bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Crystal structure of dichloro-bis-(1-butyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazole)-nickel(II), C22H28Cl2N4Ni
Authors: Li Zhuang-yu , Liu Xiao-jing , Liu E. , Jian Fang-fang , Liang Tongling
Published: May 2020

C22H28Cl2N4Ni, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 9.7332(19) Å, b = 14.886(3) Å, c = 18.623(5) Å, β = 117.45(2)°, V = 2394.5(10) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0450, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1466, T = 293.0 K.
The crystal structure of 1,8-bis(pyridin-4-ylethynyl)anthracene-1,2,4,5-tetrafluoro-3,6-diiodobenzene (2/1), C62H32F4I2N4
Authors: Zhang Lingfan , Ding Man-Hua
Published: May 2020

C62H32F4I2N4, triclinic, P1̄ (no. 2), a = 10.201(9) Å, b = 10.897(9) Å, c = 13.499(12) Å, α = 106.740(9)°, β = 98.981(9)°, γ = 115.198(9)°, V = 1231.1(18) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0675, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0645, T = 296(2) K.
Crystal structure of poly[(5-bimethylamino-1-naphthalenesulfonato-κO)-(μ3-hexamethylenetetramino-κ3
N:N′:N′′)silver(I)] dihydrate, C36H52Ag2N10O8S2
Authors: Jiang Jin-Ke , Yang Gang , Sun Li-Ying , Wang Chun-Yan , Wang Feng
Published: May 2020

abstract

C36H52Ag2N10O8S2, orthorhombic, Pna21 (no. 33), a = 11.7911(16) Å, b = 31.310(5) Å, c = 10.6883(11) Å, V = 3945.9(9) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0353, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0784, T = 293(2) K.
Crystal structure of 7-ethoxy-6,8-difluoro-4-oxo-1-pyridin-2-ylmethyl-1,4-dihydro-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid, C18H14F2N2O4
Authors: Shu-Fang Fang , Jia Gu , Yuan-Zhen Xiong , Guo-Ping Huang , Jian-Ping Huang
Published: May 2020

C18H14F2N2O4, triclinic, P1̄ (no. 2), a = 6.377(3) Å, b = 9.466(5) Å, c = 13.367(7) Å, α = 83.409(6)°, β = 83.283(6)°, γ = 83.728(6)°, V = 792.3(7) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0587, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1814, T = 296(2) K.
The crystal structure of poly[(μ10-5-carboxyisophthalato-κ10
O)disodium], C9H4Na2O6
Authors: Li Ting-Ting , Qin Yu-Cai , Chen Bao-Kuan
Published: May 2020

C9H4Na2O6, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 14.6828(15) Å, b = 9.8602(10) Å, c = 6.5024(7) Å, β = 101.360(4)°, V = 922.94(17) Å3, Z = 4, Rgt
(F) = 0.0337, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0775, T = 173(2) K.
Crystal structure of trimethylsulfoxonium tetrachloridocobaltate(II) [(CH3)3SO]2CoCl4
Authors: Zhong Xin , Zhou Junyan , Hao Munan
Published: May 2020

C6H18S2O2CoCl4, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 8.4397(3) Å, b = 15.6692(5) Å, c = 12.5989(4) Å, β = 93.8580(10)°, V = 1662.35(10) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0408, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0965, T = 293(2) K.
Crystal structure of 3-((3-nitrophenyl)sulfonamido)propanoic acid — 4,4′-bipyridine (1/1), C19H18N4O6S
Authors: Chen Xiao-Miao , Liu Zheng-Jun , Cheng Jing-Song , Zhao Rong-Fei , Qin Lan
Published: May 2020

C19H18N4O6S, monoclinic, P21/n (no. 14), a = 8.343(4) Å, b = 7.367(3) Å, c = 31.532(14) Å, β = 97.398(8)°, V = 1921.8(14) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0420, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1158, T = 296.15 K.
Printability of photo-sensitive nanocomposites using two-photon
polymerization
Authors: Yeung Ka-Wai , Dong Yuqing , Chen Ling , Tang Chak-Yin , Law Wing-Cheung , Tsui Gary Chi-Pong , Engstrøm Daniel S.
Published: May 2020

Two-photon polymerization direct laser writing (TPP DLW) is an emerging technology
for producing advanced functional devices with complex three-dimensional (3D)
micro-structures. Tremendous efforts have been devoted to developing two-photon
polymerizable photo-sensitive nanocomposites with tailored properties. Light-induced
reconfigurable smart materials such as liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are
promising materials. However, due to the difficulties in designing two-photon
polymerizable liquid crystal monomer (LCM) nanocomposite photoresists, it is
challenging to fabricate true 3D LCE micro-structures. In this paper, we report the
preparation of photo-sensitive LCE nanocomposites containing photothermal
nanomaterials, including multiwalled carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide and gold
nanorods (AuNRs), for TPP DLW. The printability of the LCE nanocomposites is assessed
by the fidelity of the micro-structures under different laser writing conditions. DLW
of GO/LCM photoresist has shown a vigorous bubble formation. This may be due to the
excessive heat generation upon rapid energy absorption of 780 nm laser energy.
Compared to pure LCM photoresists, AuNR/LCM photoresists have a lower laser intensity
threshold and higher critical laser scanning speed, due to the high absorption of
AuNRs at 780 nm, which enhanced the photo-sensitivity of the photoresist.
Therefore, a shorter printing time can be achieved for the AuNR/LCM photoresist.
Is Europe’s right wing turn due to immigration? Empirical evidence from Italy
Authors: Van Wolleghem Pierre Georges , Pasini Nicola
Published: May 2020

