bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Riscos associados ao sistema de controle de enchentes no Vale do Rio dos Sinos (RS-Brasil)
Authors: Penteado Adriana de Fátima , Petry Sandro Henrique , Ross Jurandyr Luciano Sanches
Published: March 2015

Parte da planície inferior do rio dos Sinos (RS-Brasil) apresenta grande adensamento urbano-industrial em áreas naturalmente atingidas por cheias. Para prevenir contra este fenômeno iniciou-se em 1970 a execução do Sistema de Controle de Enchentes no Vale do Rio dos Sinos – SCEVRS. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os fatores de risco associados ao estado da parte instalada. Contextualizou-se o problema das enchentes e buscou-se a compreensão do funcionamento do Sistema. Depois, mediante relatos técnicos e observações de campo, analisaram-se os problemas.
Tempestade de 23 de dezembro de 2009. Causas meteorológicas e impactes na Região Oeste de Portugal continental
Authors: Lopes António , Fragoso Marcelo
Published: March 2015

No dia 23 de Dezembro de 2009 a região Oeste foi atingida por uma tempestade extratropical com ventos muito fortes (as rajadas foram superiores a 140 km/h), que derrubaram torres de alta tensão (provocando cortes no abastecimento de energia) e árvores. As consequências mais gravosas ocorreram nos distritos de Lisboa, Leiria e Santarém. As quedas de árvores constituíram a maior parte das ocorrências observadas, sendo por isso necessário e urgente proceder-se à realização de inventários sobre o estado fitossanitário das árvores em ambiente urbano.
Extremo climático e riscos na cidade de Campo Grande-MS/Brasil
Authors: Sant’Anna Neto João Lima , Anunciação Andrade Vicentina Socorro da
Published: March 2015

Os excepcionalismos climáticos, sobretudo as enchentes, têm se constituído num dos mais ressaltados impactos sobre a população citadina na atualidade, pois com o avanço do processo de urbanização, a impermeabilização do solo vem adquirindo níveis elevados, colaborando com a origem e intensificação da problemática ambiental nos espaços urbanos. Este artigo apresenta uma análise de eventos climáticos que convergiram em “acidentes” materializados na cidade de Campo Grande-MS, a partir das notícias veiculadas pela imprensa local especificamente representada pelo “Jornal Correio do Estado”.
On positive solutions to fractional difference inclusions
Authors: Ferreira Rui A. C. , Goodrich Christopher S.
Published: March 2015

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Photonic IC design software and process design kits
Authors: Korthorst Twan , Stoffer Remco , Bakker Arjen
Published: March 2015

This review discusses photonic IC design software tools, examines existing design flows for photonics design and how these fit different design styles and describes the activities in collaboration and standardization within the silicon photonics group from Si2 and by members of the PDAFlow Foundation to improve design flows. Moreover, it will address the lowering of access barriers to the technology by providing qualified process design kits (PDKs) and improved integration of photonic integrated circuit simulations, physical simulations, mask layout, and verification.
Holomorphically induced representations of exponential solvable semi-direct product groups ℝ ⋉ ℝn
Authors: Inoue Junko
Published: March 2015

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The Effect of Climate, Nitrogen and Micronutrients Application on Oiliness and Fatty Acid Composition of Sunflower Achenes
Authors: Hlisnikovský L. , Kunzová E. , Hejcman M. , Škarpa P. , Zukalová H. , Menšík L.
Published: March 2015

Even though the sunflower is the second most widespread oil plant in the Czech Republic, there is a lack of information about the effects of climate, nitrogen and micronutrients application on sunflower oiliness and fatty acid composition of sunflower achenes. To obtain such information, we established five year experiment (2008–2012) to study the effect of climate, nitrogen (C-control, N 60–60 kg N ha−1, N 90–90 kg N ha−1, N 120–120 kg N ha−1) and of foliar application of boron (N 90 + B), zinc (N 90 + Zn) and molybdenum (N 90 + Mo) on sunflower oiliness and composition of fatty acids (palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids). According to our results, oiliness and fatty acid composition was significantly influenced by climate and fertilizer treatment. Oiliness was influenced mainly by climate (96.4%), the effect of fertilizer treatment was minor (2.5%). Within the frame of climate, the effect of precipitation was slightly higher than of temperature. A strong and negative relationship between the dose of nitrogen and oiliness was revealed (r = –0.79), the difference between C and N 120 treatment was 2.1% on behalf of C treatment. The highest oiliness was recorded in 2011 (50.72%) and in C treatment (48.48%). The fatty acid composition was not significantly influenced by fertilizer treatment, but was significantly influenced by the climate conditions of the year. Application of micronutrients was not connected with any significant increase in oiliness or in the fatty acid composition due to a high initial content of those micronutrients in top soil.
Development of Design Gyration Levels for Airfield Asphalt Pavement
Authors: James Robert S. , Cooley L. Allen , Ahlrich Randy C. , Prowell Brian D. , Howard Isaac L.
Published: March 2015

