bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Potencialidades da mídia independente como referencial didático no ensino médio para o combate ao racismo ambiental
Authors: Santana Elissandro Dos Santos
Published: July 2018

Esta é uma sugestão de pesquisa em torno das potencialidades da mídia independente como referencial didático no Ensino Médio para uma formação crítica de combate às injustiças e ao racismo ambiental. Como proposta sugestiva, o lócus objeto de estudo escolhido foi o CIEPS – Complexo Integrado de Educação de Porto Seguro – e o nível básico de execução foi o Ensino Médio, mas poderia ser outro, dado que a pesquisa poderia ser executada em qualquer espaço escolar, período e ano do Ensino Fundamental e Médio da Educação Básica brasileira. Cabe destacar que o trabalho em questão, além de contribuir para novas perspectivas de análise no que tange à arte do tema proposto, se configura como espaço para reflexão acerca dos processos e dos caminhos de pesquisa que poderão se desenrolar em uma proposta de investigação científica despontando como oportunidade para a alfabetização científica de graduandos e de pós-graduandos com dificuldades para elaboração de projetos de pesquisa para as seleções em todo o país. Para a discussão, apresentam-se algumas considerações iniciais sobre a importância da pesquisa, referências teóricas que poderão consubstanciá-la, possibilidade de problema de investigação, demonstrações e procedimentos para a condução da pesquisa-ação, provável produto final e resultados esperados.
Mind Matters — wellbeing and the year ahead
Authors: Quigley Lisa
Published: July 2018

It's been a busy year for the RCVS Mind Matters Initiative, and there are further events, awards and training sessions to come, as Lisa Quigley explains.
Scratch Öğretiminde Ayrılıp Birleşme Tekniği Kullanımının Derse Yönelik Tutuma Akademik Başarıya ve Kalıcılığa Etkisi
Authors: YÜKSEL Sezin , GÜNDOĞDU Kerim
Published: July 2018

Bu
araştırmanın amacı Bilişim Teknolojileri ve Yazılım dersi Scratch ünitesinin
öğretiminde ayrılıp birleşme tekniği kullanımının öğrencilerin derse yönelik
tutumuna, akademik başarıya ve bunun kalıcılığa etkisini incelemektir.
Çalışmada ön test son test kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desen kullanılmıştır.
Araştırma 2015-2016 eğitim-öğretim yılı ikinci döneminde Manisa İli Turgutlu
İlçesi Şadi Turgutlu ortaokulu 6. sınıfında öğrenim görmekte olan 30 öğrenci
deney grubunda ve 30 öğrenci de kontrol grubunda olmak üzere toplam 60 öğrenciyle
gerçekleştirilmiştir. Kontrol grubunda dersler var olan öğretim programında
belirtilen yöntemler aracılığıyla geleneksel yöntemle, deney grubunda ise
ayrılıp birleşme tekniği kullanılarak “Scratch ile Programlama” ünitesinde
yedişer hafta süreyle işlenmiştir. Deney ve kontrol grubu öğrencilerine derse
yönelik tutum ölçeği ve geliştirilen akademik başarı testi, ön test, son test
ve kalıcılık testi olarak uygulanmıştır. Öğrencilerin kalıcılık testine
verdikleri cevaplara ilişkin veriler uygulamadan yedi hafta sonra elde
edilmiştir. Verilerin analizi sonucunda, ayrılıp birleşme tekniği ile yapılan
öğretimin, bilişim teknolojileri ve yazılım dersinde akademik başarısıyı, derse
yönelik tutumu ve öğrenilen bilgilerin kalıcılığını olumlu yönde etkilediği
sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır.
İlköğretim Öğrencilerinin Fen-Teknoloji-Tasarım Süreci İle İlgili Becerilerinin Geliştirilmesi Üzerine Bir Eğitim Modülü Uygulaması
Authors: PEKMEZ Esin , YILMAZ Hülya , ALAÇAM AKŞİT Asli Ceren , GÜLER Fulden
Published: July 2018

Bu
çalışmada öğrencilerin teknoloji ve tasarım
konusundaki bilgilerini artırmak ve fen ve teknoloji okuryazarı olmalarına
katkıda bulunmak amacıyla hazırlanan bir eğitim modülü 4., 5. ve 6. sınıf
öğrencilerinin oluşturduğu 88 kişilik bir gruba uygulanmıştır. Boston
Üniversitesi Bilim Müzesi tarafından (Museum of Science) geliştirilen “Çocuklar İçin Mühendislik ve Teknoloji Dersleri” (Engineering
and Technology Lessons for Children) isimli eğitim modülü, “kuvvet” konusu ele
alınarak uygulanmıştır. Mühendislik Tutum Ölçeği, Teknoloji Nedir? ve
Mühendislik Nedir? ölçekleri veri toplama aracı olarak uygulama öncesi ve
sonrasında uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizi sonucunda;
eğitim öncesinden sonrasına tutum puanlarının ortalamaları arasında anlamlı
farkın olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Gruplara bakıldığında, 4. sınıf öğrencilerinin
bilim ve mühendislikle ilgili tutumlarında artış gözlenmemekle birlikte
5. ve 6. sınıflarda artış olduğu görülmüştür. Teknoloji Nedir? ölçeği analiz
edildiğinde 4, 5 ve 6.sınıf öğrencilerinin teknoloji ile ilgili bilgi
düzeylerinde anlamlı yönde bir artış olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Mühendislik
Nedir? ölçeği veri analizi sonucunda her sınıf için puan ortalamaları artmış ve
5. ve 6. sınıflarda bu artış anlamlı düzeyde olmuştur. Çalışma sonucunda,
ilkokul programlarına mühendislikle ilgili uygulamaların entegre edilmesi
konusunda önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
Liderlik Yönelimi ve Politik Beceri Arasındaki İlişkinin Okul Müdürlerinin Görüşlerine Göre İncelenmesi
Authors: Özdemir Murat
Published: July 2018

