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Informações Editoriais
Authors: Santos Glicia Vieira dos
Published: November 2019

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13071/regec.2317-5087.2014.3.1.7881.5-16. Apresenta as informações de desempenho da Revista Gestão & Conexões em 2013:distribuição geográfica da equipe editorial;fluxo editorial em 2013 (tempo médio que os manuscritos permaneceram no processo de avaliação até à emissão da decisão editorial);nominata dos avaliadores do ano 2013;artigos publicados em 2013;quantidade de visitantes ao site da Revista no Brasil e no mundo; e,classificação.
Editorial
Authors: Fantinel Letícia Dias , Rosa Alexandre Reis
Published: November 2019

Apresenta a 5a. edição da Revista Gestão & Conexões (Management and Connections Journal), v3, n2, jul./dez. 2014.
Implicações simbólicas do trabalho em grupo: um estudo em um Procon municipal
Authors: Borges Marianne Viana , Silva Alfredo Rodrigues Leite da , Junquilho Gelson Silva , Teixeira Glenda Mara Arthuso
Published: November 2019

Trata-se de parte das contribuições de uma pesquisa mais ampla sobre as implicações simbólicas do conteúdo do trabalho no Instituto Municipal de Defesa do Consumidor de um município brasileiro – PROCON. O objetivo é compreender as implicações simbólicas no trabalho em grupo nessa instituição. A discussão articula contribuições relacionadas com o simbolismo organizacional e o trabalho em grupo. A obtenção de dados se fez por meio de pesquisa documental e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com 24 membros organizacionais. Foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo para o tratamento dos dados. O trabalho em grupo na organização se manifesta como um trabalho conjunto, com múltiplas configurações simultâneas marcadas por nuances simbólicas, nas quais a ação das chefias e o estereótipo negativo do funcionário público se apresentam como mediadores simbólicos para explicar a heterogeneidade da participação nesse trabalho.
The Neoliberal Co-Optation of Identity Politics: Geo-Political Situatedness as a Decolonial Discussion Partner
Authors: Rodríguez V. Jorge Juan
Published: November 2019

Abstract in English

Responding to the 2016 United States Presidential election, this piece contests that the popularly deployed phrase “identity politics” is not Identity Politics as articulated by Black feminists of the Combahee River Collective but is rather a neoliberal co-optation of Identity Politics. By situating neoliberalism and the Black feminists that articulated Identity Politics as historical contemporaries, the piece argues that as the former spread to institutions like universities it co-opted, depoliticized, a-historicized, and misappropriated the latter. The piece concludes by offering “Geo-Political Situatedness” as a theoretical frame that undermines neoliberalism's co-optation of Identity Politics.

Key words: Neoliberalism, Identity Politics, Black feminism, Combahee River Collective
Limits of Law in Ending Impunity for State Crime: Time to Re-frame the International Criminal Court's Mandate?
Authors: Kyneswood Natalie
Published: November 2019

Adopting a definition of state crime as deviance, rather than international crime committed by states, this article critically evaluates the limits of law and the efficacy of the Rome Statute in delivering the International Criminal Court's mandate. It suggests that the replication of domestic criminal justice responses – crime defined by the state, an emphasis on individual culpability, reliance on deterrence and the rule of law – is unsuitable for conceiving and tackling state criminality at a supranational level. States may evade the jurisdiction of the Court and exploit delays caused by the Courts' formal rules of procedure and evidence. They may also depend on thenon-cooperation of state parties to bring perpetrators to justice and the lack of political unity within the United Nations Security Council. With increasing resort to domestic courts and national agencies to close the impunity gap, it is timely to revisit the Court's mandate, to clarify its function as a supranational regulator in respect of a limited range of offences, rather than the decisive method of ending impunity for state crime that some have claimed and for which others had hoped.
Endotheliotropic herpesvirus infection in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) of Assam, India
Authors: Mahato G. , Sarma K. K. , Pathak D. C. , Barman N. N. , Gogoi P. , Dutta M. , Basumatary P.
Published: November 2019

Background and Aim: Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) is an emerging disease of elephant. Therefore, a study was conducted to know the actual status of the disease in Assam State of India.

Materials and Methods: A total of 289 Asian elephants of Assam were screened during 2 years of study from April 2017 to March 2019. The clinical symptoms of diseased as well as gross and histopathological changes of dead elephants were recorded for the diagnosis of the disease. Virus involved in the occurrence of the disease was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Results: In the present study, a total of three elephant calves out of 22 were found positive to EEHV1A. On the other hand, three adult asymptomatic elephants were also found positive for EEHV1 on screening 267 captive Asian elephants of Assam. The amplified PCR product showed band size of 520, 600, and 930 bp. The PCR amplified product with size 600 bp had shown the gene sequence for EEHV1U77/HEL. Gross lesions include congested blood vessels of the liver and intestinal mucosa, foci of petechiae in the spleen, and heart and focal ulceration in the dorsal surface of the tongue. Microscopically, the kidneys showed intertubular edema and focal areas of degeneration associated with coagulative necrosis of the tubular epithelium. The liver showed hydropic degeneration and fatty changes of the hepatocytes. There was a massive proliferation of fibroblasts in the interlobular spaces which penetrated the necrosed areas of the hepatic lobules.

