bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Age-Related Variations in Volar Cortical Angle of the Distal Radius
Authors: Gandhi Rikesh A. , Hesketh Patrick J. , Bannister Evan R. , Sebro Ronnie , Mehta Samir
Published: December 2018

Background: The ideal volar locking plate for the treatment of distal radius fracture should anatomically fit the volar surface of the distal radius. The purpose of this study was to measure the volar cortical angle (VCA) of uninjured adult distal radii to determine how well the VCA matches that of modern volar locking plates and whether variations in the VCA are related to demographic factors. Methods: A retrospective radiographic analysis of 273 uninjured adult distal radii was performed. Patients were stratified into age quintiles: less than 27 years, 27 to 43 years, 44 to 51 years, 52 to 64 years, and 65 years or older. The VCA was measured on lateral wrist radiographs, and patient demographics, including age and sex, were collected. Multivariable linear regression analyses were performed to determine the relationship between VCA and demographic factors. Results: The VCA ranged from 23.2° to 42.6°, with a mean of 32.2° ( SD = 3.79). Mean VCA was 32.8 ( SD = 4.17) in the youngest cohort (<27 years) and 30.4 ( SD = 3.63) in the oldest cohort (>65 years). Mean VCA decreased with age, approximately 0.04° per year after adjusting for sex. Men had a 1.6° greater VCA than women after adjusting for age. Conclusion: Mean VCA was greater than the VCA of modern volar locking plates. The VCA decreased with age in both men and women, and men had a greater VCA than women. Such differences must be taken into account to avoid malreduction, tendon irritation, or intra-articular screw placement using current volar plate designs.
Comparing the urban form of South European cities using fractal dimensions
Authors: Lagarias Apostolos , Prastacos Poulicos
Published: December 2018

This paper compares built-up patterns and the urban form of South European cities using fractal dimensions. Fractal dimensions (D) are estimated in two different ways: (a) using binary images with information only on the built-up and non-built-up areas and (b) using grayscale images that represent the different built-up densities. The Urban Atlas and the Imperviousness-Soil Sealing Degree datasets are used to compute fractal dimensions for the 14 cities in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and the Mediterranean France with a population exceeding one million. The results indicate that differences in urban form are reflected in the fractal dimensions. Fractal dimensions are higher in cities characterized by a relatively continuous and homogeneous sprawl than in cities with elongated urban form or discontinuous development in periurban areas. In Spanish cities urban development is fragmented with clustered and contrasted patterns and this leads to lower fractal dimensions. In Italian and Portuguese cities, development follows relatively homogeneous patterns and D values are significantly higher. Other key findings of the research indicate that: (a) grayscale fractal dimensions are lower than the corresponding binary ones, nonetheless the relative ranking of the cities according to D remains about the same regardless of the method used and (b) fractal dimensions are highly correlated to the average built-up density.
Open-Book Examinations (OBEs) in an Ultrasound Physics Course: A Good Idea or a Bad Experiment?
Authors: Michael Kim , Lyden Elizabeth , Custer Tanya
Published: December 2018

Sonography programs continuously explore and evaluate methods to improve quality. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to investigate the use of open-book examinations (OBEs) in an accredited sonography program. Participants included sonography students enrolled in an academic health sciences center who used an OBE format in two ultrasound physics courses. OBE mean examination scores were compared to students who used a closed-book examination (CBE) format. No statistically significant difference was seen in mean examination scores between the OBE and CBE cohorts with the exception of Spring Examination 1 ( P = .0026). All OBE students (n = 17) participated in focus groups. Qualitative analysis showed examination preparation and text usage changed over time. Seventy percent of OBE students reported reduced examination tension and stress. OBEs do not have a significant effect on examination grades, and examination anxiety and stress are reported to be reduced. The OBE cohort noted a preference of OBEs over CBEs.
GFP-Forked, a genetic reporter for studyingDrosophilaoocyte polarity
Authors: Baskar Raju , Bakrhat Anna , Abdu Uri
Published: December 2018

The polarized organization of the Drosophila oocyte can be visualized by examining the asymmetric localization of mRNAs, which is supported by networks of polarized microtubules (MTs). In this study, we used the gene forked, the putative Drosophila homologue of espin, to develop a unique genetic reporter for asymmetric oocyte organization. We generated a null allele of the forked gene using the CRISPR-Cas9 system and found that forked is not required for determining the axes of the Drosophila embryo. However, ectopic expression of a truncated form of GFP-Forked generated a distinct network of asymmetric Forked, which first accumulated at the oocyte posterior and was then restricted to the anterolateral region of the oocyte cortex in mid-oogenesis. This localization pattern resembled that reported for the polarized MTs network. Indeed, pharmacological and genetic manipulation of the polarized organization of the oocyte showed that the filamentous Forked network diffused throughout the entire cortical surface of the oocyte, as would be expected upon perturbation of oocyte polarization. Finally, we demonstrated that Forked associated with Short-stop and Patronin foci, which assemble non-centrosomal microtubule-organizing centers. Our results thus show that clear visualization of asymmetric GFP-Forked network localization can be used as a novel tool for studying oocyte polarity.
ADAM22 and ADAM23 modulate the targeting of the Kv1 channel-associated protein LGI1 to the axon initial segment
Authors: Hivert Bruno , Marien Laurène , Agbam Komlan Nassirou , Faivre-Sarrailh Catherine
Published: December 2018

