bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pindare et l’économie numérique
Authors: Bacache-Beauvallet Maya , Delattre Charles
Published: June 2018

Pindar and the Digital Economy.

Recent interpretations of Pindar’s poems have highlighted their inclusion in the world of the elites in the late sixth and early fifth century BC. These interpretations have been favored by Pindar’s own insistence on social exchanges : charis is the ubiquitous word which characterizes them, and which appears also behind the metaphors of “ expenditure” (dapanè) and “ charge” (ponos). Thus Pindar himself encouraged modern interpreters to understand with socio-economic terms the values system that accompanies epinikion and that he broadcasts. But new economic theories can also bring new light to the socio-cultural phenomenon that is Pindar’s epinikion : redefining the concepts of “ good”, “ consumption” and “ market”, they help us to avoid the assimilation of the Pindaric expenditure to degradation, destruction and annihilation. The link made by Pindar between expenditure and glory takes on new meaning, which will not disappoint the advocates of information economy or of digital economy.
Les transactions d’Arès et les dépenses de Zeus dans l’Agamemnon d’Eschyle
Authors: Morin Bernadette
Published: June 2018

Dans l’Agamemnon, la dévoration apparaît à chaque étape de l’histoire des Atrides. Au-delà de consommations présentées comme effectives, le motif traduit les insatisfactions qui habitent l’homme, le détruisent et le mènent à sa perte. Mais comment la richesse acquise dans ces conditions est-elle dépensée ? En réalité l’aspiration sans mesure à la réussite génère des biens matériels qui ne sont pas à proprement parler dépensés. Ce qui n’empêche pas une métaphore de la dépense d’apparaître. Car si la violence du monde tragique ne laisse pas de place à la dépense matérielle, elle en suggère toutefois une métaphore. La vie humaine est en effet assimilée à un capital qui serait géré par les dieux. Cette vision de la vie des hommes suscite deux emplois d’ ἀναλίσκω dans lesquels l’auteur propose de surprendre l’acception émergente ou relativement nouvelle, vers 458 av. J.-C., de dépenser.
Nourriture et politique chez Aristophane
Authors: García Soler María José
Published: June 2018

La comédie d’Aristophane est riche d’images qui montrent la réalité de la vie athénienne, où les thèmes politiques occupent une position privilégiée, en particulier la critique des agissements des démagogues qui exerçaient des fonctions publiques. Pour dénoncer leurs abus et leur corruption, Aristophane se sert fréquemment de métaphores gastronomiques, qui mettent en évidence leur gloutonnerie et leur avidité ainsi que la faiblesse du peuple, qui se laisse tromper aisément pour assurer son quotidien.
Les empires dévoreurs : l’empire perse, l’Athènes du Ve siècle avant J.‑C. et la métaphore alimentaire du pouvoir
Authors: Notario Pacheco Fernando
Published: June 2018

Devouring empires : the Persian Empire, Athens at the fifth century BC and the food metaphor of power.

This paper analyses the metaphorical discourses regarding the relationship between food and political power in the Greek classical culture. These metaphors offer a departure point for the cultural representation of the mechanisms of political domination. In the first place, it studies the metaphors used in the representation of the Persian Empire, and in the second one, those adopted in the depiction of the Athenian hegemony.
Les circuits de la dépense dans le Contre Diogiton de Lysias
Authors: Chiron Pierre
Published: June 2018

The Circuits of Expense in Lysias’ Against Diogeiton.

In this paper, we analyze Lysias’ Against Diogeiton by focusing on the representations of money and its spending at the end of the 5th century BC, at the crossroads of old conceptions of family solidarity and new individualistic, consumerist behavior. Lysias’ shaping of plausible narration of facts teaches us much about what was acceptable or not in matter of legacy and orphan’s supervision. We see at the same time how a woman, as the daughter of a dishonest guardian and the mother of the young victims, gains the right of talking in her own name, even if it is to defend traditional values.
Platon et les faux bourdons (République, VIII, 552c-IX, 573b)
Authors: Peigney Jocelyne
Published: June 2018

The Drones’ Metaphor in Plato’s Republic (VIII 552c-IX 573b).

Reusing the well-known image of the drone, which doesn’t work and lives on what others have produced but is also a pitiful creature, the text of Republic (VIII 552c-IX 573b) shows us a moral and political disease. This composition, foreshadowing the principles developed in the Laws about lending and property, illustrates the ever growing disorder that the desire of wealth provokes in the soul and the city without ruling logos, and it is a protreptical construction as well.
A Molecular Line Survey around Orion at Low Frequencies with the MWA
Authors: Tremblay C. D. , Jones P. A. , Cunningham M. , Hurley-Walker N. , Jordan C. H. , Tingay S. J.
Published: June 2018

The low-frequency sky may reveal some of the secrets yet to be discovered. Until recently, molecules had never been detected within interstellar clouds at frequencies below 700 MHz. Following the pilot survey toward the Galactic center at 103–133 MHz with the Murchison Widefield Array, we surveyed 400 deg2 centered on the Orion KL nebula from 99 to 170 MHz. Orion is a nearby region of active star formation and known to be a chemically rich environment. In this paper, we present tentative detections of nitric oxide and its isotopologues, singularly deuterated formic acid, molecular oxygen, and several unidentified transitions. The three identified molecules are particularly interesting, as laboratory experiments have suggested that these molecules are precursors to the formation of amines.
Understanding the HMI Pseudocontinuum in White-light Solar Flares
Authors: Švanda Michal , Jurčák Jan , Kašparová Jana , Kleint Lucia
Published: June 2018

