bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
WHEN DOES THE ANTHROCOSMIC MEDIA AGE BEGIN?
Authors: Juszczak Mark Darius
Published: January 2018

The Google Lunar X Prize, which ends on December 31, 2017, has the potential to generate the first true instance of anthrocosmic media – media intended for consumption in outer space, which serves as a form of capital for an emergent autonomous field in the same. Winning the bonus segment of the X Prize consists of creating multimedia (photography or video) of one of the Apollo Landing Sites on the lunar surface. Both the terms of the creation of that media, and the media itself, are the first instances of agents acting to establish autonomy on the lunar surface – controlling how artifacts are accessed, used and represented. This paper is an exploration of the conditions required for the emergence of an anthrocosmic media age – an age where agents use media as a form of power in outer space to establish autonomy in fields that are also in outer space.
Evaluation of morning glory (Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb) leaves for antioxidant, antinociceptive, anticoagulant and cytotoxic activities
Authors: Hossain Mohammad Shahadat , Reza A.S.M. Ali , Rahaman Md. Masudur , Nasrin Mst. Samima , Rahat Mohammed Rasib Uddin , Islam Md. Rabiul , Uddin Md. Josim , Rahman Md. Atiar
Published: January 2018

Background:

The present study was planned to investigate the phytochemical, antioxidant, antinociceptive, anticoagulant and cytotoxic activities of the Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb leaf methanol extract (MExJT) in the laboratory using both in vitro and in vivo methods.

Methods:

Phytochemical values, namely, total phenolic and flavonoid contents, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging effect and FeCl3 reducing power effects, were studied by established methods. In vivo antinociceptive activity was performed by acidic acid-induced writhing test and formalin-induced pain test on Swiss albino mice at doses of 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight. The clot lysis and brine shrimp lethality bioassay in vitro were used to evaluate the thrombolytic and cytotoxic activities of the plant extract, respectively.

Results:

Phytochemical screening illustrates the presence of tannins, saponins, flavonoids, gums and carbohydrates, steroids, alkaloids and reducing sugars in the extract. The results showed the total phenolic content (146.33 g gallic acid equivalents/100 g extract) and total flavonoid content (133.33 g quercetin/100 g). Significant (p<0.05) IC50 values compared to respective standards were recorded in DPPH radical scavenging (289.5 μg/mL) and FeCl3 reduction (245.2 μg/mL). The antinociceptive effect was evaluated in the acetic acid-induced writhing test and formalin-induced pain models in Swiss albino mice with doses of 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight. Significant (p<0.05) inhibition (72.87±2.73%) of writhing response compared to diclofenac sodium was achieved by 500 mg/kg body weight. The extract also significantly inhibited the licking response in both the early phase (51.59±1.57%, p<0.05) and the late phase (64.82±1.87%, p<0.05) in the formalin-induced writhing test. MExJT also showed (38.10±1.79%) clot lytic activity in the thrombolytic test and cytotoxicity with an LC50 value of 31.70 μg/mL in the brine shrimp lethality bioassay.

Conclusions:

The plant is a potential source of antioxidants and might have one or more secondary metabolite(s) with central and peripheral analgesic activity. The results also demonstrate that MExJT has moderate thrombolytic and lower cytotoxic properties that may warrant further exploration.
Evaluation of serum beta-endorphin and substance P in knee osteoarthritis patients treated by laser acupuncture
Authors: Mohammed Nagwa , Allam Hemat , Elghoroury Eman , Zikri Emad N. , Helmy Ghada A. , Elgendy Aliaa
Published: January 2018

Background

Laser acupuncture is one of the complementary modalities used for treating osteoarthritis. The study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of laser acupuncture in the treatment of grade 2 knee osteoarthritis.

Patients and methods

Forty patients having bilateral knee osteoarthritis were divided into two groups (20 patients in each group). The patients of the first group were subjected to 12 laser sessions at the following acupoints (St 35, St36, Sp9, Sp10 and Gb 34). During each session, laser of 90 mw was directed to each acupoint for 1 min giving energy of 5.4 joules. Energy of 21.6 joules was directed to ashi points. The laser had a wavelength of 808 nm, beam diameter 2 mm and was applied with a continuous wave. The cases of the second group were used as controls. Each patient is exposed to sham laser (laser probe is directed to the same acupoints while the device is off).

Results

The 20 patients receiving laser showed significant improvement in pain on (VAS), increase in serum beta-endorphin and a decrease in substance P more than those exposed to sham laser.

Conclusions

Laser acupuncture is a safe and cheap tool for management of grade 2 knee osteoarthritis.
Clinical and cytogenetic features of 516 patients with suspected Turner syndrome – a single-center experience
Authors: Carvalho Annelise B. , Lemos-Marini Sofia H.V. , Guerra-Junior Gil , Maciel-Guerra Andréa T.
Published: January 2018

Background:

Clinical suspicion of Turner syndrome (TS) may be challenging. Short stature and absent puberty are not mandatory and the dysmorphic picture is widely variable. The aim of the study was to describe a representative sample of patients with suspected TS in a single center and to verify which set of features may help discriminate those with TS.

