bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Penyesuaian Sosial pada Mahasiswa Tuli
Authors: Lestari Dwi Sri
Published: August 2017

Auditory system is a very important part of human being. From the system men can receive and realize the sounds around them. As communication is an important part to adapt to the environment (let alone an academical environment), being deaf will certainly impede their communications. This research is conducted to see how social adaptation of the deaf students in an academic environment in higher education settings. This is a qualitative research based on a phenomenology approach. The research shows that the three subjects of the research have a good social adaptation in their academic environment. This success is particularly achieved by using their available personal and social resources. The biggest factors that influence their social adaptations are the acceptance and support from their family. To fully believe in the God’s will also makes them stronger to face the real life as an individual with hearing disability.[Pendengaran merupakan indera yang sangat penting bagi manusia. Melalui indera pendengaran manusia dapat menangkap dan menyadari suara-suara di sekelilingnya. Kehilangan pendengaran pada seseorang akan menghambat komunikasi terhadap lingkungan sekitar, sedangkan komunikasi sendiri merupakan hal yang sangat penting dalam proses menyesuaikan diri di dalam lingkungan sekitar, termasuk lingkungan perkuliahan. Untuk itu dilakukan penelitian yang bertujuan melihat bagaimana penyesuaian sosial pada Tuli yang menempuh pendidikan di bangku perkuliahan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ketiga informan memiliki penyesuaian sosial yang cenderung baik di dalam perkuliahan dengan cara mendayagunakan potensi yang dimilikinya. Faktor terbesar yang mempengaruhi penyesuaian sosial pada ketiga informan adalah penerimaan dan dukungan dari keluarga. Adanya kepercayaan terhadap kuasa Tuhan juga menjadi penguat untuk menjalani kehidupan sebagai individu dengan keterbatasan pendengaran.]
Thinking as a Student: Stimulating Peer Education in the Humanities with an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Authors: Karpenko Lara , Schauz Steven
Published: August 2017

In this article, I argue that peer educational experiences should be incorporated into the undergraduate humanities classroom by providing a case study of a successful Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) pilot. In keeping with Topping & Ehly’s (2001) criteria for successful peer education, I assigned the UTA a significant role in direct instruction. Partly owing to the UTA’s active classroom role, the experience enhanced learning for students and helped me create a dynamic, critically-engaged class environment. The experience also provided an opportunity for the UTA to engage in deep learning and develop a professional identity; near the end of this article, the UTA shares his reflection about the experience.
Implementing Collaborative Learning across the Engineering Curriculum
Authors: Ralston Patricia Stark , Tretter Thomas R , Kendall Brown Marie
Published: August 2017

Active and collaborative teaching methods increase student learning, and it is broadly accepted that almost any active or collaborative approach will improve learning outcomes as compared to lecture. Yet, large numbers of faculty have not embraced these methods. Thus, the challenge to encourage evidence-based change in teaching is not only how to educate faculty about collaborative learning techniques, but how to support them as they attempt to implement paradigmatic changes in how they deliver their courses. This paper presents a multiple case study detailing the approach one mid-sized Midwestern research university’s school of engineering used to encourage faculty in all departments to embrace the use of collaborative learning techniques, and then analyzes the impact of the approach on faculty participants. Support structures to enable faculty to implement collaborative teaching techniques, as well as the benefits participants experienced from pedagogical shifts, are discussed.
Aligning best practices to develop targeted critical thinking skills and habits
Authors: Heft Ilea Eskildsen , Scharff Lauren F V
Published: August 2017

This project evaluated the effectiveness of a course design within an upper-level biology course that incorporated what prior scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) research has suggested to be best practices for developing critical thinking skills while also managing the grading load on the instructor. These efforts centered on the development of a clearly articulated subset of skills identified by the Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT) as well as incorporated learning experiences designed to instill what we refer to as a “habit of critical investigation.” In this study, we tested the hypothesis that a single semester of an aligned course utilizing active learning and multiple opportunities for practice and feedback would: (a) increase the extent to which students agreed with the importance of questioning the credibility of claims across the semester, (b) increase the frequency at which students reported personally questioning the credibility of claims across the semester, (c) increase the number of students reporting investigation techniques consistent with critical investigation across the semester and (d) result in significantly greater student performance on the CAT questions that assessed the sub-skills practiced in the course when compared to the performance of a representative group of senior students at our institution. We observed substantial and significant gains in both the frequency at which students reported questioning claims and the degree to which their reported investigative actions were consistent with critical investigation. Furthermore, on the critical thinking sub-skills most aligned with what was practiced in the course, the experimental group significantly outperformed the comparison group.
Interaction Patterns in TEFL Classes: Characteristics and Pedagogical Implications
Authors: Lucero Edgar , Rouse Megan
Published: August 2017

