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Design for Testability of High-Speed Advance Multipliers
Authors: Tripathi Suman Lata
Published: October 2019

An efficient design for testability (DFT) has been a major thrust of area for today's VLSI engineers. A poorly designed DFT would result in losses for manufacturers with a considerable rework for the designers. BIST (built-in self-test), one of the promising DFT techniques, is rapidly modifying with the advances in technology as the device shrinks. The increasing complexities of the hardware have shifted the trend to include BISTs in high performance circuitry for offline as well as online testing. Work done here involves testing a circuit under test (CUT) with built in response analyser and vector generator with a monitor to control all the activities.
40-GHz Inductor Less VCO
Authors: Kumar Abhishek
Published: October 2019

In a modern communication system, voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) acts as a basic building block for frequency generation. VCO with LC tank is preferred with passive inductor and varactor in radio frequency. Practical tuning range of VCO is low and unsuitable for wideband application. Switched capacitor and inductor can widen but at cost of chip area and complex system architecture. To overcome it, an equivalent circuit of the inductor is created. In this work, inductor-less VCO is implemented with CMOS 90nm technology that has center frequency 40GHz and frequency tuning range 37.7GHz to 41.9GHz.
Theory and Theorising in Information Science Scholarship
Authors: Ngulube Patrick
Published: October 2019

Theory is one of the major pillars of research. Methodologies as another pillar assist in theory testing and construction. Theories help to explain reality, which is the subject of any research process. Theories and methodologies should be relevant to their context if they are going to contribute to the production of progressive and transformative knowledge. This chapter looks at the understanding of theoretical and conceptual frameworks as tools of conceptualising the research process. Some scholars confuse theoretical with conceptual frameworks. Sometimes they regard research frameworks such as paradigms as theoretical frameworks. Some scholars do not even explain how these research conceptual tools help them to design and execute their research. The implications of not using context specific theories in research, and its consequences to epistemic freedom, is presented. Researchers should focus on theorising instead of theory itself and develop theories that are interesting and relevant to the profession and discipline. That will also reduce dependency on borrowed theories.
Theories in Information Management
Authors: Niemand Cornelius J. P. , Bwalya Kelvin Joseph
Published: October 2019

The growth of the information management (IM) discipline and its importance in different socio-economic platforms cannot be over-emphasized. The current development of heterogeneous technologies shows that IM is the focal point of innovations such as blockchain, data science (big data, predictive analytics, etc.), artificial intelligence, automation, etc. This research was motivated by a desire to contribute towards establishing the intellectual identity of IM as a science and as a discipline. An exploration of the inventory of theories and conceptual frameworks enables us to have an understanding of the different methodologies currently being used and therefore define the level of development of the field as a discipline. This chapter aims to present the patterns and trends in theory conducted by different studies during the last 10 years (2009 – 2019). Using a bibliometric approach anchored on descriptive informetrics, the chapter explores the application of theory within the IM field.
Embedding Ethical Principles in the Information Science Research Process
Authors: Jacobs Lorette
Published: October 2019

The chapter focuses on important aspects of ethics that will guide an information science researcher to consider ethics as an integral part of a successful research project. The Nuremberg Code, Belmont Report, and Declaration of Helsinki informed ethical principles and practices that are seen as internationally acceptable. Since the inception of the National Health Act 61 of 2003 in South Africa, which informs research practices related to all disciplines, ethics has become a mandatory part of the research process. However, applying ethical principles during research may, at times, be fraught with difficulties. Cultural diversity, transformation, and technological advancements expand the complexity of ethical issues that researchers should consider. It is important for prospective researchers to gain knowledge and understanding of the context of ethics and its application throughout the research process. Researchers are required to adhere to strict ethical principles related to respect, consent, beneficence, non-maleficence, confidentiality, and anonymity.
The Research Process and Indigenous Epistemologies
Authors: Moahi Kgomotso H.
Published: October 2019

This chapter discusses the research process and indigenous epistemologies, specifically, what is involved in conducting research using indigenous epistemology. The dictionary definition of epistemology is that it is a philosophical theory of knowledge that studies the nature and what constitutes knowledge. In this chapter, indigenous epistemology is contrasted with other epistemologies, as an epistemology that seeks to advance the voices of “indigenous” people, or the marginalized. The contention is that dominant epistemologies have downplayed the role and importance of indigenous knowledge in research. Such epistemologies have not given voice to the researched communities yet purport to have an understanding of their social worlds. This chapter therefore places indigenous epistemology at the fore for carrying out research with rather than on communities and using indigenous knowledge to theorize research and inform the theories and constructs used in the conduct of research.
Data Quality Matrix
Authors: Singu Prameela , Farooq Rayees
Published: October 2019

