bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CALIBRATING A LENS WITH A “LOCAL” DISTORTION MODEL
Authors: Detchev I. , Lichti D.
Published: August 2020

Abstract. This paper is about camera calibration where an abnormal systematic effect was discovered. The effect was first encountered in a multi-camera system used for close range 3D photogrammetric reconstruction. The objectives for this research were two-fold. The first objective is to identify the source of the systematic error, and the second objective is to model the error as rigorously as possible. The first objective was met after acquiring several calibration data sets where the camera bodies, the lenses, and the image formats were varied. It was concluded that the source of error is the lens system. The second objective was also met. The so called “local” lens distortion was modelled using second order polynomials as the plots of the residuals vs. the image coordinates resembled parabolic shapes. Overall, the final room mean square error for the residuals after applying radial and “local” lens distortion was reduced from 1/2 to 1/6 of a pixel or a 200% relative estimated error improvement.
METROLOGY ENABLED REFLECTION TRANSFORMATION IMAGING TO RECONSTRUCT LOCAL DETAIL IN MANUFACTURED SURFACES
Authors: Robson S. , MacDonald L. , Sargeant B.
Published: August 2020

Abstract. Understanding the performance of large high performance manufactured structures can require highly accurate dimensional measurement across large volumes with the often conflicting capability to record critical parts of the structure in fine detail. Examples include turbine blades, aircraft wings and off-site manufactured modular structures assembled on-site for city, energy and transport infrastructure. Established large-volume industrial metrology systems such as laser trackers and photogrammetry partially meet the need through the measurement of targets and reflectors, but are limited in capability to record high density local detail needed to capture the finest manufactured features. Whilst large-volume surface sensing is possible with laser radar, photogrammetric pattern projection and contact probing for example, the detail required at a local level typically demands local sensing which generally takes the form of a tracked sensor such as a triangulation laser scanner or hand held touch probe. Local sensing systems face challenges where surfaces have fine detail of similar magnitude to the local sensing system sampling capability and particularly for optical sensors where the light reflected back to the sensor by the surface includes specular reflections compounded by local geometry. This paper investigates how Reflection Transformation Imaging (RTI) with a dome camera and lighting system might be calibrated, characterised and tracked as an alternative technology that is more robust to material surface properties and capable of very fine surface detail capture. Laboratory results demonstrate the capability to characterise and locate the dome to sub-millimetric accuracy within a large-volume tracked space to achieve local surface sampling at the 30 μm × 30 μm level. A method utilising sparse touch probe points to seed conversion of low and high frequency normal maps into a common 3D surface is explored with local agreement with laser tracker surface probe check points to the order of 30 μm.
SEMANTIC ANNOTATIONS ON HERITAGE MODELS: 2D/3D APPROACHES AND FUTURE RESEARCH CHALLENGES
Authors: Croce V. , Caroti G. , De Luca L. , Piemonte A. , Véron P.
Published: August 2020

Abstract. Research in the field of Cultural Heritage is increasingly moving towards the creation of digital information systems, in which the geometric representation of an artifact is linked to some external information, through meaningful tags. The process of attributing additional and structured information to various elements in a given digital model is customarily identified with the term semantic annotation; the added contextual information is associated, for instance, to analysis and conservation terms. Starting from the existing literature, aim of this work is to discuss how semantic annotations are used, in digital architectural heritage models, to link the geometrical representation of an artefact with knowledge-related information. Most consolidated methods -such as traditional mapping on 2D media, are compared with more recent approaches making the most of 3D representation. Reference is made, in particular, to Heritage-BIM techniques and to collaborative reality-based platforms, such as Aïoli (http://aioli.cloud). Potentialities and limits of the different solutions proposed in literature are critically discussed, also addressing future research challenges in Cultural Heritage application fields.
3D RECONSTRUCTION AND IMAGE PROCESSING OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS
Authors: Gaboutchian A. V. , Knyaz V. A. , Leybova N. A. , Simonyan H. Y. , Novikov M. M. , Apresyan S. V. , Cherebylo S. A. , Petrosyan G. R.
Published: August 2020

Abstract. A wide variety of methods are used in archaeological research today, including 3D imaging techniques (photogrammetry) which are involved at different stages starting from explorations preceding excavation to multiple studies. The archaeologically obtained material includes anthropological findings, among which odontological (related to human teeth) are of interest as they are composed of resistible tissues (hence are preserved well) and can serve for biological as well as historical interpretations. However, among the methods employed in odontological studies some are destructive and bring to unwelcome irreversible changes or even complete loss of the analysed samples. However, the existing and rapidly-developing techniques, especially, referring to 3D imaging and prototyping, suggest different approaches which can facilitate avoiding undesirable consequences of invasive methods of research. Thus they can provide for either preservation of findings through development and application of non-invasive study techniques, or, at least, preserve data referring the findings which have to be destroyed in order to receive valuable, in terms of research, information. It is shown on the example of the studied mandibular fragment from the Early Bronze archaeological site of Shengavit how multidisciplinary cooperation and the described workflow contribute to preservation of information regarding the finding and possible restoration of its original features. An effective communication between different professionals was provided due to implementing non-contact measurements techniques, obtaining and processing 3D images and 3D printing.
PERFORMING 3D MEASUREMENTS IN A VR ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Kontos D. , Georgopoulos A.
Published: August 2020

