bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Eurozone's Crisis Conundrum and the Role of Macroeconomic Theory
Authors: Kotarski Kristijan
Published: January 2019

In the years before the global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomic profession converged on many points of how financial markets work and how they should be regulated. However, the course of events mired the majority of European Union (EU) economies in the state of prolonged lower output, higher unemployment and ever-increasing levels of both private and public debt. They have marked an end to the economics profession honeymoon. Afterward, the main debate in the process of designing the crisis management response started to revolve around two opposed macroeconomic views: the New Keynesian and the New Classical/supply-side view. The New Keynesian view relies on the expansionary policy targeted to boost aggregate demand. However, New Classicals/supply-siders advocate structural reforms and austerity as the path out of the current state of economic malaise. We provide an analysis of how those opposing views fail to appreciate the fundamental tenets of our monetary economy and inspire ineffective policies.
Claves fenomenológicas para la comprensión de la esfera de la educación en el pensamiento de Hannah Arendt
Authors: Torralbo Agustín PALOMAR
Published: February 2019

En este artículo se lleva a cabo una interpretación fenomenológica del pensamiento de Arendt en torno a la educación. Para ello, en primer lugar, se plantea la crisis de la educación como una crisis de sentido y se analizan los elementos que llevaron en los años cincuenta a su destrucción en los Estados Unidos, elementos que se extendieron por Europa y que han llegado hasta nosotros. En segundo lugar, se estudia la cuestión de la educación en relación a la natalidad y al problema del cuidado del mundo. Y, por último, tomando la reflexión de Arendt sobre los sucesos de Little Rock, se analiza el lugar de la esfera de la experiencia de la educación en relación con las esferas fundamentales de la experiencia humana: la esfera de la experiencia privada, la de la experiencia social y la de la política/jurídica
Optimization of Samarium(III) Sorption using Nano-Zirconium Oxide by Taguchi Method
Authors: Dubey Som Shankar , Grandhi Sarika
Published: February 2019

Sorption of samarium on nano zirconium oxide was carried out as a function of pH, contact time, initial metal ion concentration and temperature. Taguchi’s L-25 orthogonal array was adopted to identify the most influential factors accountable for enhanced sorption of Sm(III). In Taguchi analysis the sorption amounts (Qt) of Sm(III) ions were directed into an precise S/N ratio for a “high is better” response. By examining signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) the quality trail can be determined. The experiment performed under optimum conditions as predicted by Taguchi method resulted in enhanced Sm(III) sorption by zirconium oxide with minimum error. Analysis of variance indicated that the pH of Sm(III) is the most influential factor for high amount of sorption (Qt). Maximum sorption of 21.3 mg/g (Qe) was noticed from the solution of initial metal [samarium] ion concentration 0.5 ppm, temperature of 323 K, pH 6.9 and contact time of 50 min [Taguchi optimized factors]. Sorption followed both Dubinin- Radushkevich and Langmuir isotherms. The free energy of sorption was found to be 18.3 kJ mol-1. Pseudo second-order equation well fitted for the sorption kinetics. Sorption increased with increase in temperature. Sorption was endothermic in nature. Reichenburg equation was used to explain the diffusion process. The value of ΔG° was also evaluated. X-ray diffraction and high resolution transmission electron microscopy data supported that the size of the sorbent as 15.5 nm.
A Comparative Study on the Effect of Hygrothermal Exposure over the Mechanical Strength of Glass Fiber and Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites
Authors: Manisaran N. , Santhan G. , Meenakshi C.M. , Krishnamoorthy A.
Published: February 2019

A composite material is a combination of two or more different materials and it plays a vital role in a wide range of applications. In automotive and mechanical industries the demand for lighter weight components is increasing day by day. Glass and flax reinforced composites have superior properties such a high tensile strength at any weather conditions. As the composite materials are used in many applications and exposed to harsh environment, the water molecules from the environment may induced in to the material then reinforcements may be affected and which causes damage to the interface bonding. In this work the effect of hygrothermal environment on hybrid fiber reinforced composites are studied, two types of composite laminates are prepared one is glass fiber reinforced composite (GFRC) and the other is glass and flax fiber reinforced hybrid composite (HFRC). Tensile test samples are cut from the laminates prepared as per ASTM D 638 standard and the tensile strength values before and after hygrothermal exposure are identified and compared from the result it is presumed that hybrid materials are showing better resistance towards hygrothermal behaviour compare to mono glass fiber composites.
Concurrent Coding A Reason to Think Differently About Encoding Against Noise, Burst Errors and Jamming
Authors: Benton David
Published: January 2019

Concurrent coding is an unconventional encoding technique that simultaneously provides protection against noise, burst errors and interference. This simple-to-understand concept is investigated by distinguishing 2 types of code open and closed with the majority of the investigation concentrating on closed codes. Concurrent coding is shown to possess an inherent method of synchronisation thus requiring no additional synchronisation signals to be added. This enables an isolated codeword transmission to be synchronised and decoded in the presence of noise and burst errors. Comparisons are made with the spread spectrum technique CDMA. With a like-for-like comparison concurrent coding performs comparably against random noise effects, performs better against burst errors and is far superior in terms of transmitted energy efficiency.
The Royal House of Isabel I of Castile (1492-1504): use of silk, wool and linen according to the accounts of Gonzalo de Baeza
Authors: Fernández de Pinedo Nadia , Moral María Paz
Published: January 2019

