bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Outros zoos: afetividade e poética dos animais de "Ave, palavra"
Authors: Borysow Vitor Da Costa
Published: December 2016

O artigo analisa imagens de animais em cinco textos de João Guimarães Rosa publicados em Ave, palavra. Nesses textos, intitulados “Zoo”, Rosa deixa de lado a fauna sertaneja, tão característica de suas obras, e descreve animais de zoológicos e jardins públicos do Brasil e da Europa. São elencadas as similaridades e diferenças entre os contos, apontados os diversos recursos linguísticos explorados por Rosa na elaboração dessas poéticas imagens zoológicas.
Sob os quadros da casa verde: uma entrevista com Fábio Moon
Authors: Costa Lucas Piter Alves , Lopes Elisa Cristina
Published: December 2016

Um dos quadrinistas que adaptou para o formato graphic novel obras como O alienista, Fábio Moon discute temas como a relação entre os clássicos literários e os quadrinhos, aspectos ténicos e estéticos levados em conta na passagem de uma linguagem a outra e o preconceito de alguns setores da crítica quanto a esta atividade. Palavras-chave:História em quadrinhos; O alienista; clássicos literários; adaptação.
Reflexões acerca da escrita na atualidade
Authors: Tommaso Mario , Moura Edilson Dias
Published: December 2016

Ensaio.
Lapita (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) from Fiji and Vanuatu
Authors: Bickel Daniel J.
Published: December 2016

Lapita Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae), previously known only from New Caledonia, is newly described from Fiji and nearby Pacific archipelagoes, and includes 21 species in four species groups. The vakalevu group comprises four new species, Lapita vakalevu from Fiji and Tonga, and L. morleyi, L. savura and L. tavuki, all from Fiji. The tuimerekei group comprises two new Fijian species, L. batiqere and L. tuimerekei. The paradoxa group comprises two new species from Viti Levu, Fiji, L. paradoxa and L. maafusalatu. The denticauda group includes 13 species, L. greenwoodi (Bezzi), comb. n., from Viti Levu, L. sanma, a new species from Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo), and eleven additional new species, all from Fiji: L. adusta, L. macuata, L. coloisuva, L. delaco, L. timocii, L. bicolor, L. veilaselase, L. kuitarua, L. denticauda, L. sarnati, and L. vatudiri. Most Lapita species are known only from single or adjacent sites, suggesting a high level of local endemicity. As demonstrated elsewhere for the Sciapodinae, there is a strong connection between Fiji and Vanuatu, with species groups shared between the two archipelagoes. Biogeographical processes to account for the distribution of Lapita on Fiji and New Caledonia are discussed.
Clinical features and short-term outcomes of cancer patients with suspected and unsuspected pulmonary embolism: the EPIPHANY study
Authors: Font Carme , Carmona-Bayonas Alberto , Beato Carmen , Reig Òscar , Sáez Antonia , Jiménez-Fonseca Paula , Plasencia Juana M. , Calvo-Temprano David , Sanchez Marcelo , Benegas Mariana , Biosca Mercedes , Varona Diego , Vicente Maria Angeles , Faez Laura , Solís Maria del Pilar , de la Haba Irma , Antonio Maite , Madridano Olga , Castañon Eduardo , Martinez María Jose , Marchena Pablo , Ramchandani Avinash , Dominguez Angel , Puerta Alejandro , Martinez de la Haza David , Pueyo Jesus , Hernandez Susana , Fernandez-Plaza Angela , Martinez-Encarnacion Lourdes , Martin Mar , Marin Gema , Ayala Francisco , Vicente Vicente , Otero Remedios
Published: December 2016

The study aimed to identify predictors of overall 30-day mortality in cancer patients with pulmonary embolism including suspected pulmonary embolism (SPE) and unsuspected pulmonary embolism (UPE) events. Secondary outcomes included 30- and 90-day major bleeding and venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence.

The study cohort included 1033 consecutive patients with pulmonary embolism from the multicentre observational ambispective EPIPHANY study (March 2006–October 2014). A subgroup of 497 patients prospectively assessed for the study were subclassified into three work-up scenarios (SPE, truly asymptomatic UPE and UPE with symptoms) to assess outcomes.

The overall 30-day mortality rate was 14%. The following variables were associated with the overall 30-day mortality on multivariate analysis: VTE history, upper gastrointestinal cancers, metastatic disease, cancer progression, performance status, arterial hypotension <100 mmHg, heart rate >110 beats·min−1, basal oxygen saturation <90% and SPE (versusoverall UPE).

The overall 30-day mortality was significantly lower in patients with truly asymptomatic UPE events (3%) compared with those with UPE-S (20%) and SPE (21%) (p<0.0001). Thirty- and 90-day VTE recurrence and major bleeding rates were similar in all the groups.

