bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Design Criteria for Suspended Pipelines Based on Structural Analysis
Authors: Simão Mariana , Mora-Rodriguez Jesus , Ramos Helena
Published: June 2016

Mathematical models have become the target of numerous attempts to obtain results that can be extrapolated to the study of hydraulic pressure infrastructures associated with different engineering requests. Simulation analysis based on finite element method (FEM) models are used to determine the vulnerability of hydraulic systems under different types of actions (e.g., natural events and pressure variation). As part of the numerical simulation of a suspended pipeline, the adequacy of existing supports to sustain the pressure loads is verified. With a certain value of load application, the pipeline is forced to sway sideways, possibly lifting up off its deadweight supports. Thus, identifying the frequency, consequences and predictability of accidental events is of extreme importance. This study focuses on the stability of vertical supports associated with extreme transient loads and how a pipeline design can be improved using FEM simulations, in the design stage, to avoid accidents. Distribution of bending moments, axial forces, displacements and deformations along the pipeline and supports are studied for a set of important parametric variations. A good representation of the pipeline displacements is obtained using FEM.
A reexamination of the North American Crepis agamic complex and comparison with the findings of Babcock and Stebbins’ classic biosystematic monograph
Authors: Sears Christopher J. , Whitton Jeannette
Published: June 2016

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:

Babcock and Stebbins coined the term agamic complex in their 1938 monograph of the North American Crepis agamic complex. Despite the historical role that this complex holds in the evolutionary literature, it has not been reexamined in over 75 years. We present a thorough reevaluation of the complex to test hypotheses proposed by Babcock and Stebbins about its origins and spread, the relationships of diploids, and the nature and origins of polyploids.

METHODS:

We used flow cytometry to infer ploidy of roughly 600 samples spanning the morphological and taxonomic diversity of the complex and a phylogenetic analysis of plastid DNA variation to infer maternal relationships among diploids and to infer maternal origins of polyploids.

KEY RESULTS:

We identified populations of all seven recognized diploids plus one new lineage. Phylogenetic analysis of plastid DNA variation in diploids revealed a well‐resolved, but moderately supported phylogeny, with evidence for monophyly of the North America Crepis agamic complex and no evidence of widespread homoploid hybridization. Polyploids showed evidence of multiple origins and a pattern of frequent local co‐occurrence consistent with repeated colonization of suitable sites.

CONCLUSIONS:

Our findings agree broadly with the distribution and variation of ploidy within and among species described by Babcock and Stebbins. One key difference is finding support for monophyly of North American species, and refuting their hypothesis of polyphyly. Our results provide an explicit phylogenetic framework for further study of this classic agamic complex.
Molecular evidence supports ancient long‐distance dispersal for the amphi‐Atlantic disjunction in the giant yellow shrimp plant (Barleria oenotheroides)
Authors: Martín‐Bravo Santiago , Daniel Thomas F.
Published: June 2016

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:

Barleria is a large, pantropical genus of ca. 265 species mainly distributed in the Old World with only one species, B. oenotheroides, extending to the neotropics. This amphi‐Atlantic disjunction, frequently displayed by pantropical taxa, has been traditionally explained with vicariance or geodispersal hypotheses and increasingly with long‐distance dispersal. The native status of this species in the New World is controversial.

METHODS:

A molecular phylogeographic study based on the nuclear ribosomal ITS region and plastid trnL‐F, rps16, and trnS‐G sequences was done to clarify the origin of this tropical intercontinental disjunction. Divergence times were estimated with various analytical approaches, including different markers and primary calibration points.

KEY RESULTS:

Divergence ages estimated for Barleria lineages disagree with vicariance or geodispersal hypotheses. Genetic differentiation of American vs. African populations of B. oenotheroides does not support a recent anthropogenic introduction to the New World. Our data suggest ancient long‐distance dispersal from the Old to the New World probably during the Pliocene or Upper Miocene. The number of dispersal events remains unclear.

CONCLUSIONS:

Our study demonstrates the native status of Barleria in the New World, resolving one of only three presumed natural Old World–New World disjunctions at the species level among Acanthaceae. This case constitutes a further documented example of the “out‐of‐Africa” pattern in the family, despite their lack of documented assisted‐dispersal syndromes, and highlights the importance of long‐distance dispersal to explain pantropical distributions in many families.
CHALLENGING SOME CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS. I. THE CASE FOR BLAST WAVES
Authors: Howard T. A. , Pizzo V. J.
Published: June 2016

Since the closure of the “solar flare myth” debate in the mid-1990s, a specific narrative of the nature of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) has been widely accepted by the solar physics community. This narrative describes structured magnetic flux ropes at the CME core that drive the surrounding field plasma away from the Sun. This narrative replaced the “traditional” view that CMEs were blast waves driven by solar flares. While the flux rope CME narrative is supported by a vast quantity of measurements made over five decades, it does not adequately describe every observation of what have been termed CME-related phenomena. In this paper we present evidence that some large-scale coronal eruptions, particularly those associated with EIT waves, exhibit characteristics that are more consistent with a blast wave originating from a localized region (such as a flare site) rather than a large-scale structure driven by an intrinsic flux rope. We present detailed examples of CMEs that are suspected blast waves and flux ropes, and show that of our small sample of 22 EIT-wave-related CMEs, 91% involve a blast wave as at least part of the eruption, and 50% are probably blast waves exclusively. We conclude with a description of possible signatures to look for in determining the difference between the two types of CMEs and with a discussion on modeling efforts to explore this possibility.
GARROTXA COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS OF MILKY WAY-SIZED GALAXIES: GENERAL PROPERTIES, HOT-GAS DISTRIBUTION, AND MISSING BARYONS
Authors: Roca-Fàbrega Santi , Valenzuela Octavio , Colín Pedro , Figueras Francesca , Krongold Yair , Velázquez Héctor , Avila-Reese Vladimir , Ibarra-Medel Hector
Published: June 2016

