bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Applications of quantitative prestack seismic analysis to unconventional resource play characterization in the Permian/Delaware Basin
Authors: Hoang Phuong , Sena Arcangelo , Lascaud Benjamin
Published: February 2019

The characterization of shale plays involves an understanding of tectonic history, geologic settings, reservoir properties, and the in-situ stresses of the potential producing zones in the subsurface. The associated hydrocarbons are generally recovered by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Historically, seismic data have been used mainly for structural interpretation of the shale reservoirs. A primary benefit of surface seismic has been the ability to locate and avoid drilling into shallow carbonate karsting zones, salt structures, and basement-related major faults which adversely affect the ability to drill and complete the well effectively. More recent advances in prestack seismic data analysis yield attributes that appear to be correlated to formation lithology, rock strength, and stress fields. From these, we may infer preferential drilling locations or sweet spots. Knowledge and proper utilization of these attributes may prove valuable in the optimization of drilling and completion activities. In recent years, geophysical data have played an increasing role in supporting well planning, hydraulic fracturing, well stacking, and spacing. We have implemented an integrated workflow combining prestack seismic inversion and multiattribute analysis, microseismic data, well-log data, and geologic modeling to demonstrate key applications of quantitative seismic analysis utilized in developing ConocoPhillips' acreage in the Delaware Basin located in Texas. These applications range from reservoir characterization to well planning/execution, stacking/spacing optimization, and saltwater disposal. We show that multidisciplinary technology integration is the key for success in unconventional play exploration and development.
Variation of seismic scalar moment–corner frequency relationship during development of a hydraulic fracture system
Authors: Mizuno Takashi , Le Calvez Joel , Rutledge Jim
Published: February 2019

We propose to utilize the corner frequency and seismic scalar moment relation as a new approach to monitor temporal changes of static stress drop as well as rupture velocity during development of a hydraulic fracture system. We introduce a single parameter M1to describe a two-parameter relation (scalar moment and corner frequency relation) and analyze temporal variation of this two-parameter relation. Because M1relates rupture velocity and static stress drop, we can infer temporal variation of rupture velocity and stress drop quantitatively. The parameter M1is calculated in two case studies. We document that two types of fracturing processes exist: (1) stable rupture velocity and static stress drop during the development of rupture and (2) increase of rupture velocity and/or static stress drop while the fracture system develops. In the latter case, one possible scenario is increase of permeability at each fracture plane during development of the fracture system.
TBCRC026: Phase II Trial Correlating Standardized Uptake Value With Pathologic Complete Response to Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab in Breast Cancer
Authors: Connolly Roisin M. , Leal Jeffrey P. , Solnes Lilja , Huang Chiung-Yu , Carpenter Ashley , Gaffney Katy , Abramson Vandana , Carey Lisa A. , Liu Minetta C. , Rimawi Mothaffar , Specht Jennifer , Storniolo Anna Maria , Valero Vicente , Vaklavas Christos , Krop Ian E. , Winer Eric P. , Camp Melissa , Miller Robert S. , Wolff Antonio C. , Cimino-Mathews Ashley , Park Ben H. , Wahl Richard L. , Stearns Vered
Published: February 2019

PURPOSE

Predictive biomarkers to identify patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive breast cancer who may benefit from targeted therapy alone are required. We hypothesized that early measurements of tumor maximum standardized uptake values corrected for lean body mass (SULmax) on [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography would predict pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant pertuzumab and trastuzumab (PT).

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Patients with stage II/III, estrogen receptor–negative, HER2-positive breast cancer received four cycles of neoadjuvant PT. [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography was performed at baseline and 15 days after PT initiation (C1D15). Eighty evaluable patients were required to test the null hypothesis that the area under the curve of percentage of change in SULmax by C1D15 predicting pCR is less than or equal to 0.65, with a one-sided type I error rate of 10%.

RESULTS

Eighty-eight women were enrolled (83 evaluable), and 85% (75 of 88) completed all four cycles of PT. pCR after PT alone was 34%. Receiver operating characteristic analysis yielded an area under the curve of 0.76 (90% CI, 0.67 to 0.85), which rejected the null hypothesis. Between patients who obtained pCR versus not, a significant difference in median percent reduction in SULmax by C1D15 was observed (63.8% v 33.5%; P < .001), an SULmax reduction greater than or equal to 40% was more prevalent (86% v 46%; P < .001; negative predictive value, 88%; positive predictive value, 49%), and a significant difference in median C1D15 SULmax (1.6 v 3.9; P < .001) and higher proportion of C1D15 SULmax less than or equal to 3 (93% v 38%; P < .001; negative predictive value, 94%; positive predictive value, 55%) were observed.

