bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Results of a Community-Based Peer Mentor Program for Spinal-Cord Injury: A Pilot Trial
Authors: Hill Valerie , Phipps Shawn , Wolfe Christina , Ponce David
Published: November 2019

Date Presented 04/04/19

The purpose of the study was to develop and evaluate the feasibility of a community-based peer mentor program to prevent and manage pressure ulcers and identify untreated depression for 20 individuals with spinal-cord injury. Based on this sample, community-based peer mentoring was feasible with positive outcomes for PU prevention; management of PUs and depression; self-management of chronic conditions; and community reintegration.

Primary Author and Speaker: Valerie Hill

Additional Authors and Speakers: Shawn Phipps

Contributing Authors: Christina Wolfe, David Ponce
Systematic Review of Community Transition Programs After Acute Rehabilitation for Adults With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Authors: Tschoepe Raheleh , Benfield Anna , Mercer Vicki , Posey Rachael
Published: November 2019

Date Presented 04/04/19

This systematic review investigates whether community transition programs reduce hospital readmissions and improve quality of life for adults ages 18 to 65 who experienced traumatic spinal cord injury and are making the initial transition from subacute rehabilitation back to the community. This review will enhance OTs’ familiarity with the evidence base for transition programs to inform practice and future program development.

Primary Author and Speaker: Raheleh Tschoepe

Additional Authors and Speakers: Anna Benfield

Contributing Authors: Vicki Mercer, Rachael Posey
Young People’s Experiences of Homelessness and Its Influence on Their Daily Routines and Occupational Participation
Authors: Semmelhack Evan , Simpson Emily , Conniff Bridget , Faber Breanna
Published: November 2019

Date Presented 04/05/19

This study explored how homelessness influences the daily routines and occupational experiences of young people. OTs can support homeless young people through community programming to facilitate development of productive routines, engagement in meaningful occupations, and social participation.

Primary Author and Speaker: Emily Simpson

Contributing Authors: Evan Semmelhack, Bridget Conniff, Breanna Faber
Linking the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to OT Older Adult Interventions
Authors: Belarmino Janel Anne , Jewell Vanessa
Published: November 2019

Date Presented 04/05/19

OT older adult interventions employed in a skilled-nursing facility were linked to Level III ICF categories using a specific and precise linking process. This study revealed that the majority of the interventions employed were linked to the ICF category exercise tolerance functions. This study demonstrated how the ICF may be used in OT practice. The results of this study reflect the focus of OT practice in two skilled-nursing facilities.

Primary Author and Speaker: Janel Anne Belarmino

Additional Authors and Speakers: Vanessa Jewell
What Happens at Home Impacts Clinical Outcomes: A Glimpse Into Parental Behavior Management for Young Children With Sensory Food Aversions (SFA)
Authors: Krause Elise , Juris Allison , Caldwell Angela
Published: November 2019

Date Presented 04/06/19

Children with SFA often demonstrate inappropriate behaviors during meals. Parents manage these behaviors using a variety of strategies. Understanding parental strategy use in the home can guide clinical practice and prioritize needs for parent training. In this secondary data analysis, mealtime strategy use among parents of children with SFA is described and relationships between parental strategy use and child mealtime behaviors are examined.

Primary Author and Speaker: Elise Krause

Additional Authors and Speakers: Allison Juris, Angela Caldwell
Visual Motion Perception Is Aberrant in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Authors: VerMaas-Hannan Jacy , Gehringer James , Wilson Tony , Kurz Max
Published: November 2019

Date Presented 04/06/19

Although frequently overlooked, children with cerebral palsy may have a visual dysfunction that can impact their occupational performance. Our brain imaging results show that these children have weaker activity in the V5 visual cortices, and this aberrant activity is linked with their altered perception of visual motion. These results highlight a possible neurophysiological nexus of the visual dysfunction and identify a neurologic target for improved occupational performance.

Primary Author and Speaker: Jacy VerMaas-Hannan

Contributing Authors: James Gehringer, Tony Wilson

Faculty Advisor: Max Kurz
Measuring Functional Cognition: Comparison of Adults With Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and Healthy Controls on the Short Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-10)
Authors: Lussier Alexis , Toglia Joan
Published: November 2019

Date Presented 04/07/19

Adults with ABI on an inpatient rehabilitation unit were significantly less accurate and efficient, used fewer strategies, and followed fewer rules, compared to healthy controls on the short Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-10). The WCPA-10 was quick, feasible, and provided functionally relevant information on those that exhibited mild to no cognitive impairments on a cognitive screening tool, highlighting the importance of performance-based tools in identifying functional cognitive deficits.