We introduce a new set of simulations of Milky Way (MW)-sized galaxies using the AMR code ART + hydrodynamics in a Λ cold dark matter cosmogony. The simulation series is called GARROTXA and it follows the formation of a halo/galaxy from z = 60 to z = 0. The final virial mass of the system is ∼7.4 × 1011
M
⊙. Our results are as follows. (a) Contrary to many previous studies, the circular velocity curve shows no central peak and overall agrees with recent MW observations. (b) Other quantities, such as

(6 × 1010
M
⊙) and R

d
(2.56 kpc), fall well inside the observational MW range. (c) We measure the disk-to-total ratio kinematically and find that D/T = 0.42. (d) The cold-gas fraction and star formation rate at z = 0, on the other hand, fall short of the values estimated for the MW. As a first scientific exploitation of the simulation series, we study the spatial distribution of hot X-ray luminous gas. We have found that most of this X-ray emitting gas is in a halo-like distribution accounting for an important fraction but not all of the missing baryons. An important amount of hot gas is also present in filaments. In all our models there is not a massive disk-like hot-gas distribution dominating the column density. Our analysis of hot-gas mock observations reveals that the homogeneity assumption leads to an overestimation of the total mass by factors of 3–5 or to an underestimation by factors of 0.7–0.1, depending on the used observational method. Finally, we confirm a clear correlation between the total hot-gas mass and the dark matter halo mass of galactic systems.
NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING POLARIMETRY OF GGD 27: CIRCULAR POLARIZATION AND MAGNETIC FIELD STRUCTURES
Authors: Kwon Jungmi , Tamura Motohide , Hough James H. , Nagata Tetsuya , Kusakabe Nobuhiko , Saito Hiro
Published: June 2016

Near-infrared imaging polarimetry in the J, H, and K

s
bands was carried out for GGD 27 in the dark cloud Lynds 291. Details of an infrared reflection nebula associated with the optical nebulosity GGD 27 and the infrared nebula GGD 27 IRS are presented. Aperture photometry of 1263 point-like sources, detected in all three bands, was used to classify them based on a color–color diagram, and the linear polarization of several hundred sources was determined, with the latter used to map the magnetic field structure around GGD 27. This field, around GGD 27 IRS, appears to be associated with the extended CO outflow of IRAS 18162–2048; however, there are partly distorted or bent components in the field. The Chandrasekhar–Fermi method gives an estimate of the magnetic field strength as ∼90 μG. A region associated with GGD 27 IRS is discovered to have a circular polarization in the range of ∼2%–11% in the K

s
band. The circular polarization has an asymmetric positive/negative pattern and extends out to ∼ 120″ or 1.0 pc. The circular and linear polarization patterns are explained as resulting from a combination of dense inner and fainter outer lobes, suggesting episodic outflow.
CHEMICAL DIAGNOSTICS OF THE MASSIVE STAR CLUSTER-FORMING CLOUD G33.92+0.11. I. 13CS, CH3OH, CH3N, OCS, H2S, SO2, and SiO
Authors: Minh Young Chol , Liu Hauyu Baobab , Galvań-Madrid Roberto
Published: June 2016

Large chemical diversity was found in the gas clumps associated with the massive star cluster-forming G33.92+0.11 region with sub-arcsecond angular resolution (0.″6–0.″8) observations with ALMA. The most prominent gas clumps are associated with the dust emission peaks A1, A2, and A5. The close correlation between CH3OH and OCS in the emission distributions strongly suggests that these species share a common origin of hot core grain mantle evaporation. The latest generation of star clusters are forming in the A5 clump, as indicated by multiple SiO outflows and its rich hot core chemistry. We also found a narrow SiO emission associated with the outflows, which may trace a cooled component of the outflows. Part of the chemical complexity may have resulted from the accreting gas from the ambient clouds, especially in the northern part of A1 and the southern part of A2. The chemical diversity found in this region is believed to mainly result from the different chemical evolutionary timescales of massive star formation. In particular, the abundance ratio between CH3OH and CH3CN may be a good chemical clock for the early phase of star formation.
SHOCKED POSTSTARBUST GALAXY SURVEY. I. CANDIDATE POST-STARBUST GALAXIES WITH EMISSION LINE RATIOS CONSISTENT WITH SHOCKS
Authors: Alatalo Katherine , Cales Sabrina L. , Rich Jeffrey A. , Appleton Philip N. , Kewley Lisa J. , Lacy Mark , Lanz Lauranne , Medling Anne M. , Nyland Kristina
Published: June 2016

