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The challenges of dementia care and the (un)making of meaning: Analysis of an online forum on carer spirituality
Authors: Kevern Peter , Stifoss-Hanssen Hans
Published: September 2018

Although one writer has called dementia ‘the theological disease’, there has been remarkably little research on how people with dementia and their carers find spiritual meaning and significance in their experience. While there is a significant body of literature examining the role of existing spiritual or religious beliefs and practices in supporting the carer of a person with dementia, there is very little research which offers an insight into the reverse process: how the experience of caring challenges a carer’s sources of spiritual or religious meaning, and what strategies are adopted to resolve the experienced tension between belief and experience. The present study aimed to supplement this incomplete picture by examining the archive of an online forum responding to a request for ‘thoughts which lend a spiritual perspective to going through dementia’. Interpretative Phenomenal Analysis (IPA) was undertaken on two levels. First, attention was focussed on the forum as an integrated discussion, identifying its recurrent and superordinate themes. The contributions of selected individual participants were then analysed to further examine the way in which their positions were developed. The analysis uncovered the importance which at least some carers of people with dementia attached to spiritual perspectives, as supplying strength for and meaning to the challenges they faced; but also how meaning was undermined by their experience. Few participants identified with traditional religious resources, but attempted to find meaning by reflection on their personal narrative. Six distinct types of response to the initial question were identified. These findings indicate that the wellbeing and resilience of at least some carers may benefit from validation of their spiritual concerns along with sensitive and attentive spiritual support. In this task, a key resource is their reflection on their personal narrative in relation to current challenges.
The Leadership Exploration Project: Development and Analysis of a Leader Definition and Persuasive Presentation
Authors: Polin Beth
Published: September 2018

Students are often frustrated and confused by the study of leadership since the field cannot offer an agreed-upon definition of the construct. Students are expected to develop leadership skills without understanding what leadership actually is. The Leadership Exploration Project is a multiweek exercise that gives late undergraduate or graduate students the opportunity to develop and appreciate their own leader definition through personal reflection grounded in academic- and practitioner-based research. To then exercise proper use of the term, students choose an autobiography or biography of a businessperson and evaluate that person against their leader definition. The project culminates in students arguing for whether their businessperson is a “leader” through a persuasive Pecha Kucha presentation.
Der Streit um das Menschenbild Der Konflikt zwischen Wissenschaft und Lebenswelt in biblischer Perspektive
Authors: Link Christian
Published: September 2018

This contribution has its point of departure in an analysis of the tendency of modern brain research to trace mental processes back to neuronal functions, thereby negating human freedom (of will) and subjectivity. In its critique of this tendency, the essay invokes phenomenological evidence that human beings ascribe intentionality and responsibility to themselves and others. With regard to methodology, it denies any primacy of »explaining« over against »understan­ding«. The author counters any »physicalism« with the biblical »idea of humanity« determi­ning humans as God’s creatures. The prohibition of idolatry helps to avoid definitional prede­terminations and creates space for a freedom that serves as orientation through God-likeness.
Wie die Anderen leben
Authors: Höse Vanessa
Published: September 2018

Die Milieus der Armen und Unangepassten gerieten zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts in den Fokus der argentinischen Presse. Ein neuer Typus moderner Reportagen setzte die »Schattenseiten« von Urbanisierung und Masseneinwanderung fotografisch in Szene und popularisierte sie in bewegenden Enthüllungsberichten für ein breites Lesepublikum. Gleichzeitig entwickelten die Subalternen in den Städten Taktiken der Selbstbehauptung, die sich ebenfalls in diese Artikel eingeschrieben haben. Vanessa Höses kulturhistorische Studie eröffnet eine neue und längst überfällige Perspektive auf die bisherige Forschung zur Sozialen Frage in Argentinien, indem sie die durchdringende Bedeutung der frühen Massenmedien für den Entwurf moderner Sozial- und Nationalstaatlichkeit aufzeigt.
Community Radio and Transnational Identities
Authors: Mitchell Caroline , Lewis Peter M.
Published: September 2018

In this chapter Mitchell and Lewis summarise their TRE research into minorities use of radio. 'Sharing experience' workshops in contrasting regions of the UK, and participation in conferences in mainland Europe and beyond, facilitated exchanges with community radio staff and volunteers and with representatives of minority communities. Participatory Action Research involved a 'translation' of TRE's cross-cutting themes and their application to the realities of community radio experience. The approach led, as PAR does, to activities not foreseen in the original research plan - to broadcasts, podcasts, stories and reports shared among participants working in the same area but often previously unknown to each other. Particular issues are discussed: language - in different situations both a barrier and a bridge, the importance of archives in the cultural memory of minorities, and the infrastructural constraints from national to local, station level within which community radio operates.
Desi Radio by and for the Panjabi Community: Citizens' Media, Gender, and Participation
Authors: Haydari Nazan
Published: September 2018

Nazan Haydari adddresses the question of how Panjabi women negotiate their gender, and Panjabi identities in interplay with their participation in radio production. Desi Radio, the project of the Panjabi Centre located in Southall, West London, was started in 2002 to promote Panjabi culture, and language. Building dialogue among the community constitutes the main philosophy of the station by questioning the political divide between East and West Panjab, religious divide of Muslim, Hindu and Sikh, gender inequality, and cast division. Desi Radio is run by the volunteers, and Panjabi women of the community constitute the majority. This paper is based on participant observation, interviews with women producers, and the founders of the station. Through the citizens' media framework by Clemencia Rodriguez, it is argued that Desi Radio creates a collective communication process for women to build new relationships, gain new skills and perspectives about their own capabilities, feel empowered, and become more conscious of their gender and Panjabi identities. Music and language play an important role to claim a Panjabi identity beyond the divisions of cast, gender, politics, and religion.
Radiophonic Cities The City Portrait in Transnational Radio Collaborations
Authors: Kreutzfeldt Jacob
Published: September 2018