Conclusion: A total of three wild rescued elephant calves and three asymptomatic adults were found positive for EEHV1A during the 2 years of study. The PCR amplified product with size 600 bp had shown the gene sequence for EEHV1U77/HEL.
High Yielding, Base Catalyzed C6 Regioselective Amination and
N9 Alkylation in Purine Nucleotide
Authors: Dhuda Gautamkumar , Kapadiya Khushal , Ladwa Paresh , Godhaniya Bhavna , Modha Jayesh
Published: November 2019

2,6-Dichloropurine is an interesting new nucleoside which gave regioselectively various 2-derivatized or 6-derivatized purines by using a secondary amines. An efficient, simple and regioselective synthesis of C6 morpholine, N9 alkylated purine nucleoside derivatives were attained via chloro-amine coupling reaction between 2,6-dichloropurine with morpholine followed by commercial alkylation method using DMF and K2CO3. Over the traditionally used protocols and procedure, it have been exhibited advance benefits such as admirable yield, simple reaction conditions and modest influence.
Synthesis and Chemical Stability Studies of Sodium Ferrate(VI) Solution
Authors: Munyengabe A. , Zvinowanda C.
Published: November 2019

Sodium ferrate solution was prepared by the wet oxidation process using liquid FeCl3 with NaOCl in a strong alkaline solution. The reference and the product were characterized using UV-visible, XRD and FTIR. The maximum concentration of Na2FeO4(VI) solution was 12.4 g/L (as FeO4 2-). Its stability was studied by recording the absorbances of several ferrate solutions at 505 nm on daily basis for a period of one month. The average rates at pH 12 were 3.19 × 10-11 M s-1 for K2FeO4 and 1.09 × 10-11 M s-1 for Na2FeO4. These average rates of degradation indicate that ferrate can last longer without conserving the ferrate solutions using different buffer solutions or phosphates. The peaks obtained
around 700, 769 and 879 cm-1 using FTIR confirmed the presence of Fe-O bond in the crystals, which is Na2FeO4 (VI). XRD patterns showed an isomorphism between the diffractograms of Na2FeO4 and K2FeO4.
Nucleoside and Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Induce Aging by Inhibiting Telomerase Function
Authors: Singh Shweta , Sharma Bechan , Siddiqi Nikhat Jamal
Published: November 2019

The telomeres existing at the end of the eukaryotic chromosome, play an important role in localization, pairing of homologous chromosomes during cell division and synapsis formation, while telomerase is involved in maintenance of the telomere length. The application of antiHIV-1 molecules particularly NRTIs have been shown to interfere with telomerase function thereby inducing aging processes. Since the application of these molecules has already indicated production of oxidative stress and toxicity in AIDS patients, their adverse impact on telomerase function may further worsen the situation. In addition, the negative influence of antiHIV-1 regimens on certain host factors involved in telomerase function may enhance aging. HAART changes the landscape of the disease by progressively decreasing the progression of HIV-1, but exerts prolonged adverse effects on the telomerase function. Though there is no exact information available on this issue, intensive efforts are needed to explore regulation of telomerase expression in HIV infected individuals and particularly those receiving antiretrovirals.
Colonoscopy Direct Observation of Procedural Skills Assessment Tool for Evaluating Competency Development During Training
Authors: Siau Keith , Crossley James , Dunckley Paul , Johnson Gavin , Feeney Mark , Iacucci Marietta , Anderson John T. ,   On behalf of the Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG)
Published: November 2019

INTRODUCTION:

Formative colonoscopy direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) assessments were updated in 2016 and incorporated into UK training but lack validity evidence. We aimed to appraise the validity of DOPS assessments, benchmark performance, and evaluate competency development during training in diagnostic colonoscopy.

METHODS:

This prospective national study identified colonoscopy DOPS submitted over an 18-month period to the UK training e-portfolio. Generalizability analyses were conducted to evaluate internal structure validity and reliability. Benchmarking was performed using receiver operator characteristic analyses. Learning curves for DOPS items and domains were studied, and multivariable analyses were performed to identify predictors of DOPS competency.

RESULTS:

Across 279 training units, 10,749 DOPS submitted for 1,199 trainees were analyzed. The acceptable reliability threshold (G > 0.70) was achieved with 3 assessors performing 2 DOPS each. DOPS competency rates correlated with the unassisted caecal intubation rate (rho 0.404, P < 0.001). Demonstrating competency in 90% of assessed items provided optimal sensitivity (90.2%) and specificity (87.2%) for benchmarking overall DOPS competence. This threshold was attained in the following order: “preprocedure” (50–99 procedures), “endoscopic nontechnical skills” and “postprocedure” (150–199), “management” (200–249), and “procedure” (250–299) domain. At item level, competency in “proactive problem solving” (rho 0.787) and “loop management” (rho 0.780) correlated strongest with the overall DOPS rating (P < 0.001) and was the last to develop. Lifetime procedure count, DOPS count, trainer specialty, easier case difficulty, and higher cecal intubation rate were significant multivariable predictors of DOPS competence.

