bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fernando Pessoa, herdeiro do mundo mágico. As raízes ocultas da poética pessoana
Authors: Marrone Rita Catania
Published: July 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2016n20p65Se é verdade que a Modernidade representa, na opinião de muitos, o triunfo do progresso científico e da razão, é também verdade que nos seus fundamentos se encontra uma visão mágica e irracional do mundo, de maneira alguma desaparecida da nossa cultura. O presente artigo divide-se em uma introdução às raízes ocultas da época moderna, nas suas facetas artísticas, filosóficas e literárias, em seguida focando a atenção na figura de Fernando Pessoa. O poeta português, de facto, é herdeiro direto de uma antiga Weltanschauung mágica, que passa por Marsílio Ficino e Giordano Bruno, mas também por Johann Wolfang Von Goethe e por Isaac Newton, para chegar a poetas modernos como William Butler Yeats e Thomas Stearns Elliot, mas também ao próprio Pessoa. A paixão do poeta pela astrologia, pela filosofia hermética e pelo ocultismo não era apenas um passatempo, mas uma verdadeira chave de leitura para compreender o mundo, interpretá-lo e reelaborá-lo através da criação poética.
Sobre ver o invisível
Authors: Lima Natalie
Published: July 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2016n20p77Com a discussão em torno da noção de campo expandido, as aproximações entre literatura e artes visuais poderiam, hoje, retomar uma abordagem iniciada por Roland Barthes no final dos anos 1970, a saber, de que a teoria deveria, ela mesma, entender-se como escritura. Haveria então um imbricamento a partir do qual explorar possíveis ressonâncias entre teoria (ou a produção conceitual), literatura (ou a produção ficcional) e artes visuais (que aqui aparecem sob o signo das imagens) a fim de não apenas negar a separação simplificadora entre literatura e teoria, entre discurso ficcional e discurso de verdade, entre palavra e imagem, mas de levar em conta o reposicionamento da discussão em torno do literário a partir de um debate sobre o fim de sua autonomia com relação aos outros fazeres artísticos. O que estaria em jogo, agora, seriam escrituras capazes de fazer ver, de produzir imagens ou sinais com potência política e estética. De maneira não programática, Walter Benjamin e Gilles Deleuze radicalizariam, em seus textos, essa dinâmica, trazendo para o pensamento filosófico uma prática ao mesmo tempo escritural, performática, virtual e imagética.
Narradores bastardos – Salman Rushdie e Guimarães Rosa
Authors: Borges Telma
Published: July 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2016n20p91Este artigo tem por objetivo refletir sobre os romances O último suspiro do mouro, de Salman Rushdie, e Grande sertão: veredas, de João Guimarães Rosa, a partir de algumas estratégias estruturais dessas narrativas, tais como a do manuscrito encontrado e/ou que se escreve enquanto se ouve o narrador contar a estória; a matéria vertente, ou seja, o que se conta; o agenciamento de diferentes vozes narrativas; o uso de documentos apócrifos que revelam a elaboração de uma memória imaginada; e o recurso ao fantástico, bem como a recriação crítico-criativa da língua do colonizador.  Tais estratégias se organizam a partir de uma voz narrativa em primeira pessoa – Moraes Zogoiby e Riobaldo –, os quais, na condição de filhos bastardos ou supostamente bastardos, realizam uma contraescrita da história, de modo a produzirem uma escrita também bastarda, ou seja, o rerrelato, como afirma Salman Rushdie, ou a estória, como argumenta Guimarães Rosa. Tais procedimentos resultam na descolonização da voz narrativa e instituem o que tenho denominado escrita bastarda.
Casa de citas. José Martí, Oscar Wilde y el renacimiento de la fotografía de autor
Authors: Guerrero Javier
Published: July 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2016n21p105El artículo reexamina dos crónicas de José Martí en las que el intelectualcubano discute el arribo y primera presentación pública de Oscar Wilde enNueva York. La propuesta de lectura sospecha sobre estas crónicas y proponeleer críticamente las maneras en las que Martí cita a ciegas al excéntrico dandiirlandés. El artículo lee la primera crónica de Martí sobre Wilde, aquellaaparecida en Caracas el 21 de enero de 1882, como un artefacto que da cuentade la emergencia de la fotografía de autor. Asimismo, propone cómo lasfotografías que Wilde se toma en Nueva York y las polémicas que las rodeanconstituyen un renacimiento de la fotografía de autor que sirve como vehículoautofigurativo y ensayo de autonomía material para una nueva especie deescritor en América Latina.
Arquitectura del fotolibro: escritura e imagen
Authors: Nouzeilles Gabriela
Published: July 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2016n21p127 El artículo analiza una serie de fototextualidades de carácter experimental cuya lógica a la vez niega y afirma la inconmensurabilidad entre escrituraliteraria e imagen fotográfica. Tiene como objetivo explorar el funcionamientode formaciones intermediáticas que adoptan la forma de libro y son elresultado del cruce entre literatura, fotografía y vanguardia. Estos artefactosexperimentales cuestionan la noción de la “ceguera” de la literatura, así comola “referencialidad tautológica” de la fotografía. El ensayo se detiene en Prosadel observatorio, uno de los fototextos producidos por Julio Cortázar, comoaparato fototextual que se opone activamente a las relaciones dominantesentre palabra e imagen, caracterizadas por formatos que subordinan un medioal otro. Prosa del observatorio propone una poética basada en el desplazamientoy la transformación del sentido a lo largo de una serie abierta de significantesque crea un sistema de equivalencias entre el plano verbal y el visual,transformando el discurso poético en discurso fotográfico y viceversa. De esemodo, deconstruye las fronteras entre verbo e imagen, colapsando su funciónpoética con su función fotográfica como manifestaciones heterogéneas de laescritura, entendida como proceso de significación que excede y subsume a laliteratura y la fotografía.
Arnauld & Andrade: dos projetores às galerias sem lâmpadas
Authors: Antelo Raul
Published: July 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2016n21p19O texto reflete sobre a condição da fotografia e sua relação com o rostoe o povo, a partir de encadear uma série de reflexões dos escritores Mário deAndrade e Celine Arnaud, e das diferenças entre os dois surgidas em relação àfigura de Charlie Chaplin e seu filme O garoto. Se percorrem os textos críticosproduzidos, o conto “História de dados com”, e romance Macunaíma, de Máriode Andrade, e uma série de poemas de Celine Arnaud. O objetivo deste artigoé observar como certas cenas do filme permitem refletir sobre a construçãode um novo tipo de imagem - o pós-cinema – que abre um campo superadordas contradições entre “ser ou não ser”, permitindo a configuração de “ser enão ser”, que Mário de Andrade desenvolvera, por exemplo, em Macunaíma.
Da letra à imagem: uma incursão no jogo poético de Knorr
Authors: Betges Lívia , Pereira Vinícius Carvalho
Published: July 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2016n21p239A poesia vinculada a elementos imagéticos compõe uma estética híbridacara à boa parte da produção literária contemporânea, em que a visualidade,como elemento semiótico constitutivo do poema, suscita aos leitores novoscaminhos interpretativos. Diante desse contexto, visa-se verificar na obra literáriaOLHLO2: Poesia Visual, de Luis Augusto Knop de Mendonça (de heterônimoKnorr), como a visualidade é implementada. Chamam atenção asrupturas estruturais no livro (em forma de baralho) que apontam a presençade um jogo entre o verbal e o não verbal. Para as análises aqui empreendidas,consideram-se cinco poemas visuais, nos quais se indaga como o grafemaengendra a imagem nos processos de significação. De acordo com as teoriasde Jacques Derrida e Roland Barthes, mediante a différance e os “regimes antropológicosde sentido”, buscam-se entender os jogos de múltiplos ou vaziossentidos na fulguração da letra à imagem.
The idea of being is not uniquely innate
Authors: Täljedal Inge-Bert
Published: July 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2016v20n3p343According to the Italian philosopher Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855), being is an  innate idea that is requisite for contemplating anything. He emphatically claims that it is the one and only innate idea. Rosmini makes a sharp distinction between sensations and perceptions. Perceptions are thought to arise when the undetermined idea of being (tantamount to possibility) is combined with sensations, universals when being is combined with  perceptions. It is argued here that Rosmini’s explanation of the origin of universals does  not work. If the idea of being is regarded as innate, then several others should be similarly  regarded, notably the idea of qualitative identity which is an idea necessary for deriving universals.  Although Rosmini holds that certain properties are necessarily present in real objects  and therefore implicit in the idea of being, the property of being qualitatively identical with  something else is not among those properties. Theological motives may have encouraged  Rosmini to emphasize being as a peculiarly fundamental idea. However, if the idea of being  is more fundamental than other universals, it may be regarded so in virtue of its generality,  not because it has a uniquely innate character.
Thirteen-years of observations on primary sugars and sugar alcohols over remote
Chichijima Island in the western North Pacific
Authors: Verma Santosh Kumar , Kawamura Kimitaka , Chen Jing , Fu Pingqing
Published: July 2017