The objective of the study is to develop a data quality matrix, which can be used to measure the quality of data and response rate from respondents. The study is exploratory in nature, which applied the systematic review of literature extracted from different database. The study found that all the quadrants of the matrix (e.g., active, risky, and non-functional and deferential) have importance depending upon the nature of the study. The study further suggests that risky situation can be improved through enhancing the quality of data collected. The proposed matrix is very helpful in understanding the quantity and quality dimensions of the data in survey research. It helps to interpret survey results to fit between data representativeness and desired research outcomes.
The Movement of Mixed Methods Research and the Role of Information Science Professionals
Authors: Ngulube Patrick
Published: October 2019

Mixed methods research integrates qualitative and quantitative research approaches in many or all phases of a study to comprehensively address a research problem by collecting quantitative and qualitative data concurrently or in phases with the aim to maximizing their inherent advantages while minimizing their disadvantages. Many disciplines are embracing mixed methods research. Library and information science research is lagging behind in the adoption and use of mixed methods research. That might be due to limited access to the literature on the subject or difficulties in dealing with the relative lack of consistency and incomplete coherence among mixed methods researchers. This chapter traces the common characteristics and designs of mixed methods research, its growth, and application in research. It provides a framework to design, execute, and evaluate mixed methods research studies so that library and information science researchers and researchers from other fields may play a role in its development and application.
Research Data Management Among Researchers in Higher Learning Institutions of Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Mosha Neema Florence , Luhanga Edith Talina , Mosha Mary Vincent , Marwa Janeth Jonathan
Published: October 2019

Advancement in information and communication technologies has made it easier for researchers to capture and store myriad data at a higher level of granularity. Higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide are incorporating research data management (RDM) services to enable researchers to work with their data properly. This chapter focuses on creating awareness amongst researchers on how researchers and HEIs can form strategies, design and restrict data management plan (DMP), integrate research data life cycle, and ensure quality data sharing, as well as integrate with developed RDM policies and guidelines to curb challenges prohibiting the practice of RDM in HEIs.
Film Literacy, Visual Culture, and Film Language
Authors: Gürses Fatma
Published: October 2019

This chapter, in the age when we experience the supremacy of the visual dominance, sustains the assumption that political power has infiltrated the lives of the individual as a subject in visual representations, and that films, which can be a medium where the individual may oppose the domination against the struggle for power, produce both hegemonic discourses and counter rhetoric. Based on this assumption, it aims to explain the content required for film literacy in general terms. For this purpose, the concept of media literacy covering the mass media and the historical development process are summarized, followed by a brief overview of the history of film and the scope of film literacy. Then cinematographic image and film analysis methods are explained, and finally, the results of the content in the context of film literacy are evaluated and suggestions are offered.
Case Study on Patient Groups on Facebook in Turkey
Authors: Ardıç Çobaner Aslıhan , Gülgün Beste Sultan
Published: October 2019

Increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and ageing population necessitate access to accurate health information for better health. The internet and social media affect and transform the communication of health-related information. Online platforms are enabling patients and patient groups to find common ground to discuss their health and diseases. Focusing on disease/patient group sites, this chapter investigates these sites through analyzing their features, inclusion of social and economic determinants of health in their contents, and level of critical health literacy calling for decision and action. Furthermore, these sites and their organization structures are analyzed by netnography. The findings show that disease/patient sites on Facebook are highly benefitted as an information and experience sharing platform. However, the critical health literacy level of the contents is quite low. Therefore, the role of social media as an improvement area for critical health literacy in health communication is getting more important.
Electronic Trading, Electronic Advertising, and Social Media Literacy
Authors: Meral Yurdagül , Özbay Duygu Ecem
Published: October 2019

The internet has a huge impact on everything including by converting traditional trade methods into electronic trade and traditional marketing/advertising methods into electronic advertising and digital marketing methods not only in local trade but international trade as well. The purpose of this study is to increase literacy about electronic advertising, social media, digital marketing, by giving examples of how Turkish local influencers are used in social media to increase sales of international products. As a result, it is seen that the advertising posts made by influencers could reach a large audience in the local market.
Multiple Signaling Pathways Involved in Human Dendritic Cell Maturation Are Affected by the Fungal Quorum-Sensing Molecule Farnesol
Authors: Vivas Wolfgang , Leonhardt Ines , Hünniger Kerstin , Häder Antje , Marolda Alessandra , Kurzai Oliver
Published: October 2019

The quorum-sensing molecule farnesol is produced by the opportunistic human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Aside from its primary function of blocking the transition from yeast to hyphal morphotype, it has an immunomodulatory role on human dendritic cells (DC) through the alteration of surface markers, cytokine secretion, and their ability to activate T cells. Nonetheless, the molecular mechanisms by which farnesol modulates DC differentiation and maturation remained unknown. In this study, we demonstrate through transcriptional and functional assays that farnesol influences several signaling pathways during DC differentiation and in response to TLR agonists. In particular, farnesol increases the expression of the Ag-presenting glycoprotein CD1d through the nuclear receptors PPARγ and RARα, as well as p38 MAPK. However, the higher expression of CD1d did not confer these DC with an enhanced capacity to activate CD1d-restricted invariant NKT cells. In the presence of farnesol, there is reduced secretion of the Th1-inducing cytokine, IL-12, and increased release of proinflammatory cytokines, as well as the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. These changes are partially independent of nuclear receptor activity but, in the case of TNF-α and IL-10, dependent on NF-κB and MAPK pathways. Interestingly, renewal of the IL-12/IL-10 milieu restores the ability of farnesol-differentiated DC to activate invariant NKT, Th1, and FOXP3+ regulatory T cells. Our results show that farnesol modulates nuclear receptors, NF-κB, and MAPK-signaling pathways, thereby impairing the capacity of DC to activate several T cells subsets and potentially conferring C. albicans, an advantage in overcoming DC-mediated immunity.
Point-of-Care Clinical Trials in Sports Medicine Research: Identifying Effective Treatment Interventions Through Comparative Effectiveness Research
Authors: Lam Kenneth C. , Bacon Cailee E. Welch , Sauers Eric L. , Bay R. Curtis
Published: October 2019

