bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Advanced learners’ foreign language-related emotions across the four skills
Authors: Piniel Katalin , Albert Ágnes
Published: March 2018

Individual differences researchers have recently begun to investigate the concept of emotions and their role in language learning (MacIntyre, Gregersen, & Mercer, 2016). Our aim is to report on a project exploring English majors’ feelings related to their use of foreign languages. Using a qualitative research design, participants were asked to write a paragraph in their mother tongue (Hungarian) describing their emotional experiences in connection with foreign languages and one of the four language skills. Our database comprised altogether 166 paragraphs from 31 male and 135 female students, with 43 texts on listening, 35 on speaking, 47 on reading, and 41 on writing. With the help of content analytical techniques, the texts were divided into thematic units and coded by the two authors. A framework of academically-relevant emotions (Pekrun, 2014) was used to guide our initial coding and the categories were modified where it was felt necessary. Results indicate that the two emotions most frequently experienced by English majors are predominantly related to enjoyment and language anxiety, and these emotions vary not only according to the skill involved but also depending on the context of language use (in class or outside class).
Responsiveness of The Countermovement Jump and Handgrip Strength to an Incremental Running Test in Endurance Athletes: Influence of Sex
Authors: García-Pinillos Felipe , Delgado-Floody Pedro , Martínez-Salazar Cristian , Latorre-Román Pedro Á.
Published: March 2018

The present study analyzed the acute effects of an incremental running test on countermovement jump (CMJ) and handgrip strength performance in endurance athletes, considering the effect of post-exercise recovery time and sex. Thirty-three recreationally trained long-distance runners, 20 men and 13 women, participated voluntarily in this study. The participants performed the Léger test, moreover, the CMJ and handgrip strength tests were carried out before and after the running test and during different stages of recovery (at the 1st min of recovery (posttest1), 5th min of recovery (posttest2), and 10th min of recovery (posttest3)). Two-way analysis of variance revealed a significant improvement in the CMJ (pre-posttest1, p = 0.001) and handgrip strength (pre-posttest2, p = 0.017) during recovery time. The Pearson’s Chi-2 test showed no significant relationship (p ≥ 0.05) between sex and post-activation potentiation (PAP). A linear regression analysis pointed to heart rate recovery as a predictive factor of CMJ improvement (PAP). In conclusion, despite significant fatigue reached during the Léger test, the long-distance runners did not experience an impaired CMJ and handgrip strength performance, either men or women, achieving an improvement (PAP) in posttest conditions. The results obtained showed no significant relationship between sex and PAP. Moreover, significant effect of recovery after running at high intensity on CMJ performance and handgrip strength was found. Finally, the data suggest that PAP condition can be predicted by heart rate recovery in endurance runners.
Effect of Compression Garments on Physiological Responses After Uphill Running
Authors: Struhár Ivan , Kumstát Michal , Králová Dagmar Moc
Published: March 2018

Limited practical recommendations related to wearing compression garments for athletes can be drawn from the literature at the present time. We aimed to identify the effects of compression garments on physiological and perceptual measures of performance and recovery after uphill running with different pressure and distributions of applied compression. In a random, double blinded study, 10 trained male runners undertook three 8 km treadmill runs at a 6% elevation rate, with the intensity of 75% VO2max while wearing low, medium grade compression garments and high reverse grade compression. In all the trials, compression garments were worn during 4 hours post run. Creatine kinase, measurements of muscle soreness, ankle strength of plantar/dorsal flexors and mean performance time were then measured. The best mean performance time was observed in the medium grade compression garments with the time difference being: medium grade compression garments vs. high reverse grade compression garments. A positive trend in increasing peak torque of plantar flexion (60
o
·s-1, 120
o
·s-1) was found in the medium grade compression garments: a difference between 24 and 48 hours post run. The highest pain tolerance shift in the gastrocnemius muscle was the medium grade compression garments, 24 hour post run, with the shift being +11.37% for the lateral head and 6.63% for the medial head. In conclusion, a beneficial trend in the promotion of running performance and decreasing muscle soreness within 24 hour post exercise was apparent in medium grade compression garments.
The Robust Demands of Oppression Problematizing Pettit’s Account of Attachments
Authors: Gregoratto Federica
Published: March 2018