Immigration has unquestionably gained importance in Italian public opinion over the past few years; but what has been its effect on politics? Building on a recent trend in literature, this paper appraises the effect of immigration on the success of far-right parties. We analyze the results of the elections from 2001, when immigration was still marginal, to the last elections held in 2018. Applying time-series-cross-section methods to an original dataset, we find that immigration has had a consistent effect on votes for the far-right. Interestingly, we also show that economic factors likely weigh more on far-right votes than immigration.
Forensic Iconicity: The Experimental Law’s Whatness in Digital Culture
Authors: Costantini Cristina
Published: May 2020

Thinking about the whatness of the Law in the digital era means to return to question its ontological abyss and its metaphysical violence. The essay rests on the idea that Law, to declare or to command, to condemn or to absolve, needs a material medium of communication that allows its sensible perceptibility. At the same time, the concrete appearances of the Law in the public sphere are partial and paradoxical: they are haunted by an ontological excess that resists against a conclusive form of mundane apprehension. Forensic Iconicity is the expression coined to figuratively depict the structural ambiguity between ostensibility and concealment that marks the Law’s presentialness. The aim of the work is to explore the transmutations and the displacements of the ancient bodies of symbolic representation of the Law up to the current dispersion in algorithmic sequences and digital traces. Moreover, according to the view proposed, the unresolved relationship between the abstract prophecy of Law and its physical precipitate has been captured and explained by the means of different paradigms, moving from political theology to algorithmic angelism.
Cutaneous port-site recurrence secondary to tumour seeding following implantation of an intraperitoneal chemotherapy access port for gastric cancer
Authors: Chue Koy Min , Chan Dexter Yak Seng , So Jimmy B.Y.
Published: May 2020

Intraperitoneal chemotherapy has shown promising results for the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis in gastric cancer. However, the implantation of an intraperitoneal chemotherapy port may be associated with catheter-related complications. The authors describe a case of cutaneous port-site recurrence secondary to tumour seeding from an intraperitoneal chemotherapy access port.
Spin dynamics, antiferrodistortion and magnetoelectric interaction in multiferroics. The case of BiFeO3
Authors: Davydova M. D. , Zvezdin K. A. , Mukhin A. A. , Zvezdin A. K.
Published: May 2020

We present a theoretical study of the spin dynamics in perovskite-like multiferroics with homogeneous magnetic order in the presence of external magnetic and electric fields. A particular example of such material is BeFeO3 in which the spin cycloid can be suppressed by application of external magnetic field, doping or by epitaxial strain. Understanding the effect of the external electric field on the spin-wave spectrum of these systems is required for devices based on spin wave interference and other innovative advances of magnonics and spintronics. Thus, we propose a model for BiFeO3 in which the thermodynamic potential is expressed in terms of polarization \boldsymbol{P}, antiferrodistortion \boldsymbol{\Omega}, antiferromagnetic moment \boldsymbol{L} and magnetization \boldsymbol{M}. Based on this model, we derive the corresponding equations of motion and demonstrate the existence of electromagnons, that is, magnons that can be excited by electric fields. These excitations are closely related to the magnetoelectric effect and the dynamics of the antiferrodistortion \boldsymbol{\Omega}. Specifically, the influence of the external electric field on the magnon spectra is due to reorientation of both polarization \boldsymbol{P} and antiferrodistortion \boldsymbol{\Omega} under the influence of the electric field and is linked to emergence of a field-induced anisotropy.
Glyceryl-ether Monooxygenase [EC 1.14.16.5J Part VII Effects of Alkyl Phosphocholines and Acyl L-α-lyso-Phosphatidylcholines Detergents on Enzyme Activity
Authors: Kurisu Toshikatsu , Taguchi Hiroyasu , Paal Bela , Yang Nan , Armarego Wilfred L.F.
Published: May 2020

The effects of the ionic detergents dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl and octadecyl phosphocholines, and dodecanoyl, tetradecanoyl, hexadecanoyl and octadecanoyl L-a-lyso-phosphatidylcholines on the enzyme activity of glyceryl-ether monooxygenase are reported. All these detergents inhibit the monooxygenase at concentrations above a threshold value which is above the relative critical micelle concentrations implying that the micelles interact passively with the microsomal membrane below the threshold concentration. The kinetics of inhibition by the C14 and C16 detergents above the threshold concentrations have been selected for study and are found to be competitive with apparent Ki values in the range 316-365 IlM. The apparent Km and Vmax values for RS-batyl alcohol with 6-MePH4 as cofactor in the presence of the choline detergents (at or below the threshold inhibiting concentrations) are in the range 24-44 μM and 46-64 nrnoles/ min.mg of monooxygenase protein respectively. These data are compared and discussed with data reported for the monooxygenase in the presence of the non-ionic detergent Mega-10.
In the light of new data: The population of the first farming communities in the eastern Marmara region
Authors: Alpaslan-Roodenberg M. Songül , Roodenberg Jacob
Published: May 2020

