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Belajar sebagai Aktivitas Remaja Mempersiapkan Masa Depan
Authors: Dewantara Agustinus
Published: August 2018

Masa depan, cepat atau lambat niscaya akan menghampiri remaja. Karena itu remaja harus menyiapkan diri dengan sebaik-baiknya untuk menyongsong masa depan. Belajar merupakan salah satu aktivitas yang perlu dikembangkan sejak dini oleh para remaja sebagai bekal menghadapi masa depan. Selain sebagai bekal menghadapi masa depan, dengan belajar, remaja semakin mengenal, mengimani, dan hidup sesuai dengan kehendak Allah. Sebab, aktivitas belajar pada hakekatnya merupakan aktivitas pencerian kebenaran, hingga sampai kepada kebenaran yang tertinggi, yaitu Allah sendiri. Melalui Ekaristi, remaja benar-benar bersatu dengan Sang Kebenaran dan belajar memaknai peristiwa kekinian untuk meraih masa depan yang gemilang dalam terang iman.
Not here, not to us, maybe not at all: The psychological distance of climate change in relation to environmental engagement
Authors: Stanley Samantha , Millin Paul , Mickleson Kate , Milfont Taciano L
Published: August 2018

Climate change is a significant environmental issue, and countries reaffirmed the imperative to reduce global emissions in the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, some people are currently reluctant to take personal action to reduce climate change. A possible barrier preventing action is that climate change tends to be perceived as psychologically distant: unlikely to affect people like oneself, near oneself, soon, or at all. We investigated the associations between psychological distance and environmental engagement variables among 2050 New Zealanders. The majority of respondents believed the biggest problem facing the world in the future will be environmental, but fewer reported climate change as an issue for New Zealand now. Furthermore, we show that lower psychological distance predicted greater concern and willingness to act on climate change. Uncertainty about climate change was the strongest negative predictor of environmental engagement. Low social distance, the perception that climate change will affect “people like me”, was the strongest positive predictor. Considerations of how policy makers, non-governmental organisations, businesses and researchers can apply these findings in climate change communications are discussed.
Redefining Phenotypes to Advance Psychiatric Genetics: Implications from Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology
Authors: Waszczuk Monika
Published: August 2018

Genetic discovery in psychiatry and clinical psychology is hindered by suboptimal phenotypic definitions. We argue that the hierarchical, dimensional, and data-driven classification system proposed by the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) consortium provides a more effective approach to identifying genes that underlie mental disorders, and to studying psychiatric etiology, than current diagnostic categories. Specifically, genes are expected to operate at different levels of the HiTOP hierarchy, with some highly pleiotropic genes influencing higher-order psychopathology (e.g. the general factor), whereas other genes conferring more specific risk for individual spectra (e.g. internalizing), subfactors (e.g. fear disorders), or narrow symptoms (e.g. mood instability). We propose that the HiTOP model aligns well with the current understanding of the higher-order genetic structure of psychopathology that has emerged from a large body of family and twin studies. We also discuss the convergence between the HiTOP model and findings from recent molecular studies of psychopathology indicating broad genetic pleiotropy, such as cross-disorder SNP-based shared genetic covariance and polygenic risk scores, and we highlight molecular genetic studies that have successfully redefined phenotypes to enhance precision and statistical power. Finally, we suggest how to integrate a HiTOP approach into future molecular genetic research, including quantitative and hierarchical assessment tools for future data-collection and recommendations concerning phenotypic analyses.
Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Authors: D Le , K Chen , S Husain , A Marathe , M Haq
Published: August 2018

Cancer is an unchecked cellular proliferation. It develops from a single cell with gene mutations, causing tumor growth and propagation. The genetic changes persist in the progeny of the initial cancer stem cell. Recent research has uncovered some of the mechanisms involved in the development and progression of cancer. Understanding the mechanisms of genetic mutations and their actions allows scientists to interrupt these aberrant genetic pathways and treat these diseases. This review briefly discusses evolution of knowledge in the field, technologies involved, molecular changes caused by the aberrant cancer genes, and pathways of therapeutic interventions.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 02 No. 04 October’18. Page : 199-208
Occult Breast Cancer
Authors: Kul Aslihan , Taşgın Ahmet Aydin , Soylemez Tuce , Baysal Begumhan , Baysal Hakan , Alimoglu Orhan
Published: August 2018

Today breast cancer is the most common cancer type in women, in both developed and developing countries. However, occult breast cancer is a highly rare type in all breast cancers. For the first time in history to know, Halsted defined the term “occult breast cancer” with 2 cases of his’ in the journal, Annals of Surgery. We have 2 similar cases who were 52 and 61-years-old patients and presented our clinic with left axillary swelling and pain. On physical examination and with imaging techniques there wasn’t any primary lesion found. Examination of lymph nodes’ biopsy material was compatible with breast cancer metastasis for both of the patients and they were diagnosed with occult breast cancer. They underwent a modified radical mastectomy surgery and axillary curettage. Histopathologic examination of the excised breast material revealed T1 invasive breast cancer.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 02 No. 04 October’18. Page : 239-243
Prospects for Second-Generation Ethanol in Canada: An Analysis of Economy-Wide Impacts
Authors: Campbell Hawley , Rude James , Luckert Martin , Taheripour Farzad
Published: August 2018

