATER 2018, entitled “Modern concepts for constructive solutions in Dobrogea” [11], the authors briefly referred to the theoretical considerations and the case study on the concept of a “passive house” in the Dobrogea region - Romania, Constanta county, more precisely in the Mangalia area. In this article we will present this subject in great detail.
Determination of the Basic Force-Displacement on the Top in the Case of the Structure with Reinforced Concrete Frames P+6
Authors: Onea Florin Ţepeş , Dragomir Marian
Published: March 2019

The theme of the paper is to design the capacity of a P + 6E construction with reinforced concrete frame structure and determination of the basic force-displacement on the top. Drawing the cutting force - the displacement at the top requires a non-linear bias of the pushover type.

The non-linear static calculation is used in the displacement-based design methodology, in which lateral displacements are considered the main parameter for characterizing the seismic response of the structures.
Use of Modern Technology to Develop Investment Housing Projects in Iraq
Authors: Teen Ahmed Mohammed , Gramescu Ana Maria
Published: March 2019

The problem of housing is one of the most important problems in Iraq, especially with the increase in the rate of population growth which is one of the highest rates in the world and after the great destruction that happened in Iraq because of wars and terrorist acts, and here begins to think about the real solutions of this crisis using modern technology and taking into account the feasibility of using modern construction materials compared to the traditional method of construction.

Investors are seriously considering changing the traditional building style and transition to modern building materials to increase quality, win a time, ease of installation and achieve dimensional consistency with ease of internal and external finishing work. The hot weather in Iraq requires real attention to the issue of thermal insulation of buildings and therefore can use the advantage of modern materials to increase thermal insulation and reduce in the energy consumption. This article sheds light on the investment housing projects in Baghdad city.
Behavior Analysis of Minarets at the Destructive Factors Actions
Authors: Suliman Sever , Gramescu Ana Maria
Published: March 2019

Etymological minaret comes from the Arabian “manarat”, meaning “illumination place”, “lighthouse”, the term was taken in Turkish (minaret) and French. The minaret is a particularly important component of a mosque, which is the object of study of this article, analyzing environmental factors, especially water, which acts on minaret materials located in the Black Sea area. The minaret is a high tower built into the actual construction, from which muezin calls his believers to work. Due to its visibility from distant horizons, it provides important information to visitors in the region, namely the presence of Muslim believers in that area.
University students’ self-efficacy: A contributing factor in TOEFL performance
Authors: Yoestara Marisa , Putri Zaiyana
Published: March 2019

Self-efficacy is one of the often-underestimated factors, which in fact, has an influence in determining human action. This study aims to find out the correlation between self-efficacy and the TOEFL performance of the students in two universities in Banda Aceh, namely Syiah Kuala University and Serambi Mekkah University. This study employed the correlational design to find out the correlation between the two main variables (self-efficacy and TOEFL performance). The sampling technique used in this study was the stratified sampling method with a total sample of 200 university students, both English, and Non-English majors. Furthermore, to collect the data, two instruments were used, namely the self-efficacy questionnaire and the TOEFL test. In analyzing the data, Pearson’s Correlation was used to find out the correlation. The result shows that there is a positive and low correlation between university students’ self-efficacy and their TOEFL performance (r=.249). Despite the correlation is low, self-efficacy is still considered to contribute to the TOEFL score. Therefore, it is suggested that TOEFL instructors consider the variable of self-efficacy in their teaching. Furthermore, it is expected that future research continues this study by enlarging the sample size in different levels of education and in different areas.
EFL student’s motivation in learning English in Langsa, Aceh
Authors: Ulfa Maria , Bania Allif Syahputra
Published: March 2019

The research deals with the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of EFL learners in learning English. This research used the qualitative design to find out the EFL learners’ motivation in learning English, specifically to their intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The participants consist of 40 senior high school students in Langsa. The questionnaire was the instrument used in collecting data. The questionnaire consists of 35 items, in which they are divided into two parts. The first part, numbers 1 until 20, is to collect the information about intrinsic motivation and inquires about interest, need, hobby and goal. Meanwhile, the second part, numbers 21 until 35, is to collect information about extrinsic motivation and inquires about teachers, parents, and the environment. The results showed that the component in the extrinsic motivation that gave the biggest impact to the students are the teachers; who are the student’s biggest influence in learning English. Meanwhile, the biggest component of intrinsic motivation is the students’ own learning goals. The paper further describes each of these factors in relation to their motivation. The implication of this study related to the teachers’ efforts and capability in motivating their students to learn English is also discussed.
The construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity
Authors: Raja Harun Raja Nor Safinas
Published: March 2019

