bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Tensor Interaction in Splitting the Energy Levels of Relativistic Systems
Authors: Shojaei Mohammad Reza , Mousavi Mohsen
Published: January 2016

We solve approximately Dirac equation for Eckart plus Hulthen potentials with Coulomb-like and Yukawa-like tensor interaction in the presence of spin and pseudospin symmetry fork≠0. The formula method is used to obtain the energy eigenvalues and wave functions. We also discuss the energy eigenvalues and the Dirac spinors for Eckart plus Hulthen potentials with formula method. To show the accuracy of the present model, some numerical results are shown in both pseudospin and spin symmetry limits.
In VitroCytotoxicity of Calcium Silicate-Based Endodontic Cement as Root-End Filling Materials
Authors: Küçükkaya Selen , Görduysus Mehmet Ömer , Zeybek Naciye Dilara , Müftüoğlu Sevda Fatma
Published: January 2016

The aim of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxicity of three types of calcium silicate-based endodontic cement after different incubation periods with human periodontal ligament fibroblasts. Human periodontal ligament fibroblasts were cultured from extracted third molars and seeded in 96-well plates. MTA, calcium enriched mixture (CEM) cement, and Biodentine were prepared and added to culture insert plates which were immediately placed into 96-well plates containing cultured cells. After incubation periods of 24, 48, and 72 hours, cell viability was determined with WST-1 assay. Data were analysed statistically by ANOVA with repeated measures and Bonferroni tests. There was no significant difference in cell viability amongst the test materials after each incubation period (P>0.05). MTA and CEM presented more than 90% cell viability after 24 and 48 hours of incubation and showed statistically significant decrease in cell viability after 72 hours of incubation (P<0.05). Biodentine showed significantly less cell viability (73%) after 24 hours of incubation, whereas more than 90% cell viability was seen after 48 and 72 hours of incubation (P<0.05). Despite the significant changes in cell viability over time, materials presented similar cytotoxicity profile. Biodentine and CEM can be considered as alternative materials for root-end surgery procedures.
Psychometric Validation of the Bangla Version of the Patient-Doctor Relationship Questionnaire
Authors: Arafat S. M. Yasir
Published: January 2016

Background. The patient-doctor relationship is an important issue in health care as it is linked to patient satisfaction, treatment adherence, and treatment outcome. The PDRQ-9 is brief instrument which has an excellent overall internal consistency to measure it.Objective. It was aimed at developing a culturally adapted and validated Bangla version of Patient-Doctor Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9).Method. Data were collected during the period of May 2015 to July 2015 from 50 patients by interviewing with the final Bangla version of PDRQ-9 obtained by ideal translation-back translation procedure with nonprobability purposive consecutive sampling and analyzed by Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) 16.0 and Microsoft Excel 2007 version software.Result. The internal consistency of Bangla PDRQ-9 was measured by Cronbach’sαwhich was 0.97. Only one factor was extracted from varimax rotation factor analysis with high commonalities between the items.Conclusion. Bangla version of PDRQ-9 is valid, accepted, and widely applicable in clinical practice, research, public health, and primary health care in Bangladesh.
Bone Disease in Myeloma: The Claws of CRAB
Authors: Fonseca Rafael , Jain Tania
Published: January 2016

A dynamic approach to use bisphosphonates according to biomarkers of bone metabolism is presented in the Z-MARK study by Raje and colleagues. This is a major step forward toward a rational approach to bisphosphonate usage. Clin Cancer Res; 22(6); 1301–3. ©2016 AACR.

See related article by Raje et al., p. 1378
Prognostic Factors for Post-Recurrence Survival in Patients with Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma after Curative Resection
Authors: Nakajima Yasuaki , Kawada Kenro , Tokairin Yutaka , Tomita Makoto , Miyake Satoshi , Kawano Tatsuyuki
Published: January 2016

Background/Aims: We investigated factors affecting the post-recurrence prognosis in order to develop adequate therapeutic guidelines for determining the indication for treatment of recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods: Ninety-three thoracic ESCC patients who developed postoperative recurrence after undergoing curative esophagectomy with 3-field lymphadenectomy at our institute and who received treatment for recurrence were enrolled in this study. Results: A univariate analysis showed that distant organ recurrence, the number of recurrent tumors, the longest diameter of the largest recurrent tumor, the sum of all of the longest diameters of the recurrent tumors, invasion into adjacent structures and the speed of growth of the representative recurrent tumors were significantly associated with the post-recurrence prognosis. A multivariate analysis showed that distant organ recurrence, the longest diameter of the largest recurrent tumor, invasion into adjacent structures and the speed of growth of the representative recurrent tumors were significantly associated with the prognosis. The patients whose recurrent tumor(s) did not meet all 4 of these factors showed a better prognosis. In contrast, the prognosis of the patients whose recurrent tumor(s) demonstrated all 4 factors was almost the same as that observed in the patients who did not receive any treatment for recurrence. Conclusions: The evaluation of these 4 factors may potentially be used to determine the indication for treatment for recurrence.
Plasminogen is a critical regulator of cutaneous wound healing
Authors: Sulniute Rima , Shen Yue , Guo Yong-Zhi , Fallah Mahsa , Ahlskog Nina , Ny Lina , Rakhimova Olena , Broden Jessica , Boija Hege , Moghaddam Aliyeh , Li Jinan , Wilczynska Malgorzata , Ny Tor
Published: January 2016