The article critically discusses Pettit’s account of love as an intimate attachment. I will not question his notion that love implies care; my aim is to show how, under certain social structural conditions, the demands of love bring about and/or reproduce oppression. First, I recap and discuss Pettit’s conception of love. Second, I show how the traditional gender order generates asymmetries in the provision of care, thus setting the ground for situations in which the demands of care become oppressive. Third, I critically discuss the ways in which a person can resist the oppression implied in the demands of care. In a fourth step, I consider Pettit’s critique of problematic forms of love. Finally, I conclude by drawing upon the categories of freedom and domination as key concepts for developing a more critical account of love.
The Sex of the Body Politic: Questioning the Legal Constraints on Genderism between Law and Literature
Authors: Cordiano Alessandra
Published: March 2018

The acknowledgement of the concept of gender identity is a somewhat recent conquest that has come about thanks mainly to the accomplishments of science and modern technology. The Italian system outlines the generally dominant judicial categories and gives only a partial idea of the historical and judicial evolution of the story of gender. History shows that past societies were more tolerant, or simply more accepting of issues of sexuality. Their more relaxed attitude was reflected in culture and literature and in their more open approach towards matters regarding homosexuality, transsexuality, intersexuality and even transvestism. But it was with Shakespeare that the supremacy of heterosexuality and the sexual canons of the dominant culture saw a major shake-up. Shakespeare used devices like the feminization of the male and women playing male parts as narrative pretexts to comment on themes such as the rivalry between the sexes in the contention for power, conflicts that give rise to a symbiosis between genders and disfigurements of the body that overturn the social order that is shaped by gender binary.
An Uneasy Character: John Calhoun’s Cameos in The Gorgeous Hussy and Amistad
Authors: Martinico Giuseppe
Published: March 2018

This article explores the figure of John Calhoun in two movies, The Gorgeous Hussy (1936), directed by Clarence Brown, and Amistad (1997), directed by Steven Spielberg. In both these movies, John Calhoun’s character had very few but significant scenes that portrayed him as one of those having moral responsibility for the forthcoming Civil War. This representation is in line with the traditional treatment reserved for Calhoun in American history and literature. Building on these cameos in this essay I shall try to reconstruct his thoughts on two matters: States’ rights and slavery.
Unrepresented and “Circumlocuted” People: Public Institutions and Citizens in Dickens’ Little Dorrit
Authors: Ligugnana Giovanna
Published: March 2018

Charles Dickens’ novels often present a peculiar vision of the mid-nineteenth-century Victorian government and, more generally, of public administration. In Little Dorrit, the author presents his personal critique of a corrupt, nepotistic and detached bureaucracy that works to maintain itself, stifling citizens’ economic initiative in the process and likewise hindering the development of society. In the same novel, however, the author presents the Marshalsea prison as an unexpected example of ‘domestic’ administration, an official institution that simultaneously punishes and protects, and where, contrary to the other public institutions, the protagonists have really been part of.
Representative Government and Constitutional Reality: Spain between Literature and Political Thought
Authors: Cañueto Daniel Fernández
Published: March 2018

The article analyses how the features of modern political representation have developed in Spanish constitutional history from a multidisciplinary perspective (political philosophy, political science, constitutional law and literature). Between the eighteenth- to the twentieth-century, indeed, the Kingdom of Spain experienced transformations in the concepts of sovereignty, periodic suffrage, free public opinion, and the free and non-revocable mandate. The article also takes into account how the evolution of concepts at stake affected the evolution of the others.
Is Dr. Frankenstein Still Alive? From Twix to Apple: Commercializing Monstrosity
Authors: Olivato Giulia Maria
Published: March 2018

