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Multiple Solutions of an Unsteady Stagnation-Point Flow with Melting Heat Transfer in a Darcy–Brinkman Porous Medium
Authors: Khalid Aurangzaib M , Krishnendu Bhattacharyya , Sharidan Shafie
Published: April 2016

The characteristics of the unsteady boundary layer flow with melting heat transfer near a stagnation-point towards a flat plate embedded in a DarcyBrinkman porous medium with thermal radiation are investigated. The governing partial differential equations are transformed into self-similar ordinary differential equations by similarity transformations. The transformed self-similar equations are solved numerically using bvp4c from Matlab for several values of the flow parameters. The study reveals that the multiple solutions exist for the decelerating (
LP-MOVPE growth and properties of high Si-doped InGaAs contact layer for quantum cascade laser applications
Authors: Ściana B. , Badura M. , Dawidowski W. , Bielak K. , Radziewicz D. , Pucicki D. , Szyszka A. , Żelazna K. , Tłaczała M.
Published: April 2016

The work presents doping characteristics and properties of high Si−doped InGaAs epilayers lattice−matched to InP grown by low pressure metal−organic vapour phase epitaxy. Silane and disilane were used as dopant sources. The main task of investigations was to obtain heavily doped InGaAs epilayers suitable for usage as plasmon−confinement layers in the construction of mid−infrared InAlAs/InGaAs/InP quantum−cascade lasers (QCLs). It requires the doping concentration of 1×10
Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of ionizable 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones as peripherally selective FAAH inhibitors with improved aqueous solubility
Authors: Beliaev Alexandre , Ferreira Humberto S. , Learmonth David A. , Bonifácio Maria João , Torrão Leonel , Pires Nuno M. , Soares-da-Silva Patrício , Kiss László E.
Published: April 2016

Novel 5-(2,4-difluorophenoxy)-3-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones were prepared and in vivo SAR are discussed. Ionisable substituents on the N-phenyl ring provided compounds with significantly improved aqueous solubility. In addition, these analogues retained equivalent or improved potency against FAAH enzyme compared to the parent phenols 2–3. FAAH inhibition by the 2-(piperazin-1-yl)ethyl and 3-(piperazin-1-yl)propyl derivatives 24 and 30 was confined to the periphery in mice (30 mg/kg), whereas hepatic FAAH activity was inhibited by over 90%.
Consequential and Appropriate Decisions in International Conflict: An experiment with students operating a fishing dispute simulator
Authors: Kuperman Ranan
Published: April 2016

This research compares decision making patterns of two groups of subjects engaged in an international conflict against a virtual actor within a computerized simulated environment that operates according to a set of predetermined rules. Subjects assigned to the first group could attempt to improve their status by choosing from a set of different types of policies, such as negotiating an agreement, threatening, mobilizing forces, and use of force. Subjects assigned to the second group also played against a virtual opponent that was programed to behave in an identical manner and produce identical payoffs. However, instead of each policy being labeled with a substantive meaning, policies were categorized in a formal manner as Policies A, B, C, etc. Therefore the only criterion for evaluating a policy was on the basis of outcomes. The results of this experiment reveal that providing a meaning to each policy rather than a formal label influenced policy preferences and impeded the ability of the subjects to learn from experience.
Modeling the potential energy field caused by mass density distribution with Eton approach
Authors: Alkahtani Badr Saad T. , Atangana Abdon
Published: April 2016

A new approach for modeling real world problems called the “Eton Approach” was presented in this paper. The "Eton approach" combines both the concept of the variable order derivative together with Atangana derivative with memory derivative. The Atangana derivative with memory is used to account for the memory and fractional derivative for its filter effect. The approach was used to describe the potential energy field that is caused by a given charge or mass density distribution.We solve the modified model numerically and present supporting numerical simulations.
On the union of graded prime ideals
Authors: Uregen Rabia Nagehan , Tekir Unsal , Hakan Oral Kursat
Published: April 2016

In this paper we investigate graded compactly packed rings, which is defined as; if any graded idealIofRis contained in the union of a family of graded prime ideals ofR, thenIis actually contained in one of the graded prime ideals of the family. We give some characterizations of graded compactly packed rings. Further, we examine this property onh–Spec(R). We also define a generalization of graded compactly packed rings, the graded coprimely packed rings. We show thatRis a graded compactly packed ring if and only ifRis a graded coprimely packed ring wheneverRbe a graded integral domain andh– dimR= 1.
Performance Evaluation of an Experimental Turbojet Engine
Authors: Ekici Selcuk , Sohret Yasin , Coban Kahraman , Altuntas Onder , Karakoc T. Hikmet
Published: April 2016

An exergy analysis is presented including design parameters and performance assessment, by identifying the losses and efficiency of a gas turbine engine. The aim of this paper is to determine the performance of a small turbojet engine with an exergetic analysis based on test data. Experimental data from testing was collected at full-load of small turbojet engine. The turbojet engine exhaust data contains CO
Numerical Investigation of Cowl Lip Adjustments for a Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle Inlet in Takeoff Regime
Authors: Shi Lei , Liu Xiaowei , He Guoqiang , Qin Fei , Wei Xianggeng , Yang Bing , Wu Lele
Published: April 2016