Bu araştırmada okul müdürlerinin görüşlerine
dayalı olarak liderlik yönelimi ile politik beceri arasındaki ilişki
incelenmiştir. Araştırmaya Ankara ilinde yer alan okullarda görev yapan 154
okul müdürü katılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplamak amacıyla “Liderlik
Oryantasyon Ölçeği-LOÖ” ile “Politik Beceri Envanteri-PBE” kullanılmıştır.
Veriler aritmetik ortalama ve Pearson korelasyon analizi gibi betimsel
istatistiklerin yanı sıra, çoklu regresyon analizi ile incelenmiştir. Araştırma
sonucunda katılımcıların politik becerilerinin yüksek olduğu gözlenmiştir. Okul
müdürlerinin ayrıca dört farklı liderlik yönelimlerini etkili şekilde
kullandıklarını düşündükleri de görülmüştür. Korelasyon analizi, politik beceri
ve liderlik yöneliminin alt-boyutları arasında orta ve yüksek düzeyde ilişkiler
olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Regresyon analizi ise okul müdürlerinin liderlik
yönelimlerinde politik becerinin önemli bir etmen olduğu göstermiştir.
Philo of Alexandria
Authors: Niehoff Maren R , Collins John J.
Published: July 2018

Philo was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who left behind one of the richest bodies of work from antiquity, yet his personality and intellectual development have remained a riddle. This book presents the first biography of Philo, arguing that his trip to Rome in 38 CE was a turning point in his life. There he was exposed to not only new political circumstances but also “a new cultural and philosophical environment.” Following the pogrom in Alexandria, Philo became active as an intellectual in the capital of the Empire, responding to the challenges of his time and creatively reconstructing his identity, though always maintaining pride in the Jewish tradition. Philo's trajectory from Alexandria to Rome and his enthusiastic adoption of new modes of thought rendered him a keen figure in the complex negotiation between East and West.
Growing Up with the Country
Authors: Field Kendra Taira
Published: July 2018

Growing Up with the Country documents the migration of freedom’s first generation out of the South and into the West after the Civil War. A narrative history, the book traces three of the author’s ancestors and their successive migrations in the half-century after emancipation. Between 1865 and 1915, tens of thousands of former slaves sought freedom through a series of experiments in land ownership, town building, and emigration that spanned the Mississippi delta, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas, West Africa, western Canada, Mexico, and beyond. Deepening and widening the roots of the Great Migration, the book argues that their lives and choices complicate notions of the quintessential domesticity and “biracialism” of the nadir, revealing instead the deeply transnational and multiracial dimensions of freedom’s first generation. The book shows that Indian Territory and early Oklahoma served as one of the first sites of African-American transnational movement in the postemancipation period, decentering the United States in North American history even at the turn of the “American century.” It illustrates the gradual emergence of American “biracialism” and the painstaking construction of race and nation that undergirded the rise of American economic, political, and cultural power at the turn of the twentieth century. Finally, the book reveals that historical erasure of this multiracial, multinational past depended upon the manipulation of family and kinship.
The Other Middle East
Authors: Salameh Franck
Published: July 2018

This book is an original collection of Middle Eastern literature (Levantine literature). It offers a glimpse into a contemporary Middle East that defies common Western misconceptions and prejudices. Compiled over the course of more than two decades, the featured prose and poetry in translation reveals an extraordinary diversity of ethnicities, religions, languages, and cultures, and a surprising range of sentiments and ideas, that provide Western readers with a powerful new understanding of the rich mosaic that is the contemporary Middle East. The book explores the lives, thought, and works of some twelve Levantine literati, while assessing the possibility of valorizing a greater degree of pluralism in Middle Eastern public life, even as the modern Middle East as we have come to know it through the twentieth century seems to have “collapsed” in the aftermath of the 2010 events formerly known as the “Arab Spring.”
Claiming Crimea
Authors: O'Neill Kelly
Published: July 2018

Russia's long-standing claims to Crimea date back to the eighteenth-century reign of Catherine II. This book is the first archive-based, multi-dimensional study of the initial “quiet conquest” of a region that has once again moved to the forefront of international affairs. The book traces the impact of Russian rule on the diverse population of the former khanate, which included Muslim, Christian, and Jewish residents. The book discusses the arduous process of establishing the empire's social, administrative, and cultural institutions in a region that had been governed according to a dramatically different logic for centuries. With careful attention to how officials and subjects thought about the spaces they inhabited, this book reveals the lasting influence of Crimea and its people on the Russian imperial system, and sheds new light on the precarious contemporary relationship between Russia and the famous Black Sea peninsula.
Cold War Monks
Authors: Ford Eugene
Published: July 2018