This study explores the construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity at a teacher education university in Malaysia. A number of 23 student teachers were required to upload a journal entry in the e-portfolio to reflect upon themselves as prospective teachers when they were doing a pedagogical course in semester 5. Upon completing their teaching practice in semester 7 and while doing seminar reflective as a course in their final semester, the student teachers were asked to revisit their journal entry on their identity and to compare and contrast if their views have changed or remained the same after their teaching practice experiences. A content analysis was used to study the transformation of identity through journal entries. The study reveals that the student teachers were more realistic and practical as opposed to being idealistic in forming their professional identities after the teaching practice. There were many situational factors which have affected such changes. This study implicates the need for teacher education programs to provide platforms and learning to teach experience that would assist the student teachers formation of professional identity as prospective teachers.
Pengelompokan Klon-Klon Ubi Jalar Berdasarkan Analisis Gerombol, Komponen Utama dan Biplot dari Karakter Morfologi
Authors: Hetharie Helen , Raharjo Simon Hadi Teguh , Jambormias Dan Edizon
Published: March 2019

Sweet potato is a food crop with high genetic and phenotypic diversities. The objective of this study was to cluster sweet potato clones based on their morphological characters. This research used descriptive method using 25 morphological characters on 28 sweet potato clones and clustered using dice coefficient, principal component analysis and biplot analysis. The results showed that the clones were grouped into two clusters and 14 sub-clusters. Three sub-clusters had high similarity coefficients, i.e., 0.68-0.96, one clone was eliminated, and 11 sub-clusters had a low similarity, i.e., 0.41-0.52. The principal component analysis showed 14 of 25 morphological characters  determined the diversity in 27 sweet potato clones with cumulative variance of 70.79%. Biplot analysis showed that 12 characters contributed to cumulative variance of 61.3%. Twelve morphological characters had weak contribution on the characteristics of the clones in quadrant I; meanwhile, characteristics of  clones in quadrant II were orange, yellow and white tuber flesh, in quadrant III was dark purple tuber flesh, and in quadrant IV were purple tuber flesh and cortex. Result of the grouping analysis identified clones that were closely related and those distantly related for improvement purposes.Keywords: Ipomoea batatas, cumulative variance, Maluku province, morphology, relationship
Produksi dan Kualitas Benih Kedelai dalam Sistem Produksi Bersih
Authors: Hartawan Rudi , Nengsih Yulistiati , Marwan Dan Edy
Published: March 2019

Production of high quality seed is one of the key factors for soybean self-sufficiency. The study was aimed to produce high quality soybean seed from zero waste system. The trial was carried out at Sebapo Experimental Station, Jambi, Center for Agricultural Post Harvest Research and Development, and Center for Agricultural Land Resources Research and Development, The Ministry of Agriculture, Bogor, from January until October 2017. The experiment used a complete randomized design with a treatments combination both organic nutrient of composted soybean litter (5 tons ha-1) and inorganic nutrient (25 kg Nitrogen ha-1, 50 kg P2O5 ha-1, and 50 kg K2O ha-1). The treatments were designed as follow : K0 (control), K1 (100% organic), K2 (75% organic + 25% inorganic), K3 (50% organic + 50% inorganic), K4 (25% organic + 75% inorganic), and K5 (100% inorganic). The results showed that the treatment K3 produced the highest seed production (1.72 tons ha-1) and the highest 1,000 seed weight (147.71 g). After 3 months storage at room temperature, the seed with treatment K3 could maintain its quality with indicator 1,000 seed weight (140.98 g), 10.82% water content, 34.98% protein content, 57.42 μScm-1g-1 electrical conductivity, 80.98% germination percentage and 27.48% etmal-1 rate of germination speed.Keywords: Compost, litter, seed technology
Union Strategies to Re-Regulate Working Time
Authors: Thomas Mark
Published: March 2019

The organization of working time is a central concern in today's labour market, as it is connected to experiences of work-life conflict, employment insecurity, and broader patterns of gender inequality. This article examines union responses to working time changes using a case study of four large unions, as well as a larger survey of working time provisions in major collective agreements. The article contends that working time re-regulation strategies include not only efforts to reduce hours of work, but also a range of strategies to promote 'employee-oriented time flexibility.' These working time strategies provide some means to address growing forms of work-life conflict and working time inequalities; however, these strategies are constrained by a number of factors, including employer resistance and the need for broader-based representational and collective bargaining structures.
BAR-Based Multi-Dimensional Nonequilibrium Pulling for Indirect Construction of QM/MM Free Energy Landscape
Authors: Wang Xiaohui , He Qiaole , Sun Zhaoxi
Published: March 2019