This article reveals the interaction patterns that commonly occur between instructors and pre-service teachers in TEFL classes. 34 sessions of nine instructors belonging to three TEFL programs of different universities were observed and transcribed. Data was analyzed under two methodologies, Ethnomethodological Conversation Analysis and Self-evaluation of Teachers Talk. Findings reveal that TEFL classes are divided into transactional episodes that do not necessarily happen in the same order and that are composed of interaction patterns with an extended pedagogical purpose. Further analysis of these interaction patterns unveil that both instructors and pre-service teachers come into the classroom with a pre-planned conversational agenda which contains pedagogical and interactional purposes. Imbalance between both agendas create paradoxes that send mixed messages to pre-service teachers about how to interact with instructors in class activities. These findings opens a discussionon the manner in which the identified interaction patterns create a type of classroom interaction that is more transactionalthan spontaneous or genuine. This situation portrays a lasting legacy in pre-service teachers since they may interact with their future language students in the same manner that they learnt in their TEFL classes.
(1903-1922) football institutionalization studies before Turkey Training Community Alliance (TTCA) period
Türkiye İdman Cemiyeti İttifaki (Tici) öncesi futbolda kurumsallaşma çalışmaları (1903-1922)
Authors: Yıldız Yasin , Özmaden Murat , Soyer Fikret , Özmaden Harun
Published: August 2017

In this research it was aimed to examine the institutionalization studies of football before TİCİ. The research is designed using descriptive and reviewing method. As in the beginning of the 20th century, as in the whole world, football has begun to attract great attention in Turkish society. Especially during the Ottoman period political and religious reasons prevented the play of football. For this reason, Football mostly played by strangers pre-Republic period and with the declaration of the Constitution of 1908important steps have been taken in the efforts of institutionalization and leagues and unions have begun to be formed. Before TİCİ period, although sports organizations (leagues and associations) are established under different names and in different regions, the common goals of these sports organizations are "football" that they constituted the first non-institutional organizations of football federation. The first sports organizations in Turkey during the process of football's institutionalization, (1903-1914) The Istanbul Football League (TIFL), (1910-1914) The Istanbul Football Club League (TIFCL), The Friday League, The Friday Unity, football is important in terms of being the leagues which lead the many organizational changes and to give direction to the before TİCİ and after institutionalization periods.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetBu araştırmada Türkiye İdman Cemiyeti İttifakı (TİCİ) öncesi futbolda kurumsallaşma çalışmalarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada tarama yöntemi esas alınmış betimsel yöntem kullanılmıştır. Osmanlı Devleti döneminde özellikle politik ve dinsel nedenlerle futbolun oynanması engellenmiştir. Bu nedenle Cumhuriyet öncesi dönemde futbol çoğunlukla yabancılar tarafından oynanmış, Meşrutiyetin ilanı ile kurumsallaşma çabalarında önemli adımlar atılarak lig ve birlikler oluşturulmaya başlanmıştır. TİCİ (kurumsal dönem) öncesi spor örgütlerinin ortak hedefleri “futbol” olmakla birlikte şuan ki futbol federe yapısının ilk kurumsal olmayan örgüt yapılarını oluşturmuşlardır. Futbolun kurumlaşma sürecinde ilk spor örgütlenmeleri, (1903-1914) İstanbul Futbol Birliği (İFB), (1910-1914) İstanbul Futbol Kulüpler Ligi (İFKL), Cuma Ligi, Cuma Birliği, futbolun, birçok yapısal değişimine öncülük ederek Türkiye İdman Cemiyeti İttifakı ve sonraki dönemlere kurumsal açıdan temel oluşturarak günümüze yön veren ligler olmaları bakımından önemlidir.// Annotate Highlight // Annotate Highlight
Clinical Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Survivors of Cardiac Arrest
Authors: Solař Miroslav , Žižka Jan , Ceral Jiří , Klzo Ludovít , Pařízek Petr
Published: August 2017

The ventricular arrhythmias with underlying coronary artery disease are a leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD). While the SCD survivors with proven AMI are considered to be at low risk of SCD recurrence, those without the evidence of AMI represent a high risk group that benefits from implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Therefore, the evaluation of SCD survivors for the presence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as a triggering factor of cardiac arrest is essential. In SCD survivors, the use of the standard diagnostic criteria of AMI may be difficult, as both serum cardiac biomarkers and electrocardiogram can be influenced by previous cardiac arrest. A novel technique that may be used for the diagnosis of AMI is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We report its use in four patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation where the diagnosis of AMI could not be definitely established or excluded by means of other diagnostic procedures.
A genetic study of Pinus parviflora on Ulleung Island of Korea, Compared to P. parviflora of Japan and P. armandii of China
Authors: Gil H.-Y. , Lee E. H. , Choi I.-Y. , Roh M. S. , Chang C. S.
Published: August 2017

Pinus parviflora Siebold et Zucc. on Ulleung Island, Korea, has been proposed to be more closely related to P. armandii Franch. because both have long leaves and seeds that are either wingless or have very short wings. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers using nine primers and sequence analysis of the trnG gene and the matK gene and morphological characteristics of seeds and cones were used to assess the genetic relatedness of this taxon on Ulleung Island with P. armandii in China and P. parviflora in Japan. This current study showed that Pinus armandii from China, P. parviflora from Japan, and P. parviflora populations of Ulleung Island formed distinct groups that were separated from each other. P. parviflora from Ulleung Island grouped with P. parviflora from Japan, rather than P. armandii from China based on the RAPD dendrogram and SNPs in matK. It is believed that P. parviflora on Ulleung Island is genetically well differentiated, indicating limited gene flow from Japan, although cones and seeds of P. parviflora on Ulleung Island are more similar to var. parviflora in southern Japan than P. armandii in central China. It seems that the entities that comprise P. parviflora exhibit widely overlapping ranges in morphological attributes except leaf length.
Darstellung von (9-β-ᴅ-Ribofuranosyl)-s-triazolo-[ 1,2a]-purin-6-on durch Cyclisierung von N-1-Aminoguanosin / Preparation of (9-β-ᴅ-Ribofuranosyl)-s-triazolo-[1,2a]-purine-6-one by Cyclization of N-1-Amino Guanosine
Authors: Schlimme Eckhard
Published: August 2017