Primary Author and Speaker: Alexis Lussier

Additional Authors and Speakers: Joan Toglia
Numerical Simulation of a Pitching Airfoil Under Dynamic Stall of Low Reynolds Number Flow
Authors: Honarmand Mojtaba , Hassan Djavareshkian Mohammad , Forouzi Feshalami Behzad , Esmaeilifar Esmaeil
Published: November 2019

In this research, viscous, unsteady and turbulent fluid flow is simulated numerically around a pitching NACA0012 airfoil in the dynamic stall area. The Navier-Stokes equations are discretized based on the finite volume method and are solved by the PIMPLE algorithm in the open source software, namely OpenFOAM. The SST k - ω model is used as the turbulence model for Low Reynolds Number flows in the order of 105. A homogenous dynamic mesh is used to reduce cell skewness of mesh to prevent non-physical oscillations in aerodynamic forces unlike previous studies. In this paper, the effects of Reynolds number, reduced frequency, oscillation amplitude and airfoil thickness on aerodynamic force coefficients and dynamic stall delay are investigated. These parameters have a significant impact on the maximum lift, drag, the ratio of aerodynamic forces and the location of dynamic stall. The most important parameters that affect the maximum lift to drag coefficient ratio and cause dynamic stall delaying are airfoil thickness and reduced frequency, respectively.
Lifting Growth in the Western Balkans
Authors: Ilahi Nadeem , Khachatryan Armine , Lindquist William , Nguyen Nhu , Raei Faezeh , Rahman Jesmin
Published: November 2019

In the past 25 years, exports have contributed strongly to growth and economic convergence in many small open economies. However, the Western Balkan (WB) region, consisting of small emerging market economies, has not fully availed itself of this driver of growth and convergence. A lack of openness, reliance on low value products, and weak competitiveness largely explain the insignificant role of trade and exports in the region’s economic performance. This paper focuses on how the countries in the WB could lift exports through stronger integration with global value chains (GVCs) and broadening of services exports.
The experience of countries that joined the European Union in or after 2004 shows that participation in GVCs can help small economies accelerate export and income growth. WB countries are not well integrated into Europe’s vibrant GVCs. Trade within the region is also limited—it tends to be bilateral and not cluster-like. Our analysis shows that by improving infrastructure and labor skills and adopting trade policies that ensure investor protection and harmonize regulations and legal provisions, the region can greatly enhance its engagement with GVCs.
Services exports are an increasingly important part of global trade, and they offer an untapped source of growth. The magnitude of services exports from the WB region compares favorably with that of peers in Europe, particularly in travel services where several of these countries have a revealed comparative advantage. But there is significant room for growth in tourism exports and an untapped potential in business and information technology services exports that these countries can materialize through policy efforts that increase openness and enhance connectivity and labor skills. Serbia offers a good example of how decisive efforts, including education policies to ensure a sustained supply of skilled labor, can help information technology services exports to take off.
Banks’ Holdings of Government Securities and Credit to the Private Sector in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
Authors: Bouis Romain
Published: November 2019

This paper studies the relationship between banks’ holdings of domestic sovereign securities and credit growth to the private sector in emerging market and developing economies. Higher banks’ holdings of government debt are associated with a lower credit growth to the private sector and with a higher return on assets of the banking sector. Analysis suggests that the negative relationship between banks’ claims on the government and private sector credit growth mainly reflects a portfolio rebalancing of banks towards safer, more liquid public assets in stress times and provides only limited evidence of a crowding-out effect due to financial repression.
Instruments of Debtstruction
Authors: End Nicolas , Marinkov Marina , Miryugin Fedor
Published: November 2019

We construct a new, comprehensive instrument-level database of sovereign debt for 18 advanced and emerging countries over the period 1913–46. The database contains data on amounts outstanding for some 3,800 individual debt instruments as well as associated qualitative information, including instrument type, coupon rate, maturity, and currency of issue. This information can provide unique insights into various policies implemented in the interwar period, which was characterized by notoriously high debt levels. We document how interwar governments rolled over debts that were largely unsustainable and how the external public debt network contributed to the collapse of the international financial system in the early 1930s.
Assessing Oil and Non-Oil GDP Growth from Space
Authors: Debbich Majdi
Published: November 2019

This paper uses an untapped source of satellite-recorded nightlights and gas flaring data to characterize the contraction of economic activity in Yemen throughout the ongoing conflict that erupted in 2015. Using estimated nightlights elasticities on a sample of 72 countries for real GDP and 28 countries for oil GDP over 6 years, I derive oil and non-oil GDP growth for Yemen. I show that real GDP contracted by a cumulative 24 percent over 2015-17 against 50 percent according to official figures. I also find that the impact of the conflict has been geographically uneven with economic activity contracting more in some governorates than in others.
Interconnectedness and Contagion Analysis
Authors: Bricco Jana , Xu TengTeng
Published: November 2019

The analysis of interconnectedness and contagion is an important part of the financial stability and risk assessment of a country’s financial system. This paper offers detailed and practical guidance on how to conduct a comprehensive analysis of interconnectedness and contagion for a country’s financial system under various circumstances. We survey current approaches at the IMF for analyzing interconnectedness within the interbank, cross-sector and cross-border dimensions through an overview and examples of the data and methodologies used in the Financial Sector Assessment Program. Finally, this paper offers practical advice on how to interpret results and discusses potential financial stability policy recommendations that can be drawn from this type of in-depth analysis.
Slovak Republic
Authors:   International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Published: November 2019

