bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Eleven new records of little known taxa of Mesosetum and Paspalum (Poaceae) from Brazil and Bolivia
Authors: SILVA ANÁDRIA STÉPHANIE DA , VILLARROEL DANIEL , RIBEIRO ANDRÉ RODOLFO DE OLIVEIRA , OLIVEIRA REGINA CÉLIA DE
Published: July 2016

New records of Poaceae in Brazil and Bolivia are documented from expeditions, collections and review of herbarium specimens. Eleven new records are confirmed and comments, IUCN Threatened Species Categories and illustrations for these taxa are provided. Mesosetum comatum and M. filifolium are new records for Brazil, and M. ansatum is a new record for Bolivia. Paspalum burchellii, P. lepton, P. oteroi and P. trinitense are new records for Bolivia.
Contribution to our knowledge of the whitefly genus Aleuroclava Singh (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in China, including Taiwan and Hong Kong, with descriptions of two new species
Authors: WANG JI-RUI , DU YU-ZHOU
Published: July 2016

Two new whitefly species, Aleuroclava sterculiae sp. nov., collected from Sterculia nobilis (Malvales: Sterculiaceae) of Qingxiu hill park (Guangxi, China), and Aleuroclava rosae sp. nov., collected from Stranvaesia sp. (Rosales: Rosaceae) of Maoer Mountain (Guangxi, China), are described with morphology, line illustrations, photographs and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. In addition, two other whitefly species, Aleuroclava lefroyi (Sundararaj & David) and Aleuroclava manii (David), are reported as new to the fauna of China, and are discussed. An identification key to Aleuroclava species known from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong is provided. The specimens are deposited in the Insect Collection of Yangzhou University (YZU).
New species of Dinychus Kramer, 1886 from fragments of the former Gondwanaland (Acari: Uropodina: Dinychidae)
Authors: KONTSCHÁN JENŐ , RIPKA GÉZA
Published: July 2016

We describe two new species of Dinychus Kramer, 1886 from fragments of the former Gondwanaland supercontinent. Dinychus indica sp. nov. from India belongs to the Dinychus woelkei-group It differs from the previously known Dinychus species on the basis of the sculptural pattern of the sternal and genital shields of female. The female of Dinychus chilensis sp. nov. from Chile has a quadrangular genital shield, which is a unique character state in the genus Dinychus. New keys to the Central and South American Dinychus and to Dinychus woelkei-group are presented.
The ‘scorpion shrimp’, a new species of the genus Metapontonia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Taiwan, with new generic record from Papua New Guinea
Authors: ĎURIŠ ZDENĚK , LIN CHIA-WEI
Published: July 2016

A new species of shrimp Metapontonia scorpio symbiotic with scleractinian coral Diploastrea heliopora is described from Taiwan. The species belongs to the smallest symbiotic shrimps of the family Palaemonidae. It is remarkable by a unique ability to turn its last two pleonites with tail fan dorsally over the 4th and preceding pleonal segments, thus resembling scorpions. For such movement, the respective opposing dorsal margins of the 4th–6th segments are deeply concave. The new species is characterized by a short dorsally directed rostrum, incomplete orbit, semicircular scaphocerite, and medially concave basal antennular segment. The only species of the genus, M. fungiacola, is compared with the new species based on morphology and DNA. Metapontonia fungiacola is for the first time reported from Taiwan and Papua New Guinea. The morphological and colour variability of the species is discussed. The scleractinian corals Platygyra lamellina (Merulinidae), Lobophyllia hemprichii, cf. Micromusa sp., Symphyllia cf. radians (Lobophylliidae), and Galaxea sp. (Oculinidae), are new host records for the species.
Three new species of Xenotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from the northwestern region of São Paulo State, Brazil
Authors: PITTON THAFAREL , LOFEGO ANTONIO C. , REZENDE JOSÉ M.
Published: July 2016

Three new species of Xenotarsonemus Beer (Acari, Tarsonemidae), X. demitei n. sp., X. kaingang n. sp. and X. luziae n. sp., are described based on specimens collected from plants in native vegetation in the northwestern region of the São Paulo State, Brazil.
Evaporative and Radiative Cooling in POST Stratocumulus
Authors: Gerber H. , Malinowski Szymon P. , Jonsson Haflidi
Published: July 2016

Buoyancy reversal by evaporative cooling in entrainment holes has a minimal influence on stratocumulus (Sc) observed during the Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST) aircraft field study held off the California coast in 2008. High-resolution temperature and microphysics measurements show only small differences for Sc with and without buoyancy reversal predicted by mixing fraction analysis that relates mixtures of cloudy air and free-atmospheric air to buoyancies of the mixtures. The reduction of LWC due to evaporation in the holes is a small percentage (average ~12%) of liquid water diluted in the Sc by entrainment from the entrainment interface layer (EIL) located above unbroken cloud top where most mixing, evaporation, and reduction of the large buoyancy jump between the cloud and free atmosphere occur. Entrainment is dominated by radiative cooling at cloud top.
Application of Chiral Ionic Liquid-Modified Gold Nanoparticles in the Chiral Recognition of Amino Acid Enantiomers
Authors: Huang Lu , Chen Yi-Ting , Li Yan-Xia , Yu Li-Shuang
Published: July 2016

