bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of road density on the occurrence and effects of forest fires
Authors: Момот  , Momot Aleksandr
Published: July 2017

The article is devoted to actual problem of for-est fires. Especially it concerns the forests of the Russian Federation, so they make up 22 % of all forests in the world. And the conse-quences of burning of forests can be even more catastrophic than now. The aim of the article is the analysis of the dependence of the number of fires caused by the density of the transport network and the consequences, which are ex-pressed in the burned forest land, which entails huge emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere and the death of the animal and vegetable world. Article brings some results of studying the dependence of the number fires, the number of the total area burned from the density of the transport network.
History of furniture in the rococo style
Authors: Гарин  , Garin V. , Разиньков  , Razinkov Egor , Чернышев  , Chernyshev Aleksandr
Published: July 2017

History of furniture in the rococo style

The architecture in this period finally loses all signs of monumentality and tectonics of form: there is no longer division by carrying and carried. Walls and ceilings are made into decorative planes dissected by various panels with a frame. Ornamental forms are asymmetric and always curvilinear; without being subject to any rules, they cover almost entirely the surface of walls and ceilings. The very walls, wood-paneled, are crumbled in choicest light blue, light green, pink and white colors, set off by a gilded ornamentation and hanged on with lots of mirrors in the lush frames.
Energy and resource saving timber drying
Authors: Курьянова  , Kuryanova Tatyana , Платонов  , Platonov Aleksey , Киселева  , Kiseleva Aleksandra
Published: July 2017

Need of small woodworking companies in the efficient dryers of small capacity is very high. Used in industry dryers are very diverse in types and energy. Given that the processes of hydro-thermal treatment of wood are the most energy-intensive in woodworking technology, solutions to this problem are highly relevant. One of the most promising and low-cost ways is a combined method of drying timber with pre-atmospheric drying of wood. Natural wood drying is cheaper than chamber one. There are no expenses for the coolant, one of the major costs in drying chamber. One of the drawbacks of this dryer is the long duration and dependence on meteorological conditions. The solution to this problem is to create an incentive air circulation for material to be dried. For these purposes, the use of simple and cheap prefabricated elements of flow or dead-end type of shield materials, fitted with a fan, is possible. This design can also be the buffer stock for storing timber. Pre-drying of wood is made to a moisture content of 40-45%. Tests of this design have shown its high efficiency. The duration of subsequent chamber drying in the climatic conditions of Voronezh reduces by an average in 1,5 times, which is also reflected in the cost of the material being dried. In this case, the production capacity of the drying section of the company is increased by 20-35% depending on the species, the cross section of the material, the initial and transition humidity. Reduction of the specific heat consumption per 1 kg of evaporated moisture is about 10%. Drying of the wood becomes more equal, which helps to reduce shrinkage, reduce the value of internal residual stresses, which are one of the indicators of the quality of drying, as well as increased dimensional stability.
A formal representation of the process of product design of case furniture in multi-agent medium
Authors: Мешков  , Meshkov Dmitriy , Стариков  , Starikov Aleksandr
Published: July 2017

We consider the logical structure of the technological design process (TDP) running in multi-agent medium of virtual design office of furniture (DOF) provided by a set of design procedures, each of which, in its turn, includes a number of project activities related to each other. There is formalized presentation of TDP as Metagraphy. Such formalized presentation provides opportunities to simplify the process control with dynamic structure and allow enterprises to obtain required level of detail of their structure when modeling a particular design problem.
Modeling process of cutting of tree crowns and shrubs of green plantations
Authors: Кречко  , Krechko Lyudmila , Попиков  , Popikov Viktor , Попиков  , Popikov Petr , Чепелев  , Chepelev Stanislav
Published: July 2017

For silvicultural care of green plantings in cities and towns new design of a working body with a circular saw mounted on the manipulator has been developed. The machine comprises a lifting mechanism with hydraulic cylinder, which is mounted on the rotating column. On a rotating column the lower section of the boom is installed, to which by a cylindrical hinge middle section of the boom and hydraulic cy-linder of control is attached. The upper part of the middle section of the boom by a cylindrical hinge is connected to the outer section equipped with a hydraulic cylinder of control. Inside the outer section mounted steering gear rod around its longitudinal axis.
Forecasted planning of electricity consumption by energy intensive industry wood processing industry using neuro-fuzzy networks
Authors: Крысанов  , Krysanov V. , Данилов  , Danilov Aleksandr , Афоничев  , Afonichev Dmitriy , Руцков  , Rutskov A.
Published: July 2017

The structure of the planning of electricity con-sumption used in the largest Russian furniture Holding Company "Furniture Chernozemye", with further transfer of data to the territorial organization of the network. A mathematical model is made. The advantages and disadvan-tages of this approach are analyzed. The appli-cation of neuro-fuzzy networks to increase the accuracy of forward-looking planning is justified. The model and algorithm of the system functioning of forecast planning of electricity consumption of HC «Furniture Chernozemye» on the basis of fuzzy neurocontroller.
Priority directions of development for regional transport system
Authors: Проскурина  , Proskurina Irina , Макаров  , Makarov Dmitriy
Published: July 2017