Numerical integration simulations were performed on a ready-made central strut-based rocket-based combined-cycle (RBCC) engine operating in the ejector mode during the takeoff regime. The effective principles of various cowl lip positions and shapes on the inlet operation and the overall performance of the entire engine were investigated in detail. Under the static condition, reverse cowl lip rotation in a certain range was found to contribute comprehensive improvement to the RBCC inlet and the entire engine. However, the reverse rotation of the cowl lip contributed very little enhancement of the RBCC inlet under the low subsonic flight regime and induced extremely negative impacts in the high subsonic flight regime, especially in terms of a significant increase in the drag of the inlet. Changes to the cowl lip shape provided little improvement to the overall performance of the RBCC engine, merely shifting the location of the leeward area inside the RBCC inlet, as well as the flow separation and eddy, but not relieving or eliminating those phenomena. The results of this study indicate that proper cowl lip rotation offers an efficient variable geometry scheme for a RBCC inlet in the takeoff regime.
Allelic distribution of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in healthy Romanian volunteers
Authors: Vulturar Romana , Chiş Adina , Hambrich Melinda , Kelemen Beatrice , Ungureanu Loredana , Miu Andrei C.
Published: April 2016

Population stratification of functional gene polymorphisms is a potential confounding factor in genetic association studies. The Val66Met (rs6265) single-nucleotide polymorphism in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene (BDNF) exhibits one of the highest variabilities in terms of allelic distribution between populations. The present study reports the distribution of BDNF Val66Met alleles in a sample of healthy volunteers (N = 1124) selected from the Romanian population. Frequencies were 80.74% for the Val allele and 19.26% for the Met allele. The data from this study extends efforts to map the allelic distribution of BDNF Val66Met in populations around the world and emphasizes that population stratification should be controlled for in future studies that report phenotypic associations in samples from different populations.
Social Changes within Insurgent Groups as a Result of Collective Punishment during National Crises
Authors: Silber Efrat
Published: April 2016

During the Intifada (1987–1993) Israel has closed educational institutions in the Territories as part of its coping with the rising violence. This paper analyses the ramifications of closing those institutions, on Palestinian society, its reaction to it and the changes which occurred as a result. In the short run, the Palestinian society has tried to find educational alternatives to the official frameworks; classrooms were opened out of school area and new curriculums were produced. But in the long run, the ramifications were most severe: a decrease in the academic levels and achievements brought universities in Arab countries to refuse to admit students from the territories; students dropped out of schools; and above all, changes in students’ behavior led to significant changes in the Palestinian society. Among them: a decrease in the status and influence of traditional figures, a rise in the level of violence among teenagers and religious radicalization amidst the youth.
Las Humanidades del siglo XXI en Argentina: desafíos y nuevas fronteras
Authors: Cicogna María Paula
Published: April 2016

Las Ciencias Humanas en Argentina tienen una historia de casi 120 años; a partir de la inauguración de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, en 1896, las Humanidades se convierten en parte del currículo en la Universidad y de la formación de los futuros graduados de las escuelas se- cundarias. Después de un siglo, las Humanidades han recorrido distintas etapas de vida y hoy son aliadas del Buen Gobierno y de las TIC para dar cuenta de su vigencia. Este artículo busca repasar la trayectoria de las Ciencias Humanas en Argentina, y como estas se perfilan en esta segunda década del siglo XXI. Pero para hablar del hoy debemos remitirnos al pasado, para descubrir cómo nacieron las Humanidades en Argentina y conocer el camino que han recorrido, para luego poder vislumbrar cuál es el estado actual de su desarrollo y cuáles serán sus retos. 
Diabetes Mellitus: Epidemiology, Treatment, and Pathogenesis
Authors: Brosa José
Published: April 2016

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders that are characterized by hyperglycemia due inadequate insulin action. The prevalence and incidence of diabetes are on the rise all over the world. Studies carried out by WHO projects such as the DIAMOND project reveal that even if type 1 diabetes prevalence is on the rise, type 2 diabetes is the major driver of the diabetes epidemic. There are various risk factors that may predispose an individual to diabetes mellitus. These factors include age, gender, genetics, environment and lifestyle. Diabetes mellitus is classified broadly as type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Other forms of diabetes mellitus such as idiopathic type one diabetes mellitus, fulminant type 1 diabetes, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults and maturity onset diabetes of the young. Insulin treatment is the mainstay of therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus. Oral hypoglycemic agents such as metformin and sulfonylureas are majorly utilized in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is due to autoimmune reactions leading to the destruction of beta cells in the pancreas and is usually seen in children. Type two diabetes, on the other hand, is associated with poor lifestyle choices such physical inactivity and unhealthy diet. All these mechanisms lead to insufficient production of insulin or impaired insulin sensitivity resulting in hyperglycemia.
Respostas de cultivares de girassol a doses crescentes de boro na entressafra do Cerrado Tocantinense
Authors: Capone A. , Dario A. S. , Menegon M. Z. , Fidelis R. R. , Barros H. B.
Published: April 2016

