bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
O laboratório invertido: a distribuição do poder computacional como descentração da experiência laboratorial | The inverted laboratory: distribution of computational power as decentration of the laboratory experience
Authors: Franklin Benjamin Luiz
Published: June 2017

RESUMO Este trabalho procura relacionar a crescente distribuição do poder computacional e a explosão informacional contemporânea, como atores para a descentração da experiência laboratorial. Para isso, procuraremos entender o estilo do Ocidente, ou seja, sua predileção por encontrar formas de operação que tendam à abstração, universalização, formalização e dessubstancialização da experiência, implicando no advento do pensamento sistêmico como paradigma norteador da sociedade contemporânea. Concluímos que o uso intensivo do poder computacional banalizado contribui para a construção de novas experiências laboratoriais descentradas.Palavras-chave: Laboratório Invertido; Experiência Laboratorial; Convergência Digital; Ocidente.ABSTRACT This article seeks to link the growing distribution of computational power and the contemporary informational explosion as driving forces towards decentralising laboratory experience. We thus investigate the occidental mindset, that is, the western tendency to privilege processes tending towards the abstraction, universalization, formalization and dessubstancialization of experience, pointing to systemic thinking as the guiding paradigm of contemporary society. We conclude that the intensive use of routine computing power contributes to the construction of new decentralized laboratory experiences.Keywords: Inverted Laboratory; Laboratory Experience; Digital Convergence; West.
Residência artística: deslocamentos e mobilidades para um laboratório | Artistic resindecy: moving and mobility for a laboratory
Authors: Guzzo Marina Souza Lobo
Published: June 2017

RESUMO Esse artigo tem como objetivo apresentar uma experiência de residência artística situada no Laboratório Corpo e Arte, no Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade da Unifesp Baixada Santista. A proposta é que este relato fomente o trânsito entre artistas e cientistas, diálogos e trocas possíveis, estimulando a diversidade das formas de criar e produzir conhecimento em saúde, mas também em outras áreas, a partir da experiência estética e do convívio. É urgente que o conhecimento produzido na universidade consiga circular e dialogar com outros setores políticos e sociais em um mundo à beira de uma catástrofe climática. Pontes entre cientistas, laboratórios e a comunidade, são necessárias e precisam ser construídas cotidianamente: um artista pode ajudar muito nessa empreitada.Palavras-chave: Arte; Ciência; Residência Artística; Deslocamentos; Mobilidade.ABSTRACT This article aims to present an artistic residency experience in the Body and Art Laboratory at the Institute of Health and Society of Unifesp Baixada Santista. Our proposal is that this report fosters the transit between artists and scientists, their dialogues and possible exchanges, stimulating a diversity of ways of creating and producing knowledge about health, but also in other fields, based on aesthetic experience and conviviality. It is imperative that knowledge produced at the university be able to circulate and dialogue with other political and social sectors in a world on the verge of a climatic catastrophe. Bridges between scientists, laboratories and the community are necessary and need to be built on a daily basis: an artist can help a lot in this endeavor.Keywords: Art; Science; Artistic Residence; Displacements; Mobility.
Shared Book Reading Interactions Within Families From Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds and Children’s Social Understanding and Prosocial Behavior
Authors: Aram Dorit , Bergman Deitcher Deborah , Sabag Shoshan Tami , Ziv Margalit
Published: June 2017

The study explored the nature of mother–child conversation during and after a shared book reading (SBR) interaction and how it relates to children’s social understanding and prosocial behavior. Participants were 61 mother–child dyads (children’s mean age 5 years, 8 months) from low socioeconomic strata (SES). Mother–child SBR and their conversation following the reading were video-recorded. Children’s social understanding was evaluated via their ability to distinguish between social norms violations and moral violations. Prosocial behavior was evaluated through children’s sharing behavior. Results showed that during SBR, mothers and children from low SES tended to stick to the written text, whereas following the book reading, they elaborated beyond the explicit aspects of the text. Furthermore, references to socioemotional issues during mother–child conversation correlated with the child’s social understanding and prosocial behavior, beyond the child’s vocabulary level.
Participation Versus Individual Support: Individual Goals and Curricular Access in Inclusive Special Needs Education
Authors: Paccaud Ariane , Luder Reto
Published: June 2017

Following the recommendations and conventions of the United Nations on inclusion, many educational systems provide inclusive support for children with special educational needs (SEN) within mainstream classrooms. In this context, multiprofessional planning of inclusive support is crucial and individual educational plans (IEPs) are essential tools for professional implementation of inclusive education. IEP should at the same time provide suitable and achievable educational goals for individual learners with SEN as well as lead to adaptations in teaching methods, fostering participation and curricular access. These two functions are somewhat contradictory. Despite the importance of IEP for the inclusive support of children with SEN, its practical implementation has been often discussed and questioned, focusing on the quality of educational goals and on the curricular access of children with SEN.

This article investigates goal setting in IEP for children with SEN in inclusive classrooms. Domain and quality of educational goals are analyzed as well as important factors influencing goal setting in IEP. Furthermore, the curricular access of children with SEN is focused.

One hundred and twenty-five situations of children with SEN in inclusive classrooms in Switzerland were investigated using teacher questionnaires. Goals in IEPs were analyzed using categories from the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (World Health Education, 2007) and criteria for rating goal quality in IEP. Curricular access was investigated measuring the curricular distance of educational goals from the Swiss–French mainstream curriculum.

