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Saxon Identities, AD 150–900
Authors: Flierman Robert
Published: July 2017

Book abstract: This study is the first up-to-date comprehensive analysis of the construction of Continental Saxon identity in late antique and early medieval writing. It traces this process over the course of eight centuries, from its earliest roots in Roman ethnography to its reinvention in the monasteries of ninth-century Saxony. Building on recent scholarship, this study emphasises not just the constructed and open-ended nature of barbarian identity, but also the crucial role played by texts as instruments and resources of identity-formation.

Though mentioned as early as AD 150, the Saxons left no written evidence of their own before c. 840. Thus, for the first seven centuries, we can only look at Saxon identity through the eyes of their Roman enemies, Merovingian neighbours and Carolingian conquerors. What we encounter when we attempt this, is not an objective description of a people, but an ongoing literary discourse on what outside authors imagined, wanted or feared the Saxons to be: dangerous pirates, noble savages, bestial pagans or faithful subjects. Significantly, these outside views deeply influenced how ninth-century Saxons eventually came to write about themselves following their conquest and conversion by the Frankish king Charlemagne, relying on Roman and Frankish texts to reinvent themselves as members of a noble and Christian people.
Robert Stewart Design 1946–95
Authors: Arthur Liz
Published: July 2017

Robert Stewart was one of the foremost British designers of the second half of the 20th century. He and Lucienne Day dominated the design field at that time with Libertys and Heals having a pact that Stewart would design exclusively for Libertys while Day designed for Heals. Stewart’s time was divided between teaching at the Glasgow School of Art and producing innovative designs for textiles and ceramics. This book is a celebration of Bob Stewart - his life and achievements - as well as a fascinating snapshot of the British design world in the decades after World War II. This is an important work that will bring to public notice the master who, along with Lucienne Day, dazzled the design world in the 1950s and 1960s.
Thinking Through Craft
Authors: Adamson Glenn
Published: July 2017

Co-published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

This book is a timely and engaging introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to today’s visual arts, when high ‘production values’ are becoming increasingly commonplace. Yet craft’s centrality to contemporary art has received little serious attention from critics and historians.

Dispensing with clichéd arguments that craft is art, Adamson persuasively makes a case for defining craft in a more nuanced fashion. The interesting thing about craft, he argues, is that it is perceived to be ‘inferior’ to art. The book consists of an overview of various aspects of this second-class identity - supplementarity, sensuality, skill, the pastoral, and the amateur. It also provides historical case studies analysing craft’s role in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, design, contemporary art, and the crafts themselves. Thinking Through Craft will be essential reading for anyone interested in craft or the broader visual arts.
Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics
Authors: Tuske Joerg
Published: July 2017

Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics introduces the reader to new perspectives on Indian philosophy based on philological research within the last twenty years.

Concentrating on topics such as perception, inference, skepticism, consciousness, self, mind, and universals, some of the most notable scholars working in classical Indian philosophy today examine core epistemological and metaphysical issues. Philosophical theories and arguments from a comprehensive range of Indian philosophical traditions (including the Nyaya, Mimamsa, Saiva, Vedanta, Samkhya, Jain, Buddhist, materialist and skeptical traditions, as well as some 20th century thought) are covered. The contributors to this volume approach the topics from both a philosophical and a philological perspective. They demonstrate the importance of the subject matter for an understanding of Indian thought in general and they highlight its wider philosophical significance.

By developing an appreciation of classical Indian philosophy in its own terms, set against the background of its unique assumptions and historical and cultural development, Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics is an invaluable guide to the current state of scholarship on Indian philosophy. It is a timely and much-needed reference resource, the first of its kind.
Amateur Craft
Authors: Knott Stephen
Published: July 2017

Amateur Craft provides an illuminating and historically-grounded account of amateur craft in the modern era, from 19th-century Sunday painters and amateur carpenters to present day railway modellers and yarnbombers. Stephen Knott's fascinating study explores the curious and unexpected attributes of things made outside standardised models of mass production, arguing that amateur craft practice is ‘differential’ – a temporary moment of control over work that both departs from and informs our productive engagement with the world.

Knott's discussion of the theoretical aspects of amateur craft practice is substantiated by historical case studies that cluster around the period 1850–1950. Looking back to the emergence of the modern amateur, he makes reference to contemporary art and design practice that harnesses or exploits amateur conditions of making. From Andy Warhol to Simon Starling, such artistic interest elucidates the mercurial qualities of amateur craft.

Invaluable for students and researchers in art and design, contemporary craft, material culture and social history, Amateur Craft counters both the marginalisation and the glorification of amateur craft practice. It is richly illustrated with 55 images, 14 in colour, including 19th century ephemera and works of contemporary art.
World History of Design
Authors: Margolin Victor
Published: July 2017

This is the first volume of the World History of Design, the definitive historical account of global design by pre-eminent design scholar Victor Margolin.

