bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
pH-based ecological coherence of active canonical methanotrophs in paddy soils
Authors: Zhao Jun , Cai Yuanfeng , Jia Zhongjun
Published: December 2019

Abstract. Soil pH is considered one of the main determinants of the assembly of globally distributed microorganisms that catalyse the biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nitrogen. However, direct evidence for niche specialization of microorganisms in association with soil pH is still lacking. Using methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) as a model system of carbon cycling, we show that pH is potentially the key driving force selecting for canonical gamma- (type I) and alpha- (type II) methanotrophs in rice paddy soils. DNA-based stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) was combined with high-throughput sequencing to identify the taxonomic identities of active methanotrophs in physiochemically contrasting soils from 6 different paddy fields across China. Following microcosm amendment with 13CH4, methane was primarily consumed by Methylocystis-affiliated type II methanotrophs in soils with a relatively low pH (5.44–6.10), whereas Methylobacter/Methylosarcina-affiliated type I methanotrophs dominated methane consumption in soils with a high pH (7.02–8.02). Consumption of 13CH4 contributed 0.203 % to 1.25 % of soil organic carbon, but no significant difference was observed between high-pH and low-pH soils. The fertilization of ammonium nitrate resulted in no significant changes in the compositions of 13C-labelled methanotrophs in the soils, although significant inhibition of methane oxidation activity was consistently observed in low-pH soils. Mantel analysis further validated soil pH, rather than other parameters tested, had significant correlation to the variation of active methanotrophic compositions across different rice paddy soils. These results suggest that soil pH might have played pivotal roles in mediating the niche differentiation of ecologically important aerobic methanotrophs in terrestrial ecosystems and imply the importance of such niche specialization in regulating methane emissions in paddy field under increasingly intensified input of anthropogenic N fertilizers.
Technical note: PaleoDataView – a software toolbox for the collection, homogenization and visualization of marine proxy data
Authors: Langner Michael , Mulitza Stefan
Published: December 2019

Abstract. We present a software toolbox that allows the efficient collection, management and maintenance of larger paleoceanographic data sets. The program combines a graphical user interface (GUI) with a simple document-based database and functionality for visualization, stratigraphy (visual alignment and radiocarbon calibration), age modelling and efficient ensemble time-series generation to create larger homogenous data compilations. Data can be imported from Excel or text files, are stored locally in netCDF format and can be easily exchanged between collaborating scientists. Within a data collection, data can be imported either to proxy-specific sub-collections or to a multi-proxy (“miscellaneous”) sub-collection that allows the import and management of any downcore data. A single
age model is shared among all proxies of a core within a collection. The
stand-alone software can be used with Windows and macOS and does not require
web access. Installers of the current version for both Windows 10 and macOS including the C++ code can be downloaded from https://www.marum.de/Stefan-Mulitza/PaleoDataView.html (last access: 5 December 2019) along with a detailed user guide.
Brief communication: Post-wildfire rockfall risk in the eastern Alps
Authors: Melzner Sandra , Shtober-Zisu Nurit , Katz Oded , Wittenberg Lea
Published: December 2019

Abstract. In the eastern Alps, no previous research focused on the impact of wildfires
on the occurrence of rockfalls. The investigation of wildfires and
post-wildfire rockfalls gains new importance with respect to changes in
weather extremes and rapid social developments such as population growth
and tourism. The present work describes a wildfire that occurred in August
2018 in a famous world heritage site in Austria. Indicators of fire severity
and rockfall occurrence during and after the fire are described.
La huella de la edición infantil inglesa en las primeras series de los «Cuentos de Calleja en colores»
Authors: Fraga María Jesús , Urdiales Alberto
Published: December 2019

Entre 1916 y 1917, la editorial Saturnino Calleja lanza al mercado las tres primeras series de su colección «Cuentos de Calleja en colores». En este artículo se pone de manifiesto el marcado origen inglés de sus textos, ilustraciones y formatos. Si bien, en la primera de las series, se sustituyen las ilustraciones en color de las láminas originales por las confeccionadas por los nuevos dibujantes vanguardistas españoles, las otras dos series proceden de la compra de colecciones íntegras de ediciones inglesas.
Las redes sociales académicas en la difusión de la producción científica. Estudio de caso: Academia y Mendeley
Authors: Flores-Vivar Jesús Miguel , Zaharía Ana María
Published: December 2019

El artículo analiza las redes sociales académicas, Academia y Mendeley, estudiando sus orígenes, propósitos y formas de funcionamiento, así como su uso y expansión entre docentes e investigadores de diferentes áreas de conocimiento. Se realiza una aproximación descriptiva al concepto de red social académica y su implantación en la comunidad científica como una de las herramientas básicas que utiliza el investigador para documentar y difundir sus trabajos. En la metodología utilizada, de tipo cuali-cuantitativo, se han escogido los métodos de la observación sistematizada y el estudio de caso. Para el marco teórico y conceptual se ha accedido a artículos, estudios, informes, definiciones y referencias de los sitios web de las plataformas estudiadas con el fin de tener una base sobre la cual interpretar situaciones y desarrollar investigaciones más extensas. El resultado obtenido nos permite saber el público al que están dirigidas, el nivel de uso y las diversas utilidades en el ámbito de la investigación.
El panteón de papel: élites tradicionales y cultura de masas en las necrológicas españolas
Authors: Francescutti Luis Pablo
Published: December 2019

