bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The art of being Indian
Authors: Balachandran Anitha
Published: November 2017

The arena of children’s publishing in India sees the convergence of at least two ‘traditions’ or streams of illustration art. The first is the product of artists and illustrators who emerge from urban art colleges with an appreciation of naturalistic drawing and realism. Historically, this tradition grew under colonial institutions with the advent of printing technologies and matured alongside the growth of literature for children. Translating itinerant conventions into the Indian subcontinent, illustration for children continues to be significantly inspired by European and American influences. More recently, children’s illustration in India has seen the migration of a number of folk art styles from often rural and ritual settings to the pages of picturebooks. Distinct from the urban illustrator, the creators of these artworks are schooled in a formal aestheticism that remains largely independent of realist conventions. These indigenous styles of representation now occupy a distinct space in the postcolonial field of children’s publishing as more folk artists turn illustrators. As a practitioner with formal art college training, I begin with a brief description of my background as an illustrator and an introduction to children’s publishing in India from this perspective. I then turn to vernacular idioms and trace historical currents that contextualize a transformation of these practices from collective ritual arts to vehicles of individual self-expression. Finally, I explore the emergence of a few practitioners in children’s publishing, and examine books and works of folk art illustration. My article sets out to explore the following questions: how are these image-making practices seen and read by audiences? As bearers of indigenous ways of depicting and seeing their worlds, do folk artists somehow represent a more authentically ‘Indian’ voice? And what of the interaction between these two currents of illustration in India? What dialogues and hybrid practices lie ahead?
Miffy: A pedagogical avant-garde rabbit; the influence of Karel Appel’s imagery on Dick Bruna’s picturebooks
Authors: Nauwelaerts Christiaan
Published: November 2017

This article considers how Dick Bruna (1927–2017) successfully combined the artistic influences of Matisse (1869–1954), Léger (1881–1955) and the avant-garde Cobra movement with the pedagogic demands for picturebooks, in his illustrations for the Miffy picturebooks. In general, avant-garde art movements only influence picturebooks with great delay and in a significantly weakened form. However, the Miffy picturebooks, constitute a remarkable exception to this rule. The artists that were part of the Cobra movement, Constant (1920–2005) and Karel Appel (1921–2006) in particular, valued the imagery of the child’s drawing. Appel took this further, by explicitly integrating infantile imagery into his work and seeing childhood as an artistic way of life worth striving for. Bruna, for his part, valued the direct simplicity of childish imagery and applied it to his designs for book covers and posters. When Dick Bruna designed the second and definitive version of Miffy, in early 1960, he was referencing Appel’s work and at the same time taking into account the pedagogic demands of picturebooks. The result is a ground-breaking imagery with a significant influence on the evolution of picturebooks, providing Bruna with international renown.
Book Review
Authors: Chetan
Published: November 2017

Out of Line: Cartoons, Caricature and Contemporary India, Christel R. Devadawson (2014) Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 278 pp., ISBN: 9788125055136, h/bk, $30
‘Sore love’: R. L. Stevenson and leprosy on Penrhyn Island
Authors: Manfredi Carla
Published: November 2017

In 1890 Robert Louis Stevenson embarked upon his third Pacific Island cruise aboard the SS Janet Nicoll. During the next four months, the travel writer made several stops in the Cook Islands, including the atoll of Penrhyn or Togarewa (now Tongareva), where he learned about Penrhyn’s leprasorium. This article examines two of Stevenson’s rarely examined pieces concerning Penrhyn and discusses Stevenson’s engagement with leprosy in the Pacific, its aetiology and effects, with respect to Polynesian cultural habits and customary practice, and to the colonial discourse on contagion. In his article ‘A Pearl Island: Penrhyn’ (New York Sun), Stevenson hypothesized that a single Hawaiian leper had escaped from Kalaupapa and reached the shores of Penrhyn. Stevenson’s lament about the insidious Hawaiian leper’s effects on the local population was accompanied by his photographic illustration of Penrhyn children who, throughout the course of the article, came to embody the inevitable destruction of a Pacific population. Just as Stevenson’s vivid account of his family’s visit to Penrhyn is woven around the presence of the singing girls, the photograph depicting them serves as a launching point for my discussion of Stevenson’s representation of leprosy in both ‘A Pearl Island: Penrhyn’ and in the related essay entitled ‘Talofa, Togarewa!’ (‘Goodbye, Togarewa!’). The latter was conceived for publication in the London Missionary’s Samoan-language magazine O Le Sulu Samoa (Samoan Torch). In both ‘A Pearl Island: Penrhyn’ and ‘Talofa, Togarewa!’, the singing girls function as narrative prompts for Stevenson’s detailed account of the link between leprosy and the Hawaiian Islands, but they – over the course of both texts – also become symbols for all that is destroyed (youth, innocence, joy, morality and bodily and spiritual health) through lethal contagion.
Lost at sea: Space and the Gothic in the films Dead Calm (1989) and The Ferryman (2007)
Authors: Sedgwick Laura
Published: November 2017