Results indicate an average to low quality of the goals. Most goals concerned academic topics (56%), and two thirds of the children had goals corresponding to the curricular level. Therefore, the curricular access can be judged as quite good. On the other hand, the question of the right to follow the child’s own pace with adequate curricular adaptations stays under scrutiny.
Às margens do Rio Araguaia... o Presídio Militar de Santa Leopoldina (Província de Goyaz, 1850-1959)
Authors: Gandara Gercinair Silvério , Pereira Roberta Cristina Monteiro
Published: June 2017

Neste texto analisamos a implantação dos presídios militares às margens do rio Araguaia por meio dos Relatórios da Presidência da Província de Goiás que datam da segunda metade do século XIX. Buscamos entender como a construção do presídio Santa Leopoldina influenciou o povoamento a beira-rio Araguaia contribuindo, em especial, para o surgimento da cidade Aruanã.
Miastenia gravis de tipo bulbar en niños: un caso de difícil diagnóstico.
Authors: Alvarado-Merino Rosa Y. , Espíritu Elizabeth R. , Juárez Tania , Cok Jaime , Ferrufino María C. , Samalvides Susan K. , Espinoza Iván O. , Vila Judith R. , Guillén-Pinto Daniel
Published: June 2017

La miastenia gravis (MG) es un trastorno autoinmune caracterizado por debilidad y fatigabilidad de los músculos esqueléticos debida a la disfunción de la unión neuromuscular. Se presenta el caso de una adolescente de 11 años de edad, con diagnóstico de miastenia gravis de tipo bulbar. La paciente presentó dos crisis de MG previamente diagnosticadas de manera equivocada como crisis asmáticas. Recibió tratamiento con inmunoglobulina humana, corticoides, piridostigmina y timectomía. Se discute la evolución clínica y riesgos atribuibles a situaciones sociales que pueden retrasar el diagnóstico y su manejo efectivo.
Applying principles of uncertainty within coastal hazard assessments to better support coastal adaptation
Authors: Stephens Scott A. , Bell Robert G. , Lawrence Judy
Published: June 2017

Coastal inundation is an increasing problem. Sea-level rise will greatly increase the frequency and depth of inundation, forcing vulnerable communities to adapt. Communities will need to decide when and how to adapt. The process of decision-making along adaptive pathways is now being used internationally to plan for adaptation over time by anticipating decision points in the future however it unfolds. This process requires risk and uncertainty considerations to be transparent in the scenarios used in such planning. We outline a framework for uncertainty identification and management within coastal hazard assessments which recognizes different types of decision and identifies the types of uncertainty that must be accounted for, such as statistical, scenario and deep uncertainty types. We show how coastal-inundation hazard can be mapped and presented in a way that clearly separates sources of uncertainty, so that they are transparent within a dynamic adaptive pathways planning process. Traditional coastal inundation maps show inundated area only. We present maps of inundation depth and frequency which clearly show the degree of exposure, where that exposure occurs, and how much sea-level rise can be tolerated. The new uncertainty framework and mapping techniques can better identify decision points and their expected time range, which provides more useful input to the adaptation process than traditional coastal inundation assessments.
Factors Influencing the Choice of Child Delivery Location among Women Attending Antenatal Care Services and Immunization Clinic in Southeastern Nigeria
Authors: Egharevba, MD, MPH Johnbull , Pharr, PhD Jennifer R , Van Wyk, PhD Brian , Ezeanolue, MD, MPH Echezona E
Published: June 2017

Background and Objective: In Nigeria, most deliveries take place at home or with traditional birth attendants (TBAs). This study examined the factors that influenced or determined utilization of healthcare facility delivery services among women who attended antenatal care (ANC) services.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 220 women who registered for ANC at a hospital and delivered within 18 months. Associations between independent variables and choice of healthcare facility delivery were analyzed. Multiple logistic regression was also used to identify the predictors of choice of delivery among women.Results: Of the 220 women who registered for ANC, 75% delivered at a healthcare facility while 15% delivered with a TBA or at home. In the final model, number of children, having planned to deliver at a hospital, labor occurring at night, and labor allowing time for transportation were significant predictors of child delivery location among the women.Conclusion and Global Health Implications: Utilization of the health facilities for childbirth may increase if pregnant women are encouraged to book early for ANC and if during ANC, pregnant women were counseled to detect labor signs early. In addition to focused and intensified counseling for women with more children, support should be provided that includes financial provisions for transportation to the healthcare facility.Key words: Delivery Location • Pregnant Women • Maternal Utilization • Healthcare Facility Delivery • Skilled Birth Attendants • Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) • Antenatal Care Services (ANC) • NigeriaCopyright © 2017 Egharevba et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0.
The Conduct of Contemplation and the Gestural Ethics of Interpretation in Walter Benjamin�s "Epistemo-Critical Prologue"
Authors: Franko Mark
Published: June 2017