Canadian ethanol production is currently derived from grain. Ethanol is criticized for displacing food production and not significantly reducing greenhouse gases. Second-generation ethanol from lignocellulosic feedstocks, such as fast-growing trees, are promoted as being more effective at reducing greenhouse gases without compromising food supplies. However, a second-generation ethanol industry may not be cost-effective with regard to greenhouse gas reduction. This study examines obstacles to a commercial second-generation ethanol industry, the potential for success, and the policy implications of promoting Canadian second-generation ethanol production.
Education and the Sustainability of Immigrant Health: Canadian Evidence
Authors: Chowdhury Murshed , Serieux John
Published: August 2018

Using data from the three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, this study explores the link between health and education among recently arrived immigrants to Canada. The empirical evidence, derived from the application of ordered and bivariate probit regressions (with the use of instruments to address the endogeneity question), suggests that education is positively and significantly related to the self-reported health status of newly arrived immigrants. The probability of reporting excellent, very good, or good health was 37 percent higher for immigrants who had more than high school education than for those with only high school education or less. This study goes one step further to investigate the role of education in changes in health status in the first four years after arrival. In that regard, the study finds that those with post-secondary education were more likely to maintain the state of health reported on entry if it was good, very good, or excellent and more likely to improve it if it was poor or fair. In short, education was found to play a role in both amplifying the healthy immigrant effect and in dampening the attenuation of that effect.
An Archive of the Earth: Stifter’s Geologos
Authors: Holmes Tove
Published: August 2018

The history of landscapes and geological formations is a frequent topic of contemplation for the protagonists in Adalbert Stifter’s narratives. Their questions about the readability of the surface of the earth evoke the tradition of the book of nature, but the increasing awareness of the depth of geological time calls for a more dynamic form of archive, one that is not threatened by but based on processes of decomposition and decipherment. This essay closely examines passages from Der Nachsommer, the preface to Bunte Steine, Granit, and Aus dem Bayrischen Walde to suggest that, in the face of the unfathomable past and unstable earth, both landscapes and narrative itself are continually eroded, recomposed, and restructured. Literature thus participates in the archival processes it seeks to describe, continually re-examining the history of the earth and our relationship to it, while acknowledging its aporias of unreadability and invisibility and allowing these to afford glimpses beyond the human perspective.
Stimmung, Sound, and Space in Robert Musil’s “Die Versuchung der stillen Veronika”
Authors: Gellen Kata
Published: August 2018

This essay offers a reading of Robert Musil’s 1911 story “Die Versuchung der stillen Veronika” through the concept of Stimmung. In his diaries, Musil presents Stimmung as a central aspect of aesthetic experience that emerges directly from descriptions of objects and events, rather than abstract statements about mental and emotional states. “Veronika” repeatedly presents subjects, objects, and space as linked in a complex and dynamic web. The relational networks that emerge from these descriptions are an expression of Stimmung. Moreover, the story articulates these fluid and multidirectional relationships through a discourse of sound and voice. Thus, Stimmung as a sonified relational network becomes an aesthetic principle in Musil’s early writing.
“Should Women Be Amazons?”: Reallocating Masculinity in German Postwar History andHosenrolle
Authors: Guenther-Pal Alison
Published: August 2018

This study examines early 1950s West German Hosenrolle film to argue that negotiations around the rights to masculinity were critical in postwar reconstruction efforts. The cinematic sub-genre offers a non-heteronormative counterpoint to the discursive reallocation of masculinity that ultimately demanded the emasculation of women, whose sphere of authority had expanded during the war and early postwar years. Analysis of Fritz und Friederike (1952) demonstrates that the feminine masculinity of its protagonist is not pathologized and instead provides a point of resistance to gender norms, patriarchal family structures, and compulsory heterosexuality. Furthermore, the depiction of minority masculinities represented allows for the emergence of feminist, lesbian, and other queer pleasures. However, these films also depict an ambivalence about the new femininity and women’s emasculation. Thus, early 1950s Hosenrolle film captures both the fantasy of empowerment and the pain of gender conformity in the wake of the new conservative postwar politics of gender and sexuality.
Effect of processing parameters on the microstructural and mechanical properties of aluminum–carbon nanotube composites produced by spark plasma sintering
Authors: Sadeghi B. , Shamanian M. , Cavaliere P. , Ashrafizadeh F.
Published: August 2018

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) has been recognized, in the recent past, as a very useful method to produce metal matrix composites with enhanced mechanical and wear properties. Obviously, the material's final properties are strongly related to the reinforcement types and percentages as well as to the processing parameters employed during synthesis. The present paper analyses the effect of 0.5 and 1% of carbon nanotubes addition on the mechanical and microstructural behavior of Al-based metal matrix composites produced via SPS. The microstructural and mechanical behavior is analyzed as a function of the SPS parameters: heating rate, sintering temperature and pressure.
ANALYTICAL TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT OF THE MARKETING POLICY IN RISKMANAGEMENT SPHERE AT AGROINDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES OF UKRAINE
Authors: Andryeyeva N.M. , Zinkovska D.V.
Published: August 2018