In conclusion, variables associated with the severity of cancer and pulmonary embolism were associated with short-term mortality. Our findings may help to develop pulmonary embolism risk-assessment models in this setting.
Management of stage I and II nonsmall cell lung cancer
Authors: McDonald Fiona , De Waele Michèle , Hendriks Lizza E. L. , Faivre-Finn Corinne , Dingemans Anne-Marie C. , Van Schil Paul E.
Published: December 2016

The incidence of stage I and II nonsmall cell lung cancer is likely to increase with the ageing population and introduction of screening for high-risk individuals. Optimal management requires multidisciplinary collaboration. Local treatments include surgery and radiotherapy and these are currently combined with (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy in specific cases to improve long-term outcome. Targeted therapies and immunotherapy may also become important therapeutic modalities in this patient group. For resectable disease in patients with low cardiopulmonary risk, complete surgical resection with lobectomy remains the gold standard. Minimally invasive techniques, conservative and sublobar resections are suitable for a subset of patients. Data are emerging that radiotherapy, especially stereotactic body radiation therapy, is a valid alternative in compromised patients who are high-risk candidates for surgery. Whether this is also true for good surgical candidates remains to be evaluated in randomised trials. In specific subgroups adjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to prolong survival; however, patient selection remains important. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy may yield similar results as adjuvant chemotherapy. The role of targeted therapies and immunotherapy in early stage nonsmall cell lung cancer has not yet been determined and results of randomised trials are awaited.
Hypoxia and sterile inflammation in cystic fibrosis airways: mechanisms and potential therapies
Authors: Montgomery Samuel T. , Mall Marcus A. , Kicic Anthony , Stick Stephen M.
Published: December 2016

Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common autosomal recessive genetic diseases in Caucasian populations. Diagnosisvianewborn screening and targeted nutritional and antibiotic therapy have improved outcomes, however respiratory failure remains the key cause of morbidity and mortality. Progressive respiratory disease in cystic fibrosis is characterised by chronic neutrophilic airway inflammation associated with structural airway damage leading to bronchiectasis and decreased lung function. Mucus obstruction is a characteristic early abnormality in the cystic fibrosis airway, associated with neutrophilic inflammation often in the absence of detectable infection. Recent studies have suggested a link between hypoxic cell death and sterile neutrophilic inflammation in cystic fibrosis and other diseasesviathe IL-1 signalling pathway. In this review, we consider recent evidence regarding the cellular responses to respiratory hypoxia as a potential driver of sterile neutrophilic inflammation in the lung, current knowledge on hypoxia as a pathogenic mechanism in cystic fibrosis and the potential for current and future therapies to alleviate hypoxia-driven sterile inflammation.
Meningeal retinoic acid contributes to neocortical lamination and radial migration during mouse brain development
Authors: Haushalter Carole , Schuhbaur Brigitte , Dollé Pascal , Rhinn Muriel
Published: December 2016

Retinoic acid (RA) is a diffusible molecule involved in early forebrain patterning. Its later production in the meninges by the retinaldehyde dehydrogenase RALDH2 coincides with the time of cortical neuron generation. A function of RA in this process has not been adressed directly as Raldh2−/− mouse mutants are embryonic lethal. Here we used a conditional genetic strategy to inactivate Raldh2 just prior to its onset of expression in the developing meninges. This inactivation does not affect the formation of the cortical progenitor populations, their rate of division, or timing of differentiation. However, migration of late-born cortical neurons is delayed, with neurons stalling in the intermediate zone and exhibiting an abnormal multipolar morphology. This suggests that RA controls the multipolar-to-bipolar transition which occurs in the intermediate zone and allows neurons to start locomotion in the cortical plate. Our work also shows a role for RA in cortical lamination, as deep layers are expanded and a subset of layer IV neurons are not formed in the Raldh2-ablated mutants. These data demonstrate that meninges are a source of extrinsic signals important for cortical development.
Enhancing NAD+ salvage metabolism is neuroprotective in a PINK1 model of Parkinson's disease
Authors: Lehmann Susann , Loh Samantha H. Y. , Martins L. Miguel
Published: December 2016

Familial forms of Parkinson's disease (PD) caused by mutations in PINK1 are linked to mitochondrial impairment. Defective mitochondria are also found in Drosophila models of PD with pink1 mutations. The co-enzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is essential for both generating energy in mitochondria and nuclear DNA repair through NAD+-consuming poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs). We found alterations in NAD+ salvage metabolism in Drosophila pink1 mutants and showed that a diet supplemented with the NAD+ precursor nicotinamide rescued mitochondrial defects and protected neurons from degeneration. Additionally, a mutation of Parp improved mitochondrial function and was neuroprotective in the pink1 mutants. We conclude that enhancing the availability of NAD+ by either the use of a diet supplemented with NAD+ precursors or the inhibition of NAD+-dependent enzymes, such as PARPs, which compete with mitochondria for NAD+ is a viable approach to preventing neurotoxicity associated with mitochondrial defects.
I is for Iris, the colour of eyeŝ
Authors: Hammond Paula , Lillie Stephen
Published: December 2016

This month, we continue our series that takes the form of an extended alphabetical adventure around the body, helping children to get to know themselves a little better.
Latest developments
Authors: Pilcher Melanie
Published: December 2016

Send your letters, news stories or latest developments to: The Editor, Child Care, St Jude's Church, Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0PB email: childcare@markallengroup.com
The world is at your fingertips
Authors: Ward Sue
Published: December 2016