This essay is a close reading of the �Epistemo-Critical Prologue� of Walter Benjamin�s The Origin of German Tragic Drama as a methodological proposal. A comparative reading of the English translation with the German original reveals a sustained reflection on the gestural rhythm of interpretation that the translation obscures. The question of interpretation is an ethical question for Benjamin and for this reason the essay argues against Giorgio Agamben�s idea of gesture as �the communication of communicability,� an idea derived from a reading of Benjamin�s �Critique of Violence.� Hence, the larger issue at stake is how the interpretive gesture is to be defined with respect to violence and what role spatialization and choreography play in the Trauerspiel book�s chapters as extensions of the halting or intermittent gesture of the Prologue in a secularized vision of history.
Robotic Performance: An Ecology of Response
Authors: Dimitrova Zornitsa
Published: June 2017

This article looks into regions of human-robotic and inter-robotic relations in performance. Artwork presenting inter-machine and human-machine entanglements in robotic performance requires attention: it addresses recent concerns with the crisis of �the obsolete body�, yet also calls for acritique of what constitutes a response. The present article works toward a concept of response that simultaneously reinstates the status of automata as counterparts to �humans� and invites biological bodies to reassess their place in a world. Herein notions of interaction, empathetic immersion, and machine personhood intertwine to shape a new ecology of bodies. Robotic performance thus drafts out an immersive ontology of bodiesto raise questions that are mostly ecological. It allows us to look into practices that put on display the border between an organism and an environment, prompting us to think toward the dissolution of that border into a network of co-determinative systems.
Ethics of Play in Earpiece Performances by Nature Theater of Oklahoma and Gob Squad
Authors: Dalmasso Fred
Published: June 2017

In Rhapsody for the Theatre, Badiou propped the notion of the ethics of play against a theory of the subject that had yet to be fully deployed. His reflection remains tentative and he simply suggests �that the actor could very well show a subject without substance,� that �always between-two,� [the ethics of play] operates in the pure present of the spectacle, and the public [�] gains access to this present only in the aftermath of a thought,� and ultimately that �the ethics of play is that of an escape� (Badiou 2008, 216, 221). There is a delay at work in the ethics of play, an in-between. By looking at Nature Theater of Oklahoma�s Life and Times and Gob Squad�s Gob Squad�s Kitchen (You never Had It So Good), this article proposes to examine how an ethics of play could be materially deployed in these earpiece performances through the delay, albeit minimal, the in-between text or instruction and their actualisation on stage.
Real-time water allocation policies calculated with bankruptcy games and genetic programing
Authors: Bozorg-Haddad Omid , Athari Elman , Fallah-Mehdipour Elahe , Loáiciga Hugo A.
Published: June 2017

Population growth coupled with increased urban and agricultural water use have exacerbated water shortages worldwide. Conflicts among water users frequently arise over scarce water. The application of conflict resolution methods has the potential to resolve such conflicts. Bankruptcy games is a branch of game theory applicable to problems dealing with conflict resolution. This study addresses water allocation to urban-industrial, agricultural, and environmental water uses downstream of the Zarrineh-roud dam, Iran, which diverts water from the Zarrineh-roud River, an important tributary to Lake Urmia. Lake Urmia has been severely stressed by reduction of its water inputs. Water allocation is posed in this study as a bankruptcy game in which the allocation to stakeholders is optimized with proportional (P), adjusted proportional, constrained equal award (CEA), and constrained equal losses methods. The CEA was chosen as the best allocation method based on performance criteria and the Bankruptcy Allocation Sustainability Index. Monthly, real-time, water allocation rule curves were calculated with genetic programming.
Simultaneous removal of aqueous Zn2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+ by zeolites synthesized from low-calcium and high-calcium fly ash
Authors: Ji X. D. , Ma Y. Y. , Peng S. H. , Gong Y. Y. , Zhang F.
Published: June 2017

In this study, zeolites were synthesized from low-calcium (LCZ) and high-calcium (HCZ) fly ash, respectively. Subsequently, the zeolites were tested for their removal effectiveness for four aqueous cations, namely, Zn2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+, as a function of contact time, pH value, adsorbent dosage, and initial concentration of heavy metals. Both zeolites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy, specific surface area, and cation exchange capacity. The results show that HCZ mainly consists of an unnamed zeolite (Na6[AlSiO4]6·4H2O), whereas LCZ mainly consists of faujasite-type zeolite. The optimum sorption conditions were pH = 6.0; adsorbent dosage = 1.0 g·L−1; temperature = 25 °C; contact time = 100 min; and initial heavy metal concentration = 100 mg·L−1. The sorption kinetics of the four aqueous cations on both LCZ and HCZ followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, and the sorption isotherm data fitted well with the Langmuir isotherm model. For LCZ, the maximum adsorption capacities of Zn2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+ were 155.76, 197.86, 123.76, and 186.22 mg·g−1, respectively. For HCZ, the values were 154.08, 183.15, 118.91, and 191.94 mg·g−1, respectively. The zeolites were regenerated by NaCl solution (1 mol·L−1) and showed high removal efficiency. In conclusion, zeolites produced by fly ash are promising materials for removing Zn2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+ from wastewater.
Ultrasonic selectivity on depressing photosynthesis of cyanobacteria and green algae probed by chlorophyll-a fluorescence transient
Authors: Duan Zhipeng , Tan Xiao , Li Niegui
Published: June 2017

