bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of human risks of surface and groundwater contaminated with
Cd and Pb south of El-Minya Governorate, Egypt
Authors: Salman Salman , Asmoay Ahmed A. , El-Gohary Amr , Sabet Hassan
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Water pollution with Cd and Pb has worldwide concern because of their health impact. Evaluation of their concentrations and potential human health risks of surface and groundwater south El-Minya Governorate, Egypt is the main aim of the study. Fifty-five samples were collected; 30 samples surface water and 25 samples groundwater. The samples were analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) to determine Cd and Pb contents. The heavy metals levels in both of surface and groundwater exceeded the maximum allowable level for drinking water which set by WHO. The hazard quotient and hazard index showed that groundwater may pose a health risk to residents, especially the children, primarily due to the high Cd content. In addition, there might be some concern for adverse Carcinogenic health effects. The pollution returns to human activities. The water can be recommended for irrigation not for drinking.
Estimating radar precipitation in cold climates: the role of air temperature within a non-parametric framework
Authors: Sivasubramaniam Kuganesan , Sharma Ashish , Alfredsen Knut
Published: December 2018

Abstract. The use of ground-based precipitation measurements in radar precipitation
estimation is well known in radar hydrology. However, the approach of using
gauged precipitation and near-surface air temperature observations to improve
radar precipitation estimates in cold climates is much less common. In cold
climates, precipitation is in the form of snow, rain or a mixture of the
two phases. Air temperature is intrinsic to the phase of the precipitation
and could therefore be a possible covariate in the models used to ascertain
radar precipitation estimates. In the present study, we investigate the use
of air temperature within a non-parametric predictive framework to improve
radar precipitation estimation for cold climates. A non-parametric predictive
model is constructed with radar precipitation rate and air temperature as
predictor variables and gauge precipitation as an observed response using a
k nearest neighbour (k-nn) regression estimator. The relative importance
of the two predictors is ascertained using an information theory-based
weighting. Four years (2011–2015) of hourly radar precipitation rates from
the Norwegian national radar network over the Oslo region, hourly gauged
precipitation from 68 gauges and gridded observational air temperatures were
used to formulate the predictive model, hence making our investigation
possible. Gauged precipitation data were corrected for wind-induced
under-catch before using them as true observed response. The predictive model
with air temperature as an added covariate reduces root-mean-square
error (RMSE) by up to 15 % compared to the model that uses radar
precipitation rate as the sole predictor. More than 80 % of gauge locations
in the study area showed improvement with the new method. Further, the
associated impact of air temperature became insignificant at more than 85 %
of gauge locations when the near-surface air temperature was warmer than
10 ∘C, which indicates that the partial dependence of precipitation
on air temperature is most useful for colder temperatures.
The role of antecedent soil moisture conditions on rainfall-triggered
shallow landslides
Authors: Lazzari Maurizio , Piccarreta Marco , Manfreda Salvatore
Published: December 2018

Abstract. Rainfall-triggered shallow landslides have caused losses of human life and millions of euros in damage to property in all parts of the world. The need to prevent such phenomena combined with the difficulty to describe the geo-physical processes over large scales led to the adoption of empirical rainfall thresholds derived from the observed relationship between rainfall intensity/duration and landslide occurrence. These thresholds are generally obtained neglecting the role of the antecedent moisture conditions that should be taken into consideration. In the present manuscript, we explored the role of antecedent soil moisture on the critical rainfall intensity–duration thresholds highlighting its critical impact. Therefore, traditional approaches that neglect such parameter may have a limited value in the early-warning systems. This study was carried out using a record of 326 landslides occurred in the last 18 years in the Basilicata region (southern Italy). Besides the ordinary data (i.e. rainstorm intensity and duration), we also derived the antecedent moisture conditions using a parsimonious hydrological model.
Co-detection of micro seismic activity as early warning of gravitational slope failure
Authors: Faillettaz Jérome , Funk Martin , Beutel Jan , Vieli Andreas
Published: December 2018

Abstract. We developed a new strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction for gravitational slope failure: We propose a simple method for real-time early warning of gravity-driven failures that considers and exploits both the heterogeneity of natural media and characteristics of acoustic emissions attenuation. This method capitalizes on co-detection of elastic waves emanating from micro-cracks by a network of multiple and spatially distributed sensors. Event co-detection is considered as surrogate for large event size with more frequent co-detected events marking imminence of catastrophic failure. In this study we apply this method to a steep rock glacier/debris slope and demonstrate the potential of this simple strategy for real world cases, i.e. at slope scale. This low cost, robust and autonomous system provides a well adapted alternative/complementary solution for Early Warning Systems.
"Destrucción de naciones": El arma económica de Estados Unidos desarrollada en Bolivia
Authors: Zambrana Marchetti Juan Carlos
Published: December 2018

