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Nature Mistaken: Resource-Making, Emotions and the Transformation of Peatlands in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Authors: Bruisch Katja
Published: November 2018

This article examines the commodification and cultural perception of nature in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union through the case of peatland transformation. Drawing upon scientific texts, expert literature and policy documents, I analyse how since the late eighteenth century peatlands were turned into natural resources and how emotions played a crucial role in this process. The discourse about and the actual treatment of these landscapes mirrored changing notions of private property in the Russian Empire and the gradual rise of the state as a key actor in the management of natural wealth. At the same time, the Russian debate followed that in western and northern Europe, where the use of wetlands for peat extraction and their conversion into farmland reflected hopes to boost the national economy and visions of internal colonisation. While important parallels existed with other countries in relation to the cultural perceptions and economic appropriation of wetlands, the Russian / Soviet case exhibited some distinct features as well. Even though the Soviet Union supported international wetland conservation efforts, the state kept promoting extractive and expansive land use practices, while negative attitudes towards peatlands remained influential. Paradoxically, the Russian case both confirms and challenges the argument about the 'fall and rise' of wetlands that has been made in relation to other parts of the world.
CONSERVADORISMO, LIBERALISMO ECONÔMICO E O CASO BRASILEIRO
Authors: Saviani Filho Hermógenes
Published: November 2018

O artigo pretende apresentar como as ideias conservadoras têm obtido ressonância na sociedade brasileira, estimulada principalmente pelos meios de comunicação, e como isto têm influenciado a política, a economia e as relações sociais. Os grandes pensadores conservadores afirmam que o modelo não pode ser generalizado e que ele tem características próprias em cada sociedade. Entretanto, existem alguns princípios basilares que o orientam independentemente do local em questão. No Brasil, observamos que existe algo de peculiar, que ouso afirmar oportunista, em relação ao pensamento conservador. Por aqui, existe uma adaptação que insere não apenas os valores em questão, mas os misturam com os liberalismos político e econômico.  
O CONSERVADORISMO DA BUROCRACIA NAS INSTITUIÇÕES DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
Authors: Boechat Neide Coelho
Published: November 2018

Este artigo trata dos problemas trazidos às Instituições privadas de ensino superior, por uma administração burocratizada cujos recursos impostos não levam em conta as especificidades desse tipo de empresa. A preeminência dos instrumentos burocráticos utilizados sobre a qualidade do trabalho acadêmico têm trazido um enorme prejuízo à qualidade do ensino, às possibilidades de pesquisa e aos projetos de extensão tão necessários à vida acadêmica.
ALMEIDA JÚNIOR: UM CAIPIRA ILUMINADO
Authors: Curtis Katia Maria Furtado de Mendonça
Published: November 2018

O presente artigo pretende evidenciar a modernidade de José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, na segunda metade do século XIX, no panorama artístico brasileiro. Este trabalho tem a finalidade de destacar os aspectos inovadores da obra desse artista que apesar de conhecer, em Paris, os românticos, realistas e impressionistas, não se filiou a nenhuma corrente; que, mesmo respirando os ares inquietos da arte europeia, permaneceu sereno no trato da sua paleta; que, tendo olhado para a luminosidade dos impressionistas, conseguiu encontrar o seu próprio sol; que tendo convivido com a sofisticação do primeiro mundo, permaneceu brasileiro e caipira, tornando-se precursor de uma pintura genuinamente brasileira. O artista que alicerçou sua obra em fundo humano e observou tantas tendências, anunciou a modernidade artística do nosso país com seus temas, luzes e cores. Transportou para suas telas a realidade rústica e pitoresca de sua terra e a dignidade de sua gente.
A PARTICIPAÇÃO FEMININA NO MICROEMPREENDEDORISMO INDIVIDUAL NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO
Authors: Oliveira Edineide Maria de , Nakazone Neusa , Coelho Terezinha De Jesus N.G.
Published: November 2018

A pessoa jurídica do microempreendedor individual - MEI, foi criada, no Brasil, pela Lei Complementar 128/08 em primeiro de julho de 2009 e inserida na Lei Geral da Micro e Pequena Empresa  Lei Complementar 123/06, com o propósito de diminuir as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos empreendedores individuais, principalmente, nas questões tributárias e burocráticas. Tal ação representou uma porta de entrada para o empreendedorismo, e também uma importante porta de saída da informalidade, pois possibilitou a formalização de inúmeros microempreendedores. Dados apresentados pela Receita Federal do Brasil indicam um crescimento de 1.646% em 2010 para 37,2% em 2013, demonstrando que as beneficies da Lei, incentivaram a procura pela legalização de micronegócios. Destacasse a crescente participação feminina, quando da analise dos índices registrados no cadastrado do Microempreendedor Individual na região do Estado de São Paulo, relacionada, principalmente, com negócios voltados a prestação de serviços direcionados à beleza e estética que se enquadram no sistema do microempreendedor individual, fato este, que é objeto e justifica a elaboração deste trabalho. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza exploratória realizado por intermédio de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. Da comparação realizada entre os períodos compreendidos entre os anos de 2011 a 2013, observasse a evolução, em termos percentuais, do total de microempreendedores individuais formalizados no Brasil, demonstrando que, ano a ano, a presença da mulher vem se destacando, conforme os resultados apresentados ao final deste artigo.
Phenomenon of conversion in Vietnamese and English – applying to the teaching of languages
Authors: Vo An Thi Ngoc
Published: November 2018