Following on from a few decades of osteological analysis this study presents an assessment of the data retrieved from human population samples provided by four early farming sites, namely Ilıpınar, Menteşe, Barcın and Aktopraklık, located in the lake basins southeast of the Sea of Marmara. It highlights various aspects of that population such as demographic data, health, trauma, and ancient people’s attitude toward death. The research aims to identify and discuss similarities and dissimilarities between the studied Neolithic settlements in this region, especially with regard to paleo-demographic data and the use of violence. With exception of a small group of burials at Aktopraklık that contrasted with regular inhumations, it seems that mortuary practices barely differed from one community to another, and transcended across regional boundaries. The use of wooden planks covering the bottom of grave pits, which were first discovered at Ilıpınar, may serve as an example. Early farmers of the eastern Marmara region suffered mostly from joint diseases and degenerative arthritis. Their life expectancy was similar for adults of both sexes, at between 25–40 years, while two of the four communities showed high infant mortality.
Testing of kinetic energy backscatter parameterizations in the NEMO ocean model
Authors: Perezhogin Pavel A.
Published: May 2020

Eddy-permitting numerical ocean models resolve mesoscale turbulence only partly, that leads to underestimation of eddy kinetic energy (EKE). Mesoscale dynamics can be amplified by using kinetic energy backscatter (KEB) parameterizations returning energy from the unresolved scales. We consider two types of KEB: stochastic and negative viscosity ones. The tuning of their amplitudes is based on a local budget of kinetic energy, thus, they are ‘energetically-consistent’ KEBs. In this work, the KEB parameterizations are applied to the NEMO ocean model in Double-Gyre configuration with an eddy-permitting resolution (1/4 degree). To evaluate the results, we compare this model with an eddy-resolving one (1/9 degree). We show that the meridional overturning circulation (MOC), meridional heat flux, and sea surface temperature (SST) can be significantly improved with the KEBs. In addition, a better match has been found between the time power spectra of the eddy-permitting and the eddy-resolving model solutions.
High order modified differential equation of the Beam–Warming method, I. The dispersive features
Authors: Shokin Yurii , Winnicki Ireneusz , Jasinski Janusz , Pietrek Slawomir
Published: May 2020

The analysis of the modified partial differential equation (MDE) of the constant wind speed advection equation explicit difference scheme up to the eighth order with respect to both space and time derivatives is presented. So far, in majority of publications this modified equation has been derived mainly as a fourth-order equation. The MDE is presented in the so-called Π-form of the first differential approximation. This form includes only the space derivatives of higher order p and their coefficients μ(p). Analysis of these coefficients provides indications of the nature of the dissipative and dispersive errors. A fragment of the stencil for determining the modified differential equation up to the eighth-order MDE for the second-order Beam–Warming scheme is included. The derived coefficients μ(p) as well as the analysis of the phase shift errors, the phase and group velocities and dispersive features on the basis of these coefficients have not been published so far. The dissipative features of this method we present in [33].
Un impensé de la sémiotique : la variation (diachronique, sociale, expérientielle)
Authors: Klinkenberg Jean-Marie
Published: May 2020

The paper starts from the premise that the epistemological requirements of the semiotic discipline have led it to overlook the variation (geographical, chronological, social) of the subjects it deals with. After reviewing the historical and methodological reasons for this setting aside, this paper outlines a general theory of semiotic variation. For this, it distinguishes two families of variation – the variation of practices and the variation of attitudes – and three axes of variation: the spatial axis, the time axis and the social axis. It also highlights the two types of forces that govern the variation: centripetal forces and centrifugal forces. The paper concludes with the epistemological impact that the concern about variation may have on semiotics and disciplines that, such as sociology and anthropology, have made variation their subject.
The role of information structure in the instantiation of objects: Evidence from Amazonian Spanish
Authors: Vallejos Rosa , Fernández-Lizárraga Evelyn , Patterson Haley
Published: May 2020

This study analyzes the instantiation of objects in Peruvian Amazonian Spanish (PAS) discourse in two communities with distinct linguistic contexts. We examine the impact of two social variables (gender and place) and nine linguistic variables (transitivity, animacy, definiteness, anaphora function, anaphora expression, cataphora function, cataphora expression, activation, topic persistence) on the speech of eight participants. Our findings indicate that null instantiation in PAS is pervasive, occurring with a range of verb lexemes. While neither gender nor place are significant predictors of null objects, various linguistic variables contribute to the instantiation of objects. The five significant variables as determined by a mixed model regression analysis include the following: animacy, definiteness, anaphora expression, cataphora expression, and activation status. Several findings are consistent with previous research (e. g. human and definite referents disfavor null objects), while other results differ (e. g. PAS propositions disfavor null objects). Activation status and anaphora expression are the most significant predictors of null objects in PAS. In particular, highly accessible referents in discourse and anaphoric null objects favored null objects in subsequent clauses. Thus, the results in the present study demonstrate the pivotal role of information structure in object instantiation, furthering the discussion on syntax-discourse interplay phenomena.
‘Our’ vs. ‘Inherited’ Museums. PiS and Fidesz as Mnemonic Warriors
Authors: Radonić Ljiljana
Published: May 2020

