bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Validitas konstrak instrumen evaluasi outcome lembaga pendidikan guru vokasional
Authors: Yuniarti Nurhening , Soenarto Soenarto
Published: December 2016

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan bukti validitas konstrak dari instrumen yang digunakan untuk kegiatan evaluasi outcome dari lembaga pendidikan guru vokasional. Instrumen ini terdiri atas 3 jenis instrumen. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Kriteria yang digunakan untuk melihat kecocokan model adalah: p-value, normed Chi-square (X2/df), RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error of Approximation), RMR (Root Mean-square Residual), GFI (Goodness-of-Fit Index), NFI (Normed Fit Index), Non-Normed Fit Index (NNFI), dan CFI (Comparative Fit Index). Bukti validitas instrumen dapat dilihat pada besarnya faktor loading dan t-value.  Jika loading factor lebih besar dari 0,3 dengan t-valuelebih besar dari 1,96 maka butir pernyataan dapat dikategorikan valid. Berdasarkan hasil analisis diperoleh hasil: (1) pada instrumen I terdapat 26 butir yang dinyatakan valid; (2) pada instrumen II terdapat 23 butir yang dinyatakan valid; dan (3) pada instrumen III terdapat 18 butir yang dinyatakan valid.Kata kunci: validitas konstrak, evaluasi, lembaga pendidikan guru vokasional CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF OUTCOME EVALUATION INSTRUMENT IN VOCATIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONAbstractThis research aims to get the construct validity evidence of the outcome evaluation instrument of vocational teacher education institution. The instrument consists of 3 kinds of instruments. The analysis technique that is used to test the construct validity is confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The criteria used to determine the goodness of fit were: p-value, normed Chi-square (X2/df), RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error of Approximation), RMR (Root Mean-square Residual), GFI (Goodness-of-Fit Index), NFI (Normed Fit Index), Non-Normed Fit Index (NNFI), and CFI (Comparative Fit Index). The evidence of the construct validity was based on the standardized loading factor and t-value. If the loading factor > 0.3 with t-value > 1.96, the item is valid. Based on the analysis, the research results are: (1) 26 item of the instrument I are categorized valid; (2) 23 items of instrument II are categorized valid; and (3) 18 items of instrument III are categorized valid.Keywords: construct validity, evaluation, vocational teacher education institution
Model evaluasi ujian nasional kompetensi keahlian teknik pemesinan SMK
Authors: Wijono Slamet , Mardapi Djemari
Published: December 2016

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) mengidentifikasi komponen-komponen penyelenggaraan Ujian Nasional Kompetensi Keahlian (UNKK) Teknik Pemesinan SMK, (2) mengembangkan instrumen penyelenggaraan UNKK Teknik Pemesinan SMK, (3) menyusun panduan evaluasi penyelenggaraan UNKK Teknik Pemesinan SMK, dan (4) mengembangkan model evaluasi UNKK Teknik Pemesinan SMK. Teknik penyimpulan pendapat pakar dihitung dengan rumus Aiken; validitas konstruk instrumen dianalisis menggunakan confirmatory faktor analysis, goodness of-fit test ditentukan dengan kriteria p ˃ 0,05; reliabilitas diestimasi menggunakan Cronbach Alpha. Hasil penelitian adalah sebagai berikut. (1) Komponen penyelenggaraan UNKK Teknik Pemesinan SMK mencakup: (a) kolaborasi sekolah dengan asosiasi profesi dan DU/DI, (b) kinerja asesor, (c) sarana dan prasarana, (d) pengetahuan siswa terhadap kegiatan UNKK SMK, (e) informasi capaian kompetensi siswa, dan (f) legalitas dan pengakuan asosiasi profesi dan DU/DI; (2) instrumen evaluasi dalam kategori baik dan uji keterbacaan instrumen dalam kategori baik atau layak digunakan, (3) Panduan penerapan instrumen evaluasi berdasarkan penilaian para pimpinan sekolah dan guru termasuk kategori layak untuk digunakan, dan (4) Uji kecocokan model evaluasi UNKK Teknik Pemesinan SMK memenuhi syarat fit model.Kata kunci: model, evaluasi, ujian nasional kompetensi keahlian teknik pemesinan SMK AN EVALUATION MODEL OF THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION OF EXPERTISE COMPETENCIES AT VHSAbstratcThis study aims to: (1) identify the components of the implementation of the National Examination of Expertise Competencies (NEEC) at the vocational high school (VHS), (2) develop reliable and accurate instruments to evaluate the implementation of the NEEC at VHS, (3) develop guidelines for an evaluation of the NEEC at VHS, and (4) develop model for an evaluation of the NEEC at VHS. The expert judgment conclusions were calculated by the Aiken formula, the instrument construct validity was analyzed with confirmatory factor analysis by the goodness-of- fit test at level of significance p ˃ 0,05, the reliability was estimated by Cronbach Alpha. The conclusions of the study are as follows. (1) The components of the implementation of the NEEC at VHS include: (a) the collaboration between schools and profession associations and business sectors/industrial sectors (BS/IS), (b) assessors’ performances, (c) infrastructure facilities, (d) students’ understanding of the NEEC at VHS, (e) information about the attainment of students’ competencies, and (f) the legality and recognition from profession associations and BS/IS; (2) The developed evaluation instrument sets are good and the instrument readability test are good and appropriate to use; (3) The guideline for the application of the evaluation instruments, based on the assessment by principals and teachers, are appropriate to use; (4) The model for an evaluation of the NEEC at VHS matches fit model.Keywords: model, evaluation, national examination of expertise competencie
Paraprotein–Related Kidney Disease: Attack of the Killer M Proteins
Authors: Perazella Mark A. , Finkel Kevin W. ,   for the American Society of Nephrology Onco-Nephology Forum
Published: December 2016

