bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comportamento fenológico da espécie invasora Ligustrum lucidum em um fragmento florestal urbano em Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.
Authors: Gonçalves de Oliveira Thiago Wendling , Milani Jaçanan Eloisa de Freitas , Blum Christopher Thomas
Published: October 2016

Understanding the causes of biological invasions by exotic species is very important for biodiversity conservation, for which knowledge of their phenology is of paramount importance. The aim of this study was to characterize the phenology of Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Ait., its relations with the weather, and understand how its phenological behavior can facilitate its capacity of invasion in an urban Araucaria Rainforest fragment in Curitiba, Brazil. The evaluated phenophases were: young, mature and old leaves; flower buds and anthesis; unripe, mature and old fruits. The phenophases were correlated with climatic variables of maximum, medium and minimum temperature and precipitation using the Spearman correlation. The vegetative phenophases were observed throughout the whole study period, flowering predominated from October to January, and fructification from February to September. The only significant correlation between phenophases and climatic variables was represented by the relation between temperatures and fruiting, with negative correlations above 0.8 (P <0.01). We concluded that rainfall did not influence the phenological behavior, and the temperature only influenced the ripening of fruits. Including flowering and fruiting, the species remained within at least one reproductive phenophase throughout the year. The prolonged period of fruiting can be an important advantage that facilitates the invasion of L. lucidum in the Araucaria Rainforest.
Biological determination of gender socialization
Authors: Redžić Saduša
Published: October 2016

The author raises the question whether the differences in gender socialization of girls and boys are conditioned by sexual facts, and in what way. Moreover, she asks whether there are differences in the process that are the result of inherent characteristics of male and female beings: whether, in addition to social, there are biological determinantes that would give a different product of gender socialization of girls and boys? Looking for answers she examines the scientific facts and elements of theories that could go in favor of this thesis, as well as possible social conditionality of these facts. Gender socialization is determined by child's sex, but not by biological characteristics, but by gender as a category which builds a sex and gender identity: there is a variety of social settings according to the given sex characteristics of a boy or a girl and different meanings that society ascribes to them.
Puberty: Rebellion and growing: How are scenarios in traditional pre-puberty and puberty dynamics still present?
Authors: Todorović Milorad
Published: October 2016

Great instability in the roles, wide fluidity in the theater of love, which is contrary with stable world of yesterday, can not be transferred or impact on children growing up in space of fluid love. Parents who were given the right to determine the kind of pleasure and imposing a form of love to the children entries the confusion eliminating of those clear standards that were present in earlier periods. Pathological manifestations, especially of girls in the pre-puberty and puberty, which was reported on the psychotherapies undertaken because of the difficulty in adapting and education, can provide insights into normal processes such as are difficult to obtain with direct observation. Understanding any phase or any level within phase of development implies a clear insight into the history of the previous phases and level of the structure built by then. Even when it comes to revolutionary changes or about flurry in development process that is actually about amplifying evolutionary process. The theoretical problem with puberty, as a phase that can be defined as new edition of the infantile period, is that it comes after a period of so-called latency is illogical that after the (apparently) peaceful development can reach such large, revolutionary changes. It seems that even the development theory has not paid the necessary attention to something that could be defined as preparatory activities from which puberty depends. It is clear that this is the one invisible dynamics present in the psyche is in this quiet, pre-puberty period.
Daniel Bell's theory of the coming of the post-industrial society
Authors: Stojić Gordana
Published: October 2016

Twenty-five years after the publication of the famous Daniel Bell's book The Coming of Post-industrial Society, new edition of the book was published with a foreword written by the author named 'The Axial Age of Technology'. In the foreword Bell clarifies his theses and predictions in relation to the changes that have taken place in meantime in contemporary society, as well as regarding to the critics of his theory. The aim of the paper is to show how Bell explains social development in the second half of the twentieth century as well as the main characteristics of that society of 'transitory nature' in which we live. Bell's starting theoretical and methodological point of view are discussed as well as the explanation of transition from industrial to post-industrial society and the possibilities of development of the third world societies. The main characteristic of post-industrial society, according to Bell, is the codification of theoretical knowledge and the new relation between science and technology. Main post-industrial developments are: the rise of service sector, occupational changes, changes in professions and education, growing role of financial and human capital, new forms of infrastructure and knowledge theory of value. New form of society is emerging, with changes in stratification system, economy, organization and consumption. Bell doesn't plead for a holistic view of society. Instead, he considers society as comprising three realms that can change in different ways, so historical change is not unified. Major instrument of historical change is technology, it poses problems for culture and political system but it doesn't determine them. He rejects the accusations of technological determinism because technology often operates in context it doesn't make. Daniel Bell was one of the first authors who stated that modern society had been fundamentally changing. His aim was to make a conceptual framework for the comprehensive explanation of contemporary social change. One can point to several theoretical and methodological problems Bell's explanation of modern society faces with (as well as some other theories of social change) such as technological determinism, unilinear concept of development and so, but he has built a sociological theory of contemporary social change, which encouraged intense debate in the social sciences and set up one of the possible starting points for understanding the contemporary social dynamics, theories of the information society.
Role of the educator and teacher in creating conditions to overcome the discontinuity between preschool and elementary school
Authors: Arsić Zvezdan , Savković Zorica
Published: October 2016

