bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Dynamic bandwidth allocation scheme for network-slicing-based TDM-PON toward the beyond-5G era
Authors: Uzawa Hiroyuki , Honda Kazuaki , Nakamura Hirotaka , Hirano Yukio , Nakura Ken-ichi , Kozaki Seiji , Terada Jun
Published: November 2019

In the coming 5G mobile communications era, a huge number of wireless access points will be densely deployed for networks such as mobile fronthaul and Internet-of-Things networks. A network-slicing-based time-division-multiplexing passive optical network (TDM-PON) is one solution for cost-effectively accommodating these access points. It enables us to converge these multiple networks that have different requirements by virtually isolating each sub-network on a single TDM-PON. To achieve this TDM-PON convergence, we propose a dynamic bandwidth allocation scheme that performs uplink bandwidth allocations in a different manner at every sub-network in order to simultaneously satisfy each sub-network requirement. Experiments show that the scheme can simultaneously provide low-latency transmission, bandwidth guarantee, and an auto-discovery process.
CARACTERIZANDO A LA CIUDAD HISPANORROMANA DE ÉPOCA ANTONINA
Authors: Vega Diego Romero
Published: November 2019

En este trabajo ofrecemos una revisión sintética de los rasgos imperantes en las murallas, calles y redes de saneamiento de las ciudades hispanas de época antonina, análisis que forma parte de una aproximación global al proceso de evolución y transformación de estos núcleos urbanos en el citado marco temporal.
Tectono-stratigraphic correlations between Northern Evvoia, Skopelos and Alonnisos, and the postulated collision of the Pelagonian carbonate platform with the Paikon forearc basin (Pelagonian-Vardar zones, Internal Hellenides)
Authors: Scherreiks Rudolph , Boudagher-Fadel Marcelle
Published: November 2019

The Pelagonian stratigraphy of the study area consists of a Permo-Triassic basement and an Upper Triassic and Jurassic carbonate platform formation that had been overthrust by the Eohellenic ophiolite sheet during the Early Cretaceous. Intensive erosion, during the Cretaceous, removed most of the ophiolite and partly the Jurassic formation. It is hypothesised that uplift and erosion of eastern Pelagonia had been triggered by the break-off of the subducted oceanic leading edge of the Pelagonian plate.

An investigation of the rocks that succeed the erosional unconformity shows that they constitute a shear-zone-formation which is tectonically overlain by Cretaceous platform carbonates that characterise the Palouki series of Skopelos and Alonnisos. Geochemical analyses of the shear-zone rocks substantiate that they are of mid ocean ridge and island arc provenience.

Eastern Pelagonia collided with a Cretaceous carbonate platform, probably the Paikon-Paeonian forearc basin, as the Almopias ocean subducted beneath that island-arc-complex. The Cretaceous platform, together with a substrate of sheared-off ocean floor mélange, overthrust eastern Pelagonia as subduction continued, and the substrate was dynamically metamorphosed to cataclastic rocks, mylonite, phyllonite and interpreted pseudotachylite. This complex of Cretaceous platform rocks and a brittle-ductile shear-zone-substrate constitute the here named
Paikon-Palouki nappe which was emplaced during Early Palaeocene. The
Paikon-Palouki nappe did not reach Evvoia.

Seismic tomographic models of the Aegean region apparently depict images of two broken-off ocean-plate-slabs, interpreted as Almopias-lithosphere-slabs: the western Almopias slab began to sink during the Early Cretaceous, the eastern Almopias slab broke off and sank after the Paikon-Palouki nappe was emplaced in Early Palaeocene time.
Cesare Pavese en Los diarios de Emilio Renzi de Ricardo Piglia
Authors: Cattoni Silvia
Published: November 2019

Ricardo Piglia fue, al igual que Cesare Pavese, un diarista. Con el nombre de Emilio Renzi el escritor argentino comenzó, a fines de 1957, el registro de su vida en «la serie de cuadernos negros». En 2015, con la conciencia literaria de la vida vivida, reorganizó y completó el material original en un proyecto que lleva por nombre Los diarios de Emilio Renzi. En el origen del diario de Piglia se reconoce, por su carácter modélico e iniciático, el de Cesare Pavese, Il mestiere di vivere. Diario 1935–1950 (1952). Hijo y nieto de italianos, Renzi se identifica en su diario como un escritor ítalo- argentino que reconoce a Cesare Pavese como su escritor de culto. Ejemplo acabado de literatura como principio ordenador de la experiencia, el diario de Pavese fue, para Piglia, lectura reiterada y atenta, a partir de la cual pudo dar forma a la voz de Emilio Renzi. A partir del diálogo que ambos textos entablan, esta indagación propone poner en evidencia cómo la literatura y la vida alcanzan, en la escritura diarística de los autores, su grado máximo de fusión.
Entre el «Hudson» y el «Potomac»: el exilio antifranquista y la política proestadounidense del Gobierno vasco en el exilio (1936-1979)
Authors: Mota Zurdo David
Published: November 2019

