bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
BUSINESS PURPOSE AS A TAX AVOIDANCE CONDITION IN CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS
Authors: Buffon Marciano , Silva Isaías Luz da
Published: December 2018

With the approval of the general norm of tax avoidance in the national tax laws, there are several judgments of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals – Conselho Administrativo de Recursos Fiscais (CARF), which have used a tax avoidance institute of comparative law to consider specific practices resulting from companies’ mergers, splits or amalgamation as abusive tax planning. It is known as the “business purpose doctrine”, which has been running the Counselours of the CARF to establish limits on the exercise of business activity, but still little discussed by the Brazilian doctrine. In summary, this new approach seeks to prevent that corporate transactions of this kind are carried out with the purpose of building a diverse legal reality of the factual, under the cover of legal formalism. The legality in corporate reorganizations focusing on the business purpose theory has been subject of compliance with three basic requirements: the temporality of business, the interdependence of the parties and the normality of the operation. In spite of the controversies regarding the legitimacy of the institute, it is noted that adopting a business purpose test seems plausible, once the institute is identified with the cause of the legal business.
FREEDOM OF PRESS AND JUDICIARY CENSORSHIP IN BRAZIL
Authors: Guedes Marco Aurelio Peri
Published: December 2018

This paper intends to provide an overview on freedom of press under the 1988 Brazilian constitution. Despite living the longest democratic term of Brazilian history – twenty seven years so far, the constitutional and democratic project are under a clear and present threat, this time coming from an unsuspicious player in the democratic game: the judiciary branch of the state. The 2009 Estado de São Paulo case reflects how such threat has been identified by some justices belonging to the Brazilian supreme court – the S.T.F. - committed with a democratic and constitutional culture. The threat is scattered all over the land, coming from individual members and sometimes from several states´ appeal courts of both state or federal degrees. Either we enjoy plainfully the fundamental rights or we do not live in an actual democracy, in the western liberal and bourgeois concept of it. Becoming aware of it, rising up legal resistance against such threat and spreading the news for the whole citizenship is a necessary step to consolidate democracy in Brazil and to push away authoritarian political regimes.
LA SOCIETÀ COOPERATIVA BRASILIANA
Authors: Araujo Danilo Borges dos Santos Gomes de
Published: December 2018

Considerando la vastità del tema e dei problemi che ne derivano, trattasi di esposizione relativamente sintetica sulla società cooperativa brasiliana, concentrandosi in particolar modo sui seguenti punti: (i) sviluppo storico-legislativo sul cooperativismo e sulla società cooperativa in Brasile; (ii) caratteri principali dello schema giuridico-organizzativo della società cooperativa brasiliana; e (iii) numeri e dati statistici ed economici complessivi sulla attività economica svolta tramite le cooperative in Brasile e sulla diffusione (costituzione), in Brasile, di quel tipo societario chiamato “sociedade cooperativa”. Il testo quindi si concentra esclusivamente sulla società cooperativa brasiliana, assente qualsiasi tentativo di confronto diretto con la disciplina della società cooperativa italiana, anche se gli esperti in materia possono indirettamente cogliere i contrasti tra l’uno e l’altro ordinamento giuridico, trovando somiglianze e differenze tra i rispettivi schemi legali della cooperativa.
THE CONSENT DECREES IN THE BRAZILIAN CAPITAL MARKET
Authors: Chaves Vinicius Figueiredo , Sertã Alexandre Folly Nogueira
Published: December 2018

Supported by literature research, document and data collection, an approach concerning the legal regulation of capital market is carried out, starting from the review of the regulatory instrument known as consent decree (settlement). Its first step aims at the clarification of general notions about the roles and segments of capital market, followed by the presentation of the fundamental principles regarding the disciplined set of legal dispositions. In the sequence, some features of the Brazilian regulatory body, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), are presented, such as its functions and powers, focusing on the exam of the regulatory provisions contained in the sanctioning administrative process (SAP). In accordance with Article 11, § 5 of Law no 6.385/76, the rules issued by CVM, which govern PAS both in ordinary and in summary rites, prescribe that, once the defendant is summonned, the issuing of a warning to advert about the possibility to propose a term of commitment is mandatory. The acceptance of the term and the consequent compliance to the provisions of the settlement constitute neither the confession to the facts nor the recognition of the illicit nature of investigated conduct. A total number of 405 terms were approved by the regulatory body between 2009 and 2014, which characterizes a wide use of this regulatory instrument. This present analysis concluded that, although the settleement herein presented may be recognized as an important mechanism in the context of capital market regulation, its excessive use constitutes a distortion of both its purposes and of the foundations of normative discipline of the market, and even of the set of functions assigned to CVM.
ON THE BALANCING OF RIGHTS AND THE PROPORTIONALITY OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS: IS IT NOT MORE FICTION THAN REALITY?
Authors: Vedovato Luis Renato , Mastrodi Neto Josué
Published: December 2018

This is a research paper on the prevalence of interests and values of the highest social groups against the interests and values of subordinate social groups, such as migrants, even in judicial decisions of apparently individual conflicts involving only plaintiff and defendant. Individual rights, on which the modern Government was structured, tend to prevail over social rights. This prevalence is crucial even in the context of the theory of constitutional rights of Robert Alexy, who states equal importance to individual or social rights and that, because of the proportionality, there would be a chance that social rights would prevail. It is even possible to say that each collision of rights will be determined proportionally and differently, but the proportionality does not confer rationality to the discretion needed to justify the decision. The proportional decision has more to do with the chosen criterion than the conflicting rights.
THE EFFICACY OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME FEDERAL COURT IN CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW
Authors: Lisowski Telma Rocha , Viana Filho Francisco Paulo José
Published: December 2018