Wound healing is a complicated biological process that consist of partially overlapping inflammatory, proliferation and tissue remodelling phases. A successful wound healing depends on a proper activation and subsequent termination of the inflammatory phase. The failure to terminate the inflammation halts the completion of wound healing and is a known reason for formation of chronic wounds. Previous studies have shown that wound closure is delayed in plasminogendeficient mice, and a role for plasminogen in dissection of extracellular matrix was suggested. However, our finding that plasminogen is transported to the wound by inflammatory cells early during the healing process, where it potentiates inflammation, indicates that plasminogen may also have other roles in the wound healing process. Here we report that plasminogen-deficient mice have extensive fibrin and neutrophil depositions in the wounded area long after re-epithelialisation, indicating inefficient debridement and chronic inflammation. Delayed formation of granulation tissue suggests that fibroblast function is impaired in the absence of plasminogen. Therefore, in addition to its role in the activation of inflammation, plasminogen is also crucial for subsequent steps, including resolution of inflammation and activation of the proliferation phase. Importantly, supplementation of plasminogen-deficient mice with human plasminogen leads to a restored healing process that is comparable to that in wild-type mice. Besides of being an activator of the inflammatory phase during wound healing, plasminogen is also required for the subsequent termination of inflammation. Based on these results, we propose that plasminogen may be an important future therapeutic agent for wound treatment.

Supplementary Material to this article is available online at www.thrombosis-online.com.
MRI-based biomechanical parameters for carotid artery plaque vulnerability assessment
Authors: Teng Zhongzhao , Nederveen Aart J. , Lugt Aad Van der , Gillard Jonathan H. , Speelman Lambert
Published: January 2016

Carotid atherosclerotic plaques are a major cause of ischaemic stroke. The biomechanical environment to which the arterial wall and plaque is subjected to plays an important role in the initiation, progression and rupture of carotid plaques. MRI is frequently used to characterize the morphology of a carotid plaque, but new developments in MRI enable more functional assessment of carotid plaques. In this review, MRI based biomechanical parameters are evaluated on their current status, clinical applicability, and future developments. Blood flow related biomechanical parameters, including endothelial wall shear stress and oscillatory shear index, have been shown to be related to plaque formation. Deriving these parameters directly from MRI flow measurements is feasible and has great potential for future carotid plaque development prediction. Blood pressure induced stresses in a plaque may exceed the tissue strength, potentially leading to plaque rupture. Multi-contrast MRI based stress calculations in combination with tissue strength assessment based on MRI inflammation imaging may provide a plaque stress-strength balance that can be used to assess the plaque rupture risk potential. Direct plaque strain analysis based on dynamic MRI is already able to identify local plaque displacement during the cardiac cycle. However, clinical evidence linking MRI strain to plaque vulnerability is still lacking. MRI based biomechanical parameters may lead to improved assessment of carotid plaque development and rupture risk. However, better MRI systems and faster sequences are required to improve the spatial and temporal resolution, as well as increase the image contrast and signal-to-noise ratio.
The Role of Exercise in Cardiac Aging
Authors: Roh Jason , Rhee James , Chaudhari Vinita , Rosenzweig Anthony
Published: January 2016

Aging induces structural and functional changes in the heart that are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and impaired functional capacity in the elderly. Exercise is a diagnostic and therapeutic tool, with the potential to provide insights into clinical diagnosis and prognosis, as well as the molecular mechanisms by which aging influences cardiac physiology and function. In this review, we first provide an overview of how aging impacts the cardiac response to exercise, and the implications this has for functional capacity in older adults. We then review the underlying molecular mechanisms by which cardiac aging contributes to exercise intolerance, and conversely how exercise training can potentially modulate aging phenotypes in the heart. Finally, we highlight the potential use of these exercise models to complement models of disease in efforts to uncover new therapeutic targets to prevent or treat heart disease in the aging population.
On the taxonomy of the Brazilian flea beetle genus Miritius Bechyné & Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Monoplatina)
with description of two new species
Authors: MORAIS ANA CARLA C. , RIBEIRO-COSTA CIBELE S. , LINZMEIER ADELITA M.
Published: January 2016

A taxonomic study was performed on the Brazilian genus Miritius Bechyné & Bechyné of Monoplatina, Alticini. Here Miritius and two of its species are redescribed and descriptions for another two new species were provided: Miritius abdominalis Morais & Linzmeier sp. nov. (Mato Grosso, Brazil) and Miritius claudius Morais & Linzmeier sp. nov. (Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). For the first time characters of the male and female genitalia, illustrations and a key to the Miritius species are presented.
Antennal sensory organs of Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Scathophagidae): ultramorphology and phylogenetic implications
Authors: LIU XIAN-HUI , LIU JIA-JIA , LI XIN-YU , ZHANG DONG
Published: January 2016

Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) is a well-established insect model species involved in numerous investigations on behavior, biology, phylogeny, genetics and evolution. The antennal sensilla of S. stercoraria are examined via scanning electron microscopy in order to emphasize their importance on taxonomy and phylogeny. On antennal scape and pedicel, both microtrichiae and several sharp-tipped mechanoreceptors are observed, while another two structures, setiferous plaques and pedicellar button, are also detected on antennal pedicel. One type of sensory pit and four types of antennal sensilla, including trichoid sensilla, basiconic sensilla, coeloconic sensilla and clavate sensilla, are observed on antennal funiculus. Similarity and disparity of setiferous plaques among different calyptrate groups are analyzed in terms of phylogeny. The phylogenetic results supported by morphology of setiferous plaques strongly accord with the cladistic relations based on known molecular tree, implying the potential taxonomic and phylogenetic implications of the plaques in Calyptratae.
Arbitrary-Order Conservative and Consistent Remapping and a Theory of Linear Maps: Part II
Authors: Ullrich Paul A. , Devendran Dharshi , Johansen Hans
Published: January 2016