Methods:

This was a retrospective study of patients with suspected TS evaluated between 1989 and 2012 with the same clinical and cytogenetic protocols. Data regarding reason for referral, age and height at diagnosis, birth data, pubertal features and dysmorphisms were analyzed.

Results:

TS was diagnosed in 36% of 516 patients; structural chromosome anomalies predominated (42%). Short stature was the main reason for referral of patients with and without TS. The mean age of patients at first visit, with TS or without TS was similar (11.89 and 11.35 years, respectively), however, infants and adolescents predominated in the TS group. The mean full-term birth weight was lower in patients with TS as well as height at diagnosis, but normal height z-score was found in 17% of patients. Spontaneous puberty occurred in 30% of TS patients aged 13 years or more, but most had pubertal delay. Residual lymphedema, webbed neck, cubitus valgus, hyperconvex nails, shield chest, abnormal nipples, pigmented nevi, short fourth metacarpal and shorter height were the best discriminators for girls with TS.

Conclusions:

Though short stature, pubertal delay and typical stigmata should prompt investigation of TS, lack of one of these features should not exclude this hypothesis. Dysmorphisms other than those considered “typical” should be sought on physical examination.
Feedback equivalence of convolutional codes over finite rings
Authors: DeCastro-García Noemí
Published: January 2018

The approach to convolutional codes from the linear systems point of view provides us with effective tools in order to construct convolutional codes with adequate properties that let us use them in many applications. In this work, we have generalized feedback equivalence between families of convolutional codes and linear systems over certain rings, and we show that every locally Brunovsky linear system may be considered as a representation of a code under feedback convolutional equivalence.
On pairs of equations in unlike powers of primes and powers of 2
Authors: Hu Liqun , Yang Li
Published: January 2018

In this paper, we obtained that when k = 455, every pair of large even integers satisfying some necessary conditions can be represented in the form of a pair of unlike powers of primes and k powers of 2.
Quantitative relations between short intervals and exceptional sets of cubic Waring-Goldbach problem
Authors: Feng Zhao
Published: January 2018

In this paper, we are able to prove that almost all integers n satisfying some necessary congruence conditions are the sum of j almost equal prime cubes with j = 7, 8, i.e.,

$\begin{array}{}
N=p_1^3+ \ldots +p_j^3
\end{array} $ with

$\begin{array}{}
|p_i-(N/j)^{1/3}|\leq N^{1/3- \delta +\varepsilon} (1\leq i\leq j),
\end{array} $ for some

$\begin{array}{}
0 \lt \delta\leq\frac{1}{90}.
\end{array} $ Furthermore, we give the quantitative relations between the length of short intervals and the size of exceptional sets.
Nonrecurrence and Bell-like inequalities
Authors: Danforth Douglas G.
Published: January 2018

The general class, Λ, of Bell hidden variables is composed of two subclasses ΛR
and ΛN
such that ΛR
⋃ΛN
= Λ and ΛR
∩ ΛN
= {}. The class ΛN
is very large and contains random variables whose domain is the continuum, the reals. There are an uncountable infinite number of reals. Every instance of a real random variable is unique. The probability of two instances being equal is zero, exactly zero. ΛN
induces sample independence. All correlations are context dependent but not in the usual sense. There is no “spooky action at a distance”. Random variables, belonging to ΛN
, are independent from one experiment to the next. The existence of the class ΛN
makes it impossible to derive any of the standard Bell inequalities used to define quantum entanglement.
The Role of Human Primary Motor Cortex in the Production of Skilled Finger Sequences
Authors: Yokoi Atsushi , Arbuckle Spencer A. , Diedrichsen Jörn
Published: January 2018

Human primary motor cortex (M1) is essential for producing dexterous hand movements. Although distinct subpopulations of neurons are activated during single-finger movements, it remains unknown whether M1 also represents sequences of multiple finger movements. Using novel multivariate functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis techniques and combining evidence from both 3T and 7T fMRI data, we found that after 5 d of intense practice, premotor and parietal areas encoded the different movement sequences. There was little or no evidence for a sequence representation in M1. Instead, activity patterns in M1 could be fully explained by a linear combination of patterns for the constituent individual finger movements, with the strongest weight on the first finger of the sequence. Using passive replay of sequences, we show that this first-finger effect is due to neuronal processes involved in the active execution, rather than to a hemodynamic nonlinearity. These results suggest that M1 receives increased input from areas with sequence representations at the initiation of a sequence, but that M1 activity itself relates to the execution of component finger presses only. These results improve our understanding of the representation of finger sequences in the human neocortex after short-term training and provide important methodological advances for the study of long-term skill development.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThere is clear evidence that human primary motor cortex (M1) is essential for producing individuated finger movements, such as pressing a button. Over and above its involvement in movement execution, it is less clear whether M1 also plays a role in learning and controlling sequences of multiple finger movements, such as when playing the piano. Using cutting-edge multivariate fMRI analysis and carefully controlled experiments, we demonstrate here that, while premotor areas clearly show a sequence representation, activity patterns in M1 can be fully explained from the patterns for individual finger movements. The results provide important new insights into the interplay of M1 and premotor cortex for learning of sequential movements.
LRRK2 G2019S Induces Anxiety/Depression-like Behavior before the Onset of Motor Dysfunction with 5-HT1AReceptor Upregulation in Mice
Authors: Lim Juhee , Bang Yeojin , Choi Jong-Hyun , Han Arum , Kwon Min-Soo , Liu Kwang Hyeon , Choi Hyun Jin
Published: January 2018