In the current constitutionality control system prevailing in Brazil, decisions rendered incidentally to the verdict in a concrete case, which any court has competence to issue, coexist with a direct judgment, these being an exclusive attribution of the Supreme Federal Court. This Court, exercising its role as a guarantor of the Constitution, as defined by the very Magna Carta, represents not only a collegiate court inside the Judiciary structure, but also a true Constitutional Court. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the (un)constitutionality decisions rendered by the Supreme Federal Court, trying to establish, in principle, the differences between those which originate from direct constitutional control from the ones which originate from incidental control, while analyzing primarily the legislative and jurisprudential changes that indicate a tendency of convergence between both.
Çoklu-İlaç Dirençli P. aeruginosa ve E.coli Suşlarında Antibiyotik Direnç Genlerinin ve Sınıf 1 İntegron Gen Kasetlerinin Araştırılması
Authors: ÖZAD DÜZGÜN Azer , SARAL Ayşegül
Published: December 2018

P. aeruginosa ve E.coli izolatlarının birçok antibiyotiğe direnç kazanması nedeniyle
bu patojenlerin neden olduğu enfeksiyonların tedavisi zorlaşmıştır. Bundan
dolayı klinik izolatlarda antibiyotik direnç genlerinin belirlenmesi büyük önem
arz etmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı çoklu-ilaç dirençli P. aeruginosa ve E.coli
klinik suşlarında beta laktamaz direnç genlerinin ve sınıf 1 integronlar gen
kasetlerinin varlığının araştırılmasıdır. Gümüşhane Devlet Hastanesi yoğun
bakım ünitesinde yatan hastaların kan, idrar ve balgam örneklerinden izole
edilen 2 P. aeruginosa ve 2 E.coli izolatlarının tanımlaması ve
antibiyogramı Vitek 2 Compact otomatize sistemi ile çalışılmıştır. Total DNA
izolasyonu kaynatma DNA metoduyla yapılmıştır. blaVIM, blaNDM,
blaIMP, blaGES, blaCTXM-1, blaCTXM-2,
blaOXA-58, blaOXA-23, blaOXA-51, blaOXA-40, blaKPC ve sınıf 1 integron
gen kasetlerine ait primerler kullanılarak PZR’ler gerçekleştirilmiştir.
Amplikasyonun gerçekleştiği tüm örnekler %1’lik agaroz jelde yürütülmüştür ve
daha sonra UV ışığında görünür hale getirilmiştir. Antibiyogram sonucuna göre P. aeruginosa izolatları gentamisin
hariç kullanılan tüm antibiyotiklere karşı direnç gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. E.coli izolatlarının ise karbapenemlere
karşı duyarlı sefalosporin grubu antibiyotiklere karşı dirençli olduğu
görülmüştür. Sınıf A beta laktamaz genlerinden blaCTXM-1 4 suşun 3’ünde bulunurken, hiçbir suşta blaCTXM-2, blaKPC ve blaGES genleri tespit
edilmemiştir. Araştırılan sınıf B ve sınıf D beta laktamaz genlerinin varlığı
hiçbir örnekte görülmemiştir.  3 suşta
sınıf 1 integronun varlığı tespit edilmiştir. DNA dizi analiz sonucuna göre üç
integron pozitif örneğin dfrA17/AadA5
gen kasetine sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir.
Structural Characterization of 6-Bromo-5-nitroquinoline-1-oxide: A Quantum Chemical Study and XRD Investigations
Authors: ÖKTEN Salih , ERSANLI Cem Cüneyt , ÇAKMAK Osman
Published: December 2018

The chemical properties of recently synthesized
6-bromo-5-nitroquinoline-1-oxide under a mild reaction condition by regioselective
nitration of 6-bromoquinoline-1-oxide
at C5 on going our research were investigated as theoretical. The crystal
structure of 6-bromo-5-nitroquinoline-1-oxide, C9H5BrN2O3, was determined
by X-ray analysis. Crystallized in Pmc21
in the orthorhombic space group with a
= 13.6694 (13) Å, b = 9.6036 (10)
Å, c = 14.1177 (16) Å, Z = 8, Dx = 1.929 mg/m3. In this study, theoretical calculations were performed using the
GaussView 4.1 molecular imaging program and the Gaussian03W packet program. In
the ground state, stable structures of the wholes molecule in the gaseous phase
are investigated based on Density Functional Theory (DFT). Molecularly
optimized geometries, dipole moments, charge density, thermodynamic properties
(heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy), chemical shift values (1H
NMR and 13C NMR), energies, molecular
electrostatic potentials and frontier orbitals (HOMO and LUMO)
B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) base set. Thus, the results obtained by the X-ray diffraction
method are supported by theoretical foundations. Finally, the distribution of
interactions between molecules in the crystal structure of
6-bromo-5-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (3) was
investigated by analysis using Hirshfeld surface production and two-dimensional
fingerprinting.
On a Relation Between Twistors and Killing Spinors
Authors: AÇIK Özgür
Published: December 2018

