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Orientalism on Television: A Case Study of I Dream of Jeannie
Authors: Katherine Bullock
Published: December 2018

This article examines Orientalism in the 1960s American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. I argue that Orientalism, as defined by Edward Said, is at the core of this show. I Dream of Jeannie is unique in that it transferred existing Orientalist representations from cinema to television. I argue that Orientalism performs two functions in I Dream of Jeannie: (1) imagining Jeannie as an “Other” and (2) being a vehicle for comedy. I note that the show is seldom analyzed for its overt Orientalism, reflecting a problematic “tone-deafness” to anti-Muslim racism that continues in today's television.
“The Fall of The Western Family” Ṭāhā ‘Abd al-Raḥmān's Critical Islamic Ethics
Authors: Abdessamad Belhaj
Published: December 2018

Ṭāhā ‘Abd al-Raḥmān is a Moroccan Islamic philosopher who has authored, so far, more than 25 books, and considered to be a leading intellectual in Morocco and one of the most important philosophers in the Arab world. Yet, he is unfamiliar to the Western scholarship of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies which can be inferred from the rare academic publications in European forums dedicated to this philosopher. Ṭāhā ‘Abd al-Raḥmān offers a philosophical justification for Islamism and Islamic reformism, especially on ethical matters. He developed a particular interest in family ethics, criticizing the Western family ethics, and using his skills in dialectical argumentation to promote the authenticity of and superiority of Islamic values, knowledge, and communities; he could be considered al-Ghazzālī of his age.
Governing the Fear of Islam: Thinking Islamophobia through the Politics of Secular Affect in Historical Debate
Authors: Lorenz Trein
Published: December 2018

This article reflects on the historio-political quest for continuity and discontinuity between Orientalism and Islamophobia by looking at theories of emotions and the politics of secular affect in historical debate. It is argued that both contemporary Islamophobia and early twentieth-century colonial discourse converge in the transformation of Islam into a political subject matter of “affective governance” (Nitzan Shoshan), the rationale of which is to define and establish political and religious subjectivities that ensure and justify governability of Muslims within the respective settings of the colonial and the postcolonial state. The material under consideration is taken from debates on Islam in the German context both from the imperial era and from contemporary attempts to politicize Islam in terms of remaking German nationalism.
Patologia dentária e desgaste oclusal em Valença, Portugal (Idade Moderna e Contemporânea) — interpretações preliminares
Authors: Marado Luís Miguel , Andrade Francisco , Pereira Belisa , Fontes Luís
Published: December 2018

Os dentes providenciam informação valiosa em bioarqueologia. A patologia dentária informa sobre dieta, hábitos, higiene e tratamentos no passado. A necrópole da Igreja de Santa Maria dos Anjos, na Fortaleza estratégica de Valença, foi escavada em 2010. Neste trabalho, as lesões dentárias de 30 indivíduos (19 adultos: sete masculinos, sete femininos, cinco alofísicos) são interpretadas preliminarmente. A frequência de cáries é moderadamente alta (47,3% dos dentes), mas as lesões cavitadas (29,4%), a perda dentária ante-mortem (PDAM) (36,3% dos alvéolos) e o índice de tártaro (IT) (0,687) são elevados. Os indivíduos femininos apresentam frequências de IT, cáries e PDAM mais elevadas que os masculinos. Os granulomas/quistos periapicais afetam 25% dos adultos (os não-adultos não são afetados). A periodontite atinge 65,4% dos dentes e os indivíduos masculinos são mais afetados que os femininos. O desgaste oclusal médio é de 3,5 (DP=1,1). Apesar da idade jovem (maioritariamente até 7 anos), os não-adultos apresentam frequências relativamente elevadas de cáries (11,0% dos dentes) e cáries cavitadas (2,6%). Os resultados sugerem consumo moderado a elevado de hidratos de carbono fermentáveis e que os indivíduos femininos teriam uma dieta diferente dos masculinos. Hábitos de higiene e tratamentos orais eram inexistentes ou raros. O uso regular dos dentescomo ferramenta era improvável. A influência da industrialização inicial na dieta de Valença foi incipiente.
Múltiplas fraturas presentes num esqueleto de uma mulher idosa proveniente do cemitério dos Remédios, Évora
Authors: Relvado Cláudia , Ribeiro Cheila , Fernandes Teresa
Published: December 2018

As lesões traumáticas encontram-se entre as condições mais observadas nos restos esqueléticos, podendo afetar o esqueleto de várias formas, sendo as fraturas as mais comuns. As lesões traumáticas podem ser intencionais ou acidentais. Algumas doenças, como é o caso da osteoporose, tornam o osso mais propenso a fraturas, uma vez que afetam o metabolismo ósseo, deixando os ossos fragilizados e suscetíveis a traumas de baixa energia. Este estudo apresenta um caso de politraumatismo observado numa mulher idosa de Évora, Portugal, que faleceu em 1988. O esqueleto foi analisado através de métodosmacroscópicos, a olho nu, e radiológicos. Observaram-se fraturas nas costelas, vértebras, sacro, ilíaco direito, e fémur esquerdo, e ainda alterações morfológicas na anca direita e plataforma tibial esquerda. Todas as fraturas encontravam-se devidamente remodeladas, com tecido ósseo maduro, porém nem todas estavam correctamente alinhadas. apenas na fractura do fémur esquerdo foram observados indícios de infeção. Um ou mais eventos traumáticos graves, assim como a presença de osteoporose, podem estar na origem das lesões observadas. Apesar das lesões presentes, o indivíduo sobreviveu vários anos; contudo, o não alinhamento das fraturas e a presença de infeção sugerem ausência ou insuficiência de cuidados médicos.
La persistencia de la dualidad rural y el valor de la nueva ruralidad en Castilla y León (España)
Authors: Alario Trigueros Milagros , Molinero Hernando Fernando , Morales Prieto Erica
Published: December 2018