The article defined the importance of agroindustrial sphere for the Ukrainian economy in general. The main features of marketing in this area, namely seasonal functioning of agribusiness enterprises; dependence of production on natural conditions; The factor that the products of agroindustrial sphere produce the first necessity products; domination of relations of type B2B; high competition level because of the low differentiation lever of goods; a small number of specialists engaged in agromarketing; uneven marketing introduction in various branches of agroindustrial complex; higher level of sensitivity, adaptability, self-regulation of the marketing system in comparison with marketing in other industries were highlighted. The definition of the termd �marketing audit� and �diagnostics of marketing policy of the enterprise� were proposed by authors. The main advantages of using marketing audit and diagnostics as analytical tools of marketing policy of agroindustry enterprises were investigated. The authors considered marketing audit and marketing diagnostics and found its high efficiency for analyze of the firm's functioning environment (both external and internal), studying competitors and determining the level of competitiveness of the enterprise, identifying favorable and unfavorable factors that influence to the work of producers and development a plan of measures for optimization of activity and increase of profitability on the basis of received information. There are 3 main groups of approaches to the definition of understand �economical risk�. The author's interpretation of this term was proposed. The basic influence factors that provide emergence of marketing risks were determined. The author's definition of �marketing risk� was proposed. The place of marketing audit and diagnostics in the field of risk management was considered.
NATIONAL INTERESTS AND VALUES OF UKRAINE (APPLIED AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH)
Authors: Burkinsky B.V. , Stepanov V.N.
Published: August 2018

The article discusses theoretical and methodological issues of national values and interests as a problem of social and administrative implementation. Attention is drawn to the conditions, prerequisites and driving forces for the development of the most significant values of Ukraine. The issues of concretization and systematization of national values of various significance are discussed. A fractal model of interrelations of national values is considered from the point of view of the system-parametric interpretation. Particular attention is paid to the issue of �anti-values�, that are considered as an important problem of national security. In the Ukrainian context, national values are discussed as a key issue of the subjectivity of a free and independent civil nation. On the basis of the study of certain problems of national values, which have been worked out on an expert level, from the standpoint of the parametric general theory of systems and the theory of fractals, some of the most important conclusions are formulated, which have a purposeful setting to receive answers to the modern challenges concerning the mission of the new Ukraine in the world. There are considered the senses, the existence of Ukraine and its peoples in the context of systemic crises, its present formation and future development, as well as taking into account the many factors, including the threatening nature, from which the survival and sustainable existence of Ukrainian are set. These synthesis conclusions are summarized as follows. National values, as a category of the theory of sustainable development and the theory of national security, are extremely poorly developed, especially for countries such as Ukraine, which are in a long-term systemic crisis and under harsh conditions of the transition economy, which is complicated by the tendencies of increasing level of conflicts surrounding the world. One of the important issues of the theory of national values should be considered as the problem of antivalues as a permanent factor, which, in turn, should be regarded as a system of threats to the existence of Ukrainian statehood. Approval of values in the worldview of Ukrainians, the development of their value orientations today is an important task of science. At present, the necessity of setting of the task of forming of the theory and practice of managing of national values in relation to the conditions of great uncertainty of modern processes of transformation and the consequences of those or other decisions that are difficult to predict is actualized.
GLOBALIZATION TRANSFORMATION OF INNOVATION COMPONENT IN A SYSTEM OF PRIORITIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Tsyganov S.A. , Sizonenko V.O.
Published: August 2018

This article explores the nature and characteristics of the innovation economy, its place and role in the world economy. Considered the world experience of regulation of innovative development in the context of the challenges of global competition. Determined methodological basis for the formation of international competitive advantages of the country in the global innovation space. Proved that the innovative development of national economies under global transformations due to the necessity of forming a model of open economy, which would be competitive and innovative optimally combine the available internal resources of the economic system and the benefits of international cooperation in the field of innovation in the increasingly global competition. Proved that innovation in terms of one of the key factors in international competitiveness of national economies is their innovative capacity, which reflects the potential for the creation and use of modern innovative technologies. The efficiency of the national innovation system primarily depends on a complex system of interaction between enterprises that produce innovative products, research organizations to develop and help implement into production new products and technologies, which allows to optimize the use of available resources innovation and create effective innovative environment that is catalyst for generating new innovative technologies.
Grounded conditions and factors of formation and development of innovative economy in Ukraine. A public policy measures that aim to transform the transformation of the national innovation system, the development of innovative potential and a favorable investment climate, innovative and innovation environment in Ukraine.
Evaluation of the Validity of a Nonlinear J-Shaped Dose-Response Relationship in Cancers Induced by Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
Authors: Mortazavi S. M. J , Mortazavi S. A. R , Haghani M
Published: August 2018

The radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) produced by widely used mobile phones are classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Current data on the relationship between exposure to RF-EMFs generated by commercial mobile phones and brain cancer are controversial. Our studies show that this controversy may be caused by several parameters. However, it seems that the magnitude of exposure to RF-EMFs plays a basic role in RF-induced carcinogenesis. There is some evidence indicating that, in a similar pattern with ionizing radiation, the carcinogenesis of non-ionizing RF-EMF may have a nonlinear dose-response relationship. In this paper, the evidence which supports a nonlinear J-shaped dose-response relationship is discussed.
On the move from pedagogy to timeagogy? Or how time constitutes the work of pedagogues in the Danish Primary School and Leisure-time Center
Authors: Gravesen David Thore , Ringskou Lea
Published: August 2018