The purpose of this paper is to develop the promising areas of organizational and economic relations, based on the decisions of the existing institutional problems in regional transport infrastructure, ensuring the implementation of the strategic directions of development of social and economic aspects of transport policy to meet the national interests of the Russian regions in conditions of high dynamics of development of external economic relations. The paper presents the concept of formation of strategic directions for the management mechanism for regional transport infrastructure, based on a study of exogenous and endogenous causes of evolutionary change in the transport system in the region, the interaction of economic entities of regional transport system and organs of the municipal and regional level. The paper also analyzes the factors that directly affect the development of the transport infrastructure that will adaptively enable to modernize the infrastructure of the regional economic area. As conclusions, the authors propose a list of promising directions (depending on the target determination of the control level) of development of the organizational and economic relations in the regional transportation system, which displays unified transport system in the region (UTSR) on a new institutional level. Suggested areas are ranked according to three components: federal-regional, regional, and regional-municipal. Each of these components is detailed. Conclusions can be used by regional and municipal authorities in the preparation of programs of regional development and the formation of organizational structures in the regional and municipal authorities, as well as improvement of the management mechanism of the transport infrastructure required for the development and implementation of social and economic development of transport policy.
Selection of flora of forest belts for reclamation of municipal solid waste landfills
Authors: Луцевич  , Lutsevich Anna
Published: July 2017

The analysis of the status of authorized and unauthorized landfills of Bryansk is made. Near landfills oppression of herbaceous vegetation, damaging trees by necrosis and chlorosis, dieback,

bending trunks, overcrowding shoots, young leaves early yellowing, staining red veins is registered, as well as parts of plants burning and poisoning by toxic products of combustion due to frequent

fires. Distribution and the massive growth of eurytopic ruderal plants in landfills are observed. Simultaneously there is depression and extinction of unstable species of natural flora. In the process

of urbanization there is simplification of phytocenological structure and aging of zonal flora features.

To ensure proper environmental situation in the areas of solid waste landfills in Bryansk it is necessary to carry out restoration with the cultivation of plants that are resistant to the effects of

heavy metals, environmental pollution, which are relevant to environmental conditions of the Bryansk Region, site location, have a high capacity for gas, noise reduction, dust precipitation and

phytoncidal properties. It is advisable to plant trees, performing economic and safety, sanitation, landscaping and recreational functions. When selecting a range of grasses, trees and shrubs that can grow in contaminated soils, we offer to take into account the bioavailability of soil and location of

recultivated land, biological properties of plants, the purpose of the plantations, the complex and

features of preremediation.
Comparative indicators of performance properties of parquet lacquers
Authors: Новоселова  , Novoselova Irina
Published: July 2017

We investigated two groups of parquet varnishes: water and alkyd-urethane - a total of 15 samples of do-mestic and imported production. Among the advantages of water materials their resistance, fast drying time, no "ignition" of wood are noted. Alkyd-urethane varnishes form elastic coatings, do not glue side joints of parquet laths, form non-slip coating. The most important operational properties include hardness, impact strength, and abrasion resistance. It is estimated that imported water varnishes has harder first layer, and the highest indicator of hardness of alkyd-urethane varnishes (0.67 conventional units) does not exceed the lowest for water ones (0.69).
Features of mathematical modeling of wood-polymer composite sandy
Authors: Стародубцева  , Starodubtseva Tamara , Аскомитный  , Askomitnyy Aleksey
Published: July 2017

This article describes a technique for modeling of wood polymer-sandy composite. Interface input form of initial data for modeling; differential equations underlying the mathematical model are presented. To solve the system of differential and algebraic equations computer program "Program to simulate the struc-ture and mechanical properties of wood polymer-sandy composite" is developed. The program, developed in the environment of Borland Delphi 7.0, programming language Object Pascal, is intended for modeling the mechanical behavior of wood polymer-sandy composite of given composition.
Model of the interaction of elements of track supporting surface of harvester with soil
Authors: Клубничкин  , Klubnichkin Evgeniy , Клубничкин  , Klubnichkin Vladislav , Дручинин  , Druchinin Denis , Бухтояров  , Bukhtoyarov Leonid , Запруднов  , Zaprudnov Vyacheslav , Малюков  , Malyukov Sergey
Published: July 2017

Analytical description of the interaction between the tracks with soil is quite difficult, although to date the physical and mechanical properties of soils are fairly well understood. However, the application of the laws of soil mechanics to describe the interaction of track with soil is not acceptable because of loading dynamism of soil with elements of track bearing surfaces. Therefore, to describe the process of interaction of track with soil the experimental data are used, which revealed some general patterns.
Economic accessibility of forest resources and the costs of reforestation
Authors: Третьяков  , Tretyakov Aleksandr
Published: July 2017

The development of the lease should include improving the system of payments for forest resources, in-cluding through the use of such tools as the assessment of the economic accessibility of forest resources. Current practice provides funding of forestry activities due to the tenants of forest plots. Tenant considers the cost of reproduction, conservation and protection of forests as additional costs, which are accounted by him/her in making decisions about the scope and structure of forest use.
Calculation of indicators of resistance of work of digital chips in CAD
Authors: Ачкасов  , Achkasov V. , Чевычелов  , Chevychelov Yu. , Анциферова  , Antsiferova V. , Лавлинский  , Lavlinskiy V. , Зольников  , Zolnikov Vladimir , Сербулов  , Serbulov Yuriy , Табаков  , Tabakov Yuriy
Published: July 2017