En este artículo se analiza la política (para)diplomática del Gobierno vasco en el exilio en Estados Unidos entre 1936 y 1979 y sus relaciones con el exilio antifranquista en la búsqueda de un objetivo común: la recuperación de la democracia en España. En sus relaciones con Estados Unidos, el Gobierno vasco buscó el apoyo del exilio antifranquista. Para ello, el think tank vasco impulsó la estrategia atlantista, que se centró en utilizar como arma negociadora el mantenimiento de la unidad de la oposición democrática al régimen ante los diplomáticos estadounidenses. Así, se analiza la elaboración y despliegue de esta estrategia a lo largo de diferentes fases, prestando especial atención a las sinergias y reparos existentes hacia esta política. Por último, se estudia su evolución atendiendo tanto a los diferentes agentes e instrumentos del Gobierno vasco como a las relaciones y conversaciones políticas que estos mantuvieron con el resto de las organizaciones de la oposición democrática al régimen.
Analisis Energi Panas Pada Alat Pengeringan Gabah Tipe Swirling Fluidized Bed
Authors: Putra Satya Andika , Novrinaldi Novrinaldi
Published: November 2019

Gabah merupakan produk hasil pertanian berupa biji-bijian yang proses pengeringannya mayoritas masih menggunakan cara tradisional yaitu dengan menghamparkan langsung dibawah sinar matahari. Pengeringan seperti ini tidak sesuai ketika musim hujan karena proses pengeringan gabah tidak berlangsung dengan baik sehingga kualitas gabah menurun. Solusinya adalah dengan menggunakan pengering. Salah satu tipe pengering yang dapat digunakan untuk gabah adalah pengering tipe swirling fluidized bed (SFB). Alat pengeringan gabah tipe SFB terdiri dari ruang pengeringan dan ruang plenum dengan diameter 400 mm, selubung tengah pada ruang pengeringan berbentuk kerucut dengan diameter 300 mm, selubung tengah ruang plenum berbentuk silinder diameter 300 mm, distributor terletak diantara ruang pengeringan dan plenum yang terdiri dari 100 sudu dengan kemiringan 45°, dan dua saluran masuk udara berbentuk silinder yang masing-masing dilengkapi dengan pemanas dan blower dengan laju udara suplai 12 m3 /menit. Artikel ini menyajikan analisis energi panas pada alat pengeringan gabah tipe SFB. Analisis dilakukan secara teoretis berdasarkan prinsip-prinsip termodinamika dan perpindahan panas dengan menggunakan beberapa data hasil pengujian. Data diperoleh dari mengeringkan 300 gram gabah jenis Ciherang selama 60 menit. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa energi yang dibutuhkan untuk mengeringkan gabah dari kadar air 26,8 % menjadi 13,78 % adalah sebesar 121.756,04 J. Laju perpindahan panas dari udara pengering ke gabah sebesar 780,28 W. Sedangkan energi panas yang harus disuplai oleh pemanas adalah sebesar 3943,86 W
Klasifikasi Berbasis Objek untuk Pemetaan Penggunaan Lahan menggunakan Citra SPOT 5 di Kecamatan Ngaglik
Authors: Bashit Nurhadi , Prasetyo Yudo , Suprayogi Andri
Published: November 2019

Pesatnya pertumbuhan penduduk berdampak pada peningkatan pembangunan di setiap wilayah. Hal ini menyebabkan semakin terbatasnya keberaadaan lahan pada suatu wilayah sehingga mendasari perubahan penggunaan lahan. Pembangunan harus mengikuti pada peraturan yang telah dibuat agar tidak menimbulkan masalah seperti terbentuknya lahan kritis. Oleh karena itu, pemantauan penggunaan lahan pada suatu wilayah perlu dilakukan agar pembangunan tidak menimbulkan permasalahan. Artikel ini memuat pemanfaatan metode pengindraan jauh untuk pemantauan penggunaan lahan di Kecamatan Ngaglik, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta. Metode pengindraan jauh memanfaatkan data citra satelit yang akan dilakukan proses klasifikasi penggunaan lahan. Penelitian ini menggunakan data citra resolusi tinggi SPOT 5 dengan memanfaatkan metode klasifikasi berbasis objek. Klasifikasi dilakukan beberapa tahapan seperti segmentasi, merge, rule-based classification. Penelitian ini menggunakan parameter skala 70 pada proses segmentasi. Berdasarkan resolusi citra, penelitian ini menghasilkan 16 kelas klasifikasi penggunaan lahan. Pengujian akurasi dilakukan untuk melihat akurasi hasil klasifikasi yang telah dilakukan sehingga penelitian ini menghasilkan ketelitian 80%. Oleh karena itu, klasifikasi berbasis objek pada citra SPOT 5 menghasilkan akurasi yang baik. Hasil klasifikasi memperlihatkan di Kecamatan Ngaglik masih didominasi oleh pertanian lahan basah sebesar 21.892.324,90 m2 dan perumahan tidak teratur sebesar 11.596.465,01 m2. Perumahan penduduk memiliki luas setengah dari luas pertanian disebabkan karena Kecamatan Ngaglik terletak berbatasan langsung dengan Kota Yogyakarta
A cartographic approach to embedded word order in Jordanian Arabic
Authors: Jarrah Marwan
Published: November 2019