Since 2016, the Slovak government has prepared several spending reviews with the aim of
improving the efficiency of public expenditures, better serve citizens, and consolidate the
public finances. Some of these reviews (e.g., transport) have included a strong focus on
infrastructure investment. To further improve public investment management (PIM), the
authorities requested that a Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) mission be
conducted in parallel to the ongoing program of spending reviews.
Implementation Plan In Response To The Executive Board-Endorsed Recommendations From The IEO Evaluation Of The IMF’s Financial Surveillance
Authors:   International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, &,   Review Department
Published: November 2019

The actions in this Management Implementation Plan aim at:

• Strengthening financial and macrofinancial analysis in Article IV consultations
• Refocusing FSAP country selection and scope
• Increasing traction of multilateral surveillance
• Enhancing the IMF’s macrofinancial analysis toolkit
• Building financial skills and expertise at the Fund
Kingdom of Lesotho
Authors:   International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Published: November 2019

In response to a request from the authorities and as part of the United Kingdom’s
Department for International Development (DFID) Enhanced Data Dissemination Initiative
(EDDI) 2 project, a government finance statistics (GFS) mission visited Maseru, Lesotho,
during January 14–25, 2019. The mission was a follow up to three previous GFS technical
assistance (TA) missions under the EDDI2 in March and November 2016 and in May 2018.
The mission was also in response to a request from the Lesotho delegation during a meeting
with the IMF’s Statistics Department (STA) at the 2018 Annual Meetings in Bali for follow up TA
to further assist with improving GFS compilation.
On the first Silis Charpentier, 1825 from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)
Authors: Parisi Francesco , Fanti Fabrizio
Published: November 2019

Abstract. Only in recent years have new genera and species of the subfamily
Silinae Mulsant, 1862 been described as inclusions in amber. However,
no representative of the genus Silis Charpentier, 1825 had been described from
Baltic amber, even if few specimens were already known at the generic level.
Silis lombardii sp. nov. is entirely dark brown and shows (as usual for the genus) the
two characteristic lobes in the sides of pronotum, elongated elytra, and a
basal small tooth only on the anterior claws. The Eocene findings show that
the subfamily is of ancient origin and that at least in the Eocene it was
much more abundant than today in the same territories, where only two
species are known. (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:76887127-3D24-41DA-86CC-7DCAB40DC3B7)
RESEARCH ON INFORMATION ACQUISITION AND ACCURACY ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE PLAQUE WITH COMMON SMART PHONE
Authors: Pan X. , Hu Y. G. , Hou M. L. , Zheng X.
Published: November 2019

Abstract. The ancient architectural plaque is a unique cultural heritage of the Chinese traditional culture. It is called the "soul of ancient architecture" and has important historical and artistic value. Due to its small size and large quantity, the preservation status is not optimistic, and it is urgent to carry out rescue protection. It is especially necessary to complete its digital information collection first. The basic images used in photogrammetry are usually taken by professional cameras. With the continuous development of technology, the shooting ability of mobile phones is constantly increasing. The method of 3D reconstruction of plaque of ancient buildings by common mobile phone cameras is studied through experiments. Several common mobile phones were selected to collect images of ancient building plaques from different acquisition distances and 3D reconstruction experiments were carried out. The results of accuracy evaluation showed that the information of ancient architectural collected by common mobile phone cameras within the suitable acquisition range can meet the accuracy of 3D reconstruction. Requirements. In addition, the image control point measurement is replaced by a standard card. The experimental results show that the size of the model can be controlled by using the card constraint. The method can utilize the commonly used camera mobile phone to efficiently obtain the image of the ancient buildings distributed in various places and carry out three-dimensional reconstruction, thereby satisfying the urgent requirement of the urgent need for protection of the ancient buildings.
MEASURING REGIONAL PROGRESS TOWARDS SDG 3 WITH GEOSPATIAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION – A CASE STUDY OF DEQING COUNTY
Authors: Wang Q. W. , Fan D. Q. , Qiu Y. , Miao Y. Q.
Published: November 2019

Abstract. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were proposed in 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations in 2015, in which SDG 3 is about ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages. The assessment on SDG 3 helps to measure or monitor the level of sustainable and healthy development of nation or sub-nation regions. However, the SDG 3 is mainly aimed at the global or national levels, and lack of quantitative assessment and analysis. Therefore, this paper, taking Deqing County of Zhejiang Province in China as an example, presents a pilot study which measured county-level SDG 3 by using statistical information and geospatial information. There are three main steps: Firstly, a set of localized indicators for SDG 3 was built according to adaptability, scalability, and coverage, combined with the specific conditions of Deqing County. Secondly, the selected indicators were calculated by combining integration of statistical and geospatial information. Thirdly, an assessment based on dashboard was processed. The results showed that 12 of the 15 health-related indicators in Deqing County were evaluated as green, 1 was yellow, and 2 were gray. The morbidity rate and mortality rate of infectious diseases in 2010–2017 are low and essential health-care services are equally covered in space. This study provides scientific basis for the management of healthy and sustainable development in Deqing County, and provides a reference example for monitoring and evaluation of SDG 3 in other regions.
Short-range-order minerals as powerful factors explaining deep soil organic carbon stock distribution: the case of a coffee agroforestry plantation on Andosols in Costa Rica
Authors: Chevallier Tiphaine , Fujisaki Kenji , Roupsard Olivier , Guidat Florian , Kinoshita Rintaro , de Melo Viginio Filho Elias , Lehner Peter , Albrecht Alain
Published: November 2019