The paper presents the characteristics of conversion in Vietnamese and English according to different kinds of conversion (between nouns and verbs, nouns and adjectives, verbs and adjectives; nouns and function words, verbs and function words), and according to two types of conversion which are complete conversion (zero derivation) and approximate conversion. The paper also presents some ways of teaching conversionwords based on comparing the similarities and differences of the phenomenon conversion between English and Vietnamese.
“Rock” in the minds of Vietnamese people
Authors: Tran Nhan Thi Mai
Published: November 2018

Since time immemorial, rock has been attached tohuman life, present everywhere in human material and spiritual life. Therefore, many ethnic groups of Vietnam havecustoms of worship of “Soulstone”, “Rock God”. To Vietnamese people,thousands of years ago, rock became their spiritual symbol. Everywhere we go in Vietnam, we recognize the shape of the Vietnamese nation,feel national spirit as well as cultural depth and mindof the country through the shape of the rock. The papergoes deeply into understanding the “the spirit ofthe rock” in the cultural life of Vietnam through the symbolic meaning of the rock: Rock– the source of life, rock creates living space for people;rock – the challenge for human will; rock – sustainability ahead of time. Studying“the spirit of the rock” in Vietnamese minds is how to study the folk wisdom which has been refracted through the folk beliefs and popular manifestations of agricultural culture, from which to understand more about thesoul and personality of Vietnam.
Cultural features in the way of clothing of Korean and Vietnamese traditional cultures
Authors: Tran Luong Thi Thu
Published: November 2018

The demand for clothing belongs to the need to ensure the survival of humans and human society. Clothing is the cultural achievements dealing with the natural environment. Together with social development process, clothes serve as signaling messages about social status, profession, economic conditions, aesthetic taste of the wearer. Therefore, in the basic structure of the culture of physical life organization, clothing – one of the three basic needs (food, shelter, clothing) deeply expresses cultural characteristics of the subject. This paper presents striking cultural features of Vietnamese and Korean civilians’ everyday clothing in Vietnamese and Korean traditional culture periods (before exposure to Western culture).
Syntax and semantics of “thôi” and “ngừng”
Authors: Nguyen Pho Van
Published: November 2018

The paper gives a comparative analysis of the syntax and semantic features of “thôi” and “ngừng” – two Vietnamese egressive verbs where their aspectual value will moderately be focused. Accordingly, “thôi” and “ngừng” have several syntac-semantic properties in common, but also several differences. Both “thôi” and “ngừng” denote “not continue” or “not recur”; but unlike “thôi” which implies a termination, “ngừng” implies a possible resumption of the event in question. They both presuppose the event which has been in progress. However, “”thôi” can refer to an intention, but “ngừng” can’t. “Thôi” manifests the event of Activity or State (eventual types), but “ngừng” manifests the event of Activity or State or Accomplishment. They both can be followed in complement clause. In case of “thôi”, the complement clause refers to events [+dynamic] [+control] while “ngừng” requires events [+dynamic] [±control]. Both “thôi” and “ngừng” show some similarities but also differences. That is why foreigners have trouble learning Vietnamese.
The types of marine economies and economic potentials of the shore areas of South Vietnam - a cultural ecology approach
Authors: Phan Tuyet Thi Yen
Published: November 2018

We apply the theory of cultural ecology to understand the adaptation of fishing communities and residents to the natural ecology of the southern region (of Vietnam). Cultural ecology describes the process of adapting between the social environments of an individual community to surrounding natural environment. Through reproducing rational interpretations of natural ecological environments, humans select a series of production methods and forms of residence, establishing patterned behaviors interacting with the natural world. American anthropologist Julian H. Steward used this concept to explain the adaptive behavior of human cultures and their interactions with the natural environment. By applying this theory we can examine the types of marine economy and economic potential of the shores and the islands of the southern region of Vietnam. Regarding the typology of marine economy, our islands demonstrate a range of issues such as: Means of fishing and gathering seafood along the waters of the islands of the southern region of Vietnam Aquaculture. The salt production industry The production of handicrafts along the shore areas of the southern region of Vietnam The travel industry of the southern region of Vietnam From the perspective of maritime anthropology, there is a need to understand the relationship between marine environment and the survival of active populations, from which we have gathered a new desire for policies to facilitate sustainable development of fisheries for workers and local residents. The concept of ‘marine space’ is closely related to the concept and potential of sovereignty over marine resources. For fishermen, the existence of marine resources are also the source of survival. Therefore, the study of maritime peoples is crucial in the fostering of core concepts, as the current status of these populations demonstrates a lack of social awareness toward economic exploitation and the concept of environmental sustainability. Sustainable development of maritime crafts and environmental issues should be considered as development principles. Accordingly, the management of these sectors should have policies and measures for better management of marine resources to ensure the regeneration of the environment and ensure a more sustainable habitat for humans.
The impact of financial variables on systematic risk – An empirical study in manufacturing industry on Ho Chi Minh stock exchange
Authors: Pham Minh Tien , Bui Bich Huy Hai , Nguyen Thao Thi Thu
Published: November 2018