Pese a su reconocido valor como barómetro del cambio cultural, el obituario apenas ha sido estudiado en España. Subsanar en parte esa laguna es el objetivo de este estudio de las necrológicas de los diarios El País, ABC y La Vanguardia. El análisis ha encontrado que el género es cultivado por periodistas ligados a cada cabecera y una minoría de miembros de las élites locales, invitados a escribir en razón de su cercanía a los difuntos. El perfil de los fallecidos revela una jerarquía centradaen personalidades de la política, el deporte, la cultura, el arte y el periodismo, nacidas en España o en el Occidente desarrollado, así como una notable infra-representación femenina. Se concluye que el “panteón de papel” aporta una base para la exploración de los valores dominantes en la sociedad y del papel de la prensa en los procesos de recuerdo colectivo y consagración social.
Mujeres y sufragio: Sátira política en las elecciones municipales 2016. Estudio de las representaciones sociales femeninas en The Clinic (Chile)
Authors: Rodríguez-Pastene Vicencio Fabiana , Messeet Divasto Francisco
Published: December 2019

Esta investigación se basa en el concepto de Representación Social desarrollado por Moscovici (1979) con el fin de determinar con qué atributos fueron y son representadas las mujeres en política, a partir de un medio de prensa satírico como es la revista chilena The Clinic.
Roles de género en los contenidos publicitarios de las revistas femeninas de alta gama españolas, su asociación con los patrones femeninos corporales restrictivos y la percepción que tiene la mujer real de este fenómeno
Authors: Vega Saldaña Silvia Mª , Barredo Ibáñez Daniel , Merchán Clavellino Ana
Published: December 2019

Las mujeres reales son conscientes de cómo el patrón corporal femenino que exhibe una modelo en la publicidad no contiene solamente dimensiones estéticas que atañen y repercuten a su cuerpo, sino que en base a éste a la mujer se le atribuirán diferentes roles sociales que repercutirán en el universo femenino que quede plasmado en cada escena de la ficción publicitaria. Así pues, los patrones corporales restrictivos, PCE, introducirán mujeres abocadas a la soltería, ociosas, de clase social alta, exentas del trabajo, así como de las labores del hogar y la maternidad; mientras que los patrones corporales no estrictos, PCNE, se afianzarán sobre modelos de mujer en los que la maternidad y las tareas del hogar, así como el ámbito de lo privado estarán muy presentes, a las que se representará circunscritas a la clase media y en la que el trabajo si tiene cabida.
¡Es taylorismo, estúpido! Sobre la nueva organización científica de la investigación y la docencia en la Universidad Española
Authors: Noll Henry
Published: December 2019

En este texto evaluamos, desde el punto de vista de la Sociología del Trabajo, los efectos de la nueva organización científica del trabajo universitario en España, tanto en el campo de la investigación como en el de la docencia. Tras analizar en qué consisten estos nuevos métodos de evaluación de la producción investigadora y el trabajo docente, llegamos a la conclusión de que son métodos claramente tayloristas de organización del trabajo, cuyos efectos no sólo tienen que ver con una degradación y empobrecimiento de la investigación y la enseñanza universitaria sino que se trata de un dispositivo de gestión que desmoviliza al profesorado e impide articular acciones colectivas frente a la intensificación y la precarización de su trabajo.
Hermann Cohen on Compassion: A Cognitivist Take on the Peculiarly Religious Emotion
Authors: Ricciardi Benjamin Cleveland
Published: December 2019

Hermann Cohen presents compassion (or pity) as being an emotion peculiar to religion. But what is compassion? This article argues that, despite polemicizing against the Stoics' theory of emotions, the way Cohen presents compassion commits him to a cognitivist theory of compassion very close to the Stoics' in which compassion consists in or follows on certain kinds of judgments. In doing so, this article shows that Cohen (1) anticipates the neo-Stoic emotional theory of Martha Nussbaum, and (2) solves a problem regarding the role of emotions in action in Kantian ethical theory.
Negative Utopianism and Catastrophe in Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy
Authors: Jergenson Casey
Published: December 2019

This article considers Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy as an exemplar of the principle that dystopian and postapocalyptic narratives often serve as vehicles for utopian hopes in anti-utopian historical moments. The trilogy expresses utopian possibilities through the procedures of negative utopianism: a set of discursive practices oriented toward utopian horizons but informed by the principle that utopia cannot be represented from a position within ideology. The Crakers and the God's Gardeners are the two utopian entities in the trilogy, and the social content attributed to them is generated through two qualitatively distinct approaches to utopian representation that Fredric Jameson has theorized using the Greimasian semiotic rectangle. Both entities fail, but the trilogy places utopian hope in the possibility for their combination, facilitated by an apocalyptic catastrophe that creates space in the world of the trilogy for alternative configurations of the social. These alternatives, however, are deferred beyond the trilogy's conclusion.
The Awakenings of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Authors: Paravantes Andrew James
Published: December 2019