Documentos desclasificados muestran que cuando el presidente Harry Truman creó su Programa Point IV (1949), lanzó implícitamente una operación global de soft “nation building" instrumentalizada a través de la asistencia técnica y económica. La llave maestra para intervenir en otras naciones fue la firma de los Acuerdos de Cooperación Técnica Punto IV. Este trabajo abarca el período comprendido entre enero de 1951 y el 12 de abril de 1952, y muestra en detalle cómo Bolivia se convirtió en un laboratorio para los experimentos de los EE. UU. en este tipo de intervenciones. El 14 de marzo de 1951 un gobierno boliviano pro estadounidense firmó el Acuerdo y los EE. UU. hicieron todo lo posible para evitar el surgimiento de un movimiento revolucionario, pero a pesar de sus esfuerzos, el pueblo se movilizó, derrotó al ejército y depuso al gobierno en la sangrienta revolución de abril de 1952. La revolución del MNR preparó el escenario para la prueba definitiva: la efectividad de los programas de soft “nation-building" contra un gobierno izquierdista y antiimperialista.
Instances of Agency: Julio Cordero’s Archive and Photographic Portraits
Authors: Coronado Jorge
Published: December 2018

In this article, I discuss the notion of agency in relationship to Julio Cordero’s photographs.  Julio Cordero (1879-1961) owned a photography studio in La Paz in the first half of the twentieth century and produced an array of images both inside and outside of the studio. I also offer a sense of the rich documentation that exists in the complete Cordero archive as well as the insights that it opens up concerning the interventions in self-representation made possible by photographic portraiture.  Essentially, these interventions lead us to conceptualize image culture as a prime space for enacting agency in Bolivia and Latin American more broadly.
The invisible reality: English teaching materials and the formation of gender and sexually oriented stereotypes (with a focus on primary education)
Authors: Pellicer Ortín Silvia , Asín Abad Alicia
Published: December 2018

Gender stereotypes, understood as those structured sets of beliefs about personal attributes of women and men, have a great influence over self-perspective and the social interaction and organisation. However, their effects are sometimes invisible, and a great effort should be made to develop awareness of their influence in the population. Our main claim is that School has an essential role to teach gender and sexual equality through the curricula, using teaching materials that are free of these stereotypes. The main aim of this study is to examine the presence of gender and sexually oriented stereotypes in various English teaching materials within the context of the Spanish Primary School, focusing on its last stage. This research carries out a qualitative and quantitative analysis of three English textbooks together with the students’ and teachers’ perceptions of gender stereotypes. The analysis is done thanks to the review of key concepts, such as gender awareness and sexual identity, as well as the presentation of various examination tools that have allowed us to evaluate the sexist content in the textbooks selected and offer some guidelines to avoid them in the English classroom.
‘The Eminent English Writer’: Aldous Huxley's "Point Counter Point" and Flann O’Brien's "At Swim-Two-Birds"
Authors: Asensio Peral Germán
Published: December 2018

Irish writer Brian O’Nolan, better known as Flann O’Brien (1911-1966), among other pseudonyms, published At Swim-Two-Birds, his first novel, in 1939. Early reviewers and contemporary critics alike have hailed it as a metafictional masterpiece, relevant for its mise en abyme narrative structure, lawless characters and mock-epic bravado. However, little attention has been devoted to how such an innovative design was originally conceived by its author in the first place. This article holds the belief that Huxley’s fourth novel, Point Counter Point (1928), stands as a major intertext among the many literary sources O’Brien might have perused when composing At Swim-Two-Birds. Apart from the presence of several direct references to Point Counter Point within O’Brien’s novel, Huxley’s text encompasses metafictional mechanisms that function in a similar way to those at work in O’Brien’s novel. Although there is no factual proof that O’Brien had read Huxley’s novel before he wrote At Swim-Two-Birds, this article endeavours to prove the existence of formal links between both metafictional assemblages by means of a detailed comparative analysis, ultimately concluding that O’Brien had indeed read Point Counter Point before setting out to write his first novel and found the self-referential features of Huxley’s work potentially productive.
“A good Receipt to purge”: The Medical Recipes in London, Wellcome Library, MS 8086
Authors: Marqués Aguado Teresa
Published: December 2018

Recipes, which have a primary instructional focus, are frequently encountered in scientific texts in the English vernacular written in all periods of the language. Research on recipes in English historical texts has mostly accounted for the linguistic and the structural patterns that they show, often intending to characterising not only recipes themselves, but also the type of text that includes them and/or the potential audience of the text. In line with this research, this article focuses on the recipes in London, Wellcome Library, MS 8086, which holds an Early Modern English recipe collection. The collection is analysed with particular attention to medical recipes, and its features are explored to put it into the broader perspective of recipes and recipe collections in the Early Modern English period. These findings are in turn used to examine the potential readership and character of the text.
Irony and Parody in a Spanish Translation of Fowles’ "The French Lieutenant’s Woman": A Relevance-Theoretical Approach
Authors: Ruiz-Moneva María Ángeles
Published: December 2018