No cerrado brasileiro a deficiência de boro no solo ocorre com maior frequência. A cultura do girassol é muito sensível à deficiência deste micronutriente, além de apresentar pouca eficiência em seu aproveitamento. Neste contexto, objetivou-se com este estudo avaliar as respostas de cultivares de girassol a doses crescentes de boro no período da entressafra no cerrado tocantinense. O experimento foi conduzido em Gurupi, (TO), com sistema de plantio direto em sucessão a soja, sobre Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo distrófico. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi de blocos casualizados, com quinze tratamentos e quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram dispostos num esquema fatorial simples 3 x 5, constituído por três cultivares de girassol (variedade Br 122, híbridos Aguará 4 e Helio 863) e cinco doses de ácido bórico (0, 1, 2, 3 e 4 kg ha-1). As características avaliadas foram: altura de planta, diâmetro da haste, diâmetro do capítulo, concentração de boro foliar, massa de mil aquênios e produtividade de aquênios. A dose de 3 kg ha-1 de boro proporcionou, em sua grande maioria, as melhores respostas das cultivares Br 122, Aguará 4 e Helio 863 quanto às características avaliadas. No entanto, com esta dose, a cultivar Aguará 4 apresenta melhor aproveitamento para produção de aquênios.

Responses of sunflower cultivars to increasing doses of boron in the between harvests the Cerrado Tocantinense

Abstract: In the brazilian cerrado soil boron deficiency occurs more frequently. The sunflower crop is very sensitive to this micronutrient deficiency, and have little efficiency in its use. In that context, aimed to of this study was to evaluate the response of sunflower cultivars to increasing doses of boron during the between harvests in the cerrado tocantinense. The experiment was conducted in Gurupi (TO), with no-tillages soybeans in succession on dystrophic Red Yellow Latosol. The experimental design was a randomized block design with fifteen treatments and four replications. The treatments were arranged in a factorial 3 x 5 simple, composed of three cultivars of sunflower (variety Br 122, hybrid Aguará 4 and Helio 863), and five doses of boric acid (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 kg ha-1). The characteristics evaluated were: plant height, stem diameter, head diameter, leaf boron concentration, weight of thousand achenes and productivity achenes. The dose of 3 kg ha-1 resulted boron, mostly, the best responses of the cultivars Br 122, Aguará 4 and Helio 863 on the characteristics evaluated. However, at this dose, the cultivar Aguará 4 has better use for achene production.

 
Biomass and nutrient accumulation of leguminous green manure species in the Jaguaribe-Apodi region, Ceará, Brazil
Authors: Pereira Natanael Santiago , Soares Ismail , Miranda Fábio Rodrigues de
Published: April 2016

The ability of leguminous green manure to incorporate significant amounts of nutrientes into the soil makes them excellent alternatives for the region agriculture systems. This study aimed to evaluate the potential use of six leguminous species (Crotalaria juncea, Canavalia ensiformes, Cajanus cajan, Crotalaria spectabilis, Dolichos lab lab and  Mucuna deeringiana) as green manure in an area of the Jaguaribe-Apodi agricultural region, CE, Brazil. The experiments were carried out under field conditions in a randomized block design with five replications. Sampling of biomass of shoots was carried out 78 days after sowing on each plot. It was determined the total biomass and nutrients accumulation in the plants that grew in the plots (leguminous and weeds). We concluded that the use of Crotalaria juncea showed up as the most promising treatment in terms of biomass production and nutrient accumulation.

Biomassa e acúmulo de nutrients por espécies de leguminosas utilizadas como adubo verde na região do Jaguaribe-Apodi, Ceará, Brasil

Resumo: A habilidade de espécies de leguminosas utilizadas como adubos verdes em incorporar quantidades significativas de nutrientes no solo fazem destas excelentes alternativas para as regiões agrícolas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o potencial de utilização de seis espécies leguminosas (Crotalaria juncea; Canavalia ensiformes - feijão-de-porco; Cajanus cajan - Guandu anão; Crotalaria spectabilis; Dolichos lab lab - Labe-labe; e Mucuna deeringiana - Mucuna anã) como adubo verde em uma área no Agropólo Jaguaribe-Apodi, CE, Brasil. Os experimentos foram desenvolvidos em condições de campo, em blocos casualizados com cinco repetições. Foram amostradas as partes aéreas das plantas aos 78 dias após a semeadura em cada parcela. Foram determinadas a biomassa e o acúmulo totais de nutrientes das plantas que cresceram na parcela (leguminosas e invasoras). Nas condições edafoclimáticas em que o trabalho foi realizado pode-se concluir que o tratamento com utilização de Crotalaria juncea apresentou-se como o mais promissor em termos de aporte de fitomassa e acúmulo de nutrientes.
Combinação de métodos paramétricos e não-paramétricos para estudo da estabilidade de cultivares de soja no Cerrado Tocantinense
Authors: Capone Aristoteles , Dario Alex Sandro , Vicentino Lucas Antonio Lampert , Fidelis Rodrigo Ribeiro , Barros Helio Bandeira
Published: April 2016

Objetivou-se com esse estudo avaliar a viabilidade da combinação de métodos paramétrico e não-paramétricos para inferir acerca da estabilidade de cultivares de soja no cerrado tocantinense. Para isso utilizou-se os dados de ensaios de competição conduzidos em quatro ambientes nas safras de 2009/10 e 2010/11 e na entressafra de 2010. Utilizou-se o delineamento em blocos casualizados com quatro repetições. As estimativas de estabilidade foram obtidas pelo método paramétrico sugerido por Livorenti e Matsuoka e pelos métodos não-paramétricos propostos por Huenh e Fox. Pelo método paramétrico, os cultivares M8766, M9056, P98Y70RR, M9144RR, JulianaRR e BRS8560RR acumularam o maior número de sinais positivos nos ambientes avaliados, sendo que os dois últimos apresentaram sinal negativo em um ambiente. Pela metodologia não-paramétrica foram discriminados como produtivos e estáveis apenas os quatro primeiros cultivares. Neste sentido, houve concordância na discriminação de cultivares produtivos e estáveis por ambos os métodos, desde que desconsiderados aqueles que apresentam sinal negativo entre os ambientes avaliados.  Assim, a combinação dessas metodologias além de apresentar simples aplicabilidade, mostra-se viável para inferir acerca da estabilidade e produtividade de cultivares de soja para o estado do Tocantins.

