bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Non-Markovianity is not a resource for quantum spatial search on a star graph subject to generalized percolation
Authors: Rossi Matteo A. C. , Cattaneo Marco , Paris Matteo G. A. , Maniscalco Sabrina
Published: February 2019

Continuous-time quantum walks may be exploited to enhance spatial search, i.e., for finding a marked element in a database structured as a complex network. However, in practical implementations, the environmental noise has detrimental effects, and a question arises on whether noise engineering may be helpful in mitigating those effects on the performance of the quantum algorithm. Here we study whether time-correlated noise inducing non-Markovianity may represent a resource for quantum search. In particular, we consider quantum search on a star graph, which has been proven to be optimal in the noiseless case, and analyze the effects of independent random telegraph noise (RTN) disturbing each link of the graph. Upon exploiting an exact code for the noisy dynamics, we evaluate the quantum non-Markovianity of the evolution, and show that it cannot be considered as a resource for this algorithm, since its presence is correlated with lower probabilities of success of the search.
Jet-Engines Revised Dictionary for the 6th-Generation-R&D in a New Era
Authors: Gal-Or Benjamin
Published: February 2019

New U.S.-DOD guiding instructions for 2019 JEST-R&D funded proposals, are now available, [1]. Past U.S.-decision “not to weaponize” JEST, has induced it to advance Anti-Gliding-Hypersonic-Scramjet-Threats, (GHST), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]. This editorial updates previous ones, [21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31], mainly on RE-EDUCATING JET-ENGINE RESEARCHERS TO STAY RELEVANT, especially in JETONAUTIC-POST-STALL-FLIGHT, where AOOF fails, [32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84]. Since 11.06.2018, China has joined the US-Russian jet-engines-steering (JES) global-race by JES-F-22 v. JES-Su-35 and 57 & JES-10B, [73, 74] v. THAAD, Arrow-3, David-Sling global network v. 6th-generation S500, Avangard and other systems, [85, 86].
Disorganized Attachment Interactions Among Young Adults With Borderline Personality Disorder, Other Diagnoses, and No Diagnosis
Authors: Khoury Jennifer E. , Zona Kate , Bertha Eszter , Choi-Kain Lois , Hennighausen Kate , Lyons-Ruth Karlen
Published: February 2019

Theorists have suggested that attachment disorganization contributes to the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, few studies have directly observed attachment-related interactions with parents. This study used a newly developed attachment-based coding system to examine whether individuals with BPD were more likely to exhibit disorganized interactions with their mothers than those with (a) other diagnoses (anxiety, depressive, or substance use diagnoses) or (b) no diagnosis. Results indicated that participants with BPD had a greater likelihood of disorganized attachment interactions than did both comparison groups. The odds ratio for disorganized attachment among BPD participants was almost 8 times that of participants without BPD. These results underscore the utility of observational assessments to capture the interpersonal features of BPD and highlight the potential value of examining the developmental trajectories of disorganized and controlling attachment behavior in order to identify pathways toward BPD.
Attitudes of Mental Health Staff Toward Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: An Italian Cross-Sectional Multisite Study
Authors: Lanfredi Mariangela , Ridolfi Maria Elena , Occhialini Giorgia , Pedrini Laura , Ferrari Clarissa , Lasalvia Antonio , Gunderson John G. , Black Donald W. , Rossi Roberta
Published: February 2019

Negative attitudes toward borderline personality disorder (BPD) can present a barrier to those seeking care. We explored caring attitudes toward BPD among 860 mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social health educators, nurses, and social workers. The results showed that social workers and nurses scored significantly lower on caring attitudes than psychiatrists, social health educators, and psychologists. Our analysis showed that the more BPD patients treated in the past year, more years of experience in mental health, and having prior BPD training were positively associated with caring attitudes scores. For all professional subgroups, except for social health educators, the caring attitudes score is higher in those who have had prior BPD training, and for professionals with low and medium level of experience in mental health. This result shows that training on BPD should target less experienced clinicians and those professional groups who had less opportunity to receive such education.
Insight Regarding the Presence of Antagonism-Related Traits and Their Subsequent Impairment in Relation to Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism
Authors: Sleep Chelsea E. , Lynam Donald R. , Campbell W. Keith , Miller Joshua D.
Published: February 2019

Clinical theory is skeptical of individuals’ ability to recognize the presence, severity, and impact of clinical symptoms and pathological traits (Oltmanns & Powers, 2012); however, empirical work has found moderate self–other convergence for reports of pathological traits and for Antagonism-related personality disorder (PD) constructs (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism), which are characterized by low insight. Nevertheless, empirical examinations of insight into perceptions of impairment are scant. Thus, the present study sought to examine individuals’ insight regarding pathological traits and related impairment in two samples. In Sample 1, more psychopathic, narcissistic, and Machiavellian individuals reported higher levels of pathological traits and were aware of related impairment. In Sample 2, individuals reported higher levels of pathological traits and, albeit to a lesser degree, more Antagonism-related impairment. Thus, more psychopathic, narcissistic, and Machiavellian individuals possess a reasonable degree of insight into their trait levels and associated impairment.
“Something prety out of very little”
Authors: Goff Lisa
Published: February 2019