Thanks to the conservation of the expense accounting of the Royal House of Isabel I of Castile (1492-1504), it is possible to analyze the consumption of silk, wool and linen fabrics (excluding fabric with metal threads) by class status from the time of the discovery of America to the death of the queen. The most frequently used fabrics by quantity was linen, followed by wool and silk. By cost, however, silk reached 60 % of expenses, followed by wool (31 %) and linen (8 %). As the accounts move down the social ladder, silk disappears altogether, while wool and linen remain. Attending to the colour, black was the most commonly used dye for silk fabrics and red was the most common dye for wool.
Work safety management applied to a lab used by a junior company of chemical engineering
Authors: Chiroli Daiane Maria de Genaro , Baú Ana Carolina , Deschamps Fernanda , Sakakibara Emy , Christóforo Letícia Coutinho
Published: February 2019

This article aims at the implementation of safety at work in the daily life of a Junior Company, which often uses laboratories for chemical analysis. To achieve the objective, initially a risk map was structured. Then, a business model was defined, adding safety factors through the methodology of Business Model Canvas. And finally, the application of the Balanced Scorecard, proposing objectives and operation’s indicators relating this specific junior company. When the analysis was done, the presence of hazards was detected in the laboratory and there have been set ways to eliminate or minimize these risks and accidents at work. Therefore, after the implementation of this study, the company has a structured safety culture, allowing focused actions of improvements, education and training.
Emotions in Language Teaching: A Review of Studies on Teacher Emotions in Brazil
Authors: Barcelos Ana Maria F. , Aragão Rodrigo Camargo
Published: February 2019

In this paper, we wish to respond to the call for expansion on our knowledge about teacher beliefs (Kubanyiova & Feryok, 2015) and discuss findings of studies on teacher emotions conducted in Brazil with both in-service and pre-service teachers of English. More specifically, we focus 1) on the kinds of emotions these teachers have reported feeling, and 2) on the relationship between beliefs and emotions. The results have shown: 1) the diversity of emotions teachers experience in their teacher education; and 2) how these emotions interact in dynamic and complex ways with their beliefs about teaching English in Brazil. The findings suggest that looking into the interrelationships between emotions and beliefs can shed light onto our understanding of the teachers’ thinking and practices in their contexts. Implications and questions for further research will be discussed in light of the studies reviewed.
Influence of the contractor’s payment method on the economic effectiveness of the construction project from the contractor’s point of view
Authors: Zawistowski Jacek , Kulejewski Janusz
Published: January 2019

The scope of the paper is the problem of the economic effectiveness of the construction project from the contractor’s point of view. The two main construction contract types are taken under consideration: the unit price contract based on the bill of quantities and the lump sum contract.

The net present value (NPV) is adopted in this paper as the basic economic efficiency criterion of the construction project. The NPV of the project for the contractor is calculated here as the sum of all future monthly contractor’s cash flows (both incoming and outgoing) discounted by using the monthly cost of contractor’s capital invested into the project. For the cash flow calculations, two basic payment methods are considered, depending on the type of the contract: the monthly payments in the case of the unit price contract and the payments for the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) billing elements in the case of the lump sum contract. The contractor’s monthly cash flow analysis also makes it possible to determine the monthly cash requirements for the contractor to finance the works each month and the total cash requirement to finance the project as the whole. This allows the contractor to correctly plan the financing of the project depending on the type of contract and the payment method. Moreover, using the optimization techniques known in the scheduling theory, for example based on the priority rules as in the case of the RCSP, one may try to improve the economic effectiveness of the project or to lower the cash requirement for the project.However, as shown by the authors, it does not have bring the expected results in the case of the lump sum contract.
Organic anion transporters 1 and 3 influence cellular energy metabolism in renal proximal tubule cells
Authors: Vriend Jelle , Hoogstraten Charlotte A. , Venrooij Kevin R. , van den Berge Bartholomeus T. , Govers Larissa P. , van Rooij Arno , Huigen Marleen C.D.G. , Schirris Tom J.J. , Russel Frans G.M. , Masereeuw Rosalinde , Wilmer Martijn J.
Published: January 2019

Organic anion transporters (OATs) 1 and 3 are, besides being uptake transporters, key in several cellular metabolic pathways. The underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Hence, we used human conditionally immortalized proximal tubule epithelial cells (ciPTEC) overexpressing OAT1 or OAT3 to gain insight into these mechanisms. In ciPTEC-OAT1 and -OAT3, extracellular lactate levels were decreased (by 77% and 71%, respectively), while intracellular ATP levels remained unchanged, suggesting a shift towards an oxidative phenotype upon OAT1 or OAT3 overexpression. This was confirmed by increased respiration of ciPTEC-OAT1 and -OAT3 (1.4-fold), a decreased sensitivity to respiratory inhibition, and characterized by a higher demand on mitochondrial oxidative capacity. In-depth profiling of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle metabolites revealed reduced levels of intermediates converging into α-ketoglutarate in ciPTEC-OAT1 and -OAT3, which via 2-hydroxyglutarate metabolism explains the increased respiration. These interactions with TCA cycle metabolites were in agreement with metabolomic network modeling studies published earlier. Further studies using OAT or oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) inhibitors confirmed our idea that OATs are responsible for increased use and synthesis of α-ketoglutarate. In conclusion, our results indicate an increased α-ketoglutarate efflux by OAT1 and OAT3, resulting in a metabolic shift towards an oxidative phenotype.
Crystal structure of 5,4′-dihydroxy-7,3′-dimethoxyflavanone, C17H16O6
Authors: Cisterna Jonathan , Bórquez Jorge , Muñoz Rubén , Simirgiotis Mario , Cárdenas Alejandro , Brito Iván
Published: January 2019

