bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Attitude Transference Among Adolescents: The Relationship Between Injunctive Classroom Norms and Individual Antisocial Attitudes
Authors: Hofmann Verena , Müller Christoph M.
Published: June 2016

Cognition plays a major role in the development of antisocial behavior. The aim of this study was to extend the current state of research regarding the mechanisms of negative peer influence in adolescence by testing whether aggregated classroom attitudes (injunctive norms) predict individual attitudes toward antisocial behavior and vice versa. For that purpose, attitudes toward a broad range of aggressive and delinquent behaviors were assessed in 864 lower secondary school students in Switzerland. The survey took place at 4 measurement points, spanning Grade 7 to Grade 9. The reciprocal influence between group norms and individual attitudes was tested in a lagged multilevel model for change. Results indicated that injunctive classroom norms predicted subsequent individual attitudes but that individual attitudes did not predict subsequent classroom norms, even if student’s social dominance status was included in the model as a moderator.
About Ethnicity, Fitting In, and Acting Out: Applying the Person–Environment Fit Framework to School Misconduct
Authors: Demanet Jannick , Praag Lore Van , Houtte Mieke Van
Published: June 2016

Starting from a person–environment fit framework, this study investigates whether ethnic congruence—the percentage of co-ethnics in a school—relates to school misconduct and whether congruence effects differ between ethnic minority and majority students. Moreover, we investigate whether eventual associations are mediated by friendship attachment, perceived teacher support, and general school belonging. Multilevel analyses of data from 11,759 students across 83 Flemish secondary schools show that higher ethnic congruence is associated with lower levels of school misconduct but only for ethnic minority students. This effect was not mediated by friendship attachment, nor by teacher support, but it was mediated by general school belonging. We conclude that ethnic minority students in schools with a higher percentage of peers of co-ethnic descent are less likely to break the school rules because they feel more contented in the school context, which is congruent with the person–environment fit framework.
Monitoring of oxygen in the gas and liquide phases of bottles of wine at bottling and during storage
Authors: Vidal Jean-Claude , Moutounet Michel
Published: June 2016

The assaying of oxygen in the headspace of a bottle combined with that of dissolved oxygen in the wine makes it possible to obtain the total oxygen per bottle. The first analyses performed at bottling show that 0.38 to 3.58 mg oxygen per bottle is trapped in the headspace. Operating conditions account for these substantial variations. Monitoring the oxygen contents in the liquid and gas phases of three batches of wine over a period of several months and the analysis of old bottles show that the headspace functions as an oxygen reserve for the wine, that is to say that as the wine uses oxygen, there is passage of the gas from the headspace to the wine. This is related to a movement towards a balance between the two phases as the partial pressure of oxygen in the gas phase is always greater than that of the liquid phase. Finally, this gas exchange kinetics within the bottle outweighs the kinetics of penetration of the bottle by oxygen in the external atmosphere, at least while the total oxygen trapped at bottling has not been used up.
A case of fever and rash; Dilemma of MRSA versus Kawasaki disease
Authors: Youssef Doaa
Published: June 2016

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis that was first described by Kawasaki et.al in 1974. [1]. KD is regarded as an autoimmune disorder rather than an infectious disease. [2]. in the USA, where community acquired methicilline resistant staph (CA-MRSA) is now the most common pathogen (>50%) causing skin and soft tissue infections (particularly abscesses) acquired by outpatients, the number of these infections has nearly doubled in six years, and the main burden of MRSA infections, measured as the incidence per 100 000 inhabitants, now falls on the general population [3]. We present here a case report of a girl came with fever and rash and it had criteria of both diseases KD and CA-MRSA.
Toxicity Evaluation of Pesticide Industry Wastewater through Fish Bioassay
Authors: Chavan Dr. Mrinmayi , Thacker Dr. N. P. , Tarar Dr. J. L.
Published: June 2016

Besides pesticides contamination from agricultural field, the agricultural industries are also contributing by relatively high quantities of toxic pesticides into the environment. Considering the high pollution potential of the Pesticide formulation industry which is one of the main point sources of water pollution, toxicity study was conducted. In this study, the toxicity of the wastewater before and after preliminary treatment is checked using fish bioassay on Lebistus reticulate, with the analysis of physicochemical parameters and OCPs concentration. The results indicated exceeding values of the physicochemical parameters than the guideline values (CPCB). Wastewater exerted more toxicity due to the presence of high OCPs i.e. 1.719 mg/l; equally sulphide concentration was 17.60 mg/l which is also higher compared to stipulated standard of 2.0 mg/l, which causes odor to the surrounding environment. It also contained oil/grease up to 80 mg/l. Treated wastewater was also detected with the concentration (0.587 mg/l) of OCPs higher than the standard values prescribed by CPCB for the pesticide industry effluent discharge. The study inferred that raw wastewater was very toxic to the fish Lebistus reticulate whereas, preliminary treatment to the effluent had reduced toxicity to certain extent, but it doesn’t solve a purpose and hence needs correction in the pretreatment method.
Chemical Reaction Effects on MHD Free Convective Flow through Porous Medium with Constant Suction and Heat Flux
Authors: Seshaiah B. , Varma S.V.K.
Published: June 2016