Contemporary popular culture uses mythical and cultural symbols like monsters as metaphors in order to analyse and shape society and its trends. A perfect example is Frankenstein’s creature, who is a modern monster able to embody human crisis, desires, and fears about self-identity, inclusiveness and social recognition. In particular, in the field of advertising, the use of monsters sets new boundaries between human society and monstrousness. Indeed, advertising acts as a modern Dr Frankenstein by manipulating and determining who the modern monsters are.
Women, Power & the Decline of the West: Richard Sherwin’s Ethical Wisdom, Krzysztof Koslowski’s Tricolor-Red, & Machiavelli’s Mandragola
Authors: Majeske Andrew
Published: March 2018

This essay initially identifies and explores issues relating to relativity and relativism in cultural and political matters. It highlights the problematic character of the prime virtue that liberals claim to be the product of this relativistic outlook, tolerance, and points out that relativism equally supports illiberal agendas, as emphasized by Benito Mussolini. The essay then examines Shakespeare’s profound treatment of relativity in his As You Like It, focusing especially upon Rosalind and Orlando’s riddle exchange in Act 3, Scene 2, and the related sequencing of Orlando’s poems. In closing, the essay attempts to show how the West could benefit from revisiting great works of Western literature such as As You Like It, as it grapples with its moral crisis, works which plumbed the depths of the very problems we face today. But we will only garner from these texts the lessons we truly need to learn if we set aside, if only provisionally, the historicist assumptions which have blinded us to the contemporary pertinence and value of an older wisdom which by all appearances is more profound than our own.
The Popularization of Environmental Rights in TED Talks
Authors: Anesa Patrizia
Published: March 2018

Knowledge about the discursive strategies employed in environmental communication when addressing social practices is fundamental in order to understand how the public’s active engagement and behavioral change can be brought about, encouraged or discouraged through environmental discourse. This paper purports to investigate the representation and popularization of environmental rights in media texts, with particular focus on TED talks. More specifically, the analysis aims to explore which and how communicative meanings are continuously constructed around environmental issues. The popularization strategies present in a collection of TED talks are investigated, and processes of accommodation and simplification are analyzed with the aim to point out any discrepancies between the nature of rights in legal texts, and their textual realization in non-legal examples. The analysis traces the malleability of terminology related to environmental rights and shows how the selective usage of qualifying words like “sustainability” and “solidarity” can contribute to the fungibility of the concept of “environmental right” itself. The paper also emphasizes the broad social importance assumed by the mismatch between the need for clear legal definitions and the leverage of vague terminology to favor specific policies.
Focus in Italian echo wh-questions: An analysis at syntax-prosody interface
Authors: Badan Linda , Crocco Claudia
Published: March 2018

In this article, we propose an analysis of the so-called echo wh-questionsin situin Italian at syntax–prosody interface. We conduct a prosodic analysis under an experimental approach, showing that a focalized wh-word in echo wh-questions shows its own peculiar properties, different from informative and corrective focus, so that we can analyze it as an instance of Mirative focus. We demonstrate that the wh-word in echo wh-questions occupies a focus position in the low periphery of the clause. We also argue that this position has syntactic properties that, interlaced together with the prosodic properties, lead us to define the projection as a dedicated focus projection for Mirative focus. Crucially, the focus position within the low periphery activated in an echo wh-question, has different syntactic, prosodic and interpretive properties with respect to the informational focus, and to the corrective focus. Therefore, at a general level, our analysis strengthens the idea that partly different intonations and interpretations are associated to positions within the low periphery as opposed to the positions in the left periphery.
Encapsulated polymeric beads impregnating unexplored amide, N,N′-bis(2-ethyl hexyl) α-hydroxy acetamide (BEHGA) – preparation, sorption and kinetic studies for tri-, tetra- and hexavalent radionuclides
Authors: Pahan S. , Singh K.K. , Sinha Roy P. , Panja S. , Dhami P.S. , Sharma J.N. , Kaushik C.P. , Kumar M. , Yadav J.S.
Published: March 2018