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of financial variables on systematic risk, using the panel data of 64 manufacturing companies listed in Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) during the period of 2011-2015. The three models employed are pooled Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Random Effect Model (REM), and Fixed Effects Model (FEM). The results of model tests show that FEM is the most suitable to carry out the analysis. In order to increase the efficiency of the model, the tests for model problems are conducted. The results point to the presence of heteroskedasticity problem in the model; therefore, the modified FEM is used to deal with this issue. Empirical evidence from HOSE indicates that leverage has a significantly positive impact while operating efficiency and profitability show significantly negative impact on systematic risk (beta).
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of financial variables on systematic risk, using the panel data of 64 manufacturing companies listed in Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) during the period of 2011-2015. The three models employed are poo
Authors: Nguyen Dung Tien , Le Hau Nguyen , Tran Tuyet Thi , Nguyen Tuan Van
Published: November 2018

This research empirically investigates the impacts of three components of organizational culture (Decisiveness, Team orientation, Attention to detail) on service frontliners’ behaviors, represented by organizational commitment and customeroriented behavior (COB) in the airport services in Vietnam. It also estimates the effect of organizational commitment on COB of frontliners. Based on the data collected from 310 frontliners working in several airports, the analyses reveal that two dimensions of organizational culture, “Attention on details” and “Team orientation”, have direct positive influence on COB while all three components have positive influence on the employee’sorganizational commitment which then leads to COB. Theoretical and managerial implications have been discussed accordingly.
The relationship between customers experience and mall attractiveness
Authors: Nguyen Dung Tien , Nguyen Tam Minh , Pham Thuy Ngoc
Published: November 2018

The purpose of this article is to identify impacts of the mall attractiveness on the customer experience in the retailing industry in Vietnam. The research model is built based on previous research and the empirical research is conducted to test the research model. The PLS-SEM was employed to analyze the data collected by interviewing 220 respondents with structural questionnaires at several shopping malls in Ho Chi Minh city. The result shows that there is five mall attractiveness: mall essence, popularity and promotional programs, internal atmosphere, personal service, recreational options have impacts on seductive experience and social recreation experience.
Data Mining Penjualan Produk Dengan Metode Apriori Pada Indomaret Galang Kota
Authors: Syahdan Sheih Al , Sindar Anita
Published: November 2018

The large number of transactions, companies need analytical tools to provide information that is useful for the company in determining the layout of goods, what items are most in demand by consumers and others. As experienced by several other supermarkets, product placement is a major problem. Data mining is a technique for digging up information that is hidden or hidden. This study will identify several types of association rules relating to sales transaction data, namely support and confidence values. The data used are 25 food and beverage products. Data mining technique uses associative rule with the Apriori method, aims to find a combination of items with a frequency pattern of the transaction results. After all high frequency patterns are found, then the association rules that meet the minimum requirements are found for confidence associative rules A → B minimum confidence = 25%, confidence value of A → B rules.
Application of SMS Gateway on Attendance Detection Systems using RFID
Authors: Satria Dedi , Hidayat Taufik , Hidayat M.Aziz , Zakaria Zakaria
Published: November 2018

The student attendance monitoring system at school is currently only carried out by the teacher in the form of a student attendance system that is carried out at the beginning of each lesson. And for parents students only get student attendance reports from the final school report. In this case, parental monitoring of student attendance at school on a daily basis cannot be obtained. So it is therefore necessary to have a student attendance detection system that can be monitored remotely. For this reason, the article aims to build a student attendance detection system using RFID that implements sending attendance information to students using SMS to parents of students. The system is built using RFID Tags, RC522 RFID Readers, Arduino Uno and GSM SIM900 modems. The results of the analysis and design of the system, the student attendance detection system has been able to detect the presence of students through RFID tags that are used as student attendance and send attendance information via SMS to parents of students.
Perbandingan Karakteristik Mutu Biobriket Kulit Durian Dan Jenis Briket Arang Berdasarkan Persentase Volatile Matter
Authors: . Irhamni , . Saudah , . Diana , . Ernilasari , Suzanni Mulia Aria , Hakim Lukmanul
Published: November 2018

Bioarang is charcoal (one type of fuel) made from various kinds of biological materials, for example wood, twigs, leaves, grass that can be carbonized. biobriquette is an alternative energy  substitute for fuel produced from organic materials or agricultural waste (biomass) that is underutilized,
especially durian shell waste. This study aims to look at the comparison of the quality characteristics of the durian shell biobriquette with the type of charcoal based on the percentage of volatile matter.
The making of this biobriquette uses 1: 2 pati janeng from the biobriquette weight, the biobriquette particle size is 80 mesh, the cylindrical biobriquette form. The results showed that the biobriquette produced had met the fuel quality standards for households. Level biobriquette of durian shell volatile
matter is obtained 6%, and for the type of volatile matter charcoal is 5%. Based on the quality standard for volatile matter is a maximum of 15%. Volatile matter test for biobriquette durian shell obtained can be used as an environmentally friendly fuel.
WHATSAPP (WA) DAN KONSEP JARAK SOSIAL BARU DI MASYARAKAT
Authors: Amna Afina
Published: November 2018

