bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ten Possible States in the Age of 3D3C Art: The Contil Case
Authors: Sivan Yesha Y. , Salama-Ortar Ilana , Hardee Gary M. , Kaspi Omer
Published: August 2018

Four factors take different meaning in the digital age: (a) 3D - moving from the real world into the screens, phones, and lately into our eyes with Google Glass, (b) Community - with Facebook/Twitter like digitally-enhanced communities, (c) Creation - with modern 3D printing, YouTube, Wikipedia and (d) Commerce - with virtual goods and virtual money from Linden Dollar to Bitcoin (aka 3D3C for short). We contend that 3D3C enable and push for a paradigm shift in how art could be shared, created, presented and sold, both through real and virtual means.In this paper, we describe ten states, or methods, of connecting real world art to the virtual wearing the 3D3C glasses.
Introduction: Arts in Virtual Worlds
Authors: Lovette Guichard Celeste
Published: August 2018

Under a heading as general as “Arts” for this issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, you could expect to find articles on everything from curatorial practices to concerts, from storytelling to sculpture.But there is nothing hodge-podge about this collection. An important single thread runs through this issue: the exploration of artistic “process”.
The Aspatial Economics of Virtual Worlds
Authors: Robinson Edward Heath
Published: August 2018

This article compares and contrasts the economic geography of the physical world with that of virtual worlds, with an analytical focus on the spatial (and aspatial) characteristics of Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo II (released in 2000) and its massively multiplayer online roleplaying game World of Warcraft (released in 2004). The purpose of this article is to show that although virtual worlds are not immune to aspatial economic laws, geographic constraints on economic interaction in virtual worlds are optional inclusions. Virtual world designers can manage the inclusion, disinclusion, and degree of emphasis on space and place in order to carefully craft a specific user experience. Hence, even though virtual worlds may provide the illusion of operating in a spatially bounded environment, the underlying mechanics of the world may not have spatial constraints.Nevertheless, the article concludes that there still remains a role for geographic analysis in virtual worlds, especially because, though space may be deemphasized, virtual world designers still may go to great effort to emphasize place to create the users’ experiences. Further, the study of the economics of virtual worlds may provide insight into possible future economic situations of the physical world as increasingly more physical goods become digital.
A Multi-faceted Approach to Anonymity Online: Examining the Relations between Anonymity and Antisocial Behaviour
Authors: Chui Rebecca
Published: August 2018

This article reviews the literature on the relations between anonymity in antisocial behaviour: does online anonymity qualitatively alter online behaviour, encouraging antisocial behaviour online? Or does online anonymity have no effect on the exhibition of antisocial behaviour? I argue that this line of thought presents an unsatisfactory dichotomy as it does not sufficiently account for individual contexts. Anonymity alone is not adequate to induce antisocial behaviour: it requires the motivation to act in that manner. I argue that the development of this motivation to exhibit antisocial behaviour involves a multifaceted perspective that consolidates the self (e.g. socio-economic backgrounds and the degree of value placed on anonymity) with the other (e.g. group norms). This is, in turn, influenced by the chosen media channel (e.g. games, forums, virtual worlds, chat-rooms), the presence of any wider motivations (political and sociological), and the degree of anonymity afforded by the media channel; these factors affect the way anonymity is perceived and utilised.
White Man’s Virtual World: A Systematic Content Analysis of Gender and Race in Massively Multiplayer Online Games
Authors: Waddell T. Franklin , Ivory James D. , Conde Rommelyn , Long Courtney , McDonnell Rachel
Published: August 2018

Based on previous research indicating that character portrayals in video games and other media can influence users’ perceptions of social reality, systematic content analyses have examined demographic trends in the way video game characters are portrayed. Although these studies have extensively documented character portrayals in traditional console and computer video games, there is a lack of content analyses examining character portrayals in the very popular massively multiplayer online game (MMO) genre. Such studies are needed because many characters in MMOs are customized avatars created by users, which may lead to different trends in character demographics. This content analysis examined representations of gender and race among 417 unique characters appearing 1,356 times in 20 hours of recorded content from four popular commercial MMOs, which was generated by five recruited users. Characters tended to be disproportionately male and white, with females and racial minorities appearing much less often. Implications for potential effects on users’ perceptions of social reality are discussed.
Meta-theoretic Assumptions and Bibliometric Evidence Assessment on 3-D Virtual Worlds as Collaborative Learning Ecosystems
Authors: Correia António , Cassola Fernando , Azevedo Diogo , Pinheiro André , Morgado Leonel , Martins Paulo , Fonseca Benjamim , Paredes Hugo
Published: August 2018