Inspiring from the consequence of constructing
conformal Killing-Yano forms out of Killing-Yano forms and closed conformal
Killing-Yano forms, this work includes a method for building up twistors from
Killing spinors which can be analogously interpreted as the quantum
electrodynamical pair annihilation process in background gravitational fields.
The former consequence is easily verified if one introduces a new defining
differential equation for (possibly inhomogeneous) Killing-Yano forms which is
free from auxiliary vector fields, as is done in this text. From this point of
view a neat relation between the symmetry operators of massive and massless
Dirac equation is also introduced. Some other physical interpretations are also
included.
Supramolecular Solvent-Based Microextraction of Propachlor and Prometryn Herbicides in Soil Samples Prior to Liquid Chromatographic Analysis
Authors: DURSUN Gözde , YILDIZ Elif , ÇABUK Hasan
Published: December 2018

Supramolecular solvents (SUPRASs) are the
nano-structured liquids generated from amphiphiles through a self-assembly
process, and constitute an alternative to molecular organic solvents with becoming more environmentally friendly in sample
preparation step. In this study, a SUPRAS-based analytical method has
been proposed for the microextraction of propachlor and prometryn herbicides in
soil samples. The method involved the vortex mixing of the 300 mg of soil
sample with 300 µL of SUPRAS for 8 min, subsequent centrifugation for the phase
separation, and direct analysis of the SUPRAS phase by liquid chromatography
with ultraviolet detection. Under optimal extraction
conditions, the extraction recoveries for the herbicides ranged from 81 to 87 %.
The method detection limits for propachlor and prometryn were 0.07 and 0.01
μg/g, respectively. Relative standard deviations obtained for the herbicides
were less than 8.8 % and 12.1 % for intra-day and inter-day precisions,
respectively. The microextraction of related herbicides from soil samples
collected from the Zonguldak region was carried out efficiently. The recoveries
obtained from spiked soil samples ranged from 80 to 108
%.
Ruthenium Based Photosensitizer Exerts Immunostimulatory and Possible Adjuvant Role on the Mammalian Macrophages In vitro
Authors: AYAZ Furkan
Published: December 2018

Immune
system cells play a crucial role against different types and scales of danger
in our body. Macrophages, one of the major innate immune system cells, can
recognize the danger and produce different kinds of inflammatory signals as
well as present the antigen to the other immune system cells to produce a
proper immune response. The new era of medicine is focusing on the regulation
of the immune system cells in order to eliminate the chronic inflammation
induced by infections or to eliminate the tumors with the patients’ own immune
system, that would bring out a more sustainable and permanent cure.. In order
to screen new candidates in the light of this approach, we tested the
immunomodulatory and immunostimulatory capacities of ruthenium polypyridyl based
complex K28 that is used in solar cells.

Our results suggest that
K28 was able to stimulate the pro-inflammatory activity of the mammalian
macrophages based on the TNFa and IL1b production levels. K28 has potential to
be used as an adjuvant based on our in
vitro results.
Роль ВЛКСМ в формировании управленческих кадров
Authors: Портнова Татьяна Арториджевна
Published: December 2018

В статье анализируется роль ВЛКСМ в воспитание талантливых организаторов в разных областях народного хозяйства в советское время.
Международное молодежное и студенческое движение: этапы большого пути
Authors: Володин Иван Андреевич
Published: December 2018

В статье делается исторический обзор деятельности международного молодежного и студенческого движения в мире.
Туристическое бюро «Спутник»: роль в развитии международных молодежных обменов
Authors: Путрик Юрий Степанович
Published: December 2018

В статье дается историческая справка о туристическом бюро «Спутник», созданном комсомолом в 1958 г., анализируется его опыт международной деятельности.
Комсомол — моя судьба!
Authors: Корнеева Марина Дамировна
Published: December 2018

В статье автор делится личными воспоминаниями о своей комсомольской жизни.
1945-1950 Döneminde Türk Dış Politikasının Propagandası Üzerine Bir Girişim: New York Haberler Bürosu
Authors: DUMAN Melih
Published: December 2018

Bu çalışma 1945-1950 yılları arasında Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi Hükümetleri’nin gerçekleştirdiği propaganda örneği açısından New York Haberler Bürosu’nun değerlendirilmesini ele almaktadır. II. Dünya Savaşı ertesinde Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyetler Birliği’nden algıladığı tehdit üzerine, Türkiye’nin dış politikasında savaş dönemi uygulamalarına son verilerek değişikliğe gidilmiştir. Türkiye’nin değişen dış politikası doğrultusunda, iki yönde propaganda izlediği görülmüştür. Bunlardan ilki ülke içerisinde izlediği Milli Birlik Propagandası’dır. İkincisi ise yurt dışında, Sovyetler’e karşı Batılı ülkelerin, özellikle de Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin, desteğini almak üzere gerçekleştirdiği tanıtıcı propagandadır. Çalışmamızın kapsamı, bu ikinci istikamet doğrultusunda Türkiye’yi ABD’de yetkililere ve kamuoyuna tanıtmak üzere, bir nevi kamu diplomasisi amacıyla kurulan New York Haberler Bürosu’nu kuruluşu, amaçları ve faaliyetleri etrafında irdelemek ve dönemin dış politikası içerisinde değerlendirmektir.
All the madwomen in the attic: alienation and culture shock in Jamaica Kincaid’s See Now Then = Todas las locas del ático: alienación y shock cultural en See Now Then, de Jamaica Kincaid
Authors: Alonso Alonso María
Published: December 2018