We analyze observations of the X9.3 solar flare (SOL2017-09-06T11:53) observed by SDO/HMI and Hinode/Solar Optical Telescope. Our aim is to learn about the nature of the HMI pseudocontinuum I
c used as a proxy for the white-light continuum. From model atmospheres retrieved by an inversion code applied to the Stokes profiles observed by the Hinode satellite, we synthesize profiles of the Fe i 617.3 nm line and compare them to HMI observations. Based on a pixel-by-pixel comparison, we show that the value of I
c represents the continuum level well in quiet-Sun regions only. In magnetized regions, it suffers from a simplistic algorithm that is applied to a complex line shape. During this flare, both instruments also registered emission profiles in the flare ribbons. Such emission profiles are poorly represented by the six spectral points of HMI and the MDI-like algorithm does not account for emission profiles in general; thus, the derived pseudocontinuum intensity does not approximate the continuum value properly.
Solar Coronal Jets Extending to High Altitudes Observed during the 2017 August 21 Total Eclipse
Authors: Hanaoka Yoichiro , Hasuo Ryuichi , Hirose Tsukasa , Ikeda Akiko C. , Ishibashi Tsutomu , Manago Norihiro , Masuda Yukio , Morita Sakuhiro , Nakazawa Jun , Ohgoe Osamu , Sakai Yoshiaki , Sasaki Kazuhiro , Takahashi Koichi , Toi Toshiyuki
Published: June 2018

Coronal jets, which extend from the solar surface to beyond 2 R
⊙, were observed in the polar coronal hole regions during the total solar eclipse on 2017 August 21. In a time-series of white-light images of the corona spanning 70 minutes taken with our multi-site observations of this eclipse, six jets were found as narrow structures upwardly ejected with an apparent speed of about 450 km s−1 in polar plumes. On the other hand, extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) images taken with the Atmospheric Image Assembly of the Solar Dynamics Observatory show that all of the eclipse jets were preceded by EUV jets. Conversely, all the EUV jets whose brightnesses are comparable to ordinary soft X-ray jets and that occurred in the polar regions near the eclipse period, were observed as eclipse jets. These results suggest that ordinary polar jets generally reach high altitudes and escape from the Sun as part of the solar wind.
Collimation, Acceleration, and Recollimation Shock in the Jet of Gamma-Ray Emitting Radio-loud Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy 1H0323+342
Authors: Hada Kazuhiro , Doi Akihiro , Wajima Kiyoaki , D’Ammando Filippo , Orienti Monica , Giroletti Marcello , Giovannini Gabriele , Nakamura Masanori , Asada Keiichi
Published: June 2018

We investigated the detailed radio structure of the jet of 1H 0323+342 using high-resolution multifrequency Very Long Baseline Array observations. This source is known as the nearest γ-ray emitting radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy. We discovered that the morphology of the inner jet is well characterized by a parabolic shape, indicating that the jet is continuously collimated near the jet base. On the other hand, we found that the jet expands more rapidly at larger scales, resulting in a conical shape. The location of the “collimation break” is coincident with a bright quasi-stationary feature at 7 mas from core (corresponding to a deprojected distance on the order of ∼100 pc), where the jet width locally contracts together with highly polarized signals, suggesting a recollimation shock. We found that the collimation region is coincident with the region where the jet speed gradually accelerates, suggesting a coexistence of the jet acceleration and collimation zone, ending up with the recollimation shock, which could be a potential site of high-energy γ-ray flares detected by the Fermi-LAT. Remarkably, these observational features of the 1H 0323+342 jet are overall very similar to those of the nearby radio galaxy M87 and HST-1 as well as some blazars, suggesting that a common jet formation mechanism might be at work. Based on the similarity of the jet profile of the two sources, we also briefly discuss the mass of the central black hole of 1H 0323+342, which is also still highly controversial in this source and NLS1s in general.
Are Small Radii of Compact Stars Ruled out by GW170817/AT2017gfo?
Authors: Burgio G. F. , Drago A. , Pagliara G. , Schulze H.-J. , Wei J.-B.
Published: June 2018

The detection of GW170817 and its electromagnetic counterparts allows us to constrain the equation of state of dense matter in new and complementary ways. Very stiff equations of state are ruled out by the upper limit on the average tidal deformability,

, imposed by the detected gravitational wave signal. A lower limit,

, can also be extracted by considering the large amount of ejected matter that powers the kilonova AT2017gfo. By using several microscopic nucleonic equations of state, we first confirm the existence of a monotonic relation between R
1.5 (the radius of the 1.5 M
⊙ configuration) and

. This translates the limits on

into limits on the radius: 11.8 km ≲ R
1.5 ≲ 13.1 km. We then show that the monotonic relation is violated if a second branch of compact stars composed of quark matter exists, as in the two-families or twin-stars scenarios. In particular, it is possible to fulfill the limits on

while having R
1.5 significantly smaller than 12 km. In both of these scenarios, the event GW170817/AT2017gfo originates from the merger of a hadronic star and a star containing quark matter.
Revision of the subterranean genus Spelaeodiscus Brusina, 1886 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Spelaeodiscidae)
Authors: Páll-Gergely Barna , Deli Tamás , Erőss Zoltán Péter , Reischütz Peter L. , Reischütz Alexander , Fehér Zoltán
Published: June 2018