“The sleeper awakes” is a convention of many literary utopias from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Novels by Wells, Morris, and Bellamy famously feature a sleeping modern everyman who awakens to a future where the contradictions of the burgeoning capitalist society have (fitfully or finally) been resolved. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) dutifully employed this trope in her first full-length utopia, Moving the Mountain (1911). More important, a general invocation to “Awaken!” runs throughout the entirety of her work. To “awaken” meant for Gilman to waken from: to throw off the inherited habits of thought that mentally hobbled her generation and to rouse oneself from the debilitating fatigue that was a consequence of domestic drudgery. Gilman also called upon women to waken to: to grasp their productive capacity as world workers; to seize their reproductive power as “mothers of the race”; and, finally, to acknowledge their capacity for telesis, that is, for the deliberate improvement of human society. Gilman's failure to critically challenge the myopia of her own thinking, however, particularly around matters of race, meant that she remained “half-asleep,” or perhaps better, “half-woke.”
APRESENTAÇÃO
Authors: Monteiro José Marciano
Published: December 2019

APRESENTAÇÃO DE DOSSIÊ
MULHERES NA POLÍTICA PARTIDÁRIA: ALGUNS ETHOS DE ATUAÇÃO DE PREFEITAS PARAIBANAS
Authors: Almeida Cosma Ribeiro de
Published: December 2019

O objetivo deste trabalho é refletir sobre os elementos culturais, historicamente arraigados na educação social brasileira, presentes na atuação de prefeitas paraibanas. Entendemos que tal educação não formal contribui para a reprodução de comportamentos tidos como hegemônicos e responsáveis pela assimetria ente homens e mulheres. Para isso, foram entrevistadas em 2015, cinco prefeitas eleitas em 2012, em que as mesmas relatavam a condição do ser “mulher política” ao mesmo tempo em que colocavam seus anseios e ansiedades diante de um espaço considerado distante para o gênero feminino. Concluímos que apesar de tentarem construir uma identidade própria de mulher política, muitas acabam reproduzindo a política do machismo e do patriarcalismo no exercício da gestão pública ao afirmarem alguns ethos de atuação como “o ser guerreira” e “o ser forte”. Isso se dá principalmente porque muitas delas pertencem a famílias políticas da Paraíba e tentam construir uma “identidade própria” do ser mulher política.
The Role of Business Intelligence in Crises Management: A Field Study on the Telecommunication Companies in Jordan
Authors: Rahahleh Arwa Hisham , Omoush Majd Mohammad
Published: December 2019

The field of business intelligence and crisis management currently became have become important issues that organization should be concerned about. The aims of the research is to identify the concepts of business intelligence (BI) and crisis management and review the importance of business intelligence in business organizations through the following independent variables (data source - data stores - specialized data - analytical processing- Data and data mining) and its impact on the crisis management stages ( pre-crisis phase, during the crisis phase and post-crisis phase) in the Jordanian telecommunications companies. The study population consisted of employees of the Jordanian telecommunications companies. A simple random sample was selected, to whom (130) questionnaires were distributed and 120 questionnaires were retrieved. The study relied on the descriptive analytical approach (SPSS as statistical analysis). The research concluded that there is a positive significant impact between business intelligence and management crisis in the Jordanian business organizations. This indicates to the interest of these organizations in the tools of business intelligence, especially with regard to the analytical processing of data based on a secure and integrated system in the work environment to manage organization crises.
Diretrizes políticas Globais e Relações Políticas Locais: possíveis indícios da “gestão-vagalume"
Authors: Araujo Arthur Medrado Soares
Published: December 2019

Esses escritos pretendem analisar os conceitos apresentando por BALL (2001) no texto Diretrizes Políticas Globais e Relações Políticas Locais em Educação em relação ao relato de experiência de três professoras/gestoras da educação publica de Minas Gerais no que tange a relação dessas “atrizes sociais” com ações educativas e  suas práticas no campo da gestão educacional. A tentativa, então, é encontrar os atravessamentos entre a literatura e a prática no testemunho dos sujeitos que estão no “chão da escola”. Para isso foram utilizadas entrevistas com as professoras para a Série Educacional Mosaico, produzida pela Escola de Gestores do CEAD/UFOP na intenção de buscar conexões e afastamentos do texto de BALL e as possíveis “causas” para denominar essas mulheres como “vagalumes” (HUBERMAN,2011).
O Machismo e a visão Científica e Cultural dos alunos do Ensino Médio Integrado de uma Rede de Ensino Pública Federal.
Authors: Santos Daniela Copetti , Oleques Luciane Carvalho , Santos da Rosa Juliane Oberoffer
Published: December 2019

Este estudo propõe a busca pelo conhecimento na perspectiva da diversidade sexual, sexualidade e relações de gênero. Surge a partir de metodologias ativas realizadas por alunos do Ensino Médio Integrado do Instituto Federal Farroupilha (Campus Santa Rosa), tendo como suporte o componente curricular de Biologia ministrado e orientado pelas autoras. A metodologia utilizada surgiu da própria criatividade deles, tendo sida desenvolvida em três momentos. No primeiro momento uma revisão bibliográfica, no segundo, uma entrevista aberta com profissionais envolvidos diretamente no assunto tratado nesse trabalho e que atuam em município da região Noroeste do Rio Grande do Sul e para finalizar um debate em sala de aula para discutirmos o assunto. Conclui-se que é fundamental o diálogo, rever argumentos, questionar-se sobre possíveis verdades tradicionais e inserir o contexto no cotidiano.
Resenha: BAPTISTA, Ana Maria H.; BATISTA, José Carlos F.; D’AMBRÓSIO, Ubiratan (orgs). Educação e Linguagens. São Paulo: BT Acadêmica, CAPES, 2017. 304p.
Authors: Campos Janaína
Published: December 2019