Abstract. Whatsapp (WA) as a new social media changes people's communication in cyberspace. Communication that initially can only be done in the real world, develops with the existence of cyberspace that makes communication can be done without having to meet, and can be done quickly and can be felt as if real. For this reason, this study aims to find out how public communication is before there is WA and after there is WA? Does WA change the concept of social distance for society? This research is important to do so that we know how WA as an active and massive communication media used by the community can change the concept of new social distance in society. The method used is qualitative data collection through interviews with several WA users. This interview was conducted by random sampling method with the selection of informants randomly. The theory used in this study is the theory of social distance. This study found that WA changed communication in cyberspace and WA also changed the concept of new social distance because after massive WA groups were used, people were free to disseminate information and had the right to comment without fear of social distance in the real world. People can also more easily realize their sympathies because groups in WA make it easier for them to carry out information and coordination to be able to carry out activities that show sympathy for others.

Keywords: Communication, Whatsapp, Social Distance
Les musées de prison au Canada : une réflexion abolitionniste
Authors: Piché Justin , Walby Kevin
Published: November 2018

Des anciennes prisons transformées en musées sont répandues à travers le monde. Ces musées peuvent-ils alimenter le projet abolitionniste ou, à l’inverse, faire obstacle au démantèlement du système carcéral ? À partir d’une étude portant sur 45 musées de prison au Canada, cet article démontre que, dans la majorité des cas, ces sites réaffirment les définition étatiques, juridiques et populaires de ce qui constitue un « crime », diabolisent les « criminels » de manière qui sert à justifier leur criminalisation et leur captivité et avancent l’idée que la justice punitive est une réaction sociale appropriée suivant des préjudices qui sont actuellement criminalisés et punis.
Champions cachés, rayonnement et attractivité d’une région
Authors: Hamouche Amine , Quirin Bernard , Soghomonian Patrick
Published: November 2018

En 2014, en Normandie, à la faveur d’un événement original, administrations et journalistes découvrent l’existence de “champions cachés”, entreprises innovantes, exportatrices et créatrices d’emplois, qui deviendront, en 2016, les moteurs de la stratégie de développement économique de la région.
De Vitré à Saint-Malo : un négoce entre terre et mer (1559-1598)
Authors: Le Goué-Sinquin Gwénolé
Published: November 2018

Le commerce toilier de Vitré connaît un essor
important dans la seconde moitié du xvie siècle. Exploitant un monopole sur le canevas, leur
produit-phare, les négociants y développent une forte activité. Leur
puissante confrérie, fondée au xve siècle, est un outil déterminant dans la mise en
place de stratégies d’exportation vers les marchés internationaux.
Progressivement, des liens étroits sont tissés avec les milieux de
l’armement malouin. Cet article s’intéresse à ce partenariat d’une
forte intensité qui dote les Vitréens d’une capacité de transport
maritime cruciale pour le succès de leurs affaires. Toutefois les
développements du conflit anglo-espagnol puis de la guerre de la Ligue
y portent deux coups d’arrêt successifs, en 1588 et 1589. La décennie
1589-1598 est l’étape majeure d’un processus de rationalisation des
structures commerciales vitréennes : l’organisation de la
commercialisation s’éloigne du pôle productif au bénéfice des espaces
portuaires, plus dynamiques vis-à-vis des marchés internationaux. En
1598, le retour de la paix permet au milieu marchand malouin de capter
à son profit les retombées de cette fructueuse expérience
vitréenne.
En temps de paix comme en temps de guerre
Authors: Priotti Jean-Philippe
Published: November 2018

L’Angleterre est le grand marché voisin de
Saint-Malo et les îles anglo-normandes, souvent intermédiaires de ces
relations, constituent une sorte de territoire jumeau du port breton,
au statut fiscal et politique particulier. Ces deux zones, chacune en
position d’extra-territorialité soit par rapport à la France, soit
vis-à-vis de l’Angleterre, sont parvenues à créer pendant la période
considérée un espace transnational où identité et intérêts locaux
priment sur les priorités « nationales » et les antagonismes
« internationaux ». Les relations entretenues se nourrissent d'un
fructueux commerce de proximité et d’une mobilité internationale à
court rayon d’action dans laquelle vitesse d’exécution et opportunisme
prennent toute leur part, et où prévalent la pluriactivité, le
commerce au comptant et sans intermédiaires. Bien qu’en apparence plus
discrètes, ces relations de proximité ont profondément marqué la
matrice de l’expansion malouine.
Le Petit Nord de Saint-Malo
Authors: Pope Peter E.
Published: November 2018

À partir de la fin des années 1580, les Malouins
jouèrent à Terre Neuve un rôle majeur dans le conflit avec les Inuits,
qui y accentua leur domination commerciale et leur puissance
militaire. Cela contribua à déterminer la zone protégée par Saint-Malo
sur la côte nord de Terre-Neuve, conceptualisée comme un pays cohérent
d’exploitation : le Petit Nord. Pour le
défendre, les Malouins livrèrent une vraie guerre navale aux
autochtones « belliqueux ». Dans la première moitié du xviie siècle, soutenues par
des autorisations royales et la contribution financière d’autres ports
bretons impliqués dans la pêche, des escortes armées de 70 ou 80
marins-soldats, 6 pataches comme patrouilleurs, avec toutes les armes
nécessaires, surveillèrent les pêcheries.
INTRODUZIONE
Authors: Malatesta Manuela
Published: November 2018