Paraproteins are monoclonal Igs or their components (light or heavy chains) that are produced by a clonal population of mature B cells, most commonly plasma cells. These paraproteins or monoclonal proteins are secreted into the blood and subsequently filtered by the glomerulus before entering into urine, where they can cause various types of kidney disease, including both glomerular and tubulointerstitial injuries. Furthermore, a monoclonal protein that causes a specific glomerular or tubulointerstitial lesion in a human can reproducibly cause the same pathology when injected into an animal, supporting unique paraprotein characteristics. This Moving Points in Nephrology will provide an update for the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology readership on some of the clinically relevant kidney lesions associated with monoclonal paraprotein production and the pathophysiology underlying these kidney lesions.
La dimensión escatológica del sacramento de la penitencia.
Authors: Larraín Fierro Álvaro
Published: December 2016

Christian hope carries us to wait for the fnal triumph of Christ over the sin and the death. It is established in the absolution of the sins that he has reached by the mystery of the death and resurrection. That labor of reconciliation is present today in the Christ’s Church. Christ has trusted the mystery of forgiving the sins will fnish at the end of the age with the institution of the complete defnitive communion between the man with God and the man among them. The penitence sacrament and reconciliation, its redeemer effcacy come out at Paschal mystery constitute a scatological sign because it anticipates sacramentally the God’s judgment at the end of the earthly life in the way of a gracefulness judgment that surpass the condemnation and anticipate in real way, even if incomplete and not defnitive, the fnal and complete triumph over the sin and the total conversion of the penitent sinner and their complete reconciliation with God.
Towards reinforcing or contesting the vision of the rule of law?
Authors: Senn Myriam
Published: December 2016

The UN Declaration of 24 September 2012 reaffirming the commitment of Heads of State and Government to the Rule of Law reflects the current uneasiness accompanying the application of just the concept. This paper argues that it is also due to discrepancies in its worldwide understanding and to the rise of non-state, transnational regulatory regimes. Presumably they are not compelled to apply it as such. Thus, a governance issue arises to either reinforce or contest the rule of law
Competitive intelligence tools used by small and medium-sized enterprises
Authors: Nenzhelele Tshilidzi Eric
Published: December 2016

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) contribute highly to the gross domestic product, reduction in unemployment, wealth creation and improvement in the quality of life. Due to technology and globalisation, SMEs now compete with enterprises beyond the borders of their country. To survive in this global competitive business environment, SMEs seek for tools that offer competitive advantage. Competitive Intelligence (CI) provides competitive advantage to enterprises that practice it. While CI practice has been widely research for larger enterprises, there is lack of research on CI practice pertaining to SMEs. This research establishes tools used by SMEs in CI practice. The research was quantitative in nature and a self-administered questionnaire was used to collected data from owners/managers of SMEs.
A comparative study of the application of alternative risk transfer methods of insurance in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Authors: Sibindi Athenia Bongani
Published: December 2016

Alternative risk transfer techniques represent the crown jewels in the risk management arena. This non-traditional method of insurance has gained prominence over the last few decades. Against this backdrop, the present study seeks to unravel the development of the alternative risk financing insurance segment within a developing country setting. The study specifically sets out to compare and contrast the ART insurance market segments of South Africa and Zimbabwe. The study is documents that the Zimbabwean market is at a nascent stage of development, whilst the South African market is fully developed. Notwithstanding the prospects for the development of this sector looks bright.
Analysing annual financial statements of public ordinary secondary schools in the Tshwane north district, South Africa
Authors: Doussy Elizabeth , Doussy Frank
Published: December 2016

This paper presents the results from an analysis of the annual financial statements of public ordinary secondary schools in the Tshwane North District, South Africa. The analysis was done to assess the quality of these annual financial statements as well as the apparent usefulness thereof for the parents of the learners in the school. These users are probably most concerned with the quality and usefulness of information presented to them for providing the necessary assurance that the funds received by the school are properly accounted for and used to the advantage of their children. The results suggest that assurance in this regard is lacking as audits are not done at all, or are of an extremely poor quality. The quality of the financial statements is also poor, with scant regard for Generally Accepted Accounting Practice or the South African Schools Act. Urgent intervention from the Education Departments is needed to ensure that the South African Schools Act is adhered to and that proper audits are conducted by suitably qualified accountants and auditors. The South African Institute for Chartered Accountants (SAICA) should also play a more positive role in this regard by ensuring that audit practices are enforced and quality annual financial statements are presented.
Generational motivation and preference for reward and recognition
Authors: Close Donné , Martins Nico
Published: December 2016