Computer-supported online 3-D virtual world environments have been waxed and waned in interest and representativeness for supporting collaborative- and simulation-based practices. In a post-modern societal framework that requires inexpensive solutions for high-risk situations, research efforts in virtual worlds have developed a basis for understanding the use of virtual reality for multidisciplinary scenarios such as distance learning, training, therapy treatments, and social interaction. Complex relationships can be established simultaneously between several students functioning as integrated learning units using different media, and interacting with their physical environment in the context of real-world settings. In this sense, a recurrently updated research agenda for virtual worlds can characterize the current needs at a systematic way. This paper presents a meta-analysis of 35 publications to identify gaps and opportunities for research in collaborative three-dimensional environments based on content analysis. At a general perspective, there is a lack of established approaches to measure the influence and research potential of sociocultural factors in virtual worlds’ usage, autism spectrum and other healthcare-related settings, learning outcomes, content characteristics, task support for groups and crowds, and online data collection.
Being There: Implications of Neuroscience and Meditation for Self-Presence in Virtual Worlds
Authors: Heeter Carrie , Allbritton Marcel
Published: August 2018

New discoveries in neuroscience show that the human brain and body work together to experience and evaluate emotions and thoughts and to create a felt sense of presence in the material (or virtual) world. The brain engenders (creates) bodily feelings that represent emotions and thoughts. By directing attention to present moment bodily sensations we experience embodied presence. Practicing meditation increases the capacity and propensity to experience embodied presence. Virtual worlds are experienced by the human system that is deeply grounded in bodily sensations. In this essay we explore the implications of neuroscience and meditation for designing and studying self-presence in virtual worlds. We explain how presence is a dynamic, ongoing internal process that is the active result of sustained directed attention.
The role of parents in the development of faith from birth to seven years of age
Authors: Van Niekerk Marsulize , Breed Gert
Published: August 2018

Scholars have researched the role of parents in the development of the child. Families play a critical role in the development of a young child. According to Freud, many adult symptoms of anxieties are rooted in childhood experiences, and that a child’s development would influence how the child would behave as an adult and that their actions may correlate to something that occurred in their childhood. Erikson’s theory of ego development stated that the ego, which is the centre of each person’s individuality, could not be understood in isolation from the others and the wider world around it. Research has also been done on the way that a person’s faith develops. In his book, Stages of Faith, Fowler developed a theory of six stages that people go through as their faith matures. Keeley, combined his knowledge of education with his passion for children’s ministry and published a book with the title, Helping Our Children Grow In Faith. As a theology student with a background in Early childhood development, the researcher believes that these two academic areas should be utilised together to assist parents in the process of the child’s faith development during its formative years. Osmer’s core task of Practical Theology, and its four questions, will be used to determine parents’ roles in the faith development of their children. Empirical data gathered in a study by Nel and Van der Westhuizen will be used. When all four questions are answered, this study will deduce useful guidelines for parents. The importance of the role that parents play in the faith development of children is immense. A baby’s or an infant’s interaction with his or her parents forms the basis on which he or she will build their developing faith. If this foundation is not placed down correctly, problems might arise later in the child’s faith development.
The fallacy of the fiscal theory of the price level – one last time
Authors: Buiter Willem H. , Sibert Anne C.
Published: August 2018

There have been attempts to resurrect the fiscal theory of the price revel (FTPL). The original FTPL rests on a fundamental compounded fallacy: confusing the intertemporal budget constraint (IBC) of the State, holding with equality and with sovereign bonds priced at their contractual values, with a misspecified equilibrium nominal bond pricing equation, and the ‘double use’ of this IBC. This generates a number of internal inconsistencies and anomalies. The FTPL is not about endogenous money issuance guaranteeing solvency of the State when public spending and taxes are exogenous. The problem is not about empirical content or the realism of the assumptions, but about flawed internal logic. The issue is not just of academic interest. If fiscal authorities were to take the FTPL seriously, costly policy accidents, including sovereign default and hyperinflation, could result. Interpreting the FTPL as an equilibrium selection mechanism in models with multiple equilibria does not help. Attempts by Sims to extend the FTPL to models with nominal price rigidities fail. The attempted resurrection of the FTPL fails.
Preliminary study on geo-mechanical aspects of SSiC canisters
Authors: Zhao Ya-Nan , Konietzky Heinz , Knorr Jürgen , Kerber Albert
Published: August 2018

Abstract. To meet safety requirements for underground storage of high-level nuclear
waste, engineered barriers are an integral part of a modern defense-in-depth
concept and therefore have to be considered in interaction with the host
rock. This study presents preliminary results for the load behavior of a
canister made of pressure-less sintered silicon carbide (SSiC), which forms
the main retention barrier for the fission products in a new multi-layer
waste package design denominated as TRIPLE C. This means a three-fold
enclosure strategy, spreading the functionalities to three different ceramic
barriers: first the porous potting compound surrounding each single fuel rod
in the container, second the solid container wall of SSiC and third the
over-pack of carbon concrete. Besides all the advantages a potential drawback
of ceramics in general is their brittleness. Therefore, the behavior of SSiC
structural components under static and dynamic loading has to be
investigated. First results for a small model canister indicate that static
loading will not create any relevant damage, even if stresses are extremely
high and highly anisotropic on a canister all-around embedded. First dynamic
simulations indicate that, under very unfavorable circumstances, the model
canister can experience tensile stresses bigger than its tensile strength.
Also, point loading may cause damage to the canister under certain
conditions. Based on the performed calculations, the SSiC canister design
will be optimized together with the carbon concrete over-pack, so that
mechanical damage of main retention barrier can be excluded even under
extreme static and dynamic conditions in a final repository.
Vivianite formation in methane-rich deep-sea sediments from the South China Sea
Authors: Liu Jiarui , Wang Jiasheng , Izon Gareth , Antler Gilad , Wang Zhou , Zhao Jie , Egger Matthias
Published: August 2018

