bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
BATI’NIN BİR HEGEMONYA KURMA ARACI OLARAK ORYANTALİST BİLGİ VE SÖYLEM ÜRETİM SÜRECİNİN ANALİZİ
Authors: ÇAKAŞ Caner Övsan
Published: February 2019

Bu çalışmada Batı’nın 19’uncu Yüzyılın başından
günümüze kadar geçen süreç içerisinde genelde Doğu özelde İslam toplumları
üzerinde farklı şekillerde tezahür eden hegemonya kurma politikaları ile
oryantalist bilgi ve söylem üretim mekanizması arasındaki nedensel bağlantının
“medenileştirme”, “demokratikleştirme” ve “terörle mücadele” kavramları
üzerinden analiz edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu analiz sürecinde de çalışmanın
araştırma yöntemi olarak temellerini Michel Foucault’un attığı, Edward W. Said
ve Aziz El Azmeh tarafından da benimsenen yapı sökümü tekniği benimsenmiştir.
Bu kapsamda 19’uncu Yüzyıldan günümüze kadar geçen süreç içerisinde oryantalist
bilgi ve söylem üretimi “medenileştirme”, “demokratikleştirme” ve “terörle
mücadele” kavramları üzerinden yapı sökümüne uğratılarak, bahse konu kavramlar
ile Batı’nın emperyalist çıkarları arasındaki nedensel bağlantı ele alınmıştır.
Çalışmada oryantalist bilgi ve söylem üretim mekanizmasının Batı’nın
emperyalist çıkarlarına göre kurgusal bir İslam yarattığı ve sürekli Batı’yı
olumlayan fakat aynı oranda onun zıttı olarak tasarlanmış İslam’ı aynı oranda
olumsuzlayan bir totoloji haline geldiği görülmüştür. Oryantalistlerce
totolojik bir tarzda üretilen bu kurgusal İslam’ın da Batı tarafından 20’inci
Yüzyılın başına kadar “medenileştirme”, 20’inci Yüzyılın ikinci yarısından
günümüze kadar geçen süreç içerisinde de “demokratikleştirme” ve “terörle
mücadele” adı altında İslam toplumları üzerinde kendi hegemonyasına meşruiyet
kazandırmak amacıyla kullanıldığı sonucuna varılmıştır.
İDARENİN DOĞAL AFETLER NETİCESİNDE MEYDANA GELEN ZARARLARDAN SORUMLULUĞU
Authors: GÜRSEL Esin
Published: February 2019

Türkiye coğrafi konumu (jeolojik ve topoğrafik yapısı) ve
iklim özellikleriyle tipik bir afet ülkesidir. Eski çağlardan bu yana deprem
başta olmak üzere heyelan, sel, kaya ve çığ düşmesi gibi sık yaşanan doğal
afetler can ve mal kayıplarına sebep olmaktadır. İdare afet öncesinde afetten
doğacak zararı önlemeye yönelik gerekli tedbirleri almak ile yükümlüdür. Ancak
idarenin afetzedelere yardım yapılması, barınak sağlanması, sağlık hizmetleri
verilmesi gibi afet sonrasına ilişkin görevleri de bulunmaktadır. Afet öncesi
ve sonrasına yönelik hizmetlerin “hiç işlememesi”, “geç işlemesi” ya da “kötü
işlemesi” halinde idarenin kusurlu sorumluluğu doğmakta ve idare ortaya çıkan
zararı tazminle yükümlü olmaktadır.

Bu makalede ilk
olarak “afet” kavramı açıklanmıştır. Takiben, afetin hukuki niteliği
belirlenmeye çalışılmış, afet ile idarenin sorumluluğu arasındaki ilişkiye yer
verilmiştir. AİHM’nin “Öneryıldız v. Türkiye”, “Budayeva ve diğerleri v.
Rusya”, “Kolyadenko ve diğerleri v. Rusya” kararları ışığında doğal afetler
neticesinde meydana gelen zararlardan idarenin sorumluluğunun sınırları
çizilmeye çalışılmıştır.
ULUSAL KIRSAL KALKINMA FONLARININ SÜT ÜRETİCİLERİ ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ: ŞARKİKARAAĞAÇ ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: ÖZYÜCEL Mustafa
Published: February 2019

Dünya üzerinde bulunan toplumlar belli bir gelişmişlik
seviyesine ulaşabilmesi için üretim düzeylerinde artış meydana getirirler.
Artan üretim düzeyleri ile birlikte ülkeler büyüme aşamalarını
gerçekleştirirler. Bu aşamadan sonra ülkelerin ekonomik olarak kalkınması
ortaya çıkabilmektedir. Gelişen toplumlar sektörel bazda kalkınma faaliyetlerine
önem vermektedirler. Kimi ülkeler sosyal olarak kalkınmayı hedef olarak ele
alırken kimi ülkeler ise ekonomik kalkınmayı temel hedef ele almaktadırlar.
Değişik planlara ve değişik uygulayıcı aktörlere rağmen ülkemiz de tek amaç
ekonomik kalkınma olmuştur. Gıda Tarım ve
Hayvancılık Bakanlığı tarafından ülkemizde zirai üretim ve hayvansal üretim
yapan üreticilere kaynak aktarışı olmaktadır. Zirai faaliyetle uğraşan
üreticilerimize mazot gübre desteği çerçevesinde destekler verilip tarımsal
üretimin artışı hedeflenmektedir. Bunun dışında hayvansal üretim kapsamında
üreticilere, canlı hayvan desteği, çiğ süt desteği, yem desteği ve tohumlama
desteği gibi destekler verilerek ülkemizde hayvansal üretimin artışı
sağlanmaktadır. Yapılan bu çalışmada;
ülkemizde Gıda Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanlığı tarafından ulusal kalkınma
fonundan süt üreticilerine sağlanan desteklerin, ülkeye sağladığı katma değeri
ölçmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışmada Şarkikaraağaç ilçesinin ele
alınmasındaki temel amaç; ilçenin mevcut il potansiyeli içinde il merkezi ve 12
ilçe içinde en yüksek miktarda süt üretimine sahip olmasıdır.
The Influence of Physical Environment Quality on Risk Perception in Jewelery Stores
Authors: KORKMAZ Erdoğan
Published: February 2019