Abstract. In the context of this paper, a virtual reality application that allows each user to perform basic topographic processes on an already created 3D model inside a virtual environment was developed. Specifically, it is an application that allows the user to perform measurements of distances between two points in three-dimensional space and measurement and extraction of the three-dimensional coordinates of any point inside the virtual reality environment. Furthermore, the created application was evaluated in terms of its functionality, its usability and metric accuracy. Before the developing stage a research was done in order to determine which virtual reality system and which game engine is most suitable to use and finally the HTC Vive® virtual reality system and the Unreal Engine 4 game engine were used. Before all that, the concept of the virtual reality science was defined and also the virtual reality technologies in today's world were analyzed.
BAROQUE BANDED VAULTS: SURVEYING AND MODELING. THE CASE STUDY OF A NOBLE PALACE IN TURIN
Authors: López González M. C. , Spallone R. , Vitali M. , Natta F.
Published: August 2020

Abstract. This paper presents the methodological framework set up for the analysis, interpretation, and representation of the banded vaulted systems recognized in eleven Baroque atria in Turin. In these atria, the banded vaults, locally named “a fascie”, are featured by a series of arches orthogonal to the perimeter walls on which they rest. The arches divide the room’s ceiling into spaces that can accommodate small vaults of different shapes. The atria have been the subject of bibliographical, historical and documentary analyses, laser scanner metric survey, two-dimensional graphic representations, and interpretative hypotheses through three-dimensional modeling of the design’s geometries of the vaults.The integration between terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) technique, architectural drawing and three-dimensional modeling methods led to the definition of new workflows, aimed at optimizing the use of data. From these procedures new opportunities for the research arise, such as the comparison (metric and geometric) through the superimposition of design ideal models and point clouds.
3D RECONSTRUCTION AND MESH OPTIMIZATION OF UNDERWATER SPACES FOR VIRTUAL REALITY
Authors: El Saer A. , Stentoumis C. , Kalisperakis I. , Grammatikopoulos L. , Nomikou P. , Vlasopoulos O.
Published: August 2020

Abstract. In this contribution, we propose a versatile image-based methodology for 3D reconstructing underwater scenes of high fidelity and integrating them into a virtual reality environment. Typically, underwater images suffer from colour degradation (blueish images) due to the propagation of light through water, which is a more absorbing medium than air, as well as the scattering of light on suspended particles. Other factors, such as artificial lights, also, diminish the quality of images and, thus, the quality of the image-based 3D reconstruction. Moreover, degraded images have a direct impact on the user perception of the virtual environment, due to geometric and visual degenerations. Here, it is argued that these can be mitigated by image pre-processing algorithms and specialized filters. The impact of different filtering techniques on images is evaluated, in order to eliminate colour degradation and mismatches in the image sequences. The methodology in this work consists of five sequential pre-processes; saturation enhancement, haze reduction, and Rayleigh distribution adaptation, to de-haze the images, global histogram matching to minimize differences among images of the dataset, and image sharpening to strengthen the edges of the scene. The 3D reconstruction of the models is based on open-source structure-from-motion software. The models are optimized for virtual reality through mesh simplification, physically based rendering texture maps baking, and level-of-details. The results of the proposed methodology are qualitatively evaluated on image datasets captured in the seabed of Santorini island in Greece, using a ROV platform.
OPTICAL 3D MEASUREMENTS IN HYDRODYNAMIC TUNNEL FOR AIRCRAFT ICING STUDY
Authors: Knyaz V. A. , Stepaniants D. G. , Ippolitov E. V. , Novikov M. M.
Published: August 2020

Abstract. The study of how aircraft icing influences on aircraft aerodynamic performance is very important for developing measures and recommendation to improve aircraft flight safety. The effective method of aerodynamic processes modeling is experiment in wind (aerodynamic) tunnel or water (hydrodynamic) tunnel. They allow to perform experiments with a scaled model of an aircraft affected by icing and to visualize the wing flow process and changes caused by icing. While visualization of the wing flow yields useful qualitative information about flow, it is more important to retrieve quantitative 3D data of flow, which allows to forecast icing process and to develop anti-icing techniques and recommendations.The presented study addresses to creating an photogrammetric system and 3D measurement techniques for quantitate evaluation of 3D flow parameters in a hydrodynamic tunnel for aircraft icing influence exploration. Being an initial part of a long-term research project, this study is aimed at developing of an accurate calibration technique of the photogrammetric system for 3D measurement in condition of two optical media interfaces. The developed algorithms for imaging process through two optical media interfaces are used in calibration procedure and object 3D coordinates measuring. The results of the photogrammetric system calibration are given in comparison with standard (single media) case. Experimental 3D reconstruction of a typical object demonstrated high accuracy of the developed algorithms.
Glider-Based Observations of CO2 in the Labrador Sea
Authors: von Oppeln-Bronikowski Nicolai , de Young Brad , Atamanchuk Dariia , Wallace Douglas
Published: August 2020