The Objective of the present study is to investigate to free convection and mass transfer flow of a viscous incompressible and electrically conducting fluid through a porous medium bounded by vertical infinite surface with constant suction velocity and constant heat flux under the action of uniform magnetic field applied normal to the direction of flow.
Morphotypes of Mycorrhizal Fungi of Vanda Species
Authors: S. R Senthilkumar. , Raj. L Joelri Michael , G Gomathi.
Published: June 2016

Mycorrhizal association is known to be important to orchid species and a complete understanding of the fungi that form mycorrhizas is required for orchid ecology and conservation. Vanda is a widespread orchid in Eastern and Western Ghats of India. Previously, we found the genetic diversity of this species has been reduced recent years due to habitat destruction and fragmentation, but little was known about the relationship between this orchid species and the mycorrhizal fungi. The Rhizoctonia-like fungi are the commonly accepted mycorrhizal fungi associated with orchids. In this study, morphotypes of the Rhizoctonia-like fungi associated with Vanda species were investigated. Among the endophytic fungal isolates obtained, Rhizoctonia-like fungi were identified based on morphological characters and further conformations can be done through molecular methods.
Rare Mammary Lesions: A Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation
Authors: Buenaflor Ma. Theresa
Published: June 2016

Appearances can be deceiving and this pictorial essay illustrates the imaging appearance of breast lesions which may or may not appear as classic for malignancy. These cases are considered unusual, interesting and uncommonly encountered, thus providing an avenue for better collaboration and as a teaching point for both radiologists and pathologists.
Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinomas in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Evidence for Stem Cell Origin
Authors: Mendoza Paulo Giovanni , Tsui Wilson , Ho Lorraine , Wayne Michael , Kagen Alexander , Theise Neil
Published: June 2016

The authors present two cases of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in a background of non-cirrhotic, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The increasing incidence of NAFLD and the subsequent recognition of it being a pre-malignant condition even in the absence of significant fibrosis or established cirrhosis has led to the investigations of the different pathways involved in NAFLD-associated hepatocarcinogenesis, including speculations regarding the possibility that many derive from pre-malignant hepatocellular adenomas, tumors also increasingly associated with NAFLD, or reflect malignant transformation of mature hepatocytes through genetic and epigenetic alterations reflecting inflammatory changes in NAFLD. However, NAFLD, like most chronic liver diseases, leads to progressive activation of resident hepatobiliary stem/progenitor cells that are thought to give rise to malignant tumors in other settings. In particular, combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinomas (with and without stem cell features) are thought to reflect malignant transformation of these activated progenitors. Our two cases of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinomas suggest that malignant transformation of hepatobiliary stem/progenitor cells in NAFLD are also a possible pathway to malignancy, even in the absence of established cirrhosis.
Catalyst
Authors: Tandoc III Amado
Published: June 2016

The Philippine Journal of Pathology (PJP) was envisioned as a biannual publication of the Philippine Society of Pathologists, Inc. (PSP, Inc.), to serve as an avenue for research by Filipino anatomic and clinical pathologists.  It was conceived in 1986 through the efforts of Drs. Antonia Cruz-Basa and Generoso Basa who saw the need for an official journal for the society where original pathology research can be published and which shall hopefully stimulate a culture of publication for the pathology community in the Philippines.
It has been a little over a year since we presented the prospects of resurrecting the Philippine Journal of Pathology at the 64th Annual Convention of the PSP.  The revival of the journal would not have been possible without the full support of the current and past PSP President, Dr. Januario Veloso and Dr. Linda Tamesis, respectively, the Board of Governors, our dedicated editorial coordinator, and the members of our Core Team with whom we have begun this journey of revival back in 2012.
It only takes a spark, to get a fire going.  The first issue of this journal is a push, a catalyst, to create change. You are part of this drive towards elevating our practice and informing the greater research community of pathology research in this part of the globe.
Financial Inclusion: A Path towards National Prosperity
Authors: Rastogi Dr. Himanshu , Pande Mr. Samarth
Published: June 2016

India is recognized, all over the world, as a country which presents great diversity in terms of geography, history, culture and population demography to underline a few. This diversity makes it extremely difficult to suitably categorize the country on economic, political, religious or demographical grounds. Post-independence growth has led to overall growth of the country as a whole but it has also divided it into two distinct segments thus providing a suitable basis of categorization in the form of rural India and urban India. As per the census 2001 only 31.16% population of the country lives in urban segment while the rest are still residing in the inherently characteristic rural India. The situation however has changed significantly since independence when around 82% of the total population of the country was dependent for their livelihood on rural sector. The rural segment is distinct in respect of various features such as purchasing power, economic and infrastructural development, social system and many more. These distinctions relate directly to the kind of divergent demand patterns that the rural sector has in various product segments especially when it comes to financial services. The sector presents a real challenge given its technological backwardness and mass illiteracy as people are still caught in traditional financial systems that are both exploitative and futile. Financial inclusion is the biggest problem in front of the financial system today in rural India and infrastructural bottlenecks are worsening it even further with each passing day. This paper is an attempt to comprehend the significance of Financial Inclusion in the context of a developing country like India wherein a large proportion of population is deprived of the financial services which are very much essential for the overall growth of a country. The paper tries to address the issues relating to access to finance by the poor and vulnerable groups as a prerequisite for poverty reduction, social cohesion and promoting prosperity - reflecting and promoting the true growth story of economically strong India.
An Assessment of Impact of Domestic Price of Gold on NAV of Selected Gold Exchange Traded Funds
Authors: Sinha Shefali , Dutta Dr. Mahua
Published: June 2016