Construction of free energy landscapes at Quantum mechanics (QM) level is computationally demanding. As shown in previous studies, by employing an indirect scheme (i.e. constructing a thermodynamic cycle connecting QM states via an alchemical pathway), simulations are converged with much less computational burden. The indirect scheme makes QM/ molecular mechanics (MM) free energy simulation orders of magnitude faster than the direct QM/MM schemes. However, the indirect QM/MM simulations were mostly equilibrium sampling based and the nonequilibrium methods were merely exploited in one-dimensional alchemical QM/MM end-state correction at two end states. In this work, we represent a multi-dimensional nonequilibrium pulling scheme for indirect QM/MM free energy simulations, where the whole free energy simulation is performed only with nonequilibrium methods. The collective variable (CV) space we explore is a combination of one alchemical CV and one physically meaningful CV. The current nonequilibrium indirect QM/MM simulation method can be seen as the generalization of equilibrium perturbation based indirect QM/MM methods. The test systems include one backbone dihedral case and one distance case. The two cases are significantly different in size, enabling us to investigate the dependence of the speedup of the indirect scheme on the size of the system. It is shown that the speedup becomes larger when the size of the system becomes larger, which is consistent with the scaling behavior of QM Hamiltonians.
Türen. Zur Materialität des Symbolischen
Authors: Siegert Bernhard
Published: March 2019

Doors are mediums of architecture as an elementary cultural technique, as they process the key differences of architecture from within and without. The door is a machine, through which the symbolic was materialized in architecture. This contribution describes, by means of examples from cultural, literary and art history, the monologic, epistemic and social aspects and paradoxes of the door as an analog and binary medium. With the obsolescence of the door knob, engendered by the invention of the automated revolving door, the analog door has bid farewell to society and is now mutating to a bio-political instrument which no longer addresses mankind as 'persona', but as a major perturberence.
Mit lachendem Gesicht: en face le pire jusqu'à ce qu'il fasse rire
Authors: Macho Thomas
Published: March 2019

The varied reception history of Victor Hugo's novel L'Homme qui rit (1869) is outlined in the context of exemplary historicisations of the "laughing face"-character. This reconstruction deals with the interplay of aesthetics and passion, on the one hand, and with the effects of intermedia encounters of literature, photography and film, on the other. Not only the traditional naturalisation of medieval penalty practices (by defacing) is investigated, but also the modern media history of celebrities.
Angst und Begehren
Authors: Widmer Peter
Published: March 2019

Fear occurs in various forms: existential, pathological, physical and mental. This article gives a general survey of Freud's and Lacan's conceptions. While the founder of psychoanalysis conceives of fear mainly as a corporeal fear of castration, Lacan emphasises the more extended dimension of symbolic castration which is, through the concept of scarcity, directly connected with desire and fear. The pathological side of fear becomes apparent in the defence against existential fear, in phobias, that replace the unfathomable object of fear by a manageable one.
Angsthasen
Authors: Vehlken Sebastian
Published: March 2019

Swarms are capable of informing the conceptual field of 'fear' in two ways: Firstly, as space-dissolving diversities that create specific forms of fear and dread; secondly, as spacegenerating collectives whose dynamics become possible only through a fear-induced 'density'. The modes of determination in this field transform themselves from psychological to kineto-physical. And thus, an epistemic alignment is constituted, along which the relations of swarms to spaces facilitate new approaches of media to the conceptual field of 'fear'.
Der unmögliche Blick
Authors: Riepe Manfred
Published: March 2019

In retrospect of the scandal caused by the first performance of PEEPING TOM in 1960, the "project" of Michael Powell's prototypal serial killer is analysed from a media theoretical viewpoint. Mark Lewis kills women, because he wants to see their horriffied expression in the moment of death and capture it on celluloid, employing an apparatus made of camera, stiletto and concave mirror. What exactly does Lewis want to spot in his victims' eyes? And how would that involve the issue of voyeurism at the cinema?
Singing Prettily: Lena Horne in Hollywood
Authors: Dyer Richard
Published: March 2019

Lena Horne was the first African-American woman to be signed to a contract to a major Hollywood studio, who did however not know what to do with her. Her >colour< – in her voice as well as her looks – meant that she did not fit into the racial hierarchies of the day and she was largely confined oppressively to the margins. However, she was also able to some degree, and in collaboration with other African-American figures in Hollywood, to use this to give a glimpse of African-American modernism in Hollywood cinema. This is thus a case study of cultural production as struggle.
Übertragen als Transfiguration oder: Wie ist die Kreativität von Medien erklärbar?
Authors: Krämer Sybille
Published: March 2019

The social media of the Web can be understood as tools for the personal and social management of knowledge. In this framework, the creative exchange provides an active interface which transforms the empirical and local stocks of knowledge into explicit and globally shared knowledge. In a further step, it allows to transport the memory, once being made explicit, into personal and practically applicable knowledge. This paper presents the vision of a new symbolic medium which would increase the efficiency of creative online-exchange.
Unter Aufsicht Medium und Philosophie in Woody Allens Filmkomödie ANNIE HALL
Authors: Engell Lorenz
Published: March 2019