Abstract. Ocean gliders can provide high spatial and temporal resolution data and target specific ocean regions at a low cost compared to ship-based measurements. An important gap, however, given the need for carbon measurements, is the lack of capable sensors capable for glider-based CO2 measurements. We need to develop robust methods to evaluate novel CO2 sensors for gliders. Here we present results from testing the performance of a novel CO2 optode sensor (Atamanchuk et al., 2014), deployed on a Slocum glider, in the Labrador Sea and on the Newfoundland Shelf. We demonstrate our concept of validating data from this novel sensor during a long glider deployment using a secondary autonomous observing platform – the SeaCycler. Comparing data between different sensors and observing platforms can improve data quality and identify problems such as sensor drift. SeaCycler carried an extensively tested gas analyzer: the Pro-Oceanus's CO2-Pro CV, as part of its instrument float. The CO2-Pro CV has shown stable performance during lengthy observations (e.g. Jiang et al., 2014), but has a slow response time for continuous profiling, and its power consumption is not affordable for glider operations. This CO2 optode is an early prototype sensor that has not undergone rigorous testing on a glider, but is compact and uses little power. This paper summarizes the test results for this sensor on a Slocum glider. We capture the performance of the sensor, and for the Labrador Sea mission, comparing the glider data against the SeaCycler's measurements to compute an in-situ correction for the optode. We use the referenced data set to investigate trends in spatial and temporal variability captured by the glider data, pointing to short time and distances scales as drivers of change in this region.
A evolução da periferia na conurbação Pelotas- Capão do Leão
Authors: Parfitt Claure Morrone , Gallo Betty Braga , Alba Jose Maria Filippini
Published: August 2020

A partir de uma discussão conceitual sobre periferia analisa-se o processo de produção de periferias em conurbação de cidade média, localizada no sul do Rio Grande do Sul.O objetivo desse trabalho consiste em investigar a expansão e a produção do espaço periférico que ocorreu na conurbação Pelotas- Capão do Leão R.S. no período de 1990 a 2011. Para o estudo foram utilizadas imagens LANDSAT 5 do Sensor ThematicMapper (TM).Os dados foram processados nos softwares Spring e Arc GIS. Além desse procedimento foram realizadas entrevistas nas prefeituras, pesquisa bibliográfica e IBGE. Os resultados indicam a produção de dois tipos de periferias na conurbação no período. Uma formada por assentamentos precários em Pelotas e Capão do Leão, e outra, constituída por loteamentos e condomínios fechados de médio e alto padrão em direção área com atrativos naturais. Constata-se que o crescimento das cidades está relacionado com a localização de um polo naval na vizinha cidade do Rio Grande, a fragmentação e difusão do espaço periférico, bem como, a formação de vazios urbanos no processo de produção do espaço.

Palavras Chave: Expansão urbana; Periferia; Conurbação; Brasil.
O estatuto do (não)conceito de ‘urbano’ na obra de Henri Lefebvre
Authors: Canettieri Thiago
Published: August 2020

O objetivo deste artigo é tangenciar, em linhas gerais, uma outra chave interpretativa para o estatuto do conceito de urbano na obra de Henri Lefebvre. É, sobretudo, um esforço para tentar encontrar elementos metodológicos utilizados pelo autor que expliquem a intenção por detrás desse conceito. Meu interesse, portanto, é fazer uma geneaologia da definição de urbano em Lefebvre para contribuir para a compreensão do pensamento desse importante filósofo. O conceito de urbano é um dos que mais têm mobilizado debates e controvérsias com relação ao pensamento de Lefebvre, isso porque ele aparece em sua obra com uma abertura muito grande – e não com um fechamento interpretativo. O argumento desenvolvido é que o arranjo conceitual do autor é semelhante à ideia da Dialética como entendida por Adorno, reconhecendo, assim, o estatuto de não conceito para o uso que Lefebvre faz do significante ‘urbano’.

Palavras-Chave: Urbano; Dialética; Não Conceito; Henri Lefebvre
Diálogos entre Geografia e Ciências Sociais: Região, Regionalidade e América Latina e Caribe
Authors: Lima Adalberto de Salles
Published: August 2020

O presente artigo propõe desenvolver uma reflexão crítica a partir da Geografia e das Ciências Sociais Latino-Americanas, acerca da relação entre dinâmicas regionais e as categorias de análise geográfica e regional América Latina e Caribe. O objetivo é analisar a possível insuficiência do universalismo europeu sobre as nomenclaturas América Latina e Caribe frente a particularidades culturais, territoriais e processos sociais contra-hegemônicos. O método qualitativo norteará a metodologia baseada na interpretação de materiais bibliográficos clássicos e contemporâneos para analisar outras alternativas de regionalização deslocadas do essencialismo econômico, colonial e imperialista da cartografia tradicional. Acreditamos em outras linguagens possíveis de distintas cartografias conforme diferentes regionalizações do continente, baseados em aspectos históricos, críticas teóricas, fluxos migratórios, populações étnico-raciais, distribuição sócioespacial de grupos econômicos e aspectos político-ideológicos.

Palavras-chave: Geografia, Ciências Sociais, Região, América Latina.
Cotidiano e redes de sociabilidades no Assentamento São Bento, Heitoraí/Go (1996-2019)
Authors: Ribeiro de Lima Jean Carlos
Published: August 2020

As redes de sociabilidades constituem-se a partir de relações subjetivas entre diferentes sujeitos e em múltiplos espaços sociais. Tais relações, que primam pela subjetividade, apresentam-se sob inúmeras formas, tais como, por meio do apoio mútuo, da cooperação, do associativismo e da reciprocidade. Dessa forma, objetivamos com este estudo analisar as redes de sociabilidades existentes no cotidiano dos assentados do São Bento, por meio das trajetórias de vida, de suas experiências tanto individuais, quanto coletivas e as vivências adquiridas. A discussão está fundamentada em revisão bibliográfica acerca da temática dos assentamentos rurais e das redes de sociabilidades, bem como em trabalho de campo onde foi possível o recolhimento de dados quantitativos e qualitativos, por meio da aplicação de questionários e realização de entrevistas nas parcelas e residências dos assentados. A partir da análise dos dados foi possível identificar que no espaço social do Assentamento São Bento em Heitoraí/GO, as redes de sociabilidades contribuem para a manutenção e a reprodução das relações sociais entre os assentados.