In our seventh extract from The Early Years Gardening Handbook by Sue Ward (Practical Pre-School Books) we look at how gardening can meet one of the early learning goals.
Improving the Perception of Self-Sufficiency towards Creative Drama
Authors: Pekdogan Serpil , Korkmaz Halil Ibrahim
Published: December 2016

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a Creative Drama Based Perception of Self-sufficiency Skills Training Program on 2nd grade bachelor degree students’ (who are attending a preschool teacher training program) perception of self-sufficiency. This is a quasi-experimental study. Totally 50 students were equally divided into two groups as they are experimental group and control group. Experimental group has attended to 24 sessions of a course as creative drama based training program. The training program was performed by involve in four elements of Bandura’s self-sufficiency as they are; performance success, indirect experiences, verbal persuasion and emotional states. It has been prepared to promote students’ perception of self-sufficiency skills. Perception of Self-sufficiency Towards Using Creative Drama Technique (PSCDT) has been offered as pre-test and post-test to both groups in order to obtain the data. It has been found that there was significance on behalf of experimental group in the end of this study (p< ,05).
Development and Standardization of Instrument for Measuring Integration of University Students into University Academic Culture
Authors: Esomonu Nkechi Patricia-Mary , Uzoma Okeaba James
Published: December 2016

The study developed and standardized an Inventory for measuring Students’ Integration into University Academic Culture named Inventory for Students’ Integration into University Academic Culture (ISIUAC). The increase in dropout rates, substance use, cultism and other deviant behaviours in Nigerian universities makes it necessary for one to ask the extent to which university students are integrated into the university academic culture. This necessitates the development of standardized instrument for the assessment of students’ integration into university academic culture. The Study employed an instrumentation design in which a five point scale inventory were developed and standardized. An initial draft of 60 item instrument was developed and standardized. After corrections a 58 item instrument emerged and was administered to 500 University students. The data collected were subjected to factor analysis. The result from factor analysis showed that 27 items loaded well on three factors with minimum loading of 035.  The 27 items were administered to 1,000 students to establish norms. The norm for the entire instrument was 105.19, the norms of male and female students were 100.96 and 109.21 respectively.  Cronbach alpha statistics was used to establish the reliability of the instrument, its result shows an internal consistency of 0.926 for the 27 items. Hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics; the result shows that there is a significant difference between the norms of male and female students. The manual of the ISIUAC shows the administration and scoring procedure of the inventory and its psychometric properties. The instrument ISIUAC is recommended therefore for assessing students’ integration into the university academic culture.
Self-Concept of Chilean and Portuguese University Students with Disabilities: Gender and Participation in Support Programmes
Authors: Valenzuela-Zambrano Bárbara , Chacón-López Helena , López-Justicia María Dolores , Panão-Ramalho Anabela
Published: December 2016

This study was designed to investigate the state of self-concept among Chilean and Portuguese university students with disabilities with the aim of introducing proposals to help their inclusion and academic performance. First, the two samples compared separately students with and without disabilities with their peers and subsequently both were compared with students with disabilities from both countries. The role of gender and participation in support programmes for students with disabilities was also examined. The instrument used was the AF5-Scale, which assesses five dimensions of self-concept (academic, social, emotional, family and physical) and a socio-demographic form. The results (applying a non-parametric analysis) showed that students with disabilities in both countries presented lower scores for physical self-concept than peers without disabilities, the Chilean students being those who obtained the lower scores when comparing only students with disabilities. Women showed higher academic self-concept, but worse emotional self-concept than men. Finally, it was found that students participating in support programmes have a higher physical self-concept than those who do not. It is concluded that a way to improve the deficit in self-concept in both samples could be associated with participation in these support programmes.
Unpacking TPACK in Mathematics Education Research: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses
Authors: Young Jamaal Rashad
Published: December 2016

Teaching with technology is considered a necessity in the U.S. mathematics classroom. However, few studies have established explicit considerations to support technology-enhanced student achievement. The purpose of this study was to characterize the effectiveness of technology in the mathematics classroom by systematically reviewing meta-analytic research. An exhaustive literature search was conducted. After applying a prioi inclusion criteria the pool of 65 initial meta-analyses was reduce to 13 representative studies. Each study was reviewed and characteristics were coded in four categories: (1) sample, (2) measurement, (3) design, and (4) source. An inductive review of the coded studies produced five unique moderators that were the most salient across studies. Overall mean effect sizes were retrieved or calculated from available study data. Hedges g was used as the common effect size metric for comparison across studies.  The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework was used to interpret the most salient moderators of effects across studies.  Studies were categorized by didactical functionality and technology type. The results suggest that effects vary by didactical functionality from small to medium. The largest variations were observed for the didactical function of developing conceptual understanding.  Implications for research and instructional praxis are provided.
Protective Effect on Metal Substrate of Epoxy Resins Containing Corrosion Inhibitor Embedded into Suitable Nanocarriers
Authors: Tescione Fabiana , Lavorgna Marino , Amendola Eugenio , Buonocore Giovanna
Published: December 2016