The Polish and the Hungarian governing party, PiS and Fidesz, are mnemonic warriors who had already tried to enforce their memory politics during their first government terms, as their flagship museums, the Warsaw Rising Museum, opened in 2004, and the House of Terror in Budapest, opened in 2002, show. In museums they ‘inherited’ from their predecessors, the current governments either change content, as PiS at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, or ‘only’ battle against the directors in office, as happened at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw and at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest. Yet even mnemonic warriors cannot ignore international developments like the ‘universalization of the Holocaust’. As the author shows, the Polish and the Hungarian governments favored opening new museums over changing existing museums identified as ‘Jewish’, including those that explicitly deal with Polish and Hungarian complicity. New museums, like the Ulma Family Museum in southeastern Poland, the House of Fates in Budapest, and the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, focus on rescuers of Jews and uplifting messages of Polish and Hungarian heroism.
Hostility to Hospitality: Authors’ Response
Authors: Balboni Michael J.
Published: May 2020

This article offers a brief response to constructive criticism of the book featured in this edition of Spiritual Care. Hostility to Hospitality argues that the role of spirituality within the care of sick patients, despite clear empirical evidence demonstrating its importance, remains deeply contested because of bias against religious communities. Deeply flawed conceptualizations of the nature of religion and the secular camouflage how a society's commitment to immanence functions like a spirituality. A secular framework weakens how spiritual communities can positively influence medical institutions or socialize professional guilds in caring for the whole patient. The diminishment of communities that champion compassion as a chief end, pave a way for hostile economic, technological, and bureaucratic forces to suppress our ability to fully care for patients in body and soul. Rather than being neutral as purported, the secular structures of medicine manipulate and use pastoral care for its own immanent ends. Hostility to Hospitality argues that unless pluralism is embraced, allowing for a diversity of religious communities to influence the structures of medicine, compassionate and holistic care will increasingly become unlikely as impersonal social forces increase.
A note on Eulerian numbers and Toeplitz matrices
Authors: He Tian-Xiao , Shiue Peter J.-S.
Published: May 2020

This note presents a new formula of Eulerian numbers derived from Toeplitz matrices via Riordan array approach.
What are and what aren’t complex nominal expressions in flexible word order languages
Authors: Reinöhl Uta
Published: May 2020

This paper tackles the challenge of how to identify multi-word (or “complex”) nominal expressions in flexible word order languages including certain Australian languages and Vedic Sanskrit. In these languages, a weak or absent noun/adjective distinction in conjunction with flexible word order make it often hard to distinguish between complex nominal expressions, on the one hand, and cases where the nominals in question form independent expressions, on the other hand. Based on a discourse-based understanding of what it means to form a nominal expression, this paper surveys various cases where we arenotdealing with multi-word nominal expressions. This involves, in particular, periphery-related phenomena such as use of nominals as free topics or afterthoughts, as well as various kinds of predicative uses. In the absence of clear morpho-syntactic evidence, all kinds of linguistic evidence are relied upon, including, in particular, information structure and prosody, but also derivational morphology and lexical semantics. In this way, it becomes frequently possible to distinguish between what are and what aren’t complex nominal expressions in these languages.
Third turn position in British election phone-in conversations
Authors: Pinatih Anisa
Published: May 2020

An election radio phone-in program is designed for questions and answers, thus providing a context for direct interaction where lay-participants can engage with politicians’ responses. The current study aims at examining the third position that follows a question-answer sequence in a phone-in conversation, when radio hosts and/or callers evaluate politicians’ answers. Previous research has shown that radio hosts may offer a comeback to the caller, terminate the call, or ask their own question; and that a caller may come back on their own initiative. The aim of this article is to discover if there are patterns that underlie this diversity in the third position in radio phone-in conversations. The data consist of 4 hours and 20 minutes of transcribed conversations from election phone-ins from the Leading Britain’s Conversation (LBC) radiobroadcast prior to the 2015 general election. Using Conversation Analysis, this study looks at the sequential context and the substantive content of utterances to examine if the design and the content of the question and answer have bearing on the third position. The findings show that hosts either offered a comeback to callers or terminated the call right away when the politician’s answer was non-evasive and lacking opposition; that hosts or callers pursued an answer when evasion and opposition were apparent, and that callers pursued only when they showed oppositional stance taking in the questioning position.
Large-Eddy Simulation of Shaped Hole Film Cooling with the Influence of Cross Flow
Authors: Qingsong Wang , Su Xinrong , Yuan Xin
Published: May 2020

In the highly-loaded turbine blade passage, cross flow is driven by the lateral gradient. It strongly influences the cooling performances in the endwall region. In this research, the effect of cross flow on the shaped film cooling hole is studied by Large Eddy Simulation (LES); modal analysis is conducted with an incremental POD (iPOD) approach, which makes the analysis of the large data sets from LES feasible. It is shown that the symmetry of the counter rotating vortex pair (CRVP) is destroyed. The large-scale vortex induced by end-wall cross flow plays an important role in both shape and convection of hairpin vortices and horseshoe vortices, which influences the coolant distribution. This study suggests that the effects of cross flow should be considered for the design of end-wall film cooling. It also indicates the high efficiency of the iPOD approach, which can be used to analyze large amounts of high-dimensional data.
Thermal Optimization Design of Heat Exchanger in Supersonic Engine with Parameters’ Fluctuation
Authors: Wu Yifei , Jia Wei
Published: May 2020