The first volume explores the earliest cave art and human tools, including the key examples of the visual and material culture that were produced in all parts of the world from the first stages of human civilization, the Industrial Revolution and its aftermath, and finally World War I.
World History of Design
Authors: Margolin Victor
Published: July 2017

This is the second volume of the World History of Design, the definitive historical account of global design by pre-eminent design scholar Victor Margolin.

The second volume covers the period between World War I and II, when mass production and mass communication spread to most parts of the world. There are also focused accounts of design in particular places and in particular periods during this period, among these topics are the relations between art and industry in Germany between 1890 and 1914; the avant-gardes in Eastern Europe, 1917-1930; design in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933; and the consultant designers in the United States, 1929-1939.
stripes, grids and checks
Authors: Hann Michael
Published: July 2017

Stripes, Grids and Checks considers the nature of lines and assemblies of lines, including stripes and grids, as well as related phenomena such as checks, tilings and patterns, regular and irregular, repeating and non-repeating. A wide range of examples are drawn from urban and rural environments, at the macro and micro levels, in land- and cityscapes, buildings, and other designed constructions, compositions and objects.

Considered conventionally, checks, periodic tilings and regular patterns owe their compositional arrangements to an order imposed by an underlying grid structure. The intention in this book is to analyse, explain and illustrate the nature of each design type, to identify the structural (or geometric) similarities between each and to show how the manipulation of various underlying grid structures can provide innovative compositional frameworks for artists and designers.

The discussion is richly illustrated with 400 black and white images and an eight page colour section.
Sustainable Graphic Design
Authors: Fine Peter Claver
Published: July 2017

There is little appreciation for what happens to graphic design artifacts after their useful life has ended. Sustainable Graphic Design outlines graphic design’s relationship to production and consumption, demonstrating how designers can contribute solution-oriented responses to consumption, through tools and methodologies applicable to both education and practice.

The book provides an overview of sustainable graphic design, based on global engagement with design’s relationship to consumption, and features highly creative work inspired by complex issues and including studies of a variety of visual artifacts, the larger built environment and the very ordinary products of consumption.

Presenting cutting-edge work in graphic design from practitioners, educators and students from North America, Northern Europe, Australia and the Far East, the book helps students visualize their future roles engaging with the field in response to ecological concerns, social justice and present systems of design by using extensive case studies of student work with step-by step instructions adapted for use by instructors.
This Contentious Storm
Authors: Hamilton Jennifer Mae
Published: July 2017

From providential apocalypticism to climate change, this ground-breaking ecocritical study traces the performance history of the storm scene in King Lear to explore our shifting, fraught and deeply ideological relationship with stormy weather across time.

This Contentious Storm offers a new ecocritical reading of Shakespeare’s classic play, illustrating how the storm has been read as a sign of the providential, cosmological, meteorological, psychological, neurological, emotional, political, sublime, maternal, feminine, heroic and chaotic at different points in history. The big ecocritical history charted here reveals the unstable significance of the weather and mobilises details of the play’s dramatic narrative to figure the weather as a force within self, society and planet.
Design History
Authors: Fallan Kjetil
Published: July 2017

Design History has become a complex and wide-ranging discipline. It now examines artefacts from conception to development, production, mediation, and consumption. Over the last few decades, the discipline has developed a diverse range of theories and methodologies for the analysis of objects. Design History presents the most comprehensive overview and guide to these developments.

The book first traces the development of the discipline, explaining how it draws from Art History, Industrial Design, Cultural History and Material Culture Studies. The core of the book then analyses the seminal methodologies used in Design History today. The final section highlights the key issues concerning knowledge and meaning in Design. Throughout, the aim is to present a concise and accessible introduction to this complex field.

A map to the intellectual landscape of Design History, the book will be an invaluable guide for students and a very useful reference for scholars.
The Visual Dictionary of Illustration
Authors: Wigan Mark
Published: July 2017

The Visual Dictionary of Illustration is a comprehensive guide to the numerous terms associated with, and used within, the field of illustration.

Over 250 terms are explained and contextualised, with concise definitions accompanied by examples taken from traditional and contemporary illustration.

The dictionary covers traditional terms still in current usage as well as modern terminology such as Raster and Punk. It also includes a wide variety of practical terms, such as Collage, Woodcut and Storyboard, as well as movements and styles including Dada, Surrealism, and Romanticism.
Design Thinking
Authors: Cross Nigel
Published: July 2017

Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently mysterious “design ability.”

Focusing on what designers do when they design, Design Thinking is structured around a series of in-depth case studies of outstanding and expert designers, interwoven with overviews and analyses. The range covered reflects the breadth of design, from hardware and software design to architecture and Formula One. The book offers new insights into and understanding of design thinking, based on evidence from observation and investigation of design practice.

Design Thinking is the distillation of the work of one of design’s most influential scholars. Nigel Cross goes to the heart of what it means to think and work as a designer. The book is an ideal guide for anyone who wants to be a designer or to know how good designers work in the field of contemporary design.
digital design
Authors: bruton dean , radford antony
Published: July 2017

Digital Design: A Critical Introduction provides a much-needed new perspective on designing with digital media. Linking ideas from media theory, generative design and creativity with examples from nature, art, architecture, industrial design, websites, animation and games, it addresses some fundamental questions about creative design with digital media.

