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Development of Self-Sensing Textile Strengthening System Based on High Strength Carbon Fiber
Authors: Górski Marcin , Krzywoń Rafał , Borodeńko Magdalena
Published: September 2018

Monitoring of structures is one of the engineering challenges of the 21st century. At the same time, as a result of changes in the conditions of use, design errors, many building structures require strengthening. The article presents research on the development of the external strengthening carbon fiber textile with an option of self-sensing. The idea is based on the pattern of resistive strain gauge, where thread is provided in a zig-zag of parallel lines. Already the first laboratory tests showed the high efficiency of the system in the measurement of strains, but also revealed the sensitivity of measurement to environmental conditions. The article presents studies on the influence of temperature and humidity on the measurement. To separate those effects, resistance changes were tested on unloaded concrete and wooden samples. The models were placed in a climatic chamber and the daily cycle of temperature and humidity changes was simulated. The results of the research confirm preliminary observations. Resistivity growths with the temperature. This effect is more visible on concrete samples, presumably due to its greater natural humidity. The strain measurement with carbon fibers is very sensitive to temperature changes and application of this method in practice requires compensation.
Time Series Analysis of MODIS-Derived NDVI for the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa: Impact of Recent Intense Drought
Authors: Mbatha Nkanyiso , Xulu Sifiso
Published: September 2018

The variability of meteorological parameters such as temperature and precipitation, and climatic conditions such as intense droughts, are known to impact vegetation health over southern Africa. Thus, understanding large-scale ocean–atmospheric phenomena like the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole/Dipole Mode Index (DMI) is important as these factors drive the variability of temperature and precipitation. In this study, 16 years (2002–2017) of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra/Aqua 16-day normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), extracted and processed using JavaScript code editor in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform in order to analyze the response pattern of the oldest proclaimed nature reserve in Africa, the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP), during the study period. The MODIS-enhanced vegetation index and burned area index were also analyzed for this period. The area-averaged Modern Retrospective Analysis for Research Application (MERRA) model maximum temperature and precipitation were also extracted using the JavaScript code editor in the GEE platform. This procedure demonstrated a strong reversal of both the NDVI and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), leading to signs of a sudden increase of burned areas (strong BAI) during the strongest El Niño period. Both the Theilsen method and the Mann–Kendall test showed no significant greening or browning trends over the whole time series, although the annual Mann–Kendall test, in 2003 and 2014–2015, indicated significant browning trends due to the most recent strongest El Niño. Moreover, a multi-linear regression model seems to indicate a significant influence of both ENSO activity and precipitation. Our results indicate that the recent 2014–2016 drought altered the vegetation condition in the HiP. We conclude that it is vital to exploit freely available GEE resources to develop drought monitoring vegetation systems, and to integrate climate information for analyzing its influence on protected areas, especially in data-poor counties.
Firm's Credit Risk in the Presence of Market Structural Breaks
Authors: Xing Haipeng , Yu Yang
Published: September 2018

Various sudden shifts in financial market conditions over the past decades have demonstrated the significant impact of market structural breaks on firms' credit behavior. To characterize such effect quantitatively, we develop a continuous-time modulated Markov model for firms' credit rating transitions with the possibility of market structural breaks. The model takes a semi-parametric multiplicative regression form, in which the effects of firms' observable covariates and macroeconomic variables are represented parametrically and nonparametrically, respectively, and the frailty effects of unobserved firm-specific and market-wide variables are incorporated via the integration form of the model assumption. We further develop a mixtured-estimating-equation approach to make inference on the effect of market variations, baseline intensities of all firms' credit rating transitions, and rating transition intensities for each individual firm. We then use the developed model and inference procedure to analyze the monthly credit rating of U.S. firms from January 1986 to December 2012, and study the effect of market structural breaks on firms' credit rating transitions.
A Comprehensive Attack Flow Model and Security Analysis for Wi-Fi and WPA3
Authors: Kohlios Christopher P. , Hayajneh Thaier
Published: September 2018

The presence of wireless communication grows undeniably more prevalent each year. Since the introduction of the IEEE 802.11 standard for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) in 1997, technologies have progressed to provide wireless accessibility to industries and consumers with growing ease and convenience. As the usage of personal devices, such as phones and watches, that connect to the Internet through Wi-Fi increases, wireless attacks on users are becoming more critical. This paper provides a novel attack model to offer an organized and comprehensive view of the possible attacks on WiFi latest security standards. All exiting attacks will be investigated, with emphasis on more recent attacks, such as the KRACK and PMKID Dictionary attacks. This paper will then analyze the technology offered in the new Wi-Fi Protected Access III (WPA3) security scheme and provide a comprehensive security analysis and discussion to determine whether it has addressed the vulnerabilities of its predecessor. An interesting finding of this paper is that WPA3 still lacks to address all the issues existed in WPA2 and explore other mitigations for future research.
Selecting and Downscaling a Set of Climate Models for Projecting Climatic Change for Impact Assessment in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB)
Authors: Khan Asim Jahangir , Koch Manfred
Published: September 2018