Este artículo analiza la última novela de Jamaica Kincaid, See Now Then. Después de ofrecer una contextualización y de acuerdo con el marco teórico que articula el análisis, esta aproximación tomará como referencia dos clásicos de la literatura inglesa como son Jane Eyre de Charlotte Brontë y Wide Sargasso Sea de Jean Rhys para explorar cuestiones de alienación y shock cultural a través de la prosa compleja y barroca que caracteriza los trabajos de Kincaid.This article analyses Jamaica Kincaid’s latest novel, See Now Then. After contextualising the text and according to the theoretical framework that structures this analysis, this approach will consider two classics of English literature such as Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea to explore issues of alienation and culture shock through the highly complex and baroque prose that cha­racterises Kincaid’s works.
Carmen González-Vázquez (ed.). El teatro en otros géneros y otros géneros en el teatro. II Estudios de teatro romano en honor del Profesor Benjamín García-Hernández. Libros Pórtico, 2017
Authors: Gil Zarzo Diego
Published: December 2018

Reseña sobre el volumen publicado con motivo de las II estudios de teatro romano en honor del profesor Benjamín García-Hernández.
El discurso periodístico en el siglo XVIII a partir del primer periódico diario de España (1758). El párrafo desde un enfoque cognitivo de la enacción = Journalism discourse in the eighteen century since the first daily newspaper in Spain (1758). Paragraph from an anection cognitive point of view
Authors: Penas Ibáñez María Azucena
Published: December 2018

Este artículo analiza, desde un enfoque cognitivo de la enacción, la estructura del párrafo en el primer periódico diario de España, publicado en 1758 en Madrid, con el título Diario Curioso-Erudito, y Comercial Público y Economico, de Don Manuel Ruiz de Uribe. Consta de seis partes: Privilegio, Suma de la Licencia, Introducción, Plan del Diario: Artículo primero, Plan del Diario: Artículo segundo, y Advertencia. De los seis principios Gestalt de agrupamiento perceptivo descritos, la ley de simplicidad (asociada a la ley de buena forma o de pregnancia) es la que más se potencia.This article analyses, from an enaction cognitive point of view, the structure of paragraph of the first daily newspaper in Spain (Madrid, 1758), entitled Diario Curioso-Erudito, y Comercial Público y Economico,by Don Manuel Ruiz de Uribe. This daily newspaper is divided into six parts: Privilegio, Suma de la Licencia, Introducción, Plan del Diario: Artículo primero, Plan del Diario: Artículo segundo, and Advertencia. According to six Gestalt principles of perceptual grouping described, the principle of simplicity (associated to the principle of pregnancy) is the most developed.
Formas anafóricas de cohesión nominal en las relaciones de autos de fe impresas del XVIII = Anaphoric forms for the nominal cohesion in the printed 18th century autos de fe
Authors: Duttenhofer Alexandra
Published: December 2018

El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en analizar el empleo de formas anafóricas de cohesión nominal en las relaciones de autos de fe impresas del XVIII, en tanto que uno de los representantes del lenguaje jurídico-administrativo. Se aspira a demostrar que el carácter divulgativo, y no propiamente especializado de las relaciones de autos de fe, podría determinar la elección y el grado de elaboración de los medios de la cohesión nominal. This paper sets out to analyse the use of anaphoric forms of nominal cohesion in the relations of printedacts of faith from the eighteenth century, as it is one the distinctive features of legal-administrativelanguage. The idea is to prove that the informative nature, and not specialised as such, of the relationsof acts of faith could determine the choice and the degree of elaboration of nominal cohesion means.
El conector ilativo-consecutivo onde en el español medieval = The illative-consecutive connector onde in Medieval Spanish
Authors: Herrero Ruiz de Loizaga Francisco Javier
Published: December 2018

Onde como conector ilativo-consecutivo  continúa el empleo desarrollado por UNDE en el latín tardío y medieval, y se halla preferentemente en textos o fragmentos expositivo-argumentativos, en buena medida como consecuencia de una imitación culta de estos usos latinos. A pesar de su intensidad de empleo durante la Edad Media, su preferencia por determinados contextos en los que tiende a especializarse y la progresiva desaparición de onde como adverbio relativo e interrogativo y su consideración de vulgarismo en este empleo a partir del siglo XVI determinarán la desaparición de este conector, ya desusado en el español clásico.Onde as consecutive connector continues the use developed by UNDE in Late and Medieval Latin, andit is found mainly in expositive-argumentative texts or fragments, largely as a consequence of learnedimitation of these Latin uses. Despite its intense use during the Middle Ages, its preference for certaincontexts in which it tends to specialize and the progressive disappearance of onde as relative and interrogative adverb and its consideration of vulgarism in this adverbial use from the sixteenth century onwill determine the disappearance of this connector, already obsolete in classical Spanish.
MAPA DOS PRODUTORES BRASILEIROS DE BIOCOMBUSTÍVEIS PELLETS
Authors: Garcia D. P. , Caraschi J. C. , Dal Bem E. A. , Ferreira J. P. , Souza F. M. L. , Vieira F. H. A. , Dias R. R.
Published: December 2018