DISCUSSION:

This study establishes milestones for competency acquisition during colonoscopy training and provides novel validity and reliability evidence to support colonoscopy DOPS as a competency assessment tool.
The Complementary Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography for Risk Stratification in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Authors: Cazzagon Nora , Lemoinne Sara , El Mouhadi Sanaâ , Trivedi Palak J. , Gaouar Farid , Kemgang Astrid , Ben Belkacem Karima , Floreani Annarosa , Hirschfield Gideon , Chretien Yves , Housset Chantal , Motta Raffaella , Russo Francesco P. , Chazouillères Olivier , Arrivé Lionel , Corpechot Christophe
Published: November 2019

OBJECTIVES:

Magnetic resonance (MR) risk scores and liver stiffness (LS) have individually been shown to predict clinical outcomes in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). The aim of this study was to assess their complementary prognostic value.

METHODS:

Patients with PSC from 3 European centers with a 3-dimensional MR cholangiography available for central reviewing and a valid LS measurement assessed by vibration-controlled transient elastography by FibroScan performed within a 6-month interval were included in a longitudinal retrospective study. The MR score (Anali) without gadolinium (Gd) was calculated according to the formula: (1 × dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts) + (2 × dysmorphy) + (1 × portal hypertension). The primary end point was survival without liver transplantation or cirrhosis decompensation. The prognostic values of LS and Anali score without Gd were assessed using Cox proportional hazard models.

RESULTS:

One hundred sixty-two patients were included. Over a total follow-up of 753 patient-years, 40 patients experienced an adverse outcome (4 liver transplantations, 6 liver-related deaths, and 30 cirrhosis decompensations). LS and Anali score without Gd were significantly correlated (ρ = 0.51, P < 0.001) and were independently associated with the occurrence of an adverse outcome. Optimal prognostic thresholds were 10.5 kPa for LS and 2 for the Anali score without Gd. Hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) were 2.07 (1.06–4.06) and 3.78 (1.67–8.59), respectively. The use in combination of these 2 thresholds allowed us to separate patients into low-, medium-, and high-risk groups for developing adverse outcomes. The 5-year cumulative rates of adverse outcome in these 3 groups were 8%, 16%, and 38% (P < 0.001), respectively.

DISCUSSION:

The combined use of MRI and vibration-controlled transient elastography permits easy risk stratification of patients with PSC.
Beyond the Mosaic: Justin Trudeau and the Postnational Chimera
Authors: Biscahie Thibault
Published: November 2019

Abstract

In December 2015, Prime Minister Trudeau claimed in The New York Times Magazine that Canada was ‘the first postnational state’, adding that there was ‘no core identity, no mainstream in Canada’. What does this notion of ‘postnationalism’ exactly encompass? And why did Justin Trudeau choose to use it instead of the more traditional term ‘multiculturalism’?

This article contends that the notion of postnationalism is a rhetorical fallacy that conceals the rich distinctiveness of the Canadian identity, while denying the multiple and fierce claims for sovereignty that are observable nationwide. Beyond the merely anecdotal character of Trudeau’s assertion, this postnational claim should be contextualized within a rich field of enquiry concerned with transnational social relations, and the impact that these new cultural practices and social relationships have on forms of belonging and governance. This article argues that ‘postnational’ does not seem to be the right terminology to designate Canada’s contemporary ethnic, linguistic, religious and cultural diversity. Beyond the dated mosaic label, and the chimeric postnational one, the inclusive terms ‘plurinationalism’, which continues to emphasize diversity along the vector of the nation, and ‘multiversality’, which underscore the diversity of vectors of difference, would arguably constitute more pertinent descriptions takes.
THE PSYCHIATRY: A SCHOLASTIC PHILOSOPHY OR A CLINICAL MEDICINE?
Authors: Sivolap Yuri P , Portnova Anna A
Published: November 2019

The analysis of the current state of the Russian system of psychiatric care has been carried out; its main shortcomings have been highlighted: the arbitrariness of diagnosing mental disorders, unduly widespread use of antipsychotics, the poor condition of clinical guidelines, the low quality of professional education. Ways of reforming clinical psychiatry are proposed.
SEXUAL FEATURES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: FOCUS ON PSYCHOENDOCRINOLOGY
Authors: Petrova Natalia N , Vasilyeva Anastasia I
Published: November 2019

The data on the effect of sexual characteristics on the course of the disease and therapy for schizophrenia are presented. The “estrogen protection hypothesis” is being discussed, including the role of estrogens in men vulnerable to schizophrenia. The neuroprotective properties of estrogen are described. Neuroactive steroids testosterone and its predecessors are considered in terms of gender differences at different stages of the course of schizophrenia. Gender-related side effects of antipsychotic therapy, including depending on its type, are highlighted.
ARE BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS A FAKE DIAGNOSIS?
Authors: Zobin Mikhail L
Published: November 2019

The arguments in favor of the clinical reality of various behavioral abnormalities, including non-chemical addictions, are presented. At the same time, the viewpoint related to the apprehension of hyperdiagnosis of deviant behavior as a psychiatric diagnosis is maintained.
WHAT GIVES TO THE PATIENT THE PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS AND WHETHER THE TREND ON INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DISEASES IS REASONABLE?
Authors: Mendelevich Vladimir D
Published: November 2019

The article is the answer of the author to the discussion devoted to the concept «fake diagnosis» of psychiatric classifications.
MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION AND SYSTEM PSYCHONEUROLOGY
Authors: Damulin Igor V
Published: November 2019