This paper seeks to explore the translation of irony and parody. The theoretical framework followed will be relevance-theory, which has highlighted that the expression of a certain attitude may be common to these two figures. The work under analysis will be a Spanish rendering of Fowles' The French Lieutenant’s Woman, which criticism has regarded as a parody of nineteenth-century Victorian fiction. It will be assumed that for readers to be able to cope with the meaning of parody and irony, they will have to go beyond the propositional content expressed in the utterances in which these resources are found. Furthermore, their translation will necessarily require strategies that go beyond the “literal” level of the words through which irony and parody are expressed. Our contention is that the proposals put forward by relevance theory may be useful in this respect, since they stress the importance of the inferential recognition of the speaker's communicative intention. Both such recognition and its reflection in the target text, in such a way that it requires no extra processing effort from the readership are the main aspects to be faced by the translator.
Early Bilingual Education in a Monolingual Environment. Showcasing Polish Families
Authors: Romanowski Piotr
Published: December 2018

The overriding aim of the article is to present, evaluate and discuss the effectiveness of early bilingual education in a monolingual environment, such as Poland. As opposed to situations where parents use two languages due to their different nationalities and backgrounds or instances of employing foreign nannies to address children in another language (usually their own L1), this paper will focus on a controversial issue of using a foreign language (L2) by a parent and speaking it to a child in a natural way. The purpose of the theoretical section is to depict the role of parents, the possible strategies used in raising children bilingually as well as potential problems to be encountered in the process. The subsequent empirical part outlines the results of analysed case studies collected from 22 Polish families who have successfully employed such a model of language learning and communication with their children.
Detectives del tiempo… Reflexiones sobre pasado, presente y futuro de la arqueología en España
Authors: Vaquerizo Gil Desiderio
Published: December 2018

a Arqueología como ciencia, pero también como profesión, ha conocido en las últimas décadas un fase vertiginosa, marcada por la eclosión y el posterior hundimiento de la denominada arqueología comercial por sus muchos errores, las infinitas pérdidas y su falta de recursos ante la crisis, pero también por una cierta redefinición conceptual de la disciplina, aún en proceso, de la que posiblemente lo más destacado ha sido la nueva importancia concedida a su vertiente social. Seguimos, no obstante, sin dar con las claves exactas, asfixiados por la falta de financiación; desconcertados ante el no reconocimiento oficial de la profesión; sumidos en continuos enfrentamientos que nos deslegitiman y que menoscaban nuestra imagen pública. Hemos de aprender a compartir el conocimiento que generamos con la sociedad que nos sostiene, potenciando desde la investigación el componente patrimonial y divulgativo de la disciplina, integrándola en el tejido productivo, y haciendo de ella fuente de empleo y de retorno económico. En todo este proceso han tenido, y tienen, mucho que decir la Universidad -no siempre inocente-, y las nuevas titulaciones en Arqueología, que siguen sin encontrar el necesario reflejo legal. Es, pues, tiempo de autocrítica, de reflexión y de análisis, en aras de un nuevo corporativismo que aleje fantasmas añejos y amplíe desde el rigor, la autoexigencia, la flexibilidad y la ética los límites de la disciplina.
Las estatuas-menhir noroccidentales: cronologías y conexiones materiales
Authors: Rodríguez Corral Javier
Published: December 2018

Este artículo analiza la cronología de las estatuas-menhir que se distribuyen en el área noroccidental de la península Ibérica. Aunque el grupo principal de estas formas materiales ha sido datado tradicionalmente en el Bronce Final, algunos arqueólogos han retrasado sus fechas al Bronce Inicial y Medio. El propósito de este trabajo es contribuir al debate sobre su contexto cultural y temporal, tomando en consideración las conexiones materiales entre las estatuas-menhir (a través de proceso de encadenamiento), y de sus iconografías con referentes reales y otras formas materiales (a través de procesos de anclaje).
Entre tradición y transformación. Un primer acercamiento a los sistemas de almacenaje de agua en Gadir/Gades
Authors: Lara Medina Macarena
Published: December 2018

Escasos han sido los estudios dedicados al suministro hidráulico de los asentamientos de época púnica en la Península Ibérica. En este trabajo hemos llevado a cabo un análisis de las estructuras hidráulicas en Gadir/Gades, aproximándonos a las técnicas de aprovisionamiento, captación y distribución de la ciudad púnica a través de la caracterización de los testimonios aportados por el registro arqueológico del subsuelo gaditano. El análisis comparativo de las tipologías de los sistemas de almacenaje (las cisternas) de época púnica y romana nos ha permitido verificar la continuidad en época romana de las tipologías púnicas evolucionadas (“a bagnarola”), siendo un claro elemento que evidencia el impacto que la cultura púnica presentó en el contexto gaditano como se refleja en otras ciudades de fuerte tradición púnica como Cartago, Nora o Tharros y en Hispania, Carthago Nova.
Cuevas rituales ibéricas en el territorio de Kelin (ss. V-III a.C.).
Authors: Machause López Sonia , Quixal Santos David
Published: December 2018

