bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Integrated Assessment Method for Sustainable Transport System Planning in a Middle Sized German City
Authors: Schmale Julia , Von Schneidemesser Erika , Dörrie Axel
Published: January 2015

Despite climate change mitigation and sustainability agendas, road transport systems in Germany and the resulting environmental burden are growing. Road transport is a significant source of emissions in urban areas and the infrastructure has a significant impact on the urban form. Nevertheless, mobility is a fundamental requirement for the satisfaction of the human desire to socially and economically engage in society. Considering these realities and the desire for sustainable development in a growing city (Potsdam, Germany), an integrated assessment methodology was co-developed among scientists and practitioners to prioritize a suite of transport-related measures. The methodology reflects the city’s qualitative and quantitative goals to improve public transport and promote sustainability, capturing synergies in categories that include environmental considerations as well as road safety, eco-mobility, and quality of life. This approach applies a multi-criteria analysis (MCA) to derive a practically relevant solution for the local traffic and mobility problems that fosters ownership and accountability of all involved. This paper reflects on the process of developing the MCA, and the different aspects that were found important and required consideration during the process. Recommendations on specific traffic-related measures and the assessment of their effectiveness are not given. The aim is that such process information could foster greater collaboration within city departments and similar transdisciplinary efforts.
Gender and Public Pensions in China: Do Pensions Reduce the Gender Gap in Compensation?
Authors: Chen Tianhong , Turner John
Published: January 2015

This paper analyzes gender issues with respect to public pensions in China. Because provision of public pensions in China is highly fragmented, with different programs applying to different groups of people, we focus on the largest mandatory public pension program in urban China, the Urban Employees’ Pension Program. The paper uses data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) for 2011 to empirically analyze the causes of gender differences in benefit levels between men and women. We argue that raising the retirement age for women from its current age for most women of 50 would be a major step toward gender equality in public pension benefits. Women would have higher benefits than currently due to having longer working careers, and they may have higher wages as a result of their longer careers. They would also have higher benefits from the individual accounts pensions due to more years of contributions and investment earnings, and a more generous benefit conversion factor due to the older age when they started receiving benefits. Nonetheless, an important feature of the Chinese public pension system is that the gender gap in benefits is less than the gender gap in earnings. In many countries, the reverse is the situation, in part because women have fewer years of work, as well as lower earnings, than men. We explore reasons why the gender pension gap in China reduces the gender gap in compensation.
Towards the German model?
Authors: Höing Oliver , Müller Gómez Johannes
Published: January 2015

Les élections européennes de 2014 marquent une tentative historique pour accroître la transparence de l’élection de la Commission européenne. Les ambiguïtés constitutionnelles dans les traités de Lisbonne ont encouragé les partis européens à nommer les principaux candidats, le soi-disant ‘Spitzenkandidaten’, pour le poste de président de la Commission. L’élection de Jean-Claude Juncker par le Conseil européen a été considérée par certains comme “le jour où est advenu le parlementarisme de l’UE”. Le terme ‘Spitzenkandidat’ indique une compréhension spécifique du parlementarisme qui est proche du système politique allemand. Le parlementarisme de l’UE est, cependant, encore différent de la plupart des contextes nationaux. Cet article analyse les implications politiques et institutionnelles de la nouvelle procédure de nomination. Bien que le Parlement européen soit souvent considéré comme un gagnant vis-à-vis du Conseil européen, ce sont les partis politiques au sein du PE qui bénéficient probablement le plus de candidatures Spitzenkandidaten lors d’élections futures. Notre argument est que la personnalisation de la campagne électorale n’offre pas de meilleurs choix politiques sur l’éventail gauche-droite pour l’électorat, comme il a été initialement souhaité. L’augmentation simultanée de votes pour les partis eurosceptiques oblige les partis pro-européens à coopérer plus étroitement et donc à prendre des décisions dans une coalition toujours plus large. De même que dans d’autres ‘démocraties de consensus’, le vote aux élections parlementaires influence par conséquent – au mieux – le choix du chef de l’exécutif. Il n’influence pas, cependant, la composition exacte de la Commission, ni le programme politique qu’elle exécute. Cela est et restera le résultat de négociations complexes entre les multiples acteurs européens et nationaux.
From Albertini to Anti-Europeanism: Shades of Euroscepticism in Italy
Authors: Poli Eleonora , Valentiner Mark
Published: January 2015

L’Euroscepticisme est loin d’être un phénomène nouveau et il est largement antérieur au déclenchement de la crise financière. En effet, le détachement inquiétant entre les citoyens européens et les institutions de l’Union européenne a été une question centrale du débat public européen au cours des deux dernières décennies, pendant lesquelles le soutien populaire et gouvernemental à l’intégration européenne a constamment diminué dans la majorité des États membres. Cependant, initialement l’Italie se distingue parce qu’elle a suivi une tendance inverse dans le panorama eurosceptique croissant en Europe. Inspirée par des personnalités fédéralistes pro-européennes italiennes telles que Mario Albertini ou Altiero Spinelli, l’Italie a été considérée comme l’un des membres de l’Union les plus pro-européens. Pourtant, la Grande Récession et la crise de la dette publique de la zone euro ont entraîné l’apparition de nouveaux mouvements antieuropéens contre l’ordre établi dans les États membres, l’Italie incluse. À ce jour, avec seulement 34 pour cent des Italiens qui font encore confiance aux institutions européennes, le pro-européanisme italien à la Albertini semble soudain être en question.
L'évaluation dans les textes : des relations inter-propositionnelles aux séquences discursives
Authors: Legallois Dominique , Lenepveu Véronique
Published: January 2015

