bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Contribution of calving to frontal ablation quantified from seismic and hydroacoustic observations calibrated with lidar volume measurements
Authors: Köhler Andreas , Pętlicki Michał , Lefeuvre Pierre-Marie , Buscaino Giuseppa , Nuth Christopher , Weidle Christian
Published: November 2019

Abstract. Frontal ablation contributes significantly to the mass balance of tidewater glaciers in Svalbard and can be recovered with high temporal resolution using continuous seismic records. Determination of the relative contribution of dynamic ice loss through calving to frontal ablation requires precise estimates of calving volumes at the same temporal resolution. We combine seismic and hydroacoustic observations close to the calving front of Kronebreen, a marine-terminating glacier in Svalbard, with repeat lidar scanning of the glacier front. Simultaneous time-lapse photography is used to assign volumes measured from lidar scans to seismically detected calving events. Empirical models derived from signal properties such as integrated amplitude are able to replicate volumes of individual calving events and cumulative subaerial ice loss over different lidar scan intervals from seismic and hydroacoustic data alone. This enables quantification of the contribution of calving to frontal ablation, which we estimate for Kronebreen to be about 18 %–30 %, slightly below the subaerially exposed area of the glacier front. We further develop a model calibrated for the permanent seismic Kings Bay station (KBS) at about 15 km distance from the glacier front, where 15 %–60 % of calving events can be detected under variable noise conditions due to reduced signal amplitudes at distance. Between 2007 and 2017, we find a 5 %–30 % contribution of calving ice blocks to frontal ablation, which emphasizes the importance of underwater melting (roughly 4–9 m d−1). This study shows the feasibility to seismically monitor not only frontal ablation rates but also the dynamic ice loss contribution continuously and at high temporal resolution.
An Ethics of Recognition: Redressing the Good and the Right
Authors: Purcell Sebastian
Published: November 2019

In Oneself as Another, Paul Ricoeur proposes a new ethical theory that integrates Aristotle’s eudaemonist virtue ethical outlook with Immanuel Kant’s deontological ethics. The goal is ambitious, and recent discussions in anglophone philosophy have made its undertaking look to be founded on a confusion. The new argument goes that the ethical justification at work in the Aristotelian and Kantian traditions is of opposed kinds. Attempts to integrate them, as a result, are either incoherent, or, in the best case, simply minor variations on one or another predominant ethical outlook. The essay grants the opposed kinds thesis and argues that despite its apparent impossibility, Ricoeur nevertheless does succeed in integrating two ethical approaches, including their different sources of justification, to produce a novel and thus ethically interesting theory. The essay closes, finally, with a reflection on how this method might be developed one step further to include an insight by Emmanuel Levinas on the look of the Other, and so make for an ethics of recognition.
Interpreting the Situation of Political Disagreement: Rancière and Habermas
Authors: Mayer Seth
Published: November 2019

Although Jacques Rancière and Jürgen Habermas share several important commitments, they interpret various core concepts differently, viewing politics, democracy, communication, and disagreement in conflicting ways. Rancière articulates his democratic vision in opposition to important elements of Habermas’s approach. Critics contend that Habermas cannot account for the dynamics of command, exclusion, resistance, and aesthetic transformation involved in Rancière’s understanding of politics. In particular, the prominent roles Habermas affords to communicative rationality and consensus have led people to think that he cannot grasp the radical forms of political disagreement Rancière describes. While some have viewed Rancière as offering a trenchant challenge to Habermas, I will contend that Rancière’s critique is less compelling than some have thought. Habermasian understandings of third personal speech and aesthetic expression are nuanced and adaptable enough to evade Rancière’s criticisms. I conclude by suggesting that Habermasian theorists have also developed crucial forms of social and political critique that Rancière’s theory systematically excludes.
Writing with Blood: The Transformative Pedagogy of Teaching Students to Write Manifestos
Authors: Fahs Breanne
Published: November 2019

Given that manifestos are an understudied genre of writing, few undergraduate students learn about their history, style, and potential political impact.  This essay reviews the history of manifestos, followed by descriptions of teaching students to write their own manifesto in an upper-division women and gender studies course I teach on radical writings.  The rewards and possibilities of manifesto writing, alongside the hazards of teaching manifesto writing in a formalized institutional setting like academia, are explored.
Radical Scaffolding Against Critique Fatigue
Authors: Boodman Eva
Published: November 2019

When using critical pedagogy in college classrooms, college students can sometimes experience critique fatigue -- a despondency that results from a saturation of analysis about experiences of oppression that they experience directly. This is especially the case when there is no creative outlet for political, emotional, or practical response to the critical course material built into the classroom activities. In this essay, I exlpore the idea of using scaffolding, a pedagogical technique where students help one another perform the tasks of the course "authonomously", as a way to mitigate critique fatigue. To get around the ableism and white supremacy of its more traditional iteration, though, I propose a "radical" form of scaffolding that supports students in setting and reaching their own learning goals through creative projects that engage topics most relevant to them.
Write Back Soon: Mass Incarceration and “Writing Intensive” Vulnerability
Authors: Owen Ianna Hawkins
Published: November 2019