There are many mechanisms by which galaxies can transform from blue, star-forming spirals, to red, quiescent early-type galaxies, but our current census of them does not form a complete picture. Recent observations of nearby case studies have identified a population of galaxies that quench “quietly.” Traditional poststarburst searches seem to catch galaxies only after they have quenched and transformed, and thus miss any objects with additional ionization mechanisms exciting the remaining gas. The Shocked POststarburst Galaxy Survey (SPOGS) aims to identify transforming galaxies, in which the nebular lines are excited via shocks instead of through star formation processes. Utilizing the Oh-Sarzi-Schawinski-Yi (OSSY) measurements on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 catalog, we applied Balmer absorption and shock boundary criteria to identify 1067 SPOG candidates (SPOGs*) within z = 0.2. SPOGs* represent 0.2% of the OSSY sample galaxies that exceed the continuum signal-to-noise cut (and 0.7% of the emission line galaxy sample). SPOGs* colors suggest that they are in an earlier phase of transition than OSSY galaxies that meet an “E+A” selection. SPOGs* have a 13% 1.4 GHz detection rate from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty Centimeters Survey, higher than most other subsamples, and comparable only to low-ionization nuclear emission line region hosts, suggestive of the presence of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). SPOGs* also have stronger Na i D absorption than predicted from the stellar population, suggestive of cool gas being driven out in galactic winds. It appears that SPOGs* represent an earlier phase in galaxy transformation than traditionally selected poststarburst galaxies, and that a large proportion of SPOGs* also have properties consistent with disruption of their interstellar media, a key component to galaxy transformation. It is likely that many of the known pathways to transformation undergo a SPOG phase. Studying this sample of SPOGs* further, including their morphologies, AGN properties, and environments, has the potential for us to build a more complete picture of the initial conditions that can lead to a galaxy evolving.
CHANDRA ACIS SURVEY OF X-RAY POINT SOURCES: THE SOURCE CATALOG
Authors: Wang Song , Liu Jifeng , Qiu Yanli , Bai Yu , Yang Huiqin , Guo Jincheng , Zhang Peng
Published: June 2016

The Chandra archival data is a valuable resource for various studies on different X-ray astronomy topics. In this paper, we utilize this wealth of information and present a uniformly processed data set, which can be used to address a wide range of scientific questions. The data analysis procedures are applied to 10,029 Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer observations, which produces 363,530 source detections belonging to 217,828 distinct X-ray sources. This number is twice the size of the Chandra Source Catalog (Version 1.1). The catalogs in this paper provide abundant estimates of the detected X-ray source properties, including source positions, counts, colors, fluxes, luminosities, variability statistics, etc. Cross-correlation of these objects with galaxies shows that 17,828 sources are located within the D
25 isophotes of 1110 galaxies, and 7504 sources are located between the D
25 and 2D
25 isophotes of 910 galaxies. Contamination analysis with the log N–log S relation indicates that 51.3% of objects within 2D
25 isophotes are truly relevant to galaxies, and the “net” source fraction increases to 58.9%, 67.3%, and 69.1% for sources with luminosities above 1037, 1038, and 1039 erg s−1, respectively. Among the possible scientific uses of this catalog, we discuss the possibility of studying intra-observation variability, inter-observation variability, and supersoft sources (SSSs). About 17,092 detected sources above 10 counts are classified as variable in individual observation with the Kolmogorov–Smirnov (K–S) criterion (P
K–S < 0.01). There are 99,647 sources observed more than once and 11,843 sources observed 10 times or more, offering us a wealth of data with which to explore the long-term variability. There are 1638 individual objects (∼2350 detections) classified as SSSs. As a quite interesting subclass, detailed studies on X-ray spectra and optical spectroscopic follow-up are needed to categorize these SSSs and pinpoint their properties. In addition, this survey can enable a wide range of statistical studies, such as X-ray activity in different types of stars, X-ray luminosity functions in different types of galaxies, and multi-wavelength identification and classification of different X-ray populations.
Resistance-Associated Variants in HCV Subtypes 1a and 1b Detected by Ion Torrent Sequencing Platform
Authors: Gaspareto Karine V , Ribeiro Roberto M , de Mello Malta Fernanda , Gomes-Gouvêa Michele S , Muto Nair H , Romano Camila M , Mendes-Correa Maria C , Carrilho Flair J , Sabino Ester C , Pinho João R Rebello
Published: June 2016

Background

As a result of increased understanding of the HCV life cycle, a new generation of drugs known as direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) was developed and is constantly being improved. At baseline, HCV variants resistant to DAA therapy may pre-exist, increasing the likelihood of treatment failure. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of resistance-associated variants (RAVs) in treatment-naive patients infected with HCV subtypes 1a and 1b.

Methods

Next-generation sequencing was used to assess the frequencies of NS3-4A, NS5A and NS5B RAVs in 100 HCV monoinfected DAA-naive patients (HCV-1a: n=51; HCV-1b: n=49).

Results

Complete HCV sequence information was obtained for most samples. RAVs were detected in the NS3-4A (T54S, V55A, Q80K and R155K), NS5A (Q30H/R, H58P and Y93C/H/N) and NS5B (A421V) regions in 10%, 22% and 8%, respectively, of patients infected with HCV subtype-1a. Among the patients infected with HCV subtype-1b, mutations in the NS3-4A (F43I, T54S, Q80H, D168E and M175L), NS5A (L28M, R30Q, L31M, Q54H, A92T and Y93H) and NS5B (L159F, C316N, A421V and S556G) regions were observed in 12%, 53% and 31% of patients, respectively.