C17H16O6, orthorhombic, P212121 (no. 19), a = 5.2601(3) Å, b = 12.7161(6) Å, c = 22.0116(11) Å, V = 1472.31(13) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0430, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1089, T = 296(2) K.
Crystal structure of 6-cyclohexyl-6,7-dihydrodibenzo[c,f][1,5]azabismocin-12(5H)-yl nitrate, C20H23O3N2Bi
Authors: Tan Nianyuan , Wu Shuisheng , Huiqiong Yang , Lan Donghui , Au Chak-Tong , Yi Bing
Published: February 2019

C20H23O3N2Bi, monoclinic, P21/n (no. 14), a = 10.6897(5) Å, b = 10.5590(5) Å, c = 17.4099(9) Å, β = 105.491(2)°, V = 1893.71(16) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0253, wR(F
2) = 0.0576, T = 296(2) K.
Combating bacterial resistance by combination of antibiotics with antimicrobial peptides
Authors: Sheard Dean E. , O’Brien-Simpson Neil M. , Wade John D. , Separovic Frances
Published: January 2019

The overuse of antibiotics in the healthcare and agricultural industries has led to the worldwide spread of bacterial resistance. The recent emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria has resulted in a call for the development of novel strategies to address this global issue. Research on a diverse range of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) has shown promising activity against several resistant strains. Increased understanding of the mode of action of AMPs has shown similarity and complementarity to conventional antibiotics and the combination of both has led to synergistic effects in some cases. Combination therapy has been widely used to combat MDR bacterial infections and the recent focus on their application with AMPs may allow antibiotics to be effective against resistant bacterial strains. By conjugation of an antibiotic onto an AMP, a compound may be produced with possibly greater activity and with reduced side-effects and toxicity. The AMP in these conjugates may also act as a unique adjuvant for the antibiotic by disrupting the resistance mechanisms used by bacteria thus allowing the antibiotic to once again be effective. This mini-review outlines some of the current and past work in combining AMPs with conventional antibiotics as strategies to address bacterial resistance.
Joe Gumbula, the Ancestral Chorus, and the Value of Indigenous Knowledges
Authors: Corn Aaron
Published: January 2019

Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula (1954–2015) had an atypical scholarly trajectory. Born into a long line of Yolŋu leaders in the remote town of Milingimbi in the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reverse, he left school in his mid-teens for the neighbouring town of Galiwin’ku in 1971, where he joined the country and gospel band, Soft Sands, as a singer and guitarist. Through his passion for making music and admission to Yolŋu ritual leadership in 1997, Gumbula discovered a new calling in researching the documented legacy of his family history in ethnographic collections around the world. This pursuit set him on an unprecedented path towards leading national research grants supported by fellowships at various universities. His research would return to Arnhem Land rare and precious ethnographic materials dating back as far as the edge of living memory in 1920s, and exemplify how Indigenous heritage collections can be grown, managed and made accessible with broad benefits. Paralleling the emergence of affordable digital media technologies, his research interests progressed accordingly from isolated local databases to clouded mobile delivery platforms. The interdisciplinary networks that Gumbula built were far reaching and have left lasting impacts. In this article, I expand upon my Gumbula Memorial Lecture for the 2017 Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities (ITIC) Symposium in Melbourne to explore how Gumbula challenged his students and colleagues to think and work beyond the conventions of disciplinary and professional methodologies, thereby transforming our understandings of knowledge itself and encouraging us to act as proactive agents in the world.
Crystal structure refinement of MnTe2, MnSe2, and MnS2: cation-anion and anion–anion bonding distances in pyrite-type structures
Authors: Tokuda Makoto , Yoshiasa Akira , Mashimo Tsutomu , Arima Hiroshi , Hongu Hidetomo , Tobase Tsubasa , Nakatsuka Akihiko , Sugiyama Kazumasa
Published: February 2019

The stability of hauerite (MnS2) as compared to that of pyrite (FeS2) can be explained by the long Mn–S distance and departure from the typical pyrite-type structures. The structural differences of MnX2 compounds (X=S, Se, and Te) are the result of spin configurations that are different than those of other MX2 compounds; however, the arrangement of d-electrons and the size of the ions in MnX2 compounds do not clearly explain why Mn2+ in MnX2 does not exist as a low spin state. To investigate the structural differences of MnX2 compounds, we synthesized single-crystal MnTe2 and MnSe2 and performed single-crsytal X-ray diffraction experiments. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments were conducted on MnTe2 [a=6.9513(1) Å, u-parameter=0.38554(2), space group Pa3̅, Z=4], MnSe2 [a=6.4275(2) Å, u-parameter=0.39358(2)], MnS2 [hauerite; a=6.1013(1) Å, u-parameter=0.40105(4), obtained from Osorezan, Aomori, Japan], and FeS2 [pyrite; a=5.4190(1) Å, u-parameter 0.38484(5), obtained from Kawarakoba, Nagasaki, Japan]. The X-ray intensity datasets of these compounds do not show any evidence of symmetry reduction. In MnS2, the S–S distance is 2.0915(8) Å, which is significantly shorter than that of FeS2 (2.1618(9) Å), and the mean square displacement of S (U
11=0.00915(9) Å2) is smaller than that of Mn (U
11=0.01137(9) Å2). The thermal vibration characteristics of MnX2 compounds are significantly different than those of FeS2. Based on structural refinement data, we discuss the low spin state of MnX2 compounds and the structural stability of pyrite-type structures.
Optimal Loading for Force Production in the Straight Bar Deadlift: Force-Time Characteristics in Strength-Trained Adults
Authors: Lawson Chelsey , Mundy Peter , Lyons Mark , Duncan Michael J.
Published: January 2019