Mutations in theleucine-rich repeat kinase 2(LRRK2) gene are the most common genetic cause of Parkinson's disease (PD). The neuropathology ofLRRK2mutation-related PD, including increased dopaminergic neurodegeneration and Lewy bodies, is indistinguishable from that of idiopathic PD. The subtle nonmotor phenotypes ofLRRK2mutation-related PD have not been fully evaluated. In the present study, we examined anxiety/depression-like behaviors and accompanying neurochemical changes in differently aged transgenic (Tg) mice expressing human mutant LRRK2 G2019S. Through multiple behavioral tests, including light–dark test, elevated plus maze, sucrose preference test, forced swimming test, and tail-suspension test, we found that anxiety/depression-like behavior appeared in middle-aged (43–52 weeks) Tg mice before the onset of PD-like motor dysfunction. These behavioral tests were performed using both male and female mice, and there were no sex-related differences in behavioral changes in the middle-aged Tg mice. Along with behavioral changes, serotonin levels also significantly declined in the hippocampus of Tg mice. Additionally, increases in the expression of the 5-HT1Areceptor (5-HT1AR) grew more significant with aging and were detected in the hippocampus, amygdala, and dorsal raphe nucleus.In vitrostudy using the serotonergic RN46A and hippocampal HT22 cells showed that 5-HT1AR upregulation was related to enhanced expression of LRRK2 G2019S and was attenuated by the LRRK2 inhibitor LRRK2-IN-1. Wild-type LRRK2 had no significant effect on 5-HT1AR transcription. The present study provides the firstin vivoandin vitroevidence demonstrating abnormal regulation of 5-HT1AR along with the manifestation of anxiety/depression-like, nonmotor symptom in PD related to LRRK2.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTParkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, is clinically characterized by motor dysfunctions. In most cases, various nonmotor symptoms present several years before the onset of the classical motor features of PD and severely affect the quality of life of patients. Here, we demonstrate the causative role ofleucine-rich repeat kinase 2(LRRK2), a common PD-linked mutation, in the development of anxiety/depression-like behaviors. We found that age-dependent 5-HT1Areceptor upregulation in the hippocampus, amygdala, and dorsal raphe nucleus is accompanied by the expression of theLRRK2mutant phenotype. Our findings demonstrating a potential mechanism for nonmotor psychiatric symptoms produced byLRRK2mutation suggest that directly targeting the 5-HT1Areceptor can improve the therapeutic efficacy of drugs for PD-associated depression.
A review on the purification and use of biogas in compression ignition engines
Authors: Feroskhan M. , Ismail Saleel
Published: January 2018

Biogas is commonly produced during the decay of organic matter. It is a mixture of methane and some non-combustible gases such as CO2 and H2S. Its viability as a renewable alternative fuel for internal combustion engines can be enhanced by methane enrichment, i.e. removal of the non-combustible constituents. One of the common techniques for using biogas in a compression ignition (CI) engine is to mix it with air in the intake manifold, induct, and compress this mixture and ignite it by injecting a small quantity of diesel or bio-diesel, which is termed as the pilot fuel. This is known as the dual fuel mode. The pilot fuel is injected close to the end of the compression stroke as in a conventional CI engine and the injected fuel quantity depends on the operating condition. An alternative approach is the Homogeneous Charged Compression Ignition (HCCI) mode. Here, a homogeneous mixture of biogas and air is inducted and compressed by the piston until it auto-ignites. While this concept combines the benefits of spark ignition (SI) and CI engines, the onset of combustion cannot be controlled directly. A detailed review of recent research pertaining to biogas purification techniques and operation of CI engines with biogas in dual fuel and HCCI modes is presented in this paper. The effects of various operating parameters on engine performance and emissions, and comparison with conventional diesel fuelled CI engines are discussed. Biogas improves combustion efficiency, NOx, and smoke emissions. However, it reduces brake thermal efficiency, volumetric efficiency, and increases HC and CO emissions. Biogas fuelling of CI engines is recommended for achieving high diesel substitution, especially under high torque operation.
Investigation on TIG welding parameters of 2205 duplex stainless steel
Authors: Ravichandran M. , Naveen Sait A. , Vignesh U.
Published: January 2018

TIG welding process parameters were analysed for joining duplex stainless-steel plates. Signal to noise (SN) ratio and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) analyses were applied for investigating the selected welding parameters. The selected parameters were current (A), gas flow rate (L/min) and speed (mm/min). The purpose of this work is to produce weld joints with maximum impact of strength and hardness. L9 orthogonal array was selected according to the aforementioned factors with three levels. The impact strength of the joints was found using the Izord impact testing machine and hardness of all joints was measured using the Brinell Hardness machine. From the SN ratio analysis, it was observed that for the high impact strength, the required welding current was 150 A, gas flow rate was 14 L/min and the welding speed was 210 mm/min while for high hardness, the welding current was 190 A, gas flow rate was 12 L/min and the welding speed was 175 mm/min. ANOVA analysis indicated that the gas flow rate was the most significant one for both impact strength and hardness of the joints.
Hybrid position/force control of a spatial compliant mechanism
Authors: Barjuei E. Shojaei
Published: January 2018