The Balkan genus Spelaeodiscus Brusina, 1886 is revised based on museum collections and newly collected samples from Montenegro and Albania. The following species and subspecies are introduced as new to science: Spelaeodiscusalbanicusedentatus Páll-Gergely & P. L. Reischütz, ssp. n. (southern Montenegro and northern Albania), Spelaeodiscusdensecostatus Páll-Gergely & A. Reischütz, sp. n., Spelaeodiscushunyadii Páll-Gergely & Deli, sp. n., Spelaeodiscuslatecostatus Páll-Gergely & Erőss, sp. n. (all three from southern Montenegro), Spelaeodiscusunidentatusacutus Páll-Gergely & Fehér, ssp. n., and Spelaeodiscusvirpazarioides Páll-Gergely & Fehér, sp. n. (both from northern Albania). For all species and subspecies diagnoses and suggestions for conservation status assessments according to IUCN criteria are provided. An overview is given regarding the habitat preference of Spelaeodiscus species, and the “scratch and flotate” method to collect subterranean gastropods.
Land snail fauna in Gunung Kuang Limestone Hill, Perak, Malaysia and its conservation implications (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
Authors: Phung Chee-Chean , Yong Yuen-Zhao , Mat Said Mohamad Afandi , Liew Thor-Seng
Published: June 2018

This paper presents the first land snail species checklist for Gunung Kuang (Kuang Hill), a limestone hill located next to Gunung Kanthan that is recognised as one of the most important limestone hills for its diverse land snail fauna in Kinta Valley. Samplings were carried out at five plots in Gunung Kuang. This survey documented 47 land snail species, in which six species were identified as unique to Gunung Kuang. Approximately half of the land snails from Gunung Kanthan were found in Gunung Kuang. In addition, one of six unique species from Gunung Kanthan was also found in Gunung Kuang. These rich land snail species in Gunung Kuang are similar to other hills in Kinta Valley, but it is relatively lesser than the adjacent Gunung Kanthan. In view of Gunung Kuang’s unique land snail species, and its location closest to disturbed Gunung Kanthan, Gunung Kuang should be considered in the conservation management plan for Gunung Kanthan.
Morphological Implications of Vascular Structures Not Visualized on Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Retinal Vein Occlusion
Authors: Heiferman Michael J. , Griebenow Emma J. , Gill Manjot K. , Fawzi Amani A.
Published: June 2018

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:

Advanced retinal imaging can improve understanding of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) pathology. The authors aimed to characterize the vascular pathology of RVO on en face optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA).

PATIENT AND METHODS:

This was a cross-sectional study including 17 eyes with RVO. The authors identified discordance between vasculature on en face OCT and flow on OCTA, which was correlated with structural findings at the corresponding location on OCT B-scans.

RESULTS:

Six eyes had vessels that were seen on OCT without flow on OCTA. The most clinically relevant finding was preserved inner retinal layers in areas where the en face OCT showed collaterals that appeared nonperfused on OCTA.

CONCLUSIONS:

The authors' findings indicate that collaterals can appear on en face OCT without flow on OCTA in RVO and may be associated with relatively preserved inner retinal structures. Clinicians should consider multimodal imaging to evaluate RVO, including both OCT and OCTA.

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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
. 2018;49:392–396.]
Real-World Assessment of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in DME: Findings of the Prospective, Multicenter REINFORCE Study
Authors: Singer Michael A. , Dugel Pravin U. , Fine Howard F. , Capone Antonio , Maltman John
Published: June 2018

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:

Dexamethasone intravitreal implant (DEX) (Ozurdex; Allergan plc, Dublin, Ireland) is approved for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). This study assessed the real-world effectiveness, safety, and reinjection interval of DEX in adult patients with DME.

PATIENTS AND METHODS:

This was a phase 4, prospective, multicenter (18 U.S. sites), observational study.

RESULTS:

The study population comprised 177 patients (180 eyes; 93.8% previously treated). Baseline mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) were 54.4 letters and 424.6 μm, respectively. DEX was administered as monotherapy or with other DME therapy (55%/45%). The mean reinjection interval was 5.0 months. Mean maximum BCVA change from baseline after the first three DEX injections was +9.1 letters, +7.7 letters, and +7.0 letters, respectively (
P
< .001); 36.0% of eyes achieved 15-letter or greater BCVA improvement. Mean maximum CRT change from baseline was −137.7 μm (
P
< .001).

CONCLUSION:

DEX used alone or with other DME therapy improved visual and anatomic outcomes in DME patients in clinical practice, with no new safety concerns.

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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
. 2018;49:425–435.]
A new endemic plant community with Schoenus nigricans in the Southeastern Alps and northern Dinaric Alps / Nova endemična združba z vrsto Schoenus nigricans v Jugovzhodnih Alpah in severnem delu Dinarskega gorstva
Authors: Dakskobler Igor , Martinčič Andrej
Published: June 2018