The
physical environment quality is an important marketing factor affecting
consumers' purchasing decisions in retail outlets. The exchange of valuable
products in jewelery stores affects consumers' financial and social risk perceptions.
In this context, the aim of the research is to determine the effect of physical
environment quality on financial and social risk perception in jewelery stores.
The research was carried out by sampling on 287 people who shop at jewelery
stores on the internet. Survey data were obtained through e-survey.
Reliability, validity and normal distribution tests were applied to the datas,
and the hypotheses were analyzed by the structural equation model. According to
the results of the research, physical environment quality affects the financial
risk perception in the positive direction and affects the social risk
perception in the negative direction. At the end of the study, findings were
interpreted and discussed.
ÖĞRENCİ GÖRÜŞLERİNE GÖRE ORTAOKULLARIN, ÖĞRENCİLERİN AKADEMİK BAŞARILARINA ETKİLİLİK DÜZEYLERİ: ANKARA İLİ ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: HELVACI Figen
Published: February 2019

Bu araştırmanın genel amacı, öğrencilerin görüşlerine göre
Ankara’daki ortaokulların, etkili okulun 11 boyutuna ilişkin ( öğretimsel
liderlik, açık vizyon ve misyon, güvenli ve düzenli bir çevre, olumlu okul
iklimi, yüksek beklentiler, düzenli izleme ve değerlendirme, temel beceriler,
öğrenme olanakları (fırsatları), aile ve toplum katılımı, mesleki gelişim,
öğretmen katılımı ) etkililik düzeylerinin saptanmasıdır. Bu araştırma “tarama
modeli”nde yapılacak nicel bir çalışmadır. Bu çerçevede örnek olarak seçilen
kamu ortaokullarının, etkili okulların 11 karakteristik özelliğine sahip olma
düzeyleri, Ankara Üniversitesi Okul Geliştirme Ekibi tarafından geliştirilen
“Yüksek Performanslı Ortaokulların Ayırt Edici Dokuz Özelliği Tarama Ölçeği”
adlı veri toplama aracı etkili okulların 11 karakteristik özelliğini ölçecek
şekilde geliştirilerek belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. 2017-2018 eğitim öğretim
yılında Milli Eğitim Bakanlığına bağlı ortaokullarda öğrenim gören 5.6.7.8.
sınıf seviyesindeki 147 öğrenciye uygulanmıştır. Bu çalışmada, genel olarak
uygulanan teorik araştırma ve değerlendirme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışma,
ortaokul öğrencilerinin demografik özelliklerini belirleyen 3, etkili okul
(öğrenci görüşleri) ölçeği 62 soru olmak üzere toplamda 65 sorudan
oluşmaktadır.  Örnek olarak seçilen kamu
ortaokullarının etkili okulların on bir karakteristik özelliğine sahip olma
derecesine ilişkin öğrencilerin örnek olarak seçilen okullar hakkındaki genel
algıları arasındaki fark F testi ile saptanmıştır. Araştırmadaki manidarlık
testlerinde sınama. 05 düzeyinde yapılmıştır.
TÜRKİYE EKONOMİSİNDE 2001 SONRASI TASARRUF VE YATIRIM AÇIĞI ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
Authors: TEZER Hüseyin
Published: February 2019

Gelişmekte
olan ülke ekonomilerinde görülen tasarruf-yatırım dengesizliklerinin, hem
ekonomik büyüme sürecinde hem de cari açıklar sorununda önemli bir yeri vardır.
Bu nedenle gelişmekte olan ülkelerde görülen yetersiz tasarruf kaynakları, bu
ülkelerin kalkınma hamlelerini gerçekleştirilememesinin en önemli nedenleri
arasında gösterilmektedir. Aynı kategoride bulunan Türkiye ekonomisinde de
milli gelirin ve harcanabilir gelirin düşük olması, genç nüfus oranının yüksek
olması, teknoloji üretmeyen, aksine teknoloji ithalinin yüksek olması, tasarruf
eğilimini olumsuz etkilemektedir. Dolayısıyla tasarruf eğiliminin düşük olması
sermaye birikiminin yetersizliğine neden olmakta ve yatırımlar için gerekli
olan fon ihtiyacının yurt içi tasarruflardan karşılanamamasına yol açmaktadır.
Bu durum yatırımlar için gerekli olan bu fonların dış (tasarruflardan)
kaynaklardan karşılanmasına kapı aralamakta ve bu dış kaynak girişleri de zaman
zaman ülke ekonomisinde ödemeler dengesi sorunlarına yol açarak sık sık
ekonomik krizlerle karşılaşılmasına neden olmaktadır. Yurt içi tasarrufların
yetersizliği nedeniyle yatırımların yurt dışı tasarruflara dayalı olarak
gerçekleşmesi, ülke ekonomisinin dış borç yükü üzerinde baskıya sebep olmakta
ve dolayısıyla ekonomik kırılganlık düzeyi yükselmektedir.
TÜRKİYE’ DE SİVİL TOPLUM KURULUŞLARININ İŞLEVLERİ VE SORUN ALANLARI
Authors: SEZİK Murat
Published: February 2019