Featuring original material based on the authors' own research, the book argues that the recognition and understanding of the interplay of the two apparently opposing concepts of rules and contingency supports original thinking, creativity and innovation.

Going beyond existing texts on the subject, Digital Design is an accessible primer whose innovative approach transcends the analysis of individual subfields - such as animation, games and website design - yet offers practical help within all of them.
The Handbook of Design Management
Authors: Buchanan Richard , Boland Richard , Chung Kyung-won
Published: July 2017

The management of design has emerged as central to the operational and strategic options of any successful organization. The Handbook of Design Management presents a state-of-the-art overview of the subject - its methodologies, current debates, history and future.

The Handbook covers the breadth of principles, methods and practices that shape design management across the different design disciplines. These theories and practices extend from the operational to the strategic, from the product to the organization.

Bringing together leading international scholars, the Handbook provides a guide to the latest research in the field. It also documents the shifts that have been taking place both in management and in design which have highlighted the value of design thinking and design education to organizations.

Presenting the first systematic overview of the subject - and offering a wide range of examples, insights and analysis - the Handbook is an invaluable resource for researchers and students in design and management, as well as for design practitioners and professional managers.
Fatigue – an underestimated symptom in psoriatic arthritis
Authors: Krajewska-Włodarczyk Magdalena , Owczarczyk-Saczonek Agnieszka , Placek Waldemar
Published: July 2017

The nature of fatigue is very complex and involves physiological, psychological and social phenomena at the same time, and the mechanisms leading to occurrence and severity of fatigue are still poorly understood. The condition of chronic inflammation associated with psoriatic arthritis can be regarded as a potential factor affecting development of fatigue. Only a few studies so far have focused on the occurrence of fatigue in psoriatic arthritis. The problem of chronic fatigue is underestimated in everyday clinical practice. Identification and analysis of subjective fatigue components in each patient can provide an objective basis for optimal fatigue treatment in daily practice. This review presents a definition of chronic fatigue and describes mechanisms that may be associated with development of fatigue, highlighting the role of chronic inflammation, selected fatigue measurement methods and relations of fatigue occurrence with clinical aspects of psoriatic arthritis.
A synthesis of research needs for improving the understanding of atmospheric mercury cycling
Authors: Zhang Leiming , Lyman Seth , Mao Huiting , Lin Che-Jen , Gay David A. , Wang Shuxiao , Sexauer Gustin Mae , Feng Xinbin , Wania Frank
Published: July 2017

Abstract. This synthesis identifies future research needs in atmospheric mercury science, based on a series of review papers, as well as recent developments in field data collection, modeling analysis, and emission assessments of speciated atmospheric mercury. Research activities are proposed that focus on areas that we consider important. These include refinement of mercury emission estimations, quantification of dry deposition and air–surface exchange, improvement of the treatment of chemical mechanisms in chemical transport models, increase in the accuracy of oxidized mercury measurements, better interpretation of atmospheric mercury chemistry data, and harmonization of network operation. Knowledge gained in these research areas will significantly improve our understanding of atmospheric cycling from local to global scales.
Ground-based remote sensing of O3 by high- and medium-resolution FTIR spectrometers over the Mexico City basin
Authors: Plaza-Medina Eddy F. , Stremme Wolfgang , Bezanilla Alejandro , Grutter Michel , Schneider Matthias , Hase Frank , Blumenstock Thomas
Published: July 2017

Abstract. We present atmospheric ozone (O3) profiles measured over central Mexico between November 2012 and February 2014 from two different ground-based FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) solar absorption experiments. The first instrument offers very high-resolution spectra and contributes to NDACC (Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change). It is located at a mountain observatory about 1700 m above the Mexico City basin. The second instrument has a medium spectral resolution and is located inside Mexico City at a horizontal distance of about 60 km from the mountain observatory. It is documented that the retrieval with the high- and medium-resolution experiments provides O3 variations for four and three independent atmospheric altitude ranges, respectively, and the theoretically estimated errors of these profile data are mostly within 10 %. The good quality of the data is empirically demonstrated above the tropopause by intercomparing the two FTIR O3 data, and for the boundary layer by comparing the Mexico City FTIR O3 data with in situ O3 surface data. Furthermore, we develop a combined boundary layer O3 remote sensing product that uses the retrieval results of both FTIR experiments, and we use theoretical and empirical evaluations to document the improvements that can be achieved by such a combination.
MIPAS IMK/IAA carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) retrieval and first comparison with other instruments
Authors: Eckert Ellen , von Clarmann Thomas , Laeng Alexandra , Stiller Gabriele P. , Funke Bernd , Glatthor Norbert , Grabowski Udo , Kellmann Sylvia , Kiefer Michael , Linden Andrea , Babenhauserheide Arne , Wetzel Gerald , Boone Christopher , Engel Andreas , Harrison Jeremy J. , Sheese Patrick E. , Walker Kaley A. , Bernath Peter F.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. MIPAS thermal limb emission measurements were used to derive vertically resolved profiles of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Level-1b data versions MIPAS/5.02 to MIPAS/5.06 were converted into volume mixing ratio profiles using the level-2 processor developed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK) and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA). Consideration of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) as an interfering species, which is jointly retrieved, and CO2 line mixing is crucial for reliable retrievals. Parts of the CO2 Q-branch region that overlap with the CCl4 signature were omitted, since large residuals were still found even though line mixing was considered in the forward model. However, the omitted spectral region could be narrowed noticeably when line mixing was accounted for. A new CCl4 spectroscopic data set leads to slightly smaller CCl4 volume mixing ratios. In general, latitude–altitude cross sections show the expected CCl4 features with highest values of around 90 pptv at altitudes at and below the tropical tropopause and values decreasing with altitude and latitude due to stratospheric decomposition. Other patterns, such as subsidence in the polar vortex during winter and early spring, are also visible in the distributions. The decline in CCl4 abundance during the MIPAS Envisat measurement period (July 2002 to April 2012) is clearly reflected in the altitude–latitude cross section of trends estimated from the entire retrieved data set.
A New Method for Calculating Number Concentrations of Cloud Condensation Nulcei Based on Measurements of A Three-wavelength Humidified Nephelometer System
Authors: Tao Jiangchuan , Zhao Chunsheng , Kuang Ye , Zhao Gang , Shen Chuanyang , Yu Yingli , Bian Yuxuan , Xu Wanyun
Published: July 2017