Abstract. Phosphorus is often invoked as the ultimate limiting nutrient, modulating primary productivity on geological timescales. Consequently, along with nitrogen, phosphorus bioavailability exerts a fundamental control on organic carbon production, linking all the biogeochemical cycles across the Earth system. Unlike nitrogen that can be microbially fixed from an essentially infinite atmospheric reservoir, phosphorus availability is dictated by the interplay between its sources and sinks. While authigenic apatite formation has received considerable attention as the dominant sedimentary phosphorus sink, the quantitative importance of reduced iron-phosphate minerals, such as vivianite, has only recently been acknowledged and their importance remains under-explored. Combining microscopic and spectroscopic analyses of handpicked mineral aggregates with sediment geochemical profiles we characterize the distribution and mineralogy of iron-phosphate minerals present in methane-rich sediments recovered from the northern South China Sea. Here, we demonstrate that vivianite authigenesis is pervasive in the iron oxide-rich sediments below the sulfate-methane transition zone (SMTZ). We hypothesize that the downward migration of the SMTZ concentrated vivianite formation below the current SMTZ. Our observations support recent findings from non-steady state post-glacial coastal sedimentary successions, suggesting that iron reduction below the SMTZ, probably driven by iron-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane (Fe-AOM), is coupled to phosphorus cycling on a much greater spatial scale than previously assumed. Calculations reveal that vivianite acts as an important burial phase for both iron and phosphorus below the SMTZ, sequestering approximately half of the total reactive iron pool. By extension, sedimentary vivianite formation could serve as a mineralogical marker of Fe-AOM, signalling a low-sulfate availability against methanogenic and ferruginous backdrop. Given that similar conditions were likely present throughout vast swaths of Earth history, it is possible that Fe-AOM may have modulated phosphorus and methane availability on the early Earth.
Lake O'Hara alpine hydrological observatory: Hydrological and meteorological dataset, 2004–2017
Authors: He Jesse , Hayashi Masaki
Published: August 2018

Abstract. The Lake O'Hara watershed in the Canadian Rockies has been the site of several hydrological investigations. It has been instrumented to a degree uncommon for many alpine study watersheds, and the following data are available through a publicly accessible database. Air temperature, relative humidity, wind, precipitation, radiation, and snow depth are measured at two meteorological stations near Lake O'Hara and in the higher elevation Opabin Plateau. Water levels at Lake O'Hara, Opabin Lake, and several stream gauging stations are recorded with pressure transducers and validated against manual measurements. Stage-discharge rating curves were determined at gauging stations and used to calculate discharge from stream stage. The database includes additional data such as water chemistry (temperature, electrical conductivity, and stable isotope abundance) and snow survey (snow depth and density) for select years, as well as geospatial data (elevation and land cover). This dataset will be useful for future study of alpine regions, where substantial and long-term hydrological datasets are scarce due to difficult field conditions. The dataset can be accessed at: https://doi.org/10.20383/101.035.
Deriving customized terrain classes for avalanche risk management in mechanized skiing operations from operational terrain assessments
Authors: Sterchi Reto , Haegeli Pascal
Published: August 2018

Abstract. An in-depth understanding of the nature of the available terrain and its exposure to avalanche hazard is crucial for making informed risk management decisions when travelling in the backcountry. While the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is broadly used for providing recreationists with terrain information, this type of terrain classification has so far only seen limited adoption within the professional ski guiding community. We hypothesize that it is the generic nature and small number of terrain classes of ATES and its precursor systems that prevent them from offering professional decision makers meaningful assistance. Working with two mechanized skiing operations in British Columbia, Canada, we present a new approach for deriving terrain classifications from daily terrain assessment records. We used a combination of self-organizing maps and hierarchical clustering to identify groups of ski runs that have been assessed similarly in the past and organized them into operation-specific terrain hierarchies. We then examined the nature of the emerging terrain hierarchies using comprehensive run characterizations from experienced guides. Our approach produces high-resolution terrain hierarchies that offer a more nuanced and meaningful perspective on the available skiing terrain and provide new opportunities for examining professional avalanche risk management practices and developing meaningful decision aids.
An evaluation of the performance of Sea-Bird Scientific's SeaFET™ autonomous pH sensor: considerations for the broader oceanographic community
Authors: Miller Cale A. , Pocock Katie , Evans Wiley , Kelley Amanda L.
Published: August 2018