Resenha do livro:BAPTISTA, Ana Maria H.; BATISTA, José Carlos F.; D’AMBRÓSIO, Ubiratan (orgs). Educação e Linguagens. São Paulo: BT Acadêmica, CAPES, 2017. 304p.
Bibliometric analysis about Economics approach to Bitcoins
Authors: Sokulski Carla Cristiane , Moura Rafael Vignoli de , Waldmann Gustavo Tadra , Francisco Antonio Carlos de , Carvalho Gustavo Dambiski Gomes de
Published: December 2019

The objective of this article is to identify the main characteristics of scientific research regarding the approach economic about bitcoins. This study is based on bibliometric research and network analysis, with the use of descriptive statistics in 84 articles found on the Web of Science database.  The analysis used the programs VOSviewer and Excel. The main results show that Bouri, Bouoiyour, Dyhrberg and Selmi are the authors who published most articles and that the Université de Pau (France) and the University College Dublin (Ireland) are the institutions with most publications. The journal with most publications is Plos One, which presented a 3.057 impact factor. There are only three co-authoring networks with greater expressiveness, however, there are no links between them and the others. Despite the growing number of publications on the subject, the researchs is beginning, showing a wide field of exploration.
O Esporte nas Constituições dos Países da América Latina: Pesquisa Descritiva Sob o Olhar do Direito
Authors: Malanovicz Aline Vieira , Malanovicz Ana Paula Vieira
Published: December 2019

Objetivo do estudo:  Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar menções ao tema do esporte nas Constituições dos países da América Latina.Metodologia/abordagem:  O corpus da pesquisa incluiu os textos das Constituições de 32 países, e os dados foram coletados com base em palavras-chave referentes ao tema esporte, em quatro idiomas (sport, deporte, esporte). A análise dos dados coletados utilizou o método comparativo.Originalidade/Relevância: Esta pesquisa tem certa originalidade no sentido de que é pautada em uma discussão sob o olhar do Direito, e realizou a coleta de dados sobre o tema do Esporte em textos constitucionais.Principais resultados: Para resumir os resultados, pode-se dizer que as seções em que os artigos que tratam do esporte aparecem abordam três temas principais: os direitos e garantias fundamentais ou sociais, o dever ou atribuição do Estado de promover o esporte, e a organização das competências do Estado – o que evidencia perfeito sentido lógico (declaração do direito, atribuição do dever ao Estado, organização da competência para realizá-lo). Entretanto, uma discussão da efetividade da declaração do direito ao esporte – ainda que na Constituição do país, na norma hierarquicamente superior a todas as outras e fundante de toda a estrutura do estado de direito – mostra que, em algumas realidades investigadas em pesquisas, a efetividade ainda parece distante de uma plenitude em termos de eficácia. Conclui-se que, sendo o esporte reconhecido como tendo um valor social tão relevante, de modo a estar elencado na ordem social na lei máxima do ordenamento jurídico, nas Constituições de alguns países, espera-se que a efetividade das normas programáticas seja instrumentalizada o suficiente para tornar tais direitos efetivos, não apenas simples declarações de intenções.Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: apresenta-se uma base para coleta de dados não usual na área dos Esportes, e adequada para pesquisas cujo objetivo esteja vinculado à identificação da valorização do tema em diferentes países. O olhar do Direito também configura uma contribuição metodológica relevante, pela diferença no ponto de vista de análise dos dados.
Solution Attractor of Local Search System: A Method to Reduce Computational Complexity of the Traveling Salesman Problem
Authors: Li Weiqi
Published: December 2019

The traveling salesman problem (TSP) is presumably difficult to solve exactly using local search algorithms. It can be exactly solved by only one algorithm—the enumerative search algorithm. However, the scanning of all possible solutions requires exponential computing time. Do we need exploring all the possibilities to find the optimal solution? How can we narrow down the search space effectively and efficiently for an exhausted search? This chapter attempts to answer these questions. A local search algorithm is a discrete dynamical system, in which a search trajectory searches a part of the solution space and stops at a locally optimal point. A solution attractor of a local search system for the TSP is defined as a subset of the solution space that contains all locally optimal tours. The solution attractor concept gives us great insight into the computational complexity of the TSP. If we know where the solution attractor is located in the solution space, we simply completely search the solution attractor, rather than the entire solution space, to find the globally optimal tour. This chapter describes the solution attractor of local search system for the TSP and then presents a novel search system—the attractor-based search system—that can solve the TSP much efficiently with global optimality guarantee.
Henri Coudreau e a “vulgarização” amazônica: os índios Juruna, Tapayuna e Parintintin (1895-1896)
Authors: Coelho Matheus Camilo , Benchimol Alegria , Miranda Elis De Araújo
Published: December 2019

Entre 1895 e 1899, o geógrafo francês Henri Coudreau realizou expedições pelo estado do Pará a serviço do governo deste estado a fim de sistematizar informações a acerca da geografia física e da população paraense. Os registros das expedições foram feitos por meio de mapas, desenhos, fotografias e coleta de objetos significativos para os grupos sociais que manteve contato. Além disso, Coudreau tinha o importante papel de vulgarizar informações por meio de seus livros editados na Europa. O presente artigo, por meio de uma pesquisa qualitativa, visa investigar as informações e as imagens de três povos indígenas vulgarizadas nos livros intitulados “Viagem ao Tapajós” e “Viagem ao Xingú”, de autoria de Henri Coudreau.
Skeptical Theism and the Creep Problem
Authors: Aikin Scott , Ribeiro Brian ,   Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch
Published: December 2019