The article discusses the mechanisms underlying the integration of afferent information into the structures of the Central Nervous System (CNS), on the basis of which a multisensory model (cross-modal afferentation) is developed. It is emphasized that such multisensory integration and the resulting response often lead to more selective and rapid reactions than the reaction caused by perception in the only one modality. However, the combined use of multisensory afferentations may lead to «conflict between different modalities». Using the concept of «human connectome» explains much better the processes occurring in the structures of the CNS, including multisensory integration, than schemes previously built on anatomical data. A key element in determining the type of the individual’s response to changing environmental conditions is the equally dynamic neuronal system of relations. This communication system depends on both external information and internal factors, including neuronal oscillations. These oscillations trigger the processes that result in the generation of new ideas (creative thinking), motivation to perform certain actions, and under certain conditions (including genetically determined) - the emergence of various types of neuropsychiatric disorders, including illusions, hallucinations, delusions (syndromes of Capgrás, Fregoli, intermetamorphosis, syndrome of own twins).
IDEAS HAVE THEIR OWN LIFE
Authors: Reshetnikov Mikhail M
Published: November 2019

The problem of the psyche and consciousness has been the most mysterious one for a few thousand years and is still unresolved. It has been almost forgotten that Aristotle considered human psyche a structure that is not bound to the body. This idea did not persist, though. It was Hippocrates who ruined it and declared a different concept, which prevailed for many centuries, that the brain is a repository of all mental processes. The author formulates the idea of the brain as the biological interface and proves a non-material theory of the psyche, which is a discovery that requires a change in basic paradigms of human sciences.
COGNITIVE DEFICIT AND NEGATIVE SYNDROMES SCALE: TRADITIONS AND/OR NEW HIDDEN PARADIGM OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY
Authors: Nosachev Gennady N , Nosachev Igor G , Dubitskaya Ekaterina A
Published: November 2019

The hidden paradigm of A.V. Snezhnevsky’s domestic scale of negative disorders is discussed from the standpoint of cognitive deficit and the position of ICD-10 in relation to psychiatry and neurology. The basic concepts of the scale of negative (deficit) syndromes from the standpoint of cognitive processes are given.
SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN WITH MENTAL DISORDERS WHO COMMITTED SERIOUS OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND UNDERGOING COMPULSORY TREATMENT UNDER CONDITIONS OF INTENSIVE OBSERVATION
Authors: Khamitov Rustem R , Romanova Alla P
Published: November 2019

The article analyzes the social functioning and quality of life of women with mental disorders. The relationship of demographic and premorbid factors with violent delicts were examined. The analysis of influence on the criminal behavior of the alcohol abuse and psychoactive substance addiction was carried out, as well as neglect, lack of housing and antisocial environment.
The thyroid in anemic pregnant women under conditions of endemic goiter
Authors: Zeltser M. Ye. , Mezinova N. N. , Kobzar N. N. , Bazarbekova R. B. , Nazyrov A. T. , Kim G. G. , Nurbekova A. A. , Nugmanova M. I.
Published: November 2019

Anemia is a highly prevalent condition among pregnant women in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The causes of this anemia are not quite clear, as is the problem of resistance of this type of anemia to therapy with iron preparations. The authors propose that this may be explained by the fact that many regions of the Republic are foci of endemic goiter, because tentative studies indicate a relationship between endemic goiter and hy- pothyrosis. The present study was aimed at examination of the thyroid status in pregnant women suffering from anemia in the town of Alma-Ata, a region endemic for goiter. Altogether 120 anemic pregnant women were examined, 60 of these with goiter and 60 without it. Control group consisted of 20 healthy pregnant women. Clinical and ultrasonic examinations, puncture biopsy of the thyroid, measurements of blood levels of TTH, total and free triiodothyronine and thyroxin, thyroxin-binding globulin, as well as of peripheral blood red cell counts, levels of hemoglobin, serum iron, assessment of total iron-binding capacity of the serum and saturation coefficient, were carried out. Healthy pregnant women from a focus of endemic goiter were found to represent a group at risk of anemia in the third pregnancy trimester. In anemic pregnant women endemic goiter aggravated anemia. Chronic iodine deficiency is conductive to formation in pregnant women of subclinical hypothyrosis whose severity increased in the presence of anemia, more so if anemia is paralleled by goiter.
Rates of physical development as a marker of the quality of metabolic control in children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus
Authors: Lebedev N. B.
Published: November 2019

Physical development of 710 children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) was studied over time. The patients were divided into 3 groups: with growth rate above the 25th percentile of the age norm, with growth rate below the 10th percentile of the norm, and with growth rales between the 10th and 25th percentiles of age norm. Analysis showed that (a) the presence of manifest decompensation higher than 12 %, frequent ketoacidosis episodes is a factor of high risk of reduction of physical development rate in children and adolescents with IDDM; (b) the mean statistical rates of diabetic adolescents growth are characterized by delayed (by 1 to 2 years vs. the norm) pubertal growth skip, and this growth skip in the patients is more levelled and stretched in time, and in some cases is virtually nor manifest; (c) if good compensation is attained and maintained after previous prolonged decompensation, compensating growth rates may develop in patients of both sexes both in childhood and adolescence.
Percepções e adaptações às mudanças climáticas na Cordilheira Branca, Peru
Authors: Figueiredo Anderson Ribeiro , Simões Jefferson Cardia , Menegat Rualdo , Strauss Sarah , Rodrigues Bruna Bonfim
Published: November 2019