Abstract. The commercially available Sea-Bird SeaFET™ provides an accessible way
for a broad community of researchers to study ocean acidification and obtain
robust measurements of seawater pH via the use of an in situ autonomous sensor.
There are pitfalls, however, that have been detailed in previous best
practices for sensor care, deployment, and data handling. Here, we took
advantage of two distinctly different coastal settings to evaluate the
Sea-Bird SeaFET™ and examine the multitude of scenarios in which
problems may arise confounding the accuracy of measured pH. High-resolution
temporal measurements of pH were obtained during 3- to 5-month field
deployments in three separate locations (two in south-central Alaska, USA,
and one in British Columbia, Canada) spanning a broad range of nearshore
temperature and salinity conditions. Both the internal and external
electrodes onboard the SeaFET™ were evaluated against robust benchtop
measurements for accuracy using the factory calibration, an in situ
single-point calibration, or an in situ multi-point calibration. In addition, two
sensors deployed in parallel in Kasitsna Bay, Alaska, USA, were compared for
inter-sensor variability in order to quantify other factors contributing to
the sensor's intrinsic inaccuracies. Based on our results, the multi-point
calibration method provided the highest accuracy (< 0.025 difference
in pH) of pH when compared against benchtop measurements. Spectral analysis
of time series data showed that during spring in Alaskan waters, a range of
tidal frequencies dominated pH variability, while seasonal oceanographic
conditions were the dominant driver in Canadian waters. Further, it is
suggested that spectral analysis performed on initial deployments may be
able to act as an a posteriori method to better identify appropriate calibration regimes.
Based on this evaluation, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the
potential sources of uncertainty associated with accuracy and precision of
the SeaFET™ electrodes.
Germanofilia y nacionalcatolicismo: contradicciones en la recepción franquista de Stefan Zweig (1939-1947)
Authors: Cáceres Würsig Ingrid
Published: August 2018

El artículo analiza el proceso de recepción de la obra de Stefan Zweig en España, en un periodo en el que el régimen franquista profesó una severa censura intelectual y cultural. El ejercicio de este control se vio además influido por las relaciones diplomáticas entre el gobierno español, en parte germanófilo, y el gobierno nacionalsocialista alemán. En plena guerra, Stefan Zweig se suicida en el exilio, una noticia que conmocionó al mundo y que fue ampliamente reseñada en la prensa internacional. Hemos considerado que dicho acto, contrario a la ideología católica propugnada por el régimen, pudo haber influido en la publicación de la obra de este autor. Para analizar hasta qué punto fue así, se ha realizado un estudio de la publicación de las obras de Zweig en España en el periodo 1939-1947, así como de la prensa española que se hace eco de su suicidio.
America del Sur en la literatura de viajes alemana. Consideraciones sobre el fondo de la geopoética
Authors: Gębuś Szymon
Published: August 2018

Este artículo contiene un análisis de tres libros libros sobre América del Sur que representan la literatura de viajes contemporánea de Alemania. La teoría básica utilizada para este análisis es la geopoética. En el artículo se discutirán algunos aspectos geopoéticos seleccionados en los tres libros analizados. En primer lugar, las características espaciales generales de los viajes sudamericanos de los autores. Por otra parte, se analizará el contexto de la literatura que aparece en dichos libros. Como “contexto literario“ entendemos diversas referencias textuales a la literatura. Estas referencias pueden ser divididas en tres grupos: a) las referencias intencionales, a escritores o trabajos literarios, b) encuentros accidentales, no intencionales con obras literarias y c) así llamados “viajes literarios“. Los tres grupos juntos forman un “mapa del contexto literario“ en los libros analizados. El mapa es una parte integral de los aspectos geopoéticos de estos libros.
Servicios eco sistémicos brindados por Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC. Centro, Tabasco, México
Authors: González-Hernández Alejandro , Magaña-Alejandro Miguel Alberto , Sol-Sánchez Angel
Published: August 2018

El presente trabajo se realizó en la División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas de la UJAT,   con la finalidad de registrar los  servicios ambientales que genera el macuilíz. Esta especie reviste gran importancia ecológica, económica y cultural. Este estudio permitió, conocer los bienes y servicios que esta especie aporta dentro de la División. Para ello se planteó identificar y evaluar losservicios ecosistémicos que brinda esta especie en la DACBiol-UJAT, durante el año 2017. El trabajo se dividió en tres partes: Primero, revisión bibliográfica, segundo, trabajo de campo; dividido en 7 etapas; 1) censo, 2) premuestreo, 3) marcaje, 4) medición, 5) monitoreo, 6) servicios ambientales y 7) etapas reproductivas; y tercero trabajo de gabinete. Los bienes y servicios registrados fueron: alimento, regulación de la temperatura, polinización, anidación, nidación, hábitat, refugio, percha, descanso, generación de materia orgánica, sombra y belleza escénica. Se registraron cuatro grupos taxonómicos de fauna que hacen uso de los bienes que genera esta especie: aves, insectos, mamíferos y reptiles; los grupos que registraron mayor riqueza fueron las aves seguido por el grupo de insectos. Se registró una temperatura mensual que va de 28.6 hasta los 34.7°C y en sombra reduce la temperatura de 26 a 30 °C. Se registraron los servicios ecosistémicos que brinda Tabebuia rosea en la zona de estudio; estos servicios se dividieron en cuatro categorías: servicios de provisión, regulación, soporte y cultural. Además, benefician a la diversidad biológica que se sustenta, resguarda y habita en el nicho ecológico que provee esta especie.
Inducción a la ruptura de latencia en semillas de Trema micranthum, (Roem. & Schult.) Blume, una especie emergente para la elaboración del papel amate
Authors: Sánchez-Villegas Nathaly del C. , Sol-Sánchez Ángel , Santamaría Roberto de la Rosa , Baltazar-Bernal Obdulia , Gabino-Roman Javier , Hernández-Domínguez Elizabeta
Published: August 2018