How did the U.S. government make use of a “Buddhist policy” in Southeast Asia during the Cold War despite the American principle that the state should not meddle with religion? To answer this question, this book's author delved deep into an unprecedented range of U.S. and Thai sources and conducted numerous oral history interviews with key informants. The author uncovers a riveting story filled with U.S. national security officials, diplomats, and scholars seeking to understand and build relationships within the Buddhist monasteries of Southeast Asia. This fascinating narrative provides a new look at how the Buddhist leaderships of Thailand and its neighbors became enmeshed in Cold War politics and in the U.S. government's clandestine efforts to use a predominant religion of Southeast Asia as an instrument of national stability to counter communist revolution.
ROL' POLOVYKh GORMONOV V REGULYaTsII KOSTNOGO OBMENA i mineral'noy plotnostikostnoy tkani u muzhchin v pozdnie sroki posle allotransplantatsii trupnoy pochki
Authors: PRONChENKO I A , BUZULINA V P , TOMILINA N A , N VEDERNIKOVA R , ERMAKOVA I P
Published: July 2018

Lumbal spine and hip bone mineral density (BMD), bone turnover markers [bone alkaline phosphatase (bALP), osteocalcin (OC), aminoterminal procollagen I propeptide, bone acid phosphatase (bACP), ß-crosslaps (CTX)], sex hormones [testosterone, estradiol (E2), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), free androgen index (FAI), free estrogen index (FEI)], parathyroid hormone (PTH), osteoprotegerin (OPG) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)] were determined in 39 men in age 42±10 years (33 with well renal function and 6 - with renal failure (RF) 44±26 months following KT receiving triple immunosuppressive therapy (CysA, prednisolone and azathioprine). Increased CTX, bACP, OC and decreased bALP so as BMD were associated in men following KT with low testosterone, SHBG and IGF-1 and high E2, OPG and PTH. There was more degree of bone turnover disturbances, decreased BMD, PTH hypersecretion and low FAI in RF. There were significant positive relationships between serum testosterone and E2, FEI and FAI, bALP and E2, bALP and FEI, femur BMD and FAI, femur BMD and FEI, OPG and E2, IGF-1 and PTH. There were significant inverse correlations between serum CTX and FAI, CTX and FEI, hip (spine) BMD and SHBG, hip (spine) BMD and PTH so as between PTH and FAI, PTH and FEI. So bone turnover disturbances, hip BMD losses and PTH hypersecretion in men at late time following KT associated with sex hormone deficiency. Predictor of high bone turnover and as vertebral as femur bone losses after KT besides PTH hypersecretion was serum SHBG. Decreased IGF-1 was the reason of bone forming suppression and possibly was following cyclosporine hepatotoxicity. OPG increasing was associated partly with high estradiol and was compensatory to attenuation of bone resorption and bone losses.
HYPERPARATIROSIS AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM PATHOLOGY
Authors: VORONENKO I V , SYRKIN A L , ROZhINSKAYa L Ya , MEL'NIChENKO G A
Published: July 2018

For many years, hyperparathyroidism, including primary, primarily associated with severe pathology of the osseous system and kidneys, was considered a rare disease. The widespread introduction into the clinical practice of the determination in the blood of calcium, and then parathyroid hormone, and osteodensitometry made it possible to recognize this disease more often and at earlier stages and to treat it more successfully. By now, the specific gravity of mild and asymptomatic forms of hyperparathyroidism has increased from 10-15% in the 1980s to 80%.

Conservative management of these forms of hyperparathyroidism requires more thorough research on the prognosis of survival, duration and quality of life, and the risk of developing associated diseases in these patients.
Chastota perelomov proksimal'nogo otdela bedrennoykosti sredi zhiteley goroda Ufy (retrospektivnoeepidemiologicheskoe issledovanie)
Authors: Nurlygayanov R. Z. , Khafizov N. Kh. , Fayzullin A. A.
Published: July 2018

City Clinical Hospital №21, Ufa The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of proximal hip fracture in minimal trauma during the period from 2000 to 2005 in persons aged 50 years or more living in Ufa. The information was obtained from the medical documentation of City Clinical Hospital № 13 of Ufa and Republican administration of statistics of Rosstat. There're 7 districts in Ufa the population of Kalinin district is 195 722, the population of the city is 1036026. People living in one of the Ufa's biggest districts -
Kalinin district who had proximal hip fracture (medial and lateral fractures of neck of femur, ICD-820) from 2000 to 2005 were chosen as the objects of the study. The results
were expressed as incidence per 100 000 persons. The overall incidence of the fractures was 129,8, 123,1 in men and 133,9 in women, the overall incidence of the fractures in minimal trauma - 124,4, 110,5 in men and 133,6 in women (in regards to the general number of fractures it was 89% and 99% correspondingly). The F:M ratio was 1,2. The study showed that the incidence of all types of hip fracture in men was significantly increasing, including in minimal trauma. We also found the increase of hip fracture incidence with age. The results of the retrospective analysis of the hip fracture incidence during the period from 2000 to 2005 showed that Ufa was the city with moderate incidence of the fractures.
PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF HYPOVITAMINOSIS D IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN THE SVERDLOVSK REGION
Authors: Turova E L , Lesnyak O M
Published: July 2018

The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence and severity of vitamin D insufficiency in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in Sverdlovsk region. Was examined 61 patients with MS of 18 to 61 year old (38,0 ± 10,6). The study was performed in March-April in 2010 and 2011. The control group included 32 healthy volunteers. The groups were comparable in age and sex. All MS patients and 94 % of control group had hypovitaminosis D3. However, patients with MS had clearly lower 25 (OH) D3 concentration as compared to control group (p = 0,01). Half of the patients had vitamin D deficiency, whereas in the control group the deficit was identified only in 21.9% (р = 0,04). We did not found any correlation between concentration of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and sex, duration and type of MS, degree of disability on EDSS scale, as well as with depression. A moderate direct correlation between patients’age and concentration of 25 (OH) D3 in serum was found.
EFFECTS OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR TYPE I ON BONE REMODELING IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PREGNANCY AND NORMAL LEVELS OF VITAMIN D
Authors: Sudakov D S , Novikova T V , Bibkova O S , Galkina O V , Zazerskaya I E
Published: July 2018