This paper extends on the first part of this series by describing four examples of 2D linear maps that can be constructed in accordance with the theory of the earlier work. The focus is again on spherical geometry, although these techniques can be readily extended to arbitrary manifolds. The four maps include conservative, consistent, and (optionally) monotone linear maps (i) between two finite-volume meshes, (ii) from finite-volume to finite-element meshes using a projection-type approach, (iii) from finite-volume to finite-element meshes using volumetric integration, and (iv) between two finite-element meshes. Arbitrary order of accuracy is supported for each of the described nonmonotone maps.
Geophysical estimation of shallow permafrost distribution and properties in an ice-wedge polygon-dominated Arctic tundra region
Authors: Dafflon Baptiste , Hubbard Susan , Ulrich Craig , Peterson John , Wu Yuxin , Wainwright Haruko , Kneafsey Timothy J.
Published: January 2016

Shallow permafrost distribution and characteristics are important for predicting ecosystem feedbacks to a changing climate over decadal to century timescales because they can drive active layer deepening and land surface deformation, which in turn can significantly affect hydrologic and biogeochemical responses, including greenhouse gas dynamics. As part of the U.S. Department of Energy Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Arctic, we have investigated shallow Arctic permafrost characteristics at a site in Barrow, Alaska, with the objective of improving our understanding of the spatial distribution of shallow permafrost, its associated properties, and its links with landscape microtopography. To meet this objective, we have acquired and integrated a variety of information, including electric resistance tomography data, frequency-domain electromagnetic induction data, laboratory core analysis, petrophysical studies, high-resolution digital surface models, and color mosaics inferred from kite-based landscape imaging. The results of our study provide a comprehensive and high-resolution examination of the distribution and nature of shallow permafrost in the Arctic tundra, including the estimation of ice content, porosity, and salinity. Among other results, porosity in the top 2 m varied between 85% (besides ice wedges) and 40%, and was negatively correlated with fluid salinity. Salinity directly influenced ice and unfrozen water content and indirectly influenced the soil organic matter content. A relatively continuous but depth-variable increase in salinity led to a partially unfrozen saline layer (cryopeg) located below the top of the permafrost. The cryopeg environment could lead to year-round microbial production of greenhouse gases. Results also indicated a covariability between topography and permafrost characteristics including ice-wedge and salinity distribution. In addition to providing insight about the Arctic ecosystem, through integration of lab-based petrophysical results with field data, this study also quantified the key controls on electric resistivity at this Arctic permafrost site, including salinity, porosity, water content, ice content, soil organic matter content, and lithologic properties.
Increasing Access to Oral Anticancer Medicines in Middle-Income Countries: A Case Study of Private Health Insurance Coverage in Brazil
Authors: Massard da Fonseca Elize , Bastos Francisco Inácio , Lopes Gilberto
Published: January 2016

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 60% of the world’s new annual cancer cases occur in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America, and that 70% of cancer deaths occur in these regions. Although oral chemotherapy is a promising intervention for cancer treatment, given its high cost, it is usually unavailable in middle-income countries. In 2013, after strong lobbying from civil society, Brazil's Congress passed legislation mandating that all private health insurance companies provide access to oral antineoplastic treatment. The decision to scale up the provision of oral chemotherapy was a watershed event in the regulation of private health insurance in Brazil. Until then, private insurers, which cover 25% of the population, were exempted from the provision of pharmaceutical drugs for home care treatments. This article explores the political process involved in regulating the provision of oral chemotherapy medicines by private health insurers. Elements of this successful advocacy case included investment in strategic communication, specialized knowledge of regulatory policy, and the ability to act via democratic channels of political representation. In turn, the receptiveness of government branches such as the Congress and regulating bodies, as well as the Cancer Awareness Month campaign, opened a window of opportunity. However, prospects for expanded access to such medicines in the public health system are bleak in the short term because of the ongoing political and economic crisis.
An Analysis of Competitiveness and Potential of Renewable Energy Technologies in Poland
Authors: Ligus Magdalena
Published: January 2016

Since the adoption of the 2009/28/EC Directive several renewable energy sources (RES) bills have appeared proposing completely different support mechanisms. The act was finally passed on the 20th of February 2015, with quite surprising abandonment of tradable green certificates as the primary support instrument in favour of an auctioning system. The paper aims to assess the competitiveness and capability of development of individual RES technologies in Poland in the auctioning system based on a critical evaluation of the proposed legal regulations and the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for each technology. Results indicate that auctions will be dominated by small- and medium-scale biomass technologies (1–50 MW). This includes retrofitting of existing medium plants and converting them into biomass CHP. Only wind is capable of competing with biomass technologies. The main shortcomings of the RES bill are: (1) system is extremely complicated, subject to bureaucracy, and arbitrary in key aspects; (2) the limitation in the auctions for so-called unstable technologies; (3) the absence of a real support system for microinstallations; (4) the lack of support for green heat; (5) cause further intensification of the dominating presence of power corporations at the expense of other market participants (6) cause further concentration of the declining RES technologies on the market and the overuse of the renewable yet limited power source, biomass.
Predictors of Mild Hazing, Severe Hazing, and Positive Initiation Rituals in Sport
Authors: Waldron Jennifer J.
Published: January 2016