At school, children spend the most beautiful period of their childhood and youth, and the moment they start school is always festive and exciting. However, it is known that school brings also the first concerns and problems. Problems and difficulties, which can occur at the beginning of schooling may, have long-term effects on the adaption and success of children, even on later adult life. The causes that lead to this situation are many and varied, and one of the most important is the educational gap in the educational system, whose essence lies in the disconnection between the various degrees of education. Taking into account the above findings, we discuss in this paper the most common causes that lead to the discontinuity between preschool and primary levels of education and areas in which the discontinuity is usually expressed. Also, the operation is determined and focused attention on certain assumptions and conditions that need to be accomplished in order to eliminate the effects of discontinuity abd achieve the necessary continuity between the pre-school and primary school children and facilitate the transition from lower to higher levels of education.
Education for democracy in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Minić Vesna
Published: October 2016

Considering to the fact that democracy, especially in the societies in transition, today has become the key question of their functioning and development, the discussion about this question have different reasons. The school as the educational institution in Serbia has numerous and responsible tasks in founding and developing of democratic relationships, mutual relations of the tolerance, respecting, peaceful solutions ect. By acquiring of needed knowledge and democratic values, students become competent for living with social differences, for taking responsibility and active functioning which is directed to the constructive way. Democracy is not just the form of political system, but also the mean for realizing of practical goals. Democratic consciousness and knowledge are mostly acquired in schools, in which the specific way of thinking, communication and readiness for practical acting are developing and that is the precondition for education for democracy. But, it is important to understand democracy in the proper way, because it is not meaning the absolute freedom, but respecting of rules and obligations which means harmonious living in the given social environment. Democratization in the Republic of Serbia is connected to the general process of globalization and appearing of new values such as tolerance, solidarity, personal rights ect. In school, it means learning about dialog and tolerance. Beside, it prepares students for living and working in democratic society, that is learning about democratic values, forming attitudes about and making the environment in which they can take participance in some social activities related to democratic relationships in school. By democratic knowledge and values, the student can learn about living in social, cultural and political differences, in conflict of interests, about taking of rights and obligations, taking of responsibility for decisions in which making one is taking part. Education for democracy is different in the consist of different educational subjects, between which the civil education has the greatest importance. Its goal is the preparation of students for active participation in the process of education, developing of values and abilities which are needed for forming of responsible person who is cooperative and respective for himself and others.
Byzantine influence on the Serbian customary law in the 9th century
Authors: Đekić Đorđe
Published: October 2016

By the 10th century Serbian law recognized the following ways of dispute resolution: revenge and appeasement, and it may be indirectly proved that there was a system of compensation. As punishments, there was banishment into exile, blinding and a death sentence. Since revenge, appeasement and compensation system appear in the pre-state period, while the death penalty has its roots in the blood feud, that indicates they are all of local origin. A question remains about the origin of banishment and blinding a fallen ruler, that is, a rival to the throne. In the first half of the 9th century the Byzantine Empire managed to reinstate its power over the Adriatic Sea, to impose itself over the Serbian states, to Christianise them and to legalise ruling families in the Serbian lands. Suffice to say that in 869 the Serbian states fight wars on the Byzantine side. Origin of influences on the ways of the punishment we seek in Byzantium, or better still, in its legal practice. It has been found that Byzantium used to send their conquered rivals to the throne into exile, punishing them by blinding them, so we draw a conclusion that in the matter of punishment, i.e. in the customary law, it exercised its influence on Serbia.
Interpretation of cultural and historical objects as a problem of hermeneutical understanding
Authors: Žiljakov Sergeja
Published: October 2016

The article proposes a method review of cultural and historical objects interpretation in the framework of the hermeneutical approach. It uncovered two diametrically opposite comprehension strategies: an objective judgment that demand minimum intervention in the research object for all the impossibility of 'impersonal' its study and personal orientation of researching view, allowing a minimum subject's presence of the study with maximum preservation of its autonomy and independence. The conclusion of the dialectical addition of these two principles in the normal state of the research process is making. An important emphasis is placed on the isolation of the object by cultural and historical context, while nondisturbing its natural connection with it (horizon comprehension). methodological recommendations are leading to the most complete and reliable understanding of the cultural and historical objects into the focus of the start interpretive dominance within hermeneutical studies.
The contents of the Serbian language syllabi and European integrations
Authors: Milovanović Boško , Stakić Mirjana
Published: October 2016

After significant declarations: the Sorbonnne declaration (1988), Lisbon declaration (1997) and Bologna declaration (1999), there has emerged a need for fundamental changes in the educational systems of many European countries. These changes have also affected the Republic of Serbia. Globalization has introduced more radical changes in the educational process than those envisaged by the European declarations. The paper will theoretically consider the syllabus of the mother tongue in the Republic of Serbia and the consequences of the adaptation of our educational system to the European one. The paper analyses international and multicultural features of the Serbian language syllabus and their compliance with the contemporary processes of European integrations.
Using Mathematics to Elect the U.S. President
Authors: Stevens Alexis , Stevens John
Published: October 2016