Dans cet article, nous développons l’idée que l’évaluation est une mise en relation d’un jugement avec une base (un argument). Cette conception est fondamentalement textuelle et, en ce sens, se différencie (tout en étant complémentaire) des perspectives qui considèrent uniquement l’évaluation dans ses manifestations lexicales ou propositionnelles. Nous situons le fonctionnement textuel de l’évaluation à un niveau « meso », c’est-à-dire entre les relations de cohérence (niveau micro), et les séquences d’enchaînement (niveau macro). Nous analysons plusieurs textes pour illustration de la conception défendue ici, en nous intéressant également au rôle énonciatif de la locution adverbiale à première vue , étroitement lié à l’articulation jugement-base.
Intensité et polarité : un modèle opératoire articulant plusieurs travaux linguistiques
Authors: Zhang Lei , Ferrari Stéphane
Published: January 2015

Dans cet article, nous présentons un modèle opératoire pour l’analyse automatique d’opinion. Il s’appuie sur différentes approches linguistiques, notamment l’ Appraisal de Martin & White (2005), les travaux de Charaudeau (1992) sur la quantification et l’intensification et ceux de Muller (1991) sur la négation. Nous proposons une synthèse de ces approches et détaillons le système de règles qui en est issu. Une expérimentation visant à valider notre modèle a été réalisée. Nous présentons le logiciel d’étude, les corpus et ressources utilisés et commentons les résultats encourageants concluant à la pertinence de cette approche fondée sur la linguistique.
Des neutralités imbriquées : l'Italie et les Balkans (août 1914 – mai 1915)
Authors: Jesné Fabrice
Published: January 2015

Il est bien connu que la décision italienne d’entrer en guerre aux côtés de l’Entente résulte du choix d’un très petit groupe de décideurs. Le présent article se concentre en revanche sur les ambitions balkaniques de Salandra et de Sonnino (août 1914 – mai 1915). Les neutralités de l’Italie et des pays balkaniques sont imbriquées, car tous entendent choisir le moment de leur entrée en guerre en vue d’en retirer un profit maximal. En outre, l’Italie agit en garante de la neutralité de l’Albanie, en vue de protéger cette dernière des revendications de ses voisins. Contrairement à la neutralité de principe des pays du nord de l’Europe, celle de l’Italie est calculée, même si la majorité de la population italienne demeure opposée à l’entrée en guerre.
Fondements et modalités de l'impartialité du Saint-Siège pendant la Première Guerre mondiale
Authors: Ticchi Jean-Marc
Published: January 2015

Bien que le concept de « neutralité » soit fréquemment utilisé pour qualifier l’attitude du Vatican durant la Première Guerre mondiale, les contemporains ont reproché au pape son parti-pris pour l’une ou l’autre puissance. Cette incompréhension résulte de la position de « puissance morale » qu’occupait le Vatican dans le concert international et de son souci de demeurer impartial entre les parties au conflit, préférant condamner les crimes des belligérants de façon générale sans désigner l’un d’entre eux pour ne s’aliéner ni les opinions publiques ni les gouvernements.
Exploiting a pest insect speciesSphenarium purpurascens for human consumption: ecological, social, and economic repercussions
Authors: Cerritos Flores R. , Ponce-Reyes R. , Rojas-García F.
Published: January 2015

Insect species, especially those considered to be pests, can be exploited for human consumption. One of the most devastating pest insect species in central Mexico is the grasshopperSphenarium purpurascens. Here we develop a sustainable exploitation strategy that produces a considerable biomass ofS. purpurascens while minimising the damage they cause to agricultural fields by changing the chemical control methods to a mechanical method. In this model the biomass-per-stage of grasshoppers that can be extracted annually using the mechanical method was calculated and their potential abundance was estimated using Maxent. With a calculated population density of 10-55 individuals ofS. purpurascens per m2 over approximately 1,050,000 ha of the agroecosystems in Mexico, the estimated biomass of this insect averaged 350,000 tons per year (generating a gross income of US$ 3.5×108 million). Unlike chemical control methods, mechanical control has no toxic effects on human populations or other species inside or outside of the agroecosystems. Promoting a change from chemical to mechanical control methods of pest species could greatly impact on the health of millions of people globally and on the environment, reducing carbon dioxide and methane emissions, land clearing and the use of pesticides while obtaining economic profit.
«La Ley de Abraham Catholico». Juan Gabriel, traductor del Corán para Martín de Figuerola y Egidio de Viterbo
Authors: García-Arenal Mercedes , Starczewska Katarzyna K.
Published: January 2015