Generation sub-groups have been and continue to be stereotyped as requiring different approaches in the workplace and elsewhere with regard to what keeps them motivated and satisfied. Two measuring instruments were distributed electronically to all staff of a South African Facilities Management firm. The one-way ANOVA was conducted with post-hoc tests to establish which factors display statistically significant differences between generations. The findings demonstrated that certain generation sub-groups have preferences for different types of reward, reward categories, and have different perceptions about what types of reward attracts, motivates and retains employees. The main recommendation is that the company needs to adopt a flexible approach to reward and recognition that allows employees to tailor their reward structure to their own needs.
The (non)-utilisation of information provided by the senior information officers to the researchers in the Gauteng provincial legislature
Authors: Netshivhuyu A.C. , Madue Stephens Mpedi
Published: December 2016

Members of legislatures are relying on the researchers to guide and advise them on the alternatives to deliver on their constitutional mandates of law making, oversight, public participation and cooperative governance. The researchers are also dependent on the Senior Information Officers for the provision of current comprehensive, unbiased and reliable information in order to develop research and advisory documents to be used by legislators when carrying out their mandates. However, legislators often decry the standard of research and advisory documents, citing the shortcomings which include among others: inadequateness, inaccuracy and lack of credibility of the information upon which they are to base their decisions or policy direction. This study was set out to investigate the extent to which researchers in the legislatures utilise the information provided by the Senior Information Officers (SIOs) and/or the reasons for non-utilisation thereof in cases where information is not utilised. The study used a qualitative research approach to establish meaning from the views of the participants. In-depth interviews were used as a key method of data collection. The findings of this study suggest that the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s researchers do not make full use of the Information provided to them by the SIOs. Furthermore, researchers appeared not to value the role played by the SIOs in keeping the legislators informed but rather as duplicating the researchers’ role.
The impact of leadership styles on project success: Case of a telecommunications company
Authors: Lategan Tammy , Fore Stanley
Published: December 2016

Challenges within the customer service industry make leadership styles a key factor in the success of customer service project delivery. This research provides an overview of information and knowledge within a corporate environment with an underlying theme of defining leadership styles within the customer service projects environment to ensure successful project delivery. This research aims to investigate the perception of leadership styles required and factors that contribute to successful project delivery effectiveness within a telecommunication customer service environment. A conceptual research model is formulated and is followed by a quantitative research process and analysis. The results of the study identified that employees had a neutral perception to leadership styles however; different leadership styles are important to themselves and the organisation.
The role of universities in promoting social entrepreneurship in South Africa
Authors: Lekhanya Lawrence Mpele
Published: December 2016

Social entrepreneurship can help to reduce socio-economic problems facing many countries including South Africa. Also it can be used as a strategic tool in building social cohesion in country. This paper aimed to examine the role of Universities in promoting social entrepreneurship in South Africa. The study also look assess the support that universities are providing to social entrepreneurship and to evaluate the extend of the support. The paper also analyses most strategies used by South African universities to help the development of social entrepreneurship. Mix approaches of qualitative and quantitative techniques were employed for data collection. The primary data was collected from six universities in South Africa where two comprehensive universities, two universities of Technologies from KwaZulu -Natal province and two comprehensive universities in Gauteng province were chosen for sample for this study. The sample consisted of 40 respondents made up of deans of faculties, heads of departments, and director of social entrepreneurship and head of social entrepreneurship department respectively according to structure of each university. Combination of structured qualitative and five –point Likert scale questionnaire were emailed to the respondents to complete. The results reveal that most of respondents are not involved in social entrepreneurship activities, or any entrepreneurship development programs. The findings also indicate that some respondents they had no clue about social entrepreneurship that their universities are involved in. the study was limited by exploratory nature. Therefore, generalization must be done with care. Further research should aim to target large sample and include other academic staff rather than focusing only on the deans and heads of departments.
Customer satisfaction as a mediator between causes (trust and communication) and the outcome (customer loyalty) in business-to-business relationship marketing in the South African cement manufacturing industry
Authors: Mbango Phineas , Phiri Maxwell Agabu
Published: December 2016