The distribution of the voltage-gated Kv1 K+ channels at the axon initial segment (AIS) influences neuronal intrinsic excitability. The Kv1.1 and Kv1.2 (also known as KCNA1 and KCNA2, respectively) subunits are associated with cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), including Caspr2 (also known as CNTNAP2) and LGI1, which are implicated in autoimmune and genetic neurological diseases with seizures. In particular, mutations in the LGI1 gene cause autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy (ADLTE). Here, by using rat hippocampal neurons in culture, we showed that LGI1 is recruited to the AIS where it colocalizes with ADAM22 and Kv1 channels. Strikingly, the missense mutations S473L and R474Q of LGI1 identified in ADLTE prevent its association with ADAM22 and enrichment at the AIS. Moreover, we observed that ADAM22 and ADAM23 modulate the trafficking of LGI1, and promote its ER export and expression at the overall neuronal cell surface. Live-cell imaging indicated that LGI1 is co-transported in axonal vesicles with ADAM22 and ADAM23. Finally, we showed that ADAM22 and ADAM23 also associate with Caspr2 and TAG-1 (also known as CNTN2) to be selectively targeted to different axonal sub-regions. Hence, the combinatorial expression of Kv1-associated CAMs may be critical to tune intrinsic excitability in physiological and epileptogenic contexts.
Epidemiology of zoonotic tick-borne diseases in Latin America: Are we just seeing the tip of the iceberg?
Authors: Rodriguez-Morales Alfonso J. , Bonilla-Aldana D. Katterine , Idarraga-Bedoya Samuel E. , Garcia-Bustos Juan J. , Cardona-Ospina Jaime A.
Published: December 2018

Ticks are responsible for transmission of multiple bacterial, parasitic and viral diseases. Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) occur particularly in tropical and also subtropical areas. The frequency of these TBDs has been increasing and extending to new territories in a significant way, partly since ticks’ populations are highly favored by prevailing factors such as change in land use patterns, and climate change. Therefore, in order to obtain accurate estimates of mortality, premature mortality, and disability associated about TBDs, more molecular and epidemiological studies in different regions of the world, including Latin America, are required. In the case of this region, there is still a limited number of published studies. In addition, there is recently the emergence and discovering of pathogens not reported previously in this region but present in other areas of the world. In this article we discuss some studies and implications about TBDs in Latin America, most of them, zoonotic and with evolving taxonomical issues.
Mapping the Contours of State Crime and Colonialism
Authors: Grewcock Michael
Published: December 2018

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Forced Evictions as Urban Planning? Traces of Colonial Land Control Practices in Yangon, Myanmar
Authors: Rhoads Elizabeth
Published: December 2018

From 1852 to 1948, the British colonial government developed and relied heavily upon particular land control practices to enact forms of urban planning and population control designed to advance the economic development of Rangoon and maximize revenue for the colonial state. There are three main colonial land control policies with long-standing legacies: the annihilation of pre-conquest property rights, the intentional under-equipping and underservicing of Burman majority or outlying areas, and the use of forced evictions in urban development and city expansion. While these forms of state crime linked to the state organizational goal of land control began in the colonial period, their legacies continue in contemporary Yangon. However, the current social and structural issues in Yangon are not the fault of the British colonial government alone. Subsequent Burmese governments largely continued, borrowed from, or reverted to these state criminal practices at critical junctures to open further space for development, to change the demographic composition of particular areas or simply to control the population. Despite purported ideological differences, successive Burmese regimes have adopted urban planning and housing policies, especially with respect to the urban poor, that vary only slightly from the precedents set by the British colonial administration. Recent actions and pronouncements by the current government suggest that further forced evictions will occur and the National League for Democracy (NLD) will continue to follow colonial precedents in state policies towards forced evictions and the urban poor.
Colonialism, Redress and Transitional Justice: Ireland and Beyond
Authors: Rolston Bill , Ní Aoláin Fionnuala
Published: December 2018

The article begins by addressing the contribution and limits of postcolonial studies to the understanding of colonialism; in particular, it critiques the field's fixation on the discursive to the detriment of the material reality of colonialism. We then examine the intellectual history of transitional justice (TJ) as a field and a practice and itemize some of the criticisms made of its shortcomings, not least in relation to colonial harms. These harms are considered in detail through the specific example of colonialism in Ireland. We focus on the noticeable absence of the concept of colonialism from contemporary deliberations and practices of transition in relation to the Northern Ireland conflict. Finally, we interrogate the ability of TJ in the postcolonial period to adequately make amends for colonialism, again focusing on the Irish case, concluding that while there are major obstacles in such a task, especially in relation to “hard” measures, there are also some promising possibilities, particularly as regards “soft” measures. The lessons learnt are applicable to a range of other transitional sites grappling with postcolonial legacies.
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Hitler's Oskrieg and the Indian Wars: Comparing Genocide and Conquest
Authors: Hixson Walter L.
Published: December 2018

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The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the Early Colony, 1788-1817
Authors: Gibson Padraic
Published: December 2018

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Poor treatment compliance leads to a higher mutation for rifampicin resistance in multibacillary leprosy patients
Authors: Siskawati Yulia , Effendi Evita H. , Legiawati Lili , Menaldi Sri L.
Published: December 2018

