bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PHILANTHROPY OF ISLAMIC BANKING: A STRATEGY IN STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY
Authors: Asiyah Binti Nur , Nasir M. Ridlwan , Ahsan Muhamad
Published: June 2020

Islamic banking has philanthropy values presented in zakat and other virtue funds as it aims at enhancing economic growth and prosperity. These philanthropy instruments are one of the differences between Islamic banks and conventional banks. However, the role of zakat and other funds in enhancing people’s welfare needs to be analyzed since the market share of Islamic banks is still growing slowly. This paper is intended to analyze the influence of zakat and the other virtue funds towards the realization of social welfare. In specific, this paper also intends to find a strategy for strengthening welfare through the role of philanthropy of Islamic banks. This study utilizes a quantitative approach that is analyzed using the Spearman correlation test. The results of the paper are: first, zakat has no significant correlation on welfare; second, other virtue funds have a significant correlation with welfare. The strategy proposed is to empower zakat collection agencies funds and establish channeling that link to Islamic banks so that the productive zakat allocation can be managed by Islamic bank customers.==============================================================================================Filantropi Perbankan Syariah: Suatu Strategi dalam Penguatan Pertumbuhan Ekonomi dan Kesejahteraan.  Bank syariah memiliki nilai filantropi dalam zakat dan dana kebajikan lainnya dimana instrumen tersebut bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pertumbuhan ekonomi dan kemakmuran masyarakat. Instrumen ini merupakan salah satu yang membedakan antara bank konvensional dengan bank syariah. Akan tetapi, sejauhmana peran zakat dan instrumen filantropi dalam meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat masih harus dianalisis lebih lanjut mengingat pertumbuhan market share dari bank syariah masih sangat rendah. Paper ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh zakat dan dana kebajikan lainnya terhadap terwujudnya kesejahteraan masyarakat. Paper ini sekaligus bermaksud menemukan suatu strategi dalam penguatan kesejahteraan melalui peran sosial finance bank syariah. Paper ini ditulis dengan pendekatan kuantitatif yang dianalisis dengan spearman correlation test. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa: pertama, zakat memiliki korelasi yang tidak signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan; kedua, dana kebajikan memiliki korelasi yang signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan. Adapun strategi penguatan yang perlu dilakukan adalah meningkatkan alokasi dana zakat kepada lembaga amil zakat dan membangun chaneling dengan bank syariah agar alokasi zakat produktif dapat dikelola oleh nasabah bank syariah.
An experimental study on cooling performance of a car radiator using Al2O3 - ethylene glycol/water nanofluid
Authors: Mert Serdar , Yasar Halit , Durmaz Ufuk , Topuz Adnan , Yeter Alper , Engin Tahsin
Published: June 2020

Nanofluids have high thermal conductivity and can be used as vehicle engine coolant. In this article, the effects of Al2O3 nanoparticles to an engine coolant were experimentally investigated and the results were compared with the results of the original coolant including 50% ethylene glycol and 50% water mixture. The nanofluid was prepared by adding 0.5% Al2O3 nanoparticles by volume. The inlet temperature of the coolant was held constant at 95?C. The tests were carried out at the air inlet temperatures between 23.4-28.6?C, the air velocity be-tween 1.7-4.3 m/s, the cooling power between 2.5-15 kW and the cooling fluid flow rates between 10-25 Lpm. The results show that nanoparticles increase the cooling performance of the engine radiator. By using Al2O3 nanoparticles, cooling power of the radiator has increased up to 17.46% compared to original case.
The effects of solution type temperature and time on antioxidant capacity of osmotically dried celery leaves
Authors: Nicetin Milica , Pezo Lato , Filipovic Vladimir , Loncar Biljana , Filipovic Jelena , Suput Danijela , Knezevic Violeta
Published: June 2020

Osmotic drying of celery leaves was studied in two osmotic solutions (ternary aqueous solution and sugar beet molasses), at three temperatures (20, 35, and 50?C), and diverse immersion periods (1, 3, and 5 hours). The aim was to examine the influence of the used hypertonic agent, temperature and immersion time on antioxidant capacity (AOC) and color characteristics of the samples. The AOC of celery leaves was assessed by the spectrophotometric assays (ABTS, FRAP, and DPPH), as well as two direct current polarographic assays, hydroxo perhydroxo mercury (II) complex assay based on the decrease of anodic current of hydroxo perhydroxo mercury (II) complex and mercury reduction antioxidant power assay based on the decrease of a cathodic current of Hg (II) reduction. Total phenolic content was determined by Folin-Ciocalteu assay. The relative antioxidant capacity index, calculated by assigning equal weight to all applied assays was used to achieve a more comprehensive comparison between analyzed samples, as well as applied assays.The obtained results indicated decreases in the AOC of celery leaves during the osmotic treatment in ternary solution, while the AOC was increased in sugar beet molasses solution. According to relative antioxidant capacity index evaluation the most convenient process parameters were temperature of 35 ?C and immersion time of 5 hours.
A temperature-pressure coupling model for predicting gas temperature profile in gas drilling
Authors: Liu Jinjiang , Wu Wenlin , Qian Peng , Wang Shuo
Published: June 2020