The radiophonic city portrait has been a prominent genre in transnational radio exchanges. Through various impulses from the cinema, avantgarde art and news reporting, the city became a motive of national display and scenery for transnational radio encounters already by the early 1930s, where broadcasters collaborated on producing and simultaneously transmitting portraits of capitals. With the establishment of EBU Ars Acoustica and particularly through the Metropolis series facilitated by WDR in the 1980es the genre resurfaced and reconnected to early avantgarde experiments. The chapter presents a model for analysing the genre drawing from two case studies: Exchanges in the Nordic Realm in the 1930s, and the Metropolic city portraits, initiated by Klaus Schöning and produced for Studio Akustische Kunst at WDR Cologne in the 1980s.
Einleitung
Authors: Blumenreich Ulrike , Dengel Sabine , Hippe Wolfgang , Sievers Norbert
Published: September 2018

Ulrike Blumenreich, Sabine Dengel, Wolfgang Hippe und Norbert Sievers geben in ihrer Einleitung einen Überblick über aktuelle kulturpolitische Debatten zum Thema. Sie verweisen darauf, dass sich trotz einiger Widerstände politische, ökonomische, ökologische und kulturelle Prozesse weltweit miteinander verweben. Die Kulturpolitik müsse erwägen, die bisher übliche Unterscheidung vom kulturellen »Innen« und »Außen« aufzugeben und der Vielzahl von hybriden Kulturen, ihren traditionellen und narrativen Spuren den notwendigen Respekt erweisen. Das bedeute den Abschied von der Dominanz der westlichen Kulturen. Dieser Paradigmenwechsel hin zu einer möglichen kulturellen »Weltinnenpolitik« ist komplex, unbequem und anstrengend. Da die meisten Staaten inzwischen »Ein-und Auswanderungsländer« mit entsprechenden kulturellen Pluralitäten sind, steht die Überprüfung der bisherigen nationalen Kulturpolitiken an. Umstritten ist weniger die Diagnose als vielmehr die Formulierung der damit verbundenen neuen Narrative und das »Wie« der anstehenden Reformen. Stichworte sind hier etwa Glocalisation, Diversität und Transkulturalität, Identitätspolitik oder der Umgang mit Grenzen.
The maps that shape the roads. On the place of cultural policy actors in the debate on the sustainable development of cities
Authors: Pascual Jordi
Published: September 2018

Jordi Pascual explores in this chapter the relation between cultural policy actors and the paradigm of »sustainable development of cities«. The author describes the paradigm and the noticeable progress, in the last 15-20 years on the consideration of »culture in sustainability« as an important policy debate. He calls for the active engagement of those responsible for drawing up, implementing and evaluating cultural policies in this debate (a difficult although fundamental task). He forecasts the debate, still too institutional, will evolve considerably over the next 15 years and be joined by new actors such as cities and civil society. He believes that welcoming and constructively critical platforms for discussion and delivery on culture in sustainability will have to be created and nurtured by all and for all.
Fernsehen und Wohnkultur
Authors: Miggelbrink Monique
Published: September 2018

Warum treten Medien auch als Möbel in Erscheinung? Ausgehend von der Beobachtung des Fernsehens als Möbel entwickelt Monique Miggelbrink eine eigene Herangehensweise für die Untersuchung von Medien des häuslichen Gebrauchs. Die »Vermöbelung« des Fernsehens zeigt sich weniger in Formen und Funktionen des technischen Geräts, sondern vielmehr an seinem Gehäuse-Design und entsprechenden Einrichtungspraktiken. Anhand von historischem Quellenmaterial aus Einrichtungs- und Programmzeitschriften, Werbeanzeigen und Fernsehfibeln geht die Studie in einem Kulturvergleich mit den USA den geschlechts- und schichtspezifischen Bedeutungen nach, die sich im Design und Gebrauch von Fernsehgeräten als Möbel in der Wohnkultur der BRD der 1950er- und 1960er-Jahre herausbilden.
Umkämpfte Wege der Reproduktion
Authors: Polat Nurhak
Published: September 2018

Die boomende Kinderwunschökonomie ist auch in der Türkei ein umkämpftes Feld. Nurhak Polats Analyse fragt, welche Selbst- und Körperpolitiken, Rechtsansprüche und Handlungsmöglichkeiten produziert, ausgefochten und in Bewegung gesetzt werden. Ihre ethnografische Studie, die auf Untersuchungen im medizinischen Alltag sowie On- und Offline-Plattformen der Selbsthilfe basiert, erkundet die geschlechtsspezifischen Wissenspraktiken im Umgang mit »techno-medizinisch assistierter« Zeugung. Sie analysiert, wie Frauen und Männer ihre Wege zum ersehnten Kind navigieren, und ihre Aushandlungen mit Reproduktionstechnologien, patriarchalem Pronatalismus sowie den staatlichen und medizinischen Paternalismen. In den Blick geraten so neben den körperlich-sozialen Erfahrungen auch bio-subpolitische Veränderungsprozesse.
Stadtentwicklung und Migration
Authors: Schäfer Klaus
Published: September 2018

Klaus Schäfer verknüpft noch einmal drei wichtige Aspekte des Buches - Migration, Nutzungsmischung und Teilhabe - über eine zentrale Fragestellung, inwieweit ein Stadtgeflecht dienlich ist, selbstständiges Handeln zuzulassen oder gar hervorzurufen. Es sind die Faktoren einer urbanen Struktur, die Fähigkeit zur Eigeninitiative anzuregen und gleichfalls einen positiven Einfluss auf das Thema Integration zu nehmen. Diese zu fördernden oder wiederherzustellenden Bestandteile eines Stadtwesens müssen auf einen zukünftigen Umbau der ,Zwischenstadt' übertragen werden: Nutzungsmischung, einschließlich Produktion und Kleinteiligkeit in Verbindung mit differenzierten Formen der Eigentumsbildung. Angesichts einer derzeit erschreckenden Flächenkonkurrenz in den Zentren, aber auch aus Gründen einer nachhaltigen Stadtentwicklung, ist eine entschlossene und konstruktive Transformation unserer suburbanen Bereiche geboten. Sich ergänzende Beispiele dieser Aspekte aus der Planungspraxis werden in dem Kapitel zusammengeführt.
Heavy Metal in der DDR
Authors: Zaddach Wolf-Georg
Published: September 2018