Skeptical theism is the view that human knowledge and understanding are severely limited, compared to that of the divine. The view is deployed as an undercutting defeater for evidential arguments from evil. However, skeptical theism has broader skeptical consequences than those for the argument from evil. The epistemic principles of this skeptical creep are identified and shown to be on the road to global skepticism.
The Availability Heuristic and Inference to the Best Explanation
Authors: Shaffer Michael J. ,   Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch
Published: December 2019

This paper shows how the availability heuristic can be used to justify inference to the best explanation in such a way that van Fraassen's infamous "best of a bad lot" objection can be adroitly avoided. With this end in mind, a dynamic and contextual version of the erotetic model of explanation sufficient to ground this response is presented and defended.
Knowledge Doesn’t Require Epistemic Certainty
Authors: Simpson James ,   Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch
Published: December 2019

In a recent discussion note in this journal, Moti Mizrahi offers us the following argument for the conclusion that knowledge requires epistemic certainty:1) If S knows that p on the grounds that e, then p cannot be false given e.2) If p cannot be false given e, then e makes p epistemically certain.3) Therefore, if S knows that p on the grounds that e, then e makes p epistemically certain.I’ll argue that (2) of Mizrahi’s argument is false, and so, Mizrahi’s argument is unsound.
A cross-lagged panel analysis of the relationship between neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community
Authors: Prati Gabriele , Cicognani Elvira
Published: December 2019

Neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community have been associated with important outcomes for adolescents. However, the complex interplay between neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community among adolescents is not clear. Moreover, the studies showing an association between neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community have been cross-sectional. The present study investigated the directionality of the relationship between neighborhood sense of community and school sense of community using a longitudinal cross-lagged design. Using structural equation modeling, a cross-lagged panel analysis revealed that school sense of community at Time 1 significantly predicts neighborhood sense of community at Time 2 even after controlling for neighborhood sense of community at Time 1. However, neighborhood sense of community at Time 1 did not predict school sense of community at Time 2. Results of this study support the theory that school sense of community can provide students with a bridge between school and community.
“It’s still an animal that died for me.” Responsibility and meat consumption
Authors: Gfeller Fabienne
Published: December 2019

The aim of this paper is to explore the way people engaging in a more or less strict reduction of their consumption of food of animal origin (de)construct their responsibility regarding the food production and distribution system. Starting from a description of the crisis in meat production, it contributes to the understanding of the way people who are sensitive to these issues position themselves by focusing on the notion of responsibility. Ciarán Benson’s work on positioning serves as theoretical background. Through the analysis of interviews and a qualitative experiment with people who changed their consumption of food of animal origin recently, several dimensions along which responsibility is constructed are identified. Those are 1) who bears responsibility, 2) towards whom or what, 3) the action that is considered, 4) the knowledge implicated and 5) the power to act in that situation. The main proposition of the paper is to enhance Benson’s approach through the inclusion of a collective “we.” The study took place in Switzerland, where meat consumption is the norm. This context also implies a certain room for maneuver in the choice of products, as well as the presence of debates around the ecological and ethical implications of meat production.
Circo que Foge com o Sonho: planos de fuga e estratégias pedagógicas para sonhar
Authors:   UDESC, Centro de Artes SENSE LAB- Concordia University, Mancini Bianca Scliar Cabral , Ferracioli Bruna Rafaela ,   UDESC- Licenciatura em Artes Cênicas
Published: December 2019

Este trabalho apresenta resultados de um projeto de ensino de teatro executado a partir de noções expandidas de comunidade e resultante de estudos sobre a pedagogia radical. Convidamos à reflexão sobre oportunidades disponíveis para rasgar limites metodológicos no contexto da pedagogia da cena, sejam eles referentes a subcategorias da performance teatral ou do que pressupomos ser uma comunidade, ou mesmo àquilo o que definimos como processos de aprendizagem e seus objetivos determinados antecipadamente. No contexto de um estágio em comunidade esta análise se instaura a partir da noção de planos de fuga, dos filósofos Guattari e Deleuze, e alcança questionamentos sobre o lugar de ensino, reflete sobre uma pedagogia do sonho e indaga sobre as implicações de constituir comunidades efêmeras a partir do acontecimento de uma aula de teatro.
Prosa pro Café
Authors: Araújo Gabriel Travasso
Published: December 2019

O artigo retrata a criação de uma intervenção Prosa Pro Café, que tem como proposta discutir e compreender as transformações em curso no campo social, captar o que já mudou e o que continua a mudar e a importância da interação entre os espectadores e a proposta final de uma produção artística em meio a valores, curiosidades e o cotidiano humano. O projeto foi desenvolvido para alcançar o entendimento desses aspectos na obra em questão utilizando uma metodologia de análise crítica e baseados nos conceitos de Arte Urbana e Arte Relacional apresentados por Marina Knapp, Paulo Souza, André Luiz Mesquita e Nicolas Bourriaud.
Metrical Distinctiveness of Indian Crania Demonstrated through Stepwise Multivariate Classification
Authors: Raghavan Pathmanathan , Pathmanathan Gayathiri
Published: December 2019