Conclusions

High-throughput DNA sequencing allows an easier and more complete analysis of DAA RAVs, including mutations that represent only a minor variant of the whole viral population. RAVs to the three different classes of DAAs were found in our population. The characterization of their profile in the circulating virus is relevant to determine the better treatment option for infected individuals or to guide the implementation of treatment policies.
Diagnostic Accuracy of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) in Diagnosis of Liver Fibrosis among Egyptian Patients with Chronic HCV Infection
Authors: Elhosary Yasser A. , Saleh Saleh M. , Ezzat Wafaa M. , Clevert Dirk-AndrÃ©
Published: June 2016

BACKGROUND: Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) evaluates liver stiffness non-invasively and was invented recently. This technique can easily and accurately assess the degree of liver fibrosis in clinical practice.AIM: The aim of this study was to detect the diagnostic performance of ARFI elastography in the staging of fibrosis in some Egyptian patients with chronic HCV infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred ninety patients with chronic HCV infection; 142 men and 48 women were enrolled in the study. They underwent liver biopsy examination for liver fibrosis detection. All demographic; clinical and biochemical data were recoded. ARFI examination was done for all subjects to detect liver stiffness measurement in relation to liver fibrosis detected by pathological examination of liver biopsies. RESULTS: Medians of liver stiffness measurement by shear wave velocity showed a significant increase as a grade of liver fibrosis increases (p â‰¤ 0.0001, highly significant). Liver stiffness was directly correlated to age, AST; ALT; INR and liver steatosis (p values were: 0.009; 0.0001; 0.013; 0.006 and 0.04 respectively, significant). On the other hand, liver stiffness was inversely correlated to albumin; prothrombin concentration and platelets (p values were: 0.0001; 0.001, and 0.0001, respectively, significant). We found that shear wave velocity can predict F1; F2; F3 and F4 at cut-off values: 1.22; 1.32; 1.44 and 1.8 respectively.CONCLUSION: ARFI is a diagnostic noninvasive promising technique for liver fibrosis diagnosis among Egyptian patients with chronic HCV infection.
L’apprivoisement de Julie sous l’angle de son style d’attachement
Authors: Perret Valérie
Published: June 2016

Vous découvrirez avec plaisir cet article où, dans son style plein de finesse, Valérie Perret nous décrit de manière vivante le processus de sa relation avec sa cliente. Voici le résumé qu’elle nous en fait : Dans cette étude de cas, je présente une cliente, Julie, avec le modèle du « Self-in-Relationship » développé par Richard Erskine. Je décris les pôles ouverts et fermés au contact que j’observe au début du travail de conseil. Puis j’explique comment j’amène cette cliente à réveiller les pôles anesthésiés grâce à un accompagnement impliqué et de plein contact, ceci en respectant son style d’attachement, un attachement évitant. BE - VP.
Le thérapeute en tant que nouvel objet
Authors: van Beekum Servaas , Blondel Agnès
Published: June 2016

Cet article se penche sur les concepts d’identification introjective et projective afin de comprendre les dynamiques du transfert. La théorie des relations d’objets souligne l’importance des objets dans la vie d’un enfant et des enseignements qu’il tire de ses relations avec ces objets. En thérapie, le thérapeute devient un nouvel objet dans la vie du patient, et initie ainsi la dynamique de transfert. La manière qu’a le thérapeute de travailler sur le transfert éclaire l’image qu’il a de son rôle et entraîne une discussion sur les différences méthodologiques entre la psychanalyse et l’analyse transactionnelle.
L’héritage : les relations fraternelles mises à l’épreuve
Authors: von Benedek Lisbeth
Published: June 2016

La mort des parents et le règlement de la succession sont des épreuves qui confrontent les frères et sœurs au vécu et aux problématiques irrésolues de leur enfance. Des pulsions archaïques, des complexes fraternels ainsi que l’empreinte des archétypes se manifestent autour du partage de l’argent et des biens. Le testament est reçu comme un signe de la valeur qu’avait chacun pour les parents : une mesure de l’amour et de la qualité des liens ou une préférence éventuelle. La succession peut également révéler l’ombre de chacun qui peut se manifester par une avidité ou une envie de revanche. L’héritage ne peut être reçu pleinement que si le travail psychique de deuil permet à chaque enfant de s’enraciner autrement en lui-même et dans la filiation, et de renouveler ses investissements psychiques. Jung éclaire le lien entre l’argent et la psyché par la figure du Fripon, capable de transformer les sentiments en leurs contraires et de créer une relation complexe entre l’amour et l’argent.
Introduction à un extrait des Manuscrits de 1844 de Karl Marx : « Pouvoir de l’argent dans la société bourgeoise »
Authors: Bornhausen Stéphane
Published: June 2016

Dans cet extrait des Manuscrits de 1844 , intitulé Pouvoir de l’argent dans la société bourgeoise , Karl Marx présente l’argent comme une puissance très ambivalente, à la fois divine et perverse. Il s’agit d’un texte très suggestif qui témoigne d’une réflexion sur les conséquences humaines des échanges marchands.
La Clinique Sociale de Psychanalyse de l’Institut d’Étude de la Complexité
Authors: Estarque Tereza
Published: June 2016