Fue  evaluado el porcentaje de viabilidad en semillas  Trema micranthum se dividieron en: pruebas de imbibición y test de tetrazolio para la identificación de las semillas viables germinables y viables no germinables, así como la evaluación de dos promotores de germinación para inhibir la latencia presente en las semillas. La permeabilidad de las semillas se evaluó en lotes de 100 con tres réplicas, la viabilidad se determinó mediante pruebas de tinción con tetrazolio a 0.5 y 1% en diferentes tiempos en donde se obtuvo el porcentaje de semillas viables y no viables. Por otro lado, se evaluaron dos promotores de germinación (Nitrato de potasio (KNO3) y Ácido giberélico (GA3) a tres concentraciones diferentes (500, 1000 y 2000 mg L-1)) con tres repeticiones cada uno seguidos de la siembra en medio MS. Finalmente con las pruebas realizadas se determinó el porcentaje de semillas viables germinables y viables no germinables. Las semillas utilizadas en la evaluación de permeabilidad mostraron que transcurridas 10 horas alcanzaban un máximo de absorción de agua, la determinación de tinción de semillas tuvo mayor resultado con tetrazolio al 1.0%. La evaluación de los dos promotores tuvo como resultado el 33% de germinación aproximadamente con GA3 [500 mgL-1] y 18% con KNO3 [500 mgL-1]. Finalmente, de las dos pruebas que fueron realizadas se tuvo como resultado un 50% de semillas viables 28% de semillas viables no germinables, 22% germinables y estos resultados se obtuvieron mediante las pruebas de tinción y en la evaluación de los dos promotores de germinación.
How Does Exposure to Mass Media affect HIV Testing and HIV-Related Knowledge Among Adolescents? Evidence From Uganda
Authors: Lompo Miaba Louise , Bago Jean-Louis
Published: August 2018

Sexual and reproductive health remains one of the greatest challenges in developing countries. In Uganda, adolescents are the most vulnerable group of the population as far as HIV epidemic is concerned. Mass media awareness campaigns play a key role in promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents. Using Uganda’s 2016 Demographic Health Survey, we examine the causal effect of mass media exposure on the probability of adolescents getting an HIV test and their HIV-related knowledge. Our results suggest that the exposure to mass media increases both adolescents’ likelihood to get tested for HIV and their HIV-related knowledge score. In fact, we find that reading newspapers once a week increases the likelihood of an adolescent to test for HIV by 6.29 percentage points. Listening to radio once a week increases the probability to test for HIV by 4.57 percentage points. This effect increases to 6.56 percentage points when the adolescent listens to the radio more than once a week. Watching TV more than once a week increases adolescents’ probability to get tested for HIV by 8.57 percentage points. For HIV-related knowledge, we find that compared to adolescents who do not read newspapers at all, adolescents who read newspapers less than once a week and those who read newspapers at least once a week have a higher score of HIV-related knowledge of 9.12% and 9.64% respectively. Compared to adolescents who do not listen to radio at all, adolescents who listen to radio less than once a week have a higher (5.88%) score of HIV related knowledge. Moreover, listening to radio at least once a week increases the score of HIV-related knowledge by 5.52%. Hence, mass media awareness campaigns are important policies to promote HIV testing and HIV-related knowledge among adolescents in Uganda.
The Controversy of Views About Health Service Quality Between Health Provider and Patients With Bpjs Insurance:A Case Study in Mamami Hospital – Kupang
Authors: Salesman Frans , Tualeka Abdul Rohim , Bolilera Maria Domingga
Published: August 2018

BACKGROUND: The latest challenge of hospital service system in Indonesia now adays is the controversy of views about health service quality between health provider with patients andfamilies. Patients as the ultimate assessors measure the quality from medical care started up to the patients get cured without any physical defect. Mean while, the health providers as the health suppliers see the quality of health service from the using of medical scientific standard up to the curing of sickness.PURPOSE: The paper analyzes the controversy of health service quality between the Providers and patients in Mamami Hospitaluse BPJS (Badan Penyelenggara JaminanSosial) as a Social Insurance Administration Bureau in Indonesia.METHODS: Observational survey with cross sectional. Independent variables: sympathy and empathy, interaction, environment quality. Dependent variable: health service quality. Variables measurement: Likert scale. Population and sample: BPJS inpatient for 3 days in Mamami hospital. Sample number: 200 respondents taken with purposive sampling.RESULT: The three independent variables effect health service quality. Significant point of sympathy and empathy (β = 490; α = 0.00); environment quality (β = 180; α = 0.48); interaction with patients (β = 233; α = 0.18).CONCLUSION: Controversy of viewseliminated in modern health service system. Mixed service between medical care and cognitive service is the answer. The providers come in and get inpatient service in the room for patients with psychological deficiency. The mixed of service have impacts in the change of patients’ status: from consumers to customers. The resultant for health service institutions is profitability.
Italian Economics Departments’ Scientific Research Performance: Comparison between VQR and ASN Methodologies
Authors: Guida Gennaro
Published: August 2018