Removal of actinides (trivalent, tetravalent and hexavalent) from nitric acid medium was studied using solid-liquid extraction technique employing polymeric encapsulated beads (PEBs) using an indigenously synthesized, unexplored novel monoamide, N,N′-bis(2-ethyl hexyl) α-hydroxy acetamide (BEHGA). The PEBs were synthesized by phase inversion technique. The structure and morphology of the synthesized PEBs were evaluated by employing various characterization techniques like FT-IR, TGA and SEM. The well characterized PEBs were studied for its Am(III), Pu(IV) and U(VI) sorption behavior from nitric acid medium. Kinetics studies showed that the sorption is fast with equilibrium being reached within 60 min of equilibration. The sorption mechanism follows pseudo-second-order mechanism with intraparticle diffusion playing an important role. Langmuir isotherm model was found to best describe the sorption isotherm. The maximum Am(III) sorption capacity of the PEBs was found to be 8.45 mg/g (experimental) and 8.43 mg/g (Langmuir). Back extraction was possible using 0.5 M HNO3. Stability of the PEBs was found to be quite good with no significant structural deformation or leaching out of the extractant in 4.0 M HNO3 solution for at least up to 8 days.
Development of a “fission-proxy” method for the measurement of 14-MeV neutron fission yields
Authors: Gharibyan Narek , Moody Ken , Tumey Scott , Brown Tom , Grant Pat , Bench Graham , Shaughnessy Dawn
Published: March 2018

Relative fission-yield measurements were made for 50 fission products from 25.6±0.5 MeV α-induced fission of Th-232. Quantitative comparison of these experimentally measured yields with the evaluated fission yields from 14-MeV neutrons on U-235 demonstrates the application of the Bohr-independence hypothesis for measuring fission yields. As optimum particle-target configurations may be impossible or compromised at a given facility, this new approach, fission-proxy, allows the measurement of fission yields for a given compound nucleus from an alternate reaction pathway since formation and subsequent decay are independent processes.
p-Nitrophenol determination and remediation: an overview
Authors: Tchieno Francis Merlin Melataguia , Tonle Ignas Kenfack
Published: March 2018

An almost exhaustive overview of the determination and remediation of p-nitrophenol (p-NP)-contaminated media is herein presented. p-NP is one of the priority pollutants on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency list. This is because p-NP is either a precursor or a derivative of a good number of pollutants. It is itself very carcinogenic and tends to persist in water and soil. This has prompted the development of a wide range of analytical tools by researchers for its determination and eventual removal from contaminated sites. These include electrochemical methods with many electrode modifiers and electroanalytical procedures developed for the detection/quantification of p-NP in contaminated environments. Also, chromatographic and p-NP uptake techniques, particularly adsorption onto various adsorbents (ranging from natural to synthetic), are reviewed. The use of microorganisms for the bioremediation of p-NP-contaminated samples and sites has equally been largely studied and is herein overviewed, not forgetting advanced oxidative processes.
Why do herpes simplex encephalitis and semantic dementia show a different pattern of semantic impairment in spite of their main common involvement within the anterior temporal lobes?
Authors: Gainotti Guido
Published: March 2018

A very challenging problem in the domain of the cognitive neurosciences is to explain why herpes simplex encephalitis and semantic dementia show, respectively, a category-specific semantic disorder for biological entities and an across-categories semantic disruption, despite highly overlapping areas of anterior temporal lobe damage. The aim of the present review consisted in trying to make a separate survey of anatomo-clinical investigations (single-case studies and group studies) and of activation studies, in order to analyse the factors that could explain these different patterns of semantic disruption. Factors taken into account in this review were laterality of lesions, disease aetiology, kind of brain pathology and locus of damage within the temporal lobes. Locus of damage within the temporal lobes and kind of brain pathology seemed to play the most important role, because in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis and category-specific semantic disorder for biological entities the lesions prevailed in the anteromedial temporal lobes. Furthermore, the neuropathology concerned both the anterior temporal cortices and the white matter pathways connecting these areas with the posterior visual areas, whereas in semantic dementia the inferior longitudinal fasciculus involvement was restricted to the rostral temporal lobe and did not extend into the cortically uninvolved occipital lobe.
A sharp lower bound on the signless Laplacian index of graphs with (κ,τ)-regular sets
Authors: Andeelić Milica , Cardoso Domingos M. , Pereira António
Published: March 2018