Philosophy and comedy are parallel enterprises of self-detachment. But while philosophy consistently carries out the detachment, comedy underlines its contradictions and undermines it. Thus, comedy gains an advantage especially where it reflects upon the material body which underlies every reflection, namely, its medium. My paper observes this process by studying Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Thus, the media-philosophy of the film can be contrasted against a philosopher's philosophy of the very same film.
Auf dem Weg zu einer Medienphilosophie anthropomedialer Relationen
Authors: Voss Christiane
Published: March 2019

The paper sees itself as a plea for an irreducibly relationalistic approach to anthropomedial relations in which man and media are always already dynamically linked. Based on the characteristics of the man-cinemarelation, the mode of affection comes to the fore that regulates both the form of existence and the accessibility of anthropomedial relations. In contrast to the common negligence of affects in media studies and philosophy, the investigation of practices and logics of affective meta-mediality could open a new field of study for media philosophy.
Vorhang, Lampe, Sessel, Uhr
Authors: Geimer Peter
Published: March 2019

Das 1999 veröffentlichte Proust-Lexikon von Philippe Michel-Thiriet umfasst neben zahlreichen biographischen Daten ein »Lexikon der Personen in der Recherche« sowie ein »Lexikon der Orte der Recherche«. Es gibt jedoch kein Lexikon der Dinge der Recherche: kein Verzeichnis der Möbel im Salon von Madame Verdurin, keine Notiz zur »Feindseligkeit der violetten Vorhänge« im Hotel in Balbec, zum vergessenen Fächer der Königin von Neapel oder der Hängelampe im Esszimmer von Combray. Gehören diese Dinge demnach nicht dazu? Handelt es sich um Uneigentliches, um Beiwerk oder Requisiten? Oder sind diese Objekte im Ordnungssystem eines Lexikons einfach nicht adressierbar? Aber warum? Der Beitrag geht diesen Fragen nach und versucht, den Gegenständen in À la recherche du temps perdu die gleiche Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken, die in der Regel nur den handelnden Charakteren des Romans gewidmet wird. Zugleich geht es um die Hinterlassenschaften von Prousts Existenz, die gelegentlich mit Dingen im Roman identifiziert wurden. Aber wie kann ein reales Ding in einen Roman eingehen? Und findet es jemals wieder heraus?

Philippe Michel-Thiriet's , published in 1999, contains beside biographical data a »lexicon of characters« and a »lexicon of places in the Recherche.« There is, however, no »lexicon of objects:« No directory of the furniture in the parlor of Madame Verdurin, no comment on the »enmity of the violet curtains« in the Hotel of Balbec, the Queen of Naple's forgotten fan or the hanging lamp in the dining room in Combray. Are these objects thus not part of the novel? Are they mere accessories and requisites? Or are they simply not classifiable in the systematic categories of a lexicon? But why? The paper addresses these questions and tries to give the objects in the attention that usually only the novel's protagonists receive. At the same time, it deals with the legacies of Proust's existence that are occasionally identified with the objects in the novel. But how can a real object enter a novel? And does it ever find its way back out?
Objet sentimental
Authors: Heesen Anke te
Published: March 2019

Mit Carlo Ginzburgs Einführung des Begriffs Spurensicherung für das Arbeiten des Historikers im Jahr 1979 bildet sich eine neue kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektive. Daniel Spoerri und Marie Louise von Plessen initiieren in Köln das zweite Musée Sentimental, eine Ausstellung, die sich auf die Rekonstruktion vergangener Geschichten anhand von angeordneten Objekten stützt. Der Artikel richtet sein Augenmerk auf eine Ausstellungspraxis, die sich der Kulturtechnik des Spurenlesens verschreibt und aus der Hervorhebung des Alltäglichen erzeugt wird.

The year 1979 marks a turning point for cultural studies: Carlo Ginzburg introduces the term »securing of traces« to historiography. In Cologne, Daniel Spoerri und Marie Louise von Plessen initiate the second , an exposition that explores the reconstruction of past stories via arranged objects. The paper focuses on an exhibition strategy that dedicates itself to the cultural technique of »reading traces«, produced by an emphasis on the trivialities of everyday.
Tokens, Suckers und der Great New York Token War
Authors: Höhne Stefan
Published: March 2019

"Sowohl in den antiken Mythen des Übergangs der Toten in den Hades wie auch in der New Yorker Subway sind es kleine münzartige Artefakte, welche transitorische Praktiken und Subjekte entscheidend formen. Die zahlreichen Konflikte und Subversionen um diese Objekte offenbaren ihre Offenheit als konfiguriert durch die Gefüge, in denen sie sich bewegen. Versteht man also, was Gefüge sind und welche Wirkungen sie entfalten, erlaubt dies, die soziale Wirkmächtigkeit von Artefakten besser zu verstehen.

