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Showtime’s Dexter: The horror of being (non)human
Authors: Keetley Dawn
Published: September 2018

Showtime’s Dexter exemplifies the ‘nonhuman turn’ manifest as horror. It dramatizes, in its serial killer protagonist, the profound interconnectedness of the human and the nonhuman as well as a nonhuman ‘agency’ that undercuts the already limited power of humans to direct their own lives. It does so by consistently highlighting Dexter Morgan’s own determining nonhuman part, which he calls his ‘monster’, his ‘dark passenger’, his ‘shadow self’ – all terms that mark an anonymous ‘it’ and the threat it poses to the ‘human’ Dexter desperately wants to be. The series refuses, though, to define Dexter’s impersonal monstrousness as his alone, as a part of only his past or only his brain – or even, in the end, as a ‘monster’ that is in any way separate from the ‘human’. Dexter’s personal ‘dark passenger’, I argue, is shown to be a shared nonhuman life inherent in the condition of being human. This ‘it’ or ‘thing’ is represented in the series in Dexter’s human doubles, in animals, even in the weather. The ‘it’ of Dexter, in short, marks a nonhuman that is both an external and an internal nature and that is manifest precisely as their indistinction. Showtime’s groundbreaking series thus models a new kind of monster, as well as a new form of horror – one that recognizes the nonhuman in the human.
Vision experiences and participation in a New Horizons Band
Authors: Wehr Erin L. , Coffman Don D.
Published: September 2018

New Horizons International Music Association (NHIMA) bands provide opportunities for older adults to learn, or relearn, a band instrument. Musicians have unique circumstances for vision, and older adults have identified vision as a top concern in their musical experiences. This study explores vision correction experiences of older adults participating in NHIMA Bands and the effectiveness of three accommodations.
‘Toward understanding the nature of history and its limitations’: An interview with the American Artist David Schutter
Authors: Mieves Christian
Published: September 2018

In this conversation American painter David Schutter and the author discuss key aspects of Schutter’s work. Schutter (born 1974), whose work makes reference to major European painting collections, explores in his work the relation to tradition and repetition of artistic conventions. His work, presented at ‘Documenta 14’ (2017), often employs strategies of radical limitation of the colour scheme, and restriction of visibility, sometimes blackening out the image plane altogether. This raises questions about the detachment from the referent object, self-reflexivity and the trope of unrepresentable in contemporary painting in the beginning of the twenty-first century. The conversation will further focus on ways Schutter’s work transgresses from a narrow mimetic framework by mitigating in his paintings the difference between original and double and by employing diminished clarity and ambiguity in his work.
‘Painting within itself’: The ‘John Moores Liverpool Exhibition’
Authors: Gee Gabriel N.
Published: September 2018

This article takes at its cue the 1969 decision of the John Moores Liverpool Painting Prize and exhibition to exclude works projecting more than six inches out of the wall. The refusal to include British contemporary pictorial explorations that expanded beyond the frame of the canvas at the time can be seen as a conservative stance. However, it also paved the way for the exhibition’s subsequent showcasing of the specific problems located within the internal space and constraints of the canvas, in an epoch that heralded the medium’s obsolescence. First, we look at the relation between painting and sculpture in the first years of the biannual prize, when an independent sculpture section attested to latent concerns about the international standing of British arts. We then focus on the 1969 John Moores’ exhibition that provides a unique perspective into the radical changes occurring in art practices in Britain at the time. Finally, we evoke a range of pictorial practices displayed at the John Moores in the 1970s, which are described as articulating a turn ‘within itself’, furthering an investigation into a range of specific aesthetic problems posed by the format of the canvas at the time.
Off the clock: Is drag ‘just a job’?
Authors: Crookston Cameron
Published: September 2018

Many contemporary performance scholars and ethnographers define drag as ‘just a job’, a professional identity often presented as incompatible trans identity. However, recent events, such as Facebook’s ‘real names’ issue, and trans drag performer Peppermint’s highly publicized tenure on RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009–present), have put tension on this fairly narrow definition of drag. In this article, I use these recent moments of tension between drag and trans identity as a jumping off point to track the history of the definition of drag as ‘just a job’ and scrutinize the simplicity of this statement. Drawing on the work of trans historian Susan Stryker, theatre historian Laurence Senelick and drag ethnographer Esther Newton, among others, I use both recent and historic moments of convergence and overlap between drag and trans communities to problematize the definition of the two identities as mutually exclusive.
Lesbian chic, femme-ininity and feminist dialogue: Reflecting on The L Word
Authors: Carter Claire
Published: September 2018