Abstract. Soil organic carbon (SOC) constitutes the largest
terrestrial C stock, particularly in the Andosols of volcanic areas.
Quantitative information on distribution of SOC stocks is needed to
construct a baseline for studying temporal changes in SOC. The spatial
variation of soil short-range-order minerals such as allophane usually
explains the variability of topsoil SOC contents, but SOC data for deeper
soil layers are needed. We found that within a 1 km2 Costa Rican
basin covered by coffee agroforestry, SOC stocks in the upper 200 cm of soil
were highly variable (24 to 72 kg C m−2). Topsoil SOC stocks were not
correlated with SOC stocks present in deeper layers. Diffuse-reflectance
mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy made possible the analysis of a large number
of samples (69 soil profiles, i.e. 598 soil samples) for ammonium-oxalate and
sodium-pyrophosphate-extractable forms of Al, Fe, and Si, as well as SOC
content and bulk density. Using the MIR spectra, we identified two different
soil materials, which were identified as allophanic and halloysitic soil material. Allophanic soil occurred
on top of the halloysitic soil. The thickness of the allophanic soil material, rich in SRO
minerals and related to a young andic A horizon, explained the variability of
SOC. This study illustrates that knowledge of topography and pedogenesis is
needed to understand and extrapolate the distribution of SOC stocks at
landscape scales.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 8 No. 4
Authors: Young Jenny
Published: November 2019

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (EMSD) would like to thank the following reviewers for reviewing manuscripts from August 1, 2019, to November 1, 2019. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Many authors, regardless of whether EMSD publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Macrothink Institute appreciates the following reviewers’ rigorous and conscientious efforts for this journal. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review during this period. Christiane do Nascimento Monte, Universidade Federal Fluminense, BrazilFarhaoui Mohamed, National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water, MoroccoGiacomo Chiesa, Politecnico di Torino, ItalyHayssam Mohamed Ali, King Saud University, EgyptHebin Lin, International Environmental Management Services Ltd (IEMS), USAMona M. Amin Abdel-Fatah, National Research Center in Egypt, EgyptMurat Eyvaz, Gebze Institute of Technology, TurkeySattar Sattary, Southern Queensland University, Australia
Influence of Corporate Governance on Firm Value Through Intellectual Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: Masitha Zainab , - Djuminah
Published: November 2019

This study aims to find out empirical evidence about the influence of corporate governance on firm value through intellectual capital and corporate social responsibility. The sample used in this study amounted to 123 manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange continuously during the period 2015-2017 using purposive sampling technique. This study uses quantitative methods with secondary data obtained from annual reports that have been published by the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2015-2017, which can be accessed through www.idx.co.id. Data analysis in this study uses Structural Equation Modeling based on Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) with SmartPLS 3.0 software.The results showed that the board of commissioners had a significant negative effect on intellectual capital and had a significant positive effect on corporate social responsibility. Board of Commissioners has a significant positive effect on intellectual capital and has a significant negative effect on corporate social responsibility. The board of commissioners, audit committees, intellectual capital and corporate social responsibility have a positive and significant effect on firm value. Intellectual capital is not able to mediate the relationship between the board of commissioners and firm value, as well as the relationship of the audit committee to firm value. CSR is not able to mediate the relationship between the board of commissioners and firm value and the relationship between the audit committee and firm value.
Effectiveness of Regional Protection Program (RPP) Rezim - International Protection Regime - European Union (EU) in Germany
Authors: Fadil Hamza , Yi Shen
Published: November 2019

Refugees migrate from their countries to other countries in the study of migration because of natural disasters, famine, difficulty in getting jobs, and fear of war or armed conflict in their countries. The problem of the Syrian refugee crisis in 2011 due to armed conflict made Syrian refugees leave their country for Europe. In 2011 Syrian refugees began to enter Europe through waters, then UNHCR announced the status of refugees and encouraged the EU to respond with refugee acceptance. In 2012 the EU then adopted the Regional Protection Program - International protection regime in accepting refugees. Germany was then very enthusiastic in accepting refugees, so there were many refugee destinations to get protection. Through the German resettlement scheme then received many refugees. Through the Balkan lane the EU then negotiated with Turkey which made it easier for refugees to enter Europe, then it had implications for the increasing number of refugees entering Europe in 2015. This caused fears of the Balkan countries so that the peak of the Balkan lane was closing which resulted in a reduction in German revenue from the original plan of acceptance. Therefore, the author wants to confirm whether the Regional Protection Program - International protection regime is quite effective in carrying out the reception of Syrian refugees in 2013-2015. The writer uses Arild Uderdal's regime effectiveness concept, which consists of several variables such as problem type, problem-solving capacity, and the level of collaboration then to confirm the effectiveness of this regime.
Investigating the Clitellata (Annelida) of Icelandic springs with alternative barcodes
Authors: Klinth Mårten , Kreiling Agnes-Katharina , Erseus Christer
Published: November 2019