Este artículo se propone estudiar las similitudes entre la traducción latina del Corán encargada por el cardenal Egidio de Viterbo en 1518 y las citas coránicas incluidas en un tratado de polémica titulado Lumbre de fe contra el Alcorán (Valencia, 1521) escrito por un predicador, Fray Martín de Figuerola. Estas similitudes serán destacadas para corroborar la hipótesis de una autoría común a ambas traducciones en la persona de un mudéjar convertido al catolicismo, Juan Gabriel de Teruel, antes llamado Ali Alayzar. Los argumentos en favor de esta tesis se presentan primero en términos de la descripción de las circunstancias y coincidencias de las personas involucradas en ambos proyectos de traducción y en segundo lugar en las coincidencias, similitudes y características comunes a ambos textos. Consideramos también las semejanzas con las citas coránicas de Juan Andrés en su Confusión o confutación del Alcorán. De paso, atendemos al círculo de polemistas cristianos en el entorno de Martín García que estaban en las mismas fechas utilizando el Corán en árabe.
Leer el Corán en la comunidad sefardí de Amsterdam en el siglo XVII
Authors: Den Boer Harm , Tommasino Pier Mattia
Published: January 2015

Este trabajo presenta una traducción del Corán al castellano, desconocida hasta ahora, conservada en la Ets Haim/Biblioteca Montezinos de la comunidad judío-portuguesa de Amsterdam. El manuscrito data del siglo XVII y fue la obra de un judío español o portugués que vivía en Amsterdam o en otra comunidad de la diaspora Sefardí. En este estudio se ofrece una descripción material detallada del manuscrito y de su contenido, así como un análisis de sus fuentes italianas y españolas. Aunque el traductor dice haber traducido la obra «palabra por palabra del árabe», en realidad, parece haber utilizado la versión italiana del Corán realizada por Giovanni Battista Castrodardo y publicada por Andrea Arrivabene en Venecia (1547). Un corto apéndice sobre la vida de Mahoma, por otro lado, se basa en una obra polémica castellana destinada a la minoría morisca: la Confutación del Alcorán y secta mahometana de Lope de Obregón, que fue publicada en Granada (1555). Esta traducción representa un ejemplo único para el estudio de la recontextualización del Corán en los comienzos de la Edad Moderna en Europa, así como de la Historia de la Lectura entre las diferentes confesiones en Europa y el Mediterráneo.
Los copistas y sus textos. Las traducciones moriscas del Corán en la Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás (CSIC, Madrid)
Authors: Martínez-de-Castilla-Muñoz Nuria
Published: January 2015

Escondidas en una casa del pueblo de Almonacid de la Sierra (Aragón), de no más de 1600 habitantes, se nos han conservado treinta y siete copias del Corán y del tafsīr, copiadas por mudéjares y moriscos siendo once de ellas traducciones a la aljamía. Hoy se encuentran en la biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás (CSIC, Madrid). A través de un atento estudio de estas traducciones, podemos afirmar que con la excepción de una, todas ofrecen un fuerte vínculo entre ellas: copistas, decoración, papel o parentesco textual. Estas similitudes nos permiten plantear que todas ellas se realizaron en un muy breve lapso de tiempo, en una misma zona (probablemente en el propio Almonacid de la Sierra), y que se llevaron a cabo por un pequeño grupo de copistas, que trabajaba con referentes textuales comunes. Esto permite plantear nuevas hipótesis sobre la producción y transmisión de libros en esta zona.
Mobile Application Development for Quran Verse Recognition and Interpretations
Authors: Alqahtani Maha , Fayyoumi Ayham
Published: January 2015

Mobile learning or “m-learning” is the process of learning when learners are not at a fixed location or time and can exploit the advantage of learning opportunities using mobile technologies. Nowadays, speech recognition is being used in many mobile applications. Speech recognition helps people to interact with the device as if were they talking to another person. This technology helps people to learn anything using computers by promoting self-study over extended periods of time. The objective of this study is focusing on designing and developing a mobile application for the Arabic recognition of spoken Quranic verses. The application is suitable for Android-based devices. The application is called Say Quran and is available on Google Play Store. Moreover, this paper presents the results of a preliminary experimentation to gather feedback from students regarding the developed application
Impact of Crossover Probability on Symmetric Travel Salesman Problem Efficiency
Authors: Alsharafat Wafa' Slaibi , Abu-owida Suhila Farhan
Published: January 2015

Genetic algorithm (GA) is a powerful evolutionary searching technique that is used successfully to solve and optimize problems in different research areas. Genetic Algorithm (GA) considered as one of optimization methods used to solve Travel salesman Problem (TSP). The feasibility of GA in finding TSP solution is dependent on GA operators; encoding method, population size, number of generations in general. In specific, crossover and its probability play a significant role in finding possible solution for Symmetric TSP (STSP). In addition, crossover should be determined and enhanced in term reaching optimal or at least near optimal. In This paper, we spot the light on using modified crossover method called Modified sequential constructive crossover and its impact on reaching optimal solution. To justify the relevance of parameters value in solving TSP, a set comparative analysis conducted on different crossover methods values.
Optimal Energy Aware Routing Path (OEARP) for Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Alkalbani Abdullah Said , Md Tap Abu Osman , Mantoro Teddy
Published: January 2015