Showtime’s The L Word, which aired from 2004–09, attracted a broad audience in part by featuring a caricature of lesbianism that is heteronormatively appealing – femme, white and cosmopolitan. Drawing on queer popular culture and scholarship on The L Word, this article analyses several of the show’s scenes in order to challenge interpretations of the show as geared for the male gaze and of the lesbian chic as un-subversive. Strategic appeal of the lesbian chic ideal seductively brings viewers in, but once there, they encounter moments of feminist dialogue on identity politics, violence against women and representation as well as a queering of dominant representations of femininity.
Short-Term Outcomes of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease - Pilot Study
Authors: Huzmeli Esra Dogru , Yilmaz Atilla , Yucekaya Bircan , Oskay Deran , Okuyucu Esra
Published: September 2018

Background:
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) provides efficient treatment for the alleviation of motor signs in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), but more studies about gait and functionality are needed. We aimed to understand whether short-term DBS treatment will can relieve the symptoms of PD patients, specifically we examined its effect on motor-cognitive-complication parameters, fine motor skills and daily living activity (DLA) of these patients.

Method:
Ten patients from Mustafa Kemal University Neurosurgery Department were recruited. The assessments were made twice, first time preoperatively, which was within one week prior to the surgery, second time postoperatively, which was 55-65 days post treatment. The motor scores, DLA scores, mental scores and complication scores were measured with Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), fine motor skills measured with The nine-hole peg test (9-HPT), balance measured with Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and falling risk measured with Timed Up and Go Test (TUG).

Results:
10 patients (5 female, 5 male) aged between 40-60 (mean=49.44±6.69 years) were included in the study. Duration of the disease’s mean was 5.60 years. We found significant difference between pre-op and post-op results in UPDRS DLA, UPDRS motor, UPDRS complication, UPDRS total score and TUG tests (Table 2).

There was no significant difference between preop-postop assessment in UPDRS mental, BBS and 9-HPT results (p>0.05).

Discussion:
Balance, walk and fine motor impairment occurs almost always in Parkinson’s disease and resulting in difﬁculties with daily living activities. We found that DBS has positive effect on PD complications, balance and walking abilities. PD patients that have falling risk and multiple motor symptoms may have benefit from DBS.
UX Designer and Software Developer at the Mirror: Assessing Sensory Immersion and Emotional Involvement in Virtual Museums
Authors: Pietroni Eva , Pagano Alfonsina , Fanini Bruno
Published: September 2018

Virtual Museums (VMs) and their audiences have always been studied as separated worlds. Recently the importance of cross-methodological studies has been accepted by the academic sector for their usefulness in the process of assessing the impact of such VMs. Hedonic aspects, such as emotions, senses, perception, and environmental atmosphere rather than technicalities, like usability and affordance, have indeed played a precise and crucial role in the meaning-making of the world around us. This contribution will highlight the need for a collaborative sharing of ideas among designers and developers, creators and technicians, in order to reach sensory immersion and emotional involvement in VMs that will translate into enhanced participation and the predisposition to assimilate and memorize cultural contents. It has been stated that “a virtual museum is a digital entity.” As such, it is inevitably based on technology, on its user interface (UI), on the visualization solutions it employs, and on its usability and ability to interact with the end user in order to transfer a certain message. VMs are designed to complement, enhance, or augment the ordinary museum experience through contextualization, narration, personalization, interactivity and richness of content. This contribution originates not only from the lessons learned in twenty years of research by CNR ITABC, but it also moves one step further in the direction of exchanged experiences and good practices between the humanistic and the technological sectors, therefore contributing to the promotion of lifelong learning in Virtual Museums.
Corporate disputes in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Their Features and Methods of Resolution
Authors: ALEXEYEVA Snezhana Vladimirovna , TYNYBEKOV Serikkali Tynybekovich
Published: September 2018

Currently, the problem of corporate disputes between Kazakh companies, as well as disputes with the participation of foreign investors is topical. The article is devoted to consideration of the legal nature of corporate disputes, delineation of such concepts as ʼcorporate conflictʼ, ʼconflict of interestsʼ, ʼeconomic disputeʼ. The author analyzes the history of the origin of corporate conflicts, considers ways of resolving corporate conflicts, both in judicial and extrajudicial order, including with the help of a modern institution of mediation. Thus, the main objective of the study is the legal regulation of corporate legal relations in joint-stock companies in the Republic of Kazakhstan, including in the field of the emergence and resolution of corporate conflicts involving various subjects.
State Regulation of Special Economic Zones in Russia
Authors: BOYKO Natalya Nikolaevna , USMANOVA Rezida Miniyarovna
Published: September 2018