DDR und Heavy Metal? Wolf-Georg Zaddach rückt eine in der Forschung lange Zeit vernachlässigte Jugendkultur in den Fokus und erläutert - erstmalig in diesem Umfang - die alltäglichen Praktiken und Entwicklungen der Heavy Metal-Szene im DDR-Sozialismus der 1980er-Jahre. Die empirische Grundlage hierfür bieten bisher unveröffentlichte Quellen wie Songtexte auf Karteikarten, Fan-Briefe und Akten der »Stasi« (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit). Es kommen aber auch zahlreiche Zeitzeugen wie die Macher der Kultradiosendung »Tendenz Hard bis Heavy« sowie diverse Fans und Musiker zu Wort.
Digitale Objekte - subjektive Materie. Zur Materialität digitalisierter Objekte in Museum und Archiv
Authors: Müller Katja
Published: September 2018

Katja Müller geht Fragen nach der Materialität digitaler Objekte nach, die Museumssammlungen und Archive mit besonderem Nachdruck aufwerfen. Besteht (weiterhin) eine Notwendigkeit zur Materialität von Kulturerbe? Haben hier entstandene digitale Objekte eine Materialität? Sind sie eigene Entitäten? Dieser Beitrag argumentiert auf der Basis theoretischer Überlegungen und analysiert aus ethnologischer Sicht die Praxis von Digitalisierung in Sammlungen und Archiven. Als Beispiel dienen die Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Es zeigt sich, dass digitale Objekte und Datenbanken durchaus als eigenständige Entitäten erscheinen. Sie sind Objekte performativer Materialität und definitionsabhängige Grenzgänger. Der vertraute Raum des Archivs oder Depots scheint digitalen Objekten zu eng und unbequem zu werden. Sie stellen uns vor neue Herausforderungen, die nicht nur ihre Nutzung und Verbreitung im digitalen Raum betreffen, sondern insbesondere auf unsere Vorstellungen von musealen Objekten abzielen.
Courageous surgeons, enduring patients The performance of masculinity in medieval military medicine (14#u#th#e#-15#u#th#e# century)
Authors: Mengler Judith
Published: September 2018

Judith Mengler addresses the relation between medieval military surgery and the contemporary ideal of masculinity. By analysing the treatises of surgeons of the 14th and 15th century, she shows how pain, suffering, and miserable conditions due to war could impair the per-formance of masculinity and how surgeons tried to deal with this multi-causal, physical and mental, challenge.
Soziologien des Lebens. Einführung
Authors: Delitz Heike , Nungesser Frithjof , Seyfert Robert
Published: September 2018

Heike Delitz, Frithjof Nungesser und Robert Seyfert umreißen lebenssoziologische Denkweisen - die es seitens verschiedener Denktraditionen gibt - es zunächst positiv als ein Denken des Lebens als Subjekt und Objekt von Gesellschaft einführend und es zugleich negativ kennzeichnend, von dem her, was es nicht ist (eine Soziologie des Lebens ist weder irrationalistisch noch spekulativ usw.). Sodann werden die Bezugnahmen auf das Leben in soziologischen Theorien (und den Beiträgen des Bandes) unterschieden: Die lebenssoziologischen Denkweisen unterscheiden sich daran, ob sie tendenziell vor allem auf Überschreitungen des Lebens durch sich selbst aufmerksam machen; ob sie in erster Linie Kritiken (Erkenntniskritiken und Gesellschaftskritiken) üben; oder ob es ihnen vorrangig um Differenzierungen innerhalb des Lebens geht.
Plessners vital turn. Ekstatik der »exzentrischen Positionalität«
Authors: Fischer Joachim
Published: September 2018

»Lachen und Weinen« sind für Plessner Erfindungen der Natur im Menschen, die ihn in seiner Kultur und nur mit Bezug auf sie über sich hinaustreiben. Joachim Fischer geht es um den systematischen Charakter dieses Buches für Plessners Philosophische Anthropologie der »exzentrischen Positionalität«. Die Untersuchung der Grenzen des menschlichen Verhaltens (so lautet Plessners Untertitel) konzentriert sich auf körperliche Erscheinungen des vorübergehend verselbständigten Lebens im sinnhaften Aufbau der Lebenswelt, die weder tierischen Charakter haben noch konstruiert sind. Lachen und Weinen sind passivisch-passionierte körperliche Äußerungen, die Menschen widerfahren und dabei zugleich als sinnhaft erfahren werden. An ihrem Leitfaden werden weitere ekstatische Phänomene erschlossen (Tanz und Musik, orgiastische Erscheinungen). Insgesamt macht Fischer bei Plessner die Option eines vital turn der Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften sichtbar - die Wendung zum »Leben«, um von der sinnlichen Welt des Lebendigen her Grundzüge der sinnhaften Lebenswelt transparent werden zu lassen, die einer Soziologie im Gefolge des linguistic und material turn entgehen.
»Des Menschen Tage sind wie Gras« Ein Dissens über Wachstum in der Philosophischen Anthropologie
Authors: Eßbach Wolfgang
Published: September 2018

Wolfgang Eßbach widmet sich in seinem Beitrag der Frage, welche Bedeutung Konzepte des Vegetativen für eine Lebenssoziologie haben. Ausgehend von einem exemplarischen Medienereignis, dem BASF-Film Blumenwunder (1926), behandelt Eßbach den Dissens zwischen Max Scheler, Hellmuth Plessner und Arnold Gehlen über das pflanzliche Wachstum. Seine These ist, daß Pflanzen mit ihrem, im Vergleich zu anorganischen Dingen und tierischen Wesen, mittleren Grad der Andersheit Statthalter für Grundfragen der Theorie des Lebendigen sind. Mit der zunehmenden Tendenz der Animalisierung der Pflanze wird der Blick auf die ganze breite und strukturelle Differenziertheit der Phänomene des Lebendigen verstellt.
Life in action. Zur pragmatistischen Konzeptualisierung des (menschlichen) Lebens und ihrer empirischen Haltbarkeit
Authors: Nungesser Frithjof
Published: September 2018