Castilla y León es una región típica del rural profundo de Europa; con casi 95.000 km2 y solo 2,5 millones de habitantes, destaca por la baja densidad de población, el envejecimiento, el declive demográfico y el predominio de las zonas rurales. La mitad de su población es rural, aunque la agricultura solo emplea el 7% de la mano de obra regional, si bien llega hasta el 80% y el 100% en muchos municipios rurales pequeños.El poblamiento actual, disfuncional, consta de un elevado número de asentamientos, mucho mayor que el correspondiente a los habitantes residentes. Muchos de ellos no desaparecen gracias a la rehabilitación de algunas casas y a la construcción de otras, merced a la llegada, escasa, de nuevos habitantes y a la llegada, masiva, de residentes temporales. Sin embargo, existe una clara dualidad rural entre las áreas periurbanas y el resto del territorio.
La desalinización. De recurso cuestionado a recurso necesario y estratégico durante situaciones de sequía para los abastecimientos en la Demarcación Hidrográfica del Segura
Authors: Morote Seguido Álvaro Francisco
Published: December 2018

En España, la desalinización ha cobrado un gran impulso en las dos últimas décadas gracias a la aprobación en 2001 del Plan Hidrológico Nacional y en 2004 del Programa A.G.U.A. Ello ha sido motivado por dos factores principales: 1) Las recurrentes e intensas sequías en las últimas décadas, en especial, la de los años noventa en la que se puso de manifiesto la necesidad de la búsqueda de nuevas fuentes y la apuesta por los recursos hídricos no convencionales (desalinización y aguas regeneradas depuradas); y 2) Cambio del antiguo paradigma hidráulico basado en el incremento de la oferta mediante las transferencias de aguas. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar el rol que ha desempeñado la desalinización en los abastecimientos durante la actual sequía 2015-2018 en la Demarcación Hidrográfica del Segura y, en especial, durante el cierre temporal del Acueducto Tajo-Segura (2017-18). A partir de datos de producción de agua desalinizada y volúmenes almacenados en los embalses de cabecera de la cuenca del Tajo se extrae la conclusión de que la desalinización, a pesar de su tradicional controversia, se ha convertido en una fuente de vital importancia y un recurso estratégico que ha permitido que no se hayan producido restricciones en la costa del sureste peninsular. De esta manera, se puede afirmar que se ha conseguido un territorio menos vulnerable a la sequía y a los efectos del cambio climático.
Análisis de la isla de calor urbana en el entorno andino de Cuenca-Ecuador
Authors: Bustamante Campoverde Andrés Santiago
Published: December 2018

La isla de calor urbana (ICU) se define como la diferencia térmica entre la ciudad y la zona rural. Este fenómeno debido a su importancia se estudia a nivel global, sin embargo en ciudades andinas es limitado su estudio, en donde la geografía condiciona la interpretación de la ICU. En Cuenca la zona urbana está a menor altitud que la zona rural, de tal manera que intensifica el calor urbano. En este sentido, este artículo analiza el calor urbano del cantón Cuenca en períodos extremos definidos como época húmeda y seca entre los años 2015 a 2017 en base de información de la red de estaciones del cantón Cuenca con datos de parámetros climáticos como temperatura, precipitación y humedad relativa. Después se generan mapas de calor con los datos de 10 estaciones urbanas y rurales con rango altitudinal de 2.400 hasta 2.800 m s.n.m. Finalmente se identifica la ICU por períodos y sus diferencias respecto a la estación rural más fría. Los resultados muestran una ICU promedio de 3 ºC en el centro urbano para el período húmedo y seco de 2015 a 2017.
Conectividad de los ecosistemas entre las reservas de la biosfera “El Cielo” y “Sierra del Abra Tanchipa” en México
Authors: Errejón Gómez Julio César , Vila Subirós Josep , Flores Flores José Luis , Reyes Hernández Humberto , Muñoz-Robles Carlos Alfonso
Published: December 2018

Las actividades humanas generan procesos que afectan a la estructura y las funciones ecológicas de los ecosistemas, en consecuencia es relevante valorar el estado de los hábitats para la vida silvestre. Para este trabajose evaluaron los cambios en la conectividad de las selvas bajas, medianas y bosques templados localizada entre dos reservas de la biosfera para el periodo 1993-2014. Las reservas analizadas fueron “El Cielo” en el sur del estado de Tamaulipas y la “Sierra del Abra-Tanchipa” en el noreste de San Luis Potosí. Con base en el análisis del paisaje y de las necesidades biológicas del jaguar (Panthera onca) se generó cartografía para localizar las superficies que facilitan la movilidad de la especie en el área. Se concluyó que existe conectividad entre las áreas naturales protegidas. Sin embargo, la construcción de infraestructuras y el avance de las actividades económicas se convierten en una barrera importante, que amenaza con coactar la movilidad y el intercambio genético del jaguar y otras especies que se desplazan entre las reservas de la biosfera. Es indispensable diseñar y aplicar herramientas de gestión integral del territorio que permitan el manejo apropiado de los ecosistemas en el área.
Manifestaciones de la sequía meteorológica en la provincia de Villa Clara (Cuba) en el período 2000-2017
Authors: Otero Martín Meylin , Barcia Sardiñas Sinaí
Published: December 2018