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MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES FOR INVESTIGATING NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES OF CEREALS AND THEIR TRANSFORMATION INTO FOODSTUFFS
Authors: Ninfali Paolino , Panato Anna , Bortolotti Federica , Valentini Laura , Gobbi Pietro
Published: November 2018

This review focuses on the combination of optical microscopy (OM) and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (ESEM-EDS) in the anatomical and functional characterization of the cereal caryopsis in order to drive the technology of transformation as well as to save the nutrients in the flours and their derived products. With OM, we analyzed caryopsis sections stained with Azan Trichrome, Periodic Acid Shiff (PAS) and Toluidine blue staining. These techniques allowed the characterization of the aleuronic layers with their protein globoids and starch granules of variable dimensions in the endosperm. Fluorescence OM allowed to evidence phenolic compounds and soluble fibers, in particolar the Î²-glucan of oat and barley, with the aid of the dye Calcoflour white. ESEM-EDS does not require fixation or embedding of the samples, and the structures are visualized under natural conditions. By means of ESEM-EDS, we localized protein globoids, the germ with the depleted layer (which connects the germ to the endosperm) and the starch granules with their qualitative elemental composition. Referring to nutrition, microscopic analysis highlights the higher bioaccessibility of einkorn wheat starch granules during digestion. At the technological level, barley and oat are more suitable than einkorn for pearling and malting, due to their thicker and more robust cell walls.
Extremism: A cover for ignorance
Authors: Barkhordari Zeinab
Published: November 2018

The explanation of the relation between religiousness (being religious; doing according to one’s religion’s recommendations) and extremism depends on the different types of religiousness. Religiousness in terms of its religious theme can be divided into four types: (1) religiousness with an epistemological theme, (2) religiousness with a moral theme (virtue-oriented behaviours and habits), (3) identical religiousness with a religious-identification theme and (4) ritual religiousness, with the theme of religious rituals. Islamic religiousness is a combination of all four types. This religiousness is based on episteme. These elements, as mentioned sequentially, are based on each other, and the layer beneath is epistemological religiousness. Lack of one of the three types makes a person tend towards reductionist religiousness, but lack of episteme makes an individual tend towards extremism. Epistemological religiousness is based on self-knowledge. Religiousness that is based on self-knowledge is the main reason for internal and external moderation; religiousness of extremism is the result of self-ignorance and covering up one’s ignorance.
“Sometimes Grotesque, Often Beautiful”: Pleasure, Performance, and Protest in the Radical Counterculture, 1965–69
Authors: Abraham Mark
Published: November 2018

This article examines the ideologies, practices, and aesthetics of the West Hollywood freaks, the Haight-Ashbury Diggers, and the Lower East Side Yippies between 1965 and 1969. These countercultural radicals conceptualized pleasure as a revolutionary heuristic: sex was central to critiques of middle-class culture and to effective strategies of resistance against the imperatives of the dominant order. The articulation of pleasure, performance, and protest by countercultural radicals has been unfairly obscured in the prevailing treatment of the counterculture by historians of mainstream liberalism, civil rights activism, and the New Left. Freak, Digger, and Yippie activists emphasized culture as the primary target of radical dissent and believed that robust, effective protest required the expression and experience of pleasure in public. To explore the ideologies, practices, and aesthetics of these activists, I look at the music, dance, fashion, and art they created by examining newspapers, magazines, albums, liner notes, broadsides, documentaries, and photographs, as well as later memoirs and interviews. While countercultural radicals were geographically fragmented and ideologically diverse, they collectively forged an effective, durable fusion of pleasure, performance, and protest between 1965 and 1969.
Youth as Engaged Cultural Workers: Benito Juarez High School and the Legacy of Student Uprisings on the Lower West Side of Chicago
Authors: Marroquin Nicole
Published: November 2018

Between 1968–1974, Black and Latinx youth on the Lower West Side of Chicago led walkouts citywide to protest racist policies and terrible school conditions, and one of the legacies of student and community activism is the founding of Benito Juarez Neighborhood Academy High School in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Art educators Nicole Marroquin and Paulina Camacho collaborated on a critical action research project with Benito Juarez High School students for 4 years. Together they explored this complex and unwritten history of the Froebel and Harrison High School uprisings, and groups of students used documentary photographs, newspaper accounts, and firsthand reports to develop artwork, performance, and public interventions in the neighborhood. They examined the role of youth in protecting and enriching our democracy, analyzed how we can recuperate culturally affirming histories that support creative responses to the discriminatory policies in our schools, and discussed how schools can continue to be sites of youth liberation and empowerment.
2017 Elliot Eisner Award Invited Paper: Crowdsourcing Global Culture: Visual Representation in the Age of Information
Authors: McMaster Scott R.
Published: November 2018