This study focusses on identifying a set of representative future climate projections for the Upper Indus Basin (UIB). Although a large number of GCM’s predictor sets are nowadays available in the CMIP5 archive, the issue of their reliability for specific regions must still be confronted. This situation makes it imperative to sort out the most appropriate, single or small-ensemble set of GCMs for the assessment of climate change impacts in a region. Here a set of different approaches is adopted and applied for a step-wise shortlist and selection of appropriate climate models for the UIB under two RCPs: RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5, based on, a) range of projected mean changes, b) range of projected extreme changes, and c) skill in reproducing the past climate. Furthermore, because of higher uncertainties in climate projection for high mountainous regions like the UIB, a wider range of future GCM climate projections is considered by using all possible future extreme scenarios (wet-warm, wet-cold, dry-warm, dry-cold). Based on this two-fold procedure, a limited number of climate models is pre-selected, out of which the final selection is done by assigning ranks to the weighted score for each of the mentioned selection criteria. The dynamically downscaled climate projections from the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) available for the top-ranked GCMs are further statistically downscaled (bias-corrected) over the UIB. The downscaled projections up to year 2100 indicate temperature increases ranging between 2.3 °C and 9.0 °C and precipitation changes that range, from a slight annual increase of 2.2% under the drier scenarios,  to as high as 15.9% for the wet scenarios.  Moreover, for all scenarios, the future precipitation will be more extreme, as the probability of wet days will decrease, while, at the same time, the precipitation intensities will increase. The spatial distribution of the downscaled predictors across the UIB also shows similar patterns for all scenarios, with a distinct precipitation decrease over the south-eastern parts of the basin, but an increase in the northeastern parts. These two features are particularly intense for the “Dry-Warm” and the “Median” scenarios over the late 21st century.
A Case Study on Increasing Microgrid Resiliency Using Reserve Power Procurement Method
Authors: LEE Halim , BYEON Gil-Seong , JEON Jin-Hong , HUSSAIN Akhtar , KIM Hak-Man , OULIS ROUSIS Anastasios , Strbac Goran
Published: September 2018

Power system decentralization has been an emerging topic for the past decade in an effort to improve power quality and environment protection via increased integration of renewable energy sources. Towards these objectives, decentralized microgrids have been proposed and thoroughly investigated in terms of technical capabilities and economic performance. In fact, the planning and actual operation of small-scale, decentralized microgrids has started in countries such as Canada, Japan, USA, UK and other countries. It is expected that the research in this area will progress and eventually take over the existing paradigm of large-scale power generation in the future. These small-size decentralized microgrids could be connected with nearby microgrids under normal operating conditions, but under special events, such as natural or man-made disasters, they would be disconnected and run in islanded mode. Under such high impact – low probability events, the microgrid must have resiliency to successfully re-connect with other microgrids and the main grid. In this paper, an Energy Management System (EMS) for a microgrid having a resiliency function, allowing to operate under islanded mode after an accident, is proposed. The proposed tool, called Resilient Energy Management System (ResEMS), aims at procuring reserve power into the microgrid’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) effectively, by importing it from the nearby connected power system. The accident is assumed to be a predictable natural disaster, which means that the accident occurrence time, duration and level of damage can be estimated. The proposed ResEMS has been applied to a microgrid comprising of a BESS, a diesel generator and several photovoltaic devices. The simulation results verify its beneficial operation.
Hydrogen Oxidation on Ni-Based Electrocatalysts: The Effect of Metal Doping
Authors: Davydova Elena S. , Zaffran Jérémie , Dhaka Kapil , Caspary Toroker Maytal , Dekel Dario R.
Published: September 2018

Carbon supported nanoparticles of monometallic Ni catalyst and binary Ni-Transition Metal (Ni-TM/C) electrocatalytic composites were synthesized via chemical reduction method, where TM stands for the doping elements Fe, Co, and Cu. The chemical composition, structure and morphology of the Ni-TM/C materials were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The electrochemical properties towards hydrogen oxidation reaction in alkaline medium were studied using the rotating disc electrode and cycling voltammetry methods. A significant role of the TM dopant in the promotion of the hydrogen electrooxidation kinetics of the binary Ni-TM/C materials were revealed. A record-high in exchange current density value of 0.060 mA cm2Ni was measured for Ni3Fe1/C, whereas the monometallic Ni/C counterpart has only shown 0.039 mA cm2Ni. In order to predict the feasibility of the electrocatalysts for hydrogen chemisorption, density functional theory was applied to calculate the hydrogen binding energy and hydroxide binding energy values for bare Ni and Ni3TM1.
Mapping Multi-Disease Risk during El Niño: An Ecosyndemic Approach
Authors: Ramirez Ivan J. , Lee Jieun , Grady Sue C.
Published: September 2018