I report on the preparation of (9-β-ᴅ-ribofuranosyl)-s-triazolo-[1,2a]-purine-6-one (2) by cycli- zation of N-1-amino guanosine (1) with formamide. The tricyclic nucleoside analogue was charac­terized by NMR-spectroscopy (1H-NMR; 13C-NMR). The utility of 2 for the introduction of “cross­links” in double stranded nucleic acids is discussed.
Comparing Aceh and Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces
Authors: Thalang Chanintira na , Siraprapasiri Pinn
Published: August 2017

Peace negotiations are shaped not only by the agents of conflict, but also by the structures in which they interact. From a comparative perspective, this article examines how both structural and agential factors have influenced the trajectory of the peace processes in Aceh and in Thailand’s southern border provinces.
Selective Attention in Inattentional Blindness: Selection is Specific but Suppression is Not
Authors: Wood Katherine , Simons Daniel J.
Published: August 2017

When we selectively attend to one set of objects and ignore another, we often fail to notice unexpected events. The likelihood of noticing varies depending on the similarity of an unexpected object to other items in the display, a process thought to be controlled by the attention set that we create for the attended and ignored objects. It remains unclear, though, how attention sets are formed and structured. Do they enhance features of attended objects (“white”) and suppress features of ignored objects (“black”), or do they distinguish objects based on relations or categories (“darker” versus “lighter,” or “dark objects” versus “light objects”)? In previous work, these explanations are confounded; the objects would be partitioned into the same groups regardless the structure of the attention set. In the present three experiments, the attended or ignored set of objects was a constant color while the other set was variable. When people attended white and ignored a multicolored set of objects (Experiment 1), novel colors were suppressed just as much as display colors, suggesting nonselective filtering of nonwhite objects. When the color of one set of objects varied across displays but was constant within them (Experiments 2 and 3), we again found as much suppression for task-irrelevant and novel colors as for actively ignored ones. Whenever people ignored a set of objects that varied in color, they suppressed unexpected objects that matched the ignored colors and that differed from the actively ignored items on the critical trial. In contrast, when people attended a varying set, noticing was enhanced only for unexpected objects that matched the currently attended color. In this task, attentional filtering is category-based and did not depend on the features of the individual objects.
Bad Plots and Objectivity in Maria Edgeworth
Authors: Lee Yoon Sun
Published: August 2017

Drawing on the protocols and structures of experimental science, the early nineteenth-century novelist Maria Edgeworth develops objectivity as a dimension of plot rather than of narrative viewpoint. In her novels, plot becomes a means of producing legitimately objective facts within a fictive universe.
A danazolkezelés hatása C1-inhibitor-hiány okozta hereditaer angiooedemás gyermekek növekedésére
Authors: Kőhalmi Kinga Viktória , Veszeli Nóra , Luczay Andrea , Varga Lilian , Farkas Henriette
Published: August 2017

Abstract:

Introduction: Attenuated androgens are used for the prevention of angioedema attacks of hereditary angioedema with C1-inhibitor deficiency. After prepuberty, their use can lead to growth retardation. Aim: We assessed the effect of danazol on the growth of pediatric patients with hereditary angioedema. Method: In the retrospective study on 42 patients diagnosed with hereditary angioedema, we calculated the deviation from the mid-parental target height, and analyzed it against the gender, the dose and duration of danazol treatment administered before the age of 21 years and before the age of 16 years. Results: Regarding the deviation from the mid-parental target height, we did not find any significant difference between patients taking vs. not taking danazol, males vs. females taking danazol. The dose and the duration of danazol treatment did not influence that value neither before 21, nor before 16 years of age. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that treatment with the lowest effective doses of danazol does not influence growth. Orv Hetil. 2017; 158(32): 1269–1276.
Steel–concrete hybrid bridge decks: rational design models for connection regions
Authors: Esteves Pedro M. , Almeida João F. , Oliveira Pedro José J.
Published: August 2017

Steel–concrete hybrid bridge decks have been used in several bridges for their added benefit in constructive operations and cost. They usually adopt reinforced concrete side-spans and all-steel or steel–concrete composite girders as main spans, typically with monolithic connections between them. Design codes address separately the design of the steel and concrete regions of the connection. However, a rational design, with an efficient transfer of stresses between the steel and the concrete parts, should be based on a global understanding of the connection region structural behaviour. Therefore, a rational model for the design of the connection region is proposed, which is based on web shear buckling models developed over recent decades for steel panels and stress field models for structural concrete elements. A hybrid bridge deck connection region is presented as the case study. Several solutions for the connection are introduced and shear resistances are evaluated based on the proposed models.
Competitive adsorption of methyl orange and ethyl orange by AB-8 resin
Authors: Hu Yaoqiang , Quan Chaoming , Guo Min , Ye Xiushen , Wu Zhijian
Published: August 2017