Background: Multidrug therapy (MDT) is a safe and effective drug combination for leprosy treatment that can prevent drug resistance. Mycobacterium leprae resistance, especially to rifampicin, is a serious problem as it potentially thwarts the worldwide leprosy-elimination program by the World Health Organization (WHO). One of the suspected causes of rifampicin resistance is poor treatment compliance. It was necessary to assess the association between the treatment compliance and the occurrence of mutation rifampicin resistance in multibacillary (MB) leprosy patients.Methods: A comparative, analytical, cross-sectional study was performed in MB leprosy patients who had completed treatment at the Dermatovenereology Outpatient Clinic in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital and the Sitanala Center for Leprosy Hospital from Oc­tober 2012 to April 2013. Based on treatment regularity and history of drug discontinuation, the subjects were classified as either having good or poor compliance. Skin smear from a slit skin smear (SSS) examination was further analyzed by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sequencing technique to detect rifampicin resistance.Results: Fifty-seven study subjects were enrolled in this study. In the good treatment compliance group (29 subjects), only 1 case of mutation for rifampicin resistance was found. Meanwhile, in the poor drug compliance group (28 subjects), 8 cases of mutation for resistance (29%) were found. This difference in mutation rate was statistically significant (OR=11.2; 95% CI=1.296–96.787; p=0.012).Conclusion: This study revealed that the risk of occurrence of M. leprae resistance to rifampicin in patients with poor drug compliance was significantly higher than in those with good drug compliance.
Acanthamoeba keratitis: a challenge in diagnosis and the role of amniotic membrane transplant as an alternative therapy
Authors: Muslim Fitri , Sitompul Ratna , Edwar Lukman
Published: December 2018

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a very rare, sight-threatening corneal disease caused by the infection of a free-living amoeba. The aim of this report was to demonstrate the challenges in the diagnosis of AK with an atypical presentation. Amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) was done in this case to accelerate wound healing. A woman who frequently used contact lens came with redness and a whitish spot in her left eye 2 weeks before admission. There was a history of rinsing contact lens in tap water. The patient had already been on a topical steroid for 2 weeks. Visual acuity of the left eye was light perception with wrong projection. Examination of the left cornea showed a semi-circular central ulcer with a 5.8-mm area and 1/3 stromal depth. It is surrounded by a feathery-edge infiltrate with positive satellite lesions but without hypopyon. It was diagnosed as corneal ulcers due to mixed infection (bacteria and fungi). After 2 weeks of bacterial and fungal therapy, the size of the ulcer decreased, but the corneal infiltrate remained; therefore, an Acanthamoeba culture was done to determine the possibility of Acanthamoeba infection. Two weeks after the Acanthamoeba topical therapy, the visual acuity improved. AMT was performed to accelerate wound healing. Two months post-AMT, visual acuity improved to 1/60 with no conjunctival or ciliary vasodilation, and the ulcer was resolved. The patient was planned to undergo keratoplasty. The diagnosis of AK with an atypical presentation is challenging. AMT can be used as an alternative therapy to accelerate wound healing.
Early mannitol administration improves clinical outcomes of pediatric patients with brain edema
Authors: Sekarningrum Putu A. , Wati Dyah K. , Suwarba IGN Made , Hartawan I Nyoman B. , Mahalini Dewi S. , Suparyatha IB Gede
Published: December 2018

Background: Mannitol 20% is used to treat patients with decreased consciousness and as the first line of treatment to reduce intracranial pressure (ICP). However, its application in pediatric patients is still based on minimal evidence. This study was performed to determine the predictive factors of clinical outcomes in pediatric patients with brain edema in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in the PICU, Sanglah Hospital Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. The subjects were chosen by consecutive sampling from July 2016 to July 2017. The primary outcome variable was the patient’s clinical outcome. A chi-square test was used to evaluate the association between the timing of mannitol administration and the patient’s clinical outcome. Multivariate analysis was performed on all variables with p≤0.25.Results: Forty-one patients were included in the study, 65% of them were male, 65% had good nutritional status, 90% had non-traumatic brain injury, and 73% had confirmed intracranial infection. The risk of sequelae or death for patients in a coma was 1.8 times greater than that of non-comatose patients (p=0.018; CI 95% 1.119–3.047). Based on the timing of mannitol administration from the onset of decreased consciousness, the risk of sequelae or death in patients who received mannitol after 24 hours was 2.1 times higher than that in patients who received mannitol within 24 hours (p=0.006; CI 95% 1.167–3.779). Based on multivariate analysis, only two variables were associated with the patient’s clinical outcome: pediatric Glasgow coma scale (PGCS) ≤3 (p=0.03) and timing of mannitol administration >24 hours (p=0.01).Conclusion: Early administration (<24 hours) of mannitol and high PGCS are related to favorable outcomes in patients with brain edema in the PICU.
Progressive sperm motility is associated with spontaneous pregnancy after varicocelectomy
Authors: Duarsa Gede W.K. , Krishna I Komang O. , Tirtayasa Pande M.W. , Yudiana I Wayan , Santosa Kadek B. , Mahadewa Tjokorda G.B. , Oka Anak A.G.
Published: December 2018