La Meseta de Requena-Utiel, en el interior de la provincia de Valencia, constituyó en época ibérica el territorio de la ciudad de Kelin. Entre otros aspectos, dicho territorio destacó por presentar una elevada concentración de cuevas con materiales ibéricos, de las cuales claramente cinco son resultado de prácticas rituales en su interior. Estas cuevas rituales fueron espacios estrechamente ligados al proceso de territorialización acaecido en la zona entre los siglos V y III a.C. En el presente artículo planteamos una revisión de sus características, ajuares y cronologías, integrándolas en todo momento en el paisaje y entorno inmediato.
Contrebia Carbica. Estudio del sistema defensivo para un debate sobre poliorcética y urbanismo en la "Celtiberia" de los siglos II y I A.C.
Authors: Romeo Marugán Francisco
Published: December 2018

Analizamos el sistema defensivo de Contrebia Carbica mediante la fotografía aérea histórica. Los resultados de este análisis serán la base para reflexionar sobre la aparición en Celtiberia de ciudades con rasgos similares durante el siglo II a.C. Se trata de un fenómeno que relacionamos con la influencia itálica en esta zona, proponiendo la Paz de Graco como detonante de una transformación radical e irreversible de la cultura indígena que acabara transformando su urbanismo, y por tanto su forma de vida, en la segunda mitad del siglo II a.C.
Últimos trabajos arqueológicos en la ciudad carpetano-romana del Cerro de la Virgen de la Muela (Driebes, Guadalajara).
Authors: Gamo Pazos Emilio , Fernández Ortea Javier , Sánchez Velasco Jerónimo
Published: December 2018

Presentamos los resultados de la investigación arqueológica realizada en el Cerro Virgen de la Muela (Driebes) que demuestran la existencia de una ocupación prolongada desde el Bronce Final en la que destaca el oppidum carpetano y la posterior ciudad romana, que consideramos es la antigua Caraca. Los trabajos de un equipo multidisciplinar han permitido certificar la importante entidad del enclave y su secuencia cultural.
Reflexionando sobre la mujer aborigen de Gran Canaria: integrando arqueología y etnohistoria desde una perspectiva de género.
Authors: Santana Cabrera Jonathan A.
Published: December 2018

Esta contribución tiene el propósito de reflexionar sobre el papel de la mujer en la sociedad aborigen de Gran Canaria. En el texto se consideran una serie de evidencias arqueológicas y etnohistóricas que sugieren que las relaciones sociales de los antiguos canarios estaban sustentadas en un sistema de género asimétrico dominado por los hombres. La división sexual del trabajo, un acceso asimétrico a lo producido, la gestión de las relaciones de parentesco y la capacidad reproductora de las mujeres, así como su papel en el mundo religioso y funerario, son considerados con el objetivo de alcanzar una visión generalista sobre las condiciones de vida de las mujeres prehispánicas.
150 años de "El capital" de Marx: análisis de su difusión en España (1867-2017), con algunas consideraciones sobre su recepción
Authors: Guerrero Jiménez Diego
Published: December 2018

En el 150 aniversario de la publicación de El capital (libro I) de Marx (1867), nuestro objetivo es repasar la influencia que ha tenido este libro en España, en el doble sentido de su difusión (especialmente) y su recepción (a un nivel más introductorio). Por consiguiente, estudiaremos primero las traducciones españolas (no hispanoamericanas) de El capital (en castellano y catalán), atendiendo a su número y difusión, la personalidad del traductor, el carácter de la editorial y las circunstancias históricas respectivas. En segundo lugar, intentaremos un primer abordaje a la influencia teórica del libro en distintos autores españoles, pero lo haremos, dada la magnitud del empeño, de forma no exhaustiva y ni siquiera enteramente sistemática o metódica. Por otra parte, no se trata de la influencia del marxismo en general, sino de algo más específico: El capital, y de cómo este libro ha influido en autores que han escrito sobre o desde él en España, tanto a favor como en contra. Los resultados de nuestro análisis muestran un conjunto importante de traducciones (más que en inglés), pero menos difundidas que otras hechas en México y Argentina; y una creciente influencia intelectual de El capital, con un florecimiento periódico, como en el presente, de estudios sobre esta obra o sobre las teorías que contiene.
La competitividad geoestratégica Irán-Arabia Saudí en Oriente Medio. Rivalidad entre potencias regionales
Authors: González del Miño Paloma
Published: December 2018

Irán y Arabia Saudí vienen destinando recursos económicos, políticos y culturales para lograr una posición hegemónica en Oriente Medio, a través de actuaciones directas o mediante actores interpuestos. Las primaveras árabes abrieron nuevas oportunidades para estos dos actores regionales que aprovechan escenarios inestables para ensanchar sus zonas de influencia. Con independencia de los conflictos bélicos (Siria, Líbano, Yemen, Irak y DAESH), lo que está en juego es la jerarquización de las relaciones de vecindad, las cuotas de influencia y poder  y, por ende, el liderazgo regional. En esta lógica, sus políticas exteriores se han vuelto más pro-activas. Este artículo analiza las relaciones entre Irán y Arabia Saudí en su pivot area.
Los Hermanos Musulmanes en el escenario Pos-Primavera Árabe: recomposición de alianzas y estrategias de supervivencia
Authors: Bustos García de Castro Rafael
Published: December 2018

