bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Virgin in the art classroom: Finnish pre-service teachers reconfiguring devotional images
Authors: Kuusinen Asta
Published: May 2018

The purpose of this article is to present art education projects at the University of Eastern Finland that have applied phenomenon-based approach to learning. Phenomenon-based pedagogy (learning by topics) serves as the founding principle for the current national core curriculum for basic education in Finland. With two Virgin Mary images as a source of inspiration, the art projects aimed at encouraging Finnish pre-service teachers to engage with and critically reflect upon the ways that different religious cultures encode their values and belief systems through the images they idolize. The article suggests that pre-service teachers, while generally openminded and interested in knowing more about other cultures, simultaneously tend to reaffirm conventional national narratives and values through their artworks and essays. The topic is controversial but should not be excluded from art education since in increasingly multicultural societies like Finland, teachers need a better understanding of religious visual practices and their diverse meanings. The art projects show an example of how phenomenon-based art education can respond to this need by enriching students’ learning experiences across cultural differences and disciplinary borders.
‘Let this be Kubrick’s final word. Do you hear us Warner Bros.?’: Fan reception to the death of Stanley Kubrick and his final film, Eyes Wide Shut
Authors: Fenwick James
Published: June 2018

Stanley Kubrick died suddenly in July 1999, not able to control the release of what was to be his final film Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The resultant marketing was misleading, and many claimed that Kubrick had not completed the film before his death, with edits still to be made. Yet, in recent years, the reputation of the film has grown; new fan documentaries abound on the Internet that praise the film and search for symbolism and hidden meaning (such as freemasonry, or the New World Order) as feverishly as they do with The Shining (1980). But, academic attention overlooks consideration of the fan reception of Eyes Wide Shut, in favour of the obvious cult nature of films such as The Shining and A Clockwork Orange (1971). The article will consider, firstly, the initial fan reception to Eyes Wide Shut, via fan forums including the website alt.movies.kubrick (amk) and how this compared with the press reaction in the face of knowing that this was the last ever Kubrick film. It will explore how such knowledge influenced the reception of the film and how, with the passing of sixteen years, this has changed. Secondly, the article will look to what extent the shaping of Kubrick’s legacy via the donation of his archive to the University of the Arts London and the global tour of the Stanley Kubrick Exhibition has created a narrative that has changed the reception and opinion of Eyes Wide Shut; in addition, the Kubrick legacy is not just to prolong the marketability of a dead auteur but in response to the cult fan base in search of ever more knowledge to help in the deciphering of Kubrick’s films, leading to numerous DVD box sets and coffee-table books containing rare archival material.
Affective textualities, generalizations and focalizations: Fan reactions to Twin Peaks’s 2014 paratextual return
Authors: Garner Ross P.
Published: June 2018

This article analyses audience postings to two online locations where reports leading up to the release of the Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery Blu-ray set were posted between January and August 2014. Theorizing this release as a paratextual return that coincided with the show’s ‘dispersed’ 25th anniversary (Garner 2016), the article argues three points: firstly, greater recognition of fan discourse within studies of anniversary-orientated returns is required as, to date, these have been avoided, creating an unquestioned assumption that affective responses to these occasions are uniformly positive. Secondly, discussing fans’ affective responses to paratextual returns permits re-engaging with Grossberg’s arguments and extending these to consider the range of contextual factors that can structure how and where fans express affect. Thirdly, by analysing the responses of Twin Peaks fans, work on the perceptions of the fan object that fans express can be extended to recognize affective textualities that react to the text in multiple ways in accordance with the significance afforded to Twin Peaks within individual mattering maps.
The sound of placards
Authors: Ash Jesse
Published: June 2018

This piece follows two demonstrations from London and Los Angeles. A decade apart, the protests are described at first hand (London) and via mediated sources such as uploaded videos to twitter (Los Angeles). In this article, I build upon the resistant capability of organization within networks of communication and isolate one of the products of this organization; the street protest, in terms of its sonorous form in contrast to both its physical (numbers of protesters, critical mass) or symbolic presence (slogans, placards, banners). Using narrative, and examples such as the jangling of keys (Wenceslas Square, Prague, 1989), I take this murmur and buzzing of voices that declare a political intention as an opportunity to ask what the political identity of this public becomes when its symbolic meaning is ‘denatured’ (Barthes).
LOS/LOSS/LOST
Authors: Knight Adam
Published: June 2018

LOS/LOSS/LOST explores how memory and architectural conservation are played out in Los Angeles. Structuring the text is a series of photographs taken by the artist of thirteen historical buildings designated ‘lost’ by the Los Angeles Conservancy. Writing embraces the motif of ‘lostness’ in biographical, artistic, literary and cinematic responses to the city. The essay attempts to parallel a longitudinal artistic project photographing former cultural monuments of the German Democratic Republic.
El Errante
Authors: Santos Miguel
Published: June 2018

A tale of mobility, ethnicity and colonial heritage, ‘El Errante’ is a reflection on several propositions concerning Los Angeles from the perspective of the eponymous El Errante who has taken to urban walking following the impound of his car. This new mode of ambulation allows him to see Los Angeles as a complex system contingent on its inhabitants’ metanarratives of mobility. Within these, use of public transport is mostly circumscribed to those Angelinos unable to drive or to be driven. For the carless – the poor, the illegal, the elderly and the young – the sidewalk and the bus stop are apparatuses for encounters in the city while the time slowed by walking and waiting for public transport renders the city in unique ways.
Análisis de la atenuación en materiales didácticos de ELE de nivel B2 a la luz del PCIC
Authors: Negre Parra Alba
Published: May 2018