Background: Varicocelectomy is performed on patients with clinical varicocele associated with abnormal sperm parameters. The goal of this procedure is to improve men’s sperm parameters and pregnancy rates of their partners. The objective of our study was to assess the factors that were associated with spontaneous pregnancy in female partners after varicocelectomy.Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted to review several factors that are associated with spontaneous pregnancy after varicocelectomy. The data were taken from medical records at Sanglah General Hospital and three private hospitals in Denpasar from January 2015 to June 2016. Case subjects (n=38) include varicocele patients with abnormal sperm parameters whose partner had a spontaneous pregnancy following varicocelectomy and a control group (n=38) whose partner did not have a spontaneous pregnancy following varicocelectomy.Results: Progressive sperm motility (≥37.5%) before varicocelectomy was 2.7 times more likely to result in a spontaneous pregnancy (odds ratio: 2.7; 95% confidence interval: 1.04–6.96; p=0.04). No statistical significance was found between age at varicocelectomy, grade of varicocele, body mass index, infertility duration, smoking habit, sperm concentration, normal sperm morphology before varicocelectomy, and spontaneous pregnancy.Conclusion: Progressive sperm motility before varicocelectomy is a significant factor for the occurrence of spontaneous pregnancy after varicocelectomy.
Stern-en segidaren propietate berri bat eta segidaren n. gaia azkar kalkulatzeko algoritmo bat
Authors: Yurramendi Mendizabal Yosu
Published: December 2018

Stern-en segida zenbaki arruntez osatuta dago, eta propietate asko ditu. Segidaren propietate berri bat azaltzen da lan honetan, hain zuzen segidaren n. gaia zein den azkar kalkulatzeko balio duena. Azkartasun hori n-k sistema bitarrean duen adierazpidean oinarritzen da. Propietatea nondik nora sortu den azaltzen da, baita haren egiazkotasunaren froga matematikoa ere.
Nanoelikagaiak: tamainak axola duenean
Authors: Lozano Iñigo , Galarreta Itziar , Pérez-Yáñez Sonia , Ruiz de Larramendi Idoia
Published: December 2018

Nanoteknologiaren erabilpena funtsezko erreminta bilakatu da aplikazio askoren garapenean, eta elikagaien sektorea ez da alde batera geratu. Modu horretan, nanoelikagaien garapenak osasuntsuagoak, erresistenteagoak eta iraupen luzeagoa duten elikagaiz gozatzea ahalbidetuko duela uste da. Lan honetan, nanoteknologia elikadura sektorean ezartzeak eragindako aurrerapen nagusiak aurkezten dira eta, bereziki, honako hiru arlo hauetan jarri da arreta: nano-aberastutako elikagaiak, elikagai biltegiratzeko diseinu berriak eta nanosentsoreak. Amaitzeko, elikadura industrian nanoteknologiaren erabilpenak eragindako eztabaida aztertuko da; abantaila asko ekar ditzakeen arren, egun gizartearengan beldurra eta kezkak eragiten baititu.
Zuzenaren aldeko desobedientziaz
Authors: Apalategi Jokin
Published: December 2018

Herritar sanoa obeditzen eta agintzen ikasia izan behar da eta bietarako onarpena eta ahala landu behar ditu. Herritarraren gaitasunik propioena baita gizaki libreen gobernamenduan gurutzatzen diren bi alor horiek ezagutuz bereganatzea. Politikan gobernatzaileak eta gobernatuak daude, noski, baina binomio hori ez da ulertu behar ekonomian aktiboaren eta pasiboaren artean dagoen lehia bezala. Demokrazian, gobernatzailea eta gobernatua ez baitira dominatzailea eta dominatua. Ez gaude harreman ekonomikoen alorrean, eta ondorioz, ez da nagusi eta esklaboaren arteko truke baten gisakoa. Alor ekonomikoan binomioaren barnean desberdintasuna, hierarkia eta unilateralitatea nabarmentzen direnean, aldiz, harreman politikoen alorrean agintea duenak berdina duen norbaitengan daukan eragina baloratzen dugu, eta, berdintasuna erreferentziatzat harturik, bera bezala gizaki libre direnei zuzentzen ari dela erakusten dugu. Lantxo honetan desobedientzia obedientziari oposatuz baikorki aipatzean, itxurakeriaren eta bizi dugun mundu irrazionalaren aitzinean sortzen den zuzenaren aldeko erantzun-jarreratzat hartzen dugu. Orduan, obedientziaren estilistika ezagutzetik igaroaz desobedientziaren estilistikara helduko gara. Horretarako, ezinbestekoa da menpekotasuna, onarpena, korformismoa, eta abar berdefinitzea; baita erresistentziarako eskubidea, kontzientziazko eragozpena, oldartzea, eta abar berplazaratzea ere. Demokrazia, praktika edo jardunbide egokiz karakterizaturik ageri den forma erakundetiar bat ezezik, askatasunen, pluralitatezko onarpenen eta une bakoitzean gehiengoz hartzen diren erabakien defentsan inspiraturik gertatzen den jarduna baita. Baina ahantzi gabe, aldi berean, demokraziak herritar bakoitzaren bihotzean sortzen den tentsio etikoa ere adierazten duela; hots, politika berrargitzeko eta ekimen publikoa etengabe berdefinitzeko justizia unibertsalaren printzipioetatik eta banako politikoaren barrenenetik janaritutako eskakizunen emaitza dela.
Adorea, Filosofiatik Psikologiara
Authors: Haranburu Mikel , Balluerka Nekane , Gorostiaga Arantxa
Published: December 2018