Study undertaken assesses the impact of behavior of domestic price of gold on selected gold exchange traded funds which were launched in the year 2010 at National Stock Exchange. The selected gold exchange traded funds constitute HDFC Gold Exchange Traded Fund, ICICI Prudential Gold Exchange Traded Fund and Religare Gold Exchange Traded Fund. Since, the investment objective of every selected scheme under research study is directly related to the domestic price of gold. So, the daily fluctuations of domestic price of gold are taken into account for assessing the impact on NAV prices of selected gold exchange traded funds. The study is aimed to meet objectives of (a) identifying whether NAV of all the selected three funds under research study is dependent upon Domestic Price of Gold. (b) Identifying in which respects NAV of the selected gold exchange traded funds differ from each other. Statistical calculation involves calculating arithmetic mean, standard deviation and standard error. The method for interpretation of data is application of Z-test that will assess the validity in results. This study helps investors to get a detailed insight in what respects NAV gets dependent upon domestic price of gold and the differentiating factors that differs NAV of the selected three Gold ETF mutual fund schemes under research study. This will prompt the investors to check the differentiating parameters of NAV while selecting the mutual fund house for investing in Gold ETF.
Role of Customer Care Department in Telecom Industry
Authors: Kaushal Dr. Ashish , Rahman Dr. Imranur
Published: June 2016

Indian telecom industry has emerged as the fastest growing telecom market in the world. Opening of the telecom sector to foreign investors has not only led to rapid growth in subscriber base but also helped a great deal towards maximization of consumer benefits, particularly in terms of price discovery following the moderate approach in tariffs. Success of Indian telecommunications sector has made the country a truly attractive investment destination for MNCs. With the rapid changing technology, socio-economic and politico-legal environment and trend towards globalization of business, industry and increased competition, effective customer care services has become a very challenging job especially in telecom industry. There is no denying fact that human element is at the center stage in all economic activities and plays a major role for the service industry. One of the services providing industry that emerged rapidly in today’s scenario is telecom industry.
Eupsychian Management: Understanding the Paradigms to Empower Youth Labor Force
Authors: Saha Sneha , Pratap Anubhav
Published: June 2016

“India is a very young country”, most of its population lies in the age range between 18-30 years making India one of the youth dominant labor force in the world. With the new age of passion, commitment, creativity, technology and drive among youths, youth manpower is here to stay. In the midst of current trends of globalization and urbanization in India, it is up to the youth intellects to utilize their energy towards business excellence directly influencing the nation’s GDP and growth. Attention of Gen Y job seekers does not prioritize money as their sole job agenda, they also focus on growing as a professional: psychologically, behaviorally and intrinsically. Eupsychian management is a part of theorist Abraham Maslow’s vision to see a time when organizations are managed by self-actualizing people and their zest results in psychologically conducive environments where employees are intrinsically motivated and empowered to achieve organizational goals and make societal contributions. In the current business trend, more and more companies are focusing on employee oriented culture to achieve organizational goals. The present paper aims to elaborate the concept of Eupsychian management and its relevance in Indian business excellence. This concept will be elaborated in two parts: Part I sheds light on the theoretical base and implications. It includes the historical grounds of Maslow’s work on Eupsychian management, assumptions of Eupsychian management policies and its inference on employee psyche and work morale. Part II illuminates applications of Eupsychian management through case studies of Indian companies and its impact on organizational essentials like work ethics, employee engagement, work-life balance, quality of working life, work culture and employee satisfaction. These case studies have been selected on the basis of 2015 survey of employee-friendly organizations by the Economic Times, Business Today and India Times News.
Inspecting the Use of WhatsApp Messaging and its Impact
Authors: Srivastava Abhishek , Kiran Prabha
Published: June 2016

With the change in Internet technologies we have observed profusion of information flow in the modern society. With the essence of social media networking, an innovative approach has been observed while sharing messages either on public or on private platform amongst its user. Nowadays WhatsApp messenger is a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging client for smart phones that operates under a subscription business model. However the users of WhatsApp are very much concerned with the features and its uses along with its privacy policy while using it. Paper sets out to study the topological characteristics of WhatsApp, its power as an innovative medium of information sharing and social convergence along with several other positive as well as negative dimensions of its usage. Data associated with this paper was collected from the users of this App in the form of questionnaire and on the basis of observed figures; we have inspected the feature and characteristics in association of WhatsApp and its usage.
MAX GLÜCKSMANN: SUS PRIMEROS PASOS EN LA “CASA LAPAGE”. DESCUBRIENDO AL PIONERO DEL CINEMATÓGRAFO
Authors: Gómez Gabriela Ximena
Published: June 2016

