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AKIBAT HUKUM PEMISAHAN KEKAYAAN NEGARA MELALUI PENYERTAAN MODAL
Authors: Ghinarahmatina Amalia
Published: January 2019

The present state finances can not be seen as only the state's role as the authority, the roles / actions outlined in the State Budget. Differences in the understanding of state finances is also due to differences in the definition of state losses. Not only related to the definition of loss to the state, problems related to the wealth of a country that has invested in state-owned through equity participation led to various problems, among others related to the status of the State Treasury were separated. Besides the differences in the definition of the State Treasury and Financial Limited, causing some company directors who have capital from countries not hesitate in taking business decisions because they must be confronted with the threat of the risk of financial loss to the country and the threat of corruption. If the loss is equal to loss of state-owned it conflicts with limited liability.
Factors Influencing Undergraduate Art Students' Information Behaviour: A Case Study of the Art Students of the Open Window School of Visual Communication
Authors: Du Toit Gertruida Elizabeth , Du Preez Madely , Meyer Hester
Published: January 2019

The factors influencing art students' information-seeking behaviour is illustrated in the findings of this study. A qualitative approach with case study strategy was followed. The data were collected through one-on-one interviews with the responding eleven students. The findings show that aspects in the users' personal environment, such as meaning, experience, skills, preferences and actions, significantly influence their information-seeking behaviour. Further factors deriving from the students' context that influence their information-seeking behaviour are curricula, tasks, people (lecturers, artists, designers), sources, and technology applied to accomplish tasks. All these contributing factors have their own sets of requirements with which the art students have to comply. Recommendations are made in order to appropriately address the information-seeking needs of this specific user group and to guide the students to the best ways in information-seeking.
DELEUZEâ€™S â€œCRYSTALS OF TIMEâ€, HUMAN SUBJECTIVITY AND SOCIAL HISTORY
Authors: Olivier Bert
Published: January 2019

This paper takes Deleuzeâ€™s concept of the â€œcrystals of timeâ€ â€“ which condenses, metaphorically, different possibilities of what he calls the â€œtime-imageâ€ in cinema â€“ as its point of departure, and does in reverse what Ian Buchanan does where he proposes that one can use the notion of â€œschizoanalysisâ€ from Deleuze and Guattariâ€™s Anti-Oedipus for the exploration of cinema. In other words, what I do here is to transfer the notion of different time-crystals in cinema to different domains, namely those of human subjectivity and social history. The reason behind this attempt at cross-fertilisation is that, if one reads Deleuzeâ€™s book on Kant together with that on the time-image in cinema, the parallel between Kantâ€™s revolutionary reconceptualisation of time (against the backdrop of the Aristotelian conception) and Deleuzeâ€™s on the time-image in cinema (as opposed to the â€œmovement-imageâ€) becomes apparent. It follows that, if time comprises the condition of the possibility of human subjectivity (for Kant), and the cinema of the time-image demonstrates that something similar holds for the â€œfullestâ€ possibility of cinema â€“ time here usurping the position held previously by movement in film â€“ then the concepts employed by Deleuze to come to grips with the multiplicity of cinematic possibilities or virtualities and their actualisations may prove useful for articulating a model of human subjectivity and, at the level of collective subjectivities, social history. Deleuzeâ€™s metaphor of â€œtime-crystalsâ€ is therefore employed here, not only to give a brief outline of human subjectivity as temporally constituted, but further to focus on social history, or more specifically on different temporal/historical aspects, virtual and actual, of neoliberal capitalism. This is done via the four types of time-crystals distinguished by Deleuze (in cinema), namely the â€œperfect crystalâ€, â€œflawed crystalâ€, â€œcrystal of seedsâ€ and â€œdecaying crystalâ€.
NOTION OF â€œAFRICANâ€ AS A STRATEGIC IDEOLOGICAL EPISTEMIC POSITION IN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY
Authors: Morakinyo Olusegun Nelson
Published: January 2019

This article argues that the racial essentialism implicit in the geographic criteria of the meaning of â€œAfricanâ€ in African philosophy (as black, ethnic and sub-Saharan) limits the development of African philosophy as a disciplined methodological inquiry into the question of African âˆ’ and the African question in philosophy. It articulates instead a strategic ideological notion of â€œAfricanâ€ in African philosophy; defined by a commitment to the ethics of social justice for the historical injustice of racial dehumanisation of Africans, to transcend the racial essentialism implicit in the above geographic criteria of the meaning of â€œAfricanâ€ in African philosophy.
TOWARDS AN ETHICAL RECONTEXTUALISATION OF FREUDâ€™S THEORY OF PERSONALITY
Authors: Koenane Mojalefa LJ
Published: January 2019