Ultrasound can inhibit cyanobacterial growth through rupturing cells, but this pathway frequently has the risk to release intercellular toxin (e.g., microcystin). Depressing photosynthesis without cell disruption may provide a new strategy to control cyanobacterial blooms using ultrasound, especially Microcystis blooms. In this work, Microcystis aeruginosa (toxic cyanobacteria) and Chlorella pyrenoidosa (typical green algae) were chosen as model microalgae to verify this hypothesis. Results showed that ultrasound has the ability to inhibit cyanobacterial photosynthesis significantly and selectively. Specifically, sonication damaged QA, a tightly bound one-electron acceptor, and blocked electron flow at QB, a two-electron acceptor, in the photosystem II (PSII) of M. aeruginosa when it was exposed for 60 s (35 kHz, 0.043 W/cm3). Moreover, 44.8% of the reaction centers (RCs) in the PSII of M. aeruginosa were transferred into inactive ones (RCsis), and the cell concentration decreased by 32.5% after sonication for 300 s. By contrast, only 7.9% of RCsi occurred in C. pyrenoidosa, and cell concentration and chlorophyll-a content reduced by 18.7% and 9.3%, respectively. Differences in both species (i.e., cell structures) might be responsible for the varying levels to sonication. This research suggests that cyanobacteria, especially Microcystis, could be controlled by ultrasound via damaging their PSIIs.
Investigation into the long-term stormwater pollution removal efficiency of bioretention systems
Authors: Lucke Terry , Dierkes Carsten , Boogaard Floris
Published: June 2017

In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the number of bioretention systems installed worldwide. However, there has only been limited research on the long-term effectiveness of these sustainable urban drainage system devices. This paper presents the results of a series of controlled field experiments investigating the pollutant removal efficiency of three, 10-year-old, bio-filtration systems that have been in service in the Sunshine Coast in Australia. The results of this study suggest that the long-term pollution removal performance of these systems may not be as effective as previously thought and further research is needed.
OCHRONA DRÓG PUBLICZNYCH PRZEZ URZĘDNIKÓW RZYMSKICH
Authors: Kamińska Renata
Published: June 2017

Roman Magistrates’ Activity in Protection of the Public RoadsSummaryThe article treats of the competences of the Roman magistrates responsible for the public roads. In the Republic the public roads, buildings, sewers and drains were the responsibility of the aediles and censors. They were helped by the quattuorviri viis in urbe purgandis and the duumviri viis extra urbem purgandis from some unknown date (probably Caesarian). The former were appointed only to the streets and roads in Rome, the latter outside the walls of the City. Occasionally, special commissioners were appointed.In the early Empire, when the censorship was effectively in desuetudeand the duumviri abolished by the emperor, it was mainly the aediles who had to deal with public roads as the part of their cura urbis. It was Augustus who initiated an important reform of the cura viarum. He established the curatores viarum to supervise the maintenance of the great trunk roads. It was a senatorial or equestrian office depending on the status of the road, at the beginning temporary, but later it converted into a regular office.In the provinces there were praeses provinciae or vicares who were in charge of the roads. In the municipia supervising the maintenance of the roads and streets belonged to the curia.Great number and variety of the offices supervising public roads in the Republic and the Principate confirm how important they were in the public life of Rome as well as in the private matter of individuals.
OCHRONA CZŁONKÓW RODZINY SPADKODAWCY NA TLE HISTORYCZNOPRAWNYM ORAZ PRAWNOPORÓWNAWCZYM
Authors: Borysiak Witold
Published: June 2017

Protection of the Deceased’s Family Members in the Historical and Comparative PerspectiveSummaryAll of the contemporary legal systems provide special regulations which protect the deceased’s family members from order’s occurring in his will. Freedom of the testacy is one of the most important rules in the law of successions. Nevertheless it should have limits – the most common example of that situation exists when deceased’s orders omits entirely the members of his closest family.The origins of that protection could be found in the Roman Law. This legal system creates two types of protection – “counter-will formal succession” (previous in the Roman Law evolution) and “counter-will material succession”.According to the first one, testator has a duty to disinherit all of his sons (sui heredes) in the clear and precise words (exhereditatio nominatim). He should also disinherit all of the other members of his family (such as daughters or grandchildren); however he has possibility to do so in a general clause. His will would be overthrown if he has not disinherited members of his family. In that case entitled persons acquired the status of the heirs. This system gave no property rights to descendants of the deceased - they had only right to be an heir or to be disinherit (which was described in the rule that sui heredes should be set up as heirs or should be disinherit - sui heredes aut instituendi sunt aut exheredandi).According to the second type of protection if deceased did not gave part of his property (so called pars legitima) to the entitled persons they have a legal claim (querela inofficiosi testamenti) to declare his will void. On the ground of that regulation existed fiction that testator, who disinherit the members of his closed family, acting in the mental disorder (cum colore insaniae) and violates his father duties (action contra officium pietatis). Roman Law protects the entitled person also against all of the donationes (those performing during the live of testator and mortis causa donations) in which deceased try to evade statutory protection of his family members.
SKUTKI EMIGRACJI ZAROBKOWEJ RODZICÓW W ASPEKCIE ZAGROŻENIA DOBRA DZIECKA NA PODSTAWIE BADAŃ ANKIETOWYCH NAUCZYCIELI
Authors: Stojanowska Wanda , Kosek Mirosław
Published: June 2017