Combination of parametric and nonparametric methods for stability study of soybean cultivars in the from Cerrado Tocantinense

Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the viability of combining parametric and nonparametric methods to infer about the stability of soybean cultivars in the cerrado from Tocantins state. Were used data from competition experiments conducted in four environments in crop 2009/10 and 2010/11 and between crop of 2010. A randomized block design were used with four replications. Estimates of stability were obtained by the parametric method suggested by Livorenti and Matsuoka; the nonparametric methods proposed by Huenh and Fox et al. For the parametric method, the soybeans cultivars M8766, M9056, P98Y70RR, M9144RR, JulianaRR and BRS8560 accumulated the highest number of positive signs in the environments, whereas the latter two cultivars had a negative sign in one environment. For nonparametric methodology were discriminated as productive and stable only the first four cultivars. In this sense, there was concordance in discriminating cultivars productive and stable for both methods, since those who have ignored the negative sign between the environments evaluated. Thus, the combination of these methods and presents simple applicability, seems viable to infer the stability and productivity of soybean cultivars for the state of Tocantins.
Suplementação de boro em diferentes épocas: Efeito no rendimento e na qualidade de sementes de trigo
Authors: Brunes Andre Pich , Lemes Elisa Souza , Mendonça André Oliveira de , Oliveira Sandro de , Villela Francisco Amaral
Published: April 2016

O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar a influência da aplicação de boro em diferentes épocas no rendimento e na qualidade de sementes de trigo. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial A X B, sendo o fator A: cultivares FUNDACEP Horizonte e BRS Campeiro, e fator B: época de aplicação, (Sem aplicação de boro, aplicação na semeadura, no perfilhamento, na floração e 15 dias após floração). A dose de boro aplicada, via solo, em todas as épocas foi de 10 kg ha-1 na forma de tetraborato de sódio (boráx). Após a colheita, avaliaram-se número de espigas, número de sementes por planta, rendimento de sementes por planta, peso hectolítrico e peso de mil sementes. A qualidade fisiológica das sementes produzidas foi avaliada por testes de vigor e de germinação. A adubação de trigo com 10 kg ha-1 de boro na forma de bórax nas diferentes épocas de aplicação, não prejudica rendimento, germinação e vigor das sementes das cultivares de trigo FUNDACEP Horizonte e BRS Campeiro. O peso volumétrico das sementes só teve redução na aplicação no perfilhamento para a cultivar FUNDACEP Horizonte e na floração para a cultivar BRS Campeiro.

Boron supplementation at different times: Effect on yield and quality of wheat seeds

Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of boron application at different times on the yield and seeds quality of wheat. The experimental design was a completely randomized factorial AXB, with factor A: FUNDACEP Horizonte and BRS Campeiro cultivars, and factor B: application time, (No application of boron, application at sowing, tillering, flowering and 15 days after flowering). The boron dose into the soil at all times was 10 kg ha-1 in the form of sodium tetraborate (borax). After harvest, were evaluated number of ears, number of seeds per plant, seed yield per plant, hectoliter weight and thousand seed weight. The physiological quality of seeds produced was assessed through the vigor tests and germination test. Fertilizing wheat with 10 kg ha-1 of boron as borax at different times of application, without prejudice yield, germination and vigor of wheat FUNDACEP Horizonte and BRS Campeiro cultivars. The hectolitre weight of the seeds was reduced only in the application at tillering to FUNDACEP Horizonte cultivar and flowering for BRS Campeiro cultivar.

 
População de plantas e desempenho produtivo de híbridos de milho oriundos de sementes com diferentes níveis de vigor
Authors: Silva Danilo Henrique Rodrigues da , Meneghello Géri Eduardo , Oliveira Sandro de , Cavalcante Jerffeson Araújo , Tunes Lilian Madruga
Published: April 2016

As relações entre o vigor e desempenho de sementes são bastante contraditórias. Para espécies produtoras de grãos e hortaliças, os efeitos do vigor da semente podem ser expressos na emergência, no crescimento inicial, e no desenvolvimento, com impactos na produtividade final. No entanto, o dimensionamento desta persistência pode não ser evidente em todas as fases, sendo mais comum na emergência. Assim, objetivou-se avaliar os efeitos do vigor de sementes de milho no estabelecimento e desempenho produtivo dos híbridos 502 e 810. O experimento foi conduzido na Fazenda Rancho Alegre, em Itiquira, Mato Grosso (520 m de altitude). Empregou-se o delineamento em blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial 2×3, sendo dois híbridos de milho (BM502 e BM810) e três níveis de vigor (alto, médio e baixo), com quatro repetições. A semeadura foi realizada com semeadora manual a 2,5 cm de profundidade e com espaçamento de 0,5 metros entre linhas. As parcelas foram constituídas por 6 linhas de 5 m, sendo que apenas 2 linhas foram utilizadas como área útil para as avaliações. Foi avaliado a população de plantas/ha, produtividade de grãos/ha e produção por planta. O nível de vigor das sementes de híbridos de milho BM502 e BM810 não interfere no estabelecimento do estante inicial e na produção de grãos por planta. O aumento do vigor ocasiona aumento na produtividade dos híbridos de milho.