Abstract. The number concentration of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) plays a fundamental role in cloud physics. Instrumentations of direct measurements of CCN number concentration (NCCN) based on chamber technology are complex and costly, thus a simple way for measuring NCCN is needed. In this study, a new method for NCCN calculation based on measurements of a three-wavelength humidified nephelometer system is proposed. A three-wavelength humidified nephelometer system can measure aerosol light scattering coefficient (σsp) at three wavelengths and the light scattering enhancement factor (fRH). The Angstrom exponent (Å) inferred from σsp at three wavelengths provides information on mean predominate aerosol size and hygroscopicity parameter (κ) can be calculated from the combination of fRH and Å. Given this, a look-up table that involves σsp, κ and Å is established to predict NCCN. This method is validated with direct measurements of NCCN using a CCN counter on the North China Plain. Results show that relative deviations between calculated NCCN and measured NCCN are within 30 % and confirm the robustness of this method. This method enables simpler NCCN measurements because the humidified nephelometer system is easily operated and stable. Compared with the method of CCN counter, another advantage of this newly proposed method is that it can obtain NCCN at lower supersaturations in the ambient atmosphere.
Mechanisms of dissolved and labile particulate iron supply to shelf waters and phytoplankton blooms off South Georgia, Southern Ocean
Authors: Schlosser Christian , Schmidt Katrin , Aquilina Alfred , Homoky William B. , Castrillejo Maxi , Mills Rachel A. , Patey Matthew D. , Fielding Sophie , Atkinson Angus , Achterberg Eric P.
Published: July 2017