The Consequences of Parents Economical Emigration in the Context of a Threat to the Child’s Good on the Basis of the Teachers’ Surveys ResearchSummaryThe subject of the analysis is the results of the survey carried out in 2008 concerning teachers from 5 schools in Płock numbered 86. 62 of those teachers have had contacts with children, whose parents are economical emigrants. This group of respondents has provided most information amongst others such as who takes direct care of the child and what the symptoms of the parents’ and child’s separation negative consequences are. It has also turned out that a cooperation between teachers and family courts almost does not exist. The teachers are not familiar with article 572 of the Civil Procedure Code which provides for an obligation to notify about the instances of the abuse of the child’s good. or even if they know it, they do not apply it. It seems that teachers do not know that rule or feel reluctant to obey it. The research illustrates that teachers show enthusiasm and sensitivity. They help the so-called ‘Euro-orphans’ as much as they can. Their kind approach allows optimism.Nevertheless, it is necessary to establish a close cooperation between the school and the family court in order to use their full potentials. It would be useful if both the Education and Justice Departments could reach an agreement in order to improve the procedure of regulating the legal situation of the so-called Euro-orphans’ regarding parental authority and establishment of the legal guardianship.
Sprawozdanie z zebrania założycielskiego oraz pierwszych posiedzeń zarządu Polskiego Towarzystwa Prawa Wyznaniowego
Authors: Sobczyk Paweł
Published: June 2017

Sprawozdanie z zebrania założycielskiego oraz pierwszych posiedzeń zarządu Polskiego Towarzystwa Prawa Wyznaniowego
ZMIANY SKŁADU OSOBOWEGO SPÓŁKI CYWILNEJ
Authors: Stanik Mariusz
Published: June 2017

Changes in Member’s Structure of Civil Law PartnershipsSummaryThe text concerns analysis of causes of changes in membership of civil law partnerships. In the first place the author briefly analysed the nature of civil law partnerships. Secondly, there is a legal analysis of causes of change in membership: withdrawal from the partnership by member’s notice, withdrawal from the partnership without member’s notice due to justified reasons, withdrawal from the partnership by member’s personal creditor notice, withdrawal from the partnership by member’s death or by recognition of member’s death, accession of the dead member’s heirs, accession of the new member, exclusion of the member and transfer of the membership. Analysis of the issue includes regulation of the Polish Civil Code, opinions expressed in the civil jurisprudence and court judgments.
Therapeutic Approaches for the Treatment of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutated Lung Cancer
Authors: Sanchala Dhaval , Bhatt Lokesh K. , Prabhavalkar Kedar S.
Published: June 2017

Lung cancer surfaces to be the predominant determinant of mortality worldwide constituting
13% and 19% of all new cancer cases and deaths related to cancer respectively. Molecular profiling
has now become a regular trend in lung cancer to identify the driver mutations. Epidermal
Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) is the most regular driver mutation encountered in Non-Small Cell
Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Targeted therapies are now available for the treatment of EGFR mutant
NSCLC. EGFR mutation is more frequently expressed in adenocarcinoma than squamous cell carcinoma.
This article presents a detailed molecular insight of the therapeutic approaches for the treatment
of EGFR mutant lung cancer. The article delineates molecular mechanism of the drugs that are
approved, the drugs that are in clinical trial and the drugs that have not entered a clinical trial but
shows promising future in the treatment of EGFR mutant lung cancer. Furthermore, this article provides
concise information on relevant combinational or monotherapy clinical trials that have been
completed for various approaches.
Strategic Orientation and Recessed Economy: Options for Consumer Goods Manufacturing Sub-Sector in Nigeria
Authors: Uzochukwu Onyeizugbe Chinedu , Obiageli Orogbu Lilian , Blessing Chinwuko Obiageli
Published: June 2017

Prolonged economic recession occasioned by the collapse of the world oil market from the early 1980 and the attendant sharp fall in foreign exchange earnings have adversely affected economic growth and development in Nigeria. This study was necessitated to identify the extent of relationship that exists between strategic orientation and recessed economy: options for consumer goods manufacturing sub-sector in Nigeria. Ex-Post Facto research design was employed for the study and simple regression analysis was adopted in analyzing the data. The findings of the study revealed that entrepreneurial orientation has a significant positive relationship with economic development. This explains that an increase in strategic orientation will lead to a resultant increase in economic development and vice versa. The study therefore recommended that government should key in by reversing the poor performance of consumer goods manufacturing sector in providing incentives for the firms to become more export oriented and improve the already established structural reforms in order to improve transparency and stability of both financial system, and fiscal activities to restore confidence in the economy during recession.
Gamificação como um novo componente da indústria cultural
Authors: Mattar João , Czeszak Wanderlucy
Published: June 2017

Este artigo analisa os efeitos negativos da gamificação. Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura. O referencial teórico é a crítica àindústria cultural realizada por Adorno e Horkheimer. A pesquisa identificou vários autores que criticam o conceito e a práticada gamificação por diversos ângulos, como: a simplicidade (em relação ao design de games), a subserviência ao capitalismo, afusão dos espaços do trabalho e do lazer e a vigilância, dentre outros. A revisão de literatura identificou também propostas demodelos para a inclusão da dimensão moral nos processos do design de gamificação. As reflexões servem para mostrar que agamificação não pode prescindir da crítica social e da ética
Democracy under siege: Democratic solidarity between global crisis and cosmopolitan hope
Authors: Brunkhorst Hauke
Published: June 2017