CONCLUSION

Early changes in SULmax predict response to four cycles of PT in estrogen receptor–negative, HER2-positive breast cancer. Once optimized, this quantitative imaging strategy may facilitate a more tailored approach to therapy in this setting.
n-3 PUFA biosynthesis by the copepod Apocyclops royi determined by fatty acid profile and gene expression analysis
Authors: Nielsen Bolette Lykke Holm , Gøtterup Louise , Jørgensen Tue Sparholt , Hansen Benni Winding , Hansen Lars Hestbjerg , Mortensen John , Jepsen Per Meyer
Published: February 2019

The cyclopoid copepod Apocyclops royi (Lindberg 1940) is one of two dominant mesozooplankton species in brackish Taiwanese aquaculture ponds. Especially periodical low n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) content of seston could potentially be a limiting factor for the zooplankton diversity. A. royi’s potential ability to biosynthesize n-3 PUFA was investigated through a short-term feeding experiment on four species of microalgae. Furthermore, we analyze the expression of genes encoding putative fatty acid elongase (ELO) and desaturase (FAD) enzymes in A. royi on long-term diets of the PUFA poor D. tertiolecta and the PUFA rich I. galbana. The copepods exhibited high contents of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3) (> 20% of total fatty acid) even when DHA-starved for two generations, and no significant differences were found in absolute DHA content between treatments. Transcripts correlating to enzymes in the n-3 PUFA biosynthetic pathway were identified: Elovl4, Elovl5, Fad Δ5 and Fad Δ6. Gene expression analysis revealed a significantly higher expression of two desaturases similar to Fad Δ6, in copepods fed PUFA-lacking algae compared to copepods fed algae with high PUFA content. These findings suggest a highly active n-3 PUFA biosynthesis and capability of DHA production of A. royi when fed low-PUFA diets.
Reflexões sobre os aspectos simbólicos das marcas sob a ótica da Teoria Institucional
Authors: Santos Natalia Contesini dos , Grammatikopoulos Tamirez Dornelles Pires , Medina Camila Arantes de Paula
Published: February 2019

Este ensaio teórico buscou incitar uma discussão sobre a importância da marca como ativo intangível no processo de legitimação e diferencial competitivo organizacional, respaldando-se nas orientações e nos pressupostos da teoria institucional. A perspectiva institucional abandona a concepção de um ambiente organizacional formado, exclusivamente, por recursos humanos, materiais e econômicos para destacar a presença de elementos culturais como valores, símbolos, mitos, sistema de crenças e programas profissionais. Neste sentido, a marca configura-se como um importante ativo estratégico, meio sustentável de diferenciação e legitimação para a empresa, capaz de carregar valores simbólicos e agregar um maior valor aos bens disponibilizados no mercado.
Cachaça sob uma Perspectiva Histórica, Cultural e Simbólica
Authors: Andrade Lília Paula , Brito Mozar José de , Andrade Luis Fernando Silva , Paiva André Luiz de , Brito Valéria Da Glória Pereira
Published: February 2019

Buscou-se, neste ensaio teórico, compreender como se deu o processo de institucionalização da cachaça no Brasil em relação, especificamente, à história de produção e de inserção mercadológica, destacando os efeitos sociais e culturais ao longo do tempo. Percebeu-se que a bebida existe desde o Brasil Colônia, mas que, apenas nos últimos anos, o setor de cachaça tem sido organizado e reconhecido institucionalmente. Apesar disso, os produtores têm encontrado muitos desafios para se regularizar e padronizar o processo produtivo de acordo com as exigências do atual contexto político e sociocultural.
Etnografia em Marketing: uma visão antropológica nos estudos do consumo
Authors: Santos Natalia Contesini , Oliveira Victor Miranda de , Medina Camila Arantes de Paula , Pereira Severino Joaquim Nunes , Saldanha Jorge Alberto Velloso
Published: February 2019

Com a emergência da perspectiva teórica da Teoria da Cultura do Consumidor e o consequente reconhecimento da cultura como elemento central nos estudos de marketing, o marketing etnográfico foi aceito como metodologia viável para o estudo do consumidor sob um viés interpretativista. Se, por um lado, a etnografia convencional não mais dá conta de estudar a rápida circulação de significados, objetos e identidades culturais, por outro, permanece a preocupação com a direção que essa disciplina da Antropologia está tomando, quando usada sob o rótulo de marketing etnográfico. O objetivo desse ensaio teórico é discutir o advento do marketing etnográfico, suas particularidades, operacionalização, vantagens e limitações nos estudos de consumo. A revisão bibliográfica permitiu vislumbrar as inúmeras contribuições que o marketing etnográfico garante aos estudos de consumo, desde que as premissas e limitações dessa metodologia sejam observadas e cumpridas.
Editorial
Authors: Stadtlober Cláudia De Salles , Coelho Arnaldo F. M. , Weersma Laodicéia A.
Published: February 2019