This is a reflection about teaching first year undergrads at an elite private institution in a predominantly white rural area about blackness and the prison industrial complex in a “writing intensive” course through the use of open letters and the politicization of vulnerability.
Planning for nodes, places and people in Flanders and Brussels: Developing an empirical railway station assessment model for strategic decision-making
Authors: Caset Freke , Teixeira Filipe Marques , Derudder Ben , Boussauw Kobe , Witlox Frank
Published: November 2019

Against the backdrop of current policy discussions in Flanders dealing with differentiated urban development schemes for strategic railway stations, this paper develops an empirical railway station assessment tool. We build on the node-place modeling literature, and more specifically on the tradition of quantitative station assessment models which has emerged from it. First, a series of methodological contributions are proposed in which we suggest strategies to improve the analytical strength of some standard node-place parameters, we broaden the model with temporal variability in accessibility, and we complement the model with a user-based accessibility account. Second, the conceptual model is applied to the case of Flanders and Brussels (the north of Belgium). Drawing on factor and cluster analysis, two intelligible station typologies are produced for both node-place and user-based data. Both typologies are interpreted and complemented with station-specific rose diagrams summarizing a station’s accessibility profile. These diagrams reveal insightful and detailed knowledge about station-specific accessibility characteristics, some of which are not captured by standard node-place analyses. Lastly, a more in-depth discussion focusing on five exemplary cases reveals what the results of these analyses may mean for planning practice.
Novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of colorectal cancer
Authors: Oh Hyung-Hoon , Joo Young-Eun
Published: November 2019

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the most common malignancies and remains a major cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Despite recent advances in surgical and multimodal therapies, the overall survival of advanced CRC patients remains very low. Cancer progression, including invasion and metastasis, is a major cause of death among CRC patients. The underlying mechanisms of action resulting in cancer progression are beginning to unravel. The reported molecular and biochemical mechanisms that might contribute to the phenotypic changes in favor of carcinogenesis include apoptosis inhibition, enhanced tumor cell proliferation, increased invasiveness, cell adhesion perturbations, angiogenesis promotion, and immune surveillance inhibition. These events may contribute to the development and progression of cancer. A biomarker is a molecule that can be detected in tissue, blood, or stool samples to allow the identification of pathological conditions such as cancer. Thus, it would be beneficial to identify reliable and practical molecular biomarkers that aid in the diagnostic and therapeutic processes of CRC. Recent research has targeted the development of biomarkers that aid in the early diagnosis and prognostic stratification of CRC. Despite that, the identification of diagnostic, prognostic, and/or predictive biomarkers remains challenging, and previously identified biomarkers might be insufficient to be clinically applicable or offer high patient acceptability. Here, we discuss recent advances in the development of molecular biomarkers for their potential usefulness in early and less-invasive diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of CRC.
UNIVERSAL SCALING BEHAVIOR OF THE TACKINESS OF POLYMER MELTS
Authors: Wang You , Zhou Aiping , Wang Xiaorong
Published: November 2019

Tack properties of nine linear polyisoprenes (PIPs) with molecular weights ranging from 84 to 476 kg/mol and two star-branched PIPs with molecular weights ranging from 609 to 1130 kg/mol were investigated on various surfaces, such as stainless steel, aluminum, copper, quartz, and plastics. In the investigation, a finger-sized cylindrical rod having a flat end face was brought into contact with a PIP polymer. After equilibrium was reached, the cylindrical rod was removed from the substrate at a constant pull-off velocity, Vs. We found that when the pulling speed (Vs) is greater than a critical speed (Vc), the maximum tack force (Fmax) can be generally described by the following scaling relationships: Fmax ∼ Vs1/3 and Fmax ∼ tmax−1/2, where tmax is the time when the maximum force is reached in the force–time profile. Remarkably, this scaling behavior of the tackiness appears to be universal, as it is independent of the adhered surface preparation, the molecular weight distribution, and the linear or branched chain structure of a polymer melt.
Young vs. old Koreans’ vowel insertion after word-final English and French postvocalic plosives: A case of contact-induced borrowing change
Authors: Kim Hyunsoon , Kim Junyeop
Published: November 2019