The objective of this paper is to provide guidance for adapting Superpave gyratory compactor (SGC) procedures to design airfield asphalt mixes (specifically to select the design asphalt content) with comparable properties to Item P-401 protocol. Three methods were used for selecting the SGC design compactive effort: (1) evaluate in-place density in the general manner used during development of the Marshall mix design airfield procedure; (2) compare specimen bulk specific gravities compacted with the Marshall hammer and SGC; and (3) test airfield mixes using confined repeated load permanent deformation testing to determine the binder content at which the mixtures become unstable. The result of this analysis was a gyration level related to tire pressure.
Consequence of the tumor‐associated conversion to cyclin D1b
Authors: Augello Michael A , Berman‐Booty Lisa D , Carr Richard , Yoshida Akihiro , Dean Jeffry L , Schiewer Matthew J , Feng Felix Y , Tomlins Scott A , Gao Erhe , Koch Walter J , Benovic Jeffrey L , Diehl John Alan , Knudsen Karen E
Published: March 2015

Clinical evidence suggests that cyclin D1b, a variant of cyclin D1, is associated with tumor progression and poor outcome. However, the underlying molecular basis was unknown. Here, novel models were created to generate a genetic switch from cyclin D1 to cyclin D1b. Extensive analyses uncovered overlapping but non‐redundant functions of cyclin D1b compared to cyclin D1 on developmental phenotypes, and illustrated the importance of the transcriptional regulatory functions of cyclin D1b in vivo. Data obtained identify cyclin D1b as an oncogene, wherein cyclin D1b expression under the endogenous promoter induced cellular transformation and further cooperated with known oncogenes to promote tumor growth in vivo. Further molecular interrogation uncovered unexpected links between cyclin D1b and the DNA damage/PARP1 regulatory networks, which could be exploited to suppress cyclin D1b‐driven tumors. Collectively, these data are the first to define the consequence of cyclin D1b expression on normal cellular function, present evidence for cyclin D1b as an oncogene, and provide pre‐clinical evidence of effective methods to thwart growth of cells dependent upon this oncogenic variant.
Thermal conductivity of transition metal containing type-I clathrates
Authors: Ikeda M. , Yan X. , Prochaska L. , Lientschnig G. , Svagera R. , Waas M. , Tomeš P. , Prokofiev A. , Bauer E. , Paschen S.
Published: March 2015

Concerning a materials ability to convert heat to electrical energy, the electrical power factor S2/ρ as well as the thermal conductivity at elevated temperatures are of special interest. Since Flash experiments measure the thermal diffusivity and standard steady-state heat-flow experiments are inaccurate at elevated temperatures due to radiation errors inherent to this technique, direct and accurate thermal conductivity data on type-I clathrate single crystals at elevated temperatures are scarce in literature. Here we report 3ω thermal conductivity data on single crystalline Ba8Cu5.09Ge40.91 (BCG), La1.23Ba6.99Au5.91Si39.87, and Ce1.06Ba6.91Au5.56Si40.47 in the temperature range between 80 and 330 K, and specific heat data on BCG between 2 and 300 K. The comparison of our room temperature phonon thermal conductivity data (κph) to results on transition metal (TM) free type-I clathrates in terms of the guest free space (Rfree) suggests a stronger dependence of κph on Rfree for the clathrates containing TM elements.
Correlation between crystallinity and mid-infrared optical absorption spectra of silicon supersaturated with sulfur
Authors: Umezu Ikurou , Nagao Katsuki , Nakai Tatsuya , Naito Muneyuki , Inada Mitsuru , Saitoh Tadashi , Aoki Tamao , Sugimura Akira
Published: March 2015

We prepared silicon hyperdoped with sulfur by ion-implantation followed by pulsed laser melting. Effects of laser fluence during pulsed laser melting and of post-annealing on the silicon hyperdoped with sulfur are investigated. The structure of hyperdoped layer changes from poly-to mono-crystal with increasing laser fluence. Interface between sulfur-implanted-layer and single-crystal substrate disappear above 1.1 J/cm2. The spectral intensity of mid-infrared (MIR) optical absorption increases with crystallinity and spectral shape depends on whether the melt depth during pulsed laser melting reaches interface between implanted layer and single-crystal silicon substrate or not. The MIR absorption intensity rapidly decreases with thermal annealing temperature and almost disappears at 750 °C. The activation energy of conductivity decreases with increasing laser fluence and further decreases with increasing post thermal-annealing temperature. The insulator-metal transition is observed for the sample annealed at 750 °C. These results indicate that there is no direct correlation between MIR optical absorption band and insulator-metal transition.
Defect annihilation in chemo-epitaxial directed self-assembly: Computer simulation and Self-Consistent Field Theory
Authors: Müller Marcus , Li Weihua , Orozco Rey Juan Carlos , Welling Ulrich
Published: March 2015

Except at the order-disorder transition, defects in lamella-forming block copolymers have a free energy of several hundreds kBT where kBT denotes the thermal energy scale. Thus, they cannot be conceived as equilibrium fluctuations around a perfectly ordered state. Instead, defects, which are observed in experiments, are formed in the course of self-assembly. Their behavior is dictated by the kinetics of structure formation, in particular, the kinetic pathways of defect motion and annihilation.