In this paper, popular routing protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are studied. There are many issues and challenges that effect routing of data. First, high energy is consumed which reduces network lifetime. Second, security of routing path is another issue due to development in the cryptanalysis against nodes. The aim of this paper is to propose an energy aware routing approach that considers energy level for sensors during cluster heads and routing path selections. Performance, network efficiency and maximizing network lifetime are measured by simulation, analysis and comparison with other well-known mechanisms.
The Potential of Computer-Assisted Direct Observation Apps
Authors: Wessel Daniel
Published: January 2015

Direct behavior observation, i.e., without first creating a video recording, is a challenging, one-shot task. The behavior has to be coded accurately during the situation itself. Mobile devices can assist direct observation, and there already are applications available for these purposes. However, the mobile revolution has led to new developments in devices, infrastructure, and market penetration that have opened up new, yet untapped, possibilities. In this article, expanded activity theory is used to highlight the unused potential of computer assisted direct observation (CADO) apps. If this potential is realized, it can provide observation with the same advantages online questionnaires and sites like Mechanical Turk have provided for surveys and Internet experiments.
Factors Affecting the Readiness of Medical Doctors and Patients with Chronic Conditions toward the Usage of Smartphones in the Saudi Arabian Healthcare Sector
Authors: Al-Mahadeen Bassam M
Published: January 2015

Numerous studies have reported the rapid increase in the number of individuals who use smartphones. However, smartphones appear to be increasingly used by healthcare workers, particularly physicians and nurses. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the readiness of medical doctors and patients with chronic conditions in using and adopting smartphones for communication. This study employs the Technology Acceptance Model to examine the behavior of people in using smartphones from the perspectives of trust and rural areas. To realize our objective, we conducted a questionnaire survey that involved medical doctors and patients with chronic conditions. Our particular focus was Al Qunfudhah City in Saudi Arabia. More than 200 questionnaires were distributed to people belonging to different healthcare sectors in the rural areas of Al Qunfudhah City. Our aim was to include every possible scenario and to obtain excellent perspectives. The results that we eventually analyzed indicated that trust factor and rural areas significantly influence the readiness of people belonging to the healthcare sector toward using smartphones. The results of our study concur with the findings of other studies. Our results indicate that smartphones and other high-technology gadgets are now necessary and accepted devices in the different healthcare fields. However, further studies should explore the challenges and effects of smartphone use in the healthcare sector.
APROVECHO'S SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: A FOCUS ON NATURAL BUILDING
Authors: Foraker Chris
Published: January 2015

Aprovecho is a non-profit research and education center dedicated to living, learning, organizing and educating to inspire a sustainable culture. Located on a forty acre land trust in the Coast Range outside of Cottage Grove, Oregon, Aprovecho's campus features a living demonstration of sustainable human settlement, organized around five core areas: food, shelter, water, forests, and energy. Aprovecho offers educational opportunities in all five of its core areas, including shelter through the Natural Building program. The Aprovecho Natural Building program trains students in the use of locally-sourced, non-toxic building materials for the construction of energy-efficient, affordable, healthy homes that work within natural communities and that enrich local economies.
GREEN RATING INTEGRATION PLATFORM – A DECISION MAKING TOOL FOR MULTI-MODAL FACILITIES: CREDIT HARMONIZATION AND A SUSTAINABLE WATER & MATERIAL PRACTICES CASE STUDY
Authors: Alam Ashraful , Haselbach Liv , DeRooy Garrett , Poor Cara , Wolcott Michael
Published: January 2015

There are multitudes of sustainability rating systems and guidelines, and it is difficult to decide which ones to use and how to use them. In addition, multi-modal projects have different focal areas and associated rating systems related to each mode or other aspect of the project. Five green ratings systems representative of aspects of a multi-modal ferry facility had previously been selected and were used in a four step methodology to synthesize into a strategic decision making platform. This current research focuses on how to make more detailed decision making harmonization amongst the credits in the rating systems. Using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) of the credits in the rating systems, it was determined that the two main groups of information that could be used for harmonization were key intents or goals (KI) and key strategies or practices (KS). A short cursory case study example of how these KIs and KSs might be further cross-coded in an open database with the credit subcategories and corresponding rating systems is also presented. The database can filter the credit subcategories across the rating system for a specific key intent or key strategy. The harmonized lists and database may facilitate decision makers and construction managers in correlating intents and methodologies for a project across multiple rating systems.
CFD EVALUATION OF THE POTTERY WATER WALL IN A HOT ARID CLIMATE OF LUXOR, EGYPT
Authors: Moustafa Moustafa Anwar , Aripin Srazali
Published: January 2015

This paper aims to evaluate the Pottery Water Wall in a hot arid climate using CFD simulation. The Pottery Water Wall is a passive system and an upgrade to the Water Wall. The Pottery Water Wall is a combination of a Water Wall and Porous Ceramic Pipes for evaporative cooling. First, the study will evaluate the efficiency of the Pottery Water Wall in cooling and heating in the most extreme climatic conditions of winter and summer in Luxor, Egypt. This study will aid determining the ability of the Pottery Water Wall to cool and heat buildings and its ability to achieve thermal comfort. The study found that the Pottery Water Wall's cooling ability ranges between 4°C to 10°C, while its heating ability ranges between 4°C to 15°C. The Pottery Water Wall achieved thermal comfort for 62.5% of a day resembling extreme summer and achieved thermal comfort 62.5% of a day resembling extreme winter. In conclusion, the Pottery Water Wall can reduce cooling and heating demand by 88% at the extreme climatic conditions of Luxor, Egypt.
Paratexts and Documentary Practices
Authors: Weber Nicholas M. , Thomer Andrea K.
Published: January 2015