Abstract. The island of South Georgia is situated in the iron (Fe) depleted Antarctic Circumpolar Current of the Southern Ocean. Iron emanating from its shelf system fuels large phytoplankton blooms downstream of the island, but the actual supply mechanisms are unclear. To address this we present the first inventory of Fe, manganese (Mn) and aluminium (Al) in shelf sediments, pore waters and the water column in the vicinity of South Georgia, alongside data on zooplankton-mediated Fe cycling processes. The seafloor sediments were the main particulate Fe source to shelf bottom waters as indicated by Fe / Mn and Fe / Al ratios for shelf sediments and suspended particles in the water column. Less than 1 % of the total particulate Fe pool was leachable surface adsorbed (labile) Fe, and therefore potentially available to organisms. Pore waters formed the primary dissolved Fe (DFe) source to shelf bottom waters supplying 0.1–4 μmol DFe m−2 d−1. However, only 0.41 ± 0.26 μmol DFe m−2 d−1 was transferred to the surface mixed layer by vertical diffusive and advective mixing. Other trace metal sources to surface waters included glacial flour released by melting glaciers and zooplankton excretion processes. On average 6.5 ± 8.2 μmol m−2 d−1 of labile particulate Fe was supplied to the surface mixed layer via krill faecal pellets, with further DFe released by krill at around 1.1 ± 2.2 μmol m−2 d−1. The faecal pellets released by krill constituted of seafloor derived lithogenic material and settled algae debris, in addition to freshly ingested suspended phytoplankton specimen. The phytoplankton Fe requirement in the blooms ca. 1250 km downstream the island of South Georgia was 0.33 ± 0.11 μmol m−2 d−1, with the DFe supply by horizontal/vertical mixing, deep winter mixing and via aeolian dust estimated as ~ 0.12 μmol m−2 d−1. We suggest that additionally required DFe was provided through recycling of biogenically stored Fe following luxury Fe uptake by phytoplankton on the Fe rich shelf. This process would allow Fe to be retained in the surface mixed layer of waters downstream of South Georgia through continuous recycling and biological uptake, and facilitate the large scale blooms.
A global data set of soil hydraulic properties and sub-grid variability of soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity curves
Authors: Montzka Carsten , Herbst Michael , Weihermüller Lutz , Verhoef Anne , Vereecken Harry
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Agroecosystem models, regional and global climate models, and numerical weather prediction models require adequate parameterization of soil hydraulic properties. These properties are fundamental for describing and predicting water and energy exchange processes at the transition zone between solid earth and atmosphere, and regulate evapotranspiration, infiltration and runoff generation. Hydraulic parameters describing the soil water retention (WRC) and hydraulic conductivity (HCC) curves are typically derived from soil texture via pedotransfer functions (PTFs). Resampling of those parameters for specific model grids is typically performed by different aggregation approaches such a spatial averaging and the use of dominant textural properties or soil classes. These aggregation approaches introduce uncertainty, bias and parameter inconsistencies throughout spatial scales due to nonlinear relationships between hydraulic parameters and soil texture. Therefore, we present a method to scale hydraulic parameters to individual model grids and provide a global data set that overcomes the mentioned problems. The approach is based on Miller–Miller scaling in the relaxed form by Warrick, that fits the parameters of the WRC through all sub-grid WRCs to provide an effective parameterization for the grid cell at model resolution; at the same time it preserves the information of sub-grid variability of the water retention curve by deriving local scaling parameters. Based on the Mualem–van Genuchten approach we also derive the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from the water retention functions, thereby assuming that the local parameters are also valid for this function. In addition, via the Warrick scaling parameter λ, information on global sub-grid scaling variance is given that enables modellers to improve dynamical downscaling of (regional) climate models or to perturb hydraulic parameters for model ensemble output generation. The present analysis is based on the ROSETTA PTF of Schaap et al. (2001) applied to the SoilGrids1km data set of Hengl et al. (2014). The example data set is provided at a global resolution of 0.25° at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870605.
The Analytical Objective Hysteresis Model (AnOHM v1.0): methodology to determine bulk storage heat flux coefficients
Authors: Sun Ting , Wang Zhi-Hua , Oechel Walter C. , Grimmond Sue
Published: July 2017

Abstract. The net storage heat flux (ΔQS) is important in the urban surface energy balance (SEB) but its determination remains a significant challenge. The hysteresis pattern of the diurnal relation between the ΔQS and net all-wave radiation (Q∗) has been captured in the Objective Hysteresis Model (OHM) parameterization of ΔQS. Although successfully used in urban areas, the limited availability of coefficients for OHM hampers its application. To facilitate use, and enhance physical interpretations of the OHM coefficients, an analytical solution of the one-dimensional advection–diffusion equation of coupled heat and liquid water transport in conjunction with the SEB is conducted, allowing development of AnOHM (Analytical Objective Hysteresis Model). A sensitivity test of AnOHM to surface properties and hydrometeorological forcing is presented using a stochastic approach (subset simulation). The sensitivity test suggests that the albedo, Bowen ratio and bulk transfer coefficient, solar radiation and wind speed are most critical. AnOHM, driven by local meteorological conditions at five sites with different land use, is shown to simulate the ΔQS flux well (RMSE values of ∼ 30 W m−2). The intra-annual dynamics of OHM coefficients are explored. AnOHM offers significant potential to enhance modelling of the surface energy balance over a wider range of conditions and land covers.
Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall and their effects on hydrological response in urban areas – a review
Authors: Cristiano Elena , ten Veldhuis Marie-Claire , van de Giesen Nick
Published: July 2017

Abstract. In urban areas, hydrological processes are characterized by high variability in space and time, making them sensitive to small-scale temporal and spatial rainfall variability. In the last decades new instruments, techniques, and methods have been developed to capture rainfall and hydrological processes at high resolution. Weather radars have been introduced to estimate high spatial and temporal rainfall variability. At the same time, new models have been proposed to reproduce hydrological response, based on small-scale representation of urban catchment spatial variability. Despite these efforts, interactions between rainfall variability, catchment heterogeneity, and hydrological response remain poorly understood. This paper presents a review of our current understanding of hydrological processes in urban environments as reported in the literature, focusing on their spatial and temporal variability aspects. We review recent findings on the effects of rainfall variability on hydrological response and identify gaps where knowledge needs to be further developed to improve our understanding of and capability to predict urban hydrological response.
Inverse dynamics and trajectory tracking control of a new six degrees of freedom spatial 3-RPRS parallel manipulator
Authors: Mohan Santhakumar , Corves Burkhard
Published: July 2017

Abstract. This paper presents the complete dynamic model of a new six degrees of freedom (DOF) spatial 3-RPRS parallel manipulator. The geometry parameters of the manipulator are optimized for a given constant orientation workspace. Further, a robust task-space trajectory tracking control is also designed for the manipulator along with a nonlinear disturbance observer. To demonstrate the efficacy and show the complete performance of the proposed controller, virtual prototype experiments are executed using one of the multibody dynamics software namely MSC Adams. The computer-based virtual prototype experiment results show that the manipulator tracking performance is satisfactory with the proposed control scheme. In addition, the controller parameter sensitivity and robustness analyses are also accomplished.
Design of advanced airfoil for stall-regulated wind turbines
Authors: Grasso Francesco , Coiro Domenico , Bizzarrini Nadia , Calise Giuseppe
Published: July 2017