This paper provides a hybrid position/force control design for a flexible L-shape mechanism in a three dimensional (3D) environment. The analytical mechanism model was developed with a highly accurate dynamic system based on equivalent rigid link system theory and finite element discretisation without the need for any dedicated force/torque sensors. The gravity force and dynamic model nonlinear parameters were taken into account. This paper also presents and describes a real-time approach based on a comparison between joint acceleration and the time evolution of a simplified rigid mechanism model for estimating external forces applied on the tip of the mechanism. The most significant simulation results are presented and discussed; in particular, position controller has a high accuracy in terms of trajectory tracking with max error of 2.6 degree.
Investigation of thermal and hydrodynamic behaviour of Al2O3-water nanofluid through a rough parallel plate
Authors: Ehsan M. Monjurul , Salehin Musfequs , Islam A. K. M. S.
Published: January 2018

The implementation of nanofluid within a preferred volume fraction in base fluid is one of the innovative and inexpensive methods of enhancing the thermal and hydrodynamic behaviour in terms of increased heat transfer rate and reduced pumping power. In the present paper, forced convection heat transfer and pumping power were studied for a rough parallel plate subjected to constant heat flux under turbulent flow condition. The investigation was performed for a wide range of Reynolds number 10,000 to 30,000 with Al2O3 nanoparticles volume fraction 1% to 5% dispersed in base fluid water and three different rough surfaces (relative roughness: 0.001, 0.002, and 0.003) were considered. Heat transfer performance was substantially improved more by employing roughness at the wall of the boundary than the smooth parallel plate and also for the increased more volume fraction of nanofluid than base fluid water. Augmentation was found significant at higher surface roughness and volume fraction by the virtue of superior thermo-physical properties of nanofluid up to 36.9% and 26.1% for the rough surface. Roughness did not increase the pumping power as its effect was mitigated by the nanofluid. 2% volume fraction of Al2O3-water nanofluid on 0.003 relative roughness that showed the superior behaviour for heat transfer enhancement with minimum pumping power requirement.
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Authors: Vijaya Lakshmi Vudumula
Published: January 2018

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has a role in the multifactorial etiology of peptic ulcer disease. A link between H. pylori infection and duodenal ulcer disease is now established. Other contributing factors and their interaction with the organism may initiate the ulcerative process. The fact that eradication of H. pylori infection leads to a long-term cure in the majority of duodenal ulcer patients and the fact that the prevalence of infection is higher in ulcer patients than in the normal population are cogent arguments in favor of it being the primary cause of the ulceration. This study was under taken at the Department of surgery, Narayana medical college, Nellore from January 2007 to July 2008. A total of 150 patients with duodenal ulcers, gastric ulcers, antral gastritis, gastric carcinoma and dyspepsia of any kind were studied. Maximum number of cases were in the age group of 31 years to 50 years among both sexes and number of cases gradually decreased after 50 years of age in males and females. Males were more in number and male to female ratio is (2.75:1) approximately 3:1.
Awareness of Medical Research Ethics among Medical students
Authors: Kulkarni Sudheendra , Sai Sailesh Kumar , Chillarge Chandrakant
Published: January 2018

The present study was carried out to observe the knowledge of Medical research ethics among medical students. The study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology, Bidar Institute of Medical sciences, Bidar. 200 male (n=100) and female (n=100) second, third & final year MBBS students were included in the study. The standard questionnaire was used to assess participants' knowledge in research ethics. Knowledge of both male andfemalestudentsregardingresearchethics.Inourstudywehaveobservedthat veryfewstudentshasknowledgeabouttheresearchethics.However, comparatively female students are having better knowledge about research ethics than males. We conclude that overall knowledge about Medical research ethics in medical students was very poor and there is a need to introduce research ethics as one mandatory subject in medical syllabus, as research ethics has applicability. Medical council of India must consider this aspect and introduce a Research ethics department in Medical field along with other departments.
SENTIDOS DE DIREITOS HUMANOS: (re)contextualizações nos livros didáticos do ensino médio
Authors: De Oliveira Pereira Suzana Paula , Tavares dos Santos Jean Mac Cole
Published: January 2018

RESUMO: Este artigo objetiva analisar a discussão de temas relacionados aos Direitos Humanos nos livros didáticos do Ensino Médio. Metodologicamente, a pesquisa é de caráter documental e tem como fim verificar, através de expressões e palavras-chave extraídas de documentos oficiais, possíveis sentidos de conteúdos presentes naqueles livros referentes a área de Ciências Humanas. Teoricamente é embasado em Ball (2011), Ramos (2011) e Lopes (2011), que tratam, respectivamente, sobre o ciclo contínuo de políticas, principalmente nos contextos de produção de textos, as implicações da comunidade disciplinar na constituição da política curricular e as teorias de currículo, com ênfase no diálogo estabelecido com a Teoria do Discurso de Laclau (2006) - traduções diante de múltiplos contextos, os significantes vazios e a (re)contextualização. Os resultados apontam que as temáticas são trabalhadas como conteúdos voltados às minorias, discutindo sobre questões de gênero, orientação sexual, racismo, igualdade, discriminação e diferença como sentidos arrolados aqueles Direitos, principalmente nos livros de Filosofia e Sociologia.
Cumulative influence of nanoparticles on MMCs’ time–temperature history curve
Authors: Kosti Siddhartha , Malvi Chandra Shekhar
Published: January 2018