This paper explores the possibilities of complementing Freudâ€™s theory of human nature with the doctrine of St Thomas Aquinas on the virtue of prudence (phronesis). The paper builds on the foundation laid down by Freudâ€™s theory of theÂ id, theÂ ego, and theÂ superegoÂ in relation to moral behaviour. However, it takes a rather different approach to moral decision-making and behaviour, culminating in the authorâ€™s creation of the concept of theÂ moral-ego.Â What is being raised in this paper is a concern that Freudâ€™s theory reduces morality to the dictates of theÂ superego.
Women and Mediation in Religious Conflicts
Authors: Olivier Bert
Published: January 2019

The present article is an investigation into the possibility, raised by the research of both Shlain and Gilligan, in different contexts, that women have a distinctive capacity to ameliorate the kind of religiously motivated violence witnessed globally in the present era. To be able to make sense of the need for such intervention by women, the present global situation is first reconstructed with reference to recent, allegedly religion-motivated, so-called â€œterroristâ€ attacks, such as those in Paris, France. These attacks are placed in an interpretive framework provided by Huntington, on the one hand, and Hardt and Negri, on the other. More specifically, Huntingtonâ€™s thesis is that we live in a time when global conflict will no longer occur on the same grounds as in earlier eras (e.g. ideological grounds like those of fascism or communism versus liberal democracy), but on cultural grounds instead, where religion will be the most important such cultural component motivating conflict. Hardt and Negri answer the question concerning the renewed prominence of religious fundamentalism by showing that this does not mark a return to a premodern condition, but is rather a postmodern phenomenon where cultures such as Islam reject the emergence of the new sovereign, supranational power, which they call â€œEmpireâ€. It is against this backdrop that Shlain and Gilliganâ€™s arguments concerning the specific predispositions of women towards mediation and intervention in situations of religious conflict must be seen. Shlainâ€™s argument is that, since the earliest hunter-gatherer times women have concentrated on tasks that engage right-brain capacities such as nurturing and caring, while men focused on left-brain tasks that involve objectivity, logical thinking and dispassionate decision-making. While both genders have the same capacity to perform these different tasks, the one set became conventionally associated with women and the other with men, which has resulted in a predisposition on the part of women to perform these tasks. Gilligan provides confirmation of this claim from a different angle, namely the evaluation of childrenâ€™s moral development. Her analysis of the respective reasoning of a boy and a girl who had to respond to a moral dilemma, shows that, contrary to the view that the boy displayed greater moral maturity than the girl by focusing on the question of justice, the girl displayed different priorities in her reasoning, namely her concern with human relationships. This is what led Gilligan to posit an â€œethic of careâ€ which is characteristically feminine. Considering the above it is therefore argued that women clearly possess a capacity for caring, empathy and nurturing that would be invaluable in situations of religiously motivated conflict, in which they should be encouraged to mediate.
AFRICAN UNIVERSITIESâ€™ ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THEIR SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES
Authors: Verharen Charles Coulter
Published: January 2019

If universities are supported by the communities in which they are embedded, then solving their communitiesâ€™ problems must be a critical university ethical goal. The essayâ€™s first part examines philosophyâ€™s roles in directing university research in such disciplines as the natural and social sciences, history, art and mathematics. Of particular interest are the roles that information and communication technology (ICT) might play in the dissemination of research results in universitiesâ€™ supporting communities. The Pan-African thinker W.E.B. Du Bois believed that virtually all humans are capable of profiting from a university education. ICT must be critical to African universitiesâ€™ discharge of their ethical responsibilities to their communities. The first partâ€™s conclusion suggests three ways whereby African universities may advance toward Du Boisâ€™s goal. The essayâ€™s second part proposes a curriculum for Fort Hare University in Alice and East London in South Africaâ€™s Eastern Cape Province. As both an urban and rural university, Fort Hare presents a unique opportunity for examining university-community relationships. The essayâ€™s conclusion argues that African universities must play a critical role in constructing African self-knowledge. Critical to university and alumni contributions to re-thinking African identity, will be the inclusion of curricular material specific to the cultures of communities selected for university outreach.
USING THE CAPABILITY APPROACH TO CONCEPTUALISE AFRICAN IDENTITY(IES)
Authors: Marovah Tendayi
Published: January 2019

In a context where â€œAfrican identityâ€ is a category that is often homogenised across a vast and diverse continent and beyond, there is a need to interrogate and better understand the concept. The prevalence of migration and cultural exchange in our interconnected world makes it imperative to look beyond race and space as a way of understanding identity, speaking both to sameness and difference. Acknowledging the complexities and the contested nature of identities and in particular, African identity/identities, this paper argues against an essentialised approach to identities in a global context. It explores and builds on arguments for plural identities, mobilising concepts of heterogeneity and plurality, agency and public deliberation from the Capability Approach in order to advance a way of understanding and negotiating identities that allows for a reasoned, flexible and inclusive approach. The Capability Approach is proposed as a generative normative framework which provides an important way to explain and negotiate identities in Africa based on human development grounded in social justice. In doing so, the paper acknowledges an understanding of identity as multifaceted and fluid, and when informed by human development and capabilities, is able to strengthen values like tolerance and accommodation of the â€œotherâ€ on the basis of recognition, respect and equality. I focus on the freedoms, opportunities and choices available for individuals to deliberate on the type of identities or African identities that they value on the assumption that identity is an object of reasoned choice, even though subject to constraints, and that more than oneidentity choice is possible.
Strategi Pengembangan Kompetensi Penyuluh Di Kota Singkawang
Authors: Radian Ersy Sustanti, Nurliza,
Published: January 2019