Abstract. In order to understand the atmospheric transport of bioaerosols, we conducted long-term observations of primary sugars and sugar alcohols over remote Chichijima Island in the western North Pacific from 2001 to 2013. Our results showed that concentrations of total sugar compounds for 13 years ranged from 1.2 to 310 ng m−3 (average, 46 ± 49 ng m−3). We found that atmospheric circulations significantly affect the seasonal variations of bioaerosol distributions over the western North Pacific. The primary sugars (glucose and fructose) maximized in summer, possibly due to a decreased transport of Asian aerosols and increased local emission of vegetation products from the vascular plants in Chichijima. We also found higher concentrations of sugar components (arabitol, mannitol and trehalose) in more recent years during summer/autumn, suggesting an enhanced emission of fungal and microbial species over the island. Sucrose peaked in late winter to early spring, indicating a springtime pollen contribution by long-range atmospheric transport, while elevated concentrations of sucrose in early summer could be assumed to be long-range transport of soil dust from Southeast Asia to Chichijima. Positive matrix factorization analyses suggested the locally emitted sugar compounds as well as long-range transported air borne pollen grains, microbes and fungal spores are the major contributors to total sugar compounds in the Chichijima aerosols. Backward air mass trajectories support the atmospheric transport of continental aerosols from the Asian continent during winter/spring over Chichijima.
Drought identification in the eastern Baltic region using NDVI
Authors: Rimkus Egidijus , Stonevicius Edvinas , Kilpys Justinas , Maciulyte Viktorija , Valiukas Donatas
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Droughts are phenomena that affect large areas. Remote sensing data covering large territories can be used to assess the impact and extent of droughts. Drought effect on vegetation was determined using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) in the eastern Baltic Sea region located between 53–60° N and 20–30° E. The effect of precipitation deficit on vegetation in arable land and broadleaved and coniferous forest was analysed using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) calculated for 1- to 9-month timescales. Vegetation has strong seasonality in the analysed area. The beginning and the end of the vegetation season depends on the distance from the Baltic Sea, which affects temperature and precipitation patterns. The vegetation season in the southeastern part of the region is 5–6 weeks longer than in the northwestern part. The early spring air temperature, snowmelt water storage in the soil and precipitation have the largest influence on the NDVI values in the first half of the active growing season. Precipitation deficit in the first part of the vegetation season only has a significant impact on the vegetation on arable land. The vegetation in the forests is less sensitive to the moisture deficit. Correlation between VCI and the same month SPI1 is usually negative in the study area. It means that wetter conditions lead to lower VCI values, while the correlation is usually positive between the VCI and the SPI of the previous month. With a longer SPI scale the correlation gradually shifts towards the positive coefficients. The positive correlation between 3- and 6-month SPI and VCI was observed on the arable land and in both types of forests in the second half of vegetation season. The precipitation deficit is only one of the vegetation condition drivers and NDVI cannot be used universally to identify droughts, but it may be applied to better assess the effect of droughts on vegetation in the eastern Baltic Sea region.
Meteorological buoy measurements in the Iceland Sea 2007–2009
Authors: Petersen Guðrún Nína
Published: July 2017