Partiendo del estudio teórico de la atenuación se ha llegado al análisis contrastivo de siete manuales de ELE. El principal objetivo ha sido el análisis de los manuales para determinar el tratamiento que le conciernen a la atenuación, así como su adaptación a las directrices del Plan Curricular del Instituto Cervantes. Se han extraído los resultados de los manuales para comparar el tratamiento que le dan según el enfoque didáctico que sigue el manual. Después, se ha comparado la presencia y/o ausencia de los mecanismos de atenuación según lo establecido por el PCIC. Una vez hecho el análisis y valorados los resultados, se ha llegado a la conclusión de que no existe el manual perfecto.
DIREITO FUNDAMENTAL À QUALIDADE DO AMBIENTE LABORAL E JUSTIÇA DO TRABALHO: UMA ABORDAGEM EMPÍRICA
Authors: De Faria Claudia Maria Petry , Hupffer Haide Maria , Teixeira Paulo José Zimermann
Published: June 2018

O presente estudo examina se os magistrados da Justiça do Trabalho em suas decisões percebem o meio ambiente do trabalho no seu contexto amplo e complexo. A metodologia utilizada é a análise de conteúdo com pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa. Foram examinados 968 pedidos de ações indenizatórias de trabalhadores do município de Novo Hamburgo/RS. Embora haja o reconhecimento da necessidade de prevenção pelo empregador, a Justiça do Trabalho ainda não se apropriou integralmente do meio ambiente laboral, na medida em que diversas decisões baseiam-se apenas no laudo pericial, não havendo referência de maneira expressa aos princípios da prevenção e da precaução. Observou-se que cada parte – trabalhador – empresa – observa a si individualmente, com pouca interação do outro. O Poder Judiciário, por sua vez, também analisa individualmente, sem a percepção do todo. É um círculo vicioso: o advogado não postula e o magistrado nada fala sobre o meio ambiente do trabalho, ou seja, o sistema interno da justiça do trabalho reproduz uma visão restrita do ambiente laboral.
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS: ENTRE AUTONOMIA E SOLIDARIEDADE
Authors: Teixeira Ana Carolina Brochado , Freire de Sá Maria de Fátima
Published: June 2018

O conceito de saúde na contemporaneidade pressupõe um bem estar físico, psíquico e social. A forma de vivência da saúde, portanto, é individual, na medida em que cada pessoa arquiteta sua vida segundo os próprios valores. Por isso, faz parte indelével da ideia de saúde a autonomia corporal, tanto para a vida, quanto para a morte. A autonomia no processo do morrer tornou-se um direito fundamental, porquanto a população tem envelhecido consideravelmente e as doenças também têm se instalado de forma permanente. Quando o médico conclui que não há mais meios de cura, é possível que a pessoa se valha de cuidados paliativos, que são uma forma de cuidar do doente terminal - e não da doença. Trata-se de medidas que visam alívio da dor, tratamento mais humanizado que englobe a família, que o doente possa ficar em casa ou no lugar onde se sentir mais seguro, de modo que ele participe ativamente do seu processo de morrer, inserido no âmbito da sua construção biográfica. Pode-se, então, renunciar a tratamentos heroicos que objetivam apenas prolongar a vida, sem qualquer qualidade. Defende-se, nesse artigo, que os cuidados paliativos são parte do direito fundamental à saúde, pois a vida é um direito e não um dever, sendo possível a escolha por uma morte mais natural e que projete de forma mais íntegra os desejos do paciente, calcados na sua autonomia.
Apresentação
Authors: Araujo José Carlos Souza , Inácio Filho Geraldo
Published: June 2018

Manuais escolares, mediações tecnológico-pedagógicas da Escola ModernaSchool textbooks, technological-pedagogical mediations of Modern SchoolManuales escolares, mediaciones tecnológico-pedagógicas de la Escuela ModernaManuali scolastici, mediazioni pedagogico-tecnologiche dela Scuola Moderna
Introduction to Jesuit Pedagogy in Colonial Brazil Humanist Education and the Ratio Studiorum/ Introdução à Pedagogia Jesuíta no Brasil Colonial. Educação Humanista e o Ratio Studiorum (Bilingual Edition)
Authors: Lorenz Karl
Published: June 2018

AbstractIn 1599 the Society of Jesus approved the Ratio atque Institutio Studiorum Societatis Iesu (Method and System of the Studies of the Society of Jesus). The document outlined policies and procedures on the administration, curriculum and teaching practices in its educational institutions in Europe and abroad. Part of the Ratio detailed a secondary program of studies in classical languages and literature. The subject of this study is the program of humane letters and the focus of the analysis is the professional behavior of the Jesuit teacher responsible for its implementation. This paper identifies the actions that a Brazilian Jesuit would have taken when teaching the humanities in a Brazilian college in the 17th and 18th centuries. His pedagogical actions and activities are inferred from the “Common Rules for the Teachers of the Lower Classes” of the Ratio Studiorum.Keywords: Society of Jesus. Ratio Studiorum. Curriculum. Teaching Practices.ResumoEm 1599 a Sociedade de Jesus aprovou o Ratio atque Institutio Studiorum Societatis Iesu ("Metodo e Sistema de Estudos da Companhia de Jesus”). O documento delineou as políticas, os procedimentos administrativos, os currículos e as práticas de ensino em suas instituições educacionais na Europa e no exterior. Uma parte da Ratio detalhou um programa de estudos das línguas e da literatura clássica. O objeto deste estudo é o programa das letras humanas e o foco da análise é o comportamento profissional do professor jesuíta responsável por sua implementação. Este trabalho identifica as ações que um jesuíta brasileiro teria demonstrado quando ensinando as humanidades em um colégio brasileiro nos séculos 17 e 18. Suas ações e atividades pedagógicas são inferidas das "Regras comuns para os professores das classes mais baixas" explicitadas no Ratio Studiorum.Palavras-chave: Companhia de Jesus. Ratio Studiorum. Currículos. Práticas de Ensino.ResumenEn 1599 la Compañía de Jesús aprobó el Ratio atque Institutio Studiorum Societatis Iesu ("Método y sistema de los estudios de la Compañía de Jesús"). El documento describe las políticas y procedimientos sobre la administración, el plan de estudios y las prácticas de enseñanza en sus instituciones educativas en Europa y en el extranjero. Parte del Ratio detalla un programa secundario de estudios en lenguajes clásicos y literatura. El tema de este trabajo es el programa de letras humanas y el enfoque del análisis es el comportamiento profesional del profesor jesuita responsable por su implementación. Este documento identifica las acciones que un profesor jesuita habría tomado al enseñar humanidades en un colegio brasileño en los siglos 17 y 18. Sus acciones y actividades pedagógicas se deducen de las "Reglas Comunes para los Profesores de las Clases Inferiores” del Ratio Studiorum.Palabras-clave: Compañia de Jesús. Ratio Studiorum. Plan de estudios. Prácicas de enseñanza.
Diálogos entre autor e professor: uma leitura da “Arithmetica Elucidativa” de Nelson Benjamim Monção
Authors: Dassie Bruno Alves
Published: June 2018