This article looks at the visual representation of space within Dead Calm (1989) and The Ferryman (2007), both productions set on yachts in the Pacific. The former is an Australian thriller, starring Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill, whilst The Ferryman is a New Zealand demonic possession film, starring Kerry Fox and John Rhys-Davies, which engages with mythological beliefs. Despite the different approaches to horror within the two films, they both depend on isolation, with the tension in these films occurring at the junction between the agoraphobia provoked by the vastness of the open water, and the claustrophobia caused by the close confines within and upon the boats. Both films are also notable for their use of doubling, featuring a ‘good’ boat and its darker twin, as well as a reliance upon legend and metaphor. In The Ferryman, the aim of the antagonist is to cheat Charon, the ferryman of Greek myth, while the visuals of Dead Calm turn the ‘bad’ yacht into an Underworld into which Neill must descend to save his wife. The discussion considers the Gothic use of space as a narrative and stylistic device, with the struggle to control space becoming the means to overcome the isolation of the sea.
Obituary
Authors: Conrich Ian
Published: November 2017

Terence Bayler, 1930–2016
Propuesta para la clasificación de los materiales cerámicos de tradición aborigen de la isla de Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias)
Authors: Del Pino Curbelo Miguel , Rodríguez Rodríguez Amelia Del Carmen
Published: December 2017

Se propone un sistema de clasificación para los recipientes cerámicos de tradición aborigen de la isla de Gran Canaria. Este sistema integra aspectos tecnológicos, formales y funcionales partiendo de conjuntos arqueológicos debidamente contextualizados. Se discuten los resultados haciendo referencia a las diferencias cronológicas, a la función y características de los yacimientos. Asimismo, se discuten los datos comparándolos con aquellos existentes en la bibliografía especializada. Los resultados apuntan a la coexistencia de diferentes grupos funcionales, consecuencia del desarrollo de cadenas operativas muy diferentes, mantenidas durante largos periodos de tiempo. A pesar de esta continuidad, se han observado variaciones diacrónicas y espaciales entre los conjuntos, especialmente en cuanto a su morfología y patrones decorativos, que podrían deberse a cambios en las relaciones sociales aborígenes, ocasionados por factores internos y externos, y a la cristalización de grupos identitarios diferenciados dentro la isla, al menos en momentos avanzados de la ocupación prehispánica.
Las ánforas de Valderrepisa (Fuencaliente, Ciudad Real)
Authors: Pina Burón Maria Rosa
Published: December 2017

En este trabajo analizamos un conjunto de ánforas de época republicana procedentes de la fundición romana de Valderrepisa (Fuencaliente, Ciudad Real), y proponemos una revisión acerca del abastecimiento y consumo de productos alimenticios importados en los distritos mineros de Sierra Morena entre los siglos II y I a. C.
Un nuevo sector productivo en el Alfar Romano de Cartuja (Granada): el Horno D4 y su testar cerámico.
Authors: Moreno Pérez A. Santiago , Villarino Martínez Esther
Published: December 2017

En el presente trabajo se analiza un testar cerámico emplazado en el interior del Horno D4, perteneciente a un nuevo sector productivo del alfar romano de Cartuja identificado en 2014. Los resultados han posibilitado ampliar el conocimiento del repertorio de cerámicas comunes del alfar, pero también realizar una primera aproximación a la actividad productiva de este sector de las inmediaciones dela Facultadde Teología, cuya instalación se originaría en plena época de apogeo del alfar con objeto de intensificar la producción.
La contributio entre Ilici e Icosium: un candente debate historiográfico.
Authors: Seguí Marco Juan José
Published: December 2017

La contributio entre Ilici e Icosium, sólo conocida por un texto de Plinio, se revela como uno de los debates historiográficos internacionales más interesantes de los últimos años, con posturas muy dispares y múltiples matices. Hemos recogido de forma cronológica el conjunto de opiniones que a lo largo del tiempo han marcado los diversos puntos de vista, desde los orígenes de la polémica hasta la actualidad.
Inclusão Educacional: uma Análise da Pespectiva de Ensino em Libras
Authors: Araújo Armênia Silvia Silva , Araújo Aline Cássia Silva
Published: December 2017

O objetivo desta obra foi buscar, analisar e descrever a inclusão educacional e suas pespectivas de ensino em Libras. Para a investigação e análise, foram realizadas leituras de artigos científicos, monografias, dissertações e teses, em Programas de Graduação e Pós-Graduação em Pedagogia, Letras e Libras, com embase temporal entre 1994 a 2017. Após a investigação da revisão de literatura, conclui-se que as conquistas na educação inclusiva foram baseadas em meio a preconceitos e lutas. Destaca-se como um dos principais documentos da educação inclusiva, a Declaração de Salamanca. No Brasil, esse documento serviu como embasamento para melhorias na educação inclusiva, assim como, uma amparato de leis que legislam sobre a educação inclusiva. Dentre essas leis, ressalta-se a criação da Lei nº 10.436, de 24 de Abril de 2002, que reconhe a LIBRAS como a língua oficial utilizada pelas comunidades Surdas e considerada como um marco para educação de surdos. Por meio dessa Lei e outras, que foi estabelecido à obrigação da disciplina de Libras na base curricular dos cursos de licenciatura em Pedagogia, Letras, Fonoaudiologia e outros. Isso permite que sejam formados professores com capacitação em Libras, porém, mesmo com esse avanço, são poucos os cursos de graduação e pós-graduação com capacitação em libras.
Avaliação da Pedagogia Narrativa no Curso de Bacharelado em Enfermagem na Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA
Authors: Teixeira Fabiano Martins
Published: December 2017