This article analyzes the work of pedagogues in the Danish Primary School and Leisuretime Center. With a reform in 2014, schooldays are prolonged and hours for leisure-time pedagogy in the afternoons have become fewer. Time pressure and a focus on effectiveness have become crucial, and core pedagogical ideas are seemingly changing. On the basis of qualitative data material and sociological theories our analysis suggests a new concept: timeagogy. Timeagogy is a rising phenomenon deriving from the tense relationship between societal acceleration and renewed pedagogical demands on the one hand, and the pedagogue’s subjective practices on the other.
Why use board games in leisure-time centres? Prominent staff discourses and described subject positions when playing with children
Authors: Haglund Björn , Peterson Louise
Published: August 2018

Board games are traditionally seen as an important Swedish leisure-time centre activity, but research regarding this activity is sparse. This study aims to fill part of that void through a web survey directed to members in a closed Facebook group focusing on leisure-time centres. Fifty-five informants’ answers were analysed using critical discourse analysis to find why staff at leisure-time centres use board games. The article also discusses the subject positions the staff use when playing board games with the children. The results reveal four prominent discourses, which were termed: supporting social structure, learning social competence, substituting digital games, and learning cognitive abilities. The results also reveal three subject positions while playing board games: developer, supervising judge, and participant. The informants’ discourses regarding their reasons for using board games and the positions the staff settled into while playing board games drew mostly from a social pedagogical arena. However, features that emphasize traditional school related content are also evident.
Reaktionäre Alternativen zur „Entwicklung“? Zur Rehabilitierung der Post-Development-Konzepte in Thailand und im Iran
Authors: Schaffar Wolfram , Ziai Aram
Published: August 2018

Seit nunmehr einem Vierteljahrhundert geht unter dem Namen „post-development“ ein Gespenst in der Entwicklungstheorie um. Während die klassischen post-development-Texte ihren Fokus primär auf Mexiko, Kolumbien und Indien richteten und die neuere Debatte um buen vivir v.a. Ecuador und Bolivien in den Blick nahm (siehe auch PERIPHERIE Nr. 149), lassen sich alternative, auf nichtwestliche Traditionen Bezug nehmende Vorstellungen einer guten Gesellschaft auch in zahlreichen anderen Ländern finden. Zwei davon möchten wir in unserem Beitrag genauer betrachten. Allerdings möchten wir im Unterschied zu den klassischen Beispielen Fälle untersuchen, in denen die Alternativkonzepte nicht von oft als links angesehenen Basisbewegungen, sondern von politisch rechts stehenden Regierungen vertreten werden: in Thailand und im Iran. Diese Fallauswahl scheint zu der These zu passen, dass post-development letztlich ein reaktionäres, rückwärtsgewandtes Konzept sei. Dieser These möchten wir widersprechen. Unsere Zielsetzung im vorliegende Beitrag ist es, die Instrumentalisierung antiwestlicher, entwicklungskritischer Konzepte in den untersuchten Ländern durch reaktionäre Regierungen zu analysieren, ohne ihren emanzipatorischen Gehalt zu übersehen – letztlich zielen wir auf eine Rehabilitierung von vermeintlich rückwärtsgewandten post-development-Konzepten ab.
Epistemologien des Südens und das Gespenst des leeren Signifikanten
Authors: Praeg Leonhard
Published: August 2018

In diesem Artikel gehe ich einer wenig beachteten Scheidelinie nach, die aus meiner Sicht durch den Diskurs über „Epistemologien des Südens“ verläuft. Auf der einen Seite dieser Scheidelinie finden wir relative gut ausformulierte und daher stabile Diskurse wie (Neo-)Konfuzianismus und Ujamaa – stabil, weil ihre jeweiliger Bezugspunkt, die Schriften des Konfuzius und der Textkörper, in denen die Ujamaa-Theorie ausgearbeitet ist, Grenzlinien bieten, die in sehr produktiver Weise ihren interpretativen Horizont abgrenzen. Auf der anderen Seite dieser Linie finden wir Epistemologien wie buen vivir und Ubuntu, die weniger stabil sind. Die Gründe sind entweder, dass ihr Sinn nicht in einer Autor*innenschaft verwurzelt ist oder dass sie aus einer Reihe unterschiedlicher Gründe nicht den Übergang von einer vorkolonialen Praxis zu einer kohärenten und beständigen post-kolonialen Philosophie vollzogen haben. Daher werden „buen vivir“ und „Ubuntu“ häufig als „leere Signifikanten“ (Laclau) abgetan. Ich argumentiere hingegen, dass wir es in diesen Fällen mit einem epistemologischen Pluralismus zu tun haben, der sich nicht grundsätzlich von irgendeiner anderen Form des politischen Pluralismus unterscheidet.
Entwicklung als Motiv für Herrschaft und Widerstand. Kohärenz und Fragmentierung während des Zivilgesellschaftsforums der Weltbankgruppe
Authors: Anderl Felix
Published: August 2018