In “Something prety out of very little”: Graniteville Mill Village, 1848, Lisa Goff describes how Charleston entrepreneur William Gregg built Graniteville, South Carolina, to prove the viability of southern manufacturing, which he believed could help avert war between South and North, and to quell planters’ fears that industry would mar the beauty of the South. The village's whitewashed Carpenter Gothic cottages, with matching hotel, school, and church designed by Richard Upjohn, were intended to instill virtues of hard work, clean living, and respect for authority in a white workforce drawn from surrounding farms. Gregg exercised a patriarch's control over his industrial utopia, but the nicknames workers gave the place, and what they told visiting missionaries, show that they experienced Gregg's Gothic hamlet on their own terms. An avid gardener and horticulturist active in the Episcopal Church, Gregg would have been aware of the claims to moral superiority associated with the Gothic Revival style. Goff's analysis of letters, published articles, corporate reports, and advertisements in local newspapers reveals that Gregg's strategies of social contol—adapted from his study of Robert Owen and David Dale—had sinister underpinnings: programmed for hard work at low wages by the “ethical” architecture and orderly “natural” landscape, a white, largely female workforce would insulate the Graniteville Mill from the effects of abolition, should it come.
Negotiating the Hotel Nacional de Cuba:
Authors: Morawski Erica N.
Published: February 2019

In Negotiating the Hotel Nacional de Cuba: Politics, Profits, and Protest, Erica N. Morawski positions that Havana hotel (McKim, Mead & White, 1930) as a significant symbol and space in the negotiation of national identities under the government of Cuban president Gerardo Machado y Morales. Through analysis of archival materials and architectural design, she shows how the project embodied complex negotiations between the machadato, dedicated to creating the hotel as a national monument, and the U.S. conglomerate charged with financing and building it. Looking beyond the hotel's construction to its role in the Revolution of 1933, Morawski demonstrates how the machadato's efforts to define national identity through the hotel positioned it as a key focus of activists who wanted to define Cuban national identity on their own terms, and who engaged not in negotiation but in armed resistance.
Genomic Prediction of Autotetraploids; Influence of Relationship Matrices, Allele Dosage, and Continuous Genotyping Calls in Phenotype Prediction
Authors: de Bem Oliveira Ivone , Resende Marcio F R , Ferrão Luis Felipe V , Amadeu Rodrigo R , Endelman Jeffrey B , Kirst Matias , Coelho Alexandre S G , Munoz Patricio R
Published: February 2019

Estimation of allele dosage, using genomic data, in autopolyploids is challenging and current methods often result in the misclassification of genotypes. Some progress has been made when using SNP arrays, but the major challenge is when using next generation sequencing data. Here we compare the use of read depth as continuous parameterization with ploidy parameterizations in the context of genomic selection (GS). Additionally, different sources of information to build relationship matrices were compared. A real breeding population of the autotetraploid species blueberry (Vaccinium corybosum), composed of 1,847 individuals was phenotyped for eight yield and fruit quality traits over two years. Continuous genotypic based models performed as well as the best models. This approach also reduces the computational time and avoids problems associated with misclassification of genotypic classes when assigning dosage in polyploid species. This approach could be very valuable for species with higher ploidy levels or for emerging crops where ploidy is not well understood. To our knowledge, this work constitutes the first study of genomic selection in blueberry. Accuracies are encouraging for application of GS for blueberry breeding. GS could reduce the time for cultivar release by three years, increasing the genetic gain per cycle by 86% on average when compared to phenotypic selection, and 32% when compared with pedigree-based selection. Finally, the genotypic and phenotypic data used in this study are made available for comparative analysis of dosage calling and genomic selection prediction models in the context of autopolyploids.
A Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Network Regulates Neuromuscular Function in Response to Oxidative Stress in Caenorhabditis elegans
Authors: Kim Sungjin , Sieburth Derek
Published: February 2019

The transcription factor Nrf2 plays a critical role in the organism-wide regulation of the antioxidant stress response. The Nrf2 homolog SKN-1 functions in the intestinal cells nonautonomously to negatively regulate neuromuscular junction (NMJ) function in Caenorhabditis elegans. To identify additional molecules that mediate SKN-1 signaling to the NMJ, we performed a candidate screen for suppressors of aldicarb resistance caused by acute treatment with the SKN-1 activator arsenite. We identified two receptor tyrosine kinases, EGL-15 (fibroblast growth factor receptor, FGFR) and DAF-2 (insulin-like peptide receptor), that are required for NMJ regulation in response to stress. Through double-mutant analysis, we found that EGL-15 functions downstream of, or parallel to, SKN-1 and SPHK-1 (sphingosine kinase), and that the EGL-15 ligand EGL-17 FGF and canonical EGL-15 effectors are required for oxidative stress-mediated regulation of NMJ function. DAF-2 also functions downstream of or parallel to SKN-1 to regulate NMJ function. Through tissue-specific rescue experiments, we found that FGFR signaling functions primarily in the hypodermis, whereas insulin-like peptide receptor signaling is required in multiple tissues. Our results support the idea that the regulation of NMJ function by SKN-1 occurs via a complex organism-wide signaling network involving receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in multiple tissues.
Identifying Barriers faced by Ottawa Somali Youth in Accessing Post-secondary and Vocational Opportunities: An Example of Community-Based Participatory Research
Authors: Van de Sande Adje , McWhinney Tara , Occhiuto Katherine , Colpitts Jennifer , Hagi-Aden Ismail , Hussein Ahmed , Feder Zoey
Published: February 2019