Le but de cet article est de présenter le fonctionnement d’une clinique sociale de psychanalyse située dans la ville de Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil. La Clinique est un projet de l’Institut d’Étude de la Complexité. Il s’agit d’un programme pilote d’une clinique convivialiste et non utilitariste qui se présente en tant que source d’inspiration pour d’autres groupes. Soutenue par le paradigme du don, un fort sentiment anti-utilitariste et communautaire guide la gestion économique de la Clinique. Dans ce type d’organisation, toutes les tâches sont exécutées sur la base du volontariat par des thérapeutes qui travaillent en alternance, suivant la logique du bénévolat.
Ireland Among the Nations of the Earth: Ireland’s Foreign Relations from 1923 to 1949
Authors: Carroll Francis M.
Published: June 2016

Irish foreign relations shaped the process of Ireland’s emergence as a sovereign nation state. The channels through which this independent status were achieved and recognized were membership in the League of Nations, in which Ireland took an increasingly prominent part by the 1930s; Commonwealth affairs, wherein Ireland worked persistently to expand the independent role of the Dominions; and bi-lateral relations, whereby Ireland expeditiously established diplomatic relations with the United States, France, Germany and the Vatican. By the late 1930s Ireland was sufficiently autonomous to pursue a policy of neutrality during the Second World War, despite the involvement of Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth, and by 1949, now as the Republic of Ireland, to unilaterally exit the Commonwealth. Ireland’s foreign policy consolidated its independence.
A Revision of “the Irish Exception”: Seán Murphy, Irish Recognition Policy and the Republic of France, 1944
Authors: O’Driscoll Mervyn
Published: June 2016

The article reframes Irish wartime neutrality. It
posits that Ireland’s policy towards Vichy France conformed to the
prevailing legal interpretations in the field of diplomatic
recognition. This was consistent with the practice of Ireland’s
longstanding recognition policy from the 1930s until the 1960s. An
enigma, however, envelops Ireland’s retention of the Irish Minister to
the Republic of France, Seán Murphy, after the fall of Marshall
Philippe Pétain in August 1944. Charles de Gaulle’s Provisional
Government demanded the replacement of all heads of missions who had
served in France during the Vichy interlude. This violated the
traditional practice of recognition law as understood by Ireland and
other neutrals. But the neutrals, with the exception of Ireland,
reluctantly complied with the demand. How did the Irish Department of
External Affairs succeed in circumventing this? No evidence of an
illusive “back channel”, that some authors speculate ended the
accreditation crisis, has been found. There is limited evidence that
secondary factors, such as the proposed establishment of an Irish Red
Cross Hospital in Normandy, played a direct or significant role in
senior French decision makers’ calculations to reverse their policy in
the case of Murphy. This article offers a fresh explanation for
France’s extension of a dispensation to Ireland: on petition from the
Irish government, René Massigli, the new French Ambassador in London,
made two decisive interventions which altered the climate of opinion
in Paris and enabled Seán Murphy to remain. “We had no quarrel with
any group of Frenchmen and our one desire with regard to France was to
see her whole people united under one Government… We did not want
quarrels between Frenchmen in Ireland1.”
Reviewing the Aftermath Project (2013-2014) in the Light of Affect Theory
Authors: Goarzin Anne
Published: June 2016

The Aftermath Project
(2013-14) aims at offering insights into comparable experiences of
displacement and trauma in times of conflict through an assemblage of online media as well as exhibits
throughout Ireland. This contribution suggests that the project goes
beyond asserting the sole prism of the Irish Troubles by considering
other, more recent experiences of migration to Ireland. As a complex
object that is more than what it looks like, I argue that it addresses
the interaction between the auto-ethnographic subject, the camera’s
eye and the critic’s, and the role of the network in the circulation
and perception of other people’s affects and of one’s own. To do so, I
propose to implement Lisa Blackman’s methodology in order to
“construct a material-semiotic-affective apparatus that reorients the
perception towards new ways of seeing hearing, listening, and
feeling”.
Gerard Donovan’s Young Irelanders : Looking for Home in the New Ireland
Authors: Coulouma Flore
Published: June 2016

This article examines Gerard Donovan's
representation of the new Ireland in his 2008 collection of short
stories Young Irelanders. Spanning the past
decade, Donovan's stories chronicle the strangeness of life in a
country both familiar and utterly changed, as his characters’
nostalgic introspection enhances the ironic contrast between the new
landscape of a booming Ireland and their painful awareness of the
fleeting nature of time (“Country of the Grand”; “How Long Until”). On
the eve of the 2008 collapse, the new Ireland is a disillusioned
avatar of hypermodernity. It is marked by a lost sense of place; cars
have replaced the bicycles of former times as a symbol of Irish life,
but they have also ushered a radically changed perception of the self
in relation to the once familiar landscape of childhood memories and
family life (“By Irish Nights”, “Another Life”). America looms large
in Donovan’s evocation of lost souls on the road, driving aimlessly in
search of an unattainable inner peace (“Harry Dietz”, “Shoplifting in
the USA”). Donovan's Irelanders are also lost in time: their present
reality eludes them as they delve into childhood memories or strive to
regain a sense of collective past (“The Summer of Birds”;
“Archaeologists”). The characters’ perception of the outside world,
mediated by the artefacts of modern life, further enhances their
isolation from other people and from their own former selves.
Donovan's elliptic narratives focus on metonymic details to paint a
fragmented portrait of the private and public spaces of the new
Ireland, and to raise the question of memory and identity against a
background of building sites mushrooming like so many question
marks.
Rousseau, George Moore, and the Ethics of Confession
Authors: Grubgeld Elizabeth
Published: June 2016