Modern automobiles require materials with high thermal properties and less weight for extraordinary performance. Metal matrix composites (MMCs) possess the mechanical properties required for automobile applications. The present work focuses on developing a mathematical model using the finite-difference technique to examine the cumulative and individual influence of silicon carbide (SiC)/aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanoparticle weight percentage on the MMCs’ time–temperature history curve. The thermophysical properties of MMCs are considered to be isotropic and homogeneous and are calculated using the mixture rule and the Maxwell model. The results reveal that increment in the weight percentage of the nanoparticles (silicon carbide/aluminum oxide) makes the time–temperature history curve steeper. The cumulative effect of the nanoparticles results in a less steep time–temperature history curve compared to the individual nanoparticle, indicating a decreased solidification rate due to low effective thermal conductivity. The two thermal conductivity models show the same time–temperature history curve due to less deviation in the thermal conductivity of MMCs. The mathematical model developed in the present work predicts the time–temperature history curve accurately which matches well with the experimental results.
Masyarakat Dayak di Kesultanan Kutai pada Abad Ke-19
Authors: Ahyat Ita Syamtasiyah
Published: January 2018

The Dayak people of Kalimantan, who have occupied in the territory of Kutai Sultanate, the water kingdom along the riverbank and the upper course of the Mahakam, live by trading in the river ways. The Dayak people consist of eleven tribes; the Kenyah, Kayan, Bahau, Tunjung, Benua, and Bentian, were only some of them. They were governed under the sovereignty of the Sultanate of Kutai which had made easier for the colonial government to subdue the territory. However, the people of Kutai found ways to accept the Dayak, and vice versa. They sold forest produce, such as resin, birds’ nests,rice, and wax. At the time when the Dutch annexed the area under her state, the Dayak was prohibited to do business, and the Dutch became the sole proprietor of the region, exploiting rattan besides others.
Belajar Sejarah Kolonial melalui Pameran Koleksi Lukisan Jadoel
Authors: Suratminto Lilie
Published: January 2018

Pictures or paintings of high-rank officials hanged in government or public offices are not only a recent phenomenon. Francois Valentijn (1724-1726) wrote in his book, Oud en Neuw Oost Indien, the common practice of hanging pictures or paintings of high-rank officials even in the eighteenth century in Indonesia when the East India Company (VOC) had its power over the land. The Fatahillah Historic Museum in Jakarta has kept all the pictures and paintings of the Dutch Indies officials from the time of the East India Company (VOC) to 1942. The curriculum vitae of those persona is a corpus for research on some aspects of the Indonesian colonial history.
Existentialism by Soren Aabye Kierke gaard: Indiana in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as a Representation of an “Authentic” Human Being
Authors: Asmiliasari Chintia
Published: January 2018

Existentialism of Soren Aabye Kierkegaard is a study focusing on the individual existence as an authentic creature. Existentialism can only be achieved by an individual’s boldness and belief to commit responsibly to a decision he has made. The decision made by each individual should be based on his subjective truth and should not be influenced by the collective truth called the objective truth. The subjective truth will later lead each individual to his way finding an absolute truth, although despair and uncertainty haunt every decision he has made. A totality of believing in making decision and holding the commitment into it will finally bring an individual to the existence of himself as the most
authentic creature. Indiana in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade represents an individual with a quality of Soren Aabye Kierkegaard’s Existentialism concept. It is begun from Indiana’s imprisonment in his objective truth as an archeologist, his despair at making a choice and decision, in which finally turned him into someone who finds an absolute truth based on his subjective truth. At last, his finding has led him into an existence and authentic individual.
What do Students Need to Know? How About the Idea of Progress ?
Authors: Pickus David
Published: January 2018

Studying Archeology needs an understanding of the idea of progress. The concept of progress was popular in the 1920s, and it was not for Archeology alone, but it became a new intellectual understanding of the world. �The idea of progress is one of the fundamental notions grappled by civilizations with a historical sense�. �Does this change in the use of metals equal development?,� reminds us to the Xuanyuan era where stone was used to make weapon, whereas jade in the time of Huangdi, and bronze in the time of Yu. This shows that Archeology is related to history and some social institutions, besides applying biochemical analysis to an artifact. As an example of a multi disciplinary archeological research was found in the hypothesis of Why the West rules � for now, by Ian Morris, 2010, which states that the Mediterranean region has the most advanced economic achievement compared to the other regions. The conclusion of which was drawn from analysis of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean ocean and the level of lead in the soil. The concept of progress in this case was the implication of a synthesis contributed from the perspective of several disciplines, or consilience. Thus, the artifacts of the past should be interpreted contextually, and so were the present materials. The values of which will have never been lesser or better in the light of progress.
Wayang dan Nilai-nilai Etis: Sebuah Gambaran Sikap Hidup Orang Jawa
Authors: Kushendrawati Selu Margaretha
Published: January 2018