A gestão organizacional é complexa e proporciona diversos desafios às equipes de trabalho. Há de se perceber as necessidades e os anseios dos clientes, dos investidores, dos acionistas, da sociedade, dos colaboradores e deve-se estar atualizado, buscando inovar, manter-se competitivo e, ao mesmo tempo, colaborativo com a sustentabilidade e o compromisso social. Dentro desse escopo amplo e instigante, a Revista de Gestão em Análise [ReGeA] traz, em sua segunda edição de 2018, temas contemporâneos em diferentes áreas de abordagem da administração. Assim, nesta edição, há onze artigos diferenciados, tanto sob a perspectiva da qualidade, como os assuntos abordados e o próprio e rigor acadêmico; artigos que contribuem para o olhar da Academia e das próprias práticas que evolvem a gestão, perpassando discussões do mercado, da inovação e da cultura. Concomitantemente, a edição traz ainda três ensaios teóricos com elevada qualificação nas discussões e nas reflexões acerca das temáticas envolventes.
Reconhecidos e valorizados: a sedução nos ritos, rituais e cerimônias em uma Agência Bancária
Authors: Medeiros Cintia Rodrigues de Oliveira , Silva Carla Daniela
Published: February 2019

A cultura organizacional é construída por valores e normas derivadas de dois tipos de práticas que constituem a organização: a prática organizacional e a prática discursiva. Entretanto, um terceiro elemento faz parte do contexto organizacional: os ritos realizados para reforçar valores e crenças organizacionais. Esses três elementos atuam em conjunto, resultando em diferentes atividades, incluindo a realização de certos rituais e cerimônias. Este trabalho analisa os ritos, rituais e cerimônias de uma agência bancária com o objetivo de compreender os significados que os membros atribuem a esses eventos. Os procedimentos da pesquisa são os recursos fotográficos e a entrevista com funcionários. A técnica de análise utilizada é a análise de conteúdo das fotos e dos depoimentos obtidos, buscando identificar os significados atribuídos pelos funcionários aos eventos que compõem a cultura da organização na qual trabalham. Os resultados indicam que os entrevistados atribuem significativa importância às cerimônias realizadas para comemoração das metas atingidas, sinalizando para o conceito de organização de simbolismo intensivo (OSI).
TFutils: Data structures for transcription factor bioinformatics
Authors: Stubbs Benjamin J. , Gopaulakrishnan Shweta , Glass Kimberly , Pochet Nathalie , Everaert Celine , Raby Benjamin , Carey Vincent
Published: February 2019

DNA transcription is intrinsically complex. Bioinformatic work with transcription factors (TFs) is complicated by a multiplicity of data resources and annotations. The Bioconductor package TFutils includes data structures and functions to enhance the precision and utility of integrative analyses that have components involving TFs. TFutils provides catalogs of human TFs from three reference sources (CISBP, HOCOMOCO, and GO), a catalog of TF targets derived from MSigDb, and multiple approaches to enumerating TF binding sites. Aspects of integration of TF binding patterns and genome-wide association study results are explored in examples.
Genomic variant sharing: a position statement
Authors: Wright Caroline F. , Ware James S. , Lucassen Anneke M. , Hall Alison , Middleton Anna , Rahman Nazneen , Ellard Sian , Firth Helen V.
Published: February 2019

Sharing de-identified genetic variant data is essential for the practice of genomic medicine and is demonstrably beneficial to patients. Robust genetic diagnoses that inform medical management cannot be made accurately without reference to genetic test results from other patients, as well as population controls. Errors in this process can result in delayed, missed or erroneous diagnoses, leading to inappropriate or missed medical interventions for the patient and their family. The benefits of sharing individual genetic variants, and the harms of not sharing them, are numerous and well-established. Databases and mechanisms already exist to facilitate deposition and sharing of pseudonomised genetic variants, but clarity and transparency around best practice is needed to encourage widespread use, prevent inconsistencies between different communities, maximise individual privacy and ensure public trust. We therefore recommend that widespread sharing of a small number of individual genetic variants associated with limited clinical information should become standard practice in genomic medicine. Information robustly linking genetic variants with specific conditions is fundamental biological knowledge, not personal information, and therefore should not require consent to share. For additional case-level detail about individual patients or more extensive genomic information, which is often essential for clinical interpretation, it may be more appropriate to use a controlled-access model for data sharing, with the ultimate aim of making as much information as open and de-identified as possible with appropriate consent.
Clusterization of Russian Regions by the Level of Mortgage Developing
Authors: Чуканов Андрей , Chukanov Andrey
Published: February 2019

In this article, in order to optimize the economic policy in the field of mortgagehousing lending, the clustering of Russian regions by the most optimal method was carried out and analyzed. The main limitations arising from the application of the most popular k-means clustering algorithm for analyzing mortgages are considered and ways to correct them are suggested. The regions were grouped using clustering algorithms using medians and medoids that are more resistant to outliers. A comparison was made of the results of the k-means, k-medians and k-medoids algorithms, and the optimal number of groups of regions with similar indicators in the field of mortgage lending and their relevant regions representatives were found. A hierarchical clustering algorithm based on the Ward method was used, the result of which was the use of five mortgage clusters in Russia. The study of the characteristics of these groups of regions will help in creating a mortgage policy that takes into account the peculiarities of the regions of Russia. All calculations were made in the R programming language; graphics were created in the Rstudio development environment.
Monetary Policy in the Conditions of Influence of Negative Factors of the World Economy
Authors: Николайчук Ольга , Nikolaychuk Olga , Кадырова Д. , Kadyrova D.
Published: February 2019