Atualmente diferentes orientações aos professores sobre o livro didático são elaboradas e publicadas separadamente sob a denominação de manual do professor. No entanto, antes da confecção desse impresso, na década de 1960, é possível encontrar ao longo do livro didático no Brasil orientações destinadas aos docentes. Nessa perspectiva, este artigo tem por objetivo analisar o livro Arithmetica Elucidativa, de Nelson Benjamim Monção, com primeira edição datada em 1923. Consideramos que este livro foi originalmente destinado aos professores, e posteriormente também aos alunos. Mesmo com essa ampliação do destinatário, a leitura dos elementos paratextuais nos leva a um conjunto de orientações de naturezas distintas, utilizadas como estratégias para a constituição de diálogos entre autor e professor.Palavras-chave: “Arithmetica Elucidativa”; livro didático; manual do professor Abstract Nowadays different guidelines are elaborated and offered to the teachers under the name of teacher’s manuals. Nevertheless, in Brazil, in the late 1960s, before the publication of these brochures, we find some guidance to the teacher in the so called textbooks. From this point of view, this paper seeks an analysis on the book Arithmetica Elucidativa, written by Nelson Benjamim Monção. The first edition dates from 1923. This book was originally dedicated to the teachers, but later also to the students. Even if the receiver group was broaden out, reading the paratextual elements shows a range of guidelines of different natures which were used as strategies for the establishment of a dialogue between the author and the teacher.Key-words: Arithmetica Elucidativa, textbooks, teacher’s manualsResumen Actualmente diferentes orientaciones acerca del libro didáctico son elaboradas para los maestros y publicadas de modo separado bajo la denominación de manual del maestro. Sin embargo, antes de la confección de este impreso, en la década de 1960, se puede hallar a lo largo del libro didáctico en Brasil orientaciones destinadas a los docentes. En esta perspectiva, este artículo tiene por meta analizar el libro Arithmetica Elucidativa, de Nelson Benjamin Monção. Su primera edición es de 1923. Consideramos que este libro fue en su origen destinado a los profesores y posteriormente también a los alumnos. Aunque haya una ampliación de destinatarios, la lectura de los elementos paratextuales llévanos a un conjunto de orientaciones de distintas naturalezas, que lo vemos como estrategias para la constitución de diálogos entre autor y maestro. Palabras claves: “Arithmetica Elucidativa”. Libro didáctico. Manual del maestroRecebido
Crowdfunding – the Interplay between Evolving Organization and Embedding Institutions
Authors: Lissowska Maria
Published: May 2018

This paper explains the functioning of economic crowdfunding (equity- and loan-based). One of the angles from which crowdfunding can be analysed is institutional economics. Namely, it can be studied as a case where the spontaneous evolution of contractual forms is difficult and the need for legislative intervention arises. The paper explains the divergence of interests and risks of three groups of agents involved (platforms, fundraisers and funders). The radical asymmetry of power, to the advantage of the platform, is inherent in this type of business.

The spontaneous development of strategies by the platforms (pricing and some non-price strategies relating to fundraisers) and recent developments in the direction of automatic decisions taken by the platform instead of funders, promotes the development of the crowdfunding business, but it does not ensure protection from risk of other parties. Still, the major source of risk for funders and partly also for fundraisers is the absence of liability of the platforms themselves. In these conditions, the spontaneous move towards the better alignment of the interests of parties seems unfeasible and external regulation is necessary.
Limit profiles and uniqueness of ground states to the nonlinear Choquard equations
Authors: Seok Jinmyoung
Published: May 2018

Consider nonlinear Choquard equations

{

-

Δ
⁢
u

+
u

=

(

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|

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)

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,

\left\{\begin{aligned} \displaystyle-\Delta u+u&\displaystyle=(I_{\alpha}*%
\lvert u\rvert^{p})\lvert u\rvert^{p-2}u&&\displaystyle\phantom{}\text{in }%
\mathbb{R}^{N},\\
\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}u(x)&\displaystyle=0,\end{aligned}\right.

where

I
α

{I_{\alpha}}

denotes the Riesz potential and

α
∈

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0
,
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{\alpha\in(0,N)}

.
In this paper, we investigate limit profiles of ground states of nonlinear Choquard equations as

