bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sympathetic stimulation facilitates thrombopoiesis by promoting megakaryocyte adhesion, migration, and proplatelet formation
Authors: Chen Shilei , Du Changhong , Shen Mingqiang , Zhao Gaomei , Xu Yang , Yang Ke , Wang Xinmiao , Li Fengju , Zeng Dongfeng , Chen Fang , Wang Song , Chen Mo , Wang Cheng , He Ting , Wang Fengchao , Wang Aiping , Cheng Tianmin , Su Yongping , Zhao Jinghong , Wang Junping
Published: December 2015

Key Points

NE and EPI promote megakaryocyte adhesion, migration, and proplatelet formation via α2-adrenoceptor-ERK1/2 signaling. Sympathetic stimulation enhances platelet production, which may facilitate recovery of thrombocytopenia or aggravate atherosclerosis.
Approach to Internationalization Educational Programs in Russian Higher Education
Authors: Григорьева  , Grigoreva I. , Виноградова  , Vinogradova Marina , Суслова  , Suslova Irina , Кулямина  , Kulyamina O.
Published: December 2015

This article is devoted to the issues of higher education programs internationalization in Russia as a necessary and timely process. In the context of globalization the world’s processes high adaptability of the graduate will contribute to his successful career. This quality in combination with the presence of the necessary competencies graduate with a set of descriptors today especially in demand in the labor market. Implementation of joint training programs with the use of various forms of internationalization, starting with short courses and specialized programs to double degree programs, creates for students in Russian universities the opportunity to develop the necessary competencies in view modern trends in economics, sociology, politics, culture, not only domestically, but also in the world. Consideration the questions of the adaptability of existing programs, their importance for the Russian higher education of the experience increases the relevance of the article the problems encountered in the process of practical implementation of internationalized programs training in Russia.
Social Networking and Recruiting in the Modern Organization
Authors: Соболь  , Sobol O. , Морозова  , Morozova A.
Published: December 2015

Active introduction of modern information technologies in all spheres of human life has led to the rising popularity of business and personal communication with the help of Internet resources. In this situation, a competitive advantage in the labor market get organizations that use the power of social networks to find and attract candidates with particular qualifications and experience. The article analyzes the use of social networks in the practice of personnel management, including search, selection, recruitment, development, motivation, etc. The authors explore the peculiarities of contemporary social networks (account creation, community groups and professional). The study reveals the features of the organization and conduct of recruitment and search for candidates using the data resources of the Internet. The text contains the classification and description of modern social networks. The article examines the advantages and disadvantages of the use of modern social networks for staff. The author analyzes the major mistakes of HR professionals in recruitment through social networks. The authors examine the degree of relevance and popularity among competitors in social networks as one of the ways to search for jobs.
Modern Approach to Drawing Up Job Descriptions
Authors: Кириллов  , Kirillov Andrey
Published: December 2015

The article defines the place of job descriptions in the system of personnel management, formulated and disclosed such requirements to them as: timeliness,
relevance, reliability and objectivity, credibility and validity, completeness, conciseness, targeted, specific, rule of law, the uniqueness and uniformity of terms,
precision, clarity (clarity), consistency. The sequence of development documents regulating the activities of the organization shows the relationship of job
descriptions and position of the structural unit. The article describes how to design a job description. The main shortcomings of modern domestic job descriptions
are revealed. The author presents fragments of job descriptions of various categories of personnel. Ways of enhancing the efficiency of the job description in
the modern Russian companies are shown. The article describes ways to create product-oriented job description, definition of job descriptions of key performance
indicators and competencies, creating job descriptions from the description of business processes. In conclusion summarizes the main ideas to turn the job
descriptions in the foundation of the system of personnel management in the organization.
Treating individuals who identify as transgender: holistic care and hair removal
Authors: Ashworth Hannah
Published: December 2015

Male-to-female (MTF) transgender individuals will often seek out ways to remove their unwanted hair as part of their transition. The area most often requiring hair removal is the face, followed by the genitals before gender reassignment surgery, if this is to be performed. Although, in the bigger picture of transitioning gender, hair removal maybe considered a small part of the process compared with other treatments or surgeries, it has a profound psychological impact on the individual. The MTF transition is not only a long, slow and often costly process, but also it is both physically and psychologically taxing. The purpose of this article is to promote a holistic approach to transgender patient care, advise practitioners on establishing a strong professional relationship, and explore how the consultation process is fundamental to successful treatment planning.
Fractional laser rejuvenation of the vagina is a valuable restorative treatment
Authors: Athreya Kannan
Published: December 2015