DNA barcoding is an invaluable tool to identify clitellates, regardless of life stage or cryptic morphology. However, as COI (the standard barcode for animals) is relatively long (658 bp), sequencing it requires DNA of high quality. When DNA is fragmented due to degradation, alternative barcodes of shorter length present an option to obtain genetic material. We attempted to sequence 187 clitellates sampled from springs in Iceland. However, the material had been stored at room temperature for two years, and DNA of the worms had degraded, and only three COI sequences were produced (i.e., <2% success rate). Using two alternative barcodes of 16S (one ca. 320 bp, the other ca. 70 bp long) we increased the number of sequenced specimens to 51. Comparisons of the 16S sequences showed that even the short 70 bp fragment contained enough genetic variation to separate all clitellate species in the material. Combined with morphological examinations we recognized a total of 23 species, where at least 8 are new records for Iceland, some belonging to genera new for Iceland: Cernosvitoviella and Pristina. All the new taxa are included in an updated species list of Icelandic Clitellata. The material revealed some stygophilic species previously known to inhabit springs, but true stygobionts, which are restricted to groundwater habitats, were not found. Our study shows that short 16S fragments can be obtained from DNA too degraded to be used in traditional COI barcoding, and contain enough genetic variation to separate closely related clitellate species.
Maryam: A Woman of Bethlehem: A Play Foreword, with English Script and Arabic Script
Authors: Rue Victoria , Shkhadim Hind Abu
Published: November 2019

[ABSTRACT]

The play Maryam: A Woman of Bethlehem is the outcome of Dr. Rue's Fulbright research project (Fall 2018) in Bethlehem, Palestinian Occupied Territories. Rue taught at Dar Al Kalima University College of Arts and Culture (DAK) in Bethlehem, and interviewed thirty Palestinian Christians and Muslims, posing the initial question “Who is Mary/Maryam in twenty-first-century Bethlehem?” The Christian Mary, mother of Jesus, in Islam is Maryam, mother of Isa the prophet. She is deeply venerated in both communities. Palestinians offered their stories, speaking of their customs and daily lives using the iconic figure of Mary/Maryam.
The Construction of Social Identity by Collective Memory of Iranian Baha’is in Novels: “The Cradle of the Beast” and “Utab’s Memories”
Authors: Fahraji Parvaneh Hosseini
Published: November 2019

This article examines the relationship between collective memory and social identity in the Iranian Baha’i community through the study of their literary works of recent decades. Utab’s Memories by Rouhieh Fanaian and The Cradle of the Beast by Omid Fallahazad are the only Persian novels penned by Baha’i authors with Baha’i characters after Iran’s 1979 Revolution. Therefore, they will serve as the primary sources for this study. A comparative analysis of these novels yields an understanding of the relationship between collective memory and social identity in the Baha’i community. This article draws on Ross Poole’s notion of memory as a socially constructed capacity in order to explain how the act of retelling memories enables the protagonists of both novels to define and redefine themselves in relation to other members of their Baha’i community as well as the members of the Muslim community. It also draws on Maurice Halbwachs’s collective memory argument, which suggests individual memory presupposes a social framework. Stuart Hall’s notion of a constantly transforming aspect of cultural identity is harnassed in order to better examine stages of transformation and construction in the Baha’i community’s social identity as reflected in these novels.
Analyzing Mother-Daughter Relationships across Three Generations of Jewish Women in Liora by Farībā Ṣidīqīm
Authors: Moqaddam Maryam Zehtabi Sabeti
Published: November 2019

This article sheds light on the group consciousness and relational gender identity of the female, Jewish, Iranian-American protagonist of Farībā Ṣidīqīm’s novel, Liora. I build my argument on the work of feminist psychoanalysts, who postulate that—while the process of boys’ individuation entails a fixing of boundaries between the self and the others—girls retain their primary tie and fusion with their mothers. Characterized by what Adrienne Rich and Lynn Sukenick call “matrophobia,” i.e., the fear of becoming like one’s mother, Liora’s relationship with her mother is extremely complicated. From an early age—beginning with the death of her grandmother—Liora feels the need to mother her mother. Notwithstanding her strong fear of becoming like her, she becomes her replica, with the same obsessions, preoccupations, and attitudes toward life. Although at the beginning of the novel, she sets out to tell her own life story, her narrative soon becomes intertwined with the stories of not only her mother, but also other women from the Jewish community within which she grew up. Liora is liberated only at the end of the novel when she realizes that, instead of blaming her mother, she should reject the patriarchal structures of domination that maintain women’s oppression.
The Fluidity of Iranian-Armenian Identity in Zoya Pirzad’s Things Left Unsaid
Authors: Yaghoobi Claudia
Published: November 2019