The corrosion of metals is a serious technological problem and a variety of methods such as cathodic protection and insulating coatings has been developed to overcome it. However, the use of an active coating on metal substrates is proposed to be an innovative and effective approach. Although 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) is an efficient corrosion inhibitor for metals, its direct addition into the polymer coating or paintis not so much effective, because it is water-soluble, photodegradable and creates discontinuities in the coating layer, thus decreasingits barrier properties. A valuable approach to improve its anticorrosion performance is the entrapment of MBT into nanocarriers to be used as containers and reservoir. In the present work two different types of nanocarriers on the anticorrosion effect of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole molecule have been investigated. In particular, halloysite nanotubes (HNTs),in which MBT is loaded in the inner empty lumen through a vacuum procedure,and Zn–Al-layered double hydroxides (LDHs), in which MBT is intercalated through ionic-exchange, have been evaluated. Release tests of MBT from the obtained active particles in aqueous corrosive solution have been performed. Results have been correlated with the data obtained by visual inspection of anticorrosion effect of the active nanocarriers added into epoxy coatings and used to protect commercial steel substrate during accelerated corrosion tests.
The ethics of separating conjoined twins
Authors: Winter George F
Published: December 2016

‘What God has joined together, let no man put asunder’. George F Winter asks to what extent can their conjoined state be considered part of a ‘Siamese’ twin’s individual identity?
Mr Slop and a case of regulatory rage
Authors: Slop
Published: December 2016

Our scribe finds himself on the side of a diamond from Sierra Leone.
Foundation training and beyond
Authors: Kanoun Nadia
Published: December 2016

As a foundation dentist having completed my first six months, I am now preparing to embark on the next stage of my career. It seems like an appropriate time to reflect on and share my experiences since my graduation in July 2015. As with most events in life, there have been ups and downs. With this in mind, I will reflect on the positives and any negatives openly to give a balanced account of my initiation into general dental practice.
Dispatching obesity: Many a slip betwixt cup and the self-service free-refill soft-drink fountain
Authors:   Spinnbarkeit
Published: December 2016

Over-indulged at Christmas? Meet your man with a plan… an ‘action’ plan for the New Year.
Optimal selection of LQR parameter using AIS for LFC in a multi-area power system
Authors: Abdillah Muhammad , Setiadi Herlambang , Reihara Adelhard Beni , Mahmoud Karar , Farid Imam Wahyudi , Soeprijanto Adi
Published: December 2016

This paper proposes a method to optimize the parameter of the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) using artificial immune system (AIS) via clonal selection. The parameters of LQR utilized in this paper are the weighting matrices Q and R. The optimal LQR control for load frequency control (LFC) is installed on each area as a decentralized control scheme. The aim of this control design is to improve the dynamic performance of LFC automatically when unexpected load change occurred on power system network. The change of load demands 0.01 p.u used as a disturbance is applied to LFC in Area 1. The proposed method guarantees the stability of the overall closed-loop system. The simulation result shows that the proposed method can reduce the overshoot of the system and compress the time response to steady-state which is better compared to trial error method (TEM) and without optimal LQR control.
What Counts? Reflections on the Multivalence of Social Media Data
Authors: Gerlitz Carolin
Published: December 2016

Social media platforms have been characterised by their programmability, affordances, constraints and stakeholders - the question of value and valuation of platforms, their data and features has, however, received less attention in platform studies. This paper explores the specific socio-technical conditions for valuating platform data and suggests that platforms set up their data to become multivalent, that is to be valuable alongside multiple, possibly conflicting value regimes. Drawing on both platform and valuation studies, it asks how the production, storing and circulation of data, its connection to user action and the various stakeholders of platforms contribute to its valuation. Platform data, the paper suggests, is the outcome of capture systems which allow to collapse action and its capture into pre-structured data forms which remain open to divergent interpretations. Platforms offer such grammars of action both to users and other stakeholders in frontand back-ends, inviting them to produce and engage with its data following heterogeneous orders of worth. Platform data can participate in different valuation regimes at the same time - however, the paper concludes, not all actors can participate in all modes of valuation, as in the end, it is the platform that sets the conditions for participation. The paper offers a conceptual perspective to interrogate what data counts by attending to questions of quantification, its entanglement with valuation and the various technologies and stakeholders involved. It finishes with an empirical experiment to map the various ways in which Instagram data is made to count.
Visual Social Media and Big Data. Interpreting Instagram Images Posted on Twitter
Authors: Murthy Dhiraj , Gross Alexander , McGarry Marisa
Published: December 2016

Social media such as Twitter and Instagram are fast, free, and multicast. These attributes make them particularly useful for crisis communication. However, the speed and volume also make them challenging to study. Historically, journalists controlled what/how images represented crises. Large volumes of social media can change the politics of representing disasters. However, methodologically, it is challenging to study visual social media data. Specifically, the process is usually labour-intensive, using human coding of images to discern themes and subjects. For this reason, Studies investigating social media during crises tend to examine text. In addition, application programming interfaces (APIs) for visual social media services such as Instagram and Snapchat are restrictive or even non-existent. Our work uses images posted by Instagram users on Twitter during Hurricane Sandy as a case study. This particular case is unique as it is perhaps the first US disaster where Instagram played a key role in how victims experienced Sandy. It is also the last major US disaster to take place before Instagram images were removed from Twitter feeds. Our sample consists of 11,964 Instagram images embedded into tweets during a twoweek timeline surrounding Hurricane Sandy. We found that the production and consumption of selfies, food/drink, pets, and humorous macro images highlight possible changes in the politics of representing disasters - a potential turn from top-down understandings of disasters to bottom-up, citizen informed views. Ultimately, we argue that image data produced during crises has potential value in helping us understand the social experience of disasters, but studying these types of data presents theoretical and methodological challenges.
Percepciones y debates sobre gastos público e impuestos en la Argentina de los años 1930
Authors: PERSELLO ANA VIRGINIA
Published: December 2016