Two chiral ionic liquids (ILs), namely 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole l-tartrate (EMIML-Tar) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole l-lactate (EMIML-Lac), were used to modify gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for chiral recognition of amino acid enantiomers. Transmission electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and capillary electrophoresis were used for the characterization of chiral IL-modified AuNPs. Meanwhile, the performance of l-tartaric acid and l-lactic acid as modifiers was investigated to make a comparison. The chiral recognition mechanism is further discussed.
Regional Cooperation for Development: A Review and Critique of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference
Authors: Cownie David S.
Published: July 2016

The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) is a coalition of nine southern African nations united by a common desire both to reduce dependence on South Africa and to promote regional development. What follows is a review and critique of this recently created entity. Following a general introduction, the origin and history of the SADCC are discussed. Next, the criteria considered critical for the success of regional integration by integration theorists is presented, and the SADCC is analyzed in light of these criteria. However, because of the unconventional nature of the SADCC, the author argues that the criteria for success presented by regional integration theorists is not appropriate for an evaluation of the SADCC. Indeed, it is the primary thesis of this article that it is the unconventional nature of the SADCC—including, but not limited to its practice of avoiding supranational institutions, its flexible nature, its low-profile integrative goals, and the effects of continued minority rule in South Africa—which require that different criteria be developed for an evaluation. It is the pragmatic approach of the SADCC which accounts for its success to date, a pragmatism which will provide the key to the organization's longevity.
Domestic Food Pricing Policy, Food Aid and the Food Crisis in Africa
Authors: Aborampah Osei—Mensah
Published: July 2016

Multiple regression techniques are employed to examine the impacts of domestic food pricing policy, food aid, and food imports on domestic food production in sub-Saharan Africa. It is found that agricultural input factors: fertilizers, arable lands devoted to domestic cereal production and the general productivity of the land under cultivation, exert the most significant impacts on domestic food production. On the other hand, the policy variables of interest: price control, food aid and food importation, were found to exert insignificant impacts. A major implication of these findings is that, in the short run, African governments may do well to concentrate their efforts in improving, enriching and expanding the arable lands devoted to domestic food production, other things being equal. Over the long term, innovative manpower development programs, especially those relating to women, and less dependence on the vagaries of climatic conditions, on food aid and food imports may become essential. In addition, African governments need to support their farmers with price incentives rather than price control.
Bridging the Gap Between Home and School—Perceptions of Classroom Teachers and Principals: Case Studies of Two Jamaican Inner-City Schools
Authors: Kinkead-Clark Zoyah
Published: July 2016

Within the past 5 years, the island of Jamaica has aimed to address social issues through the development of a National Parenting Program. Schools too have taken on this task and have sought to bridge the gap between home and school by working with parents in meaningful and sustainable ways. This small-scale study highlights how two inner-city schools have worked to do this. The data for this study were collected over 4 years during visits to the school for the teaching practice in the final year for students in their teacher education bachelor’s degree programs. Two research questions were used: (a) How has a partnership program between home and school benefited you and your students? And (b) What are the strategies that can be employed by the school to facilitate a smooth, successful reciprocal relationship? From the data collected, three dominant themes emerged from the findings: (a) home–school relations matter, (b) parent empowerment and teacher validation, and (c) understanding diverse cultures.
Fathers’ Experience After the Death of Their Child (Aged 1–17 Years)
Authors: Proulx Marie-Claude , Martinez Anne-Marie , Carnevale Franco , Legault Alain
Published: July 2016

The death of a child is traumatic for parents. The grief of bereaved fathers is inadequately understood since most studies on this subject have focused primarily on mothers. The goal of this phenomenological study was to understand fathers’ experiences following the death of their child. Interviews were conducted with 13 fathers whose child (aged 1–17 years) had died at least 1 and up to 6 years earlier, either from a life-limiting illness or unexpectedly in an intensive care unit in a pediatric hospital in Eastern Canada. The analysis indicates that fathers’ experience deep suffering after the death of their child and feel torn between the past and the future. Three major themes were identified: needing to push forward in order to avoid breakdown, keeping the child present in everyday life, and finding meaning in their experience of grief. Clinical implications for professionals working with this population are discussed.
“Our Only Child Has Died”—A Study of Bereaved Older Chinese Parents
Authors: Zheng Yongqiang , Lawson Thomas R. , Anderson Head Barbara
Published: July 2016