This paper explores whether young vs. old Koreans’ vowel insertion after word-final English and French postvocalic plosives has changed or not. For this purpose, we conducted a perception experiment wherein 40 Koreans who were born before 1960 and another 40 Koreans who were born after 1989 were recruited with 20 male and 20 female subjects in each group. The results show that the release of plosives and the voicing of unreleased plosives are key variables for vowel insertion in both age groups. In addition, our young Koreans have no significant difference in vowel insertion after word-final English and French plosives, regardless of whether the plosives are released or unreleased, regardless of whether they are voiceless or voiced and regardless of whether they are preceded by the tense vowel [aI], as in English stimuli, or by the non-tense vowel [a], as in the French stimuli. On the other hand, our old Koreans have differences in vowel insertion after the non-native plosives in the examined contexts, depending on whether the plosives are English or French.Based on the results, we propose that vowel insertion in accordance with the plosive release and the voicing of unreleased plosives in the two groups is accounted for by Korean syllable structure with generational differences made by how two effects – the plosive voicing effect and the vowel-tenseness effect – are involved. We also propose that no significant difference in vowel insertion after word-final English and French plosives in the young group is a case of contact-induced borrowing change resulting from the English/French contact differences over time in Korean society.
El graffiti en la imagen urbana de la ciudad de Masaya
Authors: Morales Cuadra Gema Margarita
Published: November 2019

El trabajo que se presenta a continuación consistió en la identificación y clasificación de los grafitis en el casco urbano de la ciudad de Masaya. El proceso metodológico parte de la definición de los aspectos conceptuales referentes al paisaje urbano, la imagen urbana, el arte urbano y en específico el grafiti. Esto permitió un mejor manejo de la temática en el proceso del levantamiento fotográfico y mapeo que se realizó de los elementos de la imagen urbana de la ciudad más intervenidos por el grafiti. Posteriormente, se clasificaron de acuerdo a los estándares internacionales. Esto logró evidenciar como es el comportamiento de este arte callejero dentro de la imagen del casco urbano de Masaya.
Baggage Fees and Airline Stock Performance: A Case Study of Initial Investor Misperception
Authors: Barone Gerhard J. , Henrickson Kevin E. , Voy Annie
Published: November 2019

In response to increasing fuel costs, airlines began introducing baggage fees as a new source of revenue, fees which have since been increased. In this study, an event study methodology is used to examine the impact of these announcements on airline stock prices. The results indicate that the initial announcements led to negative abnormal returns for the announcing firm and other competing airlines, as they were interpreted as a sign of industry weakness. However, the results also show that subsequent increases in baggage fees, which had been shown to positively impact the airline’s financial performance, are associated with positive abnormal returns.
Factors Contributing to School Bus Crashes
Authors: Yasmin Shamsunnahar , Anowar Sabreena , Tay Richard
Published: November 2019

School bus safety is a community concern because parents expect their children to be transported to and from school safely. However, relatively few studies have been devoted to examining the factors contributing to school bus crashes. In this study, a logistic regression model is used to delineate the factors that contribute to school bus collisions from collisions involving other types of buses. As expected, we find significant differences in crash factors arising from differences in exposure and operating characteristics. Surprisingly, we also find that school bus drivers are more likely to commit driving violations or errors than non-school bus drivers.
Capital Flight and Domestic Investment in Nigeria: Evidence From ARDL Methodology
Authors: Effiom Lionel , Achu Alfa Charles , Edet Samuel Etim
Published: November 2019

Capital flight is a challenge for many developing countries of the world. The problem is more severe in a nation like Nigeria where domestic investment has been terribly affected. This study undertakes an empirical investigation of the impact of capital flight on domestic investment in Nigeria between 1980 and 2017. Deploying the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) econometric methodology, the study finds that capital flight has negative and significant impact on domestic investment. In particular, the long run impact of capital flight on domestic investment (0.57) turns out to be more severe than its impact in the short run (0.27), implying that a continuous and persistent build-up of capital flight exerts a negative cumulative effect on domestic investment over time. The study further reveals that the quality of institutions in Nigeria is a disincentive to domestic investment. It therefore recommends the strengthening of institutions to rein in on the illegal outflow of capital from the Nigerian economy in order to guarantee the availability of investible funds. The real sector of the local economy must be grown to bolster the value of the naira. This will stem the tide of capital flight and attract investments into critical sectors.
Institutional accreditation by nursing education and training quality assurance: Perspectives of heads of private nursing institutions in South Africa
Authors: Gloria Mtshali Ntomfifikile , Shelembe Thobile , Rachel Naidoo Joanne , Harerimana Alexis
Published: November 2019