Computational modeling can contribute to optimize materials parameters such as film thickness, interaction between copolymer blocks and substrate, geometry of confinement, in order to avoid the formation of defects in the early stages of structure formation or facilitate defect annihilation. Computations also provide fundamental insights into the universal physical mechanisms of directing the self-assembly, addressing the equilibrium structure and thermodynamics as well as the kinetics of self-assembly.

We present computer simulation of highly coarse-grained particle-based models and self-consistent field calculations that allow us to access the long time and large length scales associated with self-assembly. These calculations provide information about the free-energy landscape and mechanisms of defect annihilation in thin films. Additionally, opportunities for directing the kinetics of self-assembly by temporal changes of thermodynamic conditions are discussed.
Photo-controllable Resistive Memory Based on Polymer Materials
Authors: Dronov Mikhail , Kotova Maria , Belogorohov Ivan
Published: March 2015

We present the memory performance of devices with bistable electrical behavior based on polymer materials. We demonstrate that adding photosensitive particles to admixture allows us to control switching voltages and to observe photo-induced switching in addition to electrical one. From the properties of electrically-induced resistive switching and from the presence of light-induced switching we propose the necessity to consider crossover between to different switching mechanisms – filament formation and charge storage.
Nano-domains in thermoelectric Half-Heusler CoTi0.5Sc0.5Sb alloys
Authors: Miranda Mena Joaquin , Schoberth Heiko G. , Gruhn Thomas , Emmerich Heike
Published: March 2015

Nano-phase separation is of great relevance for functional materials like thermoelectrics. Indeed, nano-domains in CoSb-based half-Heusler thermoelectrics have been found to reduce the lattice heat conductivity, which increases the figure of merit. Within this context, we studied the configurational energy in the alloy CoTi0.5Sc0.5Sb by means of first-principle calculations. We consider structures formed by Ti (Sc) nano-domains. In recent publications we have showed that these domains are the most stable atomic configurations. In this work we found that for a given concentration the electronic density of states is considerably modified as the volume of the domains are increased.
Religions and Science Beyond Belief
Authors: Zeller Benjamin
Published: March 2015

This book review considers Taner Edis's 2006 book, Science and Nonbelief. The review situates the author among other physicists considering issues of religion & science, and notes strengths and weaknesses of the book.
Keeping Up with the Kollege Professors
Authors: Weep Reed
Published: March 2015

Humor column.
More than Belief
Authors: Martin Craig
Published: March 2015

An Interview with Manuel A. Vásquez
Summary of Iconic Books Symposium, October 1-3, 2010
Authors: Rapp Claudia
Published: March 2015

Report of a three-days symposium, held at Syracuse University, on the subject of "iconic books."
From Greek ruins to a Child's Mind
Authors: Munk Kirstine , Geertz Armin
Published: March 2015

Narratives have always been part and parcel of religious studies from great myths to the intriguing little stories we collect in the fileld. However, narrative is also used by researchers as a tool to reflect on theoretical issues. As researchers we are first and foremost human beings, and any human uses narrative in order to contruct meaning, raise questions, and connect broader reflexions with practical experience. This interview with Professor Armin W. Geertz is a narrative journey into the experiences and reflections of a researcher, who has left a clear mark on the dynamic research area: religion, narrative and cognition.
Let’s Talk “Religion”
Authors: Tite Philip
Published: March 2015

Editor's introduction to the issue of the Bulletin, with particular focus on the set of papers on Talal Asad's Genealogies of Religion.
Occupy Movement, Religion and Social Formations
Authors: Sheedy Matt
Published: March 2015

The Occupy movement was an unprecedented social formation that spread to approximate 82 countries around the globe in the fall of 2011 via social media through the use of myths, symbols and rituals that were performed in public space and quickly drew widespread mainstream attention. In this paper I argue that the movement offers a unique instance of how discourse functions in the construction of society and I show how the shared discourses of Occupy were taken-up and shaped in relation to the political opportunity structures and interests of those involved based on my own fieldwork at Occupy Winnipeg. I also argue that the Occupy movement provides an example of how we might substantively attempt to classify “religion” by looking at how it embodied certain metaphysical claims while contrasting it with the beliefs and practices of more conventionally defined “religious” communities.
Religion Snapshots
Authors: Tite Philip
Published: March 2015

Religion Snapshots is a new feature with the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog, where a number of contributors are asked to briefly comment on popular news items or pressing theoretical issues in the field, especially those topics relating to definitions, classification and method and theory in the study of religion more generally. Below is one such roundtable discussion, focusing on the problematic notion of “data” in the study of religion. The editors of the Bulletin encourage readers to follow Religion Snapshots on our blog (and, of course, we welcome responses to the topics discussed by other scholars).
Dominant Ideologies, Neoliberal Jesuses, and the Academic Study of Religion
Authors: Tite Philip
Published: March 2015

Editor's introduction to the issue. This issue includes a panel on James Crossley's book, Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism (with responses by Justin Tse, Ian Henderson, and Roland Boer as well as a reply by James Crossley). This issue also includes an article on Pauline pseudepigraphy by Gregory Fewster and a pedagogical article by Erica Martin on effectively teaching extroverted and introverted students.
"Can I Have Your Autograph?"
Authors: Fewster Gregory
Published: March 2015