In the gas drilling design, accurate prediction of wellbore temperature profile is very crucial. Different from liquid drilling fluid, physical and thermophysical parameters of gases are sensitive to the change of pressure and temperature, at the same time, the change of these parameters will react against the wellbore temperature and pressure. Based on the energy conservation principle, a temperature-pressure coupling calculation model was established to predict the gas temperature profile during gas drilling process. The model is solved by cycle coupling iteration method. The calculation shows that annular temperature rises sharply near the wellhead, drops sharply at bottom hole and is a little higher than the formation temperature in other places. Without considering the influence of friction heat, calculated temperature is lower than the actual temperature. Temperature trends are the same under different pump rates and larger pump rate leads to larger temperature range at the wellhead and at bottom hole. Compared with the pump rate, bit nozzle size has more influence on the temperature drop range. Temperature reduction increases from 31.3-57.2? while bit nozzle size decreases from 539-339 mm2.
Study of vacuum and freeze drying of bee honey
Authors: Nedic Nebojsa , Gojak Milan , Zlatanovic Ivan , Rudonja Nedzad , Lazarevic Kristina , Drazic Milan , Gligorevic Kosta , Pajic Milos
Published: June 2020

The aim of this research is to study the drying kinetics of vacuum-dried and freeze-dried bee honey produced from two different varieties: Sunflower honey (Helianthus Annuus L.) and Acacia honey (Robinia pseudo acacia L.). Vacuum drying treatments were carried out with the honey samples? initial temperatures of +25?C, ?20?C, and ?40?C. Water content, total soluble solids, as well as the water activity of fresh and dried honey samples were determined. Freeze-drying of bee honey with initial sample temperature of ?40?C has resulted in shorter drying time (7-9 hours), moisture content (10%-12%), water activity (0.405-0.427 aW) and effective moisture diffusivity coefficient (8.26?10?7-9.51?10-7 m2/s). The high-performance liquid chromatography method was used when analyzing the impact that drying pre-treatments had on honey quality. The application of pre-treatments has led to an increase in hydroxy-methyl-furfural by 39-71%, and a decrease in diastase activity by 17-36%, all compared to fresh honey samples. The solutions of Verma model proved to be the best fit with the experimental results.
Early Life Famine Exposure, Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics and Risk of Incident Diabetes: Findings from the 4C Study
Authors: Lu Jieli , Li Mian , Xu Yu , Bi Yufang , Qin Yingfen , Li Qiang , Wang Tiange , Hu Ruying , Shi Lixin , Su Qing , Xu Min , Zhao Zhiyun , Chen Yuhong , Yu Xuefeng , Yan Li , Du Rui , Hu Chunyan , Qin Guijun , Wan Qin , Chen Gang , Dai Meng , Zhang Di , Gao Zhengnan , Wang Guixia , Shen Feixia , Luo Zuojie , Chen Li , Huo Yanan , Ye Zhen , Tang Xulei , Zhang Yinfei , Wang Youmin , Wu Shengli , Liu Chao , Yang Tao , Deng Huacong , Li Donghui , Lai Shenghan , Bloomgarden Zachary T. , Chen Lulu , Zhao Jiajun , Mu Yiming , Ning Guang , Wang Weiqing
Published: June 2020

OBJECTIVE

We aim to
investigate the impact of ideal cardiovascular heath metrics (ICVHMs) on the association
between famine exposure and adulthood diabetes risk.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

This study included
77 925 participants from the China Cardiometabolic Disease and Cancer Cohort
(4C) Study, who were born around the time of the Chinese Great Famine and free
of diabetes at baseline. They were divided into 3 famine exposure groups according
to the birth year, including non-exposed (1963-1974), fetal-exposed (1959-1962)
and childhood exposed (1949-1958). Relative risk regression was used to examine
the associations between famine exposure and ICVHMs on diabetes.

RESULTS

During a mean follow-up
of 3.6 years, the cumulative incidence of diabetes was 4.2%, 6.0% and 7.5% in non-exposed,
fetal-exposed and childhood-exposed participants, respectively. Compared with
non-exposed participants, fetal-exposed but not childhood-exposed participants had
increased risks of diabetes with multivariable-adjusted risk ratios (RRs) (95%
confidence intervals) (CIs) of 1.17 (1.05-1.31) and 1.12 (0.96-1.30),
respectively. Increased diabetes risks were observed in fetal-exposed individuals
with non-ideal dietary habits, non-ideal physical activity, BMI ≥24.0 kg/m2,
or blood pressure ≥120/80 mmHg, whereas significant interaction was detected
only in BMI strata (P for interaction=0.0018). Significant interactions have
been detected between number of ICVHMs and famine exposure on the risk of
diabetes (P for interaction=0.0005). The increased risk was observed in fetal-exposed
participants with 1 or less ICVHMs (RR, 1.59; 95% CI, 1.24-2.04), but not in
those with 2 or more ICVHMs.