Este trabajo refiere al modo en que se evaluó la relación entre gastos e impuestos en la Argentina de los años ’30 y para ello recupera las transformaciones que, apelando a la racionalización y al equilibrio del presupuesto, se produjeron en el sistema de fiscalización de los gastos y en el sistema tributario, con el objetivo más general de realizar un aporte a la reconstrucción del aparato estatal y a los vínculos entre legisladores, técnicos y corporaciones.
Cycling in Turkey: Reasons and benefits of cycling
Türkiye’de bisiklet kullanımı: Bisiklet kullanma nedenleri ve elde edilen faydalar
Authors: Koçak Funda
Published: December 2016

The purpose of this research is to reveal of cyclist, reasons and benefits of using bicycle. In this regard, 110 female (Mage= 30.46, SD= 8.78) and 496 male (Myaş= 30.47; SD= 10.12), who were totally 606 cyclist selected by using convenience sampling sampling method, participated in the research voluntarily. In order to determine the reasons and benefits of cycling, personal information form and a three-section-questionnaire, which was prepared by the researcher were used in the research. In the data analysis, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, X2-Chi Square and Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency coefficient tests were used. Participants have stated the reasons as traveling, having interest in cycling, and staying healthy, and they have stated the benefits as feeling healthier, stronger, happier, and overcoming daily stress. As a result, the higher the income and education level get, the less people participate cycling. Also, it has been observed that single people have more positive attitude towards cycling compared to married people. In addition to this, gender, working status and duration have no effect on individuals' participate cycling. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı; Türkiye’deki bisiklet kullanıcılarının bisiklet kullanma nedenlerini ve bisiklet kullanımının sağladığı faydaları ortaya koyabilmektir. Bu amaçla kolayda örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak seçilen 110 kadın (Myaş= 30.46, SD= 8.78) ve 496 erkek (Myaş= 30.47; SD= 10.12) olmak üzere 606 bisiklet kullanıcısı araştırmaya gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Araştırmada kişisel bilgi formu, katılımcıları bisiklet kullanma nedenleri ve katılımcıların bisiklet kullanımı sonucunda elde ettikleri faydaları ortaya koymak amacıyla araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanmış üç bölümden oluşan anket kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde frekans, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma, Ki-Kare (X2-Chi Square) ve Cronbach’s Alpha iç tutarlık katsayısı testlerinden yararlanılmıştır. Katılımcılar bisiklet kullanma nedenlerini, gezmek, bisiklet sporunu sevmek ve sağlığı korumak olarak belirtirken, elde ettikleri faydaları ise daha sağlıklı ve güçlü hissetmek, daha mutlu hissetmek ve günün stresini atmak olarak belirtmişlerdir. Sonuç olarak gelir düzeyi ve eğitim düzeyinin artması bisiklet kullanımına yönelik olumlu görüşleri azaltırken, bekarların görüşlerinin evlilere göre daha olumlu olduğu görülmüştür. Bununla birlikte cinsiyet, çalışma durumu ve bisiklet kullanma süresi bireylerin bisiklet kullanımını etkilememektedir.
Homotopy techniques for tensor decomposition and perfect identifiability
Authors: Hauenstein Jonathan D. , Oeding Luke , Ottaviani Giorgio , Sommese Andrew J.
Published: December 2016

Let T be a general complex tensor of format

(

n
1

,
…
,

n
d

)

{(n_{1},\dots,n_{d})}

. When the fraction

∏
i

n
i

/

[

1
+

∑
i

(

n
i

-
1

)

]

{\prod_{i}n_{i}/[1+\sum_{i}(n_{i}-1)]}

is an integer,
and a natural inequality (called balancedness) is satisfied, it is expected that T has finitely many minimal decomposition as a sum
of decomposable tensors.
We show how homotopy techniques allow us to find all the
decompositions of T, starting from a given one.
Computationally, this gives a guess
regarding the total number of such decompositions.
This guess matches exactly with all cases previously known, and predicts several unknown cases.
Some surprising experiments yielded two new cases of
generic identifiability: formats

(
3
,
4
,
5
)

{(3,4,5)}

and

(
2
,
2
,
2
,
3
)

{(2,2,2,3)}

which have a unique decomposition as the sum of six and four decomposable tensors, respectively. We conjecture that these two cases
together with the classically known matrix pencils are the only cases where generic identifiability holds, i.e., the only identifiable cases.
Building on the computational
experiments, we use algebraic geometry
to prove these two new cases are indeed generically identifiable.
Die Zeit in zweidimensionaler Betrachtung
Authors: Koch Anton Friedrich
Published: December 2016