Abstract. Nowadays, all the modern megawatt-class wind turbines make use of pitch control to optimise the rotor performance and control the turbine. However, for kilowatt-range machines, stall-regulated solutions are still attractive and largely used for their simplicity and robustness. In the design phase, the aerodynamics plays a crucial role, especially concerning the selection/design of the necessary airfoils. This is because the airfoil performance is supposed to guarantee high wind turbine performance but also the necessary machine control capabilities. In the present work, the design of a new airfoil dedicated to stall machines is discussed. The design strategy makes use of a numerical optimisation scheme, where a gradient-based algorithm is coupled with the RFOIL code and an original Bezier-curves-based parameterisation to describe the airfoil shape. The performances of the new airfoil are compared in free- and fixed-transition conditions. In addition, the performance of the rotor is analysed, comparing the impact of the new geometry with alternative candidates. The results show that the new airfoil offers better performance and control than existing candidates do.
Reflections on Student Persistence
Authors: Tinto Vincent
Published: July 2017

The Feature for this issue—Reflections on Student Persistence—has been prepared by Professor Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University, United States of America (USA) and a long-time friend and supporter of STARS.   Vincent explores the case for motivation to be considered as a significant aspect of the tertiary student psyche by drawing on theoretical frameworks, research and practical experiences related to the issue. He synthesises this extensive, detailed, rich but often somewhat impenetrable data into a trilogy of clear and credible key dimensions of the motivation construct—student self-efficacy, sense of belonging and perceived value of the curriculum. This interpretation of the literature is a personal but informed reflection and is a timely piece which highlights the breadth and profundity of the presentations at this year’s conference in Adelaide, Australia where students in all their diversity are central to our focus on enhancing the student experience.  
In this opening article, Vincent refers directly to the STARS papers selected for this Conference issue of the Journal which also address the importance of student persistence, self-efficacy and building the sense of belonging within their own institutional communities (Fernandes, Ford, Rayner & Pretorius; Kahu, Nelson, & Picton; McFarlane, Spes-Skrbis &Taib; Naylor; Smallhorn).   Echoing his position on social justice and his advocacy for underserved students, Vincent reminds us that educational equity gaps still exist, and he encourages us to see the issue of persistence through the eyes of the students to support their perseverance and completion and thereby help reduce educational disadvantage.
First year student conceptions of success: What really matters?
Authors: Naylor Ryan
Published: July 2017

Success at university is a complex idea, with evidence that what “counts” as success is conceived differently by students and academics. This study contrasts two methodologies (“Likert-type” ordered response and quadratic voting, which does not appear to have been applied to education research previously) to identify which factors are important in university success to first year health science students. Completion (passing subjects and obtaining qualifications) and achievement (getting good grades) were the most important factors in both methodologies, but important differences were found between the two in the relative importance of four factors, particularly in the importance of a sense of belonging and personalisation of study options. Contrasting data from the two methods potentially separates factors students think are vital from those that are important but not essential—a distinction which is concealed using Likert-type instruments alone.
UNIDADE DIDÁTICA DE ENSINO DOS PRIMEIROS SOCORROS PARA ESCOLARES: EFEITOS DO APRENDIZADO
Authors: Costa Charles Wesley Alves , Moura Diego Luz , Costa Francisco Luís de Oliveira , Mélo Roberta De Sousa , Moreira Sérgio Rodrigues
Published: July 2017

Para investigar os efeitos de rendimento do aprendizado e sua retenção, sobre uma unidade didática de ensino do conteúdo primeiros socorros para escolares, 20 estudantes do ensino fundamental, divididos em Grupo Controle (C) e Grupo Primeiros Socorros (PS), participaram do estudo. A unidade didática contemplou o ensino da contenção de hemorragia, queimaduras e parada cardiorrespiratória. Foi adotado um método avaliativo padronizado para os conteúdos na pré-intervenção, 5 e 45 dias pós-intervenção. Ao contrário do grupo C, o grupo PS obteve resultados de aprendizado significativos aos 5 e 45 dias pós-intervenção (p<0,05), diferindo estatisticamente do grupo C (p<0,05).  Conclui-se que a unidade didática de ensino foi efetiva no aprendizado dos primeiros socorros para escolares.
A POLÍTICA PÚBLICA DE FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES NO TRABALHO DOCENTE DO PROFESSOR INICIANTE DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA
Authors: Rocha Leandro Oliveira , Bossle Fabiano , Molina Neto Vicente
Published: July 2017