Hazing is any degrading or abusive behavior required to be socially accepted on a sports team. Theoretically, hazing is a symptom of the hierarchy and social dominance of the sport environment. The current study examined the influence of competitive level, gender, athletic identity, sport type, and team norms on participating in mild hazing, severe hazing, and positive initiations. High school (n = 126) and college athletes (n = 161) from a variety of sports completed an online survey. Approximately 50% of the sample participated in either a mild and/or severe hazing act. Three logistic regression analyses indicated that greater team norms and being a college student increased the odds of experiencing a mild hazing, severe hazing, or a positive initiation ritual. Sport psychology consultants and coaches need to proactively work to change degrading norms of hazing to joyful norms emphasizing respect and unity.
Les revues littéraires dans l’entre-deux-guerres entre France et Grèce. Réseaux, transferts culturels et traduction
Authors: Arnoux-Farnoux Lucile
Published: January 2016

Pendant l’entre-deux-guerres, certaines revues littéraires grecques adoptent une
attitude hellénocentriste, tandis que d’autres s’ouvrent au contraire largement à l’étranger.
Cette ouverture se manifeste bien sûr par la publication d’oeuvres en traduction, mais
aussi par un intérêt grandissant pour les revues étrangères, et en particulier françaises,
qui se marque par l’emprunt d’articles et surtout par la création de rubriques spécialisées.
Le but de ce travail est de mettre en lumière l’existence de relations privilégiées entre
revues grecques et revues françaises comme vecteurs de transferts culturels –qu’il s’agisse
de la reprise de modèles éditoriaux ou de la circulation de textes, d’idées ou même de
collaborateurs–, d’évaluer la part que la traduction prend dans l’établissement de ces
relations et enfin de déterminer si on peut ou non parler dans ces cas de “réseau de
revues”, comme cela a été fait dans d’autres contextes européens.
The “Art of Commerce”: An Outline of Commercial Education in Twentieth-century Greece
Authors: Chatziioannou Maria Christina , Tsilaga Flora
Published: January 2016

The first half of the twentieth century in Greece was marked by consecutive
military and civil conflicts that caused profound territorial, demographic and social
changes. The movement of vast numbers of young peasants from rural areas to the capital
coincided with the broadening of internal trade, a proliferation of industrial investments
and the intense urbanization of Athens and other Greek cities, especially during the
interwar period. This article examines education concerning the “art of commerce”, a
more flexible type of training in comparison with its strictly technical equivalent; a form
of education that was associated with a completely different outlook compared to the
traditional apprenticeship guilds of the nineteenth century. In this context, the essay seeks
to emphasize the ways in which a professional group, recognized by the state through its own
associations, was specifically created and developed and how this group envisaged creating
the sole educational opportunity for its own members, those working in the field of retail.
Maps, Travel and Exploration in the Middle Ages: Some Reflections about Anachronism
Authors: Dalché Patrick Gautier
Published: January 2016

Abstract: How were maps conceived in the Middle Ages? Using the words “map”, “travel” and “exploration”, historians must be wary of anachronism. Medieval maps, like ours maps, are always materialized thought-objects and are thus interpretations of the world, inevitably variable and subject to criticism; in this respect, “modernity” has neither invented nor changed anything. The article addresses some anachronisms about the role of mappae mundi in mental journeys, their function in maritime travels and their role during the great “discoveries”; it claims that no other pre-modern civilization, except perhaps the Chinese, was ever so imbued
with cartographic culture.
Information Analysis in Educational Results Management
Authors: ��������  , Yakushkina A.
Published: January 2016

The article lays out the approaches to optimization of educational results management by means of information analysis. The author unveils the content

and orientation of information analysis activities and reveals its organizational aspects within evaluation and assessment procedures. The article

indicates the value of information analysis at diff erent stages of working with evaluation and assessment data, introduces the concept of information

analysis product and shows translational channels for information analysis products.
Exploiting Binary Floating-Point Representations for Constraint Propagation
Authors: Bagnara Roberto , Carlier Matthieu , Gori Roberta , Gotlieb Arnaud
Published: January 2016

Floating-point computations are quickly finding their way in the design of safety- and mission-critical systems, despite the fact that designing floating-point algorithms is significantly more difficult than designing integer algorithms. For this reason, verification and validation of floating-point computations are hot research topics. An important verification technique, especially in some industrial sectors, is testing. However, generating test data for floating-point intensive programs proved to be a challenging problem. Existing approaches usually resort to random or search-based test data generation, but without symbolic reasoning it is almost impossible to generate test inputs that execute complex paths controlled by floating-point computations. Moreover, because constraint solvers over the reals or the rationals do not natively support the handling of rounding errors, the need arises for efficient constraint solvers over floating-point domains. In this paper, we present and fully justify improved algorithms for the propagation of arithmetic IEEE 754 binary floating-point constraints. The key point of these algorithms is a generalization of an idea by B. Marre and C. Michel that exploits a property of the representation of floating-point numbers.
Modeling with Metaconstraints and Semantic Typing of Variables
Authors: Cire Andre A. , Hooker John N. , Yunes Tallys
Published: January 2016