Customer loyalty has become more relevant in the cement industry since the unbundling of the cartel system in 1994, the entrance of new competitors into the market and the effect of globalization. This study’s literature review reveals that there is limited published research in the Cement Industry, particularly in South Africa, which deals with customer loyalty management. The major objective of the study was to test satisfaction as a mediator between causes and outcome, the causes being trust and communication and the outcome being customer loyalty. The methodological approach followed was a survey and quantitative in nature. Data were collected from 362 major business-to-business cement customers throughout South Africa’s nine provinces using the face-to-face interview technique with self-administered questionnaires. The data collected in the empirical study were analysed using the structural equations modelling (SEM). The results show that in order to maintain customer loyalty, a cement supplier has to focus on strategies to build relationships on the basis of creating customer satisfaction and/or exceeding customer needs and wants. They also need to invest in enhancing customer trust and communication. Another important finding is that trust and communication have no direct effect on loyalty. Customer satisfaction is therefore the most important mediator as it leads to customer loyalty. Customer loyalty is crucial for business success in terms of repeat purchase, referrals (word-of-mouth marketing), retention and long-term profitability. There exists evidence from literature of an outcry for a need for future studies to examine causes and outcomes of satisfaction to specific industries. This study contributes to theory and practice by closing that gap, by providing a framework of causes and outcomes of satisfaction specifically aimed at the cement industry. Another contribution of this study is its examination of the sequential logic of causes and outcomes of satisfaction in business-to-business relationships in the cement industry. This study hopes to make a practical contribution in helping marketing managers of cement companies to come up with marketing strategies of ensuring customer loyalty
Budaya dan Kearifan Dakwah
Authors: Syarifah Masykurotus
Published: December 2016

When talking about propaganda and cross-cultural communication, there are at least three key words to unravel these issues, namely propaganda, communication, and culture. All of the three have their own meaning and function. Here the need for more in-depth decomposition.Learning cross-cultural communication is necessary because it is a ticket for us to be able to adapt wherever we are, particularly in Indonesia where the various tribes and cultures live together. A prolonged conflict would occur if the person does not understand the differences and does nothing with cross-cultural communication. By studying how to build the cross-cultural communication, people will understand the differences and be neutral or moderate. So the conflict rose among different ethnic cultures will not happen. In addition, studying the cross-cultural communication will make us more cautious in building relationship to the different cultures. Preachers should be able to understand the place, culture, customs, and language of his objects because it will determine the success of their preaching.Keywords: Wisdom, Propaganda, Culture.
Pregnancy prevention and/or termination: On history of birth control in Serbia
Authors: Drezgic Rada
Published: December 2016

This text gives a brief survey of history of fertility control in Serbia from
the 19th century to present. Special attention is given to the mid 20th
century, the period during which currently still prevalent model of fertility
control has been constituted in Serbia. This model is marked by a combination
of behavioral methods and abortion, as a backup method. The author
scrutinizes structural and ideological features from different levels of
social organization that have framed this model of family planning and
examines its advantages over medical contraception from the users?
perspective. Finally, the text discusses the ambivalent status of abortion in
society which has been at the same time rather widespread and normalized
method of birth control and stigmatized.
Dominant research approaches to gentrification process
Authors: Backovic Vera
Published: December 2016

The intention of this paper is to systematize different explications of the
process of gentrification. Simply put, gentrification is the process of
changing built structures (buildings or their functions) in urban areas,
which tracks changes in the social characteristics of the neighborhood. Ideal
type it is possible to distinguish a pioneer and profitable gentrification.
In a pioneer gentrification future tenants themselves adapt working and
living space whereby they gentrify the neighborhood. In the case of
profitable gentrification investors and construction companies build
residential buildings which are intended for members of the (new) middle
class (service and/or creative class). In studying this process there are two
basic approaches: neo-Marxist and neo-Weberian approach. The basis of this
division is whether the explanations of gentrification starts with structural
changes that create space and assets that are suitable for gentrification; or
proceeds from the actions (selection) of actors who create or use gentrified
areas.
Worldview of religious fundamentalism
Authors: Pavlica Drazen
Published: December 2016

This paper deals with analysis of central elements that worldview of
religious fundamentalism contains. Introduction offers general indications on
essence of fundamentalism. In further exposition we pay attention to
determinative parts of it. In the first place, we want to comprehend the
patterns of holy scripts interpretation that fundamentalists use. Further, we
ask ourselves how they construct their own identity as well as identity of
other, as well as, in what sort of politics do they swear in? What kind of
relation towards death fundamentalists have? Also, what kind of concept of
historical course do they offer? At the end, we endeavor to reach
antropologic basis of fundamentalism as such.
Youth in the contemporary labour markets: A comparison of European Union and Serbia
Authors: Savkovic Marina , Gajic Jelena
Published: December 2016

Youth unemployment in Serbia is almost twice as higher than it is the average
of European Union member states. Assuming how certain similarity exists
between Serbia?s and EU?s labour market, our objective is to identify these
similarities and differences related to labour maket conditions. In this
context, we are discussing following topics: unemployment indicators, labor
market flexibility, qualitative labour market mismatch, work migrations of
the youth, family legacy influence on employment outcomes and labor market
policies. Based on comparative analysis of relevant researches and current
statistical data, increasing similarity of European Union member states and
Serbian labour markets is evident, especially in the aftermath of the
economic crisis. The reasons for similarity can not be simply considered as
convergence due to Serbia?s accession to the European Union. We also
highlighted considerable differences of the labour market conditions in
analysed cases that can permanently affect the socio-economic situation of
young people.
Victimology’s debt to Nils Christie: The outlasting legacy of a free thinker
Authors: Fattah Ezzat
Published: December 2016