Adorearen eta haren osagaien errepresentazioek aldaketak izan dituzte historian zehar, egileen, aro historikoaren eta kultur testuinguruaren arabera. Artikulu honetan, lehenik, adorearen errepresentazioen ibilbide historikoa egingo dugu, Greziako Antzinatetik hasi eta Aro Garaikidera arte. Garai ezberdinetako pentsalariek adoreaz emandako deskribapenak agertuko ditugu: heroia jendaurrean bere adorea erakusten, Homeroren arabera; adorearen intelektualizazioa, Sokrates eta Platonen arabera; eremu militarrerako itzulera, Aristotelesen arabera; lanaren eta apaltasunaren etika lehenengo kristauengan; heriotzari bakardadean aurre egiten dion Erdi Aroko adorea; adorearen konstruktuaren desagerpena eta merkataritza-interesen konbinazioaren nagusitasuna, Aro Modernoan; Aristotelesen erdibidearen teoriaren baztertzea, Makiavelorengan;adorearen ikuspegi bitalista, Spinozarengan; adimena askeki erabiltzeko adorea, Kantengan; kaskarkeria gainditzeko adorea, Nietzscherengan; ez-izatearen eta aldaketaren aurrean sortzen den barne-herstura gainditzeko adorea, Tillichengan; modu askean jokatzeko eta bizitzarekiko atxikimendu handiegia gainditzeko adorea, Arendtengan; eta ezberdin pentsatzen duten pertsona boteretsuen aurrean egia esateko adorea, Foucaultengan. Ondoren, adorearen definizio psikologiko batzuk berrikusiko ditugu eta haien osagai nagusiak zein diren ikusiko dugu. Azkenik, teoria filosofikoetan oinarrituta, adorearen definizio psikologikoan beste osagai batzuk sartzea iradokiko dugu.
Ohar bat intentzionalitatearen trataezintasunaren inguruan
Authors: Roy Jean-Michel
Published: December 2018

Hilary Putnamek egindako proposamen konkretu batzuek intentzionalitateari buruzko gogoeta filosofikoan eragin izugarria izan badute ere, ez du inon ematen intentzionalitatearen auziari orokorrean helduko dion teoria osorik. Testu honen helburu nagusia da Putnamek intentzionalitatearen “trataezintasunaren” inguruan egiten duen diagnostikoa argitzea. Testuan azaltzen denez, Putnamen iritziz, marko naturalista partikular baten barnean intentzionalitatea trataezin izatera iritsi da, baina intentzionalitatearen izaera trataezin hori ez da intentzionalitatearen eta naturalismoaren artean berez legokeen halako tentsio batengatik, baizik eta gaurko jarrera naturalista gehienek jaso eta onartzen duten hamazazpigarren mendeko intentzionalismo kartesiar batengatik.
Oharrak
Authors: Agirre Joxean , Alonso Eduardo , Casaban Enric , Corazza Eros , Dávila Paulí , Etchemendy John , Ezquerro Jesús , Igartua Juan , Iztueta Ibai , Liz Manuel , Méndez Lourdes , Perry John , Silvers Stuart , Zubeldia Larraitz
Published: December 2018

Hainbat lagunen ohar laburrak.
Jesus Mari Larrazabalen bibliografia
Authors: Zabala Julen
Published: December 2018

Atseginez parte hartzen dut Jesus Mari Larrazabal Antia irakasleari egindako omenaldian, bere lanen hautaketa bibliografikoa aurkeztuz. Jesus Mariren unibertsitate arloko lanaren testigantza izanik ere, orain dela hiru hamarkada baino gehiago Zorroagan, UPV/EHUko Filosofia eta Hezkuntza Zientzien lehendabiziko fakultatean, irakasle moduan ezagutu genuenok, badakigu bibliografian aurkezten den jardun akademikoa baino zerbait gehiago izan dela.
“Zum Kampf sind wir geboren” : el 68 alemán, el mito tercermundista y la Fracción del Ejército Rojo (1962-1970)
Authors: Almeida Díez Adrián
Published: December 2018

El presente artículo pretende recordar el desarrollo del 68 alemán, señalar la importancia del discurso tercermundista en su desarrollo, destacar la influencia de este discurso en la formación de una nueva idea nacional entre ciertos sectores del progresismo alemán y, por último, reseñar los debates en torno a la formación de la Fracción del Ejército Rojo.This article wants to remember the development of German “68 year”, the importance of Third-Worldism in its development and in the renewal of the national idea within the German New Left and finally, it will be expose briefly the theories that could explain the emergence of the Red Army Faction.
La fábrica como espacio de lucha y de memoria, el caso de Bilbao y la Margen Izquierda (1975-1995)
Authors: Beorlegui David
Published: December 2018

Varias investigaciones han insistido en la importancia de la fábrica en el contexto de las sociedades modernas, y han señalado a la desindustrialización como un elemento distintivo del último cuarto del siglo XX. El artículo recoge esos puntos de vista para abordar la memoria del movimiento obrero en la ciudad de Bilbao y en la Margen Izquierda de los ríos Ibaizabal y Nervión. Valiéndose de una metodología de historia oral, el texto analiza los efectos de la desindustrialización en las personas que participaron de la oleada de huelgas y manifestaciones que se desarrolló en la zona durante los últimos años de la dictadura, destacando el rol que desempeñan las emociones en la conformación del recuerdo del mundo obrero. La euforia reivindicativa de mediados de los años setenta y la angustia creciente se alimentan del paisaje de ruina industrial y conectan el pasado con el presente, dando significado de modo retrospectivo a la memoria del mundo obrero en el período estudiado.
Activismo, movimientos y participación social de las personas con diversidad funcional durante la transición a la democracia
Authors: Martos Contreras Emilia
Published: December 2018