Lawson, C, Mundy, P, Lyons, M, and Duncan, MJ. Optimal loading for force production in the straight bar deadlift: Force-time characteristics in strength-trained adults. J Strength Cond Res 35(6): 1636–1641, 2021—This study sought to identify whether there is an optimum load in relation to peak force development and rate of force development (RFD) in the straight bar deadlift and to examine whether baseline strength levels influence this optimum load. Twelve strength-trained men (mean age ± SD; 25.1 ± 5.4 years) performed 3 deadlift repetitions at loads of 10% intervals of 20–90% of their predetermined individual 1 repetition maximum (1RM). Peak vertical force (PFz) and RFD were determined from each repetition. The repetition at each percentage of 1RM that produced the greatest PFz was used for analysis. All data were collected on an AMTI force platform. Repeated-measures analysis of variance indicated significant differences in PFz across loads of 20–90% 1RM (p = 0.001) with a linear increase in PFz with increasing % of 1RM. The highest PFz occurred at 90% of 1RM. For RFD, there was a significant main effect for load (p = 0.018) where instantaneous RFD was significantly higher at 80 and 90% 1RM compared with 20% 1RM. When analyses were re-run using baseline strength as a covariate, the results did not change, indicating that baseline strength did not influence the PFz or RFD output. These results suggest that there is no significant difference in RFD between adjacent loads, but that peak force production was greatest at 90% 1RM in the straight bar deadlift.
Odor Concentration Change Coding in the Olfactory Bulb
Authors: Parabucki Ana , Bizer Alexander , Morris Genela , Munoz Antonio E. , Bala Avinash D. S. , Smear Matthew , Shusterman Roman
Published: February 2019

Dynamical changes in the environment strongly impact our perception. Likewise, sensory systems preferentially represent stimulus changes, enhancing temporal contrast. In olfaction, odor concentration changes across consecutive inhalations (ΔCt) can guide odor source localization, yet the neural representation ofΔCthas not been studied in vertebrates. We have found that, in the mouse olfactory bulb, a subset of mitral/tufted (M/T) cells representsΔCt, enhancing the contrast between different concentrations. These concentration change responses are direction selective: they respond either to increments or decrements of concentration, reminiscent of ON and OFF selectivity in the retina. This contrast enhancement scales with the magnitude, but not the duration of the concentration step. Further,ΔCtcan be read out from the total spike count per sniff, unlike odor identity and intensity, which are represented by fast temporal spike patterns. Our results demonstrate that a subset of M/T cells representsΔCt, providing a signal that may instruct navigational decisions in downstream olfactory circuits.
Molecular Profiling Defines Evolutionarily Conserved Transcription Factor Signatures of Major Vestibulospinal Neuron Groups
Authors: Lunde Anders , Okaty Benjamin W. , Dymecki Susan M. , Glover Joel C.
Published: February 2019

Vestibulospinal neurons are organized into discrete groups projecting from brainstem to spinal cord, enabling vertebrates to maintain proper balance and posture. The two largest groups are the lateral vestibulospinal tract (LVST) group and the contralateral medial vestibulospinal tract (cMVST) group, with different projection lateralities and functional roles. In search of a molecular basis for these differences, we performed RNA sequencing on LVST and cMVST neurons from mouse and chicken embryos followed by immunohistofluorescence validation. Focusing on transcription factor (TF)-encoding genes, we identified TF signatures that uniquely distinguish the LVST from the cMVST group and further parse different rhombomere-derived portions comprising the cMVST group. Immunohistofluorescence assessment of the CNS from spinal cord to cortex demonstrated that these TF signatures are restricted to the respective vestibulospinal groups and some neurons in their immediate vicinity. Collectively, these results link the combinatorial expression of TFs to developmental and functional subdivisions within the vestibulospinal system.
Conditional Inactivation of Pen-2 in the Developing Neocortex Leads to Rapid Switch of Apical Progenitors to Basal Progenitors
Authors: Cheng Shanshan , Liu Tingting , Hu Yimin , Xia Yingqian , Hou Jinxing , Huang Chaoli , Zou Xiaochuan , Liang Juan , Stone Shi Yun , Zheng Yuanlin , Lu Jun , Chen Guiquan
Published: January 2019