In 2016, with funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Seed Grant program, the Somali Centre for Family Services of Ottawa (SCFS) invited the Centre for Studies on Poverty and Social Citizenship (CSPSC) at Carleton University to carry out a needs assessment focusing on the barriers faced by Somali youth in accessing post-secondary education and employment training opportunities. The main objective of the needs assessment was to address social and economic exclusion locally by inviting Somali youth (ages 19-30) from the Ottawa area to participate in focus groups to discuss the barriers they have faced in accessing post-secondary education and employment training programs, and to invite their views on the supports needed to address these barriers. The CSPSC and the SCFS agreed that the research would involve a participatory action research approach where members of the Somali and Muslim Community would participate on an advisory committee, and where youth from the Somali Community would be directly involved in all phases of the research. Five themes were identified during the analysis: Barriers to accessing post-secondary education; Barriers to accessing job placements and training programs; Barriers to securing employment; A need for a Somali-focused employment resource centre; A need for Somali youth mentors.
Integrating Delphi Consensus Consultation and Community- Based Participatory Research
Authors: Suto Melinda J. , Lapsley Sara , Balram Anusha , Barnes Steven J. , Hou Sharon , Ragazan Dragos C. , Austin Jehannine , Scott Mike , Berk Lesley , Michalak Erin E.
Published: February 2019

Delphi consensus consultation methods and community-based participatory research (CBPR) are distinct approaches that have traditionally been employed separately. This paper explores the integration of Delphi methods with CBPR in a research project that sought to identify effective self-management strategies for bipolar disorder (BD). We introduce our Canadian-based network which specializes in CBPR in BD, and outline the key principles of CBPR approaches. Delphi consensus consultation methods are described and we present the five phases of our Delphi consensus consultation project, conducted within a CBPR framework. Examples of how each project phase incorporated the principles of CBPR are provided, as are personal reflections of community members involved in the project, and broader reflections on challenges commonly encountered in CBPR projects.
The Potential Benefits of Research May Justify Certain Research Risks
Authors: Wendler David , Nelson Robert M. , Lantos John D.
Published: February 2019

US regulations allow institutional review boards to approve pediatric clinical trials only when the risks are minimal or (in some cases) a minor increase over minimal, or when the risks are justified by a potential for direct benefit to the participants. But how should an institutional review board determine if the risks of pediatric clinical trials are justified by a potential for participant benefit? In this Ethics Rounds article, we consider which potential benefits can justify which research risks with a focus on randomized clinical trials.
A Cataguases de Luiz Ruffato em O mundo inimigo (2005)
Authors: Sousa Camila Galvão de , Siqueira Joelma Santana
Published: February 2019

Este artigo analisa a representação da cidade nas narrativas-capítulos do romance contemporâneo O mundo inimigo de Luiz Ruffato, publicado em 2005 pela Editora Record. A cidade mineira Cataguases, em Minas Gerais, que na transição do século XIX para o XX, passou pelos processos de urbanização, industrialização e modernização, é o espaço central do romance e cidade natal do escritor. No entanto, Luiz Ruffato, através de uma narrativa moderna, permite que suas personagens, pertencentes à classe trabalhadora, falem por si para apresentar uma perspectiva diferente das questões destacadas em livros sobre a história da cidade, já que são impedidas de conviver na dinâmica urbana. *** The Cataguases of Luiz Ruffato in O mundo inimigo (2005) ***This article analyzes the representation of the city in the narratives-chapters of the contemporary novel Luiz Ruffato’s O mundo inimigo, published in 2005 by Editora Record. The mining town of Cataguases in Minas Gerais, which in the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, went through the processes of urbanization, industrialization and modernization, is the central space of the novel and hometown of the writer. However, Luiz Ruffato, through a modern narrative, allows his characters, belonging to the working class, to speak for themselves to present a different perspective of the issues highlighted in books on the history of the city, since they are prevented from coexisting in urban dynamics.Keywords: literature and city; work in literature; contemporary Brazilian romance.
A retórica do trágico em o remorso de baltazar serapião
Authors: Alvarez Aurora Gedra Ruiz
Published: February 2019