Both in ancient myths about the passage of the dead to Hades and in the New York subway, small coin-like artifacts shape decisively transitory practices and subjects alike. The numerous conflicts and subversions surrounding these objects reveal their openness as configured by the assemblages in which they develop. Thus, understanding what assemblages are and what effects they produce, one might understand the social effectiveness of artifacts more clearly.
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Utilization of a Manufacturability Assessment Methodology and Metric: a Case Study Application
Authors: Fuller Sara , McCall Tonya , Wall Emily , Falls Terril
Published: March 2019

The exact amount of a product’s cost that is committed during the design phase is commonly debated, however based on the literature it is generally agreed that 70-85% of the costs are committed during the design phase. This information combined with the Department of Defense (DoD) focus on engineered resilient systems (ERS) has led to the research and development of a Manufacturability Assessment Knowledge based Evaluation (MAKE) methodology. This research is focused on the development of a manufacturability methodology to evaluate and assess alternative product designs in the early life cycle stages. McCall et al outlines the research efforts focused on the creation of the methodology and development and testing of a corresponding software tool. The research has continued forward with enhancements to the MAKE methodology and tool based on case study findings, which is the basis for this paper.

The case study provided valuable insight into the research and development activities needed to improve the methodology to better fit with an early lifecycle development phase. Subsequently, a software tool redesign effort took place to improve the outputs available to the user and to streamline the methodology process. This paper will discuss the improvements for the design of the updated version of the MAKE tool and how it can be used for future assessments of DoD products for benefit to the warfighter.
Review Artikel "The Development of Digital Economy in Indonesia"
Authors: Ananda Nisrina Adianti
Published: March 2019

The current number of internet users in Indonesia has exceeded 50% of the total population, with an average expenditure of IDR 6.5 million per annum for online shopping. The value of e-commerce has reached US$ 87.8 or 52% of the e-commerce market in Southeast Asia. On the one hand, the development of digital lifestyle and digital technology-based industries has become a necessity, but on the other hand, it will become “a serious threat” for traditional and conventional businesses as a result of changes in consumer shopping characteristics, that is, fast, practical, and inexpensive. Millennial generation is very familiar with digital technology and becomes potential target to increase market share. This research is categorized as qualitative research with positive paradigm. This research uses primary data and secondary data with the focus on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and the behavior of consumers as internet (smartphone) users. The results show that there are still some problems with regulation, collaboration, and infrastructure that need to be addressed so as not to hamper the growth of the digital economy and the stability of the financial system in Indonesia.
The Simplified Mortgage and Recorded Title ('SMART') Act of 2019
Authors: Hockett Robert C.
Published: March 2019

We design a digital home mortgage and title registry system, overseen by a new public sector entity, to provide clearing and settlement efficiencies in mortgage-related instruments comparable to those enabled by the Depository Trust Company (‘DTC’) in other investment securities. We believe such a system to be a prerequisite to the return of a safe, transparent, and liquid ‘private’ secondary market in mortgage loans.
The Green New Deal
Authors: Hockett Robert C.
Published: March 2019

This white paper lays out the guiding vision behind the Green New Deal Resolution proposed to the U.S. Congress by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bill Markey in February of 2019. It explains the senses in which the Green New Deal is 'green' on the one hand, and a new 'New Deal' on the other hand. It also 'makes the case' for a shamelessly ambitious, not a low-ball or slow-walked, Green New Deal agenda. At the core of the paper's argument lies the observation that only a true national mobilization on the scale of those associated with the original New Deal and the Second World War will be up to the task of comprehensively revitalizing the nation's economy, justly growing our middle class, and expeditiously achieving carbon-neutrality within the twelve-year time-frame that climate science tells us we have before reaching an environmental 'tipping point.' But this is actually good news, the paper argues. For, paradoxically, an ambitious Green New Deal also will be the most 'affordable' Green New Deal, in virtue of the enormous productivity, widespread prosperity, and attendant public revenue benefits that large-scale public investment will bring. In effect, the Green New Deal will amount to that very transformative stimulus which the nation has awaited since the crash of 2008 and its debt-deflationary sequel.
Endocannabinoid System and Ocular Vascularization
Authors: Iancu Raluca , Coman Ioana-Cristina , Barac Cosmina , Al Hammoud Mohammad , Popa Cherecheanu Alina
Published: March 2019

The focus of this review is the role of endocannabinoid system in ocular and systemic circulation. By critically examining preclinical and clinical research, we explore the cannabinoid receptors localization and vascular implications as well as their interaction with other anti-inflammatory drugs. The objective is to transfer knowledge on the use of cannabinoids, specifically their effect on ocular circulation and intraocular pressure, and provide a better understanding of the endocannabinoid system complexity in modulating local and systemic circulations in order to identify potential uses and limitations of cannabinoid-based therapeutics.
Outcomes of Silicone Oil Removal in Complex Retinal Detachment
Authors: Shah Ritesh , Byanju Raghunandan , Pradhan Sangita
Published: March 2019

Introduction: Pars plana vitrectomy in combination with intraocular tamponade with silicone oil is a standard technique in the treatment of complex retinal detachment. Although the use of silicone oil has improved the results of retinal detachment surgery, its removal is recommended due to the ocular complications related to its long term use. However, retinal redetachment can occur after silicone oil removal.