As mudanças climáticas e os desastres glaciais afetam diretamente as populações periglaciais andinas nas esferas ambientais, sociais, econômicas e culturais. O aquecimento atmosférico regional está provocando a crescente retração das geleiras na Cordilheira Branca (Peru) ao longo das últimas décadas. O derretimento dessas geleiras implica, entre outras consequências, na formação de lagoas glaciais e o acréscimo do volume daquelas pré-existentes, o que aumenta a possibilidade de desastres glaciais. Assim, este trabalho relata investigações sobre percepções, adaptações e inadaptações às mudanças climáticas e aos desastres glaciais na Cordilheira Branca, Departamento de Ancash, Peru, por meio do método etnográfico junto às comunidades campesinas de Vicos e Humacchuco, incluindo a observação direta e entrevistas semiestruturadas com gestores e campesinos. As medidas adotadas pelos gestores são, predominantemente, obras de engenharia para reduzir os desastres, como o aumento dos diques e do desague das lagoas. A retração das geleiras, como apontada pelas próprias comunidades campesinas, é a principal percepção dos impactos das mudanças climáticas. Sugerimos que a escolha de locais seguros para habitar pelas comunidades campesinas é a principal estratégia de adaptação e é relacionada à um etnoconhecimento ancestral. A reterritorialização dos locais suscetíveis aos desastres glaciais se dá pela necessidade de se ter um lugar (para plantar, para viver), mas também devido aos sentimentos topofílicos pelo elo afetivo entre a pessoa e o lugar. Há uma questão central, estrutural e estruturante, que se soma a esses problemas: o modelo de desenvolvimento vigente na sociedade pós-colonial peruana tende a complexificar possíveis estratégias de adaptação às mudanças climáticas nos Andes.
Preface
Authors: Mathiesen Aleksandra , Nowak Ewa
Published: November 2019

Preface
Basic Income, Eco-logical Ethics, and Interdependent Well-Being
Authors: Sisler Aiden
Published: November 2019

A Basic Income (universal basic income or citizen’s income) could contribute to the means for living a dignified ecologically- and socially-aligned life characterized by well-being, freedom, and equality. After laying out key definitions, I reflect on moral and ethical issues regarding Basic Income’s implementation, backed by supportive theory and evidence. These arguments organise around interdependence in eco-social systems and core requirements of ontogenesis as well as the intersection and intertwining of socio-cultural, political, and economic factors, known as socio-ecological determinants of global health and well-being. Following that, I briefly make the case for why intersectional and intersubjective aspects should be closely held in contextualized view of Basic Income’s democratised drafting and provision.
Hans Jonas and Vasily Grossman: Reflections on the Human Condition after Auschwitz
Authors: Tibaldeo Roberto Franzini
Published: November 2019

The article endeavours to compare the reflections on the Shoah of two of the most celebrated intellectuals of Jewish origin of the 20th century, namely the German philosopher Hans Jonas (1903-1993) and the Soviet writer Vasily Grossman (1905-1964). Both Jonas’ essay on The Concept of God after Auschwitz (1987) and Grossman’s novels and reports, such as The Hell of Treblinka (1944), Life and Fate (1980), and The Sistine Madonna (1989), are characterised by a thorough enquiry into the ambivalence of the human condition, that tries to shed some light on the disturbing abyss of Auschwitz and the Shoah. Although neither Jonas nor Grossman considered themselves as religious believers, thanks to the Shoah they recollected their Jewish roots and developed peculiar and innovative thoughts on the meaning and vulnerability of life, human freedom, immortality, and God. The article endeavours to highlight the main similarities and differences between these two authors, who tackled the issue of thinking after Auschwitz.
Using Cooperation Scripts and Animations to Teach Grammar in the Foreign Language Classroom
Authors: Arnett Carlee , Suñer Ferran , Pust Daniel
Published: November 2019

In order to test the efficacy of using cooperation scripts in combination with animations to teach the passive in an advanced language classroom, we designed an intervention study with two groups. The first group received instruction with animations on the grammatical structure of the passive and the second group received the same instruction and animations as the first group, but in addition they were given a cooperation script to use in their small group work. The study uses a quasi-experimental design with a post-test and delayed post-test. The learners were university students in advanced German who had received classroom instruction and spent time in a German-speaking country. Therefore, they had explicit instruction on the morphology and function of the passive as is customary in first- and second-year textbooks for English-speaking learners. This study shows that students with the cooperation script perform better on open-ended tasks than students who worked independently.
Emergent pseudo-coordination in spoken German. A corpus-based exploration
Authors: Proske Nadine
Published: November 2019

This paper investigates emergent pseudo-coordination in spoken German. In a corpus-based study, seven verbs in the first conjunct are analyzed regarding the degree of semantic bleaching and the development of subjective or aspectual meaning components. Moreover, it is shown that each verb shows distinct tendencies for co-ocurrences, especially with deictic adverbs in the first conjunct and with specific verbs and verb classes in the second conjunct. It is argued that pseudo-coordination is originally motivated by the need for ‘chunking’ in unplanned speech and that it is still prominently used in this function in German, in contrast to languages in which pseudo-coordination is grammaticalized further.
Deriving the meaning of light verb constructions – a frame account of German stehen ‘stand’
Authors: Fleischhauer Jens , Gamerschlag Thomas
Published: November 2019