A partir das elaborações teóricas de Aristóteles sobre a tragédia, discute-se neste estudo o conceito de trágico, tendo como aporte teórico Albin Lesky e Peter Szondi. Para este último, o trágico é compreendido sob o enfoque filosófico que se manifesta em consonância com uma determinada cultura e um certo tempo. À luz deste pressuposto teórico e de contribuições de outros estudiosos sobre esse tema, examina-se como a linguagem, particularmente a antítese e o oximoro, enforma uma percepção de mundo trágica no discurso do protagonista de o remorso de baltazar serapião de Valter Hugo Mãe, que efeitos de sentido esses recursos estilísticos produzem nessa configuração e que olhar sobre si e sobre o mundo a personagem apresenta no romance. *** The rhetoric of the tragic in o remorso de baltazar serapião ***Based on Aristotle’s theoretical views about tragedy, the concept of tragic is discussed in this study, also taking into consideration Albin Lesky’s and Peter Szondi’s theoretical contributions. The latter understands the tragic under the philosophical approach that it is manifested in consonance with a given culture and a given time. In the light of this theoretical assumption and based on other scholars’ considerations about this theme, it is investigated how the language, having as structuring elements the antithesis and the oxymoron, shapes a tragic worldview in the protagonist’s speech of the o remorso de baltazar serapião by Valter Hugo Mãe, what effects of meaning these rhetoric resources produce in this configuration and which views about himself and the world the character shows at this novel.Keywords: tragic; o remorso de baltazar serapião; antithesis; oxymoron.
A República na obra de José Rodrigues Miguéis
Authors: Oliveira A. Paulo Dias
Published: February 2019

O objectivo deste artigo é tentar compreender a perspectiva de José Rodrigues Miguéis em relação à República Portuguesa no período que vai de 1910 a 1926. Com esse fim em vista, procurou-se enquadrar as suas obras literárias no assunto em questão, com especial relevo para aquelas que tratam directamente desta problemática, ou seja, Escola do Paraíso, Idealista no mundo real e O Milagre segundo Salomé. Desse modo, pode-se asseverar que existem duas visões ou reflexos nas obras em análise, sendo, precisamente, esse duplo caminho que pretendemos pôr em destaque através da investigação das personagens. *** The Republic in José Rodrigues Miguéis’ work ***The main objective of this article is to understand the perspective of José Rodrigues Miguéis about the Portuguese Republic, in the period between 1910 and 1926. For this purpose, his works were framed under this subject, especially Escola do Paraíso, Idealista no mundo real and O Milagre segundo Salomé. Thereby, it can be assured that there are two visions or reflections on the analyzed works, being, precisely, this double path that is intended to be highlighted through the characters investigation.Keywords: José Rodrigues Miguéis; Republic (1910-1926); literature; history.
Identidade cultural relida: leitura e memória coletiva no romance O outro pé da sereia de Mia Couto
Authors: Franz Marcelo , Rodrigues Victor De Barros
Published: February 2019

Analisamos a representação do ato leitor na obra O Outro Pé da Sereia (2006), de Mia Couto. O romance entende a leitura como veículo de reprocessamento da memória coletiva, termo que abordaremos sob a ótica de Maurice Halbwachs (2006). Dividida em duas épocas, (situadas nos anos de 2002 e 1560) a ação romanesca se centra na viagem realizada pelaprotagonista, Mwadia até sua comunidade de origem a fim de abrigar a estátua de uma santa comum dos pés arrancados, encontrada às margens de um rio. Junto com a imagem, ela encontrou documentos que descrevem a expedição do jesuíta D. Gonçalo para difusão do Catolicismo naÁfrica no século XVI. O contato com esses objetos resulta na recuperação e ressignificação de experiências passadas, a partir dos conteúdos lidos. Isso redefine a própria individualidade deMwadia e sua relação com a comunidade.*** Reinterpreted cultural identity: reading and collective memory in the Mia Couto’s novel O outro pé da sereia ***This paper analyzes the representation reading in the Mia Couto’s novel O outro pé da sereia (2006), Mia Couto. The novel understands reading as reprocessing vehicle of collective memory, a term which will be discussed from the perspective of Maurice Halbwachs (2006). Divided in temporal plots, situated in 2002 and 1560, the novelistic action focuses on the journey of the protagonist Mwadia till her community of origin in order to shelter the statue of a saint without one foot that was found on the banks of a river. Along with the image, she founds some documents that described the D. Gonçalo’s expedition to spread Catholicism in Africa in the sixteenth century. The contact with these objects results in the recuperation andresignification of past experiences. The reading content redefines Mwadia’s individuality andrelation with the community.Keywords: memory; reading; Mia Couto.
The fish fauna of the upper Piraí drainage, a transposed mountain river system in southeastern, Brazil
Authors: de Brito Victor , Buckup Paulo Andreas
Published: February 2019

An annotated checklist of the ichthyofauna from the upper Piraí river drainage is provided. The Piraí river was a major right-bank tributary of the Paraíba do Sul river, but it has been artificially diverted to the coastal Guandu river system in southeastern Brazil to generate electric power and water for the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. Based on our field sampling of 23 sites, 32 species belonging to 24 genera and 12 families were collected in 6 headwater tributaries of the Piraí river between 2009 and 2016. Phalloceros harpagos (Lucinda, 2008), Astyanax intermedius (Eigenmann, 1908), and Neoplecostomus microps (Steindachner, 1877b) were the most abundant and most widely distributed species in the samples. The sampled ichthyofauna is mostly composed by species from the Paraíba do Sul basin. Eight species are reported for the first time in the upper Piraí drainage, showing the importance of continuous ichthyofaunal surveys of fish in remaining areas of Atlantic Forest.
КОРИГУВАННЯ ПШЕНИЧНОГО БОРОШНА ІЗ НЕЗАДОВІЛЬНИМИ ХЛІБОПЕКАРСЬКИМИ ВЛАСТИВОСТЯМИ
Authors: Жигунов Дмитро Олександрович , Волошенко Ольга Сергіївна , Хоренжий Наталія Василівна
Published: February 2019