As abordagens do ensino convencional centradas sobre a cobertura de conteúdo, não são mais adequadas nas graduações de enfermagem, com as habilidades cognitivas e afetivas necessárias para funcionar nos papéis desafiadores da prática dessa profissão. O objetivo deste estudo fenomenológico foi explorar as experiências de educadores que usaram Pedagogia Narrativa para ensinar conceitos de enfermagem e tópicos. Procurou entender como os educadores avaliaram os resultados da aprendizagem dos alunos após a promulgação desse tipo de Pedagogia. As questões da pesquisa foram as seguintes: (1) Atingiu-se o objetivo desejadoapós a promulgação da Pedagogia Narrativa? e (2) Quais são os métodos de avaliação e que ferramentas são mais apropriados para medir os resultados dos alunos após? Participaram oito professores do curso de enfermagem da Universidade Regional do Carri – Unidade Descentralizada do Iguatu – Ceará, que tinham recentemente utilizado a Pedagogia Narrativa para preparar os estudantes de enfermagem. Os dados foram analisados, sintetizados e interpretados usando um interativo, trifásico não linear usando a hermenêutica de Heidegger e estatísticas descritivas. Três grandes temas, relacionados com a avaliação da Pedagogia Narrativa surgiram: (a) determinar o uso da Pedagogia Narrativa, (b) melhorar os resultados dos alunos, e (c) determinar métodos de avaliação e ferramentas. Os resultados certamente contribuirão para uma reforma do ensino de enfermagem, relacionada às decisões pedagógicas dos educadores.
Representações Sociais dos Idosos quanto à Sexualidade
Authors: Lobo Maiara França , Cândido Aldrina Da Silva Confessor
Published: December 2017

Objetivou-se apreender as representações sociais acerca da sexualidade. Quanto aos objetivos específicos busca-se, descrever a percepção do idoso quanto ao exercício da sexualidade; mostrar quais fatores influencia a vivencia da sexualidade na visão do idoso; identificar quais são as representações da sexualidade para os idosos do grupo de extensão. Já que a sexualidade se faz presente em todas as fases do ser humano, mas por outro lado é rodeada de tabus e mitos, principalmente quando se diz respeito da sexualidade na terceira idade, onde o idoso é visto pela sociedade como um ser assexuado e incapaz de sentir prazer. As quais precisam ser desmitificadas, mudando esses paradigmas sobre a sexualidade do idoso. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de caráter descritivo e exploratório, de natureza qualitativa, fundamentada na teoria das representações sociais. Participaram sete idosos frequentadores de um grupo de convivência localizado em Vitoria da Conquista-BA, com idade entre 60 a 80 anos, de ambos os sexos. Os dados foram analisados mediante analise de conteúdo.
Trayectorias académicas de grupos generacionales y contexto político en Argentina: Hacia una tipología
Authors: Marquina Monica , Yuni José Alberto , Ferreiro Mariela
Published: November 2017

Nuestro propósito es estudiar las trayectorias de los académicos argentinos distinguiendo tres grupos generacionales: noveles, intermedios y consolidados. Para ello, consideramos el perfil sociocultural de origen, el capital académico,  el tiempo de acceso al cargo desde la obtención de la primera titulación, el tipo de actividades realizadas  y el nivel de satisfacción de cada uno de los grupos. Nuestra hipótesis es que cada grupo generacional ha delineado su trayectoria bajo las condiciones performativas de las políticas universitarias de diferentes momentos socio-políticos. De este modo, es posible distinguir tipos de trayectorias, corroborando avances teóricos anteriores.
El desarrollo profesional y la colaboración docente: Un análisis situado en el contexto español de las tensiones y fracturas entre la teoría y la práctica
Authors: Trillo Alonso Felipe , Nieto Cano José Miguel , Martínez Domínguez Begoña , Escudero Muñoz Juan Manuel
Published: November 2017

El artículo versa sobre la colaboración docente, una de las actividades de desarrollo profesional más prometedora que ha sido estudiada en una investigación más amplia acerca de diferentes dimensiones de la formación continua del profesorado en el contexto español. En la fundamentación teórica se describe su papel relevante dentro de un nuevo paradigma del desarrollo profesional, los fundamentos conceptuales y formas que la definen y se hacen explícitos diversos factores que explican las fracturas existentes entre la teoría y la práctica. Al caracterizar la metodología empleada, se formulan las cuestiones de estudio y otros aspectos de un diseño mixto de investigación aplicado en una muestra de profesorado y Centros de Profesores en varias Comunidades Autónomas que ha combinado información cuantitativa y cualitativa. La presentación, el análisis y la discusión de los datos a la luz de la teoría de la complejidad hacen posible comprender cómo y por qué incluso buenos planteamientos como la colegialidad del profesorado en los centros escolares no llega a desarrollarse cumpliendo las expectativas que en ella se depositan, generando determinadas implicaciones teóricas y prácticas.
STRATEGI ADAPTASI EKONOMI NELAYAN BUGIS BATULAWANG, KEMUJAN, KARIMUNJAWA
Authors: Puguh Dhanang Respati , Amaruli Rabith Jihan , Utama Mahendra P.
Published: December 2017

This paper discusses about economics adaptation strategies among Bugis’s fishermen in Batulawang, Kemujan, Karimunjawa. This region status has been changed since 1980s as a Marine Nature Reserve, and later became a National Park in the 1990s, it has led to significant changes socially and economically. A zonning enforcement conducted by the Karimunjawa National Park has been affected on gaining access of economic and livelihoods, it is forced people to adapt. There are several forms of economic adaptation strategies are executed, the faithful in fishing activity by modifying fishing gear and run the new economic activities related to the potential marine tourism in the region.
Tanggung Jawab Pemerintah Daerah terhadap Eks-anggota Gerakan Fajar Nusantara
Authors: Rosyid Moh.
Published: December 2017