The technique of radiation-resistant design of integrated circuits in computer-aided design is presented and comparisons with expert data are provided, which are affected by these types of radiations like gam-ma, x-ray and neutron radiation, as well as the impact of the neutron pulse, which affect largely, on the gain of the transistor are examined. Different types of cardinality doses are represented that affect the crystals of integrated circuits based on the real pulse shape of artificial intelligence.
Formation of infrastructure clusters in the richly wooded area of the russian federation for the effective development of regional economic area
Authors: Кожухов  , Kozhukhov Nikolay
Published: July 2017

Creating a backbone pole of regional economic area based on agroforestry, we should expect not only maximize synergies, but also the positive impact of "administrative servitude". Conceptual model of the formation and development of innovative infrastructure presented in this paper defines a general purpose, purpose of the second level, as well as organizational and economic mechanism to achieve these goals. It also includes a list of priority projects, target complex programs and funding sources for implementation.
Shareholder Protection and Agency Costs: An Experimental Analysis
Authors: LaRiviere Jacob , McMahon Matthew , Neilson William
Published: July 2017

Two competing principal–agent models explain why firms pay dividends. The substitute model proposes that corporate insiders pay dividends to signal and build trust with outside shareholders who lack legal protection. The outcome model, in contrast, surmises that when shareholders have legal protection, they demand dividends from insiders to prevent them from expropriating corporate funds. Either way, dividends represent an agency cost paid to align the interests of shareholders and insiders. Expropriations by insiders and reduced investment by shareholders are also agency costs, but they are difficult to identify with archival data. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify the impact of strengthened shareholder protection on all three types of agency costs. Dividend payout ratios are five times larger with stronger investor protection, insider expropriation ratios are twice as high, and outsider investment falls by 45%. Thus, we find evidence that strengthening shareholder protection introduces previously unidentified agency costs into the insider–investor relationship.

Data and the online appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2770 .

This paper was accepted by Uri Gneezy, behavioral economics.
Gender Quotas, Competitions, and Peer Review: Experimental Evidence on the Backlash Against Women
Authors: Leibbrandt Andreas , Wang Liang Choon , Foo Cordelia
Published: July 2017

This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging women to enter tournaments. Moreover, we provide evidence of a severe backlash against women, as they become targets of sabotage under gender quotas. Interestingly, this is the result of women focusing on sabotaging each other while men sabotage indiscriminately. Our results have implications for the use of quotas to mitigate the underrepresentation and underperformance of minority groups in environments in which peer sabotage is possible.

Data and the online appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2772 .

This paper was accepted by Uri Gneezy, behavioral economics.
Clinicians' attitudes towards cognitive and behavioural screening in motor neurone disease
Authors: Crockford Christopher , Stockton Craig , Abrahams Sharon
Published: July 2017

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common variant of motor neurone disease (MND), is a fatal neurodegenerative condition marked by progressive motor disability. Cognitive and behavioural changes occur in approximately 50% of patients, which may impact caregiver burden, adherence to life-prolonging interventions and care planning. The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes and practices of health professionals working with ALS patients in Scotland towards cognitive and behavioural screening. Structured interviews with ALS health professionals were conducted and subjected to thematic analysis. While 93% of clinicians in this study believed that cognitive and behavioural screening should be routinely applied for all patients, it is not common practice, nor are formalised screening tools widely used. Participants noted that barriers to screening include other members of staff, limited resources, and issues concerning patients and their families. Participants suggested that increased education and training, making screening a standardised protocol to all patients and increased psychology input may help overcome these barriers.
Evaluations that fail: nasty emails, small samples and tenuous futures
Authors: Hall Amy Cox
Published: July 2017

In this practice paper I examine the evaluation of one project and ask whether or not the evaluation failed. I suggest that because I was unaware of the larger connections between the grant agency and the grantee I made tactical errors in the presentation of findings, which resulted in not simply disagreement but anger and resentment. I conclude that evaluators might take better care in understanding larger institutional dynamics as well as the emotional magnitude of the project and of those being evaluated. The evaluation was not a failure from an empirical standpoint but it did demonstrate my inexperience in considering how the evaluation might be interpreted. Thus, I suggest that the evaluation failed in at least one respect: it foreclosed the possibility for thoughtful consideration and incorporation of the evaluation’s insights and findings. This failure, however, produced a gain: understanding conflict itself as evidence.
¿Los mercaderes son egualadors del món? Autóctonos y extranjeros en el comercio bajomedieval de Valencia
Authors: Igual Luis David
Published: July 2017