This article presents a comparative analysis of ʼspecial economic zonesʼ with an established business regime for each of them. These zones are created either in the territory of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation or in the territory of one or several municipal entities. The regulatory framework for all entities is created at the federal and regional levels through the adoption of relevant laws. Formally, all the ʼspecial zonesʼ have different goals, but are really focused on attracting investments by creating special conditions for doing business and providing tax benefits. This in turn, attracts the creation of new jobs, the satisfaction of the population in high-quality services and allows the population to live a comfortable and self-fulfilling lifestyle. This article analyses the special regimes for the implementation of entrepreneurial and investment activities existing in Russia, in particular territories. The characteristic features of these territories, which have the right to state support, tax preferences and incentives, are highlighted. The results of the study confirm that being residents of the territory of special zones, they receive significant tax advantages in comparison with non-residents. The availability of these territories with special business regimes positively affects the efficiency for business and regional budgets and will improve the material well-being of the living population.
Trends in the Development of the International Trade Law
Authors: DIACONESCU Amelia
Published: September 2018

The international trade exchanges and their continuous development imply the existence of certain regulations under the shape of laws, conventions, treaties, legal tools which ensure stability and legal security for the traders and the commercial relationships.

The process to issue cohesive regulations in the matter of the international trade takes place not only in the area of direct relationships between states, but most often under the auspices of international organizations.
General Approaches to the Market Structure Control in BRICS Countries
Authors: FROLOVA Evgenia Evgenevna , BELIKOVA Ksenia Mikhailovna , BADAEVA Natalia Vladimirovna , AKHMADOVA Maryam Abdurakhmanovna , DUDIN Mihail Nikolaevich
Published: September 2018

The articles represents a research of general approaches of BRICS countries legislation and legal order to counteraction against such an anticompetitive market strategy and a means of both global and regional governance as abuse of control and dominant market power in legal orders of China, India, Russia and South Africa. The author pays particular attention to current legislation of BRICS countries in the field of competition protection with regard to provisions related to market structure control and restrictions of anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions (further on - M&As) and ‘concentrationʼ of enterprises' market power control fixed by Asian (China and India), Euro-Asian (Russia) and African (South Africa) legal orders. The analysis of substantial contents of laws on competition and monopolies of the abovementioned BRICS countries and relevant case law shows the existence of a number of conventional generally acknowledged (unified) provisions and norms. At the same time there are specific features making them different. These generally acknowledged provisions and peculiarities will be in focus in the article.
Representation of National Minorities in State Institutions Through Quotas in The Region of South East Europe
Authors: HAXHIU Sadik , HAMITI Urtak , ASLLANI Gani
Published: September 2018

Modern democratic societies and countries that are based on democracy, rule of law, respect of human rights and freedoms base those values in electoral systems and free and fair elections that legitimize the power of the people through their representatives. Norms for democratic electoral systems were set by various international institutions such as United Nations, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and European Union. Although not all of the countries of the region of South East Europe are members of most relevant international institutions, they have adopted democratic norms concerning elections that are set by international institutions. Representation of national minorities in state institutions, legislative and executive branches, as well as other public institutions, through electoral systems or through constitutional and legal quotas, in some cases based on electoral systems or through political appointments, is the key ingredient of a full-functioning democratic order. This is even more important in the countries of South East Europe, many of which have been established in recent history, where the boundaries are geographic and are not set along ethnic lines. Most of the countries, regardless of the democratic elections, have opted for the system of quotas for their national minorities, in terms of their representation in state and public institutions, with the sole aim of bringing them on-board with the representatives of national majority to create democratic governing decision-making bodies.
Bitcoin, Lifecoin, Namecoin: The Legal Nature of Virtual Currency
Authors: KIRILLOVA Elena Anatolyevna , PAVLYUK Albert Valentinovich , MIKHAYLOVA Irina Aleksandrovna , ZULFUGARZADE Teymur E. , ZENIN Sergey Sergeevich
Published: September 2018