Las personas con diversidad funcional sufrieron con mayor incidencia las limitaciones y las carencias del sistema dictatorial y sus políticas sociales. Sin embargo, al igual que ocurrió en otros puntos del mundo, a mediados del siglo se fue gestando un importante cambio de consciencia y un espíritu crítico que se consolidó a la muerte de Franco. De hecho, la transición política a la democracia fue entendida como una oportunidad de cambio y un momento histórico clave para la consecución de la igualdad de derechos. Este texto, basado en una investigación mucho más amplia, analiza la participación de las personas con diversidad funcional en la construcción de la democracia. Para ello nos acercamos tanto a la participación directa en la política como, sobre todo, al activismo específico que consideramos colaboró en la evolución social de la naciente democracia. Además, sin ser el objetivo principal de esta aportación, hacemos referencias a las numerosas dificultades que afrontaban estas personas y sin las cuales no se podría entender el significado de estos movimientos sociales. Debido a la práctica ausencia de bibliografía secundaria hemos utilizado principalmente fuentes hemerográficas y orales, además de testimonios escritos rescatados de bibliografía divulgativa de la época.
Revisando el revisionismo. A propósito del libro 1936. Fraude y violencia en las elecciones del Frente Popular
Authors: González Calleja Eduardo , Sánchez Pérez Francisco
Published: December 2018

El propósito de este ensayo es discutir con datos contrastados las dos principales afirmaciones que, a juicio de los autores, articulan la obra en cuestión, esto es, el pretendido fraude que favoreció decisivamente la victoria electoral del Frente Popular y la consecución de su mayoría absoluta, y el empleo sistemático de la violencia colectiva para alcanzar ese objetivo, facilitado por la dimisión de Portela Valladares. Por último, también se discute el peso de la amenaza de golpe de estado en las decisiones de Portela, factor prácticamente ausente de esta obra.
Health and safety in productive relations: the relational approach as a substratum for decent work in the context of digital-robotization
Authors: Salas Porras María
Published: December 2018

The sudden and global immersion of society in the era of Digital-Robotization generates high degrees of political, normative, juridical-doctrinal and social confusion. Thus, while the International Labor Organization and the European Union seem to limit themselves to think on the options among the good, the right and the just —think that the ILO and the Union have not yet made a normative pronouncement about it, despite the global nature of the phenomenon—, the countries and their Courts seek solutions without normative support and with more shadows than lights, on transcendental issues for social development —think on the contradictory sentences of the Uber or Deliveroo cases—. In this context, this monographic number of Lan Harremanak provides a magnificent opportunity both to reflect in a multidisciplinary way on Decent Work, and to (re) think, as a society, our present and future. In this reflection, the study of occupational health and safety seems logical and useful insofar as its implementation is beginningto rise to the category of claim not only labor, but genuinely human.
International regulations against human and labor exploitation in domestic work: the UN and the ILO
Authors: Lousada Arochena José Fernando
Published: December 2018

Domestic work is a precarious job with risk of deriving situations of human exploitation (slavery, servitude, forced labor, trafficking in human beings) or labor (non-compliance with labor standards). Situations of human exploitation are prohibited in the universal human rights texts and in the conventions on slavery of the United Nations. The Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery recommends a two-pronged approach to erradicating domestic servitude: repressive criminal treatment / improvement of labor regulation. In this last line, the ILO has approved Convention 189 and Recommendation 201 on decent work for domestic workers (2011). The contents of these norms and recommendations are analyzed in order to examine what Spain must do to improve compliance with its international commitments.
El movimiento de Pensionistas, fenómeno singular de largo alcance
Authors: Alejos Escarpe Luis
Published: December 2018

La defensa del sistema público de pensiones aporta aspectos tan novedosos que constituye un fenómeno singular. Destacan en par-ticular el plano organizativo, los escenarios donde se desarrolla y la prolongada duración del conflicto. Para encontrar experiencias con alguna similitud habría que remontarse al movimiento obrero du-rante el periodo franquista y la Transición. No es casual que quie-nes dinamizan esa lucha estuviesen entonces en plena juventud y se comprometiesen en diversas causas. Las movilizaciones de pensio-nistas constituyen un acontecimiento social digno de estudio. Su problemática ya ha sido tratada en cursos de verano universitarios. Este artículo analiza sus orígenes y trayectoria con un enfoque so-ciológico, sin pretender abarcar aspectos que atañen a la política, al derecho y la economía.
Empleo y jubilación: ¿reconstrucción o cambio de paradigma?
Authors: Vicente Palacio Arántzazu
Published: December 2018

¿Se halla en el mercado (financiero) la solución a los problemas de los sistemas de Seguridad Social europeos surgidos tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial? Basados en la técnica financiera del reparto —traducción de los valores de solidaridad profesional e intergeneracional— parecen incapaces de asegurar su sostenibilidad futura a medio y largo pla􀀋o debido al incremento de la esperan􀀋a de vida, la reducción de las tasas de natalidad y los altos niveles de desempleo. Este diagnóstico no es nuevo pues las dificul-tades económicas han acompañado desde sus orígenes a los sistemas de seguridad (DU-RAND, 1953; VENTURI, 1954). La novedad radica en las soluciones propuestas: el recurso en mayor o menor medida al mercado financiero y en el consenso social, parla-mentario y ciudadano que suscita esta solución. Este consenso no es casual: desde hace años, el poder financiero mundial ha desembarcado en buena parte de los medios de comunicación con la finalidad de crear una «única» solución a la crisis de los modelos de reparto: su capitali􀀋ación en el mercado financiero.
Prestaciones sociales y reparto justo de la riqueza
Authors: Elías Ortega Ángel
Published: December 2018