We studied the phytosociology of plant communities with Schoenus nigricans, a character species of the alliance Caricion davallianae, in western Slovenia. Most of our relevés are classified into the new association Astrantio carniolicae-Schoenetum nigricantis, whose stands grow on moist rocks and in the headwater section of springs and small brooks in dolomite wooded areas, especially in the Cerkno region, in the basin of the Idrijca river. Its character species and (geographical) differential species are Schoenus nigricans, Molinia arundinacea, Astrantia carniolica, Palustriella commutata, Carex flacca, Valeriana saxatilis, Salix glabra, Erica carnea and Primula carniolica. In addition to the typical form (subassociation -typicum) we described also the subassociation with predominating Cladium mariscus (-cladietosum marisci). The studied dolomite headwaters are a Natura 2000 habitat type and the sites of several vulnerable and protected species. Their role as a biotope is therefore significant and requires adequate protection. Key words: phytosociology, synsystematics, dolomite springs, Schoenus nigricans, Cladium mariscus, Primula carniolica, Caricion davallianae, Natura 2000, Slovenia Fitocenološko smo preučili rastlinske združbe zahodne Slovenije, v katerih uspeva vrsta Schoenus nigricans, značilnica zveze Caricion davallianae. Večino naših popisov uvrščamo v novo asociacijo Astrantio carniolicae-Schoenetum nigricantis, katere sestoji poraščajo vlažno skalovje in povirja studencev in majhnih potokov v dolomitnih gozdnatih območjih predvsem na Cerkljanskem, v povodju Idrijce. Njene značilnice in (geografske) razlikovalnice so vrste Schoenus nigricans, Molinia arundinacea, Astrantia carniolica, Palustriella commutata, Carex flacca, Valeriana saxatilis, Salix glabra, Erica carnea in Primula carniolica. Poleg tipične oblike (subasociacija -typicum) smo opisali tudi subasociacijo s prevladujočo vrsto Cladium mariscus (-cladietosum marisci). Preučena dolomitna povirja sodijo med varstveno pomembne habitatne tipe v evropskem merilu (Natura 2000). So rastišča z več ranljivimi in zavarovanimi vrstami, zato imajo velik biotopski pomen in potrebujejo ustrezno varovanje. Ključne besede: fitocenologija, sinsistematika, dolomitno povirje, Schoenus nigricans, Cladium mariscus, Primula carniolica, Caricion davallianae, Natura 2000, Slovenija
Juan Smith Sinnot y Antoni de Martí i Franquès en la vacunación de Tarragona del año 1801
Authors: Camós Agustí
Published: June 2018

En la primavera del año 1801 se produjo en Tarragona una de las primeras campañas de vacunación antivariólica de la península ibérica. El destacado científico tarraconense Antoni de Martí i Franquès conocido especialmente por sus trabajos químicos y botánicos, también se interesó por problemas médicos y participó como experto en la citada vacunación probablemente influido por Francesc Salvà y Francesc Piguillem, facultativos amigos suyos favorables a esta nueva técnica preventiva. El responsable de la vacunación fue el ingeniero de la Armada y director de las obras del puerto de Tarragona Juan Smith Sinnot, sobre el que se aportan algunos datos biográficos que permiten comprender su interés por la vacunación contra la viruela. Smith en su obra Progresos de la vacina en Tarragona (Tarragona, 1801) analiza distintos aspectos de esta inoculación y explica algunos de sus intentos por difundir esta nueva técnica. En el artículo también se estudia la relación de Martí con Smith y los datos que éste último aporta sobre el viaje de Martí por las principales ciudades europeas realizado entre 1800 y 1801.
Telma Reca en la gestión estatal de la sanidad argentina (1930-1948)
Authors: Inés Ramacciotti Karina
Published: June 2018

Este artículo aporta nuevos datos sobre la médica argentina Telma Reca (1904-1979), particularmente en relación con su inserción en ámbitos académicos y en la gestión estatal a partir de los años treinta del siglo XX. Nos focalizaremos en su trayectoria profesional desde que obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Buenos Aires (1932) hasta que se retiró de la División de Maternidad e Infancia del Departamento Nacional de Higiene en 1948. Durante ese período aplicó en la gestión estatal sus investigaciones sobre el estudio de las condiciones sociales de la delincuencia juvenil y de la educación. Su perspectiva crítica, lejos de implementar medidas punitivas generadoras de una mayor exclusión social, buscó la integración de los menores en la comunidad por medio de políticas educativas y sanitarias.
Uso de radioisótopos en medicina. El rol de la Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica en su impulso (1950-1982)
Authors: Peano Martín , Pedrosa Juan Manuel
Published: June 2018

La política de desarrollo autónomo desplegada por la Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica al cabo de sus primeras tres décadas de vida, condujo a la expansión y enraizamiento del sector nuclear argentino en diversas areas. Con respecto al área médica, si bien el uso de radioisótopos con fines clínicos, así como de investigación contaba al momento de la emergencia del sector nuclear, con un significante número de antecedentes en el país, con la institucionalización de las actividades nucleares, a partir de la creación de la Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica en 1950, el desarrollo de las aplicaciones nucleares con fines médicos cobraría un fuerte impulso. Esto fue así, en la medida en que se destinaron esfuerzos en: investigación y capacitación, abastecimiento de radioisótopos y puesta en marcha de centros clínicos de medicina nuclear. En este artículo, entonces, veremos como la búsqueda de capacidades científico-tecnológicas propias tuvo cierto paralelismo en el área médica, logrando incipientes descubrimientos científicos, el autoabastecimiento de radioisótopos y la operación de dos centros clínicos que prestaban asistencia a pacientes.
Tecnociencia y colonialismo en la historia de las Cinchona
Authors: Cuvi Nicolás
Published: June 2018