El Niño is a quasi-periodic pattern of climate variability and extremes often associated with hazards and disease. While El Niño links to individual diseases have been examined, less is known about the cluster of multi-disease risk referred to as an ecosyndemic, which emerges during extreme events. The objective of this study was to explore a mapping approach to represent the spatial distribution of ecosyndemics in Piura, Peru at the district-level during the first few months of 1998. Using geographic information systems and multivariate analysis, two methodologies were employed to map disease overlap of 7 climate-sensitive diseases and construct an ecosyndemic index, which was then mapped and applied to another El Niño period as proof of concept. The main findings showed that many districts across Piura faced multi-disease risk over several weeks in the austral summer of 1998. The distribution of ecosyndemics were spatially clustered in western Piura among 11 districts. Furthermore, the ecosydemic index in 1998 when compared to 1983 showed a strong positive correlation, demonstrating the utility of the index. The study supports PAHO efforts to develop multi-disease based and interprogrammatic approaches to control and prevention, particularly for climate and poverty-related infections in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Improvement of Tubular Permanent Magnet Machine Performance Using Dual-Segment Halbach Array
Authors: Duong Minh-Trung , Chun Yon-Do
Published: September 2018

In this paper, modification of dual-Halbach permanent magnet (PM) array is investigated to improve performance of tubular linear machine, in terms of flux density and output power. Instead of a classical Halbach array with only radial and axial PMs, proposed model involves insertion of mig-magnets, which have magnetized angle shifted from the reference magnetized angles of axial and radial PMs. This structure leads to elimination of flux leakage and concentration of flux linkage in middle of the coil; therefore, the performance of machine is increased.
Severe neutropenia is associated with better clinical outcomes in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who received modified FOLFIRINOX therapy
Authors: Yamada Yunami , Fujii Hironori , Watanabe Daichi , Kato-Hayashi Hiroko , Ohata Koichi , Kobayashi Ryo , Uemura Shinya , Iwashita Takuji , Shimizu Masahito , Suzuki Akio
Published: September 2018

Modified FOLFIRINOX is effective for advanced pancreatic cancer but frequently causes severe neutropenia. The present study was designed to investigate the influence of severe neutropenia on clinical outcomes in advanced pancreatic cancer patients receiving modified FOLFIRINOX. Fifty-one advanced pancreatic cancer patients who received modified FOLFIRINOX during January 2014 and May 2018 were subjects of the present study. Adverse events, including neutropenia, were graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 4.0. Median overall survival (OS) was determined as the primary endpoint, while median time to treatment failure (TTF), overall response rate (ORR), and the incidence of other adverse events were measured as secondary endpoints. Severe neutropenia (grade≥3) occurred in 39 patients (76.4%), in which high level of total bilirubin (>0.6mg/dL) was a significant risk as assessed by a multivariate logistic regression analysis. Median duration of OS was significantly longer in patients with severe neutropenia than in those without it (15.2 months versus 7.2 months, P=0.032). Moreover, there was a significant correlation between OS and the grade of neutropenia (R=0.306, P=0.029). ORR tended to be higher, though not significantly, in patients with severe neutropenia. In contrast, the incidence rates of other adverse events were not different between the two groups. Severe neutropenia is an independent predictor of prognosis in advanced pancreatic cancer patients received modified FOLFIRNOX therapy.
Smart-Complex Of Electronic Training Resources
Authors: Humennyi Olexander
Published: September 2018

The definition of a Smart-complex of educational discipline and its technology is given. Attention is focused on the form of the Smart-complex and constructive elements: the creative educational environment, the author's environment, the non-verbal environment, the encyclopedia, the creative / self-realization environment, the monitoring / self-evaluation environment.A feature of the Smart-complex of the academic discipline is the integration into it of the structural equalization block. Constructive alignment (alignment) is based on the design of the student's own learning participation in educational projects. Alignment refers to creating an appropriate learning environment and involves selecting the most appropriate training activities and evaluating each learning outcome. If the result of the training is to develop analytical skills, then for the assessment it is necessary to build questions and scenarios for their development.Two main components of the structural alignment are considered:   1) the first component is based on cognitive psychology and constructivist theory, recognizes the importance of linking new material with the concepts and experiences of students and extrapolation to possible future scenarios in the process of mission activity - they comprehend what they are doing during training;   2) the second component is based on the declaration by the teacher of the correspondence between the planned educational activities and the results of the training of students. This makes planning of educational activities and development of self-assessment criteria for organizing feedback.   It is necessary to take into account the impact of Smart-complexes of educational disciplines on three think-tank training networks: 1) effective networks (why learn) - several ways of presenting to give students different ways of obtaining information and knowledge; 2) recognition networks (learning outcomes) - several ways of expressing them to provide them with an alternative for demonstrating what they know; 3) strategic exercises (how to learn) - several ways to increase the motivation for learning to attract their attention to both their own learning project and its technical and historical decision. Smart-complexes of educational disciplines should be: 1) scientific; 2) with user-friendly interface; 3) have a connection with LMS; 4) structured; 5) with visual material; 6) working in Off-line mode; 7) used on various devices in an educational institution, as well as at home.
Be the Change You Seek in Science
Authors: Milham Michael , Klein Arno
Published: September 2018