Our previous metrical study of Indian crania from across the South Asian subcontinent found great variability within all of the series, combined with average trends whereby the Indian series resemble each other and contrast with series outside of South Asia. This contribution confirms the craniometric distinctiveness of Indian crania, notwithstanding their intra-series variability, through stepwise discriminant function analysis of the six best sampled series from northern and South India. The proportion of crania from places beyond South Asia classified as Indian is negligible, while over 90% of Indian crania are correctly identified as Indian. This correct identification of Indian crania is enhanced amongst those specimens whose possession of pronouncedly Indian craniometric attributes is revealed through index analysis. By extrapolation, index analysis may also assist the correct classification of non-Indian populations that also are craniometrically distinct. Further, Indians’ craniometric distinctiveness aligns with genetic evidence for the predominantly indigenous ancestry of Indians who speak Indo-Aryan and especially Dravidian languages.
DATING THE BRONZE AGE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Authors: Higham Charles Franklin , Higham Thomas Franklin , Douka Katerina
Published: December 2019

We have dated human bone, freshwater shell, charcoal and rice grains from key sites in mainland Southeast Asia in order to establish the chronological scaffolding for later prehistory (ca 2500 BC-AD 500). In a recent report on the metal remains from the site of Ban Chiang, however, this chronology has been challenged. Here, we respond to these claims and show that they are unfounded and misleading. We maintain the integrity of the Bayesian-modelled radiocarbon results that identify the arrival of the first rice and millet farmers in mainland Southeast Asia towards the end of the 3rd millennium BC, with the first evidence for the casting of bronze by about 1100 BC. Social change that followed the establishment of metallurgy was rapid and profound.
An early hunter-gatherer site at Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand
Authors: Higham Charles Franklin , Thosarat Rachanie
Published: December 2019

The inland plains of Southeast Asia are a void in terms of early occupation by hunter gatherers. Two radiocarbon determinations from basal Ban Non Wat on the Khorat Plateau date a shell midden and possibly associated human and deer remains between 18000-20000 years ago.
Distinguer les risques sanitaire et nutritionnel perçus pour améliorer les comportements alimentaires
Authors: Laporte Marie-Ève
Published: December 2019

L’alimentation est étroitement liée au bien-être et à la santé. De ce fait, elle suscite aussi des inquiétudes. La présente recherche étudie la perception du risque alimentaire à travers ses deux dimensions théoriques : (1) la perception de risque sanitaire à court terme et (2) la perception de risque nutritionnel à long terme. Elle vérifie par deux études quantitatives en France que les consommateurs distinguent ces deux dimensions et que la seconde est désormais prépondérante. Le renforcement des normes pour lutter contre le risque sanitaire a paradoxalement créé une distance entre le consommateur et son assiette, accroissant la perception de risque nutritionnel. Il apparaît nécessaire de prendre celle-ci en compte pour rassurer les consommateurs, sans pour autant négliger le risque sanitaire. L’article analyse différentes solutions de le faire en pratique.
TLE3 loss confers AR inhibitor resistance by facilitating GR-mediated human prostate cancer cell growth
Authors: Palit Sander AL , Vis Daniel , Stelloo Suzan , Lieftink Cor , Prekovic Stefan , Bekers Elise , Hofland Ingrid , Šuštić Tonći , Wolters Liesanne , Beijersbergen Roderick , Bergman Andries M , Győrffy Balázs , Wessels Lodewyk FA , Zwart Wilbert , van der Heijden Michiel S
Published: December 2019

Androgen receptor (AR) inhibitors represent the mainstay of prostate cancer treatment. In a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen using LNCaP prostate cancer cells, loss of co-repressor TLE3 conferred resistance to AR antagonists apalutamide and enzalutamide. Genes differentially expressed upon TLE3 loss share AR as the top transcriptional regulator, and TLE3 loss rescued the expression of a subset of androgen-responsive genes upon enzalutamide treatment. GR expression was strongly upregulated upon AR inhibition in a TLE3-negative background. This was consistent with binding of TLE3 and AR at the GR locus. Furthermore, GR binding was observed proximal to TLE3/AR-shared genes. GR inhibition resensitized TLE3KO cells to enzalutamide. Analyses of patient samples revealed an association between TLE3 and GR levels that reflected our findings in LNCaP cells, of which the clinical relevance is yet to be determined. Together, our findings reveal a mechanistic link between TLE3 and GR-mediated resistance to AR inhibitors in human prostate cancer.
Length-dependent disassembly maintains four different flagellar lengths in Giardia
Authors: McInally Shane G , Kondev Jane , Dawson Scott C
Published: December 2019

With eight flagella of four different lengths, the parasitic protist Giardia is an ideal model to evaluate flagellar assembly and length regulation. To determine how four different flagellar lengths are maintained, we used live-cell quantitative imaging and mathematical modeling of conserved components of intraflagellar transport (IFT)-mediated assembly and kinesin-13-mediated disassembly in different flagellar pairs. Each axoneme has a long cytoplasmic region extending from the basal body, and transitions to a canonical membrane-bound flagellum at the ‘flagellar pore’. We determined that each flagellar pore is the site of IFT accumulation and injection, defining a diffusion barrier functionally analogous to the transition zone. IFT-mediated assembly is length-independent, as train size, speed, and injection frequencies are similar for all flagella. We demonstrate that kinesin-13 localization to the flagellar tips is inversely correlated to flagellar length. Therefore, we propose a model where a length-dependent disassembly mechanism controls multiple flagellar lengths within the same cell.
Comparative analysis of bacterial communities associated with healthy and diseased corals in the Indonesian sea
Authors: Mhuantong Wuttichai , Nuryadi Handung , Trianto Agus , Sabdono Agus , Tangphatsornruang Sithichoke , Eurwilaichitr Lily , Kanokratana Pattanop , Champreda Verawat
Published: December 2019