During pregnancy the levels of IGF-I increase and in III trimester exceed greatly the values of I trimester. Its significant increase is noted from 22-24 weeks of pregnancy. Correlation analysis revealed a moderate negative correlation between the level of IGF-I in II trimester and distal forearm BMD (r = -0,35, p<0,5). Also a moderate positive correlation between the level of IGF-I and a marker of bone synthesis osteocalcin in the II and III trimesters of pregnancy was revealed (r = 0,46, p <0,05 and r = 0,41, p<0,05, respectively). Conclusions: IGF-I effects bone remodeling of long bones during pregnancy. It is probable that under the influence of IGF-I synthesis of bone matrix is increased, which in the presence of low calcium intake may be associated with reduced BMD at these bone sites.
OSTEOPOROSIS, DEPRESSION AND FRACTURES. MODERN ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM
Authors: Zakroeva A G , Kozhemyakina E V , Lesnyak O M
Published: July 2018

To study the relationship of osteoporosis, depression and fractures analyzed more than 200 publications, selected for analysis 124. Osteoporosis (OP) and depressive disorder (DD) have several common risk factors. Biological, psychological and psychosocial factors associated with both diseases. The pathogenesis of OP and DD are closely correlated. OP and fractures lead to the development of DD., degrades rehabilitation and reduce adherence to OP therapy. DD in turn is associated with a decrease in BMD and an increase the risk offalls and fractures. Early detection and treatment of DD in patients with OP., as well as detection and treatment of OP in patients with depression should be an integral part of general medical practice.
PRACTICE NOTES SOFTWARE «VERTEBRAL FRACTURE ASSESSMENT» FOR DUAL-ENERGY BONE DENSITOMETER «DISCOVERY W» IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOPOROSIS
Authors: Eidlina E M
Published: July 2018

The authors studied the feasibility of an additional software application for dual-energy X-ray bone densitometer series «Discovery W» (HOLOGIC inc., USA). 45 patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures underwent technique of «Vertebral Fracture Assessment» in one session with standard densitometry at the lumbar spine and proximal femur. This program is based on a semi-quantitative morphometry of the spine (N.K. Genant; 1993) is an alternative to radiography for the diagnosis of vertebral fractures. Determination of the index values of the vertebral bodies by this method allows identification not only explicit, but subtle compression vertebral fractures of both thoracic and lumbar spine. The methodology should be ordered by an osteoporosis specialist, evaluated by radiologist, it can be performed in one session with standard densitometry procedure. Assessment of the bone structure of the vertebral bodies by this imaging technology is not feasible.
50 Years of NJ History
Authors: Carroll Assemblyman Michael Patrick
Published: July 2018

The following remarks were delivered by NJ State Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the New Jersey Historical Commission on December 4, 2017 in Trenton. The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) is a state agency dedicated to the advancement of public knowledge and preservation of New Jersey history. Established by law in 1967, its work is founded on the fundamental belief that an understanding of our shared heritage is essential to sustaining a cohesive and robust democracy. The NJHC receives its funding primarily by legislative appropriation. It fulfills its mission through various initiatives, including an active grant program. The goal of the grant program is to engage diverse audiences and practitioners in the active exploration, enjoyment, interpretation, understanding, and preservation of New Jersey history.
The Bordentown School as Institution and Idea: The Manual Training and Industrial School Honored Educational Priorities of Washington, Du Bois, and Dewey
Authors: Goddard Connie
Published: July 2018

Given its various accomplishments and distinctions, the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth in Bordentown, New Jersey (which existed from 1886-1955), is surprisingly little known in the state or among historians of education. A state-supported boarding school for boys and girls, it combined a solid academic program with practical work experience through a highly structured school day and a dedicated faculty that also lived on campus. Its mission was to direct students, many from unstable backgrounds, into stable jobs or further education. Though frequently called “Tuskegee of the North,” the school as led by long-time principal William R. Valentine was arguably influenced as much by John Dewey, who in a 1915 book about progressive education had praised another school Valentine headed earlier. As a meeting place for black cultural leaders in the state from the 1920s through the 1940s, the school also exposed its students to avenues through life that could enable them to become leaders themselves. Thus, the school can be viewed as manifesting the priorities articulated by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, as well as by Dewey.
Public Housing for Lower-Middle-Income Families: New Jersey’s State Housing Program in the Late 1940s
Authors: Jinno Keisuke
Published: July 2018

This article addresses a lost housing alternative at the dawn of post-New Deal, homeowner-centered America. At the end of the 1940s, the State of New Jersey attempted to launch a state public housing program for lower-middle-income families who had been left out of both the private market for prospective homeowners and the existing public housing projects. The program, however, was incompatible with business-backed plans to create a mass homeownership society. Galvanized by anti-tax sentiment among current and prospective homeowners, voters rejected a state housing bond referendum necessary to the program. An additional factor was white residents’ politics of exclusion that produced anti-public housing hysteria. Finally, plan proponents’ lack of consensus about financial resources and grass-roots activities failed to sway public opinion and resulted in low voter turnout in central places.
Old Shrewsbury Map Discovered & Interpreted
Authors: Geffken Rick
Published: July 2018