α
→
0

{\alpha\to 0}

or

α
→
N

{\alpha\to N}

.
This leads to the uniqueness and nondegeneracy of ground states when α is sufficiently close to 0 or close to N.
Computational methods and traveling wave solutions for the fourth-order nonlinear Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur water wave dynamical equation via two methods and its applications
Authors: Ali Asghar , Seadawy Aly R. , Lu Dianchen
Published: May 2018

The aim of this article is to construct some new traveling wave solutions and investigate localized structures for fourth-order nonlinear Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur (AKNS) water wave dynamical equation. The simple equation method (SEM) and the modified simple equation method (MSEM) are applied in this paper to construct the analytical traveling wave solutions of AKNS equation. The different waves solutions are derived by assigning special values to the parameters. The obtained results have their importance in the field of physics and other areas of applied sciences. All the solutions are also graphically represented. The constructed results are often helpful for studying several new localized structures and the waves interaction in the high-dimensional models.
Equidistance returns
Authors: Longenbaugh Nicholas , Polinsky Maria
Published: May 2018

Modern generative linguistic theory furnishes a variety of general principles that appear to be at work in the grammar of all the world’s languages. One of the most basic and uncontroversial of these principles is that Agree/Move operates according to the constraint Attract Closest, which dictates that the closest suitable goal must be the target for the relevant operation (Rizzi 1990; Chomsky 1995, 2000; Richards 1998).

The Polynesian language Niuean (Tongic subgroup, predicate initial word order, ergative-absolutive case system) presents a well known challenge to the universality of {Attract Closest}. The challenge manifests in a variety of distinct constructions in Niuean, but the best known case involves an operation first documented by Seiter (1980), which he terms “raising.” Specifically, Niuean raising appears to license an A-type dependency between the subject position of the matrix clause and the object position of an immediately embedded clause. This is illustrated in (1), where the semantic object of the embedded subjunctive clause, Sione, appears as the syntactic subject of the matrix predicate maeke.

(1)

To
maeke
a
Sione$_{1}$
[ke
lagomatai
he
ekekafo
$t_{1}$].

fut
possible
abs
Sione
sbj
help
erg
doctor

‘It’s possible the doctor can help Sione.’ (lit.: Sione is possible that the doctor help [him])

Granting that the filler-gap dependency in (1) is A-type, this is both a clear violation of {Attract closest} (Rizzi 1992; Chomsky 1995; Richards 1998) and a typological anomaly.

Our aim in this paper is to argue that such apparent violations of {Attract Closest} are only that. Specifically, we show first that the challenge inherent in Seiter’s raising construction is pervasive throughout the language: in general, objects are accessible to syntactic operations even if the intervening clause-mate subject is also a licit target. In other words, Niuean clause-mate subjects and objects are equally accessible to syntactic operations. Then, we argue that this typologically uncommon equal-accessibility follows from the convergence of several otherwise independently attested operations: (i) a configurational system of case licensing, with a $v$P as the case computation domain; (ii) obligatory object shift to Spec($v$P); (iii) an EPP on T triggering V/VP-raising rather than DP externalization. The resulting basic clause structure is then as below, so that Niuean adheres to standard locality constraints.

(2)
When Local Class Unionism Meets International Solidarity: A Case of Union Revitalisation in Turkey
Authors: Birelma Alpkan
Published: May 2018

The article concerns the recent transformation and ensuing successes of a Turkish trade union of road transport workers called Tüm Taşıma İşçileri Sendikası (TÜMTİS). In the mid-2000s, TÜMTİS was mainly organised in small-sized freight companies having around 1 500 members with collective contracts. The strategic choice of a new leadership to concentrate on a large-scale, international firm with the support of Global Unions was the turning point. The ensuing United Parcel Service campaign ended with a collective agreement for nearly 2 700 new members in 2011. The union won its second large-scale organising victory at DHL in 2014. At the time of writing, a third large-scale firm is on the verge of recognition. To scrutinise this case, I use the power resources approach in a critical way. To the approach, I add an examination of the subjectivities of union leaders by drawing on the debates about different types of unionisms, importance of the ideology and motivations. I argue that the agency behind this revitalisation can be only explained by taking both its objectivities and subjectivities into account. While the class unionism embraced by TÜMTİS leaders explains the subjective side of the story, associational power from below and its meeting with international solidarity play the key role on the objective side.
The Ambivalence of Structural Power: Alternative Trade Unions Challenging Transnational Automotive Companies in Russia
Authors: Hinz Sarah
Published: May 2018

Russia’s traditional system of employment relations was marked by an overt quiescence about past decades. From 2000 onwards, increasing numbers of transnational companies throughout Russia’s booming regions gave rise to the unfolding of an alternative union movement. In Kaluga, located south-west of Moscow, plant organisations successfully struggled to receive formal recognition as negotiating unions in foreign automobile firms, not shying away from open conflict. However, processes indicate their prospects for lasting consolidation go along with certain difficulties. Successes achieved are ostensibly the result of utilising workers’ strong primary bargaining power. The unions’ sole local focus of conflict, as well as the absence of employers’ associations, prevent negotiations for sectoral or regional agreements, possibly impairing unions’ associational power. Since societal power is practically absent, a substantial shift in power balances is not yet in sight.
Minimal Detectable Change in Dual-Task Cost for Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment
Authors: Venema Dawn M. , Hansen Haley , High Robin , Goetsch Troy , Siu Ka-Chun
Published: June 2018

Background and Purpose:

Dual-task (DT) training has become a common intervention for older adults with balance and mobility limitations. Minimal detectable change (MDC) of an outcome measure is used to distinguish true change from measurement error. Few studies reporting on reliability of DT outcomes have reported MDCs. In addition, there has been limited methodological DT research on persons with cognitive impairment (CI), who have relatively more difficulty with DTs than persons without CI. The purpose of this study was to describe test-retest reliability and MDC for dual-task cost (DTC) in older adults with and without CI and for DTs of varying difficulty.