In the age of information, imagery continues to be consumed and circulated at exponential rates, influencing and changing global flows of information that parallels Internet communication technology as it penetrates and gains ubiquity in new regions. To investigate the visual, media, and cultural phenomena that lie within these globalized pictorial exchanges, a flexible, visually based inquiry is essential. This paper provides an overview of a novel visual methodological approach to research, and reviews the most impactful findings from the 2017 winner of the Elliot Eisner Research Award. The qualitative visual-ethnographic study was conducted over the Internet and aims to help inform visually based literacy and media studies and further image-based research methodologies. The researcher collected over 1,500 drawings from 61 countries diverse in geography and culture. Through an interpretive and visual content analysis of the drawings, the researcher reveals fresh insights into the visual-textual relationship, identity, and representation in a globalized context, specifically looking at emergent tensions between local and global ways of interpretation and meaning construction online. The researcher also remarks on the perils of being visually ignorant in a visually dominant world, making connections between visual consumption, Internet giants, and the “filter bubble.”
Regulatory Overload, Individual Cognition, and Professionalism in the Accounting Field
Authors: Elbannan Mohamed A.
Published: November 2018

The purpose of this paper is to examine some determinants of the quality of accounting information. This paper focuses on causes occurring at the individual accounting practitioner’s level that contribute to the perceived usefulness of accounting information. Practitioners are argued to respond to the pressures, created by multiple layers of regulatory, professional and organizational rule making bodies, by a feeling of defenselessness that emanates from possible disagreements with established rules. Practitioner frustration with these rules (which are sometimes perceived as dogmatic) and the impending threat of litigation forces practitioners to conform to these rules. Not only does this frustration reduce the capacity of the practitioner to act professionally, but also attaches a stigma to the practitioner’s self-perception.
The Queen Bees and the Women's Team - A contextual examination of enmity and friendship between military women
Authors: Rones Nina , Steder Frank Brundtland
Published: November 2018

In several studies of women in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we have found an assertion that female groups are so riddled with conflicts and enmity that it is preferable to keep women few in number and mixed up with men, even in dormitories (Hellum 2014; Lilleaas and Ellingsen 2014; Rones 2015). Yet, when the Norwegian Special Operations Command (NORSOC) organized an all-female Special Reconnaissance Platoon, the NORSOC leadership would conclude that they had seen “almost disappointingly little of the conflicts that allegedly should occur in groups of females” (Rones and Steder 2017). Accordingly, this article will critically explore the assertion that women are often so quarrelsome that it is preferable to keep them few in number and mixed with men 24/7.It will be argued that women’s alleged tendency towards enmity is a myth that is made ‘true’ by ‘queen bee behavior’. Queen bee behavior is seen as an act of recognition, whereby women comply with existing gender stereotypes, evaluate women negatively, but set themselves apart from the category of ‘women’ as someone who fits better with men, i.e. a performance of complicit masculinity. It is further argued that queen bee behavior is a response to the social-identity threat women experience when they enter a unit in which their gender has a low reputation and status, and where it is expected that a woman should fit seamlessly in as one of the guys, and accordingly have to make a symbolic ‘change of gender’.
Negotiating Gender: Female Combat Soldiers in Denmark
Authors: Knudsen Stine Emilie , Teisen Marie Sihm
Published: November 2018

Based on interviews with female combat soldiers, we explore what role conceptions of femininity and masculinity play for female Danish combat soldiers’ experiences and behaviour in the military community. We find that female combat soldiers’ status and ability to fulfil their potential as soldiers are determined by their capability to navigate expectations linked to their gender and their position as soldiers, respectively. Female combat soldiers must break down negative expectations linked to their gender while simultaneously and continuously navigating the limitations of forms of femininity accepted in the Danish Military.
Modeling the spatial structure of the endemic mara (Dolichotis patagonum) across modified landscapes
Authors: Antun Milagros , Baldi Ricardo
Published: November 2018

Across modified landscapes anthropic factors can affect habitat selection by animals and consequently their abundance and distribution patterns. The study of the spatial structure of wild populations is crucial to gain knowledge on species’ response to habitat quality, and a key for the design and implementation of conservation actions. This is particularly important for a low-density and widely distributed species such as the mara (Dolichotis patagonum), a large rodent endemic of Argentina across the Monte and Patagonian drylands where extensive sheep ranching predominates. We aimed to assess the spatial variation in the abundance of maras and to identify the natural and anthropic factors influencing the observed patterns in Península Valdés, a representative landscape of Patagonia. We conducted ground surveys during the austral autumn from 2015 to 2017. We built density surface models to account for the variation in mara abundance, and obtained a map of mara density at a resolution of 4 km2. We estimated an overall density of 0.93 maras.km-2 for the prediction area of 3476 km2. The location of ranch buildings, indicators of human presence, had a strong positive effect on the abundance of maras, while the significant contribution of the geographic longitude suggested that mara density increases with higher rainfall. Although human presence favored mara abundance, presumably by providing protection against predators, it is likely that the association could bring negative consequences for maras and other species. The use of spatial models allowed us to provide the first estimate of mara abundance at a landscape scale and its spatial variation at a high resolution. Our approach can contribute to the assessment of mara population abundance and the factors shaping its spatial structure elsewhere across the species range, all crucial attributes to identify and prioritize conservation actions.
A Triband Planar Inverted-F Antenna with Quadratic Koch Fractal Shaped Slit Along with a Shorted Parasitic Strip
Authors: Kumar D. , Chowdhury D. , Ghatak R.
Published: November 2018