Electrostatic attraction and hydrophobic interaction play important roles in the competitive adsorption of dyes. pH and ionic strength are two major factors that affect the competitive adsorption of dyes. Therefore, in this paper, the influences of pH and ionic strength on the competitive adsorption of dyes by AB-8 resin were studied comprehensively. Methyl orange (MO) and ethyl orange (EO) were selected as models of dye molecules. EO has only two methylenes more than MO, which makes it facile to analyze the effect of pH and ionic strength on the competitive adsorption of these dyes. The influence of pH and ionic strength on the hydrophobic interaction between the adsorbent and adsorbate and the electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions in the adsorbates themselves were studied at pH = 2, 7, and 12. The results indicated the importance of hydrophobic interaction in dye separation. Ionic strength has less effect on the adsorption capacity, being separate for zwitterions in both one-dye-component and two-dye-component systems. The difference in hydrophobic interaction increases with increasing ionic strength in a competitive adsorption system.
Polymer-enhanced bentonite–sand to cover calcium-rich soil
Authors: Hosney Mohamed , Rowe Ronald Kerry
Published: August 2017

The hydraulic and chemical properties of a polymer-enhanced bentonite–sand mixture (PEBSM) used as cover over calcium (Ca)-rich soil for 4 years is evaluated based on a series of isothermal laboratory-scale experiments. A 0·5 m thick calcium-rich soil (porewater with 1500 mg/l calcium ion (Ca2+)) was compacted into a laboratory column and then covered by a 0·07 m thick PEBSM layer. The PEBSM either was covered by an intact geomembrane (GMB) to mimic a composite liner or was in direct contact with the overlying soil (to simulate the case of a single-liner system). The hydraulic conductivity (k) and exchangeable cations of PEBSM were measured after 9, 21 and 48 months of exposure. The test results show that when PEBSM is used as a barrier over calcium-rich soil, there is only a small difference between the k of PEBSM covered with GMB (2·7 × 10−10 m/s) compared to the case without GMB (7·8 × 10−10 m/s) after 4 years in service. For both cases, k values after 48 months are considered low.
Quantifying the increase in lateral capacity of monopiles in sand due to cyclic loading
Authors: Nicolai G. , Ibsen L. B. , O'Loughlin C. D. , White D. J.
Published: August 2017

The contribution of this paper is a simple method to predict the higher moment capacity of a monopile in dense silica sand after drained cyclic loading. The method accounts for the effect of cyclic load magnitude, symmetry and number of cycles, and is calibrated against a series of single gravity and centrifuge tests. The agreement between the model test data and the predictions is typically within 2%. Application of the method shows that the moment capacity of a monopile in dense sand, for the conditions tested here, is up to 36% higher after cycling. This contrasts with a 10% reduction that would be predicted using the existing industry standard p–y approach for cyclic loading in sand.
To feed back or to feed forward?
Authors: Pollari Pirjo
Published: August 2017

Good feedback is a powerful element in learning. Ultimately, however, the impact feedback has on learning depends on how the learner responds to that feedback. So far, foreign or second language studies on feedback have mainly concentrated on different methods of error correction, not on students’ responses to feedback in general. This study aims to find out what students thought of the feedback they had received in their EFL studies. Furthermore, the study seeks to discover students’ different responses to that feedback. The data was gathered using a web-based questionnaire filled out by 140 students. The students, aged 17–19, were all from a single Finnish upper secondary school. The data was analysed mainly quantitatively. The results show that although students were primarily content with their feedback, they wanted more guiding feedback, i.e. more feed forward. They also wanted more personalised feedback as well as feedback that takes place during the learning process, and not only after it. In addition, the varimax-rotated principal component analysis brought out four different responses to feedback. The results indicate that feedback should be more differentiated to support and empower students in their EFL learning better.
Co-constructing a rubric checklist with first year university students
Authors: Bharuthram Sharita , Patel Mahmoud
Published: August 2017

This paper reports on a study in which students co-constructed a rubric checklist with their lecturer and which they used to assess themselves. Data were collected by means of a student questionnaire, tutor feedback, as well as tutors’ and lecturers’ observations to ascertain students’ experiences and opinions of the design process and of using the tool to self-assess. The findings show that co-designing the rubric checklist with students increased their motivation and enhanced students’ confidence in completing the task. In addition, students gained enormous benefits from using the rubric checklist as a self-assessment tool. Reflecting critically on the feedback received from students and tutors the authors argue that for enhanced student engagement in the teaching and learning process they should be involved as active participants in the assessment processes. In addition, students need to learn to assess the quality of their own work early in their academic career with continuous guided practice throughout their studies with the intention of making the practice of self-assessment a norm rather than an exception, thereby creating independent reflective learners.
Study of Adsorption of Malachite Green on Dried Aspergillus versicolor (MTCC280) Biomass
Authors: Bag Surajit , Bardhan Ananya , Bera Debabrata , Mitra Atanu , Halder Dipankar
Published: August 2017