This paper investigates marked and unmarked word order patterns in embedded clauses in Jordanian Arabic (JA), motivating a mono-clausal analysis of them. It shows that ‘topic’ in this Arabic dialect is not a unique category, nor susceptible to a single analysis, hence providing support for proposals that argue for topics typology. For instance, topics that express information that is newly introduced, newly changed or newly returned to, i.e. Aboutness Topic, are shown not to be licensed in JA embedded clauses. On the other hand, the study argues that topics that convey familiar information, i.e. Familiar Topic, are more constrained in embedded contexts than previously believed; they are not recursive. Such a state of affairs implies that there are no elements being assigned the same informational/communicative value in the left periphery of JA embedded clauses.
How does ‘bring’ (not) change to ‘give’?
Authors: Gafter Roey J. , Spicer Scott , Ariel Mira
Published: November 2019

This paper investigates a semantic change from ‘bring’ to ‘give’, and the language-specific factors that determine when it may happen. Drawing on a corpus of blogs and an acceptability judgment experiment, we demonstrate an ongoing change in the meaning of the Hebrew verbhevi, usually glossed as ‘bring’: older speakers are more likely to usehevifor unambiguousbringevents, whereas younger speakers are more likely to use it in contexts also compatible withgiveevents, although not in the full range of ‘give’ contexts. We argue that this change is facilitated by the specific discourse profile associated with the verbhevi: (1) frequent uses ofheviin the Goal-theme construction, the Hebrew functional equivalent of the English double object construction, creating a “bridging context” for semantic change (2) frequent uses ofheviin which there is no real-world motion, facilitating the bleaching of the ‘agent motion’ component. We then examine the English verbbring, which is not undergoing a similar change, and demonstrate that it has a different discourse profile (namely, far fewer double object constructions and no-motion uses). Thus, while a ‘bring’>‘give’ change is well-motivated and potentially possible, the factors enabling it to actually happen are determined by the predominant discourse pattern characteristic of the verb.
Russian verbal borrowings in Udmurt
Authors: Arkhangelskiy Timofey
Published: November 2019

In Udmurt, a Uralic language that has experienced long and extensive contact with the dominant Russian language, all four typologically relevant strategies of verbal borrowing are attested: direct and indirect insertion, light verbs, and paradigm insertion. This is unusual both cross-linguistically and for the Uralic family. The paper investigates these strategies and the factors that govern the choice between them. It turns out that, although free variation plays a major role in the distribution of strategies, there are also several important morphological, stylistic and areal factors. By analyzing these factors and the available historical data, I propose a diachronic explanation of the currently observed distribution. The study is mostly based on corpus data collected from contemporary Udmurt-language social media.
White Consciousness and White Prejudice: Two Compounding Forces in Contemporary American Politics
Authors: Jardina Ashley
Published: November 2019

In recent years, American politics has been defined by party polarization driven in part by Americans’ diverging attitudes toward immigration. In this article, I suggest that Donald Trump was able to capitalize on this polarization and on the way in which race is implicated in the issue of immigration. He did so by appealing to the attitudes held by two distinct groups of white Americans – those who possess a sense of animosity toward members of immigrant groups like Muslims and Latinos, and separately, whites who may demonstrate little out-group hostility, but instead have a strong sense of solidarity with their racial group. I show how white hostility toward Latinos and Muslims and white racial consciousness have become two distinct forces in American politics, driving opposition to immigration and bolstering support for Donald Trump above and beyond other presidential candidates, regardless of their party affiliations.
The Political Meaning of Whiteness for Liberals and Conservatives
Authors: Schildkraut Deborah J.
Published: November 2019

This study examines new open-ended and closed-ended survey responses among white liberals and conservatives in the US to assess the role they think their racial group membership plays in how they think about politics. It then uses insights from those responses to develop and test a new measure designed to capture how white identity operates politically. To date, much political science research on white racial identity documents the links between white identity and right-leaning candidate and policy preferences. Much less is known about the role of whiteness on the left. The analysis here shows that even though white liberals talk about anti-racism, privilege, and institutional racism when asked about race and politics and say that they have become more aware of their race in recent years, they generally do not view their own whiteness as a politically salient identity. The results indicate that it is important for scholars to use measures that distinguish between whites who appear “woke” but do not act on their “wokeness” from whites for whom an awareness of privilege motivates them toward an anti-racist agenda.
Lost in the Fog: Immigrants and Refugees, Bureaucrats and Activists
Authors: Skerry Peter
Published: November 2019

At least since Emma Lazarus’s famous sonnet became associated with the Statue of Liberty, Americans have confounded important differences between immigrants and refugees. Cold War politics contributed further to that misapprehension. In recent years the continuing crisis at our southern border has rendered this confusion more evident and problematic. At the same time, a global refugee crisis of genuinely historic proportions has been unfolding. More than ever, it is critical to delineate carefully between the needs of refugees and the preferences of immigrants. Yet now there are strong counter-pressures at work, blurring critical distinctions between these two categories. These are particularly evident in the international political arena, where the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is highly susceptible to pressure from the media, academics, and activists to once again confound the two.
Race, Evangelicals and Immigration
Authors: Wong Janelle S.
Published: November 2019

White evangelicals constitute the core of President Trump’s electoral base. The loyalty of White evangelical Trump supporters to the President is grounded in racial anxieties expressed well before Trump’s 2016 campaign. White evangelicals’ anti-immigration agenda runs deep, and it is as important to understanding the current political moment as their anti-abortion agenda. Perceptions of discrimination against Whites drives the group’s conservative views on immigration. Even as growing numbers of Black, Asian, and Latinx evangelicals exhibit political attitudes and behavior that stand in sharp contrast to their White evangelical counterparts, White evangelicals’ overrepresentation in the electorate relative to dwindling population share creates a pathway to continued political influence.
Language shift and language revival in Crimea
Authors: Bocale Paola
Published: November 2019