Tüm dünyada olduğu gibi Türkiye de de Liberal
demokrasi anlayışının yaygınlık kazanması ile birlikte gündeme gelen
kavramlardan biride “ Sivil Toplum” kavramıdır. 1980’li ve 1990’lı yıllarda
Ekonomik olarak liberalleşmenin olmazsa olmazı olarak görülen siyasal
liberalleşme yaklaşımının bir ürünü olarak değerlendirilen sivil toplum
yaklaşımı ile devletin rolü ve faaliyetleri sınırlandırılmış, devletten alınan
bir takım roller sivil topluma devredilmiştir. 
Türkiye de sivil toplum kavramının öneminin artmasını bazı
akademisyenler dünyada meydana gelen liberalleşme eğilimleri dışında 1980’li
yıllardan sonra yükselmeye başlayan İslami gruplar, Kürt milliyetçiliği ve
kadın hareketlerine bağlamıştır. Farklı değerler sistemini ve yaşam şeklini
benimseyen bu gruplarla, devletin ilişkisinin nasıl formülize edileceği
tartışması başlamıştır. Sivil toplum kuruluşları her siyasal sistemde aynı
hoşgörü ve anlayışla karşılanmamakla beraber her siyasal sistemdeki etki
düzeyleri de farklıdır. Konu bu açıdan değerlendirildiğinde totaliter
rejimlerde sivil toplum kuruluşlarından beklenen yaklaşım, devletin kararlarını
meşrulaştıran bir hizmet aracı olmasıdır. Demokratik toplumlarda ise sivil
toplum kuruluşları temsil ettikleri kitle ve üyelerinin haklı taleplerini
siyaset kurumuna, yasama kurumuna, yürütme erkine ve kamuoyuna aktarma
işlevleri görmektedirler.Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de Sivil toplum
kuruluşlarının işlevleri ve sorun alanları hem teorik olarak literatürden hem
de alandan elde edilen bilgilerle desteklenmiştir. Araştırmacının birden çok
sivil toplum kuruluşunun yönetiminde bulunması ve üyesi olarak çeşitli görevler
üstlenmesi nedeniyle sivil toplum kuruluşlarının birçok sorununu
gözlemlemiştir. Mali kaynak yetersizliği, demokrasi eksikliği, katılım
eksikliği, bilgi eksikliği, ideolojik özelliklerin ön plana çıkarılması,  hâkim siyasal güce angaje olunması ve
yönetici kadroların sivil toplum kuruluşunu atlama tahtası gibi görmesi
Türkiye’deki sivil toplum kuruluşlarının temel sorunlarındandır.
Higrotermal yaşlandırma işleminin ısıl işlem görmüş kestane odununun renk ve sertlik özellikleri üzerine etkisi
Authors: KARAMANOĞLU Mehmet , KAYMAKÇI Alperen
Published: February 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı; higrotermal
yaşlanmaya maruz kalmış, ısıl işlemli ağaç malzemenin renk ve sertlik
değişimlerini belirlemektir. Bu amaç için, Kestane odunu (Castanea sativa Mill.) kullanılmıştır. Isıl işlem uygulaması
sıcaklık kontrollü küçük fırında yapılmıştır. Deney numuneleri, atmosferik
basınç altında, üç farklı sıcaklıkta (130, 180 ve 230 °C) ve iki farklı sürede
(2 ve 8 saat), inert (azot) ortamda ısıya maruz bırakılmıştır. Isıl işlemli
örnekler bir ay (30 gün) higrotermal yaşlandırma koşullarına (Destile suda ve
20 oC’de)  maruz
bırakılmıştır. Higrotermal yaşlandırma sonrası, örneklerin renk ve sertlik
değişimleri ASTMD 2244-2 ve ASTM-D 2240 standartlarına göre belirlenmiştir.
Sonuçlar her grupta kontrol örnekleri ile karşılaştırılmıştır.
Odunun yoğunluğu ile mekanik özellikleri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi üzerine bir araştırma
Authors: BAL Bekir Cihad , BEKTAŞ İbrahim
Published: February 2019

Odunun, fiziksel, mekanik,
kimyasal ve biyolojik özellikleri önemli özellikleridir. Kullanım yeri
belirlenirken bu özelliklerine göre karar verilmektedir. Yük taşıyan yerlerde
mekanik özelliklerinin yüksek olması istenir. Harici ortamlarda kullanılacak odunun
biyolojik dayanıklılığının yüksek olması istenir. Odunun bu özellikleri üzerine;
ağaç türü, rutubet miktarı, odun türü, ağaçtan alındığı yer ve odun
kusurlarının etkili olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada, odunun mekanik
özellikleri ile yoğunluğu arasındaki ilişki belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu amaç
için, kayın (Fagus orientalis L.) ve
kavak (Populus x euramericana I-214) odunları üzerinde mekanik testler yapılmıştır.
Testlerde, odunun yoğunluğu, eğilme direnci, elastikiyet modülü, şok direnci ve
basınç direnci belirlenmiştir. Denemelerde TS 2470, TS 2474, TS 2478, TS 2477
ve TS 2595 numaralı standartlar kullanılmıştır. Yoğunluk ile mekanik özellikler
arasındaki ilişki regresyon denklemleri ile belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu
ilişkiler dağılım grafikleri ile gösterilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara göre;
yoğunluk miktarı arttıkça mekanik özelliklerin arttığı belirlenmiştir.
Evaluation of furniture industry wastes in polymer composite production
Authors: NARLIOĞLU Nasır , SALAN Tufan , ÇETİN Nihat Sami , ALMA Mehmet Hakkı
Published: February 2019

In this study, composite materials
were produced by adding medium density fiberboard (MDF) waste and massive
timber waste from furniture industry into PVC polymer matrix at different
ratios. For the production of PVC composite materials, each waste material was
mixed with PVC polymer and then, they were converted into pellets using twin
screw extruder and combined pelletizer. The obtained pellets were molded into
composite boards in 250 x 250 x 2 mm dimensions via hot press molding
technique. The mechanical properties of the produced composites were compared
with each other and with pure PVC based board in order to determine whether
they can be used in various applications. The result of the mechanical tests showed
that the tensile strength value of 10% wood flour-added PVC composites had the
highest tensile strength value of 24.51 MPa. On the other hand, the highest
bending strength value of 61.20 MPa was found for composite material with 10%
MDF powder.
Asociación del signo de la "puerta flotante" y escritura micrográfica en pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson
Authors: Torres Ramírez Luis Eduardo , Rodríguez Vega Oswaldo Ricardo , Pezo Pezo Armando Martín , Cosentino Esquerre Carlos Alberto
Published: February 2019