The tragic accidental death of Nils Christie was a huge loss to the scholarly
worlds of criminology and victimology. An old dear friend and highly esteemed
colleague, Christie has been hailed as one of the most innovative
criminological thinkers of the 20th century. He left an outlasting legacy to
both criminology and victimology. His contributions are characterized by
their creativity, their originality and their clarity. To remedy what he saw
as a terrible injustice done to crime victims he outlined a court procedure
that restores the participants? right to their own conflict, a procedure that
provided the theoretical underpinnings of the restorative justice movement.
He drew attention to the fact that victimization is not an objectively
defined phenomenon but is a personal, relative and highly subjective
experience. He insisted that mental images of those subjected to the same
victimizing act could be and usually are quite varied. Criminology and
victimology owe much to Nils Christie. The present article briefly highlights
just a few of his significant contributions.
How to effectively compensate a victim of terrorism: Comparison of Serbian and Israel solutions
Authors: Mrvic-Petrovic Natasa , Petrovic Zdravko
Published: December 2016

Two models of victim compensation: through civil litigation and through
administrative public funds are explored in this article in order to compare
their effectiveness. Two legislations are compared: Serbian and Israel. A
special legal basis for compensation from the State is foreseen in Serbian
legislation. A natural person may claim compensation for the complete damage
caused, in case of death, bodily injury or destruction of property. However,
such claims are rarely charged. In Israel, limited amounts are paid from the
public funds to victims of hostile actions in case of death, bodily injury or
property damage. Israel also compensates companies for material damages on
the property that is located in areas with a high risk from terrorism. This
solution is considered to be more efficient, because it protects victims?
interests more effectively.
Restorative justice training in intercultural settings in Serbia, and the contribution of the arts
Authors: Liebmann Marian
Published: December 2016

This paper describes restorative justice training courses the author
delivered in Serbia and Montenegro in the period 2003-2006, set in the
context of the post-conflict situation, and reflects on the intercultural
elements added to this course. The author also makes reference to recent work
on hate crime and restorative justice in the UK as an extreme example of
intercultural conflict. The final two sections discuss the potential of the
arts in providing an extra (non-verbal) tool in this work, using as examples
two courses the author ran in Serbia.
Goals Set by Patients Using the ICF Model before Receiving Botulinum Injections and Their Relation to Spasticity Distribution
Authors: Choi Kevin , Peters Jaclyn , Tri Andrew , Chapman Elizabeth , Sasaki Ayako , Ismail Farooq , Boulias Chris , Reid Shannon , Phadke Chetan P.
Published: December 2016

Purpose: Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) is used to assess functional gains in response to treatment. Specific characteristics of the functional goals set by individuals receiving botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) injections for spasticity management are unknown. The primary objectives of this study were to describe the characteristics of the goals set by patients before receiving BoNTA injections using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and to determine whether the pattern of spasticity distribution affected the goals set. Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective chart review was carried out in an outpatient spasticity-management clinic in Toronto. A total of 176 patients with a variety of neurological lesions attended the clinic to receive BoNTA injections and completed GAS from December 2012 to December 2013. The main outcome measures were the characteristics of the goals set by the participants on the basis of ICF categories (body functions and structures, activity and participation) and the spasticity distribution using Modified Ashworth Scale scores. Results: Of the patients, 73% set activity and participation goals, and 27% set body functions and structures goals (p<0.05). In the activity and participation category, 30% of patients set moving and walking goals, 28% set self-care and dressing goals, and 12% set changing and maintaining body position goals. In the body functions and structures category, 18% set neuromuscular and movement-related goals, and 8% set pain goals. The ICF goal categories were not related to the patterns of spasticity (upper limb vs. lower limb or unilateral vs. bilateral spasticity) or type of upper motor neuron (UMN) lesion (p>0.05). Conclusion: Our results show that patients receiving BoNTA treatment set a higher percentage of activity and participation goals than body functions and structures goals. Goal classification was not affected by type of spasticity distribution or type of UMN disorder.
“Montag ist wieder Pegida-Tag!”: Pegida’s Community Building and Discursive Strategies
Authors: Druxes Helga
Published: December 2016

Pegida plays upon the intersectionality of popular discontent in its outrage against cosmopolitan political elites, by using the internet and social media as platforms for a repudiation of traditional parliamentary mechanisms. We may regard this conceit of a virtual polis as a form of antipolitics, expressing impatience with, and contempt for institutional democracy. Far right bloggers exhort followers to violent action across a transnational field of operations as a form of “legitimate” warfare against states they believe to be corrupt. They stage their own identity as a fluid performance of rebellious discontent with government and globalization. Although they invoke an autonomous subjectivity and direct political mandate, they in fact opt for a theatrical simulation of such engagement. The internet and social media allow for the creation of multiple niche markets for reactionary discontent across the lines of age and class. Pegida supporters present a paradox in that they are anti-modern identitarians pining for a mythic Central Europe, regressively protectionist towards the German economy in their demands to close the borders to international trade, exit the Eurozone, and expel refugees, even as they orchestrate a sophisticated event-based, highly modern post-democratic “New Politics 2.0.”
Mobilizing Meanings: Translocal Identities of the Far Right Web
Authors: Simpson Patricia Anne
Published: December 2016