Reseach purposes to know problems in the development of competence extension agriculture and formulate the right strategy in development of competence in Singkawang. Methode samping used by non probably sampling with convience technic and using SWOT and AHP analisys.Result of SWOT analisys factor internal and external be faced agricultural extension formed strengh opportunity strategy analised to use AHP to determined prominent strategy.Keywords : competence extension, motivation extension, government policy, formal/nonformal education, means of support.
Strategi Pengembangan Agribisnis Gula Aren Di Kabupaten Sekadau
Authors: Radian Suryansyah, Nurliza,
Published: January 2019

Aren is a type of palm that has a highly potential economic value. Semabi, Sekadau Hilir Sub-district is the largest producer in the District of Sekadau; however, it is only processed to produce molded sugar. This study aimed to formulate a strategy for the  palm sugar agrybusiness development in Sekadau District. The research method was a   quantitative descriptive, and the data were processed using IFE/EFE, SPACE and SWOT. The values obtained from IFE and EFE matrixes were 2.57 and 2.65 respectively. From the SWOT analysis, alternative strategies were obtained, namely, SO Strategy: expanding the location of the area sugar palm cultivation, increasing production capacity, and improving the quality of product. WO Strategy: increasing of human resources (farmers), developing a partnership and developing a market information network. ST Strategy: government policies that supporting, increasing the added value and production. WT Strategy: building a support facility of   sugar palm agribusiness, increasing coordination and cooperation among stakeholders in strengthening palm agribusiness, and increasing marketing and promotion for the expansion.  Keyword: Aren (palm),  agrybusiness, IFE/EFE matrixes, SPACE matrix, and SWOT analysis.
Ipomoeassin F Binds Sec61α to Inhibit Protein Translocation
Authors: Shi Wei , Zong Guanghui , Hu Zhijian , O’Keefe Sarah , Tranter Dale , Baron Ludivine , Iannotti Michael , Hall Belinda , Corfield Katherine , Paatero Anja , Henderson Mark , Roboti Peristera , Zhou Jianhong , Sun Xianwei , Govindarajan Mugunthan , Rohde Jason M. , Blanchard Nicolas , Simmonds Rachel , Inglese James , Du Yuchun , Demangel Caroline , High Stephen , Paavilainen Ville
Published: January 2019

The ipomoeassin family of natural resin glycosides is underexplored chemical space with potent antitumor activity revealed in the NCI-60 cell lines screen; however, its mode of action has so far remained unexplored. In this manuscript, we report our chemical proteomics and subsequent biology studies that transform our collective knowledge of the ipomoeassin glycolipids from Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry to biological mechanism and provide a step change in our understanding of its action at a cellular level. Hence, we created an ipomoeassin F-based biotin affinity probe and used it in live cells to isolate the ER membrane protein Sec61α as its presumptive molecular target. A direct interaction between Sec61α and ipomoeassin F was confirmed by cell imaging, pulldown from purified ER membranes and competition studies using a photo-crosslinking analogue of the cyclodepsipeptide cotransin, a known Sec61α inhibitor. Crucially, we then showed that ipomoeassin F binding has a profound effect on Sec61 function, using both in vitro and in vivo assays for protein translocation and protein secretion respectively. Although structurally quite distinct, the potency of ipomoeassin F is comparable to that of mycolactone, a recently identified and intensely studied inhibitor of Sec61. The ~1,000 fold increase in the ipomoeassin F resistance of two cell lines expressing mutant forms of Sec61α strongly supports our conclusion that the effect of the compound on Sec61α is the primary basis for its potent cytotoxicity. However, we also provide evidence that ipomoeassin F is mechanistically distinct from known Sec61α inhibitors, suggesting that it is a novel structural class that may offer new opportunities to explore the Sec61 protein translocation complex as a therapeutic target for drug discovery.
Machine-Learnt Fragment-Based Energies for Crystal Structure Prediction
Authors: McDonagh David , Skylaris Chris-Kriton , Day Graeme
Published: January 2019

Crystal structure prediction involves a search of a complex configurational space for local minima corresponding to stable crystal structures, which can be performed efficiently using atom-atom force fields for the assessment of intermolecular interactions. However, for challenging systems, the limitations in the accuracy of force fields prevents a reliable assessment of the relative thermodynamic stability of potential structures. Here we present a method to rapidly improve force field lattice energies by correcting two-body interactions with a higher level of theory in a fragment-based approach, and predicting these corrections with machine learning. We find corrected lattice energies with commonly used density functionals and second order perturbation theory (MP2) all significantly improve the ranking of experimentally known polymorphs where the rigid molecule model is applicable. The relative lattice energies of known polymorphs are also found to systematically improve towards experimentally determined values and more comprehensive energy models when using MP2 corrections, despite remaining at the force field geometry. Predicting two-body interactions with atom-centered symmetry functions in a Gaussian process is found to give highly accurate results with as little as 10-20% of the training data, reducing the cost of the energy correction by up to an order of magnitude. The machine learning approach opens up the possibility of using fragment-based methods to a greater degree in crystal structure prediction, providing alternative energy models where standard approaches are insufficient.
NIGERIA’S REVENUE ALLOCATION AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Omodero Cordelia Onyinyechi
Published: January 2019