The Shrewsbury Historical Society recently discovered a fragile old map of Shrewsbury, dated 1849. Hand-drawn, it showed houses, churches, and waterways in the township almost 75 years before the incorporation of the current borough. Why was the crumbling map drawn, and by whom? Is it important; worthy of preservation? Read on to see what has been discovered thus far.
Prescribing Gaussian and Geodesic Curvature on Disks
Authors: Cruz-Blázquez Sergio , Ruiz David
Published: July 2018

In this paper, we consider the problem of prescribing the Gaussian and geodesic curvature on a disk and its boundary, respectively, via a conformal change of the metric. This leads us to a Liouville-type equation with a non-linear Neumann boundary condition. We address the question of existence by setting the problem in a variational framework which seems to be completely new in the literature. We are able to find minimizers under symmetry assumptions.
Speech-gesture constructions in cognitive grammar: The case of beats and points
Authors: Ruth-Hirrel Laura , Wilcox Sherman
Published: July 2018

The current study uses principles from Cognitive Grammar to better account for the symbolic integration of gesture and speech. Drawing on data collected from language use, we examine the use of two attention-directing strategies that are expressed through gesture, beats and pointing. It has been claimed that beats convey no semantic information. We propose that beat gestures are symbolic structures. It has also been noted that beats are often overlaid on other gestures. To date, however, no detailed explanation has been offered to account for the conceptual and phonological integration of beats with other co-expressed gestures. In this paper, we explore the integration of beats and pointing gestures as complex gestural expressions. We find that simple beat gestures, as well as beat gestures co-expressed with pointing gestures, are used to direct attention to meanings in speech that are associated with salient components of stancetaking acts. Our account further reveals a symbolic motivation for the apparent “superimposing” of beats onto pointing gestures. By closely examining actual usage events, we take an initial step toward demonstrating how the symbolic elements of both beats and points are integrated in multimodal constructions.
Stability and Hopf Bifurcation in a Delayed SIS Epidemic Model with Double Epidemic Hypothesis
Authors: Zhang Jiangang , Chu Yandong , Du Wenju , Chang Yingxiang , An Xinlei
Published: July 2018

The stability and Hopf bifurcation of a delayed SIS epidemic model with double epidemic hypothesis are investigated in this paper. We first study the stability of the unique positive equilibrium of the model in four cases, and we obtain the stability conditions through analyzing the distribution of characteristic roots of the corresponding linearized system. Moreover, we choosing the delay as bifurcation parameter and the existence of Hopf bifurcation is investigated in detail. We can derive explicit formulas for determining the direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of bifurcation periodic solution by center manifold theorem and normal form theory. Finally, we perform the numerical simulations for justifying the theoretical results.
Crystal structure of bis{5H-dibenzo[c,f][1,5]oxabismocin-12(7H)-yl} carbonate, C29H24O5Bi2
Authors: Tan Nianyuan , Dang Limin , Lan Donghui , Wu Shuisheng , Au Chak-Tong , Yi Bing
Published: July 2018

C29H24O5Bi2, orthorhombic, Pbca (no. 61), a = 14.8835(6) Å, b = 14.5551(6) Å, c = 23.6000(9) Å, V = 5112.5(4) Å3, Z = 8, R
gt(F) = 0.0293, wR(F
2) = 0.0579, T = 296(2) K.
MHD stagnation point slip flow due to a non-linearly moving surface with effect of non-uniform heat source
Authors: Nandeppanavar Mahantesh M. , Kemparaju M. C. , Shakunthala S.
Published: July 2018

In this paper, we have studied the heat transfer characteristics of stagnation point flow of an MHD flow over a non-linearly moving plate with momentum and thermal slip effects in presence of non-uniform heat source/sink. The governing differential equations are transformed into the ordinary differential equations using suitable similarity transformations. These equations which are BVPs’ and are solved using a numerically by fourth order Runge-Kutta method using MAPLE computing software. The effects of governing parameters are studied on flow, velocity and heat distributions and are discussed in detail. It is observed that the non-uniform heat source parameters enhance the temperature distribution. Our results are agreed well with previously published results for some limiting conditions, which validate our present results are correct.
Convergence of Social Marketing and Public Administration: Democratizing Value Creation
Authors: Miller Leon M.
Published: July 2018

This article aims to explain the interface between advances in civilization and advances in communication. The article also addresses the inadequacy of public administration literature to explain why communication media is important to its theory and practice. Subsequently, the article explicates why communication media contribute to the public administrator’s ability to improve the quality of democracy. The literature on communication media and public administration provide conceptual data that indicates how communication media continuously contributed to the public administrator’s ability to manage large disparate social-economic units. Network theory and administrative communication theory indicate why communication networks improve institutional effectiveness and efficiency. The literature confirms the need for clarity on how the interface between communication media and public administration increases public value and improves the quality of democracy. Network theory is a viable strategy for increasing the public administrators’ ability to increase public value.
Testing Turkey’s Place Within the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values
Authors: Tausch Arno , Heshmati Almas
Published: July 2018

Following the attempt by Alesina and Guiliano (2013) to measure global culture and to project these measurements onto real choropleth geographical world maps, we utilize the data from the World Values Survey (WVS) to arrive at robust measurement scales of global economic, political and social values and to assess Turkey’s place within them. Our study, which is based on 92,289 representative individuals with complete data in 68 countries, representing 56.89% of the global population, looks at hard-core economic values in these countries. From our new nine dimensions for the determination of the geography of human values, based on a promax factor analysis of the available data, we use six factor analytical scores to calculate a new Global Value Development Index, which combines: avoiding economic permissiveness; avoiding racism; avoiding distrust of the army and the press; avoiding the authoritarian character; tolerance and respect; and avoiding the rejection of the market economy and democracy. Turkey is ranked 25, ahead of several EU member countries. But there are still considerable deficits concerning the liberal values components, which are very important for effective democracy, and there are very large regional differences, confirming the dictum by Huntington (1996) about Turkey as a torn country.
Change, Continuity and Crisis. Montenegro’s Political Trajectory (1988-2016)
Authors: Morrison Kenneth
Published: July 2018