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo evaluar el comportamiento de la sequía meteorológica en Villa Clara, Cuba, en el período 2000-2017. Asimismo, se analizó el estado de la sequía meteorológica por períodos estacionales, seco (noviembre-abril) y lluvioso (mayo-octubre). Se caracterizó además la evolución del proceso de sequía 2014-2017 y por último se analizó la tendencia de la precipitación 1950-2017 y los procesos sinópticos asociados a las mismas. Para ello se utilizó el Índice de Precipitación Estandarizado (SPI) y el Test de Man-Kendall a las series mensuales y estacionales de precipitación. Como principales resultados se concluyó que en la provincia se han presentado 11 períodos estacionales con sequía, 4 correspondientes al período lluvioso y 7 al poco lluvioso. Además, el período estacional lluvioso más seco en la provincia se registró en mayo-octubre de 2004, mientras que el período estacional poco lluvioso más seco fue entre noviembre de 2004 y abril de 2005. La tendencia de la precipitación muestra que las mayores disminuciones se concentran en el bimestre mayo-junio, el más lluvioso del año, asociado al aumento de la influencia de las altas presiones.
FLORA OF SINGAPORE PRECURSORS, 8. SYSTEMATY OF THE NEW SOUTHEAST ASIAN GENERA CANTHIUMERA AND DIBRIDSONIA (RUBIACEAE: VANGUERIEAE), WITH NOTES ON PLANT ARCHITECTURE AND REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY
Authors: Meng Wong Khoon , Mahyuni Ridha , Ng Xin Yi , Neo Louise
Published: December 2018

WONG, K. M., MAHYUNI, R., NG, X. Y. & NEO, L. 2018. Flora of Singapore Precursors, 8. Systematy of the new Southeast Asian genera Canthiumera and Dibridsonia (Rubiaceae: Vanguerieae), with notes on plant architecture and reproductive ecology. Reinwardtia 17(2): 101–124. — The recognition of a number of distinct genera by morphological and molecular phylogenetic attributes from the Canthium s.l. complex still leaves a core group of morphologically disparate taxa. The distinguishing features of the spiny Canthium s.s. and two groups of non-spinescent Southeast Asian tree taxa still commonly identified with C. glabrum Blume and C. confertum Korth. are assessed against those of Cyclophyllum Hook.f., Bullockia (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer, Kanapia Arriola & Alejandro, Keetia E.Phillips, Perakanthus Robyns ex Ridl., Psydrax Gaertn., and Pyrostria Comm. ex Juss., similarly arborescent genera that have been so distinguished through recent studies. Canthium glabrum and C. confer-tum are, respectively, the bases of the genera Canthiumera K.M.Wong & Mahyuni and Dibridsonia K.M.Wong newly described here. The new species Canthiumera robusta K.M.Wong & X.Y.Ng is described; new nomenclatural combi-nations include C. glabra (Blume) K.M.Wong & Mahyuni, C. neilgherrensis (Wight) K.M.Wong, C. neilgherrensis var. chartacea (Gamble) K.M.Wong, C. siamensis (K.Schum.) K.M.Wong, Dibridsonia conferta (Korth.) K.M.Wong, D. culionensis (Elm.) K.M.Wong, and D. oblongifolia (Quisumb. & Merr.) K.M.Wong. Canthium glabrum var. pedun-culatum Pitard, Plectronia neilgherrensis var. chartacea Gamble and Canthium confertum Korth. are lectotypified. Plectronia viridis Merr. and P. leytensis Merr. are reduced to synonymy under Dibridsonia conferta. Notes on the tree architecture, dispersal ecology and germination of Canthiumera and Dibridsonia are provided.
Hoop House Gardening in the Wapekeka First Nation as an Extension of Land-Based Food Practices
Authors: Thompson Heather A. , Mason Courtney W. , Robidoux Michael A.
Published: December 2018

Rural Indigenous communities in Canada’s North face many challenges getting regular access to nutritious foods, primarily because of the high cost of market food, restricted availability of nutritious foods, and lack of government support for nutritious food programs. The consequences of food insecurity in this context are expressed in high rates of diabetes, heart disease, and childhood obesity. Many Indigenous communities are responding to issues related to healthy food access by attempting to rebuild local food capacity in their specific regions. Important first steps have been taken in developing local food initiatives, yet whether these initiatives are improving northern food security remains to be seen. We explore this question by working with the Oji-Cree First Nation in the community of Wapekeka, northern Ontario, to construct a hoop house and develop a school-based community gardening program. Using a community-based participatory approach, we determined that hoop house and gardening initiatives in rural, northern settings have the potential to build up local food production, develop the skills and knowledge of community members, engage youth in growing local food, and align with land-based food teachings. We show that despite widespread and multidimensional community hardships, there was considerable community buy-in and support for the project, which gives hope for future development and provides important insight for those seeking to initiate similar gardening, hoop house, or greenhouse initiatives in northern Indigenous communities.
The Future of Hydrocarbon Development in Greenland: Perspectives from Residents of the North Slope of Alaska
Authors: Hansen Anne Merrild , Virginia Ross A.
Published: December 2018