For almost half a century (between 1940 and 1990) the democratic and social
state has solved the twofold problem of growth and social exclusion through
social inclusion within the borders of the national state. This solution
since the 1970s came under threat of multiple crises of the environment,
secular stagnation, under-consumption, legitimization and
constitutionalization. There might be a social solution of present crisis
possible through massive redistribution plus decent basic income (on the
level of tuition-costs) plus green growth. However, after globalization of
capital there are no longer national social alternatives available.
Therefore, there is no alternative to transnational democratic
state-formation. But are there actors relevant, strong and motivated enough
to do that?
The ethics of drone warfare
Authors: Fatic Aleksandar
Published: June 2017

The paper investigates the compatibility of the modern technologies of
warfare, specifically the use of offensive drones, with traditional military
ethics and suggests that the new technologies radically change the value
system of the military in ways which make large parts of the traditional
military ethics inapplicable. The author suggests that Agamben?s concept of
?effectivity? through ?special actions? which mark one?s belonging to a
particular community or profession is a useful conceptual strategy to
explore the compatibility of drone warfare with traditional military ethics;
this strategy shows mixed results at best.
Wittgenstein’s language and Beckett: The limits of language and the absurd
Authors: Avgerinou Marialena
Published: June 2017

This paper provides a parallel linguistic and conceptual reading of
Wittgenstein?s and Beckett?s works. More specifically, the Tractatus
Logico-Philosophicus and the Philosophical Investigations are looked at in
relation to the absurd plays Not I and Waiting for Godot, respectively. The
limits of language as described in the Tractatus are part of the verbally
and conceptually asphyxiating world brought on stage by Beckett in the
monologue Not I, while the transition to ?language games? of the
Philosophical Investigations can be identified in parts of Waiting for
Godot. The suggested conclusion is that Wittgenstein?s expression of the
ineffable, the problematic use of language and (its) meaning can be and have
been expressed in a form of art, while the meanings of Wittgenstein?s
writings are in harmony with their stylistic form, his concept of ?showing?
further illustrating this idea.
Extended Lagrangian formalism for rheonomic systems with variable mass
Authors: Musicki Djordje
Published: June 2017

In this paper the extended Lagrangian formalism for the rheonomic systems
(Dj. Musicki, 2004), which began with the modification of the mechanics of
such systems (V. Vujicic, 1987), is extended to the systems with variable
mass, with emphasis on the corresponding energy relations. This extended
Lagrangian formalism is based on the extension of the set of chosen
generalized coordinates by new quantities, suggested by the form of
nonstationary constraints, which determine the position of the frame of
reference in respect to which these generalized coordinates refer. As a
consequence, an extended system of the Lagrangian equations is formulated,
accommodated to the variability of the masses of particles, where the
additional ones correspond to the additional generalized coordinates. By
means of these equations, the energy relations of such systems have been
studied, where it is demonstrated that here there are four types of energy
conservation laws. The obtained energy laws are more complete and natural
than the corresponding ones in the usual Lagrangian formulation for such
systems. It is demonstrated that the obtained energy laws, are in full
accordance with the energy laws in the corresponding vector formulation, if
they are expressed in terms of the quantities introduced in this formulation
of mechanics. The obtained results are illustrated by an example: the motion
of a rocket, which ejects the gasses backwards, while this rocket moves up a
straight line on an oblique plane, which glides uniformly in a horizontal
direction.
Functional and Structural Findings of Neurodegeneration in Early Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy: Cross-sectional Analyses of Baseline Data of the EUROCONDOR Project
Authors: Santos Ana Rita , Ribeiro Luísa , Bandello Francesco , Lattanzio Rosangela , Egan Catherine , Frydkjaer-Olsen Ulrik , García-Arumí José , Gibson Jonathan , Grauslund Jakob , Harding Simon P. , Lang Gabriele E. , Massin Pascale , Midena Edoardo , Scanlon Peter , Aldington Stephen J. , Simão Sílvia , Schwartz Christian , Ponsati Berta , Porta Massimo , Costa Miguel Ângelo , Hernández Cristina , Cunha-Vaz José , Simó Rafael
Published: June 2017

This cross-sectional study evaluated the relationship between 1) functional and structural measurements of neurodegeneration in the initial stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and 2) the presence of neurodegeneration and early microvascular impairment. We analyzed baseline data of 449 patients with type 2 diabetes enrolled in the European Consortium for the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy (EUROCONDOR) study (NCT01726075). Functional studies by multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) evaluated neurodysfunction, and structural measurements using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) evaluated neurodegeneration. The mfERG P1 amplitude was more sensitive than the P1 implicit time and was lower in patients with Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) level 20–35 than in patients with ETDRS level <20 (P = 0.005). In 58% of patients, mfERG abnormalities were present in the absence of visible retinopathy. Correspondence between SD-OCT thinning and mfERG abnormalities was shown in 67% of the eyes with ETDRS <20 and in 83% of the eyes with ETDRS level 20–35. Notably, 32% of patients with ETDRS 20–35 presented no abnormalities in mfERG or SD-OCT. We conclude that there is a link between mfERG and SD-OCT measurements that increases with the presence of microvascular impairment. However, a significant proportion of patients in our particular study population (ETDRS ≤35) had normal ganglion cell–inner plexiform layer thickness and normal mfERG findings. We raise the hypothesis that neurodegeneration may play a role in the pathogenesis of DR in many but not in all patients with type 2 diabetes.
ELEMENTOS DE INCLUSIVIDADE E CULTURA ESCOLAR: OUTRAS PERSPECTIVAS PARA A ANÁLISE DE UMA PRÁTICA CURRICULAR INCLUSIVA
Authors: Mesquita Amélia Maria Araujo , Rocha Genylton Odilon Rêgo
Published: June 2017