Long and complicated grief is a relevant factor contributing to the deterioration of the older adults’ later life quality. In China, the unintentional consequence of the one-child policy has emerged. There, the group of older adults who lost their only child is called shiduers. The current study compared 42 older adults who lost their only child to 33 older adults who have a child, in term of their physical and mental health, and social support. The results confirmed the general deteriorating trend in those aspects of the bereaved Chinese parents’ life after their only child’s death. The results also revealed the impairments on the shiduers’ physical, mental, and social aspects were significant, compared to the clinical diagnosis cutoff points used in Western countries. Unique policy and cultural characteristics are the main factors contributing to the severe impairment of shiduers. Results have implications for policy advocacy and practice intervention in specific cultural environments.
The Traditional Model Does Not Explain Attitudes Toward Euthanasia
Authors: Terkamo-Moisio Anja , Kvist Tarja , Laitila Teuvo , Kangasniemi Mari , Ryynänen Olli-Pekka , Pietilä Anna-Maija
Published: July 2016

The debate about euthanasia is ongoing in several countries including Finland. However, there is a lack of information on current attitudes toward euthanasia among general Finnish public. The traditional model for predicting individuals’ attitudes to euthanasia is based on their age, gender, educational level, and religiosity. However, a new evaluation of religiosity is needed due to the limited operationalization of this factor in previous studies. This study explores the connections between the factors of the traditional model and the attitudes toward euthanasia among the general public in the Finnish context. The Finnish public’s attitudes toward euthanasia have become remarkably more positive over the last decade. Further research is needed on the factors that predict euthanasia attitudes. We suggest two different explanatory models for consideration: one that emphasizes the value of individual autonomy and another that approaches euthanasia from the perspective of fears of death or the process of dying.
College Granddaughters’ Memories and Emotions Related to Their Relationships With Their Deceased Grandfathers
Authors: Blinn-Pike Lynn , McCaslin Brianna
Published: July 2016

The main question addressed in this exploratory study was the following: What is the content of college females’ journals about their deceased grandfathers? The method involved 35 undergraduate females keeping journals about their feelings toward their deceased maternal or paternal grandfathers for one semester. Their journal entries were open-ended in order to explore an under-utilized qualitative and narrative-based approach to studying granddaughter–grandfather relationships, from the granddaughters’ perspectives. The results demonstrated that the maternal grandfathers were the most frequently written about. In addition, the journals revealed differences in content depending on how old the granddaughters were when their grandfathers died, and various forms of sadness were expressed in over 50% of the entries. It was concluded that additional developmental research is needed on the impact of having deceased grandfathers on granddaughters’ and grandsons’ memories and emotions.
Patient Characteristics and Early Functional Outcomes of Combined Arthroscopic Labral Refixation and Periacetabular Osteotomy for Symptomatic Acetabular Dysplasia
Authors: Ricciardi Benjamin F. , Mayer Stephanie W. , Fields Kara G. , Wentzel Catherine , Kelly Bryan T. , Sink Ernest L.
Published: July 2016

Background:

Symptomatic labral tears are common in patients with acetabular dysplasia; however, optimal treatment of the labrum remains controversial.

Purpose:

To present patient characteristics and early functional outcomes associated with combined arthroscopic labral refixation and Bernese periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) for symptomatic acetabular dysplasia with a displaced labral tear from the acetabular rim.

Study Design:

Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods:

Patients undergoing PAO from a single-center prospective hip preservation registry were eligible (N = 73 patients; mean clinical follow-up, 23 months). Indications for combined arthroscopic labral refixation included symptomatic labral injury and MRI findings suggestive of labral detachment from the acetabular rim indicating a repairable tear. The study group consisted of patients undergoing combined arthroscopic labral refixation and PAO (scope/PAO group: n = 21 patients). Patients undergoing PAO alone (PAO group: n = 52 patients) were included as a comparison. Demographic characteristics, pre- and postoperative radiographic findings, and hip-specific functional outcome scores were recorded.

Results:

The scope/PAO group was older relative to PAO alone (27 vs 23 years; P = .047). Preoperative computed tomography showed increased acetabular version at the 3-o’clock position in the scope/PAO group relative to PAO alone (median [quartile 1, quartile 3]: 24° [20°, 25°] vs 19° [14°, 24°]; P = .026). PAO operative time, achievement of radiographic correction, or postoperative complications did not differ between groups. Improvements by minimum important change for modified Harris Hip Score, Hip Outcome Score (HOS)–ADL, HOS-Sport, and International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT-33) were seen in 90%, 79%, 74%, and 100% of patients, respectively, undergoing scope/PAO at most recent follow-up. There was greater improvement from baseline in the iHOT-33 at most recent follow-up in the scope/PAO versus PAO group after adjusting for age and Tönnis grade (mean change ± SD: 48 ± 22 [scope/PAO] vs 37 ± 24 [PAO]; P = .03).