The often misunderstood Electoral College is based on the simple, yet powerful, mathematical idea of proportional reasoning.
October 2016 Problems
Authors: Pelikan Stephan , DeJarnette Anna F. , Phelps Stephen
Published: October 2016

A monthly set of problems is aimed at a variety of ability levels.
Nifty Nines and Repeating Decimals
Authors: Brown Scott A.
Published: October 2016

The traditional technique for converting repeating decimals to common fractions can be found in nearly every algebra textbook that has been published, as well as in many precalculus texts. However, students generally encounter repeating decimal numerals earlier than high school when they study rational numbers in prealgebra classes. Therefore, how do prealgebra students in the middle grades convert repeating decimals to fractions without using the age-old algebraic process (multiplying and finding the difference of two “stacked” equations) or without applying the precalculus approach of treating repeating decimal digits as an infinite geometric series?.
Instructive Role of the Microenvironment in Preventing Renal Fibrosis
Authors: Matsumoto Kei , Xavier Sandhya , Chen Jun , Kida Yujiro , Lipphardt Mark , Ikeda Reina , Gevertz Annie , Caviris Mario , Hatzopoulos Antonis K. , Kalajzic Ivo , Dutton James , Ratliff Brian B. , Zhao Hong , Darzynkiewicz Zbygniew , Rose-John Stefan , Goligorsky Michael S.
Published: October 2016

Accumulation of myofibroblasts is a hallmark of renal fibrosis. A significant proportion of myofibroblasts has been reported to originate via endothelial-mesenchymal transition. We initially hypothesized that exposing myofibroblasts to the extract of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) could reverse this transition. Indeed, in vitro treatment of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)-activated fibroblasts with EPC extract prevented expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA); however, it did not enhance expression of endothelial markers. In two distinct models of renal fibrosis—unilateral ureteral obstruction and chronic phase of folic acid-induced nephropathy—subcapsular injection of EPC extract to the kidney prevented and reversed accumulation of α-SMA-positive myofibroblasts and reduced fibrosis. Screening the composition of EPC extract for cytokines revealed that it is enriched in leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and vascular endothelial growth factor. Only LIF was capable of reducing fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition of TGF-β1-activated fibroblasts. In vivo subcapsular administration of LIF reduced the number of myofibroblasts and improved the density of peritubular capillaries; however, it did not reduce the degree of fibrosis. A receptor-independent ligand for the gp130/STAT3 pathway, hyper-interleukin-6 (hyper-IL-6), not only induced a robust downstream increase in pluripotency factors Nanog and c-Myc but also exhibited a powerful antifibrotic effect. In conclusion, EPC extract prevented and reversed fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition and renal fibrosis. The component of EPC extract, LIF, was capable of preventing development of the contractile phenotype of activated fibroblasts but did not eliminate TGF-β1-induced collagen synthesis in cultured fibroblasts and models of renal fibrosis, whereas a receptor-independent gp130/STAT3 agonist, hyper-IL-6, prevented fibrosis. In summary, these studies, through the evolution from EPC extract to LIF and then to hyper-IL-6, demonstrate the instructive role of microenvironmental cues and may provide in the future a facile strategy to prevent and reverse renal fibrosis.
Influence of Varying Temperature on Life Stages of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) under Laboratory Conditions
Authors: Shahnaz Naz Pathan  , Aslam Bukero  , Imtiaz Ahmed Nizamani  , Abdul Ghani Lanjar  , Muhammad Ismail Kumbhar  , Lubna Bashir Rajput  , Syed Shehzad Bukhari  , Muhammad Javed Sheikh  , Zarnain Rajput  , Moazam Hyder Sahito
Published: October 2016

A laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the influence of different temperatures on life stages of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) on frozen eggs of Sitotroga crealella. The study was conducted under laboratory conditions at | department of Plant Protection, SAU, Tandojam Sindh, Pakistan during 2013-14. The result revealed that the maximum hatching 88 % of eggs was recorded at 28 ºC followed by 25, 31, 22, 34 and 37 ºC. The highest mortality (dx) was recorded in first instar at 34 ºC followed by at 22, 31, 37, 25 and 28 ºC, whereas, minimum (dx) was recorded in third instar and pupal stages as well. The highest and lowest apparent mortality (100qx) was observed in the first instar and egg stages at 37 ºC. The data further depicted that the highest survival fraction (Sx) was recorded as (0.98) in second instar, third instar and pupa at 28 ºC, whereas, the lowest (Sx) was observed as (0.13) in the first instar at 37 ºC. The maximum indispensable mortality (IM) was 42 in egg stage at 37 ºC and lowest 1.0 in pupal stage at all temperature regimes. The number of the surviving at the beginning of the stage (lx) was highest 39 adults emerged at 28 ºC followed by 31, 24, 20 and 5 adults emerged at 25, 31, 22 and 34 ºC, respectively. On the other hand, minimum total generation mortality (K) was recorded as 0.11 at 28 ºC followed by 0.21, 0.32, 0.40, and 1.00 at 25, 31, 22 and 34 ºC, respectively. The minimum duration from egg to adult emergence was 12.0 days at 34 ºC and maximum 23.5 days at 22 ºC. There was significant difference between the duration and treatments (P
La ciutat com a laboratori: noves cartografies de les pràctiques musicals creatives
Authors: Murillo Ribes Adolf
Published: October 2016