The formal literature of science has traditionally acted as a “ledger” where debts are acknowledged, previous works are cited, and advances in knowledge are claimed. Recent innovation in electronic publishing, as well as open access requirements from funding agencies in the life sciences, is making it possible to examine this ledger more closely: we can now more definitively ask who is acknowledged, where do citations appear, and what knowledge is claimed within an entire discipline, journal or archive of publications. In this chapter, the authors explore the ledger of bioinformatics, asking how two paratexts—acknowledgment and authorship statements—can be used to understand credit and collaboration within this unique field.
Behavioral Health and Relational Dynamics
Authors: Bathory David S.
Published: January 2015

Work within the field of behavioral health within the United States has focused on Recovery, the process of restoring someone's life back to their previous level of functioning. Recovery does not set the expectation for continued growth or development. The western medical model is based upon disease, based upon this same premise, identification and treatment to regain what is an arbitrary pervious state of “health”. The Recovery moment began in the 1960's with the intention of deinstitutionalizing patients held in state institutions and returning them to their communities. The New Frontier of former president of John F. Kennedy intended to provide community mental health systems, where services once provided only at hospitals could be available to every citizen in need. The Recovery Model has never embraced the belief of their being value or growth within the patient's experience, but looked to a reductionist model of disease for the cause, cure and care of the mentally ill. Medication rarely resolves most mental illnesses. Instead, medications lessen or attempt to control symptoms. Recovery, based upon the western disease model, limits the possibilities of acknowledging the growth and development out of what are worldwide experiences of psychological dilemmas. The obstacles to true recovery (or health) created by the disease model have resulted in stigma and devaluation of people who are responding to universal psychological issues. In countries outside of the United States, many Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) diagnoses do not exist. Centuries ago, many DSM diagnoses were not considered permanently disabling, as they were later construed. Recovery itself denotes the need to recapture, repossess, or regain something, perhaps recovery should not be the aim of behavioral health, as much as finding a valued and meaningful role for people throughout the world. Relational Dynamics is a model that provides strategies for changing non-cooperative relationships into cooperative interactions and possible alliances. Relational Dynamics can be utilized within behavioral health to minimize the misuse of domination by others and provide a means for clients' self-determination.
The Contribution of the UK's Behavioural Insights Team
Authors: James Simon
Published: January 2015

The purpose of this paper is to review and evaluate the work of the UK Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) in the light of the growing literature on behavioural economics. The Team was established in 2010 in the Cabinet Office at the centre of government in the UK. The BIT was specifically set up with the aim of helping the government develop and apply lessons from behavioural economics and behavioural science to public policy. A direct link with the behavioural literature took place when the book Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein (2008) became ‘required reading' on a 2008 summer reading list for Conservative Members of Parliament since their views are seemingly consistent with the Conservative Party's tax and welfare policies. For this reason the Behavioural Insights Team is often known as the ‘Nudge Unit'. At the time of writing (May 2014) it has been announced that the unit will be moved outside government to continue its work, though government (and others) can continue to use its services. This paper analyses a series of reports published by the BIT and concludes that those on health policy, organ donation and charitable giving used behavioural insights to a considerable extent while two of the reports on financial aspects did so to a lesser extent and another one on financial matters hardly at all. It is suggested that some areas may have more potential than others for the application of behavioural insights but that such potential also exists with respect to financial behaviour.
iTrade
Authors: Hu Yong , Zhang Xiangzhou , Feng Bin , Xie Kang , Liu Mei
Published: January 2015

Among all investors in the Chinese stock market, more than 95% are non-professional individual investors. These individual investors are in great need of mobile apps that can provide professional and handy trading analysis and decision support everywhere. However, financial data is challenging to analyze because of its large-scale, non-linear and noisy characteristics in a varying stock environment. This paper develops a Mobile Data-Driven Stock Trading System (iTrade), which is a mobile app system based on Client-Server architecture and various data mining techniques. The iTrade is characterized by 1) a data-driven intelligent learning model, which can provide further insight compared to empirical technical analysis, 2) a concept drift adaptation process, which facilitates the model adaptation to market structure changes, and 3) a rigorous benchmark analysis, including the Buy-and-Hold strategy and the strategies of three world-famous master investors (e.g., Warren E. Buffett). Technologies used in iTrade include the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (Lasso) algorithm, Support Vector Machine (SVM) and risk-adjusted portfolio optimization. An application case of iTrade is presented, which is based on a seven-year (2005-2011) back-testing. Evaluation results indicated that iTrade could gain much higher cumulative return compared to the benchmark (Shanghai Composite Index). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study and mobile app system that emphasizes and investigates the concept drift phenomenon in stock market, as well as the performance comparison between data-driven intelligent model and strategies of master investors.
Constraints Contributed by Chromatin Looping Limit Recombination Targeting during Ig Class Switch Recombination
Authors: Feldman Scott , Achour Ikbel , Wuerffel Robert , Kumar Satyendra , Gerasimova Tatiana , Sen Ranjan , Kenter Amy L.
Published: January 2015