Ongoing debates regarding the virtues and challenges of implementing open science for brain imaging research mirror those of the larger scientific community. The present commentary acknowledges the merits of arguments on both sides, as well as the underlying realities that have forced so many to feel the need to resist the implementation of an ideal. Potential sources of top-down reform are discussed, along with the factors that threaten to slow their progress. The potential roles of generational change and the individual are discussed, and a starter list of actionable steps that any researcher can take, big or small, is provided.
Silence Ensemble
Authors: Petri Kaverma, Kirsi Heimonen, Anu Vehviläinen  , Kirsi Heimonen  , Anu Lampela
Published: September 2018

This exposition describes collaboration between three artist-researchers (Kirsi Heimonen, Anu Vehviläinen, Petri Kaverma) and respectively three art genres (dance, music, fine arts). The incentive for this collaboration stemmed from the notion of ‘silence’. On the one hand, silence offers a conceptual umbrella for this interdisciplinary praxis; on the other hand, using silence was an important methodological solution throughout the collaboration.

The artists consider that through their collaborative praxis they have created a specific, practice-based artistic research method. This exposition describes that method by using both individual and shared thinking: the exposition is written partly individually (three columns: ‘silence’, ‘praxis’, ‘writing’), partly together (‘discussion’). In the ‘discussion’, the artists meet each other and reflect their understanding of the idea of artistic research through the notion of silence, within the art institution.

The active collaboration entailed seven sessions during the period between Jan 2016 – May 2016, as well as a few preparatory sessions for two conference presentations during the fall of 2016. In March of 2017 the group spent a two-day writing period in Järvenpää to write this exposition.
Pyykkiä - Näkökulmia uusmaterialismiin ja performanssiin
Authors: Pilvi Porkola
Published: September 2018

Toteutin "The Laundry Case" performanssin Taideyliopiston Teatterikorkeakoulussa pidetyssä SAR -konferenssissa huhtikuussa 2017. Performanssissani pohdin ihmisen ja materian mahdollisuutta tasa-arvoisuuteen esityksessä uusmaterialistisessa viitekehyksessä. Tässä artikkelissa avaan esityksen prosessia ja siihen liittyviä kysymyksiä.
Miten voimme antaa museoesineidän puhua? – osallistavan esityksen käsikirjoitus
Authors: Lea Kantonen  , Pekka Kantonen  , Katri Hirvonen-Nurmi
Published: September 2018

Miten voimme antaa museoesineiden puhua?

Abstrakti: Meksikossa läntisessä Sierra Madren vuoristossa asuville wirrarikoille esineillä on erityistä voimaa. Joidenkin wirrarikojen mielestä voimakkaimpien esineiden ja niistä kuvattujen videoiden näkeminen voi kuitenkin olla vaarallista sellaisille ihmisille, jotka eivät ole saaneet erityistä näkemisen kykyä, nierikaa. Tässä esityksessä kysymme, miten me wirrarikakulttuurin ulkopuoliset osallistujat, tutkijat ja taiteilija-tutkijat katsomme wirrarikojen esineitä. Puhuvatko ne meille? Miten voimme antaa niiden puhua? Onko niillä oma ääni ja jos on, onko se poliittinen? Ovatko ne meille vaarallisia? Pohdimme näitä kysymyksiä toimintatutkijoina, taiteellisen ja etnografisen kenttätyön tekijöinä ja yhteisömuseoiden suunnitteluun osallistuvina kehitysyhteistyötekijöinä. Pyrimme rakentamaan dialogia erilaisten taidekäsitysten välillä.

Wirrarikayhteisöjen vanhimmat ovat alkaneet suunnitella ja rakentaa yhteisömuseoita, jotta esineiden valmistamisen taito säilyisi tuleville sukupolville. He haluavat, että esineiden valmistusprosesseja kuvataan videolle ja että museoihin kootaan sekä esineitä että niiden valmistusprosesseista kertovia videoita. He osallistuvat aktiivisesti globaaliin alkuperäiskansadiskurssiin ja keskusteluihin museoiden dekolonisaatiosta. Museon suunnittelussa on tärkeä kysyä kriittisiä kysymyksiä, esimerkiksi: Kuka saa valita museossa esiteltävät esineet? Kuka saa katsoa niitä? Kuka saa kertoa niiden tarinan?

Tämä ekspositio on wirrarikojen esineitä esittelevän esityksen käsikirjoitus ja dramatisointi, jossa esineistä kerrotaan tarinoita monella äänellä.Videolle kuvatut wirrarikojen puheenvuorot, heidän tarinoissaan esiintyvien inhimillisten ja ei-inhimillisten henkilöiden puheenvuorot, meidän kolmen tutkijan puheenvuorot ja yleisölle esittämämme kysymykset vuorottelevat. Videolla esitettyjen tarinoiden puheenvuorot on käännetty suomeksi. Erilaiset puheenvuorot erotetaan toisistaan typografisin keinoin. Kehotamme lukijaa pysymään valppaana ja kiinnittämään erityistä huomiota siihen, kuka esityksessä puhuu ja kenen ääni kuuluu.
Ant-ic Intra-Actions
Authors: Fiona MacDonald
Published: September 2018