CONCLUSIONS

The increased risk
of diabetes associated with famine exposure appears to be modified by the
presence of ICVHMs.
Student-centered learning in an engineering course with project-integrated laboratory experiment
Authors: Leijon Jennifer , Staffas Kjell , Boström Cecilia , Bernhoff Hans
Published: June 2020

In this paper we discuss and present results from the pedagogical development of an advancedlevel undergraduate electrical engineering course at Uppsala University, where a new laboratory experiment was implemented. The implementation of the laboratory experiment seemed to result in improved student performance on written tests and a better overall success/pass rate when compared with previous years. The aim of this paper is to describe the course development and its outcome, with a focus on the individual engineering laboratory experiment. We conclude that unique student tasks, connected to realistic engineering problems, may increase the engagement and subject understanding of students.
The Gilgamesh Effect: The ethical consequences of disconnection
Authors: Macdonald Chris
Published: June 2020

A number of recent experiments have revealed that the mere thought of human connection can increase ethical-decision making whereas the thought of human disconnection can decrease ethical decision-making. This paper provides an appropriate name for the phenomenon, reviews the evidence, and highlights its relevance.
Kontra Radikalisasi dalam Penyuluhan Agama Islam di Kabupaten Sukoharjo
Authors: Hidayat Amri Syarif , Hadi Syamsul , Subejo Subejo
Published: June 2020

This paper examines the implementation of counter-radicalization extension by Islamic Extension Workers (IEW) and the policies issued in the effort at the Ministry of Religion Affairs (MoRA) in Sukoharjo, Central Java. The descriptive method was used by using the qualitative approach. The results show that the MoRA had established a program for disseminating Islamic moderation in the 2015-2020 Strategic Plan as a counter-radicalization, which the Directorate General of Islamic Guidance programmed to optimize the role of IEW. However, until the end of the Strategic Plan, the program was unclear to the level of extension workers. Although there was no policy for operational guidance on it, MoRa of Sukoharjo made a policy to enact the decision of the General Director of Islamic Guidance number 297/2017 as a reference for radicalism extension. In the implementation of the face-to-face approach of extension (inter persona communication), it has not run optimally by IEW due to their competency and capacity factors. While in the mediated communication approach, IEW of Sukoharjo has succeeded in developing the extension activities through counter radicalism narratives, mosque coaching, and forming the communication forum for Mosque administrators as counter radicalism efforts.

 

Tulisan ini mengkaji tentang implementasi penyuluhan kontra radikalisasi oleh Penyuluh Agama Islam (PAI) dan kebijakan-kebijakan yang telah dikeluarkan dalam upaya tersebut di Kementerian Agama (Kemenag) Sukoharjo, Jawa Tengah. Metode deskriptif digunakan dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Kemenag telah menetapkan program diseminasi moderasi Islam dalam Renstra 2015-2020 sebagai kontra radikalisasi, yang oleh Ditjen Bimas Islam diprogramkan optimalisasi peran penyuluh agama Islam, namun sampai akhir Renstra upaya tersebut belum terealisasi dengan jelas sampai ke tingkat penyuluh. Meskipun belum ada kebijakan berupa pedoman penyuluhan moderasi Islam, Kemenag Sukoharjo mengambil kebijakan untuk memberlakukan keputusan Dirjen Bimas Islam No. 297/2017 sebagai acuan penyuluhan radikalisme, namun dalam implementasi penyuluhan tatap muka (inter persona communication) belum dijalankan secara maksimal oleh PAI karena faktor kompetensi dan kapasitas. Sementara dalam penyuluhan dengan pendekatan mediated communication, PAI Sukoharjo telah berhasil mengembangkan kegiatan penyuluhan melalui kontra narasi radikalisme, pembinaan masjid dan membentuk forum silaturahmi antar pengurus masjid sebagai upaya kontra radikalisme.
Live to Win: A Study on women’s voice in Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta.
Authors: Prathesha J. Jency , Priscilla DR. R. Margaret Joy
Published: June 2020

This paper explores the power of women’s voice in Nigeria in Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta. Emecheta focuses on education as the most essential tool for female empowerment. Her work portrays the experiences of African womanhood in bold andinsubordinate. In this work the writer traces her life through the character Adah. Adah realizes marriage as a means to escape from the traditional bond. This study explained the journey from Ibuza to London. In London they are looking for the first class job. They are treated as the second class citizen among them. The Protagonist fought with the society to gain her identity among the first class citizen. This paper highlights the powerful fight in Society Adah wages to bear herself as a child, teenager, daughter, wife and mother.
Emerging Trends in Revolution 2020
Authors: Nirmala R. , Chanthiramathi Dr. V.
Published: June 2020

Indian writing in English has largely changed in its content, characterization and language. There is a significant shift from writing about serious and dark issues to narrating stories about common people.  Writing about the day-to-day monotonous lifestyles seems to be the new ‘mantra’ in the Indian style of writing. One of the first authors to write about such type of stories is Chetan Bhagat. His writing has revolutionized and mirrored the postmodern literature.  Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition is a novel by Bhagat. Revolution 2020 happens in three stages in Chetan Bhagat’s novel and is  listed  as love,  ambition  and  corruption.    All  these  three  stages  are  played  by  Gopal,  Aarti  and  Raghav  characters  in  the  novel.  The ambition of Gopal’s father  is  to  make  his  son  an  engineer  but  Gopal’s  passion  is  different.  He  meets  a  politician  and  opens  a  technical  institute,  initiating  corruption.  Raghav  is  from  a  middle - class  family  and  cracks  the  IIT  entrance  test  but his passion is to be a press reporter writing against corruption and how it has polluted the whole  education  system  from  top  to  bottom.  Finally,  the  most  beautiful  girl  friend  of  his, right  from  school  days,  aspiring  to  become  an  air  hostess  the  daughter  of  the  District Magistrate loves Raghav.  This paper analyses how the emerging trends of revolution as love, ambition and corruption play a crucial role in the lives of Gopal, Aarti and  Raghav .
A Critical Study of Stephen King and Horror Fiction
Authors: Nikam Dr. Sudhir V. , Biraje Mr. Rajkiran J.
Published: June 2020