Dyes are extensively used in textile, tannery, food, paper and pulp, printing industries to color their products. About 10-15% of the annual global production (2,80,000 tons) of dyes are discharged as effluent mainly by textile and paint industries. The majority of the dyes are toxic and cause damage to aquatic life. In this study biosorption of Malachite Green (MG) onto the lyophilised Aspergillus versicolor Biomass (AVB) was investigated with variation in pH, temperature, contact time, biosorbent concentration and dye concentration. Characterization of the dye-biosorbent interaction was studied by scanning electron microscopy. It was observed from the present study that the biosorption of Malachite green was maximum at pH 5.0, temperature of 30°C, and adsorbent concentration of 2g/L. The rate of adsorption was found to be very fast at the initial phase and the equilibrium reached within 270 min following the pseudo-second order rate kinetics. The adsorption process followed Freundlich Isotherm model. The treated and untreated AVB was characterized for the investigation of possible dye-biosorbent interaction and surface morphology by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) respectively. The results show that the present study may help designing a promising route towards bioremediation of the hazardous chemical MG.
A natureza como “princípio material” de libertação: referenciais para a questão ambiental a partir de Enrique Dussel
Authors: Costa César Augusto , Loureiro Carlos Frederico
Published: August 2017

O propósito deste texto é refletir sobre a relevância da “natureza como princípio material” a partir de Enrique Dussel. O filósofo argentino discute a questão ecológica/ambiental partindo concretamente da degradação instaurada pelo modo de produção capitalista, que determina relações sociais de exploração e alienação (estranhamento). Dussel estabelece um arcabouço teórico-metodológico que permite compreender os processos de dominação e expropriação da vida natural e humana a partir da América Latina, em um movimento de libertação dos subalternos e de superação da lógica colonial eurocêntrica. O autor, mesmo sem ser um ambientalista, aprofunda o debate da vida situando a discussão no nível da reflexão filosófica crítica e em aproximação a uma “questão ambiental crítica”. Dussel incita o debate nos termos do princípio material, confrontando a dinâmica do capitalismo e o que de fato deveríamos fazer para transformarmos nossas relações com a natureza à luz das relações historicamente implicadas.
O problema do método dialético na correspondência de Walter Benjamin e Theodor Adorno durante a década de 1930
Authors: Silva Igor Lula Pinheiro
Published: August 2017

Este artigo tem como objetivo compreender o fundamento do debate teórico-metodológico estabelecido entre Walter Benjamin e Theodor Adorno acerca da dialética. Para tanto, realizamos análises críticas de alguns ensaios e cartas trocadas entre os autores durante a década de 1930. A tese sustentada neste artigo é a de que o referido debate implica um conflito entre as concepções de mediação e imediatez na análise dialética da sociedade.
Teoria Crítica, velhos e novos desafios: entrevista com Andrew Feenberg
Authors: Lima Bruna Della Torre de Carvalho , Santos Eduardo Altheman Camargo
Published: August 2017

Trata-se de uma entrevista concedida por Andrew Feenberg, Professor da Universidade Simon Fraser, Canadá, na qual Feenberg discute seu novo livro, A filosofia da praxis – Marx, Lukács e a Escola de Frankfurt (2016), além de falar sobre o pensamento crítico de Georg Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Jürgen Habermas, a New Left, entre outros temas, especialmente levando em consideração seu legado para a análise e a contestação do capitalismo contemporâneo.
Revisitando os apontamentos para a bibliografia da língua botocudo/borum
Authors: Seki Lucy
Published: August 2017

A família lingüística botocudo (borum), do tronco macro-jê (Rodrigues, 1972), é uma das menos conhecidas do Brasil. Embora tenha ocupado uma enorme área geográfica que se estendia desde o rio Pardo, na Bahia, até o rio Doce, em Minas Gerais e no Espírito Santo, e embora seus povos tenham estado em contacto com os colonizadores desde o século XVI, nenhuma de suas línguas ou dialetos foi documentada de modo satisfatório.
Zúñiga, Fernando (2006). Deixis and aligment. Inverse systems in indigenous languages of the Américas
Authors: Corbera Mori Angel
Published: August 2017

A grande maioria das línguas naturais induz seus falantes a representarem estados transitivos dos eventos, nesse processo determinadas entidades recebem maior atenção em detrimento de outras, tratadas como menos proeminentes. Da mesma forma, em muitas línguas os processos morfossintáticos evidenciam que as estruturas lingüísticas são sensíveis a uma hierarquia subjacente das entidades condicionadas por parâmetros de tipo semântico, referencial e/ou pragmático. Por exemplo, em línguas indígenas norte-americanas os argumentos se ordenam com base em uma hierarquia de animacidade em que a 1a e 2a pessoas ficam em um degrau mais alto da hierarquia, e os nomes inanimados em um degrau mais baixo. Nesse sentido, em uma construção sintática os marcadores no verbo podem indicar se o sintagma nominal [animado] é A (relação direta) ou se é P/O (relação inversa).
A nominalização e as orações relativas no Asurini do Xingu (Tupi-Guarani)
Authors: Pereira Antonia Alves
Published: August 2017