У статті досліджено можливості коригування властивостей борошна різної якості технологічними добавками для покращення показників якості хліба. Проведено аналіз основних показників якості борошна хлібопекарського вищого ґатунку, представлених у торговій мережі м. Одеси.
Проведено дослідження впливу різних технологічних добавок на реологічні властивості тістових заготовок, отриманих з борошна незадовільної якості. Встановлено, що їх дія відрізняється від гарантованої виробниками, виявлено неоднозначні залежності між збільшенням дозування препаратів та показниками якості випічки.
Введення препаратів амілолітичної дії (Alfamalt A 6003, Alfamalt HCC, Фунгаміл SG 2500) однозначно позитивно відбилося на хлібопекарських властивостях пробної випічки: збільшився загальний та питомий об’єм, пористість та об’ємний вихід хлібу у порівнянні із контрольним зразком. При порівнянні означених препаратів амілолітичної дії на якість хліба із борошна незадовільної якості можна зробити висновок, що найменш інтенсивний вплив має Alfamalt A 6003 у максимальному дозуванні.
Встановлено позитивний вплив на хлібопекарські властивості борошна із незадовільною якістю препаратів амілотітичної дії та Porit L навіть при мінімальному дозуванні. Крім того, внесення препаратів не тільки покращує якість хлібопекарських виробів, а й робить їх ще кращими ніж вироби з борошна задовільної якості. Будь-яку технологічну добавку слід використовувати при коригуванні (стабілізації) показників якості борошна на борошномельних заводах лише на підставі попередніх лабораторних досліджень як мінімум за пробною випічкою хлібу або на підставі застосовування інноваційних приладів для прогнозування зміни технологічних властивостей борошна.
У статті обґрунтовано оптимальне дозування технологічних добавок для спрямованої зміни якості готової продукції борошномельних заводів України.
Health advocacy among resident physicians
Authors: Vance Mary , Bui Eric , Shtasel Derri , Borba Christina
Published: February 2019

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Background: Health advocacy is increasingly recognized as an integral part of a physician's professional role. This survey examines advocacy attitudes, competencies, and participation among psychiatry residents. Methods: Psychiatry residents from one program were surveyed using a 13-item, self-report questionnaire. Fisher's exact tests were used to examine the association between advocacy attitudes and competencies and past, current, and planned future participation in advocacy. Results: Thirty-two residents responded to the survey. Nineteen percent of respondents endorsed being able to describe what a health advocate does, 91% endorsed that advocacy extends beyond the needs of the individual patient, 44% endorsed that being an advocate is an important part of their professional identity, and 26% endorsed being confident in their ability to advocate. Endorsing advocacy as an important part of one's professional identity was associated with higher endorsement of future participation in advocacy (38% vs. 9%, p < 0.001). Discussion: Perceived competency in advocacy may lag behind positive attitudes towards advocacy, suggesting a knowledge gap among residents that warrants further curriculum development. Feeling that advocacy was an important part of one's professional identity was associated with future plans to participate in advocacy, suggesting that fostering positive attitudes to advocacy may help produce future advocates.
Using an anti-aging agent to improve asphalt modified with styrene–butadiene–styrene
Authors: Xu Wenjuan , Zhang Kai , Yang Zhengjun , Du Hongwei , Zhu Yaoting
Published: February 2019

To investigate the influence of an anti-aging agent on the properties of asphalt mixtures modified with styrene–butadiene–styrene, the surface energy parameters of a modified asphalt binder with two types of anti-aging agents and aggregates were measured using the Wilhelmy plate method and the static adsorption method. Based on the surface free energy theory, the bonding energies of the modified asphalt and aggregates were quantitatively analysed. A performance test of a modified asphalt mixture with a different anti-aging agent was then conducted. The results showed that an anti-aging agent could effectively improve the cohesive strength of an asphalt modified with styrene–butadiene–styrene, as well as the adhesive strength between the asphalt and aggregates. Additionally, an anti-humidity aging agent had a better effect on the polar component of a modified asphalt–aggregate interface, whereas an anti-ultraviolet aging agent had a better effect on the non-polar component. In addition, an anti-aging agent could significantly improve the high-temperature stability and water stability of a modified asphalt mixture. However, there was a certain degree of decrease in the low-temperature crack resistance.
Elazığ yöresinde yetişen badem ağaçlarının (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) yetişme ortamı özelliklerinin belirlenmesi
Authors: AKGÜN Tuğçe Dilşad , TÜFEKÇİOĞLU Mustafa , KÜÇÜK Mehmet
Published: February 2019