Coral reef ecosystems are impacted by climate change and human activities, such as increasing coastal development, overfishing, sewage and other pollutant discharge, and consequent eutrophication, which triggers increasing incidents of diseases and deterioration of corals worldwide. In this study, bacterial communities associated with four species of corals:Acropora aspera,Acropora formosa,Cyphastreasp., andIsoporasp. in the healthy and disease stages with different diseases were compared using tagged 16S rRNA sequencing. In total, 59 bacterial phyla, 190 orders, and 307 genera were assigned in coral metagenomes whereProteobacteriaandFirmicuteswere pre-dominated followed byBacteroidetestogether withActinobacteria,Fusobacteria, andLentisphaeraeas minor taxa. Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) showed separated clustering of bacterial diversity in healthy and infected groups for individual coral species.Fusibacterwas found as the major bacterial genus across all corals. The lower number ofFusibacterwas found inA. asperainfected with white band disease andIsoporasp. with white plaque disease, but marked increases ofVibrioandAcrobacter, respectively, were observed. This was in contrast toA. formosainfected by a black band andCyphastreasp. infected by yellow blotch diseases which showed an increasing abundance ofFusibacterbut a decrease in WH1-8 bacteria. Overall, infection was shown to result in disturbance in the complexity and structure of the associated bacterial microbiomes which can be relevant to the pathogenicity of the microbes associated with infected corals.
Effect of music listening on hypertonia in neurologically impaired patients—systematic review
Authors: Van Criekinge Tamaya , D’Août Kristiaan , O’Brien Jonathon , Coutinho Eduardo
Published: December 2019

Background

As music listening is able to induce self-perceived and physiological signs of relaxation, it might be an interesting tool to induce muscle relaxation in patients with hypertonia. To this date effective non-pharmacological rehabilitation strategies to treat hypertonia in neurologically impaired patients are lacking. Therefore the aim is to investigate the effectiveness of music listening on muscle activity and relaxation.

Methodology

The search strategy was performed by the PRISMA guidelines and registered in the PROSPERO database (no. 42019128511). Seven databases were systematically searched until March 2019. Six of the 1,684 studies met the eligibility criteria and were included in this review. Risk of bias was assessed by the PEDro scale. In total 171 patients with a variety of neurological conditions were included assessing hypertonia with both clinicall and biomechanical measures.

Results

The analysis showed that there was a large treatment effect of music listening on muscle performance (SMD 0.96, 95% CI [0.29–1.63],I2 = 10%,Z = 2.82,p = 0.005). Music can be used as either background music during rehabilitation (dual-task) or during rest (single-task) and musical preferences seem to play a major role in the observed treatment effect.

Conclusions

Although music listening is able to induce muscle relaxation, several gaps in the available literature were acknowledged. Future research is in need of an accurate and objective assessment of hypertonia.
The complete mitochondrial genome of stag beetle Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and phylogenetic analysis
Authors: Chen Dan , Liu Jing , Bartolozzi Luca , Wan Xia
Published: December 2019

Background

The stag beetle Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is widely distributed in Europe. Habitat loss and fragmentation has led to significant reductions in numbers of this species. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of L. cervus and reconstructed phylogenetic relationships among Lucanidae using complete mitochondrial genome sequences.

Methods

Raw data sequences were generated by the next generation sequencing using Illumina platform from genomic DNA of L. cervus. The mitochondrial genome was assembled by IDBA and annotated by MITOS. The aligned sequences of mitochondrial genes were partitioned using PartitionFinder 2. Phylogenetic relationships among 19 stag beetle species were constructed using Maximum Likelihood (ML) method implemented in IQ-TREE web server and Bayesian method implemented in PhyloBayes MPI 1.5a. Three scarab beetles were used as outgroups.

Results

The complete mitochondrial genome of L. cervus is 20,109 bp in length, comprising 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNAs and a control region. The A + T content is 69.93% for the majority strand. All protein-coding genes start with the typical ATN initiation codons except for cox1, which uses AAT. Phylogenetic analyses based on ML and Bayesian methods shown consistent topologies among Lucanidae.
Evaluation of Acute and Sub-acute Toxicity of the Aqueous Extract from the Fruit of Solanum indicum Linn. (Solanaceae) in Rats
Authors: Epoh Nadine Joissy , Dongmo Olivette Laure Matafack , Tadjoua Herve Tchoumbou , Tchouanguep Félicité Mbiapo , Telefo Phelix Bruno
Published: December 2019

Aim: The fruit of Solanum indicum Linn have been reported traditionally to have anti-hypertensive and diuretic properties. This study was undertaken to evaluate the toxicological potential of S. indicum fruits aqueous extract through the acute and sub-acute toxicity tests in rats.