Aquest article parteix d’una investigació que posa el seu focus en les pràctiques de música experimental col·laborativa. A través d’una metodologia etnogràfica és submergeix en aquest tipus de pràctiques musicals que es desenvolupen a la ciutat de València a través d’una mostra de músics experimentals sense formació acadèmica en música. L’estudi d’aquest tipus de pràctiques ens permet visibilitzar unes maneres de fer que entren en conflicte amb l’establishment i és mouen reconfigurant noves xarxes de comunicació i participació a través de l’art sonor, creant noves cartografies culturals i artístiques basades en la col·laboració i en processos creatius que afecten a les maneres de concebre, produir i compartir la música.
Vergüenza
Authors: Forcadell Ignacio
Published: October 2016

Reseña de: Ruinas modernas. Una topografía de lucro, de Julia Schulz-Dornburg. Ambit Serveis Editorials, Barcelona, 2012 220 páginas, 17 euros
La relevancia económica y política del enfoque de los bienes comunes
Authors: Calle Collado Ángel
Published: October 2016

Este trabajo aborda la relación histórica entre las diferentes olas de movilización desde la década de los 50 y la creciente problematización de los cercamientos de los comunes. Observamos que, progresivamente, los comunes constituyen una referencia de acción para propuestas económicas y políticas que trascienden el enfoque clásico de manejos comunales o comunitarios. Hoy en día, la biodiversidad, el agua, el conocimiento o el acceso a tecnologías comunicativas son ejemplos de prácticas caracterizadas por la creación de instituciones que cooperan para mantener un bien (físico, social) y reproducirlo de forma accesible. Cambia y a veces se difumina el concepto de comunidad. Pero no ocurre así con los métodos de autogestión y cogestión que siguen inspirándose en El gobierno de los comunes, según subrayara Ostrom.
Places fortes. El paper de l'espai públic en les mobilitzacions socials de nova generació
Authors: Delgado Manuel
Published: October 2016

Una eventual ecologia de l'acció dels moviments socials posaria de manifest com és de significativa la seva manera de manipular una determinada trama urbana per a fer palesa la seva protesta en cada moment històric. En aquest sentit, l'ús que fan del centres urbans les darreres corrents d'acció col·lectiva —el paradigma de les quals seria el 15M espanyol— posarien de manifest una revifalla del carrer com a escenari de i per al conflicte social, però, al mateix temps i més enllà, l'assignació d'un protagonisme especial a l'espai públic no sols com a escenari dramàtic, sinó també com a categoria política clau, associada al paper hegemònic del ciutadanisme com a ideologia de i per el canvi social a partir d'una reforma ètica del capitalisme.
Ciudadanía y transformación social en la sociedad mediatizada
Authors: Ballesteros Belén , Mata Benito Patricia
Published: October 2016

La práctica de la ciudadanía encuentra en los medios tanto limitaciones como un espacio de posibilidades para la participación y el cambio. La falta de crítica ante la ingente cantidad de información deriva en un riesgo de adoctrinamiento y en la dificultad de construir imágenes alternativas.  Nuestra reflexión a partir del análisis de los discursos de informantes con amplia trayectoria en participación ciudadana advierte de estos riesgos a la vez que señala otros usos que pueden aproximarnos hacia una ciudadanía crítica, participativa y orientada a la transformación social.Los ejemplos que recogemos, radio comunitaria y vídeo participativo, reflejan su valor como proceso y su interés por implicar a las personas y grupos como productores de información, facilitando experiencias de apropiación de los medios. Esta debiera ser la orientación para el desarrollo de una educación mediática necesaria para el aprendizaje y la práctica de la ciudadanía.
Paralelismo hipotético entre planificación urbana y gestión de las lenguas: el caso de la ciudad de Maroua en Camerún
Authors: Hatolong Boho Zacharie
Published: October 2016

In town, quarters are delimitated, streets are planned while naming themselves; public and private services get names, as well as movements within the urban space obey a consequent signalization… Nevertheless, the process of naming, designating, signalizing, etc. is impossible if language isn’t used. Therefore, the language(s) to be used gain recognition naturally in accordance with its statute. The main question of this paper is to know if the planning of Maroua has taken the linguistic parameter into consideration. Obviously, after an inquiry, we noted that official languages are still up rolling, mostly French. The Fulfulde that is considered as a vehicular language is rarely used on the façades of the town. However, an integrated development involves all social actors. A discriminatory planning of urban space set up a failure for that kind of development. As efficient tools for social business, all languages should benefit from more concrete policy than the symbolic statute that authorities tend to keep for them.
Call for Papers vol. 3, núm. 6
Authors: Kult-ur Kult-ur
Published: October 2016