Abstract. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) conducted meteorological buoy measurements in the central Iceland Sea in the time period 2007–2009, specifically in the Northern Dreki Area on the southern segment of the Jan Mayen Ridge. Due to difficulties in deployment and operations in-situ measurements in this region are sparse. Here the buoy, deployment and measurements are described with the aim of giving a future user of the data set as comprehensive information as possible. The data set has been quality checked, suspect data removed and the data set made publicly available from Pangaea Data Publisher (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.876206).
Strong tidal variations in ice flow observed across the entire Ronne Ice Shelf and adjoining ice streams
Authors: Rosier Sebastian H. R. , Gudmundsson G. Hilmar , King Matt A. , Nicholls Keith W. , Makinson Keith , Corr Hugh F. J.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. We present a compilation of GPS time series, including those for previously unpublished sites, showing that flow across the entire Ronne Ice Shelf and its adjoining ice streams is strongly affected by ocean tides. Previous observations have shown strong diurnal and semidiurnal motion of the ice shelf and surface flow speeds of Rutford Ice Stream (RIS) are known to vary with a fortnightly (Msf) periodicity. Our new dataset shows that the Msf flow modulation, first observed on RIS, is also found on Evans, Talutis, Institute and Foundation Ice Streams, i.e. on all ice streams for which data are available. The amplitude of the Msf signal increases downstream of grounding lines, reaching up to 20 % of mean flow speeds where ice streams feed into the main shelf. Upstream of ice stream grounding lines, decay length scales are relatively uniform for all ice streams but the speed at which the Msf signal propagates upstream shows more variation. Observations and modelling of tidal variations in ice flow can help constrain crucial parameters that determine the rate and extent of potential ice mass loss from Antarctica. Given that the Msf modulation in ice flow is readily observed across the entire region, at distances of up to 80 km upstream of grounding lines, but is not completely reproduced in any existing numerical model, this new dataset suggests a pressing need to identify the missing processes responsible for its generation and propagation. The new GPS data set is publicly available through the UKPDC at http://doi.org/10.5285/4fe11286-0e53-4a03-854c-a79a44d1e356.
BRICK v0.2, a simple, accessible, and transparent model framework for climate and regional sea-level projections
Authors: Wong Tony E. , Bakker Alexander M. R. , Ruckert Kelsey , Applegate Patrick , Slangen Aimée B. A. , Keller Klaus
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Simple models can play pivotal roles in the quantification and framing of uncertainties surrounding climate change and sea-level rise. They are computationally efficient, transparent, and easy to reproduce. These qualities also make simple models useful for the characterization of risk. Simple model codes are increasingly distributed as open source, as well as actively shared and guided. Alas, computer codes used in the geosciences can often be hard to access, run, modify (e.g., with regards to assumptions and model components), and review. Here, we describe the simple model framework BRICK (Building blocks for Relevant Ice and Climate Knowledge) v0.2 and its underlying design principles. The paper adds detail to an earlier published model setup and discusses the inclusion of a land water storage component. The framework largely builds on existing models and allows for projections of global mean temperature as well as regional sea levels and coastal flood risk. BRICK is written in R and Fortran. BRICK gives special attention to the model values of transparency, accessibility, and flexibility in order to mitigate the above-mentioned issues while maintaining a high degree of computational efficiency. We demonstrate the flexibility of this framework through simple model intercomparison experiments. Furthermore, we demonstrate that BRICK is suitable for risk assessment applications by using a didactic example in local flood risk management.
Tiling soil textures for terrestrial ecosystem modelling via clustering analysis: a case study with CLASS-CTEM (version 2.1)
Authors: Melton Joe R. , Sospedra-Alfonso Reinel , McCusker Kelly E.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. We investigate the application of clustering algorithms to represent sub-grid scale variability in soil texture for use in a global-scale terrestrial ecosystem model. Our model, the coupled Canadian Land Surface Scheme – Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (CLASS-CTEM), is typically implemented at a coarse spatial resolution (approximately 2. 8° × 2. 8°) due to its use as the land surface component of the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM). CLASS-CTEM can, however, be run with tiling of the land surface as a means to represent sub-grid heterogeneity. We first determined that the model was sensitive to tiling of the soil textures via an idealized test case before attempting to cluster soil textures globally. To cluster a high-resolution soil texture dataset onto our coarse model grid, we use two linked algorithms – the Ordering Points to Identify the Clustering Structure (OPTICS) algorithm (Ankerst et al., 1999; Daszykowski et al., 2002) and the algorithm of Sander et al. (2003) – to provide tiles of representative soil textures for use as CLASS-CTEM inputs. The clustering process results in, on average, about three tiles per CLASS-CTEM grid cell with most cells having four or less tiles. Results from CLASS-CTEM simulations conducted with the tiled inputs (Cluster) versus those using a simple grid-mean soil texture (Gridmean) show CLASS-CTEM, at least on a global scale, is relatively insensitive to the tiled soil textures; however, differences can be large in arid or peatland regions. The Cluster simulation has generally lower soil moisture and lower overall vegetation productivity than the Gridmean simulation except in arid regions where plant productivity increases. In these dry regions, the influence of the tiling is stronger due to the general state of vegetation moisture stress which allows a single tile, whose soil texture retains more plant-available water, to yield much higher productivity. Although the use of clustering analysis appears promising as a means to represent sub-grid heterogeneity, soil textures appear to be reasonably represented for global-scale simulations using a simple grid-mean value.
A WEBGIS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONSERVATION OF THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN SARDINIA (ITALY)