Context

Recently, calls to conduct comparative effectiveness research (CER) in athletic training to better support patient care decisions have been circulated. Traditional research methods (eg, randomized controlled trials [RCTs], observational studies) may be ill suited for CER. Thus, innovative research methods are needed to support CER efforts.

Objectives

To discuss the limitations of traditional research designs in CER studies, describe a novel methodologic approach called the point-of-care clinical trial (POC-CT), and highlight components of the POC-CT (eg, incorporation of an electronic medical record [EMR], Bayesian adaptive feature) that allow investigators to conduct scientifically rigorous studies at the point of care.

Description

Practical concerns (eg, high costs and limited generalizability of RCTs, the inability to control for bias in observational studies) may stall CER efforts in athletic training. In short, the aim of the POC-CT is to embed a randomized pragmatic trial into routine care; thus, patients are randomized to minimize potential bias, but the study is conducted at the point of care to limit cost and improve the generalizability of the findings. Furthermore, the POC-CT uses an EMR to replace much of the infrastructure associated with a traditional RCT (eg, research team, patient and clinician reminders) and a Bayesian adaptive feature to help limit the number of patients needed for the study. Together, the EMR and Bayesian adaptive feature can improve the overall feasibility of the study and preserve the typical clinical experiences of the patient and clinician.

Clinical Advantages

The POC-CT includes the basic tenets of practice-based research because studies are conducted at the point of care, in real-life settings, and during routine clinical practice. If implemented effectively, the POC-CT can be seamlessly integrated into daily clinical practice, allowing investigators to establish patient-reported evidence that may be quickly applied to patient care decisions. This design appears to be a promising approach for CER investigations and may help establish a “learning health care system” in the sports medicine community.
Hop-Stabilization Training and Landing Biomechanics in Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Ardakani Mohammad Karimizadeh , Wikstrom Erik A. , Minoonejad Hooman , Rajabi Reza , Sharifnezhad Ali
Published: October 2019

Context

Hopping exercises are recommended as a functional training tool to prevent lower limb injury, but their effects on lower extremity biomechanics in those with chronic ankle instability (CAI) are unclear.

Objective

To determine if jump-landing biomechanics change after a hop-stabilization intervention.

Design

Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Setting

Research laboratory.

Patients or Other Participants

Twenty-eight male collegiate basketball players with CAI were divided into 2 groups: hop-training group (age = 22.78 ± 3.09 years, mass = 82.59 ± 9.51 kg, height = 187.96 ± 7.93 cm) and control group (age = 22.57 ± 2.76 years, mass = 78.35 ± 7.02 kg, height = 185.69 ± 7.28 cm).

Intervention(s)

A 6-week supervised hop-stabilization training program that consisted of 18 training sessions.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

Lower extremity kinetics and kinematics during a jump-landing task and self-reported function were assessed before and after the 6-week training program.

Results

The hop-stabilization program resulted in improved self-reported function (P < .05), larger sagittal-plane hip- and knee-flexion angles, and greater ankle dorsiflexion (P < .05) relative to the control group. Reduced frontal-plane joint angles at the hip, knee, and ankle as well as decreased ground reaction forces and a longer time to peak ground reaction forces were observed in the hopping group compared with the control group after the intervention (P < .05).

Conclusions

The 6-week hop-stabilization training program altered jump-landing biomechanics in male collegiate basketball players with CAI. These results may provide a potential mechanistic explanation for improvements in patient-reported outcomes and reductions in injury risk after ankle-sprain rehabilitation programs that incorporate hop-stabilization exercises.
INFLUENCES OF THE COMPATIBILITY OF NR/SSBR AND PHASE-SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF SILICA ON ITS STATIC AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES
Authors: Han Qing-Yuan , Li Xu , Li Yu-Chun , Wu You-Ping
Published: October 2019