El artículo realiza un balance sobre las relaciones que se establecieron, en la ciudad de Valencia, entre los miembros autóctonos de su sociedad y los mercaderes extranjeros instalados en ella durante los siglos XIV y XV. Este balance se basa en las fuentes y la investigación específicas sobre el tema, pero pretende también comparar el caso valenciano con el de otros países ibéricos de la Corona de Aragón y con distintas regiones de Europa y el Mediterráneo. Así, partiendo de la propia documentación y de algunas consideraciones historiográficas generales sobre los asuntos de extranjería y nacionalidad, se abordan dos de los planos que permiten analizar la presencia mercantil foránea en Valencia: por un lado, las condiciones de permeabilidad que ofrecía la sociedad local para la inserción personal y económica de los inmigrantes; por el otro, contradictoriamente, las lógicas de enfrentamiento entre autóctonos y foráneos que hacían aflorar la extranjería como hecho de exclusión. El contraste entre ambos planos condujo a soluciones que son difíciles de presentar en términos unilaterales, por la enorme variedad no sólo de las coyunturas, sino también de las circunstancias socioprofesionales, personales y colectivas que reunían los grupos de extranjeros.
PEMAHAMAN EPISTEMOLOGIS CALON MAHASISWA MENGENAI ILMU-ILMU SOSIAL DAN ILMU-ILMU ALAM
Authors: Aditomo Anindito
Published: July 2017

Epistemological understanding is an important part of college students’ intellectual development. The present study examines the structure of epistemological understanding on a sample of students in an Indonesian university. The study also compares epistemological understanding of the social and natural science disciplines. Participants were mostly female (58%), on average 17.9 years, and enrolled in either a social science (fashion design, law, and psychology; N = 575) or natural sciences study programme (engineering, pharmacy, and biology; N = 924). A Likert-type instrument was used to measure three dimensions of epistemological understanding regarding authority as a source of knowledge, the subjectivity of knowledge, and the changeability of knowledge. Eigen values and scree plot in the exploratory factor analysis indicate a four-factor solution. These factors referred to the three hypothesised dimensions, and one additional dimension reflecting beliefs related specifically to factual knowledge. Additional analyses show that knowledge in the social sciences are seen as more subjective and uncertain. Furthermore, while students generally trust epistemic authorities from both fields, the trust towards authority in the social sciences is associated with a belief that knowledge is subjective. The reverse pattern was found for the natural sciences. A possible explanation is that social science students recognised but were uncomfortable with the subjective nature of their discipline, and hence sought certainty from epistemic authorities.
Arguments Used for Restricting International Real Property Transactions: Case Study of Latvia
Authors: Viesturs Jānis , Auziņš Armands , Štaube Tatjana
Published: July 2017

There is a wide range of factors - political, economic, legal, etc., which either limit or promote international real property transactions. It is considered that real property alienation to foreigners enhances foreign investment and economic development, however, some countries tend to limit such transactions. The current research provides a scientific view to reveal the reasons why certain countries impose different kinds of restrictions on international real property transactions. The objectives of this publication are: 1) to find out and analyse the existing arguments and reasons for limiting international real property transactions; 2) to determine the number and volume of international real property transactions in Latvia; 3) to identify the main argumentation for the current step and significant decline of international real property transactions in Latvia. Empirical analysis based on the review of scientific publications, statistical and comparative analysis of real property transactions are the main methods employed for this research.
Voltammetric Determination of Aclonifen at a Silver Amalgam Electrode in Drinking and River Water
Authors: Novotný Vít , Barek Jiří
Published: July 2017

A method for the determination of pesticide Aclonifen (AC) in drinking and river water by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) on a meniscus modified silver solid amalgam electrode (m-AgSAE) using solid phase extraction (SPE) as a cleanup and preconcentration procedure is described. The limit of detection (LOD) for direct DPV determination of AC in deionized water is 2.7·10-8 mol·dm-3. LOD for DPV determination of AC in tap water after SPE is 1.6·10-10 mol·dm-3, the recovery being 55%. LOD for the determination of AC in Vltava river water is 1.9·10-9 mol·dm-3, the recovery being 65%. Humic acids interfere with the determination in river water; this problem can be resolved by adjusting the pH of the extracted sample to 6. The advantages of this approach are high sensitivity, low LOD, quick and easy sample preparation and fast determination.
The Leader Programme as a Model of Institutional Transfer: Learning from Its Local Implementation in France and Lithuania
Authors: Chevalier Pascal , Mačiulyté Jurgita , Razafimahefa Lala , Dedeire Marc
Published: July 2017

Between 2007 and 2013, the European Rural Development Policy targets were supported by the LEADER policy, an instrument that can be interpreted differently according to each country. Based on the examples of France and Lithuania, we studied the way in which the institutional organization of the device at local level helps to understand the stakeholders system and how adaptable it is to situations in each of the corresponding countries and project areas. A comparative approach, based on a joint methodology of investigation and analysis, was used on four project areas: Joniškis and Ignalina in Lithuania, and Gévaudan-Lozère and Pays Coeur d’Hérault in France. It shows that, in all cases, a form of “municipalization” of the LEADER programme, or at least a strong integration of the association sector, is dominant and seems to be established. Studying the network of stakeholders helps to identify the interknowledge as well as the interdependency relationships that lie at the heart of the system. The development of the “social capital of individuals” is often an entry point, if not a cornerstone, of the stakeholders system in place. Finally, it is through the analysis of the project selection process that we can truly grasp the characteristics of the new public action mode, in particular by studying the allocation of projects in these local areas.
Regional Ambassadors – An Innovative Element for the Development of Rural Areas?
Authors: Harfst Jörn , Pichler Patrick , Fischer Wolfgang
Published: July 2017