Background and objective: Nursing education throughout the world is striving for international competitiveness and accountability for effectiveness, quality, and trust to the students, patients, and the community, thus making the issue of institutional accreditation increasingly important. The aim of this paper was to explore the perceptions of heads of private nursing institutions on the benefits of school accreditation by nursing education and training quality assurance (ETQA) in KwaZulu-Natal region, South Africa.Methods: The study adopted a qualitative approach. Data were collected from seven heads of private nursing institutions. In-depth interviews were used to explore the perceived benefits of the accreditation of nursing institutions by Nursing ETQA. Thematic content analysis was used in this study to analyse the collected data. The study adhered to all ethical principles.Results: The findings from this study revealed that heads of private nursing institutions perceived the accreditation by nursing ETQA as a tool used to promote quality outcomes in nursing education. Results from this study further revealed that accreditation is a mechanism of ensuring high standards of performance, and it increases trust, confidence, and reinforcement of uniformity across the nursing education sector. In this study, several challenges were reported to hinder the accreditation process including as a disjoint and an inconsistent process of accreditation, unclear criteria for accreditation, the high cost of accreditation, accreditation being detrimental to teaching the outcome, lack of uniformity in the recommendations; and a lengthy process of accreditation.Conclusions: Accreditation is an important tool to ensure that programs and degrees meet the highest standards of education. In nursing education, the accreditation process is associated with several challenges, and there is a need for collaborative and well-coordinated accreditation of nursing schools nationally and globally.
Legal Reform and Struggles Against Precarity: The Case of State Workers' Early Retirement in Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Tu Phuong
Published: November 2019

This paper contributes to the literature on precarity in Asia by examining the way in which state law interacts with social, political, and ideological factors in shaping experiences of precarity. Different from studies of precarity that see law as a set of state regulations underpinning
the precarious economic and political status of individual workers, this paper adopts a socially grounded view of law that incorporates workers' understandings of and engagements with state law in commonplace settings. It also adopts a view of precarity as a complex dynamic of social, legal,
and political processes shaping and reproducing workers' experiences of insecurity and vulnerability at work, rather than a broad, identity-based category of non-standard and informal types of employment. Through an ethnographic study of former state workers' working experiences in Vietnam,
this paper sheds light on different aspects of workers' collective and individual struggles against precarity and workplace injustice, and the role that law plays in these struggles. It argues that law contributes to reinforcing workers' precarious experiences, which are underpinned by the
tension between their expectations grounded in the socialist era and the realities of workplace injustice and insecurity in a market economy.
Internationalization in Ronald Dore's Changing Approach to Japan
Authors: Leheny David
Published: November 2019

Ronald Dore's 1979 essay about Japan's "internationalization" tackled one of the defining themes of Japanese politics, society, and culture over the past decades. In his characteristically witty voice, Dore assessed the myriad ways in which a Japan that was well attuned to global cultures
was also capable of reaffirming supposed chasms between Japanese society and the world outside, particularly in political and economic matters. In this article, I place Dore's compelling essay in the contexts both of his own changing views on Japan over the course of his distinguished and
prolific career, as well as in the currents of a Japan that has been transformed dramatically over the past three decades by transnational flows that fall outside the prevailing use of the word kokusaika (internationalization). Dore's contributions to the field displayed not only his
keen engagement with Japanese intellectual and social debates, but also moral judgments regarding the values encoded, reproduced, and sometimes betrayed by institutional environments. By extending the logics of Dore's work, this article suggests that we might think of internationalization
as something not only challenging these environments, but also transformed and embedded within them.
American Grand Strategy in the Indo Pacific: Plus ça change?
Authors: Wilkins Thomas S.
Published: November 2019

In an era of heightened great power competition, debates about American grand strategy in the Indo-Pacific region have returned to the fore. This review essay looks at three recent volumes that directly address such debates. After introducing the concept of grand strategy, Part I reviews
each of the books individually in sequence, outlining their scope, contents, and contributions. Part II then integrates the contributions of each of the volumes into a broader discussion relating to four pertinent issues: American perspectives on "Asia"; international relations (IR) theory;
American strategic culture; and the rise of China, before concluding. The books under review are to differing degrees orientated toward one of the core IR theory paradigms: realism (Green), liberalism (Campbell), and constructivism/ critical approaches (Kang). As such, read together, they
contribute to a multi-faceted theoretical understanding of US grand strategy in the Indo Pacific that will be of significant value to both scholars and practitioners.
Use of Self-Assessment of Video Recording to Raise Students’ Awareness of Development of Their Oral Presentation Skills
Authors: Tailab Mohamed M. Khalifa , Marsh Nicole Y.
Published: November 2019

This paper aims to examine if using video recordings help students raise their awareness of the development of their oral presentation skills by reviewing video recordings of their presentations. For this study, all students who took a Financial Accounting class in the academic year 2018–2019 at Lincoln University (LU) were video-recorded when presenting. Participants were asked to review their video recordings, assess their performance, and record their reflections by using a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ). The results indicated that the students’ attitude toward recording the presentations was highly positive. The predominant response was that this new learning activity increased students’ awareness of the importance of presentation skills without provoking their anxiety. Participants were able to observe that certain delivery skills such as good preparation, self-confidence, eye contact, and voice quality needed improvement. For managerial implications, LU, through its Writing and Speaking Center (WSC), offered thirty-minute sessions with a presentation coach to improve students’ communication skills and prepare them to give a more polished presentation in class. In comparing the practice presentation at the WSC with the final in-class presentation, students were observed to be more confident, better prepared, and less nervous during the final presentation. However, we observed that the practice presentation did not carry the same weight as the final presentation as the practice presentation was neither graded nor delivered in front of an instructor or a wider audience.
The Extent of Inclusion (TIMSS-2019) Standards of Mathematics Book Scheduled for the Fourth Grade Students in Jordan from Maths Teachers’ Point of View for the Fourth Grade Students
Authors: Shihab Alkhazam Awad Mufleh
Published: November 2019