Este artículo forma parte de un trabajo más amplio en el marco de un proyecto de investigación. Este espacio se ocupa de las industrias culturales en la ciudad de Buenos Aires entre el inicio del siglo XX y el final de entreguerras. En ese contexto, lo que me interesa es observar el recorrido de un pionero de la industria del espectáculo, fotógrafo, director, productor, distribuidor, etc., el empresario austríaco Max Glücksmann. Junto a la transformación que vivió la ciudad de Buenos Aires desde finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, y a las transformaciones en la técnica, aparecieron inmigrantes, intuitivos, emprendedores y que buscando un rédito comercial irían construyendo el mercado de entretenimientos de la Argentina.El presente trabajo intentará dar cuenta de los primeros pasos de Glücksmann, uno de estos inmigrantes, como empleado de la Casa de fotografía Lapage que se encontraba en el centro de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, para luego pasar a ser su gerente y culminar como dueño de la misma. Y transformarse desde este espacio con el correr del siglo XX en uno de los hacedores de la cinematografía y de la industria del disco en la Argentina. Para esto haremos un recorrido por fuentes gráficas de la época intentando realizar una reconstrucción del entramado del circuito cultural por donde se desenvolvía. Como también, observar el crecimiento de la ciudad, los habitantes que empiezan a circular y que aparecen como posibles consumidores de diferentes productos. A partir de la observación de los métodos de comercialización, como por ejemplo la publicidad, y del análisis de cómo estaba organizada la Casa Lapage distinguiremos el accionar de Max Glücksmann como gerente del comercio y miraremos el itinerario sobre las decisiones que tomaba y como ayudaron a delinear el naciente mercado de entretenimiento de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. DOI: 10.21665/2318-3888.v3n6p115-138
O MISSIONÁRIO E O CORONEL: UMA ICONOGRAFIA DO MÉDICO-MISSIONÁRIO GEORGE BUTLER
Authors: Veras Rogério de Carvalho
Published: June 2016

Empreendemos um estudo sobre a inserção do protestantismo no Nordeste do Brasil por meio da biografia do médico e missionário protestante George William Butler. No âmbito de uma perspectiva micro-analítica, objetivamos compreender como ele dá sentido às suas relações sociais e ao mundo à sua volta – o Nordeste no alvorecer do século XX – bem como essa sociedade recepcionou um indivíduo portador de uma nova religiosidade. Percebendo as limitações das fontes escritas (relatórios missionários) para tais propósitos de pesquisa, buscamos uma análise iconográfica das fotos divulgadas pelo missionário e sua esposa, por meio de sua instituição: a Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS). Pensamos essas imagens como uma via de acesso às representações sociais que cercam as relações entre um protestante, originário do sul dos Estados Unidos, e a cultura local, por meio da investigação da produção, circulação e apropriação dessas imagens.  As fotografias, cotejadas com outras fontes escritas, permitiram-nos recompor a dimensão ideológica das imagens e o esforço de manutenção do poder, em meio aos avanços e recuos da transição secularizadora e do capitalismo anglo-saxão, aliando protestantes e latifundiários, no interior pernambucano. DOI: 10.21665/2318-3888.v3n6p169-190
Reliability and Validity of Electro-Goniometric Range of Motion Measurements in Patients with Hand and Wrist Limitations
Authors: Bashardoust Tajali Siamak , MacDermid Joy C. , Grewal Ruby , Young Chris
Published: June 2016

Study Design:

Cross-sectional reliability and validity study.

Purpose:

1. To determine intrarater, interrater and inter instrument reliabilities and validity of two digital electro goniometry to measure active wrist/finger range of motions (ROMs) in patients with limited motion. 2. To determine intrarater and interrater reliabilities of digital goniometry to measure torques of PIP passive flexion of the index finger in patients with limited motion.

Methods:

The study was designed in a randomized block plan on 44 patients (24 women, 20 men) with limited wrist or hand motions. Two experienced raters measured active wrist ROMs, and active and passive index PIP flexion using two digital goniometers. All measures were repeated by one rater 2-5 days after the initial measurements. The reliability measures were analyzed using Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICCs) and the construct validity was determined by correlation coefficients analysis between sub measures of scores; patient rated pain and function (PRWE) and quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (quick DASH) scores.