Penelitian ini dilakukan pada saat kembalinya anggota Gerakan Fajar Nusantara (Gafatar) ke Kudus dari Kalimantan Barat. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis kebijakan yang diterapkan oleh Pemerintah Kabupaten Kudus terhadap upaya perlindungan masyarakatnya. Dalam penelitian ini juga dilakukan wawancara dan observasi terhadap mantan anggota Gafatar. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa pemerintah lokal tidak banyak memberikan bantuan kepada eks anggota Gafatar untuk kembali dan menetap di kampung halaman mereka. Oleh karena itu, terdapat dua hal yang perlu diselesaikan oleh pemerintah. Pertama, kelompok eks Gafatar membutuhkan lebih banyak akses dalam lapangan pekerjaan dan sumber keuangan. Kedua, pemerintah harus melakukan tindakan preventif untuk melindungi masyarakat dari organisasi yang berideologi inkonstitusional.
Antara Kemanfaatan dan Keseimbangan: Mangkunegara VII dan Pengelolaan Hutan Mangkunegaran
Authors: Witasari Nina
Published: December 2017

Telah berabad lamanya hutan-hutan di wilayah Mangkunegaran dikelola dengan memadukan sistem pengelolaan tradisional dan pengelolaan moderen Barat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggali kembali konsep-konsep yang diterapkan pemerintah Mangkunegaran, khususnya Mangkunegara VII, dalam pengelolaan hutan  yang tidak sekadar mengadopsi peraturan kolonial, tetapi juga menyandarkan pada nilai-nilai tradisional yang telah ada dan tumbuh dalam masyarakat Jawa. Nilai-nilai tradisional yang dimaksud di sini yaitu berupa local wisdom dan local knowledge yang berkaitan dengan pelestarian hutan. Konsep moderen dalam pengelolaan hutan Mangkunegaran makin menguat pada masa Mangkunegara VII terutama dalam hal penentuan wilayah dan batasnya, sistem penanaman, penentuan jenis tanaman dan kondisi tanah, pemeliharaan tanaman reboisasi serta peraturan tentang perlindungan hutan dari penyakit tanaman dan penjarahan. Metode yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian sejarah.Sumber sebagian besar didapat dari perpustakaan Rekso Pustoko Mangkunegaran Surakarta dan perpustakaan daerah Yogyakarta. Sumber yang diperolehmeliputi luas hutan milik Mangkunegaran, jumlah perusahaan dan kegiatan lain yang membutuhkan kayu baik sebagai bahan bakar maupun bahan baku, luas wilayah kerajaan, peraturan penggunaan tanah di wilayah Mangkunegaran,dan peraturan-peraturan yang berkaitan dengan pemanfaatan dan pengelolaan hutan milik Praja Mangkunegaran. Dari sumber yang diperoleh kemudian dilakukan kritik sumber untuk selanjutnya dianalisis dan diinterpretasikan. Dari hasil analisis tersebut dihasilkan beberapa temuan yaitu pertama, eksploitasi yang dilakukan oleh Praja Mangkunegaran atas hutan-hutannya dengan dalih apapun telah membawa dampak buruk bagi lingkungan. Kedua, intensitas penggunaan batu bara yang menggantikan kayu sebagai bahan bakar industri menyebabkan eksploitasi hutan Mangkunegaran mengalami penurunan, tetapi pada saat yang sama produksi perusahaan dapat meningkat sehingga margin keuntungan makin besar. Ketiga, kondisi perekonomian praja yang membaik kemudian mendorong pemerintah Mangkunegaran untuk memberikan perhatian lebih kepada lingkungan, khususnya usaha-usaha untuk menjaga kelestarian dan keberlanjutan hutan
An empirical study of various factors, influencing the behavior of consumers towards fast food joints in Indian Market
Authors: Agarwal Sugandha , Guirat Rafika Ben
Published: December 2017

The global markets have witnessed major shifts in the consumers’ behavior that have been much influenced by the change of technology, innovation, research and development. The consumer’s needs thus dynamically change in order to respond to the change in the social and business environment. The corporate and business strategies of companies thus being developed in the light of capitalizing the potential from the markets but however, how the customers would react to the products and services of companies in new and existing markets remain the major question.Customers belonging to different age groups flock towards these outlets to satisfy their taste buds and hedonistic needs. Out of all the age groups, the youngsters are considered to be the primary target by the fast food service industry. Hence, these fast food services try to lure its customers through sensory appeals.It is well known that organized fast food services have already made their presence felt in a big way in almost all the major cities of India. The fast food outlets attract customers with their blend of tasty food, Quality of food served, efficient service, the appearance of staff, décor, general excitement a place generates and other aesthetic appeals. Organized as well as unorganized fast food service is a very fast growing industry in India especially in urban areas. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that are influencing consumer behavior towards fast food joints present in unorganised form in India. It further aims to examine major growth drivers of fast food services in the market and the demographic profile of consumers of fast food services. This study aims to analyze that amount spent per visit to a fast food joint relates to the occupations and the income of customers. And the frequency of visiting fast food joints and preparation served at fast food joints are whether influenced by the dietary preference of customers. Organizations must analyze the consumer behavior which is largely influenced by number of socio-cultural, demographic and psychological factors. To differentiate itself from others in the market is the core purpose of organizations and to achieve this, an all-inclusive approach is essential to integrate all the crucial yet important factors that could improve the overall business strategy. Fast food joints realize the importance of factors that influence and affect the customer behavior and the potential of customer loyalty program in order to improve their brand image and company identity in the consumer market.
Economic feasibility of an energy efficiency project for a steam distribution system in a chemical industry
Authors: Menezes Flavia Melo , Góes Maria Fátima , Kalid Ricardo Araújo , Tanimoto Armando Hirohumi , Andrade José Celio
Published: December 2017