Although Greenland has pursued hydrocarbon development over the last four decades, no viable reserves have been found to date. Therefore, local Greenland communities have little experience or knowledge of how such development might affect their way of life or how to influence project development and outcomes should a significant reserve be found. On the North Slope of Alaska, in contrast, hydrocarbon extraction was commercialized in the 1970s, and the industry is now highly developed. North Slope residents have experienced dramatic influences on their everyday lives and well-being as a result of large-scale hydrocarbon projects. Some consequences have been welcomed, such as economic development and higher employment rates; however, other impacts are harmful, such as reduced ability of local peoples to maintain subsistence hunting practices. The villages on Alaska’s North Slope share many features in common with settlements in Greenland, such as small size, isolation, and limited political influence. In this study, we explore how Greenlanders might learn from the Alaska experience by examining the comments of North Slope residents. We propose that increased local-to-local recommendation-sharing across the Arctic would better guide sustainable development practices and benefits into potential future projects in Greenland. We conclude that an Arctic “Community Guide” and the process to create one could improve planning and implementation of hydrocarbon projects across the Arctic and promote locally appropriate sustainable development in the affected communities.
Recovery of Cu (II) and Cr (VI) Metals from Electroplating Liquid Waste Using Polymer Inclusion Membrane (PIM)
Authors: Djunaidi Muhammad Cholid , Adiwibawa Prasetya Nor Basid , Setyowati Nur Asih , Khabibi Khabibi , Nita Ulfia Khoirun
Published: December 2018

Research on recovery of Cu (II) and Cr (VI) from electroplating liquid waste has been carried out using a Polymer Inclusion Membrane (PIM). PIM has a high stability to overcome the weakness of liquid membrane instability. The PIM membrane was placed between two phases namely the feed phase as a metal source of Cu (II) from electroplating waste with pH 3 and the receiving phase which is HNO3 solution with pH 1 and pH 4.4 in the feed phase and pH 6.3 in the receiving phase with NaCl 2 N for metal Cr (VI). Recovery efficiency is known by determining the concentration of Cu (II) and Cr (VI) in the feed and receiving phases using AAS, while the membrane characterization were carried out using FTIR, SEM and UV-vis spectroscopy. The resulting PIM membrane has properties of thin, clear and flexible. AAS data showed that the percentage of PIM transport with stirring for 24 hours performed the highest percentage of Cu (II) metal transport from feed phase of 83.41% and transport in the receiving phase of 72.56%. While the percentage of optimum Cr (VI) transport was 97.8% in the feed phase and 76.5% in the receiving phase. The results of membrane characterization using FTIR and UV spectroscopy showed that the PIM membrane was quite stable. While the results of SEM show that there were no pores in the membrane so that the transport occurs by diffusion through the intermediate of the carrier compound. Keywords: electroplating waste; liquid membrane; PIM
Interactive checks for coordination avoidance
Authors: Whittaker Michael , Hellerstein Joseph M.
Published: December 2018

Strongly consistent distributed systems are easy to reason about but face fundamental limitations in availability and performance. Weakly consistent systems can be implemented with very high performance but place a burden on the application developer to reason about complex interleavings of execution. Invariant confluence provides a formal framework for understanding when we can get the best of both worlds. An invariant confluent object can be efficiently replicated with no coordination needed to preserve its invariants. However, actually determining whether or not an object is invariant confluent is challenging.

In this paper, we establish conditions under which a commonly used sufficient condition for invariant confluence is both necessary and sufficient, and we use this condition to design (a) a general-purpose interactive invariant confluence decision procedure and (b) a novel sufficient condition that can be checked automatically. We then take a step beyond invariant confluence and introduce a generalization of invariant confluence, called segmented invariant confluence, that allows us to replicate non-invariant confluent objects with a small amount of coordination.

We implemented these formalisms in a prototype called Lucy and found that our decision procedures efficiently handle common real-world workloads including foreign keys, rollups, escrow transactions, and more. We also found that segmented invariant confluent replication can deliver up to an order of magnitude more throughput than linearizable replication for low contention workloads and comparable throughput for medium to high contention workloads.
Local algorithms for hierarchical dense subgraph discovery
Authors: Sariyüce Ahmet Erdem , Seshadhri C. , Pinar Ali
Published: December 2018

Finding the dense regions of a graph and relations among them is a fundamental problem in network analysis. Core and truss decompositions reveal dense subgraphs with hierarchical relations. The incremental nature of algorithms for computing these decompositions and the need for global information at each step of the algorithm hinders scalable parallelization and approximations since the densest regions are not revealed until the end. In a previous work, Lu et al. proposed to iteratively compute the
h
-indices of neighbor vertex degrees to obtain the core numbers and prove that the convergence is obtained after a finite number of iterations. This work generalizes the iterative
h
-index computation for truss decomposition as well as nucleus decomposition which leverages higher-order structures to generalize core and truss decompositions. In addition, we prove convergence bounds on the number of iterations. We present a framework of local algorithms to obtain the core, truss, and nucleus decompositions. Our algorithms are local, parallel, offer high scalability, and enable approximations to explore time and quality trade-offs. Our shared-memory implementation verifies the efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness of our local algorithms on real-world networks.
Optimization for active learning-based interactive database exploration
Authors: Huang Enhui , Peng Liping , Palma Luciano Di , Abdelkafi Ahmed , Liu Anna , Diao Yanlei
Published: December 2018