The current article examines the peculiarities and legal nature of Bitcoin, Lifecoin, Namecoin, Quark, WebMoney, Ripple and other virtual currencies. There is no single understanding of the legal essence of virtual currency in the world today; therefore, the legal status of such currencies is not officially fixed and there are no official rates of Bitcoins or other crypto currencies against national currencies. Their rate is determined in the course of trading at virtual Bitcoin exchanges and exchange platforms. Such a situation is dictated by the novelty of legal relations in the field of crypto currency circulation, the risks of their implementation, as well as security problems. The main goal of the study is to define the legal nature and features of virtual currencies and the possibilities of legislative regulation of using crypto currencies. When writing the article, the methods of collecting and studying singularities have been used, as well as generalization methods, the methods of scientific abstraction, and the methods of studying regularities. The study has concluded that it is advisable to provide for the licensing of mining and crypto trading at the international level, customers should be identified when selling and buying virtual currencies, introducing a special verification procedure for Bitcoin users will prevent the abuse of virtual currencies for money laundering and terrorism financing. As a result of the analysis, a definition has been given, and the main features and functions of the virtual currency have been highlighted. It has been proved that virtual currencies are a new kind of electronic money stored in computer memory, the monetary value of the virtual currency is managed by means of a technical device. Virtual currency is a new means of payment and does not require access to deposit accounts.
Responsibility of a Host State in Transnational Investment Disputes
Authors: LISITSA Valeriy Nikolayevich
Published: September 2018

The article seeks to define the legal nature of the responsibility of a host state in transnational investment disputes. It considers numerous rules (treaties, national law, customs, soft law, etc.) and their application within a domestic legal system to ensure the proper implementation of civil and other legal rights and obligations of host states and foreign investors. It is argued that the involvement of foreign investors and host states in international commercial arbitration, including the ICSID, and the application of international law (along with national law) as a legal ground for the payment of compensation, do not change the nature of the existing legal relationship between the parties of the investment dispute. The responsibility of the host state to the foreign investor expressed in the state’s obligation to pay damages (compensation) remains in the private, rather than international public law sphere. In conditions of lack of proper rules of investment law states should not stand aside from the present process of making such rules by non-state actors. This situation detracts from the treaty as a major source of international law, sometimes does not correspond to the interests of host states and moreover may threaten their sovereignty.
Formula of Investment Success: Comparative Analysis of Legislation for Investment Activities Development
Authors: MURZAGALIYEVA Assel M.
Published: September 2018

Investments are an integral part of the modern economy, as they contribute to making a profit and achieving a positive effect. Therefore, the author chose this topic for study. The main purpose of the work is to determine the investment success, using the example of development of investment activities of the United States and Japan. The author found that 74% of all direct foreign investment of the United States is investment in developed countries, where you can get a good profit. First of all, American business invests in the Netherlands, Britain, Luxembourg, Canada, Ireland. Having studied the issue of investment success, the author derived a formula that promotes development. It includes liberal legislation, a government collegial body, additional mechanisms, free economic zones, access to the global market and internal potential. These components contribute to the development of investment activities.
Legal Protection Towards Traditional Food Based on Mark and Geographic Indication Law
Authors: PURWANINGSIH Endang , MUSLIKH MUSLIKH , ANISARIZA Nelly Ulfah , RAHMANTO Derta
Published: September 2018

Traditional food makers should be empowered and their products should be protected. The objectives of this research are to identify and analyze the potential, the prospect, and the legal protection of traditional food (producer and products) to finally attain legal protection and trademark or geographic indication. In this research, the method applied is analytical descriptive qualitative by making use of participatory (PRA) and sociological-juridical approaches. The research findings suggest that so far, instead of working on a bigger cause that is achieving mark/label, traditional food producers are still striving for trademark merely to get market distribution and halal label.  It is clear that they need help from related parties considering their economy, sociological humanities (empowerment), and legal aspects (regulation, policy, brand, halal label, consumer protection). Related parties, the Industry and Trade Service,  Cooperatives and SME’s, Directorate General of Property Rights and its regional office, the Department of Agriculture, universities, and the traditional food producers association—should work together and take serious measures to pro-actively involve food makers.
Factors Influencing the Presentation of Fraudulent Financial Reporting in Indonesia
Authors: RIZANI Fahmi , RESPATI Novita WeningTyas
Published: September 2018

This study examines the factors that influence the preparation and presentation of fraudulent financial statements basing on the fraud triangle theory. The purpose of this research is to examine and analyze the influences of financial stability (asset change), external pressure, personal financial need (insider ownership), financial targets, ineffective monitoring (by audit committee), and rationalization (auditor’s opinion) on making fraudulent financial statements. The population in this study is a manufacturing company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2013 to2015. Sample selection is by purposive sampling. Data used in the analysis was of 147 companies. The data analysis technique for hypothesis testing was by logistic regression analysis. Results of this research indicate that financial stability, external pressure, personal financial need, and rationalization have no significant effect on making fraudulent financial statements. Although the results of this study can not prove the factors that affect fraud in the presentation of financial statements, but companies need to be vigilant to prevent fraud in the presentation of financial statements. Companies must be able to perform early detection of the occurrence of fraudulent financial statements for the survival of the entity.
Characteristics of Criminal Responsibility for the Participation of Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Foreign Armed Conflicts
Authors: TASKYN Yernar T. , BIMOLDANOV Yerzhan M.
Published: September 2018