Palavras-chave: Assentamento. Trajetórias. Sociabilidades.
A pandemia de Covid-19 e as particularidades regionais da sua difusão no segmento de rede urbana no estado do Tocantins, Brasil
Authors: Bessa Kelly , Alves da Luz Rodolfo
Published: August 2020

O presente artigo, de maneira exploratória, apresenta contribuições sobre a difusão espacial da Covid-19 no estado do Tocantins, considerando as interações espaciais dos principais centros de influência regional, sub-regional e microrregional, bem como as particularidades regionais desse segmento de rede urbana. Essas particularidades apontam para uma posição geográfica relacional complexa na porção centro-norte brasileira, com articulações espaciais densas, entre regiões, lugares, cidades e pessoas, que facilitam a propagação da pandemia, não apenas por meio das interações hierárquicas, mas também por meio das complementares. Tais interações revelam dois padrões de dispersão, um vertical e outro horizontal, que resultaram em configurações espaciais que combinam nós, eixos e áreas, colocando o Tocantins em situação epidemiológica crítica.

Palavras-chave: Covid-19, interações espaciais, rede urbana, Tocantins, Brasil.
Povos indígenas, identidades territoriais e territorialidades fragilizadas no norte do Amapá, Brasil
Authors: De Almeida Maria Geralda
Published: August 2020

O propósito desta discussão é refletir sobre como os indígenas Galibi do Oiapoque, Galibi Marworno,Palikur e Karipuna constroem seus lugares-territórios onde exercem uma vigilância territorial e desenvolvem suas identidades territoriais independentemente das múltiplas interações entre estes povos. Levantamento bibliográfico, reportagens em site de jornais nacionais, documentos e atas de reuniões de associações, ONGs e entrevistas forneceram os dados apresentados. Conclui-se que existem, para esses povos indígenas um lugar-território que se sobrepõe à fronteira Brasil e Guiana Francesa; e uma forte identidade territorial, embora com territorialidades fragilizadas em face das tensões espaciais decorrentes de intervenções inadequadas e da ausência de políticas indigenistas apropriadas.

Palavras-chave: alteridade, transformações socioculturais, politicas indígenas, lugar-território.
Investigating the Impact of Board of Directors on Accounting Conservatism in Kuwait
Authors: Al-Saidi Mejbel
Published: August 2020

This study aims to study the influence of boards of directors on the accounting conservatism of non-financial listed firms in Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE). According to agency theory, accounting conservatism and boards of directors can be considered effective mechanisms for reducing agency conflicts, thereby protecting the interests of investors that used the financial information while also increasing firms’ performance and value. This study sought to build a link between accounting conservatism and boards of directors by using a sample of 87 non-financial firms listed on the KSE at the end of 2019. The study used three independent variables (i.e., board size, board independence, and family directors) and found that none affected accounting conservatism. This study contributes to the literature by identifying the impact of boards of directors on accounting conservatism in Kuwait as no work has been done in this area before.
Logistic Model to Predict the Contagion of Covid-19 in Mexico
Authors: Escamilla Juan Bacilio Guerrero , Pérez Sócrates López , Zavala Sonia Bass
Published: August 2020

The objective of this work is to predict the risk of contracting Covid - 19 in the Mexican population, by means of the construction of a multilogistical model, based on the Ministry of Health applied to patients who presented with the symptoms that encompass the disease. With this probabilistic model, it was possible to estimate the degree of contracting Covid -19, taking as a reference the health conditions of the patients, and with it, medically influence to counteract the disease.
The Relationship between Periodontal Disease
and Motor Impairment in the Course of Parkinson’s
Disease
Authors: Ledwon Beata , Miskiewicz Andrzej , Grabowska Ewa , Kowalski Jan , Górska Renata
Published: August 2020

Introduction: The incidence of Parkinson’s disease and the severity of accompanying motor impairment
increase significantly with age. The etiopathogenesis and progression of Parkinson’s disease
at the molecular level is associated with the production of cytokines and acute phase proteins,
which are also typical for inflammatory diseases, such as periodontitis and gingivitis.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between neurological parameters, the indices
of periodontal status and systemic parameters of inflammation, as well as their change
after treatment.
Patients/Methods: The presented study is a retrospective analysis of data obtained from medical histories and
patient charts. Charts of 93 patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and periodontal diseases
over the period 2015–2017 were selected. Sixty-one of these patients received periodontal
treatment: professional scaling, root planning – SRP and periodontal pockets rinsing with 3%
H2O2 and constituted a study group. Additionally, the patients were instructed to use a 0.2%
chlorhexidine mouthwash. The other 32 patients, who were not periodontally treated, formed
a control group. Both groups continued their anti-parkinsonian treatment.
Results: The mean pocket depth at the baseline was 4.0 mm (SD 0.9 mm), mean bleeding index was
56.2%, and 63.9% of patients presented tooth mobility grade II or III. A significant correlation
between periodontal and neurological parameters was observed at the baseline. After periodontal
treatment, an improvement of both periodontal parameters and those related to the
Parkinson’s disease was observed in the study group. Those periodontally treated exhibited
lower number of anti-parkinsonian medicines, lower number of falls, as well as better results
in10-m walk test and timed-up-and-go test, as compared to the control group. The improvement
was observed both 3 and 9 months after the end of treatment.
Simulation the Behavior of Passive Rigid Pile in Sandy Soil
Authors: Karkush Mahdi O. , Jaffar Ghofran S.
Published: August 2020