Authors: Vacca G. , Fiorino D. R. , Pili D.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. The presented work is part of the research project, titled "Tecniche murarie tradizionali: conoscenza per la conservazione ed il miglioramento prestazionale" (Traditional building techniques: from knowledge to conservation and performance improvement). This research project has the purpose of studying the building techniques of the 13th–18th centuries in the Sardinia Region (Italy) for their knowledge, conservation, and promotion. The end purpose of the entire study is to improve the performance of the examined structures. In particular, the task of the authors within the research project was to build a WebGIS to manage the data collected during the examination and study phases. This infrastructure was entirely built using Open Source software. The work consisted of designing a database built in PostgreSQL and its spatial extension PostGIS, which allows storing and managing feature geometries and spatial data. The data input is performed via a form built in HTML and PHP. The HTML part is based on Bootstrap, an open tools library for websites and web applications. The implementation of this template used both PHP and Javascript code. The PHP code manages the reading and writing of data to the database, using embedded SQL queries. The database is published on the Internet as a WebGIS built using the Leaflet Javascript open libraries, which allows creating map sites with background maps and navigation, input and query tools. This too uses an interaction of HTML, Javascript, PHP and SQL code. The Database can be accessed in QGIS via a PostgreSQL connection. As of today, we surveyed and archived more than 300 buildings, belonging to three main macro categories: fortification architectures, religious architectures, residential architectures.
CAN RECONSTRUCTED LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA FROM SPACE PREDICT A WEST NILE VIRUS OUTBREAK?
Authors: Andreo V. , Metz M. , Neteler M. , Rosà R. , Marcantonio M. , Billinis C. , Rizzoli A. , Papa A.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Temperature is one of the main drivers of ecological processes. The availability of temporally and spatially continuous temperature time series is crucial in different research and application fields, such as epidemiology and control of zoonotic diseases. In 2010, several West Nile virus (WNV) outbreaks in humans were observed in Europe, with the largest number of cases recorded in Greece. Human cases continued to occur for four more years. The occurrence of the 2010’s outbreak in Greece has been related to positive anomalies in temperature. Currently available remote sensing time series might provide the temporal and spatial coverage needed to assess this kind of hypothesis. However, the main problem with remotely sensed temperature are the gaps caused by cloud cover. With the objective of testing the former hypothesis, we reconstructed daily MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) data and derived several indices that are known or hypothesized to be related to mosquito populations, WNV transmission or risk of disease since they might constitute proxies for favoring or limiting conditions. We present the first results of the comparisons of time series of LST-derived indices among locations with WNV human cases and municipalities with and without reported WNV infection in Greece between 2010 and 2014.
APPLYING CCD CAMERAS IN STEREO PANORAMA SYSTEMS FOR 3D ENVIRONMENT RECONSTRUCTION
Authors: Amini A. Sh. , Varshosaz M. , Saadatseresht M.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Proper recontruction of 3D environments is nowadays needed by many organizations and applications. In addition to conventional methods the use of stereo panoramas is an appropriate technique to use due to simplicity, low cost and the ability to view an environment the way it is in reality. This paper investigates the ability of applying stereo CCD cameras for 3D reconstruction and presentation of the environment and geometric measuring among that. For this purpose, a rotating stereo panorama was established using two CCDs with a base-length of 350 mm and a DVR (digital video recorder) box. The stereo system was first calibrated using a 3D test-field and used to perform accurate measurements. The results of investigating the system in a real environment showed that although this kind of cameras produce noisy images and they do not have appropriate geometric stability, but they can be easily synchronized, well controlled and reasonable accuracy (about 40 mm in objects at 12 meters distance from the camera) can be achieved.
Comparing Thixotropic and Herschel-Bulkley Models for
Avalanches and Subaqueous Debris Flows
Authors: Jeon Chan-Hoo , Hodges Ben R.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Debris flows such as avalanches and landslides are heterogeneous mixtures of solids and liquids but are often simulated as homogeneous non-Newtonian fluids using a Herschel-Bulkley model. By representing the heterogeneous debris as a homogeneous non-Newtonian fluid, it is possible to use standard numerical approaches for the Navier-Stokes equations where viscosity is allowed to vary in time and space (e.g. eddy-viscosity turbulence models). Common non-Newtonian models are time-independent so that the relationship between the time-space-varying effective viscosity and flow stress is unchanging. However, the complex behaviors of debris flows at flow initiation (jamming) and cessation (restructuralization) imply that the viscosity-stress relationships should have time-dependent behaviors, which is a feature of thixotropic non-Newtonian fluids. In this paper, both Herschel-Bulkley and thixotropic non-Newtonian fluid models are evaluated for simulating avalanches along a slope and subaqueous debris flows. A numerical solver using a multi-material level set method is applied to track multiple interfaces simultaneously. The numerical results are validated with analytical solutions and available experimental data using parameters selected based on the experimental setup and without post-hoc calibration. The thixotropic (time-dependent) fluid model shows reasonable agreement with all the experimental data. For most of the experimental conditions, the Herschel-Bulkley (time-independent) model results were similar to the thixotropic model, a critical exception being conditions with a high yield stress. Where the flow initiation is strongly dominated by the structural jamming and the initial yield behavior the time-independent model performed poorly.
O CANTEIRO DE OBRAS BRASILEIRO EM TERMOS DA ADOÇÃO DE RECURSOS TECNOLÓGICOS – EM BUSCA DE MELHORIA DAS PRÁTICAS ATRAVÉS DA INOVAÇÃO DOS PROCESSOS
Authors: Regina de Freitas Márcia
Published: July 2017