This study was conducted to find out the Extent of Inclusion (TIMSS-2019) Standards of mathematics book scheduled for the Fourth Grade Students in Jordan from Maths teachers’ point of view for the Fourth Grade Students. The study sample consisted of 300 Maths teachers for the Fourth Grade Students in Mafraq governorate. This study used the descriptive methodology. To this study, the researcher has prepared a list of criteria (TIMSS-2019) to be included in the mathematics book scheduled for the Fourth Grade Students in Jordan, and then organized these standards in the form of a questionnaire consisting of two dimensions are (content and knowledge) emanates from each of them (3) domains and under them (43)  sub-standards criteria  from (School Mathematics Assessment frame work,TIMSS-2019 ).The researcher then turned this list into a questionnaire which describing the final degree of inclusion of the six areas, to find out the Extent of Inclusion Standards of mathematics book scheduled for the Fourth Grade Students in Jordan. The scale validity and reliability were verified.

The study results showed that the percentage of the Extent of Inclusion (TIMSS-2019) Standards of mathematics book scheduled for the Fourth Grade Students in Jordan from Maths teachers’ point of view for the Fourth Grade Students was medium and a general percentage of (66)%.
De stand van de stelselherziening: het primaat bij de senaat
Authors: de Vos H.W. (Wilco)
Published: November 2019

De stand van de stelselherziening: het primaat bij de senaat

Dit artikel bevat een beschrijving van de stelselherziening Omgevingsrecht in het tweede en derde kwartaal van 2019.
Hydroponic screening of traditional rice varieties in Assam, India to estimate their potential resistance to Al toxicity under P deficiency
Authors: Shandilya Zina Moni , Tanti Bhaben
Published: November 2019

Acid soils encompass nearly one-third of the available terrestrial land surface worldwide. Acidic soil is one of the major abiotic constraints for agricultural practices by potentially creating aluminum (Al) toxicity and/or phosphorous (P) deficiency. Assam, being an agricultural state of India, has the majority of its area covered by acidic soils due to the varied terrain in the region. Soil acidification increases the solubility of Al present in the soil from its nontoxic silicate or oxide forms into highly phytotoxic ionic Al (mainly the trivalent cation Al3+). Ionic Al can form complexes with the available phosphorous leading to plant nutrient deficiency. In the present investigation, screening of traditional rice varieties from Assam was conducted for tolerance to combined Al toxicity and P deficiency. Seedlings of 41 rice landraces from various agro-climatic locations were subjected to three different concentrations of Al (0, 50, 100 µM) for 24, 48, and 72 h under P deficiency in static nutrient culture to identify the extent of their resistance to these stressed conditions. Different morpho-physiological parameters (root and shoot lengths, fresh and dry weight yields, chlorophyll and relative water content) were evaluated after stress treatment. All the experiments were conducted in a randomized block design with three replicates. Based on the overall morphological characters, total stress response index (TSRI) was calculated which showed a variation ranging from 18 to 23. Accordingly, the varieties were classified into different groups of resistance. Varieties ‘Moti’ and ‘Baismuthi’ were found to be the least resistant, whereas ‘Holpuna’, ‘Beto’, and ‘Soria Sali’ were identified as most tolerant varieties to Al toxicity under P deficiency. The findings of the present investigation could be exploited for developing promising varieties in future rice breeding programs.
Physiotherapy and quality of life of patients in long-term care
Authors: Wójcik Anita , Nowak Angelika , Polak Maciej , Gleb Klaudia , Wnuk Agnieszka , Szczygieł Andrzej
Published: November 2019

The importance of physiotherapy in improving quality of life of patients in long-term care is not yet fully understood. The aim of the study was to assess the quality of life and functional status of patients in long-term care with respect to their rehabilitation. Study design: Cross-sectional.

The study was conducted among a group of 58 individuals. A questionnaire to collect the data concerning rehabilitation, the Barthel scale, VAS and WHOQOL-Bref were used.

The functional condition was assessed as moderately heavy and light in 83.9% of participants. More than 70% of patients rated the quality of life as good and very good. There was no significant relationship between participation in rehabilitation and quality of life of the subjects (p=0.35). There was a monotonic relationship between the social domain of quality of life and satisfaction with rehabilitation (r=0.34, p=0.01). There was a significant correlation between the quality of life and BMI, education, pain and level of functional efficiency assessed using the Barthel scale.