The Javanese wayang performance reflects some ethical values that express the attitudes and norms of the Javanese people. The wayang stories bring into focus some elements of the culture, such as customs, arts, way of life, mysticism, and religion. The characters of the wayang performance depict some ways of life and mind-sets of the Javanese of an understanding of the final destination of life,sangkan paraning dumadi, which is a longing to be united with God at the end of their life. Wayang performance is a high form of Javanese culture that needs to be preserved to sustain multiculturalism in Indonesia.
Konfusianisme dalam Kebudayaan Cina Modern
Authors: Hartati Dewi
Published: January 2018

Confucianism aims to educate and emphasize for people to serve the state and society. To understand Confucianism is necessary to understand the book of Daxue 大学 (Great Teaching), which contains teachings on ethics, the ethics of family, society and state. Confucianism is not an ideology at the state level or national level but rather to a personal level. Confucianism, which emphasizes self-processing in a personal level is what can survive for so long and respected, and spread to all levels and persists in the modern world.
Partikel Fatis Bahasa Mandarin dalam Drama Televisi: Kajian Awal terhadap Partikel Le
Authors: Hasanah Hana Nurul
Published: January 2018

One of the characteristics of non-standard language varieties is employing phatic particles in the beginning of the sentence, in the middle or in the end of it. In Mandarin language, one phatic particle that is commonly used by Mandarin speakers is le particle. This research generally aimed at describing the functions of phatic particle le found in television drama series. The series from which the data were gathered is Zan Jia Na Xie Shir, the first part from the first episode. From 78 phatic particles found in the drama series, of which 47 of them are le as phatic particle; 10 of them are distributed in the middle of the sentence and 37 of them are distributed in the end of the sentence. Based on the result, the function of “le” in the middle of the sentence is starting a new talk and maintaining a talk. Meanwhile, the function of “le” in the end of the sentence is maintaining a talk and ending a talk. Therefore, it seemed that the function of le as phatic particle tend to not inline with its distribution in the sentence.
Huaqiao dan Huaren: Sebuah Tinjauan Historis
Authors: Seda Joanessa M. J. S.
Published: January 2018

This paper talks about the history of the birth and development of the terms Huaqiao and Huaren, the popular terms in Chinese for Chinese people who migrated out of China. In fact, there were two important factors which influenced the birth and development process of these terms. Those were the migration of the Chinese people out of China and the political development in and outside China. Without migration, these terms would not exist. Even if they exist, the birth and development of their meaning were influenced by the perceptions of all people who were involved and had interest in this migration process. These perceptions would not exist without the influence of the political condition and situation in and outside China. It is these factors which bring the terms Huaqiao and Huaren to its present meaning.
Kasus Wang Renshu: Sebuah Kegagalan Diplomasi RRC terhadap Indonesia
Authors: Muas Tuty Enoch
Published: January 2018

The Chinese-Indonesian relations in 1951 was in tension due the actions of Ambassador Wang Renshu. As China was not favored in the international arena for its communist stand, the Chinese citizens in Indonesia became important factor in the relations between China and Indonesia where they were divided into taking side with either the communists or the capitalists. Wang Renshu, a senior member in the China Communist Party, has recruited between six and seven hundred thousand Indonesians of Chinese ancestry to adopt Chinese citizenship, of which it became a threat to the Chinese-Indonesian diplomatic relations. The withdrawal of Ambassador Wang Renshu marked the failure of the Chinese-Indonesian diplomatic relations.
Morfem Derivasional dalam Bahasa Mandarin
Authors: Chandra Yulie Neila
Published: January 2018

Affixation is one of the process of morphological in Mandarin. Affixes are bound morphemes that are added to other morphemes to form larger units such as words, especially to form a compound word (成词 héchéng cí). Mandarin has two types of affixes: prefixes (precedes the morpheme) and suffixes (follows the morpheme). Prefixes are rare in Mandarin, such as {初chū-}, {第dì-}, {非fēi-}, {可kĕ-}, etc;while suffixes are more numerous, such as {儿-er}, {化 –huā}, {家 –jiā}, {们 –men}, {员 –yuán}, {者 –zhĕ}, {子-zi}, etc. In Mandarin, affix morphemes can also be divided into two functional categories, namely inflectional morphemes and derivational morphemes, both refers two principal word formation processes: inflection and derivation. Although, Mandarin is not the inflection language, only prefix {初chū-} and suffix {们–men} are inflectional morphemes. Therefore, the derivation process is more productive in Mandarin. Derivational morphemes form new words by changing the meaning of the base (root) and the word class. In consequence, derivation in Mandarin may cause a change of word classes; such as nouns, verbs, and adjective, but generally form nouns.
Code-mixing among Students of English Literature 2009 in Universitas Indonesia
Authors: Andari Ditya Andari Ditya
Published: January 2018