In this paper, we present a case study of German light verb constructions (LVCs) with the posture verbstehen‘stand’ which builds on the insights of different works dealing with non-light uses of posture verbs. Starting from the literal uses of posture verbs, we will show how the meaning components of these uses are systematically exploited in the different interpretational patterns ofstehenLVCs. In particular, we will discuss the effect of the choice of the preposition and how it interacts with the meaning of the light verb and the noun. Since the variant of frame semantics (e.g., Barsalou 1992; Petersen 2007, 2015) adopted in our analysis allows for a uniform representation of nouns, verbs and prepositions, we can make explicit reference to all the relevant meaning components of light verb constructions in a single format.
A usage-based perspective on public discourse: Towards a critical cognitive linguistics
Authors: Stefanowitsch Anatol
Published: November 2019

Linguists are traditionally reluctant to contribute to public discussions around language, especially where politics is involved. With the exception of George Lakoff, this has also been true of cognitive linguists in particular. Only recently have some members of the cognitive linguistics community more actively participated in such discussions. In particular, Elisabeth Wehling and myself have, independently of each other, contributed to linguistic debates surrounding the linguistic representation of refugees in Germany during the so-called European refugee crisis beginning in 2015. In this paper, I take a closer look at these contributions and evaluate them in terms of their empirical foundations. Based on this evaluation, I then briefly discuss the goals of, and preconditions to a more systematic approach to a usage-based public commentary on (political) language.
Ambivalenzen der Intimität
Authors: Schramm Moritz
Published: November 2019

Franz Kafka’s five-year long inner struggle for and against a marriage to his fiancée Felice Bauer is mostly perceived as a conflict between art and marriage. Against the background of a new reading of Elias Canetti’s influential essay Kafka’s Other Trial. The Letters to Felice, (1967) this article explores a different interpretation, focusing on social interactions and struggles for recognition. Kafka’s inner struggles and his Letters to Felice reflect, I argue, the ambivalences of modern love and intimacy.
Übersetzen als Entharmonisierungsstrategie
Authors: Telge Claus
Published: November 2019

As a young poet, Hans Magnus Enzensberger sought to garner symbolic capital in the formative years of post-war German literature by translating Pablo Neruda. By arguing that Enzensberger uses a deharmonizing translation strategy to explore his distrust of metaphor, the article maps out coordinates for rethinking the complex relationship between Enzensberger’s poems and translations.
»Aus Trümmern von Daseyn und Ueberlieferung sich eine Zweyte Gegenwart verschaffen« – Das Sesenheim-Erlebnis bei Ludwig Tieck, August Ferdinand Näke und Johann Christoph Freieisen
Authors: Grüne Matthias
Published: November 2019

In the second and third parts of Dichtung und Wahrheit (From My Life: Poetry and Truth), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe portrays his liaison with Friederike Brion, a daughter of a pastor in the Alsatian town Sesenheim (as spelled in Goethe’s writing, actually: Sessenheim). Although the text was published 40 years after the events, and even though Goethe’s depiction is noticeably fictional, enthusiastic readers subsequently travelled to the real venues of the narrative in order to search for hidden traces of the love affair. In fact, the unclear status of truthfulness and accuracy of the narrative, as well as the distance in time, seem to have further stimulated the readers in their endeavor. This cultural tourism results in autobiographical (August Ferdinand Näke), fictional (Ludwig Tieck), and auto-fictional (Johann Christoph Freieisen) travel stories. In these texts, as this article will show, past events are not only uncovered and examined for conservatory purposes. Additionally, for one, the performative reenactment and literary adaption of Goethe’s idealistic and idyllic love story serves to preserve and uphold a certain image of the writer in these texts and to defend this image against alternative reception perspectives. For another, these appropriations of Goethe’s biographical episode articulate distinct and new concepts of individuality and identity. These texts of the so-called “Friederiken-Literatur” (‘Friederike Literature’) have significantly shaped the perception of Goethe’s text ever since.
Kleines Lautgesetz, große Wirkung
Authors: Fries Simon
Published: November 2019

The unexpected i instead of expected *e in the first syllable of Latin wordforms such as nisi, nimis, nihil, mihi, tibi and sibi has until now been explained in various ways either from vowel assimilation of original *e to the i of the second syllable or from clitic weakening of the words. This article aims at giving a common mechanical explanation for all of these words by posing a new sound law according to which original *e in Latin becomes i in initial open syllables followed by a syllable which originally contained the vowel ẹ̄ as the result from monophthongisation of the diphthongs *ei̯, *oi̯or *ai̯(< *h₂ei̯) in second syllable position. For this purpose, the article reconstructs the history of the abovementioned explanations - especially the vowel assimilation theory which goes back to an early article by Sommer -, tries to falsify them by critically examining the evidence adduced for proving them, and eventually derives the new sound law from parts of the original evidence of the falsified explanations, and by making use of additional evidence.
A New Robust Approach for Reactor Network Synthesis by Combination of Mathematical Method and NSGAII
Authors: Gholizadeh Zahra , Soltani Hadi , Javid Mansour , Azar Mehran Shalchi
Published: November 2019