Rural regions in Austria have been under increasing pressure for change in the last decades. On a regional level, varying development patterns of shrinkage and growth arise alongside economic, demographic and social parameters. In this paper, regional ambassador concepts will be explicated as a new instrument of regional development. Additionally, potential positive impacts of these approaches on the problems faced by rural, structurally weak regions will be highlighted. Notable advantages of these approaches are network and feedback effects between stakeholders. These, in turn, are capable of improving the economic and social situation in those regions. However, these measures require a high degree of control capacities which structurally weak areas often lack.
Rebuilding and Reconnecting After Disaster: Listening to Older Adults
Authors: Taniguchi Yoko
Published: July 2017

This essay is based on interviews and participant-observation work with older residents forced to evacuate their homes after the 2004 Chūetsu-Niigata Earthquake, exploring how people tell stories about reconnecting with their hometowns after disaster and about long-term displacement. Specifically, the essay: 1) describes how a relationship developed between the residents and an outside ethnographer; 2) presents a regional outline of the village, describing its geography, population, history, and the aftermath of the 2004 earthquake;3) details the processes involved in the residents' displacement into temporary housing; and 4) explores the primary factors that influenced survivors in their decision to return to their hometown and restart their daily lives.
Hvordan Skildres Generisitet I Norsk Faglitteratur?
Authors: Kurek Anna
Published: July 2017

This paper aims to examine how genericity is described in the Norwegian specialised literature concerning Norwegian Bokmål. Genericity is a grammatical (and to some extent semantic) phenomenon that can be expressed in different ways. In Germanic languages, including Norwegian, genericity is expressed by the use of both definite and indefinite articles, as well as bare nouns. In Norwegian, all five noun forms (namely bare noun, indefinite and definite singular forms and indefinite and definite plural forms) can be used to express a generic reference. The choice of a given noun form depends mainly on the context and the verb phrase used in a sentence. The examined materials discuss the phenomenon in a rather cursory way. Examples presented in the analysed books are mainly artificial and/or translated from the world literature on the subject. Such approach to the problem shows the lack of corpus-based research on genericity in Norwegian, which can be an interesting area to work on.
The minimum moisture threshold for wood decay by basidiomycetes revisited. A review and modified pile experiments with Norway spruce and European beech decayed by Coniophora puteana and Trametes versicolor
Authors: Brischke Christian , Soetbeer Arved , Meyer-Veltrup Linda
Published: July 2017

To know the minimum moisture threshold (MMThr) in wood allowing for the initiation of the fungal decay by basidiomycetes is relevant both from a theoretical and a practical point of view. The present work summarizes the knowledge about MMThr and presents experimental data obtained by improved laboratory decay tests onPicea abies(Norway spruce) andFagus sylvatica(European beech) with the fungiConiophora puteanaandTrametes versicolorunder different exposure scenarios well suited for simulation in real applications. The three experimental set-ups, in which the pile tests play a pivotal role, differed in terms of external moisture supply and the inoculation strategies. It was confirmed that wood-destroying basidiomycetes are able to degrade wood at high relative humidity without any external source of available liquid water. The method of moistening the wood samples has an effect on the MMThr before initiation of the fungal decay, but different basidiomycetes were able to cause significant decay at moisture contents considerably below the fiber saturation point.
Diet quality, overweight and daily monetary allowance of Greek adolescents
Authors: Poulimeneas Dimitrios , Vlachos Dimitrios , Maraki Maria I. , Daskalou Efstratia , Grammatikopoulou Melpomene , Karathanou Lenia , Kotsias Emma , Tsofliou Fotini , Tsigga Maria , Grammatikopoulou Maria G.
Published: July 2017

Objective

To investigate cross-correlates of pocket-money on diet quality and weight status of Greek adolescents.

Methods

A total of 172 adolescents (55.2% boys), aged between 10 and 15 years old were recruited. Body weight and height were measured, body mass index (BMI) was computed. Weight status was assessed according to the International Obesity Task Force criteria and diet quality was evaluated via the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) – 2010.

Results

Adolescents were allowed a mean allowance of €4.63 ± 3.66 daily. Among boys participants, BMI correlated with pocket money (r = 0.311, p ≤ 0.002) and normoweight boys received statistically less money than their overweight peers (p ≤ 0.019). In both sexes, normoweight was more prevalent in the lowest monetary quartiles. Pocket money was not associated with HEI. Among boys, moderate HEI was more prevalent in the third quartile of pocket money, significantly higher compared to all others (p ≤ 0.01 for all). For girls, the prevalence of moderate HEI declined by each ascending pocket money quartile (p ≤ 0.05 for all).