This research studied the behavior of a rigid pile driven into sandy soil and subjected to soil movement. The behavior of the pile was simulated in two cases: loaded and unloaded. The modeled piles were made of aluminum and had a diameter (D) of 10 mm. Embankment loads were applied at three different distances from the face of the pile (2.5, 5, and 10) D. Strain gauges were fixed at four points along the pile shaft using a half-bridge configuration to measure the strains resulted from the lateral movement of the soil. The results obtained from the physical model were the lateral and vertical movements at the surface of the soil and the bending strain along the pile shaft. These results were analyzed numerically to calculate the bending moment, pile rotation, pile deflection, shear force, and soil reaction profiles. Some of these results were measured experimentally and others were calculated theoretically based on the measured strains. The maximum deflection of the axially loaded pile was more than that in the unloaded pile by 26%, 108%, and 159%, with the embankment at distances (2.5, 5, and 10) D, respectively. The rigid pile provided more resistance to the pressure generated from the soil movement.
Bassiouney, Reem (ed.). Arabic and the Media: Linguistic Analyses and Applications.
Authors: Lindquist Torkel
Published: August 2020

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Steiner, Karin and Heidrun Brückner (eds.). 2010. Indisches Theater – Text, Theorie, Praxis. (Drama und Theater in Südasien 8).
Authors: Stender Daniel
Published: August 2020

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Harry Falk, Walter Slaje (eds.), Oskar von Hinüber: Kleine Schriften. Teil I, II. Glasenapp-Stiftung, Band 47.
Authors: Von Simson Georg
Published: August 2020

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Tej K. Bhatia and Kazuhiko Machida, The Oldest Grammar of Hindūstānī. Contact, Communication and Colonial Legacy. Historical and Cross-Cultural Contexts, Grammar Corpus and Analysis. 3 Vols.
Authors: Oesterheld Christina
Published: August 2020

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Nils Johan Ringdal, Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstiernes forunderlige liv og reiser.
Authors: Schmitt Rüdiger
Published: August 2020

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Wujastyk, Dominik (ed.), Mathematics and Medicine in Sanskrit. Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference. Vol. 7.
Authors: Zysk Kenneth Gregory
Published: August 2020

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Eine unbekannt gebliebene Schrift Philipp Johann von Strahlenbergs
Authors: Knüppel Michael
Published: August 2020

The following article deals with the widely unknown description of the ,,Bouchary'', which was published anonymously in 1723. As the writer shows, the work that is entitled "L'etat present de la Boucharie" goes back to the well-known Swedish-German officer, historian, geographer and Siberia-traveller Philipp Johann von Strahlenberg, who is known until now as the author of the famous description of Siberia and Central Asia entitled ,,Das Nord- und Ostliche Theil von Europa und Asia", as well as a preliminary report (,, Vorbericht") to this work and a lost edition of the known genealogical history written by the ruler of Qoqand, Abū-’l Ġāzī Bahādur Ḫān. After a general introduction of the text, the work on the "Bouchary" is presented in detail.
Fereydun Vahman and Claus V. Pedersen (eds.): Religious Texts in Iranian Languages. Symposium held in Copenhagen May 2002.
Authors: Schmitt Rüdiger
Published: August 2020

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Johannes Bronkhorst: Greater Magadha. Studies in the Culture of Early India. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section II: India, vol. 19.
Authors: Schmitt Rüdiger
Published: August 2020

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Géza David and PálFodor (eds.): Ransom Slavery along the Ottoman Borders (Early Fifteenth-Early Eighteenth Centuries).
Authors: Scharlipp Wolfgang-E.
Published: August 2020

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Dimitris J, Kastritsis: The Sons of Bayezid. Empire Building and Representation in the Ottoman Civil War of 1402-1413.
Authors: Scharlipp Wolfgang-E.
Published: August 2020

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Daphna Ben-Tor: Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections -Egypt and Palestine in the Second Intermediate Period. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 27.
Authors: Bettum Anders
Published: August 2020

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Lidia Bettini: Contes féminins de la Haute Jézireh syrienne. Materiaux ethno-linguistiques d'un parler nomade oriental.
Authors: Palva Heikki
Published: August 2020

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Everhard Ditters and Harald Motzki (eds.): Approaches to Ambic Linguistics, presented to Kees Versteegh on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.
Authors: Palva Heikki
Published: August 2020

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“Pagan Christmas: Winter feast of the Kalasha of the Hindu Kush” and the true frontiers of ‘Greater Peristan’
Authors: Zoller Claus Peter
Published: August 2020