The article examines the characteristics of the participation of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign conflicts as an object of criminal investigation. The mechanisms for the emergence of foreign armed conflicts, as well as the reasons and conditions that facilitate the participation of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, have been examined. In the course of the study of international legislation and international experience in regulating public relations in this area, specific recommendations and methodology for studying of the participation of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign conflicts have been developed as an independent research object. Due to the lack of legal means for bringing persons who took part in fighting abroad to responsibility, the criminal liability of citizens for involvement in armed conflicts in the territory of foreign states was introduced in domestic legislation. The authors of the study identified the public danger of the crime, which meant that citizens of Kazakhstan, when returning to their home country, by acquiring a subversive-terrorist experience, could contribute to the commission of crimes directed against the national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to the findings of the study, successful and effective opposition to the participation of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign conflicts depends largely on the degree of theoretical development of the considered problem.
Russian Court Interpretation of Legislative Measuresfor Advanced Training and (or) Professional Training of the Selected Employed Population Aged from 25 to 65 Years
Authors: ZAVGORODNIY Alexander Vasilyevich , VASILYEV Ilya Alexandrovich , DIVEEVA Nelli Ivanovna , FILIPPOVA Marina Valentinovna , KHARITONOV Mikhail Mikhailovich
Published: September 2018

In this article, we present the first generalization and analysis of decisions made by Russian courts of general jurisdiction from 2009 to 2016 for the application of provisions of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law of November 21, 2011 No. 323-FZ ʼOn the fundamentals of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federationʼ, the Federal Law of July 3, 2016 No. 238-FZ ʼOn independent qualification assessmentʼ, the Federal Law of December 29, 2013 No. 273-FZ ʼOn education in the Russian Federationʼ, the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 28, 2013 No. 966 ʼOn licensing educational activitiesʼ adopted to fulfill the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2012 No. 599 ʼAbout measures to implement the state policy in the sphere of education and scienceʼ in the field of advanced training and (or) professional training of employed population aged from 25 to 65 years. As a result, we have made several conclusions. Firstly, if periodical advanced training is a mandatory condition for admission to work (for example, for medical workers), then courts using separate methods of protecting rights of citizens (in particular, health care), should understand the consequences of these decisions. Secondly, the imposition of administrative sanctions in accordance with Part 3 of Article 19.20 of the Code of Administrative Offences due to the non-systematic increase in the professional level of educators recommends improving the algorithm for substantiating the gross violation of license requirements. Thirdly, the legal status of a person who has concluded an agreement on advanced training differs from that of an apprenticeship contract, and the guarantees for this person are not established by Articles 203-205 but rather Article 187 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. Therefore, courts should not qualify a contract on advanced training as an apprenticeship contract. Fourthly, if advanced training is not designated for employees as additional qualification and an employer does not have the duty to pay for this training, then the resolution of a possible dispute should be based on whether the employer's interest is realized or not. Fifthly, the impossibility of an employee to work should be objective and compulsory, which is assessed by the law enforcer based on the balance of rights and interests of both parties of the corresponding employment contract. Sixthly, the legal regulation of the independent assessment of working qualification requires its improvement and alignment with norms of the labor legislation of the Russian Federation.
Exploring the outcomes of standards-based concurrent enrollment and Advanced Placement in Arkansas
Authors: Taylor Jason L , Yan Rui
Published: September 2018

Accelerated programs (concurrent enrollment and Advanced Placement) are expanding across the US, yet there is little evidence on the relationships between participation in different accelerated programs, standards-based concurrent enrollment programs (e.g., accredited programs), and educational outcomes. This study used data from a cohort of Arkansas high school graduates and school-level fixed effects to assess how different accelerated programs predict students’ likelihood of enrolling in and being retained in an Arkansas college. We found that participation in concurrent enrollment and Advanced Placement predicts college access and college retention. However, we found no differences in college access and retention based on whether students participated in a NACEP-accredited concurrent enrollment program or not. The results suggest the need to expand access to both concurrent enrollment and Advanced Placement and the need for more research on standards-based concurrent enrollment programs such as those that are NACEP-accredited.
ANALISIS KELAYAKAN DAN STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN WILAYAH DALAM WACANA PEMBENTUKAN DAERAH OTONOM BARU BOGOR TIMUR
Authors: Nurhasanah Aan , Juanda Bambang , Putri Eka Intan Kumala
Published: September 2018