Neste trabalho, apresentamos o processo de nominalização no Asurini do Xingu e seu papel na formação das orações relativas. Mostramos que nessa língua não há pronomes relativos, sendo a relativização formada por um conjunto de nominalizadores. Esses nominalizadores são selecionados conforme a função do nome núcleo na oração relativa. Os recursos utilizados na codificação dos elementos nesse tipo de oração variam de acordo com a natureza do nominalizador e da função do nome núcleo da oração relativa.
AMAPO, Alfredo Tabo (2008). El eco de las voces olvidadas – una autoetnografía y etnohistoria de los Cavineños de la Amazonía boliviana. Edição de Mickaël Brohan & Enrique Herrera. Copenhague: IWGIA, 311 p.
Authors: Cunha Adan Phelipe
Published: August 2017

Reconhecendo as transformações ocorridas em seu povo, decorrentes do processo “civilizatório”, devido ao contato com os missionários europeus durante o período de colonização do continente americano, Amapo (2008) tem por objetivo, neste livro, apresentar aos jovens de sua nação, e aos demais interessados, a história de seu povo: os Cavinenhos. Sua meta, já anunciada no título “O eco das vozes esquecidas”, é preservar as inestimáveis estórias da tradição oral de sua gente, ignoradas pelas gerações mais púberes. Resultada de inúmeros anos de pesquisa e redação, a obra se divide em três grandes seções, e conta ainda com uma densa introdução (“Prólogo”, p. 12-45), escrita pelos editores, além de mapas e anexos. Muitas dificuldades enfrentou o autor até a publicação do livro, em 2008, cuja redação foi terminada ainda nos anos 1982 : da rechaça por alguns membros de seu grupo, até o desinteresse por parte das editoras. Como toda obra historiográfica, esta não é neutra, e nem dá conta da totalidade dos fatos, sendo, portanto, um recorte dos acontecimentos, segundo os critérios de seleção daquele que a narra. O texto está em espanhol, para atingir um número maior de leitores, e o próprio autor realizou as traduções dos textos em língua cavinenha.
Tapuya connections
Authors: Ribeiro Eduardo Rivail
Published: August 2017

ABSTRACTIn eastern Brazil, most indigenous languages were only superficially documented before becoming extinct.  Besides hampering attempts at genetic classification of the languages of the region, the lack of linguistic data seriously limits our knowledge of possible cultural contacts among the several tribes listed by colonial sources.  Notwithstanding that, this paper attempts to provide a few additional pieces for the ethnographic puzzle which is eastern Brazil, focusing on loanwords found in Kipeá, a Karirí language once spoken in the present-day states of Bahia and Sergipe, in northeastern Brazil.  Besides allowing a glimpse into situations of language contact in eastern Brazil, the identification of previously unsuspected loanwords may contribute to a better understanding of phonological aspects of Kipeá.Keywords: Language contact; Borrowings; Macro-Jê. RESUMOA maioria das línguas indígenas originalmente faladas no leste brasileiro se extinguiram antes que pudessem ter sido devidamente documentadas.  Além de dificultar os estudos das possíveis relações genéticas entre tais línguas, a falta de dados limita, de maneira significativa, o conhecimento de possíveis contatos culturais entre as tribos da região.  Apesar disto, este artigo tenta fornecer peças adicionais para o quebra-cabeças etnográfico que é o leste brasileiro, concentrando-se no estudo de empréstimos em Kipeá (família Karirí, tronco Macro-Jê), língua outrora falada em áreas hoje pertencentes aos Estados da Bahia e Sergipe.  Além de nos dar uma idéia mais clara de situações de contato lingüístico no leste brasileiro, a identificação de empréstimos antes despercebidos fornece subsídios para uma melhor compreensão de aspectos da fonologia do Kipeá.Palavras-chave: Contato lingüístico; Empréstimos; Macro-Jê
Língua e culturas Macro-Jê
Authors: Gomes Antonio Almir Silva
Published: August 2017

O conjunto de artigos que constitui Línguas e Culturas Macro-Jê, organizado por Silvia Lucia B. Braggio (UFG) e Sinval Martins de Sousa Filho (UFG), é resultado de trabalhos apresentados no VI Encontro de Línguas e Culturas Macro-Jê, realizado na Universidade Federal de Goiás em 2008. Como se poderá notar ao longo desta resenha, constitui-se importante fonte de informação acerca de línguas que compõem o Tronco linguístico Macro-Jê. A variedade de temas que se encontra na referida obra enriquece ainda mais o conhecimento que se tem acerca deste Tronco Linguístico brasileiro e ilustra a relação profícua que se pode estabelecer entre Linguistas e Antropólogos.
BIOMONITORING OF AIR POLLUTION WITH ZINC IN CROATIA STUDIED BY MOSS SAMPLES AND ICP-AES
Authors: Vučković Ivana , Špirić Zdravko , Stafilov Trajče , Kušan Vladimir
Published: August 2017

A b s t r a c t: Samples from different moss species were collected from 121 sampling sites evenly distributed over the territory of Croatia, during the summer and autumn of 2010. Moss samples were totally digested by using microwave digestion system and analysed by using atomic emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-AES). Descriptive statistics were made from analyses of zinc in all moss samples. The content of Zn varies between 11.6 mg kg–1 and 77.1 mg kg–1. The median value of Zn content is 24.8 mg kg–1 which is similar to the median value obtained in investigation in 2005 (29.0 mg kg–1). Map of distribution of zinc shows the sites of the country with higher levels of this element. High contents of Zn were found in moss samples collected from the vicinity of Sisak, region of Podravina and Rijeka as a result of anthropogenic pollution. By the comparison of median value found in moss samples from neighboring and Balkan countries as well as Norway, it can be noted that the median for Zn in Croatia has the lowest value.
ESTIMATING THE RELIABILITY OF UNRECOVERABLE ONE-COMPONENT HOMOGENOUS SYSTEMS WITH GRADUATE FAILURES*
Authors: Mihova Marija , Popeska Žaneta
Published: August 2017