This present research undertakes the extensive study of horror fiction genre with reference to the select novels of one of the finest and celebrated horror fiction writers of all time, Stephen King. This paper is a substantial assessment of the select horror fiction of King. The research problem revolves extensively around the word fear. Stephen King has conjured up the images of most horrific creatures, monsters, places, and stories, and some of the most enduring villains in fiction. These unimaginable evil beings test the limits of the protagonist. Some of these villains have gone to the extent of becoming as famous (or infamous) as the writer himself. Many of Stephen King villains are monsters of the human variety such as serial killers, power hungry despots, nihilists, etc. His most memorable and monumental characters are the supernatural ones who use their dark powers to twist the orderly world around them into a special place of chaos and pain. It has been assumed that the horror elements in the fiction of Stephen King are the result of his strategic use of supernaturalist and non-supernaturalist elements. The techniques that he uses to evoke horror in reader have been treated as a site for research attention by the researcher.
Interpellating Hyphenated Medusas: Pearl Cleage's Chain and Rhodessa Jones' Big Butt Girls, Hard Headed Women
Authors: Abdelgawad Dr. Naeema
Published: June 2020

Here they are, returning, arriving over and again, because the unconscious is impregnable. They have wandered around in circles, confined to the narrow room in which they've been given a deadly brainwashing. You can incarcerate them, slow them down, get away with the old Apartheid routine, but for a time only. As so as they begin to speak, at the same time as they're taught their name, they can be caught that their territory is black. Hélène Cixous, "The Laugh of the Medusa" 1975, p. 877 Monomaniac phallic acculturation aligns femininity with whatever attributes repudiated by the masculine world. A male is deemed to be the locus of power and restraint within the family, as well as, its representative in the outer world. In contradiction, a female is commonly associated with passivity, masochism and narcissism. This phallogocentric notion is originated in a misogynic patriarchal ideology that gives rise to the leitmotif of female otherness. The perception of gender boundaries is necessary for males who promote their logic of dualism through incarcerating females into only two fixed metaphors: Angel or Mad. Pearl Cleage1 and Rhodessa Jones2 in their plays Chain (1991) and Big Butt Girls, Hard-Headed Women (1990), respectively, press against the externally and internally imposed boundaries confining the African American feminine expression. Theirs is a concurrent issue which gives a collective redefinition of sisterhood; they do not only seek helping black females, but also any female to transcend the downgrading destructive oculocentric, patriarchal ideologies deadening females’ spirit and capability of choice. Coinciding with Louis Althusser’s quest of the way ideology functions in society, the article attempts to explore the metaphorised representation of females through an Angel/Mad binary as well as to examine the prejudiced Freudian psychosexual interpretation of females created by patriarchal Ideological State Apparatus in the context of the Althusserian concept of interpellation.
A Review on Comparative Analysis of Leaf Spring by Using Different Variable Materials
Authors: Jha Abhishek , Dwivedi Dr. Rashmi
Published: June 2020

Reducing weight while increasing or maintaining strength of products is getting to be highly important research issue in this modern world. Composite materials are one of the material families which are attracting researchers and being solutions of such issue. In this paper we describe design and analysis of polymer composite leaf spring. The objective is to compare the stresses, deformations and weight saving of composite leaf spring with that of steel leaf spring. The Automobile Industry has great interest for replacement of steel leaf spring with that of composite leaf spring, since the composite materials has high strength to weight ratio and good corrosion resistance. The material selected was glass fibre reinforced polymer (E-glass/epoxy) and is used against conventional steel. The design parameters can be selected and analysed with the objective of minimizing weight of the composite leaf spring as compared to the steel leaf spring.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR) AMONG G7 CONTRACTORS IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Adnan Hamimah , Mohd Zahir Mas Elida , Wan Ismail Wan Norizan , Rosman Muhammad Redza
Published: June 2020

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one of way to encourage among the stakeholders to improve not only the society, but environment and economy of affected people. This paper aims to identify the implementation, challenges and ways to enhance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) among G7 Contractors registered under the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board. (CIDB in Malaysia. Quantitative and qualitative methodology were involved which involved questionnaires survey and interviews. Questionnaires were distributed to 150 respondents with 32 replied and 5 interviews were held among the respondents. The findings show that the highest level of CSR implementation is in the relationship with clients and suppliers. Most respondents agreed that the biggest challenges in implementing CSR were lack of support from top management and lack of time. It also showed that most respondents agreed that the ways to enhance the implementation of CSR were the involvement of system of governance transparency with investors and shareholders, application of policy by employees, close relationship with the clients and suppliers, concrete actions towards community and adoption of measures on the environmental impact. It is recommended for the implementation of CSR and ways to overcome the challenges needed to be enhanced to reach the highest level of implementation and every stakeholder needs to act for effective improvement to enhance the implementation.