Frithjof Nungesser rekonstruiert in seinem Beitrag die pragmatistische Konzeptualisierung des (menschlichen) Lebens und befragt sie auf ihre empirische Haltbarkeit. Die Analyse erfolgt aus zwei Perspektiven. Zum einen werden Deweys und Meads Argumente dazu präsentiert, wie Differenzen im sensomotorischen Umgang mit der Umwelt die unterschiedlichen Erfahrungsmöglichkeiten von Lebewesen strukturieren. Zum anderen wird anhand von Deweys Theorie der Gewohnheiten (»habits«) und Meads Theorie der Perspektivenübernahme gezeigt, wie sich die soziokulturellen Bedingungen der menschlichen Lebensform verstehen lassen. Der ursprünglichen transdisziplinären Ausrichtung des Pragmatismus entsprechend werden diese Argumente dann im Lichte aktueller Erkenntnisse aus den Lebenswissenschaften - insbesondere aus der Wahrnehmungspsychologie, den Kognitionswissenschaften und der Primatologie - überprüft. Sowohl Aktualität wie Aktualisierungsbedarf der pragmatistischen Thesen werden so erkennbar.
Nach dem Vitalismus. Canguilhems lebenssoziologische »Reserve«
Authors: Ebke Thomas
Published: September 2018

Thomas Ebke widmet sich in seinem Beitrag der Möglichkeit einer unvermuteten Selbstrevision in Georges Canguilhems (1904-1995) genuiner »Soziologie des Lebens«. Ohne Zweifel bringen die zentralen Schriften Canguilhems das Paradigma eines »vital turn« zur Entfaltung: Demnach wendet sich in jeder wissenschaftlichen Objektivierung des Lebendigen etwas von dessen biologischer Normativität auf die Praxis und die Form der life sciences selbst zurück. An den Rändern dieses paradigmatischen Vitalismus bricht in Canguilhems Denken jedoch die skeptische Einsicht auf, dass gerade ein solches »lebendiges Wissen des Lebens« das Risiko und die Gewalt einer mortalistischen Dialektik in sich birgt: Die Gefahr eines solchen hypertrophen, gegen sich selbst umschlagenden Vitalismus hat Canguilhem in seiner Lektüre von Auguste Comtes System der positiven Politik aufgedeckt. Der Beitrag argumentiert, dass sich Canguilhems kritische Beobachtungen zu Comte stillschweigend als die Grundlage einer Selbstzurücknahme von Canguilhems eigenem Vitalismus ansetzen lassen: So gesehen wäre für den späten Canguilhem nicht länger die selbstreferenzielle Immanenz des Lebendigen, sondern der Externalismus des homo cogitat das leitende Modell gewesen.
Von Besetzern und Spielverderbern. Der Hybridraum Theater als öffentliche Sphäre
Authors: Schulte Philipp
Published: September 2018

Philipp Schulte widmet sich in seinem Beitrag dem Theaterraum als hybrider Sphäre und stellt die Frage, inwieweit private und politische Momente hier vermischt werden. Grundlegende These ist, dass es sich bei ihm um einen Raum handelt, in dem sich Prozesse öffentlicher Interessenbildung besonders gut reflektieren lassen. Dazu untersucht er zwei konkrete Beispiele aktueller Arbeiten aus dem Bereich der Performancekunst: die Spielperformances »The Money« von Seth Honor sowie das Stück »RuleTM« von Emke Idema. In beiden werden quasi-öffentliche Situationen modellhaft durchgespielt, vereinfacht dargestellt und experimentell ausgetestet. Auf diese Weise werde ein lustvolles Erproben möglicher Wege öffentlicher Interessenbildung ermöglicht.
Pegida-Effekte?
Authors: Schenke Julian , Schmitz Christopher , Marg Stine , Trittel Katharina
Published: September 2018

Pegida hat den politischen Diskurs verändert - soviel steht vier Jahre nach Beginn der Proteste fest. Doch die Deutungen zu den Ursachen und Folgen der »Patriotischen Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes« gehen weit auseinander. Auf Basis einer umfangreichen empirischen Studie diskutieren die Autor_innen dieses Bandes, ob und wie Pegida als Protestphänomen und Chiffre bei der Jugend verfängt. Die Studie bietet eine Analyse politischer Deutungsmuster der Jugend im Jahr 2018, indem sie politische Vorstellungen, Wünsche, Ängste und Gedanken zur demokratischen Einwanderungsgesellschaft in den Mittelpunkt stellt.
The concept of the industry 4.0 in a German multinational instrumentation and control company: a case study of a subsidiary in Brazil
Authors: Mana Renato , César Francisco I. Giocondo , Makiya Ieda Kanashiro , Volpe Waini
Published: September 2018

The study aims to present the industry's 4.0 concepts and facilities available on the market, applied in a German instrumentation and control industry in Brazil. The study aims to present advanced manufacturing technologies that are already being applied in the company studied. As a research method, a bibliographic review is done first, followed by a qualitative, quantitative and descriptive analysis of the results of a case study. The results are intended to present the company's maturity level in relation to Industry 4.0 (I.4.0) as well as to diagnose possible new applications to increase the control and monitoring of its activities. At the end of the paper, suggestions for future studies will be available to complement the methodology proposed in this study.
Application of Six Sigma using Define Measure Analyze Improve Control (DMAIC) methodology in Garment Sector
Authors: Rahman Abdur , Shaju Salaha Uddin Chowdhury , Sarkar Sharan Kumar , Hashem Mohammad Zahed , Hasan S. M. Kamrul , Islam Umainul
Published: September 2018