The compatibility between solution polymerized styrene–butadiene rubber (SSBR 2466) and natural rubber (NR) is characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis. The single glass transition in the entire temperature range of all NR/SSBR blends and good correlation between Tg and SSBR fraction prove the excellent compatibility between SSBR 2466 and NR. With increasing SSBR content, a reduced Payne effect, more homogeneous dispersion of silica, stronger rubber–filler interaction, and more silica selectively distributed in the SSBR phase were determined via rubber-processing analysis, transmission electron microscopy, bound rubber, and thermogravimetric analysis, respectively. The high vinyl content, low styrene content, and end-functionalized structure of SSBR play vital roles in promoting its compatibility with NR and a stronger rubber–silica linkage. The resulting increased tan δ at 0 °C and low tan δ at 60 °C indicates good wet-skid resistance and low rolling resistance by blending SSBR 2466, and 70/30 NR/SSBR is the best balance for producing a “green tire” tread.
The Reliability of Critical Period Hypothesis
Authors: Bziker Zakaria
Published: October 2019

This article is an attempt to examine the reliability of the Critical Period Hypothesis (Note 1) in light of subsequent studies. The high improbability of successful L2 acquisition among adults is the main point of strength that CPH enjoys. However, we have incidents of nativelikeness with individuals that began L2 acquisition years past the critical period (Note 2) in addition to supporting studies that show ultimate attainment among L2 learners is still possible. In this case do we still talk about a reliable hypothesis? This opens us to ponder whether CPH is purely biological or there are other social construct factors at play that help some L2 adult learners to attain nativelikness despite the high unlikelihood of its occurrence.
Influence of Rational and Emotional Appeals on Purchasing Through Online: The Case on Social Media
Authors: Rahman Mohamammad Toufiqur , Pial Tanjina
Published: October 2019

Advertising appeals is a powerful process for companies to influence customers’ buying decisions. The primary aim of this research is to figure out that every customer has the same impact on all advertising appeal or not and what sort of promotional appeal can be more easily and efficiently applied to consumers. To get the answer, the information was gathered by organized questionnaires from 82 people randomly in various regions in Bangladesh, who frequently do online purchase through social media, between April and July 2019. The research shows that most of the customers are influenced by both emotional and rational advertising appeals. From t-test it has been observed that both males and females are influenced by the same way whether the advertising positioning is rational or emotional. It has also been observed that all categories customers are influenced more by those emotional advertisements that depict sociality and in rational positioning, all are influenced that demonstrating the product uses, benefits and features. The age group ‘less than 30 years’ and the ‘students’ are more influenced by emotional than from rational appeals.
Assessing Student Engagement in Online Programmes: Using Learning Design and Learning Analytics
Authors: Toro-Troconis Maria , Alexander Jesse , Frutos-Perez Manuel
Published: October 2019

This paper presents the learning design framework used in the design of the Online MA in Photography at Falmouth University. It discusses the importance of evaluating the success of online learning programmes by analysing learning analytics and student feedback within the overall pedagogic context and design of the programme. Linear regression analysis was used to analyse the engagement of three cohorts of students that completed four modules of the Online MA Photography (n=33) with over 80,000 entries in the dataset. The research explored student engagement with online content that promoted low-order cognitive skills (i.e. watching videos, reading materials and listening to podcasts) as well as high-order cognitive skills (i.e. participating in online forums and webinars). The results suggest there is weak evidence of an association between average overall mark in all modules and the level of engagement with self-directed content (P = 0.0187). There is also weak evidence of an association between average overall mark in all modules and the level of engagement in collaborative activities (P < 0.0528). Three major themes emerged from the focus group 1) weekly forums and webinars, 2) self-directed learning materials and 3) learning design and support. Online learning was acceptable and convenient to postgraduate students. These findings are discussed further in the paper as potential predictors of student performance in online programmes.
Synthesis, Spectral Analysis, Molecular Docking and Biological Evaluation of Cyclohepta[b]indole Derivatives
Authors: Pandian Amuthavalli Ayyachamy , Prakash Babu , Edison David , Velmurugan Rajendran
Published: October 2019

A new series of specifically substituted cyclohepta[b]indole derivatives from the precursor thiophen-2-ylmethylene has been synthesized. The structures of synthesized derivatives were established by spectral and elemental analyses. The docking studies with protein kinase CK2 was performed, derivative 6c exhibited the most excellent glide and E model score of –7.61 and –58.27, respectively. In-vitro anticancer activity against cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) was studied. The IC50 values were compared with the standard drug Ellipticine. Compounds 5c, 6c and 6d showed better IC50 value when compared to the other molecules. The derivatives were evaluated for their antibacterial activity against the reference drugs Sparfloxacin and Norfloxacin using agar dilution method. The derivatives 4a–d exhibited better MIC values against Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria when compared with remaining derivatives. Structure activity relationship (SAR) analyses established that the derivatives are potential lead compounds for future drug development studies.
Rates and risk factors for nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity among tuberculosis patients in Tbilisi, Georgia
Authors: Buziashvili M. , Mirtskhulava V. , Kipiani M. , Blumberg H. M. , Baliashvili D. , Magee M. J. , Furin J. J. , Tukvadze N. , Kempker R. R.
Published: October 2019