The burning of fossil fuels majorly contributes to the increase in global warming, and it represents 93% of greenhouse gases emissions in the chemical industry. Most of the energy demand in this sector is associated with steam systems, where 1/3 of the energy efficiency opportunities are located in its distribution system. However, most of the literature focuses on the design of new systems. Those that deal with existing systems, not always use simple and available methods. Furthermore, they address energy losses of steam systems only due to thermal insulation, ignoring those due to leakages of traps. Given this context, the purpose of this paper is to determine the economic feasibility of an energy efficiency project for a steam distribution system in a chemical industry, located in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Brazil. First, the energy lost in the steam distribution system through heat insulation and steam traps was estimated by applying thermodynamic principles, and technic consulting, respectively. Then, investments were estimated using commercial prices for new thermal insulation and steam traps. Finally, an economic evaluation of the improvement project was made, through the construction of a cash flow, and calculation of economic indicators: payback time, net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR). Economic indicators showed that the project is economically viable. The NPV and IRR reached approximately 5 million reais, and 66% per year, respectively. Additionally, this project also had social and environmental benefits, such as a reduction in greenhouse gases emissions, and increased local water availability.
Effects of subsoiling on maize yield and water-use efficiency in a semiarid area
Authors: Jiao Yinzhu , Yi Yanli , Feng Liangshan , Sun Zhanxiang , Yang Ning , Yu Jialin , Zheng Muzi , Zhang Lizhen , Zheng Jiaming
Published: December 2017

A 3-year field research was conducted to investigate the effect of four subsoiling methods on maize yield and water use efficiency. These four subsoiling methods included bulk subsoiling in autumn (BS), annual ridge subsoiling in autumn, annual furrow subsoiling in early summer, and interannual alternate zone subsoiling (AS), which were compared with rotary tillage in spring. The results suggested that the bulk density of the soil was alternately changed by AS, but AS had limited effect on the average water storage in the soil. Overall, soil tilled by BS and AS maintained a high water-holding capacity, which could stabilize the yield of maize under varying rainfall across different years. Maize under the AS subsoiling method maintained a relatively higher production capacity and water-use efficiency compared with those under the other three types of subsoiling methods.
Prognostic and predictive value of EGFR and EGFR-ligands in blood of breast cancer patients: a systematic review
Authors: Kjaer Ina Mathilde , Bechmann Troels , Brandslund Ivan , Madsen Jonna Skov
Published: December 2017

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) serves as a co-target for dual/pan-EGFR-inhibitors in breast cancer. Findings suggest that EGFR and EGFR-ligands are involved in resistance towards certain breast cancer treatments. The aim is to explore the validity of EGFR and EGFR-ligands in blood as prognostic and predictive biomarkers in breast cancer. The systematic review was conducted in accordance to the PRISMA guidelines. Literature searches were conducted to identify publications exploring correlations between EGFR/EGFR-ligands in serum/plasma of breast cancer patients and prognostic/predictive outcome measures. Sixteen publications were eligible for inclusion. Twelve studies evaluated EGFR, whereas five studies evaluated one or more of the EGFR-ligands. Current evidence indicates associations between low baseline serum-EGFR and shorter survival or reduced response to treatment in patients with advanced breast cancer, especially in patients with estrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive tumors. The prognostic and predictive value of EGFR and EGFR-ligands in blood has only been investigated in highly selected subsets of breast cancer patients and most studies were small. This is the first systematic review evaluating the utility of EGFR and EGFR-ligands as predictive and prognostic biomarkers in blood in breast cancer. Further exploration in large well-designed studies is needed.
The performance of corroded lap splices in reinforced concrete beams
Authors: Pantazopoulou Stavroula J. , Petrou Michael F. , Spastri Vasiliki , Archontas Nikos , Christofides Christos
Published: November 2017

This article presents the results of an extensive experimental program containing 22 beams with tension lap splices in the central region. The beams were preconditioned under simulated corrosion up to specific levels of bar section steel loss and cover cracking in the lap region. They were subsequently tested under four-point loading so as to place the corroded lap splice zones in tension. To prevent corrosion outside the study region, the beams were wrapped with fiber-reinforced polymers outside the laps – this also served to protect them from premature shear failure as the objective was to study failure in the lap zone. The objective of the experiment was to assess the residual anchorage capacity of such zones. The parameters of the experimental study were the extent of corrosion and the available length of lap splicing of longitudinal tension reinforcement. Corroded bond strength was determined from the short-length lap splices, where it may be assumed that stresses are uniformly distributed over the lapped zone; longer specimens were considered in order to examine how the redundancy provided by the longer contact length may improve the resilience and deformation capacity of the corrosion-damaged component prior to bond failure.
Mário de Sá-Carneiro entre los escritores modernistas y vanguardistas ibéricos
Authors: Sáez Delgado Antonio
Published: December 2017