Objetivo: Determinar la asociación del signo de la “puerta flotante” y de la escritura micrográfica con el diagnóstico de la enfermedad de Parkinson. Métodos: Estudio analítico observacional de corte transversal de pacientes con el diagnóstico de EP que acudieron por consulta externa al Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas del Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas (INCN) y como sujetos sanos a los familiares de éstos pacientes con EP. Resultados: Se encontró una frecuencia del signo de la “puerta flotante” en el 50% de los dibujos realizados por los pacientes con EP. Se halló una asociación estadísticamente significativa entre tener EP y realizar un dibujo con puerta flotante (OR =4; IC95% [1.6 - 9.7]). La prevalencia de micrografía en pacientes con EP fue de un 13% y no hubo asociación significativa (OR =3.8; IC95% [0.7 - 19.7]) para presentar la enfermedad. Conclusión: En nuestro estudio se encontró que al dibujar una casa la mitad de los pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson realizan el signo de la “puerta flotante” y la probabilidad de que éstos pacientes realicen este signo es 3 veces más respecto a sujetos sanos.
Riesgo ocular asociado con el uso de lámparas de fotocurado en el consultorio dental
Authors: Romero - González María Alejandra
Published: February 2019

Las lámparas de fotocurado son utilizadas diariamente en varias aplicaciones dentro de la odontología moderna. Las modalidades de fotocurado han cambiado mucho en los últimos 30 años con el desarrollo de diferentes tipos de fuentes de polimerización como la lámpara halógena, la lámpara de arco de plasma, la lámpara laser y la lámpara de luz emitida por diodos; sin embargo, los ojos de los operadores de las lámparas corren el riesgo de sufrir daños oculares acumulativos, principalmente debido a la reflexión de la luz azul. Es por tal motivo, que el objetivo de este artículo es revisar la bibliografía actual sobre los conceptos de la longitud de onda en las lámparas de fotocurado durante los tratamientos dentales y los posibles riesgos para la salud, con énfasis en el daño ocular. Así como, proponer una guía para el uso adecuado de la luz de fotocurado y reducir el daño a la salud en particular el daño ocular. Palabras clave: Radiación óptica, Riesgo laboral, Riesgo óptico, Lámpara de fotocurado dental, Protección ocular.
A New Species of Anthurium (Araceae) with Cordate Leaves from Southeastern Brazil
Authors: Valadares Rodrigo Theófilo , Kollmann Ludovic Jean Charles , Sakuragui Cassia Mônica
Published: February 2019

During a floristic survey of Araceae species in the Atlantic Forest, Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil, we found an unknown species of Anthurium Schott with cordate leaf bases. Here, we describe and illustrate this new species, A. marcusianum Theófilo, L. Kollmann & Sakur., and also provide comments on its ecology, distribution, and conservation status.
Two new entomopathogenic species of Ophiocordyceps in Thailand
Authors: Xiao Yuan-Pin , Hongsanan Sinang , Hyde Kevin D. , Brooks Siraprapa , Xie Ning , Long Feng-Yao , Wen Ting-Chi
Published: February 2019

Ophiocordycepsis entomopathogenic and the largest studied genus in the familyOphiocordycipitaceae. Many species in this genus have been reported from Thailand. The first new species introduced in this paper,Ophiocordycepsglobiceps, differs from other species based on its smaller perithecia, shorter asci and secondary ascospores and additionally, in parasitising fly species. Phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, SSU, ITS, TEF1α and RPB1 sequence data indicate thatO.globicepsforms a distinct lineage within the genusOphiocordycepsas a new species. The second new species,Ophiocordycepssporangifera, is distinguished from closely related species by infecting larvae of insects (Coleoptera, Elateridae) and by producing white to brown sporangia, longer secondary synnemata and shorter primary and secondary phialides. We introduceO.sporangiferabased on its significant morphological differences from other similar species, even though phylogenetic distinction is not well-supported.
Feasibility of an Integrative Activity Program for Older Adults With Low Education and Mild Dementia
Authors: Tak Sunghee Hong , Kim Ji-yeon , Ko Hana , Yoo Yeung Min
Published: February 2019

The population of older adults is increasing, as is the number of older adults with dementia. However, there is a lack of integrative interventions that include both cognitive training and physical exercise for older adults with dementia. The current study conducted a 12-week integrated program for older adults with low education and mild dementia; the study modified the contents developed by the National Dementia Institute. Effects of the integrated program were examined in 30 participants (16 from the experimental group and 14 from the control group). Analysis showed that the tailored integrated program increased the cognitive function of participants in the experimental group. The findings of this study suggest that using therapeutic strategies and providing person-centered care are necessary for older adults with low educational backgrounds and low literacy levels. [
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 45
(3), 13–20.]
Imaginaire génétique : la critique face à la liste chez Jules Verne
Authors: Turin Gaspard
Published: February 2019