SETTING: Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy and utilizes second-line anti-TB drugs associated with frequent adverse drug reactions (ADRs).OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of and risk factors for ADRs among patients with MDR- and
extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB).DESIGN: A retrospective chart review of patients initiating treatment for M/XDR-TB in 2010–2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia.RESULTS: Eighty (54%) and 38 (26%) of 147 patients developed nephrotoxicity per RIFLE (Risk, Injury, Failure,
Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease) classification and ototoxicity, respectively. Twenty-five (17%) patients required permanent interruption of injectables due to an ADR. Median hospital stay, total treatment duration and number of regimen changes were higher among those
with nephrotoxicity and/or ototoxicity, compared to those without (P < 0.01). Multinomial logistic regression analysis identified increasing age (per year) as a risk factor for nephrotoxicity (aOR 1.08, 95%CI 1.03–1.12) and for both, nephro- and ototoxicity (aOR 1.11, 95%CI
1.05–1.17). Low baseline creatinine clearance (CrCl) was a significant risk factor for developing nephrotoxicity (aOR 1.05, 95%CI 1.02–1.07).CONCLUSION: Second-line injectable drug-related ADRs are common among M/XDR-TB patients. Patients with increasing age and low
baseline CrCl should be monitored closely for injectable-related ADRs. Notably, our findings support WHO's latest recommendations on introduction of injectable free anti-TB treatment regimens.
Association of plasma fibrinogen concentrations and blood eosinophil counts with clinical phenotypes of COPD
Authors: Hyun D-G. , Lee J. H. , Oh Y-M. , Lee S. W. , Lee S. D. , Lee J. S.
Published: October 2019

BACKGROUND: In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the plasma fibrinogen level is associated with a decline in lung function and exacerbation of COPD. High blood eosinophil count is also associated with exacerbation of COPD in some studies but not others.OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the associations between clinical phenotypes and plasma fibrinogen levels and blood eosinophil counts in patients with COPD.METHODS: Outpatients with COPD, in whom plasma fibrinogen level and blood eosinophil count were measured at least once simultaneously, were
analysed retrospectively. Patients were classified into four groups, based on plasma fibrinogen level (threshold, 350 mg/dl) and blood eosinophil percentage (threshold, 2%). Clinical characteristics, comorbidities, laboratory data, COPD severity and exacerbations were compared in the four
groups.RESULTS: Of 370 patients with COPD, the group with both high fibrinogen levels and eosinophil counts had more severe airflow limitation, more comorbidities and higher COPD severity indexes than the groups with low plasma fibrinogen. The annual rates of severe (0.29/year)
and total (0.42/year) exacerbations were significantly higher in patients with both high fibrinogen and eosinophils than in the other three groups.CONCLUSION: Plasma fibrinogen levels and blood eosinophil counts may predict the clinical phenotype and frequency of exacerbations of
COPD.
Tuberculosis screening in outpatient healthcare workers: lessons from a high-income, low TB burden country
Authors: Di Bella S. , Siroka A. , Antonello R. M. , Zignol M. , Maschio M. , Tominz R. , Cirillo D. , Migliori G. B. , Confalonieri M. , Raviglione M. , Luzzati R.
Published: October 2019

SETTING: Early diagnosis of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) should be pursued in healthcare workers (HCWs). While HCWs in hospitals are screened for LTBI, HCWs in outpatient settings are usually not. In 2017, in Italy, a tuberculosis (TB) infected paediatrician working in
an outpatient vaccination service infected 15 adults and nine children. The investigation involved 2490 children and 151 adults. Among children, nine were tuberculin skin test-positive, and four developed active TB. Among 123 adult contacts with longer exposure, seven were interferon-gamma
release assay (IGRA) positive and none had active TB. Among 28 close contacts, eight had a positive IGRA, and three had pulmonary TB. The total outbreak cost €1 017 903.OBJECTIVE: To compare the outbreak cost with those of potential screening programme strategies.RESULTS:
Regular screening of paediatric outpatient HCWs would have cost between €2592 and €11 373. Extending the screening to all outpatient HCWs (caring for adults and children) would have cost between €66 384 and €155 043. Investigating only close contacts
would have cost €42 857.CONCLUSION: Each of these screening strategies would have been cost-effective compared with the outbreak investigation occurring in real life with a cut-off of 474 for the maximum number of tested outpatient HCWs needed for the screening strategy
to be cost-saving.
Forensic Tactics by Tadeusz Hanausek as a Method for Detecting Perpetrators of Crime
Authors: Juszka Karol , Juszka Kazimiera
Published: October 2019