Precooled engine is a highly expected solution to achieve supersonic transport. As the crucial component, heat exchangers protect other components from ultrahigh temperature. In traditional design methods, the nominal result is multiplied by a safety factor, whose selection entirely depends on experience, ensuring sufficient working margin to cope with fluctuation of parameters. For aero-engine, heat exchangers must work reliably with minimum weight. An advanced method of thermal optimization design with parameters’ fluctuation is proposed and proved to be effective by experimental verification. The heat transfer area can be quantitatively linked with the design confidence level, considering the coupling effect of various parameters’ fluctuation. The probability density distribution of heat transfer area has the characteristic of positive skewness distribution. With the increase of design confidence, the required heat transfer area is growing faster and faster. After optimization, the design of heat exchanger meets the requirements and the weight is effectively controlled.
Kant on Structural Domination and Global Justice
Authors: Jugov Tamara
Published: May 2020

This paper offers a novel reading of Immanuel Kant’s mature political philosophy. It argues that Kant’s doctrine of right is best understood as dealing with the question of how to justify practices of social power. It thereby suggests that the main object of Kant’s doctrine of right should be read in terms of individuals’ higher order power of free choice and action (“Willkür”). It then argues that the main normative problem Kant discusses in the doctrine of right is the problem of domination. While Kant must allow persons the exercises of their capacities for free choice and action for reasons of freedom, the structural upshots of such exercises by a multitude of empirically interconnected persons leads to a structure of private right, which is normatively problematic. This paper suggests interpreting this problem as one of structural domination. This reading sheds new light on Kant’s institutional theory of global justice. It enables us to better understand Kant’s theory of global institutionalization, particularly with regard to the question of why national and global institutionalization are so important in Kant’s theory and with regard to the question of what type of law cosmopolitan law is.
Justice as a Personal Virtue and Justice as an Institutional Virtue: Mencius’s Confucian Virtue Politics
Authors: Huang Yong
Published: May 2020

It has been widely observed that virtue ethics, regarded as an ethics of the ancient, in contrast to deontology and consequentialism, seen as an ethics of the modern (Larmore 1996: 19–23), is experiencing an impressive revival and is becoming a strong rival to utilitarianism and deontology in the English-speaking world in the last a few decades. Despite this, it has been perceived as having an obvious weakness in comparison with its two major rivals. While both utilitarianism and deontology can at the same time serve as an ethical theory, providing guidance for individual persons and a political philosophy, offering ways to structure social institutions, virtue ethics, as it is concerned with character traits of individual persons, seems to be ill-equipped to be politically useful. In recent years, some attempts have been made to develop the so-called virtue politics, but most of them, including my own (see Huang 2014: Chapter 5), are limited to arguing for the perfectionist view that the state has the obligation to do things to help its members develop their virtues, and so the focus is still on the character traits of individual persons. However important those attempts are, such a notion of virtue politics is clearly too narrow, unless one thinks that the only job the state is supposed to do is to cultivate its people’s virtues. Yet obviously the government has many other jobs to do such as making laws and social policies, many if not most of which are not for the purpose of making people virtuous. The question is then in what sense such laws and social policies are moral in general and just in particular. Utilitarianism and deontology have their ready answers in the light of utility or moral principles respectively. Can virtue ethics provide its own answer? This paper attempts to argue for an affirmative answer to this question from the Confucian point of view, as represented by Mencius. It does so with a focus on the virtue of justice, as it is a central concept in both virtue ethics and political philosophy.
Analyse der Grenzstreifen des religiösen Feldes
Authors: Lehmann Karsten
Published: May 2020

Die deutschsprachige Religionswissenschaft setzt sich zunehmend mit den Grenzen des religiösen Feldes auseinander. Vor diesem Hintergrund möchte der vorliegende Artikel Religionswissenschaftlerinnen und Religionswissenschaftler dazu einladen, die Beschäftigung mit Meso-Phänomenen an den Grenzen des religiösen Feldes weiter zu systematisieren.

In Auseinandersetzung mit Pierre Bourdieu schlägt der Autor dabei vor, Grenzen nicht als einfach Demarkationslinien zwischen ‚dem Religiösen‘ und ‚dem Säkularen‘ zu greifen, sondern als komplexe und dynamische Grenzstreifen zwischen unterschiedlichen Feldern.

Am Beispiel des Menschenrechtsdiskurses in der religiös affiliierten Nichtregierungsorganisation Pax Romana entwickelt der Artikel ein komplexes Konzept von Grenzstreifen, welches das Augenmerk auf die vielfältigen empirischen Prozesse auf den Grenzstreifen des religiösen Feldes lenkt. Besonders richtet er den Blick auf Sedimentierungsprozesse und ihre Konsequenzen für die kulturellen Tiefenstrukturen des religiösen Feldes.
Sektorale und berufsspezifische Ausbildungsstrategien und Übergangsmuster nach der dualen Ausbildung
Authors: Haverkamp Katarzyna , Seibert Holger , Wesling Mirko
Published: May 2020

Based on the Integrated Employment Biographies data (IEB) of the Institute for Employment Research, the study compares the transition patterns after completion of vocational training in craft trades and in other sectors of economic activity. According to Soskice (1994) and Steedman (1993), dual training in the craft sector exhibits some distinctive features that can be expected to increase the risk of non-smooth transitions and to inhibit labor market integration of its apprentices. The analysis shows that currently almost all apprentices manage to enter regular employment within one year after graduation. However, apprenticeship graduates from craft trades are more likely to be affected by temporary unemployment. Additionally, the wage disadvantages associated with a job change are significantly higher in craft trades than in other occupations. Further analysis reveals that these average effects mask large differences at the occupational level. We conclude, that future research should draw more attention to transition risks on occupational rather than on sectoral level.
Apoptosis induction by α-mangostin-loaded nanoparticles in human cervical carcinoma cells
Authors: Nguyen Minh H. , Nguyen Dat T. , Nguyen Phuong T.M.
Published: May 2020