This paper demonstrates the empirical application of Six Sigma and Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology to reduce product defects within a garments manufacturing organization in Bangladesh which follows the DMAIC methodology to investigate defects, root causes and provide a solution to eliminate these defects. Design of experiments (DOE) and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) techniques were combined to statistically determine the correlation of the broken stitch and open seam with defects as well as to define their optimum values needed to eliminate the defects. The analysis from employing Six Sigma and DMAIC indicated that the broken stitch and open seam influenced the number of defective products. Thus, a reduction of about 35% in the garments defect was achieved, which helped the organization studied to reduce its defects and thus improve its Sigma level from 1.7 to 3.4.
Total Quality Management in the biopharmaceutical industry: "Planning and development of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) for the research and development of products and processes of human plasma derived products”
Authors: Oviedo Albarracin Sergio Alejandro
Published: September 2018

In the industrial sector, the work of the research and development departments is related both to the processes performed and to the products to be marketed, and it includes everything from the design and development of a new product to the redesign or development of the process of production. Therefore, response time represents a key point in the structure of the company, provided that the response is fast and effective. Besides, the quality of the development and design is not limited to the benefits of the product. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) for Pharmaceutical Products Research and Development appears as an important tool that allows us to face the design or modification of a product or process according to customers needs, and to their expectations about the product quality requirements. In this work we deal with the development of a plasma derived product, on the basis of QFD rules. The application of QFD fulfilled the proposed objectives. QFD added simplicity and reliability to the production as well security and highly competitive costs to both, the product development and the final product itself. QFD was supplemented with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and it also proved to be highly applicable in the pharmaceutical industry even in the case that certification for a quality system is not pursued.
Study of fruit pulp chain from the perspective of Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Authors: Gonella Jéssica dos Santos Leite , Satolo Eduardo Guilherme , Lourenzani Ana Elisa Bressan Smith , Monaro Renato Luis Garrido , Braga Júnior Sergio Silva
Published: September 2018

Globalization and the advent of Information and communication technologies have influenced substantial changes in forms of management. The intense global competitive scenario have generated new forms of competition for the various players. Faced with the unstable and complex environment, organizations need to focus their efforts on shared strategies. Agribusiness presents a set of specificities that lead to greater complexity to manage the activities. Regarding the agro industrial fruit pulp chain, this dynamic becomes even more complex, considering the peculiarities of the sector. Therefore, this paper aims to describe the fruit pulp chain from the perspective of the business processes of Supply Chain Management (SCM). To do so, eight business processes were considered for the qualitative analysis supported by the bibliographical research on a well-known scientific basis such as Web of Science, Scopus and Ebsco. Considering the study of a current phenomenon and according to the profile of the research agents, it is a multiple case study applied in four fruit pulp processing agroindustries. The results describe the business processes and the activities that compose it in the fruit pulp sector, allowing understanding the synchronous and dependent relationship between the processes, as well as the importance of information sharing in the dynamics among all activities.
Metabolic activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria from rodents with colitis
Authors: Kováč Jozef , Vítězová Monika , Kushkevych Ivan
Published: September 2018

Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are anaerobic microorganisms, which use sulfate as an electron acceptor in the process of dissimilatory sulfate reduction. The final metabolic product of these anaerobic microorganisms is hydrogen sulfide, which is known as toxic and can lead to damage to epithelial cells of the large intestine at high concentrations. Different genera of SRB are detected in the large intestine of healthy human and animals, and with diseases like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. SRB isolated from rodents with ulcerative colitis have produced 1.14 (mice) and 1.03 (rats) times more sulfide ions than healthy rodents. The species of Desulfovibrio genus are the most widespread among all SRB in the intestine. The object of our research was to observe and compare the difference of production of sulfide and reduction of sulfate in intestinal SRB isolated from healthy rodents and rodents with ulcerative colitis.
Crystal structure of diaqua-bis(2-bromo-4-chloro-6-formylphenolato-κ2
O,O′)cobalt(II), C16H16Cl2CrN3O7
Authors: Wu Qiong , Tang Yafang , Xu Li , Lei Yuan , Liu Ting , Jiang Fang , Zi Qiaoli , Qiao Yongfeng
Published: September 2018

C14H10Br2Cl2CoO6, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 7.578(2) Å, b = 27.729(11) Å, c = 8.634(2) Å, β = 101.36(3)°, V = 1778.8(10) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0668, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1452, T = 293(2) K.
The crystal structure of 9-butoxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2H-imidazo[1,5-a]quinolin-10-ium bromide, C17H21O2N2Br
Authors: Bo Zhao , Shilu Zhang
Published: September 2018

C17H21O2N2Br, orthorhombic, Pbcn (no. 36), a = 20.179(12) Å, b = 10.902(7) Å, c = 15.026(9) Å, V = 3306(3) Å3, Z = 8, R
gt(F) = 0.0465, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1276, T = 296(2) K.
The Arithmetic Tutte polynomial of two matrices associated to Trees
Authors: Bapat R. B. , Sivasubramanian Sivaramakrishnan
Published: September 2018

Arithmetic matroids arising from a list A of integral vectors in Zn are of recent interest and the arithmetic Tutte polynomial MA(x, y) of A is a fundamental invariant with deep connections to several areas. In this work, we consider two lists of vectors coming from the rows of matrices associated to a tree T. Let T = (V, E) be a tree with |V| = n and let LT be the q-analogue of its Laplacian L in the variable q. Assign q = r for r ∈ ℤ with r/= 0, ±1 and treat the n rows of LT after this assignment as a list containing elements of ℤn. We give a formula for the arithmetic Tutte polynomial MLT (x, y) of this list and show that it depends only on n, r and is independent of the structure of T. An analogous result holds for another polynomial matrix associated to T: EDT, the n × n exponential distance matrix of T. More generally, we give formulae for the multivariate arithmetic Tutte polynomials associated to the list of row vectors of these two matriceswhich shows that even the multivariate arithmetic Tutte polynomial is independent of the tree T. As a corollary, we get the Ehrhart polynomials of the following zonotopes: - ZEDT obtained from the rows of EDT and - ZLT obtained from the rows of LT. Further, we explicitly find the maximum volume ellipsoid contained in the zonotopes ZEDT, ZLT and show that the volume of these ellipsoids are again tree independent for fixed n, q. A similar result holds for the minimum volume ellipsoid containing these zonotopes.
Commuting decomposition of Kn1,n2,...,nk through realization of the product A(G)A(GP
k )
Authors: Bhat K. Arathi , Sudhakara G.
Published: September 2018