Ant-ic Intra-Actions – an experiential exploration of artistic co-production with wood ants.
Situated Knowledge, Transmissions of Practice and Parasitic Endeavors
Authors: Helen Palmer  , Victoria Hunter  , Jessica Foley  , Karolina Kucia
Published: September 2018

This paper presents an exchange between four practitioners from distinct disciplines of site dance, philosophy, experimental writing and pedagogy. It presents responses to provocations that position these practices as containers of Situated Knowledge, it interrogates the transmission and reception of practical knowledge, and employs the notion of ‘parasitic endeavor’ as a lens through which to facilitate discussion of of how disciplinary specific practices and emerging knowledges might traverse from one discipline to another and how this knowledge might be articulated and communicated to wider audiences. Informed by Bennett’s notions of ‘vibrant matter’ (2010), Barad’s conception of agency and intra-action (2003), transversality (Guattari, 1964 and Dolphijn and van der Tuin, 2012) and J.J. Gibson’s theory of affordances (1986) the paper explores how embodied knowledges become activated and mobilised through human-material-world intra-actions and how interdisciplinary engagements facilitate the articulation of such knowledges. The notion of parasitic endeavor employed here alludes to a temporal process in which theoretical paradigms from one discipline are employed within or applied in another for a required period of time to facilitate the articulation of complex intra-active and diffractive human-nonhuman entanglements.

This paper seeks to show how distinct practices transmit knowledges beyond disciplinary boundaries. Each respondent will offer a ‘score’ to provoke and support intra-active practice. The score frames a set of instructions, rules or constraints for fellow authors to explore and reflect on their experiences in relation to their own, customary modes of ‘doing’ practice and research. For publication, each contributor will present a response to one or more of these scores, drawing on their own disciplinary methods and working practices to consider how the specificities of their discipline engage creatively with these alternate actions and actors.

In this scenario the notion of ‘parasitic endeavor’ is positioned as prodigious and facilitatory; we move through and beyond disciplinary silos, borrow and compare, creating new theoretical and disciplinary entanglements, through which new/augmented modes of thinking/doing might emerge.
Surface Tension: Material Intra-Actions within Photography
Authors: Jane Vuorinen  , Rebecca Najdowski
Published: September 2018

How does photography materially intra-act with other material phenomena and how do these interruptions, entanglements or comings-together reveal new qualities of photographic materiality itself? In this exposition, we use the concept of intra-action to think through and problematize photographic practices by looking at two cases: ‘photo-embroideries’ and ‘landscape photography’. Through these perspectives we propose a new materialist approach to thinking about photography, one that considers and appreciates photographic materiality.
Enacting Agential Cuts - Notes on the Untitled 1-3 (2014)
Authors: Heidi Tikka
Published: September 2018

The exposition is a visual-textual essay in which I explore Karen Barad’s agential realism in conversation with my installation “”Untitled 1-3” consisting of three interactive artifacts: knitted dress-like objects, responding to touch. An installation is understood here as an ongoing process of materialization which assumes different instantiations over time. I will approach these in dialogue with Barad’s concept of the “agential cut”, inquiring into three “cuts” in which the installation is enacted in three different configurations.
Aesthetics of inhuman touch: notes for 'vegetalised' performance
Authors: mirko nikolić  , Neda Radulovic
Published: September 2018

The article aims to develop the notion of posthuman/ist performance art, drawing from and continuing the line of work developed by Karen Barad. Starting from the critique of anthropocentrism of performance studies, we try and apply the notions of affect and intra-action to account for interspecies entanglements in the context of performance arts. The article will tackle several main issues in attempt to acknowledge more than human agencies participating in the event of performance: how do we understand and reconfigure the notion of body in performance? Whose bodies count as present and who gets the credit as the subject/creator of the performance? As the territory to investigate these questions we look at the vegetal-human co-performances, especially through touching intra-actions. We try to figure what a desiring-touching between these radically different embodiments and modes of being would entail, and, through this critique of performance studies, we make steps towards 'vegetalising' both affect theory and agential realist theory of intra-action.
Trans-becomings in Western classical singing: An intra-active approach
Authors: Milla Kristina Tiainen
Published: September 2018

This exposition is an attempt to think transgender existence and experiences in relation to voice and the particular practices of western classical singing. A key source of inspiration for this voice and music-bound line of exploration is our collaboration with Finnish singer, voice teacher and trans man Demian Seesjärvi. Thus, the propositions presented here are meant to take form in-between Seesjärvi’s vocalizations, his spoken and written reflections on his body/voice and artistic activity, and the research interests and concepts that we bring into these encounters.

The exposition explores the interrelations of trans existence and vocal art practices through Seesjärvi’s distinctive practice in classical singing. Our accompanying theoretical aim is to participate in recent discussions about how materiality - or better, materialities - matter a great deal in trans ways of being or becoming and the unfolding of trans selves.