George Moore always claimed a literary paternity
more French than Anglophone, and although the degree of his debt to
Jean-Jacques Rousseau remains a matter of speculation, a comparison of
their autobiographies yields a set of important questions about the
ethics of life writing. Inquiries into the ethics of nonfiction have
thus far concerned the representation of others and questions of
privacy. However, the secular confessions of Rousseau and George Moore
also elicit our attention to the manner by which narrative structures
both allow and avoid moral self-inquiry.
“Rubbing away their roughness by mutual contact”: Post-Confederation Irish writers and Canadian National Identity
Authors: Jess Raymond
Published: June 2016

This article will look at how two Irish writers in
nineteenth and early twentieth century Montreal used the print culture
of their new Canadian home as a way of conceptualizing a burgeoning
national community. Through various published articles in the Canadian
periodical press, the Donegal-born poet John Reade tried to imagine a
hybrid national identity molded from the many different cultures that
inhabited the new Dominion. Reade’s fellow Irish-born poet William
Henry Drummond hoped that his own poetic sketches of rural Québec
would help Anglo-Canadians better understand the cultural life of
their French-Canadian compatriots.
Voix de revenants dans les Pièces pour danseurs de W. B. Yeats
Authors: Longuenesse Pierre
Published: June 2016

Dans The Dreaming of the
Bones, écrit sous le coup des événements de Pâques 1916 à Dublin,
Yeats met en scène, jouant du modèle du Nô, un jeune insurgé en fuite,
confronté à deux fantômes, à mi-chemin entre passé et présent, songe
et réalité. La figure de la revenance devient alors aussi bien l’enjeu
de la fable que la forme par laquelle se déploie l’écriture. D’une
part, tout dans la pièce n’est que retour, puisque les événements de
Pâques ravivent, à l’autre bout du temps historique, l’événement
fondateur de l’oppression que fut la trahison du couple princier de
Diarmuid et Devorgilla lorsque, dépossédés de leur royaume, ils firent
appel aux Anglo-Normands pour le reconquérir. Et d’autre part, par une
relation subtile entre le visuel et le sonore d’un côté, et les
questions d’énonciation de l’autre, il revient à la voix, selon des
protocoles définis, d’exprimer cette présence-absence, et ce drame
d’un retour impossible. Cette forme de spectralité est redoublée par
le fait que la « scène théâtrale » ne nous est donnée à voir qu’à
travers les yeux – ou les songes ? – d’un chœur de musiciens, sans
qu’aucune didascalie ne vienne objectiver cet univers visuel et sonore
en un système référentiel donné. L’action qui se déroule devant lui
devient donc la projection de son univers mental, la « musique du
royaume perdu » de la mémoire, surgie par la puissance de la parole.
L’écriture elle-même se fait le lieu de l’affleurement du songe, par
sa capacité à faire apparaitre les choses tout en manifestant leur
absence. En ce sens, la pièce est une variation poétique sur la
question toute shakespearienne : « Who’s there ? » : ce qui est en jeu
est bien le retour des fantômes.
Le procès de Tombouctou : Un tournant historique ?
Authors: Nicolas Marie
Published: June 2016

L’affaire Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi pourrait marquer un tournant historique pour la Cour pénale internationale car, pour la première fois depuis sa création, la juridiction permanente jugera des crimes internationaux perpétrés à l’encontre du patrimoine culturel de l’humanité (monuments de Tombouctou au Mali). De plus, malgré certains obstacles procéduraux, l’accusé a manifesté son intention de plaider coupable, ce qui devrait faciliter la recherche de la vérité et contribuer à l’effectivité de la justice pénale internationale.
Le Disciple de Jésus-Christ, revue du pasteur Martin-Paschoud
Authors: Encrevé André
Published: June 2016

Le Disciple de Jésus-Christ est publié pendant plus de trente ans (de 1840 à 1873). Pourtant, cette revue demeure mal connue. Tout d’abord parce qu’elle change plusieurs fois de ligne. De 1840 à 1850 elle est surtout centrée sur l’édification. Dans les années 1850, elle défend les positions théologiques des libéraux, mais sans abandonner ses préoccupations initiales. Enfin, à partir de 1860, son directeur, le pasteur Martin-Paschoud, décide d’en faire l’organe du libéralisme extrémiste. Mais alors elle se coupe des libéraux modérés, qui sont les plus nombreux, ce qui nuit à son rayonnement.
Sébastien Castellion vu par Ferdinand Buisson.
Authors: Husser Anne-Claire
Published: June 2016

Directeur de l’Instruction primaire à l’époque de la mise en place des lois scolaires des années 1880 et l’un des grands artisans de la séparation des églises et de l’Etat en France, Ferdinand Buisson constituait sans doute le membre le plus en vue du « triumvirat de protestants libéraux » auquel le polémiste Georges Goyau attribuait la paternité de la réorganisation de l’enseignement moral des écoles françaises. Plus qu’une opération d’export du protestantisme libéral dans l’éducation laïque, Buisson avait cependant mené une intense réflexion sur la tradition protestante au sein de laquelle il décelait les fondements d’une pensée de la laïcité en même temps que la possibilité de l’orthodoxie la plus rétrograde. La thèse érudite qu’il a consacrée au réformateur humaniste Sébastien Castellion témoigne de ce travail engagé mais néanmoins honnête sur l’histoire de la Réforme dans lequel se joue à travers les figures de Castellion et de Calvin les conflits qui divisent l’Eglise réformée au XIXe siècle.
Sensitivity Analysis of the Dynamic Behavior of Transported Material in Vibratory Bowl Feeders Using Physics Simulation
Authors: Stocker Cosima , Reinhart Gunther
Published: June 2016