Montenegro has passed through more than two decades of flux to reach its current status as a NATO member and European Union (EU) candidate. The smallest republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Montenegro’s modern history has been characterised by both significant change (in statehood) and relative continuity (in leadership). The author focuses on the period between the republic’s first multiparty elections in 1990, through the 1997 split within the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the May 2006 independence referendum to the parliamentary elections of 2016 and the country’s ongoing political crisis, assessing the most significant political developments throughout the aforementioned period.
Structural, thermal, and IR studies of β-[Nd2O2](CrO4), an unexpected analog of a slag phase [Ba2F2](S6+O3S2−)
Authors: Charkin Dmitri O. , Plokhikh Igor V. , Zadoya Anastasiya I. , Zaloga Aleksandr N. , Depmeier Wulf , Siidra Oleg I.
Published: July 2018

A family of Ln
2CrO6 (Ln=Pr, Nd, Sm–Tb) compounds has been re-investigated using powder X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy. The structure of β-Nd2CrO6≡β-[Nd2O2](CrO4) is similar to that of the slag compound [Ba2F2](S6+O3S2−) in that it exhibits a disordered arrangement of (CrO4)2− anions between [Nd2O2]2+ litharge-type blocks. Its structural architecture is also related to other layered α- and γ-[Ln
2O2](AO4) species (A=S, Cr, Mo), showing various orientations of the tetrahedral anions within the interlayer space. Size relationships between the incorporated tetrahedral anions and formation of different structure types (denoted as M1-, M2- and T-type) are reviewed. The possible existence of new compounds which are isostructural with, or structurally related to, β-[Nd2O2](CrO4) and bearing other transition metal-centred tetrahedral anions are discussed.
Synthesis, crystal structure, and magnetic properties of the complex [(CH3)3NH]2 [Co(NCS)4]
Authors: Jie Yang , Yuan Huang , YouQuan Zhong , Ting Fang , Fan Hao , Qian Kun , Ye Yao-Hui
Published: July 2018

A new complex [(CH3)3NH]2[Co(NCS)4], in which zero-dimensional [Co(NCS)4]
n

2− anions are balanced by 2n [(CH3)3NH]+ cations, was synthesized. The complex has been characterized by single X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and magnetic measurements. Magnetic susceptibility data indicate ferromagnetic interactions among the CoII ions.
Using Transcriptomes as Mutant Phenotypes Reveals Functional Regions of a Mediator Subunit in Caenorhabditis elegans
Authors: Angeles-Albores David , Sternberg Paul W
Published: July 2018

Although transcriptomes have recently been used as phenotypes with which to perform epistasis analyses, they are not yet used to study intragenic function/structure relationships. We developed a theoretical framework to study allelic series using transcriptomic phenotypes. As a proof-of-concept, we apply our methods to an allelic series of dpy-22, a highly pleiotropic Caenorhabditis elegans gene orthologous to the human gene MED12, which encodes a subunit of the Mediator complex. Our methods identify functional units within dpy-22 that modulate Mediator activity upon various genetic programs, including the Wnt and Ras modules.
Pleurothallis chicalensis, a new species in subsection Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from northwestern Ecuador
Authors: Jiménez Marco M. , Baquero Luis E. , Wilson Mark , Iturralde Gabriel A.
Published: July 2018

Resumen. Una especie nueva de Pleurothallis de la subsección Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae de Ecuador es descrita, ilustrada y su afinidad con otras especies es discutida. Pleurothallis chicalensis se compara con P. dewildei, de la cual difiere por las hojas ovadas, las flores amarillas con el sinsépalo ampliamente obovado y el labelo transversalmente cordado con el ápice apiculado. Abstract. A new species of Pleurothallis in subsection Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae from Ecuador is described, illustrated and its relationship with other species is discussed. Pleurothallis chicalensis is compared with P. dewildei, from which is distinguished by the ovate leaves, the yellow flowers with broadly obovate synsepal and the transversely cordate lip with apiculate apex.
The within-day reliability of scapular and shoulder EMG measurements in asymptomatic individuals during shoulder abduction
Authors: Grime Aishwarya , Daines Sophie , Pringle Lucy , Heang Lee , Ribeiro Daniel
Published: July 2018

The purpose of this study was to assess the within-day reliability of scapular and shoulder surface electromyography (sEMG) measurements during shoulder abduction. Twenty asymptomatic individuals performed 10 repetitions of shoulder abduction, which was then retested 10 minutes later. sEMG was used to record the activity of upper and lower trapezius; anterior, middle and posterior deltoids; supraspinatus; infraspinatus; and serratus anterior muscles. Muscle activation was expressed as a percentage of maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC). The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and standard error of measurement (SEM) were used to assess within-day reliability for concentric and eccentric phases of shoulder abduction. For the concentric phase, ICC values ranged from 0.87 to 0.98 and SEM values from 8.6% to 18.9% MVIC. For the eccentric phase, ICC values ranged from 0.65 to 0.97, and SEM values from 9.8% to 24.4% MVIC. In asymptomatic individuals, EMG measurements of the scapular and shoulder muscles during the concentric phase of shoulder  abduction had excellent reliability, and for the eccentric phase, had good to excellent reliability depending on the analysed muscle. These findings provide valuable information on reliability of sEMG for assessing muscle activity of scapular and shoulder muscles.
of Children’s Creativity and Polishness
Authors: Osewska Elżbieta
Published: July 2018