In Things Left Unsaid, Zoya Pirzad creates characters that invalidate the concept of a unified and coherent identity. Pirzad arms these characters with the ability to reshape their selves and emerge as new subjects—all as a result of integration in an Iranian cultural system. Clarice Ayvazian, Pirzad’s Iranian-Armenian female protagonist, demonstrates a full range of diverse characters. Clarice represents an incoherent subject with clashing identities that pull her in different directions. Some of Clarice’s concerns are gender-specific, while others are culture-specific. Since Clarice is both the narrator and the protagonist, and the story is narrated in the first person, there can arguably be an association between the narrator, Clarice, and the author. After all, Pirzad determines Clarice’s behavior, language, and characteristics. It is Pirzad who created a distinct linguistic and syntactic structure for the novel to represent Clarice’s inner predicament with maintaining her Armenian identity and her hesitations about assimilating within the Iranian Muslim community through Parvin Nurollahi’s invitation. Clarice’s struggles are suggestive of Pirzad’s endeavors in reconciling the two sides of her identity and negotiating her Armenian self through writing in Persian.
Focus particles and negative scope: Both evidence for syntactic integration?
Authors: Eberhardt Ira , Featherston Sam
Published: November 2019

This article reports empirical work on the tests or judgement criteria which are used to determine the integration status of dependent clauses. Specifically it looks at focus particles and negative scope as indicators of such status in adverbial clauses. Some uses of these tests have produced conflicting results, which might suggest that they are not reliable criteria. Our empirical study suggest that both may be useful independently, but some factors may interfere with each other, producing falsified findings. Additionally, we observe that the test only works with certain sorts of focus particles, not with all, which could also potentially cause misleading findings.
A Multi-Proxy Reconstruction of Environmental Change in the Vicinity of the North Bay Outlet of Pro-Glacial Lake Algonquin
Authors: Rabett Ryan J. , Pryor Alexander J. E. , Simpson David J. , Farr Lucy R. , Pyne-O’Donnell Sean , Blaauw Maarten , Crowhurst Simon , Mulligan Riley P. M. , Hunt Christopher O. , Stevens Rhiannon , Fiacconi Marta , Beresford-Jones David , Karrow Paul F.
Published: November 2019

We present a multi-proxy study of environmental conditions during and after the recessional phases of pro-glacial Lake Algonquin in the vicinity of the North Bay outlet, Great Lakes Basin. Data presented comes from a new sedimentary profile obtained from the Balsam Creek kettle lake c. 34 km north-east of the city of North Bay. This site lies close to the north-east margin of the maximum extent of the post-Algonquin lake sequence, which drained through the Ottawa-Mattawa valley system. Our data are presented against a Bayesian age-depth model, supporting and extending regional understanding of vegetation succession in this part of north-east Ontario. The core profile provides a minimum age for the formation of the glacial outwash delta in which the kettle is set, as well as tentative timing for the Payette (post-Algonquin) lake phase. We highlight two discrete intervals during the Early Holocene, with modelled mean ages of: 8475–8040 cal. BP (332–316 cm) and 7645 cal. BP (286 cm), when climatic aridity affected the growth of vegetation within the kettle vicinity. Association with volcanic activity is posited. Cryptotephra dating to 7660–7430 cal. BP (mean age: 7580 cal. BP) is chronologically and geochemically assigned to the Mazama climactic eruption, while an earlier ash accumulation 8710–7865 cal. BP is tentatively sourced to an unknown eruption also in the Cascades region of Oregon. Outside of these periods, the Balsam Creek sequence shows considerable habitat stability and a character akin to that seen at more southerly latitudes. On this evidence we propose that access to reliable resources within kettle features could have aided the initial colonisation of northern Ontario’s environmentally dynamic early post-glacial landscape.
A model for longitudinal data sets relating wind-damage probability to biotic and abiotic factors: a Bayesian approach
Authors: Umeki Kiyoshi , Abrams Marc David , Toyama Keisuke , Nabeshima Eri
Published: November 2019