Conclusion

In our sample, adolescents exhibited high rates of pooled overweight including obesity. The majority of the participants followed a diet of moderate quality. Pocket money was associated with BMI only among boys. As pocket money was not associated with diet quality, it is highly possible that adolescents might choose to spend their money on items other than foods. Our study shows that pocket money should be controlled during adolescence and teenagers should be educated on spending their money on healthier food choices.
The Israeli-Palestinian Separation Wall and the Assemblage Theory: The Case of the Weekly Rosary at the Icon of Our Lady of the Wall
Authors: Farinacci Elisa
Published: July 2017

In this work I analyse the ethnographic case study of the icon of Our Lady of the Wall as establishing a unique ritual landscape among the cement slabs of the Israeli-Palestinian Wall separating Jerusalem from Bethlehem. Although the Wall has been widely described as a technology of occupation on one side and as a device to ensure security on the other, through Latour’s concept of assemblages I unearth its agency in developing a Christian shrine. Through a decade of weekly recitations of the Rosary along the Wall near Checkpoint 300, the Elizabethan nuns of the Caritas Baby Hospital have been invoking Mary’s help to dismantle the Wall. This weekly ritual represents both political dissent against the bordering action enacted by the Wall, as well as giving visibility to the plea of the Palestinian Christian right to live in this territory in the face of their status as an ethnoreligious minority.
Adiponectin concentration in mid-trimester amniotic fluid varies with the α-amylase level and maternal and neonatal outcomes
Authors: Chervenak Joseph , Sawai Mio , Kabab Lamis El , Lohana Rahul , Skupski Daniel , Witkin Steven S.
Published: July 2017

Objective:

Factors influencing intraamniotic adiponectin levels and their functional significance remain incompletely elucidated. We prospectively measured adiponectin in amniotic fluid and identified its associations with maternal parameters, mediators in amniotic fluid and pregnancy outcomes.

Study design:

Mid-trimester amniotic fluid from 571 women was tested for adiponectin, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8 and α-amylase by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA), after which clinical data were obtained. Correlations between adiponectin and clinical or laboratory variables were analyzed by the Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney and Spearman rank correlation tests.

Results:

As compared to median levels in 462 women with a term delivery (7.8 ng/mL), adiponectin was elevated in 14 women who subsequently developed preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM) (17.3 ng/mL) and 24 women with an iatrogenic preterm birth (IPTB) (13.9 ng/mL) (P=0.0003), but not in 30 women who subsequently had a spontaneous preterm birth with intact membranes (8.1 ng/mL) (P>0.05). Median adiponectin was also elevated in 13 women whose babies developed fetal growth restriction (FGR) (20.6 ng/mL) (P=0.0055) and in 22 women whose babies had respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) (23.0 ng/mL) (P<0.0001). The adiponectin concentration was positively correlated with amylase (P=0.0089) and inversely correlated with maternal body mass index (P=0.0045).

Conclusion:

Adiponectin is a component of mid-trimester amniotic fluid and its concentration varies with maternal body mass index and subsequent development of pPROM, IPTB, FGR and RDS.
Kritischer Funktionalismus: Über die Grenzen und Möglichkeiten einer kritischen Systemtheorie
Authors: Osrecki Fran
Published: July 2017

Im folgenden Beitrag soll das konzeptionelle Innovationspotential einer kritischen Lesart der Systemtheorie geprüft und erweitert werden. Hierfür werden zunächst einige klassische Argumente für die wechselseitige Unverträglichkeit zwischen Systemtheorie und kritischen Theorien vorgestellt. Im Anschluss daran werden die wichtigsten Perspektiven der „kritischen Systemtheorie“ zusammengefasst, die sich um eine Überbrückung der Gräben zwischen den beiden Paradigmen bemüht. Hierbei wird verdeutlicht, dass in der bisherigen Diskussion um kritische Systemtheorie allzu stark auf Kompatibilitäten zwischen klassischen Positionen geachtet wurde und nur unzureichend auf die Entwicklung einer systemtheoretischen Kritikformsui generis.Zwei solcher möglichen Kritikformen werden dargestellt: einerseits eine Kritik an Punkt-zu-Punkt Beziehungen zwischen Funktionssystemen und andererseits eine funktionalistische Kritik an der Selbst- und Fremdsimplifizierung sozialer Systeme. Der Beitrag schließt mit einem Vorschlag zur Entwicklung eines kritischen Funktionalismus, der Techniken der Regeleinhaltung in sozialen Systemen ins Visier der Kritik nimmt.
Interaktion, Organisation, Gesellschaft– Niklas Luhmann und die Soziologie der Nachkriegszeit
Authors: Tyrell Hartmann
Published: July 2017

Niklas Luhmanns Typologie oder Ebenenunterscheidung der Sozialsysteme von Interaktion, Organisation und Gesellschaft entstammt der Zeit um 1970. Für die Denkgewohnheiten der seinerzeitigen Soziologie war die Zusammenfügung gerade dieser drei Begriffe ungewohnt; sie hatte etwas geradezu Deviantes. Nicht nur waren ‚Interaktion‘, ‚Organisation‘ und ‚Gesellschaft‘ im Begriffshaushalt der Soziologie der 1950er/60er Jahre miteinander weder verwandt noch verschwägert; sie gehörten darüber hinaus jeweils ganz anderen begrifflichen Verbindungen bzw. Oppositionen an. So war etwa der Gesellschaftsbegriff auf den Gegensatz zum ‚Individuum‘ festgelegt und ‚die Interaktion‘ aber aufs Engste mit dem Kleingruppenbegriff liiert. Der Beitrag will die Eingriffe ins soziologische Vokabular verdeutlichen und zugleich die Schnitte ins Begriffsnetz aufzeigen, derer es bedurfte, um die sozialsystemische Reihe von Interaktion, Organisation und Gesellschaft zu bilden und für das Verhältnis der drei EbenenDifferenzierunggeltend zu machen. Der Aufsatz geht davon aus, dass Luhmann die stärkste sachliche Rückversicherung für seine Trias daraus bezog, dass er sie als Evolutionsprodukt darstellen konnte: als Ergebnis sehr spezifischer, zumal neuzeitlicher Differenzierungsprozesse.
Textual trajectories: Theoretical roots and institutional consequences
Authors: Maybin Janet
Published: July 2017