Examino el Derecho Internacional, para analizar después las consecuencias de los grandes avances tecnológicos, que han permi-tido un enorme incremento de bienes y amenazan con la sustitución de muchos empleos. Sin embargo, constato la gran desigualdad im-perante y sus nocivos efectos, por lo que es necesario que las rique-zas y el tiempo del trabajo se repartan de forma justa, a lo que de-ben contribuir la renta básica y la reducción de la jornada laboral, as􀀆 como un Observatorio para un reparto justo de la riqueza.
Presentación / Aurpezpena - Pensiones y Protección social / Pentsioak eta Gizarte Babesa
Authors: Belaustegi Ibarluzea Luis
Published: December 2018

Presentación del número 40.
Communication and effectiveness of the protest: Anti-fracking movements in Spain
Authors: Herranz de la Casa José María , Álvarez-Villa Àngels , Mercado-Sáez María Teresa
Published: December 2018

Este trabajo analiza la eficacia de las estrategias de comunicación de los movimientos antifracking en España. El estudio plantea la eficacia de las reivindicaciones que realizan tanto ONGs como plataformas ciudadanas en estos últimos años en función de la respuesta y el compromiso de la administración pública. En España, las protestas antifracking son protagonizadas por las ONG ambientalistas y los movimientos sociales ligados al territorio en forma de plataformas o asambleas contrarias al fracking. El poder de las plataformas ciudadanas ha logrado que los gobiernos regionales apoyen sus reivindicaciones frente al gobierno central, con la competencia  estatal.PALABRAS CLAVE: Medio Ambiente, Comunicación política, Ciudadanía, Movimientos Sociales, Redes Sociales.
Series de televisión y percepción de prejuicios acerca de la figura del inmigrante. Un estudio con universitarios
Authors: Santana Mejía Martin Yael , Martínez de Morentin Juan Ignacio , Medrano Samaniego Concepción
Published: December 2018

La presente investigación analiza prejuicios en personajes inmigrantesque perciben jóvenes universitarios en las series que ven. Este es un estudio preliminar que cuenta con una muestra de 70 alumnos en los grados de educación infantil y comunicación audiovisual. Para ello se ha utilizado el cuestionario de percepción de prejuicios de la diversidad cultural en series de tv creado «ad hoc» para este estudio. Se han hallado datos significativos sobre prejuicios percibidos en función a la titulación del alumnado, formato de la serie y el origen de producción. En vista de los datos encontrados podemos decir que los prejuicios percibidos varían según características de las series y del espectador.PALABRAS CLAVE: Series de televisión; Prejuicios; Inmigrante;Formato; Producción.
Repensar Gran hermano veinte años después: la casa como simulacro
Authors: Sanabria Sing Carolina
Published: December 2018

A finales del siglo XX surge un programa televisivo mundialmente revolucionario dentro de la gama de los concursos de entretenimiento: “Gran hermano”, que en sus variadas particularidades tiene la adecuación del plató de televisión a una casa, lo cual forma parte de la naturaleza hiperreal que privilegia la visualidad. Esta transparencia que se pregona como ideal forma parte también de lo que se construye en los espectáculos televisivos con su afán de hiperrealidad, a partir de la construcción de réplicas (como la casa con sus moradores) que intentan proponerse como simulacros a partir de la idea de la transparencia.PALABRAS clave: televisión; representación; transparencia; realidad;sexo.
Propuesta metodológica para el análisis del videojuego desde la perspectiva del paradigma clásico del guión cinematográfico y su aplicación a Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.
Authors: Esteban Espinosa Germán , Malalana-Ureña Antonio
Published: December 2018

El presente artículo propone una nueva metodología para comprobar si existen semejanzas estructurales entre la narración en el videojuego y las estructuras clásicas del guión cinematográfico, y prueba su utilidad empleándola en el análisis del argumento de un videojuego.PALABRAS CLAVE: Videojuego; narrativa audiovisual; cine;guión; metodología
Combustion duration influence on hydrogen-ethanol dual fueled engine emissions: An experimental analysis
Authors: Yousufuddin Syed
Published: December 2018

The research presented in this article expresses experimental results on combustion duration effect on the dual fueled engine. In particular, the research was focused on the emissions occurred specifically from a hydrogen-ethanol dual fueled engine. This study was performed on a compression ignition engine that was converted to run and act as a spark ignition engine. This modified engine was fueled by hydrogen–ethanol with various percentage substitutions of hydrogen. The substitution was altered from 20 to 80% at a constant speed of 1500 rpm. The various engine emission characteristics such as CO, Hydrocarbon, and NOx were experimentally determined. This study resulted that at a compression ratio of 11:1 and combustion duration of 25°CA, the best operating conditions of the engine were shown. Moreover, the optimum fuel combination was established at 60 to 80% of hydrogen substitution to ethanol. The experimental results also revealed that at 100% load and at compression ratios 7, 9, and 11; the CO and HC emissions have decreased while NOx increased and followed with the increase in the percentage of hydrogen addition and combustion duration. It was concluded that the retarding combustion duration was preferred for NOx emission control in the engine.
Study on the transient response of lower limb rehabilitation actuator using the pneumatic cylinder
Authors: Dao Duc Mịnh , Pham Phuoc Dang , Tran Tuy Xuan , Le Tram Thi Thuy
Published: December 2018