Recent research in hybrid optimization shows that a combination of technologies that exploits their complementary strengths can significantly speed up computation. The use of high-level metaconstraints in the problem formulation can achieve a substantial share of these computational gains by better communicating problem structure to the solver. During the solution process, however, metaconstraints give rise to reformulations or relaxations that introduce auxiliary variables, and some of the variables in one metaconstraint’s reformulation may be functionally the same as or related to variables in another metaconstraint’s reformulation. These relationships must be recognized to obtain a tight overall relaxation. We propose a modeling scheme based on semantic typing that systematically addresses this problem while providing simpler, self-documenting models. It organizes the model around predicates and declares variables by associating each with a predicate through a keyword that is analogous to a database query. We present a series of examples to illustrate this idea over a wide variety of applications.
Application of an identity for subtrees with a given eigenvalue
Authors: Toyonaga Kenji , Johnson Charles
Published: January 2016

For an Hermitian matrix whose graph is a tree and for a given eigenvalue having Parter vertices, the possibilities for the multiplicity are considered. If V = {v_1, . . . , v_k} is a fragmenting Parter set in a tree relative to the eigenvalue , and T_{i+1} is the component of Tâ{v_1, v_2, . . . , v_i} in which v_{i+1} lies, it is shown that \sum_{i}^K N_i=m_A(\lambda)+2kâ1, in which N_i is the number of components of T_iâv_i in which lambda is an eigenvalue. This identity is applied to make several observations, including about when a set of strong Parter vertices leaves only 3 components with \lambda and about multiplicities in binary trees. Furthermore, it is shown that one can construct an Hermitian matrix whose graph is a tree that has a strong Parter set V such that |V | = k for each k in 1
Assisted dying: the search for a good death
Authors: Slorach Roddy
Published: January 2016

The unexpected election of a Conservative government in the UK in May 2015 prompted a fresh effort to introduce assisted suicide legislation, only months after the previous campaign had been abandoned. The current lull therefore offers a chance to examine the polarised positions of the opposing camps around both assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Studying Italian para-industry: The case of Boris
Authors: Dagnino Gloria
Published: January 2016

This article examines labour in Italian contemporary film and television production industries through the case studies of Boris-la serie/Boris-the series (2007–2010) and Boris-il film/Boris-the movie (2011). In doing so, it applies two often considered opposite theoretical approaches: media production studies and textual analysis. The structure of the article is threefold. In the first section, Italian and international research addressing audio-visual media labour is reviewed, and organized into six thematic categories. The second section introduces and discusses Caldwell’s key notions of para-industry, shadow academy and media text. These constitute the theoretical framework underpinning the content and stylistic analysis of the case studies. The third section presents the analysis according to the previously exposed six categories. Results show that Boris’ representation of audio-visual media labour is essentially research-consistent. Moreover, the analysis reveals an issue overlooked by the literature: the prominence of political ties for accessing and enduring in Italian audio-visual industries.
Aportaciones al estudio de La Sarga (Alcoy, Alicante)
Authors: Aura Tortosa Juan Emilio
Published: January 2016

En el presente trabajo se estudia la fase cromática más antigua de La Sarga (Alcoy, Alicante), infrapuesta al Arte Levantino y que adquiere vital transcendencia en función de los últimos descubrimientos, pudiendo aislar un nuevo horizonte artístico anterior al Arte Levantino, al menos en las comarcas del Norte de la Provincia de Alicante.
La Muntanya Assolada (Alzira, Valencia)
Authors: Martí Oliver Bernat
Published: January 2016

En el contexto de la Cultura del Bronce Valenciano el poblado de la Muntanya Assolada adquiere gran importancia por los restos constructivos exhumados hasta ahora, singularmente su muralla y el sistema de acceso al interior del recinto, así como por la riqueza de sus materiales arqueológicos. Las campañas de excavación realizadas, además de revelar la estructura general del poblado, han ofrecido una gran variedad de materiales que se apartan de la monotonía siempre aludida al hablar de esa Cultura. Destacan los análisis de los objetos metálicos, que nos demuestran la presencia de piezas hechas de bronce, así como el avance al estudio de los restos faunísticos, de los que se desprenden consideraciones sobre el medio ambiente y una imagen propia de una pequeña comunidad campesina.
Análisis de las pastas cerámicas de vasos hechos a torno de la fase orientalizante de Peña Negra (675-550/35 AC)
Authors: González Prats Alfredo , Pina Gosálbez José Antonio
Published: January 2016

Ofrecemos los resultados obtenidos del análisis de las pastas cerámicas de 64 muestras de vasos hechos a torno de Peña Negra II, llevado a cabo en el Departamento de Geología de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Alicante mediante técnicas petrológicas y mineralógicas. El objetivo consistía en dilucidar a través del elemento desengrasante añadido a la arcilla de las pastas, el origen de las cerámicas en cuestión. Los datos obtenidos se han procesado mediante el Análisis Factorial de Correspondencias, discriminándose las muestras claramente en dos grupos bien definidos: A y B. El primero representa a las cerámicas importadas y el segundo a la producción alfarera local. Las escasas muestras que se apartan de estos dos grupos conforman un Grupo C, desconectado del grupo local pero sin ajustarse tampoco al grupo de importación A. En base a estos resultados se realizan algunas consideraciones acerca de la problemática ceramológica inherente a la fase orientalizante de Peña Negra.
Un jinéte ibérico de Cástulo
Authors: Blanco Freijeiro Antonio
Published: January 2016