In this paper, a novel compact tri-band planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) for mobile communication application is proposed. The antenna is capable to cover GSM 900 MHz, DCS 1.8 GHz and WLAN (IEEE 802.11b) 2.45 GHz bands. The proposed PIFA is composed of a quadratic Koch shape slit and a parasitic strip. The PIFA with the fractal shaped slit contributes to the first and second resonance while the shorted strip brings forth the third band. The impedance bandwidths of 84 MHz, 132 MHz and 81 MHz for GSM 900, DCS 1800 and WLAN (IEEE 802.11b) 2450, respectively are achieved. A realized gain of 2.44 dBi, 4.48 dBi and 3.86 dBi is obtained at 0.9 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 2.45 GHz, respectively. The proposed antenna is fabricated and |S11| dB is measured. Reasonable agreement between simulated results as well as measured results is obtained.
A Multiband Slot Antenna loaded with Stubs for WLAN/WiMAX/Satellite TV Applications
Authors: Khan I. , Ali T. , Devanagavi G. D. , K R S. , Biradar R. C
Published: November 2018

A compact planar multiband antenna operating at 2.65 (lower WiMAX)/5.20 (WLAN)/6.75/7.30 GHz (Satellite TV) is presented. The antenna consists of circular radiator in which a rectangular slot is etched out. Also, the circular radiator is loaded with a rectangular and two hook-shaped stubs to achieve multiband operations. The impedance matching at these bands is achieved by using two small square stubs placed inside the hook-shaped stubs. The antenna has an electrical dimension of 0.17λl x 0.17λl x 0.01λl at the lower frequency of 2.65 GHz. The antenna has S11<-10dB bandwidth of 3% (2.6-2.68GHz), 2.3% (5.12-5.24GHz), 1.2% (6.68-6.76GHz) and 1.37% (7.26-7.36GHz) in simulation and about 6.25% (2.48-2.64GHz), 2.24% (5.3-5.42GHz), 1.15% (6.92-7.00GHz) and 1.1% (8.04-8.12GHz) under measurement. The entire simulation analysis of the antenna is carried out using HFSS v.13.0.
A Compact ACS-Fed Tri-band Microstrip Monopole Antenna for WLAN/WiMAX Applications
Authors: Kahina D. , Mouloud C. , Mokrane D. , Faiza M. , Rabia A.
Published: November 2018

This paper proposes a novel small asymmetric coplanar strip (ACS) fed tri-band monopole antenna for WLAN and WiMAX applications. To tune and create multiple resonant frequencies, the exciting strip of monopole antenna is connected to two different arms which are a J-shaped directed toward the asymmetric ground plane and an open stub. The proposed monopole antenna with a total size of 14.6 x17.5 mm2 is fabricated and tested. The measured results indicate that the antenna has impedance bandwidths for 10-dB return loss reach about 500 MHz (2.01-2.52 GHz), 230 MHz (3.48-3.71 GHz) and 1.2GHz (5.59-6.72 GHz) which cover widely the 2.4/5.8 GHz WLAN bands and the 3.5GHz WiMAX band. The simulated radiation patterns of the proposed antenna at the three resonant frequencies have a dipole-like radiation pattern in both E-and H-Planes. The compact size, the simple structure and good radiation performances of the proposed antenna makes it well-suited forthe intended applications.
Comunicação científica: desafios atuais
Authors: Lubisco Nidia Maria Lienert
Published: November 2018

Na contemporaneidade, os periódicos, embora haja outros meios, continuam sendo o canal formal preferencialpara a comunicação da produção científica, pois as agências de fomento condicionam tanto a concessão de apoio aprojetos de pesquisa, quanto a avaliação de cursos de pós-graduação, em grande medida, à produtividade docente;ademais, a própria progressão dos docentes e pesquisadores está grandemente condicionada a sua produção. Assim,este fato tem estimulado tanto a criação de periódicos científicos, quanto a busca por publicar em títulos mais bemsituados nos sistemas de classificação existentes.
Unsupervised Learning
Authors: D'urso Pierpaolo , De Giovanni Livia
Published: November 2018

This article presents a review of traditional and current methods of classification in the framework of unsupervised learning. Focus is placed on cluster analysis and self‐organizing neural networks: two vector quantization methods aiming at minimizing the distance between an input vector and its representation. The learning is unsupervised as no predefined cluster structure of the input data is assumed. The review of cluster analysis methods covers (i) hard clustering, hierarchical and nonhierarchical, whose aim is to assign exact units (objects) to clusters (i.e., with membership degree equal to 1); (ii) fuzzy clustering, where the membership degree of a unit to a cluster is in the range [0; 1]; and (iii) mixture clustering, a model‐based clustering consisting in fitting a mixture model to data and identifying each cluster with one of its components. These clustering methods are reviewed in all the variants related to the presence of complex and/or big data structures and to the presence of outliers. The self‐organizing maps are also presented as artificial neural network, the cells (neurons) of which become specifically tuned to various input data patterns or classes of patterns through an unsupervised learning process.
An optimized isolation protocol yields high‐quality RNA from cassava tissues (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
Authors: Behnam Babak , Bohorquez‐Chaux Adriana , Castaneda‐Mendez Oscar Fernando , Tsuji Hiroyuki , Ishitani Manabu , Becerra Lopez‐Lavalle Luis Augusto
Published: November 2018