In this research, a simple procedure for synthesis of reactor network (RN) is presented. This method could find the best possible optimum solutions with high grantees for the synthesis of RN, which generally is kind of mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) models. In this work, instead of solving the discrete and continuous variables simultaneously, (like MINLP problems), a combination of stochastic algorithm and mathematical methods (i. e. Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA II) + quasi LP (QLP)) has been used. The reason for using NSGA II is because of the possibility of considering several objective functions instead of a single function in obtaining RN synthesis solutions. This algorithm could provide several optimal structure of RNs as set of final optimal solutions by use of its operators. The isothermal RNs produced by NSGA II are sent to QLP model to compute the amount of objective functions. In the QLP model, whilst all continues variables of RN calculated with just using a linear and a non-linear equations set with outer search loop, their general objective functions are also calculated. Comparison the results with the references shows that the presented method is capable of producing better solutions, which, in some cases improvement of about one percent in concentration of the main material in the product and a decrease of 77 % of the residence time of the materials in the reactor system is observed.
“Who Would Disagree that in a World of Trump and Putin and Boris Johnson ... Brecht Is Not the Theorist and Playwright of Our Times?”: Bertolt Brecht’s Influence on David Greig’s Work
Authors: Rodríguez Verónica
Published: November 2019

This article maps out David Greig’s engagement with the figure of Bertolt Brecht, both the ‘theorist’ and the ‘playwright.’ It addresses this engagement in terms not just of influence but also of creative dialogue and enduring inspiration. The first part of this article looks at Brecht and Greig’s similarities and Greig’s Brechtian influence generally, which are explored, for instance, through Brechtian concepts such as “breaking the rules,” “critical stance” and “entertainment.” The second part focuses on the idea of “making political theatre politically” (Thamer and Turnheim 90; emphasis original) and argues that the most relevant Brechtian aspect in Greig’s work is the way it envisions and politicizes the relationship between the play and the audience via the use of some strategies that draw on epic theatre, which, in Greig’s work, operate under “post-Brechtian dialectics” (Barnett, “Performing”). The third part of the article illustrates the Brechtian import of Greig’s work by exploring two case studies, The American Pilot (2005) and The Events (2013). In analyzing these two paradigmatically Brechtian plays, this article illustrates how understanding Brecht’s influence on Greig’s work is essential in order to understand the politics of Greig’s theatre. More widely, this article contributes towards understanding Brecht’s legacy with regard to political British theatre in the age of globalization.
TURUNÇGİL ALBEDOLARI İLE ZENGİNLEŞTİRİLMİŞ LOKUM ÜRETİMİ VE KARAKTERİZASYONU
Authors: GÖKSEL SARAÇ Meryem , DEDEBAŞ Tuğba
Published: November 2019

Bu çalışmanın ilk aşamasında limon, greyfurt, turunç ve
mandalina albedoları toz hale getirilerek, nem, kül, pH, diyet lif, renk, su ve
yağ absorpsiyonu, yığın ve sıkıştırılmış yoğunluk ve carr indeksi değerleri
belirlenmiştir. Örneklerin pH, su absorpsiyonu, yağ
absorpsiyonu ve carr indeks değerleri ile diyet lif miktarı sırasıyla
3.72-6.31, %178.28-469.11, %162.04-340.90, %15.00-27.27 ve %45.77-61.38
aralığında saptanmış ve albedo çeşitleri arasında farklılıklar olduğu
tespit edilmiştir.  İkinci aşamada ise
albedolar geleneksel bir ürün olan lokuma %3 oranında ilave edilerek,
örneklerin nem, pH, yoğunluk, renk ve tekstürel özellikleri belirlenmiştir.
Lokum örnekleri içinde kontrole göre en kırmızı GAL en sarı LAL örneği olurken,
en sert TAL ve KL en yumuşak MAL örneği olmuştur.  Bunun yanı sıra örneklerin tüketici kabul
edilebilirliğinin belirlenebilmesi için duyusal analiz yapılmış ve sonuçları
Basit Toplamlı Ağırlıklandırma (Simple Additive Weighting) yöntemi ile değerlendirilmiştir.
SAW yöntemi sonucunda en çok beğenilen ürünün mandalina albedosu ile
zenginleştirilmiş lokum olduğu belirlenmiştir.
ÇORUM YÖRESİ BALLARININ FENOLİK MADDE İÇERİKLERİ İLE RENK VE ANTİOKSİDAN KAPASİTELERİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
Authors: GÜZEL Nihal , BAHÇECİ Kazim Savaş
Published: November 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı Çorum yöresi ballarının toplam
fenolik madde ve flavonoid içerikleri ile renk ve antioksidan kapasiteleri
arasındaki ilişkilerin değerlendirilmesidir. Bu amaçla 47 bal örneğinin toplam
fenolik içerikleri Folin-Ciocalteu yöntemi, flavonoid içeriği ise alüminyum
klorür yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Antioksidan kapasitesinin belirlenmesi
için iki farklı yöntem (ABTS, DPPH) kullanılmış ve antioksidan kapasitenin ABTS
yöntemi için 0.466-1.353 mM TEAC, DPPH yöntemi için 0.170-0.605 mM TEAC aralığında
değiştiği belirlenmiştir. Toplam fenolik ve toplam flavonoid içerikleri
sırasıyla 243-546 mg GAE/kg ve 30.8-87.0 mg CE/kg aralığında değişmektedir. Bal
örneklerinin CIE renk parametreleri olan L*, a* ve b*
değerleri sırasıyla 32.02-41.48, 0.20-6.82 ve 10.76-20.58 aralığında
belirlenmiştir. Pfund değerleri 1.0-111.2 aralığında olup bal örneklerinin çoğu
beyaz ile açık amber arasında renge sahiptir. Örneklerin fenolik madde
içerikleri ile renk değerleri ve antioksidan kapasiteleri arasında güçlü korelasyonlar
olduğu gözlenmiştir.
Urban Ecological Infrastructure: An inclusive concept for the non-built urban environment
Authors: Childers Daniel L. , Bois Paul , Hartnett Hilairy E. , McPhearson Timon , Metson Geneviève S. , Sanchez Christopher A.
Published: November 2019