RESUMO: Ações têm sido conduzidas por agentes setoriais para embasar os rumos a serem seguidos no processo de modernização da construção. A inserção de inovações tem se dado de forma ampla, considerando-se as peculiaridades do setor e as necessidades do mercado. É nítida, no entanto, a necessidade de entendimento do que é inovar, para encontrar formas possíveis de se adotar estratégias direcionadas à inserção de inovações. Este artigo apresenta recursos de Tecnologia da Informação (TI) avançados para uso nas atividades de construção, com alguns exemplos de aplicação. O objetivo principal deste artigo é somar esforços para consolidar a adoção e uso de recursos inovadores em obras, visando uma mudança na cultura por parte do setor, para absorção de novos recursos tecnológicos inovadores.
Seeking Intimacy in the Wooing Group
Authors: Lazikani A. S.
Published: July 2017

This article examines the five lyrical meditations known collectively as the Wooing Group, focusing on the anchoritic reader's nurturance of her affective literacies in reading these texts. The presence-absence of the Lover Christ and the Virgin Mary is central to the affective strategies of the meditations: the anchoress is engaged in a continual search for Christ and his mother, drawing close to them only to find herself distanced again.
Guillain-Barré syndrome following heart transplantation complicated by myocardial infarction following treatment with IVIg
Authors: Newman Joshua , Chen Andrew , Rana Saud , Liebo Max
Published: July 2017

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is rare autoimmune polyneuropathy that is infrequently seen in the post-transplant population, presumably due to the presence of immunosuppression. When it does occur in this setting, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common inciting factor. Treatment modalities for GBS include intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or plasmapheresis. Rarely, IVIg infusion has been associated with myocardial infarction. We describe a case of a patient status post heart transplantation who presented with GBS shortly after developing CMV viremia. When treatment with IVIg was initiated, our patient developed myocardial infarction with acute cardiac biomarker elevation, acute systolic dysfunction, and cardiogenic shock requiring inotropic and vasopressor support. Coronary angiography demonstrated no significant coronary artery disease. The patient’s cardiac function recovered, as did the GBS following initiation of plasmapheresis. We review prior cases of GBS in transplant patients as well as IVIg associated myocardial infarction.
Ethics and Dialogue in Autobiography: The Cases of Vitomil Zupan and Lojze Kovačič
Authors: Leben Andreas
Published: July 2017

Vitomil Zupan (1914–1987), a former partisan and political prisoner, and Lojze Kovačič (1928–2004) who was exiled as a German speaking child with his family from Switzerland to Yugoslavia, rank among the most outstanding autobiographers in modern Slovene literature. After a brief theoretical discussion on ethics and a dialogue on autobiographical discourse, the paper discusses the intersections and dialogical interplay between the real author, the writer, the narrator, the characters and the reader in their writings since the 1970s, taking into account the background of their personal experiences and the political, ideological and social conditions represented in their texts. As they pursued different concepts of self-representation, special emphasis is placed on ethical issues that derive from the autobiographical genre, respectively, from the specifics of the ethics of the told and the ethics of the telling as well as on the significance of ethical questions within the aesthetics of their writing. This article was submitted to the European Journal of Life Writing on April 16th, 2016, and published on July 17th, 2017.
Inkomstenbelastingheffing over rente en dividenden genoten door natuurlijke personen op Curaçao
Authors: Lubbers H.
Published: July 2017

Inkomstenbelastingheffing over rente en dividenden genoten door natuurlijke personen op Curaçao

In dit artikel wordt de fiscale regelgeving beschreven inzake rente en dividenden die door natuurlijke personen op Curaçao worden genoten. De regelgeving zit alleen té ingewikkeld in elkaar om dit helder en zo correct en volledig mogelijk te doen.