Elazığ ilinde son yıllarda badem ağaçlandırmalarına oldukça önem verilmiş ve yaygınlaştırılmıştır. Bu önem bademin sınır ağacı olarak kullanımı ve tohumdan yetiştirilebilmesinin yanı sıra ıslah çalışmalarının yapılarak bahçeler kurulması, bakımının ve budamasının yapılması ile ürün kalitesinin ve neticesinde ekonomik girdisinin artırılması ile daha da artmaktadır. Bu bağlamda çalışmada Elazığ ilinde geniş bir yayılışa sahip olan badem ağacının yetişme ortamı özelliklerinin (toprak, iklim ve yükselti) belirlenmesi hedeflenmiştir. Çalışma bademin iyi gelişim gösterdiği doğal, emekle yetiştirilen ve ağacının yaygın yayılış gösterdiği Elazığ ilinin 5 farklı yöresinde (Elazığ Merkez, Keban, Sivrice, Ağın ve Baskil) toprak örneklemesi yapılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu toprakların fiziksel ve kimyasal özelliklerine ait bulgular toprak verimliliğinin sınıflandırıldığı “sınır değerleri çizelgesine” göre değerlendirilmiştir. Toprak örnekleri üzerinde tekstür, pH, kireç, tuz, organik madde, makro (P, K, Ca, Mg) ve mikro besin elementleri (Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn) analizleri yapılmıştır. Badem ağacı yetiştiriciliği açısından değerlendirildiğinde Elazığ ili yöresi topraklarının tekstür ve tuzluluk açısından her hangi bir kısıtlayıcı etki oluşturmadığı özellikle tekstür bakımından geniş bir değişkenliğe sahip olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Diğer taraftan toprak reaksiyonunun hafif alkaliliği, kireç miktarının fazlalığı ve organik madde içeriğinin azlığı göze çarpan önemli hususlar olarak belirlenmiştir. Topraklara daha fazla organik madde ilavesi ile alkaliliğin ve kireç’in azaltılmasına çalışılmalıdır. Besin elementleri değerlendirildiğinde, bütün yöre topraklarının mangan y.nünden fakir olduğu, yarayışlı potasyum, bakır, çinko ve demir y.nünden yeterli olduğu belirlenmiştir. Yarayışlı fosfor, kalsiyum ve magnezyum y.nünden ise zengin olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Gübre takviyesiyle besin elementi
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PCL:PEG Electrospinning v1
Authors: Schackart Kenneth , Kaarj Kattika
Published: February 2019

This protocol details how to electrospin a PCL:PEG copolymer onto glass cover slip.
Protocol for microCT inspection of Gallium particle accelerator targets v3
Authors: Tshibalanganda Muofhe , Du Plessis Anton , Le Roux Stephan , Papka Paul
Published: February 2019

This protocol described the steps used to inspect the Gallium targets used in particle accelerators. These targets are metal disks filled with Gallium, and laser welded on the edges. Various production quality issues may be present - the microCT process needs to be a standard, routine methodology for direct comparison among all such data sets. This protocol sets out the exact steps used for this analysis type.
In vivo Three-dimensional Kinematics of the Cervical Spine during Maximal Active Head Rotation v1
Authors: Mundo-Velázquez Bogdan
Published: February 2019

Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to measure the movement of the cervical spine in healthy volunteers and patients with cervical spondylosis (CS) and describe the actual motion of the cervical spine using a three-dimensional (3D) CT reconstruction method. The results can enrich current biomechanical data of cervical spine and help to find the differences between the noted two groups. Materials and Methods20 healthy volunteers underwent CT examination ranging from the clivus of the occiput (Oc) to the top of first thoracic vertebrae (T1) in a neutral position with left or right maximal axial rotation, while 26 CS patients received the same CT scan procedures in the neutral position with left and right maximum rotation. Subsequently, the three-dimensional images of the occiput and every cervical vertebrae (C1-C7) were reconstructed using medical software. 3 virtual non-collinear markers were placed on the prominent structures of foramen magnum and every cervical vertebrae. Then, the 3D orthogonal spatial coordinates were defined with these anatomical markers to represent the orientation and position of every vertebra. Segmental relative motions were calculated using Cardan angles in the 3D spatial coordinates. Finally, the differences between the two groups were analyzed with statistical software SPSS. Results The cervical spine exhibited complicated 3D movements, which could be adequately described using the three-dimensional CT reconstruction method. Reliability analysis of the 3D CT reconstruction method showed inter-rater ICC of 0.90-0.99 and intra-rater ICC of 0.91-0.98, suggesting very good consistency. Besides, the rotation at the upper cervical spine (Oc-C2) took up at least 60％ of the total cervical rotation. The coupled lateral bending movement of the upper cervical spine was opposite to the major motion, while the movement of the lower cervical spine followed the same direction as that of the major motion. Oc to C5 segments were all coupled with the back-extension movement. The relative translations of all adjacent segments in each direction were minimal. CS patients showed a significant decrease in the movement of the C4-C5 segment compared with healthy volunteers. Conclusion The motion of the cervical spine was complicated and three-dimensional. The CT reconstruction method employed here was good at describing such movement. The 3D CT reconstruction method exhibited high reproducibility when measuring cervical spine movement. CS patients and healthy volunteers showed significant differences in the movement of some segments.
Blended Learning in English Teaching and Learning: A Review of the Current Literature
Authors: Albiladi Waheeb S. , Alshareef Khlood K.
Published: February 2019