Os pellets são biocombustíveis que podem ser produzidos a partir de resíduos lignocelulósicos como o bagaço da cana-de-açúcar, serragem ou maravalha de madeira. A demanda mundial por esses produtos cresce exponencialmente, porque são recursos energéticos de baixo carbono e são utilizados por países que precisam reduzir suas emissões de gases do efeito estufa para atender aos acordos firmados na COP21. Para explorar as oportunidades desse negócio promissor é preciso oferecer informações ao mercado a respeito da produção, quantidade de indústrias produtoras e quais materiais lignocelulósicos estão sendo compactados no formato de pellets. Para isso, este artigo quer elaborar um mapa on line dos produtores de pellets brasileiros, descobrir qual tipo de biomassa vegetal é utilizada como matéria-prima e apurar quanto o país produziu desse biocombustível em 2017. Uma pesquisa com os atuais produtores foi realizada, com aplicação de um formulário on line do Google Forms, que obteve 100% de índice de resposta. Com base nesses dados construiu-se um Mapa dos Produtores Brasileiros de Pellets. Os resultados revelaram 18 fábricas ativas, distribuídas em cinco estados, que produziram 470 mil toneladas do produto em 2017, fabricados a partir de pinus, acácia-negra, bagaço de cana-de-açúcar e casca de café.
Good Trouble: Post-tenure Interruptions to Our Academic ‘Routines’
Authors: Tobier Nick
Published: December 2018

As a public artist and designer, I construct spaces that connect people and ideas. The social spaces I create challenge our traditional ways of thinking, knowing, and experiencing one another and our cities. This piece presents a resistance to preset disciplinary values and a recognition that exponential rather than incremental change in an urgently evolving filed demands knew form and language. Working at what might be described as the margins of a field within a discipline that is itself often at the margins of a University necessitates both deliberate articulation and responsibility to translate less orthodox practices, off-center inquiry, ways of knowing and outputs in the tenure and promotion process. This piece challenges us to see the civic work we do as good work, and when our good work serves as an interruption to the existing status quo of the academy, then this good work serves to bridge the academy to cities in more meaningful ways.
Four Community Engagement Lessons from Detroit to Connecticut
Authors: Dunlap Michelle R.
Published: December 2018

I present four lessons for the field or for other community engaged scholars:

Question assumptions with respect to the communities in which we are engaged (discussed and illustrated above).
Conduct, support and publish more community-engagement research with students of color and communities of color at the center, and not in juxtaposition to normalized views of white culture.
University or college funding opportunities to help support community-requested or negotiated engagement are a necessary and important investment.
When engaging with communities outside of the classroom, you, your students, and your administration have to be willing to take measured risks.
Community-Engaged Scholarship and Promotion and Tenure: Lessons from Lynton Award Recipients
Authors: Ward Elaine
Published: December 2018

In 2008, for my dissertation research, I interviewed 11 faculty members who received the Ernest Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement to examine their experiences with promotion and tenure.  There were 3 assistant professors, 1 associate professor, and 7 full professors.  All faculty members were female and represented 8 4-year public institutions (4 RU/VH, 2 Master’s and 2 Doctoral Granting Universities) and 3 4-year private institutions (2 Bac/A&S and 1 RU/VH).  They represented the humanities (8) and the sciences (3).   Through qualitative, semi-structured, opened ended interviews I aimed to understand their experiences with engaged scholarship in the context of promotion and tenure.
Many community-engaged scholars fight to receive the internal validation that Ernest advocated for with Amy Driscoll via Making Outreach Visible: A Guide to Documenting Professional Service and Outreach (1999). Ernest might be somewhat content to know that the award in his name provides external validation that helps legitimize their scholarship at their home institution. I say ‘somewhat content’, because it is clear that Ernest had greater expectations for institutions to value the work of engaged faculty.  Amy Driscoll has helped advance Ernest’s vision through her leadership of the collaborative process of that produced the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement (2008), and its requirement that applicants must show how they address promotion of community engaged scholarship formally via personnel policy i.e. faculty handbooks and contracts.  While we find more and more evidence of rewards that value community-engaged scholarship, there is still work to be done to reach broad and consistent equivalence of recognition and rewards across all faculty roles.
Escenarios, tempo e indicadores paleoambientales para la identificación del Antropoceno en el paisaje vegetal del Pirineo Central (NE Iberia)
Authors: González Sampériz P. , Montes L. , Aranbarri J. , Leunda M. , Domingo R. , Laborda R. , Sanjuan Y. , Gil-Romera G. , Lasanta T. , García-Ruiz J.M.
Published: December 2018

El Antropoceno puede considerarse como el origen de la configuración paisajística actual, y en relación a la vegetación, como el periodo en el que la intervención humana es el agente principal de los cambios que se producen de forma clara, intensa y permanente en el tiempo. En este trabajo se recopilan y comparan datos de secuencias palinológicas y de microcarbones, ocupaciones de yacimientos arqueológicos y dataciones de paleoincendios localizados en el Pirineo Central, además de información documental, exponiendo una reflexión sobre las supuestas evidencias que promulgan una deforestación temprana y el uso del fuego de origen antrópico como señal inequívoca de intervención humana y surgimiento de los paisajes culturales desde hace milenios. En realidad, lo que se constata es una alta diversidad temporal y espacial entre todos los indicios, y sólo a partir de la Baja Edad Media (últimos 700 años, 1300 AD), los indicadores y valores de los mismos ofrecen auténtico consenso sobre el inicio de cambios consistentes y duraderos que marcarían el inicio del Antropoceno.
An analysis of the punctuation of the Middle English "Letter of Ipocras" in London, Wellcome Library, MS 405
Authors: Marqués-Aguado Teresa
Published: December 2018