The inexorable rise in interest in aesthetic gynaecology treatments is undoubted. While the desire to improve appearance alone may influence many women to seek a consultation, it is worth noting that some treatments may also offer significant therapeutic benefit. Kannan Athreya shares his experience of using a carbon dioxide laser to manage vulvovaginal atrophy, vaginal laxity and urinary incontinence
Appearance enhancement in Egypt: a hushed affair, for blood or money
Authors: Mendes Aysha
Published: December 2015

With both surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures on the rise worldwide, aesthetic nursing is becoming an increasingly popular profession. In this series, Aysha Mendes examines aesthetic nursing practices and cultural perceptions of beauty across the globe by focusing on a different country every month. This article discusses the increasing demand for appearance-enhancing procedures in Egypt
Chemical peels: the importance of a thorough consenting process
Authors: Di-Scala Naomi
Published: December 2015

Skin rejuvenation treatments, such as chemical peels, continue to be in high demand. Although these treatments are only associated with minimal risk, it is important to know how to look after patients if and when things go wrong. Naomi Di-Scala discusses the use of chemical peels, outlines their common side effects and gives an overview of the types of claims that are seen by insurers Hamilton Fraser
Getting connected: why you only need to spend 30 minutes a day on social media
Authors: Knight Warren
Published: December 2015

Life as an aesthetic nurse can be draining and extremely busy. With the right tools and technology, as well as a basic understanding of social media, you can build on your network of potential customers. Social media and digital marketing expert Warren Knight believes that social media can be done in just half an hour each day by following a few basic rules, along with the right preparation and planning
Changing the look, feel and atmosphere of your clinic to alter clients' perspectives
Authors: Smith Victoria
Published: December 2015

How you treat clients from the moment they step through the door will likely influence their relationship with your clinic now and in the future, says Victoria Smith. Ensuring all staff are trained in customer service skills and client hospitality will stand you in good stead for repeat business. This article highlights the importance of making a good impression and creating a welcoming atmosphere
‘Winning awards can increase the number of clients walking through your door’
Authors: Zadah Kate
Published: December 2015

In medical aesthetics, establishing and running a successful clinic is not just about delivering high-quality treatments—having business acumen and a nose for the latest trends is key to setting your business apart from the rest. In this practice management series, PR professional Kate Zadah interviews clinic managers from all over the UK to find out about each practice's successes and struggles
Communicating with people with dementia
Authors: Nazarko Linda
Published: December 2015

People with dementia may have problems communicating. Linda Nazarko discusses the reasons for these problems and how practice nurses can communicate more effectively with these patients
Analysis of Genomic DNAs from Nine Rosaceae Species Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
Authors: Lu Qiu , Lang Tao , Fan Shuguo , Chen Wen , Zang Deqing , Chen Jing , Shi Minzhen
Published: December 2015

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of genomic DNA was used to determine genetic relationships and species identification of nine plants from three subfamilies of Rosaceae. Genomic DNA was extracted, and the SERS spectra were obtained by using a nanosilver collosol at an excitation wavelength of 785 nm. Adenine and ribodesose were the active sites of genomic DNAs in the silver surface-enhanced Raman spectra. The strong peak at 714 cm−1 was assigned to the stretching vibration of adenine, the strong peak at 1011cm−1 contributed to the stretching vibration of the deoxyribose and the scissoring vibrations of cytosine, and the strong peak at 625 cm−1 is the stretching vibration of glycosidic bond and the scissoring vibrations of guanine. The three-dimensional plot of the first, second, and third principal components showed that the nine species could be classified into three categories (three subfamilies), consistent with the traditional classification. The model of the hierarchical cluster combined with the principal component of the second derivative was more reasonable. The results of the cluster analysis showed that apricot ( Prunus armeniaca L.) and cherry ( Prunus seudocerasus Lindl.) were clustered into one category (Prunoideae); firethorn ( Firethorn fortuneana Li.), loquat ( Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.), apple ( Malus pumila Mill.), and crabapple ( Malus hallianna Koehne.) were clustered into a second category (Pomoideae); and potentilla ( Potentilla fulgens Wall.), rose ( Rosa chinensis Jacd.), and strawberry ( Fragaria chiloensis Duchesne.) were clustered into a third category (Rosoideae). These classifications were in accordance with the traditional classification with a correction rate of clustering of 100%. The correct rate of species identification was 100%. These five main results indicate that the genetic relationship and species identification of nine Rosaceae species could be determined by using SERS spectra of their genomic DNAs.
Fourier Transform Raman and Statistical Analysis of Thermally Altered Samples of Amber
Authors: Badea Georgiana I. , Caggiani Maria C. , Colomban Philippe , Mangone Annarosa , Teodor Eugenia D. , Teodor Eugen S. , Radu Gabriel L.
Published: December 2015