This paper provides a review of the research related to the use of blended learning in English as a second/foreign language context. Blended learning is a relatively new field that combines traditional teaching approaches with distance and online learning. The use of blended learning has been emphasized by the recent research that examines the academic and social benefits of this teaching approach. Because it combines traditional and online teaching modes, the promise of blended learning rests on the strengths of both teaching approaches. The present review of the literature revealed that blended learning can be used effectively to develop language skills, enhance the English learning environment, and promote students’ motivation toward learning the language. There is a dearth of literature that examines the challenges that face language teachers when using blended learning. Hence, more research has to be done to identify and deal with these challenges.
Critical Analysis and Evaluation of the UAE Twelfth Grade Students’ Language Instructional Material Based on the Set Goals and Objectives
Authors: Badr Haytham M.
Published: February 2019

Textbook is in the heart of any language teaching and learning program as it relieves some pressure placed on teachers’ shoulders, provides students with a sense of progress and cohesion as well as providing education systems with the main structure by which they work and function. Therefore, great attention is paid to this critical area of research by syllabi developers and designers in addition to educationalists, scholars and researchers as a way to improve second language teaching and learning. One of main areas that concerns with the development of textbooks is to evaluate such textbooks to meet students’ needs in accordance with the intended goals and objectives. The current research focuses on evaluating the UAE twelfth grade students’ language textbook to check its compatibility, in terms of layout, topic and design, with the goals and objectives as set by the UAE educational process’s decision makers. Some recommendations for the effective use of the current instructional material as well as some suggestions for future research are provided.
A Recollection of Chinese Bible Translation throughout History—A Sociological Study on Translation
Authors: Zhang Xizhi
Published: February 2019

Under the guidance of Pierre Bourdieu’s reflective sociology theory with the three key concepts, ‘field’, ‘habitus’ and ‘capital’, the author engages in a sociological study of Chinese Bible translation over the past one thousand years by dividing the historical course of Chinese Bible translation into five stages: namely, germination, initiation, prosperity, transition and development, thus outlining the history of Chinese Bible translation.
Integrated Curriculum for a Saudi University EAP Class
Authors: Al-wossabi Sami
Published: February 2019

In the present paper an integrated curriculum project is developed specifically for Saudi EFL students enrolled in in an EAP course with the goal of pursuing their higher studies of English major at an American university. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive description of the proposed integrated curriculum with an aim for enabling the targeted Saudi students get a true picture of English as a unified whole rather than segregated skills. Being exposed to authentic language, Saudi students are challenged to act, think and react naturally in the language while developing self-awareness on how to meaningfully and purposefully interact with others. The proposed curriculum is, therefore, designed to teach the four skills in a coherent way and to be practiced together with no clear preference of one skill upon the other. Further, the instructor of the course is involved in the process of collecting necessary information via surveys, questionnaires and interviews, stating goals and objectives and selecting appropriate authentic materials.
Problems in and Solutions to Oral English Teaching in Rural Middle School—A Case Study in ZhaoCheng Middle School
Authors: Yu Yayan
Published: February 2019

As a key skill for language learners, oral communication ability is one of the most important factors to measure one person’s overall quality. Being a widely used language, English has become an important communicative medium between countries. However, the purpose of learning English is to communicate. One can really master the language only by putting it into flexible use. However, English teaching in our country has been the problem of “dumb English” for a long time, especially oral English teaching in rural middle school. Due to the various constraints, oral English teaching still takes the traditional teaching methods. Students have no necessary English environment to exercise English. This kind of “dumb English” makes students lack language communicative ability. So it is urgent to improve the oral English teaching in rural school. In this paper, the investigation and questionnaire survey were aimed at investigating students’ oral English in the Middle School of Zhaocheng Town in Linfen, Shanxi Province, in order to find out the insufficiency of spoken language and give the recommendations, so as to improve the interest of speaking English for rural students and cultivate their communicative competence in spoken English. Finally, it can promote the students’ overall quality and overall performance for our society.
The Representation of The Tri Hita Karana Ecosophy in The Awig-awig (Customary Law) Text of Tenganan Pegringsingan Village: Critical Ecolinguistics Perspective
Authors: Astawa I Gede , Budiarsa Made , Simpen I Wayan
Published: February 2019