There is an increasing gap between fast growth of data and limited human ability to comprehend data. Consequently, there has been a growing demand of data management tools that can bridge this gap and help the user retrieve high-value content from data more effectively. In this work, we aim to build interactive data exploration as a new database service, using an approach called "explore-by-example". In particular, we cast the explore-by-example problem in a principled "active learning" framework, and bring the properties of important classes of database queries to bear on the design of new algorithms and optimizations for active learning-based database exploration. These new techniques allow the database system to overcome a fundamental limitation of traditional active learning, i.e., the slow convergence problem. Evaluation results using real-world datasets and user interest patterns show that our new system significantly outperforms state-of-the-art active learning techniques and data exploration systems in accuracy while achieving desired efficiency for interactive performance.
Alternate migration strategies of eastern monarch butterflies revealed by stable isotopes
Authors: Zanden Hannah B. Vander , Chaffee Carol L. , González-Rodríguez Antonio , Flockhart D.T. Tyler , Norris D. Ryan , Wayne Marta L.
Published: December 2018

Alternative life history strategies are mechanisms by which organisms are able to maximize fitness across a range of environmental conditions. Fitness is maximized by different strategies depending on context, resulting in trade-offs between life history strategies. Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) employ both migratory and resident life history strategies. Since residents breed throughout the year, but migrants overwinter in reproductive diapause, there are fitness trade-offs between the two strategies. We used stable isotope analysis to evaluate the geographic origins of monarchs in a yearround population in south Florida. Based on stable isotope profiles of hydrogen and carbon (δ2H and δ13C values), we found that 48% (16/33) of monarchs collected in south Florida are migrants that originated from outside the sampling region. Migrants had a larger wing length than residents; thus, switching to a resident strategy could alter their probability of reproductive success. Further work is needed to investigate the mechanism underlying this pattern, but these findings show that alternate life history strategies and sex-specific behaviors are underexplored factors influencing monarch migration and evolution.
Flying through hurricane central: impacts of hurricanes on migrants with a focus on monarch butterflies
Authors: Ries Leslie , Neupane Naresh , Baum Kristen A. , Zipkin Elise F.
Published: December 2018

Hurricanes are becoming more frequent and intense, so understanding the consequences for biodiversity, including migratory species, has become critical. Studies suggest that migrants may avoid most of the direct harm of hurricanes by shifting their flight trajectories to less-impacted regions, but the majority of this research has focused on birds. We review the literature on migratory bird responses to hurricanes and also describe other taxa likely to be affected. We then focus on the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), whose fall migratory pathway goes through Texas during hurricane season. Like birds, monarchs may be able to avoid direct damage from hurricanes. However, it may be more important to determine how they respond to shifts in availability of critical resources during migration. In fall, when a storm-triggered flush of out-of-season vegetation growth is especially likely, hurricanes could reasonably cause indirect impacts that could be positive (increased nectar) or negative (out-of-season host plants that could disrupt migration), or both. The monarch butterfly is an especially good target for this research because of its distinct migratory phases, the importance of hurricane-impacted zones to its annual cycle, and the large quantity of data available through an extensive network of citizen science programs.
The Hyperobject and the White Cube: The “Strange Stranger” in Douglas Coupland’s Canada House
Authors: Polyck-O’Neill Julia
Published: December 2018

Douglas Coupland’s site-specific installation Canada House, temporarily erected in 2004 in a house deemed by locals to be a “tear down” in a Vancouver suburb, unwittingly captured the zeitgeist of the era eco-critics and theorists have named the Anthropocene, the age where the future of the climate and the environment are most influenced by human activity. In my article, I examine Coupland’s work from the perspective of new materialist philosophy, with particular attention to what Timothy Morton calls the “hyperobject.” In so doing, I attend to the specific dynamics of the installation as a phenomenon in real time and space, as well as its enduring reality as an artifact that translates specific dynamics of interconnectivity between aesthetic, linguistic, and ecocritical discourse as they relate to space and human/nonhuman relationships.
Literary Tourist Guides as a Form of New Literary History. A Popular Genre in the Field of Professional Literary Knowledge
Authors: Maj Joanna
Published: December 2018

Literary historiography is not indifferent to phenomena that are of key importance to contemporary culture and the humanities, including tourism and travel writing/travel studies. By trying to incorporate the ways a contemporary person experiences the world, literary history uses narrative strategies that are typical of current travel discourse-e. g. of a tourist guide. A tourist guide is an applied genre and also a cultural representation of the literary past of a city or region. The central category for literary tourist guides is space and mobility (rather than timelines and other figures important in a grand literary history). Space functions here as the subject of narration and as the basic principle that orders the material. In that context, the form of a tourist guide is a way of presenting the literary past, remembering the history of the city and its literary works, the lives of writers. Adapting a tourist guidebook for the needs of literary history results from the fact that everyday practices, such as travel and walking, influence professional forms of knowledge. This article shows how academic knowledge (here: literary history) can be learned and popularised by means of a non-academic genre (here: literary tourist guides).
Improvisation in Electronic Music—The Case of Vienna Electronica
Authors: Mazierska Ewa
Published: December 2018