Plant population and yield performance of corn hybrids derived from seeds with different levels of force

Abstract: Abstract: The relationship between seed vigor and performance are quite contradictory. For species that produce grains and vegetables, the effects of seed vigor can be expressed in the emergence, early growth, and development, with impacts on final yield. It aimed to evaluate the effects of the vigor of corn seeds in the establishment and yield performance of the hybrid 502 and 810. The experiment was conducted in Rancho Alegre Farmin Itiquira, Mato Grosso (520 m altitude). We used the design in a randomized block design in a 2 × 3 factorial design, with two maize (BM502 and BM810) and three force levels (high, medium and low), with four replications. The seeding was done with manual seeder 2,5 cm deep and spaced 0,5 meters between rows. The plots were 6 rows of 5 m, with only two lines were used as useful for evaluations area. Plant population há-1, seed yield / ha and yield per plant was evaluated. The level of seed vigor of maize hybrids BM502 and BM810 does not interfere in the establishment of the initial stand and grain yield per plant. The increase in force results in an increase in the productivity of maize hybrids.
Self-Governance on Trial: A Public Sphere Analysis of News Website Forum Comments
Authors: Wolfgang J. David
Published: April 2016

The online public sphere offers society an opportunity to pursue self-governance through rational-critical discourse of public issues. However, testing the effectiveness of the sphere involves studying the structure of the online forum (e.g. whether the forum allows for pseudonymous comments or not) and the quality of the content in the forum. This research studied online news forums on the topics of gun control and civil unions in Colorado to see what barriers to participating in the forum might exist in the structure of the forum and then what types of content was produced in the forum. The research showed that a forum allowing commenters to use a pseudonym led to comments with more exchange and critique of reasoned normative positions and use of supporting facts. However, neither the pseudonymous forum nor the identified forum had stronger levels of commitment to constructive dialogue in the forum. Also, commenters showed no reflexivity in their comments, meaning that participants were not assessing their own positions or changing their perspectives based on the arguments of others. While this shows that reducing barriers to accessing the forum helps to produce a public sphere environment, there is still work to be done in improving the level of constructive dialogue and stimulating negotiation and consensus building.
Digital Immortality vs. “The Right to be Forgotten”: A Comparison of U.S. and E.U. Laws Concerning Social Media Privacy
Authors: Myers Cayce
Published: April 2016

This paper examines the contrast between United States and European Union laws concerning social media users’ right to remove their online presence permanently. Currently, the United States and European Union represent two distinct approaches to the right of individuals to permanently remove personal content from social media. U.S. law favors social media companies keeping profile content within the digital sphere even when that person no longer wants it there. The European Union’s approach social media privacy gives users more rights to remove themselves entirely from social media permanently (General Data Protection Regulation, Article 17, 2012). Using Myres McDougal’s (1959) legal theory of international laws’ effect on national policy, this legal study examines the social media privacy laws of the United States and European Union concerning user control of personal content. From this analysis, future implications of this international conflict, specifically the legal delineation of public and private spheres in the 21st Century, are suggested.
Media deliberation on intra-EU migration. A qualitative approach to framing based on rhetorical analysis
Authors: Cârlan Alexandru , Ciocea Mălina
Published: April 2016

In this paper we investigate how the model of deliberation proposed by Isabela and Norman Fairclough can be used for a better clarification and understanding of the framing processes in media – especially in opinion articles. We thus aim at integrating theoretical contributions from critical discourse analysis and argumentation theory with standard approaches to framing, originating in media studies. We emphasize how a rhetorical approach to framing can provide analytical insights into framing processes and complement the typical quantitative approaches with qualitative analysis based on textual reconstruction. Starting from an issue-specific approach to framing, we discuss a particular case of framing of intra-EU migration, analyzing four opinion articles selected from a larger corpus of Romanian, British and French media. We highlight, along our analysis, various methodological options and analytical difficulties inherent to such an approach.
The Contemporary Quarrel Between Performance and Literature? Reflections on Performance (and) Philosophy
Authors: Corby James
Published: April 2016

This article argues for an understanding of performance as being motivated by a principle of autotelicity that suspends all considerations other than those of the performance itself as it unfolds in creative free play. It is argued that it is this ‘principle of performance’ that underpinned Plato’s rejection of poetry in favour of philosophy, in a foundational, mutually definitional rupture that he characterises as stemming from an ancient quarrel. This principle of performance survived both in and beyond philosophical discourse. It can, as this paper argues, be understood as being at work in the idealised conception of ‘literature’ that developed during the ‘theory’ explosion of the 1960s and 70s, as in institution that is, at least potentially, capable of saying anything. This article asks whether Performance Philosophy risks either undermining the principle of performance by making it subservient to the project of philosophy (and thereby reiterating Plato’s foundational move), or whether it hopes to put that principle to work philosophically in a way that does not limit it (and thereby reinscribe the recent but apparently exhausted ideals of the theory explosion, substituting ‘literature’ with ‘performance’). Either way, it is claimed, there may be important genealogical work for Performance Philosophy to do.
Laruelle’s ‘Criminally Performative’ Thought: On Doing and Saying in Non-Philosophy
Authors: Maoilearca John Ó
Published: April 2016