Aim of study: To develop a statistical model framework to analyze longitudinal wind-damage records while accounting for autocorrelation, and to demonstrate the usefulness of the model in understanding the regeneration process of a natural forest.Area of study: University of Tokyo Chiba Forest (UTCBF), southern Boso peninsula, Japan.Material and methods: We used the proposed model framework with wind-damage records from UTCBF and wind metrics (speed, direction, season, and mean stand volume) from 1905–1985 to develop a model predicting wind-damage probability for the study area. Using the resultant model, we calculated past wind-damage probabilities for UTCBF. We then compared these past probabilities with the regeneration history of major species, estimated from ring records, in an old-growth fir–hemlock forest at UTCBF.Main results: Wind-damage probability was influenced by wind speed, direction, and mean stand volume. The temporal pattern in the expected number of wind-damage events was similar to that of evergreen broad-leaf regeneration in the old-growth fir–hemlock forest, indicating that these species regenerated after major wind disturbances.Research highlights: The model framework presented in this study can accommodate data with temporal interdependencies, and the resultant model can predict past and future patterns in wind disturbances. Thus, we have provided a basic model framework that allows for better understanding of past forest dynamics and appropriate future management planning.Keywords: dendrochronology; tree regeneration; wind-damage probability model; wind disturbance.Abbreviations used: intrinsic CAR model (intrinsic conditional autoregressive model); MCMC (Markov chain Monte Carlo); 16 compass points = N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW (north, north-northeast, northeast, east-northeast, east, east-southeast, southeast, south-southeast, south, south-southwest, southwest, west-southwest, west, west-northwest, northwest, north-northwest, respectively); UTCBF (the University of Tokyo Chiba Forest).
Transcriptome profiling of lentil in response to Ascochyta lentis infection
Authors: García-García Pedro , Vaquero Francisca , Vences F. Javier , Sáenz de Miera Luis E. , Polanco Carlos , González Ana I. , Horres Ralf , Krezdorn Nicolas , Rotter Björn , Winter Peter , Pérez de la Vega Marcelino
Published: November 2019

Aim of study: The purpose was to identify some general and genotypic-specific defense responses, in order to obtain a set of candidate genes presumably involved in the resistance.Area of study: The experiment was carried out in León, Spain.Material and methods: We have analyzed the response of three lentil genotypes to Ascochyta lentis (isolate AL 84) at transcriptomic level using the Massive Analysis of cDNA Ends (MACE) technique: the susceptible cultivar 'Lupa', the moderately resistant 'ILL5588' and the resistant wild accession 'BG 16880' (L. culinaris subsp. orientalis).Main results: MACE results yielded a total of 50,935 contigs. The average number of detected contigs in each of the six samples was approximately of 40,000. In response to Ascochyta infection, the jasmonic acid pathway and the lignin biosynthesis were up-regulated in resistant genotypes, while they were down-regulated in the susceptible one. The response to chitin, the salicylic pathway and the auxin response were activated only in the resistant L. c. culinaris genotype, while the giberellin synthesis was only induced in the susceptible L. c. culinaris cv. 'Lupa'. A set of 18 lentil gene sequences putatively involved in the response to the pathogen were validated by RT-qPCR.Research highlights: It can be concluded that in response to the infection by Ascochyta, the lignin biosynthesis and the JA pathway were critical for the resistance, while the giberellin synthesis seems to be related with susceptibility to the pathogen.
Lecturer Formative Feedback Preferences: The Influence of Disciplines
Authors: Chang-Tik Chan
Published: November 2019

This study attempts to determine the choice of the feedback model related to discipline categorised as hard-applied, soft-applied, hard-pure and soft-pure. It also attempts to explore the extent in which the lecturers practise socio-constructivist feedback. It was a non-experimental study conducted in an offshore campus in Malaysia of an established Australian university. The data were collected by six research assistants through semi-structured interviews involving 31 lecturers from all the seven Schools in the university. The data were transcribed and analysed using the framework method as a form of thematic analysis. Since it was a deductive study, academic disciplines were used as pre-selected themes and in each feedback category, there were pre-defined codes. The results reveal that there is no serious evidence to link discipline to the choice of feedback model. In addition, lecturers do practise socio-constructivist feedback as well as other variants of feedback.
Wentylacja a komfort użytkowania
Authors: Krause Paweł , Dulak Leszek , Pokorska-Silva Iwona
Published: November 2019

artykule o pisano w pływ w prowadzonego
rozwiązania poprawiającego mikroklimat
wnętrza na stan ochrony akustycznej
lokalu mieszkalnego znajdującego się
na ostatnim piętrze budynku wykonanego
w technologii uprzemysłowionej. W mieszkaniu
przeprowadzono pomiary oceny skuteczności
wentylacji oraz pomiary poziomu hałasu
spowodowanego jej działaniem. W artykule
przedstawiono odnotowane nieprawidłowości
oraz propozycje prac mających
na celu osiągnięcie poprawy komfortu akustycznego
w mieszkaniu.
Social work with the local community in Ukraine and the possibility of using Polish experience
Authors: Popow Oleksandr
Published: November 2019

Although community organizing as a method of social work began to develop in Ukraine in the 1990s, but unlike individual and group social work, the attempts to introduce it into the activities of social welfare institutions and non-governmental organizations were unsystematic and not very successful. The aim of the article is to determine the possibilities of Polish experience of community social work implementation in Ukraine, taking into account the ongoing reform of local self-government. The study, the results of which are presented in the article, was designed as a so-called desk research and based on the results of the comparative analysis of Ukrainian and Polish scientific publications, documents, official websites, etc. The historical background of community social work development in Ukraine is outlined, the analysis of Ukrainian legal acts regarding norms and principles on community organizing is conducted. The article provides an overview of Ukrainian concepts and models of community social work. Particular attention is paid to the possibilities of Polish experience’ application, while implementing community organizing into practice of social welfare institutions as well as of NGOs. Possible structural and institutional changes related to the implementation of community organizing in social work practice and its benefits for the revitalization programs were analyzed. Polish experience of establishing a nationwide circle of community social work professionals was described. The author concludes that the challenges and barriers arising before community social work in both countries are quite similar and assumes that it is reasonable to take into account Polish experience, while implementing community organizing in Ukrainian realities.
Social work education in the light of the evaluation of the "Axiological Walk in Kobierzyn"
Authors: Rożniatowska Karolina , Kaszyński Hubert , Maciejewska Olga
Published: November 2019