People today are more globalized than before, and most of them are now able to speak more than one language. It also happens among the English Literature students 2009 in Universitas Indonesia who are able to speak English in their daily conversation. This may lead to the phenomenon called codemixing. However, this code-mixing focuses more on written communication in their social media’s status. There are two major points that this paper attempts to make. First, the description of codemixing itself according to the theory given by Wardhaugh (1986) and Hoffman (1991) and how it can be reflected into daily communication, especially in written communication. Second, the reasons why those students tend to do code-mixing in their written communication. This will be supported by all the captured-pictures of their status in their social media. Using this theory, it attempts to dig deeper and analyze the students’ reasons forusing code-mixing in their social media’ status and what words are commonly used in certain topics of conversation.
Identity transformation of Josephine Alibrandi and John Barton in the Novel Looking for Alibrandi (by Melina Marchetta)
Authors: Ferdi Ferdi
Published: January 2018

This paper examines the progress of identity transformation of Josephine Alibrandi and John Barton in the novel Looking for Alibrandi. Josephine and John come from different family backgrounds. Josephine comes from an Italian immigrant family who lives in suburban area, while, John Barton comes from a politician family in Australia. Although they come from different family backgrounds, they still have the same problems in their identities. Their desire to be seen as themselves in the society makes them intend to find their identity. The reason I intend to do a research in this novel because I think this novel is interesting for teenagers and it can inspire them to find their identity in the society. Identity transformation is something that should and will occur in anyone’s life. Josephine Alibrandi and John Barton represent the general group of teenagers in the world in terms of gender and social class. Each individual, however, have their own solution and way to find their identity. This paper concludes that identity transformation happens in both Josephine Alibrandi and John Barton in different ways. Each of them also has different strategies to overcome the problem and they also get different results.
Meaning and Pragmatism: the Violations of Maxims in Truth Analysis in the TV Series Lie to Me (2010)
Authors: Vika Regina
Published: January 2018

Grice proposed the Cooperative Principle, which contains four maxims, as an element in communication. When the four maxims is violated, it means that the speaker has did something to create a condition, particularly in crime investigation. The truth condition, which has relation to lie, is frequently happen in people’s life. Lie can be studied pragmatically within the relevance theory. The focus of this study is to analyze the existence of which maxims may be violated in a lie. The study on the characters in TV series Lie to Me shows that each character violates certain maxims in the same time. The reason for selecting Lie to Me, there are various ways and reasons to violate the maxims. The finding of this study that one from four maxims is rarely violated because of a possibility reason. However, it cannot be justified that people are lying means they feel guilty toward crime action. Also, it can be helpful to understand what is the Cooperative Principle theory for linguistic learners.
REPRESENTATION OF LATINAS AS MAIDS ON DEVIOUS MAIDS (2013)
Authors: Sudirman Fitria Afrianty
Published: January 2018

This article aims to analyze the representation of Latinas as maids by examining the first season of US television drama comedy, Devious Maids. The show has been a controversy inside and outside Latina community since it presents the lives of five Latinas working as maids in Beverly Hills that appears to reinforce the negative stereotypes of Latinas. However, a close reading on scenes by using character analysis on two Latina characters shows that the characters break stereotypes in various ways. The show gives visibility to the Latinas by putting them as main characters and portraying them as progressive and independent women who also refuse the notion of white supremacy.
CONSUMERISM BEHIND CELEBRITY’S ENDORSEMENT IN ONLINE SHOPPING AS A RESULT OF HUMAN’S EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Putri Margarita Febrica Nonga
Published: January 2018

This essay sets out to see the impact of technology consumption on celebrity’s endorsement in online shopping, which also leads to consumerism. The growing technology, which was firstly captured in the Postmodern era, unavoidably appears to be the object of consumption. When the consumption itself becomes excessive, technology can break the boundaries. It is very possible for technology to germinate in every sectors of life. One of the cases captured is online shopping. It is obvious that technology takes a big role to simplify the conventional sales plot which people have to meet face to face to have a transaction. Furthermore, in the case of online shopping, the growing technology also affects the competition among the sellers. In accordance with the tight competition, celebrity’s endorsement comes as one of the marketing communication strategies to retain the customers. This essay concludes that human’s technology consumption has brought a huge alteration, especially, in the field of business. It spurs the competition, which again, affects the consumerism. The sellers inevitably attempt to find ways to be the most stunning or at least to retain their revenues. Celebrity’s endorsement emerges as one of the sellers’ common weapon to raise customers’ buying desire.
The Death Of Captain America Represents The Failure Of The American Dream
Authors: Anggara Dimas
Published: January 2018

American Dream is a concept that plays an important role in the American history and its society. The main values of the American Dream are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. These are represented in Captain America, carrier of the spirit of America to the world. Captain America, the main character in a comic, also preserved the values in the American Dream, so it is proven that there is a relation between Captain America and the American Dream. The problem is that there are changes in the way people see the concept of the American Dream today. It is because many people tend to simplify the values in which the concept off ers. This paper examines the relation between the change of perspective and the way the people in the U.S in applying the American Dream with the death of Captain America as the representation of the American Dream. This paper argues that the Death of Captain America can be a representation of the failure in the concept because Captain America died defending what he believed as the true American Dream that all the people in the U.S should preserve. Thus, many people believe the values which Captain America preserved are no longer suitable in the society today.
Batik dan Industri Kreatif: Sebuah Proses Kreatifitas Manusia dalam Kajian Studi Humaniora
Authors: Meliono Irmayanti
Published: January 2018