A b s t r a c t: In this paper we consider a multi-state one component systems with linearly ordered levels of performance. It is assumed that at a given moment of time the system can fail down only for one level with constant transition intensities. Under these assumptions we give the explicit transition probabilities function that we use to estimate the transition intensities. There are two types of systems for which we estimate the parameters, the systems that are under complete control and the systems for which we can observe only the time of total failure.
HYSTERESIS-LIKE FLATBAND VOLTAGE INSTABILITIES IN Al/Ta2O5-SiO2/Si STRUCTURES AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH J-V CHARACTERISTICS
Authors: Novkovski Nenad , Paskaleva Albena , Atanassova Elena
Published: August 2017

Flatband and current-voltage instabilities in unstressed Al/Ta2O5-SiO2/Si structures were studied in details. It has been found that, after an initial run left on fresh samples, both C-V and J-V characteristics exhibit repeatable patterns. Precisely repeatable counterclockwise hysteresis-like loop in C-V characteristics occurs, while no significant hysteretic behaviour is observed in static J-V characteristics. The reduced instability in J-V characteristics is explained by mutual compensation of two opposite effects owing to the presence of trapped positive charges on slow traps in the interfacial SiO2-like layer: (i) flatband voltage shift and (ii) lowering of Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling barrier for holes injected from the Si substrate. Correct determination of equivalent oxide thickness and fast interface state densities requires using the C-V curves obtained during the runs right, because progressive trapping on slow states occurs during the runs left. Value of the oxide charge is to be determined using the value of the flatband voltage obtained from the run left (after an initial run right), since it corresponds to the state of empty slow traps.
ANALYSIS OF ASSOCIATIVITY AND CONFLICT MISSES
Authors: Gusev Marjan , Ristov Sasko
Published: August 2017

Cache memory is playing a huge role in determining the performance when solving scientific problems. Most of these problems include a high number of repetition of complex or simple calculations on various data elements stored as arrays in sequential order in the memory. When executing the algorithms, these elements are brought to cache and then used by the processor. This process is usually followed by conflict and capacity misses in the cache, and the performance is degraded by a cache placement function, replacement policy or capacity constraints. In this paper we analyze the algorithms and performance impact of set associative caches when a large array is referenced in sequentially ordered memory. We map the problem of cache use into an IT related mathematical model to analyze the performance and give a scientific explanation for performance drops due to associativity and conflict cache misses in caches.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS PINNULARIA SECTION DISTANTES (BACILLARIOPHYTA) FROM MACEDONIA; DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION
Authors: Pavlov Aleksandar , Levkov Zlatko
Published: August 2017

Pinnularia is one of the largest and widely distributed freshwater diatom genera. Nevertheless, dedicated taxonomic studies to the section Distantes of Pinnularia are rather few. A notable diversity of Pinnularia taxa from the section Distantes has been observed from a variety of aquatic habitats оn several mountain areas in Macedonia. In total, 12 taxa have been observed, of which three are described as new species: Pinnularia idsbensis, P. micevskii and P. subalpina. The main morphological features are given for all of the observed taxa. The distinctive features for the new species, in comparison with allied taxa, are also provided. Additional notes are given for the distribution and habitats where every taxon was observed. The habitats vary in type and altitude including high mountain lakes of glacial and non-glacial origin, springs, streams, rivers, rivulets and peat bogs, as well as aerated old drinking water wells and permanent or temporary wet rocks.
CLAY IMPROVED DISPERSION OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN DIFFERENT SOLVENTS
Authors: Ivanoska-Dacikj Aleksandra , Bogoeva-Gaceva Gordana , Buzarovska Aleksandra
Published: August 2017

Hybrid nanofillers composed of different ratios of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and sodium montmorillonite (MMT) were prepared by physically pulverizing both materials in powder form. Their dispersion behavior was inves-tigated in different solvents (water, toluene and carbon tetrachloride). UV-vis spectroscopy showed that the absorb-ance at 550 nm for the CNTs becomes more intense with the increasing amount of added MMT, when water is used as a solvent, implying their improved dispersion. This is not so evident for toluene and carbon tetrachloride. TGA analyses showed that the thermal stability of the hybrid nanofillers increases with the increase of the MMT content. Raman spectroscopy confirmed the mutual interaction between CNTs and MMT, demonstrated by shift of D and G band with addition of MMT in the nanofiller.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ACADEMICIAN RISTO LOZANOVSKI
Authors: Lozanovski Risto
Published: August 2017

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PROGRESS IN MATERIALS FOR MICROELECTRONICS AND FURTHER CHALLENGES
Authors: Novkovski Nenad , Skeparovski Aleksandar , Paskaleva Albena , Spassov Decho
Published: August 2017