The transition of apical progenitors (APs) to basal progenitors (BPs) is an important neurogenic process during cortical expansion. Presenilin enhancer 2 (Pen-2, also named as Psenen) is a key subunit of γ-secretase and has been implicated in neurodevelopmental disease. However, it remains unknown how Pen-2 may regulate the maintenance of APs. To address this question, we generated a conditional KO (cKO) mouse in which Pen-2 is specifically inactivated in neural progenitor cells in the telencephalon. Both male and female embryos were used. We show thatPen-2cKO cortices display remarkable depletion of Aps, but transient increase on BPs, compared with controls. We demonstrate that the proliferation rate of APs or BPs is not changed, but the switch of APs to BPs is dramatically accelerated inPen-2cKO cortices. Molecular analyses reveal decreased levels of Hes1 and Hes5 but increased levels of Ngn2 and NeuroD1 inPen-2KO cells. We report that expression of Notch1 intracellular domain inPen-2cKO cortices restores the population of APs and BPs. In summary, these findings highlight a central role of the Notch signaling in Pen-2-dependent maintenance of neural stem cells in the developing neocortex.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTPresenilin enhancer 2 (Pen-2) has been implicated in neurodevelopmental disease. However, mechanisms by which Pen-2 regulates cortical development are not understood. In this study, we generated neural progenitor cell-specificPen-2conditional KO mice. We observe depletion of apical progenitors and transiently increased the number of basal progenitors in the developing neocortex of Pen-2 mutant mice. Mechanistic analyses reveal decreased levels of Hes1 and Hes5, but increased levels of neurogenic transcription factors in Pen-2 mutant cortices, compared with controls. We demonstrate that reintroduction of Notch intracellular domain into mutant mice restores the population of apical progenitors to basal progenitors. The above findings strongly suggest that the Pen-2-Notch pathway plays an essential role in the maintenance of neural stem cells during cortical development.
Through the Abyss
Authors: Hartnell Laura
Published: February 2019

This essay is an autoethnographic account of my transition from the working class to the middle class. It argues that performativity is central to upward social mobility, and that in my case this process has resulted in a loss of working-class identity. I perform this argument by having my working-class self comment upon the middle-class form to which I have committed my childhood. By making this split visible, I aim to evoke the complexities that are bound up in this class migration, and to question the middle-class academy's role in shutting out the working class.
Association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the IL27 gene with autoimmune thyroid diseases
Authors: He Weiwei , Wang Bin , Mu Kaida , Zhang Jing , Yang Yanping , Yao Wei , Li Sheli , Zhang Jin-an
Published: January 2019

Background

Accumulating data have shown that interleukin-27 (IL27) polymorphisms are linked to the susceptibility of some autoimmune diseases. We assessed whether there was an association between three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of IL27 gene and autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs).

Methods

Three SNPs (rs153109, rs17855750 and rs181206) of IL27 gene were genotyped by Hi-SNP high-throughput genotyping in 843 patients with AITDs (516 Graves’ disease (GD) and 327 Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT)) and 677 healthy controls in Chinese Han population.

Results

Compared with controls, rs153109 displayed significant associations with GD in allele and genotype frequencies (P = 0.002 and P = 0.008, respectively) and rs17855750 displayed significant associations with HT in allele frequencies (P = 0.02), whereas no differences in genotype or allele frequencies were found between AITD patients and controls at rs181206.

Conclusion

Our study, for the first time, showed the significant association of the IL27 gene SNPs with AITD.
Diagnóstico de la situación actual de una empresa de servicios de alimentación con respecto al cumplimiento de los requisitos de la norma ISO 9001:2015 para un sistema de gestión de la calidad
Authors: Parra Griselda María , De la Ossa José Julián , Ruiz Stephanie Del Carmen
Published: January 2019

Hoy en día las empresas alrededor del mundo se encuentran en un entorno altamente competitivo donde los clientes son cada vez más exigentes y buscan productos o servicios cuya calidad les permita satisfacer plenamente sus requisitos. Por lo tanto, quienes quieran permanecer a largo plazo deben implementar estrategias que les permitan demostrar su capacidad de cumplir con las necesidades y expectativas de sus clientes y demás partes interesadas. El objetivo de este artículo es realizar el diagnóstico de la situación actual de una empresa de servicios de alimentación con respecto al cumplimiento de los requisitos de la norma ISO 9001:2015 para un sistema de gestión de la calidad. Para cumplir con el objetivo planteado, inicialmente se identificaron los requisitos de la norma, luego se diseñó una herramienta para evaluar el cumplimiento de la empresa con respecto a los requisitos identificados en la norma, se realizó una auditoría de la situación actual del sistema de gestión de calidad de la empresa objeto de estudio en relación con la norma y finalmente se presentó un informe de cumplimiento y planes de acción. Los resultados permitieron evidenciar que la empresa objeto de estudio tiene un cumplimiento bajo con respecto a la norma.
Auditoría interna como herramienta pedagógica para las organizaciones
Authors: Velásquez Rueda María Del Rosario
Published: January 2019

Partiendo de la visión compleja de las ciencias, pensamiento sistémico, los sistemas de gestión en la empresa y aprendizaje como proceso vital (biopedagogía), este artículo propone el uso de las auditorías como herramienta para fomentar el aprendizaje y generar conocimiento y mejora en la organización, teniendo en cuenta la relación auditor/auditado. Para ello, se realiza una comparación entre el paradigma positivista y la mirada compleja de la ciencia. Se revisa el concepto de sistema, identificando como característica central del mismo, las conexiones entre sus componentes y señala la importancia de dar prelación a esas relaciones para entender la organización. Identifica los requisitos normativos de los modelos de gestión asociados al conocimiento y los revisa en el marco de la biopedagogía y la complejidad. Finalmente, analiza el sentido de las auditorías y presenta propuestas que puedan contribuir a la evaluación del sistema desde las interacciones entre sus componentes y la generación de conocimientos, basados en un enfoque de cooperación y trabajo en equipo.
Sistema integrado de gestión de monitoreo de riesgos más allá de las ISO
Authors: Vasquez Zamora Luiz , Vasquez Larriva Gloria , Vasquez Larriva Luis
Published: January 2019