This article presents observations and findings from an ongoing research on language revival among Italian new speakers in Crimea. Victim of Stalin’s mass deportations of minorities in the 1940s, the community experienced severe physical, demographic, social and cultural dislocation that led inexorably to language shift towards Russian. Through the use of ethnographic research methods, including participant observations and in-depth, semi-structured interviews, the study explores the participants’ motivations, learning experiences and language use as they are involved in the project of reviving the Italian community.
Language and religion in Central Ukraine
Authors: Zeller Jan Patrick , Taranenko Oleksandr , Hentschel Gerd
Published: November 2019

This article investigates the relationship between linguistic preferences, religiousness and religious denomination in Central Ukraine. On the one hand, the Ukrainian linguistic situation is characterized by the co-existence of Ukrainian, Russian and substandard forms of Ukrainian Russian mixed speech, on the other hand, the Orthodoxy in Ukraine is split into different denominations. In Central Ukraine, most notably the conflict between the Kyїv and the Moscow Patriarchate is relevant. For both linguistic and religious affiliation, a correlation with political preferences has been postulated, and, in a similar vein, a connection between religious denomination and the degree of religiousness on the one hand, and different aspects of linguistic affiliation, i. e. language usage and native language, as well as attitudes toward substandard speech on the other hand. Based on field work from 2014, we show that there is no preference for the Russian language among members of the Moscow Patriarchate in comparison to those of the Kyїv Patriarchate, and only a slightly more pronounced preference towards substandard forms of mixed speech among respondents with lower degrees of religiousness. Overall, the results argue against the existence of a “language conflict” in the Ukrainian population, outside the elites.
A sociolinguistic approach to implicit language attitudes towards historically white English accents among young L1 South African indigenous language speakers
Authors: Álvarez-Mosquera Pedro , Marín-Gutiérrez Alejandro
Published: November 2019

This study investigates the potential role of context-relevant sociolinguistic factors in explaining young L1 indigenous South African language speakers’ IAT (Implicit Association Test) scores towards two varieties largely associated with the white group: Standard South African English and Afrikaans accented English. To this end, a post-IAT sociolinguistic survey on participants’ linguistic background, language exposure and intergroup social distance levels (among other social factors) was used. Separate ANOVAS were performed using the IAT reaction times as a dependent variable and sociolinguistic variables as factors. Notably, the sociolinguistic approach revealed that more positive attitudes towards Afrikaans accented English are correlated with the language range of participants, the dominant languages spoken in their places of origin, and the type of school they have attended.
Reserve Adequacies and the Determinants of Foreign Exchange Reserves – Empirical Analysis through the Vector Error Correction Model: The Case of Lebanon
Authors: Dakhlallah Kassim
Published: November 2019

Investigating the causes and motives for reserves’ accumulation in a highly dollarized small open economy such as that of Lebanon is of extreme importance, especially since fluctuations in foreign reserves have been demonstrated to be a leading cause of economic and financial instability. For an emerging economy such as that of Lebanon, which is subject to internal and external shocks, the accumulation and holding of reserves signal, among other things, credibility and financial strength. Therefore, identifying the factors that determine the level of reserves in the long and short term is crucial for the stability of the entire economy. For an in-depth understanding of those factors, this study employs the vector error correction model (VECM), which helps distinguish between short- and long-term effects. The results indicate that currency substitution has the most significant impact on reserves in the short and long terms, while the trade balance and the real effective exchange rate have substantial effects but only in the long terms. The study also reveals that the reserves held by the central bank fulfil all the reserves’ adequacy criteria and are in alignment with the reserves’ adequacy ratios.
Interactions of aromatase and seladin-1: A neurosteroidogenic and gender perspective
Authors: Kelicen-Ugur Pelin , Cincioğlu-Palabıyık Mehtap , Çelik Hande , Karahan Hande
Published: November 2019

Aromatase and seladin-1 are enzymes that have major roles in estrogen synthesis and are important in both brain physiology and pathology. Aromatase is the key enzyme that catalyzes estrogen biosynthesis from androgen precursors and regulates the brain’s neurosteroidogenic activity. Seladin-1 is the enzyme that catalyzes the last step in the biosynthesis of cholesterol, the precursor of all hormones, from desmosterol. Studies indicated that seladin-1 is a downstream mediator of the neuroprotective activity of estrogen. Recently, we also showed that there is an interaction between aromatase and seladin-1 in the brain. Therefore, the expression of local brain aromatase and seladin-1 is important, as they produce neuroactive steroids in the brain for the protection of neuronal damage. Increasing steroid biosynthesis specifically in the central nervous system (CNS) without affecting peripheral hormone levels may be possible by manipulating brain-specific promoters of steroidogenic enzymes. This review emphasizes that local estrogen, rather than plasma estrogen, may be responsible for estrogens’ protective effects in the brain. Therefore, the roles of aromatase and seladin-1 and their interactions in neurodegenerative events such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), ischemia/reperfusion injury (stroke), and epilepsy are also discussed in this review.
Synthesis and Doping Strategies to Improve the Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Activity of BiVO4 Photoanodes
Authors: Rohloff Martin , Anke Björn , Wiedemann Dennis , Ulpe Anna C. , Kasian Olga , Zhang Siyuan , Scheu Christina , Bredow Thomas , Lerch Martin , Fischer Anna
Published: November 2019