François Laruelle’s ‘non-philosophical’ practice is connected to its performative language, such that to the question 'what is it to think?, non-philosophy responds that thinking is not “thought”, but performing, and that to perform is to clone the world “in-Real”’ (François Laruelle, ‘What is Non-Philosophy?’ in From Decision to Heresy [2012], 233).Non-philosophy is equally described by Laruelle as ‘transcendental practice’, an ‘immanent pragmatics’, or a ‘universal pragmatics’ that is ‘valid for ordinary language as well as for philosophy:’ He insists that we look at ‘that-which-I-do-in-saying and not just what I say’ – for the latter is simply what happens when thought is ‘taken hold of again by philosophy.’ Resisting this hold, non-philosophy performs re-descriptions of philosophy that, in doing so, produce effects on how philosophical texts are seen. Of course, whether these effects are always desired or are merely nominally considered ‘effects’ such as any description might create (misunderstanding, disbelief, dismay, boredom) is entirely debatable (and a matter for this paper). In accordance with this, however, it is notable that Laruelle objects to the focus on activity within the concept of a speech act, and instead emphasizes the ‘descriptive passivity’ that an immanent pragmatics obliges. Laruelle calls this a ‘Performed-Without-Performation’ which would be an action of the Real: philosophical language seen as a performed, but without a ‘we’ – or any others – performing (or ‘cloning’) it. It is this notion of the performative without either active human or philosophical adumbration, which is the topic of this paper.
Effect of recycled water applied by surface and subsurface irrigation on the growth, photosynthetic indices and nutrient content of young olive trees in central Iran
Authors: Ashrafi Nabiyollah , Nikbakht Ali , Gheysari Mahdi
Published: April 2016

Water shortage has encouraged the quest for alternative sources of water for food production and agricultural development. Recycled water (RW) is one of the most available water resources with great potential for use in farm irrigation. This experiment was carried out to investigate the use of RW as the irrigation source and its application method, subsurface leaky irrigation (SLI) system or surface irrigation, in an orchard with young olive trees in central Iran. The results revealed that the SLI system was able to enhance tree growth, leaf area, maximum fluorescence (Fv/Fm) and photosynthesis rate by 68%, 26%, 4%, and 42%, respectively. In addition, trees irrigated with the SLI system using RW exhibited increased N and Mg uptakes by 138% and 8%, respectively. Plants irrigated with RW showed a growth improvement (42%), leaf area (26%), and photosynthesis rate (23.4%) compared with those irrigated with clean water. Furthermore, Mg, Na, K, P, and N content increased by 12%, 59%, 30%, 7%, and 92%, respectively, in leaf tissue when RW was applied. The results indicated that RW could be employed as a reliable irrigation source especially when it was delivered with the SLI system.
Tabas coal preparation plant wastewater treatment with membrane technology
Authors: Akbari Ahmad , Abbaspour Vahid Reza , Mojallali Rostami Seyed Majid
Published: April 2016

The goal of the present work is the Tabas coal preparation plant wastewater treatment using membrane technology. Polyacrylonitrile membrane was prepared through phase inversion method and then developed by annealing process. Also, high fouling resistance membranes were prepared by the embedding of TiO2 nanoparticles using self-assembling and blending methods. The effect of immersion time and TiO2 nanoparticles concentration was investigated using two techniques. The chemical structure, morphology, hydrophilicity, molecular weight cut-off and antifouling properties of membranes were characterized using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, contact angle, polyethylene glycol tracers, and cationic polyacrylamide (C-PAM) filtration, respectively. The optimized self-assembled membrane was shown to have more than 31.2% higher water flux with the best antifouling properties. Improving hydrophilicity leads to excellent antifouling properties for composite membranes and illustrates a promising method for fabrication of high performance membrane for C-PAM separation.
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: An Observational Study
Authors: Shao Zhiying , Chaudhri Shalini , Guo Meng , Zhang Longzhen , Rea Daniel
Published: April 2016

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a phenotype of breast cancer with aggressive clinical behavior. Because of the absence of optimal treatment, the prognosis of this disease is poor. The main purpose of this study was to detect the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in
a TNBC cohort and compare the long-term survival between patients with and without pathological complete response (pCR). A total of 53 patients diagnosed with TNBC from 2005 to 2013 who received NACT at the University Hospital Birmingham were enrolled in this study. Overall survival (OS) and
progression-free survival (PFS) were compared between the pCR group and non-pCR group. Demographic information and clinical or pathologic parameters were also analyzed to explore potential predictive and prognostic factors. Fourteen patients (26.4%) achieved pCR to NACT. In univariate analysis,
patients with pCR had longer PFS time (p = 0.013) and OS time (p = 0.054) compared with their counterparts without pCR. In multivariate analysis, the existence of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) significantly reduced OS (HR = 17.404, 95%
CI = 2.923‐103.644) and PFS (HR = 7.776, 95% CI = 1.645‐36.753). The achievement of pCR to NACT can significantly postpone the incidence of disease progression in patients with TNBC. There is not enough evidence showing its influence
on ultimate survival. LVI may be a more potent prognostic factor than pCR in the TNBC cohort.
Knockdown of Long Noncoding RNA GHET1 Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Invasion of Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Zhou Jianyu , Li Xiaorong , Wu Meirong , Lin Changwei , Guo Yihang , Tian Buning
Published: April 2016