The purpose of this article is to establish what improvisation means and how it is used by electronic musicians operating in Vienna from the late 1980s till the present day: Peter Rehberg, Peter Kruder, Rupert Huber, Patrick Pulsinger, and the members of the band Sofa Surfers. It attempts to find out whether they believe that their choice of electronic instruments enhanced or impeded their ability to improvise and their sense of artistic agency; what type of improvisation they favour and what are their views on the changing role of improvisation in producing electronic music. It also examines the difference between old and new style electronic instruments in improvisation and music production at large. Finally, it asks a question whether the musicians had any views about the link (or the lack thereof) between the cultural milieu in which they operate and their willingness and ability to improvise.
Third City 2017: Improvisational Roles in Performances Using Live Sampling
Authors: Aveyard Jon , Wilkinson Dan
Published: December 2018

The 2017 set by the electroacoustic duo Third City comprised five pieces, each defined by an audio path linking different acoustic musical instruments to digital musical instruments to enable live sampling. Performances were then improvised within structures developed in rehearsal. The authors here ask how the different instruments and audio paths influenced the improvisational roles taken by the performers. Previously established differences between acoustic musical instruments and digital musical instruments are highlighted, and questions regarding their use within improvisation are articulated. A taxonomy of improvisational roles is then selected and applied to the pieces. In identifying correlations between the instruments and audio paths of the five pieces and the improvisational roles used by the performers, conclusions are reached to serve as guidance in the setting up of audio paths for other electroacoustic improvisation pieces using live sampling. This article is the result of research into practice, an asynchronous post hoc consideration (Onsman and Burke 210) of the 2017 Third City set carried out by the duo having repositioned themselves relative to their music-making selves as researchers referring to both the experience of performers and the projected experience of the audience as inferred from archive footage.
Complexity of type IV collagens: from network assembly to function
Authors: Wu Yuexin , Ge Gaoxiang
Published: December 2018

Collagens form complex networks in the extracellular space that provide structural support and signaling cues to cells. Network-forming type IV collagens are the key structural components of basement membranes. In this review, we discuss how the complexity of type IV collagen networks is established, focusing on collagen α chain selection in type IV collagen protomer and network formation; covalent crosslinking in type IV collagen network stabilization; and the differences between solid-state type IV collagen in the extracellular matrix and soluble type IV collagen fragments. We further discuss how complex type IV collagen networks exert their physiological and pathological functions through cell surface integrin and nonintegrin receptors.
Highly flexible, IgG-shaped, trivalent antibodies effectively target tumor cells and induce T cell-mediated killing
Authors: Dickopf Steffen , Lauer Matthias E. , Ringler Philippe , Spick Christian , Kern Peter , Brinkmann Ulrich
Published: December 2018

A novel bispecific antibody format was applied to generate T cell-engaging antibodies. The TriFab format is a trivalent IgG-shaped entity composed of two Fab arms that bind to antigens on the surface of tumor cells, which are linked via flexible peptides to a CD3 binding moiety that replaces the CH2 domains of conventional IgGs. The distinctive feature of these T cell recruiting bispecifics is that their CD3 variable regions are incorporated between domains, rather than N- or C-terminally fused to an Fc or antibody fragments. T cell recruiting TriFabs resemble in size and shape, are expressed and show biophysical properties similar to regular IgGs. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) demonstrates high flexibility of the cell surface binding arms as well as target antigen accessibility of the interspersed CD3 binding domain. Functional co-culturing assays of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and different tumor cell lines (MCF7 and A431) revealed a dose-dependent T cell-mediated cytotoxicity that was induced by the TriFabs targeting either LeY or EGFR cell surface antigens.
Violenza e giustificazione del delitto politico a partire dai Gracchi
Authors: Gabrielli Chantal
Published: December 2018

Riassunto

Il tragico epilogo delle vicende graccane non lasciò indifferente la classe dirigente romana. La violenza e il ricorso legittimo ad essa furono oggetto di un’articolata riflessione storiografica presso le élites. La violenza (visnelle fonti latine,bianelle fonti greche) diventò parametro interpretativo della storia politica dell’ultimo secolo dellares publica.La rilevanza del problema influenzò profondamente la successiva riflessione storiografica, suscitando interesse anche nella storiografia moderna.
Crystal structure of 6-amino-8-(4-isopropylphenyl)-2-methyl-2,3,8,8a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7,7(1H)-tricarbonitrile-ethanol (1/1), C24H29N5O
Authors: Liu Xian-Chang , Zhang Pei-Pei , Wang Yong
Published: December 2018

C24H29N5O, triclinic, P1̄ (no. 2), a = 10.352(9) Å, b = 10.911(10) Å, c = 12.480(6) Å, α = 97.33(2)°, β = 110.29(2)°, γ = 115.353(15)°, V = 1129.6(15) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0614, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1855, T = 296(2) K.
Crystal structure of 2-((tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy)-5-methylisophthalaldehyde, C15H22O3Si
Authors: Liu Peilian , Liu Na , Liu Cuiling , Jia Yongmei , Zhou Guohua , Sun Ying
Published: December 2018

C15H22O3Si, monoclinic, P21/n (no. 14), a = 10.0187(5) Å, b = 11.9948(5) Å, c = 13.6259(7) Å, β = 102.521(5)°, V = 1598.51(14) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0485, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1273, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of trichloro-(4-chloro-2,6-bis(diphenylmethyl)-N-((pyridin-2-yl)methylene)aniline)-aluminum dichloromethane solvate, C39H31AlCl6N2
Authors: Zhong Hailan , Peng Ziyi , Lei Hao
Published: December 2018