This paper would like to discuss that batik has three types consist of kain batik tulis, kain batik print and batik fabrics and their variety of motifs. The scope of research on batik originated from the area of Bandung, Cirebon, Pekalongan and Yogyakarta-Surakarta (Solo) . This research analyzed with Peirce’s triadic semiotic approach with a sign that has an icon, index, and symbol. Analysis a sign motif of batik is related to with an icon in the form of of cloth, and the index element in the form of color motifs of batik. Symbol is always related to with the naming of batik , such as Parang Barong, Sida Mukti, Mega Mendung and the Indonesian cultural background. The results of this research indicate that the batik has egalitarian value, functional value, economic value, and symbolic value. These four values are used by industry to improve the community through the creative industries and innovative creativity in the face of the global market. Through the imaging of batik will be formed social harmony for the global community.
The Sense of Loss in Jean Rhy’s Voyage in The Dark: The Absence of Mother and Imagined Black Identity
Authors: Rarastesa Zita
Published: January 2018

The sense of loss of a mother leads Anna Morgan to her imagined black identity. Being a Creole from Dominica, Morgan is alienated both in her home country and in London. Du Bois’s notion of double consciousness substantiates Morgan’s sense of alienation. The racial issue here is not only socially constructed, but it is also personally constructed, as Morgan does not consider England as her homeland although she is as white as English people. people. The character is struggling from identity conflict, as she internalizes the impact of the British colonialization to the black people in Dominica. She feels more black than white because of the image of blackness that she creates from the image of her mother and black women in general, as nurturing, warm and domestic. In addition to that, the geographic location contributes to Morgan’s sense of loss.
Pótlások Magyarország edényes növényfajainak elterjedési atlaszához V.
Authors: Csiky János , Baráth Kornél , Bocz Virág , Deme Judit , Fülöp Zsófia , Kovács Dániel , Nagy Katalin , Tamási Bendegúz , Csikyné Radnai Éva
Published: January 2018

Jelen közleményünk annak a sorozatnak az ötödik része, melynek célja a Magyaror­szág edényes növényfajainak elterjedési atlasza térképeinek kiegészítése, főként aktuális előfordulási adatokkal. A dolgozat 66 kvadrátban 360 edényes taxon elterjedési adatait pontosítja. Az adatok több­sége a Dél-Dunántúlról származik, ahol 6 kvadrát a szisztematikus felméréseknek köszönhetően 30-nál is több fajjal egészült ki. A felsorolt taxonok döntő része gyakori, sokszor gyom jellegű elem, néhányuk azonban hazánkban ritka (pl. Anchusa azurea, Centunculus minimus, Euphorbia stricta, Hypericum humifusum, Sagina apetala), olykor védett növény (pl. Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, Dryopteris affinis, Festuca dalmatica, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Urtica kioviensis).
“We're Gonna Capture Johnny Depp”: Making Kin with Cinematic Comanches
Authors: Tahmahkera Dustin
Published: January 2018

This article analyzes Comanche elder LaDonna Harris's adoption of actor Johnny Depp as a response to the cultural politics of Disney's casting him as a Comanche Tonto in The Lone Ranger 2013. In addition to onscreen performers and characters like Depp's Tonto, in my reading “cinematic Comanches” also include offscreen cultural critics and social actors who, like Harris, maneuver through thorny layers of representing the indigenous. Focusing my inquiry on how Harris and other cinematic Comanches created opportunities to make kin with Depp, engage Disney, and expand the convoluted discourse on producing Comanche representation and cultural knowledge, I discuss Lone Ranger's hype and protest, Harris's reframing of the adoption as captivity, and post-captivity collaborations between Comanches, Depp, and Disney. I suggest that by recreating a traditional Comanche mode of kinship in the twenty-first century, Harris took Depp in as a son to honor his onscreen efforts, to express Comanche self-determination in kinship, and to increase the cultural capital of the Comanche Nation.
Reembodying Our Occupied Geographies: Boyd Cothran's Remembering the Modoc War, Benjamin Madley's An American Genocide, and the Future of Native American Studies
Authors: Wilner Isaiah Lorado
Published: January 2018

Narratives of innocence are stories born of the dispossession of bodies from lands that continue to serve as vectors of violence, reenacting the scene that created them. The term was introduced by Boyd Cothran to describe the cunning afterlife of conflicts between settler states and indigenous peoples: state violence yields stories that reiterate erasure, weaponizing memory to forget the lessons of colonization. In a situation of violence that produces silence, names resonate as instruments of clarity, cutting through erasure. Genocide is a name historians are now using to describe a process of erasure that created modern California, a process indigenous people have long discussed that narratives of innocence have silenced. Through a reading of Cothran's book Remembering the Modoc War and Benjamin Madley's book An American Genocide against an older literary genre on violence ranging from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee to Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, I take California as an emblem of a profound alteration in the way the United States processes the trace memory of indigenous erasure. A historical reckoning is now underway as indigenous people reembody their occupied geographies, returning their stories to the land and, in the process, reconfiguring the national narrative.