Methods:

Fifty participants 65 years and older attended 2 test sessions within 7 to 19 days. Participants were in a high cognitive group (n = 27) with a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score of 26 or more, or a low cognitive group (n = 23) with a MoCA score of less than 26. During both sessions, we used a pressure-sensing walkway to collect gait data from participants. We calculated motor DTC (the percent decline in motor performance under DT relative to single-task conditions) for 4 DTs: the Timed Up and Go (TUG) while counting forward by ones (TUG1) and counting backward by threes (TUG3); and self-selected walking speed (SSWS) with the same secondary tasks (SSWS1 and SSWS3). Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and MDCs were calculated for DTC for the time to complete the TUG and spatiotemporal gait variables during SSWS. A 3-way analysis of variance was used to compare differences in mean DTC between groups, tasks, and sessions.

Results and Discussion:

ICCs varied across groups and tasks, ranging from 0.02 to 0.76. MDCs were larger for individuals with low cognition and for DTs involving counting backward by threes. For example, the largest MDC was 503.1% for stride width during SSWS3 for individuals with low cognition, and the smallest MDC was 5.6% for cadence during SSWS1 for individuals with high cognition. Individuals with low cognition demonstrated greater DTC than individuals with high cognition. SSWS3 and TUG3 resulted in greater DTC than SSWS1 and TUG1. There were no differences in DTC between sessions for any variable.

Conclusions:

Our study provides MDCs for DTC that physical therapists may use to assess change in older adults who engage in DT training. Persons with low cognition who are receiving DT training must exhibit greater change in DTC before one can be confident the change is real. Also, greater change must be observed for more challenging DTs. Thus, cognitive level and task difficulty should be considered when measuring change with DT training.
Neurodynamic Evidence Supports a Forced-Excursion Model of Decision-Making under Speed/Accuracy Instructions
Authors: Spieser Laure , Kohl Carmen , Forster Bettina , Bestmann Sven , Yarrow Kielan
Published: June 2018

Evolutionary pressures suggest that choices should be optimized to maximize rewards, by appropriately trading speed for accuracy. This speed-accuracy tradeoff (SAT) is commonly explained by variation in just the baseline-to-boundary distance, i.e., the excursion, of accumulation-to-bound models of perceptual decision-making. However, neural evidence is not consistent with this explanation. A compelling account of speeded choice should explain both overt behavior and the full range of associated brain signatures. Here, we reconcile seemingly contradictory behavioral and neural findings. In two variants of the same experiment, we triangulated upon the neural underpinnings of the SAT in the human brain using both EEG and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We found that distinct neural signals, namely the event-related potential (ERP) centroparietal positivity (CPP) and a smoothed motor-evoked potential (MEP) signal, which have both previously been shown to relate to decision-related accumulation, revealed qualitatively similar average neurodynamic profiles with only subtle differences between SAT conditions. These signals were then modelled from behavior by either incorporating traditional boundary variation or utilizing a forced excursion. These model variants are mathematically equivalent, in terms of their behavioral predictions, hence providing identical fits to correct and erroneous reaction time distributions. However, the forced-excursion version instantiates SAT via a more global change in parameters and implied neural activity, a process conceptually akin to, but mathematically distinct from, urgency. This variant better captured both ERP and MEP neural profiles, suggesting that the SAT may be implemented via neural gain modulation, and reconciling standard modelling approaches with human neural data.
“I Was Never Afraid,” An Interview with Lucrecia Martel
Authors: Gemünden Gerd , Spitta Silvia
Published: June 2018

Lucrecia Martel's Zama (2017), set on the outer colonial frontiers of the Spanish Empire during the last decade of the eighteenth century, pushes traditional notions of a colonial adventure tale to its parodic limits. Martel's deliberate use of layered auditory and visual clues, including off-screen space and decentered compositions, creates a state of confusion that reproduces in viewers the anguish and incomprehension that plague her protagonist. Lucrecia Martel's Zama joins a small but impressive selection of recent Latin American films that challenge and often parody established ways of telling the colonial past, including the Brazilian films Joaquim (Marcelo Gomez, 2017) and Vazante (Daniela Thomas, 2017); Niles Attalah's Rey/King (Chile, 2017), and Jauja by Martel's compatriot Lisandro Alonso (2014). Martel's style makes the past entirely her own. Martel answers questions from the authors at length in this article.
NFATc3 deficiency reduces the classical activation of adipose tissue macrophages
Authors: Hu Li , He Fengli , Huang Meifeng , Peng Meihua , Zhou Zhiguang , Liu Feng , Dai Yan-Shan
Published: June 2018

Nuclear factors of activated T cells (NFAT) c3 have a prominent role in the regulation of proinflammatory factors in immune cells. The classically activated M1 macrophages are key players in the initiation and maintenance of adipose tissue (AT) inflammation. The role of NFATc3 in obesity and AT inflammation is unknown. We set out to determine how deficiency of NFATc3 effected macrophage polarization, inflammation and insulin resistance in visceral AT of high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice. Nfatc3−/− and WT mice were fed a HFD for 8–17 weeks. Epididymal white AT (eWAT) F4/80(+) cells were characterized by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and quantitative RT-PCR. Results showed that Nfatc3−/− mice developed HFD-induced obesity similar to WT mice, but insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance were improved, and liver fat accumulation was reduced in Nfatc3−/− mice compared to WT control mice. Moreover, M1 macrophage content and proinflammatory factors were reduced, whereas the alternatively activated M2 macrophage content was increased in eWAT of HFD-fed Nfatc3−/− mice compared to that of WT mice. In addition, eWAT insulin signaling was improved in HFD-fed Nfatc3−/− mice. Importantly, after bone-marrow-derived macrophages had been isolated from Nfatc3−/− mice and cultured in vitro, treatment of these cells with interferon-γ and lipopolysaccharide resulted in reduction of M1 inflammatory markers, suggesting that NFATc3 promoted M1 polarization by a cell-autonomous mechanism. The results demonstrated that NFATc3 played an important role in M1 macrophage polarization, AT inflammation and insulin resistance in response to obesity through transcriptional activation of proinflammatory genes.
Amino Acid and Fatty Acid Compositions of Sea Cucumber Stichopus Vastus from Salemo Island Waters, Indonesia
Authors: Rasyid Abdullah
Published: May 2018