Punctuation in early English has been traditionally considered to lack consistency and systematicity, as shown in the relevant literature. Yet, recent research has uncovered that individual texts followed particular punctuation practices regarding signs and functions that were relatively systematic and consistent, even if they were also quite frequently text-based. In line with this, the present article explores the punctuation practice found in a copy of the Middle English medical text called Letter of Ipocras, the one held in London, Wellcome Library, MS 405. This contribution first reviews research on punctuation practices in Middle English texts and discusses the functions that historical punctuation has been reported to perform. Then, a cursory description of both the manuscript and the text is offered. Next, the punctuation signs found in the text are described and discussed, and their various functions at different levels illustrated with the help of examples. The article closes with a reflection on the global function of the pointing practice of the text, which veers towards the grammatical and pragmatic functions.
Prognostic Significance of Blood Glucose Levels and Alterations Among Patients with Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning
Authors: Sharma Arvind , Balasubramanian Prasanth , Gill Kiran D. , Bhalla Ashish
Published: December 2018

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the prognostic significance of blood glucose levels and blood glucose alterations (i.e. hyper- or hypoglycaemia) among patients with aluminium phosphide (AlP) poisoning. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India, between January 2010 and June 2011. All patients presenting to the emergency department with a definitive history of AlP ingestion or symptoms compatible with AlP poisoning were included in the study. Blood glucose levels were recorded at presentation and every six hours thereafter. Alterations in blood glucose levels and other clinical and laboratory variables were subsequently compared between survivors and non-survivors. Results: A total of 116 patients with AlP poisoning were identified. Of these, 57 patients (49%) survived and 59 patients (51%) died. At presentation, the mean blood glucose levels of survivors and non-survivors were 119.9 ± 35.7 mg/dL and 159.7 ± 92.5 mg/dL, respectively (P <0.001). In comparison to the survivors, non-survivors had significantly higher heart rates, total leukocyte counts, blood glucose level alterations and serum creatinine levels (P <0.050). In addition, systolic blood pressure, Glasgow coma scale scores, arterial blood gas pH and bicarbonate values and duration of hospital stay was significantly lower compared to survivors (P <0.001). However, neither blood glucose levels at admission nor blood glucose alterations correlated independently with mortality in a multivariate analysis. Conclusion: The role of blood glucose level alterations in predicting patient outcomes in AlP poisoning cases remains inconclusive. Further studies with larger sample sizes are required.Keywords: Aluminum Phosphide; Poisoning; Blood Glucose; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Mortality; Prognostic Factors; India.
Diabetic Foot Disease Research in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A bibliometric analysis
Authors: Al-Busaidi Ibrahim S. , Abdulhadi Nadia N. , Coppell Kirsten J.
Published: December 2018

Objectives: Countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have some of the highest prevalence rates of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the world; however, DM-related research activity in this region is limited. This study aimed to examine trends in published diabetic foot disease (DFD) research undertaken in GCC countries. Methods: This bibliometric study was conducted in December 2016. Standardised criteria were used to search the MEDLINE® database (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) for DFD-related publications authored by GCC researchers between January 1990 and December 2015. Various details such as the type of publication, journal impact factor and number of article citations were analysed. Results: A total of 96 research articles were identified. The number of publications per year significantly increased from nil prior to 1991 to 15 in 2015 (P <0.01). Basic/clinical research articles accounted for 96.9% of publications, with three randomised controlled trials and no systematic reviews/meta-analyses. When adjusted for population size, Kuwait had the highest number of published papers per year, followed by Bahrain and Qatar. The number of authors per publication significantly increased during the study period (P = 0.02). However, 16 articles (16.7%) had no citations. The median journal impact factor was 0.15 ± 1.19 (range: 0–6.04). Conclusion: The number of publications authored by GCC researchers has risen in recent years. Increasing research funding and promoting collaboration between local and international researchers and institutes are recommended to bolster research regarding DFD prevention and management in GCC countries.Keywords: Bibliometric Analysis; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Foot; Research; Publications; Arab Countries; Gulf Cooperation Council.
Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes of Pregnant Indian Pilgrims: A three-year experience at the Indian Hajj Medical Mission
Authors: Khan Shazia , Khan Inam D.
Published: December 2018

Objectives: The Hajj, an annual mass gathering of Muslim pilgrims, is known for its high morbidity and mortality rates. However, pregnant women sometimes participate in this pilgrimage, despite guidelines that discourage such an undertaking due to potential fetomaternal complications. This study aimed to evaluate fetomaternal outcomes among pregnant Indian Hajj pilgrims. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at two Indian Hajj Medical Mission (IHMM)-affiliated secondary care hospitals in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj periods of August–October 2015 and 2016 and July–September 2017. All female Indian pilgrims of reproductive age who underwent pregnancy screening at secondary care IHMM hospitals during this period were included in the study. Definitive obstetric care was provided at the Makkah Maternity & Child Hospital. Data regarding the pilgrims’ obstetric characteristics, antenatal complications, management and fetomaternal outcomes were evaluated. Results: A total of 114 pregnant Indian pilgrims were identified during the study period. The most common antenatal complications were respiratory tract infections (51.75%), followed by iron deficiency anaemia (17.54%), hyperemesis gravidarum (14.04%), hypothyroidism (9.65%) and gestational diabetes mellitus (5.26%). There were 20 vaginal deliveries (17.54%), two Caesarean sections (1.75%) and 32 abortions (28.07%). The cumulative three-year birth rate was 24.60 per 1,000 females. Conclusion: During Hajj, pregnant pilgrims have a high risk of abortion, respiratory tract infections and various antenatal, perinatal and neonatal complications which may go unreported or untreated. Women should therefore be educated regarding the risk of adverse fetomaternal outcomes which may occur while undertaking a Hajj pilgrimage during pregnancy.Keywords: Travel Medicine; Muslims; Pregnancy Outcomes; Miscarriage; Respiratory Infections; Saudi Arabia.
Current Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practices Following Endovascular Electrophysiological Procedures in the UK: A pilot study
Authors: Saunderson Christopher , Hickman Sally , Wilkinson Elaine , Tayebjee Muzahir
Published: December 2018