Emerging evidence has identified the vital role of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the development of colorectal cancer. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of lncRNA gastric carcinoma highly expressed transcript 1 (GHET1) in colorectal cancer. We analyzed the expression
of GHET1 in colorectal cancer (CRC) tissues by using ISH. We found that GHET1 expression was significantly increased in the CRC samples compared with adjacent tissues. Furthermore, the cancer tissues had higher GHET1 mRNA levels than their matched adjacent tissues. GHET1 expression was also
significantly increased in the CRC cell lines compared with human normal colon epithelial cells. Downregulation of GHET1 mediated by shRNA suppressed the proliferation, cell cycle arrest, migration, and invasion of colorectal cancer cells in vitro. In addition, inhibition of GHET1 reversed
the epithelial‐mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer cell lines. Taken together, our results suggest the potential use of GHET1 as a therapeutic target of colorectal cancer.
Enfants de Pinel et de Freud ?
Authors: Landman Patrick
Published: April 2016

L’influence du DSM est devenue dominante dans la psychiatrie mondiale, reléguant l’héritage de Pinel et de Freud aux oubliettes. Cet héritage, qui se résume à s’intéresser aux restes, partage un socle éthique commun avec certains mouvements nouveaux dans la psychiatrie. Sa fonction antidiscriminatoire est sans commune mesure avec celle de la science et des campagnes qui se font en son nom pour promouvoir la maladie mentale comme une maladie du cerveau.
Hospitalité et transfert
Authors: Chemla Patrick
Published: April 2016

Comment penser ensemble hospitalité et transfert ? À partir d’un questionnement sur « la fabrique de subjectivités » appuyé sur G. Agamben, mais aussi d’un détour par le montage biblique du fratricide présenté comme un inaugural, il sera question dans cet article de la prospérité paradoxale de Caïn et donc de la lignée des criminels dont nous sommes issus selon Freud. Ce détour nous permettra de revenir à Levinas et à l’hospitalité inconditionnelle aux antipodes de l’inhospitalité actuelle, dans la société et dans les institutions psychiatriques. Comment soutenir à contre-courant cet enjeu de l’hospitalité ? Quelle position psychique du psychiatre, de l’analyste pour relever un tel défi ? Sera ainsi radicalement remise en cause la figure de l’analyste apathique, alors qu’il s’agit de promouvoir une posture d’activité psychique tout en maintenant la disparité subjective dans la relation soignante et en évitant l’érotisation du transfert. Cette élaboration à partir de la praxis des psychoses et de la psychothérapie institutionnelle devrait porter à conséquence pour l’accueil dans la psychanalyse de ce qui n’est pas encore advenu au symbolique pour tout sujet en souffrance.
Psy et re-psy : psychiatre et psychanalyste
Authors: Torgemen-Wolmark Geneviève
Published: April 2016

Les changements dans la société affectent la psychiatrie et la psychanalyse. Les modifications des conditions de travail permettent à un autre type de demande de traitement de se faire jour. Les médicaments psychotropes, quand ils sont prescrits, doivent l’être souplement, sans coller aux grilles existantes. Il importe de réagir en revoyant notre clinique et en nous adaptant à l’émergence de nouvelles questions et de nouvelles demandes sans perdre notre spécificité et en le faisant savoir.
La CFTM : une opportunité pour la culture clinique
Authors: Landman Patrick
Published: April 2016

La CFTM est une classification fidèle à la tradition clinique et ouverte sur l’avenir, tenant compte des avancées scientifiques. Elle repose sur une sémiologie de l’observation et de l’écoute elle peut s’avérer utile aux praticiens et à la transmission de la culture clinique. Elle est une alternative au dsm, elle dit stop à l’exclusivité du DSM dans le champ de la psychiatrie.
... pour que la psychanalyse reprenne en psychiatrie la parole
Authors: Chaboudez Gisèle
Published: April 2016

Le propos est de resserrer en quelques mots ce qui fait l’actualité de l’abord psychanalytique en psychiatrie, tel qu’il est remis à plat, discuté, évalué, et repris de façon renouvelée dans notre champ.
Serving Citizens Better: Citizen’s Perceptions of Structural and Behavioral Responsiveness through Turkish Public Administration System
Authors: Kaptı Alican , Ozkan Murat
Published: April 2016

This study basically investigates citizens’ perceptions on structural and behavioral responsiveness in Turkey. A survey instrument was used to derive relevant data for the study. In addition, the study utilized from Life Satisfaction Survey (LSS) conducted by Turkish Statistical Institution (TSI) and Turkish Social-Political Trends Survey-2015 conducted by Kadir Has University in Turkey. The study first develops a model to examine structural and behavioral efforts through serving citizens in Turkey. The study then discusses the structure of the public organizations and the roles and the responsibilities of the public administrators throughout the years. The study finally discusses how the Turkish citizens perceive government’s responsiveness from structural and behavioral perspectives. The study concludes that citizens’ perception on the level of responsiveness of public administration system is below the average but it is acceptable. The responsiveness of public administration increases trough the bottom while it decreases through upper levels.
Sustainable Development for Public Administration: Effective Management Administrative System of the 21st CenturyPublic Administration
Authors: Covell Caroline
Published: April 2016