AbstractSustainability of economic development in Nigeria has been a serious challenge despite the huge revenue allocated to the three tiers of the government on a monthly basis from the federation account.  This recurring decimal has left the country in a pitiable condition with inadequate infrastructures to carry on economic activities.  The study examines the extent to which revenue allocation enhances economic development using time series data obtained from CBN Statistical Bulletin which covered a period from 1981 to 2016.  Ordinary Least Squares technique was employed and the findings revealed that FASG and NDSD have significant negative impact on PCI while FAFG has insignificant negative impact on PCI.  On the contrast, the result shows that FALG has a robust significant positive impact on PCI.  The study attributes this poor performance to misuse of resources and suggest that more stringent measures be employed by the government to fight graft in the public sector and among government officials.  This will help to curb corrupt practices and ensure efficient and effective use of resources to boost economic development.   Keywords: Revenue allocation, economic development, federation account, Resources, Nigeria.
Ethical Universities of Integrity and Ethics Management in the Romanian University Environment
Authors: Gurgu Elena , Tonis (Bucea-Manea) Rocsana
Published: January 2019

The paper shows that, at the present moment, the University is an institution whose goals, valid for each of its members, include development and professional affirmation, the evolution of knowledge and research in the conditions of respect for the rule of law and human rights. The University respects the dignity of each of its members and promotes academic integrity on ethical principles. Its members are committed to contributing to the democratic development and prosperity of society. The values and principles that universities promote in particular, and whose actual achievement is sought to ensure, are: academic freedom, personal autonomy, justice and equity, merit, professionalism, honesty and intellectual integrity, transparency, respect and tolerance, responsibility, goodwill and care. The management of ethics in the academic environment is the coordination of all elements related to the moral life of a university. "Institutionalization of ethics" in academia is a new reality for which we must be prepared. I believe that , the last decades have insistently imposed on public awareness the importance of taking into account the ethical dimension of the life of universities. Ethical codes, ethics committees, ethical audits, ethical education of staff, techniques to create an institutional culture of a moral nature have all become increasingly widespread.
Metafora Pada Lagu Nyidham Sari dan Yen Ing Tawang ono Lintang
Authors: Ranabumi Raditya
Published: January 2019

The study of metaphors in semantics is indeed worth discussing in the world of linguistics, languages that are not straightforward make many people rethink to understand a meaning. In general, the metaphor is an expression of language to say something that lives for something else that lives, that lives for something that dies, something that dies for life, and something else that dies. When talking about keroncong songs in Indonesia, almost all songs mean straightforward. However, if it refers to the songs of Nyidam Sari and Yen Ing Tawang Ono Lintang, the work of artist Andjar Any seems to need to be studied more deeply because in the lyrics delivered there are a lot of visible metaphors. Based on this background, the purpose of this research is to understand the meanings implied in the two songs. In this study researchers used descriptive qualitative methods because the object of this research is the song contained in the text. Then, based on the results of the research that has been done, it can be concluded that 13 metaphors in both songs have been found, namely 4 nominative metaphors, 4 complementative metaphors, 4 predictive metaphors, and 1 calimative metaphors. Thus it has been answered that the meaning of some song lyrics was previously poorly understood by the general public.AbstrakKajian metafora dalam semantik memang layak untuk diperbincangkan dalam dunia linguistik, bahasa-bahasa yang tidak lugas membuat banyak orang berfikir ulang untuk memahami suatu makna. Pada umumnya metafora itu adalah ungkapan kebahasaan untuk mengatakan sesuatu yang hidup untuk sesuatu lainnya yang hidup, yang hidup untuk sesuatu yang mati, sesuatu yang mati untuk hidup, dan sesuatu yang mati lainnya yang mati. Jika berbicara tentang lagu keroncong di Indonesia, hampir semua lagu bermakna lugas. Akan tetapi jika mengarah pada lagu Nyidam Sari dan Yen Ing Tawang Ono Lintang karya seniman Andjar Any tampaknya perlu dikaji lebih dalam karena dalam lirik-lirik yang disampaikan banyak sekali metafora yang tampak. Berdasarkan latar belakang tersebut, tujuan penelitian ini adalah memahami makna-makna yang tersirat dalam kedua lagu tersebut. Dalam penelitian ini peneliti menggunakan metode kualitatif deksriptif karena objek penelitian ini adalah lagu yang tertuang dalam teks. Kemudian, berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang sudah dilakukan dapat disimpulkan bahwa telah ditemukan 13 metafora dalam kedua lagu tersebut, yaitu 4 metafora nominatif, 4 metafora komplementatif, 4 metafora predikatif, dan 1 metafora kalimatif. Dengan demikian terjawab sudah makna dari beberapa lirik lagu yang sebelumnya kurang dipahami masyarakat awam.
SUPPORT FOR VIBRATION ISOLATION OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT
Authors: Sorokin V. N. , Efimov I. Yu.
Published: January 2019