This article maps out and reviews work on textual trajectories and related concepts from sociolinguistics, linguistic ethnography, discourse and literacy studies. The first part of the article argues that work on entextualization and recontextualization, and their incorporation in recent research on textual chains or trajectories, contributes to a new language of description which conceptualizes texts in dynamic terms while still maintaining a sense of their coherence and durability. The article traces how conceptions of dialogicality and recontextualization have been used to develop transcontextual approaches to analysis which have highlighted the ideological work of textual movement and resemiotization. It argues that envisaging linked series of entextualizations and recontextualizations as institutionally consequential trajectories not only illuminates micro-level practices, but also indicates their dynamic interconnection with macro-level institutional processes and ideologies. In this sense, the concept of textual trajectories contributes to meso-level theorizing of the interrelationship of language with social life. Examples of research from institutional contexts are reviewed to examine how textual trajectories are used to produce specialized knowledge, the instantiation of institutional procedures and the articulation of participant positionings and identities.
Trapped in the Land of Liberty: Monika Maron’s Animal Triste (1996)
Authors: Rinner Susanne
Published: July 2017

Monika Maron’s Animal Triste (1996) was widely understood as a response to German unification. This reading of Maron’s critically acclaimed novel places the text in the context of the literary discourse of the so-called New World. The United States have long enticed the German literary imagination and have served as a screen for projections of (utopian) promises of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The narrator’s exploration of her freedom, symbolized in a trip to New York City, are juxtaposed with feelings of imprisonment, expressed through seemingly endless remembering. Maron’s novel connects with the tradition of German writing about love, another powerful trope of freedom and captivity, and resonates with other women’s writing about the U.S. after 1989.
Nepoznati anđeli Giuseppea Groppellija u Zadru i nekadašnji oltar svete Stošije u Katedrali
Authors: Tulić Damir
Published: July 2017

U prilogu se objavljuju dva anđela-putta postavljena uz kartušu nad unutrašnjom stranom trijumfalnog luka crkve Gospe od Zdravlja (Kaštela) u Zadru. Desna je skulptura potpisana inicijalima venecijanskog kipara Giuseppea Groppellija (Venecija, 1675. – 1735.). Ove se skulpture dovodi u vezu s nekadašnjim glavnim oltarom u crkvi svetog Donata, a što je podignut oko 1713. prema oporučnoj volji zadarskog nadbiskupa Vittorea Priulija. Ne zna se kako je oltar izgledao, a iznosi se pretpostavka da mu je kao model mogao poslužiti nekadašnji oltar u venecijanskom oratoriju Madonna della Pace, poznat s medalje dužda Alvisea IV. Moceniga, koja se čuva u Plominu. Braći Giuseppeu i Paolu Groppelliju pripisuju se dva velika anđela u župnoj crkvi u mjestu Concadirame kraj Trevisa, kao i dva anđela uz oltar Sakramenta venecijanske crkve Santa Maria Formosa. Na temelju arhivskih dokumenata iznose se novi podatci o oltaru koji je podignut 1822. u kapeli svete Stošije u zadarskoj katedrali, a za čiju su gradnju iskorišteni dijelovi starijih oltara. Nacrt je napravio zadarski inženjer i arhitekt Petar Pekota, a podigao ga altarist Giovanni Degan. Oltarna se pala pripisuje slikaru Giovanniju Rambelliju iz Forlija. Ovaj je oltar porušen 1905., u radikalnoj restauraciji kapele, a na njegovu je mjestu podignut novi, kasnije također uklonjeni oltar s brončanom urnom za svetičine relikvije. Na temelju arhivskih isplata doznaje se da je urnu i liturgijski oltarni ukras u Beču napravila radionica Nicholasa Munda.
Prilog poznavanju kasnoantičkih vila s područja provincije Dalmacije - slučaj vile u Strupniću kraj Livna
Authors: Turković Tin , Zeman Maja
Published: July 2017

Cilj je ovoga rada usmjeriti pozornost na mogućnosti koje se otvaraju u interpretaciji i dataciji kasnoantičkih ladanjskih zdanja kada se  podvrgnu metodama što su zaživjele u proučavanju kasnoantičkih vila tijekom posljednjih desetljeća širom Europe. Za primjer je odabrano  kasnoantičko zdanje kod sela Strupnić u Livanjskom polju, koje nije bilo podrobnije razmatrano otkad je početkom 20. stoljeća zabilježeno i  djelomično istraženo. Kako analiza pokazuje, radi se o vrlo karakterističnom arhitektonskom rješenju koje ukazuje na svezu s podunavskim ladanjskim gradnjama s kraja 3. i početka 4. stoljeća. Iako je formalna analiza zdanja u Strupniću iznjedrila nove zaključke o dataciji i namjeni građevine i njezinih dijelova, primjer je prvenstveno poslužio za iznošenje novih prijedloga za tipološku obradu kasnoantičkih  ladanjskih zdanja s područja Dalmacije, za koja se čini da su ostala nedovoljno problematizirana.
Mletački kaštel u Zadru
Authors: Hilje Emil
Published: July 2017