ABSTRACTBogor District as one of large region and large number of population has any problems related to accesibility and equity welfare.  Regional proliferation considered as a way to overcome that problems.  The study used scoring method based on PP no. 78 2007 with descriptive analysis, location quotient analysis, and Klassen Tiphology. This study was aimed to analyzed feasibility of regional proliferation and to formulate regional development strategy based on economic potentials in eastern Bogor District region. In general the result showed that eastern Bogor District region appropriate to organize as an autonomous region.  High economic potential and fiscal cappacity of eastern Bogor region can be made as main factor to recommended eastern Bogor District region as an autonomous region.  Thus, the selected strategies are how to develop backward regions base on leading sector, support primary sector development such as agricultural. Goverment policy is important to optimize natural resources management, spread out infrastructure development mainly to support rural area development. The implication of policy directed base on each region characters such as social, culture, spatial, basic sector.   Furthermore regional development analysis can be set base on sub-district region.
Integracja edukacyjna z innej perspektywy
Authors: Dryżałowska Grażyna
Published: September 2018

Educational Integration changed the social situation of persons with disability starting the sequence of new factors setting assessments for her. Getting to know their interrelationships and conditioning seems significant for current determining laying individuals of the disabled and wider social contexts in area which are accommodating oneself reasons for taking action ill-advised, in consequence faked, for their public integration.
„Racjonalne usprawnienie” w ramach edukacji dzieci i młodzieży z niepełnosprawnością – rozważania na kanwie konwencji o prawach osób niepełnosprawnych Część 1
Authors: Mikrut Adam
Published: September 2018

The authorities of the Republic of Poland have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and have undertaken the responsibility to implement such changes in the internal law and in social policy which aim at ensuring full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms by people with disabilities and preventing their discrimination in different aspects of life. One of the ways of fulfilling this commitment is described as “reasonable accommodation”. The author of this article has attempted to find manifestations of such activities in the field of school legislation and its practical examples. As a result, it turned out that in the analysed area many solutions are in line with the spirit of the “reasonable accommodation”.
Disability Studies wobec natury postaw dyskryminujących
Authors: Wlazło Marcin
Published: September 2018

With the development of disability studies the awareness of “false universalization of disability” increased. It was realized that both theoretical and practical abuse is to treat disability as the main and even the only factor that binds the environment of people with disabilities. The configurations of the aspects of oppression and discriminatory attitudes have been in fact much more complex and elaborate than it was originally thought according to the promotion of the social model of disability. The article addresses the problem of multiplicity and simultaneous oppression, in which disability co-exists among other factors, considering gender, race or age of human as no less important factors of marginalization, violation of law and social exclusion.
Epstein–Barr virus infection in primary immunodeficiency
Authors: Ovadia Adi , Dalal Ilan
Published: September 2018

Primary immunodeficiency (PID) is a group of genetic disorders which affects immune cell development, differentiation, and function. The affected individuals are highly susceptible to infection by a diverse array of pathogens. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection is ubiquitous in humans and usually involves an asymptomatic or self-limiting clinical course. In rare cases, EBV can cause not only an acute infection but also a severe exaggerated immune response and lymphoproliferative disease.

Furthermore, EBV infection in patients with PID can lead to immune dysregulation and increased risk of malignancies, in addition to the severe course of the acute infection. Recognition of the different genetic defects and their effect on immunological pathways provide us with fundamental insights into the pathophysiology of EBV infection and associated disease, and may lead to developing better targeted therapies in the future. Here, we review all of PIDs with an abnormal response to EBV disease.

Statement of novelty: Here we provide a review of the current knowledge of all PIDs reported to be associated with abnormal response to EBV infection and associated disease, such as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
System-related and cognitive errors in laboratory medicine
Authors: Plebani Mario
Published: September 2018

Current efforts focusing on better defining the prevalence of diagnostic errors, their causes and remediation strategies should address the role of laboratory testing and its contribution to high-quality care as well as a possible source of diagnostic errors. Data collected in the last few years highlight the vulnerability of extra-analytical phases of the testing cycle and the need for programs aiming to improve all steps of the process. Further studies have clarified the nature of laboratory-related errors, namely the evidence that both system-related and cognitive factors account for most errors in laboratory medicine. Technology developments are effective in decreasing the rates of system-related errors but organizational issues play a fundamental role in assuring a real improvement in quality and safety in laboratory processes. Educational interventions as well as technology-based interventions have been proposed to reduce the risk of cognitive errors. However, to reduce diagnostic errors and improve patient safety, clinical laboratories have to embark on a paradigmatic shift restoring the nature of laboratory services as an integral part of the diagnostic and therapy process.
Predict Forex Trend via Convolutional Neural Networks
Authors: Tsai Yun-Cheng , Chen Jun-Hao , Wang Jun-Jie
Published: September 2018