Introduction. The most urgent tasks of road construction is to improve the sustainability of the roadway, on which the durability of the road surface largely depends and vibration processes are widely used. Moreover, the mechanization of production processes in  construction, the growth of power and speed of technological equipment lead to increasing in dynamic loads on its parts and assemblies. To reduce the dynamic loads in the parts and assemblies of construction machines and equipment, as well as to reduce the negative impact of vibration on the staff, it is necessary to isolate the vibration-generating units and assemblies from the base part of the machine.Materials and methods. The vibro-supports of various designs are used to isolate the vibro-active elements of machines. The authors propose the vibration support design with a quasi-zero stiffness effect, in which the rubber-cord shell of the I-09 type is used as a supporting elastic element, and also the toroid-shaped rubber shell that relies on four identical support segments. In addition, each segment represents the fourth part of the annular tube and cut into two parts by a vertical  cylindrical plane. The outer parts of each segment are connected with hinges to the posts and fixed on the support base, and the inner parts of each segment are also connected to a supporting elastic element and a  vibration-proof mass is connected by means of hinges. The authors describe the working procedure of the proposed construction and compile the mathematical model of vibration support with a quasi-zero stiffness  effect.Results. As a result, the equations of the mathematical model are performed in Matlab with the Simulink extension. The values of the equations are used to plot the strain variation of the toroidal shell of the corrector, which depends on the mass displacement, as well as on the motion patterns of a vibrationproof object of 100 kg for variants of the carrier spring without additional volume and with additional volume of the 1 - 10 Hz pneumatic spring carrier.Discussion and conclusions. The authors determine the pressure in the corrector shell, depending on the isolated object mass. Therefore, the deformation of the corrector shell could be provided with a support structure due to the elasticity of the shell material. The usage of additional volume together with the stiffness corrector allows to obtain a wider area of the load characteristics with quasi-zero stiffness and to improve the vibration-protective properties of the support.
Realism, Nominalism and How Probable the Disappearance of Accounting Profession is
Authors: Mislavskaja N. A.
Published: January 2019

One of the characteristic features of twenty-year period of reforming the national system of accounting is that the new results of scientifc research opposing the principles of international fnancial reporting standards are not included in accounting practice. A false idea about the universal character of the IFRS, total conformism of accounting professional community and the shift to practically-oriented approach in the curricula of higher education institutions resulted in discrediting of accounting knowledge. Modern methodological approaches of economics in relation to accounting and fnancial reporting are inclined to consider the latter as applied secondary tool of generating fnancial information. From historical and objective point of view the very task of accounting was to provide such information that would aid in making educated and effective managerial decisions and later to increase or at least preserve the capital. Pursuing this goal the methodology (in addition to particular methods) has been going through changes depending on the goals set by the users of fnancial information. After the IFRS had been introduced the process of methodology transformation gained a one-way character — “everything should conform to the IFRS” —and consequently accounting as a tool which takes into account constantly changing goals, for example the goals set by the state, stopped working. This resulted in the compromise of accounting. In order to clarify the reasons of the above the article analyses the stages of the development of ideas, approaches and directions in economic theory, identifes its links with the evolution of science and retrospectively matches the peculiarities of the latter with such methodological directions of philosophy of science as nominalism and realism. The motivated rationale of the crucial importance to classify the stages of scientifc knowledge development determines the strategic choice of the methods of the research: deduction, information analysis; abstracting; dialectic logic of making conclusions and proposals. The result of the research is the rationale of the processes of historical development of accounting science, identifcation of logical correlation between the ideology of economic theory classical scholars and methodology of accounting knowledge. The author proposes to treat the contemporary history of the issue by introducing such terms as political and demagogical nominalism in conceptual construct.
Improving  the  System of  Control  of  Universities’   in  the  Russian  Federation
Authors: Bulyga R. P. , Amerslanova A. N.
Published: January 2019