Keywords: Construction, Contractor, Corporate Social Responsibility, Implementation
ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF CUSTOMER CARE BUILDINGS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES IN SELECTED TOWNS IN NIGERIA
Authors: Manzuma Buhari Mohammed , Adekunle Usman Abdulfatah , Stanley Andrew Mhya
Published: June 2020

The importance of energy to human development cannot be overemphasized as it is a key determinant of economic development of all nations. However, the supply of energy has hardly ever been sufficient to meet up with the ever increasing demands exerted by multiplying population and industrialization. Buildings are accountable for nearly 40% of the total global annual energy consumption most of which is used for lighting and air conditioning. With the building sector having a relatively high potential for energy efficiency improvements compared to other sectors, this research therefore assessed the energy efficiency of the customer care buildings of telecommunication companies in selected towns in north-west Nigeria. This was done by finding out where and how energy is being used in the buildings by estimating the energy consumption of the buildings through assessment of the energy bills and a preliminary energy audit and benchmarking with set standard. Descriptive statistical analyses was done and it was found that 85.71% of the buildings have their HVAC systems consuming over 50% of their total energy with an average consumption of 74.58% per year. Also 57.14% of the buildings have higher energy use and energy use intensities than the benchmarks. It was concluded that the major energy consuming systems are the HVAC and lighting. It is therefore recommended that grid electricity which is the main source of energy to the buildings should be stabilized; while greater advantage should be taken of passive ventilation and cooling rather than mechanical HVAC systems.
Restoring and Resuscitating the Cultural Landscape of Kg Pulau Ketam, Perlis
Authors: Fikri Mohammad Azam , Abd Latif Faridatul Akma , Mohamed Ali Salina
Published: June 2020

This paper will discuss the final comprehensive design restoring and resuscitating the cultural of landscape of Kampung “Pulau Ketam’. The village faces annual flood events leading to degradation of existing significant properties as well as developments that demolish the genus loci of the site as a cultural fisherman village. As to encounter these issues, the aims of this article to restore and resuscitate the cultural landscape of Kampung “Pulau Ketam” with enhance the traditional fisherman Malay village livelihood by using eco-efficient and ecological treatment. The projects covering an area of 821 km2, Perlis is the smallest state in Malaysia. It is located at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia (6030’N and 100o15’E). In 2010, the total population was recorded at 245,636 persons with a density of 276.5/km2. The state economy is dominated by agriculture accounting for 80.5% of land use in the state with the dominant crops being rice, sugar, herbs, rubber and fruits. Forestry and fishery are also important economic sectors. The capital city of Perlis is Kangar which all case studies are in this district. The research highlighted the significant of the site study divided into three phases of sustainable interventions; 1) conservation of natural landscape 2) ecological conservation and preservation 3) resilience through protection of natural landscape, adaptive design on flooding, cultural landscape design interpretation and multiple land uses in fisherman village design program as to sustain the cultural landscape by integrating it with sustainable practice.
Los Dioses Ajenos: Apuntes sobre εἴδωλον y δαίμων como instrumentos de polémica religiosa
Authors: Valenzuela Avaca Eduardo
Published: June 2020

El presente estudio tiene como propósito reflexionar en torno a los potenciales polémicos asociados al traslado de las Escrituras hebreas al griego –la llamada Septuaginta (S. III a.C.)–, y el impacto que tendrán en la misión cristiana. Se propone, como hipótesis primaria, que las voces griegas eídolon (εἴδωλον) y daímon (δαίμων) no ingresan a la Septuaginta por criterios de pertinencia traductológica, como alternativas más o menos precisas a ciertas voces hebreas, sino como recursos heurísticos llamados a contestar a la pregunta por la naturaleza de los dioses ajenos. Ambos conceptos –εἴδωλον y δαίμων– serán utilizados para traducir no una sino numerosas voces hebreas. Se sostiene, en segundo término, que la amplitud y diversidad de voces hebreas sustituidas por εἴδωλον y δαίμων trajo consigo la acumulación de diversas retóricas polémicas sobre los dioses ajenos, que otorgarán los fundamentos hermenéuticos y el sustento canónico para la construcción de las futuras voces ídolo y demonio.
Consideraciones sobre ξένος a partir de Anábasis de Jenofonte
Authors: Díaz Roulier Gonzalo Néstor
Published: June 2020

Entre las raíces de origen griego que se mantienen en el español actual se halla ξένος con el sentido ‘extranjero’. Sin embargo, en el griego clásico esta palabra portaba un gran espectro de significados adicionales vinculados a la acción hospitalaria. A través de una serie de pasajes seleccionados de la Anábasis de Jenofonte se muestran varios de estos otros sentidos de xénos en el griego ático del período clásico, para ello inicialmente se la compara con βάρβαρος y Ἕλλην y luego se prosigue comentando otros usos y costumbres, así como su contexto.
Análisis de la contracción en la fonología prosódica del griego ático
Authors: Him Fábrega Rodrigo
Published: June 2020