As can be seen, the title and subtitle of the book under review are part of the title of the following review article. A normal book review starts with some sentences describing what the book is about, followed by a discussion what the reviewer particularly likes about the book, and then followed by bringing up anything the reviewer dislikes about it. This is then rounded up with some general observations and appraisals. This strategy is also a broad guideline for the first third of the following text. However, the text also oversteps considerably the boundaries of a standard book review for the following reasons: Augusto Cacopardo defines his ‘Peristan’2 as a culturally quite coherent area extending through the high mountains from northwestern Afghanistan throughout the northern regions of Pakistan to the southwestern border of Tibet.3 The traditional cultures of this ‘Peristan’ have Indo-Iranian and even Indo-European roots, yet they are, in his opinion, remarkably little affected by the high civilizations of India and pre-Islamic Iran.4 However, it is important to understand that ‘Peristan’ has, on the one hand, indeed preserved archaisms not found elsewhere in South Asia, but due to strong influence of Islam it has also simultaneously lost, or preserved only sporadically, cultural traditions still authentically preserved e.g. in the Indian Himalayas. Cacopardo’s analysis of the Kalasha winter feasts has a strong historical-cultural dimension and he repeatedly refers to cultural parallels in the Himalayas (see section 7. ‘The Hindus of the Himalayas’, pp. 235ff.). His observations on these parallels – which are absolutely justified – nevertheless also caused me to trespass the boundaries of a book review and extend it considerably into a review article. Since the true frontiers of ‘Greater Peristan’ enclose in my view a significantly larger geographical area than envisaged by the Cacopardo Brothers,5 the following article presents also very many data not found or discussed in the publication under review. In order to keep a clear overview of this long review article, it has been divided into four main sections. However, ‘Section I’ only follows after the ‘Preliminary remarks’ and the ‘Opening’:
Whence the Five Fingers?
Authors: Hong Luo
Published: August 2020

The disagreement regarding the correct size of a Buddha image between the Kālacakra tradition (Dus ’khor lugs) and the Saṃvarodaya tradition (sDom ’byung lugs) is a significant and recurring theme in the history of Tibetan Thangka painting. While the latter specifies 120 fingers as the correct height of a Buddha image, the former claims that it should be 5 fingers more. Taking as a departure point two and a half verses from the Laghukālacakratantra that are quoted by sMan bla don grub (15th century), arguably one of the most prominent trailblazers of Tibetan styles of Thangka painting, we observe: firstly, that in his De gshegs yid nor (a revised and more developed version of bDe gshegs yid nor) sMan bla don grub quotes verses 5.171‒173ab of the Laghukālacakratantra; secondly, Laghukālacakratantra 5.172a as attested in De gshegs yid nor may have been quoted from the new Jo nang translation of the Laghukālacakratantra, although this particular pāda offers the philologically insupportable and hermeneutically inconsistent reading of 125 fingers; and thirdly, in India, the divergent iconometric systems found in the Laghukālacakratantra and the Saṃvarodayatantra had already reached a compromise, and so the discrepancy between the Kālacakra tradition and the Saṃvarodaya tradition as reflected in the Tibetan materials may in fact have been introduced by the new Jo nang translation of LKCT 5.172a, presumably, in much the same way as the gzhan stong versus rang stong controversy was motivated by the new religious term (chos skad) gzhan stong.
Knutson, Jesse Ross. Into the twilight of Sanskrit Court Poetry. The Sena Salon of Bengal and Beyond.
Authors: Sandahl Stella
Published: August 2020

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Zu einigen Beispielen für den Wegfall von „H“ in der ägyptischen Sprache
Authors: Bojowald Stefan
Published: August 2020

In this contribution, attention is drawn to the Egyptian elision of “H“. This phenomenon has been noted early on in research. Here, this basis is extended by 30 new examples. The material stems from writings of single words on the one hand and from plays on words on the other.
Dynamik und Wirkung von Nutzerkommunikation über Kinofilme
Authors: Sattelberger Felix
Published: August 2020

This book focuses on the influence of early user communication on the success of movies. It is based on the observation of sales trends for non-daily media, such as films and music albums, which deviates from the traditional assumptions of diffusion research. The study analyses the dynamics and impact of user communication and communication by professionals before a film’s cinema release, using sophisticated statistical methods such as path and growth curve models. This enables a detailed insight into the emergence of and interactions between different communication streams. The book thus shows that considering communication dynamics can significantly improve the demand model in this respect.
Rechtsschutz zugunsten älterer Verbraucher am Beispiel unerlaubter Telefonwerbung
Authors: Rademacher Friederike
Published: August 2020

Unerlaubte Telefonwerbung ist ein „Verbraucherrechtsproblem“, das ältere Menschen in besonderem Maße betrifft. Hieran anknüpfend untersucht die vorliegende Arbeit praxisbezogen, inwieweit das Recht altersspezifische Schutzbedarfe de lege lata und de lege ferenda abzubilden vermag. Neben grundlegenden Fragen, wie der, ob die äußerst heterogene Gruppe älterer Verbraucher als rechtliche Kategorie operabel ist, steht die Analyse konkreter rechtlicher Mechanismen im Vordergrund. Dabei identifizierten Schutzdefiziten werden Optimierungsmöglichkeiten entgegengesetzt. Insbesondere zeigt die Arbeit Wege zur Stärkung kollektivrechtlicher und behördlicher Instrumente sowie zur Förderung individueller Rechtsmobilisierung und -durchsetzung auf.
Nachhaltiges Management
Authors: Müller-Christ Georg
Published: August 2020