In the education of social workers, it is particularly important to seek working methods that provide to experience values which define the foundations of professional action. The authors of the article approve the personalistic philosophy as a theoretical basis of educational work, the practice of which is based on the cooperation of academic staff and students, striving for partnership, open dialogue and experiencing personal subjectivity. Nevertheless, the essence of the issue is to search for the
content of education, which refers not only to contemporary social issues, but also to their historical conditions and correlates. The context for the article is a reflection on the history of 20th century eugenics, with particular emphasis on the extermination of nearly a quarter of a million people with mental illness and disabilities performed by the German Nazi. It is difficult, without studying the times in which the history derailed, to fully understand the social responsibility of people who are particularly vulnerable and exposed to social non-recognition and damage. The curriculum of social workers’ education at the Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow has included the space of the Clinical Hospital in Krakow's Kobierzyn, where, in cooperation with the Institute of Therapy and Social Education - the Association, an educational project under the name of Axiological Walk in Kobierzyn is being implemented. The article is based on reflection on axiological education in the light of evaluation of the aforementioned project.
Transmuted Goods and the Legacy of the Atrocity Paradigm
Authors: Hernandez Jill ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: November 2019

This paper responds to a recent challenge posed to Claudia Card’s atrocity paradigm by “transmuted goods,” or, goods which positively transmute victims of atrocity in ways which are difficult for the paradigm to explain. Whereas the legacy of Card’s atrocity paradigm will surely be its demand that we hold others culpable for allowing and perpetuating systems of harm which threaten our ability to flourish, this paper suggests a way for the paradigm to incorporate transmuted goods in a manner that strengthens the paradigm’s overall goal of holding people responsible for perpetuating atrocious harms. To that end, I will articulate the systematicity and transmutativity conditions of an “atrocity,” will demonstrate how “transmuted goods” can threaten the transmutativity condition of an atrocity (and, so, the efficacy of the atrocity paradigm as an ethical theory), and will conclude by suggesting a potential integration of transmuted goods into the atrocity paradigm to salvage the transmutativity condition for the paradigm.
Kant, the Body, and Knowledge
Authors: Carpenter Andrew N.
Published: November 2019

I discuss the philosophical significance of Kant's great cosmological work of 1755, the Universal Natural History. I discuss how Kant's interest in Newtonian universal forces led him to affirm a peculiar version of the physical influx theory. I argue that Kant's speculations about life on other planets are highly significant because they point to a key feature of Kant's theory of physical influx, namely that "the nimble motions of the body" stand as necessary conditions of the possibility of knowledge. This work directs us to an important topic that has received little scholarly interest: the relation between the body and knowledge in Kant's philosophical writings.
Biology, Pragmatism and the Question of Contradiction
Authors: Graciano Miriam
Published: November 2019

In this article I present H. R. Maturana's work as an alternative that reinforces pragmatism in the task of thinking philosophy through the evolution of biological species. I try to demonstrate how Maturana's biology dilutes the principal argument against American Neo-pragmatism. This criticism uses the argument of performative contradiction as it has developed in the European Neo-Kantian philosophy. Thus, I begin by presenting Apel's arguments which are contrary the perspective of the detranscendentalization of the Post-Nietzschenian philosophy. I conclude that analytical philosophy is a fecund point of contact between Maturana's biology and American Pragmatism, and that analytic arguments help convince others of our own theoretical preferences.
Subject-Object Relation in Mullâ Sadrâ’s Theory of Knowledge
Authors: Mesbah Ali
Published: November 2019

Dividing knowledge to knowledge by presence and knowledge by representation, Mullâ Sadrâ treats the subject-object relation with regard to each one of them differently. In the former, the subject is united with the object, or rather they are one, and the reality of knowledge is this very unity. In this type of knowledge, there is no medium. Such unity culminates, on the one hand, in knowledge by presence comprehensively and completely conveying the objective reality, and in its untransferability on the other. By contrast, in knowledge by representation, the subject experiences another kind of relation to the object of knowledge thanks to the presence of a medium in the subject’s mind, called "mental form." Mullâ Sadrâ considers mental forms as the mental existence of the same quiddities (mâhîyyât) existing in the external world. The only difference is that they have another type of existence. In this essay, I argue that this approach is congruent with the principality of quiddity, which is rejected by Mullâ Sadrâ. To be consistent with the basic pillar of Mullâ Sadrâ’s philosophy, viz., the principle of existence, I hold that one should begin with the continuity of existence through mental, imagery and external worlds from which the mind abstracts the same quiddity, not vice versa.