Development of materials and technologies for microelectronics is required by the needs of the constantly in-creasing level of integration of microelectronics circuits. Increase of the integration level compels downscaling of all the dimensions of devices, which in its turn requires very thin layers with exceptional quality due to rather high elec-tric fields at working conditions. First, technological improvements are adopted aimed at fabrication of materials with uniform quality, geometrical flatness and extremely low density of intentionally introduced defects. Second, new fab-rication methods are developed providing materials with much better quality. Third, new materials showing better properties than the standard (conventional) ones are obtained and developed further.Decreasing the dimensions of the layers changes the nature of the physical phenomena involved in the func-tioning of devices. Quantum mechanical mechanisms are more and more important in the description of the properties of the materials and devices on the nanoscale. The question arises where is the limit of the possibilities of the materi-als and technologies for nanoscale electronics.
SOME WEAKER FORMS OF SMOOTH FUZZY CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS
Authors: Kalaivani Chandran , Roopkumar Rajakumar
Published: August 2017

In this paper we introduce various notions of continuous fuzzy proper functions by using the existing notions of fuzzy closure and fuzzy interior operators like 𝑅𝜏𝑟-closure, 𝑅𝜏𝑟-interior, etc., and present all possible relations among these types of continuities. Next, we introduce the concepts of α-quasi-coincidence, 𝑞𝛼𝑟-pre-neighborhood, 𝑞𝛼𝑟-pre-clo-sure and 𝑞𝛼𝑟- pre-continuous function in smooth fuzzy topological spaces and investigate the equivalent conditions of 𝑞𝛼𝑟- pre-continuity.
REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH IN CROP WATER REQUIREMENT AND ITS USE IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Authors: Chukaliev Ordan
Published: August 2017

The paper presents a review of the research activities dealing with evapotranspiration (ET), crop water re-quirement (CWR) and the use of these parameters in other research, particularly in climate change. The first part dis-cusses the development of these research methodologies globally. Later the achievements of the national research are discussed. Macedonia did not developed capacities for measuring of the ET and the crop water requirement. There is only one practice which is followed – field experiments for the assessment of the water balance with bucket approach. The estimation of evapotranspiration is based mainly on the Penman – Monteith FAO 56 procedure. Due to the lack of input data the less data intensive Thornthwhaite methodology is applied. In the country the ET and the crop water requirement are used in irrigation projects, in research activities and in the assessment of the effects of water limita-tion on crop yield, particularly in climate change. Recently some activities dealing with the use of crop biophysical models WOFOST and CropSyst are taken.
Erratum
Authors: Vembu Ramachandran
Published: August 2017

At the request of Ramachandran Vembu, autor of the Original scientific paper "Topomorphism - A new approach to identify topologies", published in Contributions, Sec. Nat. Math. Biotech. Sci., MASA, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 145–152 (2015), the following corrigendum is given:
NEW DATA ON MACROMYCETE SPECIES (BASIDIOMYCOTA) IN MACEDONIA
Authors: Karadelev Mitko , Rusevska Katerina
Published: August 2017

A study of mycodiversity in Macedonia is underway. The interest in macrofungi studies in Macedonia has been growing in the past 20 years. According to the research conducted up to now, approximately 2,500 macromy-cetes species have been recorded in the country. A half of this number is a result of the field and taxonomic work in the Mycological Laboratory in the last decade. This work represents a contribution to the Macedonian mycobiota with some rare fungi species.
THE CATALOGUE OF FRESHWATER DECAPODA (DECAPODA: POTAMONIDAE, ASTACIDAE, ATYIDAE) FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA IN THE COLLECTION OF MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Authors: Slavevska-Stamenković Valentina , Rimčeska Biljana , Stojkoska Emilija , Stefanovska Nataša , Hinić Jelena , Kostov Vasil
Published: August 2017

The catalogue summarizes the data found in the collection of freshwater decapods of the Macedonian Museum of Natural History in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. In the present work we have also critically reviewed the historical data on the occurrence and distribution of representatives of decapods present in the country. The popula-tions of decapods have never been intensively studied in Macedonia, and thus, this catalogue may serve as a valuable source of data for nature conservation and protection of crustaceans and their habitats.
VIBRATIONAL SCALING FACTORS FOR Rh(I) CARBONYL COMPOUNDS IN HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS
Authors: Kohls Emilija , Stein Matthias
Published: August 2017

Metal carbonyl complexes are an important family of catalysts in homogeneous industrial processes. Their characteristic vibrational frequencies allow in situ tracking of catalytic progress. Structural assignment of intermedi-ates is often hampered by the lack of appropriate reference compounds. The calculation of carbonyl vibrational fre-quencies from first principles provides an alternative tool to identify such reactive intermediates. Scaling factors for computed vibrational carbonyl stretching frequencies were derived from a training set of 45 Rh-carbonyl complexes using the BP86 and B3LYP functionals. The systematic scaling of the computed C=O frequencies yields accurate calculation and assignment of the experimentally obtained 𝜈(CO) values. The vibrational scaling factors can be used to identify reaction intermediates of the industrially relevant Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation reaction. The absolute error between calculated and experimental spectra was significantly reduced and the experimental spectra were as-signed successfully.
ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT JUBILEE – 50 YEARS OF THE MACEDONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS 1967 – 2017
Authors: Fiti Taki
Published: August 2017

This year the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA) marks and celebrates a great jubilee – 50 years of existence and work of our highest institution in the field of sciences and arts.