We report the experimental results that refer to a Fourier transform Raman (FT-Raman) survey of thermally altered Baltic and Romanian amber and the related statistical interpretation of data using principal component analysis (PCA). Although FT-Raman spectra show several small changes in the characteristic features of the investigated amber samples which may be used for discrimination, their visual recognition is relatively difficult, especially when interpreting data from archeological samples, and thus multivariate data analysis may be the solution to more accurately assign the geological origin based on overall characteristic spectral features. The two categories of amber have different behavior in terms of degradation during the experimental alteration, and Romanian amber is more susceptible to physico–chemical transformations by the aggressive environment when compared with Baltic amber. The obtained data were in accordance with the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) remarks published previously in a dedicated journal. The Raman technique is an alternative method that requires little to no sample preparation, water does not cause interference, and the spectra can be collected from a small volume (1-50 μm in diameter).
‘Error Bred in the Bone’: The Bad Seed
Authors: Singer Robert
Published: December 2015

This article examines William March’s The Bad Seed ([1954] 1997), an American naturalist novel about a violent serial killer, 8-year-old Rhoda Penmark, and its film adaptation, Mervyn LeRoy’s The Bad Seed (1956). When read as a hypotextual narrative, March’s The Bad Seed has multiple, significant intertextual variations, such as Ruben’s film The Good Son (1993) and Collet-Serra’s film, Orphan (2009), which focus on the theme of the biological, non-supernatural child serial killer. These films should be read critically as products of the materialistdeterminist philosophy of Emile Zola’s modernist notion of natural, quasi-scientific causalities leading to criminality: genetic malfunctions in action. This article also suggests LeRoy’s film adaptation is more appropriately viewed as a re-interpretation of Maxwell Anderson’s popular stage horror-melodrama, Bad Seed, produced in New York, 1954. In particular, ‘Error Bred in the Bone’: The Bad Seed examines the appropriation of the monster-child by popular culture. From the living room, to the dollhouse, and to the hospital bed, bad seeds liberally germinate.
‘Type H’: Medicine, psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the Body Snatchers films
Authors: Hurley Kelly
Published: December 2015

Psychoanalysis is one of several sociomedical discourses that work to defamiliarize human subjective identity in three film adaptations of Jack Finney’s 1954 novel The Body Snatchers: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel, 1956), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Kaufman, 1978) and Body Snatchers (Ferrara, 1993). In each film a subdominant narrative about human mental aberration overlaps with, and complements, the more overt narrative about alien replication of seemingly unique individual identity, the total effect being to render ‘Type H’ (the aliens’ shorthand term for the human species in the 1978 film) as a pathological type, self-divided, deranged, heterogeneous and phantasmatic.
Horror movies at home: Supernatural horror, delivery systems and 1980s Satanic Panic
Authors: Beard Drew
Published: December 2015

This article examines the relationship between 1970s-era supernatural horror films, the emergence of new delivery systems in cable television and home video and the ‘Satanic Panic’ of the 1980s. It demonstrates the role of the 1970s supernatural horror film in the historically situated cultural feedback loop that produced the Satanic Panic, with Hollywood films such as The Exorcist by Friedkin (1973) and The Amityville Horror by Rosenberg (1979) being consumed within new social and technological contexts in the early 1980s. It also investigates how cable television and home video forever altered moviegoing practices during the period, bringing horror into the home and arousing fears surrounding young people and contact with sinister and supernaturally associated forces beyond control.
Horrorspace: Reading House of Leaves
Authors: Botting Fred
Published: December 2015

Absence is crucial to the evocation of horror, marking out limits to sense, knowledge and representation. Linked to space, horror’s architectural, anthropological, philosophical and literary dimensions open up to darkness, emptiness, revulsion or dread, to raise questions of rationality, the sacred, home, corporeality and human subjectivity. Horror’s movements broach an otherness that is both unpresentable and intimate, imaginary and real. House of Leaves, a text situated in a fissure between modern, postmodern and post-human articulations of walls, words and webs, both registers and resists changes in contemporary modes of literary production, recording and reading. Yet, engaging digital and media forms in a dense aesthetic network of allusions, the novel’s use of familiar and disturbing spaces and figures such as house, labyrinth and void reworks horror’s textual and affective armoury. It also foregrounds generic techniques and effects like terror, doubling and excess, patterns that have been in play since the eighteenth century as modes that have preceded and enabled the emergence of post-Romantic literary values.
Discourse of the damned: On Canadian horror cinema
Authors: Christopher David
Published: December 2015