Fecha límite de presentación de originales para todas las secciones: 1 de abril de 2016 Fecha de publicación: otoño de 2016 Àgora (sección monográfica de la revista) dedicada a: Miradas educativas a la ciudad: experiencia, cotidianidad y participación. Coord. M. Mar Estrela Cerveró
Políticas del montaje. Imagen y memoria en la Argentina
Authors: García Luis Ignacio
Published: October 2016

Se aborda aquí la pregunta por las tensiones entre imagen y memoria en la Argentina. Para ello se analizan tres ensayos fotográficos que guardan entre sí profundas afinidades estético-políticas. En ellos se puede plantear una productiva intersección entre cierto estado de la memoria y ciertos debates sobre la representación visual del pasado dictatorial y su desmesura de muertes. En ambos registros, las obras seleccionadas confluyen en su estrategia radical de montaje: montaje visual que activa una crítica de la representación y propone la creación de acontecimientos visuales para pensar la historia; montaje histórico que propone un desarreglo temporal orientado críticamente contra todas las formas de historicismo con que la militancia tradicional se desentendió de lado oscuro de su propia acción. Una política de la imagen y una política del tiempo de una generación en la que se anuncian las matrices de nuevas formas de lo político.
El Monumento de los Mártires de la Libertad de Alicante: una disputa entre memoria y olvido
Authors: Santacreu Soler José Miguel
Published: October 2016

La disputa entre la memoria y el olvido es la base de la edificación de las sociedades y de la ciudad. Donde una avanza el otro retrocede y viceversa. Este artículo analiza la disputa entre la memoria y el olvido del Monumento de los Mártires de la Libertad de Alicante destruido por las autoridades franquistas.
Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo en el amanecer de la democracia: sobre la reafirmación de la exigencia de “aparición con vida”.
Authors: Morales María Virginia
Published: October 2016

Este artículo se sitúa en el contexto argentino de retorno de la democracia interrumpida por la dictadura cívico-militar, con la finalidad de analizar el modo mediante el cual las Madres de Plaza de Mayo intervienen en las disputas por significar tanto al pasado reciente de horror como a la emergente configuración social. Nos detendremos en esta intervención a partir de la acción del colectivo de reiterar la exigencia de “aparición con vida” en el nuevo contexto constitucional. En este sentido, inspirados en la perspectiva de la Teoría del Discurso Político desarrollada por Ernesto Laclau y Chantal Mouffe, proponemos indagar en la reafirmación de esta exigencia conformada durante la resistencia y oposición al gobierno de facto mediante el análisis de los sentidos que se articulan en ella, previa reconstrucción de las condiciones que habilitaron y condicionaron su reafirmación en dicho contexto.
Vol. 3. No 5. Una introducción al debate sobre experiencias artísticas colectivas y de participación en el contexto urbano
Authors: Marín García Teresa
Published: October 2016

Introducción a la sección monográfica Àgora por Teresa Marín, coordinadora en este número.
Notas críticas para habitar y transformar el dispositivo urbano
Authors: Serrano Luis
Published: October 2016

Las ciudades se han constituido y reconstituido en un proceso dinámico complejo. A lo largo del siglo XX y principios del siglo XXI de forma hiperacelerada. Ese proceso incide en las formas de vida humana y las formas de vida humana determinan a su vez los procesos de aceleración urbana y sus implicaciones en los ecosistemas. Tanto la complejidad del tramado de acciones asociadas a lo urbano, como la hegemonía de los modelos basados de las economías de mercado, cuyo principal rasgo es sobreconsumo de energías y materias, resultan en un estado de afectación a la tierra sin precedente. Desde la propuesta de los modelos elementales de oposición campo-ciudad (Echeverría) y el concepto de economías-mundo (Braudel) retomado por el propio Echeverría, en este artículo se realiza una aproximación a la ciudad contemporánea como dispositivo específico y propio de la actual economía-mundo globalizada dominante. En ella se concentran también las múltiples posibilidades de reorganización social que apuntan a otras formas creativas y colectivas de hacer y pensar la ciudad, que pueden ser apoyadas y aceleradas por prácticas artísticas abiertas que no participen de la obtención de rentas de monopolio (Harvey), forma inherente a los mecanismos neoliberales de reproducción urbana.
Plataforma A, colectivo vasco para la incorporación normalizada de las mujeres en el sistema del arte
Authors: Arrazola-Oñate Tojal Rosario Txaro
Published: October 2016

Este texto aborda las actividades del colectivo Plataforma A por la visualización de artistas, comisarias y mediadoras en la institución. El colectivo pone en evidencia las convenciones de género en el marco de la representación que rige el sistema de programación de exposiciones en el contexto del sistema del arte vasco. Asimismo, la plataforma recurre a la teoría feminista que ve la historia del arte como una disciplina legitimadora y perpetuadora de convenciones de género. Los análisis comparativos evidencian asimetrías claras tanto en la historia de los lenguajes artísticos que formulan una canonización masculina, como en el llamado gatekeeping del circuito expositivo principal, que implementa políticas que esencialmente consagran a artistas hombres, a pesar de que en la actualidad las mujeres tienen una mayor tasa de graduación en estudios superiores de arte. Ante esta situación, la plataforma reclama que se vigile el cumplimiento de la legislación vigente para que empiece a producirse un verdadero cambio en la política cultural de las instituciones que garantice la visualización y la dignificación del trabajo de las mujeres dentro de la institución Arte.
Realidades colectivas en el arte español de la década de 1980
Authors: Marzo Jorge Luis
Published: October 2016