B-time, i. e. the temporal scale of the B-series of events, is one and the same for all times, while A-times (the temporal scales of A-series) are as many as there are moments of time. This means that A-theorists will have to consider one-dimensional time two-dimensionally: as changing within itself at every moment. The two-dimensional view is here put to service for a meta-compatibilist theory of freedom, a theory, that is, which reconciles freedom, determinism and their first order incompatibility at the second order. Kant’s position is interpreted as meta-compatibilist as well, but as having the drawback of separating time and freedom. In order to appreciate the connection of time and freedom, one has to acknowledge that in free acts the future is determined further according to plan, while at the same time the past is (with nomological necessity) co-determined further in countless unclear and inscrutable ways. A free act thus consumes its own range of freedom by positing retroactively the sufficient causal antecedents for its taking place: It was free before it occurred and is part of nature after.
„Von Kant zu Aristoteles“
Authors: Lemke Duque Carl Antonius
Published: December 2016

The paper deals with the philosophical key concepts of Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), elaborating on the initial settings and further development of his philosophy till the middle of the 1930s. Based also on new biographical research, the analysis presents an innovative systematic approach to the influence of German neo-Kantian philosophers on his philosophical thinking, bearing in mind, particularly, the huge impact of German neo-Kantianism in Spain owing to cultural transfers effected by the famous cultural journalRevista de Occidente, which was edited by Ortega y Gasset between 1923 and 1936. As a central working hypothesis, the paper assumes that the development and distribution of Ortega y Gasset’s philosophical key concepts can be understood as a re-semanticised adoption in the light of a transformation process “From Kant to Aristotle”. The investigation uses a combined methodological approach of discourse analysis and cultural transfer studies.
Recht auf Vergessen? Ethik der zweiten Chance?
Authors: Abbt Christine
Published: December 2016

The notion of ‘forgetting’ has assumed a new dimension in the digital age. Here I will examine a particular kind of forgetting as reflected in a ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). What the ruling of the ECJ of May 13, 2014 (C-131/12) formulates and invokes as a “right to be forgotten” encompasses the right to co-determine whether certain personal data in the Web should immediately show up or not when a first name and surname is entered as part of a search. When a user has invoked the “right to be forgotten”, and it is determined that it applies, information is, however, not made irretrievable. It continues to remain possible to find this information in a roundabout way, i.e., by means of more precise search queries, although the information should not immediately become visible the moment a person’s full name is typed into a search engine. I will argue that this ruling can be seen as corroborating the fundamental rights of the individual. The idea of the “right to be forgotten” is to give a person a second chance in society. Not all forms of forgetting and remembering can be subsumed under this idea. As will be expounded, this court decision offers a useful normative fundament for the distinction between (1) legitimate attempts at reintegration, (2) legitimate attempts at rehabilitation and (3) unjustified recourse to a right to be forgotten.
Einen barocken Universalgelehrten edieren: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz,Sämtliche Schriften und Briefe
Authors: Kliege-Biller Herma , Meier-Oeser Stephan , Waldhoff Stephan
Published: December 2016

Thanks to fortunate historical circumstances, Leibniz’s manuscripts have been preserved in exceptional completeness. With regard to the vast dimensions and the many fields of learning this legacy comprises, among them philosophy, mathematics, physics, politics, law, history, linguistics, technical engineering, and medicine, the complete edition of Leibniz’ “Sämtliche Schriften und Briefe” represents a unique editorial challenge. After a short historical overview on the older editions up to the early 20th century when the Leibniz Akademie-Ausgabe was initiated in 1901, a sketch is given of the “varia fortuna” of that edition and its thematic structuring in eight different series. A list of the online material, the various tools, and databases the edition offers to its readers is followed by a description of how to use the most characteristic feature of the edition, i. e. the particular form of variant apparatus, the so called “Stufenapparat”. Finally, some comparative advantages for the reader of the historical-critical Akademie-Ausgabe over the older editions are noted.
Zu Bernard Bosanquets „Die Realität des Gemeinwillens“
Authors: Stern Robert
Published: December 2016

In his paper, Bernard Bosanquet deals with ‘a problem or a paradox’ which he takes to be raised by Rousseau’s conception of the general will, but not properly solved by Rousseau: namely how a will can emerge that aims at the general interest, which nonetheless arises out of the will of individuals who are concerned with their own interests. Proceeding in what he thinks are psychological terms that give some reality to a broadly ‘organic’ picture of society, Bosanquet argues against an excessively individualistic view of the mind, arguing instead that ‘community of life and experience’ can provide a ‘common element’ in the ideas of individuals, out of which a general will can emerge. Bosanquet also explores the institutional and policy implications of his view – for example, that the general will should not be identified with a vote upon a single issue. In his introductory essay, Robert Stern places Bosanquet’s paper in context and sets out its main themes.
Security in Logistics
Authors: Cempírek Václav , Nachtigall Petr , Široký Jaromír
Published: December 2016

This paper deals with security of logistic chains
according to incorrect declaration of transported goods,
fraudulent transport and forwarding companies and possible
threats caused by political influences. The main goal
of this paper is to highlight possible logistic costs increase
due to these fraudulent threats. An analysis of technological
processes will beis provided, and an increase of these
transport times considering the possible threatswhich will
beis evaluated economic costs-wise. In the conclusion,
possible threat of companies’‘ efficiency in logistics due to
the costs‘, means of transport and increase in human resources‘
increase will beare pointed out.
Software development for the economic model
of R.Barro
Authors: Kalimoldayev Maksat N. , Amirkhanova Gulshat A.
Published: December 2016