Una placa de pizarra encontrada en las excavaciones de Cástulo muestra un jinete y unos ornamentos incisos que un indígena debió imitar de los de la cerámica griega.
Los términos "Iberia" e "Íberos" en las fuentes grecolatinas: estudio acerca de su origen y ámbito de aplicación
Authors: Domínguez Monedero Adolfo Jerónimo
Published: January 2016

Este artículo se propone dos objetivos fundamentales: establecer la relación que pudo existir entre la Iberia póntica y el origen del nombre de la Iberia hispánica, mediante el estudio de la posible información contenida en algunas narraciones míticas griegas, y establecer el contenido exclusivamente geográfico, y alejado de cualquier planteamiento de tipo étnico, que en la Antigüedad tuvo el término «Iberia» (Hispania), acudiendo a los testimonios de los autores grecolatinos.
Cuenca romana. Contribución al estudio epigráfico (II)
Authors: Rodríguez Colmenero Antonio
Published: January 2016

La presente publicación pretende continuar la temática iniciada en el número anterior de esta misma revista sobre epigrafía romana conquense. Esta nueva serie consta de 11 epígrafes de diversa naturaleza y procedencia, inéditos en su casi totalidad.
Pinturas rupestres en el Barranc del Bosquet (Moixent, Valencia)
Authors: Hernández Pérez Mauro S. , D'Estudis Contestans Centre
Published: January 2016

Se da cuenta del hallazgo de dos abrigos con pinturas rupestres esquemáticas en el Barranc del Bosquet (Moixent, Valencia). Se analizan los temas representados, entre los que destacan por su abundancia y variedad tipológica las figuras humanas, y se realizan una serie de consideraciones sobre la cronología y significado de esta manifestación artística prehistórica en el País Valenciano.
Aportaciones al conocimiento del Portus Illicitanus: reseña de los trabajos de urgencia de 1976. La terra sigillata
Authors: González Prats Alfredo
Published: January 2016

En este trabajo se ofrece una reseña de las excavaciones de urgencia realizadas en 1976 en el Portus Illicitanus, con una visión de las fases culturales que allí se desarrollaron. Se presenta un catálogo de las cerámicas romanas imperiales halladas durante los trabajos, destacando los ejemplares de Clara Lucente y Clara B, así como los vasos con relieves aplicados, documentos que venían siendo considerados raros o inexistentes en esta parte del País Valenciano.
Observaciones sobre un emperador cristiano: Fl. Jul. Constante
Authors: Garrido González Elisa
Published: January 2016

La vida del hijo menor de Constantino el Grande, Fl. Jul. Constante, tiene planteada una serie de cuestiones aún sin resolver; por tal razón, este trabajo constituye un estudio sobre toda la etapa anterior a su toma del poder en todo el territorio occidental del Imperio, con la pretensión de ofrecer una explicación verosímil de un conjunto de hechos controvertidos, a la luz de la documentación disponible. En definitiva, se analizan temas como la instrucción recibida por Constante, su nombramiento como césar; igualmente se estudia de qué manera le afectó la distribución territorial del año 335 realizada por su padre y el posterior reparto acordado con sus hermanos en el 337; cómo se desarrolló la masacre de la mayoría de los miembros de la familia constantiniana, tras la muerte de Constantino y cómo surgió el conflicto con su hermano mayor Constantino II, cuyo resultado fue la implantación de su autoridad en toda la pars occidentis durante una década.
Contribución al arte rupestre levantino: análisis etnográfico de las figuras antropomorfas
Authors: Galiana Botella María Francia
Published: January 2016

El propósito del presente artículo es aplicar la lectura etnográfica a las figuraciones humanas representadas en el Arte Rupestre Levantino. Ello permite realizar una tipología de los adornos y útiles, así como aproximarse a su cronología relativa mediante los paralelos, muebles y figurativos, y las asociaciones de estos objetos en una misma figura. El resultado hace posible el acercamiento al encuadre cronológico-cultural de los pintores levantinos.
La cerámica campaniense «C» y seudocampaniense de pasta gris en la provincia de Sevilla
Authors: Ventura Martínez Juan José
Published: January 2016

El presente estudio pretende ser una contribución al conocimiento de la cerámica campaniense en el ámbito de la Península Ibérica. En base al material reunido, procedente de diversos yacimientos de la provincia de Sevilla, el planteamiento del trabajo ha girado en torno a la documentación efectiva en dicho ámbito provincial tanto de la cerámica campaniense de tipo C como de una serie de cerámicas caracterizadas básicamente por su pasta gris y que en ocasiones, por sus características técnicas, formales o decorativas apuntan a una inspiración más o menos directa en las producciones propiamente campanienses.
Cerámica tardorromana modelada a mano de carácter local, regional y de importación en la provincia de Alicante
Authors: Reynolds Paul
Published: January 2016