The article reviews the existing system of control of universities’ activity in the Russian Federation. The authors single out two blocks of this system (internal and external) along with three components of external control of universities’ activity (state control; professional control; public control). The article describes the characteristic features of particular forms of state control over universities’ activity (state accreditation of educational programs, federal state control of education quality; federal state supervision over education); public control over universities’activity (public accreditation of educational programs, independent assessment of education quality); professional control over universities’ activity (professional and public accreditation of educational programs, assigning rating to universities); internal control over universities’ activity (self examination in higher educational institutions, internal control of a university as an economic entity, internal assessment of education quality). The article examines the effectiveness of control procedures applied to the main objects of control (educational programs, quality of students training, conditions of educational activity, target results of activity) and singles out the following basic trends of improving the control over universities’ activity: the increased importance of assessing the effectiveness of educational programs implementation and informal control procedures based on expert evaluations and sociological surveys. The following major directions of improving the system of control over universities’ activity in Russia are suggested: developing the state and professional system of control; establishing the audit trails of an educational system; creating the mechanisms of acknowledging the results of control by the inspectors and auditors of different level; shifting the emphasis of state control from formal methods to the check of substantive aspects (quality) of the educational process; developing the tools and methods of professional control over universities’ activity; adapting the indexes of universities global ratings to the special national features of higher educational institutions; developing the internal monitoring of effciency and quality of educational programs’ implementation and informal types of internal independent assessment of education quality.
Current  Problems  of  Cadastral  Valuation  Reliability
Authors: Sutyagin V. Yu. , Bespalov M. V.
Published: January 2019

The article deals with the current issues of cadastral valuation reliability on the example of Tambov region. The authors consider the genesis of development of cadastral valuation institute and the related matters. The problems of cadastral valuation result from the imbalance of the taxation system because property and land taxes are a few real local taxes. That is why local authorities solve the problem of the development of the local tax base by means of systematic overestimating cadastral value. In article analyses certain problems of cadastral valuation, such as procedural aspects and statistics of contesting cadastral valuation, accounting and singling out of a value added tax in the fnal result of valuation along with the arising conﬂicts of interest between the regional and federal authorities.
Classificação e aptidão climática para as culturas da banana e abacaxi no estado da Paraíba (Classification and fitness climate for the cultures banana and pineapple in the Paraíba State)
Authors: Medeiros Raimundo Mainar de , Francisco Paulo Roberto Megna , Matos Rigoberto Moreira de , Silva Patrícia Ferreira da
Published: January 2019

O conhecimento das variáveis agroclimáticas é importante para o planejamento das atividades agropecuárias de uma determinada região. Objetivou-se com este estudo realizar a classificação e aptidão climática para as culturas da banana e do abacaxi no estado da Paraíba. O cálculo do balanço hídrico, classificação climática, elaboração do evapopluviograma e o zoneamento agroclimático das culturas foram realizados a partir de uma série histórica de precipitação e temperatura do ar. Os valores das variáveis climáticas foram: temperatura do ar média anual 24,2 ºC, precipitação pluviométrica 846,5 mm ano-1, evapotranspiração potencial 1272,0 mm ano-1, deficiência hídrica 425,5 mm ano-1 e excesso hídrico 0,0 mm ano-1. As condições agroclimáticas do estado da Paraíba foram classificadas como restrita para o cultivo da banana e do abacaxi, devido à ocorrência de deficiência hídrica acentuada. O clima do estado da Paraíba é seco semiárido, megatérmico, com pequeno ou nenhum excesso de água no solo e com 29,7% da evapotranspiração potencial concentrada no trimestre mais quente do ano. Os resultados obtidos com este estudo proporcionam subsídios para o planejamento e implantação das culturas da banana e do abacaxi pelos produtores do estado da Paraíba.  A B S T R A C TKnowledge of agroclimatic variables is important for the planning of agricultural activities in a given region. The objective of this study was to perform the classification and climatic aptitude for banana and pineapple crops in the state of Paraíba. The calculation of the water balance, climatic classification, elaboration of the evapopluviograma and the agroclimatic zoning of the cultures were carried out from a historical series of precipitation and air temperature. The values of climatic variables were: annual mean air temperature 24.2 °C, rainfall 846.5 mm year-1, potential evapotranspiration 1272.0 mm year-1, water deficiency 425.5 mm year-1 and water excess 0.0 mm ano-1. The agroclimatic conditions of the state of Paraíba were classified as restricted to the cultivation of banana and pineapple due to the occurrence of accentuated water deficiency. The climate of Paraíba state is semiarid, megahermic, with little or no excess water in the soil and with 29.7% of the potential evapotranspiration concentrated in the hottest quarter of the year. The results obtained with this study provide subsidies for the planning and implantation of banana and pineapple crops by the state of Paraíba.Keywords: water balance, agroclimatic zoning, deficiency and water excess.
Identificação de Riscos Erosivos na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Beberibe – PE (Identification of Erosive Risks in the Hydrographic Basin of Beberibe River – PE)
Authors: Silva José Fabio Gomes da , Barbosa Neto Manuella Vieira
Published: January 2019