Objectives: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) cases at the Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK, as well as to survey current VTE practices and preventative strategies at other UK-based electrophysiology (EP) centres. Methods: This retrospective pilot study involved all patients who underwent EP studies at Leeds General Infirmary from January 2014 to December 2016. In addition, a telephone survey was conducted of 35 other UK-based EP centres. Results: Of 1,020 patients who underwent EP studies at Leeds General Infirmary, 0.3% developed a post-procedural VTE. In addition, 28 other EP centres were surveyed (response rate: 80%), of which 18% reported VTE cases in the last two years. There were wide variations in VTE prevention strategies and the use of post-procedural thromboprophylaxis. Conclusion: Despite the low incidence of VTE cases, many UK centres continue to experience this complication with no consensus on optimal preventative strategies. As current VTE guidelines do not recommend antithrombotics, further research is needed.Keywords: Venous Thromboembolism; Cardiac Electrophysiological Techniques; Catheter Ablation; Heparin; Postoperative Complications; Risk Assessment; United Kingdom.
Primary Plasma Cell Leukaemia: Case report and review of the literature
Authors: Singh Sarika , Rath Ashutosh , Yadav Surekha
Published: December 2018

Plasma cell leukaemia (PCL) is one of the most aggressive and rarest forms of plasma cell dyscrasia. However, the diagnostic criteria for this condition have not yet been revised and there is no specific treatment to significantly improve the course of the disease. We report a 69-year-old male who presented to the Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India, in 2017 with dyspnoea and chest pain. A peripheral blood smear showed an absolute plasma cell count of 2.16 × 109/L. A bone marrow examination showed 61% atypical plasma cells exhibiting kappa light chain restriction. Biochemical investigations were consistent with a diagnosis of primary PCL with renal involvement. Bortezomib-based chemotherapy was initiated, which resulted in an improvement in the patient’s haematological and biochemical parameters. This case report includes a comprehensive review of the clinical and diagnostic features, pathobiology and treatment of PCL.Keywords: Plasma Cell Leukemia; Multiple Myeloma; Plasma Cells; Case Report; India.
A Probable Case of Mucosal Fixed Drug Eruption Following Treatment with Silodosin
Authors: Klimi Eleni
Published: December 2018

A fixed drug eruption consists of erythematous patches that appear on the skin and/or mucous membranes following administration of a drug which, once healed, leaves residual hyperpigmentation. We report a 76-year-old male who presented to the Thriasio General Hospital, Athens, Greece, in 2016 with erythema, oedema and blistering of the lower lip and glans penis following the administration of silodosin for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The eruption regressed two weeks after silodosin was discontinued.Keywords: Drug Eruption; Mucous Membranes; Erythema; Blister; Silodosin; Case Report; Greece.
Management of Maxillo Facial Fractures in a Cameroonian Tertiary Hospital
Authors: Ashu Agbor Michael , NEGUEM TOWA Michel Yves , Ogunsalu Christopher , Dilu Joseph
Published: December 2018

This is a descriptive study that was carried out at the accident and emergency, Dental, and Ear Nose and throat (ENT) units of the Douala General Hospital between April 2014 to September 2014 on patients with maxillofacial trauma referred to this tertiary hospital. Maxillofacial injuries were found among 7 (23%) female and 24 (77%) males in patients mostly of between 21-31 age groups most of whom are motorcycle bike riders 10(32.3%). All patients were first resuscitated at the emergency department and 22 (71%) of the patients were referred to the general surgery department. The lips (13) 41.9%, facial trauma 10 (32.3%), facial edema 28 (90.3%), bleeding 25 (80%), dental articulation disorders 23 (74.2%), para symphyseal fractures38 (51.6%) were the most clinical signs. Treatment took place between the 5th and 10th day after consultation with anti-inflammatory 15 (48.4%), 24 (77.4%) on mouth washes and more than half were prescribed antitetanus prophylaxis. The majority 25(81%) of patients were treated using open reduction 6(48%), closed reduction 20(65%), intermaxillary fixation 26(84%) and 4(13%) pterigo-zygomatic suspension for the management of maxillofacial fractures either by the dentist or the ENT surgeons.
Hermeneutika Hans-Georg Gadamer dan Relevansinya terhadap Pemahaman Hadis “Keterlibatan Malaikat dalam Hubungan Seksual”
Authors: Mu’awwanah Nafisatul
Published: December 2018