En contraposición al relato académico oficial del arte contemporáneo español durante la década de 1980, que ha fomentado una lectura individualista y genialista de las prácticas artísticas de entonces, es fácilmente comprobable que una gran parte de las mismas se condujo mediante vertebraciones colectivas y grupales. El presente texto analiza aquellas modalidades de gestión y conceptualización creativas y plantea la idea de fondo de que lo que hoy constituye una forma extensa de ideación, gestión, producción y difusión cultural -la práctica del colectivo-, estaba ya presente en los debates artísticos de los años inmediatamente posteriores a la transición política.
El cuidado de la estancia humana
Authors: Muñoz Nieves
Published: October 2016

Reseña del libro Construir Habitar Pensar [Bauen Wohnen Denken] (2015), de Martin Heidegger [Edición bilingüe de A. Leyte y J. Adrián].
Études internationales, Droit international et Relations internationales : appel à une analyse interdisciplinaire de l’évolution de la codification des responsabilités des investisseurs étrangers
Authors: Marcoux Jean-Michel
Published: October 2016

En argumentant qu’une approche interdisciplinaire doit être choisie lorsqu’un phénomène international chevauche différentes disciplines, cet article illustre une telle nécessité en utilisant le cas de l’analyse de l’évolution de la codification des responsabilités des investisseurs étrangers. Une revue de la littérature démontre que l’analyse de ce phénomène nécessite autant une prise en compte du contenu et de l’application des instruments internationaux que des relations de pouvoir entre les acteurs impliqués. Parce que de tels facteurs explicatifs sont respectivement les objets d’analyse du Droit international et des Relations internationales, cette analyse requiert une approche interdisciplinaire et contribue ultimement à consolider la pertinence des Études internationales.
La juridicité des engagements socialement responsables des sociétés : regards croisés Québec-France
Authors: Biron Julie , Goffaux Callebaut Géraldine
Published: October 2016

L’adoption de codes de conduite et de gouvernance est devenue une pratique courante pour les sociétés. Malgré les avantages de l’approche volontaire que traduisent ces codes se pose la question de la force de ces engagements pris unilatéralement. En effet, ceux-ci peuvent sembler d’une utilité limitée pour les juristes qui les considèrent souvent comme des gestes de relations publiques et non telle une divulgation comportant des obligations réelles et contraignantes. Or, ces engagements ont une véritable force normative qui peut être révélée par l’entremise de différents outils. Au Québec comme en France, le droit accorde un rôle principalement informatif aux codes de conduite, en ce qu’ils permettent de transmettre de l’information aux investisseurs, aux consommateurs et aux tribunaux. Ce rôle fondamental, bien qu’il soit actuellement sous-estimé, a vocation à faciliter la surveillance des principaux acteurs du marché qui peuvent, par leurs interventions, inciter les sociétés à respecter les engagements qu’elles ont volontairement choisi d’adopter.
Art autochtone : langue, oralité, communication
Authors: Vigneault Louise
Published: October 2016

Native languages in Canada are closely tied to memory and territory. Their weakening or disappearance, along with the decrease of the oral transmission of knowledge, has therefore directly impacted the set of semiotic and epistemological codes on which cultures rest. Split between their language of origin and the country’s majority languages, and lacking any political or legislative leverage, communities have progressively lost their means to self-fulfillment. In the Canadian linguistic divide, French-speaking Native communities have found themselves doubly marginalized. Today, artistic creations play a crucial role in the renewal of movements focused on transmission, mediation, and dialogue; they make the unspoken visible and open up new possibilities of expression. For the artists, speaking the language and referring to its reality is an act through which the collective imagination is reclaimed and a spatial and historical anchoring is reactivated. The contributors to this journal’s latest and decidedly polemical section examine these realities and lift the veil on certain lines of thought that have been ignored or too quickly discarded.
Onward! Canadian Expansionist Outlooks and the Photographs that Serve Them
Authors: Cavaliere Elizabeth Anne
Published: October 2016

Produites en tant qu’archives visuelles venant appuyer le processus de documentation du paysage canadien, les photographies topographiques du XIXe siècle ont également été utilisées afin de soutenir des prises de position culturelles et politiques. Nous explorons ici les différentes utilisations faites des photos prises par Charles Horetzky des levés du Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique, en traçant les changement depuis leur contexte de production jusqu’à leur inclusion dans une publication de George Monro Grant datant de 1873 et intitulée Ocean to Ocean : Sandford Fleming’s Expedition through Canada in 1872. Grant, un révérend presbytérien pour qui l’idée d’expansion était rattachée à des motivations religieuses, instrumentalisa ces oeuvres afin de justifier ses propres perspectives expansionnistes. En suivant ces transformations, cet essai examine le rôle de la photographie dans le peuplement du Canada ainsi que dans la formation des perceptions de l’Ouest canadien.
Influence of interface traps inside the conduction band on the capacitance–voltage characteristics of InGaAs metal–oxide–semiconductor capacitors
Authors: Taoka Noriyuki , Yokoyama Masafumi , Kim Sang Hyeon , Suzuki Rena , Iida Ryo , Takenaka Mitsuru , Takagi Shinichi
Published: October 2016