Conclusion:

Patients undergoing combined arthroscopic labral refixation and PAO were older and had increased acetabular anteversion versus patients undergoing PAO alone. Combined arthroscopic labral refixation and PAO was safe, did not affect PAO operative time or radiographic correction achievement, and may benefit clinical outcomes in this patient subset.
A systemic lupus erythematosus patient presenting as type B insulin resistance complicated with cryoglobulinemia
Authors: Huang Q , Yan Y , Zhao H , Zuo L
Published: July 2016

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients may present with various symptoms and multisystem damage. We reported a 63-year-old male patient with SLE presenting as type B insulin resistance (TBIR) complicated with cryoglobulinemia. TBIR is an extremely rare disease, which is a manifestation of anti-insulin receptor antibodies (AIRA). Clinical feature is a sudden onset of hyperglycemia with major weight loss; however, the ensuing refractory hypoglycemia is more fatal. The average dosage of exogenous insulin is 5100 U/d. SLE patients with AIRA had poor prognosis, most of whom died of SLE activity. Cryoglobulins are immunoglobulins that reversibly precipitate in the cold, which will induce clinical symptoms. Non-infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia is frequently secondary to autoimmune diseases, such as SLE. Our patient was prescribed methylprednisolone (MP) and cyclophosphamide (CTX). Finally he had remission during the short-term follow-up. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of an SLE patient presenting as TBIR complicated with cryoglobulinemia.
Beta Testing in Social Work
Authors: Traube Dorian E. , Begun Stephanie , Petering Robin , Flynn Marilyn L.
Published: July 2016

The field of social work does not currently have a widely adopted method for expediting innovations into micro- or macropractice. Although it is common in fields such as engineering and business to have formal processes for accelerating scientific advances into consumer markets, few comparable mechanisms exist in the social sciences or social services. Given that beta testing is successfully used to scale innovation in business and engineering, why is there no method for beta testing in social work? Could this be the reason that innovations in social work practice remain decades behind scientific research findings? This article explores reasons for the scarcity of options for scaling innovation in the field of social work and proposes a method for shortening development cycles for social work innovations to ensure that advances reach consumers—and ultimately improve their lives—more quickly.
The Amazing Power of the Mind and Will: A Personal Experience!
Authors: Roberts Rabbi Daniel A.
Published: July 2016

It has been written that meaning, will power and determination can extend one's life. This article reflects on a true case that one can lengthen their life, even when diagnosed with a life defining disease, given purpose and meaning. This is also the story of one clergyperson's struggles and emotions in assisting in that journey to reach a milestone moment in this person's life. This article is significant, for it reminds all people in the helping professions that he/she can help buoy another's spirit during difficult times, and we can be of assistance in giving hope and faith even when there seems to be none.
Does My Grief Count? When Ex-Family Grieve
Authors: Smith Harold Ivan
Published: July 2016

This article examines the grief of ex(s)—spouses as well as ex-fathers, -mothers, -sisters, -brothers, -sons, and -daughters-in-law. Traditionally, such experiences of grief have been disenfranchised since there is no legal recognition of the individual as a griever. The individual does have a continuing role in the narrative and memories of the family. One social reality of contemporary families is the redefinition of roles in the family. The author examines types of ex(s), how ritual attendance and participation can be negotiated, and alternative means for “paying respects.”
A Journey through Grief: An Analysis of an Adult Child's Grief in the Loss of a Mother
Authors: Bozeman Jeanine Cannon
Published: July 2016

The purposes of this article are (1) to analyze the loss of the author's mother to determine and understand its effect on the present life of the bereaved and (2) to enable professional helpers to understand and develop therapeutic strategies for helping bereaved individuals. The author gives an account of a personal experience of grief of an adult child who experienced the accidental death of her mother in an automobile crash. This grief experience is complicated by the family relationship of the driver of the vehicle to the adult griever. Two basic issues are examined: the grief of the adult child and the struggle to forgive the driver. Primary data are the personal reflections of the presenter, and secondary data are references related to the grief experience of parental loss, particularly the impact of the loss of the mother on the adult child. The current status of this journey in grief is evaluated. Positive outcomes from this painful experience are shared, and tentative conclusions about the experience six years after the loss are presented.
Tracey Jane and Lockerbie
Authors: Kastantin Joseph T.
Published: July 2016

This article, and the accompanying poem, express the author's encounter with grief from the death of a complete stranger, Tracey Jane, who died in Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The author reflects on some of his previous experiences and feelings associated with his own personal grief and bereavement. The article describes the circumstances surrounding the writing of the poem titled “Tracey Jane.”
A Sociohistorical Analysis of Children's Gravestones
Authors: Haveman Melissa
Published: July 2016

This article explores the sociohistorical changes in children's gravestones in fourteen cemeteries in Southern Illinois and Western Michigan. Using photographs of the gravestones, the author focused on the types of gravestones, the inscriptions, and images to examine whether the value of, or attitudes toward, children had changed during the period of 1860 through 1997. The findings suggest that the value of children, seen in the expressions of grief and loss on the gravestones, did not change. However, attitudes toward children and their place in the family do appear to have moved from a formal relationship to a more informal one.
Reacting in literary studies: Crossing the threshold from quality to meaning
Authors: Heinert Jennifer , Chick Nancy L
Published: July 2016