En este artículo presentamos una tipología y cronología de la cerámica tardo-romana modelada a mano de carácter local, regional y de importación en los yacimientos del valle del Río Vinalopó (Alicante). Se trata de la producción y distribución de la cerámica de los distintos centros, con referencia particular a los paralelos etnográficos modernos. Proponemos la continuidad de ciertas formas tardo-romanas durante época islámica, y examinaremos brevemente la cronología de los yacimientos y la cerámica islámica en esta región hasta el siglo XI.
Arte rupestre en el Estret de les Aigües (Bellús-Xàtiva, Valencia)
Authors: Hernández Pérez Mauro S. , Ferrer i Marset Pere , Catalá Ferrer Enrique
Published: January 2016

Se da cuenta del hallazgo de dos nuevos yacimientos con arte rupestre en la provincia de Valencia. En la Cova Gran de La Petxina existen pinturas de tipo levantino y esquemáticas, que deben fecharse a partir del Neolítico Medio. En la Cova del Barranc de l'Aguila los grabados de jinetes, équidos y antropomorfos son de imprecisa cronología, pero nunca prehistóricos.
El monumento ibérico de Monforte del Cid
Authors: Almagro-Gorbea Martín , Ramos Fernández Rafael
Published: January 2016

Estudio sobre el monumento ibérico del Arenero de Monforte del Cid que está constituido por cuatro elementos independientes: uno escultórico, un toro; y tres arquitectónicos, un sillar con función de plinto, un sillar de gola con función de cornisa y un sillar con función de pilar decorado con falsas puertas. Estos elementos han permitido plantear su reconstrucción dados su hallazgo conjunto y la total correspondencia de medidas entre la base de la gola y el pilar a las que también se adecúa la figura del toro que además responde a una misma técnica de tallado y que estilísticamente mantiene una estrecha relación con un determinado prototipo griego perteneciente al arcaísmo final y, consecuentemente, anterior a la plena difusión del arte clásico. Este monumento puede considerarse como una obra local debida a un escultor directa o indirectamente formado en el ámbito griego-oriental y posiblemente realizado en momentos relativamente próximos al año 500 a. de J. C.
El relieve romano de Coves de Vinromá (Castellón)
Authors: Abad Casal Lorenzo
Published: January 2016

Se estudia un fragmento del frontón de un pequeño naiskos con dos figuras en relive: un busto de un joven coronado, dentro de una corona, y una figura femenina anciana; el joven puede corresponder a un soldado o triunfador, y la mujer posiblemente a su madre, representada según la iconografía del invierno característica de algunos mosaicos tardorromanos. Detalles iconográficos de ambas figuras permiten proponer una datación en las últimas décadas del siglo II d. C. o a comienzos del III d. C.
Un probable taller local de cerámica pintada tardorromana en Tarancueña (Soria)
Authors: Abascal Palazón Juan Manuel
Published: January 2016

Los hallazgos de cerámica pintada del yacimiento romano de Tarancueña (Soria), destacan por su homogeneidad temática y cronológica, así como por reunir en un solo enclave los tipos que aparecen en las regiones periféricas. El análisis del material, combinado con la información de las excavaciones, permite sugerir la existencia de un taller comarcal que produjo este tipo de piezas en la segunda mitad del siglo IV y los primeros años del siglo V. d. C.
Cerámicas comunes altomedievales: contribución al estudio del tránsito de la antigüedad al mundo paleoislámico en las comarcas meridionales del País Valenciano
Authors: Gutiérrez Lloret Sonia
Published: January 2016

En el presente artículo estudiamos un conjunto de cerámicas comunes propias de los primeros siglos de ocupación islámica (siglos VII-X). Nos interesa especialmente el problema de su origen y su relación con el mundo tardorromano, por lo que estudiamos paralelamente la cerámica común modelada a mano de época tardorromana, propia de los contextos en los que ya no aparecen cerámicas finas africanas (siglos VI-VII). Presentamos una clasificación tipológica previa de ambas producciones y proponemos la definición de un nuevo horizonte cultural de época emiral, relativamente homogéneo para el sureste peninsular, cuyos precedentes parecen encontrarse en la fuerte pervivencia de las tradiciones tardorromanas de carácter norteafricano.
¿Tanit en España?
Authors: Marín Ceballos María Cruz
Published: January 2016

Este artículo trata de ser una revisión y puesta al día de los estudios sobre la diosa cartaginesa Tanit en la Península Ibérica, a partir de testimonios arqueológicos, conocidos de antiguo unos y resultado de recientes excavaciones otros. Se realizan asimismo algunas consideraciones en torno al culto de esta diosa y a sus adoradores, en relación con la presencia cartaginesa en el sur de la Península Ibérica.
La política de Filipo V en la Propontide: el caso de la ciudad de Cíos
Authors: Gómez Espelosín Francisco Javier
Published: January 2016

En este artículo se intenta analizar el fragmento de Polibio concerniente a los acontecimientos de Cíos del año 202, tratando de incardinar los hechos dentro del contexto histórico general del momento y entre los objetivos centrales trazados por Filipo V para el desarrollo de su política exterior. Se presta una especial atención a los disturbios internos que vivió la ciudad y a la posible incidencia de los mismos en la secuencia de los hechos posteriores. Todo ello sin olvidarnos de la decisiva importancia que el peso de una tradición histórica desfavorable al monarca macedonio ha tenido en la configuración definitiva de unos acontecimientos confusos y difíciles de evaluar por la escasez de los datos con que contamos al respecto.
Aproximación metodológica al estudio de la técnica edilicia romana en Hispania, en particular el opus testaceum
Authors: Roldán Gómez Lourdes
Published: January 2016