Historicist authorship paradigms have reached a crisis in terms of their ability to successfully designate the authenticity or inauthenticity of Paul's letters. A thematic analysis of the body metaphor in the Pauline letters bears this out. This article proposes alternative ways of thinking about authorship by developing Derrida's author signature. The author is not a historical figure to be discovered by objective historical methods. Instead, the author is an emerging discursive figure caught in the contested space of historical imagination.
Tips for Teaching: The Brain Game
Authors: Martin Erica
Published: March 2015

Many common teachings strategies reward in-the-moment participation over a pause for deliberation, putting introverts at a disadvantage. Rectifying this imbalance requires us as educators to be aware of the inherent differences between the brains and processing mechanisms of introverts and extroverts, and to develop teaching tools designed to produce the best results for all students in our classrooms.
Rethinking Contested Ground
Authors: Sheedy Matt
Published: March 2015

This short introduction provides some context and an overview of the "Hughes-Safi dispute" along with a brief summary of the essays included in this special feature issue.
Note on the Term Therav?da
Authors: Analayo Bhikkhu
Published: March 2015

With the present article I study the trajectory of the term therav?da from its earliest occurrence in the P?li canon to its present day usage as a designation of the form of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. My presentation begins with the term therav?da in the P?li discourses, followed by turning to the P?li commentaries and chronicles. Next I examine the role of the P?li canon in the Therav?da tradition and the conception of Therav?da as a monastic lineage, after which I discuss current usage and survey alternative terms.
Radical Buddhism for Modern Confucians
Authors: Gombrich Richard , Yao Yu-Shuang
Published: March 2015

The new Taiwanese religious movement Tzu Chi raises interesting issues for the study of religions. First, as a Chinese form of Buddhism, it embodies an attempt to reconcile or even merge the cultures and mindsets of two utterly different civilizations, the Indian and the Chinese. Secondly, it casts doubt on the presupposition that a sect, as against a church, demands of its members exclusive allegiance. Thirdly, it shows that an emphasis on orthopraxy rather than orthodoxy may be modern as well as archaic. Fourthly, it also suggests that the view that secularization is tantamount to a narrowing of the domain of religion cannot be taken for granted. In the case of Tzu Chi there is probably some overlap between the last three issues, in that they show that generalizations about sects formulated by western sociologists have taken Christian sects as their model and may not be universally applicable.
Adaptation and Developments in Western Buddhism: Socially Engaged Buddhism in the UK, by Phil Henry. 2013. Bloomsbury. 288pp. Hb. £58.50, ISBN-13: 9781472512550. Also available as an e-book, £64.99
Authors: Dixon Graham
Published: March 2015

Book review
Buddhist Studies Review 6.1 (1989)
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Published: March 2015

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Strategies of persuasion in offers to participate in cancer clinical trials I: Topic placement and topic framing
Authors: Barton Ellen , Eggly Susan , Winckles Andrew , Albrecht Terrance L.
Published: March 2015

Clinical trials are the gold standard in medical research evaluating new treatments in cancer care; however, in the United States, too few patients enroll in clinical trials, particularly patients from minority groups. Offering patients the option of a clinical trial is an ethically-charged communicative event for oncologists. One particularly vexed ethical issue is the use of persuasion in offers to participate in clinical trials. Based on a corpus of 22 oncology encounters with Caucasian-American (n=11) and African-American (n=11) patients, this discourse analysis describes oncologists’ use of two persuasive strategies related to the linguistic structure of the encounter—topic placement and topic framing. Findings are presented in total and by patient race, and discussed in terms of whether these strategies may constitute ethical or unethical persuasion, particularly with respect to the ethical issue of undue influence and the social issue of underrepresentation of minorities in cancer clinical trials.
Accounts of consent: Orienting to self-other relations regarding motivations to participate in cancer bio-banking
Authors: Shipman Hannah , Sarangi Srikant , Clarke Angus J.
Published: March 2015

The motivations of those who give consent to bio-banking research have received a great deal of attention in recent years. Previous work draws upon the notion of altruism, though the self and/or family have been proposed as significant factors. Drawing on 11 interviews with staff responsible for seeking consent to cancer bio-banking and 13 observations of staff asking people to consent in routine clinical encounters, we investigate how potential participants are oriented to, and constructed as oriented to, self and other related concerns (Author 2007). We adopt a rhetorical discourse analytic approach to the data and our perspective can be labelled as ‘ethics-in-interaction’.