En este artículo se reflexiona sobre la ciencia y tecnología (o tecnociencia) asociadas con el colonialismo. Se usa la metáfora de “capas de colonialismo” para aludir a ideas y prácticas asociadas con la tecnociencia que son continuamente innovadas, que pueden mantenerse o reaparecer en diferentes momentos, y que estructuran el hecho colonial. Se usa como caso la apropiación de plantas de quina (Cinchona spp.) en diferentes momentos entre los siglos XVI y XX. Algunas de las capas presentadas son: apropiación material del producto natural, deslocalización y relocalización del lugar de autoridad alrededor del mismo, soterramiento de los saberes y sabedores locales, inserción de ideas sobre lo que se debe hacer con esa naturaleza, quién y cómo debe apropiarla, no-transferencias de tecnología, fomento de proyectos sin mayores oportunidades, entre otras. En la historia de larga duración del colonialismo alrededor de la apropiación de las quinas, se enfatiza en capas que emergen o reemergen en momentos clave
El Instituto Psicológico Argentino (1892). Teosofía, hipnosis y charlatanería en los orígenes de una iniciativa olvidada
Authors: Vallejo Mauro
Published: June 2018

En octubre de 1892 llegó a Buenos Aires un extraño personaje, que decía ser conde y poseer título médico. De inmediato comenzó a efectuar con la ayuda de su esposa demostraciones de hipnosis, de telepatía y de clarividencia. Ofreció además conferencias sobre esos asuntos. Muy pronto, a mediados de diciembre de ese año, fundó el Instituto Psicológico Argentino, tarea para la que contó con la colaboración de espiritistas y científicos locales. Todas esas actividades fueron informadas con detalle por los periódicos de la ciudad y por una de las revistas del espiritismo porteño. Al poco tiempo el Departamento de Higiene logró la clausura del Instituto, a pesar de lo cual Sgaluppi continuó con sus demostraciones y conferencias. El objetivo de este artículo es reconstruir en detalle esa historia, sobre todo con el auxilio de fuentes periódicas de la época. Nuestro cometido es iluminar un capítulo poco conocido de la historia del hipnotismo en Buenos Aires, poniendo de relieve dos aspectos: el valor que las disciplinas esotéricas tuvieron en la cultura científica de fines de siglo, y las dificultades que tuvieron las autoridades sanitarias para hacer valer sus regulaciones.
L’émigration, l’intermédiaire et la chercheure
Authors: Silva Marta
Published: June 2018

En accédant à la mémoire d’anciens intermédiaires par le biais de l’histoire orale, nous prétendons connaître les motivations et les significations qu’ils attribuent à leur rôle dans l’aide à l’émigration clandestine. En tant qu’« art de la relation », nous cherchons à montrer en quelle mesure l’histoire orale est indispensable pour appréhender la pratique d’intermédiation de l’émigration clandestine comme une expérience subjective qui se place au-delà des représentations officielles.Nous voulons d’autre part montrer que le passé n’existe qu’en tant que reconstitution d’un certain présent, nous ferons en premier lieu une brève description du corpus des sources orales sélectionnées et de notre expérience sur le terrain. Puis, dans les quatre parties suivantes, nous mettrons en évidence le processus de construction des sources orales dans l’élaboration de la connaissance sur les autoreprésentations des intermédiaires et sur les motivations qui les ont amenés à pratiquer l’aide à l’émigration : la subsistance, le profit, le mouvement et l’émancipation féminine.
« et pour ce recite Valere… »La place de l’Antiquité dans l’arsenal intellectuel d’un grand prélat français du XVe siècle : Jean Juvénal des Ursins (1388-1473)
Authors: Cazalas Sébastien
Published: June 2018

Jean Juvénal des Ursins (1388-1473) est l’auteur d’épîtres politiques qui ont, pour l’heure, assez peu retenu l’attention de la critique littéraire. Son recours massif aux citations d’autorité, prises dans la Bible, les Pères, le droit et les écrivains classiques, est un trait caractéristique de son style. Celles-ci sont une manière privilégiée d’actualiser des parcelles de sagesse antique et de les projeter dans le champ de prises de positions politiques. L’Antiquité se met dès lors au service de la France de Charles VII, elle est utilisée par Jean Juvénal pour défendre et promouvoir sa conception d’un monde largement tributaire d’une conception providentialiste de l’Histoire.
Restauration numérique des peintures murales de la maison de Neptune et Amphitrite à Herculanum : de l’expérimentation matérielle à l’intégration des données dans un modèle 3D
Authors: Mulliez Maud
Published: June 2018

Entre approche numérique et démarche expérimentale, entre virtuel et matériel, est-il nécessaire de choisir ? La restauration numérique des peintures murales du triclinium de la maison de Neptune et Amphitrite à Herculanum réalisées dans le cadre de l’ANR VESUVIA et du programme Retrocolor3D permet d’interroger cette polarité et de comparer le travail de peinture virtuelle avec la mise en œuvre réelle d’une peinture murale. Ces travaux révèlent combien l’approche numérique est indissociable d’une connaissance matérielle approfondie des œuvres. Ils invitent aussi à explorer les potentialités offertes par les nouvelles technologies, que ce soit en termes de valorisation ou comme véritable outil scientifique, grâce à l’incrémentation de nombreuses données, sources documentaires, descriptions, images complémentaires, analyses.
De Manila al continente asiático: riesgos y experiencias de las misiones católicas en el siglo XVII
Authors: Mantecón Tomás A.
Published: June 2018

Esta investigación estudia las percepciones de la misión católica proyectada desde Manila hacia la costa asiática. Se analiza documentación que puede etiquetarse como crónicas menores para ofrecer una explicación que integra los proyectos misionales con la perspectiva de los propios protagonistas. De este modo, en este artículo aflora una información singular que integra proyectos, intereses y emociones de los protagonistas de las misiones católicas, y ofrece una visión humana de las mismas. A la vez, se evalúan de forma compleja sus concreciones y resultados, caracterizando los espacios o zonas de interacción y adherencia cultural entre los europeos y las sociedades de recepción en Asia y, así la construcción de culturas híbridas o mestizas fruto de la mutua inculturación.
Presencia y performance: los cantares mexicanos frente al historicismo
Authors: Hankin Charlie D.
Published: June 2018