Este estudio trata sobre la contracción del griego ático, como fenómeno prosódico del estrato léxico. Se impone como meta primaria la de ofrecer una caracterización que pueda servir como trasfondo para la comparación con la crasis, concebida como proceso del estrato post-léxico. La contracción se analiza con los principios de la fonología métrica en función de la descripción de los valores contrastivos del sistema de vocales de la lengua. En la aproximación elaborada, la coalescencia léxica de vocales obedece a la tendencia a eliminar los núcleos de sílaba contiguos, una condición antihiática relacionada con diversos mecanismos de reajuste cuantitativo, que buscan acomodar las sílabas a la longitud máxima de dos moras. Se arguye que el ligamen de los segmentos se realiza de derecha a izquierda, mientras que la propagación de rasgos melódicos se hace en la dirección opuesta, a consecuencia de la primacía del primer núcleo en el entorno del hiato.
El eirôn y otras reminiscencias griegas en la filosofía de John L. Austin
Authors: Rodríguez Ponce María Isabel
Published: June 2020

Este artículo analiza el poderoso influjo de la filosofía, la cultura y el teatro griegos en el trabajo y el discurso filosóficos de John L. Austin. El estudio se centra en dos vertientes estrechamente relacionadas: la peculiar recreación que el filósofo hace del eíron socrático y su inspiración directa en las estrategias retóricas y teatrales de los diálogos platónicos.
Apuntes sobre nihilismo: de la Ilustración a la bomba atómica. Un estudio comparativo entre J. G. Hamann Y Günther Anders
Authors: Hernández Pérez Abraham , Herrera Rayco , Herrera Rayco
Published: June 2020

En este trabajo pretendemos comparar y poner en conexión la crítica de Hamann a la Ilustración y la crítica a la tecnología de Anders. La bomba atómica, entendida como paradigma tecnológico, se presenta como un punto de no retorno. Los orígenes de la lógica destructiva que la hace posible pueden ser rastreados hasta la Ilustración. En el periodo de las luces, Hamann aparece como un foco de resistencia frente a las sombras de un sistema que idealizó la racionalidad. A través de estos dos autores trazamos el recorrido del debate sobre el nihilismo desde su origen en la modernidad hasta el momento presente.
Calorific Value of Basic Fractions of Above-Ground Biomass for Scots Pine
Authors: Petráš Rudolf , Mecko Julian , Kukla Ján , Kuklová Margita
Published: June 2020

In this work, the calorific value content in the dry matter of the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees was evaluated. This dry matter was obtained only from the above-ground fractions of its biomass. Our experimental material was taken from five Scots pine trees situated in Slovakia. Wood and bark samples were obtained from the discs which were cut off from three locations, namely from the stem, branches of tree crowns and needles. Then, calorific value capacity (J g−1) in the dry matter of each sample was determined. The impact of statistically significant factors on the calorific value capacity was determined by means of analysis of variance. The average values are, according to the fractions, approximately in the range of 20,000–22,200 J g−1. The smallest capacity of the calorific value, approximately 20,000 J g−1, has the dry matter from bark obtained from the middle and crown parts of the stem. Then, the dry matter from stem wood and branches follows with a value of approximately 20,700 J g−1. Then follows dry matter of the coarse bark occurring on the stem butt and twigs that are covered with needles with a value of about 21,900 J g−1; and finally pine needles with the highest values of about 22,200 J g−1. The calorific value variability is relatively low with coefficients of variations of 0.9–2.8%.
Iterated function systems consisting of continuous functions satisfying Banach’s orbital condition
Authors: Miculescu Radu , Mihail Alexandru , Savu Irina
Published: June 2020

We introduce the concept of iterated function system consisting of continuous functions satisfying Banach’s orbital condition and prove that the fractal operator associated to such a system is weakly Picard. Some examples are provided.
(h, k)-Dichotomy and Lyapunov Type Norms
Authors: Crai Violeta , Megan Mihail
Published: June 2020

The paper considers a general concept of nonuniform (h, k)-dichotomy for evolution operators in Banach spaces. Two characterizations of this concept in terms of some families of norms compatible with the dichotomy projectors are given.
What’s the value of a star? Actor familiarity and likeability effects on emotional mimicry of cinematic displays
Authors: Lotman Elen , Voodla Alan , Uusberg Andero
Published: June 2020

Researchers and practitioners have long been intrigued by the role of stars in the film industry (McDonald 2005). Actors with star status can enhance the economic prospects of a film (Wallace et al. 1993). For instance, replacing average stars with top stars has been shown to increase revenue (Nelson, Glotfelty 2012). A meta-analysis of 61 studies collating data from 1545 films has shown the significant effect of commercial star power on Hollywood films’ revenues (Hofmann, et al. 2017). The Hollywood movie industry can be viewed as a system that maintains and regulates the popularity of existing and emerging stars through agents, producers and award systems (McDonald 2013).
Film Branding: How the Estonia 100 umbrella brand influenced production, marketing and consumption of the Estonia 100 films
Authors: Rohn Ulrike , Jaanson Karli
Published: June 2020