La critique vernienne tend à considérer les listes, fréquentes dans les Voyages extraordinaires, sous un œil sévère : elles seraient le résultat d’une mauvaise intégration de documents importés d’ouvrages scientifiques, liés au mandat didactique du romancier. Cet enjeu allographe se traduit insidieusement par un jugement exogénétique : les listes présentes dans les romans publiés de Verne seraient dues à un processus d’écriture mal négocié, trop rapide, de l’ordre du recopiage, de la non-écriture. Or une telle hypothèse est invérifiable, puisque les documents qui auraient permis de retracer ces étapes de l’écriture n’ont pas été conservés. Ce que l’on observe alors est le recours de la critique généraliste à un imaginaire génétique, appelé par l’incomplétude du dossier génétique. L’enjeu de cet article, dès lors métacritique, revient à interroger une telle notion et la possibilité de son usage, au sein d’une discipline historiquement consacrée à la matérialité et à la factualité des traces de l’écriture.
Modeling the Role of Government, Firm, and Civil Society for Environmental Sustainability
Authors: Yasmeen Humaira , Wang Ying , Zameer Hashim , Ismail Hina
Published: February 2019

The objective of this article is to design a game theory-based model to outline the role of the government, firm and civil society for environmental sustainability. The study used the dynamic game theory of complete information. Based upon the equilibrium analysis, the study highlights that when the punishment for non-compliance with environmental responsibility is smaller, the role of civil society would be higher for environmental sustainability. On the other hand, when the environmental responsibility cost is higher, then the role of a government is also higher for the implementation of environmental responsibility and to ensure the punishment. However, the authors found from model analysis that if the cost is low, the probability of firm to fulfill environmental responsibility is higher. In real life, the high cost of environmental responsibility is the main reason that the firm does not fulfill environmental responsibility. Under the high cost, the firm often has the phenomenon of bribery to the government and other means to avoid environmental responsibility. This article is a valuable policy guide for policy makers to cope with global environmental challenges.
Digital Storytelling as a Culturally Responsive Instructional Strategy for Pacific Islanders in Guam and Micronesia
Authors: Stoicovy Catherine E. , Rivera Matilda Naputi
Published: February 2019

This article explores the use of digital storytelling as a culturally responsive instructional strategy for Pacific Island students on the islands of Guam and Micronesia in the Western Pacific. A major feature of Pacific Island cultures is their orality; therefore, building on the oral tradition through digital storytelling might be one way to optimize language and literacy learning for Pacific Island students in Guam classrooms. The article also describes an accessible and easy-to-use model for digital storytelling using PowerPoint that teachers can use to implement digital storytelling in the classroom.
A Case for TIC
Authors: Thirkle Steven Anthony , Kennedy Angela , Sice Petia
Published: February 2019

Trauma Informed Care (TIC) is an approach to human services based on the understanding that most people in contact with services are more likely to have experienced some level of trauma, adversity and loss and this understanding needs to be held by those involved so that it is may permeate service relationships and delivery. This article reviews TIC literature and introduces a case example outlining the successes and challenges of TIC implementation in practice, i.e. staff awareness, knowledge and skills, communication and quality of human interaction, wellbeing and resilience, organisational structures and artefact, measurement and monitoring for success. Insights from complexity and interpersonal neurobiology are interpreted in the context of facilitating TIC implementation, i.e. parallel safe-to-fail interventions, managing constraints and boundary conditions, monitoring change through trusted sensor networks, maintaining awareness development practices.
Posttraumatic isolated intraventricular hemorrhage a rare entity: Case series
Authors: Ravi Karla , Reddy Musali , Gollapudi Prakash , Mohammed Imran , Manne Srikrishnaditya , Beniwal Hemant
Published: February 2019

Background: Traumatic Intraventricular hemorrhage is commonly associated with other lesions like intracerebral contusions, subdural hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Isolated post- traumatic intraventricular hemorrhage is uncommon. It is mostly seen in the pediatric population and rarely seen in adults. Aims: To analyze the Demographics, mode of Injuries and outcome in injuries causing isolated post traumatic intraventricular hemorrhage which is a rare entity. Materials and Methods: This is a Retrospective analytic study of six cases, conducted at our Hospital in a span of eight years [2010-2018]. Results: Mean age of presentation is 36 years and all were males. The most common clinical presentation included loss of consciousness followed by vomiting and ENT bleed. Four cases presented with severe head injury and two with mild head injury as per Glasgow coma scale score. Mode of injury was acceleration and deceleration in all the cases. NCCT and CT Angiogram brain were done in all the cases which revealed isolated intraventricular hemorrhage without any vascular or tumoral pathology. All the patients were managed conservatively. Conclusion: The outcome was equivocal (3 patients had a bad outcome and 3 good outcomes) in our study.
Extensive pulmonary metastases 13 years after initial resection of intracranial meningioma
Authors: Rajadurai Samuel , Thotathil Ziad , Biju Rakesh , Ziad Fouzia , Hussain Zakier
Published: February 2019

Background: Extracranial metastasis from intracranial meningioma is a very rare condition. A current literature review reveals that only few cases are documented with extensive pulmonary involvement >10 years after initial intracranial meningioma resection. Diagnosis of pulmonary meningioma is often confirmed by computed tomography chest-guided core biopsies. The prognosis of extensive metastatic pulmonary meningioma, however, is unknown and there is no gold standard treatment option. Case Description: We present a case of multiple pulmonary meningioma metastases developing 13 years after initial resection of left occipital parafalcine World Health Organization Grade I intracranial meningioma. Conclusion: There are no established guidelines for the optimal management or surveillance of extensive pulmonary metastatic meningioma. In patients with high-grade meningioma and multiple cannonball pulmonary lesions, metastatic meningioma should be considered as part of the differential diagnosis. Metastatic meningioma may occur even a decade after initial tumour resection.
Prognostic factors influencing outcome in unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm after microsurgical clipping
Authors: Kasinathan Sudhakar , Yamada Yashiro , Cheikh Abderrahmane , Teranishi Takao , Kawase Tsukasa , Kato Yako
Published: February 2019