Engagement of promoters with distal elements in long-range looping interactions has been implicated in regulation of Ig class switch recombination (CSR). The principles determining the spatial and regulatory relationships among Igh transcriptional elements remain poorly defined. We examined the chromosome conformation of C region (CH) loci that are targeted for CSR in a cytokine-dependent fashion in mature B lymphocytes. Germline transcription (GLT) of the γ1 and ε CH loci is controlled by two transcription factors, IL-4–inducible STAT6 and LPS-activated NF-κB. We showed that although STAT6 deficiency triggered loss of GLT, deletion of NF-κB p50 abolished both GLT and γ1 locus:enhancer looping. Thus, chromatin looping between CH loci and Igh enhancers is independent of GLT production and STAT6, whereas the establishment and maintenance of these chromatin contacts requires NF-κB p50. Comparative analysis of the endogenous γ1 locus and a knock-in heterologous promoter in mice identified the promoter per se as the interactive looping element and showed that transcription elongation is dispensable for promoter/enhancer interactions. Interposition of the LPS-responsive heterologous promoter between the LPS-inducible γ3 and γ2b loci altered GLT expression and essentially abolished direct IgG2b switching while maintaining a sequential μ→γ3→γ2b format. Our study provides evidence that promoter/enhancer looping interactions can introduce negative constraints on distal promoters and affect their ability to engage in germline transcription and determine CSR targeting.
Retinoic Acid Imprints a Mucosal-like Phenotype on Dendritic Cells with an Increased Ability To Fuel HIV-1 Infection
Authors: Guerra-Pérez Natalia , Frank Ines , Veglia Filippo , Aravantinou Meropi , Goode Diana , Blanchard James L. , Gettie Agegnehu , Robbiani Melissa , Martinelli Elena
Published: January 2015

The tissue microenvironment shapes the characteristics and functions of dendritic cells (DCs), which are important players in HIV infection and dissemination. Notably, DCs in the gut have the daunting task of orchestrating the balance between immune response and tolerance. They produce retinoic acid (RA), which imprints a gut-homing phenotype and influences surrounding DCs. To investigate how the gut microenvironment impacts the ability of DCs to drive HIV infection, we conditioned human immature monocyte-derived DCs (moDCs) with RA (RA-DCs), before pulsing them with HIV and mixing them with autologous T cells. RA-DCs showed a semimature, mucosal-like phenotype and released higher amounts of TGF-β1 and CCL2. Using flow cytometry, Western blot, and microscopy, we determined that moDCs express the cell adhesion molecule mucosal vascular addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) and that RA increases its expression. MAdCAM-1 was also detected on a small population of DCs in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulata) mesenteric lymph node. RA-DCs formed more DC–T cell conjugates and promoted significantly higher HIV replication in DC–T cell mixtures compared with moDCs. This correlated with the increase in MAdCAM-1 expression. Blocking MAdCAM-1 partially inhibited the enhanced HIV replication. In summary, RA influences DC phenotype, increasing their ability to exacerbate HIV infection. We describe a previously unknown mechanism that may contribute to rapid HIV spread in the gut, a major site of HIV replication after mucosal exposure.
Nonparametric Tests for Differential Histone Enrichment with ChIP-Seq Data
Authors: Wu Qian , Won Kyoung-Jae , Li Hongzhe
Published: January 2015

Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) is a powerful method for analyzing protein interactions with DNA. It can be applied to identify the binding sites of transcription factors (TFs) and genomic landscape of histone modification marks (HMs). Previous research has largely focused on developing peak-calling procedures to detect the binding sites for TFs. However, these procedures may fail when applied to ChIP-seq data of HMs, which have diffuse signals and multiple local peaks. In addition, it is important to identify genes with differential histone enrichment regions between two experimental conditions, such as different cellular states or different time points. Parametric methods based on Poisson/negative binomial distribution have been proposed to address this differential enrichment problem and most of these methods require biological replications. However, many ChIP-seq data usually have a few or even no replicates. We propose a nonparametric method to identify the genes with differential histone enrichment regions even without replicates. Our method is based on nonparametric hypothesis testing and kernel smoothing in order to capture the spatial differences in histone-enriched profiles. We demonstrate the method using ChIP-seq data on a comparative epigenomic profiling of adipogenesis of murine adipose stromal cells and the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) ChIP-seq data. Our method identifies many genes with differential H3K27ac histone enrichment profiles at gene promoter regions between proliferating preadipocytes and mature adipocytes in murine 3T3-L1 cells. The test statistics also correlate with the gene expression changes well and are predictive to gene expression changes, indicating that the identified differentially enriched regions are indeed biologically meaningful.
Prognostic Gene Signature Identification Using Causal Structure Learning: Applications in Kidney Cancer
Authors: Ha Min Jin , Baladandayuthapani Veerabhadran , Do Kim-Anh
Published: January 2015