The article analyzes the monetary policy in the context of exogenous shocks of the external sector. The Bank of Russia and Rosstat use official statistics for 2000–2018. The parameters of the action of negative factors of the world economy apply the conditions of world trade and changes in the exchange rate of national currencies. The graphic form analyzes the susceptibility of macroeconomic indicators to changes in the external market and their dependence on fluctuations in energy prices. The influence of consumer prices and inflation on the monetary policy of the Central Bank is considered. The analysis allows us to conclude about the relationship of the effect of events from processes in the global market. It was concluded that, despite these risks, there are optimal ways of conducting monetary policy, which remain the targeting of inflation and the effect of the floating exchange rate regime of the national currency. For effective results in reducing the dependence of macroeconomic processes on the impact of external shocks, coordinated activities of all branches of economic power, and their effective macro-prudential and fiscal policies are important.
Features of the Impact of the Rhythm of Production on the Efficiency of Enterprises of the Military-Industrial Complex
Authors: Гункин Е. , Gunkin E.
Published: February 2019

In the article, on the example of one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex — JSC CKBA, the planning system operating at the enterprise is considered, the problems of its functioning are revealed on the example of the execution of the state defense order 2017. The influence of the rhythm of production on the cost and profitability of production is established. Practical recommendations for improving the quality of planning and improving the efficiency of production activities of the enterprise are proposed. Testing of the proposals confirmed the successful performance of JSC CKBA of tasks the state defense order 2018. The results of verification of actual costs under the executed state contracts of the military representation of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation accredited at the enterprise were used as analytical material.
Factors of Macroeconomic Dynamics in the Transition to the Information Economy
Authors: Басовский Леонид , Basovskiy Leonid , Басовская Елена , Basovskaya Elena
Published: February 2019

The study was made of the relationship between GDP growth rates and individual components of its final use by combining factor analysis using the principal component method and regression analysis. The period from 1955 to 1980 was studied using data on the average annual growth rate of components over fiveyear periods in the countries of the non-socialist world. The growth rates of the various components of the use of GDP at different stages as the fourth technical and economic structure of the fourth dominates and the development of crisis phenomena in the economy has had a variable impact on economic growth. During the crisis period, the impact of the growth of all components of using GDP on economic growth has dropped sharply. The greatest role in this period was played by the growth of current expenditures of the state. Comparison of the structure of the use of GDP using factor analysis by the method of principal components was carried out by the average annual values for the period from 1950 to 1980. As the development crisis approaches, as the models show, the influence of factors of the structure of using GDP on economic growth decreases. During the entire period, high levels of government spending had a negative effect on economic growth. The impact of exports and imports was positive for the entire period studied. Overcoming the crisis in the economies of developed countries led to a transition to a positive impact of investment on economic growth.
Problems of Construction of Innovative Customs Policy of Russia (Theoretical and Methodological Aspect)
Authors: Быстров Геннадий , Bystrov Gennadiy
Published: February 2019

From the standpoint of theoretical and methodological analysis, the construction of innovative customs policy of Russia in the system of relations with industrial and trade policy on the basis of the balance of payments is studied. The modeling of formation of new institutional and managerial relations of the customs service in the conditions of changing its role in the innovation economy is presented. Innovative security is defined as a criterion of strategic development of the customs service. The basis for its assessment at the customs is the register of innovative goods and technologies of the leading sectors of the Russian Federation, included in the innovative program of economic development and allows you to track the critical level of innovation security. Possibilities of application of customs procedures and tools of customs service in ensuring implementation of the innovative program of the country are considered.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults and the role of the mental health nurse
Authors: Adams Danielle , Padmore Jane , Singh Promilla
Published: February 2019

The prevalence of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder diagnosis appears to have increased in recent years, with much discussion on the subject in the popular press. This article discusses the role of mental health nurses in the management of this often underdiagnosed and undertreated condition in adults, taking account of extended roles such as non-medical prescribers and the recently published clinical guideline by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. There is a continued need to support shared decision making, encourage adherence to treatment and reduce the negativity surrounding the use of controlled drugs to manage this condition.