Este estudo busca compreender a relação entre a política pública de formação de professores vigente e o trabalho docente do professor iniciante de Educação Física. Trata-se de uma etnografia crítica realizada em três escolas, com três professores iniciantes de Educação Física, cujos principais instrumentos utilizados foram: observação participante, diálogos, entrevista e análise documental. Identificamos que a política pública de formação de professores visa melhorar o ensino na Educação Básica e que essa meta não tem sido concretizada, uma vez que as relações estabelecidas com outros professores, direção e entornos da profissão são mais significativas e não têm contribuído para a manutenção da resiliência e rigorosidade metódica.
POR OUTRA EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA ESCOLAR: NATUREZA, CULTURA E EXPERIÊNCIAS NA COSTA DA LAGOA (SC)
Authors: Manfroi Miraíra Noal , Ferreira Jairo Roberto Paim , Marinho Alcyane
Published: July 2017

Resumo Esta pesquisa se desenvolveu em uma escola pública municipal, pertencente a um bairro de Florianópolis (SC), Costa da Lagoa (Costa), no qual o acesso se faz somente por trilhas ou barcos. Parte de uma pesquisa mais ampla, este estudo etnográfico teve como objetivo investigar como ocorrem as aulas de Educação Física na Escola da Costa. Na escola estudada, pela criatividade do professor e a adesão das crianças, o próprio cenário da comunidade e da escola tornam-se espaços desafiadores para novas aprendizagens. O professor de Educação Física, ao planejar as aulas, envolve os recursos ofertados pela própria comunidade e pela natureza, ampliando a concepção de Educação Física escolar e de cultura corporal.
BIOPOLÍTICA E REJUVENESCIMENTO: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA SOBRE OS DISCURSOS CIENTÍFICOS NA EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA
Authors: Teixeira Fábio Luís Santos , Decussatti Dênis Oliveira , Silva Rita de Cássia Paulino , Caminha Iraquitan Oliveira
Published: July 2017

Constata-se recentemente que a Educação Física tem se articulado com os discursos biopolíticos de rejuvenescimento desempenhando efeitos de poder na medida em que ela nos oferece a possibilidade de construir um corpo resistente ao envelhecimento. Os discursos científicos da Educação Física parecem corroborar para estabelecimento de vínculos entre saberes e práticas de poder sobre o rejuvenescimento. Dessa maneira, a seguinte revisão sistemática tem como objetivos analisar o processo de constituição da Educação Física como discurso e prática de poder sobre o rejuvenescimento, identificando as narrativas sobre o rejuvenescimento corporal nas revistas científicas, e verificando como estas narrativas se articulam aos saberes da Educação Física.
PREVALÊNCIA DE DOR NAS COSTAS E FATORES ASSOCIADOS EM ESCOLARES DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL E MÉDIO DE UMA ESCOLA ESTADUAL DE GRAVATAÍ/RS
Authors: Bitello Nunes Silvia Elizandra , Furlanetto Tássia Silveira , Da Rosa Bruna Nichele , Noll Matias , Candotti Cláudia Tarragô
Published: July 2017

Objetivo: Verificar a prevalência de dor nas costas em escolares do Ensino Fundamental e Médio da cidade de Gravataí, Brasil, bem como verificar se a dor está associada com fatores demográficos (idade e sexo), comportamentais (hábitos de vida diários) e hereditários (ocorrência de dor nas costas nos pais). Metodologia: 321 escolares de 10 a 17 anos responderam o questionário BackPEI. Resultados: A partir de análise multivariável, a dor nas costas está associada (p<0,05) com: idade, com maior prevalência aos 16, 17 e 18 anos; postura inadequada ao sentar; e dor nas costas nos pais. Conclusão: A prevalência de dor nas costas dos escolares foi de 54,6%, o que sugere a necessidade de ações destinadas à prevenção e promoção, através de programas de educação em saúde para os escolares.
ANÁLISE DA RELAÇÃO ENTRE COORDENAÇÃO MOTORA, APTIDÃO FÍSICA E DESEMPENHO ACADÊMICO EM CRIANÇAS: IMPLICAÇÕES PARA A EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA NA ESCOLA
Authors: Chagas Daniel Das Virgens , Gama Dirceu , Leporace Gustavo , Carvalho Joyce Ferreira , Batista Luiz Alberto
Published: July 2017

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar o inter-relacionamento entre coordenação motora, aptidão física e desempenho acadêmico. Cento e dezenove escolares foram recrutados. Os níveis de coordenação, aptidão física e desempenho acadêmico foram estimados utilizando-se, respectivamente, os testes KTK, sit-up e exames governamentais. Os resultados indicaram que os níveis de força/resistência muscular podem influenciar as associações entre coordenação e desempenho acadêmico, assim como os níveis de coordenação podem influenciar as associações entre força/resistência e desempenho acadêmico. As tendências de associações positivas entre as variáveis analisadas sugerem que a prática de atividades físicas nas escolas não deve ser preterida em detrimento do alcance de metas no desempenho escolar.
A PERCEPÇÃO DOS DOCENTES DO CURSO DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA EM RELAÇÃO ÀS CONTRIBUIÇÕES DO PIBID NA FORMAÇÃO DOS ACADÊMICOS BOLSISTAS DO SUBPROJETO EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA
Authors: Dieder Janaina Andretta , Kerber Luís Eurico , Ternus Katia
Published: July 2017