We investigated the influences of the AC response with interface/bulk-oxide traps near the conduction band (CB) and a low effective density of states (DOS) on the accumulation capacitance C
acc of an n-type InGaAs metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) capacitor. We found that the capacitance associated with the interface traps inside the CB significantly increases C
acc compared to the C
acc value constrained by a low DOS. These results indicate that accurate characterization inside the CB and considering the capacitance due to the interface traps inside the CB in the MOS capacitance–voltage curves are indispensable for accurate characterization of InGaAs MOS interface properties.
Heterojunction effect on contact resistance minimization in staggered pentacene thin-film transistors
Authors: Zhong Ya-Nan , Gao Xu , Wang Chen-Huan , Xu Jian-Long , Wang Sui-Dong
Published: October 2016

The MoO3/pentacene heterojunction is demonstrated to be effective for reducing the contact resistance in staggered organic thin-film transistors. The heterojunction-induced doping is nondestructive and may form a top conducting channel close to the pentacene surface. Contact interface doping and channel doping both significantly reduced the contact resistance. The effect of channel doping was prominent at low gate bias values, which is ascribed to the negligible access resistance owing to the presence of the top channel. Interface doping and channel doping were combined to obtain a complete heterojunction, which exhibited minimized contact resistance for a wide range of gate bias values.
Exploring the socio-emotional factors associated with subjective well-being in the unemployed
Authors: Berrios M. Pilar , Extremera Natalio , Nieto-Flores M. Pilar
Published: October 2016

In this study, we examined the relations between dimensions of Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) and classic constructs, such as social support, on depression, stress, and subjective well-being indicators (life satisfaction and happiness). The study also sought to determine whether PEI dimensions accounted for a significant portion of the variance beyond that of classic constructs in the study of depression, stress, and well-being outcomes in a sample of 442 unemployed subjects. Results indicated that social support and all PEI dimensions are found to be significant and negatively related to depression and stress, and these variables were also found to be significant and positively associated with life satisfaction and happiness. Additionally, results using regression analysis indicated that PEI, and specifically use of emotions and regulation of emotions, explain a significant amount of the variance of all outcomes after controlling for socio-demographics and social support dimensions. Finally, theoretical and practical implications of these constructs and their relation with psychological adjustment and well-being in unemployed people are discussed.
Functional Generalized Structured Component Analysis
Authors: Suk Hye Won , Hwang Heungsun
Published: October 2016

An extension of Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA), called Functional GSCA, is proposed to analyze functional data that are considered to arise from an underlying smooth curve varying over time or other continua. GSCA has been geared for the analysis of multivariate data. Accordingly, it cannot deal with functional data that often involve different measurement occasions across participants and a large number of measurement occasions that exceed the number of participants. Functional GSCA addresses these issues by integrating GSCA with spline basis function expansions that represent infinite-dimensional curves onto a finite-dimensional space. For parameter estimation, functional GSCA minimizes a penalized least squares criterion by using an alternating penalized least squares estimation algorithm. The usefulness of functional GSCA is illustrated with gait data.
A Procedure for Assessing the Completeness of the Q-Matrices of Cognitively Diagnostic Tests
Authors: Köhn Hans-Friedrich , Chiu Chia-Yi
Published: October 2016

The Q-matrix of a cognitively diagnostic test is said to be complete if it allows for the identification of all possible proficiency classes among examinees. Completeness of the Q-matrix is therefore a key requirement for any cognitively diagnostic test. However, completeness of the Q-matrix is often difficult to establish, especially, for tests with a large number of items involving multiple attributes. As an additional complication, completeness is not an intrinsic property of the Q-matrix, but can only be assessed in reference to a specific cognitive diagnosis model (CDM) supposed to underly the data—that is, the Q-matrix of a given test can be complete for one model but incomplete for another. In this article, a method is presented for assessing whether a given Q-matrix is complete for a given CDM. The proposed procedure relies on the theoretical framework of general CDMs and is therefore legitimate for CDMs that can be reparameterized as a general CDM.
Lower Bounds to the Reliabilities of Factor Score Estimators
Authors: Hessen David J.
Published: October 2016

Under the general common factor model, the reliabilities of factor score estimators might be of more interest than the reliability of the total score (the unweighted sum of item scores). In this paper, lower bounds to the reliabilities of Thurstone’s factor score estimators, Bartlett’s factor score estimators, and McDonald’s factor score estimators are derived and conditions are given under which these lower bounds are equal. The relative performance of the derived lower bounds is studied using classic example data sets. The results show that estimates of the lower bounds to the reliabilities of Thurstone’s factor score estimators are greater than or equal to the estimates of the lower bounds to the reliabilities of Bartlett’s and McDonald’s factor score estimators.
Using the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to Explore Social Justice Education with K-6 Pre-Service Teachers
Authors: Hubbard Janie , Swain Holly Hilboldt
Published: October 2016