Vibratory bowl feeders (VBF) are the most frequently used systems for automated sortingand feeding of bulk material. The current development process is time-consuming andexpensive, as it is done exclusively manually. Therefore, a method for physics simulationof VBF has been developed at the iwb which allows the shape optimization of predefinedorienting devices. On this basis, the presented paper introduces a physics simulationbased sensitivity analysis of the behavior of transported parts related to the topology ofthe orienting devices inside the VBF. These results provide a basis for the future developmentof an algorithm for the fully automated generation of orienting devices based on topology optimization.
Investigation of the Applicability of an iGPS Metrology System to Automate the Assembly in Motion of a Truck Cabin
Authors: Schmitt Robert , Kimmelmann Walter , Quinders Stefan , Storm Christoph , Oberhansberg Felix
Published: June 2016

The assembly of large components is characterized by manual processes and customer-specified products. These are just two of the challenges for the efficient automation of assembly processes. In the field of large component assembly, the goal is to synchronize between the handling system and the moving work piece placed on an unguided transport system. One approach to solve this problem is a direct reference between the product and the assembled work piece. This referencing is done by using a global reference system in which every handling system can be referenced to every work piece throughout the whole production line. This article will show the first results using a global reference to track large components on an unguided conveyor. Moreover, it investigates the question if the metrology system, which was used here, is able to detect even small position deviations on higher frequencies.
Joining Parameters and Handling System for Automated Subpreform Assembly
Authors: Fleischer Jürgen , Ballier Fabian , Dietrich Matthias
Published: June 2016

The production and processing of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) is constantly increasing in industry. A commonly used method is resin transfer molding (RTM). FRP components are produced for large series by now. Therefore, the aspect of processing efficiency is becoming more and more important. The semi-finished product can be better exploited, for example, if large preforms were composed of single subpreforms. These subpreforms are easier to drape and can be produced within an automated line. Consequently, the necessary assembly of the subpreforms needs to be automated as well. This way, the process can be made time and resource efficient. The article that follows now will focus more closely on a concept that deals with the handling and subsequent assembling of subpreforms. Furthermore, the variables that can be adjusted for the assembly process are examined and their influence on the resulting connection quality is shown.
Simulation-Based Control and Simulation-Based Support in eRobotics Applications
Authors: Cichon Torben , Priggemeyer Marc , Rossmann Jürgen
Published: June 2016

The utilization of simulation capabilities in the development process of robotic systems is already known as one standard procedure for predicting complex system behavior in a time- and cost efficient manner. eRobotics join multiple process simulation components to build "Virtual Testbeds" to provide a comprehensive tool chain and thus a holistic development. VTB may represent "mental models" of robotic systems and their environment. Therefore, they allow the development of control schemes and directly transfer simulation results for Simulation-based Control for implementing intelligent robot controls. Using Simulation-based Support, the VTBs support the ease of use of robotic systems and also the operators in their decisions. Offering an additional abstraction layer for the user, virtual representations of the robot and its environment are used to intuitively control and maneuver intelligent robotic systems. Thus, Simulation-based Control and Simulation-based Support complement each other and are promising development tools for robotic systems, individual parts thereof as well as systems in their entirety. In our contribution, we present the concepts of SbC and SbS in more detail, by examples of several complex robotic systems such as a Motion Simulator, lightweight robots and a mobile Centaur-like teleoperated robot.
System for the Estimation of Robot Cycle Times in Early Production Planning Phase
Authors: Zwicker Carola , Reinhart Gunther
Published: June 2016

Obtaining the cycle time of robots mostly comes along with a simulation of the system. Setting up those simulations is time intensive and the costs for corresponding tools are often too high for small and medium sized enterprises. For manual assembly there are systems like MTM (methods-time-measurement) to calculate the cycle time in an easier way without using expensive software. For robotic applications like handling, assembly, welding, machining, and painting, such methods do not exist. This paper describes a method of a robot cycle time estimation. Starting with an analysis of the processes regarding their finite process elements, the robot tasks are divided into general elements and process related elements. In a second step, all elements are analysed regarding their characteristics and described in a mathematical way. Finally, the elements are combined to a calculation system.
Evolution of Cytokine Receptor Signaling
Authors: Liongue Clifford , Sertori Robert , Ward Alister C.
Published: June 2016

Cytokines represent essential mediators of cell–cell communication with particularly important roles within the immune system. These secreted factors are produced in response to developmental and/or environmental cues and act via cognate cytokine receptors on target cells, stimulating specific intracellular signaling pathways to facilitate appropriate cellular responses. This review describes the evolution of cytokine receptor signaling, focusing on the class I and class II receptor families and the downstream JAK–STAT pathway along with its key negative regulators. Individual components generated over a long evolutionary time frame coalesced to form an archetypal signaling pathway in bilateria that was expanded extensively during early vertebrate evolution to establish a substantial “core” signaling network, which has subsequently undergone limited diversification within discrete lineages. The evolution of cytokine receptor signaling parallels that of the immune system, particularly the emergence of adaptive immunity, which has likely been a major evolutionary driver.
Proceedings of the 62nd Congress of the Italian Embryological Group (GEI)
Authors: Rosa Carotenuto and Ida Ferrandino Guest Editors:
Published: June 2016