Der Artikel zeichnet unterschiedliche Aneignungen des Entwicklungsmotivs nach. Aufbauend auf den vielfältigen Kritiken von „Entwicklung“ und den Aufrufen, das Motiv zugunsten emanzipativerer Projekte abzuschreiben, zeigt der Artikel empirisch, dass sich einflussreiche KritikerInnen der Weltwirtschaftsinstitutionen noch immer des Motivs der Entwicklung bedienen. Um das emanzipative Potenzial einer solchen Aneignung auszuloten, dokumentiert der Artikel ethnografisch das Zusammenreffen „herrschaftlichen“ und „widerständigen“ In-Szene-Setzens des Entwicklungsmotivs. Hierfür dient eine teilnehmende Beobachtung beim Zivilgesellschaftsforum der Weltbankgruppe und des Internationalen Währungsfonds im Jahr 2016. Es wird argumentiert, dass sich ein herrschaftliches In-Szene-Setzen von Entwicklung durch die Projektion von Kohärenz auszeichnet, die „eine Welt“ durch einen Entwicklungspfad verbessert und dadurch normalisiert. Widerständige Aneignung von Entwicklung zeigt sich im Angriff auf diese projizierte Kohärenz. Empirisch zeigt sich, dass diese widerständige Aneignung unter erheblich höherem Rechtfertigungsdruck steht und die widerständigen Akteure sich im Verlauf der Auseinandersetzung fragmentieren. Die kohärente, herrschaftsstabilisierende Grammatik der Institutionen löst einen Sog des Universellen aus, der moderate Teile des Widerstands inkorporiert und so die Bewegung spaltet.
Lehrer*innenhabitus und Emotionen – methodologische und empirische Überlegungen zur Bedeutung von Emotionen für die berufliche Praxis
Authors: Sotzek Julia
Published: August 2018

Der Beitrag fragt nach der Bedeutung von Emotionen für das berufliche Handeln von Lehrer*innen im Berufseinstieg. Diskutiert wird, wie es das Konzept des Habitus in der Perspektive der Dokumentarischen Methode ermöglicht, diese Bedeutung von Emotionen zu erfassen, und welches Erkenntnispotenzial wiederum Emotionen für die Erschließung eines Lehrer*innenhabitus von Berufseinsteiger*innen eröffnen. Datengrundlage bilden leitfadengestützte narrative Interviews. Emotionen werden als Ausdruck des Erlebens habitueller Verunsicherung oder Bestärkung gefasst. Untersucht wird die Art und Weise des Erlebens der habituellen Auseinandersetzung mit wahrgenommenen Normen. Es zeigt sich, dass die Rekonstruktion von Emotionen einen Zugang zu Spannungsverhältnissen zwischen Habitus und wahrgenommenen Normen eröffnet und umgekehrt.
Lehrer*insein in der Migrationsgesellschaft. Professionalisierung in einem widersprüchlichen Feld
Authors: Huxel Katrin
Published: August 2018

Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie sich der monolinguale berufliche Habitus von Lehrkräften verändern lässt. Dazu werden zunächst allgemein schultheoretisch Bedingungen des Feldes Schule in Bezug auf Mehrsprachigkeit rekonstruiert und es wird gezeigt, dass sich für den Umgang mit Mehrsprachigkeit spezifische Antinomien ergeben. Am Beispiel einer Schule, in der eine ‚mehrsprachigkeitsfreundliche‘ Schulkultur herrscht, wird gezeigt, dass diese Antinomien, aber auch die jeweilige Schulkultur den beruflichen Habitus beeinflussen und die Öffnung für andere Sprachen begünstigen oder erschweren. Dies wird an Interviews mit zwei Lehrkräften, die in unterschiedlichen Verhältnissen zur Schulkultur stehen, rekonstruiert.
Development of compact seed source with high-precision discharge switch for magnetic flux compression generator
Authors: Liu Peng , Zhang He , Ma Shaojie , Shi Yunlei
Published: August 2018

A high-precision compact seed source for magnetic flux compression generators used an explosive-driven flyer high-power discharge switch was developed in this paper. And the deformation of the flyer in the switch was analyzed by numerical simulation. The compact seed source was a system (𝛷132 × 200 mm3 volume, weighing 12.5 kg, operating voltage 5 kV, storing energy ≮750 J, battery powered with full charge time less than 30 s) capable of delivering over 600 J (≮5.4 KA) into the magnetic flux compression generator (FCG, 42 μH, 78 mΩ) at static condition. On basis of the analysis of the system composition, working principle and the best output sequence model, the test of coupling performance with FCG at dynamic condition has been carried out. The results show that the compact seed source was capable of coupling over 550 J (≮5.2 kA) at dynamic condition with time sequence control error less than 5 μs, effect energy density over 200 mJ/cm3 and transfer efficiency over 75%.
Editorial: Mit Steuern steuern
Authors: Redaktion Prokla
Published: August 2018

Editorial: Mit Steuern steuern
Rätedemokratie oder das Ende der Politik
Authors: Demirović Alex
Published: August 2018