In this paper we describe the process of creating
software for R.Barro economic model. The goal of the
paper is the analysis of existing languages and platforms
and selections of them as means for developing advanced
software for modeling economic processes, and also the
construction of algorithms and programs using traditional
and modern methods of software development. Prototyping
was selected as an approach for the development, it
allows us to obtain in a short time the product, which
is available for testing and further improvement in order
to meet the requirements. The paper describes the version
of the program that meets the recommended requirements,
shows the schematic diagram of this program and
describes its main functions.
Limit loads for centrally cracked square plates
under biaxial tension
Authors: Graba Marcin
Published: December 2016

This paper is concerned with the determination
of limit loads for centrally cracked square plates subjected
to biaxial tension. It briefly discusses the concept
of limit loads and some aspects of numerical modelling.
It presents results of numerical calculations conducted for
two-dimensional (plane strain state and plane stress state)
and three-dimensional cases. It also considers the relationship
between the limit load and the crack length, the
specimen thickness, the yield strength and the biaxial load
factor, defined for the purpose of this work. The paper includes
approximation formulae to calculate the limit load.
Procamallanus spiculogubernaculus Agarwal, 1958 (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from Stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis in India: morphological characterization and molecular data
Authors: Chaudhary A. , Verma C. , Tomar V. , Singh H.S.
Published: December 2016

The nematode,
Gastrointestinal digeneans (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of horseshoe and vesper bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae) in Serbia
Authors: Horvat Ž. , Čabrilo B. , Paunović M. , Karapandža B. , Jovanović J. , Budinski I. , Bjelić Čabrilo O.
Published: December 2016

The qualitative and quantitative analyses of the digenean fauna of bats were conducted for the first time in Serbia. The sample comprised of 118 individuals of 12 bat species (
Co-solvent system of [EMIM]Ac and DMF to improve the enzymatic saccharification of pussy willow (Salix gracilistylaMiq.)
Authors: Han Song Yi , Park Chan-Woo , Kim Nam-Hun , Lee Seung-Hwan
Published: December 2016

A co-solvent system consisting of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM]Ac)/N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) with different mass ratios was tested to improve the enzymatic saccharification of pussy willow (Salix gracilistylaMiq.). This system effectively lowered the viscosity and increased the biomass loading in the system. The water-soluble fraction obtained from the pure [EMIM]Ac remained constant or increased slightly as the amount of DMF was increased to 70%. At [EMIM]Ac/DMF ratios of 5/5 and 3/7, longer pretreatment times and higher temperatures increased the water-soluble fraction. The crystallinity of the pretreated product was increased by increasing amounts of DMF. The yield of enzymatic saccharification by means of this co-solvent system was comparable to that based on a pure [EMIM]Ac pretreatment, even though the glucose yield was slightly lower in case of DMF amount >70%. Expectedly, longer pretreatment times and higher temperatures improved the yield of enzymatic saccharification.
Effect of a bacteriophage cocktail in combination with modified atmosphere packaging in controlling Listeria monocytogenes on fresh-cut spinach
Authors: Boyacioglu O. , Sulakvelidze A. , Sharma M. , Goktepe I.
Published: December 2016

AListeria monocytogenes-specific bacteriophage cocktail was evaluated for its activity against a nalidixic acid-resistantL. monocytogenes(Lm-NalR) isolate on fresh-cut spinach stored under modified atmosphere packaging at various temperatures. Pieces (~2 × 2 cm2) of fresh spinach inoculated with 4.5 log CFU/cm2Lm-NalRwere sprayed with the phage cocktail (6.5 log plaque-forming units [PFU]/cm2) or a control. The samples were stored at 4°C or 10°C for up to 14 d in sealed packages filled with either atmospheric air (AA) or modified atmosphere (MA). At 4°C under AA, the phages significantly (P≤ 0.05) lowered theLm-NalRpopulations on spinach, compared to control-treated inoculated samples, by 1.12 and 1.51 log CFU/cm2after 1 and 14 d, respectively. At 4°C under MA,Lm-NalRwas significantly reduced by 1.95 log CFU/cm2compared to control leaves after both 1 and 14 d. At 10°C under AA, the phages significantly reducedLm-NalRby 1.50 and 2.51 log CFU/cm2after 1 and 14 d compared to the control. Again at 10°C under MA, the phages significantly reducedLm-NalRby 1.71 and 3.24 log CFU/cm2compared to control after 1 and 14 d, respectively. The results support the potential of lytic bacteriophages in effectively reducing populations ofL. monocytogeneson freshcut leafy produce, under both AA and MA conditions.
Banking Overleveraging and Macro Instability: A Model and VSTAR Estimations
Authors: Schleer Frauke , Semmler Willi
Published: December 2016