We developed and modified a precise, rapid, and reproducible protocol isolating high‐quality RNA from tissues of multiple varieties of cassava plants (Manihot esculenta Crantz). The resulting method is suitable for use in mini, midi, and maxi preparations and rapidly achieves high total RNA yields (170–600 μg·g−1) using low‐cost chemicals and consumables and with minimal contamination from polysaccharides, polyphenols, proteins, and other secondary metabolites. In particular, A260 : A280 ratios were > 2.0 for RNA from various tissues, and all of the present RNA samples yielded ribosomal integrity number values of greater than six. The resulting high purity and quality of isolated RNA will facilitate downstream applications (quantitative reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction or RNA sequencing) in cassava molecular breeding.
Synthesis of Enantiopure Oxygen‐ and Nitrogen‐Containing Heterocycles by Diastereoselective Ring‐Closing Metathesis Reaction in Perhydro‐1,3‐benzoxazine Derivatives
Authors: Gutiérrez‐Loriente Agustín , Martín‐Álvarez José M. , Prieto Elena , Andrés Celia , Nieto Javier
Published: November 2018

Diastereoselective ring‐closing metathesis reactions on chiral trienic perhydro‐1,3‐benzoxazines derived from (−)‐8‐aminomenthol featuring two diastereotopic olefin chains is described. The diastereochemical outcome of the cyclization appeared to be dependent on the length and position of the olefin chains in perhydro‐1,3‐benzoxazine, the degree of substitution of the double bonds and the ruthenium catalyst used. After separation of the diastereomers, and removal of the chiral auxiliary, enantiopure oxygen‐ and nitrogen‐containing heterocycles were obtained.

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A Highly Efficient Copper‐Catalyzed C(sp2)−H Alkoxylation of the Benzamide Enabled by A Bidendate Directing Group
Authors: Hu Yu , Wang Min , Li Pinhua , Li Hongji , Wang Lei
Published: November 2018

We herein describle an efficient Cu(I)‐catalyzed direct alkoxylation of N‐(8‐quinolinyl)benzamide with alcohols under air that afforded a number of alkyl aryl ethers in high regioselectivity and good isolated yields.
Impact of Intrauterine Growth Restriction on the Capillarization of the Early Postnatal Rat Heart
Authors: Sutherland Megan R. , Ng Ka Wing , Drenckhahn Jörg D. , Wlodek Mary E. , Black Mary Jane
Published: November 2018

Capillarization plays a key role in the growth of the developing heart. We therefore hypothesized that impaired heart development following intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) may arise from inadequate myocardial capillary growth. The aims of the study were to examine the effect of IUGR on the growth and diffusion radius of intramyocardial capillaries in rats at postnatal day 1. Uteroplacental insufficiency was induced in rats in late gestation (E18, term = E22) by bilateral uterine artery and vein ligation (restricted offspring N = 12; six males and six females); offspring from sham‐operated dams were used as controls (N = 10; five males and five females). At postnatal day 1, the hearts were immersion‐fixed and heart volume, capillary length density, capillary diffusion radius, and total capillary length were stereologically determined. Restricted offspring were significantly smaller at birth, with a concomitant reduction in heart volume and total myocardial capillary length compared to controls. Capillary growth was not impaired relative to heart size, with no significant differences in capillary length density or diffusion radius in the myocardium of restricted and control offspring. There were no sex differences in any of the parameters examined. In conclusion, there was no evidence to indicate that microvascular development is compromised in the heart of IUGR offspring at 1 day after birth. Total myocardial capillary length, however, was significantly reduced in the growth restricted offspring and further longitudinal studies are required to elucidate the long‐term impact, particularly following hypertrophic cardiac growth. Anat Rec, 302:1580–1586, 2019. © 2018 American Association for Anatomy
Enhanced cecropin B2 production via chitin‐binding domain and intein self‐cleavage system
Authors: Fang Yi‐Ting , Lai Wei‐Shiang , Liu Jyung‐Hurng , Liu Yung‐Chuan
Published: November 2018

In this study, various constructs and hosts were used to produce high levels of cecropin B2 (cecB2). To mitigate cecB2's toxic inhibition of host cells, various cecB2 constructs were built. Results showed that the combination of a chitin‐binding domain and an intein self‐cleavage motif in front of cecropin B2, without a His‐tag, was best for cecB2 expression. E. coli ER2566 was the best host, and 2YT was the best medium for cultivation. Under these conditions, a cecB2 yield of 98.2 mg/L could be obtained after purification. The purified cecB2 expressed a wide antimicrobial effect on most Gram‐negative strains, including multidrug‐resistant Acinetobactor baumannii and Staphylococcus aureus. This study provides a systematic approach to the efficient production of the antimicrobial peptide (AMP) cecB2 via the recombinant E. coli process, which is expected to be an efficient way for the production of other AMPs.