BiVO4 is one of the most investigated and most promising metal oxide based photoanode materials for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. Although it has several advantages (suitable band gap around 2.4 eV, suitable valence-band position for water oxidation, low toxicity, high abundance), it suffers from slow charge-carrier transport properties, high surface recombination, and limited water-oxidation activity. In the present work, we review the synthesis and doping strategies that we developed in the last years to improve the PEC performance of BiVO4 photoanodes. Strategies ranging from single anion doping or cation doping to anion and cation co-doping will be presented for fluoride and molybdenum as anion and cation dopants, respectively. One major result is that co-doping allows combining the most important PEC specific benefits of each type of dopant, i.e. an increased charge-injection efficiency in case of fluoride as well as an increased charge-separation efficiency in case of molybdenum.
Ideologietheorie und Ideologiekritik als Grundlagen einer kritischen Rassismustheorie
Authors: Egger Lukas
Published: November 2019

Der Artikel diskutiert verschiedene Versuche innerhalb der politischen Theorie den marxistischen Ideologiebegriff für eine Analyse von Rassismus fruchtbar zu machen. Dies geschieht durch die Gegenüberstellung von den beiden einflussreichsten Anknüpfungen an das Ideologiekonzept von Karl Marx: der Ideologietheorie im Anschluss an Louis Althusser und der Ideologiekritik im Anschluss an die Kritische Theorie der Frankfurter Schule. Anfangs werden die verschiedenen Ideologiekonzepte im Werk von Karl Marx behandelt, um danach zu zeigen wie diese in ideologietheoretischen und ideologiekritischen Rassismustheorien rezipiert und weiterentwickelt wurden. Danach wird durch eine Gegenüberstellung beider Theorieströmungen verdeutlicht, auf welchen erkenntnis- und gesellschaftstheoretischen Prämissen diese aufbauen und wie es möglich ist, sie trotz aller Differenzen im Detail miteinander zu kombinieren.
Fritz Plasser/Franz Sommer (2018): Wahlen im Schatten der Flüchtlingskrise. Parteien, Wähler und Koalitionen im Umbruch
Authors: Wassermann Heinz P.
Published: November 2019

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Ethics-Relevant Values as Antecedents of Personality Change: Longitudinal Findings from the Life and Time Study
Authors: Thalmayer Amber Gayle , Saucier Gerard , Flournoy John C. , Srivastava Sanjay
Published: November 2019

What leads personality to develop in adulthood? Values, guiding principles that apply across contexts, may capture motivation for growth and change. An essentialist trait perspective posits that personality changes only as a result of organic factors. But evidence suggests that psychosocial factors also influence personality change, especially during young adulthood. In the Life and Time study of sources of personality change in adulthood, we specifically explore ethically-relevant value priorities, those related to the relative prioritization of narrow self-interest over the concerns of a larger community. According to Rollo May (1967), “mature values”, including aspects of both self-transcendence and self-determination, should serve to diminish or prevent neurotic anxiety. This is consistent with research on materialism, which is associated with lower well-being. An index based on May’s proposal and several related constructs (materialism, unmitigated self-interest, collectivism and individualism) are tested longitudinally as possible antecedents of Big Five/Six personality trait change using bivariate LCMSR models in a national community sample (N = 864 at Time 1). Contrary to an essentialist trait perspective, these value priorities more often preceded change in personality traits than vice-versa. Somewhat consistent with May’s theory, higher “mature” values preceded higher openness (statistically significant at the p < .005 level). Higher vertical individualism significantly preceded lower compassion, intellect and openness. At the suggestive (p < .05) level, higher unmitigated self-interest preceded lower conscientiousness, higher vertical individualism preceded higher volatility, higher mature values preceded higher honesty/propriety and politeness, higher horizontal collectivism preceded higher orderliness, agreeableness, and assertiveness and lower intellect, and higher horizontal individualism preceded lower withdrawal. In two of three cases, suggestive personality-as-antecedent-of-values-change effects were reciprocal with the values-effects: higher conscientiousness scores reciprocally preceded lower unmitigated self-interest, and higher volatility higher vertical individualism. No significant or suggestive “stand-alone”, non-reciprocal personality on values effects were found.
MC-LR induced overproduction of progesterone via inhibiting miR-3473g: in vitro and in vivo evidence
Authors: Li Xiaoyan , Zhu Jinling , Tian Jie , Li Dongmei , Han Xiaodong , Wu Jiang
Published: November 2019

Health risk of human exposure to microcystin-leucine arginine (MC-LR) has drawn more and more attention in recent years. In the present study, MC-LR inhibited miR-3473g expression of mouse granulosa cells both in vitro and in vivo. By dual-luciferase reporter assay, we confirmed miR-3473g is able to bind the 3′-UTR of StAR protein (StAR) mRNA and suppress StAR expression. Thus, downregulation of miR-3473g after MC-LR exposure led to StAR overexpression. Excessive StAR probably transported much more cholesterol into the inner membrane of the mitochondria and finally resulted in overproduction of progesterone. Our results revealed that MC-LR exposure was associated with premature luteinization of granulosa cells and may adversely affect women’s fertility.
РУЧНА ОБРОБКА МЕДИЧНИХ ЗОБРАЖЕНЬ ЛІКАРЕМ-ДІАГНОСТОМ У СИСТЕМІ РОЗПІЗНАВАННЯ ТОМОГРАФІЧНИХ І РЕНТГЕНІВСЬКИХ ЗНІМКІВ ДЛЯ ПОШУКУ І ЛОКАЛІЗАЦІЇ ПАТОЛОГІЙ
Authors: Поляченко А. І.
Published: November 2019