Europe has witnessed the rise of a multigenerational, populist shift to the right, characterized by the unapologetic deployment of extremist symbols, ideologies, and politics, but also by repudiations of right-wing labels associated with racism, xenophobia, and nativist entitlements. The political lexicon of far-right rhetoric derives its considerable persuasive force from mobilizing and normalizing extremist views. This article examines the intricately and translocally woven connections among representative movements, organizations, and media personalities who popularize and disseminate far-right views through social media and their own internet websites. With diatribes about the threat against Russia, the uncontainable and intolerable influx of refugees and asylum seekers, whom they blame for terrorist attacks, deteriorating family values, the loss of national German identity, and the antidemocratic politics of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the cadre of self-credentializing experts and politicians, some in alignment with Pegida, mobilize historical moments and meanings to make connections with a broad spectrum of supporters.
A Clash of Civilizations?: Pegida and the Rise of Cultural Nationalism
Authors: Coury David N.
Published: December 2016

Since its founding in 2014, Pegida has positioned itself as a populist movement striving to limit immigration and to preserve Germany’s cultural heritage. It has also aligned itself with other right-wing European political groups whose exclusionary views are rooted in theories of a civilizational clash between the West and the Islamic world. Pegida’s pushback against immigration also includes appeals to resist globalization and the growth of multiculturalism by embracing what Verena Stolcke has termed “cultural fundamentalism.” This ideology assumes cultural hierarchies and segregates religious and ethnic groups spatially and geographical as a means to maintain cultural uniformity. In doing so, Pegida posits that it is not racist or xenophobic, rather that it seeks solidarity in maintaining Western cultural values. The danger in Pegida’s ideology is that it rejects not only constitutional principles and notions of cultural pluralism, but that it furthers a cultural divide that need not exist and, in fact, embraces an exclusionary nationalism that is not unlike the values that they purport to reject.
Syntheses, Crystal Structures and Luminescent Properties of Two Isostructural Fluorinated Metal–organic Frameworks Based on Mixed 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-bis(imidazole-1-yl-methyl)Benzene and Oxalate Ligands
Authors: Chen Sheng-Chun , Tian Feng , He Ming-Yang , Chen Qun
Published: December 2016

Two isostructural fluorinated metal-organic frameworks [M(Fbix)(ox)]n (where M = Zn or Mn, Fbix = 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-bis(imidazole-1-yl-methyl)benzene, ox = oxalate) have been synthesised from Fbix and oxamide under hydrothermal conditions, where oxalate is generated by the in situ hydrolysation of oxamide. The complexes are isostructural and display similar two-dimensional undulating sql nets formed by pillaring the one-dimensional [M(ox)]n chains through Fbix linkers. Their solid-state fluorescence spectra indicate a ligand-based emission for both complexes.
Le genre Leistus Froehlig (Coleoptera Carabidae Nebriini) XVI - Le groupe de L. spinibarbis F. (I)
Authors: Perrault Georges G.
Published: December 2016

Dans le sous-genre Pogonophorus Latreille, le groupe de L. spinibarbis F. peut être divisé en trois éléments représentés respectivement par les deux espèces : L. magnicollis Motschoulsky et L. spinibarbis F., et par le complexe de L. montanus Stephens, lui-même composé de plusieurs espèces. L. spinibarbis peut être divisé en six sous-espèces dont les répartitions géographiques sont précisées.
Un Neocollyris intéressant du Vietnam : N. mouhoti nagaii n. ssp. (Coleoptera Cicindelidae)
Authors: Naviaux Roger L. , Sawada Hirofumi
Published: December 2016

Description de Neocollyris mouhoti nagaii, nouvelle sous-espèce récemment découverte dans le nord du Vietnam.
A propos de quatre Nebria chinoises nouvelles ou récemment décrites (Coleoptera Nebriidae)
Authors: Ledoux Georges , Roux Philippe
Published: December 2016

Deux nouvelles espèces de Nebria de Chine sont décrites (N. fairmairei et N. plicata) et deux autres font l'objet de diagnoses complémentaires (N. longilingua et N. stricta). Ces espèces présentent des combinaisons de caractères qui les situent à la limite de plusieurs sous-genres.
Une population marginale de Pterostichus rutilans Dejean en Savoie remet en question le statut de la "forme" auratus Heer (Coleoptera Pterostichidae)
Authors: Coulon Jacques
Published: December 2016