Dit geldt natuurlijk niet alleen voor het beschrijven, maar ook om het toe te passen in de praktijk door de belastingplichtige, zijn/haar adviseur en door de aanslagregelaar/inspecteur der belastingen. Doel van dit artikel is dan ook om aan te tonen dat het naar de mening van de auteur wenselijk is om de wijze van fiscale belastbaarheid van inkomsten uit rente en dividenden zodanig aan te passen dat het weer begrijpelijk én eenvoudig wordt.
The NEBIE plot network: Highlights of long-term scientific studies
Authors: Bell F. Wayne , Dacosta Jennifer , Newmaster Steven G. , Mallik Azim , Hunt Shelley , Anand Madhur , Maloles Jose , Peng Changhui , Parton John , McLaughlin John , Winters John , Wester Monique , Shaw Margo
Published: July 2017

The NEBIE plot network is a stand-scale, multi-agency research project designed to compare the ecological effects of a range of silvicultural treatments in northern temperate and boreal forest regions of Ontario, Canada. While research on silviculture intensities has been previously conducted, the NEBIE plot network is at a larger scale, and covers a wider range of intensities in a variety of northern temperate and boreal forest types. Details about experimental design, treatment designs and research sites, are presented in a companion paper which is published in this edition of The Forestry Chronicle. The operational scale of treatment plots allow for assessment of a variety of forest values. We used a criteria and indicator approach to organize long-term research studies on the network sites, with the goal of providing scientific findings that would inform forest policy. Pre-treatment, and 2-, 5-, and 10-year post-harvesting data have been collected. These initial data add to existing information on the effects of intensification of silviculture on biological diversity, forest productivity, ecosystem health and vitality, soil and water resources, contribution of enhanced forest management global carbon cycles, and long-term multiple socio-economic benefits of northern forests.
Glyphosate tolerance of eastern white cedar: Third year results
Authors: Noland Thomas L. , Man Rongzhou , Irvine Michael
Published: July 2017

Little is known about the herbicide tolerance of eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.). To determine the sensitivity of cedar seedlings to timing and concentration of herbicide applications, glyphosate was applied to 2-year-old seedlings at three concentrations (1.04, 2.07, and 4.14 acid equivalent (ae) kg ha-1) at three times (July 28, August 10 and 31), at a research site in north central Ontario. Seedling survival, growth, and biomass three years after spraying were compared with those of seedlings in manual weeding (competition/weed free via manual weeding) and control (no weeding and therefore always competition/weeds) treatments. Only glyphosate applied at 4.14 ae kg ha-1 significantly reduced, by 27%, third year seedling survival. Pattern of sensitivity of cedar seedling growth to glyphosate was diameter>height. Seedlings treated with 2.07 and 4.14 ae kg ha-1 glyphosate had significantly less root biomass than those in the control plots, whereas only cedar treated with 4.14 ae kg ha-1 glyphosate had lower shoot biomass. Application timing made no difference in survival, growth, or final biomass. All glyphosate and the no weeding control treatments reduced root, shoot, and total biomass of cedar relative to the manually weeded seedlings.
A PARTICIPAÇÃO DOS BRASILEIROS NO INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE SOCIOLOGIA JURÍDICA DE OÑATI (1989-2015)
Authors: Schwartz Germano , Costa Renata Almeida da
Published: July 2017

O presente artigo tem como objetivo verificar a participação quantitativa dos brasileiros nas atividades típicas do Instituto Internacional de Sociologia Jurídica de Oñati, a partir de dados fornecidos pelo próprio Instituto, além do cruzamento desses com a base online de sua biblioteca. Nesse sentido, ainda, elabora cruzamento entre os alunos brasileiros do Mestrado em Sociologia Jurídica de Oñati e o impacto do Instituto em sua vida acadêmica, tomando por base os dados disponíveis na Plataforma Lattes. O corte temporal da análise abrange o período que compreende a inauguração do Instituto até o presente momento (2015). Ao final, apresentam-se considerações a respeito de quais atividades os brasileiros estão mais afeitos e sugerem-se ações para o desenvolvimento do recebimento de um maior número de estudantes e professores provenientes do Brasil.
LA DESCOSIFICACIÓN DE LOS ANIMALES
Authors: Giménez-Candela Marita
Published: July 2017

La cuestión de la propiedad sobre los animales, ha sido pacífica e indiscutida hasta épocas muy recientes. La Descosificación de los animales, que se propone ahora en el Código civil de España, se ha llevado a cabo recientemente en los Códigos civiles de Francia (2015) y Portugal (2016) y se está perfilando como un movimiento que, con intermitencias, no ha cesado de avanzar desde que en 1988 en Austria se introdujera la afirmación de que los animales no son cosas (“nicht-Sachen”). Hoy Descosificación se equipara a reconocimiento de la sentiencia animal (“sentient beings”).
Associations between CYP2C8 rs10509681 and rs11572080 gene polymorphisms and age-related macular degeneration
Authors: Liutkevičienė Rasa , Sungailienė Ramunė , Vilkevičiūtė Alvita , Kriaučiūnienė Loresa , Vaitkienė Paulina , Chaleckis Romanas , Deltuva Vytenis Pranas
Published: July 2017