In particular, we engage with Seesjärvi’s activities as a classically trained singer by asking how his artistry and perhaps the music-cultural field of classical singing more generally prompt important insights into the co-formations of body, voice and sex/gender in trans ways of being. How do material, cultural and discursive aspects interrelate - or, in the terms used in this exposition, intra-act - within these formations? How can new materialist ideas concerning the emergent, instead of passive or predictable, character of matter, and the intra-active occurring of materialities and other phenomena, (e.g. Barad 2003; 2007) advance understandings of materiality, voice and sex/gender in vocal art practices and trans studies of music?
The aural garden of sounding materials: performing within the materiality of Et in Arcadia ego-music performance
Authors: Assi Karttunen
Published: September 2018

'Et in Arcadia ego'-music performance is an auditory garden deriving its inspiration from 17th-century European meditation gardens. It was premiered at the Helsinki Music Centre in autumn 2016 and performed again in summer 2017 as a part of the Venice Research Pavilion of the University of the Arts Helsinki.The performance was initiated as my KeKe-project 2014 (Sibelius Academy’s former Development Centre, KeKe) and the research question was, how to develop classical music’s performance practices by subtly varying its performative parameters. By pre-recording organic sound material related to wooden instruments like organ pipes, psalteries and harpsichords, including also concrete sounds of wood, cones, stalks and sticks, these sounds were projected into the concert venue and heard among the music repertory and alive improvisations. Moreover, I wanted to pose a question, whether a concert venue could be understood as a compound of resonating elements and shapes. Is it possible to animate the concert venue by studying its auditory features more carefully? The 'Et in Arcadia ego'-performance develops performativity of classical music by subtly varying and extending its performative techniques. This artistic research is articulated in line with phenomenologists such as Don Ihde and Maurice Merleau-Ponty and philosopher Gaston Bachelard.
GEOART AS A NEW MATERIALIST PRACTICE. INTRA-ACTIVE BECOMINGS AND ARTISTIC (KNOWLEDGE) PRODUCTION.
Authors: Dorota Golanska
Published: September 2018

Situated within a new materialist philosophical framework and inspired by its posthumanistic, postdualistic, and affirmative orientation, this article looks at instances of geoart, understanding it in terms of intra-active knowledge production processes. I look specifically at the artistic projects by Jim Denevan and, by doing so, I intend to examine the concept of a non-academic artistic practice with an aim of exposing that a detailed inspection of the processes involved in the artistic production sheds an altogether different light on the nature of all research practices. As such, it lets us engage more thoroughly with the “how-question” of generating knowledge, highlighting its processual material-semiotic character. As instantiated in my case studies, an inquiry of different relationalities involved in the process of artistic (knowledge) production enables a study of how subject and object emerge as a result of “intra-activity” (Barad 2007).
Using his own body as both a tool and an active corporeal entity merging with the surrounding landscape, a geoartist Jim Denevan rhythmically and in a dance-like movement creates ephemeral gigantic drawings on sand, soil, or ice. They emerge out of a dynamic assemblage of the artist’s body (and his tools) and the local geophysical situation (with different sorts of matter or forces present there). The natural environment operates as an agent actively engaged in the whole process of artistic creation—of both making and unmaking of the drawings. When finished by Denevan, his works of art remain dynamic; they are being gradually modified and eventually erased by the undulating waves, tides, gusts of wind, the working of erosion and weathering, until they completely disappear. Focusing on the engagement of the artist with the environment and the random audiences present on site, I want to make clear that such eco-sensitive creation may serve as an illuminating example of what forms the entanglements of art and research could take and what material-semiotic effects such creative activities produce for all actors involved.
Uma metafísica para além do feminino e do masculino
Authors: Moraes Alfredo De Oliveira
Published: September 2018

O autor apresenta de modo sucinto e provocativo a tese de que é urgente e imprescindível a mudança de base da Metafísica, assevera que a história da Metafísica iniciada com Tales de Mileto, ao longo do seu desenvolvimento limitou-se apenas a propor diferentes matérias como base da Metafísica, sem jamais questionar a possibilidade de outra base e que frente às descobertas da ciência contemporânea não é toda a Metafísica que perde sentido e razão de ser, mas apenas essa Metafísica de base material e propõe a possibilidade de se retomar a Metafísica em bases relacionais. Para o autor, O mundo precisa de Filosofia, a Filosofia carece de uma nova base metafísica e uma Metafísica em novas bases exige a coragem de ousar, não inconsequentemente, não em discursos edificantes, não em lampejos de genialidade, não em frases midiáticas, mas em diálogo com os outros saberes e a realidade por eles revelada, desvelada; uma Metafísica que seja capaz de apreender e expor em seu lógos a realidade dos laboratórios de nanotecnologia, dos telescópios (como o Hubble e outros), das redes sociais que grassam na internet, do pensamento holográfico e seus fractais, em fim, de tudo o que constitui a nossa realidade efetiva contemporânea. Em conclusão, metafísica numa nova base que possa nos levar além do feminino e do masculino, e contribuir para realizar nosso potencial como espíritos vivendo uma experiência humana.
Efforts on Geological Conservation to Watuadeg-Basalt Pillow Lavas at West Sumber, Berbah District, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region-Indonesia
Authors: Faizal Mohamad , Arisandy Rydo Faisal , Tatawu Ariel L Afrandi , Wijaksono Shandi Hargian , Alansa Frando Ryan , Arifin Muhammad Nur , Mulyaningsih Sri
Published: September 2018

Site of Berbah pillow lavas is an important geological heritage that is currently as one of the main tourism destination area located in Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. It has a unique appearence of pillow structures with diameters of 0.5-1.0 m and the flow length of 2-5m. This site is used to visited by students and earth researchers becouse of its unique geological history.