C39H31AlCl6N2, orthorhombic, P212121 (no. 19), a = 10.09080(1) Å, b = 18.5381(2) Å, c = 19.7643(2) Å, V = 3697.19(7) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0516, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1430, T = 150(10) K.
Crystal structure of N′-(1-(benzofuran-2-yl)ethylidene)-2-cyanoacetohydrazide, C13H11N3O2
Authors: Alotaibi Mohammad Hayal , Mohamed Hanan A. , Abdel-Wahab Bakr F. , Hegazy Amany S. , Kariuki Benson M. , El-Hiti Gamal A.
Published: December 2018

C13H11N3O2, triclinic, P1̄ (no. 2), a = 7.889(2) Å, b = 9.367(3) Å, c = 9.630(3) Å, α = 64.82(3)°, β = 106.507(4)°, γ = 84.57(2), V = 585.1(3) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0550, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1455, T = 293(2) K.
Dry matter Yield and Nodulation of Common Bean as Influenced by Phosphorus, Lime and Compost Application at Southern Ethiopia
Authors: Shanka Dereje , Dechassa Nigussie , Gebeyehu Setegn , Elias Eyasu
Published: December 2018

Soil acidity is among the major limiting factors for common bean nodulation and productivity. Therefore, field experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of the application of phosphorus (P), lime, and compost on nodulation and dry-matter accumulation of common bean under field conditions at Areka during the long rainy season (belg) and short rainy season (meher). Three rates of compost (0, 5 and 10 t ha-1), three rates of lime (0, 0.64 and 1.28 t ha-1) and three rates of phosphorus (0, 23 and 46 kg P2O5 ha-1) were laid out as a randomized complete block design in a factorial arrangement and replicated three times. All data on nodulation and aboveground drymatter were collected. Results showed that the combined application of P at rates of 46 kg P2O5 ha-1 and lime at rates of 1.28 t ha-1 resulted in the maximum number of total and effective nodules during the long rainy season. Similarly, application of the highest rates of compost along with the highest rates of lime increased the aboveground dry biomass yield significantly over the control during both seasons. Finally, it can be concluded that the application of compost, lime and phosphorus can boost biomass accumulation and nodulation of common bean in acid soils.
Effects of NaCl-Salinity on Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Plants in a Pot Experiment
Authors: Rahman Md. Mostafizur , Hossain Mobarok , Hossain Kaniz Fatima Binte , Sikder Md. Tajuddin , Shammi Mashura , Rasheduzzaman Md. , Hossain M. Anwar , Alam Akm. Mahbubul , Uddin M. Khabir
Published: December 2018

Salinity intrusion is a global concern in relation to sustainable agricultural practices. About three-fourths of the coastal area in Bangladesh is affected by different levels of salinity. This study was conducted to observe the effects of NaCl-salinity on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants in a pot experiment. Morphological properties and yield of five varieties of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute tomato (BARI-T 1, BARI-T 2, BARI-T 3, BARI-T 4, and BARI-T 5) plants were exposed to NaCl-salinity (2, 4, 6 and 8 dS/m) through irrigation. Morphological properties such as number of leaves, leaf length, leaf width, number of days of flowering, number of flowers and number of branches were observed. Results showed that morphological properties of all studied tomato plants were affected by increasing NaCl-salinity, except number of days of flowering, and yield was reduced compared to the control group (tap water; 0.043 dS/m). The post-harvest pot soil was also affected by NaCl-salinity irrigation. This study can be useful in selecting salt-tolerant varieties in saline-affected areas.
Amphibiomorphic Modeled and Painted Pottery from Argentine Patagonia and Central-Southern Chile. Functional Interpretation and Identification of Species Based on Mimetic and Aposematic Traits
Authors: Pérez Alberto E. , Schuster Verónica , Jofré Daniella P.
Published: December 2018

This work aims to identify attributes or features related to endemic amphibians in modeled and painted pottery from central-southern Chile and north-western Argentina. From this work, we were able to identify four species of amphibians represented in certain types of modeled and painted pottery, and we also complemented this data with modern references and ethnohistorical chronicles of the potential use given to this pottery in particular. This contribution postulates that some elements of the black-onred pottery of the Early Ceramic Period of Araucanía in central-southern Chile and of Patagonia in northwestern Argentina, seek to highlight amphibiomorphic characteristics such as exophthalmia (protruding eyes) and aposematism (brilliant coloring and brightness of the vessel by using an engobe decoration). Based on the ethnohistorical data of the area, it is also proposed that these vessels could be linked to the exclusive use of highly toxic substances. Finally, the results allowed us to explore the close ecological interaction between human groups and woodlands.
Scholarly Communication Practices in Humanities and Social Sciences: A Study of Researchers’ Attitudes and Awareness of Open Access
Authors: Narayan Bhuva , Luca Edward J. , Tiffen Belinda , England Ashley , Booth Mal , Boateng Henry
Published: December 2018

This paper examines issues relating to the perceptions and adoption of open access (OA) and institutional repositories. Using a survey research design, we collected data from academics and other researchers in the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) at a university in Australia. We looked at factors influencing choice of publishers and journal outlets, as well as the use of social media and nontraditional channels for scholarly communication. We used an online questionnaire to collect data and used descriptive statistics to analyse the data. Our findings suggest that researchers are highly influenced by traditional measures of quality, such as journal impact factor, and are less concerned with making their work more findable and promoting it through social media. This highlights a disconnect between researchers’ desired outcomes and the efforts that they put in toward the same. Our findings also suggest that institutional policies have the potential to increase OA awareness and adoption. This study contributes to the growing literature on scholarly communication by offering evidence from the HASS field, where limited studies have been conducted. Based on the findings, we recommend that academic librarians engage with faculty through outreach and workshops to change perceptions of OA and the institutional repository.
Angstkommunikation in dichten Ordnungen Über Terror und Terrorismus
Authors: Lehmann Maren
Published: December 2018