Identification of molecular-based signatures is one of the critical steps toward finding therapeutic targets in cancer. In this paper, we propose methods to discover prognostic gene signatures under a causal structure learning framework across the whole genome. The causal structures are represented by directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), wherein we construct gene-specific network modules that constitute a gene and its corresponding regulators. The modules are then subsequently used to correlate with survival times, thus, allowing for a network-oriented approach to gene selection to adjust for potential confounders, as opposed to univariate (gene-by-gene) approaches. Our methods are motivated by and applied to a clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) study from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) where we find several prognostic genes associated with cancer progression - some of which are novel while others confirm existing findings.
Fast Solver for the Local Discontinuous Galerkin Discretization of the KdV Type Equations
Authors: Guo Ruihan , Xu Yan
Published: January 2015

In this paper, we will develop a fast iterative solver for the system of linear equations arising from the local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) spatial discretization and additive Runge-Kutta (ARK) time marching method for the KdV type equations. Being implicit in time, the severe time step , with the k-th order of the partial differential equations (PDEs)) restriction for explicit methods will be removed. The equations at the implicit time level are linear and we demonstrate an efficient, practical multigrid (MG) method for solving the equations. In particular, we numerically show the optimal or sub-optimal complexity of the MG solver and a two-level local mode analysis is used to analyze the convergence behavior of the MG method. Numerical results for one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional cases are given to illustrate the efficiency and capability of the LDG method coupled with the multigrid method for solving the KdV type equations.
Multiple-Body Collision Algorithms for Computational Simulation of High-Speed Air-Delivered Systems
Authors: Harris Robert E. , Liever Peter A. , A. Luke Edward , Dudley Jonathan G.
Published: January 2015

Currently, there exists a lack of confidence in the computational simulation of multiple body high-speed air delivered systems. Of particular interest is the ability to accurately predict the dispersion pattern of these systems under various deployment configurations. Classical engineering-level methods may not be able to predict these patterns with adequate confidence due primarily to accuracy errors attributable to reduced order modeling. In the current work, a new collision modeling capability has been developed to enable multiple-body proximate-flight simulation in the Loci/CHEM framework. This approach maintains high-fidelity aerodynamics and incorporates six degrees of freedom modeling with collision response, and is well-suited for simulation of a large number of projectiles. The proposed simulation system is intended to capture the strong interaction phase early in the projectile deployment, with subsequent transfer of projectile positions and flight states to the more economical engineering-level methods. Collisions between rigid bodies are modeled using an impulse-based approach with either an iterative propagation method or a simultaneous method. The latter is shown to be more accurate and robust for cases involving multiple simultaneous collisions as it eliminates the need to sort and resolve the collisions sequentially. The implementation of both the collision detection methodology and impact mechanics are described in detail with validation studies to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the developed technologies. The studies chronologically detail the findings for simulating simple impacts and collisions between multiple bodies with aerodynamic interference effects.
Распределение действительных алгебраических чисел произвольной степени в коротких интервалах
Authors: Bernik Vasilij Ivanovich , Gotze Friedrich
Published: January 2015

Рассматриваются действительные алгебраические числа $\alpha$ степени $\operatorname{deg}\alpha=n$
и высоты $H=H(\alpha)$. Существуют интервалы $I\subset\mathbb{R}$ длины $|I|$, внутри которых нет действительных алгебраических чисел $\alpha$ произвольной степени с условием $H(\alpha)<\frac12|I|^{-1}$.
Доказано, что всегда можно найти некоторую постоянную $c_1=c_1(n)$ такую, что если натуральное
число $Q>c_1|I|^{-1}$, то внутри интервала $I$ содержится не менее $c_2(n)Q^{n+1}|I|$ действительных алгебраических чисел $\alpha$, $\operatorname{deg}\alpha=n$, $H(\alpha)\le Q$. Отсюда получено
решение проблемы Бюжо о регулярности множества действительных алгебраических чисел в коротких интервалах.
Библиография: 12 наименований.
Мера иррациональности числа $\frac{\pi}{\sqrt{3}}$
Authors: Androsenko Valentina Aleksandrovna
Published: January 2015

C помощью новой интегральной конструкции, объединяющей идею симметрии, предложенную В. Х. Салиховым в 2007 г., и интеграл, введенный Р. Марковеккио в 2009 г., получена новая оценка меры иррациональности
числа $\frac{\pi}{\sqrt{3}}$.
Библиография: 15 наименований.
The Spread of ‘Heavenly Writing’
Authors: ZORMAN Marina
Published: January 2015

Cuneiform is the name of various writing systems in use throughout the Middle East from the end of the fourth millennium BCE until the late first century CE. The wedge-shaped writing was used to write ten to fifteen languages from various language families: Sumerian, Elamite, Eblaite, Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian and other Akkadian dialects, Proto-Hattic, Hittite, Luwian, Palaic, Hurrian, Urartian, Ugaritic, Old Persian etc. Over the centuries it evolved from a pictographic to a syllabographic writing system and eventually became an alphabetic script, but most languages used a 'mixed orthography' which combined ideographic and phonetic elements, and required a rebus principle of reading.
Corpus-based collocation research targeted at Japanese language learners
Authors: SRDANOVIĆ Irena
Published: January 2015