Deep learning is an effective approach to solving image recognition problems. People draw intuitive conclusions from trading charts. This study uses the characteristics of deep learning to train computers in imitating this kind of intuition in the context of trading charts. The main goal of our approach is combining the time-series modeling and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to build a trading model. We propose three steps to build the trading model. First, we preprocess the input data from quantitative data to images. Second, we use a CNN, which is a type of deep learning, to train our trading model. Third, we evaluate the model’s performance in terms of the accuracy of classification. The experimental results show that if the strategy is clear enough to make the images obviously distinguishable the CNN model can predict the prices of a financial asset. Hence, our approach can help devise trading strategies and help clients automatically obtain personalized trading strategies.
Do match officials give preferential treatment to the strongest football teams? An analysis of four top European clubs
Authors: Audrino Francesco
Published: September 2018

We address the fiercely debated question of whether the strongest European football clubs get special, preferential treatment from match officials in their decisions on the teams’ players over the course of the teams’ trophy winning streaks. To give an empirical answer to this question, we apply a rigorous econometric analysis for causal effect estimation to a self-constructed data set. We consider the two clubs in the Italian Serie A that experienced a prolonged winning streak during the period 2006–2016, namely Internazionale Milan (Inter) and Juventus Turin, as well as one team from the German Bundesliga (Borussia Dortmund) and one from the English Premier League (Manchester United) that also experienced a winning streak during the same period. This allows us to perform an analysis with enough statistical power to be able to estimate properly the effect of interest. The general opinion among fans, sports journalists, and insiders that the strongest clubs are favored by match officials’ decisions is supported only by the results of the analysis we run for Juventus, whereas for the other clubs under investigation, we did not find any significant bias. During its winning streak, more yellow cards and total booking points (an aggregated measure of yellow and red cards) were given to Juventus opponents. These effects are not only statistically significant, but also have a sizeable impact.
New data on the endangered Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) link the core distribution with its recently discovered southern population
Authors: Torres Ricardo , Tamburini Daniela , Boaglio Gabriel , Decarre Julieta , Castro Lucila , Lescano Julián , Barri Fernando
Published: September 2018

The endangered Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri Rusconi, 1930) has been recorded in western Paraguay, southeastern Bolivia and northern Argentina, reaching the north of Santiago del Estero province. Recently, however, this species was found much further south in central Argentina, ca. 650 km away from the southern limit of its known distribution. In this report we provide new records in previously unsurveyed areas linking the core range with the southern population, suggesting a continuous distribution. Due to synergistic effects of hunting pressure and deforestation, we are almost certain that the Chacoan peccary is as threatened in central Argentina as in the rest of its distribution range.
Hin zu Marx und über ihn hinaus
Authors: Kurz Heinz D.
Published: September 2018

Heinz D. Kurz liefert in diesem Beitrag eine kritische Würdigung von Karl Marx‘ Beitrag zur politischen Ökonomie. Marx war ein wissenschaftlicher und politischer Entrepreneur, sein Gewerbe die Disruption bestehender Verhältnisse in der politischen Ökonomie und in der Welt. Seine politischen Aktivitäten wollte er grundsätzlich wissenschaftsbasiert wissen. Sein Denken ist unter anderem geprägt durch Aristoteles‘ Vorstellung von der guten Gesellschaft und von der klassischen Doktrin der nichtintendierten Folgen menschlichen Tuns. Der unter dem Zwangsgesetz der Konkurrenz stehende Kapitalist bewirkt über Innovationen eine Steigerung der gesellschaftlichen Produktivkraft, bis die Probleme der Knappheit der Güter und ihrer Verteilung an Bedeutung verlieren und der Kapitalismus einer höheren Produktionsweise Platz machen muss. Das „Bewegungsgesetz“ der modernen Gesellschaft findet Ausdruck im tendenziellen Fall der Profitrate. Heinz D. Kurz erörtert die Marxsche Wert- und Mehrwerttheorie sowie seine Theorie der endogenen ökonomischen Dynamik der kapitalistischen Produktionsweise. Er verweist außer auf die bedeutenden analytischen Funde von Marx auf dessen gravierende Irrtümer und Fehlurteile. Es besteht gleichwohl kein Zweifel: Marx war ein Großer unseres Faches, ein Sozialwissenschaftler von bleibendem Rang, ein Vorreiter auf zahlreichen Gebieten. Er teilt in außergewöhnlichem Maß das Schicksal anderer Großer, nicht verstanden, fehlinterpretiert und politisch missbraucht zu werden.
Segmentation and clustering in brain MRI imaging
Authors: Mirzaei Golrokh , Adeli Hojjat
Published: September 2018