The compound α-mangostin (AMG) extracted from Garcinia mangostana L. has potent anticancer properties but its clinical application is limited because of its poor solubility. In this study, AMG-loaded nanoparticles (NMG) were synthesized using a new formula and their apoptosis activity against human cervical carcinoma (HeLa) cells was investigated in comparison with organic solvent-soluble AMG in free form. The NMG was successfully synthesized with a particle size of <50 nm, polydispersity index <0.3, and zeta potential of −35.2 mV. At a concentration of 10 μg/mL, AMG reduced cell survival by 60%, whereas NMG treatment resulted in >90% cell death (p < 0.05). The AMG- or NMG-treated cells also showed changes in the size and shape and exhibited enhanced intensity of blue-stained nuclei, as well as decreased cell density, especially in NMG-treated cells. After 24 h of incubation with AMG or NMG, the cells went through late apoptosis at a rate of approximately 34% in 20 μg/mL AMG treatment and 27% in 10 μg/mL NMG treatment (p < 0.05). Thus, HeLa cells underwent more pronounced cell death through apoptosis induction caused by the NMG treatment compared to that caused by AMG. Clearly, the new NMG improved AMG bioavailability while maintaining the desired activity.
The expression and purification of LpxA of Chlamydia trachomatis and preparation of its polyclonal antibody
Authors: Li De-Kun , Mu Ying-Tao , Feng Huan-Huan
Published: May 2020

The purpose of this study is to purify the LpxA protein of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) and prepare the polyclonal antibody against LpxA protein, so as to lay a foundation for studying the function of LpxA protein. The LpxA gene was amplified by PCR. The expression plasmid pET28a-LpxA was constructed by using pET28a as the vector. The fusion protein containing 6 histidine tag was induced by IPTG and purified by Ni2+ chromatography gel. The purified His-LpxA protein was used as an immunogen to immunize New Zealand rabbits subcutaneously through the back to prepare polyclonal antibody. Immunoblotting was used to detect the reaction between the antibody and His-LpxA. The determination of polyclonal antibody titer was detected by ELISA. The relative molecular weight of His-LpxA was 32.8 kDa, and it could be expressed in Escherichia coli. The purity of the purified protein was about 95%. After immunizing New Zealand rabbits, the antiserum was able to recognize the recombinant His-LpxA protein with a titer greater than 1:10240. In this study, LpxA protein was successfully purified and antiserum was prepared, which provided an experimental basis for studying the function of LpxA protein.
Direct Kinetic Measurements and Master Equation Modelling of the Unimolecular Decomposition of Resonantly-Stabilized CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 Radical and an Upper Limit Determination for CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 + O2 Reaction
Authors: Joshi Satya Prakash , Seal Prasenjit , Pekkanen Timo Theodor , Timonen Raimo Sakari , Eskola Arrke J.
Published: May 2020

Methyl-Crotonate (MC, (E)-methylbut-2-enoate, CH3CHCHC(O)OCH3) is a potential component of surrogate fuels that aim to emulate the combustion of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) biodiesels with significant unsaturated FAME content. MC has three allylic hydrogens that can be readily abstracted under autoignition and combustion conditions to form a resonantly-stabilized CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 radical. In this study we have utilized photoionization mass spectrometry to investigate the O2 addition kinetics and thermal unimolecular decomposition of CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 radical. First we determined an upper limit for the bimolecular rate coefficient of CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 + O2 reaction at 600 K (k ≤ 7.5 × 10−17 cm3 molecule−1 s−1). Such a small rate coefficient suggest this reaction is unlikely to be important under combustion conditions and subsequent efforts were directed towards measuring thermal unimolecular decomposition kinetics of CH2CHCHC(O)OCH3 radical. These measurements were performed between 750 and 869 K temperatures at low pressures (<9 Torr) using both helium and nitrogen bath gases. The potential energy surface of the unimolecular decomposition reaction was probed at density functional (MN15/cc-pVTZ) level of theory and the electronic energies of the stationary points obtained were then refined using the DLPNO-CCSD(T) method with the cc-pVTZ and cc-pVQZ basis sets. Master equation simulations were subsequently carried out using MESMER code along the kinetically important reaction pathway. The master equation model was first optimized by fitting the zero-point energy corrected reaction barriers and the collisional energy transfer parameters

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Ist doch selbstverständlich, oder? – Plausibilität, Chancen und Grenzen konfessioneller Kooperation in exegetischer Perspektive
Authors: Guttenberger Gudrun , Münch Christian
Published: May 2020