The aim of this article is to investigate whether there are important differences between the evaluation procedures adopted by the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research in the evaluation of scientific research. The two procedures, one for the periodic exercise of the evaluation of scientific research activities and the other to verify the possession of the requisites necessary to be employed as a professor at a university, have different purposes and have been implemented with different evaluation approaches. Analysing sample data extracted from the well-known Scopus database, we replicate the assessment methodologies, obtaining some interesting results. The two procedures identify the same departments of excellence and draw similar rankings. The two evaluation criteria are not so far apart in the identification of the departments of excellence. Through the use of coloured maps, we then identify that the distribution of the departments of excellence in the national territory favours the northern regions.
Evidence of Soil Health Benefits of Flooded Rice Compared to Fallow Practice
Authors: Bhadha Jehangir , Khatiwada Raju , Galindo Salvador , Xu Nan , Capasso Jay
Published: August 2018

Flooded rice (Oryza sativa L.) in south Florida is grown commercially in rotation with sugarcane and vegetables. From 2008 to 2018, rice production has doubled. During the spring-summer, nearly 200 km2 of fallow sugarcane land is available for rice production. In 2017, approximately 113 km2 of rice were planted in the region. The net value of growing rice as a rotation crop far exceeds its monetary return. This study evaluated soil health parameters before and after rice cultivation and compared them against two other common summer farming practices - fallow fields and flooded-fallow. The soil health parameters that were tested as part of this study included soil pH, bulk density, water holding capacity, cation exchange capacity, organic matter, active carbon and nutrient content. Results indicated an increase in soil pH, and a significant reduction in soil bulk density due to rice cultivation. Water holding capacity increased significantly under all flooded land use practices compared to fallow fields. Cation exchange capacity significantly increased when sugarcane fields were cultivated with rice and ratoon rice, nearly doubled from 58 to 101 cmolc kg-1. Small, yet significant 3% increase in organic matter was observed when sugarcane fields were cultivated with ratoon rice. Almost 16 g kg-1 of active C is being generated within fallow soils, whereas less than half that under flooded practices, limiting the amount of soil loss via oxidation. Based on the soil health index, rice cultivation and flooded-fallow improved overall soil quality compared to fallow lands.
As múltiplas faces da fotogenia
Authors: Fonseca Darci Raquel
Published: August 2018

É na gênese da imagem fotográfica que a ideia de fotogenia, como valor estético destinado à aparência, pode ter sentido. É neste princípio que reside a fotografia. Imponderável, desejada, controvertida, qualidade estética dos seres de luz, fulgurância da imagem, a fotogenia não para de nos surpreender; seu poder de transformação do real em imagem vai além de toda expectativa. Visibilidade fenomenal, ela transforma e nos transforma além da aparência visível. Fotogenia: processo físico-químico ou fruto de uma projeção?
Exposure: the ethics of making, sharing and displaying photographs of human remains
Authors: Harries John , Fibiger Linda , Smith Joan , Adler Tal , Szöke Anna
Published: August 2018

This article will query the ethics of making and displaying photographs of human
remains. In particular, we will focus on the role of photography in constituting
human remains as specimens, and the centrality of the creation and circulation
of photographic images to the work of physical anthropology and bioarchaeology.
This work has increasingly become the object of ethical scrutiny, particularly
in the context of a (post)colonial politics of recognition in which indigenous
people seek to recover dominion over their looted material heritage, including
the remains of their dead. This ethical concern extends to the question of how
and under what circumstances we may display photographs of human remains.
Moreover, this is not just a matter of whether and when we should or should not
show photographs of the remains of the dead. It is a question of how these
images are composed and produced. Our discussion of the ethics of the image is,
therefore, indivisible from a consideration of the socio-technical process by
which the photographic image is produced, circulated and consumed.
Pervasive death: Teresa Margolles and the space of the corpse
Authors: Bacal Edward
Published: August 2018

I focus on two contemporary art installations in which Teresa Margolles employs
water used to wash corpses during autopsies. By running this water through a fog
machine or through air conditioners, these works incorporate bodily matter but
refuse to depict, identify or locate anybody (or any body) within it. Rather,
Margolles creates abstract works in which physical limits – whether of bodies or
of art works – dissolve into a state of indeterminacy. With that pervasive
distribution of corporeal matter, Margolles charts the dissolution of the
social, political and spatial borders that contain death from the public sphere.
In discussing these works, I consider Margolles’ practice in relation to the
social and aesthetic function of the morgue. Specifically, I consider how
Margolles turns the morgue inside out, opening it upon the city in order to
explore the inoperative distinctions between spaces of sociality and those of
death. In turn, I consider how Margolles places viewers in uneasy proximity to
mortality, bodily abjection and violence in order to illustrate the social,
political and aesthetic conditions by which bodies become unidentifiable. I
ultimately argue that her aesthetic strategies match her ethical aspirations to
reconsider relations to death, violence and loss within the social realm.
Displaying dead bodies: bones and human biomatter post-genocide
Authors: Auchter Jessica
Published: August 2018