Los Hermanos Musulmanes, que cumplen 90 años en 2018, han vivido ya otros periodos de ilegalización, represión y exilio (años 50-60 en Egipto; años 60 y 70 y el periodo pos-1982 en Siria). Sin embargo, lo singular de los sucesos actuales es que se producen en un momento de gran convulsión y agitación geoestratégica, en un escenario pos-Primavera Árabe caracterizado por el estallido de conflictos armados y bloqueos económicos en la región, así como por una regresión autoritaria palpable no solo en Egipto, Turquía o Israel, sino también fuera de la región. Las guerras y bloqueos están generando alianzas contranatura y contradicciones ideológicas que repercuten sobre el campo islamista. Un campo revuelto por cambios que afectan a fuerzas suníes y chiíes, pacíficas y violentas, así como a sus relaciones recíprocas. Este artículo pretende aportar luz sobre las nuevas estrategias y alianzas de supervivencia que están desplegando los Hermanos Musulmanes, tanto en Oriente Medio como en Occidente para escapar, tanto a la tenaza ejercida por un grupo de Estados cada vez más numeroso (Egipto, Arabia Saudí y los Emiratos, entre ellos), como al peligro de radicalización y absorción de sus miembros que presenta el salafismo yihadista. Utilizamos para ello una descripción densa e informada para analizar los cambios en el posicionamiento ideológico y las decisiones estratégicas de los Hermanos Musulmanes.
Ciências e Humanidades: a gente se encontra no pátio
Authors: Pereira de Lima Angelita , Gomes de Almeida Norton
Published: December 2018

Resumo
O punctum como ausência na coleção perseverança: um percurso do olhar através do conceito de representação
Authors: Almeida Anderson Diego , Marshall Francisco
Published: December 2018

Resumo A partir da perspectiva conceitual sobre o punctum, elaborada por Roland Barthes, em A Câmara Clara, o artigo discorre sobre as suas múltiplas possibilidades de interpretação, e uma delas é o pungir da ausência. A primeira proposta é estabelecer um diálogo entre o conceito proposto por Barthes e Eliane Chiron, e o de representação, elaborado por alguns autores, dentre eles E. H. Gombrich. A segunda é analisar o punctum e sua aplicabilidade a partir da análise de um dos objetos da Coleção Perseverança1 , a Bolsa tipo Capanga2 . Ademais, a narrativa construída mostra a possibilidade do conceito barthesiano para outras manifestações humanas além da fotografia.Abstract From the conceptual perspective on punctum elaborated by Roland Barthes in The Clara Chamber, the paper discusses its multiple possibilities of interpretation, and one of them is the punch of absence. The first proposal is to establish a dialogue between the concept proposed by Barthes and Eliane Chiron, and that of representation, elaborated by some authors, among them E. H. Gombrich. The second is to analyze the puctum and its applicability from the analysis of one of the objects of Coleção Perseverança, the Bolsa tipo Capanga. Furthermore, the constructed narrative shows the possibility of the barthesian concept to other human manifestations besides photography.ResumenResumen A partir de la perspectiva conceptual sobre el punctum, elaborado por Roland Barthes, en la Cámara Clara, el artículo diserta sobre sus múltiples posibilidades de interpretación, y una de ellas es el castigo de la ausencia. La primera propuesta es establecer un diálogo entre el concepto propuesto por Barthes y Eliane Chiron y el de Representación, elaborado por algunos autores, entre ellos E. H. Gombrich. La segunda es analizar el puctum y su aplicabilidad a partir del análisis de uno de los objetos de la Colección Perseverança, la "Bolsa tipo Capanga". Sin embargo, la narrativa construida muestra la posibilidad del concepto barthesiano para otras manifestaciones humanas además de la fotografía.
Escenarios del vacío y la desaparición. Ausencia y representación en Eco (Xacio Baño, 2015)
Authors: Redondo Neira Fernando
Published: December 2018

Resumen Integrado en el movimiento del Novo Cinema Galego, decuyo carácter fronterizo participa, el filme Eco constituyeuna representación a la vez emotiva y reflexiva sobre las ideas de vacío, ausencia y desaparición. La lectura en pantalla delos diarios de la madre de uno de los protagonistas sitúa estamuestra de no ficción en una de las líneas más innovadorasdel cine contemporáneo: la expresión de la subjetividady la proyección exterior de determinados aspectos de laintimidad. El análisis fílmico procura comprender cómo las imágenes logran, con la concreción que les caracteriza y unasobriedad formal extrema, abordar la abstracción propia de las emociones. Resumo Integrado no movimento do Novo Cinema Galego, decujo carácter fronteiriço participa, o filme Eco constituiao mesmo tempo uma representação emotiva e reflexivasobre as ideias do vácuo, ausência e desaparecimento.A leitura em écran dos diários da mãe de um dosprotagonistas coloca esta amostra de não ficção numa das linhas mais inovadoras do cinema contemporâneo:a expressão da subjectividade e a projeção exterior de determinados aspectos da intimidade. A análise fílmicatenta compreender como as imagens conseguem, com aconcretude que lhes caracteriza e uma sobriedade formalextrema, tratar da abstração própria das emoções. AbstractIntegrated into the movement of Novo Cinema Galego and taking part of its borderline characteristic, the filmEco constitutes an emotional and reflective representationof the concepts of emptiness, absence and disappearance.The reading on the screen of the mother’s diaries of one of the protagonists places this non-fiction sample as oneof the most innovative strands of contemporary cinema: the expression of subjectivity and the external projectionof certain aspects of intimacy. The film analysis tries tounderstand how images manage to, with the precision that characterizes them and an extreme formal sobriety, dealwith the abstraction typical of emotions.
Factors Affecting Effective Dissemination of Peace and Order Ordinances to Punong Barangays in Maria
Authors: Redoble Freyanne A. , Ramos Vilma B. , A. Vidal Amerjaphil Louie , Valdes Elsie
Published: December 2018