Die exegetischen Methoden, wie sie in der Alt- und Neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft verwendet werden und wie sie die Forschungsergebnisse dieser Disziplinen generieren, differieren prinzipiell weder zwischen den konfessionellen Theologien noch anderen Wissenschaften, deren Gegenstand in historischen Texten gegeben ist. Zu theologischen und damit auch konfessionell gebundenen Disziplinen werden die Alt- und Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft durch (1) ihre Identitätsnarrative, mithin die Disziplinen- und Forschungsgeschichte, die konfessionell signifikant differieren, sowie (2) durch ihren als Gegenstand, insofern er durch die Zuschreibung von Kanonizität und durch Übersetzungstraditionen in Umfang und Textgrundlage konfessionell spezifisch konstituiert wird. Eine interkonfessionelle Kooperation in den Lehramtsstudiengängen muss sowohl dazu anleiten, die Identitätsnarrative trennscharf aufeinander zu beziehen, als auch die kirchlichen Bibelausgaben von den historischen Textformen unterscheiden zu lernen.
Interreligiöses Begegnungslernen in der Ausbildung von Religionslehrkräften in Heidelberg und Wien
Authors: Boehme Katja , Krobath Thomas
Published: May 2020

Im gesellschaftlichen und schulischen Kontext ist die Kooperation zwischen religiösen und säkularen Weltsichten und Fachperspektiven von zunehmender Bedeutung. In Heidelberg und Wien sind vergleichbare Konzepte fächerkooperierenden interreligiösen Begegnungslernens unter verschiedenen Rahmenbedingungen in die Ausbildung von Lehrerinnen und Lehrern implementiert. Beide Konzepte beruhen auf einem hochschuldidaktisch reflektierten pragmatischen Begegnungsverständnis. Lernen geschieht in didaktisch inszenierten, themenzentrierten und zeitlich begrenzten Settings und Phasen der Differenzierung und Begegnung.
A later fifth-millennium cal BC tumulus at Hofheim-Kapellenberg, Germany
Authors: Gronenborn Detlef , Thiemeyer Heinrich , Cramer Anja , Antunes Nicolas , Neubauer Dieter , Pétrequin Pierre
Published: May 2020

In the nineteenth century, two Neolithic axe-heads were reported from the Michelsberg enclosure system at Kapellenberg. The recent identification of an unusually large tumulus, from which the axe-heads were almost certainly once recovered, reveals that socio-political hierarchisation, linked to the emergence of high-ranking elites in Brittany and the Paris Basin during the fifth millennium cal BC, may have extended into Central Europe.
Circuit-Specific Dendritic Development in the Piriform Cortex
Authors: Moreno-Velasquez Laura , Lo Hung , Lenzi Stephen , Kaehne Malte , Breustedt Jörg , Schmitz Dietmar , Rüdiger Sten , Johenning Friedrich W.
Published: May 2020

Dendritic geometry is largely determined during postnatal development and has a substantial impact on neural function. In sensory processing, postnatal development of the dendritic tree is affected by two dominant circuit motifs, ascending sensory feedforward inputs and descending and local recurrent connections. In the three-layered anterior piriform cortex (aPCx), neurons in the sublayers 2a and 2b display vertical segregation of these two circuit motifs. Here, we combined electrophysiology, detailed morphometry, and Ca2+imaging in acute mouse brain slices and modeling to study circuit-specific aspects of dendritic development. We observed that determination of branching complexity, dendritic length increases, and pruning occurred in distinct developmental phases. Layer 2a and layer 2b neurons displayed developmental phase-specific differences between their apical and basal dendritic trees related to differences in circuit incorporation. We further identified functional candidate mechanisms for circuit-specific differences in postnatal dendritic growth in sublayers 2a and 2b at the mesoscale and microscale levels. Already in the first postnatal week, functional connectivity of layer 2a and layer 2b neurons during early spontaneous network activity scales with differences in basal dendritic growth. During the early critical period of sensory plasticity in the piriform cortex, our data are consistent with a model that proposes a role for dendritic NMDA-spikes in selecting branches for survival during developmental pruning in apical dendrites. The different stages of the morphologic and functional developmental pattern differences between layer 2a and layer 2b neurons demonstrate the complex interplay between dendritic development and circuit specificity.
Covid-19: Titik Kisar dan Potret Pendidikan
Authors: Nirwansyah Nirwansyah
Published: May 2020

The outbreak has historically been a problem that has claimed many victims. In the 21st century, humanity has been shocked by the emergence of three epidemics in the last two decades. The latest outbreak was found in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019 which is called the Novel Coronavirus 2019 or Corona Virus Desease 2019 (Covid-19). The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the status of Covid-19 as a global pandemic, which in a relatively short time has spread to various countries. Covid-19 has impacted various lines of life such as economy, socio-culture, politics, psychology, education, and so on. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the implications of the pandemic on education. This study uses a qualitative research method with a library approach sourced from books, journals or scientific papers, articles, and other digital literature. This study describes how Covid-19 can affect and restructure education both in various countries in the world, including Indonesia. The results show that there are three trends that have emerged in the world of global education in the midst of a pandemic and there are four ways that Covid-19 can change the way of educating future generations. So, it is time for the world of education to get out of the status quo and improve towards a futuristic education (education 4.0).Keywords: Corona, Education, Education 4.0 AbstrakSecara historis wabah telah menjadi masalah yang banyak memakan korban. Pada abad ke-21 ini umat manusia dikagetkan dengan munculnya tiga wabah dalam dua dekade terkahir. Wabah terbaru ditemukan di Wuhan, China pada akhir 2019 yang disebut dengan Novel Coronavirus 2019 atau Corona Virus Desease 2019 (Covid-19). Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) menetapkan status Covid-19 sebagai pandemi global, yang dalam waktu relatif singkat telah menyebar ke berbagai mancanegara. Covid-19 telah berdampak pada berbagai lini kehidupan seperti ekonomi, sosial-budaya, politik, psikologi, pendidikan, dan sebagainya. Tujuan studi ini ialah untuk memberikan gambaran tentang implikasi pandemi terhadap pendidikan. Studi ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan pustaka yang bersumber dari buku-buku, jurnal atau makalah ilmiah, artikel, dan literatur digital lainnya. Studi ini mendeskripsikan bagaimana Covid-19 bisa memepengaruhi dan menata ulang pendidikan baik di berbagai negara-negara dunia termasuk Indonesia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ada tiga tren yang muncul dalam dunia pendidikan global di tengah pandemi dan terdapat empat cara Covid-19 bagaimana mengubah cara mendidik bagi generasi yang akan datang. Sehingga, sudah saatnya dunia pendidikan keluar dari status quo dan berbenah diri menuju pendidikan yang futuristik (edukasi 4.0).Kata Kunci: Corona, Pendidikan, Edukasi 4.0
High-order Harmonic Generation from Hydrogen Molecular Ion in Coherent Superposition State
Authors: Phan Ngoc-Loan
Published: May 2020