Background. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of irreversible visual loss in industrialized countries. Early symptoms of AMD include drusen and changes in retinal pigment epithelium. However, the etiology of AMD and drusen formation is not fully understood. Recent studies suggest that CYP2C8-related metabolic processes might play an important role in the development of AMD. The aim of our study is to investigate CYP2C8 rs10509681 and CYP2C8 rs11572080 genotype frequencies in patients with early AMD and to compare them with healthy controls.
Materials and Methods. The  study enrolled 305 patients with early AMD and 300 healthy controls. The  genotyping of CYP2C8 rs10509681 and CYP2C8 rs11572080 was carried out using the  real-time PCR method.
Results. The analysis of studied CYP2C8 polymorphisms did not reveal any statistically significant differences between the AMD and the control groups. For the CYP2C8 rs10509681 gene polymorphism the distribution of T/T, T/C, and C/C genotypes was 83.3%, 16.7%, and 0% vs. 83.7%, 15.7%, and 0.7%, p = 0.343. For the CYP2C8 rs11572080 gene polymorphism the distribution of C/C, T/C and T/T and genotypes was 84.9%, 15.1%, and 0% vs. 82.3%, 17.3%, and 0.3%, p = 0.447.
Conclusion. The  study revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the distribution of CYP2C8 rs10509681 and CYP2C8 rs11572080 genotypes in patients with early AMD and in healthy controls.
Refractive errors characteristic of the patients at the Children’s Ophthalmology Outpatient Department of Kauno klinikos Hospital (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences) from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
Authors: Čiumbaraitė Rasa , Liutkevičienė Rasa
Published: July 2017

Background. The purpose of our study was to assess the distribution and patterns of refractive errors in children for the proper planning of paediatric eye care at the centre.
Material and methods. The study was conducted in the hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in Kaunas, from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012. During this period, a total of 11,406 children, aged 0–18  years, were evaluated at the  outpatient department of paediatric ophthalmology, Kauno klinikos, the  Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. All the children underwent a complete ophthalmic examination with cycloplegic refraction.
Results. Myopia increased from 1.5% (95% CI:1.2, 1.8) in the age group of 0–1 to 44.7% (95% CI:43.46, 45.94) in the age group of 14–18 (p
Clinical characteristics and long-term survival differences of the ANCA-associated vasculitis group: a cross-sectional study of 27 patients
Authors: Dadonienė Jolanta , Kumžaitė Gintarė , Mačiulytė Rimvydė , Miltinienė Dalia
Published: July 2017

Objective. The goal of this study was to describe long-term patient survival and possible prognostic factors of a  group of patients diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) hospitalized at the  tertiary Rheumatology Centre in Vilnius.
Material and Methods. A cross-sectional study of 27 patients hospitalized at the Rheumatology Centre of Santaros klinikos of Vilnius University Hospital from 1  January 2001 to 31  December 2015 with diagnoses of GPA and MPA were carried out. Data on demographics, clinical characteristics, laboratory data, and the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score were collected.
Results. Seven (25.9%) patients during the  onset of the  disease received only oral glucocorticoids and 20 (74.1%) patients took additional medication. The BVAS median was 7 (minimum [min] – 2; maximum [max] – 23). The age median was 52 years (min  –  12; max  –  75). The  overall mortality rate was 18.5%. Mean survival time was 126.6 months (95% confidence interval [CI] = 104.5 to 148.6) limited to 154.6 months for the longest-surviving patient.
Conclusions. Life expectancy during past 15  years for AAV patients increased from 99.4 to 126.6 months. A high BVAS score at the  onset of the  disease is a  bad prognostic factor related to shorter life expectancy. The growth of Staphylococcus aureus from nasopharynx might be associated with higher mortality rates and relapses in AAV patients.
Anaesthetic challenges in cancer patients: current therapies and pain management
Authors: Gudaitytė Jūratė , Dvylys Dominykas , Šimeliūnaitė Indrė
Published: July 2017

The objective. The  aim is to present the  major effects of cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery) that the  anaesthesiologist should consider preoperatively, and to review techniques of the analgesic management of the disease.
Materials and Methods. To summarize the  major challenges that cancer patients present for the  anaesthesiologists, a  literature review was conducted. Articles presenting evidence or reviewing the  possible effects of anaesthetics on  cancer  cells were also included. Online databases of Science Direct, PubMed, and ELSEVIER, as well as reference lists of included studies were searched. Articles published from 2005 to 2016 were selected.
Results. Anaesthesiologists should pay attention to patients receiving chemotherapy and its side effects on organ systems. Bleomycin causes pulmonary damage, anthracyclines are cardiotoxic, and platinum-based chemotherapy agents are nephrotoxic. A lot of chemotherapy agents lead to abnormal liver function, vomiting, diarrhoea, etc. Surgery itself is suspected to be associated with an increased risk of metastasis and recurrence of cancer. Regional anaesthesia and general anaesthesia with propofol should be used and volatile agents should be avoided to prevent cancer patients from perioperative immunosuppression that leads to increased risk of cancer recurrence. Pain management for palliative patients remains a major problem.
Conclusions. To provide the best treatment for cancer patients, cooperation of anaesthesiologists with oncologists and surgeons becomes imperative. It has been established that anaesthetic techniques and drugs could minimize the perioperative inflammation. However, further research of the perioperative “onco-anaesthetic” is needed.
La recherche collaborative en éducation et formation. Instrument ou enjeu éthique de la recherche ?
Authors: ASLOUM Nina , GUY Daniel
Published: July 2017