La imagen negativa que el poeta portugués Mário de Sá-Carneiro tuvo de Barcelona y, por extensión, de España, parece mediatizada por su frustrada relación epistolar con Miguel de Unamuno, entre 1913 y 1914. Esa desilusión se amplió, en 1915, a Fernando Pessoa, que tampoco obtuvo del escritor español una respuesta favorable a sus intereses. Sin embargo, tras su muerte en 1916, Mário de Sá-Carneiro se convierte en la figura más importante del
Pioneers of a South-South Dialogue: The Cultural Periodical Sul (1948–57) in Florianópolis, Brazil
Authors: Wink Georg
Published: December 2017

There was a moment in history in the 1950’s when a few Brazilian intellectuals entered into a genuine dialogue with their counterparts in Lusophone Africa – despite rigid Salazarian censorship. Between two peripheries, the Portuguese Overseas Territories and Florianópolis, by that time a little provincial town far away from Brazil’s cultural center, an early South-South dialogue was developed through the periodical
The Individual in the Data — the Aspect of Personal Relevance in Designing Casual Data Visualisations
Authors: Meier Sebastian , Glinka Katrin
Published: December 2017

Over the last two decades, data visualisation has diffused into the broader realm of mass communication. Before this shift, tools and displays of data-driven geographic- and information visualisation were mostly used in expert contexts. By now, they are also used in casual contexts, for example on newspaper websites, government data portals and many other public outlets. This diversification of the audience poses new challenges within the visualisation community. In this paper we proposepersonal relevanceas one factor to be taken into account when designing casual data visualisations, which are meant for the communication with non-experts. We develop a conceptual model and present a related set of design techniques for interactive web-based visualisations that are aimed at activating personal relevance. We discuss our proposed techniques by applying them to a use case on the visualisation of air pollution in London (UK).
The Robinson House in the AR-Based Manassas Battlefield National Park Experience
Authors: Pettitt Alisa , Fuhrmann Sven
Published: December 2017

The historic Robinson House of Virginia’s Manassas Battlefield National Park survived the Civil War, but was destroyed in 1993 by an act of possible incendiarism. This research investigates how an augmented reality (AR) application for mobile devices could aid in virtually re-erecting history, such as the Robinson House, and thus provide educational, accessible, user-friendly apps for use at heritage sites. Initial results from this research show that AR-based experiences can be developed for heritage sites from customizable open source platforms accessible to historians and archaeologists. The prototype of the AR-based Manassas Battlefield National Park Experience highlights several opportunities for cross-disciplinary research between anthropology, geoinformation science and human-computer interaction.
Encouraging student-driven clinical research in Germany: the CHIR-Net SIGMA network
Authors: Frey Pia-Elena , Friedrich Mirco , Rädeker Lukas , Fink Christoph A. , Leuck Alexander , Tenckhoff Solveig , Neudecker Jens , Mihaljevic André L.
Published: November 2017

Evidence should define and guide modern clinical care, yet many relevant questions in surgical practice remain unconfirmed by substantial data. Evidence-based medicine requires both the implementation of its principles in day-to-day work and the acquisition of new evidence preferably by randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews. Meaningful clinical research, however, is challenging to conduct, and its overall infrastructure in Germany was, until recently, considered poor compared to other leading countries. Although this has been significantly improved after the establishment of the Study Center of the German Surgical Society (SDGC) and the surgical clinical trial network CHIR-Net, limited focus has been put on the training, teaching, and recruitment of medical students to become competent clinical researchers and clinician scientists. To ensure continuing comprehensive clinical research in surgery, CHIR-Net aims to establish a student-driven multicenter research network in Germany, which is embedded in both the national CHIR-Net and the pan-European and international frameworks. Student-Initiated German Medical Audits (SIGMA) is a product of the strong collaboration between clinical scientists and medical trainees, enabling students to contribute to high-quality clinical trials. Additionally, participants are offered extensive training to support the next generation of research-active clinicians. Starting on 2018, SIGMA will perform its first multicenter observational study in Germany.
Leaf Disease Segmentation From Agricultural Images via Hybridization of Active Contour Model and OFA
Authors: Jayanthi Muniram Gajendra Singh , Shashikumar Dandinashivara Revanna
Published: November 2017

In this paper, an alternative active contour model (ACM) driven by an oppositional fruit fly algorithm (OFA) is presented. Unlike the traditional ACM variant, which is frequently caught in a local minimum, this methodology helps the focalizing of control points toward the global least of the energy function. In the proposed system, energy minimization is performed through a fruit fly algorithm, and every control point is compelled in a local search window. As for the local search window, the rectangular-shaped approach has been viewed. The results demonstrated that the fruit fly strategy utilizing polar coordinates is, for the most part, desirable over the fruit fly performed in rectangular shapes. Three performance metrics, such as the Jaccard index, the Dice index, and the Hausdorff distance, were utilized to validate the proposed strategy in real agricultural and synthetic images. From the results, it is clear that the proposed OFA technique shows a great option for the agricultural plant image segmentation process, considering any kind of disease that occurred in plant leaves.
Direct evidence of scavenging behaviour in the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Authors: Díaz-Ruiz Francisco , de Diego Noelia , Santamaría Ana Eugenia , Domínguez Julio C. , Galgo Alex , García Jesús T. , Olea Pedro P. , Viñuela Javier
Published: November 2017