Similar to the capitalist economy liberal democracy is subjected cyclical crises, In political theory and in the debate of the Left there is a search for alternatives to depolitisation, passiveness or apathy, Criticizing Hannah Arendts republicanism, it is proposed to appropriate arguments of Marx' analysis of the Paris Commune and of the debates during the German revolution in 1918/19, Concepts of workers council democracy are discussed, and it is argued that this tradition had developed important insights in the problems of socialist transformation,
Kapitalismus und "natürliche Grenzen"
Authors: Dietz Kristina , Wissen Markus
Published: August 2018

In the face of climate change and peak oil, a concept of "natural limits" to societal development seems to be necessary for an appropriate understanding of the ecological crisis. Eco-Marxist approaches, like the ones of James O'Connor, Elmar Altvater and Ted Benton, have significantly contributed to develop such a concept. Particularly, they have contributed to dissolving respective discussions from their Malthusian roots and to defining natural limits as related to the capitalist mode of production. However, the eco-Marxist focus on the structural contradictions of capitalism affects its ability to understand the variety of societal relationships with nature which is possible within capitalism, and thus the modes through which the ecological contradictions of capitalism may be regulated. Furthermore, it neglects the various forms of the production of nature which do not necessary lead to natural limits but are nevertheless an issue of socio-ecological power and domination. In order to grasp the ecological crisis in a more comprehensive manner the eco-Marxist view thus has to be complemented by other approaches like critical political ecology and the concept of societal relationships with nature.
Immer Ärger mit der Natur
Authors: Swyngedouw Erik
Published: August 2018

In The notion of "nature" constitutes an empty signifier, which is colonized and filled with meaning by scientists, experts and policy-makers, and through a variety of techno-administrative procedures. This is a gesture par excellence of de-politicization, of placing "nature" outside the field of public dispute, contestation, and disagreement. In order to find a democratic and socially inclusive response to the current "environmental crisis", we need to abandon the concept of "nature". Instead, we need to re-conceputalize "nature" as a socio-environmental process, and reclaim democratic public spaces, which allow us to discuss the conditions for more egalitarian socio-ecological arrangements.
Schillernd und technokratisch
Authors: Brand Ulrich
Published: August 2018

A discussion about a Green New Deal (GND) refers to the ongoing and uneven crisis with its financial and economic, environmental and climate related as well as food related dimensions. However, the author criticises the suggestive power of the project and its optimistic assumptions concerning political control, technology and modernisation and its neglect of actual dynamics of capitalist development and crisis as well as the deeply inscribed imperial mode of living. With this, GND is an important project of ecomodernist capitalist forces in the Green and ecologically sensitive social-democratic field. They promote the project in the ongoing "postneoliberal" contestations how to redynamise capitalism. Therefore, it needs to be analysed carefully from a critical-emancipatory perspective. The arrogant tone of some protagonists of the GND debate, i.e. that there is no leftist alternative beyond their project, should be rejected. Emancipatory socio-ecological perspectives must be decisively more critical towards domination, institutions and modernisation.
Postkoloniale Studien und kritische Sozialwissenschaft
Authors: Franzki Hannah , Kwesi Aikins Joshua
Published: August 2018

The article explores the relevance of postcolonial studies for critical social analysis. It introduces core themes of postcolonial studies as well as their critique as a basis for an exploration of postcolonial perspectives on resistance and transformation, feminism and globalisation. The authors demonstrate the thematic variety of postcolonial studies and the ways in which they combine investigations of material and discursive aspects in their analyses of colonial inflections in past and present power relations. Drawing on foundational anticolonial as well as current postcolonial literature, the article points out the implications of epistemological and methodological innovations/ reconceptualisations within postcolonial studies for critical social inquiry.
Postkoloniale Theorie und politische Praxis
Authors: Ernst Tanja
Published: August 2018

The article gives a brief overview of the Latin American debates on postcolonial approaches, followed by a recent empirical example of decolonization politics in Bolivia. Finally, the scope and explanatory power of postcolonial categories will be examined in order to understand cultural diversity and social developments in Bolivia.
Ich möchte kein Eisbär sein
Authors: Nuss Sabine
Published: August 2018

„Kopenhagen-Fiasko“, „Desaster Kopenhagen“, „Land unter in Kopenhagen“ – das waren die Schlagzeilen nach dem UN-Klimagipfel in Kopenhagen. Zwei Wochen lang verhandelten in der dänischen Hauptstadt im Dezember letzten Jahres 193 Vertragsstaaten darüber, wie ein neues völkerrechtlich bindendes Klimaschutz- Abkommen aussehen soll. Das alte, das sogenannte Kyoto-Protokoll, läuft 2012 aus. Unter anderem verpflichten sich die Industriestaaten darin, nur noch begrenzt klimaschädliches Treibhausgas in die Luft zu pusten (verglichen mit 1990 etwa fünf Prozent weniger). Das über allem stehende Ziel: Die Erderwärmung darf nicht mehr als zwei Grad über die Temperatur der vorindustriellen Zeit steigen. Das neue Abkommen, welches die Delegierten in Kopenhagen aushandeln wollten, sollte nicht einfach nur eine Fortschreibung des alten Kyoto-Protokolls sein, sondern es sollte auch weitergehende Maßnahmen und Verpflichtungen enthalten. Die Gründe dafür sind bekannt: Der Klimawandel schreitet schneller voran, als bisher angenommen. Auch die Folgen sind mittlerweile hinreichend apokalyptisch beschrieben: Abschmelzen der Polkappen, Steigen des Meeresspiegels, Dürren, Unwetter, Hungersnöte, Flüchtlingsströme, Kriege, etc. Der Klimawandel, so heißt es immer, komme als Problem nicht wirklich an bei den Menschen. Das Thema sei so „abstrakt“, so weit weg vom Alltag. Das mag vielleicht für den Bewohner von Halle, Heidelberg oder Hoffenheim gelten, für die Bewohner der Pazifikinsel Tuvalu ist „das Problem“ zum Greifen nah: Schreitet der Klimawandel voran, wird die Insel in einigen Jahren untergehen. Bereits in der ersten Woche der Konferenz probte Tuvalu einen aufsehenerregenden Aufstand. Der Inselstaat forderte, den Anstieg der globalen Durchschnittstemperatur nicht auf maximal 2 Grad Celsius zu begrenzen, sondern auf 1,5 Grad. Unter Tränen appellierte der Insel-Delegierte im Plenarsaal an die versammelten Delegierten: „Unser Schicksal liegt in Ihren Händen“...
Arbeitsrecht unter Druck
Authors: Mangold Sonja
Published: August 2018