Children who have a diagnosis of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder will generally have had comorbid difficulties considered as part of the diagnosis and treatment plans, with input from education in addition to health and social care. In adulthood, it could be argued that the focus is on managing substance abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, resulting in the diagnosis of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder being overlooked.
Making our voices heard
Authors: Allingham Sue
Published: February 2019

With three important consultations ahead of us, 2019 is set to be a busy year. Dr Sue Allingham offers her commentary on the recent headlines, research and publications relevant to the early years.
Leading practice as an early years teacher
Authors: Lee Maureen
Published: February 2019

Early years teacher status can equip early childhood professionals to make a substantial difference to their settings and to children's lives, says Maureen Lee, an early years adviser.
Social and emotional development is EasyPeasy
Authors: McKeown Sal
Published: February 2019

The EasyPeasy app engages families and children with game ideas and supports children's social and emotional development and school readiness, according to a research trial. Sal McKeown explains
An early years plan is also needed
Authors: Lawson Deborah
Published: February 2019

Brexit has paralysed government drawing the attention away from urgent issues, and while there has been much talk of the need for a ‘plan B’, the early years sector needs to have a plan full stop.
‘We must protect our SENCOs’ time
Authors: Moloney Hannah
Published: February 2019

‘A perfect storm of factors’ has led to a sense of despair for many SENCOs. As a new survey reveals, one of the biggest challenges in the current climate is being able to give the role the time it requires.
International Day of Forests
Authors: Davies Sarah
Published: February 2019

The International Day of Forests takes place each year on the 21st of March. Use this opportunity to encourage your children to explore the potential of the trees and garden spaces surrounding them.
Talking about your feelings
Authors: Clarke Jenni
Published: February 2019

Being able to a name an emotion correctly allows children to understand themselves and others, and to express their feelings. Jenni Clarke offers advice on ensuring your classroom is emotionally literate.
Scars: impact and management, with a focus on topical silicone-based treatments
Authors: Van Onselen Julie
Published: February 2019

Many people are living with scars caused by surgery or traumatic injury. Scar prevention in the early stages of wound healing is an essential aspect of care. Ongoing scar management is generally by self-care, using non-invasive methods such as silicone sheeting and/or massage. Silicone is considered to be the first-line non-invasive, prophylactic and therapeutic measure for scar management. Nurses have a role in supporting patients with self-care of their scars as well as providing psychological support, as the impact of a scar and effect of quality of life can be significant.
Fighting the good fight: striving for recognition as a medical specialty
Authors: Collier Helena
Published: February 2019

It was recently announced that the Netherlands will be the first European country to welcome aesthetic medicine as a medical specialty from July 2019. This will undoubtedly result in greater regulation of the field, ensuring patient safety. In this article, Helena Collier asks why the UK can't follow suit, and stresses that confidence, enthusiasm and optimism are needed in the fight for increased regulation
Yvonne Senior bids a fond farewell and looks to new horizons in aesthetics
Authors: Senior Yvonne
Published: February 2019

After 15 years as Chair of the Private Independent Aesthetic Practices Association (PIAPA), Yvonne Senior has announced her retirement from the role. Here, she reflects on founding the organisation and her time as Chair, and thanks all those who have participated in PIAPA's work so far
Reflecting and looking forward: an update from the JCCP
Authors: Sines David
Published: February 2019

2018 saw much change and lively debate in the field of aesthetic medicine. In this article, David Sines, Executive Chair of the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP), rounds up last year's work, and sets out key areas of focus for the group in 2019
The importance of making a Will as a business owner
Authors: Lynn Angharad
Published: February 2019

A relatively recent change to UK inheritance law has made it even more important that those who own businesses draw up a Will. Having no plans in place could mean that some survivors are left with nothing. In this article, Angharad Lynn, Solicitor at VWV Law, explains the changes to the law, and how they will affect UK business owers in the future
Hypothermia: exploring causes and treatment options
Authors: Higginson Ray , Burrows Paul , Jones Bridie
Published: February 2019

The regulation of a patient's body temperature is a key part of a paramedic's duty during treatment. Preventing hypothermia by keeping a core body temperature above 35°C and providing sufficient warming devices to prevent changes in body temperature requires careful assessment, monitoring and training. Critical factors in achieving this include assessment of the patient's exposure to the cold, and understanding of the risks linked to hypothermia—especially in older patients who are at risk of a fatal reaction if the body's temperature drops.
Winner, IJCC & Transforming Care conference 2017 Best Paper award: Care and mistreatment – two sides of the same coin? An exploratory study of three Portuguese care homes
Authors: Gil Ana Paula
Published: February 2019

The quality of care practices is still a central issue for long-term care policy. Following seven signs used to evaluate care practices, this article presents the initial results of ongoing research carried out in three Portuguese care homes in 2017. The article uses mixed methods (24 interviews and a data survey), based on the perspectives of care workers, professional staff and managers. The findings highlight the non-recognition of care work, difficult working conditions, poor training and a limited monitoring of the care system as factors that reduce the quality of care and increase the risk of an institutionalised culture of care omission.
‘Special mothers’ in Ireland: gender, identity and the social construction of caring for a relative with an intellectual disability
Authors: Cronin Mary
Published: February 2019

Gender balance in caring is heavily skewed towards women providing the majority of care. This is particularly evident in literature relating to intellectual disability. Using the platforms of mothering and disability to examine the literature, this article sheds light on the cultural norms and societal discourses that influence ‘who cares’ for children and adults with disabilities. It highlights that ‘who cares’ is often a socially constructed ideology that results in a reconstructed identity for women. The impact on identity is discussed and suggestions are made regarding how discourse, policy and advocacy can support this cohort of carers.
Interpersonal violence and abuse in young people’s relationships in five European countries: online and offline normalisation of heteronormativity
Authors: Aghtaie Nadia , Larkins Cath , Barte Christine , Stanley Nicky , Wood Marsha , Øverlien Carolina
Published: February 2019