Results:

The intrarater, interrater and inter instrument reliabilities were high in most ROM measures (range 0.64-0.97) for both types of electro-goniometers. The 95% limit of agreements and Bland and Altman plots did not show progressive changes. There was a significant difference in force application between the raters when performing passive ROM measures for PIP index, but the same rater produced consistent force. Most of the NK and J-Tech ROM measures were moderately correlated with the patient rated pain and function scores (range 0.32-0.63).
रेड्प्लस प्रक्रियाका जटिलता (Redplus prakriyaka jatilata)
Authors: भोला Bhola भट्टराई Bhattarai
Published: June 2016

Not available (उपलब्ध छैन )Journal of Forest and livelihood (हाम्रो बन सम्पदा)बर्ष ११, अंक १, २०७०/२०१३ पेज : ८-१४
के नेपाल रेड्प्लसका लागि तयार भइरहेछ ? रेड्प्लास तयारी प्रक्रियाको विश्लेषण (ke Nepalma redplus lagi tayar bhairahechha ? Redplus tayari prakriyako bishleshan
Authors: खत्री Khatri दिल Dil बहादुर Bahadur , पौडेल Poudel नया Naya शर्मा Sharma
Published: June 2016

Available with full text.Journal of Forest and livelihood (हाम्रो बन सम्पदा)बर्ष ११, अंक १, २०७०/२०१३, पेज : १५-२५
Comparing Drawings of Territory: Alagoas in the Cartography of Marcgraf, in the Past and in the Present
Authors: da Silva Maria Angélica , Menezes Catarina Agudo
Published: June 2016

Historical cartography has played an important role in studies of urban regions of colonial Brazil and is of great assistance in helping us understand the way settlements were established during this period. Part of north-eastern Brazil has inherited historical features from the Dutch occupation, which lasted from 1630 to 1654. Today, there is an abundance of records available, which include high-quality maps where information is represented with a great degree of accuracy. In light of this, this study investigates the map Brasilia qua parte paret Belgis (the part of Brazil that belongs to the united Netherlands), designed by the German cartographer Georg Marcgraf in 1643. In conducting a more detailed analysis, our focus is on the section of the map that refers to the captaincy of Pernambuco, which was the main area of Dutch occupation and, in particular, the south of the territory that is now the present-day state of Alagoas. By investigating a wide range of information, including the digital handling of this detailed feature of the map, this study aimed to evaluate its documentary attributes while, at the same time, analysing certain aspects of the occupation of Alagoas with the aid of virtual tools.
Going Dutch? The Impact of Falling Oil Prices on the Canadian Economy
Authors: Carbone Jared C. , McKenzie Kenneth J.
Published: June 2016

The steady-state impact of reductions in the price of oil is examined using a CGE model of the Canadian economy. In our base case of a 10 percent reduction in the oil price, national output declines by 1.0 percent and consumer welfare by 0.90 percent. The welfare losses are shared broadly across the provinces, most particularly Ontario, Canada's manufacturing hub. The corollary, of course, is that a positive price shock leaves Canadians better off. Sensitivity analysis suggests that the results are robust to alternative assumptions regarding key parameters, and are proportional to the magnitude and sign of the oil price shock.
Lands and Resources for Jobs: How Aboriginal Peoples Strategically Use Environmental Assessments to Advance Community Employment Aims
Authors: McCreary Tyler , Mills Suzanne , St-Amand Anne
Published: June 2016

This paper examines whether environmental assessments (EAs) influence the ability of Aboriginal peoples to advance community employment aims in resource development projects. Environmental assessment and labour policy and practices have been conventionally understood as distinct processes. Our investigations demonstrate that EAs play a significant, if indirect, role in Aboriginal efforts to regulate resource sector work. While Aboriginal communities increasingly rely upon private negotiations with development proponents to secure resource sector employment, participation in EA processes provides Aboriginal peoples a space to negotiate language around employment commitments and leverage to secure Aboriginal employment provisions in impact benefit agreements with project proponents.
Fear, Liberty, and Honourable Death in Montesquieu’s Persian Letters
Authors: Gallagher Megan
Published: June 2016

I read Montesquieu’s Persian Letters as an attempt to theorize a liberated alternative to despotic rule. As Montesquieu argues in The Spirit of the Laws, fear—specifically fear of the ruler’s emotional and material excesses—dominates the life of the despotic subject. Although in the Letters the seraglio is the despotic state’s parallel, the seraglio is the site of overflowing and barely governed passions. Montesquieu’s solution to the excesses of the seraglio is not the eradication of emotion; rather, he offers a template for transforming negative passion—fear—into courage, a prelude to a potentially liberating experience. This transformation is por trayed most clearly in the character of Roxane, the rebellious wife whose courageous actions precipitate the collapse of the seraglio. I argue that Roxane’s insurrection and suicide evoke a model established by the Roman matriarch Lucretia. Though not traditional polit ical actors themselves, both Lucretia and Roxane anticipate the possibility of a personal and political libera tion through their refusal of fear-based, despotic politics in favour of alternative emo tion al regimes based in courage.
The Abbé Mallet’s Unsigned Contribution to the Encyclopédie
Authors: McGinnis Reginald
Published: June 2016