A lower limb rehabilitation device was designed using the compressed air cylinder in order to answer the particular request in Vietnam. This paper is presenting the results of a study of the device response. Dynamic equation of the actuator and equations of the proportional valve have been established. The relationship between the input signal and the output signal of the actuator was derived. Inventor® software was used to design the mechanical structure of the device. Matlab® software was used to calculate the parameters values of the PID controller by simulating the response of the actuator. The results show that the response time of both knee drive and hip drive mechanisms are 8 seconds while the overshoot of both knee drive and hip drive mechanisms are 1%. Moreover, the starting torque of the knee drive mechanism is 17 Nm, and the starting torque of the hip drive mechanism is 35 Nm. The simulation results show that the PID controller gives a fast response time and a low overshoot.
Effect of Geometrical Structure to the Performance of Monolithic Dye–Sensitized Solar Cells
Authors: Nugraha Bayu Aditya , Shobih Shobih , Hidayat Jojo , Tahir Dahlang
Published: December 2018

Since invented for the first time, researchers in the world were focusing on how to increase the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) and reduce of the fabrication cost. Monolithic type of DSSC is one of the best solutions to reduce the fabrication cost due to the elimination of one of transparent conductive oxide (TCO) substrate. In this study, DSSC monolithic was fabricated layer by layer by using screen printing method. There are three layers that printed in each cell namely TiO2, ZrO2, and carbon before being injected with electrolytes. The geometrical structure of DSSC was varied to find the highest performance. From the I-V characteristics and incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) characterization shows the highest efficiency is 0.137% and the highest conversion of photons to current occurs at around 510 nm wavelength, for a structure which has ZrO­2 layer not crosses over the no-FTO area, while TiO2 layer half crosses the no-FTO area, this is most likely caused by the imperfection of the ZrO2layer.
Rotational Speed Control of Brushless Dc Motor Using Genetic Algorithm Optimized PD Controller
Authors: Ardiansyah Rizqi Andry , Yazid Edwar
Published: December 2018

Controlling the rotational speed of brushless DC (BLDC) motor is an essential task to improve the transient and the steady state performances under loaded condition. Rotational speed control of BLDC motor using genetic algorithm optimized proportional-derivative (PD) controller to form what the so-called the genetic algorithm-PD (GA-PD) controller is proposed in this paper. Control system is realized in a microcontroller namely a 16MHz Atmega2560 with an absolute encoder as a position sensor. The effectiveness of the GA-PD controller is tested under constant and varying step functions with the Ziegler-Nichols-PD (ZN-PD) controller as a benchmark. Experimental results show that the GA-PD controller has slower speed than the ZN-PD controller, but the latter has overshoot and small oscillations during its steady state condition as a consequent of having a fast rise time.
MELACAK PELAKU TERORISME MELALUI PENENTUAN KANDUNGAN KATION DAN ANION DALAM SAMPEL HASIL PENCUCIAN TELAPAK TANGAN PELAKU DENGAN TEKNIK KROMATOGRAFI ION
Authors: Amin Muhammad
Published: December 2018

Telah dilakukan analisis kandungan kation (Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+ dan Ca2+) dan anion (NO2−,Cl−, ClO3−, NO3−, and SO42−)menggunakan instrumen kromatografi ion terhadap 80 sampel yang berasal dari hasil pencucian telapak tangan penjual petasan/kembang api dan hasil pencucian telapak tangan orang yang diketahui tidak memegang sampel petasan/kembang api sebelumnya. Petasan, kembang api dan korek api adalah 3 jenis bahan kimia yang berpotensi digunakan sebagai bahan peledak. sejumlah5 mM asam tartrate digunakan sebagai eluen untuk pemisahan kelima jenis kation menggunakan kolom penukar-ion kation dan 1 mM asam trimellitik digunakan sebagai eluen untuk pemisahan kelima jenis anion menggunakan kolom penukar-ion anion. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa konsentrasi beberapa kation (Na+, NH4+ dan K+) pada sampel hasil pencucian telapak tangan penjual petasan/kembang api meningkat 2–3x lipat dari sampel hasil pencucian telapak tangan yang tidak memegang sampel. Ion K+ adalah kation penyusun utama dalam ketiga sampel. Ion NO3− adalah anion penyusun utama untuk sampel petasan dan kembang api, dan ion ClO3− adalah anion penyusun utama korek api. Terlihat bahwa instrumen analisis kromatografi ion dapat menjadi alternatif utama dalam membantu dan menyiapkan data analisis kandungan kation dan anion dalam 3 jenis sampel di atas untuk maksud melacak pelaku terorisme.Kata kunci : Kromatografi ion, Pelaku teroris, Telapak tangan, Kation, Anion The analysis of cations (Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+) and anion (NO2–, Cl–, ClO3–, NO3– and SO42–) have been done using ion chromatography method for 80 samples from palm washing of the seller of firecrackers/fireworks, the palm washing known that the person did not touch/hold the sample previously and potentially explosive simulation sample. Firecracker, fireworks, and matches are 3 types of chemicals used as simulation that could potentially be used as explosives. When 5 mM tartaric acid and 1 mM trimellitic acid were used as the eluents, 5 cations and 5 anions could be separated on the cation-exchange column and anion-exchange column, respectively. The analysis results showed that the concentrations of Na+, NH4+, and K+ ions in samples of hands washing from the sellers increased 2-3x comparedto those did not hold the samples previously. K+ ion is the main cation contained in the three types of samples. NO3–ion is the main anion contained in firecracker and fireworks while ClO3− ion is the main anion contained in matches sample. It was concluded that ion chromatography method as an analytical instrument may be a good alternative to prepare the initial data and content analysis of cations and anions in the above three types of samples for counterterrorism purposes. Keywords: Ion chromatography, Terrorist, Palm washing, Cations, Anions