A new lower bound on the largest eigenvalue of the signless Laplacian spectra for graphs with at least one (κ,τ)regular set is introduced and applied to the recognition of non-Hamiltonian graphs or graphs without a perfect matching. Furthermore, computational experiments revealed that the introduced lower bound is better than the known ones. The paper also gives sufficient condition for a graph to be non Hamiltonian (or without a perfect matching).
On the q-Lie group of q-Appell polynomial matrices and related factorizations
Authors: Ernst Thomas
Published: March 2018

In the spirit of our earlier paper [10] and Zhang and Wang [16],we introduce the matrix of multiplicative q-Appell polynomials of order M ∈ ℤ. This is the representation of the respective q-Appell polynomials in ke-ke basis. Based on the fact that the q-Appell polynomials form a commutative ring [11], we prove that this set constitutes a q-Lie group with two dual q-multiplications in the sense of [9]. A comparison with earlier results on q-Pascal matrices gives factorizations according to [7], which are specialized to q-Bernoulli and q-Euler polynomials.We also show that the corresponding q-Bernoulli and q-Euler matrices form q-Lie subgroups. In the limit q → 1 we obtain corresponding formulas for Appell polynomial matrices.We conclude by presenting the commutative ring of generalized q-Pascal functional matrices,which operates on all functions f ∈ C∞
q .
Changing patterns of self-citation: cumulative inquiry or self-promotion?
Authors: Hyland Ken , Jiang Feng (Kevin)
Published: March 2018

Self-citations are a familiar, if sometimes controversial, element of academic knowledge construction and reputation-building, contributing to both the cumulative nature of academic research and helping writers to promote their scientific authority and enhance their careers. As scholarly publications become more specialized, more collaborative and more important for promotion and tenure, we might expect self-citation to play a more visible role in published research and this paper explores this possibility. Here we trace patterns of self-citation in papers from the same five journals in four disciplines at three time periods over the past 50 years, selected according to their impact ranking in 2015. We identify a large increase in self-citations although this is subject to disciplinary variation and tempered by a huge rise in citations overall, so that self-citation has fallen as a proportion of all citations. We attempt to account for these changes and give a rhetorical explanation for authorial practices.
Further evidence of accelerated aging in bipolar disorder: Focus on GDF-15
Authors: Yang Fang , Barbosa Izabela G. , Vieira Erica L. , Bauer Moises E. , Rocha Natalia P. , Teixeira Antonio L.
Published: March 2018

Background

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mood disorder associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and premature aging. Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) has emerged as a biomarker for cardiovascular risk and aging. Our aim was to compare plasma levels of GDF-15 between BD patients and controls, and to evaluate whether they were associated with clinical parameters.

Methods

Forty-six patients with type I BD (23 in euthymia and 23 in mania) and 33 healthy controls were recruited for this study. Plasma levels of GDF-15 were measured by immunoassay.

Results

The levels of GDF-15 were significantly higher (p < 0.001) in patients with BD in comparison with controls. In patients, GDF-15 levels correlated with age (rho = 0.434; p = 0.003) and illness duration (rho = 0.502; p = 0.001).

Conclusion

Our findings corroborate the view that BD is an illness associated with accelerated aging.
Pure, lithium- or magnesium-doped ferroelectric single crystals of Ca9Y(VO4)7: cation arrangements and phase transitions
Authors: Lazoryak Bogdan I. , Deyneko Dina V. , Aksenov Sergey M. , Stefanovich Sergey Yu. , Fortalnova Elena A. , Petrova Darya A. , Baryshnikova Oksana V. , Kosmyna Miron B. , Shekhovtsov Aleksey N.
Published: March 2018