Canadian horror film is one of those strange phenomena that seem incongruent with the cultural sensibilities from which it emerged, and has remained veritably hidden beneath the dominant American horror cinema industry that it mimics and infiltrates. Much to the surprise of many horror aficionados, however, it not only exists, but maintains a canon of celebrated cinematic texts and its own set of critical concerns. Typically, in the context of its ostensible ‘Canadianness’, it has been interpreted in terms of its nationalist sensibilities and its subversion of American conventions. But is there a set of anxieties hidden within these narratives that are peculiar to the nebulous concept of Canadian culture? This question might be answered in part through an examination of popular Canadian horror films and the critical literature that forms the discourse surrounding them. However, while Canadian horror film is astonishingly prolific beyond the expectations of the layman cinema fanatic, and the otherwise strange nature of its existence, the academic discourse surrounding Canadian horror cinema is embarrassingly scant, although refreshingly intelligent and accessible. This survey of some of the more salient texts proffers a strong case for the entertainment value-added with intelligent enquiry and analysis with its own critical taxonomy of the texts. Combining fascinating cinema with good reading, the survey inherently encourages readers from a range of lifestyles and disciplines to discover an intertextual entertainment within both the frequently under-appreciated films they discuss, and the entertainingly intelligent and revelatory texts themselves.
Skin gazing: Queer bodies in Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In
Authors: Price Zachary
Published: December 2015

Psychoanalytic theorists argue that the creation of the ego is largely a product of how we perceive the surface of our skin. The horror genre literalizes these moments of skin gazing by centring the plot around the spectacle of cutting skin, where the victim’s body is opened up for the audience’s viewing pleasure. Pedro Almodóvar’s La piel que habito/The Skin I Live In (2011) inverts the classic horror trope of bodily cutting by showcasing a villain who gives his victim impenetrable skin as a way to pacify and torture him. Survival, therefore, depends on the victim’s ability to overcome the horror of living within another skin, even one that is differently gendered. Such transgender narratives bring to horror cinema a way to rethink Freudian and Lacanian concepts of the gaze that structure our affective responses to seeing bodies cut on-screen. In exchange, we might say that cinema brings to these transgender narratives a suturing technology that allows for a layering of bodies with time otherwise unattainable outside the medium of cinema. Instead of trying to separate out the self from the skin it inhabits, we must understand our identity as an interplay between different forms of embodiment.
Review
Authors: Olson Danel
Published: December 2015

Gothic Fiction and the Invention of Terrorism: The Politics and Aesthetics of Fear in the Age of the Reign of Terror, Joseph Crawford (2013) 1st ed., London: Bloomsbury, 217 pp., ISBN: 9781472505286, h/bk, £60
Encountering documents – historicizing performance documentation: Interview with Phillip Auslander
Authors: Hahn Daniela , Auslander Philip
Published: December 2015

The relation between the live and the recorded is crucial for tackling the question of how performance and document are intertwined, but at the same time for the approach to how recordings of performances are used as a means to write performance history. Instead of re-tracing the frequently discussed relationship between the original performance and its documentation, this interview focuses on the experience of performance from the document and the implications these omnipresent encounters with performance documents have for the ways in which we access the past.
Engaging impermanence: Stuart Brisley and Ken McMullen’s Being and Doing (1984)
Authors: Hanstein Ulrike
Published: December 2015

The article discusses film documentations that record and represent artists’ live performance work. Documents are understood as aesthetic artefacts, and the text explores in detail the modes of documentation, that use the time-based medium of film to engage with performance art’s negotiation of duration and impermanence. Taking the example of Being and Doing, an experimental documentation of live art practices by Stuart Brisley and Ken McMullen from 1984, I address the question of how to account for the afterlife of performance art’s material remains when they are reframed and restaged in and as moving images.
Fake it or re-mix It: Performance art history on the peripheries
Authors: Sosnowska Dorota
Published: December 2015

I am showing two examples of artistic re-enactment from Eastern Europe. The first one is Fake It! (2007) by Slovenian artist Janez Janša; the second one is the RE//MIX project (2010–2013) organised by Komuna Warszawa from Poland. The two projects are based on the idea of reconstruction, repetition, or re-mix of important artistic practices that defined a whole generation of artists from Eastern communist bloc. But the starting point is the reflection that they have often never seen it live. It turns out that on the peripheries, not infrequently, we only have access to the archive. Against this background, I would like to ask about the relation between body and archive. From the peripheral perspective, it is not only the body that escapes the rule of the archive, but the archive, too, escapes into the body and transforms into an emancipatory performance.
Imperial remains: Post-colonialism in Portuguese literature and cinema
Authors: Vieira Patrícia
Published: December 2015

Post-1974 literature and cinema have contributed to a reflection about the Colonial War and, more broadly, about Portuguese colonialism. Novels like António Lobo Antunes’s South of Nowhere, Lídia Jorge’s The Murmuring Coast, Isabela Figueiredo’s Notebook of Colonial Memories, and Dulce Maria Cardoso’s The Return, as well as films such as João Botelho’s A Portuguese Goodbye, Teresa Villaverde’s Coming of Age, António Pedro Vasconcelos’s The Imortals, and Manoel de Oliveira’s, Non, or the Vain Glory of Command, to name but a few, deal with the country’s long colonial past, try to come to terms with the heritage of colonial violence and reflect upon Portugal’s postcolonial identity. In this paper, I argue that this literary and cinematic production mirrors what I have identified as the four modes of being post-colonial in contemporary Portuguese culture: (1) Nostalgia with bad conscience; (2) Trauma; (3) Melancholia; (4) Trace.
American humanitarianism and the end of Portugal’s African empire: Institutional and governmental interests in assisting Angolan refugees in Congo, 1961–74
Authors: Tague Joanna
Published: December 2015