In this essay, the authors extend their ongoing conversations within the overarching project on “critique as signature pedagogy in the arts and humanities” by considering how the position of literary studies within this broader context may explain some of the difficulties students have with a cornerstone activity of the undergraduate literature classroom. Heinert and Chick unpack the work of literary analysis as a pedagogy that helps students develop the habits of mind of the discipline. While literary analysis has long been the signature assessment of literary studies, Heinert and Chick demonstrate how and why it can also be seen as a signature pedagogy.
Understanding the robot: Comments on Goudey and Bonnin (2016)
Authors: Belk Russell
Published: July 2016

Goudey and Bonnin provide an important demonstration of our willingness to accept robots regardless of the degree to which they look like us. This comment seeks to expand their insights in two ways. First, by broadening our conception of what constitutes a robot, I argue that we have already accepted many non-humanoid robots, and that even robotic entities without a visual presence can be compelling and engaging. Second, I suggest expanding the original paper’s psychological treatment of category ambiguity through the anthropological treatment of Mary Douglas. Douglas suggests that category ambiguity is abhorrent because things perceived to transgress categorical boundaries challenge our cultural beliefs and social order. In the case of robots, the beliefs that are challenged are our basic understandings of what makes humans unique and privileged in the world. As machines grow more and more capable, by some accounts they threaten to eclipse and even supplant the human race. I identify several behavioral and ethical research issues that are imperative if we are to deal with and prepare for such possibilities.
Exercising in Comfort
Authors: Sehlikoglu Sertaç
Published: July 2016

Women’s control of their bodily movements, especially in the Islamicate contexts of the Middle East, constitutes a multilayered process of building privacy, heterosexuality, and intimacy. Physical exercise, however, with the extensive body movements it requires, problematizes women’s ability to control their public sexualities. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 2011 and 2012 in Istanbul, this article explores the everyday concerns of Istanbulite women who seek rahatlık (comfort) during exercise. The interviewees frequently used the word rahatlık when referring to women-only spaces in the culture of mahremiyet (intimacy, privacy). This article furthers the scholarship on Muslim sexualities by examining the diversity of women’s concerns regarding their public sexualities and the boundary-making dynamics in the culture of mahremiyet. I argue that mahremiyet operates as an institution of intimacy that provides a metacultural intelligibility for heteronormativity based on sexual scripts, normative spaces, and gendered acts.
Landscape and Inscription
Authors: Wolfe Cary , Whiteman Maria
Published: July 2016

This essay discusses the changing notions of landscape and nature at work in the video installation Mountain Pine Beetle and explores some of the forces that eventuated in the devastated landscapes of the Rocky Mountain West brought on by the infestation of the mountain pine beetle beginning in the early 2000s—an infestation caused, in no small part, by what some scientists have called a perfect storm of circumstances created by global warming. For this project, the landscape becomes a site of inscription of forces that operate both above and below human scales of perception and interaction with the landscape—forces that are at once geological, economic, and geopolitical.
The Role of Private Stakeholders in Disaster and Humanitarian Operations
Authors: Fontainha Tharcisio Cotta , Melo Patricia de Oliveira , Leiras Adriana
Published: July 2016

The role of private stakeholders in disaster operations goes far beyond the delivery of profits to its shareholders. Disasters and humanitarian operations literature acknowledges the importance of private sector in disaster lifecycle; however, it lacks an analysis of the risks and benefits of each different form of their engagement in such operations (contractual relationships, one-off relationships and CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility partnerships). To address this research gap, a literature review was conducted on papers covering the perspective of private stakeholders when engaging in disaster and humanitarian operations with stakeholders from public and social groups. The results revealed that some challenges are specific from one approach and others are common for all of them. Moreover, despite the increasing of reputation capital and organizational learning being used to motivate CSR approach, they are mentioned as benefits in approaches with lower engagement - contractual and one-off relationship approaches. Thus, the benefits and risks of each approach need to be carefully addressed by scholars and field professionals in order to seek better results from the engagement of private organizations.
Diffusion Limit of Fair Resource Control—Stationarity and Interchange of Limits
Authors: Ye Heng-Qing , Yao David D.
Published: July 2016

We study a resource-sharing network where each job requires the concurrent occupancy of a subset of links (servers/resources), and each link’s capacity is shared among job classes that require its service. The real-time allocation of the service capacity among job classes is determined by the so-called “proportional fair” scheme, which allocates the capacity among job classes taking into account the queue lengths and the shadow prices of link capacity. We show that the usual traffic condition is necessary and sufficient for the diffusion limit to have a stationary distribution. We also establish the uniform stability of the prelimit networks, and hence the existence of their stationary distributions. To justify the interchange of two limits, the limit in time and limit in diffusion scaling, we identify a bounded workload condition, and show it is a sufficient condition to justify the interchange for the stationary distributions and their moments. This last result is essential for the validity of the diffusion limit as an approximation to the stationary performance of the original network. We present a set of examples to illustrate justifying the validity of diffusion approximation in resource-sharing networks, and also discuss extensions to other multiclass networks via the well-known Kumar-Seidman/Rybko-Stolyar model.
Music Performance Anxiety and related psychological constructs. Students of five Spanish music Conservatories
Authors: Alzugaray Francisco Javier Zarza , López Óscar Casanova , Hernández Santos Orejudo
Published: July 2016

Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) in musicians is one of the biggest problems they face almost daily in their professional work. This study aims to determine whether there is a difference in MPA among Music majors students in Spain and if there is a variation depending on the study center to which they belong. This research, which can be considered as the first in Spain with these characteristics, analyses the differences in both MPA and its relationship with other psychological constructs (optimism, self-efficacy, achievement motivation and sensitivity to reward and punishment). The sample consists of 482 students from five centers, obtained from a sample availability criteria. For the evaluation of the different psychological constructs has been used a questionnaire ad hoc specially designed for measuring anxiety and the other constructs mentioned above. After the quantitative treatment of the data, it is found that MPA is present in these Spanish music students. In addition to the MPA, statistically significant differences (p<0.05) in the different constructs were found.
Before you turn the page: Connecting the parallel worlds of El Sistema and critical research
Authors: Baker Geoff
Published: July 2016

This article consists of a series of reflections on research on El Sistema and the reception of the first (and to date only) academic book on the program. It underlines the uncertainty of the international Sistema sphere in the face of the information that is emerging about the Venezuelan program, and proposes various reasons for taking that information seriously and beginning an open and honest debate about El Sistema's problems and the positions that those who have been inspired by the program might take with regard to them, rather than continuing with blind eulogy or turning the page. The second part of the article considers the future of academic research on El Sistema, focusing on the differences between qualitative and quantitative studies, and between academic research and consultancy evaluations. It concludes with some reflections on the possibilities for closing the gap between the parallel worlds of El Sistema and critical research.
Beyond the Orquestra Geração: The Manuela's portrait, a youngster who dreamt with becoming a professional clarinetist
Authors: Veloso Ana Luísa
Published: July 2016

This article offers an analysis of the journey of a young clarinetist who, after finishing her path at Orquestra Geração, decided to join the National Conservatory, with the dream of building a professional career in the music world. Created from Manuela's sociological portrait, this analysis stands in the crossing between Lahire's dispositional theory and an idea of education that emerges from Dewey's Pragmatism as well as from some authors connected with Critical Pedagogy. The portrait is therefore read in a triangle that defines itself from these two lines, and is analyzed through the concept of “sustainability” (Mota & Figueiredo, 2012). This discussion raises some problematic questions about the transitional moment that certain young musicians may cross when they leave the project Orquestra Geração to join other formal educational contexts connected with music education. In the end, some possible directions to overcome the problems that have emerged in the discussion section will be presented.
Evidências empíricas da prática de Dumping no comércio internacional entre Brasil x China e Brasil x EUA
Authors: Sousa Neto Elísio Ferreira Guedes de , Nascimento Vera Lúcia do , Quevedo Andressa Pacífico Franco
Published: July 2016

Atualmente as guerras cambiais e comerciais, tem se tornando palco de grandes e recorrentes discussões, é a partir disso que percebe-se uma busca desenfreada no sentindo de diminuir os possíveis impactos recorrentes a desvalorização da moeda para indústrias brasileiras.  Por isso, o presente estudo busca entender como se dar o processo de casos de dumping em relações comerciais brasileiras e as medidas tomadas antidumping praticadas em território nacional, levando-se em consideração as relações brasileiras entre os Estados Unidos e China. Para obtenção dessas respostas, considera-se um levantamento de dados sobre casos de dumping que evidenciem relações bilaterais. Percebeu-se a presença de conflitos entre as nações estudadas, entretanto com variações de um país para outro, no entanto as respostas encontradas indicam que existem a presença de evidencias empíricas desse instrumento teórico.
Letramentos sociais: abordagens críticas do letramento no desenvolvimento, na etnografia e na educação
Authors: Garcia Joelma Dos Santos Barbosa Linhares
Published: July 2016

O presente trabalho é uma resenha  da obra de Street (2014) “Letramentos sociais: abordagens críticas do letramento no desenvolvimento, na etnografia e na educação”, busca desenvolver abordagens alternativas que façam uma crítica às concepções de letramento como algo  universal. Representa uma tendência que vem considerando  o letramento e suas práticas associadas, numa perspectiva mais ampla, enfocando mais a natureza social da leitura e da escrita, bem como o seu caráter  transcultural.
Legitimidade Recursal do Amicus Curiae
Authors: Gino Bethsaida De Sá Barreto Diaz , Silva Érika Samara Santana Faustino , Dantas Társis Da Costa Carneiro Pontes
Published: July 2016