The awig-awig (Customary Law) of Tenganan Pegringsingan Village has existed since 11th century before the Tri Hita Karana ecosophy was initiated in Bali; however, this awig-awig was able to preserve the environment, in terms of natural environment (palemahan), social environment (pawongan), and spiritual environment (parhyangan). The present study aims at investigating evaluations and assessment of the THK ecosophy employed in the awig-awig text of Tenganan Pegringsingan village. The research aspires to reveal the value of relationship of human with the natural, social, and spiritual environments. The data of the research were taken from the written text of the awig-awig. The collected data were analysed using critical ecolinguistics approach, referring to evaluation theory proposed by Stibbe (2015) and appraisal Theory by Martin and White (2005). The results showed that the awig-awig text reveals positive, ambivalent, and negative evaluations. The positive evaluations are in a line with the THK ecosophy; the ambivalent evaluation contradicts between positive and negative evaluations; whereas, the negative one contradicts to the ecosophy.
Invisible Locative Media: Key Considerations at the Nexus of Place and Digital Journalism
Authors: Erdal Ivar John , Vaage Øie Kjetil , Oppegaard Brett , Westlund Oscar
Published: February 2019

Mobility and location-awareness are pervasive and foundational elements of contemporary communication systems, and a descriptive term to synthesize them, “locative media”, has gained widespread use throughout mobile media and communication research. That label of “locative media”, though, usually gets defined ad hoc and used in many different ways to express a variety of related ideas. Locative features of digital media increasingly have changed from visible location-driven aspects of user interfaces, such as check-in features and location badges, toward more inconspicuous ways of relating to location through automated backend processes. In turn, locative features—whether in journalism or other formats and content types—are now increasingly algorithmic and hidden “under the hood”, so to speak. Part of the problem with existing classifications or typologies in this field is that they do not take into account this practical shift and the rapid development of locative media in many new directions, intertwining ubiquitous digital integration with heterogeneous content distinctions and divergences. Existing definitions and typologies tend to be based on dated practices of use and initial versions of applications that have changed significantly since inception. To illustrate, this article identifies three emerging areas within digital journalism and mobile media practice that call for further research into the locative dimensions of journalism: the situational turn in news consumption research, platform-specific vis-a-vis platform-agnostic mobile news production, and personalised news.
Optimizing Content with A/B Headline Testing: Changing Newsroom Practices
Authors: Hagar Nick , Diakopoulos Nicholas
Published: February 2019

Audience analytics are an increasingly essential part of the modern newsroom as publishers seek to maximize the reach and commercial potential of their content. On top of a wealth of audience data collected, algorithmic approaches can then be applied with an eye towards predicting and optimizing the performance of content based on historical patterns. This work focuses specifically on content optimization practices surrounding the use of A/B headline testing in newsrooms. Using such approaches, digital newsrooms might audience-test as many as a dozen headlines per article, collecting data that allows an optimization algorithm to converge on the headline that is best with respect to some metric, such as the click-through rate. This article presents the results of an interview study which illuminate the ways in which A/B testing algorithms are changing workflow and headline writing practices, as well as the social dynamics shaping this process and its implementation within US newsrooms.
Adaptive Allocation Designs for Normal and Binary Treatment Responses
Authors: Shome Madhumita , Bhattacharya Rahul
Published: February 2019

A class of adaptive designs is formulated in two stages for clinical trials to favour the better performing treatment for further allocation in an efficient way. The first stage of the allocation consists in randomizing subjects to each treatment arm with equal probability and performing a test of equality of treatment effects. The resulting p value and the available estimate of a treatment difference measure is used to assign the incoming second stage subjects. Considering binary and normal responses, several exact and asymptotic properties of the proposed allocation are thoroughly examined and compared with the existing allocation designs.
Morphological features of the corneal endothelium in patients with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma
Authors: Beletskaya Inessa S. , Astakhov Sergey Yu. , Tkachenko Natalya V.
Published: February 2019

Purpose. To study the main morphological features of the corneal endothelium in patients with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PEG).

Methods. We included 193 subjects aged from 55 to 75 years. The main study group (PEG) included 96 patients (192 eyes), the primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) group included 36 patients (72 eyes) with POAG, the PEX group included 31 patients (62 eyes) with pseudoexfoliation syndrome without glaucoma. The control group consisted of 30 healthy subjects (60 eyes). Main corneal endothelium parameters were evaluated using a non-contact endothelial microscope EM-935 (Haag Streit, Switzerland). Data were analyzed by STATISTICA 9 software for Windows.

Results. The patients with PEG had lower endothelial cell density (ECD) in comparison to the control group (p 0.01), and PEX group (p 0.05). The polymegatism level in patients with PEG and POAG was higher than in the control group (p 0.001, and p 0.01, correspondingly). In patients with moderate and advanced PEG, the ECD was significantly lower (p 0.01), and the polymegatism level was significantly higher (p 0.01) than the same parameters in patients with early PEG. The lowest ECD and the highest polymegatism percentage were observed in PEG patients with more pronounced PEX manifestations, p 0.05. No effect of IOP-lowering eye drops on the corneal endothelium parameters was revealed, p 0.05.

Conclusions. Significant morphological changes of the corneal endothelium (decreased endothelial cell density, increased polymegatism percentage) were revealed in patients with PEG. It was established that the severity of these changes is associated with the PEG and PEX severity. No effect of IOP-lowering eye drops on the corneal endothelium parameters was detected.