The after-effects of mass atrocity – bodies and bones – struggle to be defined
within memorial projects. This article seeks to examine the politics at play in
displaying dead bodies to interrogate the role of materiality in efforts to
memorialise and raise awareness about on-going violences. It focusses on the
nexus between evidence, dignity, humanity and memory to explore bone display in
Rwanda. It then takes up two artistic projects that play on the materiality of
human remains after atrocity: the art of Carl Michael von Hausswolff, who took
ashes from an urn at the Majdanek concentration camp and used them as the
material for his painting, and the One Million Bones Project, an installation
that exhibits ceramic bones to raise awareness about global violence. In
thinking about the intersections between human biomatter, art and politics, the
article seeks to raise questions about both production and consumption: how
bones and ashes of the dead are produced, and how they are consumed by viewers
when placed on display in a variety of ways.
"Something Unspeakable": James Baldwin and the "Closeted-ness" of American Power
Authors: Jones David
Published: August 2018

This article reads the work of James Baldwin in dialogue with that of Eve Kosofsky
Sedgwick. Taking its cue from Baldwin’s claim that Americans “live […] with something in
[their] closet” that they “pretend […] is not there,” it explores his depiction of a
United States characterized by the “closeted-ness” of its racial discourse. In doing so,
the article draws on Sedgwick’s work concerning how the containment of discourses
pertaining to sexuality hinges on the closeting of non-heteronormative sexual practices.
Reconceptualizing Sedgwick’s ideas in the context of a black, queer writer like Baldwin,
however, problematizes her own insistence on the “historical gay specificity” of the
epistemology she traces. To this end, this article does not simply posit a racial
counterpart to the homosexual closet. Rather, reflecting Baldwin’s insistence that “the
sexual question and the racial question have always been entwined,” I highlight here the
interpretive possibilities opened up by intersectional analyses that view race, sexuality,
and national identity as coextensive, reciprocal epistemologies.
Robust telematics health monitoring and dispatching management system based on IoT and M2M Technologies
Authors: Farahpoor Mohammadali , Sabouri Ebrahim
Published: August 2018

The Internet of Things is a telecommunication phenomenon which has been introduced during these years, wherein every physical thing would be equipped with electronic parts such as transceivers, sensors, Microcontrollers, RFID, actuators, and proper procedures that can make them able to interact with each other and even with the people, turning into an integrated portion of the Internet. The IOT in fact can be used in various areas, including industrial automation, automotive, home automation, transportation and fleet management, medical aids, smart power management, and a lot of other domains and needless to say that is one of the principles and integral parts of smart city and in a comprehensive view smart world. In this paper, first, we introduce our patent called “Intelligent Health Monitoring and Dispatching System (IHMDS)” based on IOT, telematics and M2M technologies for fleet management on construction, mining, and agriculture machinery. Then we will discuss how these type of systems can be used in smart cities and help to urban management. This system has been installed on more than 100 mining equipment (Dump-truck, Excavator, Loader, etc.) in five big iron mines in Iran and helps companies to maximize safety and increase their productivity. IHMDS is an embedded system comprises 5 main parts: sensors, controllers, industrial PC and a touch panel, network transceiver (GPRS/Wi-Fi), and GPS. A cloud-based software which uses GPS coordinates, artificial intelligence methods, queueing theory and shortest path algorithms provides dispatching and maintenance processes.
Systematic perturbation of retroviral LTRs reveals widespread long-range effects on human gene regulation
Authors: Fuentes Daniel R , Swigut Tomek , Wysocka Joanna
Published: August 2018

Recent work suggests extensive adaptation of transposable elements (TEs) for host gene regulation. However, high numbers of integrations typical of TEs, coupled with sequence divergence within families, have made systematic interrogation of the regulatory contributions of TEs challenging. Here, we employ CARGO, our recent method for CRISPR gRNA multiplexing, to facilitate targeting of LTR5HS, an ape-specific class of HERVK (HML-2) LTRs that is active during early development and present in ~700 copies throughout the human genome. We combine CARGO with CRISPR activation or interference to, respectively, induce or silence LTR5HS en masse, and demonstrate that this system robustly targets the vast majority of LTR5HS insertions. Remarkably, activation/silencing of LTR5HS is associated with reciprocal up- and down-regulation of hundreds of human genes. These effects require the presence of retroviral sequences, but occur over long genomic distances, consistent with a pervasive function of LTR5HS elements as early embryonic enhancers in apes.
Reactivation of RNA metabolism underlies somatic restoration after adult reproductive diapause in C. elegans
Authors: Burnaevskiy Nikolay , Chen Shengying , Mailig Miguel , Reynolds Anthony , Karanth Shruti , Mendenhall Alexander , Van Gilst Marc , Kaeberlein Matt
Published: August 2018