Coastal waters of Indonesia have considerable biodiversity of sea cucumbers. In the present study the amino acid and fatty acid contents in sea cucumber Stichopus vastus collected from Salemo Island waters Indonesia were determined. Results showed that all essential and non-essential amino acids were found in S. vastus. The major essential amino acid content was arginine (28651.62 mg/Kg). Whereas the major non-essential amino acid content was glycine (60907.24 mg/Kg). The total fatty acids were determined in which finding suggested that saturated fatty acid was more than polyunsaturated fatty acid and monounsaturated fatty acid. The higher saturated fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acid and monounsaturated fatty acid were palmitic acid (0.07%), arachidonic acid (0.13%) and palmitoleic acid (0.03%) respectively.
The troublesome guidance towards academic literacy.
Authors: Greek Marit , Jonsmoen Kari Mari
Published: May 2018

According to research findings, students having graduated from upper secondary school, ought to be sufficiently prepared for meeting the demands of higher education, and for further developing their textual competences within the discipline specific contexts. Nevertheless, according to lecturers and librarians in higher education, students are still in need of guidance in their textual work. The question is what the students need and who are qualified for guiding the students. The overall goal is to promote a meaningful writing process, when assisting the students towards the planned academic learning outcome.  The article discusses «Writing courses» as a phenomenon, in light of writing theory and literacy research. According to international research findings, writing in higher education is part of a disciplinary discourse, and disciplinary literacy skills are essential for building textual competences within a specific disciplinary community. Thus the essential factors in guiding students in their writing process, are genre conventions, text organization and argumentation. However, the students also need guidance in searching relevant literature as well as dealing with sources in a correct manner. The article emphasizes the significance of textual knowledge when guiding the students in higher education. However, librarians and lecturers possess different knowledge, and are part of different disciplinary discourses. There is therefore a need for debating what guidance in writing is to be, and how lecturers and librarians can complement each other and together offer constructive and relevant guidance.
Fútbol televisado: una experiencia enriquecida a través del uso de segundas pantallas
Authors: Delima-Ruiz Sergio David , Gutiérrez-Coba Liliana María
Published: June 2018

En Colombia el fútbol televisado es uno de los eventos mayormente consumidos, pero los aficionados ya no solo ven el juego a través de la TV sino que también opinan y participan del encuentro a través de sus pantallas móviles. Este estudio busca conocer las motivaciones y gratificaciones que llevan a este nuevo tipo de comportamiento de consumo. Para esto se realizaron encuestas a 384 hinchas que consumen FPC-TV y que utilizan una segunda pantalla al tiempo, complementadas con entrevistas en profundidad. La actividad más realizada es comentar por redes sociales, la cual está relacionada principalmente con la necesidad de compartir con otros y de mejorar conocimientos sobre fútbol. El principal beneficio percibido al utilizar la segunda pantalla es estar actualizado, seguido por la gratificación de obtener humor o risa. Los hallazgos dan ideas sobre cómo las empresas que pautan en las transmisiones de fútbol podrían generar contenidos en segundas pantallas para enganchar mejor a los aficionados al fútbol.
Mediating towards digital inclusion: the monitors of internet access places
Authors: Aires Luísa , Santos Rita , De la Guardia José Javier Romero Díaz , Lima Catarina , Correia Joana
Published: June 2018

Local dynamics play a key role in individual and collective empowerment for digital literacy and citizenship. This paper presents the results and reflections from a broader investigation into the public Internet access places in Portugal in the inland municipalities of the country's coast, undertaken by ObLID Network. Specifically, we intend to reflect on the actual mission of these places and reveal the actual profile, activities and training needs of their monitors and coordinators. In the first stage of the empirical study, several documents available on the Internet Spaces Network are analyzed. In the second stage, a questionnaire was applied to monitors and coordinators of the Internet access places, in seventeen Portuguese municipalities. The research results warn of the need to redefine and clarify the social and educational value of Internet spaces, indicating that the dominant activities of monitors in the Internet access places do not induce the foster of literacy and digital inclusion of the most vulnerable groups. In this context, actions are proposed that can contribute to improving the mission of Internet places, as well as the training quality of their monitors and coordinators. Internet Access Spaces, made available by municipalities, should be used to promote digital literacy programs, for individuals and groups.
Estabilidad política, terrorismo y medios de comunicación. Un análisis de la incidencia de percepciones mediáticas en el turismo receptivo
Authors: Torres-Toukoumidis Angel , Romero-Rodríguez Luis , Pérez-Rodríguez Amor , Aguaded Ignacio
Published: June 2018