Single crystals of Ca9Y(VO4)7 (1), Ca9Y(VO4)7:Li+ (2) and Ca9Y(VO4)7:Mg2+ (3) were grown by the Czochralski method. Their chemical composition was analyzed by ICP spectroscopy and their crystal structure was examined by single crystal X-ray analysis. The crystals are characterized by trigonal symmetry, space group R3c. Hexagonal unit-cell parameters are as follows: a=10.8552(1) Å, c=38.0373(2) Å, V=3881.65(1) Å3 for 1; a=10.8570(1) Å, c=38.0161(3) Å, V=3880.77(4) Å3 for 2; a=10.8465(1) Å, c=38.0366(2) Å, V=3875.36(3) Å3 for 3. All crystals are characterized by β-Ca3(PO4)2-type structure with statistical distribution of Ca2+ and Y3+ over M1, M2 and M5 sites in different ratios and with completely empty M4-cationsite. The impurity of Mg2+cations in structure 2 has been detected in octahedral M5 site. Ferroelectric phase transitions are evidenced by DSC and SHG. At about 1220 and 1300 K, they demonstrate phase transitions. Upon heating the symmetry of the crystal structure changes according to the scheme R3c→R3̅c→R3̅m and is restored during consequent cooling. The first of them is of ferroelectric and the second of non-ferroelectric nature. Even a small amount of impurities in Ca9Y(VO4)7 structure is accompanied by a noticeable decrease in the temperature of the ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition.
Hapticity of asymmetric rhodium-allyl compounds in the light of real-space bonding indicators
Authors: Mebs Stefan , Kalläne Sabrina Imke , Braun Thomas
Published: March 2018

Rhodium boryl complexes are valuable catalysts for hydro- or diboration reactions of alkenes, but can also react with ketones (R2C=O) and imines (R2C=NR′) giving rise to insertion products having formally Rh–R2C–O/NR′–B linkages. The resulting molecular structures, however, may show complex metal–ligand and ligand–ligand interaction patterns with often unclear metal–ligand connectivities (hapticities, ηn). In order to assign the correct hapticity in a set of asymmetric rhodium-allyl compounds with molecular structures indicating η1−5bonding, a comprehensive DFT study was conducted. The study comprises determination of a variety of real-space bonding indicators derived from computed electron and pair densities according to the AIM, ELI-D, NCI, and DORI topological and surface approaches, which uncover the metal–ligand connectivties and suggest an asymmetric ligand–metal donation/metal–ligand back-donation framework according to the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model.
Critical Whiteness Studies and the “Jewish Problem”
Authors: Berkovits Balázs
Published: March 2018

The “whiteness” of Jews has recently become a popular topic both in public debates and in academic research (Critical Whiteness Studies). Within this discourse, “whiteness” is used as a critical concept denoting those who enjoy white privilege in American and other Western societies. However, attributing “whiteness” to Jews is more than controversial, for it assimilates the most persecuted minority in European history to the dominant majority, while downgrading the significance of antisemitism. This is a necessary move in order to reaffirm and critically address the fundamental nature of the black and white divide; however, it is questionable both methodologically and politically.
Desorientiert durch Said
Authors: Landes Richard
Published: March 2018

Obwohl Edward Saids Einfluss auf die Nahoststudien, und darüber hinaus auf die Sozial-, Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften, aus vielen Perspektiven als glänzender Triumph oder als Tragödie betrachtet worden ist, stellen nur wenige die erstaunliche Reichweite und Durschlagskraft seines Werks Orientalismus in der akademischen Welt in Frage. Ich möchte hier die (unbeabsichtigte) Rolle Saids sowie die durch seine Arbeiten beförderte postkoloniale Lehrmeinung untersuchen, mithin auch die Art und Weise, wie der Westen bisher mit dem geistigen Krieg umgeht, den triumphalistische Muslime