Los sistemas integrados de gestión constituyen una opción cada vez más aceptada en las organizaciones. Los sistemas ISO con la estructura de alto nivel SL que tienen como uno de sus pilares conceptuales la gestión del riesgo y la actividad preventiva, facilitan la integración de los sistemas de calidad, ambiente, seguridad y salud, seguridad física y desastres. Para el desarrollo de la integración es recomendable tener la siguiente secuencia: a) auditoría inicial, b) planificación, c) identificación y evaluación de riesgos y, d) sistema de monitoreo integral de riesgo. En el presente estudio se tuvo como objetivo la integración de los sistemas de gestión con el uso de una herramienta informática, se realizó la implementación del sistema informatizado en tres grandes organizaciones como un proyecto piloto experimental con una duración de 4 meses, con lo cual se disminuyó en un 70 % el personal destinado anteriormente a estos procesos y se mejoró el cumplimiento de las exigencias técnico-legales en un 35 %; lo que permite concluir que al ser una herramienta tecnológica de fácil aplicación, se pudieron integrar todos los sistemas de gestión y posibilitó la optimización de los recursos existentes en las organizaciones.
Sex-Specific Co-expression Networks and Sex-Biased Gene Expression in the Salmonid Brook Charr Salvelinus fontinalis
Authors: Sutherland Ben J G , Prokkola Jenni M , Audet Céline , Bernatchez Louis
Published: January 2019

Networks of co-expressed genes produce complex phenotypes associated with functional novelty. Sex differences in gene expression levels or in the structure of gene co-expression networks can cause sexual dimorphism and may resolve sexually antagonistic selection. Here we used RNA-sequencing in the salmonid Brook Charr Salvelinus fontinalis to characterize sex-specific co-expression networks in the liver of 47 female and 53 male offspring. In both networks, modules were characterized for functional enrichment, hub gene identification, and associations with 15 growth, reproduction, and stress-related phenotypes. Modules were then evaluated for preservation in the opposite sex, and in the congener Arctic Charr Salvelinus alpinus. Overall, more transcripts were assigned to a module in the female network than in the male network, which coincided with higher inter-individual gene expression and phenotype variation in the females. Most modules were preserved between sexes and species, including those involved in conserved cellular processes (e.g., translation, immune pathways). However, two sex-specific male modules were identified, and these may contribute to sexual dimorphism. To compare with the network analysis, differentially expressed transcripts were identified between the sexes, revealing a total of 16% of expressed transcripts as sex-biased. For both sexes, there was no overrepresentation of sex-biased genes or sex-specific modules on the putative sex chromosome. Sex-biased transcripts were also not overrepresented in sex-specific modules, and in fact highly male-biased transcripts were enriched in preserved modules. Comparative network analysis and differential expression analyses identified different aspects of sex differences in gene expression, and both provided new insights on the genes underlying sexual dimorphism in the salmonid Brook Charr.
Sacred history vs. secular history: historiographical controvercies over prie history and history of ancient israelites
Authors: Pažėraitė Aušra
Published: January 2019

In this article I’ve made an overview of modern scholarly maximalistic vs. minimalistic discussion concerning History of Ancient Israelites. Namely, some points of development of modern Continental and American Biblical scholarship (Wellhausen, Noth, Allbright, etc.), and New scholarship which emerged in early eight decade of 20th c. (Th. Thompson, N.P. Lemche, and others). In my article I argue, that this New scholarship, in its attempt to divorce scholarly researches of Ancient History of Israelites from reading the Bible as the source of that history, brings the Bible back to traditional rabbinical and Christian reading of it as a source of spiritual and theological meaning rather than historical, and that traditional rabbinical exegetical approach to Tanakh was a-historical as well, that is, divorced from historical perspective in the modern sense of History, though gives interpretations of History, as does authors of Tanakh, too. This divorce actually opens perspectives to serious academic researches of the History of Ancient Israelites as well as unbinds the reading of Bible from violence of History, from literal reading which often leads to violence, to renew the reading from various rabbinical, Christian theological, mystical and other hermeneutic perspectives and methods, which interpret that History and gives meaning to it.
Meditation as a way of philosophical thinking and existential being
Authors: Mažeikis Gintautas
Published: January 2019

Possibilities of existential philosophical meditation are discussed in the article. The epistemological and existential experiences are analyzed and forms and limits of understanding are described there. The article discusses considerations of T. Sodeika about modes of understanding: praying, silence, evidence, inter-passivity, irony, obedience. The modes are compared with standpoints of Anselm of Canterbury, St. Bonaventura, R. Descartes, M. Buber, E. Husserl, M. Mamardaschvili, P. Wust, T. Merton were described in the texts or discussions of Sodeika. Big attention is paid to comparison reflective praxis and practices of world constitution, construction. For these reason the article contradistinguishes inter-passive, hearing meditation to the ecstatic, active, creative one. Sodeika’s ironic standpoint on the ecstatic meditation practices which were developed for example in the works of G. Bruno and G. Bataille are discussed here.
In medias res: Marshall Mcluhan and the otherness of his “theory”
Authors: Sodeika Tomas
Published: January 2019