Objective: To evaluate the anatomical and visual outcome after silicone oil removal (SOR) in eyes with complicated retinal detachment.

Material and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 64 eyes of 64 consecutive patients of silicone oil removal over a period of 12 months. All eyes had undergone standard 3 ports pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil placement for complicated retinal detachment. Cases that completed at least 1 month follow up duration after SOR were included in the study. Anatomical success after SOR was achieved in 56 of 64 eyes (87.5%). Seven of 8 redetachments (87.5%) were seen in eyes with silicone oil tamponade duration of less than 6 months. Visual acuity improved or was stabilized in 49 of 64 eyes (76.6%). Using paired T-test, it was found that there was no significant difference in pre and post SOR visual acuity. Postoperative ocular hypertension, corneal decompensation, band shaped keratopathy and hypotony was observed in 9.4%, 4.7%, 6.4% and 21.9% respectively.

Conclusion: Although there was no significant improvement in visual acuity, redetachment and complication rates were comparable to other studies. The duration of endotamponade was not significantly associated with the redetachment rate. Key words: Silicone oil removal, Redetachment, Visual outcome, Keratopathy, ocular hypertension.
Overwintering strategy of Ips typographus L. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in Croatian spruce forests on lowest elevation
Authors: Kasumović Luka , Lindelöw Ake , Hrašovec Boris
Published: March 2019

Better understanding of overwintering strategy in Ips typographus is crucial in planning of sanitation felling as hot spots recovery measure. Bark and needle litter are present as overwintering niches within the species. At the lowest elevation (500 m a. s. l.) in spruce stands 85 % of beetles overwinter under the bark. Overwintering behavior is elevation adaptable, and portion of beetles which overwinters under the bark of attacked trees increase with decreasing of elevation. The results suggest presence of high plasticity within the species which is well adaptable to changeable habitat and temperature conditions. High in the mountains sanitation felling need to be implemented early in autumn before beetles end the development, while at lower elevations a good result can be achieved with felling early in spring before the start of new generation. During the winter bark peels off the dense attacked tress very often and changes the beetle ratio between niches. This fact needs to be considered in planning of sanitation felling early in spring before fly period of I. typographus.
Floristic and microclimatic features of the Sovljak doline (Mt. Velika Kapela, Croatia)
Authors: Vilović Tihana , Buzjak Suzana , Buzjak Nenad
Published: March 2019

The relation between floristic composition, microclimate and geomorphology of a large-sized karst doline was analysed in the area of the Sovljak doline located on the Mt. Velika Kapela. Habitat conditions in various parts of the doline, due to its morphology, were described in this work. Geomorphological observations, microclimatic measurements (including air temperature, relative humidity and dew point temperature data) and flora inventory were carried out. Ellenberg’s indicator values, life forms, chorological and taxonomical analyses were performed, as well as the analysis of habitat similarity. The doline slopes (northern and southern) appeared to offer different habitat conditions than its bottom, due to their morphological and microclimatic differences, which resulted in high taxa variability along short distances in the doline. Furthermore, the presence of temperature inversion promoted the development of the vegetation inversion, which is common in such large dolines.
Large time behavior of unbounded solutions of first-order Hamilton–Jacobi equations in RN
Authors: Barles Guy , Ley Olivier , Nguyen Thi-Tuyen , Phan Thanh Viet
Published: March 2019

We study the large time behavior of solutions of first-order convex Hamilton–Jacobi Equations of Eikonal type [Formula: see text], set in the whole space [Formula: see text]. We assume that l is bounded from below but may have arbitrary growth and therefore the solutions may also have arbitrary growth. A complete study of the structure of solutions of the ergodic problem [Formula: see text] is provided: contrarily to the periodic setting, the ergodic constant is not anymore unique, leading to different large time behavior for the solutions. We establish the ergodic behavior of the solutions of the Cauchy problem (i) when starting with a bounded from below initial condition and (ii) for some particular unbounded from below initial condition, two cases for which we have different ergodic constants which play a role. When the solution is not bounded from below, an example showing that the convergence may fail in general is provided.
Asymptotic analysis of an advection-diffusion equation and application to boundary controllability
Authors: Amirat Youcef , Münch Arnaud
Published: March 2019