Using analytic concepts such as repetition, extreme case formulation, typical case formulation and contrast structure, our observations are three-fold. Firstly, we demonstrate that orientation to ‘general others’ in altruistic accounts and to ‘self’ in minimising burden are foregrounded in constructions of motivation to participate in cancer bio-banking across the data corpus. Secondly, we identify complex relational accounts which involve the self as being more prominent in the consent encounter data where the staff have a nursing background whereas ‘general others’ feature more when the staff have a scientific background. Finally, we suggest implications based on the disparities between how participants are oriented in interviews and consent encounters which may have relevance for developing staff’s reflective practice.
Drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness: Linguistic insights into Sylvia Plath’s experience of depression
Authors: Demjén Zsófia
Published: March 2015

This paper demonstrates how a range of linguistic methods can be harnessed in pursuit of a deeper understanding of the ‘lived experience’ of psychological disorders. It argues that such methods should be applied more in medical contexts, especially in medical humanities. Key extracts from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath are examined, as a case study of the experience of depression. Combinations of qualitative and quantitative linguistic methods, and inter- and intra-textual comparisons are used to consider distinctive patterns in the use of metaphor, personal pronouns and (the semantics of) verbs, as well as other relevant aspects of language. Qualitative techniques provide in-depth insights, while quantitative corpus methods make the analyses more robust and ensure the breadth necessary to gain insights into the individual experience. Depression emerges as a highly complex and sometimes potentially contradictory experience for Plath, involving both a sense of apathy and inner turmoil. It involves a sense of a split self, trapped in a state that one cannot overcome, and intense self-focus, a turning in on oneself and a view of the world that is both more negative and more polarized than the norm. It is argued that a linguistic approach is useful beyond this specific case.
‘If it didn't work the first time, we can try it again’: Conditionals as a grounding device in a genre of illness discourse
Authors: Dorgeloh Heidrun
Published: March 2015

This article explores the occurrence and some special patterns of conditional usage in medical discourse produced by doctors and patients. Findings are based on the Journal of the American Medical Association with its section Clinical Crossroads, which was founded to further the cooperation of patients with medical professionals. The analysis centers upon the concept of prediction, which is considered both a semantic concept governing verb patterns as well as a communicative act prominent in medical encounters. It is found that, in the discourse context investigated here, patients are more concerned with prediction than doctors, but that they also produce at times unusual patterns in which they mirror their doctors’ voices. The mapping of mental spaces, inherent in the conditional construction, then takes the form of a mapping of voices as institutionalized by the genre. Such uses of conditionals suggest that a classification based on content, or ‘logic’, from which only pragmatic types of conditionals depart, turns out to be inadequate, since the construction operates on two simultaneous levels; these are grounded in the discourse situation provided by the genre. For medical communication, this illustrates that patients engage in their own predictions but also strive for an alignment with their doctors.
Expressing the unexpressed: self-disclosure as interactional achievement in the psychotherapy session
Authors: Pawelczyk Joanna , Erskine Richard
Published: March 2015

Self-disclosure is endemic to psychotherapy. Though clients themselves disclose their experiences and emotionala states during the course of a psychotherapya session, they typically do so with extensive prodding on the part of their therapists. Thus, the therapist’s interactional role is an agentive one, facilitating a client’s verbalization of therapeutically-relevant material. In this article we will discuss how the therapist
manages such facilitation locally when the client (unexpectedly) ceases his/her self-disclosure, often at potentially therapeutically relevant moments. As a locally managed interactional practice, the therapist’s intervention resumes the client’s self-disclosure. Since such intervention emerges amidst ongoing, emotionally-loaded revelations on the part of the client, they should be interactionally aligned with the client’s contribution.

This paper describes how the psychotherapist enables the client to verbalize significant aspects of self, aspects that may never before have been verbalized or, if verbalized, failed to elicit any empathetic response from an interested listener. This paper presents how specific communicative strategies and language forms take on therapeutic value in the discussed context, underlining that the communicative function is not pre-ordained but rather remains to be actively constructed in discourse. Data taken from a corpus of audio recordings of actual therapy sessions conducted in August and October, 2004, document the practical application of a Relational Psychotherapy approach based on such categories of methods as, among others, inquiry, attunement, and involvement (Erskine et al. 1999).
Role-blurring and ethical grey zones associated with lay interpreters: Three case studies
Authors: Brua Charles
Published: March 2015

This article examines a context in which immigrants from the former Soviet Union must navigate the English-speaking medical system in a semi-rural area of the USA. In this setting, institutional interpretation resources are not consistently available, and various informal arrangements emerge. One type consists of naive interpreters such as family members of low bilingual capability and/or medical knowledge. Another arrangement involves relatively skilled bilinguals who have command of medical terminology but who are not professionally trained as interpreters. Three case studies of this latter category of ‘lay interpreters’ are presented. Among the roles reported by the lay interpreters are information source and advocate. The three interpreters are making a contribution in the absence of institutionally provided professional resources, and their help can be viewed as better than the use of naive interpreters such as patients’ children. However, the lay interpreters also occasionally seemed to stray into ethically grey areas. For instance, one interpreter said he discarded a client's outdated medicine against her wishes, and another expressed envy of ungrateful clients who had better healthcare access than she did. While professionally trained interpreters are not immune from ethical challenges, such training would better safeguard both patient and interpreter.
Patient-directed medicine labeling: Text differences between the United States and Spain
Authors: Connor Ulla , Ruiz-Garrido Miguel F. , Rozycki William , Goering Elizabeth , Kinney Eleanor D. , Koehler Julia M.
Published: March 2015