Anterior communicating artery (A.com.A) aneurysm projection is an important factor in determining the outcome of aneurysm clipping. The objective of this study was to analyze the outcome of A.com.A aneurysm projection and prognostic factors influencing it and comparing them with Glasgow outcome scale. A retrospective analysis of 47 patients from hospital records who have got admitted in the Banbuntanke Hotokokai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, from 2014 to 2017, with unruptured A.com.A aneurysm and subsequently operated in the hospital. Demographic factors such as age, sex, and associated with other aneurysms and the morphological characteristics such as aneurysm size, projection, and height were analyzed with postoperative complications and Glasgow outcome scale. Totally 47 cases have been operated in which 26 (55.3%) are female and 21 (44.6%) are male, and the median age is 68 years, 7 (14.89%) patients had middle cerebral artery aneurysm along with A.com.A aneurysm and 1 had internal carotid artery-posterior communicating artery junction aneurysm. Four (8.5%) had chronic subdural hematoma and 1 (2.12%) had epilepsy, 1 (2.12%) case got reoperated, and 1 (2.12%) had hydrocephalus. Moreover, the overall complication rate is 14.89%. For six patients, motor-evoked potential monitoring was used. Forty-six patients had Glasgow outcome scale of 5 and 1 patient had Glasgow outcome scale of 4. There was no mortality in this study. Mean size of the aneurysm was 6.68 mm and the range was 2–25 mm. Mean height was 4.14 mm, 26 (56.52%) A.com.A aneurysm were anteriorly projecting, 9 (19.56%) were superiorly projecting, 8 (17.32%) were inferiorly projecting, and 3 (6.38%) were posteriorly projecting. Morphological parameters such as size, height, and projection were not only highly associated with A.com.A aneurysm rupture and also complications due to clipping of aneurysm.
Carotid endarterectomy: The need for In vivo optical spectroscopy in the decision-making on intraoperative shunt usage – A technical note
Authors: Balaji Arun , Rajagopal Niranjana , Yamada Yasuhiro , Teranishi Takao , Kawase Tsukasa , Kato Yoko
Published: February 2019

Background: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is the surgical excision of the atherosclerotic plaque in patients with severe carotid artery stenosis. It is a common surgical technique required by neurosurgeons that should be mastered. In this article, we provide an outline of the technique and multimodality adjuncts involved in performing an effective CEA with a better surgical outcome. Materials and Methods: We have operated a total of 14 patients in our institute from 2015 to 2018. The male to female ratio is 13:1. Four (28.5%) patients were symptomatic and 10 (71.5%) were asymptomatic; with an average percentage of carotid stenosis being 81.2% in symptomatic and 76.6% in asymptomatic patients. Two patients have undergone bilateral CEA. Intraoperative monitoring was done with continuous in vivo optical spectroscopy (INVOS). Furui's double balloon shunt system was used to maintain blood flow from common carotid artery to the internal carotid artery, thus preventing cerebral ischemia in selected cases with significantly lateralized cerebral oximetry (CO) recordings. Results: Of the 14 patients with 16 CEA procedures, continuous INVOS monitoring was used in 12 CEA procedures. Of the 12 cases, only 5 (41.6%) needed a shunt. Furui's shunt was not used in 7 (58.3%) CEA procedures, where there were no changes in the intraoperative CO and these patients had an uneventful postoperative period. INVOS monitoring not only reduced the use of routine intraoperative shunt but also reduced the total surgical time and thus aided in preventing neurological complications. Conclusion: CEA should be strongly considered for symptomatic patients with >70% of carotid stenosis and in patients with 50%–69% stenosis if no other etiological basis for the ischemic symptoms can be identified. Continuous INVOS monitoring is mandatory for the decision of the use of intraoperative shunt, which reduces the perioperative morbidity and mortality significantly.
Clinicopathological characteristics of meningiomas: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in the Kashmir Valley
Authors: Mubeen Basharat , Makhdoomi Rumana , Nayil Khursheed , Rafiq Danish , Kirmani Altaf , Salim Othman , Mustafa Farhat , Aimen Aifa , Khursheed Sumat , Bashir Shazia , Shafi Saba , Ramzan Altaf
Published: February 2019

Background: Meningiomas comprise 15%–20% of all primary intracranial tumors. They are generally benign tumors, and most patients are cured after surgery and remain free of recurrence. However, some tumors behave in an aggressive manner, and patients develop local recurrence or metastasis. Overall prognosis is good. Patients and Methods: This is an 11-year retrospective study conducted in the Departments of Pathology and Neurosurgery at Sheri-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Kashmir, India. Besides the demographic profile, the parameters analyzed were location of tumor on imaging, histopathological subtype, and grade of tumor according to the 2007 WHO classification and recurrence at follow-up. Results: A total of 254 patients were included in our study, of which 205 (80.7%) were brain meningiomas and 49 (19.3%) were spinal, with an overall female: male ratio of 2:1. Female: male ratio was more in spinal meningiomas, 15.3:1. Most of our patients were in the 4–6th decade of life with a mean age of 48 years (range: 5–73 years). Meningothelial meningioma was the most common histological type. Of ten patients who showed recurrence, seven cases showed only recurrence, but no progression to higher grade and three cases showed recurrence with progression by one WHO-grade. We also noticed that recurrence was higher in Simpson Grades II and III. Conclusion: Meningiomas are common in females and most of the meningiomas do well after surgery. The recurrence rate was 3.93% in our study and Simpson grade of tumor excision and histopathological grade contribute significantly to the recurrence of the tumor.
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: Treat or not treat?
Authors: Bin Samsuddin Muhamad , Bin Omar Mohamad
Published: February 2019

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are uncommon, biologically aggressive soft tissue sarcomas of neural origin that poses tremendous challenges to effective therapy. MPNSTs are among the most challenging mesenchymal malignancies to treat with poor prognosis. They usually affect young and middle-aged adults, tend toward early metastasis, and often demonstrate resistance to chemotherapy. We present a case of a 23-year-old female who initially presented with the right temporal swelling for 1 month associated with constitutional symptom which progressively worsening. The right craniotomy and excision biopsy were done with histopathological examination results suggestive of MPNST. Thorax-abdominal-pelvic computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging further revealed multiple metastatic lesions involving spine, retroperitoneal, pelvic, chest wall, and lungs. This case illustrates the typical presentation of MPNST with its known poorly outcome.
Giant encephalocoele: A rare case report and review of literature
Authors: Naik Vikas , Marulasiddappa Vinay , Gowda Naveen Mandya , Pai S , Bysani Pratham , Amreesh S
Published: February 2019