Qualitative interviews with 91 young people aged 13–18 in Bulgaria, Cyprus, England, Italy and Norway explored their experiences of intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA). Some young women experienced extensive offline sexual pressure and young women were substantially more negatively affected by IPVA than young men. The data revealed that online space has created new mechanisms of control and surveillance that can intensify the impact of offline abuse. Analysing the data in the light of existing theories of cultural violence and coercive control, we explore both the normalising influence of prevailing heteronormative models of femininity and masculinity as well as young people’s agency to resist such normalisation.
The effect of behavioural specificity of survey items on survey respondents’ disclosure of sexual victimisation
Authors: Graaf Hanneke de , Haas Stans De
Published: February 2019

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of behavioural specificity on survey participants’ disclosure of sexual victimisation. It was hypothesised that multiple behaviourally specific items (MBSI) would result in higher prevalence rates than a single item about sexual victimisation. In addition, it was explored whether the likelihood of identifying as a victim in response to a single item, among people who identified as a victim in response to MBSI, depended on demographic variables and perpetrator characteristics. Data from the Dutch periodical sexual-health population survey were used. The sample included 3,927 men and 4,137 women aged 15–70 years (M=42.2 years, SD=15.2). Results showed that MBSI yielded higher prevalence rates than the single item. Moreover, gender and a number of other variables were related to the effect of behavioural specificity on the disclosure of victimisation. Female victims were more likely than male victims to report victimisation in response to a single item. The implications of these findings are discussed.
‘Do I score points if I say “no”?’: Negotiating sexual boundaries in a changing normative landscape
Authors: Cense Marianne , Bay-Cheng Laina , Dijk Lieke van
Published: February 2019

Recently #MeToo visualised worldwide the scale of sexual coercion and the connection of sexual coercion to gender norms and power structures. Negotiating sexual interactions with a partner is deeply intimate, yet it is also fundamentally influenced by surrounding social norms. We conducted in-depth interviews with 68 ethnically diverse Dutch young men and women (16–21) about their sexual experiences to understand how norms and values shape their sexual negotiations. Narratives showed the continued relevance of heteronormative gender roles, with participants framing sexual negotiations as a contest between opposing sides, dictated by different rules for women and men. Other narratives suggested that the normative landscape may be changing, with women drawing on discourses of autonomy and men using mutuality as a guiding principle. Our findings indicate that while conventional gender norms and scripts continue to prescribe sexual negotiations, many Dutch youth also exercise alternative discourses in their sexual relationships. Efforts to reduce sexual coercion must incorporate attention to both the old and emerging gender norms that govern sexual negotiations.
Hong Kong in the Hollywood imaginary: Deterritorialization and reterritorialization in John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow and The Killer
Authors: Dissanayake Wimal
Published: February 2019

This article examines the way Hong Kong figures in the Hollywood imaginary by examining John Woo’s films A Better Tomorrow and The Killer. For the purpose of my investigation, I show how the two films exemplify the twin concepts of deterritorialization and reterritorialization with regard to a variety of analytical categories including genre, gender, values, somatic pleasure, affect, melodrama, religion, nostalgia, morals, and the social and cultural context. My analysis demonstrates the hybrid nature of John Woo’s films and provides evidence that cultural identities are flexible and change as they are faced with different contexts and challenges.
King Hu in Hollywood: Making The Battle of Ono
Authors: Wang George Chun Han
Published: February 2019

The Battle of Ono was supposed to be King Hu’s American feature debut. But after more than two decades of devoted efforts to develop and finance this ambitious project, King Hu suddenly passed away before principal photography could begin. Now, more than twenty years since his death, there exists no in-depth documentations nor comprehensive studies of the great Chinese director’s unfulfilled Hollywood experience. To patch a long void in our knowledge of King Hu’s late-career activities and struggles in Hollywood, this article chronicles the development of The Battle of Ono and King Hu’s dauntless navigations through the American film industry, and examines the significant challenges and incidents King Hu had faced in his pioneering yet futile efforts to conquer Hollywood.
Modernizing primordialism: Deterritorializing Chineseness and reterritorializing the sinophone in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Authors: Coe Jason G.
Published: February 2019