У статті запропоновано та побудовано систему розпізнавання томографічних і рентгенівських знімків для пошуку і локалізації патологій. Дана система включає блоки: введення інформації про пацієнта, обробки медичних зображень, для встановлення висновку, для класифікації виявлених патологій, базу даних, підготовки звіту. У запропонованій системі початковим етапом є отримання томографічних чи рентгенівських знімків, які, далі, поступають до блоків введення інформації про пацієнта і обробки медичних зображень. Інформація про пацієнта в результаті введення потрапляє до бази даних разом із томографічними чи рентгенівськими знімками. У пропонуємій системі розпізнавання томографічних і рентгенівських знімків для пошуку і локалізації патологій існує можливість для лікаря-діагноста самому виділяти підозрілу з його точки зору область і надалі обробити тільки цю область або за допомогою існуючих загорткових нейронних мереж виділити області патологій-новоутворень, або вибрати конкретні алгоритми обробки медичних зображень.
On Non-Cooperativeness in Social Distance Games
Authors: Balliu Alkida , Flammini Michele , Melideo Giovanna , Olivetti Dennis
Published: November 2019

We consider Social Distance Games (SDGs), that is cluster formation games in which the utility of each agent only depends on the composition of the cluster she belongs to, proportionally to her harmonic centrality, i.e., to the average inverse distance from the other agents in the cluster. Under a non-cooperative perspective, we adopt Nash stable outcomes, in which no agent can improve her utility by unilaterally changing her coalition, as the target solution concept. Although a Nash equilibrium for a SDG can always be computed in polynomial time, we obtain a negative result concerning the game convergence and we prove that computing a Nash equilibrium that maximizes the social welfare is NP-hard by a polynomial time reduction from the NP-complete Restricted Exact Cover by 3-Sets problem. We then focus on the performance of Nash equilibria and provide matching upper bound and lower bounds on the price of anarchy of Θ(n), where n is the number of nodes of the underlying graph. Moreover, we show that there exists a class of SDGs having a lower bound on the price of stability of 6/5 − ε, for any ε > 0. Finally, we characterize the price of stability 5 of SDGs for graphs with girth 4 and girth at least 5, the girth being the length of the shortest cycle in the graph.
Progressive failure in elastic–viscoplastic media: from theory to practice
Authors: di Prisco Claudio , Flessati Luca
Published: November 2019

In the risk assessment of soil movement, the comprehension of unexpected collapses involving creeping landslides is crucial. The transition from creeping to fast landslides is very hard to justify theoretically and simulate numerically. In this paper, the authors intend to demonstrate that even the integration of a basic elastic strain softening constitutive relationship under simple shear conditions is sufficient to capture such a transition. With this aim, an infinite slope, a homogeneous cemented/bonded soil and an oscillating water table level are considered. The onset of instability is shown to be anticipated by a local increase in strain rate within the shear band, behaving like a precursory signal. The size of the shear band, evolving with time and not depending only on the material grain size distribution, is governed by both the amplitude of the imposed perturbation and the material constitutive parameters.
Sediment deposition and distribution modelling in reservoirs: current trends and prospects
Authors: Das Arnab , Gupta Ashok Kumar , Remesan Renji
Published: November 2019

Global and regional challenges related to river basin water scarcity can effectively be managed through improved reservoir operations and reservoir sedimentation control. It is a well-known fact that increased sedimentation due to various reasons is adversely affecting reservoir capacities and threatening long-term water supplies; these implications are aggravated due to impact stresses such as climate change and other anthropogenic activities. The aim of this study was to gather the important concepts behind popularly applied models and approaches in the field of reservoir sedimentation modelling and assess their strengths and weaknesses. To describe the modelling concepts, different kinds of reservoir sedimentation applications were grouped into five categories: empirical approaches, numerical approaches, conceptual approaches, artificial intelligence approaches and alternative approaches. However, there are a significant number of studies on hydro-ecological models, erosion models and river sediment dynamics models. This article predominantly focuses on reservoir-based literature dealing with sediment deposition and distribution in reservoirs, along with some future perspectives on the need for advanced reservoir sedimentation management and modelling. The article provides practitioners with practical and useful information on the extent of the application of different models and approaches, along with their strengths and weaknesses.
Социальные неравенства в здоровье: посредническая роль материальных лишений и психологических ресурсов
Authors: Русинова Нина Львовна
Published: November 2019