The Republic of Estonia celebrated the 100th anniversary of its independence on February 24, 2018. The celebration marked a significant milestone for Estonians and, as a way of recognizing this, the Estonian government implemented different marketing and participatory strategies for involving individuals and organizations to take part in the celebration. As such, individuals and organizations were invited to create special gifts for Estonia and its citizens. These gifts could be in the form of tangible presents or in the form of special events and cultural programs. The official gifts were marked by the official Estonia 100 (in the Estonian language: EV100) logo. One such gift to the Estonian population were a number of audiovisual productions that were enabled through special funding from the Estonian government, managed by the Estonian Film Institute. These productions included, besides 40 short documentaries about young Estonian inventors, one animation, six feature films, two documentaries and a TV drama series (EV100 2019a).1 This paper reports a study that explored the impact of the Estonia 100 brand on the production, marketing and consumption of these films and the TV series.
Cloud Opera through the prism of artistic research: looking for media archaeological issues from the clouds
Authors: Keevallik Liina , Ibrus Indrek
Published: June 2020

Cloud Opera or The Dido Problem (Vaba Lava, Tallinn, Feb-Mar 2019) is a theatrical performance investigating, through artistic means, the human condition in the datafied world. The play was created in collaboration between Vaba Lava theatre and Tallinn University’s Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT). In terms of its representations, the play combined references to man-made data ‘clouds’ with knowledge on atmospheric clouds and suggested that the former are just as unpredictable and uncontrollable as the latter. In this article, Liina Keevallik, the author and the scenographer of the performance together with Indrek Ibrus, a media researcher, discuss the uses of the media archaeological approach both in artistic practice and in creating “Cloud Opera”. We also discuss what media archaeological “findings” we could glean from the scenic elements of the play.
Is the Role of Public Service Media in Estonia Changing?
Authors: Jõesaar Andres , Kõuts-Klemm Ragne
Published: June 2020

The need to re-structure established media systems needs to be acknowledged. In a situation where new services will be provided by different actors of the digital economy, the role of public service media (PSM) requires attention. If, generally, PSM are under pressure in Europe, the situation in small national markets is even more complicated. PSM are under pressure and also need to find ways to reformulate their role in society and culture. Broad discussions and new agreements between politicians, citizens and the media industry are necessary to change this situation. We will approach the question of whether a specific gap still exists in the media market that can be filled by PSM? The article will seek these answers based on various survey data and collected statistics in Estonia.
Gastrocriticism: pentru o reinterpretare a poeziei lui Emil Brumaru
Authors: Frătean Denisa-Maria
Published: June 2020

The aim of this essay is to offer a gastrocritical analysis of Emil Brumaru's poetry, taking into consideration the symbolism of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, spices and food in general. The four main parts of the essay are based on the sensuality of the fruits, on the memories brought up by food, on dreams stirred up by spices and on the autochtonous place described by the traditional "zacusca". These, all together, will prove the fact that the gastronomical references in Brumaru's poetry are full of connotations and this is what we will try to identify by the interdisciplinar approach.
Metafora Bolii În Poezia Și Aforistica Lui Lucian Blaga
Authors: Alecu Bianca
Published: June 2020

The present paper is focused on the metaphor of the disease in Lucian Blaga’s poetical works and aphorisms. The stylistic approach is built on Indrieș’s notion of the semantic field and on Blaga’s cultural definition of the metaphor as a way of compromising for the inability to perceive and describe the outer world. The metaphor of the disease combines the physical and the spiritual and transcends some of Blaga’s fundamental poetical themes such as death, sacredness, creative drive, and love. The paper follows two main coordinates in discussing this metaphor: positive to negative connotations (and what context triggers them) and, respectively, disease as a means of reaching divinity or becoming a sinner.
Depoetizarea Epistemologiei Lui Lucian Blaga
Authors: Ienciu Manuel-Avram
Published: June 2020

We often see contradictions in the works of a philosopher, these contradictions also appeared in Lucian Blaga’s epistemological system. This paper seeks to shed light on the cause of their appearance, to prove that they were not merely a mistake or an inconsistency on Blaga’s behalf, but the logical conclusion of the evolution of his epistemological system. A system cloaked in metaphor that was forced in the later stages to shed its poetic guise.
Topos Dionisiac În Antumele Lui Lucian Blaga
Authors: Szakács Lehel-Szabolcs
Published: June 2020

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Dionysian topos in Lucian Blaga’s poetry. The zero point of our work is the concept of geocriticism. This study tries to outline the fact that the space in Blaga’s poetry features both Dionysian and Apollonian characteristics. In the center of this dichotomic space stands the symbol of the mountain – a sacred area where a whole cosmogony comes to life, based on the dialectic relationship between ascent and descent.
Cartografii Ale Memoriei În Proza Ruxandrei Cesereanu Și A Tatianei Țîbuleac
Authors: Merce Gabriela-Emilia
Published: June 2020

The starting point of my study is represented by two works,
Grădina de sticlă
(Tatiana Țîbuleac) and
Un singur cer deasupra tuturor
(Ruxandra Cesereanu). These are two novels that organize their narrative discourse following the relation trauma-memory-identity. In fact, Tatiana Țîbuleac and Ruxandra Cesereanu emphasize in their proses how can a social identity be recreated, when everybody feels the terror enforced by the authority. In this case, when you lose everything, you become vulnerable and this feeling causes the alienation, the break. Therefore, in this paper, we will show how the memory reopens the dialogue with the past, more exactly with a traumatic past. We will illustrate also the fact that in the process of remembering the space changes the identitary their attributes.
Absurditatea Metodelor De Reeducare În Romanul „Luntrea Lui Caron”
Authors: Ana-Paula Pușcaș
Published: June 2020