Between 1961 and 1974, Portugal’s colonial empire in Africa disintegrated. As African liberation movements in Angola waged a protracted war for independence, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to Congo. This article examines humanitarian assistance in Africa during decolonization to challenge the myth that humanitarian assistance has ever been impartial, neutral or independent. It compares the ways in which one organization, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), and the US government assisted Angolan refugees in Congo. It asks: how can we understand the relationship between humanitarian aid and political positioning in a Cold War context? This article argues that the particular interests of humanitarian organizations and states determined the types of aid both provided. Cold War tensions prompted the US government to provide educational assistance as part of its humanitarian response to Angolan refugees in Congo, but the same crisis forced a nascent organization such as ACOA to open dialogue among its members in order to define its position on the relationship between African liberation politics and humanitarian intervention.
Large geospatial images discovery: metadata model and technological framework
Authors: Brůha Lukáš
Published: December 2015

The advancements in geospatial web technology triggered efforts for disclosure of valuable resources of historical collections. This paper focuses on the role of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) in such efforts. The work describes the interplay between SDI technologies and potential use cases in libraries such as cartographic heritage. The metadata model is introduced to link up the sources from these two distinct fields. To enhance the data search capabilities, the work focuses on the representation of the content-based metadata of raster images, which is the crucial prerequisite to target the search in a more effective way. The architecture of the prototype system for automatic raster data processing, storage, analysis and distribution is introduced. The architecture responds to the characteristics of input datasets, namely to the continuous flow of very large raster data and related metadata. Proposed solutions are illustrated on the case study of cartometric analysis of digitised early maps and related metadata encoding.
The development of ectopic testicular adrenal rest tissue (TART) in the children and adolescents presenting with congenital adrenal cortical dysfunction
Authors: Chugunov I S , Soldatova T V , Vorontsov A V , Vladimirova V P , Bogolyubov S V , Orlova E M , Kareva M A
Published: December 2015

We have evaluated the prevalence of the ectopic testicular adrenal rest tissue (TART) among 71 patients at the age varying from 1 to 19 years and compared the visualization techniques (ultrasound examination, MRI) employed to diagnose TART. This condition was revealed in 14.1% of the patients (10/71). One of them presented with the simple virile (SV) form of the disease and 9 with the salt-wasting one. Most cases of TART (9 of the ten) were diagnosed with the help of the ultrasound technique whereas MRI allowed to determine the size of the neoplasms. The study has demonstrated the relationship between TART and 17-OH and PRA (plasma rennin activity) levels at the time of their measurement. Moreover, the relationship between the number of measurements and the PRA level during the last year has been documented. It is concluded that TART most frequently develops in the children given the poorly controlled treatment; the insufficiency of both gluco- and mineralocorticoids is a predetermining but not the sole risk factor of the condition being considered.
The quality of medical aid provided to the children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Dedov I I , Peterkova V A , Karpushkina A V , Vartapetova N V , Shvabskiy O R , Starovoytov M L , Bashnina E B , Vitebskaya A V , Dedyukina E S , Malievskiy O A , Mikhaylova E G , Samoylova Yu G , Filimonova A Yu , Khramova E B , Pankratova M S , Okorokov P L , Chugunov I S , Sozaeva L S
Published: December 2015

This paper reports the results of the study designed to estimate the quality of medical aid provided to the children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in six regions of the Russian Federation. The primary objective of the study was to improve the quality and to enhance the availability of the medical assistance for the children suffering from endocrine diseases in the framework of the “Alpha-Endo” program
Features of molecule expression markers of insulin resistance in experimental Alzheimer’s disease
Authors: Gorina Ya V , Komleva Yu K , Lopatina O L , Volkova V V , Gersog G E , Popova N N , Salmina A B
Published: December 2015

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characterized by a significant loss of neurons and synapses, especially in the hippocampus and cortex, the extracellular β-amyloid accumulation and formation of neurofibrillary tangles. Insulin resistance plays important role in neurodegeneration and cognitive disorders in the central nervous system, especially AD. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms that connect insulin resistance and Alzheimer’s pathogenesis remain largely unexplained. Therefore, great importance is the identification of molecular markers that allow to define new approaches to targeted pharmacological correction of neurodegeneration. This article describes the study of the expression of molecular markers, namely, IRAP, GLUT4, and IL-18 in different brain regions (hippocampus, olfactory bulb) rats with experimental AD
Themes, links and public forums: Developing student art criticism research projects through blogs
Authors: Danker Stephanie , Tollefson-Hall Karin , Newman Allyson
Published: December 2015