Proceedings of the 62nd Congress of the Italian Embryological Group (GEI) - Naples, June 20-23, 2016
Assessment of indoor and outdoor airborne fungi in an Educational, Research and Treatment Center
Authors: Rostami Nasrin , Alidadi Hossien , Zarrinfar Hossein , Salehi Pegah
Published: June 2016

Hospital environments contain different types of microorganisms. Airborne fungal are one of these microbes and the major sources of hospitals indoor contamination that will be able to cause airborne fungal diseases. The total count and diversity of the airborne filamentous and yeasts fungi were investigated in indoor and outdoor air of selective wards of Emam Reza Educational, Research and Treatment Center. This cross-sectional study was performed during the fall season. One hundred and ninety-two environmental samples of indoor and outdoor air from hematology, infectious diseases, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) wards were collected by open plate technique (on Sabouraud dextrose agar media) once a week. The cultures were then examined and evaluated according to macroscopic and microscopic examination criteria. In this study, 67 (62.03%) of indoor samples and 81 (96.42%) of outdoor samples were positive for fungi. The most isolated fungi were yeast species (17.12%), Penicillium spp. (16.34%), Alternaria spp. (14.39%), A. niger (11.28%), A. flavus (8.95%), respectively. Almost all of the wards showed high rates of contamination by various fungi. However, the analysis of the data showed that indoor air of hematology ward had the highest fungal pollution. In contrast, the outdoor air of ENT had the highest fungal pollution. Thus, these results demonstrated that the cleansing and disinfection procedures in the hospital wards should be improved yet.
Journal of Limnology: of ancestors and descendants
Authors: Bertoni Roberto
Published: June 2016

In spite of the title, this is not the beginning of a long and boring family saga. I simply need to take a few minutes of your time to explain the history of this journal:  where it is coming from, why it is changing and where it is going...
The effect of lake restoration by the hypolimnetic withdrawal method on the intensity of ambient odour
Authors: Tandyrak Renata , Gołaś Iwona , Parszuto Katarzyna , Bowszys Magdalena , Szymański Daniel , Harnisz Monika , Brudniak Andrzej , Wysocka Izabela
Published: June 2016

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of lake restoration by the hypolimnetic withdrawal method on the intensity of ambient odour in the vicinity of the pipeline outlet. The study was carried out in 2012-2013 from the beginning of the summer stagnation period in Lake Kortowskie to complete overturn in fall. Samples of river water and ambient air were collected from two sites: near the pipeline outlet (PO) and behind the academic campus (AC). A total of 44 air samples and 44 water samples were analysed. Odour intensity was measured in samples of ambient air. The following physicochemical parameters of water were determined: flow rate, dissolved oxygen (DO), hydrogen sulphide (H2S), sulphate (SO4), ammonium nitrogen (NH4-N), total nitrogen (TN), dissolved nitrogen (DN), total particulate nitrogen (T-PN), total organic carbon (TOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and total particulate organic carbon (T-POC). Water samples were also analysed to determine total bacterial abundance (TBA) and the counts of bacterial rods, cocci and spiral-shaped bacteria, and sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB). Significant variations in odour intensity were noted between years and sampling sites. Odour was significantly determined by the proportion of lake water in river water. It was also significantly correlated (P<0.01, P<0.001) with most of the analysed physicochemical and microbiological parameters. The multiple regression analysis revealed that odour intensity was influenced directly by TOC and DN and indirectly by H2S, NH4-N, TBA and counts of SRB,  rod- and spiral-shaped bacteria only in.
Doctors’ views of disulfiram and their response to relapse in alcohol-dependent patients, Free State, 2009
Authors: Van Zyl Paulina M.
Published: June 2016

Background: Disulfiram is the oldest and best known drug to prevent relapse after detoxification from alcohol. Effective use of the drug is dependent on stringent monitoring and high levels of external motivation. Doctors’ perceptions about the drug have not been investigated extensively.Aim: We investigated the perceptions and practices of doctors involved in relapse prevention in alcoholics with regard to disulfiram and their response to relapse.Setting: The study population consisted of 60 doctors from the Free State Province, involved in the follow-up of alcoholics across various work settings.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used, and data collection involved the use of a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Quantitative results are presented in figures and percentages to provide a background for the qualitative findings that are clustered in themes.Results: A quarter of participants did not prescribe disulfiram, another quarter prescribed disulfiram routinely after detoxification, and half of them prescribed it for selected cases only. Subject to affordability, selection of disulfiram was mainly determined by the perceived level of the patient’s motivation. External motivation sometimes took the form of threats of bodily harm or death caused by drinking. Some participants regarded relapse as confirmation of poor motivation and even a valid reason for terminating the doctor-patient relationship.Conclusion: Doctors perceive disulfiram as a psychological tool to induce motivation through creating fear of drinking. Failure and success are perceived as related to the level of motivation. These perceptions could be unfair as biological factors in inter-patient variability in response are ignored.