This study was approached with geotourism and geoconservation points of view. The research method uses qualitatively field geological observations. Data analysis was carried out by assessing the feasibility study of the geological conditions that had been produced in relation to the development of educational toursm.

In its condition, this site suffered damage to the development impacts in the surrounding area and was once an object of agate mining so that its condition was increasingly not maintained. In order to maintain this site and become a protected geological site, there must be seriousness of various parties in an effort to map the geological conditions of the pillow lava complex, an important role that geologists have to inform and disseminate to all stakeholders and local residents to be able to independently manage the potential of geotourism. In addition, it also needs the commitment of the local government in protecting the pillow lava object and fighting for it to become a protected geological reserve.
Expression Changes in Fatty acid Metabolic Processrelated Genes in Porcine Oocytes During in Vitro Maturation
Authors: Budna Joanna , Celichowski Piotr , Bryja Artur , Jeseta Michal , Jankowski Maurycy , Bukowska Dorota , Antosik Paweł , Nowicki Andrzej , Brüssow Klaus P. , Bruska Małgorzata , Nowicki Michał , Zabel Maciej , Kempisty Bartosz
Published: September 2018

Mammalian oocytes undergo compound processes of nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation that allow them to reach MII stage. Only fully mature, oocyte can be successfully fertilized by a single spermatozoon. Fatty acids, apart from their role in cellular metabolism, inflammation and tissue development, have positive and detrimental effects on oocyte maturation, fertilization, blastocyst cleavage rate and embryo development in mammals. Using microarrays, we have analyzed the expression changes in fatty acids- -related genes during in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes. The oocytes were recovered from ovaries of 45 pubertal crossbred Landrace gilts and subsequently subjected to BCB test. For further analyses, only granulosa cell-free BCB+ oocytes were used and divided into two groups. The first one, described as “before IVM”, was directly exposed to molecular assays, the second one, described as “after IVM”, was first in vitro matured and then subjected to a second BCB test. Oocytes, if classified as BCB+, were then passed to corresponding molecular analyses. We found significant down-regulation of genes involved in fatty acid metabolic process, such as: ACSL6, EPHX2, FADS2, PTGES, TPI1, TBXAS1, NDUFAB1, MIF, ACADSB and DECR1 in porcine oocytes analyzed after IVM, in comparison to those analyzed before IVM. In conclusion, apart from poor data available concerning analyzed genes in relation to reproductive events, significant changes in their expression point to their potential role as an oocyte developmental competence markers in pigs. Introducing molecular diagnostics of oocytes could be the prospective tool for selection of best gametes, leading to improved outcomes of in vitro fertilization.
Evaluation of Neutrophils Immunophenotype in the Microenvironment of Malignant Pleural Effusions
Authors: Kaczmarek Mariusz , Maciejewska Joanna , Spychalski Łukasz , Socha-Kozłowska Magdalena , Nowicka Agata , Sikora Jan
Published: September 2018

The lung cancer is often associated with the development of pleural effusion. Neutrophils are the most numerous population of immune system cells which are an essential component of tumor leukocyte infiltration. These cells are engaged in the development and maintenance of the inflammation. It is indicated that neutrophils support the development of cancer. The aim of the study was the evaluation of neutrophils, regarding their presence and activity in pleural effusions. This was achieved by assessing of molecular structures, which are used by neutrophils in chemotaxis and phagocytosis. 60 pleural effusions and 34 peripheral blood samples received from patients and 15 peripheral blood samples from the control group were analyzed. Expression of CD11a, CD11b, CD11c, CD18 and CD62L molecules with use flow cytometry was evaluated. The concentration of the neutrophil elastase in pleural effusions were measured with use ELISA test. The number of neutrophils in the peripheral blood of patients with pleural effusion was lower than that observed in the control group. Neutrophils present in pleural effusions were characterized by an increased ability to chemotaxis and secrete significant amounts of neutrophil elastase. Neutrophils recruited into the pleura during the formation of the effusion are an essential element of the developing inflammatory reaction in this environment. The presence of neutrophils in pleural effusion may promote its further formation and support the development of cancer.
Functioning of a family with a child suffering from cystic fibrosis and short bowel syndrome - case study
Authors: Świerczyńska Justyna , Mazur Agnieszka , Chojnowska-Ćwiąkała Izabela , Podosek Agnieszka
Published: September 2018