Marshall McLuhan, again and again referred to as a “guru” of media culture, is perhaps best known for his aphorism The Medium is the Message. McLuhan’s contribution to the field of communication study was highly praised in popular culture but in academic spheres being received as doubtful. His basic idea is that the message is very much influenced by the medium of delivery. One would recognize this position as the definitive media determinism. McLuhan however emphasize the humanistic character of his “theory”. McLuhan’s manner of theorizing is other than traditional. McLuhan is a master of aphorisms, incredible pronouncements, humorous quips, and wordplay.
Identity of subjectivity in ethical discourse
Authors: Bacevičiūtė Danutė
Published: January 2019

This article deals with the problem of the ethical discourse, specifically with the manner in which ethical discourse describes identity of subjectivity. The positions of Immanuel Kant and Emmanuel Levinas are being analysed to this end. Both philosophers give precedence to the ethical over the theoretical. However, despite this common feature, these positions radically diverge when they describe identity of ethical subjectivity. Kantian grounding of ethics appeals to the autonomous will of the subject, whereas Levinasian ethical relationship emerges with the Other’s demand. Thus in one case there was postulated “firm” identity of subjectivity, in another – vulnerable subjectivity without identity. The question is: whether the extremeness of these positions not turns into the peculiar pathology or aesthetical perversity which is perceived as obstacle for the ethical? The article makes attempt to find an alternative to the opposition of identity and alterity. The description of concrete relation with another person enables us to speak about oneself as another.
The margins of nihilism: image and disappearance
Authors: Šerpytytė Rita
Published: January 2019

The pretext of this article is Lacoue-Labarthe’s text Preface to the disappearance. This article attempts to find access to the “analysis” of disappearance, i. e. to conceptualize a theme of disappearance and link it with the problem of identity and alterity. The appearance and disappearance – motions, by which any identities are being constituted and destroyed – direct, first of all, to the phenomenological tradition. The appearance and disappearance are being understood in phenomenology as characteristics of phenomenon. Discussing the phenomenological tradition, in particular – Sartre’s view, the article raises the question about the nature of the motion of disappearance (as the motion, which destroys identities and indicates or directs to alterities). This article attempts to discuss the disappearance in the context of so-called negative “categories” of nihilism. Thus, disappearance is not disclosed as the motion, which has a structure of proposition, but as négatités – as motion, which has a structure of the experience. But what is the meaning of the experience of disappearance? Lacoue-Labarthe’s text served as a key according to some strategy to choose an author, talking on disappearance. The article looks at how the disappearance in Sartre, Heidegger, Virilio, Severino, Baudrillard’s philosophy is being thematized. Although their approaches to appearance and disappearance differ, they are united by the fact of talking on the experience of appearance and disappearance of some identities – things, entities, reality. The disappearance itself is being treated there as something to be experienced, and to be possible to describe. But what it is not disappearance of things, of entities, of reality, but disappearance itself?How to speak on the conditions of possibility of the “appearance” of “experience”, which is a marginal experience – the experience of somebody’s own disappearance? For the Lacoue-Labarthe’s text explanation the text of another author – Jean-Luc Nancy, To fall from sleep, is being used. Juxtaposition of these two texts serves as a philosophical approach to describe practices that, phenomenologically speaking, is not experienced. It reveals the meaning of disappearance, expressed in Lacoue-Labarthe: disappearance (Nothingness) coincides with the origins of appearance, with what it is a Whole.
Secularization, Art and Religion or – What it is – San Sebastian?
Authors: Šerpytytė Rita
Published: January 2019

The article deals with the meaning of secularization as the challenge for contemporary world and considers the ways that secularization affects religion and art as well as their mutual relationship. Different concepts of the meaning of secularization are discussed and their ontological perspectives are highlighted. The attitude, that it is namely the ontological emphasis of the meaning of secularization that enables us to explain its challenge for contemporary world, is being justified. Based on this perspective, the relationship between religion and art in the contemporary world is analyzed and interpreted. The article also focuses on one of the tendencies of contemporary art, i.e. the tendency of conceptualization. Not only by interpreting certain works of art, but also elucidating different strategies of contemporary art, the “mutation” of the religious sense of “religious” art is disclosed. The analysis shows that the secularized meaning of art flourishes through its “alive” and “active” religious meaning. The conclusion is drawn that the analysis of the contemporary relationship between religion and art enables us to disclose the ambiguity of secularization – its sacral and profane sense, a certain dialectics of the process of secularization.
Šventojo Bonaventūros kelionė
Authors: Sodeika Tomas
Published: January 2019

1259 metų rudenį šv. Bonaventūra atvyko į Lavernos kalną Toskanoje. Apmąstydamas šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio stigmas, jis parašė Sielos vadovą į Dievą. Anot Bonaventūros, juslėmis suvokiamas išorinis pasaulis yra Dievo „pėdsakai“, žmogaus vidinis pasaulis yra Dievo „atvaizdai“, o malonės pakylėta siela Dievo varduose aptinka Jo „panašumą“, kuris sielą pakylėja virš jos pačios. Straipsnyje nagrinėjama, kaip ši trilypė dieviškumo mediacija, susieta su dichotomija „medijoje“ / „per mediją“, suformuoja šešiapakopį kelią, vedantį žmogaus sielą į susivienijimą su Dievu.
„Nėr vardo tinkamo, yra tik jausmas...“
Authors: Sodeika Tomas
Published: January 2019