The wuxia tradition in cinema constructs primordial ‘Chineseness’ and ‘cultural China’ as identities to be transmitted and deployed around the world. The article critiques frameworks that take cultural identities such as ‘Chineseness’ or ‘Americanness’ for granted. Such frameworks engender reductive views of culture as an essential substance, with the cinema of said culture expressing or conveying that cultural essence, or imitations thereof, around the world. Such arguments falsely assume that cinemas either ‘authentically’ represent the national or ethnic origin of their producers or signify the coming together of two vaguely defined cultures in hybrid form, typically east meeting west. This article demonstrates how cinema generates cultural identities, using Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to illustrate how the wuxia tradition creates imagined worlds that connect disparate peoples, including populations traditionally regarded as diaspora. Wuxia uses imagined histories of mythical places to enable imagined community, while transmitting and concretizing that cultural identity through cinema. As the film’s main plot device, the sword demonstrates how passing for traditional is a modern practice for local cinemas to gain access to global film markets. The article concludes by discussing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as a minoritarian artwork that engenders becoming sinophone by deterritorializing cultural Chineseness from the nation state, thereby highlighting the processes by which sinophone cinemas mediate cultural identity by engaging and modernizing established norms.
Accelerations and speed limits: An essay on the vocal limits of semiocapitalism
Authors: Adams Tristam Vivian
Published: February 2019

This article examines how exposure to capitalist environments accelerates speech. Voice is proposed as a partial register of how we are as bodied subjects within affective environments with semiotic and communicative pressures. Voice is a locus of trauma, a sonic scar that sounds out the semiotic pressures of capitalism. Accelerated speech is posited as symptomatic of semiocapitalism. Mirroring, vocal convergence, psychotropic stimulation and exposure to accelerated speech in television and Internet are proposed as key factors that influence our speech rate. The trend of compressing increasing amounts of dialogue into television shows is argued to be a dramatic microcosm of how semiocapitalism conditions us to communicate faster. Finally, manifestations of our speed limit are explored. Vocal stalls or hesitations, the deceleration or pause of the semiotic flows we voice, are posited as symptomatic of the disjunct between the accelerating demands of semiocapitalism and the human cognitive and corporeal limit. The shift from speech to voice is symptomatic of trauma. The human buffering of the vocal fry is the sound of the human, subjected to the accelerating demands of semiocapitalism, reaching its limit.
Spiel, patter or sound effect: Tracking the residual voice on the travelling fun fair
Authors: Trowell Ian
Published: February 2019

The travelling fun-fair, emerging from trade and hiring fairs prior to the twentieth century, is a beguiling and uncharted realm of illusion, deception, thrill and adventure. It offers a glimpse of the improbable and impossible, and a taste or touch of the unattainable. There is an immediate and overwhelming polysensory overload, of sight, of sound, light, smell, disorientation, performance and serendipitous sociality. This article tracks the voice on the travelling fun-fair and asks whether the contemporary situation, examining two specific examples of voice, is a continuation or break with tradition. The voice is approached through a nested consideration of the overall experience, the cacophonous soundscape (music, scream, mechanical noise), and finally a totality of voices as an element within the soundscape. This phenomenological approach – from the point of view of the ‘punter’ – is then balanced with a historical consideration of the showperson’s voice. These two approaches are then combined to examine the continuity of cultural tradition.
Creating The Lion King: Story development, authorship and accreditation in the Disney Renaissance
Authors: Chandler David
Published: February 2019

The Lion King, Disney’s most lucrative property, began life as the most successful animated film to emerge from the Disney Renaissance. It was developed against a background of creative transformation and personal feuding at the studio, as Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg attempted to introduce a new, script-led method of making animated films. This article examines the accreditation given to writers in the film’s credits, Katzenberg’s claim to have originated much of the story himself, and the actual slow process of story development from first concept (1988) to finished screenplay (1993). Emphasis is placed on the original creative brief, to produce a Bambi-like film based on ‘[r]eal lion behaviour’, the first story treatment by Thomas M. Disch, the additions to that story made by later writers and directors, and the conflict between more realistic and more fantastical visions of animal behaviour that slowed the movie’s development for years. Based on collections of primary source material not in the public domain, and personal correspondence with many people involved in shaping the movie, this is the first full history of the screenplay of The Lion King.
Adapting children’s literature for animated TV series: The case of Heidi
Authors: Fornasari Eleonora
Published: February 2019

Children’s literature includes some classics that are pervasive, thanks to media adaptations that have made them known worldwide such as, among many, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Carrol 1865), Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Barrie 1906), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Dahl 1964). It is not by chance that with each new generation, fresh adaptations of children’s classics appear. The following article will focus on the specifics of writing for animated TV series aimed at a children’s audience, comparing two adaptations of Johanna Spyri’s 1880 Swiss novel Heidi: Arupusu no Shôjo Haiji, Heidi (Heidi, Girl of the Alps) (Fuji TV, 1974) and its 3D reboot Heidi (TF1, 2015). Heidi, Girl of the Alps first appeared in Japan in 1974, marking the beginning of the so-called ‘anime-boom’ that lasted till the mid-1980s. The series, comprised of 52 episodes, was produced by Zuiyo Enterprises. Directed by Isao Takahata, it boasts the drawings of Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki and can be considered the initiator of the ‘Meisaku’ genre, also known as the World Masterpiece Theatre that showcased animated versions of the most beloved western children’s novels. Heidi 3D, instead, is a CGI animation remake of the 1974 anime adaptation, and was produced by Studio 100 in 39 episodes. In this version, Heidi appears as a modernized, more colourful 3D incarnation of herself. The comparison between the two adaptations will show not only how the original material has changed in the transition from one series to the other, but also how animation affects the way in which a story for television is told and plays a role in keeping classic stories ever-new.
Reviews
Authors: Weinstein Anna , Whorton Sarah , Kirk Laura , Tieber Claus
Published: February 2019