The U.S. Civil Rights Movement (CRM) is a relevant K-6 topic to learn foundational concepts of social justice and participatory citizenship. Year after year, though, U.S. elementary school lessons typically focus on a Martin Luther King, Jr.-Rosa Parks centered narrative, adapted for character education. This qualitative inquiry invited 66 pre-service teachers to explore social justice education embedded at the core of existing K-6 historical topics. Examining pre-service teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and what and how they plan to teach their future students revealed dated educational philosophies. They held limited content knowledge and sociopolitical critical thinking needed to teach the CRM's civic significance and were conflicted by wanting to both empower students and withhold information. This study describes actions designed to model replicable, justice-oriented lessons and help K-6 pre-service teachers reflect on pedagogical choices and ideologies they adopt. It also calls attention to the challenges of K-6 teacher education and school reform when teachers lack content knowledge and political/cultural awareness.
Europe to Push Paris Climate Accord over Brink to Take Effect
Authors: Weiss Peter
Published: October 2016

Enough member states in the European Union have already individually ratified the agreement to meet the emissions requirement for the agreement to go into force.
Stat3 modulates chloride channel accessory protein expression in normal and neoplastic mammary tissue
Authors: Hughes Katherine , Blanck Maximilian , Pensa Sara , Watson Christine J
Published: October 2016

Mammary gland regression at the cessation of lactation (involution) is an exquisitely orchestrated process of cell death and tissue remodelling in which Stat3 signalling has an essential role. The involution microenvironment of the mammary gland is considered to be pro-tumourigenic and a proportion of cases of pregnancy-associated breast cancer are suggested to originate in tandem with involution. However, the apparent paradox that STAT3 is required for cell death in normal mammary gland, but is associated with breast cancer cell survival, has not been resolved. Herein, we investigate Stat3-mediated regulation of expression of members of the calcium-activated chloride channel regulator (CLCA) family of proteins during involution and mammary carcinogenesis. Using the conditionally immortal mammary epithelial cell line KIM-2, together with mice exhibiting mammary epithelial cell-specific deletion of Stat3 during lactation, we demonstrate that expression of mCLCA1 and mCLCA2 is elevated in concert with activation of Stat3. By contrast, murine CLCA5 (mCLCA5), the murine orthologue of human CLCA2, is significantly upregulated at 24, 72 and 96 h of involution in Stat3 knockout mice, suggesting a reciprocal regulation of these proteins by Stat3in vivo. Interestingly, orthotopic tumours arising from transplantation of 4T1 murine mammary tumour cells exhibit both phosphorylated Stat3 and mCLCA5 expression. However, we demonstrate that expression is highly compartmentalized to distinct subpopulations of cells, and that Stat3 retains a suppressive effect on mCLCA5 expression in 4T1 tumour cells. These findings enhance our understanding of the regulation of CLCA channel expression bothin vitroandin vivo, and in particular, demonstrate that expression of mCLCA1 and mCLCA2 during involution is profoundly dependent upon Stat3, whereas the relationship between mCLCA5 and Stat3 activity is reciprocal and restricted to different subpopulations of cells.
RelB/NF-κB links cell cycle transition and apoptosis to endometrioid adenocarcinoma tumorigenesis
Authors: Ge Qiu-Lin , Liu San-Hong , Ai Zhi-Hong , Tao Min-Fang , Ma Li , Wen Shan-Yun , Dai Miao , Liu Fei , Liu Han-Shao , Jiang Rong-Zhen , Xue Zhuo-Wei , Jiang Yu-Hang , Sun Xiao-Hua , Hu Yi-Ming , Zhao Yong-Xu , Chen Xi , Tao Yu , Zhu Xiao-Lu , Ding Wen-Jing , Yang Bing-Qing , Liu Dan-Dan , Zhang Xiao-Ren , Teng Yin-Cheng
Published: October 2016

Dysfunction of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling has been causally associated with numerous human malignancies. Although the NF-κB family of genes has been implicated in endometrial carcinogenesis, information regarding the involvement of central regulators of NF-κB signaling in human endometrial cancer (EC) is limited. Here, we investigated the specific roles of canonical and noncanonical NF-κB signaling in endometrial tumorigenesis. We found that NF-κB RelB protein, but not RelA, displayed high expression in EC samples and cell lines, with predominant elevation in endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EEC). Moreover, tumor cell-intrinsic RelB was responsible for the abundant levels of c-Myc, cyclin D1, Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, which are key regulators of cell cycle transition, apoptosis and proliferation in EEC. In contrast, p27 expression was enhanced by RelB depletion. Thus, increased RelB in human EC is associated with enhanced EEC cell growth, leading to endometrial cell tumorigenicity. Our results reveal that regulatory RelB in noncanonical NF-κB signaling may serve as a therapeutic target to block EC initiation.