It is known that the garden dormouseEliomys quercinusincludes meat in its diet, however, it is unclear if scavenging is a widespread behaviour, as it is difficult to observe in the wild. Here, we document scavenging behaviour for the species based on direct evidence. We captured five garden dormice with live traps using dead baits, which were partially or totally consumed. Additionally, a camera-trap recorded how at least one garden dormouse visited and actively consumed the bait on 12 occasions during the study. These observations suggest that carrion may play an important role in the garden dormouse’s diet, opening a new ecological unexplored topic for this species.
Crystal structure of the salt tris(guanidinium) tris(tetrapropylammonium) bis(pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxylate) – water (1/10), C55H126N14O22
Authors: Zai Yanbing , Zhu Linlin , Wu Xiangxiang
Published: December 2017

C55H126N14O22, monoclinic, Cc (no. 9), a = 44.1382(7) Å, b = 8.18540(10) Å, c = 21.8699(3) Å, β = 109.2070(10)°, V = 7461.53(19) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0418, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1187, T = 296 K.
Nanostructure and nanomaterial characterization, growth mechanisms, and applications
Authors: Ossai Chinedu I. , Raghavan Nagarajan
Published: November 2017

Nanostructures are playing significant roles in the development of new functions and the enhancement of the existing functions of industrial devices such as sensors, transistors, diodes, lithium-ion batteries, and photovoltaic cells, due to their piezoelectricity, biocompatibility, and pyroelectrical characteristics. This research focused on the review of the characteristics of different nanostructures and nanomaterials such as ZnO, ZnS, MoS2, GO, TiO2, SnO2, and Fe2O3, their fabrication techniques, growth mechanisms, and applications. The factors affecting the growth mechanisms, the crystallographic natures, growth models of anisotropic nanostructures, and growth of nanocrystals, were also highlighted in this research. The existence of lattice mismatch, differential thermal expansion, and high deposition temperature, have affected uniform deposition of nanoparticles on substrates and caused heteroepitaxy, which has resulted in defective nanostructures. Although heteroepitaxy has negatively affected the characteristics and potential applications of nanostructures, it has also opened new research frontiers for potential new applications of nanostructures. The use of nanostructures for gas sensing is attributed to the high specific area, change of resistance on exposure to gases, and high photoconduction abilities, while the photon-carrier collection abilities and anti-reflectance qualities are vital for solar photovoltaic cells. Nanostructures have also been used as coating pigments to prevent corrosion of facilities, reduce urban heat islands and energy consumptions, due to the near infrared (NIR) reflective characteristics.
Formates for green catalytic reductions via CO2 hydrogenation, mediated by magnetically recoverable catalysts
Authors: Ronchin Lucio , Tortato Claudio , Pavanetto Alessio , Miolo Mattia , Demenev Evgeny , Vavasori Andrea
Published: November 2017

Precious metal catalyst has been prepared by conventional wet impregnation method followed by precipitation and reduction with hydrogen finally passivated with water in air. The magnetically recoverable catalyst has been prepared starting from a stoichiometric Fe3O4 and ZrO2–Fe3O4 as supports prepared following a sequential precipitation procedure. Precious metal catalysts supported on carbon, alumina, magnetite and zirconia-magnetite nanocomposite has been used in the reduction of nitrobenzenes and acetophenone by using sodium and potassium formate as reducing agent in the presence and in absence of an aqueous phase. In addition, the same catalysts has been tested in CO2 and NaHCO3 hydrogenation, for verifying their potentiality in the CO2 as hydrogen carrier for hydrogenation processes.
Alterssicherung zwischen Zwang, Paternalismus und Wahlfreiheit
Authors: Bütler Monika
Published: December 2017

Johann Heinrich von Thünen führte 1848 auf seinem Gut Tellow ein Gewinnbeteiligungsmodell ein, eine frühe betriebliche Altersvorsorge mit Zwang in der Ansparphase und freier Verfügbarkeit der angesparten Mittel im Alter. Von diesem historischen Vorbild ausgehend, betrachtet Monika Bütler in ihrer Thünen-Vorlesung vor der Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, wie Menschen mit Wahlmöglichkeiten in der Alterssicherung umgehen und was daraus für die Sozialpolitik folgt. Am Beispiel der Entscheidung zum Zeitpunkt der Pensionierung zwischen einer Auszahlung des angesparten Kapitals und einer Rente zeigt sie, dass psychologische Verzerrungen, denen große Teile der neueren Forschung gewidmet sind, zwar eine Rolle spielen. Allerdings entscheiden Menschen gerade in vielen Fragen der Alterssicherung sehr wohl rational.
One-Step Lining and Deacidification of Aged Newspapers with Double-sided Writing
Authors: Zhang Meifang , Jiang Fuze
Published: November 2017