It is likely that half of the urban areas that will exist in 2050 have not yet been designed and built. This provides tremendous opportunities for enhancing urban sustainability, and using “nature in cities” is critical to more resilient solutions to urban challenges. Terms for “urban nature” include Green Infrastructure (GI), Green-Blue Infrastructure (GBI), Urban Green Space (UGS), and Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). These terms, and the concepts they represent, are incomplete because they tend to reduce the importance of non-terrestrial ecological features in cities. We argue that the concept of Urban Ecological Infrastructure (UEI), which came from a 2013 forum held in Beijing and from several subsequent 2017 publications, is a more inclusive alternative. In this paper we refine the 2013 definition of UEI and link the concept more directly to urban ecosystem services.

In our refined definition, UEI comprises all parts of a city that support ecological structures and functions, as well as the ecosystem services provided by UEI that directly affect human outcomes and wellbeing. UEI often includes aspects of the built environment, and we discuss examples of this “hybrid infrastructure”. We distinguish terrestrial, aquatic, and wetland UEI because each type provides different ecosystem services. We present several examples of both “accidental” UEI and UEI that was explicitly designed and managed, with an emphasis on wetland UEI because these ecotonal ecosystems are uniquely both terrestrial and aquatic. We show how both accidental and planned UEI produces unexpected ecosystem services, which justifies recognizing and maintaining both purposeful and serendipitous types of UEI in cities. Finally, we posit that by incorporating both “ecological” and “infrastructure”, UEI also helps to bridge urban scientists and urban practitioners in a more transdisciplinary partnership to build more resilient and sustainable cities.
Un choque de jurisdicciones. Fueros y política forestal en el Pirineo occidental durante el siglo XVIII
Authors: Aragon Ruano Alvaro
Published: November 2019

La política forestal emanada de la monarquía Hispánica chocó en el Pirineo occidental con un mar de jurisdicciones que dificultaron en extremo su puesta en práctica. En muchos casos, las ordenanzas de montes implementadas en el resto de sus dominios no fueron de aplicación en los territorios forales, que contaron con capitulados específicos, obtenidos tras arduas negociaciones, que cada uno de los territorios, de forma individual, mantuvo con los representantes reales. A través de la presente investigación se pretende analizar el choque de jurisdicciones y marcos legislativos que se produjo entre cada uno de los territorios vasco-navarros y las instituciones reales. Debido a sus necesidades forestales en materia naval, la corona «cedió» total o parcialmente, según el caso, ante las presiones forales y jurisdiccionales de cada uno de los territorios vasco-navarros, los cuales lograron importantes ventajas en el ámbito forestal. A cambio, esta obtuvo un mayor control sobre dichos territorios.
No es madera para vasallos, sino del rey: las políticas forestales de los Habsburgo en Portugal (1609-1640)
Authors: Trapaga Monchet Koldo
Published: November 2019

En este trabajo se abordan ciertos aspectos de las políticas forestales puestas en marcha por Felipe III y Felipe IV en Portugal en relación con la construcción de las armadas reales. En primer lugar, se estudian algunas de las disposiciones legislativas aprobadas en las décadas de 1590 y 1600, porque permiten comprender luego las posteriores políticas de búsqueda e incorporación de las masas forestales al patrimonio real mediante la figura de coutar, ya entre las décadas de 1610 y 1630. En segundo lugar, se muestran algunos procesos contrarios de desmantelamiento y desvinculación de la gestión real de ciertas áreas forestales a manos de los oficiales reales. Y, por último, se analizan los mecanismos de administración directa empleados por la monarquía, tanto a través de los oficiales reales como de las comisiones extraordinarias, para la provisión de maderas con destino a la construcción de sus armadas.
Factores socio-afectivos relacionados con las dificultades escolares en niñas y niños “estrella” del programa psicomotricidad e intervención
Authors: Herrera González Emmanuel , Delgado Tenorio Laura , Fonseca Schmidt Héctor , Vargas Ramírez Pilar
Published: November 2019

El presente estudio muestra los principales factores socio-afectivos relacionados con las dificultades escolares de un grupo de tres niñas y tres niños identificados como “estrella” por el Programa Psicomotricidad e Intervención. El mismo se desarrolló a través de una metodología mixta, en la que se aplicaron el Test de Figura Humana, el Dibujo Kinético de la Familia y una entrevista a la madre de cada estudiante. Los resultados revelaron la existencia de factores conflictivos familiares que afectan el estado emocional de las y los niños, generándoles sentimientos negativos consigo mismos que terminan afectado sus interacciones sociales y también su desempeño escolar.