The majority of the studied nursing-home residents participated in rehabilitation and were satisfied with it, which positively affected the quality of life in terms of social relations.

physiotherapy, quality of life, functional status, long-term care

Received: 2nd Mar. 2016; Accepted for publication: 7th Jan. 2017
Impact of systemic cryotherapy on the rheological properties of the blood in women with rheumatoid arthritis
Authors: Ptaszek Bartłomiej , Teległów Aneta , Marchewka Jakub
Published: November 2019

Study aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effects of systemic cryotherapy on the rheological properties of the blood in women with rheumatoid arthritis. Study group: The study group consisted of 10 women with rheumatoid arthritis, aged 57.2 ± 9.4, who underwent systemic cryotherapy treatments (3 min treatment time, -120 °C chamber temperature, 10 treatment sessions - 5 times a week). Their average body height was 165.5 ± 4.6 cm, weight 68.5 ± 4.9 kg and BMI 24.8 ± 2.2 kg/m2. In order to analyze morphological and rheological parameters of the blood, venous blood samples were drawn from the participants of the study twice. The first study was held on the day of beginning treatments and the second test was conducted after a series of 10 treatments. Methodology: The morphological blood test - measurements were taken using the ABX MICROS 60 (USA) hematology analyser. Erythrocyte deformability and aggregation were tested using the LORCA analyser (Laser-assisted Optical Rotational Cell Analyser RR Mechatronics, The Netherlands). The results were obtained as the index of elongation and aggregation according to the Hardeman method (2001). Results: Analysing the average values of morphological and rheological parameters of the blood in women with rheumatoid arthritis in the study group, the mean values of RBC, Hct and AI following the series of 10 treatments were significantly higher after cryotherapy in comparison to the measurements taken before treatments. Analysing the mean concentrations of T½, there was statistically significant reduction after the series of 10 treatments. Conclusions: Regular usage of cryotherapy treatments may affect the levels of morphological and rheological parameters of the blood in women with rheumatoid arthritis - RBC, Hct and AI (increase) and T½ (reduction) in the blood. null
Analysis of the effects of the upper limb improvement programme in patients after ischemic stroke treated with botulinum toxin
Authors: Mirek Elżbieta , Opoka Kinga , Kozioł Krzysztof , Filip Magdalena , Pasiut Szymon , Szymura Jagoda , Legwant Agnieszka , Wasielewska Anna , Michalski Michał , Tomaszewski Tomasz
Published: November 2019

Introduction: Stroke is not only a medical problem, but also - due to the permanent disability of the injured person - a significant social problem. A significant number of patients after a neurological event develop increased muscle tone. Upper motoneuron damage syndrome promotes pain, stiffness, muscle contracture and weakness, which can potentially delay or prevent success in the rehabilitation process. In the upper limb, the spastic pattern is most often expressed through adduction and internal rotation of the glenohumeral joint, combined with flexion in the elbow, radiocarpal joint and interphalangeal joints. The specificity of spasticity-type increased tension makes rehabilitation of patients suffering from this disorder one of the most difficult tasks of neurological rehabilitation.
Aim: The aim of the study was to assess muscle tone and range of motion of the inferior limb in patients after ischemic stroke subjected to 4 cycles of intramuscular injections of a botulinum toxin preparation and subjected to motor rehabilitation.
Research Project: Pilot experimental study.
Methodology: The study was carried out in the Neurological Unit with Stroke Sub-unit and Sub-Department of Neurological Rehabilitation at John Paul II Specialist Hospital in Krakow in the period from September 2014 to November 2015. The study group consisted of 20 patients after ischemic stroke (13 men, 7 women), age 30 to 72. All patients completed a 4-cycle study, which included injections of the botulinum toxin preparation, combined with a 15-day cycle of individual rehabilitation exercises. Each training session lasted 90 minutes. In order to verify the therapeutic process, active and passive mobility was measured according to the SFTR method and the assessment of muscle tone level was done using the Modified Ashworth Scale.
Results: The taken therapeutic actions caused a positive increase in mobility, mostly passive, in the glenohumeral-scapular, elbow and forearm as well as the radiocarpal joints. There was also a slight increase in active mobility of the upper limb joints. In the course of obtaining results, it was shown that the use of botulinum toxin, combined with the rehabilitation exercise programme, significantly reduced pathological muscle tone both within the elbow, radiocarpal joint, and the interphalangeal joints of the hands.
Conclusions: The presented results showed that the use of the botulinum toxin combined with medical rehabilitation allows local treatment of spasticity without exposing patients to adverse systemic reactions associated with oral medication. In addition, it has a positive effect on the increase in passive and - to a lesser extent - active range of motion in the joints of the inferior limb.
Politologiczna analiza stosowania unijnego mechanizmu wczesnego ostrzegania przez Sejm i Senat RP w latach 2010–2016
Authors: Dulak Michał
Published: November 2019