This article describes how the use of blogs to facilitate student research projects in a university art criticism class proved beneficial to both students and instructors. The results of surveys administered to students during the semester and at the conclusion of the course demonstrate positive learning outcomes as a result of modifications to an existing art criticism course to include personal blogs. The authors include the co-teachers of the course and a former student, reflecting on her experience several semesters after the conclusion of the course. Relative literature, course design and students’ opinions of blogging as a course requirement, as well as benefits and challenges encountered in the process are addressed.
Using Film Clips in the Classroom: Something Old, Something New?
Authors: Levey Brian
Published: December 2015

Abstract: This essay describes the process by which a new college professor embraced using film clips in an undergraduate Business Law course, with the goal of enhancing student engagement and learning.  In particular this paper focuses on: (1) theme days, in which a movie, TV show or actor is used a vehicle to teach an entire class; and (2) review sessions, in which a film is used as a vehicle to review material previously taught, e.g., in anticipation of a test.
Contrasting Traditional In-Class Exams with Frequent Online Testing
Authors: Still Mary L , Still Jeremiah D
Published: December 2015

Although there are clear practical benefits to using online exams compared to in-class exams (e.g., reduced cost, increased scalability, flexible scheduling), the results of previous studies provide mixed evidence for the effectiveness of online testing. This uncertainty may discourage instructors from using online testing. To further investigate the effectiveness of online exams in a naturalistic situation, we compared student learning outcomes associated with traditional in-class exams compared to frequent online exams. Online exams were administered more frequently in an attempt to mitigate potential negative effects associated with open-book testing. All students completed in-class and online exams with order of testing condition (in-class first, or online first) counterbalanced between students. We found no difference in long-term retention for material that had originally been tested using frequent online or traditional in-class exams and no difference in self-reported study time. Overall, our results suggest that frequent online assessments do not harm student learning in comparison to traditional in-class exams and may impart positive subjective outcomes for students.
Global trends and local realities: Lessons about economic benefits, selves and identity from a Swiss context
Authors: Csillagh Virág
Published: December 2015

Inspired by the unexpected results of a standardized questionnaire survey of Swiss university students’ motivation and attitudes toward English, the paper discusses the influence of global and local contexts on language learners’ motivation and identity. As a result of the unprecedented spread of English as a foreign language (Crystal, 2003; Graddol, 2006), and, more importantly, the underlying social and economic issues that it reflects, elements of the global context intermingle with local realities to create new learning experiences, unaccounted for by traditional research paradigms. Individuals find themselves at the convergence of multiple contexts that affect and are in turn affected by their language attitudes and identity as well as sense of self. The intricate relationships between contexts and individuals continue to gain emphasis in current approaches to language learning motivation (cf. Dörnyei, MacIntyre, & Henry, 2015), which position L2 learnin in a new light, questioning the power and relevance of different motivational categories and also these of a generalizable theoretical model. The quantitative study presented in this paper explores interrelationships among key elements of the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2009) and a number of motivational factors on the one hand, contrasting them against the economic and social background of the Swiss context on the other. The findings of the project reveal that such repositioning of the participants in the multicultural, plurilingual environment of Geneva and its socioeconomic reality was indeed essential to the interpretation of the results since the extraordinary strength of external and societal factors in participants’ motivational profile gained meaning only in the light of the particularities of the local context. Therefore, the paper showcases the potential of a broader perspective on L2 motivation and the importance of learner-context relationships.
(Non)luminescent properties of iron compounds
Authors: Šima Jozef
Published: December 2015

This mini-review evaluates deactivation processes of iron-containing species and substances in solutions and the solid state with the focus on radiation deactivations from their electronically excited states. Theoretical and practical aspects of luminescence are assessed and conclusions based on up-to-date experimental data are formulated.
Design considerations of a linear generator for a range extender application
Authors: Seo Un-Jae , Riemer Björn , Appunn Rüdiger , Hameyer Kay
Published: December 2015

The free piston linear generator is a new range extender concept for the application in a full electric vehicle. The free piston engine driven linear generators can achieve high efficiency at part and full load which is suitable for the range extender application. This paper presents requirements for designing a linear generator deduced from a basic analysis of a free piston linear generator.
Analysis of electric field control methods for foil coils in high-voltage linear actuators
Authors: Beek T.A. van , Jansen J.W. , Lomonova E.A.
Published: December 2015