El presente trabajo ensaya una re-lectura de los cantares mexicanos desde la reconstrucción hipotética de su performance, analizándolos en tanto objetos sonoros que resisten la escritura y la metáfora. Los cantares funcionan mediante una relación de cercanía metonímica entre las palabras y las cosas que se construye constantemente en la presencia –tanto temporal como espacial– del espectáculo de su performance. La metonimia se expresa, además, mediante la ingestión de flores alucinógenas por el cantor, de las que emerge un puente entre el mundo visible e invisible. Analizando esta «semiótica» desde la oralidad y la experiencia del espectáculo, se propone que los cantares invitan a nuevas maneras de pensar el tiempo frente al historicismo que predomina en la producción historiográfica de Occidente.
Le droit au regroupement familial face à une interdiction d’entrée dans l’UE : une voie d’accès conditionnée au territoire des États membres
Authors: Jury Fabrice
Published: June 2018

Le 8 mai 2018, la Cour de justice a rendu un arrêt confirmant le lien profond entre le regroupement familial et la protection des droits fondamentaux. Elle estime, en effet, que le ressortissant d’un pays tiers membre de la famille d’un citoyen européen ne peut pas voir sa demande de titre de séjour sur la base d’un regroupement familial automatiquement refusée par un État membre au seul motif qu’il a fait l’objet d’une interdiction d’entrée dans l’Union. La Cour s’appuie directement sur le statut de citoyen européen pour rappeler, à la lumière de l’article 20 TFUE et de la Charte des droits fondamentaux, le droit de séjour dérivé dont bénéficie le ressortissant du pays tiers. Elle en déduit alors qu’une pratique nationale de refus automatique est impossible même en l’absence de mobilité du citoyen. Ce faisant, l’effet utile de l’article 20 TFUE impose aux autorités de procéder à un examen individualisé de chaque demande de regroupement familial. Loin d’être libres à cet égard, les États membres sont guidés par la Cour de justice qui les oblige à prendre en compte, dans leur examen, le respect des droits fondamentaux.
Faunistic survey of the zooplankton community in an oligotrophic sinkhole, Cenote Azul (Quintana Roo, Mexico), using different sampling methods, and documented with DNA barcodes
Authors: Montes-Ortiz Lucia , Elias-Gutierrez Manuel
Published: June 2018

This study is the first faunistic inventory of a zooplankton community from an open, karstic and oligotrophic aquatic sinkhole in the south of the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), we describe the richness of the zooplankton collected with the combination of plankton nets and light traps of our own design, using morphological and molecular characters to identify the species and demonstrate the effectiveness of only one set of primers to sequence all taxa. Recently, it has been demonstrated that different sampling methods can increase the number of zooplankton species from tropical and temperate systems dramatically. These more effective methods together with DNA barcoding can give a new and more realistic picture of the species dwelling in a freshwater system. In total, we sequenced 268 specimens, and the list of species known in this sinkhole increased from 13 to 77 taxa, with a projection of 87 in total, including cladocerans, copepods, ostracods, fish larvae, tadpoles, rotifers, chironomids, water mites, among others. From the 77 taxa identified by us, 72 BINS (Barcode Index Numbers, equivalent to putative species) were assigned by the BOLD Database (boldsystems.org), and 30 of them are new records for both, BOLD and GenBank (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). There was an essential difference in the number of taxa collected with the plankton nets and the light traps. Only 23 taxa were registered in the nets, representing between 28 and 29% of the total richness, while 67 were present in the light traps representing 87% of the species found. From these, 46 taxa were exclusive to this sampling method. Light traps are an effective method for rapid evaluation of zooplankton. In the future, combining DNA barcoding and high-throughput sequencing methods with more  efficient collecting will enable us to perform quick and precise biomonitoring of any aquatic ecosystem, enabling the detection of changes in zooplankton composition resulting from climate change and anthropogenic disturbances. Nevertheless, as a first step it is fundamental to establish a baseline of DNA barcodes for the species in these ecosystems.
La Cicogna bianca (Ciconia ciconia) in Piemonte e in Provincia di Torino dal 1996 al 2014
Authors: Marotto Paolo , Ruggieri Luciano , Vaschetti Gabriella
Published: June 2018

Viene presentata un’analisi della popolazione di Cicogna bianca (Ciconia ciconia) in Piemonte nord occidentale e, specificatamente, in provincia di Torino negli ultimi 20 anni. Il primo tentativo di nidificazione risale al 1980, ma è solo a partire dal 1996 che si è registrata una colonizzazione del territorio torinese con la presenza di un massimo di 8 coppie (2014). Parallelamente, anche il numero di individui svernanti nella stessa area, particolarmente in prossimità di discariche di rifiuti urbani, è aumentato. Viene indicata una correlazione tra l’aumento del numero di individui non migranti e il numero di coppie nidificanti nella stessa area.
Priority areas for cannabis and cannabinoid product research in South Africa
Authors: Augustine Tanya N. , Cairns Carel J. , Chetty Sean , Dannatt Lisa G. , Gravett Nadine , Grey Glenda , Grobler Gerhard , Jafta Zukiswa , Kamerman Peter , Lopes John , Matsabisa Motlalepula G. , Mugabo Pierre , Mulder Michelle , Parry Charles , Rataemane Solomon , Siegfried Nandi , Steenkamp Vanessa , Thomas Eileen , Van Zyl-Smit Richard
Published: June 2018

No abstract available.
Unconditional probability of dying and age-specific mortality rate because of major non-communicable diseases in India
Authors: Reddy MM , Kar SS
Published: June 2018

Background:

Unconditional probability of dying because of four major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between 30 and 70 years of age is the selected global indicator to measure the impact of NCD prevention and control programs.