This article presents the problem of the functioning of a family with a child suffering from two painful, chronic and incurable diseases - cystic fibrosis and short bowel syndrome. Its aim is to learn about the impact of these diseases on the occurrence and course of mental disorders in a child and on the functioning of the whole family in which such a child is brought up. Like any long-term illness of a child, it has influenced changes in the functioning of the family system. The parents’ functioning and the flexibility of the family system conditioned the acceptance of the diagnosis and determined further participation of the family in the treatment process. This article also discusses the risk of unfavorable attitudes of parents towards the child’s illnesses, which may contribute to the development of mental disorders in the child patient, as well as in his/her parents or siblings. In the process of treatment and rehabilitation, the necessity for cooperation of medical staff, the patient and his/her parents has been emphasised.
SEED PRIMING TECHNIQUES FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND ITS EFFECT ON GROWTH OF HYBRID CASTOR
Authors: K. THANUNATHAN M. THIRUPPATHI, R. KAVITHA,
Published: September 2018

A study was conducted to estimate the effect of seed priming techniques on germination and growth performance of castor. The seeds were subjected to priming in different concentration (1, 2 and 3 %) of solution viz., ZnSo4,  Kc1 , KH2PO4, CaCl2,Cowdung slurry and water along with unprimed dry seed as a control. The result revealed that percentage of seed germination, germination index, speed of germination, seed vigour index, seedling shoot and root length, seedling root volume, seedling root and shoot dry weight and relative water content of castor  were significantly higher with 2 per cent ZnSo4 primed seed, Hydropriming with 2 per cent ZnSo4 is the most promising priming technique for enhancing seedling characters and drought tolerance.
SEASONAL VARIATION ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF CLUSTER BEAN [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.(Taub)]
Authors: Gollavenkata Sowjanya S. Anuja,
Published: September 2018

An investigation was carried in two seasons, season I during (July-Sep) 2015 and season II during (Feb-April) 2016 with thirty-five genotypes of cluster bean to identify superior genotypes for further crop breeding programmes. The results revealed that the season I showed relatively superior mean performance with respect to plant height, number of pods, and pod yield per plant when compared to season II. During season I, genotypes CT-31, CT-26, CT-32, CT-27 showed better performance in terms of pod yield per plant,and , number of pods per plant. During season II, genotypes CT-31, CT-26, CT-33 showed better performance in terms of pod yield per plant, number of pods per plant.
Influence of different temperature and relative humidity levels on the mycelial growth, conidial germination and anthracnose incidence of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Authors: UDHAYAKUMAR R.
Published: September 2018

Mango anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a highly destructive pathogen that causes considerable damage, inflicting severe qualitative and quantitative losses. Among the external factors which influence the growth of fungi, temperature and relative humidity plays an important role. Each pathogen has got its own cardinal temperature and relative humidity, also understanding about these factors will help to standardize the management strategies. Among the six temperature levels tested, 25°C was found to be more conducive for the mycelial growth (88.33 mm), conidial germination (69.00%) of C. gloeosporioides, and maximum disease development (97.00 %) which was followed by room temperature (28+2°C).The maximum disease incidence of 97.00 per cent in the fruits was recorded at 25oC followed by room temperature (28±2oC) (83.33 %) after 10 days of inoculation. Among the seven relative humidity levels tested, the maximum mycelial growth (87.00 mm), conidial germination (72.00%) and maximum disease incidence (97.00 %) was recorded at 100 per cent relative humidity, which was followed by 92.9% relative humidity level (83.00 mm; 61.67% mycelial growth and conidia germination, respectively). The least mycelial growth (7.33 mm) and conidial germination (0.0%) was recorded at 36.8% relative humidity level.
ANALISIS RETURN SAHAM BERDASARKAN STRATEGI DOGS OF THE DOW PADA IHSG DI INDONESIA
Authors: Gunawan Reinandus Aditya
Published: September 2018

Every investor is looking to earn positive return on stock investment and they hope to beat the market return. One of the most widely used methods of stock selection is the Dogs of the dow method. This method uses the selection of 10 stocks that have the highest dividend yield as a portfolio formation method. After the formation, the stock portfolio return compared with the return of IHSG as measured by price difference for a year. The result of this study is the fact that of the ten stocks selected each year only the highest dividend shares that can beat the market even though the results are not significant.
PENERAPAN TIME-DRIVEN ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING PADA PERHITUNGAN HARGA POKOK PRODUK USAHA JASA UNIXON
Authors: Jovanka Astrid Anastasya , Faliany L Jade
Published: September 2018

The purpose of this paper is to calculate branding consultant cost using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC). TDABC calculate cost based on activity that is controlled by time. The method that is used in this research is a case study in Unixon, a small business that works in the field of branding, using data from 2016. Interviews were conducted. The cost and activity database was analyzed. The results of this research show that TDABC can be applied in this Company because it qualified the requirements; diversity in product and different time consumption ratio for each product. TDABC provided more accurate cost information by calculating all costs; cost to make and cost to sell. Implementation of TDABC also show time capacity utilization by comparing actual labor hours and work hours that is controlled by government regulation. By understanding this condition, the owner is able to evaluate the amount of job that is done, time consumption, and employee who is involved. To implement TDABC, the Company must consider each steps needed from identifying activity, assign cost to activity, calculate tariff per activity, to calculate cost of product.