The article throws a critical glance at recent tendencies of development in labour law. In Germany, the Bertelsmann Foundation, part of the Bertelsmann publishing group, initiated a draft bill for a labour contract act. Under the pretext of simplifying the application of law, the proposal undermines legal standards. At the European level a number of judgements of the European Court of Justice show a new quality of neoliberal jurisdiction. The Court classified in some cases industrial action against wage dumping and national collective labour law from EU states as illegal and contradictory to the European Common Market. The current events challenge not at least European trade unions to develop counter- strategies and new concepts of collective cross- border action.
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Newtonian Flow around a Confined Square Cylinder
Authors: Tezel Guler Bengusu , Yapici Kerim , Uludag Yusuf
Published: August 2018

The confined flow of a Newtonian fluid around a square cylinder mounted in a rectangular channel was investigated both numerically and experimentally. Ratio between the pipe and channel height, the blockage ratio, is kept constant at 1/4. The flow variables including streamlines, vorticity and drag coefficients were calculated at 0 ≤ Re ≤ 50 using finite volume method. The velocity terms in the momentum equations are approximated by a higher-order and bounded scheme of Convergent and Universally Bounded Interpolation Scheme for the Treatment of Advection (CUBISTA). Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) was also used to obtain the two-dimensional velocity field. The flow measurements were conducted for 1 ≤ Re ≤ 50. Streamline and vorticity results obtained by PIV are compared with those of the numerical simulation. Based on this comparison, good agreement is found between the numerical and experimental results in a qualitative manner.
Flow Characterization of Viscoelastic Fluids around Square Obstacle
Authors: Tezel Guler Bengusu , Yapici Kerim , Uludag Yusuf
Published: August 2018

This study focuses on the computational implementation of structured non-uniform finite volume method for the 2-D laminar flow of viscoelastic fluid past a square section of cylinder in a confined channel with a blockage ratio 1/4 for Re = 10-4, 5, 10 and 20. Oldroyd-B model (constant viscosity with elasticity) and the PTT model (shear-thinning with elasticity) are the constitutive models considered. In this study effects of the elasticity and inertia on the drag coefficients and stress fields around the square cylinder are obtained and discussed in detail. With an increase elasticity, drag coefficients get smaller due to stronger shear thinning effects for PTT fluid, however, the drag coefficients show slightly enhancement for the Oldroyd-B fluid.
Sport Event Attributes Influencing Sport Tourists' Attendance at Sepak Takraw Event
Authors: Zarei Azadeh , Holmes Kirsten , Yusof Aminuddin Bin
Published: August 2018

The use of traditional sports events as modern sport tourism products has grown rapidly over recent decades. This article investigated differences in sport attributes that influence sport tourists' behavioral choices for attending a sepak takraw event using the human and nucleus component
of Leiper's tourism attraction system. The study uses a sample of 316 sport tourists including domestic sport tourists (n=224) and foreign sport tourists (n=92) attending ISTAF Super Series. The findings reveal different factors were important to domestic sport tourists compared
to foreign sport tourists. Domestic respondents reported that sport event attributes such as convenience and accessibility, game attractiveness, and sport facility were important in their decisions to attend a sepak takraw event while foreign sport tourists perceived cost to be a necessary
sport attribute for their attendance. This article provides support for a sepak takraw as an event product that offers new sport marketing opportunities for particular target market segments within small-scale sport tourism.
Milan Expo 2015: The Best Is Yet to Come
Authors: Felici Francesco , Pretaroli Rosita , Severini Francesca , Socci Claudio
Published: August 2018

The 2015 Milan Universal Exposition (Expo), as a major international event, represents an opportunity for the hosting country to trigger the economic growth because of the huge investments and public/private expenditure involved with the event. The economic benefits deriving from the
event are expected in its preparatory phase, during the main exposition, and after its conclusion. In this perspective, this article develops a CGE model to assess the overall direct and indirect impact of Milan Expo 2015 on Italian economy, given the complex interrelationships among operators
described by the SAM. The analysis considers the shocks on demand occurred during the preparatory phase of the Exposition, from 2011 to 2014, to determine the impact on the economic system of the event itself. Then, after the conclusion of the event, we analyzed the potential impacts on the
economic system of a set of demand shocks related to the renovation of the Expo infrastructures and expected tourist flows.
An Investigation of the Relationships Among Service Quality, Transaction-Specific Satisfaction, and Overall Satisfaction in Predicting Golfers' Repurchase Intention
Authors: Lee Joon Choel , Backman Kenneth F. , Backman Sheila J.
Published: August 2018