This paper discusses corpus-based research on collocations, introduces various tools for querying and extracting Japanese collocations and presents an analysis of Japanese collocations using language corpora and related tools. First, major corpus query tools such as Sketch Engine, NINJAL-NLP, Natsume, Chunagon, which can be used by learners and teachers of Japanese language, are briefly described. Focus then shifts to adjectival and nominal collocates and the resource "Collocation data of adjectives and nouns" which consists of adjective headwords and their nominal collocates extracted from two large corpora, BCCWJ and JpTenTen: 500 adjectives and 9,218 collocate nouns, and 500 adjectives and 23,220 collocate nouns from each corpus respectively. Finally, it is shown that corpus-based resources can be used in the creation of reference materials for learners of the Japanese language. The benefits of empirical research into collocations are also shown by comparing the obtained results with collocations in textbooks for Japanese as foreign language.
The learner as lexicographer: using monolingual and bilingual corpora to deepen vocabulary knowledge
Authors: HMELJAK SANGAWA Kristina
Published: January 2015

Learning vocabulary is one of the most challenging tasks faced by learners with a non-kanji background when learning Japanese as a foreign language. However, learners are often not aware of the range of different aspects of word knowledge they need in order to successfully use Japanese. This includes not only the spoken and written form of a word and its meaning, but also morphological, grammatical, collocational, connotative and pragmatic knowledge as well as knowledge of social constraints to be observed. In this article, we present some background data on the use of dictionaries among students of Japanese at the University of Ljubljana, a selection of resources and a series of exercises developed with the following aims: a) to foster greater awareness of the different aspects of Japanese vocabulary, both from a monolingual and a contrastive perspective, b) to learn about tools and methods that can be applied in different contexts of language learning and language use, and c) to develop strategies for learning new vocabulary, reinforcing knowledge about known vocabulary, and effectively using this knowledge in receptive and productive language tasks.
Yokohama Pidgin Japanese Revisited
Authors: AVRAM Andrei A.
Published: January 2015

The paper is an overview of the structural features of the phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary of Yokohama Pidgin Japanese, an under researched contact language. The data examined are from a corpus which includes records not analyzed in previous work on this 19th century variety of pidginized Japanese.
Rethinking metalinguistic labels: spatio-temporal metalinguistic terms in learners’ dictionaries of Japanese expressions
Authors: BEKEŠ Andrej
Published: January 2015

Paper examines spatio-temporal metalinguistic terms in learners’ dictionaries of Japanese expressions in major existing dictionaries. Based on the analysis it proposes a layered metalinguistic labelling solution to achieve the greates efficiency with the smallest possible number of labels being employed.
Načrtovanje kariere invalidov – Želje in ovire
Authors: Brecelj Valentina , Vidmar Gaj , Boštjančič Eva
Published: January 2015

Na reprezentativnem vzorcu 243 uporabnikov storitev zaposlitvene rehabilitacije iz celotne Slovenije smo z anketnim vprašalnikom preučevali pomembnost invalidnosti pri načrtovanju in razvoju kariere invalidov. Analizirali smo povezave med invalidnostjo in demografskimi značilnostmi, poklicnimi izbirami in ovirami za zaposlovanje. Večina udeležencev je izrazila željo po zaposlitvi v poklicih za preprosta dela, čeprav je največ sodelujočih pridobilo IV. ali V. stopnjo izobrazbe. Pri izbiri poklica so jih večinoma vodili lasten interes in tudi zdravstvene težave, a je veliko udeležencev raziskave v obdobju brezposelnosti poklicno izbiro večkrat spremenilo, za kar so se kot najpomembnejši razlog izkazale zdravstvene težave in odnos delodajalcev do invalidnosti. Invalidnost je bila prepoznana kot glavna oziroma najpogostejša ovira pri izbiri poklicnih ciljev, iskanju zaposlitve in razvoju kariere. Z raziskavo smo pritrdili dosedanjim ugotovitvam in teoretičnim predpostavkam, da je invalidnost osrednjega pomena pri načrtovanju kariere invalidov, in poudarili pomen ustreznega načrtovanja kariere za uspešno reševanje zaposlitvene problematike.
Psihoterapija kot možnost razvoja empatije v odraslosti
Authors: Simonič Barbara
Published: January 2015

Empatija je pomembna medosebna sposobnost, ki omogoča posamezniku, da se postavi v psihološki okvir doživljanja druge osebe. S tem postane to, kar druga oseba čuti in misli, ter način, kako druga oseba deluje, v določeni meri razumljivo in predvidljivo. Kot taka ima empatija v današnjem spreminjajočem se in velikokrat razosebljenem svetu velik pomen, saj gre za sposobnost, ki lahko ponovno prebudi občutek povezanosti z drugimi. V prispevku bomo predstavili empatijo in njen pomen. Opozorili bomo na kritične trenutke, kjer lahko pride do blokad v razvoju sposobnosti empatije, ter prikazali psihoterapijo kot možnost za spodbujanje empatije v odraslosti.