This paper deals with Gadamer’s hermeneutical theory and how relevant it is to the study of Islam, which in this case is applied in the hadith “the involvement of angels in sexual relations”. The concept of Gadamer greatly emphasizes the merger of the horizons, the horizon of the text and the horizon of the reader. Merging the horizons will then generate meaningful sense. Meaningful sense is what according to Gadamer, can be applied in the reader. When Gadamer’s hermeneutical theory is applied in the hadith of “the involvement of angels in sexual relations”, a reader of hadith should be able to combine the horizon of the hadith, how it is understood in the time of the Prophet, and the horizon of the reader, the needs and conditions of the present. From the merger, it was found that the meaningful sense of the hadith is “keeping and maintaining harmony of husband and wife relationship”. Meaningful sense of this hadith should be applied in the present, regardless of the nature of the relationship between husband and wife. So Gadamer’s hermeneutical concept can be said to be relevant to eliminate the issues that develop today about gender bias.
MULTIMODAL LITERACY IN A BLENDED LEARNING SETTING: TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES
Authors: Masyhudianti Ummy Khoirunisya’ , Fauziati Endang
Published: December 2018

Technology takes crucial part in this 21st century, hence the educators have to deal with it and implement it in teaching and learning process. Blended learning emerges as fresh air for educators who want to maximize the advantages of face-to-face and e-learning environment. Nowadays, they should also adapt with the contemporary literacy called multimodal literacy to enhance meaning-making by using multimodal text in teaching and learning process. This is a case study that has aims to explore teacher’s and students’ perspectives in empowering students’ multimodal literacies in blended learning setting in teaching-learning writing as well as the reflection of teacher’s perspective in implementation. The participants of the research are a teacher and 24 students of English education department from one of undergraduate schools in Indonesia.  Data includes classroom observation and interview. The finding of this study revealed that the use of multimodal text in a blended learning setting gives many advantages for teacher and students in empowering students’ multimodal literacy. This study also found that the teacher’s perspective reflected the implementation of multimodal text in a blended learning setting. It also had contribution to support the development of educational technology and to improve students’ writing ability.
A migrációs folyamatok hatása a kárpátaljai magyarok számának alakulására
Authors: Tátrai Patrik , Molnár József , Molnár D. István , Kovály Katalin , Erőss Ágnes , Ferenc Viktória , Rákóczi Krisztián
Published: December 2018

According to the last Ukrainian census in 2001, 152 thousand people declared Hungarianethnicity in Transcarpathia. Since that time, there is no reliable and up-to-date data on theethno-demographic development of the region’s population. It is especially hard to register themigration flows particularly salient since the outbreak of the armed conflict in East Ukrainein 2014. Based on four data sources (official Ukrainian and Hungarian statistics and tworepresentative surveys), the present study aims at revealing the volume of the permanent andtemporary migration of Hungarians in Transcarpathia and its impact on their number. Wefound that the same migration flow is associated with various figures by each of the data sourcesconducted with different methods and by different actors. According to the more reliable surveys,9 to 14 thousand ethnic Hungarians emigrated from Transcarpathia since 2001; consequently,the number of Hungarians is estimated at approximately 130 thousand people in the beginningof 2017.
Az iskolán túl…
Authors: Bihari Ildikó , Csoba Juditt
Published: December 2018

Extracurricular activities have a significant role in increasing the disadvantaged Roma children’s school performance and compensate their socialization disadvantages. In the recent years, the study hall program becomes widely known in Hungary. Based on the literature and previous researches the study examines the needs, milestones, goals and target groups of the study hall program. This paper also demonstrates the economic and social conditions of the Integration Program, which has been in operation for 20 years, and supports effectively the development of social competences of disadvantaged social groups.
An Efficient power utilization approach with secure data transmission to maximize the life time of wireless sensor network with the help of duty cycle mechanism
Authors: V Bhagyashree A , Moinuddin Khaja
Published: December 2018

Lifetime enhancement has always been a crucial issue as most of the wireless sensor networks (WSNs) operate in unattended environment where human access and monitoring are practically infeasible. Clustering is one of the most powerful techniques that can arrange the system operation in associated manner to attend the network scalability, minimize energy consumption and achieve prolonged network lifetime. An efficient path selection will reduce energy utilization on data transmission phase at this time data should be secure, by using RSA algorithm.  In this paper, clustering mechanism and improvement in security is proposed. These two methods are used to decrease the energy consumption at data transmission phase and ensuring the security of the sensor data over wireless sensor .Key based security mechanism is used to secure the data. To ensure that any energy consumption associated with the role of the cluster head (CH) is shared between the nodes, the cluster head (CH) role is alternated between the nodes using duty cycle mechanism.
Escritores, relação com a escrita e experiência: um campo em educação artística
Authors: Nogueira Paulo
Published: December 2018

O objetivo neste ensaio é apresentar parte de um trabalho de interpretação resultante de uma investigação narrativa e biográfica realizada com escritores portugueses, cujo objeto incidiu na “relação com a escrita” (2006-2012). Tal trabalho constituiu-se numa exploração biográfica das narrativas de vida de Manuel António Pina, Mário Cláudio, Ana Luísa Amaral, Luísa Dacosta e Jorge Velhote, no âmbito da qual procurou se aceder ao cosmos vivencial que foi e é a atividade de escrita daqueles escritores e, no contexto mais vasto, dos seus itinerários de vida literária e educativa. A abordagem em torno dessa questão, mesmo se já alguns anos passados desde que a construímos, continua a permitir-nos refletir a respeito dos movimentos singulares que tecem os modos de viver a experiência da escrita. Tendo por base esse quadro, com o presente texto pretendemos contribuir para alguma reflexão em educação artística.