As part of a larger project to examine the complexities of patient adherence to medical directions, the current study compares written information given with prescribed medicines to patients in the United States (US) and Spain suffering from two chronic diseases. First, the legal context of the voluntary nature of the provision of such information in the US, and the mandatory nature of provision in Spain, was explored. Then, 30 drugs in common use in both countries, 19 for cardiovascular disease and 11 for endocrine disorders, were identified and the texts of the corresponding patient-directed written information were included in an electronic corpus and analysed. Ten rhetorical features common to both the US and Spanish texts were identified. Differences were found in the placement of two of the features in relation to the complete text: information on ‘side effects’ and concerning ‘the need to seek medical advice’ appeared more frequently throughout the US texts than in the Spanish texts. Detailed lexical analysis showed more technical vocabulary in use in the Spanish texts.
The call to Hawaii: Holistic practitioners’ perspectives of their communicative practices of healing
Authors: Geist-Martin Patricia , Becker Catherine , Carnett Summer , Slauta Katherine
Published: March 2015

The big island of Hawaii has been named the healing island – a place with varied interpretations of healing, health, and a wide range of holistic health care practices. This research explores the perspectives of holistic providers about the communicative practices they believe are central to their interactions with patients. Intensive ethnographic interviews with 20 individuals revealed that they perceive their communication with clients as centered on four practices, specifically: (a) reciprocity – a mutual action or exchange in which both the practitioner and patient are equal partners in the healing process; (b) responsibility – the idea that, ultimately, people must heal themselves; (c) forgiveness – the notion that healing cannot progress if a person holds the burden of anger and pain; and (d) balance – the idea that it is possible to bring like and unlike things together in unity and harmony. The narratives revealed providers’ ontological assumptions about mind-body systems and the rationalities they seek to resist in their conversations with patients.
The rhetoric of patient voice: Reported talk with patients in referral and consultation letters
Authors: Spafford Marlee M. , Schryer Catherine F. , Lingard Lorelei
Published: March 2015

Referral and consultation letters are written to enable the exchange of patient information and facilitate the trajectory of patients through the healthcare system. Yet, these letters, written about yet apart from patients, also sustain and constrain professional relationships and influence attitudes towards patients. We analysed 35 optometry referral letters and 35 corresponding ophthalmology consultation letters for reported ‘patient voice’ coded as ‘experience’ or ‘agenda’ and we interviewed 15 letter writers (eight optometry students, six optometrists, and one community ophthalmologist). There were 80 instances of reported ‘patient voice’ in 35 letters. The majority (68%) of the instances occurred in referral letters, likely due to differences in both ‘letter function’ and ‘professional stance’. Reported ‘patient voice’ occurred predominantly as ‘experience’ (81%) rather than ‘agenda’ instances. Letters writers focused on their readers’ needs, thus a biomedical voice dominated the letters and instances of reported ‘patient voice’ were recontextualized for the professional audience. While reporting ‘patient voice’ was not the norm in these letters, its inclusion appeared to accomplish specific work: to persuade reader action, to question patient credibility, and to highlight patient agency. These letter strategies reflect professional attitudes about patients and their care.
The Contemporary Influences of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi in the West: The Beshara School and the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society
Authors: Jeffrey Isobel
Published: March 2015

In the past 150 years or so, there has been a notable expansion of influence and diffusion of Eastern religious ideas into a Western setting where they have been adopted and adapted to suit this new context. At the outset this happened principally with Hindu and Buddhist teachings but more recently there has been a subtle infusion of Islamic influence especially through Sufi belief and practices. A prime example of this has been through the teachings of the twelfth century Andalusian Muslim mystic, Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi. How his teachings have been filtering into and adapted for a Western audience through a selected group of admirers has been the focus of my recent doctoral thesis. This article will commence with a discussion of the broad contextual framework that was required for the study, followed by a summary of the highlights of the research and its outcomes.
The Muslim Appropriate of Confucian Thought in Eighteenth-Century China
Authors: Murata Sachiko
Published: March 2015

This article analyzes the concept of Huiru, “Islamic Confucianism.” From the seventeenth through the nineteenth century, a school of thought known as Huiru flourished in the Chinese language and produced many books on Islamic teachings taking full advantage of the rich vocabulary of the Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition. Probably the most influential of these books was Tianfang xingli, “Nature and Principle in Islam,” published by Liu Zhi in 1704. In contrast to the vast majority of modern-day books about Islam, which focus on legal, social, and political teachings, Liu Zhi addresses the underlying principles of the Islamic worldview—specifically unity, prophecy, and the return to God. The result is a surprisingly harmonious synthesis of Islamic and Confucian thought that can provide inspiration to those of us today who would like to carry out a meaningful “dialogue among civilizations.”
In Pursuit of Authenticity: Becoming a Salafi
Authors: Poljarevic Emin
Published: March 2015