This article proposes a system for identifying unsigned theological articles by the abbé Edme Mallet in Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie. Beginning with sources cited exclusively by Mallet among contributors to the Encyclopédie, we are led to a group of articles which, apart from being attributable to Mallet, contain expressions that are particular to him and that may serve in turn as search criteria. Conducting further searches with each of these expressions allows us to identify a relatively large number of anonymous articles whose common authorship is, in several instances, confirmed by cross-references. Establishing a significant presence of unsigned articles by Mallet, particularly in the later volumes of the Encyclopédie, calls into question prior assump tions as to the nature and extent of his contribution. In contrast with the traditional view that Mallet’s participation was primarily limited to the early volumes, this article relies on evidence that indicates he provided manuscripts for the entire Encyclopédie in fulfilment of his original contract prior to the publication of the Prospectus.
“Sublime Luxuries” of the Gothic Edifice: Immersive Aesthetics and Kantian Freedom in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe
Authors: Girten Kristin M.
Published: June 2016

This article explores the variable meanings and effects of gothic architecture across Ann Radcliffe’s three most important novels —The Romance of the Forest (1791), The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794), and The Italian (1797). With her variable por trayal of the gothic edifice, Radcliffe presents a distinctively immersive version of the sublime that significantly challenges the aesthetic philosophies of Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant in its capacity to coexist with real, immediate fear. Radcliffe presents and encour ages a markedly democratic aesthetic of terror designed to empower even disenfranchised individuals. This article argues that Radcliffe’s novels teach readers how to achieve the sublime in the most difficult cir cumstances, thus making widely available both the sublime and also what the sublime represents—freedom. Within the walls of the gothic edifice, Radliffe demonstrates that individuals have the potential for, and indeed the right to, the power to define and pursue the fulfilment of their own desires, even when such desires run counter to the tyrannies of patriarchal history and tradition.
A Manganese-Based Coordination Polymer; Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Activity
Authors: Alghool Samir , Slebodnick Carla , Khaled Khaled F.
Published: June 2016

Atwo-dimensional manganese(II)-based coordination polymer [Mn(L)4(CH3COO)2] [L=1,4-bis(1-imidazolyl)benzene] has been synthesised. Its X-ray structure revealed that the layers of the 2D structure are stacked together by two types of weak interactions extending to form a three-dimensional supramolecular structure. The thermal stability of this coordination polymer is described and the compound has been used as a heterogeneous catalyst in oxidation of cyclohexene to cyclohexene oxide. A density functional study of structural parameters, position of the HOMO and LUMO energies, electrophilicity and global hardness is reported.
John Piper's Modernist Scenography
Authors: Warden Claire
Published: June 2016

As one of the pre-eminent British painters of the twentieth century, John Piper secured his legacy with his depictions of swirling seas, grand country houses, and secluded churches. However his contribution to the theatre is less well known. This paper aims to address this lacuna, focusing on his scenographic contribution to two modernist performances: Stephen Spender's Trial of a Judge (1938) and Edith Sitwell's Façade (1942). I aim to present Piper as a vital force in a British avant-garde theatre scene and to reimagine his canon of work as inherently theatrical. This theatrical element unites his diverse oeuvre, from his most abstract geometric collages to his most quintessentially English landscapes. This paper resurrects two often overlooked performances, and sheds new light on the cross-disciplinary nature of British modernist art and the importance of theatrical motifs for a thorough understanding of Piper's work.
Maritime Modernism: The Aqueous Form of Virginia Woolf's The Waves
Authors: Rizzuto Nicole
Published: June 2016

Despite the rise of eco-critical approaches to Woolf's writing and a thriving debate as to whether her 1931 novel perpetuates or challenges colonialist axiomatics, The Waves has not inspired an extended, focused investigation of its articulation of aqueous nature and the latter's reshaping under imperial maritime power. This essay examines how a critique of maritime modernity emerges from The Waves' modernist orchestration of the seas. I contend that the work sets a conventional representation of the waters as facilitators of national and imperial progress against a counter-articulation that formally challenges it. The novel thus allows us to place it in the context of inscriptions of the seas by techno-sciences and international law during high imperialism and re-organizations of the seas as the empire contracts. Viewed in relation to the maritime recoding of the planet's hydrosphere, and the perceptual modes, narratives, and ethos of mastery it engenders, The Waves elucidates an alternative vision to a life-world made uneven by this recoding. Concentrating on waters, I conclude, allows us to glean a textured view of an understudied but persistent feature in Woolf's fiction.
Output Properties of Transparent Submount Packaged FlipChip Light-Emitting Diode Modules
Authors: Singh Preetpal , Yeh Der-Hwa , Tan Cher-Ming , Lai Chao-Sung , Hou Chih-Teng , Chao Ting-Yu , Chang Liann-Be
Published: June 2016