Poland has a long history, but unfortunately, this history is also full of battles for independence, to keep the Polish language and culture, and a struggle for Christian values. What was supporting these processes? According to many experts Polish literature has been one important factor. In this article, the role of Polish literature for children, especially poetry, in supporting their creativity and Polishness will be analysed. Subsequently the article will outline the history of Polish literature for children, the importance of patriotic and religious literature, especially during the Partition and Soviet time and the nature of children’s literature.
Contemplation and rationality. The sacred dimension of theology
Authors: Królikowski Janusz
Published: July 2018

This article raises the question of the mutual relation between theology and prayer. Theology is knowledge about God – the Holiest – and should carry out research in a holy manner, contributing to the holiness of the person who is connected with theology as a teacher or a student. The question of the relation between theology and prayer belongs to the most fundamental issues concerning the method of theology to which we should constantly refer as to an important source of guidelines for today. This article first focuses on certain statements which appeared in the past centuries and which discussed the relation between theology and prayer, trying to find the adequate approach to the spiritual and scientific situation in the field of theology in those times. After this introduction, it presents the view that prayer may be used in service of theology. Theology, on the other hand, in its full and traditional sense, is total and complete only then, when it constitutes the foundation of piety and leads to prayer. Theology through prayer can permeate the inner life opening itself to the state when we belong to God who resides in our heart.
Use of supplementary aggregates in mortars produced using a novel lime-drying technique
Authors: Starinieri Vincenzo , Illingworth James M. , Hughes David C.
Published: July 2018

Formulated lime mortars suitable for long-term storage in silos or bags can be produced by adding quicklime to wet, as-received quarried sand. However, sands with high water content may require the addition of more quicklime that would alter the mortar proportioning. This work investigates the possibility to replace part of the lime-dried sand with dry, crushed, mixed glass cullet and calcium carbonate aggregate to allow greater control over mortar formulations. It is shown that the use of glass yields a similar or slightly weaker product, depending on curing regime, than the control while calcium carbonate generates the strongest mortar.
The role of pore-gas dynamics in guiding reclamation practices
Authors: Scale Kyle O , Fleming Ian R
Published: July 2018

The storage and transportation of pore gasses in overburden and reclamation soil covers were evaluated using statistical analyses and finite difference numerical modelling to guide mine operators regarding practical issues surrounding the construction of overburden landforms, design of soil cover systems and management of reclamation sites. Factors that were found to impact gas transfer were soil moisture, soil temperature, differential pressures and dry bulk density of the overburden landform. Furthermore, the construction of the overburden landform appears to be more impactful to pore-gas dynamics than the design of the soil covers. Practicable recommendations can therefore be inferred to facilitate simultaneously methane oxidation in the uppermost horizon of the overburden while maintaining sufficient pore-gas oxygen in the plant-rooting zone of the soil covers to facilitate growth and survivability of reclamation vegetation. It is recommended that overburden be placed to approximately 1·6 Mg/m3. Mine operators should also recognise and manage extreme moisture conditions in the soil covers and uppermost overburden to mitigate restrictions in gas exchange and methane oxidation.
Permeability assessment of some granular mixtures
Authors: Feng S. , Vardanega P. J. , Ibraim E. , Widyatmoko I. , Ojum C.
Published: July 2018

This note presents some constant-head permeability test results on 30 granular mixtures. These data are then interpreted using the grading entropy approach, as well as the ‘Hazen’, ‘Shepherd’, ‘Kozeny–Carman’ and ‘Chapuis’ models. The predictive power of each of the five methods is compared. A correlation between the normalised grading entropy coordinates and the coefficient of permeability is presented. Permeability zones on the normalised entropy diagram are identified.
Por um contínuo das formas de discurso representado
Authors: Cunha Gustavo Ximenes
Published: July 2018

Neste trabalho, que se filia a uma perspectiva enunciativa dos estudos da linguagem, explora-se a hipótese de que as formas de discurso representado podem ser dispostas ao longo de um contínuo que estude essas formas por meio dos diversos graus de absorção da enunciação representada pela enunciação produzida. Para obter o contínuo mencionado, este trabalho se baseou no estudo de 53 sequências narrativas extraídas de oito reportagens veiculadas em revistas semanais de informação. No polo esquerdo do contínuo, o discurso direto explícito permite ao locutor delimitar a fronteira entre o discurso representado e o discurso produzido. Mais próximo desse polo, o discurso direto implícito corresponde a um segmento que traz uma fala de amplo conhecimento, mas sem identificação da instância responsável pela fala. Aproximando-se do polo direito, o discurso indireto implícito dilui mais a fronteira entre os discursos produzido e representado, permitindo apenas via contexto a identificação das vozes dos enunciadores. No polo direito, o discurso indireto explícito apaga todos os vestígios da enunciação representada, havendo apenas uma enunciação, a produzida.
Erro de proibição e estupro de vulnerável: análise argumentativa de acórdão judicial
Authors: Neves Marcelo Pereira , Sobral Gilberto Nazareno Telles
Published: July 2018