The study measured the factors affecting effective dissemination of peace and order ordinances to punong barangays in the Municipality of Maria Aurora, Aurora Province, Philippines. The study used predesigned survey questionnaires and key informants in the gathering of data. The questionnaire distribution was based on purposive sampling. The participants are thirty-four (34) punong barangays. The barangay is the smallest political unit in the Philippines. The data gathered are treated with frequency distribution and weighted mean. The factors of dissemination are: a) socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, b) information sources, c) strategies and channels of communication are measured. In general, participants’ level of interest towards new legislation is positive. However, a slight divergence is noticed in the case of upland barangays as they manifested little awareness on the existing peace and order ordinances. Thus, it is recommended that effective dissemination strategies be adopted and information materials be developed to improve dissemination of new ordinances. The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in information dissemination is highly recommended.
Public Policy for Regulating the Interaction between Labor Market Supply and Higher Education Demand - Israel as a Case Study
Authors: Cohen Erez
Published: December 2018

The global labor market in general and the Israeli market in particular have been experiencing considerable changes in recent decades, affecting the supply of jobs in various occupations. There seems to be an association between changes in the supply of jobs in the labor market and shifts in the demand for higher education. Examination of two case studies in the Israeli economy shows a bidirectional interaction between the labor market and the system of higher education. In one case, the growing supply of jobs in the field of computers and engineering was found to result in an increasing demand for academic education in this discipline. In the second case, the growing demand for academic education in law resulted in a flooded labor market in this industry with bad effects for the industry. The public policy formed in Israel to regulate the labor market and the system of higher education is aimed at the short term and makes do with examining actual circumstances retrospectively and attempting to improve them by directing students to various disciplines in order to meet the needs of the labor market or correct its failures. It does not, however, examine future trends and try to identify prospective needs and faults that can be predicted in the present.
Organizational Culture Types that Academicians Associate with Their Institutions
Authors: Kiranli Güngör Semra , Şahin Hakan
Published: December 2018

This study, considering the sample of a university located in central Anatolia region, Turkey, aims to identify culture types that the academicians perceive in relevant with their institutions according to the 4 types of cultures (Clan, Adhocracy, Hierarchy, and Market) given in the Competing Values Framework by Cameron and Quinn. The study includes 205 academicians from different faculties and vocational schools as participants. The data was obtained from the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) that has been prepared particularly for the research group. Analyzes of the data obtained in the study were carried out with statistical package programs as IBM SPSS Statistics 23 and Interactive Lisrel SSI 8.72. The demographic features of the academicians were determined with percentage and frequency analyzes and the mean and standard deviation statistics were used in determining the perception levels of organizational culture types which academicians associate with their universities. For the analysis of the differentiation of culture-type perception levels according to the demographic characteristics of the academicians, t-test, one-way ANOVA test, and post-hoc tests were performed. According to the findings obtained in the research, the most common type of organizational culture that academicians associate with their institution is the hierarchy culture that is presented in Competing Values Framework Model. There is no significant difference between participants' demographic features and their culture perceptions. According to the result of the research, rules, stability, predictability, and sustainable politics are at the forefront of the university. Employees are supervised by managers who tend to be good coordinators.
Differentiated Leadership and Group Performance: The Mediating Effect of Group Cohesion
Authors: Tung Yu-Chuan , Lin Yi-Ping , Chang Wen-Hsin
Published: December 2018

The aims of this study are to enhance the effectiveness of group-level differentiated leadership, and to explore the effects of Chinese differentiated leadership on group performance, and how social cohesion mediates the relationship between differentiated leadership and group performance. This study investigated 51 work groups from different enterprises in Taiwan, consisting of 51 supervisors and 230 employees. The results showed that differentiated leadership was positively associated with group social cohesion. Group social cohesion was positively associated with group performance. Finally, social cohesion fully mediated the positive relationship between differentiated leadership and group performance.
Does It Pay to Be Sustainable? Evidence from European Banks
Authors: Bussoli Candida , Conte Danilo , Letorri Graziana , Barone Marco
Published: December 2018