In this paper, we introduce the notion of perfect matching property for a k-partition of vertex set of given graph. We consider nontrivial graphs G and GP
k , the k-complement of graph G with respect to a kpartition of V(G), to prove that A(G)A(GP
k ) is realizable as a graph if and only if P satis_es perfect matching property. For A(G)A(GP
k ) = A(Γ) for some graph Γ, we obtain graph parameters such as chromatic number, domination number etc., for those graphs and characterization of P is given for which GP
k and Γ are isomorphic. Given a 1-factor graph G with 2n vertices, we propose a partition P for which GP
k is a graph of rank r and A(G)A(GP
k ) is graphical, where n ≤ r ≤ 2n. Motivated by the result of characterizing decomposable Kn,n into commuting perfect matchings [2], we characterize complete k-partite graph Kn1,n2,...,nk which has a commuting decomposition into a perfect matching and its k-complement.
Synthesis and crystal structure of new compounds from the Y–Mg–Ni system
Authors: Shtender Vitalii V. , Pavlyuk Volodymyr V. , Dmytriv Grygoriy S. , Nitek Wojciech , Łasocha Wiesław , Cichowicz Grzegorz , Cyrański Michał K. , Paul-Boncour Valerie , Zavaliy Ihor Yu.
Published: September 2018

The synthesis, structural characterization, and chemical bonding peculiarities of new intermetallic compounds from Y–Mg–Ni ternary system are reported herein. The crystal structures of these compounds were determined by single-crystal and X-ray powder diffraction analysis. Three ternary compounds were studied: Y2Mg11Ni2[own structure type, monoclinic, Pearson SymbolmS30, Space GroupC2/m,a=18.969(4),b=3.6582(7),c=11.845(2) Å,β=125.07(3)°], Y4Mg3Ni2[Ru4Al3B2structure type, tetragonal,P4/mmm,tP18,a=10.8668(2),c=3.59781(12) Å] and YMgNi [MoAlB structure type, orthorhombic,Cmcm,a=3.6713(4),b=17.708(3),c=3.9583(5) Å]. New compositions of Y1−xMgxNi4and Y5−xMg24+xsolid solutions were detected: YMg0.86(1)Ni4.14(1)[SnMgCu4structure type, cubic,F4̅3m,cF24,a=7.0747(6) Å] and Y4.28(1)Mg24.72(1)[Ti5Re24structure type, cubic,I4̅3m,cI58,a=11.2655(11) Å]. The crystal structure peculiarities of these compounds are discussed. A particular attention has been given to Y2Mg11Ni2and its relations with other Mg-containing compounds. Crystallographic analysis together with linear muffin-tin orbital band structure calculations reveals the presence of [Y2Ni4@Mg20] and [Y4Ni2@Mg18] clusters in Y2Mg11Ni2phase. For Y4Mg3Ni2the formation of the Ni–Mg nets was observed, while the Y atoms form a monolayer.
A brief history of antiphospholipid antibodies and antiphospholipid syndrome
Authors: Staub Henrique Luiz , Staub Lia Portella
Published: September 2018

AIMS: To review the historical reports on antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) from the early years of the 20th century; to outline the cardinal features of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) from 1983 on, including clinical criteria, etiopathogenesis and current therapy.METHODS: Literature review using PubMed. Articles on the history of aPL and APS were selected.RESULTS: The original aPL were described in patients with syphilis yet in 1906 by Wassermann. A first definition of lupus anticoagulant was proposed in 1963,while the anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) test was depicted twenty years later. The APS, initially reported by Hughes in 1985as the “aCL syndrome”, is one of the most prevalent acquired thrombophilia. Venous and arterial thrombosis, associated or not to pregnancy morbidity, comprise the main features. It is a novel disorder firstly associated to systemic lupus erythematosus. A primary form of APS was put forward in 1989, and many APS variants are currently known. Lifelong, full-dose anticoagulation is the mainstream for treatment of thrombotic APS. In obstetric APS, the combination of acetil-salicilic acid and enoxoparin has been a mostly effective therapy.CONCLUSIONS: The sequential characterization of aPL since Wassermann in 1906, and later of the APS in the 1980-thies, is a rather interesting example of how a new entity is sketched step by step. APS is an intriguing novel cause of autoimmune thrombophilia, with a complex pathogenesis and a plethora of clinical and laboratory abnormalities. Treatment is based on life-long anticoagulation.
The co-option of audiences in the attention economy: Introduction
Authors: Jorge Ana , Amaral Inês , Mathieu David
Published: September 2018

The motivation for this special issue was born of the two-day conference ‘Audiences 2030: Imagining a future for audiences’, in late September 2017, in Lisbon, sponsored by the Consortium on Emerging Di-rections of Audience Research (CEDAR) which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK, in association with Universidade Católica Portuguesa, as well as the Audience and Reception Studies section of ECREA and YECREA. The event was the public culmination of the three-year work of CEDAR, directed by Ranjana Das (University of Surrey) and Brita Ytre-Arne (University of Bergen). The network identified as one of the major trends in audience and audience research that audience participation is being co-opted by large, global players, partly as a consequence of the technological capabilities devel-oped by digital media (Das & Ytre-Arne, 2017).
Heterópteros míridos depredadores de trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), en particular tupiocoris cucurbitaceus (Spinola) observado en Chile central
Authors: Araya Clericus Jaime Eduardo , Cáceres Ricardo
Published: September 2018