Este trabalho analisa a fundamentação do Acórdão nº 000049927.2011.8.05.0246 por meio das categorias argumentativas propostas por Perelman e Olbrechts-Tyteca (2005), identificando os elementos da tríade retórica observados no corpus. A partir desse foco de análise, o trabalho se debruça inicialmente sobre o ethos construído na decisão, valendo-se dos esquemas traçados por Maingueneau (2008). Em seguida, apoia-se em Santana Neto para analisar os elementos componentes do pathos. Observando o logos decisório, a análise indica que os magistrados empregam técnicas argumentativas de diversas espécies para relativizar determinados critérios legais objetivos e absolver os réus. Na conclusão, destaca-se a importância da dimensão argumentativa para a fundamentação de decisões judiciais.
Análise de comentários no Youtube: embates ideológicos nas respostas ao filme Cinquenta tons de cinza
Authors: Santana Bárbara Melissa
Published: July 2018

Este texto se propõe a analisar os embates ideológicos inerentes às respostas ao filme Cinquenta tons de cinza. Para tanto, é destacado um comentário e algumas réplicas coletados no canal oficial de divulgação da trilogia na plataforma Youtube. Nessas respostas, a fala dos sujeitos reverbera embates de índices valorativos da cultura contemporânea e valoram em diferentes tons as cristalizações e imagens de identidade de gênero. Para pensar nessas questões, é elencado como arcabouço teórico-metodológico a teoria do Círculo de Bakhtin e os conceitos de sujeito e ideologia, a fim de pensar em como as ideologias aparecem na fala de cada sujeito.
Argumentações e manipulações no filme Deus não está morto
Authors: Martins Fiori Fernando
Published: July 2018

Este artigo buscou analisar as técnicas argumentativas do filme Deus Não Está Morto (2014), realizado pela empresa Pure Flix Entertaiment, responsável por produções cinematográficas com temáticas cristãs e intuitos evangelizadores. O enredo gira em torno da personagem Josh Wheaton, calouro de uma universidade, que entra em um conflito ideológico com seu professor de filosofia, Jeffery Raddison. Este nega a existência de Deus e impinge sua convicção aos alunos, mas Josh se recusa a aceitá-la e se propõe a provar o contrário, em apenas três seminários. Evidenciamos como as técnicas de argumentação mobilizadas contribuem para a construção de um fazer-persuasivo sustentado pelo objetivo de levar a crer no Cristianismo, sobretudo, por intimidação. Nosso aparato teórico consistiu, principalmente, no livro Argumentação, de José Luiz Fiorin, que nos explica as diversas possibilidades argumentativas, além da semiótica narrativa e discursiva, cuja teoria nos ajudou a detectar as manipulações presentes no filme.
OKUL ÖNCESİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ ÇOCUK EDEBİYATI VE RESİMLİ ÇOCUK KİTAPLARI İLE İLGİLİ METAFORLARI
Authors: Ulusoy Mustafa , Altun Dilek
Published: July 2018

Bu
çalışmada okul öncesi öğretmeni adaylarının çocuk edebiyatı ve resimli çocuk
kitapları hakkında algıları metaforlar aracılığıyla incelenmiştir. Araştırmaya
çocuk edebiyatı dersini almış ve okul öncesi eğitimi anabilim dalının 2.sınıfında
öğrenim gören 55 öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Çocuk edebiyatını dersini
aldıkları dönem sonunda öğrencilerden dağıtılan formlar üzerine el yazıları ile
çocuk edebiyatı, hikâye, resimli çocuk kitabı, basılı hikâye kitabı ve
elektronik hikâye kitabı kavramları hakkında metaforlar üretmeleri ve
gerekçelerini açıklamaları istenmiştir. Sonuçlar her bir kavram için tablolar
halinde sunulmuştur. En fazla sayıda kavramsal kategori çocuk edebiyatı için
oluşturulurken, en az sayıda kategori resimli çocuk kitapları hakkında
oluşturulmuştur. Öğretmen adayları metaforlar aracılığıyla basılı kitapların
kalıcılık ve dokunabilirlik özelliklerini ön plana çıkarıp, elektronik
kitapların ise ilgi çekici ve birden fazla duyuya hitap etme özelliklerini
vurgulamışlardır. Bu çalışma okul öncesi öğretmeni adaylarının çocuk edebiyatı
ve resimli çocuk kitaplarına ilişkin anlayışlarını inceleyen ilk tanımlayıcı
bulgular sunması açısından önemli olmakla birlikte, literatürde öğretmen,
öğretmen adayı ve aileleri kapsayan farklı çalışmalara ihtiyaç olduğu da
görülmektedir
Surgical treatment of Peyronie disease
Authors: Kalinina Svetlana N , Fesenko Vladimir N , Nikolskii Anton V , Burlaka Oleg O
Published: July 2018

We present the results of operative treatment of 25 men with Peyronie disease. Indications for surgical treatment included plaques > 1.5 cm and a penile curvature angle > 45°. In total, 11 patients underwent plaque plication of the penis following the method of P.A. Shcheplev, 5 patients underwent substitutive corporoplasty of plaque using the large saphenous vein of the thigh, 5 patients underwent patchwork сorporoplasty using xenopericardium, and 4 patients underwent corporoplasty using buccal mucosa graft. The results of the operative treatment of all patients were considered positive. In conclusion, operative treatment of patients with Peyronie disease undergoing corporoplasty replacement is indicated for plaque stabilization, particularly while using xenopericardium. (For citation: Kalinina SN, Fesenko VN, Nikolskii AV, Burlaka OO. Surgical treatment of Peyronie disease. Urologicheskie vedomosti. 2018;8(2):24-29. doi: 10.17816/uroved8224-29).