The aim of the article is to present the views of a classic forensic scientist prof. zw. dr hab. Tadeusz Hanausek, the founder of Cracow school of forensic science, who has shaped the Polish foundations of forensic tactics, which is currently one of the disciplines of forensic science. The presentation of professor Hanausek has been reflected in the implementation of his dogmatic point of view in the practice of law enforcement agencies and the justice system both during his life and after his death. Professor Tadeusz Hanausek determined the reasons for the initial underestimation of the role of forensic tactics despite the acceptance of this term, built a definition of forensic tactics and developed scientific research that allowed him to indicate a growing role of forensic tactics in the implementation of the functions of forensic science and the criminal procedure. The article presents the fundamental issues of Tadeusz Hanausek’s creative scientific interests, which he first defined and then consistently pursued and developed in his scientific and research activities. The pioneering scientific and research issues in question were passed on by professor Tadeusz Hanausek to the representatives of his Cracow school of forensic tactics and then developed, presented and widely discussed on the national, European and international forum. The subject matter of the article is also focused on the examples of practical application of the professor’s ideas in an effective detection of perpetrators of crime. In addition, the publication is based on the research findings
of the judicial and prosecutorial records of one of the authors of this article, who is an active representative, popularizer and, above all, a continuator of professor Hanausek’s Cracow school of forensic tactics.
Obtaining Information From the Internet by Using Cloud Technologies During Pre-Trial Investigation
Authors: Shkolnikov Vladyslav
Published: October 2019

The use of information technology is an essential part of law enforcement activity. Cloud technology is widely widespread in our life. Unfortunately, it should be noted that this technology is not widespread in the activities of investigators during the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses. Therefore, in this article the author focuses on the possibilities of using cloud technologies in law enforcement, as well as on the distinctive features of this technology. In addition, the author has conducted a study in the context of the possibility of obtaining information from the Internet using cloud technologies during pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses. Ways of obtaining information from the Internet using cloud technologies during the pre-trial investigation are studied and criminal procedural means of obtaining such information during the pre-trial investigation are identified. The
problems of using cloud technology by the investigator are described in the article. The positive aspects of replacing traditional personal computers with cloud services are identified. The history of the development of cloud technologies is described. The models of cloud technologies and their importance in the activities of the investigator are analysed. The author has investigated the features of using virtual computers in Amazon Web Services during the pre-trial investigation. The possibility of using software product such as Microsoft Office 365 by the investigator is described.
Use of Police Dogs in the Polish Police in the Opinion of Dog Handlers
Authors: Gąsiorowski Mariusz
Published: October 2019

The aim of this article is to evaluate the current situation as regards the use of dogs for various police duties in Poland based on the results of the research conducted by the author at the Police Academy in Szczytno as part of the research task, financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, entitled “Efficiency of the use of police dogs in the Polish Police”. The author has decided to deal with the subject matter in view of alarming statistics, which show a decrease in the number of police dogs. This fact has led the author to make an assumption formulated as the following research hypothesis: Nowadays, in Poland the use of police dogs in not adequate for the sake of public order and safety. The main research method has been a diagnostic survey using a tool in the form of a questionnaire. The survey has been addressed to a group of 154 dog handlers, most of whom work with a patrol and tracker/sniffer dog from three police garrisons, covering the territory of the following provinces: Kujavia-Pomerania, Podlasie and
Lubuskie region. The author believes that the research findings indicate the need for changes in this respect, which should involve
implementation of new systemic, organisational and legal solutions.
Catastro, sitios reales, bienes y rentas del rey en el siglo XVIII = Cadastre, Royal Sites, Goods and Rents of the King in the 18th Century
Authors: Camarero Bullón Concepción , Aguilar Cuesta Ángel Ignacio
Published: October 2019

Los Sitios Reales constituyen espacios de características especiales que en muchas ocasiones no quedaron recogidos en los catastros históricos. No es el caso del catastro de Ensenada que, salvo los cinco de jornada, recogió estos espacios, así como los bienes y rentas de la Corona. En este trabajo abordamos el estudio de tres Sitios Reales menores (el Alcázar, los Reales Alcázares y la Alhambra) y los restantes bienes del Rey localizados en las ciudades de Toledo, Sevilla y Granada.AbstractThe Royal Sites became places of special characteristics which in many occasions were not recorded in the historical cadastres. It is not the case of the Ensenada cadastre that, except for the five major Royal Sites, recorded those places as well as the goods and rents of the Crown. In this paper we study three minor Royal Sites (the Alcázar, Royal Alcazares, the Alhambra Royal Fortress)  and the rest of the King’s properties located in the cities of Toledo, Seville and Granada.
Normas de publicación ETF VI
Authors: Revista ETF VI Revista ETF VI
Published: October 2019

Normas de publicaiópn ETF VI
¿Gobernando el Cambio? Epistemología neoliberal en el arte de gobernar y en las políticas feministas de la ciudad de Madrid
Authors: Carretero García Carlota , Castillo Patton Andy Eric
Published: October 2019