Objective:

To calculate the unconditional probability of dying and age-specific mortality rate because of major NCDs in India from 2001 to 2013.

Methods:

This study used multiple data sources that are available in the public domain—Census 2001 and 2011, Sample Registration System, causes of death reports in 2001–03, 2004–06, and 2010–13. Unconditional probability of dying between ages 30 and 70 years during 2001, 2006, and 2013 was calculated by the formula suggested by the World Health Organization. Line graphs were used to depict time trends in age-specific mortality rates over the years in four major NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases).

Results:

The age-specific mortality rate because of four NCDs showed a decrease of 51 deaths per 100,000 population from 2001 to 2013. Of the four NCDs, age-specific mortality rate was highest in cardiovascular diseases (238.2/100,000 population) and least in diabetes mellitus (21.9/100,000 population); it was 76.3 and 58.2/100,000 population for cancer and chronic respiratory diseases, respectively. The probability of dying was very less and was almost the same from 30 to 44 years of life and increased steeply after that till 70 years of life; and it was more in males (24%) compared with females (17.4%).

Conclusion:

Although India has shown a decreasing trend in premature mortality because of NCDs in the past decade, the rate of decrease is not on par to achieve the global “25 × 25” target.
Metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma demonstrating intense uptake on 68Ga-DOTATATE positron emission tomography: Three case reports and a review of the literature
Authors: Nadebaum David , Lee Sze , Nikfarjam Mehrdad , Scott Andrew
Published: June 2018

68Ga-DOTATATE positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technology which has shown superiority over 111In-octreotide scanning for the detection and staging of neuroendocrine tumors. We report three patients with pancreatic masses that were ultimately diagnosed as clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) metastases on histopathology. During their initial diagnostic assessment, the three patients underwent both 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET. While all three patients' lesions showed variable 18F-FDG avidity, uptake on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET was comparatively intense. The small case series illustrates the need to consider ccRCC in the differential diagnosis of 68Ga-DOTATATE avid lesions.
The minimum amount of fluids needed to achieve the fastest time to reach permissible level for release in well-differentiated thyroid patients undergoing high-dose I-131 therapy
Authors: Cheen Hoe Alex , Fong Lee , Halim Fatin , Fatt Quek , Hamzah Fadzilah
Published: June 2018

Radioiodine (131I) therapy is the mainstay of treatment for patients who had undergone total thyroidectomy for well differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Increased fluid intake has always been encouraged to minimize the risk of non-target organ exposure to I-131radiation. This study aimed to determine the minimum amount of fluids needed for patients to have the fastest time to achieve permissible level for release after high dose I-131therapy. Methodology: All the patients who were treated with high dose I-131from 18th January 2016 till 31st December 2016 in Hospital Pulau Pinang, Malaysia were recruited. The data from 126 patients on thyroxine hormone withdrawal (THW) group and 18 patients on recombinant human thyroid stimulating hormone (rhTSH) group were analysed. There is no change in patient management in terms of preparation, dose or post therapy whole-body scan. Fluid intake of patients were monitored strictly and whole-body retention of I-131are measured using ionizing chamber meter immediately after ingestion of I-131then at 1 hour, 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours and 96 hours. Results: The median time to achieve permissible release limit (50 μSV/hr at 1 meter) was 21.6 hours and 22.1 hours post-ingestion of I-131in the THW and rhTSH group respectively. The minimum amount of fluid needed to reach permissible release limit in the fastest time was 2,103 ml and 2,148ml for the THW and TSH respectively. Conclusion: Clinicians would be able to evidently advise their patient on the amount of fluid to consume and utilize their isolation wards faster to treat more patients.
Visual detection of regional brain hypometabolism in cognitively impaired patients is independent of positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance attenuation correction method
Authors: Franceschi Ana , Abballe Valentino , Raad Roy , Nelson Aaron , Jackson Kimberly , Babb James , Vahle Thomas , Fenchel Matthias , Zhan Yiqiang , Valadez Gerardo , Shepherd Timothy , Friedman Kent
Published: June 2018

Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance (PET/MR) is useful for the evaluation of cognitively-impaired patients. This study aims to assess two different attenuation correction (AC) methods (Dixon-MR and atlas-based) versus index-standard computed tomography (CT) AC for the visual interpretation of regional hypometabolism in patients with cognitive impairment. Two board-certified nuclear medicine physicians blindly scored brain region FDG hypometabolism as normal versus hypometabolic using two-dimensional (2D) and 3D FDG PET/MR images generated by MIM software. Regions were quantitatively assessed as normal versus mildly, moderately, or severely hypometabolic. Hypometabolism scores obtained using the different methods of AC were compared, and interreader, as well as intra-reader agreement, was assessed. Regional hypometabolism versus normal metabolism was correctly classified in 16 patients on atlas-based and Dixon-based AC map PET reconstructions (vs. CT reference AC) for 94% (90%–96% confidence interval [CI]) and 93% (89%–96% CI) of scored regions, respectively. The averaged sensitivity/specificity for detection of any regional hypometabolism was 95%/94% (P = 0.669) and 90%/91% (P = 0.937) for atlas-based and Dixon-based AC maps. Interreader agreement for detection of regional hypometabolism was high, with similar outcome assessments when using atlas- and Dixon-corrected PET data in 93% (Κ =0.82) and 93% (Κ =0.84) of regions, respectively. Intrareader agreement for detection of regional hypometabolism was high, with concordant outcome assessments when using atlas- and Dixon-corrected data in 93%/92% (Κ =0.79) and 92/93% (Κ =0.78). Despite the quantitative advantages of atlas-based AC in brain PET/MR, routine clinical Dixon AC yields comparable visual ratings of regional hypometabolism in the evaluation of cognitively impaired patients undergoing brain PET/MR and is similar in performance to CT-based AC. Therefore, Dixon AC is acceptable for the routine clinical evaluation of dementia syndromes.
The Steklov Problem on Differential Forms
Authors: Karpukhin Mikhail A.
Published: June 2018

In this paper we study spectral properties of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map on differential forms obtained by a slight modification of the definition due to Belishev and Sharafutdinov. The resulting operator$\unicode[STIX]{x039B}$is shown to be self-adjoint on the subspace of coclosed forms and to have purely discrete spectrum there. We investigate properties of eigenvalues of$\unicode[STIX]{x039B}$and prove a Hersch–Payne–Schiffer type inequality relating products of those eigenvalues to eigenvalues of the Hodge Laplacian on the boundary. Moreover, non-trivial eigenvalues of$\unicode[STIX]{x039B}$are always at least as large as eigenvalues of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map defined by Raulot and Savo. Finally, we remark that a particular case of$p$-forms on the boundary of a$2p+2$-dimensional manifold shares many important properties with the classical Steklov eigenvalue problem on surfaces.
$\textit{BMO}$-type norms and anisotropic surface measures
Authors: Comi Giovanni E.
Published: June 2018

The purpose of this note is to present an anisotropic variant of the
BMO
-type norm introduced in [4] and to show its relation with a surface measure, which is indeed a multiple of the perimeter in the isotropic case. This is done in the spirit of the new characterization of the perimeter of a measurable set in

\mathbb R^n

recently studied by Ambrosio, Bourgain, Brezis and Figalli in [2].
Identifiability beyond Kruskal’s bound for symmetric tensors of degree 4
Authors: Angelini Elena , Chiantini Luca , Vannieuwenhoven Nick
Published: June 2018

We show how methods of algebraic geometry can produce criteria for the identifiability of specific tensors that reach beyond the range of applicability of the celebrated Kruskal criterion. More specifically, we deal with the symmetric identifiability of symmetric tensors in

\mathrm{Sym}^4(\mathbb C^{n+1})

, i.e., quartic hypersurfaces in a projective space

\mathbb P^n

, that have a decomposition in

2n+1

summands of rank 1. This is the first case where the reshaped Kruskal criterion no longer applies. We present an effective algorithm, based on efficient linear algebra computations, that checks if the given decomposition is minimal and unique. The criterion is based on the application of advanced geometric tools, like Castelnuovo's lemma for the existence of rational normal curves passing through a finite set of points, and the Cayley–Bacharach condition on the postulation of finite sets. In order to apply these tools to our situation, we prove a reformulation of these results, hereby extending classical results such as Castelnuovo's lemma and the analysis of Geramita, Kreuzer, and Robbiano, Cayley–Bacharach schemes and their canonical modules,
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339:443–452, 1993.
T20 resilience and inclusive growth
Authors: Iwata Kazumasa , Jean Sébastien , Kastrop Christian , Loewald Chris , Véron Nicolas
Published: June 2018

Severe recessions and financial crises are frequent. Their effect on the economy is persistent and often exceeds initial projections. They can also be a strong driver of widening inequality. Therefore it is important that measures be taken to minimize the risk of such events while strengthening the potential for economies to innovate and prosper (Phelps,Mass Flourishings: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge and Change, 2013). An economy’s resilience to crises and recessions can also be strengthened. Minimizing risks requires the accurate monitoring of home-grown vulnerabilities in realtime; coping with the consequences means identifying and putting in place policy settings and mechanisms that can help absorb the impact of a severe downturn and facilitate a swift rebound of economic activity. Strengthening resilience will also provide a key contribution to solving the global problems of rising populism, nationalism and protectionism.
Food, Festival and Religion
Authors: Howell Francesca Ciancimino
Published: June 2018

Food, Festival and Religion explores how communities in northern Italy find a restorative sense of place through foodways, costuming and other forms of materiality. Festivals examined by the author vary geographically from the northern rural corners of Italy to the fashionable heart of urban Milan. The origins of these lived religious events range from Christian to vernacular Italian witchcraft and contemporary Paganism, which is rapidly growing in Italy.

Francesca Ciancimino Howell demonstrates that during ritualized occasions the sacred is located within the mundane. She argues that communal feasting, pilgrimage, rituals and costumed events can represent forms of lived religious materiality. Building on the work of scholars including Foucault, Grimes and Ingold, Howell offers a theoretical ‘Scale of Engagement’ which further tests the interfaces between and among the materialities of place, food, ritual and festivals and provides a widely-applicable model for analyzing grassroots events and community initiatives.

Through extensive ethnographic research and fieldwork data, this book demonstrates that popular Italian festivals can be ritualized, liminal spaces, contributing greatly to the fields of religious, performance and ritual studies.