Salafis refer to their understanding of Islam as authentic. This claim has resonated well with a substantial number of young Muslims. The article sets out to identify this assertion’s main components and its appeal among Egyptian youth immediately before and after the 2011 popular revolt. In other words, what is specific in the Salafi approach to the issue of authenticity? By answering this question, I aim to offer a better understanding of why this religiously inspired movement has become so attractive. By examining the narratives of Egyptian Salafis, I suggest that the allure of strict religious life transcends a Muslim’s search for identity, for it is, in reality, driven by a deep-rooted desire for certainty, purpose, and a form of collective individualism. Salafism, broadly defined, offers a very modern form of socialized spirituality that hinges largely on a discourse of authenticity and prophetic originality, a discourse that resonates with many of today’s young Muslims.
Swedish Puritan Salafism: A Hijra Within
Authors: Olsson Susanne
Published: March 2015

This article focuses a Swedish puritan Salafi group that advocates a clear stance against the immorality and impurity that they perceive the surrounding Swedish (or “Western”) society to represent. “Members” advocate a puritan Islamic lifestyle, based on what they perceive to be the examples of the prophet Muhammad and the “pious predecessors”. The article analyzes issues pertaining to segregation/integration and emigration (hijra), according to the official ideology, and attempts to probe into how the group negotiates their particular minority situation being Swedish Salafis. Questions often touched upon, more or less explicit, concern whether a Salafi at all should live in Sweden and how he or she should relate to the surrounding Swedish society and to “others”, those not considered part of the in-group. The article analyses ideological and normative claims and frames this within the contemporary Swedish setting and the presumed growth of Salafism.
Keith B. Miller (ed.), Perspectives on an Evolving Creation
Authors: Johnston Lucas
Published: March 2015

Keith B. Miller (ed.), Perspectives on an Evolving Creation (Cambridge, MA: Eerdmans, 2003), pp. xiv + 528. Paperback £20.11, ISBN 0-8028-0512-4.
Anne Primavesi, Gaia’s Gift: Earth, Ourselves and God After Copernicus
Authors: Eaton Heather
Published: March 2015

Anne Primavesi, Gaia’s Gift: Earth, Ourselves and God After Copernicus (London: Routledge, 2003), pp. 149. Paperback £15.99, ISBN 0-4152-8835-5.
Celia Deane-Drummond and Bronislaw Szerszynski, with Robin Grove-White (eds.), Reordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics
Authors: Hocknull Mark
Published: March 2015

Celia Deane-Drummond and Bronislaw Szerszynski, with Robin Grove-White (eds.), Reordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics (London: Continuum T. & T. Clark: London, 2003), pp. xiv + 368 Paperback £17.99, ISBN 0-567088782.
Samuel M. Powell, Participating in God: Creation and Trinity
Authors: Deane-Drummond Celia
Published: March 2015

Samuel M. Powell, Participating in God: Creation and Trinity (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2003), pp. 238. Paperback ISBN 0-8006-3602-3, £9.80.
La Liberté selon Teilhard et la Science
Authors: Daleux Andre
Published: March 2015

La science classique issue des travaux de Newton avait conduit à la notion matérialiste d’un monde privé d’Esprit et de Liberté. Cette conception est incompatible avec la pensée de Teilhard de Chardin, qui défend l’existence de l’Esprit et de la liberté de nos actes, même si celle-ci est limitée.
L’apparition au XXeme siècle des nouvelles physiques relativiste et quantique a rendue impensable la notion de déterminisme absolu qu’implique le matérialisme. Dans le nouveau contexte de la science contemporaine, les intuitions prophétiques de Teilhard de Chardin se trouvent de plus en plus à l’aise.
Marius de Geus, Ecological Utopias: Envisioning the Sustainable Society
Authors: Cox Peter
Published: March 2015

Marius de Geus, Ecological Utopias: Envisioning the Sustainable Society (Utrecht: International Books, 1999). Paperback £12.50, ISBN 9-0572-7019-6.
Mary Grey, Sacred Longings: Ecofeminist Theology and Globalization
Authors: Eaton Heather
Published: March 2015

Mary Grey, Sacred Longings: Ecofeminist Theology and Globalization (London: SCM Press, 2003), pp. 260. £14.99. ISBN 0-334-02928-7.
Heather Eaton and Lois Ann Lorentzen (eds.), Ecofeminism and Globalisation: Exploring Culture, Context and Religion
Authors: Deane-Drummond Celia
Published: March 2015

Heather Eaton and Lois Ann Lorentzen (eds.), Ecofeminism and Globalisation: Exploring Culture, Context and Religion (New York/Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), pp. xi + 253. Paperback, £20.95, ISBN 0-7425-2698-4.
Roger Gottlieb (ed.), This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment
Authors: Partridge Christopher
Published: March 2015

Roger Gottlieb (ed.), This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment (New York: Routledge, 2nd edn, 2004), pp. xvii + 762. Paperback, £26.99, ISBN 04159-4360-4.
Sarah Jewitt, Environment, Knowledge and Gender: Local Development in India’s Jharkhand
Authors: Grey Mary
Published: March 2015

Sarah Jewitt, Environment, Knowledge and Gender: Local Development in India’s Jharkhand (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002), pp. 348. Hardback, £25.00, ISBN 0-7546-1654-1.
Cardinal Cahal B. Daly, The Minding of Planet Earth
Authors: Appolloni Simon
Published: March 2015