The purpose of this work is to demonstrate the absurdity of the Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist means of re-education, which left a deep imprint on the history of Romanians by condemning not only the physical but also the spiritual death of the people. In this paper I have highlighted how the process of re-education took place in many circumstances. The class of intellectuality was the one that suffered the most as a result of these events, which can also be noticed in the case of the characters Axente Creangă and Leonte Pătrașcu from "Luntrea lui Caron". Using terror as an instrument of governance, censorship, propaganda and raising their ideology to the rank of universal principle, the Bolsheviks succeeded by the absurdity of the methods to massacre the population.
Ipostazele corporalității în poezia blagiană
Authors: Iunis-Ștefana Minculete
Published: June 2020

The purpose of this paper is o analyze the three hypotheses of corporeality in the Blagian lyrical and to demonstrate that they coagulate around the authentic substance of the ego, which tries to suppress or diminish them from the tax, from limits to becoming one with the spirit of this world. By canceling them, they actually become consistent and participate in the modernist lyrical ceremonial.
Newton Type Operator Interpolation Formulas Based on Interpolation by Means of Rational Functions
Authors: Ignatenko Marina V. , Yanovich Leonid A.
Published: June 2020

This paper is devoted to the construction of Newton type interpolation
formulas for operators differentiable or not in the Gateaux sense based on interpolation
by means of rational functions. The formulas obtained are exact for operator
polynomials typical for the considered systems of rational functions.
On Iterative Regularization Methods for Variational Inequalities of the Second Kind with Pseudomonotone Operators
Authors: Badriev I. B. , Zadvornov O. A. , Ismagilov L. N.
Published: June 2020

Variational inequalitiy of the second kind
in the Banach or Hilbert space is considered. A ”semi-implicit” iterative method for its solution
is studied.
Adaptive Cartesian Mesh Refinement For Simulating Multiphase Lows In Porous Media
Authors: CHETVERUSHKIN B.N. , CHURBANOVA N.G. , TRAPEZNIKOVA M.A. , SUKHINOV A.A. , MALINOVSKIJ A.A.
Published: June 2020

This paper considers two-dimensional hierarchical locally-refined rect-angular meshes with dynamic adaptation to the solution. A parallel algorithm with dynamic load balancing has been developed. Adaptive meshes have been used for the problem of passive contaminant transport in an oil-bearing stratum at water flooding. A model neglecting the capillary and gravity forces (the Buckley — Leverett model) has been used.
Regeneration of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris L. in the Carpathians depends on site fertility
Authors: Ambroży Sławomir , Kapsa Mariusz
Published: June 2020

The aim of this work was to determine the biometric features of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris L. regeneration in terms of their susceptibility to weather-inflicted damage. We compared the damage between three sites located in the Polish part of the Carpathians: Scots pine planted in (I) fertile sites of mountain broadleaved and mixed broadleaved forest, (II) poor sites of mountain coniferous forest and (III) sites of Scots pine natural refuges during the post-glacial period. In each of the three sites of pine regeneration, 11 research plots were established with 50 pine trees on each plot. For each tree, the following biometric measurements were taken: diameter at breast height, height, 3-year height increment, crown length and crown width measured along the contour line. The Scots pine regeneration was found to vary in terms of their biometric features depending on the site fertility. In fertile sites, the biometric parameters of the trees increased at a faster rate compared to low-fertility sites causing an increase in their susceptibility to damage by adverse weather conditions such as snow and rime. Therefore, the silvicultural risk in fertile sites is high and thus the introduction of pine for regeneration should be avoided in fertile broadleaved and mixed broadleaved forests even if pine provenances from a mountain origin are to be planted. Furthermore, tending cuts in regeneration should be made frequently, but with moderate intensity so as to avoid excessive reductions in tree density. Intensive cuts, especially in fertile sites, promote the expansion of pine crowns, which further increases the risk of damage.
DNA barcoding: A practical tool for the taxonomy and species identification of entomofauna
Authors: Szyp-Borowska Iwona , Sikora Katarzyna
Published: June 2020

DNA barcoding is an innovative system designed to provide rapid, accurate, and automatable species identification by using short, standardized gene regions as internal species codes. The mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase I (COI) gene was proposed by Paul Hebert as an official marker for animals, because of its small intraspecific but large interspecific variation. Since the launch of the project Barcode of Life, this simple technique has caught the interest of taxonomists, ecologists and plant-quarantine officers charged with the control of pests and invasive species.

The great diversity of insects and their importance have made this group a major target for DNA barcoding. In most cases, the identification of insect species by traditional methods based on morphological features requires specialist knowledge and is labor-intensive. DNA barcoding aims at meeting the challenge of monitoring and documenting the biodiversity of insects. The utility of DNA barcoding for identifying small insects, cryptic taxa or rare species, as well as many species of forest entomofauna that are impossible to discriminate morphologically throughout all of their life stages, is a subject discussed in this review. Due to its usefulness, also in Poland in the Forestry Research Institute, a method for identifying selected species of saproxylic beetles based on the sequence of the COI region was developed. In the future, this method will be used to assess the state of biodiversity and the naturalness of forest ecosystems. Therefore, this and other future implications of this promising new technique are also discussed here.