Understanding which variables predict behavioral intentions to revisit/repurchase tourist facilities is an important issue in the tourism industry, but not many studies have investigated relationships among service quality, transaction-specific satisfactions, and overall satisfactions
in predicting repurchase intention. This study examined the relationship between independent variables (service quality, transaction-specific, and overall satisfaction) and the dependent variable (repurchase intention). Further, this study examined specification of how well transaction-specific
and overall satisfactions predict golfer's intention to repurchase the same golf club. Research findings reveal that perceived service quality, rather than transaction-specific satisfaction or overall satisfaction, is the most important indicator. Specific theoretical and managerial implications
are discussed.
Leadership and Decision-Making Styles in Large-Scale Sporting Events
Authors: Megheirkouni Majd
Published: August 2018

The current study investigates the relationship between transformational and transactional leadership styles and decision-making styles in large-scale sporting events, using evidence from the 2016 Olympic Games and 2014 FIFA World Cup. A mixed-methods approach was used to gather the
data. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The results reveal there is a relationship between transformational behavior and the rational decision-making style. Practical implications may help organizing committees at both events
to adopt leadership styles that best work with different decision-making styles. This exploratory study provides recommendations for future explanatory research to contribute to the literature examining leadership styles and decision-making styles in large-scaling sporting events. The originality
of the current study is that it advances sport leadership research that links leadership styles and decisionmaking styles in large-scale sporting events.
RECENT FINDINGS FROM NUMERICAL ANALYSIS IN MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING
Authors: Peldschus Friedel
Published: August 2018

Numerical investigations have shown, that different function profiles for the description of variants are possible. This should be taken into account for mapping of characteristic values on a dimensionless interval [1; 0] or [1; ~ 0]. The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of linear, concave and convex function profiles for mapping on a dimensionless interval (normalisation). Ten different formulas were examined. The analysis of calculation approaches in the past revealed that only a single transformation formula was used for all criteria. A specific investigation into a functional character of the different initial values has not been done. Hence, the question whether this being a real or fictitious calculation was not answered. The performed analyses are supposed to contribute to the prevention of erroneous decisions.
EVALUATING COMPLEX DECISION AND PREDICTIVE ENVIRONMENTS: THE CASE OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY
Authors: Bai Chunguang , Sarkis Joseph
Published: August 2018

Supply chain flexibility is an important operations strategy dimension for organizations to achieve and maintain competitive advantage. With rising greener customer expectations and increasingly stringent environmental regulations, green supply chains are now viewed as another competitive weapon. Green supply chains are characterized by higher complexity and turbulence. Green supply chain flexibility can aid organizations function in this complex and uncertain environment, yet investigation into this area is very limited. This paper aims contribute to this field by investigating green supply chain flexibility achievement through information systems. This paper introduces a green supply chain flexibility matrix framework. Given the large data needs, as described in the matrix, a novel probability evaluation methodology that can help predict rankings of projects and programs is introduced. The methodology extends a TOPSIS based three-parameter interval grey number (TpGN) approach by incorporating neighborhood rough set theory (RST) to evaluate IS programs’ green flexibility support capability. The results of this methodology are more objective and effective for two reasons. (1) The results are predictive rankings based on probability degree instead of the fixed deterministic ranks. (2) Neighborhood rough set theory used in this study can limit loss of information when compared to rough set theory, yet still simplify extensive data sets. This paper also identifies study limitations and future research directions for green supply chain flexibility.
Cepheids in M31: The PAndromeda Cepheid Sample
Authors: Kodric Mihael , Riffeser Arno , Hopp Ulrich , Goessl Claus , Seitz Stella , Bender Ralf , Koppenhoefer Johannes , Obermeier Christian , Snigula Jan , Lee Chien-Hsiu , Burgett W. S. , Draper P. W. , Hodapp K. W. , Kaiser N. , Kudritzki R.-P. , Metcalfe N. , Tonry J. L. , Wainscoat R. J.
Published: August 2018

We present the largest Cepheid sample in M31 based on the complete Pan-STARRS1 survey of Andromeda (PAndromeda) in the r
P1, i
P1, and g
P1 bands. We find 2686 Cepheids with 1662 fundamental-mode Cepheids, 307 first-overtone Cepheids, 278 type II Cepheids, and 439 Cepheids with undetermined Cepheid type. Using the method developed by Kodric et al., we identify Cepheids by using a three-dimensional parameter space of Fourier parameters of the Cepheid light curves combined with a color cut and other selection criteria. This is an unbiased approach to identify Cepheids and results in a homogeneous Cepheid sample. The period–luminosity relations obtained for our sample have smaller dispersions than in our previous work. We find a broken slope that we previously observed with HST data in Kodric et al., albeit with a lower significance.