O estudo busca investigar a percepção dos professores do curso de Licenciatura em Educação Física da Universidade Feevale em relação ao desenvolvimento acadêmico dos bolsistas do subprojeto PIBID Educação Física, inseridos no programa de 2012 a 2014. Adota o delineamento de um estudo qualitativo descritivo. Os instrumentos empregados para a coleta de dados foram entrevista semi-estruturada e diário de campo, contando com a participação de seis docentes. Ficou evidente a relevância do programa no meio acadêmico, no qual incentiva a docência e possibilita uma formação diferenciada para os bolsistas através da articulação entre teoria e prática, impactando no gosto ou não pela docência, bem como na mudança de comportamento de acadêmicos após o ingresso no programa.
Higher Education in Latin America: Trends and Explanations
Authors: Székely Miguel
Published: July 2017

This paper documents the recent trends in access and completion of higher education (HE) in 18 Latin American countries, and explores the relation with a series of context variables in order to verify different hypothesis about the changes observed. We find that access to HE among individuals in the working age population has risen in the region, while completion rates have fallen. Our cohort-level analysis shows that the recent expansion in HE enrollment has been mostly associated with the increase in Upper Secondary completion rates as opposed to an increase in the fraction of USE graduates who enroll in HE. Other factors associated with this expansion include economic growth and favorable labor market conditions. Nonetheless, the dominant role of “the pipeline” underscores the need to continue increasing USE completion in order to expand HE access. Since “the pipeline” effect will at some point exhaust its role driving HE expansion, our findings also underscore the need for policies that raise the enrollment of USE graduates.
Reflection of Teacher Cognition in EFL Vocabulary Instructional Practices in Indonesia
Authors: Hermagustiana Istanti , Hamra Arifuddin , Rahman Andi Qashas , Salija Kisman
Published: July 2017

Teachers are highly influenced by their cognitions related to their ideas, to their views of the world, and to their values and conceptions of their environment. The study of teachers’ cognitions forms a part of the process of understanding how teachers conceptualize their work (Hassankiadeh, 2012). Therefore, this study attempted to investigate the cognitions the Indonesian EFL teachers hold about vocabulary instruction along with analyzing reflected cognitions in their teaching practices in classroom context. This qualitative study used semi-structured interview and direct classroom observation to obtain the data from four Indonesian EFL teachers of senior high school. It was revealed that the teachers have well-developed cognitions about EFL vocabulary instruction. It is shown from their beliefs, understanding, and perceptions about the role of vocabulary, its importance in EFL teaching and learning including what words are taught and how words are taught. Moreover, some aspects of their cognitions about vocabulary teaching emerge to be in congruence with their vocabulary teaching practices although some inconsistencies have been identified as well.
AkzoNobel, PPG en de Ondernemingskamer
Authors: Overkleeft F.G.K.
Published: July 2017

AkzoNobel, PPG en de Ondernemingskamer

De auteur bespreekt bepaalde aspecten van de overnamestrijd tussen AkzoNobel en PPG en de daarmee verband houdende beschikking van de Ondernemingskamer van 29 mei 2017. De auteur besteedt daarbij met name aandacht aan de gedragsnormen voor de vennootschapsleiding van een doelvennootschap die in deze beschikking besloten liggen.
Commentaar bij HR 17 februari 2017, ECLI:NL:HR:2017:275 (X/Le Roux Fruit Exporters (Pty) Ltd)
Authors: Arons T.M.C.
Published: July 2017

Commentaar bij HR 17 februari 2017, ECLI:NL:HR:2017:275 (X/Le Roux Fruit Exporters (Pty) Ltd)

De (hoofdelijke) aansprakelijkheid van de tweedegraadsbestuurder uit onrechtmatige daad jegens vennootschapscrediteuren van de kleindochter staat in deze bijdrage centraal. Meer in het bijzonder de vraag of de aansprakelijkheid ex artikel 2:11 BW van de tweedegraadsbestuurder een vorm van risicoaansprakelijkheid in het leven roept voor het gedrag van de medetweedegraadsbestuurder die een onrechtmatige daad pleegt jegens vennootschapscrediteuren van de kleindochter.
Developing and testing Kanjingo: A mobile app for post-editing
Authors: Moorkens Joss , O'Brien Sharon , Vreeke Joris
Published: July 2017

This paper describes the development of the mobile post-editing application Kanjingo, and the developers’ intentions for the tool. There have, to date, been two rounds of usability testing of Kanjingo, with good responses from participants. Despite this, it remains difficult to make a commercial case for mobile post-editing.
What we know and what we would like to know about post-editing
Authors: Guerberof Arenas Ana , Depraetere Heidi , O’Brien Sharon
Published: July 2017

This article presents the view of three professionals and researchers in the translation field about the post-editing task with a view to examining what it is known about this relatively new task both in the localization industry and in the academic arena, as well as highlighting what should be investigated further in order to shed light on different aspects of post-editing and the use of machine translation.