Flip chip technology has been widely adopted in modern power light-emitting diode (LED) fabrications and its output efficiency is closely related to the submount material properties. Here, we present the electrical, optical and thermal properties of flip chip light-emitting diodes mounted on transparent sapphire and borosilicate glass which have shown a higher output luminous flux when compared to the traditional non-transparent mounted LEDs. Exhibiting both better thermal conductivity and good optical transparency, flip chip LEDs with a sapphire submount showed superior performance when compared to the non-transparent silicon submount ones, and also showed better optical performance than the flip chip LEDs mounted on transparent but poor-thermal-conducting glass substrates. The correspondent analysis was carried out using ANSYS 14 to compare the experimental thermal imaging with the simulation results. TracePro software was also used to check the output luminous flux dependency on different LED mounting designs.
Tomato as a Source of Carotenoids and Polyphenols Targeted to Cancer Prevention
Authors: Martí Raúl , Roselló Salvador , Cebolla-Cornejo Jaime
Published: June 2016

A diet rich in vegetables has been associated with a reduced risk of many diseases related to aging and modern lifestyle. Over the past several decades, many researches have pointed out the direct relation between the intake of bioactive compounds present in tomato and a reduced risk of suffering different types of cancer. These bioactive constituents comprise phytochemicals such as carotenoids and polyphenols. The direct intake of these chemoprotective molecules seems to show higher efficiencies when they are ingested in its natural biological matrix than when they are ingested isolated or in dietary supplements. Consequently, there is a growing trend for improvement of the contents of these bioactive compounds in foods. The control of growing environment and processing conditions can ensure the maximum potential accumulation or moderate the loss of bioactive compounds, but the best results are obtained developing new varieties via plant breeding. The modification of single steps of metabolic pathways or their regulation via conventional breeding or genetic engineering has offered excellent results in crops such as tomato. In this review, we analyse the potential of tomato as source of the bioactive constituents with cancer-preventive properties and the result of modern breeding programs as a strategy to increase the levels of these compounds in the diet.
Effects of Support and Synthetic Procedure for Sol-Immobilized Au Nanoparticles
Authors: Signoretto Michela , Menegazzo Federica , Di Michele Alessandro , Fioriniello Ermelinda
Published: June 2016

New gold catalysts supported on CeO2, ZrO2 and TiO2 were synthesized by two different techniques: deposition-precipitation and colloidal method. The role of the surfactant (PVA, PVP, THPC) was also investigated. The catalysts were tested in the oxidation of glucose to gluconic acid, in aqueous environment and under mild conditions (60 °C and atmospheric pressure). TEM and SEM analyses have shown that the small size of gold nanoparticles is a necessary condition, but not sufficient for a good conversion. In fact, for an active sample, we have verified that the excess of surfactant must be removed because it would coat the surface of the catalyst. The surfactant, however, should not be completely eliminated, since it has the fundamental role of stabilizing the sample preventing nanoparticles from aggregation. It was evidenced that both the synthetic approach and the kind of support affect the catalysts’ activity. In fact, by focusing on the three different supports, with all the preparation methods, the ceria has proved to be the best support. This is due to its ability to obtain small gold nanoparticles and to its ability to accumulate oxygen. The most appropriate synthesis methodology proved to be the colloidal method with PVA. Recyclability issue was investigated too.
Variability Characteristics of European Wind and Solar Power Resources—A Review
Authors: Graabak Ingeborg , Korpås Magnus
Published: June 2016

This paper reviews the most recent and relevant research into the variability characteristics of wind and solar power resources in Europe. The background for this study is that wind and solar resources will probably constitute major components of the future European power system. Such resources are variable, and EU plans to balance the variability with more grids and demand response. Thus, planning for the future power system requires an in-depth understanding of the variability. Resource variability is a multi-faceted concept best described using a range of distinct characteristics, and this review is structured on the basis of seven of these: Distribution Long-Term (hours to years), Distribution Short-Term (less than one hour), Step Changes, Autocorrelation, Spatial Correlation, Cross Correlation and Predictable Patterns. The review presents simulations and empirical results related to resource variability for each of these characteristics. Results to date reveal that the variability characteristics of the future power system is limited understood. This study recommends the development of a scheme for greater systematic assessment of variability. Such a scheme will contribute to the understanding of the impacts of variability and will make it possible to compare alternative power production portfolios and impacts of grid expansions, demand response and storage technologies.
Coordination Control Strategy for AC/DC Hybrid Microgrids in Stand-Alone Mode
Authors: Aryani Dwi , Song Hwachang
Published: June 2016

Interest in DC microgrids is rapidly increasing along with the improvement of DC power technology because of its advantages. To support the integration process of DC microgrids with the existing AC utility grids, the form of hybrid AC/DC microgrids is considered for higher power conversion efficiency, lower component cost and better power quality. In the system, AC and DC portions are connected through interlink bidirectional AC/DC converters (IC) with a proper control system and power management. In the stand-alone operation mode of AC/DC hybrid microgrids, the control of power injection through the IC is crucial in order to maintain the system security. This paper mainly deals with a coordination control strategy of IC and a battery energy storage system (BESS) converter under stand-alone operation. A coordinated control strategy for the IC, which considers the state of charge (SOC) level of BESS and the load shedding scheme as the last resort, is proposed to obtain better power sharing between AC and DC subgrids. The scheme will be tested with a hybrid AC/DC microgrid, using the tool of the PSCAD/EMTDC software.
On Thermomechanics of a Nonlinear Heat Conducting Suspension
Authors: Massoudi Mehrdad , Kirwan A.
Published: June 2016