The one-step lining and deacidification process of aged newspapers with double-sided writing combines deacidification and reinforcement processes. Wheat starch paste or carboxymethyl cellulose were prepared using an aqueous solution of Ca(OH)2. The newspapers were lined with Japanese tissue (9 g/m2), using the alkaline adhesive in order to mechanically reinforce the newspapers and at the same time increase the pH of the paper. After treatment, the pH value of the newspaper samples reached an ideal range between 8.0–8.5 when thew.1% Ca(OH)2was used. More notably, the Japanese tissue lining doubled strength and folding endurance. The treatment had little impact on the visual appearance of the writing and even increased the degree of whiteness of the paper. The increase of tensile strength and whiteness was not diminished even when the treated newspaper samples were exposed to accelerated thermal ageing.
A novel characterization method of fiber reinforced polymers with clustered microstructures for time dependent mass transfer
Authors: Jain Deepak , Mukherjee Abhijit , Bera Tarun Kumar
Published: November 2017

Some variation in the topological distribution of fibers inside the matrix phase of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) is inevitable. Such irregularities can accelerate moisture diffusion and adversely affect the life of FRP. This paper presents a hierarchical technique for characterization of clustered microstructures and their transient moisture diffusion response. The clustering descriptors are derived for different fiber volume fractions (dilute to dense) for the quantitative definition of a given fiber matrix architecture. The metrics are normalized to remove dependence on volume fraction. The microstructures are analyzed for Fickian moisture diffusion. Suggested descriptors show a good correlation with transient diffusion response in relation to saturation time. The results can be used to predict the time-dependent moisture diffusion response of FRPs for any given fiber volume fraction.
One-shot synesthesia
Authors: Kirschner Alexandra , Nikolić Danko
Published: November 2017

Synesthesia is commonly thought to be a phenomenon of fixed associations between an outside inducer and a vivid concurrent experience. Hence, it has been proposed that synesthesia occurs due to additional connections in the brain with which synesthetes are born. Here we show that synesthesia can be a much richer and more flexible phenomenon with a capability to creatively construct novel synesthetic experiences as events unfold in people’s lives. We describe here cases of synesthetes who occasionally generate novel synesthetic experience, called one-shot synesthesias. These synesthetic experiences seem to share all the properties with the classical synesthetic associations except that they occur extremely rarely, people recalling only a few events over the lifetime. It appears that these one-shots are not created at random but are instead responses to specific life events. We contrast the properties of those rare synesthetic events with other, more commonly known forms of synesthesia that also create novel synesthetic experiences, but at a high rate—sometimes creating novel experiences every few seconds. We argue that one-shot synesthesias indicate that synesthetic associations are by their nature not prewired at birth but are dynamically constructed through mental operations and according to the needs of a synesthetic mind. Our conclusions have implications for understanding the biological underpinnings of synesthesia and the role the phenomenon plays in the lives of people endowed with synesthetic capacities.
Non-Covalent Functionalisation of C30 Fullerene by Pyrrole-n-Carboxylic Acid (n=2, 3): Density Functional Theory Studies
Authors: Harismah Kun , Mirzaei Mahmoud , Ghasemi Nahid , Nejati Mohammad
Published: November 2017

For functionalisation of a representative C30 fullerene nanostructure by pyrrole-n-carboxylic acid (PnCA; n=2, 3) their stabilities and properties were investigated based on density functional theory calculations. Parallel calculations were also done for C60 fullerene as evidence for comparing the results. Non-covalent interactions are considered to make the functionalised structures. In contrast with the spherical shape of C60, the shape of C30 fullerene is elliptical; therefore, the functionalisation processes were done for both axial and equatorial elliptical positions (AC30 and EC30). The results indicated that both the positions of C30 have almost equivalent chances to be functionalised by PnCA; but functionalisation by P2CA is slightly more favourable than P3CA, either for C60. The illustrated molecular orbitals’ distributions indicated that the direction of charge transfer could be considered from PnCA counterparts to fullerene counterparts. The molecular properties indicated more reactivity for C30 than for C60 fullerene. Finally, the atomic scale quadrupole coupling constants indicated different roles for N and O atoms of PnCA in the functionalised models.
Freud como filósofo
Authors: Rodíguez González Mariano
Published: December 2017

Se investiga en este trabajo lo que podríamos entender como el significado propiamente“filosófico” del Psicoanálisis freudiano a partir de la importancia que cobra en el siglo XIXla noción física de fuerza y consiguientemente la idea metafísica de una “cara interna” dela fuerza. La recuperación hermenéutica de la filosofía de Freud, en un segundo momento,se podría entender como una simple reafirmación de su estructura schopenhaueriana fundamental,adaptada a la época del giro lingüístico. Entonces tendría que ser cuestionada lapretensión de haberse logrado con el Psicoanálisis un dispositivo más de “explicación total”.
A recepción teórica darwiniana da evolución en Karl R. Popper
Authors: Alonso Rodríguez Ana María
Published: December 2017

En este trabajo se pretende revisar la controversia que Popper mantuvo con la teoríadarwiniana de la evolución. Se señala la presencia de nociones y ejemplos tomados deldarwinismo ya en los escritos de los años 30, el cuestionamento del evolucionismo al hiloda refutación del historicismo durante los cuarenta y los posteriores intentos por rehabilitarsu estatuto científico a partir de la década de los 60. Esta secuencia permite plantear que, sibien Popper trató de mostrar que su pensamiento social y político se funda principalmenteen la epistemología, cabe considerar si son más bien sus valores sociales y políticos los queestablecen el carácter y los límites de su proyecto epistemológico, así como del resto de supensamiento. Se sugiere que el deseo de refutar el pretendido estatus científico de la teoríamarxista pudo ser la razón que lo determinaría a cuestionar el darwinismo que, por otraparte, siempre estuvo dispuesto a aceptar.