We perform the asymptotic analysis of the scalar advection-diffusion equation [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], with respect to the diffusion coefficient ε. We use the matched asymptotic expansion method which allows to describe the boundary layers of the solution. We then use the asymptotics to discuss the controllability property of the solution for [Formula: see text].
Asymptotics of the heat kernels on 2D lattices
Authors: Gurevich Pavel
Published: March 2019

We obtain asymptotic expansions of the spatially discrete 2D heat kernels, or Green’s functions on lattices, with respect to powers of time variable up to an arbitrary order and estimate the remainders uniformly on the whole lattice. Unlike in the 1D case, the asymptotics contains a time independent term. The derivation of its spatial asymptotics is the technical core of the paper. Besides numerical applications, the obtained results play a crucial role in the analysis of spatio-temporal patterns for reaction-diffusion equations on lattices, in particular rattling patterns for hysteretic diffusion systems.
Segmentation of pulmonary vascular tree by incorporating vessel enhancement filter and variational region-growing
Authors: Duan Hui-Hong , Su Guan-Qun , Huang Yi-Chao , Song Li-Tao , Nie Sheng-Dong
Published: March 2019

BACKGROUND:

Automatic segmentation of pulmonary vascular tree in the thoracic computed tomography (CT) image is a promising but challenging task with great clinical potential values. It is difficult to segment the whole vascular tree in reasonable time and acceptable accuracy.

OBJECTIVE:

To develop a novel pulmonary vessel segmentation approach by incorporating vessel enhancement filters and the anisotropic diffusion filter with the variational region growing.

METHODS:

First, the airway wall from the lung lobes is eliminated from CT images by using multi-scale morphological operations. Second, a Hessian-based multi-scale vesselness filter and medialness filter are applied to detect and enhance the potential vessel. Third, an anisotropic diffusion filter is used to remove noise and enhance the tube-like structures in CT images. Last, the vascular tree is segmented by applying variational region growing algorithm.

RESULTS:

Applying to the CT images collected from the entire dataset of VESSEL12 challenge, we achieved an average sensitivity of 92.9%, specificity of 91.6% and the area under the ROC curve of AUC = 0.972.

CONCLUSIONS:

This study demonstrated feasibility of segmenting the pulmonary vessel effectively by incorporating vessel enhancement filters and the anisotropic diffusion filter with the variational region growing algorithm. Our method cannot only segment both large and peripheral vessels, but also distinguish the vessels from the adjacent tissues, especially the airway walls.
Penggunaan Pakan Ikan Berimunostimulan Dalam Meningkatkan Produksi Dan Kualitas Produksi Kelompok Pembudidaya Ikan
Authors: Manoppo Henky , Rantung Steelma Vivera
Published: March 2019

Tujuan kegiatan program kemitraan masyarakat (PKM) ini adalah untuk meningkatkan produksi dan kualitas produksi kelompok pembudidaya ikan (pokdakan) melalui pemberian pakan berimunostimulan. Metode kegiatan adalah penyuluhan dan pelatihan yang diberikan melalui tahapan penjelasan, diskusi, praktek dan pendampingan. Pelatihan diberikan dalam bentuk praktek 75% sedangkan teori 25% dengan  alat bantu berupa laptop, infocus, audio visual, boardmarker. Dalam prtaktek, anggota-anggota pokdakan diajarkan cara membuat pakan dengan penambahan imunostimulan.  Setelah empat bulan masa pemeliharaan, ikan yang diberi pakan dengan penambahan imunostimulan memiliki bobot tubuh sekitar 30% lebih besar dari ikan yang tidak diberi imunostimulan. Sebagai kesimpulan, penggunaan pakan dengan penambahan imunostimulan dapat meningkatkan produksi dan kualitas produksi akuakultur.Kata Kunci: Imunostimulan, Ragi Roti, Akuakultur, Pertumbuhan, PKM
Pemanfaatan Unity Dalam Perancangan Game Simulasi Pemeliharaan Hewan Bagi Anak Usia Dini Berbasis Android
Authors: Kurnia Muhammad Bayu
Published: March 2019

Game merupakan media hiburan yang banyak diminati oleh masyarakat saat ini, termasuk oleh anak-anak. Selain menjadi media hiburan, game juga bisa dijadikan media untuk pembelajaran anak. Perkembangan industri game pada saat ini sangat pesat dengan berbagai macam jenis genre. Jenis game yang saat ini salah satunya yang digemari adalah game bergenre life simulation, dimana jenis game ini berusaha untuk mensimulasikan kehidupan sehari. Selain menjadi media hiburan, game juga bisa dijadikan media untuk pembelajaran anak. Dengan media game proses pembelajaran akan lebih menyenangkan. Sehingga anak akan lebih bersemangat untuk belajar. Hewan peliharaan sendiri dapat mengajarkan anak tentang rasa tanggung jawab, Hubungan anak-anak dengan hewan peliharaan umumnya tumbuh dengan rasa tanggung jawab dan kasih sayang untuk orang lain di masa dewasanya. hewan sendiri membutuhkan kasih sayang dan perhatian setiap waktu, serta bergantung pada manusia untuk makan, bermain dan lain sebagainya. Game 2D tentang merawat hewan ini adalah permainan yang dapat membantu mendidik dan mengajarkan anak tentang rasa tanggung jawab. Anak yang aktif dalam membesarkan hewan peliharaannya dapat tumbuh menjadi pribadi yang lebih baik serta belajar tentang kasih sayang terhadap sesama.
The effect of foreign direct investment on financial
development
Authors: Abdalmajeed Alsmadi Ayman , Salem Oudat Mohammad
Published: March 2019