The Aspiring Screenwriter’s Dirty Lowdown Guide to Fame and Fortune: Tough Lessons You Need to Know to Take Your Script From Premise to Premiere, Andy Rose (2018) New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 304 pp., ISBN 978-1-25015-949-6, p/bk, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-25015-950-2, ebook, $9.99

Creat ing Compelling Characters for Film, TV, Theat re and Radio, Rib Davis (2016) London: Bloomsbury Academic, 168 pp., ISBN 978-1-47426-020-6, p/bk, $23.36; ISBN 978-1-47426-022-0, ePDF, $16.19; ISBN 978-1-47426-021-3, ePub, $16.19

The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild, Miranda J. Banks (2015) New Brunswick, New Jersey and London: Rutgers University Press, 328 pp., ISBN 978-081357-139-3, h/bk, $32.79; ISBN 978-0-81357-138-6, p/bk, $23.93; ISBN 978-0-81357-140-9, digital, $19.99

Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960, David Bordwell, Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson ([1985] 1988) London: Routledge, 652 pp., ISBN 978-0-41500-383-4, p/bk, £32.99
Voicing Sápmi, defending Sápmi: Environmental activism in Sámi popular music and music videos
Authors: Fuller Kelsey A.
Published: February 2019

As Europe’s only recognized Indigenous peoples, the Sámi rely on a variety of media in pursuit of social, political and environmental activism. Sámi musicians have used popular music to discuss twenty-first-century concerns and reach broader Scandinavian and global audiences, often messaging through their iconic vocal genre of joik and imagery of their homeland, Sápmi. Artists employ music videos to enhance the activist impact of their music, showing and telling rather than just explaining. These videos illustrate an Indigenous Sámi ecocritical approach to the sociopolitical issues discussed in the lyrics. Through such combined media expression, artists discuss their connection to the land, sense of place and the effects of climate change in the Arctic. They furthermore render visible and audible the years of colonial erasure and silencing of Sámi presence in northern Fenno-Scandinavia. The article concludes that these videos present an emerging ecocritical activism profile specific to the Sámi experience.
Petropolitics, cli-fi and Occupied
Authors: Leyda Julia
Published: February 2019

One of a growing group of television series that can be classified as climate fiction, Occupied takes as its premise a hostile political response to Norway’s sudden move towards energy transition. Occupied draws on the long tradition of the Norwegian occupation drama, while also resonating with contemporary tensions between Russia and its neighbours. Mobilizing familiar structures of feeling common to many cli-fi texts as well as recent news cycles, Occupied brings together the genre conventions of political thrillers, occupation dramas and extreme weather/disaster films. With its ensemble cast that explores the conflicting loyalties and personal stakes involved in the emerging crisis, the series portrays the complexities of its fictional petropolitics as a layered accumulation of historical and recent memory shot through with personal and political investments of every conceivable kind that premediate possible futures in the Anthropocene.
Animal suffering and/as discourse in 1960s Latin American cinema
Authors: Fischer Carl
Published: February 2019

Vidas secas/Barren Lives (dos Santos, 1963) and La hora de los hornos/The Hour of the Furnaces (Getino and Solanas, 1968) made fierce denunciations of poverty in Brazil and Argentina, respectively, such that non-human animals were central to their critiques. Although the directors likely intended those animals (often depicted suffering and dying) to merely metaphorize human suffering, I argue that they become agents of discourse themselves, thanks to cinematic language (even though the use of verbal language is precisely what defines the ontological separation of human animals from non-human animals). Although montage has been historically understood as a device of metaphor, in these films it allows for the representation of very literal commonalities in the suffering experienced by all on-screen bodies, irrespective of species. Drawing viewers’ attention to animal suffering on its own terms can thus broaden the discourses of liberation and compassion inherent to Cinema Novo and ‘Third Cinema’.
New Latin American cinematic culture: Through the frame of the Morelia International Film Festival
Authors: D’Lugo Marvin
Published: February 2019

On the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas looks at the dynamics that shape one of the region’s principal film festivals. This dossier profiles some of the key alliances that have contributed towards its longevity and success; the overview of the festival’s history is followed by an interview with its founding director, Daniela Michel, and concludes with external views by two influential film historians: Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro and Josetxo Cerdán. Each has participated in festival juries and related activities and, jointly, they reflect national and international perspectives on the significance of the Morelia Festival. In profiling FICM our objective is to understand the place and influence of Latin American film festivals more generally as gatekeepers but also catalysts for the production, distribution and reception of local productions in regional and global markets.