Methodology: For acute toxicity evaluation, a single oral dose of 5000 mg/kg of the plant extract was administrated in 60 days old female albino Wistar rats. Then, the animals were observed for 14 days. Sub-acute toxicity studies were conducted with 50 adult rats of both gender that orally received during 28 days, increasing doses of the plant extract. Their body weight and food intake were weekly collected. At the end of the experiment, biochemical and hematological parameters as well as histological analysis of organs (liver, kidneys and spleen) were undertaken.

Results: Single oral administration of 5000 mg/kg dose of the fruit plant aqueous extract produced no mortality or signs of toxicity. During sub-acute test, no variations in body weight and food intake of both animals gender were observed. An important decrease in male’s rat liver weight were obtained at the dose 25 mg/kg; serum urea, total cholesterol, TAG, ALP and AST levels were signiﬁcantly lowered in male especially at the dose 50 mg/kg, but this decrease was noticed only in serum urea, ALP and ALT in female rats. Furthermore, a significant decrease in platelets number, serum PCT, MPV and PDW levels were recorded in all treated male rats except those receiving the highest extract dose. No structural changes in treated animal organs section histology were observed when compared to controls.

Conclusion: The fruits aqueous extracts of S. indicum is safe when administered acutely and for 28 days in rats. However, alterations on their hematological and biochemical parameters were not closely related with the dose, implying caution on its use.
TGFβ1‐induced beta‐site APP‐cleaving enzyme 2 upregulation promotes tumorigenesis through the NF‐κB signalling pathway in human gliomas
Authors: Wang Huizhi , Chen Zihang , Wang Shaobo , Gao Xiao , Qian Mingyu , Qiu Wei , Zhang Zongpu , Zhang Shouji , Qi Yanhua , Sun Xiaopeng , Xue Hao , Guo Xing , Zhao Rongrong , Li Gang
Published: December 2019

Gliomas are the most common primary malignant tumours of the central nervous system, and new molecular biomarkers are urgently needed for diagnosis and targeted therapy. Here, we report that increased beta‐site APP‐cleaving enzyme 2 (BACE2) expression is associated with increases in the grade of human glioma, the incidence of the mesenchymal molecular glioblastoma multiforme subtype and the likelihood of poor prognoses for patients. BACE2 knockdown suppressed cell invasion, cell migration and tumour growth both in vitro and in vivo, while BACE2 overexpression promoted the mesenchymal transition and cell proliferation. Furthermore, TGFβ1 stimulated BACE2 expression through Smad‐dependent signalling, which modulated TNF‐α‐induced NF‐κB activity through the PP1A/IKK pathway to promote tumorigenesis in both U87MG and U251 cells. Our study indicated that BACE2 plays a significant role in glioma development. Therefore, BACE2 is a potential therapeutic target for human gliomas due to its function and ability to be regulated.
Changes in the Diffusion Coefficient of Rhenium in a New Type of Nickel‐Based Single‐Crystal Superalloy during Homogenization
Authors: Li Yiling , Jia Zhihong , Tang Wei , Liang Xiangfeng , Xu Weitai , Zhao Yutao
Published: December 2019

Rhenium (Re) is the slowest‐diffusing element in nickel‐based single‐crystal (SC) superalloy, and its diffusion coefficient has deep influence on the research of homogenization. A model of diffusion of Re during homogenization is established in this work. Based on the model and the data in this experiment, the diffusion coefficient of Re (DRe) is 6.67 × 10−3 μm2 s−1 at 1300 °C, 7.99 × 10−3 μm2 s−1 at 1330 °C, and 1.86 × 10−2 μm2 s−1 at 1340 °C. The experimental data show that the DRe in SC structure is smaller than it in polycrystalline structure, which was measured by diffusion couple system. Also, the law of change of DRe during 1300–1340 °C does not conform the Arrhenius equation because of the undissolved γ′ phase.
Facile Fabrication of Porous Si Microspheres from Low‐Cost Precursors for High‐Capacity Electrode
Authors: Geng Liyuan , Yang Dandan , Gao Shilun , Zhang Zhaoxiang , Sun Feiyuan , Pan Yiyang , Li Shaoqi , Li Xiaohua , Cao Peng‐Fei , Yang Huabin
Published: December 2019

Comparing with nanometer‐sized Si (nano‐Si), the micrometer‐sized Si (micro‐Si) is more promising for the practical applications due to its low cost and scalable production method. Fabrication of micro‐Si with porous architecture can efficiently alleviate the high mechanical stress and severe mechanical fracture. Till now, it is still a challenge to achieve porous micro‐Si with controlled morphology, such as microsphere, from a cost‐efficient and environmentally friendly approach. Herein, a facile approach on fabricating Si microsphere with porous architecture via a low‐temperature aluminothermic reduction (LTAR) method using the low‐cost fumed silica (FS) as raw material is introduced. After compositing with graphite and then coating with amorphous carbon, the SiFS/graphite@carbon (SiFS/G@C) electrode displays superior reversible capacity (730 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles) and excellent rate capability (729.1 mAh g−1 at 1 A g−1). The electrochemical performance is much better than that of Si‐microparticles/G@C (Mic‐Si/G@C, 368 mAh g−1 at 100 mA g−1 after 100 cycles). These results show the great potential of SiFS/G@C electrode as an alternative high‐performance electrode material for lithium ion batteries. Moreover, the LTAR adopted in the current study significantly reduces the energy consumption for preparation of Si microspheres from low‐cost raw materials.