Clustering is a vital task in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain imaging and plays an important role in the reliability of brain disease detection, diagnosis, and effectiveness of the treatment. Clustering is used in processing and analysis of brain images for different tasks, including segmentation of brain regions and tissues (grey matter, white matter, and cerebrospinal fluid) and clustering of the atrophy in different parts of the brain. This paper presents a state-of-the-art review of brain MRI studies that use clustering techniques for different tasks.
Semiosic translation
Authors: Torres-Martínez Sergio
Published: September 2018

The present article explains the tenets of an updated version of semiosic translation. Many of the ideas in this paper have been brewing for some time. For example, the integration of the Peircean notions of sign and abduction and the Wittgensteinian concepts of rule-following, complex-fact, and hypothesis. It turns out that this synthesis leads to some new proposals about translation semiotics that seek to move the field from the reification of objects, concepts and practices toward a broader conception of translation and translating centered on the translator’s agency. What this means is, among other things, that semiosic translation avoids a delimitation of signification (things and actions conveying meaning) by rejecting any conceptual appeals tinged with foundationalism. Rather, my argument will concentrate on elucidating the unpredictability of semiosis as a determinant of all forms of translation across sign systems.
SAHA modulates cell proliferation, colony forming and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in CCA cells
Authors: Başkol Gülden , Özel Merve , Uçar Çiğdem , Doğru Büşra Nur , Yüksek Esra Hilal , Güneş Fatma , Başkol Mevlüt
Published: September 2018

Background

Therapeutic options for advanced cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) are limited and ineffective due to the largely incomplete understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of this deadly tumor. So that, we planned to investigate epigenetic regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cholangiocarcinoma cell line by applying Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA). We studied the effect of SAHA on cell proliferation, colony forming, migration and protein level of E-cadherin (E-cad) as an epithelial EMT marker, N-cadherin (N-cad) and Vimentin (Vim), as a mesenchymal markers of EMT, in human CCA cell line.

Materials and methods

Cell proliferation and migration measurements were performed by flow cytometry and wound healing assay, respectively. E-cad, N-cad and Vim protein levels were determined by Western blot analysis.

Results

It was found that SAHA significantly inhibits cell viability, proliferation and migration of TFK-1 cells, accompanied by reversing of EMT markers. SAHA, upregulated protein level of E-cad, while downregulated the protein levels of N-cad and Vimentin.

Conclusions

SAHA treatment may bebeneficial for CCA patients and SAHA might be a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of CCA. However, future studies are needed to evaluate the clinical applicability of SAHA as a part of the chemotherapeutic regimen for CCA.
Grip Strength in Youth Ice Hockey Players: Normative Values and Predictors of Performance
Authors: Toong Tiffany , Wilson Katherine E. , Urban Karolina , Paniccia Melissa , Hunt Anne W. , Keightley Michelle , Reed Nick
Published: September 2018

Toong, T, Wilson, KE, Urban, K, Paniccia, M, Hunt, AW, Keightley, M, and Reed, N. Grip strength in youth ice hockey players: Normative values and predictors of performance. J Strength Cond Res 32(12): 3503–3511, 2018—Grip strength is a simple, valid, and reliable tool for estimating overall muscular strength, a key component of health-related fitness and sport performance. To date, there is a paucity of up-to-date and developmentally sensitive grip strength norms specific to youth-athlete populations. The objectives of this study are to (a) establish normative grip strength values in youth ice hockey players, (b) descriptively compare these values with existing Canadian pediatric norms, and (c) explore the relationship between age, sex, body mass, and hockey playing level on grip strength performance. A sample of 690 male and female youth ice hockey players between the ages of 10 and 16 years were included. Participants completed assessments of maximal grip strength using a hand dynamometer on both hands. In addition, age, sex, body mass, and hockey playing level were collected. Maximal absolute grip strength, stratified by age and sex, was higher than previously published Canadian pediatric norms. Grip strength increased with age in both sexes. Males and females performed similarly until 12 years of age, after which point males had greater strength. Individuals with greater body mass had greater strength. For the nondominant hand, competitive players had greater strength than those playing house league or select. This study describes normative grip strength values in youth ice hockey players according to age, sex, body mass, and playing level. These athlete-specific norms may be used to help evaluate and monitor changes in grip strength over time in youth ice hockey players.