No contexto da educação inclusiva e da definição de parâmetros para definir uma prática que se caracterize como tal, este texto objetiva problematizar esses engessamentos a partir de outros elementos que nos possibilitem avançar nesse campo tão tenso e contraditório. Nesse sentido, as práticas curriculares inclusivas ganham uma dimensão substantiva, passando a ser denominadas práticas curriculares com elementos de inclusividade. Tais elementos, analisados à luz da categoria cultura escolar, trazem apontamentos que possibilitam reflexões acerca da inclusão enquanto elemento constituinte da escola sendo produzida gradualmente, rompendo com a ideia de que a inclusão é um modelo exemplar exterior à escola, e que por esta deve ser alcançada. As análises trazidas são resultantes de pesquisa bibliográfica e de pesquisa de campo em uma escola pública estadual localizada em Belém/PA. Os resultados apontam que a prática curricular efetivamente inclusiva é aquela que possibilita ao aluno em situação de deficiência participar, produzir e se apropriar da cultura própria da escola.
A Versatile Solar and Electric Water Distiller
Authors: Ferrah Azzeddine , Samer Marwa , Mohamed Farah , Abdulla Maitha , Obaid Muna , Humaid Shamsa , Ahmed Hamda
Published: June 2017

Abstract— The present paper discusses the feasibility and the features of a newly designed portable water desalinator/distiller. The goal is to design a small unit for desalinating or distilling brackish or soiled water. The proposed desalinator/distiller is a hybrid system that uses two sources of energy, namely: solar and electrical. It relies on solar energy when being used at locations where electricity is expensive or inaccessible. On the other hand, it uses electric energy when sunshine is unavailable for considerable periods of time, such as under rainy or cloudy skies, or during winter seasons when the sun radiation is weak or not enough to evaporate water.    This innovative project is aimed to benefit communities in rural villages, long journey travelers in deserts and arid mountains, people living alongside polluted rivers and lakes, and people living in refugees’ camps.  It can also benefit people with hard water supplies.   The paper investigates and discusses the proposed hybrid desalinator/distiller (HDD). The work presented is based entirely on the work carried out by final year electrical engineering students, during their capstone design project. The project work, presented, is a manifestation of the students learning during previous semesters. It puts into practice the application of thermal and heat transfer principles, that the student learned in earlier courses.

 

Index Terms—Desalination,desalinator,distiller,solar still,solar energy.
«El caos» de Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
Authors: Bourbotte Jeremías
Published: June 2017

Reseña del libro «El caos» de Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
Un canónigo al servicio de la Real Hacienda. Los o cios y la personalidad de Luis Zerpa en los tiempos de la scalidad borbónica
Authors: Jaramillo M. Juvenal
Published: June 2017

En este artículo podemos advertir cómo el clérigo de origen canario, Luis Zerpa Manrique de Lara, fue instalado en el Cabildo Catedral de Valladolid de Michoacán hacia la octava década del siglo XVIII para proporcionar información de primera mano a las autoridades metropolitanas sobre la economía de la Iglesia de Michoacán y, más concretamente, sobre diversos rubros en que ésta adeudaba fuertes cantidades de dinero a la Corona española.La trama tiene como hilos conductores la actitud fiscalizadora de Zerpa, que puso al descubierto el impago de gruesas sumas de dinero que la Iglesia de Michoacán había ocultado a la Real Hacienda, y las represalias de que fue objeto ese prebendado por parte del obispo fray Antonio de San Miguel y de los hombres fuertes del capítulo diocesano.
La exibilidad y rigidez del ejido como forma de tenencia de la tierra
Authors: Torres-Mazuera Gabriela
Published: June 2017

A pesar de las restricciones impuestas por la Ley agraria, el ejido como forma de tenencia de la tierra ha permitido la coexistencia de diversas formas de apropiación y uso de la tierra. Dicha flexibilidad ha estado, sin embargo, marcada por un proceso de apropiación individualizada y permanente de la tierra ejidal. El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo contribuir a la discusión en torno a situaciones de pluralidad normativa en el contexto ejidal. La distancia entre los derechos de jure y los derechos de facto en torno a las formas de acceso y apropiación de la tierra ejidal son la entrada para reflexionar sobre las condiciones que determinan la conversión o resistencia a la apropiación individualizada de las tierras ejidales en el sur de Yucatán y el significado de dicha transformación para los actores involucrados.
Descripción del mapa del Valle del río Cauca y sus afluentes
Authors: Valdivia Rojas Luis
Published: June 2017