Os riscos ambientais, sobretudos os relacionados a eventos erosivos adquirem grande importância, uma vez que os mesmos causam graves perdas econômicas e humanas em todo planeta, sendo, contudo, uma problemática mais grave em países subdesenvolvido e/ou em desenvolvimento.  Nesse sentido, este trabalho teve por objetivo identificar riscos ambientais, sobretudo os relacionados aos processos erosivos no contexto da bacia hidrográfica do rio Beberibe-PE. Para isso, foi realizado um mapeamento do perigo natural a processos erosivos utilizando critérios de vulnerabilidade para unidades territoriais básicas como: Geologia, Geomorfologia, Pedologia, Vegetação e clima. Foram realizados trabalhos de campo a fim de identificar os riscos existentes na área de estudos. Essa pesquisa demonstrou uma maior incidência de eventos morfodinâmicos na área do médio curso do rio Beberibe, uma vez que a mesma apresenta uma declividade mais acentuada, e que atrelada ao uso e ocupação do solo de forma indevida por parte da população favorece o agravamento de eventos erosivos na área em questão.  A B S T R A C TEnvironmental risks, especially those related to erosion events, are of great importance, since they cause serious economic and human losses on the whole planet, however it is an even more serious problem in underdeveloped and/or developing countries. In this regard, this work aimed to identify environmental risks, especially those related to erosion processes at the hydrographic basin of Beberibe-PE. For this purpose, a mapping of the natural hazard to erosive processes was made, using vulnerability criteria for basic territorial units such as: Geology, Geomorphology, Pedology, Vegetation and climate. Fieldwork was carried out to identify the risks in the area of studies. This research demonstrated a higher incidence of morphodynamic events in the area of the middle course of Beberibe River, since it presents a more pronounced slope, and that, coupled with the improper use and occupation of the soil by the population favors the aggravation of erosion events in the referred area.Keywords: Environmental risks, Erosion, Geoprocessing.
What’s Mine is Hers: A Solution to Common Law Property Woes
Authors: Himsl Claire
Published: January 2019

As more and more Canadians elect not to get married and opt instead for a common law relationship, the matter of division of property has grown ever more relevant. This essay explores possible remedies to reducing gendered inequalities that result from the division of common law property.
Hope Beats Fear? : The Assent of the Saskatchewan Party to Power and the Fall of the NDP
Authors: Fulmer Chris
Published: January 2019

The purpose of this paper is to trace the assent of the Saskatchewan Party and examine their current success in the province that has been historically hostile to conservative parties of any iteration. Saskatchewan’s “Natural Governing Party” has long been considered the NDP, and the province’s political culture has been long entrenched with a social democratic lean. This paper builds on and applies the work of Dr Jared Wesley and Michael Moyes in “Selling Social Democracy: Branding the Political Left in Canada” to the context of Saskatchewan and the Sask Party. This paper looks at the tactics and success of political branding and shows how the Sask Party used many of the same branding techniques traditionally used by left wing parties all across the country to great success.
Why are Extreme Right Parties so Popular in Europe?
Authors: Rauta Radu-Vladimir
Published: January 2019

This topic has witnessed a real increase in media coverage due to the recent activity of extreme right parties across Europe, notable being in the past year the Greek parties and the Dutch stance regarding immigration. For answering the question, and following the pathway of the module, the essay is looking at the extreme right parties in four European countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy. Research for this paper has been focused mostly on the specialised literature, Pietro Ignazi being brought into discussion the most. Because of the large variables over years, the essay is looking at the parties from the 1960s until the early 2000s.
Corruption et le déclin de la République romaine
Authors: Jasmin Guillaume
Published: January 2019

This paper takes a look at the role of corruption in ending the Roman Republic. It does not purport to hold up corruption as the single deciding factor in the Roman Republic's collapse but rather hopes to show that corruption did have a responsibility in bringing down a 500 year-old institution. This dissertation was written by reviewing existing sources be they historical or analytical so as to find the elements needed to come to a conclusion answering the question posed above. The structure followed by this paper is as follows: the author first exposed how the Roman Republic's political system was organized and how it functioned. Secondly, the author defined corruption and detailed a historical example of this insidious entity. Finally, the fall of the Republic is chronicled and the role of corruption in this collapse is uncovered. To conclude, the author found that corruption did in fact play a non-negligible role in the overthrow of the Roman Republic.Cette dissertation essaye de présenter quel a été le rôle de la corruption dans la chute de la République romaine. Toutefois, ce texte n'essaye pas d'assigner un rôle décisif à la corruption, mais tente plutôt de montrer que la corruption (parmi plusieurs autres facteurs) avait une responsabilité dans l'effondrement d'une institution vieille de plus de 500 ans. Cette rédaction a été écrite en révisant plusieurs sources historiques et analytiques existantes afin de trouver les éléments qui ont servis à répondre à la question ci-dessus. La structure de cette dissertation va comme suit: premièrement, l'auteur a exposé l'organisation et le fonctionnement de l'appareil politique qu'était la République romaine. Puis, l'auteur a définit la corruption et détaillé un exemple historique de cette entité insidieuse. Ensuite, l'auteur a chroniquer l'écroulement de la République et a mis à jour le rôle de la corruption dans cet affaissement. En conclusion, l'auteur à découvert que la corruption a joué un rôle non-négligeable dans la destruction de la République romaine.
Sterol Chemical Structure and Conformation Influence the Thermotropic Phase Behaviour of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayers
Authors: Benesch Matthew G.K. , Mannock David A. , McElhaney Ronald N.
Published: January 2019