La présence de Pterostichus rutilans Dejean à relativement basse altitude dans le massif des Hurtières, extrémité nord de la chaîne de Belledonne est signalée. Parmi les individus capturés figurent plusieurs exemplaires mélanisants ou complètement noirs. Cette population appartient à la forme auratus Heer dont le statut est discuté. La question se pose de la continuité de la répartition de cette espèce entre le massif de Belledonne et les stations classiques situées à l'est de la Savoie (Haute-Maurienne).
Survivance tardive d'une forme archaïque dans le Pléistocène du Caucase : le Dicerorhinus etruscus brachycephalus du gisement moustérien d'Erivan I (Arménie) (Mammalia Rhinocerotidae)
Authors: Guérin Claude , Baryshnikov Gennady , Mejloumian S. K.
Published: December 2016

La grotte d'Erivan I (Caucase, Arménie) a livré quelques restes de rhinocéros associés à 14 espèces de mammifères et à une industrie moustérienne, dans un remplissage daté du Wiirm ancien (zone MNQ 26 inférieure). Le rhinocéros est un Dicerorhinus etruscus brachycephalus, forme caractéristique du Pléistocène moyen ancien, qui semble ainsi survivre dans le Caucase jusqu'au début de la dernière glaciation. Ceci confirme le rôle de zone refuge joué par cette région pendant le Pléistocène.
Les Asaphidion du groupe flavipes : Critères d'identification et répartition dans la région Rhône-Alpes. Présence en France d'Asaphidion austriacum Schweiger (Coleoptera Trechidae)
Authors: Coulon Jacques
Published: December 2016

L'examen de nombreux individus d'Asaphidion du groupe flavipes (A. flavipes L., A. stierlini Heyden, A. curtum Heyden) a été entrepris dans le but d'améliorer la connaissance de leur distribution dans la région Rhône-Alpes. L'utilisation des critères externes d'identification reste délicate du fait de l'inconstance de plusieurs d'entre eux, excepté pour A. stierlini Heyden. Par contre la morphologie génitale (spermathèques et pièces copulatrices dont l'exacte configuration est précisée) permet une identification sûre et immédiate. La répartition du matériel examiné montre une large extension, dans la région Rhône-Alpes et même au delà, des trois espèces qui cohabitent en plusieurs points.

Enfin l'observation en très petit nombre d'individus appartenant à A. austriacum Schweiger permet d'incorporer à la faune française cette espèce pour laquelle l'observation de la morphologie génitale paraît le seul critère indiscutable et sûr d'identification.
Inventaire entomologique des dunes éoliennes et de l'étang de la réserve naturelle de Pont-Seille (La Truchère-Ratenelle, Saône-et-Loire). I- Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
Authors: Bourdonné Jean-Claude
Published: December 2016

Le présent travail donne une liste des Coléoptères de la famille des Chrysomelidae observés dans la réserve naturelle de Pont-Seille, située dans la vallée de la Saône, aux confins des départements de l'Ain et de la Saône-et-Loire. Cette note justifie le choix de cette famille exclusivement phytophage liée à la flore du site et en montre, par des commentaires sur les espèces indicatrices ou rares qui s'y rencontrent, l'intérêt exceptionnel de cet ensemble d'écosystèmes : tourbière, dunes éoliennes, mares, forêt et étang.
Etudes sur la Basse Moulouya (Maroc oriental) II. Nouvelles données sur les carabiques de l'embouchure (Coleoptera Caraboidea)
Authors: Chavanon Guy , Chavanon Louis
Published: December 2016

Nous donnons la liste commentée des 29 espèces de carabiques récemment récoltées dans l'embouchure de la Moulouya qui viennent s'ajouter à celles de notre précédent article (1992, 61 : 39-45). Ces nouvelles données sont brièvement analysées et une courte étude quantitative des carabiques récoltés lors d'une crue est présentée.
An expanded nuclear phylogenomic PCR toolkit for Sapindales
Authors: Collins Elizabeth S. , Gostel Morgan R. , Weeks Andrea
Published: December 2016

Premise of the study:

We tested PCR amplification of 91 low‐copy nuclear gene loci in taxa from Sapindales using primers developed for Bursera simaruba (Burseraceae).

Methods and Results:

Cross‐amplification of these markers among 10 taxa tested was related to their phylogenetic distance from B. simaruba. On average, each Sapindalean taxon yielded product for 53 gene regions (range: 16–90). Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicales), by contrast, yielded product for two. Single representatives of Anacardiaceae and Rutacaeae yielded 34 and 26 products, respectively. Twenty‐six primer pairs worked for all Burseraceae species tested if highly divergent Aucoumea klaineana is excluded, and eight of these amplified product in every Sapindalean taxon.