The implementation of more sustainable management makes corporate decisions more complex. In this book, students and managers learn that it is the contradictory nature of management rationalities in particular that causes this complexity. These rationalities express themselves above all in the question of whether and how much a company should invest in the reproduction of ecological, economic and social resources, on which the company depends. In this respect, integral sustainability management 4.0 is based on an attitude that companies and the environment can adopt and narrate as a symbiotic and budgetary partnership.
Infected Recurrent Thyroglossal Duct Cyst: A Case Report
Authors: Foti Jennifer , Grimaldo Felipe
Published: August 2020

Introduction: A thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC) is a congenital malformation in the neck. Surgical management is often recommended due to risk of recurrent infections and rare possibility of malignancy.

Case Report: Herein, we describe the case of an adult presenting with tender neck mass and fever. She had a history of previous surgical excision of her TGDC as a child. On evaluation she was found to have a recurrent TGDC complicated by acute infection via computed tomography imaging.

Conclusion: In patients who have had previous surgical intervention to remove a TGDC, recurrence with infection should remain a diagnostic consideration.
Alternative Diagnostic Strategy for the Assessment and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolus: A Case Series
Authors: Aghayev Ayaz , Memon Aliza , Greenough Paul , Nayak Lakshmi , Zheng Sijie , Siedlecki Andrew
Published: August 2020

Introduction: Ferumoxytol-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (FeMRA) can be used as an alternate and safe method to diagnose patients with compromised renal function who present with acute pulmonary embolus in the emergency department (ED) setting.

Case Report: A 62-year old man with a history of renal transplant and lymphoproliferative disease described new onset of breathlessness. His clinical symptoms were suggestive of pulmonary embolus. He underwent FeMRA in the ED to avoid exposure to intravenous iodinated contrast. FeMRA demonstrated a left main pulmonary artery embolus, which extended to the left interlobar pulmonary artery. Afterward, the patient initiated anticoagulation therapy. With preserved renal function he was able to continue his outpatient chemotherapy regimen.

Conclusion: This case highlights a safe imaging technique for emergency physicians to diagnose pulmonary embolus and subsequently guide anticoagulation therapy for patients in whom use of conventional contrast is contraindicated.
Tranexamic Acid in a Case Report of Life-threatening Nontraumatic Hemorrhage in Immune
Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Authors: Randall Melanie , Nurse Jason , Singh Karan
Published: August 2020

Introduction: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune-mediated disorder in which the body produces antibodies that destroy platelets, causing an increased risk of bleeding and bruising. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a medication that prevents clot breakdown and is used to treat uncontrolled bleeding.

Case Report: We present the case of an 11-year-old female with significant epistaxis and hypotension in the emergency department. Traditional therapies were initiated; however, the patient continued to have bleeding and remained hypotensive, so intravenous TXA was given. The patient’s bleeding then resolved.

Conclusion: TXA may be a safe and effective adjunct to traditional therapies for the treatment of life-threatening hemorrhage in ITP patients.
A Case Report: The Challenging Diagnosis of Spontaneous Cervical Epidural Hematoma
Authors: Counselman Francis , Tondt Julie , Lustig Harry
Published: August 2020

Introduction: We present the case of a patient with a spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma that presented with neck pain and mild, left arm parasthesia.

Case Report: A 59-year old man presented with sudden onset of severe neck pain, without history of injury or trauma. The patient also complained of associated left arm parasthesias that progressed to left arm and leg weakness while in the emergency department. Multiple diagnoses were considered and worked up; eventually the correct diagnosis was made with magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine.

Conclusion: Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma typically presents with neck pain, and variable neurologic complaints. This case illustrates the challenge in making this uncommon but serious diagnosis.
Decompression of Subdural Hematomas Using an Intraosseous Needle in the Emergency Department: A Case Series
Authors: Barro Brett , Kobner Scott , Ansari Ashkon
Published: August 2020

Introduction: Traumatic subdural hematomas beget significant morbidity and mortality if not rapidly decompressed. This presents a unique challenge to the emergency physician without immediate neurosurgical support.

Case Report: We report two cases of patients in Los Angeles County with traumatic subdural hematomas and clinical deterioration in the emergency department (ED) who were treated with decompression using an intraosseous needle drill.

Discussion: We believe these cases represent the first use of this technique to temporize a subdural hematoma in the ED.
Festival de la ciudad: Joaquín Sabaté, Dennis Frenchman y Mark Schuster introducen el lugar del evento
Authors: Haskell David
Published: August 2020

Event Places es un estudio realizado por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC) y el Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) en diciembre de 2004, a través del "Laboratorio Internacional de Paisajes Culturales". Los autores analizan 23 festivales en Europa y Estados Unidos, que en momentos de exaltación cultural se entrecruzan con su marco físico. Centran su estudio en festivales periódicos cuyas narrativas culturales persisten en el espacio público. “Lugares con Eventos” presupone que éstas tienen interesantes implicaciones de diseño urbano como para sugerir tendencias, con lo que constituye una fuente valiosa para cualquier persona interesada en la arquitectura del significado.
Trazas, mojones y poblados del norte de Traslasierra: elementos para la definición de una estructura territorial
Authors: Díaz Terreno Fernando
Published: August 2020