Se presenta una revisión actualizada sobre heterópteros (Miridae) depredadores con potencial para el control biológico de mosquitas blancas, Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur (anteriormente M. caliginosusWagner), y en particular Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus (Spinola) sobre la mosquita blanca Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Trialeurodidae) en plantas de tabaco y tomate de invernadero en la Región Metropolitana, Chile central.
Componentes del balance hídrico en los páramos de Jatunsacha, Ecuador
Authors: Torres Romero Sergio Fernando , Proaño Santos Carlos Oswaldo
Published: September 2018

El páramo es una zona biogeográfica de alta montaña que comúnmente se extiende entre el límite superior del bosque andino hasta por debajo de las nieves perpetuas. Hidrológicamente este ecosistema presenta una buena regulación de los caudales bases, como resultado de la interacción de los componentes precipitación, humedad del suelo y evapotranspiración, lo que permite el abastecimiento continuo del recurso hídrico para las poblaciones ubicadas en las cuencas medias y bajas de la región Andina. La presente investigación tiene como objetivo evaluar el comportamiento de los principales parámetros que caracterizan el balance hídrico en los páramos de Jatunsacha, con base en la recolección, análisis y procesamiento de la información hidroclimatologica de estaciones ubicadas en los páramos de Antisana, como mecanismo de apoyo en la toma de decisiones para el manejo y conservación de zonas de recarga hídrica de la parte norte del Ecuador. De acuerdo con los resultados, la dinámica del régimen hidrológico en la zona de estudio está determina por eventos de lluvia de baja intensidad, volumen y duración pero muy frecuentes, por un contenido de humedad del suelo entre capacidad de campo y punto de saturación, por una evapotranspiración relativamente baja, por un caudal muy variable que genera un coeficiente de escorrentía bajo y por una percolación alta típico en zonas con geología porosa.
Caracterización molecular del adenovirus aviar en pollos comerciales del Ecuador
Authors: De la Torre David , Puga Torres Byron Humberto , Mafla Quezada Eulalia Cristina , Piantino Ferreira Antonio José
Published: September 2018

El Adenovirus Aviar del grupo I (FAdV-I), es considerado como un patógeno de mucha importancia en la industria avícola en el Ecuador y a nivel mundial. La Hepatitis por Cuerpos de Inclusión (IBH) y el Síndrome del Hidropericardio (HPS), son las principales enfermedades asociadas a este virus, y a pesar de ser un agente etiológico que por lo general se encuentra relacionado a enfermedades inmunodepresoras como Anemia Infecciosa de las Aves o la enfermedad de Gumboro, recientes estudios han demostrado la actividad patológica del FAdV-I como responsable primario de estas enfermedades. Desde la década de 1990, se reportaron varios brotes importantes de IBH y HPS en muchos países de América Latina incluyendo el Ecuador, logrando identificar principalmente al serotipo 4 del FAdV-I como agente causal de estos brotes. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar por métodos moleculares como la Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa (PCR), la presencia de los serotipos del FAdV-I que se encuentran circulando en granjas de aves comerciales en Ecuador. Fueron colectados diferentes órganos de aves con problemas entéricos en la zona norte del Ecuador, y posteriormente impregnados en tarjetas FTA para su transporte y procesamiento. 4/13 (30,8%) muestras fueron positivas a FAdV-I y mediante el secuenciamiento y análisis bioinformático del ADN amplificado por la PCR, se caracterizaron los serotipos 6 y 11 del FAdV-I. Estos datos nos demuestran la variedad de serotipos presentes en granjas avícolas del Ecuador y que podrían estar influenciando en el estado sanitario de la industria avícola del país.
[RETRACTED] Does CAR-T Immunotherapy Indicate that Cancer Will Be Conquered? v1
Authors: Smith Bella
Published: September 2018

[RETRACTED]

CAR T is a T cell modified by genetic recombination technology. CAR in CAR-T is a recombinant receptor, and its structure mainly includes three parts: extracellular antigen binding domain, transmembrane domain and intracellular signal domain.
6. Sınıf Öğrencilerinin Hücre Konusundaki Kavramları Anlama Düzeylerine Alıştırma ve Tekrar Yazılımında Hazırlanan Materyalin Etkisi
Authors: KALAYCI Serpil , BAKIR Elif
Published: September 2018

Bu araştırmada, 6. Sınıf Fen ve Teknoloji dersi
kapsamında “Hücre” konusuna yönelik bir alıştırma ve tekrar yazılımı
geliştirilmiş ve daha sonra öğrencilerin kavramsal anlama düzeylerine etkisi
araştırılmıştır Araştırma, son test kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel yöntem kullanılarak
yapılmıştır. Araştırma, bir ortaokulun 6. sınıfında öğrenim gören 144 öğrenci ile
gerçekleştirilmiştir. Öğrencilerin yarısı deney (N=72) ve yarısı kontrol grubu
(N=72) olarak ayrılmıştır. Deney grubunda bilgisayar destekli öğretim
materyali ile ders işlenirken, kontrol grubunda herhangi bir değişikliğe
gidilmeden müfredatın öngördüğü şekilde ders işlenmiştir. Araştırmacılar
tarafından geliştirilen “hücre konusu kavram testi” 6. sınıf öğrencilerinin
kavramsal anlama düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla kullanılmıştır. Uygulama sonunda
deney ve kontrol grupları arasında deney grubu lehine kavramsal anlama
düzeyleri açısından anlamlı bir fark ortaya çıkmıştır. Ayrıca öğrencilerin
kullandıkları yazılıma ilgi duydukları gözlemlenmiştir
Üniversite Öğrencilerinin İletişim Becerilerinin Değişkenlere Göre İncelenmesi
Authors: DÜLGER Ezgi , ATALAR Ayşe Dilşad
Published: September 2018