This paper aims to explore the relationship between the economic, environmental, social, and corporate governance component of Corporate Social Performance (CSP) and the Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) in the European banking sector. The empirical analyses, based on panel data, are performed on a sample of 70 listed European banks (EU28) over the period 2011-2015. The main results show a significant and positive relationship between the aggregated CSP measure and the average profitability of banks' assets and market capitalization. Furthermore, the social component positively affects the average return on assets and equity; the economic component is positively associated with the performance of prospective profitability and market capitalization; finally, the environmental component is positively associated with the ROAA. Sustainable banks, in line with the stakeholder Theory, through ethical and social policies, might increase their financial and economic performance.
When Geography Matters: The potential role of Saudi Arabia’s Geographical Branding in Promoting FDI
Authors: Aleidan Megbel
Published: December 2018

Background: Nation branding’s role of luring foreign investments should be maximized to the extent, in which the entire dimensions of host countries are adequately harnessed in the development of their image. Geography therefore represents a dimension of a vital importance to nation branding given into account its association with a group of locational advantages.

Objective: To evaluate the potential role of Saudi Arabia’s geographical branding in promoting FDI.

Methods: The current study investigated foreign companies seeking to enter the Saudi markets or expand their business within the country. A total of 234 CEOs, general managers and those who hold similar positions with a direct involvement in international affairs were polled in the study. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data collected via AMOS 20.

Results: It has been revealed that the connecting location, the logistic importance of Saudi Arabia and its closes to important markets showed direct effects on geographical branding. The study has also found that geographical branding meditated the effects of its three pillars on the inward foreign direct investments of Saudi Arabia.

Discussion and Conclusion: The current study added a new vigor to the literature of nation branding through its ability to shed light on the geographical aspect of it and find correlations between geography and FDI from a nation branding perspective.
Reasons of the Difference of Murabaha Accounting Standards in Islamic Banks
Authors: Al-Fasfus Fuad
Published: December 2018

This study investigates the reasons of the difference of murabaha accounting data in the Islamic banks. It depends on the analysis of the murabaha’s contract and compares between resources that affect accounting data. Investigation includes different resources of applying different accounting data of traditional account standards and fiqh pricing rules, it also investigates the difference of murabaha and the developed accounting depends on murabaha’s flexible accounting data. Researchers found that there are many resources that affect murabaha accounting data which give the director of Islamic bank choices. Fiqh pricing rule is voluntary factor for director which limits accounting data. Fiqh rule will rule murabaha of developing acceptance and flexible murabaha managing gives fair to accounting data and evaluation. There is need to limit ignorance of following fiqh. Fiqh pricing is the way to promote murabaha in Islamic bank and fixe accounting data policies to avoid accounting errors; also it limits evaluation to get fair of financing performance result’, Researchers ask to fix accounting data by suggesting model to unified Islamic accounting data and to explain the reason of the change account data of fiqh.
Asymmetric Information and Islamic Financial Contracts
Authors: Benamraoui Abdelhafid , Alwardat Yousef
Published: December 2018

This research paper aims to examine the relevance of asymmetric information to the two main financial contracts used by Islamic banks or conventional banks with Islamic windows, mudaraba and musharaka. We use theoretical proofs to explain how asymmetric information affects mudaraba and musharaka contract in terms of bank cost and yield and how to account for the adverse selection and moral hazard costs when calculating bank net profit or loss. We also provide suggestions supported by key modern theories including signalling, comparative advantage and incentives to resolve asymmetric information problems in the Islamic financial contracts. The research paper shows that asymmetric information is relevant to both mudaraba and musharaka contracts and directly affects Islamic banks and conventional banks with Islamic windows cost and yield. The paper also reveals that signalling and incentives are effective tools to deal with asymmetric information in Islamic financial contracts. Finally, the paper shows that Islamic finance providers need to opt for more secure financing, particularly with small borrowers.
Estrategias de visualización de redes en intervención comunitaria. Estudio de caso del programa Ciudades ante las Drogas
Authors: Holgado Ramos Daniel
Published: December 2018

La visualización es un elemento esencial en Análisis de Redes Sociales, tanto como estrategia para ilustrar y comunicar resultados como herramienta de desarrollo teórico y aplicado. En este artículo mostramos un ejemplo de aplicación de la visualización para analizar las relaciones entre un conjunto de coordinadores del programa Ciudades ante las Drogas en la provincia de Sevilla. Para que la visualización sea una herramienta efectiva en Análisis de Redes Sociales se requiere: (a) el análisis detallado de los datos relacionales y del contexto del que provienen, (b) su uso como herramienta exploratoria para la detección de variables de interés, (c) la representación adecuada de atributos e indicadores estructurales de los actores y de las relaciones, (d) el uso de herramientas de agrupamiento de los actores y de sistematización de la estructura de relaciones entre ellos, y (e) la combinación apropiada de estrategias de representación del estatus y la posición de los actores y de las relaciones derivadas de ellos. En este caso, la visualización demuestra ser una herramienta adecuada para el análisis del contexto de implementación de programas de prevención comunitaria del consumo y abuso de drogas. Sirve para explorar los datos de relaciones de intercambio de información y recursos de prevención entre los coordinadores del programa. Además, permite mostrar el papel que variables individuales y contextuales como la experiencia a cargo del programa en el municipio, la propincuidad y la ubicación geográfica tienen en la estructuración de las relaciones entre los coordinadores y por tanto en la efectividad de su implementación.
Estructura y resiliencia social en comunidades indígenas: el caso de la Unión de Palmeadoras de Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, México
Authors: Vázquez García Verónica , Nuñez Espinoza Juan Felipe , Ortega Ortega Tomás
Published: December 2018