Actualmente, el feminismo, en su condición de movimiento, pero también de teoría viva, fluctuante y sometida a un proceso de revisión, (auto)crítica y disputa permanente, estaría experimentando importantes cambios en el marco de lo que algunas autoras han denominado como cuarta ola. En todo este proceso de emergencia de nuevos feminismos, pero también de pujanza por la categoría y por la significación de la misma, el papel de las políticas e iniciativas públicas —feministas y no feministas— sería de gran relevancia. A lo largo de este trabajo, nos centraremos en analizar algunas propuestas feministas vinculadas a la promoción del empleo y el emprendimiento entre mujeres desarrolladas por el Ayuntamiento de Madrid (2015-2019). De esta manera, analizaremos la producción de sentido y de ideales subjetivos femeninos fomentada en el marco de estas políticas, atendiendo a posibles contradicciones y ambivalencias inherentes a los marcos referenciales movilizados y a su interacción.Currently, the feminist social movement and feminist theories are being subjected to a process of resignification, change and conceptual dispute in the frame of what some authors have called the Fourth Wave. This process involves the theoretical development of new feminist approaches and, thus, the struggle for signifying and owning the category feminism. In this complex process, the role of public initiatives and policies is crucial for setting and promoting the hegemonic meaning of this (and any) category. Throughout this paper, we aim to analyse two feminist initiatives developed by Madrid’s City Council in order to promote employment from an entrepreneurial approach. By doing so, we will be looking into the production of meaning linked to a feminine ideal subject as well as into a gender biased entrepreneurial discourse.
Womenomics en Japón: Mujer, neoliberalismo y paradigma productivista.
Authors: Crespín Perales Montserrat
Published: October 2019

El concepto womenomics propone la idea de «comprar la economía femenina» designando con ello la necesidad de Japón de hacer esfuerzos por incluir exponencialmente a la mujer en el mercado laboral e introducir uno de los mecanismos para corregir un futuro de estancamiento y contracción del crecimiento económico. El concepto lo acuñó en 1999 Kathy M. Matsui al frente de la división de investigación en Asia de Economía, Materias primas y Estrategia del grupo de banca y valores más importantes del mundo, Goldman Sachs. En este ensayo se propone estudiar y analizar críticamente el marco político y económico de la estrategia conocida como Abe-Womenomics con el objetivo de conocer un aspecto de la actual política japonesa doméstica, y, por extensión, las implicaciones regionales e internacionales de su adopción y adaptación, para, luego, demostrar si este tipo de medidas buscan un giro hacia la equidad genuina o solamente replican un patrón productivista, resignificando las aspiraciones feministas en beneficio del sistema neoliberal.The concept womenomics proposes the idea of «buying the female economy», thus designating Japan's need to make efforts to exponentially include women in the labor market and introduce one of the mechanisms to correct a future of stagnation and contraction of the economic growth. The concept was coined in 1999 by Kathy M. Matsui at the head of the Asian research division of Economy, Commodities and Strategy of the world's leading banking and investment group, Goldman Sachs. This essay proposes to study and critically analyze the political and economic framework of the strategy known as Abe-Womenomics, with the aim of knowing an aspect of current Japanese domestic policy, and, by extension, the regional and international implications of its adoption and adaptation. Then, the objective is to demonstrate whether this type of measure seeks a turn towards a genuine equity or only replicates a productivist pattern, re-signifying feminist aspirations for the benefit of the neoliberal system.
Tensions between feminist principles and the demand for prostitution in the neoliberal age: a critical analysis of sex buyer’s discourse
Authors: Senent Julián Rosa M.
Published: October 2019

In the age of neoliberalism, feminists strongly disagree on the ideal legal status of prostitution while the pro-prostitution lobby endeavours to keep their male-dominated business running smoothly. Feminist debates should be concerned with the sex buyers' belief system about women, which is likely to have practical consequences in the way they behave with women (prostituted and non-prostituted) in terms of sexuality and, therefore, for feminist purposes of equality, on a broader scale. A Critical Discourse Analysis of buyer-authored online reviews of prostituted women provides the opportunity to verify whether the relationship they establish with them is based on democratic mutual equality or gendered power relations driven by domination and subordination.En la era del neoliberalismo, no hay consenso entre las feministas acerca del estatus legal que debería tener la prostitución; mientras, el lobby pro-prostitución intenta proteger tan lucrativo negocio. Los debates feministas deben abordar críticamente el sistema de creencias de los sujetos prostituyentes, en tanto que afecta a cómo actúan con las mujeres (prostituidas y no prostituidas) dentro del marco de la sexualidad y, por tanto, al potencial logro de la igualdad fáctica a nivel social. El análisis crítico del discurso online de los sujetos prostituyentes sobre las mujeres prostituidas permite comprobar si las relaciones que establecen con ellas están basadas en términos igualitarios o en la dicotomía dominación-subordinación característica de las relaciones de poder de género.
The trouble with ‘truth’. On the politics of life and death in the assessment of queer asylum seekers
Authors: Lunau Marie
Published: October 2019

This article explores death and dying in the context of queer migration by reflecting on the ways in which queer asylum seekers are exposed to various forms and manifestations of death through the process of seeking asylum. The article is based on qualitative interviews with queer asylum seekers in Denmark. Drawing on the concept of necropolitics, the article considers how the politics of truth within the asylum system manage life and death not only by the rejection and deportation of applicants, but also by exposing applicants to a slow death in the temporalities of a prolonged process of seeking asylum. The politics of truth within the asylum system appear to be predicated on ideals of normalised national white queerness and homonormativity that come to determine queer asylum seekers’ legitimacy and access to inclusion. Queer migrants’ paths to protection play out in a geopolitical context where the hope of life, asylum and citizenship are infused with deathly practices and normative imaginaries of truthful queerness.
‘Life Without Humankind’ – queer death/life, plastic pollution, and extinction in An Ecosystem of Excess
Authors: Araújo Vanbasten de
Published: October 2019