Main argument raised against EU early warning mechanism is its low utility. Yellow card procedure has been launched three times so far, whereas orange card procedure not even once. This indicates that the potential of political instrument which is early-warning mechanism is not fully explored. Nonetheless after seven years since the Lisbon Treaty came into force we can collect enough data in order to asses not only the mechanism itself but also the influence of this instrument on the national parliament scrutiny and engagement in the EU affairs. The aim of this article is: to research how the Sejm and Senate use the early warning mechanism, describe what is its impact on general competences of the Polish parliament regarding subsidiarity control and to confront this assessment with the activity of other national parliaments. Thus, the author will propose the
set of indicators according to which will be possible to evaluate the activity and eventually the
effectiveness of national parliaments while using the early warning mechanism. There will be also
presented the results of the empirical study measuring the activity of Sejm and Senate in mentioned
area in the years 2010-2016.
Europejska agenda czwartego rządu Angeli Merkel
Authors: Stempin Arkadiusz
Published: November 2019

The article analyses the Angela Merkel government’s attitude towards far-reaching plans to rebuild the EU of the French president in three key areas: EU architecture, refugee issue and security policy and towards two non-EU players on the continent: Russia and Turkey. The article is trying to prove that the head of the German government, preferring the unity of the EU rather than integration, will looking for compromise with Macron, taking into account different from the French one positions of other EU countries, and will try to stop the wave of the refugees from Africa through agreements with African countries. Regarding the Turkish autocrat, to avoid provocation, A.Merkel will attempt pragmatic relations. Also regarding Russia, even though it poses a threat to the security of the EU, she will consider (as the requirement of the moment) to establish a network of lively relations with the Putin state.
Migracje z państw objętych konfliktami zbrojnymi - analiza wypowiedzi parlamentarzystów na Twitterze
Authors: Domalewska Dorota , Żakowska Marzena
Published: November 2019

This article aims to analyze the statements published by Polish MPs about the situation of migrants in a social media platform, Twitter. The results of the study show that politicians rarely raise the subject of migration, although a number of important events took place in the international arena regarding the problems of migrants from war-torn areas. Parliamentarians’ tweets are characterized by brevity and generality. They focus on informing about the risks associated with accepting migrants from war-torn areas. A large number of tweets is an appeal for humanitarian aid for migrants. Some posts refer to the chances of development of the Polish economy as a result of economic migration. Parliamentarians’ statements correlate with political, social and psychological factors that are influenced by the complexity of the subject of migration, polarization of public opinion and the existence of stereotypes and prejudice against migrants.
Is the European Union still an attractive international actor? Challenges for the global role of the EU
Authors: Piskorska Beata
Published: November 2019

The purpose of the article is to try to outline whether the EU is still an attractive actor in international relations, which is conceptualised as a specific soft, normative and the same transformative power and the centre of attraction for states located outside this organisation. The credibility of the European Union on international arena was undermined by global changes taking place in the 21st century, including emergence of new non-European powers, and particularly a series of crises (financial, migration, identity) that have affected the EU recently. In the article the following analysis will be made: the basic components consisting of attractiveness of the EU and evolution of its perception on the international arena, and the main challenges that the EU has to cope with in order to become a significant power again. It is assumed that the European Union certainly lost its attractiveness and prestige as a result of recent transformations that affected it within the system, but also due to the dynamics of the international environment.
THE NEW INERTIA DYNAMOMETER FOR FRICTION AND WEAR
TESTING OF BRAKE PADS AND BRAKE DISCS
Authors: TUSZYŃSKI Waldemar , GIBAŁA Michał , GOSPODARCZYK Andrzej , KOZIOŁ Stanisław , MATECKI Krzysztof , PIEKOSZEWSKI Witold , SICZEK Mariusz , SZCZEREK Marian , WOJUTYŃSKI Jacek
Published: November 2019

For the sake of driving safety, the right choice of the brake pad friction material and its manufacturing
processes to obtain the appropriate tribological properties is a matter of priority for brake pad manufacturers.
Determination of the tribological properties is best done in component tests, i.e. in the setup: brake pads – brake
disc. At the request of one of the domestic brake pad manufacturers, as part of the POIR project, an inertia
dynamometer for testing friction and wear of brake pads and brake discs was developed and manufactured,
which was given the symbol T-33. A test methodology was developed based on the “Cold application section”
procedure described in SAE J2522:2003. The T-33 inertia dynamometer is designed for testing brake pads and
brake discs intended for five vehicles representing the passenger vehicle class and vans.
The paper presents the new test stand, test methodology, and results of verification tests of the T-33
dynamometer (interlaboratory comparison tests) performed on the Cinquecento vehicle brake setup.
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTACT STRESSES AND INTER-TOOTH SLIP
IN BILATERAL AND UNILATERAL ENGAGEMENT
Authors: ZWOLAK Jan , MARTYNA Marek , KOZIK Dominik
Published: November 2019