Многочисленные исследования свидетельствуют о социальном структурировании здоровья – оно заметно ухудшается по мере снижения социально-экономического статуса: уровня образования, доходов, профессионального положения. Основные теоретические подходы к объяснению таких неравенств связаны с материалистической, психосоциальной и поведенческой интерпретациями. В настоящем обзоре представлено современное состояние исследований, посвященных проверке этих подходов. Эмпирический анализ позволил установить, что менее удовлетворительное здоровье в нижних общественных слоях связано не только с повышенными поведенческими рисками (распространенностью курения и злоупотребления алкоголем), но и в значительной мере порождается неблагоприятными материальными условиями жизни представителей этих слоев. Психосоциальные объяснения также получили убедительные подтверждения в эмпирических исследованиях, посвященных изучению медиативных эффектов, связанных со стрессовыми воздействиями и психологическими ресурсами личности. В последнее время эти выводы ставятся под сомнение в связи с тем, что при учете совместного посреднического влияния материальных, психосоциальных и поведенческих факторов выраженность отдельных медиаций оказалась менее отчетливой: психосоциальные и поведенческие эффекты проявлялись не так явно, как при раздельном анализе, уступая по силе посредничеству материальных условий. Но и это заключение требует уточнения, учитывая, что медиативные эффекты могут зависеть от общественного макроконтекста. Не исключено, что материальные и психологические посредники окажутся менее выраженными в странах с сильной экономикой и социальными гарантиями, поскольку уязвимые слои могут рассчитывать в них на защиту со стороны государства и сохранять уверенность в собственных силах, с оптимизмом глядя в будущее. В менее развитых странах, не способных обеспечивать на высоком уровне социальные гарантии, посредником структурных неравенств будут служить не только материальная депривация, но и психологические ресурсы, которые люди с низким общественным положением утрачивают из-за тягот жизни.
ВИЧ в транс*популяции: local case study
Authors: Демедецкая Яэль Александровна , Денисов Борис Петрович , Лапицкая Алиса Валерьевна
Published: November 2019

В статье представлены результаты выборочного обследования 224 транс*людей, проведенного в 2017 г. группой Gender Dynamics Research (GDR). Обследование выявило высокую степень поражённости группы. Кроме этого выявлены очень низкий уровень информированности о ВИЧ-инфекции и способах её распространения. Источники знаний о ВИЧ более или менее стандартны. Отношение к факту инфицирования и возможного инфицирования можно охарактеризовать как безразличное или неадекватное, что, по всей вероятности, предопределено жёсткой стигматизацией группы и высоким уровнем испытываемой дискриминации. Отмечено, что государство не справляется с распространением ВИЧ-инфекции.
Традиционализм семейного уклада и возрастные характеристики брачности: о чем говорит пример Карачаево-Черкесии?
Authors: Казенин Константин Игоревич
Published: November 2019

В статье исследуется связь между характеристиками семейного уклада и возрастными параметрами брачности. Исследование проведено для одного из регионов Северного Кавказа – Карачаево-Черкесской Республики (КЧР) и основано на состоявшемся там в 2018 г. опросе женщин репродуктивного возраста. В сопоставительных целях рассматриваются также результаты аналогичного опроса, проведенного в 2019 году в Ингушетии. Показано, что в данном регионе на сегодня достаточно ярко выражены некоторые характеристики традиционного семейного уклада, закрепляющие авторитет старшего поколения у младшего и ограничивающие роль женщины воспитанием детей и домашней работой. С этими атрибутами семейного «традиционализма» в современной демографии связывают определенные особенности брачно-репродуктивного поведения, включая ранний возраст вступления женщины в брак. Анализ результатов опроса, однако, показывает, что такая связь не носит обязательного характера. Основной результат анализа, проведенного с использованием моделей пропорциональных рисков и логистических моделей, состоит в том, что статистически значимая тенденция к более позднему вступлению женщин в брак обнаруживается именно у того этноса КЧР, у которого на сегодня в большей степени сохранены нормы традиционного уклада. Такое усложнение имеющихся представлений о связи семейного «традиционализма» с возрастными характеристиками брачности, как отмечается в статье, имеет важные следствия для анализа демографических трансформаций, происходящих сегодня в различных обществах на фоне ломки традиционного семейного уклада.
Городское население Западной Сибири
Authors: Корнилов Геннадий Егорович
Published: November 2019

В монографии исследованы демографические итоги урабанизационного перехода в Западной Сибири в условиях стабильного социально-экономического и политического развития страны после социальных катастроф и катаклизмов первой половины XX столетия. На обширном материале источников проанализированы развитие больших, средних и малых городских поселений, динамика численности и национального состава горожан, этнодемографических процессов, возрастной структуры. В ходе изучения демографической модернизации Западной Сибири выявлены основные факторы и причины колебаний рождаемости и смертности, особенности эпидемиологического перехода. Большое внимание уделено исследованию миграционного движения населения, в том числе в разных категориях городских поселений, межтерриториальных пространственных перемещений.
Metatranscriptomic screening for genes of interest v1
Authors: Pound Helena , W Wilhelm Steven
Published: November 2019

Find genes of interest in assembled metatranscriptomic library using blast.
Features Design of Organic Rankine Cycle
Authors: Karabarin Denis I. , Mihailenko Sergei A.
Published: November 2019

This article discusses the design features of plants operating on the principle of organic Rankine cycle. Firstly, the choice of organic Rankine cycle as the most effective technology for utilization of low-potential heat by comparison and analysis with other technologies is justified. Secondly, the technique of selection and calculation of the installations working on the principle of an organic Rankine cycle, taking into account features of a choice of a working body, type of the expander, and also a configuration is offered. Third, an example of the calculation of the prototype of such a 4 kW unit operating on the thermal energy of hot water from the boiler, the simulation of which is performed in the program SmoWeb, the results of which it was designed. Fourth, the design for this technology takes
A Harmful Thrips Species on Lemon in The Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey: Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Authors: ATAKAN Ekrem , PEHLİVAN Serkan
Published: November 2019