Reinventing the government was big in the early 1980s; post media presentation that echoed how inefficient the government has been. Ever since, the government went through different reorganization processes through the application of different modern management theories, endorsed by the politicians, such as the Hawthorne theory, the Gantt Theory, Mintzberg Management Theory, Theory X and Y, and the Agency Theory – all promise efficient government. They were implemented as a trial and error – one fails try another.   This management system separates the top management and bottom level management, known also as an operational management. This system was introduced in a fanfare but it represents a hollow system. Overtime, all these modern management theories, which Ghoshal argued as bad theories, have destroyed good management practice of a public institution. Its management and administrative system are broken, the institution becomes very dysfunctional, and it causes a badly divided government. This damaged system makes it easy for theft, fraud, corruption, bribery, grafts, sabotage, espionage, and all kinds of illegal practices. At the same time, the change causes the used to be a professional public institution to become an amateur corporation that is individually managed, personally ruled, and undemocratic governance.Leadership does not exist in this system, neither does the middle level management, and it also suffers from severe democratic deficits. This paper discusses the theoretical foundation of the bureaucracy and its analysis, andusing holistic and phenomenological approaches, this theory can be applied in the management administrative system of government, and this dysfunctionality and the broken system can be remedied practically.
American Policy torwards Minorities in the Arab World: A Case Study
Authors: Njadat Abdelsalam , Kafarneh Ahmad Aref Al-
Published: April 2016

Minorities subject is one of the ignored subjects in the Arab world and is surrounded with a great deal of conservation accompanied with clear efforts to minimize or spell any existing type of this problem where states in the Arab world are still based on tribal and regional basis, which resulted in the interest and care in minorities subject and the foreign intervention and the immersion of most minorities in resistance movements against margination and annulation with the aim of being recognized as partners in the country.Minorities in the Arab world can be divided into the following types([1]).(1)             Non Arabic linguistics Minorities: Groups that don't use Arabic language as mother language in their daily transactions such as leurds, Armans, Arams, Serian, Turkmans, Shakas, Jews, Nigro, Nobions and Baraberian Tribes.(2)             Non Muslim religion Minorities: Consisting of Christians Jews and other religion groups such as yazeedis, paganism, to taling for (20) million persons.(3)             Non sounnitti Islamic groups; imami shiat (lthnay A shriah), Zaydis, ismailis, Durs, Alawyeen, and Abathyah khawarej.(4)             Non Arabic and Non Muslim Minorities: those minorities that differ from Arab world habitants in terms of language, religion, and descent such as Migros and paganism minorities in the south of Sudan.Minorities represent one of the most important problems threatening state's national and regional unit, which opens the door for foreign intervention in the state national affairs, politically, economically, or military which will result in threatening internal stability.Given that united nations in it, current shape represent power relations distribution in the modern global order (system), these powers might Kurds those declaration issued by UN calling for the respect of human and minority rights to intervene in those countries internal affairs under various names such as humanistic intervention given the political and international usage towards human rights issues to control resistant or outlaw countries and the titles of human rights.The united states as a unipolar, started recently, adopting minorities and human rights issues as part of political requirements, that determine its foreign policy towards this countries or that, according to the way it deals with its minorities. But the proven thing is that the American intervention in minorities affairs has political objectives including its countries policies to be in accordance with American political requirements, and this intervention takes many various linds including military intervention in those countries in which USA has supreme interests and once these interests are secured, withdraw and left those minorities alone([2]).[1]  sa'edeldin, Ibrahim, Reflections on minorities Question, Cairo, Ibn – khaldon center, (1992), pp. 73 – 132.[2]  sa'edeldin, Ibrahim, AL-milal walnahal walarag minorities concerns in the Arab world, Cairo, Ibn khaldun centre, 1994, pp, 740 – 749.
Arqueología de las zonas de estudio de un proyecto de Teledetección en la República de Honduras
Authors: Veliz Vito , Ramírez Amulfo , Rodríguez César , Castellanos Yenny , Corrales Rafael , Rejas Ayuga Juan Gregorio
Published: April 2016

Con este proyecto se pretende aplicar tecnologías digitales recientes para identificar, ubicar y registrar restos de patrimonio cultural, especialmente los prehispánicos. Una vez identificados esos restos y estudiado el entorno, se espera desarrollar programas contra riesgos naturales y humanos. Con estas prácticas se espera predecir zonas de peligro y proponer usos diferentes de la tierra para mejorar la protección de los restos arqueológicos. Ya que el proyecto se irá desarrollando por etapas, se espera con el tiempo tener suficiente información para relacionar estructuras dentro de los sitios arqueológicos y también poder llegar a relacionar sitios arqueológicos entre zonas y tratar de encontrar así, si es que existen, las relaciones entre estructuras y entre sitios con los puntos cardinales y con los astros.Revista Ciencias Espaciales, Vol.4(1) 2011, 6-27