Resumo: Ao passo que a ciência processual evolui e novas figuras processuais surgem torna-se essencial ao regular desenvolvimento do processo de controle de constitucionalidade abstrato a figura do amicus curiae. Esse instituto tem sido alvo de divergências doutrinárias quanto à sua natureza jurídica e poderes de atuação no processo, em especial quanto à sua legitimidade recursal. O presente trabalho faz um apanhado geral acerca das principais correntes que definem sua natureza jurídica e tem como principal objetivo analisar a interferência essa definição na limitação dos poderes de atuação daquele, identificando o melhor posicionamento a ser seguido. A discussão gira em torno do interesse jurídico que o amicus tem nas causas em que pretende ingressar. Quem defende que o amicus curiae tem natureza jurídica de auxiliar do juízo, baseia-se na própria função por ele desenvolvida, pois seu único objetivo é levar a conhecimento do juízo definições e conceitos técnicos em matéria que tenha vasta e reconhecida experiência. Sendo auxiliar do juízo, sua função se esgota ao levar ao processo sua experiência acerca da matéria discutida. Em contrapartida, há corrente defendo que amicus curiae tem natureza de terceiro interessado. Defini-lo como auxiliar do juízo nos parece a melhor solução, permitindo a melhor delimitação deste dentro do processo, fazendo com que sua legitimidade recursal recaia apenas sobre a decisão que indefere seu ingresso na lide.
Dificuldades organizacionais nas primeiras escolas graduadas da cidade de Lisboa (segunda metade do século xix)
Authors: Manique da Silva Carlos
Published: July 2016

This study is focused on the graded schools of Lisbon (Casa Pia and municipal schools) in the second half of the nineteenth century. The aim was to understand how the dysfunctions of the graded school model were being «corrected». Indeed, it was inconceivable for the model to be contested (as the research shows), – it simply had to work better. The greatest organizational difficulty in such schools resulted from the teacher’s task of looking after students with different cognitive levels and needs. During the 1880s, this classroom heterogeneity resulted in several classroom management problems in the institutional context of the Lisbon Casa Pia, even though the graded school model had proved its effectiveness there in the 1860s. Among other measures introduced to counter such problems, the school board was set up with the idea of overcoming organizational difficulties by involving teachers in the decision-making process. However, the extremely strict criteria that needed to be met to pass onto a higher grade hampered the flux of students in the municipal schools of Lisbon, making grade retention an ordinary procedure – particularly in the first grades. The school boards proposed several solutions to this problem, among which curriculum segmentation.
Interview with Iveta Kestere
Authors: Bellatalla Luciana
Published: July 2016

Iveta Kestere is a Professor at the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art, University of Latvia and an expert in the history of education at the Latvian Council of Science. Her current academic interest is in the research methodology for the history of education and education under dictatorship, including history of school reality and history of teaching profession. She is the author of numerous articles devoted to the history of education and the author or co-editor of nine books, among them The Visual Image of the Teacher (2012) and History of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences in the Baltic Countries from 1940 to 1990: an Overview (2013). She was a guest researcher and lecturer at the KU Leuven, Belgium. She is included in the editorial board of academic journals in Lithuania and Italy. She is a co-convenor of 17th Network (history of education) at The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) and the Board member of the Baltic Association of Historians of Pedagogy.
POTENSI PENGEMBANGAN WISATA SEPEDA DI KOTA BANDUNG BERDASARKAN PERSEPSI DAN PREFERENSI WISATAWAN
Authors: Aquarita Dian , Rosyidie Arief , Pratiwi Wiwik Dwi
Published: July 2016

Efek gas rumah kaca ditanggapi banyak pihak untuk menggalakkan penggunaan moda transportasi ramah lingkungan, salah satunya adalah sepeda. Pengembangan wisata sepeda di Kota Bandung masih memerlukan pengemasan produk serta sarana dan prasarana penunjang pariwisata yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan dan keinginan wisatawan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Kota Bandung memiliki potensi besar bagi pengembangan wisata sepeda. Karakteristik wisatawan yang beragam, mengharuskan Pemerintah Kota Bandung dapat memberikan jenis wisata sepeda yang beragam. Berdasarkan persepsi dan preferensi wisatawan, bersepeda santai keliling kota menjadi prioritas utama pengembangan wisata sepeda, dengan jenis wisata alam, wisata kuliner, dan wisata heritage, sebagai daya tarik wisata paling menarik untuk berwisata sepeda. Penyediaan fasilitas penunjang wisata sepeda terpenting adalah jalur khusus sepeda, tempat parkir sepeda, dan peta/informasi rute bersepeda. Dengan atmosfir bersepeda yang aman dan nyaman, diharapkan dapat menarik minat banyak wisatawan untuk berwisata sepeda di Kota Bandung.
Selected Problems of Applying the Law in Adaptation and Modernization of Buildings in Poland
Authors: Korbel Wojciech
Published: July 2016

Chosen problems of law implementation in the contemporary process of building’s modernization in Poland.