Some thrips species (Thysanoptera) are known as major pests because of causing the damage, especially to young citrus lemon fruits. Therefore, thrips surveys were carried out in from flowering period until the fruit reached a size of 4-5 cm in diameter in Adana and Mersin provinces, Turkey. In each orchard, 100 fruits were randomly collected and checked individually to determine thrips damage on young fruits. A total of 13 thysanopteran species were determined. Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) was the most common thrips species on different citrus varieties in Adana province, but Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan) dominated thrips fauna in the citrus lemon groves in Mersin province. No thrips damage was recorded in the groves where F. occidentalis was commonly present. Thrips hawaiiensis appeared to be harmful on lemon flowers and fruits. Thrips caused silvery or bronzed stains on flowers and fruits. Thrips damage was observed in the mid-May when the flower density was low i.e. third or fourth weeks following petal fall. The staining rates on fruits due to T. hawaiiensis in the sampled lemon orchards ranged from 20 to 34%.
Household Health and Returns of Arable Crop Farming in Osun State, Nigeria
Authors: GBIGBI Theophilus Miebi
Published: November 2019

The study examined the effect of household health on returns of arable crop farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 240 crop farmers from whom data were obtained from February to April 2019. Data collected were analysed with the aid of descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The hypotheses were tested using paired sampled t-test. The result obtained showed that high proportion of the farmers were males with mean age of 44 years. Majority of the farmers were married and educated with mean household size of 8 persons. The average farming experience of respondent was 16 years with mean farm size of 2.28ha.They have average income of N258, 412.5k. The most common illness was malaria. The result showed that 42.1% of farm income was lost to treatment of illnesses. Majority of the people patronize traditional medication whenever they are sick. The variables that had negative and significant relationship with profitability in the model were age, household size, number of time ill, number of days lost and cost of treatment.  Farm size and farming experience bore positive sign and had significant relationship with arable crop farmer’s profitability at 1% 5% and 10% probability. The result of the t-test result showed that illness affect number of days worked, output, income and expenditure of farmers. It was recommended that more affordable health service providers should be provided to reduce cost.
Anxiety and depression among patients of non-cardiac chest pain and other medically ill patients
Authors: . Maya , Pallavi Puja , Bakhla Ajay Kumar
Published: November 2019

Background: The current study compared severity of anxiety and depression patients of NCCP and other medical conditions in male adults.Methods: Sample consisted of consenting male patients from cardiology OPD with symptom of chest pain, whereas control group consisted of patients without symptoms of chest pain, aged between 18 to 60 years. Exclusion criteria for both groups included unstable or life-threatening medical conditions, psychosis, substance use disorders, or any psychiatric illness. Both experimental and control group were evaluated with history, clinical examinations and indicated investigations. The socio demographic data sheet and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was applied, patients were asked to read all 14 question and place a tick against the reply representing their feelings, the answers were rated with Likert pattern of scoring. The collected data statistically analyzed.Results: A total of 51 patients of experimental group with mean age of 44.82±7.63years and 76 control with mean 46.30±8.45 years were participated for this study. The mean HADS anxiety score for NCCP was 13.29±3.42 and for the group of other patients it was 11.06±3.54 (t value=-3.517, df=125 and p value=0.001). Whereas the mean HADS depression score for NCCP was 12.58±2.76 and for the group of other patients it was 10.90±2.26 (t value=-3.743, df=125 and p value=0.000).Conclusions: NCCP is associated with significantly higher anxiety and depression in comparison to other medically ill patients.
Strategies to Increase Satisfaction to Establish Student Behavior by Creating Reputation, Physical Evidence and Academic Information Systems in Higher Education in Central Java Region
Authors: Fatonah Siti , Putu Diva Awatara I Gusti
Published: November 2019

This study aims to determine the effect of Reputation, Physical Evidence and Academic Information Systems on satisfaction and its impact on student loyalty in shaping student behavior in Private Colleges in Central Java. Sampling in this study using Random sampling technique. The number of samples taken in this study were 125 respondents who were students of Private Colleges in Central Java. The analytical tool used is the research instrument test, linearity test, path analysis and regression with t test, F test and R2 test. The t-test results show that Reputation, Physical Evidence and Academic Information Systems have a positive effect on student satisfaction. And Reputation, and satisfaction have a positive effect on loyalty in shaping student behavior. While the Academic Information System has a negative effect on loyalty in shaping student behavior. Direct and indirect effect results can be concluded that the satisfaction variable as an intervening variable of reputation is ineffective, and more effective reputation directly influences the behavior of students of Central Java Region Private Colleges. The direct and indirect influence can be concluded that the satisfaction variable as the intervening variable of the Academic Information System is effective, because the indirect influence through student satisfaction is greater. Whereas for the most dominant and most effective path to improve student behavior to be loyal to Private Colleges is a reputation / image path to student loyalty directly in shaping student behavior, because it has the highest regression coefficient value. Whereas to increase satisfaction is the most effective through increasing / improving physical evidence.