Entendiendo la estructura formal, la imagen física y la construcción histórica de un territorio como fuentes para nuevas líneas de acción y de oportunidad proyectual, este trabajo indaga estas cuestiones en el Norte de Traslasierra, en Córdoba, Argentina. La traza, el mojón y los poblados son elementos que, surgidos de la adecuación mutua entre el mandato cultural de la ocupación y las condiciones que la geografía impone permiten inferir pautas para el diseño de una estructura territorial.
Historias de navegación y astilleros: un eje temático a activar en el litoral oriental del Río de La Plata y el bajo Río Uruguay
Authors: Olveyra Gustavo , Perdomo Ana
Published: August 2020

Este trabajo propone implementar un parque patrimonial en Uruguay, en la región donde confluyen los ríos Uruguay y Paraná formando el Río de la Plata.

El objetivo del parque es el desarrollo sostenible, a través de la puesta en valor

de los recursos costeros en un amplio sector del territorio, en el marco de una

estrategia de Manejo Costero Integrado. Como parte de esta idea, después de presentar los principales rasgos identitarios del área, selecciona uno de los múltiples ejes temáticos: el relato de la navegación y los astilleros en esta entrada estratégica al continente americano, como una línea de trabajo para poner en valor el paisaje y el

patrimonio relacionado con los puertos y las vías navegables.

The purpose of this paper is the implementation of a heritage park in Uruguay at the region where rivers Uruguay and Parana converge, forming the Rio de la

Plata. The aim of this park is to reach Sustainable Development through de

activation of coastal resources, as part of a strategy of Integrated Coastal Management.

After presenting the main characteristics of the area, this work focuses on one of the multiple thematic threads: tales of dockyards and navigation at this strategic point of entry into the South American continent. A line of work to regain the landscape and heritage related to ports and navigation routes.
La construcción del territorio de Ibiza: urbanismo, paisaje, arquitectura
Authors: Cortellaro Stefano
Published: August 2020

La arquitectura rural ibicenca es la construcción del territorio insular, un organismo formado por muros, bancales, caminos… que cubre toda la isla, y cuya célula es la casa rural, mínima

unidad territorial y social formada por sus espacios agrícolas, entre los que destacan los volúmenes de la vivienda; así, en el espacio rural de Ibiza, los conceptos de arquitectura de la casa y arquitectura del paisaje se pueden unificar.

Este estudio, basado en un análisis del paisaje rural de Ibiza por capas o elementos de

paisaje, y por zooms progresivos (desde los levantamientos a escala 1:500, 1:1500 y 1:7500

de las viviendas más significativas desarrolladas alrededor de las fuentes de Morna y Atzaró

hasta una lectura a escala global de la isla a escala 1:175.000), estudia las relaciones

que los elementos de la construcción del territorio (paredes de los bancales, muros de

delimitación de parcelas de los valles, trazados marcados por el agua, red viaria, viviendas rurales...) establecen con la topografía.

Rural architecture of the island of Ibiza is the construction of the island territory, a body formed by walls, land terraces, paths, etc., covering the entire island, with the rural homestead as its cell. This is the

minimum territorial and social unit, formed by agricultural spaces, among which the dwelling’s volumes are prominent. So, in the territory of Ibiza, the concepts of local house architecture and landscape

architecture can be unified.

This research is based on an analysis of the rural space by landscape layers or elements, and by progressive zooms (from the drawings at a scale of 1:500, 1:1.500 and 1:7.500 of the most significant dwellings built around the fountains of Morna and Atzaró to a global reading of the island on a scale of

1:175.000).

It deals with the relations that the territory’s construction elements (terrace walls, valley enclosures, water courses, road network, rural houses, etc.) establish with the topography.
Costa Brava, los retos urbanísticos del turismo de masas: la huella de la ciudad jardín y algunos principios racionalistas en el tejido turístico de masas
Authors: Ramos Caravaca Carolina
Published: August 2020

El turismo de masas plantea un nuevo reto urbanístico a mitad del siglo XX. La Costa

Brava adopta el modelo de ciudad jardín, utilizado durante el turismo de élite, e introduce aportaciones del Movimiento Moderno. La costa es un territorio de experimentación donde la ciudad jardín y el urbanismo moderno convergen.

Pese a las dificultades de los primeros años de ensayo, los nuevos tejidos muestran

parámetros propios, y la relación de los edificios con el entorno marca una clara diferencia con la ciudad anterior.

En los años 80 se replantea el urbanismo en la costa corrigiendo deficiencias del crecimiento previo, pero sin tener en cuenta las especificidades de la ciudad turística. En la actualidad se mantiene este mismo planteamiento sin reconocer la identidad de los tejidos y arquitecturas desarrolladas durante la etapa pionera del urbanismo turístico.

Mass tourism becomes a new challenge for mid-20th century urbanism. Costa Brava adopts

the garden-city model from elite-tourism and introduces Modern Movement contributions.

The coast is used as an experimental territory where two different models converge, the garden city and the functionalist one.

Despite the difficulties of the early years, the new urban tissues have specific characters, and the relationship between the buildings and their context show a clear difference respect the previous city.

In the eighties the new municipal plans face the deficiencies generated by the fast growth

not taking into account the specificities of the touristic city. This same approach is currently extended, not recognizing the identity of tissues and architectures of the pioneering period of the tourist urbanism.