The aim of this paper
is to analyze the relationship between foreign direct investments and financial
development in Bahrain. The estimation financial development effects was
performed for the period 1978 to 2015, which covers the political conflicts
that recently happened in Middle East area (Arab Spring). On the other hand,
the paper sought to examine the causality relationship between foreign direct
investments and financial development. The study empirically
investigates the short and long run equilibrium relationship between the
variables by applied co-integration and Autoregressive Distributed Lags
Approach (ARDL). The Granger causality test was employed to capture causality
relationship. The obtained results show that there is a significant positive
relationship between FDI and financial development in short and long run,
while, a significant negative relationship between Arab Spring and financial
development. However, the results also revealed bidirectional causality
relationship between FDI and financial development.
Energy consumption and financial development in South
Africa
Authors: M. Odhiambo Nicholas
Published: March 2019

This paper examines the dynamic
relationship between energy consumption and financial development in South
Africa during the period 1980-2013. In order to address the omission of
variable bias, the study has included economic growth as an intermittent
variable between financial development and energy consumption. Unlike some previous studies, this study uses
three proxies for financial development:
i) domestic credit to the private sector as a percentage of GDP as a proxy for
financial institutions’ depth; ii) bank credit to bank deposits as a proxy for
financial institutions’ stability; and iii) bank lending-deposit spread as a proxy for financial institutions’
efficiency. Using the ARDL bounds
testing approach to cointegration and Granger-causality test, the obtained
results show that there is a distinct
long-run unidirectional causal flow from financial development to energy
consumption in South Africa. This applies irrespective of which proxy has been
used to measure the level of financial development. The study also finds that
there is a long-run unidirectional causality from economic growth to energy
consumption, and a unidirectional causality from economic growth to financial
development when bank lending-deposit interest rates spread is used as a proxy
for financial development. This, therefore, implies that energy consumption in
South Africa is largely driven by the growth-led financial development in the
long run.
Proizvodnja voćnog i loznog sadnog materijala u 2017. godini u Hrvatskoj
Authors: Brus Krunoslav , Horvat - Budimir Kristina
Published: March 2019

Proizvodnju voćnog i loznog poljoprivrednog sadnog materijala u 2017. godini za stručni nadzor Hrvatskom centru za poljoprivredu, hranu i selo, Zavodu za sjemenarstvo i rasadaničarstvo prijavilo je 60 rasadnika voćnih sadnica i 15 rasadnika loznih cijepova. Ukupno je prijavljeno 4.394.442 voćnih sadnica i 3.057.226 loznih cijepova, što predstavlja blagi porast količine proizvodnje voćnog i loznog sadnog materijala. Ukupno su u proizvodnji 31 voćna vrsta i 69 sorti vinove loze. U prijavljenoj strukturi proizvodnje voćnih sadnica najviše su zastupljene jabuke sa 36,01 % i lijeska sa 20,11 %, a zatim masline (6,42 %), kruške (5,76 %), višnje (4,68 %), trešnje (3,82 %), šljive (3,65 %), itd. Od ukupne prijavljene količine voćnih sadnica 15 % su sadnice certificirane kategorije, dok je od ukupne prijavljene količine loznih cijepova certificiranih 54 %.
The condition of the acute cerebral circulation for the ischemic type: the clinical case
Authors: Svyrydova N. K. , Popov O. V. , Kravchuk N. O. , Ingula N. l. , Bondarenko A. S. , Usovych K. M. , Svystun V. Y. , Lytvychenko B. V.
Published: March 2019

Cardiovascular diseases (COD] occupy a leading place in the structure of general morbidity, primary disability and total mortality in Ukraine. Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease of the large and medium-sized arteries causing luminal narrowing (focal or diffuse) as a result of the accumulation of lipid and fibrous material between the intimal and medial layers of the vessel. Atherosclerosis involves an ongoing inflammatory response. Atherosclerosis leads to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, which gradually increases in size and narrows the lumen of the vessel. Hypertension and atherosclerosis are the most common of the studied risk factors that lead to the development of stroke.