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo el estudio de los ladrillos romanos en la Península Ibérica. Para ello se tiene en cuenta tanto sus medidas y disposición como el espesor del mortero y otros aspectos de interés. La falta de sellos y las diferencias entre las diversas ciudades romanas no permiten precisar sin embargo, sus aspectos tipológicos y cronológicos.
Materiales arqueológicos del Castro de Vigo
Authors: Hidalgo Cuñarro José Manuel
Published: January 2016

Se presentan las piezas más importantes encontradas hasta la actualidad en las excavaciones arqueológicas del Castro de Vigo, yacimiento cuya cronología va del siglo III antes de Jesucristo al IV después de Jesucristo. Se analizará la cerámica indígena y romana, las monedas y los objetos de bronce, hierro, piedra y vidrio, que nos documentan, entre otras cosas, el importante comercio islámico romano con el litoral del Noroeste Peninsular, siendo el momento de mayor auge del mismo el siglo I después de Jesucristo.
Dos ejemplos de solución de problemas de conservación en piezas cerámicas del Museo Provincial de Murcia
Authors: Madroñero de la Cal Antonio
Published: January 2016

Se estudia un proceso de alteración química de materiales arqueológicos en los museos, concretamente de unos azulejos vidriados de época moderna y de platos con decoración de cobre, proponiéndose las soluciones más adecuadas para su conservación.
Análisis mediante microscopía electrónica de barrido (SEM-EDX) de la base de cerámica vidriada de un molde para soplar vidrio procedente de "Augustobriga" (Talavera la Vieja, Cáceres)
Authors: Martínez Mira Isidro
Published: January 2016

La finalidad de este trabajo es el estudio de los resultados de los análisis efectuados, mediante microscopía electrónica de barrido (SEM-EDX), a una base de cerámica vidriada de un molde para soplar vidrio hallado en la ciudad romana de Augustobriga (Talavera la Vieja, Cáceres).
Las cartas del Marqués de Cerralbo a Adolfo Herrera y los Catálogos monumentales de España
Authors: Abascal Palazón Juan Manuel
Published: January 2016

La Real Academia de la Historia conserva 16 cartas y notas del Marqués de Cerralbo a Adolfo Herrera que tratan sobre asuntos personales, sobre cuestiones institucionales y sobre la realización de los Catálogos Monumentales de las provincias de Teruel, Soria y Zaragoza por Juan Cabré.
Sobre el nombre de la ciudad ibérica y romana de Villajoyosa y la ubicación del topónimo Alonís/Alonai/Allon
Authors: Espinosa Ruiz Antonio
Published: January 2016

En este artículo revisamos la argumentación que realizamos hace diez años en nuestra Tesis doctoral sobre la identificación de Alonís/Alonai/Allon con la ciudad ibérica y romana de Villajoyosa, analizando las recientes publicaciones de otros autores en las que se ha abordado esta cuestión y poniéndolo todo a la luz de las nuevas evidencias arqueológicas. El papel de este núcleo como lugar central de la comarca de la Marina Baixa y su relevancia en el contexto de las costas valencianas en las épocas ibérica y romana (en la que llegó a alcanzar el rango de municipium), así como las importantes evidencias arqueológicas monumentales y muebles, hacen improbable que su nombre no se viese reflejado reiteradamente en las fuentes grecolatinas. Del mismo modo, Alonís/Alonai/Allon son topónimos que aparecen en las fuentes clásicas (este último, en varias ocasiones). Analizamos la coherencia con esas fuentes de su reducción a Villajoyosa, que permite casar la ciudad privilegiada sin nombre y el nombre reiterado sin ciudad.
Rabadanes: una nueva necrópolis de época tartésica en el bajo Guadalquivir
Authors: Pellicer Catalán Manuel , Escacena Carrasco José Luis
Published: January 2016

El hallazgo de una necrópolis del Hierro Antiguo en Las Cabezas de San Juan (Sevilla) ha revelado de nuevo los problemas para el conocimiento del mundo funerario de época tartésica. Éstos se refieren sobre todo a la falta de tumbas anteriores a la colonización fenicia y a la atribución étnica de las fechadas en el Periodo Orientalizante.
El significado del ciervo entre los pueblos protohistóricos de la Península Ibérica
Authors: García-Gelabert Pérez María Paz , Blázquez Martínez José María
Published: January 2016

El significado del ciervo en el ideario, en las creencias de las gentes que poblaron la Península Ibérica en la Protohistoria, y que por el mismo fue plasmado en la plástica en diversos soportes, es un aspecto de la investigación muy comprometido y complicado. No obstante, en este estudio intentamos abordar dicho significado a través de los dichos tiempos protohistóricos.
Viejas y nuevas necrópolis en la evolución del paisaje funerario de Ilici en la antigüedad tardía
Authors: Lorenzo de San Román Roberto
Published: January 2016

A partir del análisis de documentación inédita de P. Ibarra y A. Ramos, y revisando la escasa información publicada al respecto, este trabajo defiende que la Colonia Iulia Ilici Augusta tuvo, al menos, cinco necrópolis en un radio de 1500 m en la Antigüedad tardía. Tres de ellas se organizaron a lo largo de un mismo eje viario norte-sur, probablemente la propia via Augusta y cardo máximo de la centuriación ilicitana, y dos necrópolis intramuros alteraron el urbanismo anterior y el paisaje funerario de la colonia.