The paper presents the issues concerning contact stresses and inter-tooth slip of a power shift gear used in
the powertrain of a wheel loader. The kinematic diagrams on individual gear ratios of the transmission are
presented. Using appropriate numerical values of contour shift coefficients (correction coefficients), normal
bilateral gearing, pre-pitch unilateral gearing, and post-pitch unilateral gearing were considered. In each of
the three types of gearing, contact stresses and inter-tooth slip were calculated for each gear pair and at each
gear ratio level, using an author's computer program with multi-criteria optimization.
»Dann träumen wir uns halt weg!«
Authors: Eimertenbrink Maik , Wurtzbacher Jens
Published: November 2019

Die »Obdachlosen-Uni Berlin« ist eine mobile Bildungseinrichtung von und für obdach- bzw. wohnungslose Menschen. Die Initiative bietet verschiedene Bildungsveranstaltungen und -kurse an, die sich an wohnungslose Menschen richten und teilweise von ehemals oder aktuell noch obdach- oder wohnungslosen Menschen selbst durchgeführt werden.
Früh übt sich…
Authors: Coloseus Matthias , Geppert Meike , Hesterberg -Jannes , Katona Vera , Köster Marc , Lehmann Teresa , Porst Franziska , Bischof-Schiefelbein Kari
Published: November 2019

Vor rund zweieinhalb Jahren starteten die Spitzenverbände der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege und die Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe - AGJ ein Projekt, um Demokratie und Vielfalt in der Kindertagesbetreuung zu stärken. Zum Ende der ersten Förderphase fassen die Beteiligten ihre Erkenntnisse zusammen.
Mahatma Gandhi’s Philosophy of Nonviolence and Truth
Authors: Allen Douglas ,   Eastern Illinois University
Published: November 2019

In commemoration of the 150th birthday of M. K. ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi, Douglas Allen, author of Gandhi After 9/11, presents an overview of Gandhi’s philosophy focused on two key values or concepts: Truth (Satya) and Nonviolence (Ahimsa). The presentation is offered as an alternative to non-Gandhians, anti-Gandhians, or reactionary Gandhians who often over-idealized the man and his philosophy. With respect to Ahimsa or Nonviolence, it may be easy to see how the value works against overt, physical violence. However, for Gandhi such examples are only a small part of violence overall. For Gandhi, violence and nonviolence are multidimensional, encompassing our personal ego-driven desires and our widespread economic exploitations. Each dimension of violence or nonviolence is both causal and conditioning, beginning with the experiences of children. Ahimsa should therefore be approached as relational and interconnected. Gandhi approaches the structural violence of the status quo by insisting upon transformative structural nonviolence. Gandhi’s approach to Truth or Satya requires a distinction between Absolute Truth and relative truth. Although Gandhi works with an experiential knowledge of Absolute Truth, he was not an absolutist. Gandhi’s primary focus was upon relative truth, which yields temporary and imperfect ‘glimpses’ of the absolute. In relations with others, we seek kinship with bearers of relative truth. This is the significance of Gandhi’s claim that means and ends are intertwined. With others we seek mutual discovery of relative truths generating greater relative truth. Gandhi’s well known Absolute Nonviolence may prevent us from apprehending its relationship to relative transformations in contextual situations.
Pseudotelegeusis meloi sp. nov., the first Telegeusinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Omethidae, Telegeusinae)
Authors: Roza André Silva , Constantin Robert , Mermudes José Ricardo Miras
Published: November 2019

Telegeusinae is a small subfamily of Elateroid beetles presently attached to the Omethidae family. Pseudotelegeusis Wittmer, 1976 is composed of three species, two occurring in northern South America and one in Mexico. Here we describe the fourth species for the genus, Pseudotelegeusis meloi sp. nov., collected in a Malaise sample from the region of Madre de Dios, Peru. The new species is diagnosed mainly by the antennae serrate from antennomeres III to X, eyes occupying half of head width in lateral view and vertex occupying 3/5 of head in dorsal view. This new species is close to the other two South American species, P. howdeni Wittmer, 1976 and P. oculatus Wittmer, 1976, according to the serrate antennae and number of ventrites. The three South American species differ from the Mexican species, P. jiliotupaensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 2008, by the different antennae and the number of ventrites, which indicates that the Mexican species should possibly be classified in a different genus. The main morphological characters, including maxillar palpi, tentorial pits and male genitalia, are illustrated, and an updated key to the species of Pseudotelegeusis is given, as well as distribution maps.
Marco Tabor (English version)
Authors: Casado Eva
Published: November 2019

Marco is PR and Sales Manager at Enough Software, and the coordinator of the Mobile Developer’s Guide to the Galaxy. The latest edition of the guide (12th), released at Mobile World Congress 2013, has been translated for first time to Spanish by UOC, being the Catalan version in translation process.