Studying the nature of interactions between the sterol ring system and neigbouring phospholipid molecules is important for our understanding of the properties of sterols in biological molecules and the role of such interactions in many disease processes. In this project, the thermotropic phase behaviour of binary dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC)/sterol mixtures with different sterol ring configurations (C5,6 double bond, 5α-H and 5β-H orientation and either 3α-OH, 3β-OH, 3-ketone functional groups) was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and was compared to earlier studies of cholesterol/ and epicholesterol/DPPC mixtures. Given the differences in the thermodynamic parameters obtained from these mixtures and their associated changes in bilayer stability and miscibility, it is clear that changing the sterol chemical configuration has a significant effect on bilayer properties. Any sterol molecule whose ring structure deviates from that of cholesterol is unlikely to be fully miscible in mammalian membranes.
Inability of Viral Superantigens to Induce CD4-mediated Islet Transplant Rejection
Authors: Ciechanowski Peter
Published: January 2019

Superantigens have the ability to bypass the specific interactions of the MHC class II and T-cell receptor by binding outside of the peptide binding region and onto the Vβ chain. This ability allows superantigens to stimulate a wide array of T-cell populations, irrespective of T-cell receptor (TCR) specificity. Research on bacterial and viral superantigens have demonstrated various outcomes ranging from superantigen dependent cellular cytoxicity (SDCC), rheumatoid arthritis, to superantigen stimulated T-cell clonal deletion and anergy. Due to its ability to proliferate a large population of T-cells, this paper asks whether superantigens have a role in islet transplant rejection. We used transgenic Vβ6 TCR mice specific for male ‘H-Y’ antigen as recipients to islet transplants. Donors comprised mice expressing endogenous superantigen specific for the Vβ6 chain. Transplantation of these donor islets did not induce rejection. Recipients were also primed with ‘H-Y’ antigen to induce a CD4 effector memory T-cell population prior to islet transplantation. Even with primed recipients, donor islet transplants did not induce rejection by recipient transgenic mice.
Zeno paradox: A relativistic approach to solution
Authors: Quiroga Matías A.O.
Published: January 2019

Zeno of Elea was brilliant producing paradox [1]; the most famous is the story of Achilles and the tortoise. It can be summarized in these words: Achilles and the tortoise decide to have a race. Because Achilles can run twice as fast as the tortoise he gives her a long head start. Now, says Zeno, by the time Achilles reaches the tortoise’s starting point she would have moved ahead by half the distance of her lead. And by the time Achilles reaches that point she would have moved on by half of that distance. And so on, and so forth, ad infinitum. Achilles is never able to catch up with the tortoise, because at each point, by the time he has covered the distance between them, she will always have moved on further by half of that distance. As Magee [1] points, it is here an impeccable logical argument that leads to a false conclusion. As Borges [2] reports, many previous works had focused looking for a fault in the logic [3] but they all have failed, so Borges suggests looking back to the concept of our world.   In this work, we shall use such suggestion focusing in the relativity theory. We are convinced that the inaccessibility of the paradox lies in work under the Galilean transforms in the Newtonian world.  Despite this, we will try to see the problem under the Lorentzian transforms in the Eistenian world. For this purpose we first take a look at the paradox in Galilean mathematical terms and then we will look at the paradox under Lorentzian transform.
Development of an Ungulate Mammalian Hair Key
Authors: Jones Patrick , Sfez Sofie , Knamiller Peter T.
Published: January 2019

We have created a dichotomous hair key to differentiate between adult and juvenile ungulates seen in summer wolf diets; however we would like to stress that this key can also be used for other large carnivore diets, as it has shown merit in the identification of cougar and coyote prey items. To our knowledge there is no mammalian hair key that is able to sufficiently differentiate between juvenile and adults of the major species in the North American Wolf’s (Canis lupus) diet, specifically, mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, moose and bighorn sheep. We acquired juvenile hair samples starting at birth at bi-weekly to monthly intervals from various zoos, wildlife parks and rehabilitation centres over North America for all the major prey species except bighorn sheep. Main characters used to classify ungulate hair were basal scale margin distance, hair diameter and hair color. Scale margin distance and basal hair diameter was measured via a microscope ocular micrometer, with t-tests completed to assess differences between species. We were successful at differentiating between all juvenile ungulates, however juvenile deer species hair maybe very difficult to differentiate between and may only be accurately done with experience. Juvenile ungulate hair is usually smaller in diam- eter then the guard hair of adults and is more delicate in appearance. As observed in other study by De Marinis et al 2006, we too were able to differentiate juvenile ungulates by a scalloped medulla (Figure 1). We were able to distinguish juvenile moose by their ginger color appearance, large medial hair cuticle scales, and large basal hair diameter compared to other ungulate species (Figure 2). We also found the juvenile elk had smaller hair diameters then juvenile deer and appear less ridged compared to juvenile deer.