Giant encephalocoeles are rare entities with only one case series and few case reports reported in medical literature. Encephalocoeles, which reach a size larger than the head size, are be called Giant encephalocoeles. We report a case of a 6 month old child who had giant encephalocoele with delayed motor milestones in the form of inability to hold neck. Anesthetic implications include difficulty in securing air way due without undue pressure on the sac. She underwent VP shunt followed by excision of the encephalocele sac. Patient is doing well at 1 year of follow up. Preoperative neurological status and amount of brain tissue herniating into the sac are the most important factors determining the long term prognosis.
Odetta’s One Grain of Sand
Authors: Frye Jacobson Matthew
Published: February 2019

When 20-year-old Odetta Holmes—classically trained as a vocalist and poised to become “the next Marian Anderson”—veered away from both opera and musical theater in favor of performing politically charged field hollers, prison songs, work songs, and folk tunes before mixed-race audiences in 1950s coffee houses, she was making one of the most portentous decisions in the history of both American music and Civil Rights.

Released the same year as her famous rendition of “I’m on My Way” at the March on Washington, One Grain of Sand captures the social justice project that was Odetta’s voice. “There was no way I could say the things I was thinking, but I could sing them,” she later remarked. In pieces like “Moses, Moses,” “Ain’t No Grave,” and “Ramblin’ Round Your City,” One Grain of Sand embodies Odetta’s approach to the folk repertoire as both an archive of black history and a vehicle for radical expression. For many among her audience, a song like “Cotton Fields” represented a first introduction to black history at a time when there was as yet no academic discipline going by this name, and when history books themselves still peddled convenient fictions of a fundamentally “happy” plantation past. And for many among her audience, black and white, this young woman’s pride in black artistry and resolve, and her open rage and her challenge to whites to recognize who they were and who they had been, too, modeled the very honesty and courage that the movement now called for.
Hygiene, Sociality, and Culture in Contemporary Rural China. The Uncanny New Village
Authors: Lai Lili
Published: February 2019

By taking the lived body as local, unstable, diverse, and open to urban and global incorporations, this book highlights contemporary Chinese and global reductions of diverse conditions into generalized objects, especially in the Chinese state's well-intended social welfare effort of "building socialist new villages" which in the mean time shows clearly how judgments come to be disguised as facts (Cf. Pigg 1992). The political economic roots and social determinants of "dirty villages," the strategies of inhabiting "villages with empty centers," and the local and national projects of cultural production all reveal much about class and power in China today. Unlike other close ethnographies of small places in China, this reading of local culture is considered in the context of the national and global practices that maintain a deeply divisive rural-urban divide in everyday hygienic practices. This book argues that substantive ethnographic attention to the specificities of village life in the contemporary Henan context can destabilize China's chronic rural-urban divide and contribute to an effective rural welfare intervention to improve the hygienic conditions of village life at present.
Adoptive Behaviors of Farmers After Training and Their Subsequent Diffusive Behaviors In Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Authors: Shelburne Ian , Lawver David E. , Fraze Steven , Ulmer Jonathan , Stephenson Charles , Magogo Juma
Published: February 2019

This study focused on Kenyan farmers in the Moiben area who participated in three agricultural seminars at Twiga demonstration farm. The problem of interest was the need for increased dissemination of improved agricultural practices to enhance production and processing of crops related to food security and socio-economic well-being. The study investigated associations between adoptive behaviors of participants and their subsequent behavior related to diffusing improved practices to others. Data was collected using a demographic questionnaire and two structured interview schedules. Correlational analysis was conducted on post-training behavior variables, using Kendall’s tau calculations. The study found that farmers across the samples who exhibited higher levels of adoption of workshop-recommended innovations also had a moderate to strong likelihood of showing correspondingly higher levels of diffusion-related behavior. It was concluded that these findings align well with Rogers’ (2003) discussion of change-agent credibility, and also with Bandura’s (2006) work on social modeling and perceived self-efficacy. It was recommended that offering community-based agricultural seminars such as those in this study be continued and expanded, as an important component in a pluralistic model of agricultural extension methodology for Sub-Saharan Africa. It was further recommended that farmers who adopt improved practices learned in training be identified specifically for further interventions related to implementation and diffusion of agricultural innovations.
Agricultural Information Networks and Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in East Africa
Authors: Gunter Jessie , Moore Keith M. , Eubank Stephen , Tino Grace
Published: February 2019

Previous studies have shown that there is not one universal set of factors that contribute to smallholder farmers' adoption of Conservation Agriculture. However, network influences at the local and regional levels play a key role in innovation and technology diffusion. A major challenge in research dedicated to measuring these influences is representing farmer network structure. Mixed methods baseline and endline surveys on adoption of Conservation Agriculture and farmer information sources were carried out in 2010 and 2014 in Molo, Uganda (n=92), Kween, Uganda (n=94), and Kitale, Kenya (n=65). Network structure is explored at multiple levels: the meso-level, where agents serve as sources of vertical knowledge; and the micro level, where farmers spread new technologies horizontally, often through involvement in farmer groups and associations, and integrate them into existing local knowledge. The survey results indicate that farmers understood the three principles of Conservation Agriculture as independent concepts and that crop rotation is widespread. Adoption of minimum tillage increased significantly (p < 0.01) in the Ugandan sites, and knowledge of minimum tillage increased significantly in all research sites.
Water adsorption and hygroscopic growth of six anemophilous pollen species: the effect of temperature
Authors: Tang Mingjin , Gu Wenjun , Ma Qingxin , Li Yong Jie , Zhong Cheng , Li Sheng , Yin Xin , Huang Ru-Jin , He Hong , Wang Xinming
Published: February 2019