In this short paper, we discuss and provide constitutive relations for the stress tensor and the heat flux vector for a nonlinear density-gradient dependent (Korteweg-type) fluid. Specifically, we attempt to present a unified thermo-mechanical approach to the two models given in papers of Massoudi (International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2001, 36(1), pp. 25–37.) and Massoudi (Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 2006, 29(13), pp. 1599–1613.) where the entropy law is used and restrictions are also obtained on the constitutive parameters. In most thermomechanical studies of nonlinear fluids using the entropy law, the stress tensor is assumed to be nonlinear and the heat flux vector still has the form of the Fourier type, i.e., it is proportional to the temperature gradient. In this paper, we use a generalized (nonlinear) form for the heat flux vector. When our model is linearized we obtain constraints, due to the entropy inequality, which are in agreement with the earlier results.
Evaluation of the Bitterness-Masking Effect of Powdered Roasted Soybeans
Authors: Makita Yoshimasa , Ishida Tomoko , Kobayashi Noriko , Fujio Mai , Fujimoto Kyoko , Moritomo Rina , Fujita Jun-ichi , Fujiwara Shin-ichi
Published: June 2016

The masking of bitterness is considered important because many pharmaceutical compounds have a bitter taste. The bitterness-masking effect of powdered roasted soybeans (PRS) was investigated using a bitter taste sensor. PRS was revealed to significantly suppress the bitterness of quinine hydrochloride and denatonium benzoate. Furthermore, the bitterness-masking mechanism of PRS extracts was evaluated using dynamic light scattering. These results showed that the extracted suspension consisted of particles that were several hundreds of nanometers in size. Analysis of the PRS extracts by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy indicated that denatonium benzoate was entrapped in the PRS extracts. Thus, PRS may be useful as a bitterness-masking agent in orally administered pharmaceuticals.
Post What? The Liminality of Multi-Racial Identity
Authors: Morgan Danielle
Published: June 2016

This article, “Post What? The Liminality of Multi-Racial Identity,” argues that the successes and failures of 21st-century satire reveal the myth of post-raciality while simultaneously dismissing racial essentialism. I focus on three critical moments: the commercial success of Mat Johnson’s Loving Day, a text and forthcoming television show that examines the shifting self-identities of mixed-race individuals; the inability of a potential love interest on the television series, Louie, to accept a black woman as the ex-wife of the titular protagonist’s phenotypically white daughters; and Barack Obama’s self-designation as “black” on the census shortly after his election. I argue that the widespread reach of these instances, coupled with audience engagement and response, underscores the ways that the public realm frames a contemporary understanding of race as both meaningful and absurd.
Risky Substance Use Environments and Addiction: A New Frontier for Environmental Justice Research
Authors: Mennis Jeremy , Stahler Gerald , Mason Michael
Published: June 2016

Substance use disorders are widely recognized as one of the most pressing global public health problems, and recent research indicates that environmental factors, including access and exposure to substances of abuse, neighborhood disadvantage and disorder, and environmental barriers to treatment, influence substance use behaviors. Racial and socioeconomic inequities in the factors that create risky substance use environments may engender disparities in rates of substance use disorders and treatment outcomes. Environmental justice researchers, with substantial experience in addressing racial and ethnic inequities in environmental risk from technological and other hazards, should consider similar inequities in risky substance use environments as an environmental justice issue. Research should aim at illustrating where, why, and how such inequities in risky substance use environments occur, the implications of such inequities for disparities in substance use disorders and treatment outcomes, and the implications for tobacco, alcohol, and drug policies and prevention and treatment programs.
Hand-Washing: The Main Strategy for Avoiding Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Authors: Zhang Dingmei , Li Zhiyuan , Zhang Wangjian , Guo Pi , Ma Zhanzhong , Chen Qian , Du Shaokun , Peng Jing , Deng Yu , Hao Yuantao
Published: June 2016

Epidemics of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among children have caused concern in China since 2007. We have conducted a retrospective study to investigate risk factors associated with HFMD. In this non-matching case-control study, 99 HFMD patients and 126 control from Guangdong Province were enlisted as participants. Data comprising demographic, socio-economic, clinical and behavior factors were collected from children’s parents through face-to-face interviews by trained interviewers using a standardized questionnaire. Results of the primary logistic regression analyses revealed that age, history of cold food consumption, hand-washing routines, and airing out bedding were significantly associated with HFMD cases. Results of further multivariate analysis indicated that older age (OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.34–0.56) and hand-washing before meals (OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.13–0.70) are protective factors, whereas airing out bedding more than thrice a month (OR = 4.55, 95% CI: 1.19–17.37) was associated with increased risk for HFMD. Therefore, hand-washing should be recommended to prevent HFMD, and the potential threat of airing out bedding should be carefully considered. However, further studies are needed to examine other possible risk factors.