La presente investigación analiza la relación entre atentados terroristas, inestabilidad política y el discurso de los medios de comunicación y de agencias internacionales de noticias sobre el turismo receptivo, tomando como referencia países que presentaron diversas situaciones de conmoción interna entre 2012 y 2015: Egipto, Túnez, Venezuela y España. Para ello, se combinaron metodologías cuantitativas a partir de datos oficiales de organismos internacionales con el análisis del discurso periodístico de 4 agencias de noticias y 4 medios internacionales a través del uso de la herramienta informática MAXQDA (v. 11.0.11). Los resultados demuestran que la información transmitida por los medios y agencias internacionales sobre los atentados terroristas tienen mayor efecto sobre el turismo que aquellas referidas a la inestabilidad política.
“ANKARA ÇEVRESİ”NİN “ÖTEKİLEŞTİRİLME” SÜRECİ VE DİL-TARİH TASFİYESİ’NİN İDEOLOJİK-DÜŞÜNSEL ARKA PLANI
Authors: VURAL Mithat Kadri
Published: June 2018

İkinci Dünya Savaşı yıllarında eğitimlerini Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ve
Almanya’da yapmış olan Pertev Naili Boratav, Niyazi Berkes, Behice Boran,
Muzaffer Şerif Başoğlu ve Mediha Berkes 1940’lı yılların başında Dil, Tarih ve
Coğrafya Fakültesi’nde yeni bir akademik çevre meydana getirdi. “Yurt ve Dünya”
ile “Adımlar” dergileri Ankara’da oluşturulan bu akademik çevre tarafından
çıkarıldı. Türkiye’de içinde aydınlardan yazarlara, askeri-sivil bürokratlardan
siyasetçilere kadar geniş bir kesim tarafından Hitler ve Nazi Almanya’sına
sempati beslenen bir iklimde; ırkçılık, faşizm ve Almanya karşıtlığını açıkça
ortaya koyan, evrensel değerleri, barışı, eşitliği ve bilimi savunan Ankara çevresi,
Türkçü-Turancı unsurlar tarafından hedef haline getirilerek “solcu ve komünist”
olmakla suçlandı. Sonuçta Dil-Tarih tasfiyesiyle, hocalar önce üniversiteden
sonra da ülkeden uzaklaştırıldı.

Türkiye’de bu konuda yapılan çalışmalar genellikle Dil-Tarih tasfiyesi
üzerine yoğunlaşmış, tasfiyeye yol açan süreç gözden kaçırılmıştır. Bu çalışma
Dil-Tarih tasfiyesinin başlangıcını, Yurt ve Dünya dergisinin yayın hayatına
başlaması olarak gören bir yaklaşımdan hareketle, Türkçü-Turancı yayın
organları ile “Ankara çevresi” arasındaki siyasi ve ideolojik tartışmalara
odaklanmıştır. Böylece bir yandan savaş yıllarında “sağ-sol” kavramlarını
düşünsel yoldan tarif etmeyi diğer yandan ise Ankara çevresinin “sol ve
komünist” olarak etiketlenmesinin nedenlerini ortaya
koymayı amaçlamaktadır.
TDK’nin Yazım Kılavuzu’ndaki Noktalama İşaretleri Hakkında Bir İnceleme ve Tespit Edilen Problemler için Öneriler
Authors: Sülükçü Yusuf
Published: June 2018

Çalışmamızda
TDK’nin Yazım Kılavuzu, noktalama işaretleri yazılı anlatımda noktalama
işaretleriyle ilgili ortaya çıkan çeşitli problemler açısından incelenmiştir.
Yazım Kılavuzu’nun incelenmesi sonucunda 16 başlıklı “Noktalama İşaretleri”
bölümündeki bütün noktalama işaretleri tek tek ele alınmış; 26 problemli madde
veya uyarı tespit edilmiştir. Tespit edilen problemler için gerekli açıklamalar
yapıldıktan sonra problemin nasıl düzeltilebileceği konusunda öneriler
sunulmuştur. Ayrıca Kılavuz’a eklenmek üzere 3 tane de yeni teklif eklenmiştir.
Elde edilen, sonuç bölümünde bulgular bir tablo hâlinde verilmiştir. Yazım
Kılavuzu’ndaki en sorunlu konu, 6 problemle “virgül”dür. “Eğik Çizgi” ile
ilgili 4 problemin tespit edilmesi ilginç bulunmuştur. Aslında tespit edilen
problemlerin önemli bir kısmını, maddelerin ve uyarıların yeterince açık ve
anlaşılır şekilde yazılmaması oluşturmaktadır. Diğer problemlerin çoğunu ise
maddelerin ve uyarıların birbirleriyle çelişmesi meydana getirmiştir. Kılavuzda
tespit edilen bir diğer problem, maddelerin genellikle sadece bilgilendirici
yazı türünü esas alarak meydana getirilmiş olduğu hissini vermesidir. Çünkü
maddeler ve uyarılar çok kuralcı ve kesin hüküm verici tarzda yazılmıştır. Bu,
resmî yazışmalar ve bilgilendirici metinler için uygun olsa da özellikle post
modern edebiyatın temel kuralının “kuralsızlık” olduğu göz önüne alındığında
edebî eserler için uygun değildir.