The mechanisms underlying biological aging are becoming recognized as therapeutic targets to delay the onset of multiple age-related morbidities. Even greater health benefits can potentially be achieved by halting or reversing age-associated changes. C. elegans restore their tissues and normal longevity upon exit from prolonged adult reproductive diapause, but the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain unknown. Here, we focused on the mechanisms controlling recovery from adult diapause. Here, we show that functional improvement of post-mitotic somatic tissues does not require germline signaling, germline stem cells, or replication of nuclear or mitochondrial DNA. Instead a large expansion of the somatic RNA pool is necessary for restoration of youthful function and longevity. Treating animals with the drug 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine prevents this restoration by blocking reactivation of RNA metabolism. These observations define a critical early step during exit from adult reproductive diapause that is required for somatic rejuvenation of an adult metazoan animal.
Efficient support of virus-like particle assembly by the HIV-1 packaging signal
Authors: Comas-Garcia Mauricio , Kroupa Tomas , Datta Siddhartha AK , Harvin Demetria P , Hu Wei-Shau , Rein Alan
Published: August 2018

The principal structural component of a retrovirus particle is the Gag protein. Retroviral genomic RNAs contain a ‘packaging signal’ (‘Ψ') and are packaged in virus particles with very high selectivity. However, if no genomic RNA is present, Gag assembles into particles containing cellular mRNA molecules. The mechanism by which genomic RNA is normally selected during virus assembly is not understood. We previously reported (Comas-Garcia et al., 2017) that at physiological ionic strength, recombinant HIV-1 Gag binds with similar affinities to RNAs with or without Ψ, and proposed that genomic RNA is selectively packaged because binding to Ψ initiates particle assembly more efficiently than other RNAs. We now present data directly supporting this hypothesis. We also show that one or more short stretches of unpaired G residues are important elements of Ψ; Ψ may not be localized to a single structural element, but is probably distributed over >100 bases.
Single nucleotide polymorphisms within HLA region are associated with disease relapse for patients with unrelated cord blood transplantation
Authors: Chen Ding-Ping , Chang Su-Wei , Jaing Tang-Her , Wang Wei-Ting , Hus Fang-Ping , Tseng Ching-Ping
Published: August 2018

Disease relapse occurs in unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) even when the alleles of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) are fully matched between donor and recipient. This is similar to that observed in other types of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Fourteen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the HLA region have been reported previously by Petersdorf et al. and Piras et al. as transplantation determinants in unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation. In this study, the genomic sequences within 500 base pairs upstream and downstream of the fourteen transplantation-related SNPs from 53 patients and their HLA-matched unrelated donors were analyzed for determining whether or not genetic variants, conferred by either recipient or donor SNP genotype or by recipient-donor SNP mismatching, were associated with the risk of relapse. Seven SNPs were associated with the risk of relapse in unrelated CBT. These included the donor genotype with the SNPs of rs2523675 and rs2518028 at the telomeric end of HCP5 gene, rs2071479 in the intron of the HLA-DOB gene, and rs2523958 in the MICD gene; and the recipient genotype with SNPs of rs9276982 in the HLA-DOA gene, and rs435766 and rs380924 in the MICD gene. As measured by pair-wise linkage disequilibrium (LD) withD′ as the parameter for normalized standard measurement of LD which compares the observed and expected frequencies of one haplotype comprised by alleles at different loci, rs2523675 had high LD with rs4713466 (D′ = 0.86) and rs2523676 (D′ = 0.91) in the HCP5 gene. The rs2518028 had no LD with all other SNPs except rs2523675 (D′ = 0.76). This study provides the basis for developing a method or algorithm for selecting better unrelated CBT candidate donors.
Coral responses to a repeat bleaching event in Mayotte in 2010
Authors: Obura David O. , Bigot Lionel , Benzoni Francesca
Published: August 2018

Background

High sea surface temperatures resulted in widespread coral bleaching and mortality in Mayotte Island (northern Mozambique channel, Indian Ocean: 12.1°S, 45.1°E) in April–June 2010.

Methods

Twenty three representative coral genera were sampled quantitatively for size class distributions during the peak of the bleaching event to measure its impact.

Results

Fifty two percent of coral area was impacted, comprising 19.3% pale, 10.7% bleached, 4.8% partially dead and 17.5% recently dead. Acropora, the dominant genus, was the second most susceptible to bleaching (22%, pale and bleached) and mortality (32%, partially dead and dead), only exceeded by Pocillopora (32% and 47%, respectively). The majority of genera showed intermediate responses, and the least response was shown by Acanthastrea and Leptastrea (6% pale and bleached). A linear increase in bleaching susceptibility was found from small colonies (<2.5 cm, 83% unaffected) to large ones (>80 cm, 33% unaffected), across all genera surveyed. Maximum mortality in 2010 was estimated at 32% of coral area or biomass, compared to half that (16%), by colony abundance.

Discussion

Mayotte reefs have displayed a high level of resilience to bleaching events in 1983, 1998 and the 2010 event reported here, and experienced a further bleaching event in 2016. However, prospects for continued resilience are uncertain as multiple threats are increasing: the rate of warming experienced (0.1 °C per decade) is some two to three times less than projected warming in coming decades, the interval between severe bleaching events has declined from 16 to 6 years, and evidence of chronic mortality from local human impacts is increasing. The study produced four recommendations for reducing bias when monitoring and assessing coral bleaching: coral colony size should be measured, unaffected colonies should be included in counts, quadrats or belt transects should be used and weighting coefficients in the calculation of indices should be used with caution.