Abstract. Hygroscopicity largely
affects environmental and climatic impacts of pollen grains, one important
type of primary biological aerosol particles in the troposphere. However, our
knowledge of pollen hygroscopicity is rather limited, and the effect of
temperature in particular has rarely been explored before. In this work three
different techniques, including a vapor sorption analyzer, diffusion
reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and transmission
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (transmission FTIR) were employed to
characterize six anemophilous pollen species and to investigate their
hygroscopic properties as a function of relative humidity (RH, up to
95 %) and temperature (5 or 15, 25 and 37 ∘C). Substantial mass
increase due to water uptake was observed for all the six pollen species, and
at 25 ∘C the relative mass increase at 90 % RH, when compared
to that at <1 % RH, ranged from ∼30 % to ∼50 %,
varying with pollen species. It was found that the modified κ-Köhler equation can well approximate mass hygroscopic growth of all the
six pollen species, and the single hygroscopicity parameter (κ) was
determined to be in the range of 0.034±0.001 to 0.061±0.007 at
25 ∘C. In situ DRIFTS measurements suggested that water adsorption
by pollen species was mainly contributed to by OH groups of organic compounds
they contained, and good correlations were indeed found between
hygroscopicity of pollen species and the number of OH groups, as determined
using transmission FTIR. An increase in temperature would in general lead to
a decrease in hygroscopicity, except for pecan pollen. For example, κ
values decreased from 0.073±0.006 at 5 ∘C to 0.061±0.007
at 25 ∘C and to 0.057±0.004 at 37 ∘C for
Populus tremuloides pollen, and decreased from 0.060±0.001 at
15 ∘C to 0.054±0.001 at 25 ∘C
and 0.050±0.002 at
37 ∘C for paper mulberry pollen.
Imaging East European Craton margin in Northern Poland using
extended-correlation processing applied to regional reflection seismic
profiles
Authors: Mężyk Miłosz , Malinowski Michał , Mazur Stanisław
Published: February 2019

Abstract. In NE Poland, the Eastern European Craton (EEC) crust of the Fennoscandian affinity is concealed under a Phanerozoic platform cover and penetrated by the sparse deep research wells. Most of the inferences regarding its structure rely on geophysical data. Until recently, this area was covered only by the refraction/wide-angle reflection (WARR) profiles, which show a relatively simple crustal structure with a typical cratonic 3-layer crust. ION Geophysical PolandSPAN™ regional seismic program, acquired over the marginal part of the EEC in Poland, offered a unique opportunity to derive a detailed image of the deeper crust. Here, we apply extended correlation processing to a subset (~950 km) of the PolandSPAN™ dataset located in NE Poland, which enabled us to extend the nominal record length of the acquired data from 12 to 22 s (~60 km depth). Our new processing revealed reflectivity patterns, that we primarily associate with the Paleoproterozoic crust formation during the Svekofennian (Svekobaltic) orogeny and which are similar to what was observed along the BABEL and FIRE profiles in the Baltic Sea and Finland, respectively. We propose a mid- to lower-crustal lateral flow model to explain the occurrence of two sets of structures that can be collectively interpreted as kilometre-scale S-C' shear zones. The structures define a penetrative deformation fabric invoking ductile extension of hot orogenic crust. Localized reactivation of these structures provided conduits for subsequent emplacement of gabbroic magma that produced a Mesoproterozoic anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite (AMCG) suite in NE Poland. Delamination of overthickened orogenic lithosphere may have accounted for magmatic underplating and fractionation into the AMCG plutons. We also found sub-Moho dipping mantle reflectivity, which we tentatively explain as a signature of the crustal accretion during the Svekofennian orogeny. Later tectonic phases (e.g. Ediacaran rifting, Caledonian orogeny) did not leave a clear signature in the deeper crust, however, some of the subhorizontal reflectors below the basement, observed in the vicinity of the AMCG Mazury complex, can be alternatively linked with lower Carboniferous magmatism.
Kinematic response of ice-rise divides to changes in oceanic and
atmospheric forcing
Authors: Schannwell Clemens , Drews Reinhard , Ehlers Todd A. , Eisen Olaf , Mayer Christoph , Gillet-Chaulet Fabien
Published: February 2019

Abstract. The majority of Antarctic ice shelves are bounded by grounded ice rises. These ice rises exhibit local flow regimes that partially oppose the flow of the surrounding ice shelves. Formation of such ice rises is accompanied by a characteristic upward arching internal stratigraphy (Raymond arches), archiving potential past divide migration and the onset of divide flow. Information about past ice-sheet conditions can therefore be retrieved in areas where other archives are missing. However, the quantitative interpretation of the stratigraphy requires modelling and radar observations. Hitherto, ice-rise modelling has been restricted to 2D and excluded the coupling between ice shelf and ice rise. This presents a major limitation for the interpretation of ice rises as ice-dynamic archive. Here we present an improved modelling framework to study ice-rise evolution using a calibrated, isothermal, and isotropic 3D Full-Stokes model including grounding-line dynamics at the required mesh resolution (<500 m). We apply the model to the Ekström Ice Shelf catchment containing two ice rises. Our results show that changes in the surface mass balance result in immediate and sustained divide migration (>2.0 m/yr) of up to 3.5 km. In contrast, instantaneous ice-shelf disintegration causes a short-lived and delayed (by 60–100 years) response of smaller magnitude (<0.75 m/yr). The model tracks migration of a triple junction and synchronous ice-divide migration in both ice rises with similar magnitude but differing rates. The model is suitable for glacial/interglacial simulations on the catchment scale, providing the next step forward to unravel the ice-dynamic history stored in ice rises all around Antarctica.