Dans le domaine des sciences de l’éducation, les auteurs étudient la place accordée à l’idée de collaboration pour éclairer les processus de coproduction et régulation des pratiques de conduite et d’accompagnement du changement, plus particulièrement quand ces dernières sont soutenues par des recherches-interventions. En appui sur l’analyse d’un ouvrage collectif consacré à la conduite et à l’accompagnement du changement, les auteurs situent l’idée de collaboration dans l’élaboration théorique de l’objet« conduite et accompagnement du changement »et précisent sa place et son rôle dans les modalités de recherche-intervention mises en oeuvre.
La double vraisemblance au fondement de la collaboration de recherche : retour sur la démarche de coconstruction d’un projet entrepreneurial à l’école primaire
Authors: PEPIN Matthias , DESGAGNÉ Serge
Published: July 2017

Nous proposons dans cet article une analyse de la collaboration entre une enseignante et un chercheur dans le cadre d’une recherche doctorale visant à documenter l’apprentissage à s’entreprendre d’élèves du primaire à l’appui d’un projet de magasin scolaire. Le concept de « double vraisemblance » est convoqué en tant qu’il permet de jeter un regard analytique éclairant sur la démarche de collaboration de recherche. Trois moments de négociation des points de vue des partenaires sont plus spécifiquement analysés comme révélateurs des enjeux à la fois respectifs et communs qui les mobilisent dans la construction de la double vraisemblance du projet de magasin, au bénéfice de l’apprentissage à s’entreprendre des élèves.
Young children do not require perceptual-motor feedback to solve Aesop’s Fable tasks
Authors: Miller Rachael , Jelbert Sarah A. , Loissel Elsa , Taylor Alex H. , Clayton Nicola S.
Published: July 2017

Aesop’s Fable tasks—in which subjects drop objects into a water-filled tube to raise the water level and obtain out-of-reach floating rewards —have been used to test for causal understanding of water displacement in both young children and non-human animals. However, a number of alternative explanations for success on these tasks have yet to be ruled out. One hypothesis is that subjects may respond to perceptual-motor feedback: repeating those actions that bring the reward incrementally closer. Here, we devised a novel, forced-choice version of the Aesop’s Fable task to assess whether subjects can solve water displacement tasks when this type of feedback is removed. Subjects had to select only one set of objects, or one type of tube, into which all objects were dropped at once, and the effect the objects had on the water level was visually concealed. In the current experiment, fifty-five 5–9 year old children were tested in six different conditions in which we either varied object properties (floating vs. sinking, hollow vs. solid, large vs. small and too large vs. small objects), the water level (high vs. low) and/or the tube size (narrow vs. wide). We found that children aged 8–9 years old were able to solve most of the water displacement tasks on their first trial, without any opportunity for feedback, suggesting that they mentally simulated the results of their actions before making a choice. Children aged 5–7 years solved two conditions on their first trial (large vs. small objects and high- vs. low-water levels), and learnt to solve most of the remaining conditions over five trials. The developmental pattern shown here is comparable to previous studies using the standard Aesop’s Fable task, where eight year olds are typically successful from their first trial and 5–7 year olds learn to pass over five trials. Thus, our results indicate that children do not depend on perceptual-motor feedback to solve these water displacement tasks. The forced-choice paradigm we describe could be used comparatively to test whether or not non-human animals require visual feedback to solve water displacement tasks.
Transition from global to local control of dayside reconnection from ionospheric‐sourced mass loading
Authors: Zhang B. , Brambles O. J. , Cassak P. A. , Ouellette J. E. , Wiltberger M. , Lotko W. , Lyon J. G.
Published: July 2017

We have conducted a series of controlled numerical simulations to investigate the response of dayside reconnection to idealized, ionosphere‐sourced mass loading processes to determine whether they affect the integrated dayside reconnection rate. Our simulation results show that the coupled solar wind‐magnetosphere system may exhibit both local and global control behaviors depending on the amount of mass loading. With a small amount of mass loading, the changes in local reconnection rate affects magnetosheath properties only weakly and the geoeffective length in the upstream solar wind is essentially unchanged, resulting in the same integrated dayside reconnection rate. With a large amount of mass loading, however, the magnetosheath properties and the geoeffective length are significantly affected by slowing down the local reconnection rate, resulting in an increase of the magnetic pressure in the magnetosheath, with a significant reduction in the geoeffective length in the upstream solar wind and in the integrated dayside reconnection rate. In this controlled simulation setup, the behavior of dayside reconnection potential is determined by the role of the enhanced magnetic pressure in the magnetospheath due to magnetospheric mass loading. The reconnection potential starts to decrease significantly when the enhanced magnetic pressure alters the thickness of the magnetosheath.