Araştırmanın temel
amacı üniversite öğrencilerinin iletişim becerilerinin değişkenlere göre
incelenmesidir. Araştırma kapsamında 2016-2017 öğretim yılında İstanbul Aydın
Üniversitesinde öğrenim gören 400 (208 kız, 192 erkek) gönüllü öğrenciden kolay
örnekleme yöntemi ile veriler toplanmıştır. Araştırmada katılımcılara “Kişisel
Bilgi Formu” ve Korkut Owen ve Bugay (2014) tarafından geliştirilen “İletişim
Becerileri Ölçeği” uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın amaçları doğrultusunda verilerin
analizinde Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi (ANOVA) ve İlişkisiz Grup t Testi
kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, üniversite öğrencilerinin etkin dinleme ve
sözel olmayan iletişim (EDSOI) puanlarının cinsiyete göre anlamlı bir şekilde
farklılaştığı ve kız öğrencilerin EDSOI puan ortalamasının erkek öğrencilere
göre daha yüksek olduğu görülmektedir. Kardeş sayısı değişkenine göre
bakıldığında, iletişim kurmaya isteklilik (IKI) boyutu açısından bir kardeşi
olan öğrencilerin puan ortalamasının tek çocuk olan öğrencilere göre daha
yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur. Akademik başarı düzeyi değişkenine göre
incelendiğinde ise, iletişim becerileri ölçeği toplam puanı (IBOTOP), kendini
ifade etme (KIE) ve IKI boyutu açısından orta derecede akademik başarıya sahip olan
öğrencilerin puan ortalamasının, zayıf akademik başarıya sahip olan
öğrencilerden daha yüksek olduğuna ulaşılmıştır. Aynı zamanda anne ve babanın
eğitim düzeyine göre öğrencilerin iletişim becerileri açısından da anlamlı bir
fark bulunmuştur. Televizyon izleme süresi değişkeni açısından incelendiğinde,
IBOTOP ve IITB açısından hiç televizyon izlemeyen öğrencilerin puan ortalamasının,
2–4 saat arası izleyen öğrencilerden daha yüksek olduğu ayrıca, IBOTOP açısından
,    günlük sosyal medya kullanma süresi 2-4
saat olan öğrencilerin hiç sosyal medya kullanmayan öğrencilerin puan ortalamasından
daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma
sonucunda, kız öğrencilerin EDSOİ ortalamasının erkek öğrencilere göre daha
yüksek olduğu görülmektedir. IBOTOP,  KIE
ve IKI boyutu açısından ise, orta derecede akademik başarıya sahip olan öğrencilerin
puan ortalamasının, zayıf akademik başarıya sahip olan öğrencilerden daha
yüksek olduğuna ulaşılmıştır. IBOTOP ve IITB açısından hiç televizyon izlemeyen
öğrencilerin puan ortalamasının, 2 saat 1 dak. – 4 saat arası izleyen
öğrencilerden daha yüksek olduğu ayrıca, IBOTOP ve IKI boyutu açısından hiç
sosyal medya kullanmayan öğrencilerin puan ortalamasının, 2 saat 1dak. – 4 saat
arası sosyal medya kullanan öğrencilerden daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Ergenlerde Dijital Oyun Bağımlılığı ve Psikolojik İhtiyaçlar
Authors: DURSUN Asiye , ERASLAN ÇAPAN Bahtiyar
Published: September 2018

Gelişen teknoloji ile birlikte internet ve sanal
ortamın insanların hayatındaki önemi gitgide artmaktadır. Ergenlik döneminde
uygun olmayan internet kullanımı ve bilgisayar oyunlarının bir süre sonra
bağımlılık riskine dönüşebildiği için oyun bağımlılığının ele alınması gereken
bir konu olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu araştırmada ergenlerin dijital oyun
bağımlılıklarını yordayan psikolojik ihtiyaçları incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın
örneklemini 322 ergen oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin toplanmasında Kişisel Bilgi
Formu, Dijital Oyun Bağımlılığı Ölçeği ve Psikolojik İhtiyaçlar Ölçeği
kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde çoklu regresyon analizi yapılmıştır.
Araştırma sonucuna göre cinsiyet ve psikolojik ihtiyaçların dijital oyun
bağımlılığını [R2=.11, p<.05] anlamlı olarak yordadığı görülmektedir.
Araştırma sonuçları literatür kapsamında tartışılmıştır.
Efektivitas Serbuk Simplisia Biji Pepaya sebagai Antibakteri pada Udang Putih (Penaeus merguensis) Selama Penyimpanan Dingin
Authors: Salim Ahmad Niam , Sumardianto Sumardianto , Amalia Ulfah
Published: September 2018

Udang putih (Penaeus merguensis) merupakan salah satu produk perikanan yang memiliki sifat mudah busuk (highly perishable). Serbuk simplisia biji pepaya (C. papaya L.) mengandung senyawa aktif flavonoid, fenol, tanin dan saponin yang dapat digunakan sebagai antibakteri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan efektivitas serbuk simplisia biji pepaya terhadap masa simpan udang putih selama penyimpanan dingin. Penelitian ini menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap Faktorial (RALF)
dengan 2 faktor yaitu konsentrasi serbuk simplisia biji pepaya (0% dan 4%) dan lama penyimpanan (0, 4, 8 dan 12 hari). Data terdiri dari analisis fitokimia dan rendemen serbuk simplisia biji pepaya, Total Plate Count (TPC), Total Volatile Base Nitrogen (TVBN), organoleptik dan pH udang putih hasil penelitian. Rendemen serbuk simplisia biji pepaya sebesar 40,67% dengan kandungan flavonoid 0,12%, saponin 0,24%, fenol 0,67%, dan tanin 0,72%. Udang putih segar yang disimpan dengan serbuk simplisia biji pepaya konsentrasi 4% mampu bertahan hingga hari ke-12 dibandingkan dengan udang putih segar tanpa serbuk simplisia (kontrol) yang hanya bertahan hingga hari ke-8. Perbedaan konsentrasi serbuk simplisia biji pepaya dan lama penyimpanan memberikan pengaruh nyata (p<5%) terhadap nilai TPC, pH serta organoleptik. Nilai TPC udang putih yaitu 7,1x105 CFU/gram, TVBN 33,60 mgN/100g, nilai pH 7,26 dan
nilai organoleptik 6,7.