Der Aufsatz unterscheidet zwischen Terror und Terrorismus. Terror wird nicht einfach verstanden als sprachloser seelischer Zustand der tiefen Unsicherheit (Angst), sondern als sozialer Zustand, in dem die Erfahrung unverständlicher und unerträglicher Gewalt zu einer intensiven, keineswegs sprachlosen Kommunikation führt, zu Angstkommunikation. Von Terrorismus ist demgegenüber die Rede, wenn aus dem einen gemeinsamen Merkmal dieser Erfahrungen – unverständliche Gewalt – auf einen Zusammenhang geschlossen wird, der durch das Unverständliche integriert und motiviert ist und dem die Gewalt zugerechnet werden kann.
The Flow Index of Clays and Its Relationship with Some Basic Geotechnical Properties
Authors: Spagnoli Giovanni , Feinendegen Martin , Di Matteo Lucio , Rubinos David A.
Published: December 2018

The flow index (FI), which is the slope of the water content versus log10 of the blows number plot for the Casagrande cup method, is the measure of the rate at which soil mass loses its shear strength with increased water content. FI was plotted against the plasticity index (PI) of 59 clays; each clay had a different mineralogy and origin, and together they accounted for a wide range of plasticity values. A linear relationship with R2 = 0.91 was observed. However, if FI is plotted against the liquid limit (LL) and the plastic limit (PL) separately, although a good correlation with LL is observed, FI poorly correlates with PL. FI was also correlated with the activity of soil, cation exchange capacity, specific surface area, and water uptake. Predicted equations from PI and activity were established on 13 independent samples confirming that a good correlation against measured values and estimated values (from FI) exists. From the literature review, FI was also used to indirectly estimate PL. Results show a trend, albeit the results are scattered (R2 = 0.66 for the Casagrande cup method and R2 = 0.76 for the cone penetrometer method), thus indicating that PL cannot be directly obtained from FI.
Effect of Process Parameters on Tensile Strength of Sansevieria and Areca Husk Fiber Needle-Punched Nonwoven Fabrics
Authors: Devaki E. , Sangeetha K.
Published: December 2018

The present study intends to determine the optimum process conditions for needle punching the nonwoven fabrics produced from blends of sansevieria and areca husk fibers. The Box–Behnken experimental design is used for the optimization of the fabric weight (200–400 g/m2), punch density (150–250 punches/cm2), and blend ratio (30:70–70:30) with respect to the tensile strength of the nonwoven fabrics and to evaluate the effects and interactions of the needle punching process conditions. The optimum process conditions were obtained at a fabric weight of 400 g/m2, 250 punches/cm2, and 70:30 blend ratio. Nonwoven fabric with a highest breaking force of 17.58 N in the machine direction and 36.51 N in the transverse direction was obtained at the optimum process conditions. The nonwoven fabric developed from this study can be used as a floor covering material in the construction field.
Enjeux d’une recherche collaborative menée avec trois enseignantes atikamekws à l’éducation préscolaire
Authors: Jacob Elisabeth , Charron Annie
Published: December 2018

L’intérêt de documenter les rôles d’enseignantes atikamekws en contexte de jeu symbolique pour favoriser l’émergence de l’écrit provient d’une double préoccupation ; un besoin de questionner scientifiquement la pratique et celui de trois enseignantes atikameks qui souhaitaient avoir des outils pour favoriser le langage oral et écrit des enfants. Pour répondre à cette double préoccupation, une recherche collaborative a été menée dans trois classes d’éducation préscolaire en contexte autochtone. Ce texte propose une réflexion sur le développement professionnel des enseignantes autochtones et la collaboration des acteurs permettant le bon déroulement de ce projet de recherche.
Une approche éducative novatrice pour outiller les enfants souffrant d’embonpoint ou d’obésité
Authors: Savard Louise , Doucet Manon
Published: December 2018

L’obésité infantile est d’actualité et très préoccupante à l’échelle planétaire. En 2013, un enfant québécois sur quatre présentait un surplus de poids. Jusqu’à maintenant, la grande majorité des interventions luttant contre cette épidémie demeure centrée sur la nutrition et l’activité physique. Peu d’interventions éducatives touchent directement les mécanismes psychologiques à l’origine de la suralimentation ou de l’inactivité. Cet article a pour but de présenter l’état de la situation et de proposer une nouvelle approche éducative pour intervenir auprès des enfants souffrant d’embonpoint ou d’obésité.
Croatian musical art and its development through the centuries
Authors: Gourska Marta
Published: December 2018

The aim of the paper, based on selected literature, is to offer a brief comprehensive overview of the development of Croatian musical art from the medieval period to the 20th century. Such an overview approach provides a clear insight into the basic development trends and influences of Croatian music, but also into the ways of its integration into the world heritage of musical values. It also highlights the historical and political circumstances that influenced musical development. Furthermore, the paper enables a comparison of the influence of historical circumstances on the development of Croatian musical art in various historical periods. The selection of literature generally guided the author in the preparation of this review and in the complex process of research on selected topics with the aim of creating a brief summary of the mentioned issues.