This paper describes multiple electric field control methods for foil coils in high-voltage coreless linear actuators and their sensitivity to misalignment. The investigated field control methods consist of resistive, refractive, capacitive and geometrical solutions for mitigating electric stress at edges and corners of foil coils. These field control methods are evaluated using 2-D boundary element and finite element methods. A comparison is presented between the field control methods and their ability to mitigate electric stress in coreless linear actuators. Furthermore, the sensitivity to misalignment of the field control methods is investigated.
Using Our Selves: An Interpretation of the Stoic Four-personae Theory in Cicero’s De Officiis I
Authors: Machek David
Published: December 2015

One of the most discussed parts of Cicero’s
Television News in the 1950s: New Medium in the Service of Soviet Power and Society
Authors: Treufeldt Indrek
Published: December 2015

The article discusses the evolution of conventions for TV-journalism based on the early history of Estonian Television (ETV) news. ETV was launched in 1955, its founding was coordinated by the Soviet authorities in Moscow. Although one of the initial motivations for founding the station was to produce ideological programming directed to Finnish audience, the Estonian team within the institution used the new medium to develop a new nationally oriented media organization. Over time this new journalistic institution became increasingly established and standardized both in terms of its practices as well as its use of textual formats. As the authorities lacked a clear understanding of television’s specific journalistic means and affordances the governance of ETV became an object of a rather multilayered control system. The article analyses this complex system of institutional power distribution and discusses its effects on the evolution of “cognitive modalities” expressed in specific programming formats, especially in regard to mechanisms of representing time and space. Also the “interpretative modalities” or the various, often conflicting mechanisms of managing “collectively shared meaning-systems” are discussed. For instance, in response to ritualistic and non-dialogic elements of the program that were conditioned by the soviet ideological apparatus the local journalists also aimed at representing the quotidian experiences of the common men and at establishing relatively free and dialogic relationships with their audiences and with their sense of reality. As a result, the program evolved as a mixture both ideologically and modally different as well as, paradoxically, mutually conditioning elements.
Small Market, Big Format: Idols in Estonia
Authors: Rohn Ulrike
Published: December 2015

This article looks at the factors that have influenced the Estonian adaptation of the Idols format, Eesti otsib superstaari. Based on existing literature, as well as on interviews with representatives of the local TV industry, this article suggests that the most influential factor is the small size of the Estonian TV market. Most changes to the original format have been made for practical reasons and not due to cultural considerations. Hence, this article argues that it is mostly market and industry logistics that influence programme imports and local adaptations and not so much the cultural shareability of such programmes.
Women’s Experimental Filmmaking in Poland in the 1970s and Early 1980s
Authors: Rode Dagmara
Published: December 2015

In my article I concentrate on works by three female artists - Natalia LL, Ewa Partum and Teresa Tyszkiewicz. Natalia LL and Ewa Partum started their careers inspired by conceptual tradition, later they extended their interests to feminist concepts, including the image of women, the position of women in a patriarchal society, and the woman as an object to be consumed. Teresa Tyszkiewicz began her artistic activity a decade later; thus, the reflexes of the conceptual trend are less visible in her films than in the works of LL and Partum. Her films can be described as symbolic, dedicated to corporeality and sensuality. Unlike LL and Partum, Tyszkiewicz did not consider her works to be connected to feminism or examples of women’s art.
The Undercurrents of Estonian Broadcasting Regulation, 1992–2014
Authors: Jõesaar Andres
Published: December 2015

This article explores the ways in which different external and internal factors (especially politics and economics) have encouraged or hindered the evolution of Estonian Public Broadcasting. This article argues that the Estonian government’s ‘idealisation’ of market forces that is supported by European Union (EU) media policy and driven by the common market ideology does not take into account the actual abilities of a small country’s media companies to provide a wide range of media services, and thereby limits the offerings of high-quality local content. The research methodology is based on an analysis of EU media policy documents, Estonian media legislation and broadcasters’ annual reports in the period from 1992 to 2014. The main finding of this article is that official Estonian media policy is largely shaped by the financial results of private media companies.
Audiovisual Policymaking in Estonia at Times of Convergence: An ‘Innovation System’ as a Policy Rationale
Authors: Ibrus Indrek
Published: December 2015

The first thing this article tries to do is discuss the Estonian audiovisual media and content production system in its entirety - i.e. to look at film, television and interactive audiovisual services as an increasingly integrated system. Secondly, it tries to understand the issues that this convergence process presents to these formerly distinct sub-fields of the audiovisual culture, as well as for the country’s cultural policy makers. Thirdly, it presents an alternative rationale for audiovisual policymaking - reconceptualising the policy in support of an ‘innovation system’. The aim of this policy would be to improve ‘innovation coordination’ - to make the system generate more innovative cultural forms and representations, which at the aggregate level would translate into increased cultural diversity. The article assesses the innovation coordination within the Estonian audiovisual media and content production system.
Preparation and characterisation of gelatine hydrogels predisposed to use as matrices for effective immobilisation of biocatalysts
Authors: Labus Karolina , Drozd Aleksandra , Trusek-Holownia Anna
Published: December 2015