“Mletački kaštel” u Zadru predstavlja sasvim specifičnu fortifikacijsku strukturu. Iako uklopljen u sustav gradskih zidina, već prvobitnom  nakanom pri njegovoj gradnji bio je manje namijenjen obrani samoga grada, a više obrani od grada. Relativno brojni podaci o preuređivanju  te utvrde nakon zadarske pobune, sredinom 14. st, a zatim i nakon ponovnog pada Zadra pod vlast Mletačke Republike početkom 15.  stoljeća, svjedoče da je cjelokupan sustav utvrđivanja tog dijela gradskih fortifikacija prvenstveno služio u svrhu obrane mletačke vojne posade od eventualnih napada Zadrana, to jest kao sredstvo učvrščivanja i održavanja mletačke vlasti u buntovnom gradu. Posebnu pažnju privlači reljef krilatog lava, simbola Mletačke Republike, ugrađen u pročelje “Malog arsenala”, koji predstavlja jedan od najkvalitetnijih reljefa te vrste u Zadru, a moguće ga je datirati oko sredine 15. stoljeća.
Novi podaci o zlataru Stefanu Piazzi
Authors: Goja Bojan
Published: July 2017

U radu se na temelju novih arhivskih istraživanja iznose do sada nepoznati podaci o djelatnosti zlatara Stefana Piazze u Zadru. Od njega  je bratovština Bl. Dj. Marije od Snijega iz crkve Sv. Donata, 1691. godine naručila izradu srebrnog pokrova za stariju sliku Bogorodice s  Djetetom. Osim srebrnog svijećnjaka iz 1691. godine, Piazza je za bratovštinu Sv. Jeronima iz crkve Sv. Šime tijekom 1692. i 1693. godine  izradio i veći broj drugih zlatarskih predmeta, uglavnom liturgijske namjene [srebrni lik Krista, korice za matrikulu, kalež i pliticu od  pozlaćenog srebra, srebrno škropilo, četiri srebrna svijećnjaka i predočnicu (pax)]. Stefano Piazza bio je član bratovštine Sv. Silvestra koja je imala sjedište u istoimenoj zadarskoj crkvi, a umro je u Veneciji dana 28. rujna 1703. godine. Njegov sin Francesco (Zadar, 21. prosinca  1684. - 17. rujna 1721.) također se u izvorima spominje kao zlatar. Donose se i drugi arhivski podaci iz njegovog života i djelovanja, također i podaci o drugim članovima obitelji Piazza, te još nekim zlatarima koji su djelovali u Zadru krajem 16. i tijekom 17. i 18. stoljeća.
Kaštel Sv. Mihovila na otoku Ugljanu
Authors: Sorić Sofija
Published: July 2017

The fort of St Michael is situated on the prominent hill of the island of Ugljan off the coast of Zadar. This position is strategically important because it enables control of navigation in the entire Zadar archipelago, and this was the fort’s main role throughout history, especially during the period of conflict between Zadar and Venice. The fort owes its name to the Benedictine monastery which stood within the fort until the fifteenth century. The exact time of the founding of the monastery, or the construction of the fort, are not known. The fort is first mentioned in the Venetian chronicles of 1345 and 1346, when it was conquered during the siege of Zadar. After partial destruction, the fort underwent an intense renovation campaign in the second half of the fourteenth century. Late fourteenthcentury documents provide evidence about the building works on the main tower and houses for the crew which were carried out by the local builders: the Bilšić brothers and Nikola Arbusjanić. Fortification walls with five regularly-spaced towers form an irregular polygonal ground plan which was adapted to the terrain of the hill. The fort walls have been preserved to the height of the walkway with partially preserved castellations. The best-preserved parts are two south-western square towers with Gothic vaults composed of pointed arches, and the south-eastern portion of the walls with a walled-up entrance, defended by a massive main tower. The church of St Michael which stood at the centre of the fort was completely destroyed in bombing raids during the Second World War. Its modest remains, together with extant drawings and descriptions, show a small single-cell structure with a semicircular apse and indications of Gothic style evident in the pointed arches of the portal and windows. Its construction has been dated to the mid-fourteenth century. The fort has been well-preserved to date and represents the largest medieval fort on the Zadar islands.
Slikar Filippo Naldi (II)
Authors: Tomić Radoslav
Published: July 2017

According to his own testimony, the painter Filippo Naldi was of Florentine origin. He lived and worked in Dalmatia in the mid-eighteenth century while serving in the Venetian army. He was mentioned in records as a port manager at Opuzen. In the wider Dalmatian area, Naldi painted a large number of religious works and several portraits. This paper attributes to him seven paintings in churches situated in the Dalmatian hinterland and the region of Poljica (at Zavojane near Vrgorac, Dobranje near Imotski, Kostanje at Poljica, Čaporice near Trilj and in the Franciscan monastery at Sinj). The author analyzes the characteristics of Naldi’s painting and his significance in eighteenth-century Dalmatian art and society.