One of the major problems in the contemporary process of building’s modernization in Poland is the pluralism of different interpretations of chosen legal terms, existing in the contemporary building code. Incorrect interpretation, results in the incorrect application to the authorities for the proper building permit and as the effect, it causes the lost of time and money. The article tries to identify some of these problems and seeks the solution to solve them, through the evolutionary method of building law creation.
‘Old-New’ Mining Towns - Examples of the Renovation and Adaptation of Post-Industrial Objects
Authors: Langer Piotr
Published: July 2016

Poland’s economic transformation has proved to be a critical phase in the contemporary development of its industrial cities, initiating profound spatial and functional changes. In researching the basics of the development of ‘post-industrial’ cities, it can be seen that the work undertaken is focused on reusing post-industrial buildings and objects. This results not only in functional changes in the appearance and condition of the transformed structures, but also preserves or destroys their authenticity and historical identity. This problem is linked with several phenomena, including ‘aware inactivity’, ‘destructive adaptation’, and ‘false revitalization’.
Comparative Calculation of Heat Exchange with the Ground in Residential Building Including Periodes of Heat Waves
Authors: Staszczuk Anna , Kuczyński Tadeusz , Wojciech Magdalena , Ziembicki Piotr
Published: July 2016

The paper provides verification of 3D transient ground-coupled model to calculation of heat exchange between ground and typical one-storey, passive residential building. The model was performed with computer software WUFI®plus and carried out to estimate the indoor air temperatures during extending hot weather periods. For verifying the results of calculations performed by the WUFI®plus software, the most recent version of EnergyPlus software version was used. Comparison analysis of calculation results obtained with the two above mentioned calculation method was made for two scenarios of slab on ground constructions: without thermal insulation and with thermal insulation under the whole slab area. Comprehensive statistical analysis was done including time series analysis and descriptive statistics parameters.
Historic Buildings of the Warsaw University of Technology - Selected Issues of Renovation, Modernisation and Adaptation
Authors: Wagner Anna Agata
Published: July 2016

The historic buildings of the Warsaw University of Technology display not only outstanding architectural values, but are also representative of the trends in preservation, restoration, and adaptation that were prevalent at the time of their modernization. The post-war rebuilding of the WUT was more akin to modernization than reconstruction. But the freedom to shape modern architectural forms in the 1960s and ’70s brought with it a lack of respect for their historic environment. A change in the approach to historic buildings and their integration with modern architecture came in the late 1970s. The most recent modernization of the WUT’s historic buildings, especially after Poland’s accession to the EU, resulted in many good examples of proper, harmonious integration between the ‘modern’ and the ‘traditional’.
Essential Oil Composition of Three Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Mazandaran, Iran
Authors: Ghelichnia H.
Published: July 2016

The genus Thymus has a wide distributional range and chemical composition of the essential oils varies with geographical location of collection site, climate and other ecological factors. The essential oils of the aerial parts were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Twenty seven components were characterized in the essential oil of T. fedtschenkoi. The major constituents of the oil were carvacrol (69.04%), thymol (5.95%), borneol (5.21%), p-cymene (4.20%), bornyl acetate (2.97%) and 1,8- cineole (2.72%). Twenty two components were characterized in the essential oil of T. trauveterri. The major constituents of the oil were carvacrol (54.02%), thymol (9.29%), borneol (3.51%), p-cymene (18.64%) and γ- terpinene (2.97%). Twenty six components were characterized in the essential oil of T. pubescens. The major constituents of the oil were carvacrol (13.85%), α-terpineol (11.49%), thymol (10%), geraniol (9.48%), α-pinene (8.52%), p-cymene (7.66%), camphor (4.66%), γ-terpinene (3.15%) and myrcene (2.22%). Twenty four components were characterized in the essential oil of T. fallax. The major constituents of the oil were carvacrol (41.84%), p-cymene (12.18%), α-terpineol (11.49%), thymol (10%), γ-terpinene (8.68%), borneol (5.11%), geraniol (4.35%) and geranyl acetate (2.16%).
Legal Rules on the Purchase Contract under the Czech new Civil Code – – Selected Problems / Právní Úprava Kupní Smlouvy Ve Světle Nového Občanského Zákoníku Čr – – Vybrané Problémy
Authors: Janků Martin , Marek Karel
Published: July 2016

The goal of the present paper is to draw attention to some key rules and principles of the purchase contract. After the specification of this contract type we will deal in more details with the defective performance and the procedure of its complaint. As suggest the first assessment and reviews of the application of new legislation in its practical use and by the case law, in the achievement of the objective desired by the NCC - to increase the transparency of the procedure of complaints - the new legislation stacked in the middle of the way. The paper compares the impact of the new the previous and the current regulations, We will use the method of functional analysis as well as the method of legal formalistic comparison. It is obvious that the new rules respect the former régime of commercial contracts. The business sphere has undoubtedly welcomed this feature of the legal regime as the merchandisers are familiar with these rules. The second issue is, however, how this modification in the general regulation meets the expectations of the to provide sufficient legal certainty in the interpretation of contractual provisions and in the access to the protection of their interests by courts in the event of disputes.