This article explores Pinar Yoldas’ An Ecosystem of Excess (EOE) (2014) as an example of the potential of eco-art projects to queer normative readings of death and life. Making use of feminist posthumanities and new materialism, the article addresses the artist’s affirmative way of tackling issue of plastic pollution, which is inspired by new scientific discoveries of life forms that can feed on plastics. Departing from my reading of the art project as depicting a future without humankind, I argue that the artwork presents what I refer to as ‘queer death/life’, given that it unsettles normative readings of death by embracing the deadly aspects of plastic pollution as generative of new modes of life. Moreover, I will offer a close analysis of the artwork by engaging with queer readings of plastics as ‘living dead’ matter that is indebted to the compressed bodies of dead ancient nonhuman beings – the petroleum. Finally, in the last section, I will discuss how the artwork space, which is reminiscent of a natural history museum, engages affirmatively with the future, enabling interesting connections between evolution, extinction, and the museum space, considering it as an institution dedicated to immortalising history.
Death: a morbidly interesting fireside companion
Authors: Kristinnsdottir Alexandra Løvås
Published: October 2019

Book review of Joanna Ebenstein (ed.): Death: A Graveside Companion. Thames & Hudson, 2017, 368 pages.
Posthuman Ecologies of the Corpse
Authors: Radomska Marietta
Published: October 2019

Book review of Erin E. Edwards: The Modernist Corpse: Posthumanism and the Posthumous. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2018, 240 pages.
La memòria inèdita del Carmel descalç femení a la Corona d’Aragó: biografies i cròniques històriques
Authors: Gras Casanovas Mercè
Published: October 2019

La publicació dels teresians Libro de la vida i Las fundaciones proporcionà per a l’esdevenidor un model d’escriptura biogràfica i autobiogràfica, així com de narrativa històrica dels processos fundacionals i l’avenir de les futures comunitats de religioses, pauta que fou completada per la normativa subsegüent a la creació del Carmel descalç. Les necrologies de les religioses servien com a carta d’edificació per a divulgar els bons exemples, per a potenciar el currículum personal de cara a eventuals futures elevacions als altars, i mantenir, a través d’aquestes circulars, una cohesió corporativa de les religioses del mateix Orde. L’objectiu d’aquest treball és abordar el corpus de les biografies o necrologies de les religioses, escrites per les pròpies companyes d’hàbit, i que constitueixen un valuós patrimoni biogràfic, al qual fins ara s’ha prestat escassa atenció. Alguns d’aquests materials biogràfics i cronístics foren, de vegades, publicats per historiadors masculins, tot i que la seva autoria o font primordial fos una biografia extensa ja redactada o continguda en el llibre d’elogis de difuntes, obra de les religioses de la comunitat.
«Cancionero» Poetry As Religious Practice: The Valladolid Discalced Carmelite Convent’s «Libro de romances y coplas»
Authors: Schlau Stacey
Published: October 2019

The Libro de romances y coplas del Carmelo de Valladolid is the best-known of the early modern Spanish convent compilations of poetry. While its metrical forms and themes reflect similarities with those of other cancioneros of that period, they also remain deeply embedded in the beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and actions of cloistered women, living together in community and from a range of social classes. Despite social differences, however, the priorities and concerns of the Discalced Carmelite Order prevail; the collective product demonstrates a common goal, tied to specific religious practices. This essay explores in depth how, both thematically and technically, the verses in the volume take up three salient preoccupations manifested in the volume: the celebration of Christmas, the taking of the veil, and the practices of (inner) spirituality.
Mireia Munmany Muntal, «La gestió del patrimoni literari. Conceptualització i anàlisi comparativa dels models català i anglès», Tarragona, Publicacions de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2017, 230 p.
Authors: Bataller Català Alexandre
Published: October 2019

Ressenya sobre el llibre de Mireia Munmany Muntal, La gestió del patrimoni literari. Conceptualització i anàlisi comparativa dels models català i anglès, Tarragona, Publicacions de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2017, 230 p., ISBN: 978-84-8424-641-1.
Carola Duran (ed.), «Correspondència entre Àngel Guimerà i Jaume Ramon i Vidales, 1865-1898», col. «El Vuit-cents», 12, Lleida, Punctum, 2016, 270 p.
Authors: Martori Joan
Published: October 2019

Ressenya sobre el llibre de Carola Duran (ed.), Correspondència entre Àngel Guimerà i Jaume Ramon i Vidales, 1865-1898, col. «El Vuit-cents», 12, Lleida, Punctum, 2016, 270 p., ISBN: 978-84-945790-1-1.