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“FLANDES INDIANO”, Y EL “REYNO DE CHILE”. LA IDENTIDAD GUERRERA DEL “YNDIO” EN LA OBRA DE DIEGO DE ROSALES
Authors: Elgueta Reyes Rubén
Published: June 2017

En el presente artículo se analiza la identidad del aborigen chileno, las características de la guerra en la Capitanía General de Chile, según la visión del jesuita Diego de Rosales. Se toma como base su obra titulada “Historia General del Reino de Chile Flandes Indiano”, publicada por primera vez en 1877 bajo la dirección del historiador Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, cuyo objetivo central fue promover la identidad nacional del chileno a través de la Historia. En segundo lugar, se analizará concepto “crónica” y la función persuasiva de la Historia para los autores y “cronistas” coloniales hispanoamericanos, teniendo en cuenta principalmente la explicación de la “otredad” latinoamericana según el paradigma europeo. Se asume finalmente, que el concepto de “crónica” ha sido denotado como una frontera epistemológica del discurso, obviándose las motivaciones, el contexto y el propósito de escribir “Historia” por parte de los cronistas hispanoamericanos.
Expansión de la frontera agrícola. Ocupación y uso de la tierra, 1780-1880
Authors: Quejada Camacho Juan Carlos
Published: June 2017

El estudio de la cuestión de la tierra, en cuanto a su ocupación y uso, ha venido sufriendo desde finales del siglo XX y la primera década del siglo XXI un fuerte revisionismo desde la historia agraria y la historia económica en algunos países latinoamericanos. Un ejemplo de esta postura, lo constituye el caso argentino, donde el tema sobre la expansión de la frontera bonaerense durante el siglo XIX es uno de los más importantes temas para explicar el poblamiento y el desarrollo económico de Argentina. Este proceso, muestra cómo se produjo la ocupación y explotación de un territorio inmenso que se conservó durante tres siglos sin ser incorporado sólidamente al dominio del Estado ni a la producción1; y permite comprender el éxito del sistema agroexportador que condujo a que Argentina fuera una de las naciones más ricas del mundo entre finales del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX
DESDE CASABLANCA HASTA LO QUE EL VIENTO SE LLEVÓ UNA MIRADA AL CONSUMO DE CINE DE HOLLYWOOD EN BOGOTÁ DESDE 1930 HASTA 1946
Authors: Gómez Merchán Juliana
Published: June 2017

Este trabajo pretendió retomar la idea del consumo de productos culturales al preguntarse específicamente por el consumo de cine de Hollywood en Bogotá entre 1930 y 1946. Se trata de mirar cómo fue el consumo del cine de Hollywood de los bogotanos de las primeras décadas del siglo XX y se centra en todas aquellas películas producidas en Estados Unidos de carácter comercial.
 Lo que se propone mostrar es que el cine de Hollywood fue protagonista de las carteleras de cine durante este periodo de estudio, y que a su vez, el cine mexicano y latinoamericano representó una competencia importante para el consumo de los bogotanos.
USO INSTITUCIONAL – EDUCATIVO DEL CINE EN CARTAGENA 1936 – 1957
Authors: Chica Geliz Ricardo
Published: June 2017

El uso del cine fue importante como recurso didáctico en las estrategias y campañas educativas y culturales que desarrolló el gobierno colombiano, con miras a culturizar al pueblo e insertarlo en las dinámicas de modernización que llegaban a la nación. De manera que, para analizar el uso institucional – educativo del cine en Cartagena entre 1936 – 1957, se tuvieron en cuenta tres grandes aspectos: la consolidación de los medios de comunicación y la ampliación de su público; el carácter de la relación entre educación, cultura y cine institucional y su práctica; y la incidencia del cine mexicano en su época de oro en los sectores populares dela ciudad, vista desde una perspectiva étnico racial. Lo anterior con miras a dar cuenta de la relevancia del cine en un proceso de apropiación social de la modernidad cultural y sus sensibilidades dado en Cartagena
Descifrando el canon del cine colombiano
Authors: Galindo Cardona Yamid
Published: June 2017

El autor ha desarrollado su vida académica e intelectual como profesor y crítico de cine desde instituciones académicas, y medios de información reconocidos,  como editor de la revista de cine  Kinetoscopio, la revista online Extrabismos, su blog Pajarera del Medio, la coautoría de algunos libros, y el trabajo de editor en otros. Pedro Adrián Zuluaga es el autor del libro Literatura, enfermedad y poder en Colombia: 1896-1935, investigación que hace parte de su maestría en literatura otorgada por la Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, y publicada en el 2012 en la serie “literaturas en debate” por la editorial de dicha universidad. Su desempeño como periodista cultural se destaca e innumerables actividades de curaduría relacionadas al cine colombiano, y a la participación en publicaciones internacionales y nacionales
A propósito de los legionarios británicos: la primera expedición
Authors: Vargas Vega Andrés
Published: June 2017

El presente artículo busca retomar la temática iniciada en el tercer capítulo de mi monografía de grado, temática que corresponde a los expedicionarios europeos, generalmente de procedencia inglesa, que se enlistaron bajo las banderas de la revolución y combatieron en los ejércitos de Bolívar. Este artículo no sólo intenta referenciar la participación de militares extranjeros en las guerras de Independencia, sino que a la vez construye una valoración sobre el impacto de la influencia británica en dicho proceso