Straipsnyje aptariama Friedricho Schleiermacherio išplėtota jausmo samprata. Keldamas sau tikslą atkurti religijos teises, pažeistas Apšvietos sekuliarizuotos kultūros, Schleiermacheris kartu bando apginti ir Naujųjų laikų racionalizmo užgožtą jausmą. Jis atmeta požiūrį, kad religija tėra pažinimo ar moralės forma. Anot Schleiermacherio, religija negali būti grindžiama nei morale, nei mokslais ar metafizika. Religijos esme jis laiko ne mąstymą ar veiklą, bet jausmą, tiksliau, – visiškos priklausomybės jausmą. Tokią vidinio išgyvenimo formą Schleiermacheris traktuoja kaip betarpišką savimonę. Remiantis prielaida, kad Schleiermacherio tekstus galima skaityti kaip fenomenologinius aprašymus Husserlio prasme, straipsnyje nagrinėjamas būdas, kuriuo ontologinė betarpiškos savimonės struktūra yra reprezentuojama tuose tekstuose.
Interpretation as derealization
Authors: Šerpytytė Rita
Published: January 2019

The current status of ontology is not obvious, although it has become a fundamental discipline of the so-called “continental philosophy”. So it is worth asking, what are the main tendencies that represent the current “status” of ontology in the 20th–21st century philosophy. What main “trends” of post-Heideggerian philosophy represent these tendencies and determine the current status of ontology? In this article, the post-Heideggerian hermeneutical ontology is considered as a “trend” that embodies such transformative status of ontology. The question is: how hermeneutically oriented ontology treats the very notion of Being? What does it mean to interpret? What meaning to reality can give hermeneutically transformed ontology? How can we treat the reply of “new realisms” to hermeneutical ontology? These questions are considered in the context of Martin Heidegger, Gianni Vattimo, and “new realism” by discovering the “positive” nihilistic meaning of interpretation as derealization.
Korespondencja Jana Karłowicza z polskimi i litewskimi literatami oraz działaczami kulturalnymi
Authors: Fedorovič Irena
Published: January 2019

Znany polski językoznawca, historyk, etnograf, muzyk i tłumacz Jan Aleksander Ludwik August Karłowicz (1836–1903) urodził się w majątku Subortowicze (lit. Subartonys), w powiecie trockim, w rodzinie szlacheckiej. Z rodzinną Litwą był związany przez około 46 lat, z Wileńszczyzną — prawie 35 (z przerwami, w latach 1847–1882). Mieszkał wraz z rodziną w majątkach Podzitwa, Bratomierz i Wiszniew, w Wilnie, a także za granicą — w Paryżu, Brukseli, Berlinie i Heidelbergu, w 1876 r. kilkamiesięcy spędził w Ameryce [Gajkowa, Urbańczyk 1966, 53–57]. Od 1887 r. zamieszkał na stałe w Warszawie, gdzie zmarł w 1903 r. W 1909 r. wdowa Irena Karłowiczowa przekazała materiały archiwalne męża (m. in. liczący 3 627 dzieł księgozbiór) na rzecz Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk w Wilnie [LVIA, F1135, ap. 22, b. 27, 78, 90], stąd dokumenty trafiły do Litewskiego Państwowego Archiwum Historycznego (dalej — LPAH; po litewsku — LVIA=Lietuvos valstybės istorijos archyvas), a książki oraz niektóre dokumenty — do Biblioteki Litewskiej Akademii Nauk im. Wróblewskich (Lietuvos Mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka). Archiwalny fundusz Karłowicza ze zbiorów Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk obejmuje 264 teczki. Są to przede wszystkim listy (jego — do rodziców, żony i dzieci, ale głównie adresowane do niego) oraz rękopisy, zdjęcia, rysunki, wycinki z gazet itp. Materiały te dotąd były wykorzystane tylko w nieznacznym stopniu....Irena FedorovichThe Correspondence of Jan Karłowicz with Polish and Lithuanian Writers and Cultural ActivistsThe collection of the Lithuanian State Historical Archives in Vilnius possesses the legacy (mainly letters) of prof. Jan Karłowicz (1836–1903), a famous Polish historian, ethnographer, musicologist and translator. The research of that legacy shows that professor’s correspondence with other writers, mainly Polish, were extensive. While living in Warsaw, he was friends with all of the most famous writers of the era of positivism (E. Orzeszkowa, M. Konopnicka, H. Sienkiewicz), he was interested in their works and encouraged them to cooperate with the monthly magazine “Wisła”. He also brought other Lithuanian writers into cooperation with this valued magazine. The letters of M. Davainis-Silvestraitis and A. Baranauskas, a connoisseur of the classicist Lithuanian literature, prove that the affairs of Lithuania were important to Karłowicz, as it was his historic homeland.Keywords: Jan Karłowicz, Polish literature, Lithuanian literature, XIX century, correspondence.
Apie mus ir nuo mūsų
Authors: Valantiejus Algimantas
Published: January 2019

Foreword to the first issue of the academic journal "Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas".
Meno sociologijos uždaviniai ir kryžkelės
Authors: Gaižutis Algirdas
Published: January 2019

The article aims to discuss the sociology of art and its problematique. Considerations are being made about the relation between the sociology of art and philosophy. While sociological analysis tends to discuss the relationship of art with its social context, the object of analysis itself does not allow to settle with such a description. Central to the sociology of art are the questions of meaning, which appear especially important in the periods of transformation of social reality.
Muzika kaip socialinis tekstas
Authors: Shepherd John
Published: January 2019

Translation: Shepherd, John. 1991. Music as Social Text. Polity Press and Basil Blackwell: 83-92.