Atom in a coherent superposition state reveals an advantage in the enhancement conversion efficiency of high-order harmonic generation (HHG), which is meaningful in producing attosecond pulses. In this study, we expand to investigate a more complicated system, H\(_2^+\) molecule in the superposition of the ground and second excited states, exposed to an ultrashort intense laser pulse by numerically solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. Firstly, we examine the enhancement of HHG from this system. Then, we study the depletion effect on the cutoff energy of HHG spectra with the coherent superposition state. We found that these effects on the HHG from molecules are similar to those from atoms. Finally, we study the signature of the interesting effect, which is absent for atoms -- two-center interference effect in the HHG from H\(_2^+\) in the coherent superposition state. We recognize that the minimum positions in HHG from molecules in the superposition state, and in the pure ground state are the same. Especially, for weak laser intensity, in the HHG with the superposition state, the minimum due to the interference effect is apparent, while it is invisible in the HHG from pure ground state. As a result, in comparison with the ground-state molecule, the coherent molecule can be used as a more accurate tool to determine the internuclear distance of molecule.
Gasto municipal en educación y su efecto en la distribución de ingresos a nivel local en Chile
Authors: Gutiérrez-Garrido Felipe M. , Acuña-Duarte Andrés A.
Published: May 2020

La presente investigación analiza el efecto del gasto público municipal per cápita en educación sobre la desigualdad en la distribución de ingresos autónomos para las comunas de Chile, siendo esta última medida mediante los índices de Gini y Theil y los indicadores 10/10 y 20/20. El estudio longitudinal considera 307 comunas en la estimación de modelos Probit de respuesta fraccional para el coeficiente de Gini y Tobit con efectos aleatorios para los restantes indicadores de desigualdad. Los principales hallazgos indican que aumentos en el nivel de gasto en educación per cápita reducirían la desigualdad de ingresos en las comunas de Chile. Adicionalmente, las estimaciones muestran que este efecto negativo no es inmediato, sino que tardaría entre 3 a 5 años en reducir la desigualdad comunal. Finalmente, la evidencia sugiere que la población indígena chilena estaría expuesta a una mayor desigualdad, cuando esta es medida a través del índice de Theil.
Mexico’s Finance-Growth Nexus with Trade Openness, FDI and Portfolio Investment: Evidence from VECM Cointegration Analysis
Authors: Fukuda Takashi
Published: May 2020

This study investigates Mexico’s finance-growth nexus by controlling the “globalization” variables of trade openness, foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment together with the structural break dummy. Financial development is proxied by two indicators of size and efficiency. Implementing the cointegration and Granger causality tests in the framework of the vector error correction model (VECM), we found that: financial size is negative for economic growth with no feedback; financial efficiency and economic growth are in a negative bilateral relationship; trade openness and portfolio investment are positive for economic growth; and FDI is negative for economic growth and financial efficiency.
Análise sobre o papel da mídia e suas possíveis contribuições na área de segurança pública
Authors: Andrade Adorisio Leal , Lira Pablo Silva
Published: May 2020

O objetivo desse artigo foi analisar o tratamento midiático dado pelos meios de comunicação, principalmente os jornais locais impressos em relação às políticas públicas de segurança. Foi pesquisado o papel da mídia e suas particularidades ao apresentar as notícias e reportagens sobre segurança pública em âmbito nacional e local, e também foi pesquisado como os meios de comunicação influenciam a população e os gestores da área pública. Para chegarmos aos objetivos da pesquisa analisamos autores nacionais em artigos e livros, periódicos das áreas correlatas (Comunicação, Violência e Segurança Pública) confrontando suas análises com o objetivo da pesquisa. Observamos questões que podem ajudar a melhorar as abordagens da mídia em relação aos programas de segurança pública evitando a propagação da cultura do medo e oferecendo reflexões sobre essas áreas que podem auxiliar as decisões dos gestores públicos em relação à divulgação dos resultados das ações governamentais. Como resultado, entendemos a importância do papel da imprensa e dos jornais impressos na divulgação das ações de segurança pública, o fenômeno da violência e da criminalidade, bem como a probabilidade de propagação da chamada cultura do medo.