Conclusions:

Our study demonstrates that customized primers for Bursera can amplify product in a range of Sapindalean taxa. This collection of primer pairs, therefore, is a valuable addition to the toolkit for nuclear phylogenomic analyses of Sapindales and warrants further investigation.
Formose reaction accelerated in aerosol-OT reverse micelles
Authors: Masaoka Makoto , Michitaka Tomohiro , Hashidzume Akihito
Published: December 2016

The formose reaction in reverse micelles of aerosol-OT (AOT), triton X-100 (TX), and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was investigated. Time–conversion data have indicated that the interfacial water layer of AOT reverse micelles is a medium that accelerates formation of glycolaldehyde in the formose reaction. The 13C NMR spectra for the products of the formose reaction using formaldehyde-13C as starting material are indicative of the formation of ethylene glycol as a major product.
Actualité et répercussions du débat Sigmund Freud-Sándor Ferenczi
Authors: Bokanowski Thierry
Published: December 2016

Malgré leur profonde originalité, l’apparente hétérodoxie de certaines propositions théorico-techniques énoncées par S. Ferenczi a abouti à ce qu’elles deviennent l’objet d’un profond différend théorico-pratique avec S. Freud. Ce désaccord a notamment concerné certaines avancées au regard des difficultés contre-transférentielles rencontrées lors du travail analytique avec nombre de conjonctures cliniques complexes en relation à un passé infantile de type traumatique (traumatismes primaires). Du fait de ce différend, certaines de ces importantes propositions ont été partiellement ignorées par la communauté analytique de l’époque, mais ont depuis été reconnues comme ayant d’autant plus de valeur qu’elles sont considérées, aujourd’hui, comme des précurseurs de nombre d’idées originales avancées par des auteurs importants, tels M. Klein, W.R. Bion et D.W. Winnicott.
Contretemps ou l’intemporalité de l’inconscient
Authors: Vidal Jean-Pierre
Published: December 2016

Comment peut-on se souvenir et souffrir de ce qui n’a jamais été ? Comment peut-on conserver « la mémoire insue d’un passé non vécu » ? Comment le psychisme circule à travers le temps ? La clinique du généalogique, de la communication des inconscients et des transmissions psychiques inconscientes nous confronte à la problématique du passage et des modalités selon lesquelles s’effectuent ces transferts, ces conservations et ces retours dans la suite successive des générations. Mais ici la question du comment est subordonnée à une question plus fondamentale relative à ce qui en constitue, en amont, les conditions de possibilité et puisse rendre raison de survivances dans le psychisme de ce qui défie le temps, met à mal nos façons intuitives de penser la chronologie, la diachronie et la causalité. Sans doute faut-il donner tout son sens et son étendue à l’assertion freudienne selon laquelle l’Inconscient ne connaît pas le temps et que de ce fait les processus du système inconscient sont intemporels. Ce point de vue, qui en vient à opposer la « réalité psychique » à la réalité évènementielle, ne saurait se confondre avec la réalité subjective ou imaginaire à laquelle on prétend réduire la cause de l’angoisse et des symptômes, mais bien plutôt à un réel primitif qui appartient à la mémoire de l’espèce dont celle-ci garde l’empreinte. Cette irréalité du temps est pensable dans le nouvel esprit scientifique avec lequel naît la psychanalyse et accrédité par ce qu’enseigne la physique qui en est issue et les présupposés métaphysiques qui en sont les implicites fondements.
Le meurtre du semblable. Quelques notations partielles
Authors: Bourdin Dominique
Published: December 2016

Cette réflexion sur les attentats survenus à Paris en janvier et en novembre 2015 tente de clarifier l’enjeu du débat entre l’interprétation nihiliste et l’interprétation religieuse des actes terroristes en insistant sur les logiques de double persécuteur qui sont à l’œuvre.
Les conduites de retrait au domicile : un destin du fantasme de retour dans le ventre maternel à l’adolescence ?
Authors: de Luca Manuella , Neau Françoise
Published: December 2016

Les conduites de retrait volontaire au domicile, très observées au Japon, se rencontrent également chez les adolescents français. Au-delà d’une catégorisation diagnostique trop réductrice et peu pertinente, elles sollicitent une mobilisation d’un registre originaire tel qu’il peut se déployer dans le fantasme de retour dans le ventre de la mère, tout en signant un achoppement dans la dynamique qui l’accompagne. Faute de pouvoir scénariser une fantasmatisation inscrite dans un registre œdipien, ces adolescents s’engagent dans un masculin paradoxal, de retournement en son contraire et de renversement sur soi pour renforcer un moi défaillant, et un narcissisme infiltré d’idéal, vestige des achoppements fantasmatiques des figures parentales.
Heart Failure: Psychological and Pharmacological Considerations
Authors: Celano Christopher M. , Villegas Ana , Albanese Ariana , Huffman Jeff C.
Published: December 2016

Among patients with heart failure (HF), depression and anxiety disorders are common and associated with poor functioning, frequent hospitalizations, and increased rates of mortality. Despite these associations, depression and anxiety disorders are underdiagnosed and undertreated in this high-risk cohort. Diagnosing depression or anxiety disorders in patients with HF is challenging due to the overlap between cardiac and psychiatric symptoms. We recommend diagnosis through the use of a clinical interview and adherence to the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
, fifth edition, criteria. Once a psychiatric diagnosis is confirmed, both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions are available. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are well-tolerated in patients with cardiovascular disease but have limited efficacy in patients with HF. Cognitive-behavioral therapy improves mental health outcomes in patients with HF but has not been shown to improve physical health. Finally, collaborative care programs may be considered for the management of uncomplicated depression and anxiety disorders.

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Psychiatr Ann
. 2016;46(12):691–701.]