Cardinal Cahal B. Daly, The Minding of Planet Earth (Veritas Publications, 2004), pp. iv + 250. £14.95; $19.95, ISBN 1-8539-05798.
John E. Carroll, Sustainability and Spirituality
Authors: O'Hara Dennis Patrick
Published: March 2015

John E. Carroll, Sustainability and Spirituality (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004), pp. x + 191. Paperback $18.95, ISBN 0-7914-6178-5. Hardback $51.50, ISBN 0-7914-6177-7.
David Kronlid, Ecofeminism and Environmental Ethics. An Analysis of Ecofeminist Ethical Theory
Authors: Jansdotter Maria
Published: March 2015

David Kronlid, Ecofeminism and Environmental Ethics. An Analysis of Ecofeminist Ethical Theory (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala Studies in Social Ethics, 28; Dissertation; Uppsala: Uppsala University, 2003), pp. 227. Paperback, ISBN 91-554-5516-6.
Anne-Christine Hornborg, A Landscape of Left-Overs: Changing Conceptions of Place and Environment among Mi’kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada
Authors: Erhard Nancie
Published: March 2015

Anne-Christine Hornborg, A Landscape of Left-Overs: Changing Conceptions of Place and Environment among Mi’kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada (Lund Studies in History of Religions, 14; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2001), pp. 331. US$61. 00, ISBN 91-22-01942-1.
‘Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land’
Authors: Watling Tony
Published: March 2015

Genetic engineering is at the forefront of scientific thought and practice. It has immense implications economically, environmentally, politically, and socially, questioning what we know as ‘life’, ‘nature’, and ‘humanity’, and possibly reframing human interaction with nature. Because of this it leads science and government into the realm of ethics. The latter has traditionally been seen to be the domain of religion, often seen as lacking relevance in today’s ‘modern’ world that has fragmented frameworks that previously supported or controlled individuals. However, the instability and isolation from ethical resources this creates may provide problems when dealing with challenging issues—such as genetic engineering—suggesting the need for ethical guidelines and support something that religion provides. The aim of this article, therefore, is to provide a qualitative understanding—a ‘Bio-Ethnography’—of how religious believers, in particular Church of Scotland Christians, perceive and experience genetic engineering highlighting the personal, social, and environmental, issues it raises, and exploring Christian understandings and negotiation of them.
J.A. Wainwright (ed.), Every Grain of Sand: Canadian Perspectives on Ecology and Environment
Authors: Davy Barbara Jane
Published: March 2015

J.A. Wainwright (ed.), Every Grain of Sand: Canadian Perspectives on Ecology and Environment (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004), pp. viii + 181. Paperback $25 (Cdn), ISBN 0-88920-453-5.
Arthur Asa Berger, Shop ‘Til You Drop: Consumer Behavior and American Culture
Authors: Palko Kathy
Published: March 2015

Arthur Asa Berger, Shop ‘Til You Drop: Consumer Behavior and American Culture (Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), pp. 152. Paperback $20, £14.99, ISBN 0-7425-3691-2. Hardback $60, £46.00, ISBN 0-7425-3690-4.
Simon P. James, Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics
Authors: Timmerman Peter
Published: March 2015

Simon P. James, Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics (Ashgate World Philosophies Series; Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004), pp. 142. Paperback $29.95, £16.99. ISBN 0-7546-1368-2.
David Jasper, The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art, and Culture
Authors: Wainwright J.A.
Published: March 2015

David Jasper, The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art, and Culture (Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), pp. xix + 208. Paperback $25. ISBN 1-4051-1975-6. Hardback $58. 1-4051-1974-8.
Alan Wallace (ed.), Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground
Authors: Soucy Alexander
Published: March 2015

Alan Wallace (ed.), Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), pp. xviii + 444. Paperback $33.00, ISBN 0-231-12335-3. Hardback $73.50, ISBN 0-231-123334-5.
Ecofeminist Theology in a Swedish Context
Authors: Jansdotter Maria
Published: March 2015

The purpose of this article is to analyse the views of materiality in connection with views concerning women in the history of Swedish Lutheran theology and in the common worldview of today’s Swedes. This is related to ecofeminist critiques of the predominant Western worldview and ecofeminist suggestions for doing theology. This article concludes with a discussion of the potential of ecofeminist theology for Sweden today.
A Response
Authors: Gerle Elisabeth
Published: March 2015

Biking through the small park surrounding the Romanesque cathedral in Lund on my way to the theological department at Lund University, I suddenly heard swans talking and crying out to each other—a recur-rent spring experience. As light increases day by day and spring flowers pop out of the soil you can hear the migrating swans return-ing to this Nordic region.
Reflections on Air Travel and Transport
Authors: Rogerson John W.
Published: March 2015

The soundscape of Sheffield is changing. Up to the latter part of 1997 it was very rare to hear the sound of an aircraft, at any rate in the western part of the city. The occasional police helicopter was the exception to the rule. On 10 June 1997 Sheffield City Airport was opened, since when things have begun to change, with regular aircraft noise in the morning and late evening. The sound is not intrusive, not in the western suburbs, that is; but it is certainly a new factor in the environment of Sheffield, and the noise is bound to become more frequent as the airport increases its operations.