Las capacidades de resiliencia de comunidades indígenas pueden ser verificadas a través de su análisis como sistemas meso reticulares, abordando la fortaleza de sus estructuras en red endógenas y exógenas. El presente artículo analiza, desde el enfoque de redes sociales, el proceso de consolidación y persistencia organizativa de la Unión de Palmeadoras, integrada por mujeres mixtecas que se dedican a la elaboración y venta de tortillas artesanales. Las preguntas a responder, fueron: ¿cuál es la estructura social que dinamiza a la Unión de Palmeadoras de Tlaxiaco?  ¿Para qué les ha servido formar parte de la unión? ¿Cuáles son las capacidades de resiliencia de la unión, considerando dicha estructura social?  Los datos se obtuvieron en 2015 mediante un cuestionario aplicado a las 89 mujeres que integran la Unión. Los resultados muestran que la Unión de Palmeadoras es una estructura social con determinadas capacidades de resiliencia, derivadas de los procesos de cohesión, inclusión y competencia generados en su interior, pero también, una organización sumamente frágil debido a procesos endógenos y exógenos de su entorno local y regional.
Digitalisation and social innovations – perspectives and risks to the society
Authors: Grewiński Prof. nadzw. Mirosław
Published: December 2018

The process of digitalisation of the economy and social sphere that has occurred in the last decades is beyond the wildest expectations put forward by the technological pioneers. Information technologies and new possibilities of electronic communication have totally changed business, economic and social relations, as well as labour market, industries and professions. Technologies as social innovations change the way of work, forms of education and development, adherence to social networks or consumption patterns. The article also tries to prove that social innovations are not only digital technologies, but also the search for new social ideas and values, including solutions in the scope of social economy, sharing economy, a new model of welfare state. Moreover, some new social issues are revealed, together with new forms of social risk related to the development of technology and digi-talisation, which will have to be solved in the future.
Paradoxes of innovation
Authors: Skwarska-Maciejczuk Mgr Ewa
Published: December 2018

Organisations face a paradox of innovations. On the one hand, the companies bear the costs of research, creation of new products, improving production technologies and func-tioning of research and development units, establish cooperation with academic institu-tions. On the other hand, they lose the chance for a rapid commercialisation and protec-tion of the results. The aim of this article is to identify the causes that undermine the inno-vative activities of companies. The research problem of the article has been presented on the basis of case studies of two organizations. The results showed that the key issue for the organisations is making strategic decisions, aiming at building competitive advantages based on knowledge and innovations, lack of management strategies and the ability to quickly commercialise the solutions developed as part of the innovative activity.
Realization of a task as a method of work
on the movement interpretation of a musical work
Authors: Dominiak Barbara
Published: December 2018

The article discusses the issue of a realization of movement interpretation of a musical work in accordance with the Emil Jaques-Dalcroze method. It gives a definition of the notion of movement interpretation, considers the role of a performer as an essential link between the author and a recipient, the existence levels of a musical-movement composition in view of Mieczysław Tomaszewski’s concepts as well as methods of work with a group of performers on the realization of kinesthetic interpretation of a musical work. The theoretical part has been supplemented with a description of a movement interpretation, the creative process of which consisted in assigning particular tasks to performers instead of teaching them to make specific steps and gestures. Thanks to this, performers could be authors, not just performers or imitators, they moved naturally, made an individual contribution to the task and enjoyed a lot the process of developing the performance. The realization of a task as a method of work on interpretation is suitable for all groups regardless of their age and technical skills.
Growth perspectives for the Europe’s shipbuilding industry in the context of world economy trends and competition from Asian shipyards’
Authors: Kowalczyk Urszula
Published: December 2018

This paper aims at analyzing the Polish as well as the European commercial shipbuilding industry in the context of Asian shipyards competition, particularly its growth, trend, and future forecast. Shipbuilding growth has been analyzed based on data concerning the shipbuilding market segment, order book, countries share, government’s policies etc.
The first part contains a brief analysis of main trends in the world shipbuilding that have an impact on the shipbuilding environment in Europe. The second part highlights European aspects of shipbuilding in the context of Asian shipbuilders domination. The key factors that drive the growth of the shipbuilding market have also been considered. The third part examine the prerequisites of shipbuilding sector future development in the Baltic Sea basin and in particular in Poland.
It is revealed that the shipbuilding industry in Poland and the Baltic Sea basin has limited opportunities for significant expansion. Most formerly renown shipyards based its current activity on supplying hulls and blocks to main producers of passenger ships or offshore units. As a highly capital-intensive industry, the shipbuilding sector needs strong government support and political stability in order to remain on the market and tackle the competition of Asian shipbuilding giants.