Overleveraging of the banking sector has been considered one of the main causes of the 2007–09 financial crisis and the subsequent great recession. It was also of major concern for the subsequent BIS regulatory policies resulting in Basel III and its request for higher capital requirements. It has now become highly relevant for the planned European banking union. Overleveraging of the banking sector exposes the financial sector and the macroeconomy to vulnerabilities, but also, as critics state, seems to constrain credit flows to the private sector. We present here a measure of overleveraging, defined as the difference between actual and sustainable debt, conduct an empirical study on overleveraging for 40 banks in Europe, and study the vulnerabilities and credit contractions that can arise subsequently. Before the year 2004 overleveraging had not been a serious problem as leverage was on a sustainable level. However, in the run-up to the financial crisis, actual and optimal debt spread apart and the banking sector began to suffer from overleveraging. We use a non-linear Vector STAR model to evaluate the hypothesis that periods of increasing debt levels are accompanied by more severe credit constraints than periods of low leveraging. We demonstrate this for country groups across Europe.
Silicon control of bacterial and viral diseases in plants
Authors: Sakr Nachaat
Published: December 2016

Silicon plays an important role in providing tolerance to various abiotic stresses and augmenting plant resistance against diseases. However, there is a paucity of reports about the effect of silicon on bacterial and viral pathogens of plants. In general, the effect of silicon on plant resistance against bacterial diseases is considered to be due to either physical defense or increased biochemical defense. In this study, the interaction between silicon foliar or soil-treatments and reduced bacterial and viral severity was reviewed. The current review explains the agricultural importance of silicon in plants, refers to the control of bacterial pathogens in different crop plants by silicon application, and underlines the different mechanisms of silicon-enhanced resistance. A section about the effect of silicon in decreasing viral disease intensity was highlighted. By combining the data presented in this study, a better comprehension of the complex interaction between silicon foliar- or soil-applications and bacterial and viral plant diseases could be achieved.
Rapid evolutionary dynamics of the Pepino mosaic virus – status and future perspectives
Authors: Minicka Julia , Hasiów-Jaroszewska Beata , Borodynko-Filas Natasza , Pospieszny Henryk , Hanssen Inge Maria
Published: December 2016

Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) has emerged as an important pathogen of greenhouse tomato crops and is currently distributed worldwide. Population genetic studies have revealed a shift in the dominant PepMV genotype from European (EU) to Chilean 2 (CH2) in North America and several European countries. New genetic variants are constantly being created by mutation and recombination events. Single nucleotide substitutions in different parts of the genome were found to affect on development of symptoms resulting in new pathotypes and accumulation of viral RNA. The variability of the PepMV population has a great impact on designing specific diagnostic tools and developing efficient and durable strategies of disease control. In this paper we review the current knowledge about the PepMV population, the evolutionary dynamics of this highly infective virus, methods for its detection and plant protection strategies.
Elaboration of a strategy to control the peach twig borer Anarsia lineatella Zeller in the Sefrou region in Morocco
Authors: Asfers Adil , Blenzar Abdelali , Rachdaoui Mohammed , Joutei Abdelmalek Boutaleb , Houssa Abdelhadi Ait , Sekkat Ahmed
Published: December 2016

Trapping by specific sex pheromones initiated in 2009 to monitor three pests, peach twig borer (Anarsia lineatella), oriental fruit moth (Cydia molesta) and plum fruit moth (Grapholita funebrana) revealed the greater importance of peach twig borer in comparison to the others. The results of monitoring the development of larval stages over time and the accumulated degree-days from biofix show that the pest develops five generations per year, one of which undergoes a diapause. In 2009 and 2010 chemical control based on tolerance threshold of 10 males/trap/2 weeks showed unsatisfactory results. With this method, the percentage of affected fruits increased from 6.8% in 2009 to 18.6% in 2010 despite the application of four treatments of organophosphate-based insecticides in 2009 and the application of four treatments in 2010 using active ingredients from different chemical families (pyrethroid, organophosphate and chlorinicotinyl). On the other hand, management of the peach twig borer by the degree-days method tested and planned on the basis of a bifenthrin treatment between 150 to 204 degree-days accumulated from biofix, gave interesting results where the percentage of affected fruits hardly exceeded 0.5% over the four years of study
Role of porous silicon/hydrogel composites on
drug delivery
Authors: Rocha-García Denisse , Guerra-Contreras Antonio , Rosales-Mendoza Sergio , Palestino Gabriela
Published: December 2016

Nanomaterials are applied with great success
in biomedical applications as templates for the development
of new generation devices, which can be used to
solve current health problems. These new nanoscale systems
are designed with multifunctions to perform specific
and selective tasks. One of the most important applications
of this new nanotechnology; focuses on developing
new systems for the controlled release of drugs, mainly
due to their capability to improve the temporal and spatial
presentation of drugs in the body and their ability to
protect them from physiological degradation or elimination.
Hydrogels, porous silicon (PSi), and PSi-composites
have been widely adopted in this field due to their biological,
morphological, and physicochemical properties;
which can be tuned to obtain sensitive responses to physiological
stimuli. Despite the fact that some recent academic
papers have shown the benefits of these nanomaterials
in a wide range of biological applications, more in
vivo studies are needed to take these hybrid systems towards
clinical trials. In this mini-review some of the hydrogels,
PSi, and PSi-composites latest applications and
prospects in this field of science are presented.