Yukarıdaki
tespitlerden yola çıkarak Kılavuz’da, kuralların edebî eserleri de kapsayacak
şekilde ele alınması, diğer madde ve uyarılarda da emredici bir üslup yerine
daha yumuşak bir üslup kullanılması teklif edilmiştir.
XIX. YÜZYIL PAUL ve VIRGINIE ÇEVİRİLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR KARŞILAŞTIRMA
Authors: Bay Gülveren Özlem
Published: June 2018

19. yüzyıl Türk edebiyatında ilk çeviri faaliyetleri
genellikle toplumu aydınlatmak ve geliştirmek adına, Tanzimat edebiyatının
felsefesine de uygun olarak, didaktik eserler üzerinde yoğunlaşmıştır. Amaç
fayda sağlamak olunca, çevirmenler de “açıklama”, “uzun uzun betimleme” ya da
anlaşılmayacak olanı tamamen yok sayarak “özetleme” yoluna gitmişlerdir.
Uygulanan çeviri yöntemi ne olursa olsun asıl metinde yer alan kültürel
unsurlar söz konusu olduğunda, hemen her çeviride bunların dönüştürülmeye
çalışıldığı ya da tamamen yok sayılıp çevrilmediği görülür. Başka bir ifadeyle,
kültürel unsurların erek dile aktarımında, dönemin çevirmenlerinin
benimsedikleri yöntemler yetersiz kalmıştır. Yukarıdaki tespitlerden hareketle
bu çalışmada, Paul et Virginie adlı
eserin farklı yöntemlerle oluşturulan iki çevirisi karşılaştırmalı olarak
incelenecektir. Amaç bu dönemde tam ve ortak bir çeviri görüşünün varlığından
söz edilip edilemeyeceğini örnekler üzerinden tespit etmek dahası, kullanılan
çeviri yöntemlerinin asıl metnin sanatsal değerine olumlu-olumsuz etkilerini
ortaya koymaya çalışmaktır. Bu inceleme 19. yüzyıl çeviri anlayışına
dayandırılacağı için, incelenecek olan eserin 1900’den sonraki çevirileri
çalışma dışı bırakılmıştır. Öncelikle eserin yazıldığı devir içinde yarattığı
etki Fransız ve Türk edebiyatı çerçevesinde değerlendirilecek, sonra ise çeviri
metinler bir inceleme tablosunda yan yana getirilerek, sözcük, cümle ve anlam
temelinde karşılaştırılacaktır. Karşılaştırılacak metin parçaları-çalışmanın
hacmini sınırlandırabilmek adına- eserin başından, ortasından ve sonundan
seçilmiştir.
Modeling Trajectory-level Behaviors using Time Varying Pedestrian Movement Dynamics
Authors: Bera Aniket , Kim Sujeong , Manocha Dinesh
Published: June 2018

We present a novel interactive multi-agent simulation algorithm to model pedestrian movement dynamics. We use statistical techniques to compute the movement patterns and motion dynamics from 2D trajectories extracted from crowd videos. Our formulation extracts the dynamic behavior features of real-world agents and uses them to learn movement characteristics on the fly. The learned behaviors are used to generate plausible trajectories of virtual agents as well as for long-term pedestrian trajectory prediction. Our approach can be integrated with any trajectory extraction method, including manual tracking, sensors, and online tracking methods. We highlight the benefits of our approach on many indoor and outdoor scenarios with noisy, sparsely sampled trajectory in terms of trajectory prediction and data-driven pedestrian simulation.
“Ruben”, uma parábola para os nossos tempos
Authors: Rozenchan Nancy
Published: June 2018

Quando uma parábola traz detalhes exagerados e animais falantes, às vezes, é reconhecida como um apólogo. Enquanto temas e justificativas para parábolas/apólogos são praticamente imutáveis há séculos, formas e artifícios para abordá-los tendem a se multiplicar e a valer-se de inovações, como se pode averiguar no conto “Ruben”, de Shelly Oria e Nelly Reifler, que é para onde a narrativa se derrama após extrapolar os limites de narrativa moral. A complexidade resultante dos jogos de temas, personagens, papéis justifica explorar as várias categorias de enigmas que acabam por dar forma a esse relato.
Sob o signo do mal: os mitos sobre os judeus na imprensa periódica e na ficção do século XIX
Authors: Sanches Rafaela Mendes Mano
Published: June 2018

Este artigo analisa as representações dos judeu nas páginas da imprensa fluminense em meados do século XIX a partir da imagem histórica dos israelitas como povo errante e marginal, cuja condição de apátrida oferece um desafio aos ideais identitários da nação. Consonante ao discurso antissemita de longa tradição na literatura do Ocidente, as manifestações artísticas e literárias em repercussão nos jornais ajudam a configurar os estereótipos que cerceiam o imaginário sobre os hebreus, dentre as quais se destacam o romance-folhetim O judeu errante (1844), de Eugène Sue, e o romance histórico As minas de prata (1865), de José de Alencar, obras de considerável circulação e expressão junto à imprensa fluminense e aos letrados da época. Propomos investigar o referencial crítico sobre o judeu que não se faz representar apenas pela tradição literária, mas também pelas discussões que alimentavam o momento de sua produção e que constituem chaves de leituras para interpretar os possíveis sentidos da temática judaica.
Several commemts on a Genizah fragment of Bavli Eruvin 56a-b, 57a
Authors: Zur Uri
Published: June 2018

The article refers to a Cairo Genizah fragment related to Bavli, Eruvin tractate 54a, identified as Cambridge, UL T-S F1 (1) 85. FGP Nº C 96542. The article begins with a description of the Genizah fragment, and presents the text of the printed version and finally, reference is made to the content of the fragment and several comments are brought in an effort to characterize the fragment. A reproduction of the fragment presented at the end of the article.
A Bird of the Heaven Will Carry Your Voice (Ecclesiastes 10:20): The Wisdom of Tiarin
Authors: Shemesh Abraham Ofir
Published: June 2018

The current study discusses the interpretation of the Midrash to Ecclesiastes 10:20: "for a bird of the heaven will carry your voice". The Midrash stresses that Ecclesiastes refers to receiving unknown information from birds. The foundation of the Midrash is that in ancient times people believed that hidden information is transferred from birds to humans through observation of their flight or listening to their cries.
Fulgor do nada
Authors: Schechtman Alfredo
Published: June 2018

Fulgor do nada
Classe
Authors: Hubner Michel Yakov
Published: June 2018

Classe