Physical, enzymatic and chemical methods were used to develop an efficient procedure for preparing gelatine hydrogels of appropriate strength and elastic properties for applications as enzyme carriers. The concentrations of the crosslinking enzyme (transglutaminase), the initial amount of gelatine, the production time and the effect of additional crosslinking with glutaraldehyde were examined. As a result, the following conditions were selected: 0.1 g cm
Continuing the dialogue between corpus linguistics and grammaticalization theory: Three case studies
Authors: López-Couso María José
Published: December 2015

The article shows that significant benefits can be gained from the integration of corpus linguistics and grammaticalization theory, two subfields which, despite sharing considerable common ground, tended to remain as separate areas of linguistic analysis until quite recently. Making use of diachronic and contemporary corpora of English, such as the
Assessing learning gains of university students in Hong Kong adopting the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+)
Authors: Shek Daniel T.L. , Yu Lu , Chan Kevin H.W. , Ho Wynants W.L.
Published: December 2015

The present study attempted to examine students’ learning gains in critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication after 1-year university study under a new 4-year undergraduate curriculum based on students’ performance on the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+). One hundred and fifty freshmen and 150 sophomores at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) completed the CLA+ in 2013–2014 academic year. Results showed that sophomores had better performance in CLA+ than freshmen on problem solving, effective communication, and critical thinking. Compared with freshmen, fewer sophomores were classified as ‘Below Basic’ at mastering the related skills. The findings support the effectiveness of the new 4-year undergraduate curriculum, particularly the General University Requirements, in promoting students’ development in desired graduate attributes. However, students’ language barrier might affect their CLA+ scores which led to the small effect size in the differences between freshmen and sophomores.
Rayleigh waves in an incompressible fibre-reinforced elastic solid with impedance boundary conditions
Authors: Singh Baljeet
Published: December 2015

In the present paper, the equation of motion for an incompressible transversely isotropic fibre-reinforced elastic solid is derived in terms of a scalar function. The general solution of the equation of motion is obtained, which satisfies the required radiation condition. The appropriate impedance boundary conditions are also satisfied by the solution to obtain the required explicit secular equation for the Rayleigh wave speed. The numerical values of non-dimensional speed of a Rayleigh wave are obtained with the application of Iteration method. The dependence of the non-dimensional wave speed on non-dimensional material parameter and impedance parameters is shown graphically.
Creep relaxation and fully reversible creep of foam core sandwich composites in seawater
Authors: de la Paz Ismael , Shafiq Basir
Published: December 2015

Foam core sandwich composites were subjected to (i) creep to failure, (ii) cyclic creep-relaxation and (iii) fully reversible cyclic creep loading in seawater in order to mimic an actual ship hull’s service lifetime scenario. The results indicate a strong dependence of lifetime on the mode of loading. A significant reduction in the overall life was observed under cyclic creep as compared with the conventional creep to failure. Creep relaxation (R=1) tests were performed at loading-relaxation periods of 24/24, 24/12, 24/6, 12/12 and 6/6 h, while the fully reversible (R=-1) creep tests were conducted at loading-reversed loading times of 36/36, 24/24, 12/12, 6/6, and 3/3 h. The results suggest that creep-relaxation lifetime characteristics depend predominantly on the relaxation time as opposed to loading times, i.e. longer relaxation periods lead to shorter life. Whereas, fully reversible creep appears to be dependent upon the number of reversals whereby, life is observed to reduce as the number of reversals increase. These significant observations are explained in terms of various possible paths to interface cell wall collapse. Modes of failure were predominantly indentation and core compression in the vicinity of the loading site.
A combined first principles and Mohr-Coulomb criterion for the determination of the nanohardness of amorphous silicon
Authors: Tabatabaei Maryam , Shodja Hossein M.
Published: December 2015

Although, the evaluation of the nanohardness of amorphous silicon (a-Si) has been the subject of a few experimental works but, to date, it has not been addressed theoretically yet. In this work, first principles Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT)-based molecular dynamics (MD) in combination with Mohr-Coulomb criterion is employed to calculate the ideal shear strength of the damped MD annealed a-Si sample containing dangling and floating bonds which are pertinent to the threefold- and fivefold-coordinated defects, respectively, as well as distorted tetrahedral bonds. The stress state beneath the nanoindenter is triaxial, and is accounted for properly. The calculated values of nanohardness are in reasonable agreement with those values measured experimentally. Consideration of the electronic charge distribution under the state of triaxial tension test reveals that the yield phenomenon in a-Si is accompanied by the transformation of a threefold-coordinated Si atom to a fourfold-coordinated.