Eine Bemerkung zum Triumphalismus. Das ist eine ungebräuchliche Bezeichnung derjenigen, die glauben, ihre Gruppe sei allen anderen überlegen und solle zum Beweis ihrer Überlegenheit über diese herrschen: „Wir haben recht, unser Glaube ist wahr, weil wir über euch triumphieren werden.“ In Bezug auf den Islam ist damit eine Form der Religiosität gemeint, die glaubt, es sei ihre Bestimmung, die ganze Welt Allahs Willen (dem Gesetz der Scharia) zu unterwerfen; die Welt sei geteilt in den Dar al-Harb (das Reich des Schwertes) und den Dar al-Islam (das Haus der Unterwerfung) und dieser solle jenen ersetzen; im Idealfall stellten die Muslime die Ungläubigen vor die Wahl zwischen Konversion, Tod und Unterordnung. Moderne Demokratien, die auf der Trennung von Kirche und Staat beruhen, erfordern eine offizielle Absage an triumphalistische Religiosität (siehe Landes 2016).

mit dem erklärten Ziel führen, demokratischen Verfassungen den Dar al-Islam zu oktroyieren.
Synthesis of molybdenum and tungsten modified composite systems based on bisorbent from rice husk
Authors: Kamysbaev Duisek , Serikbaev Bazarbai , Arbuz Galina
Published: March 2018

The article presents results of the synthesis of a new composite material modified with polyvalent metals. Rice husk was chosen as a raw material for obtaining a carrier – a bisorbent consisting of carbon and amorphous silicon oxide. The sorption material was obtained from the products of thermal decomposition of rice husks. Further it was modified with ammonium salts of molybdenum and tungsten: (NH4)6Mo7O24·4H2O and (NH4)2O·12WO3·5H2O in Mo/W ratios: 5/5 wt. %, 10/5 wt. % and reducted by heating in a stream of hydrogen. The registration of the voltammetric curves in the medium of 1-methyl-4-piperidone was carried out in various background electrolytes: 0.2 M Li2SO4, pH = 6.36 and 0.1 M KOH, pH = 13, 2,5·10–2 M K2HPO4 + 2,5·10–2 M NaH2PO4, pH = 6.86. Differential voltammetric curves were analyzed. The electrochemical activity of the obtained modified composites in the potential range from -1.2 V to 0.5 V was determinated. The mechanism of the proceeding electrochemical processes on these modified electrode materials has been studied. The possibility of further use of synthesized composite systems based on bisorbents from the rice husk for the electrochemical reduction of 1-methyl-4-piperidone was shown.
Smoking Behavior and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Indonesian Household
Authors: Girik Allo Albertus , Sukartini Ni Made , Saptutyningsih Endah
Published: March 2018

This study aims at estimating the difference health and education performance between children with exposure to smoke and those who are not at home. An environment with the extreme smoke condition has adverse health effects. This study utilizes longitudinal data namely Indonesia Family Life Survey period 2007 and 2014 (IFLS4 and IFLS5). We use the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method and the Average Treatment Effect on Treated (ATT). The health indicator is proxied by body mass index (BMI) and educational achievement proxied with children cognitive ability. The results show that children who grow in a household with active smoker tend to have lower health status and educational attainment compare to children who are not. This study recommends public policy for banning smoking in public areas as well as inside building such as house and office in Indonesia.DOI: 10.15408/sjie.v7i2.5793
Inequality and Economic Growth in Indonesia in The 2000’s
Authors: Simangunsong Damayanti , Kuang-Hui Chen
Published: March 2018

The income inequality in Indonesia reached the highest level during the decentralization era and suspected to be the cause of the slowdown of the economic growth in the last five years to 2015. This paper investigates whether increasing inequality had a positive or negative impact on economic growth in Indonesia. Using dynamic panel and applying Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator, the result concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between income inequality and economic growth. However, this study cannot draw a definite conclusion about the association for the different classes (bottom, middle, and top level) since only one-step system GMM is significant. Based on the result, it implies that the government should be more careful in regulating the inequality policy and understand more about the right mechanism of inequality and economy growth.DOI: 10.15408/sjie.v7i2.6177
Redenomination Policy and Economic Performance: Experimental and Historical Approach
Authors: Baeti Falikhakh Nur , Juanda Bambang , Asmara Alla
Published: March 2018

The discourse of redenomination policy has existed since 2010. This research analyzes impact of economic growth, type of goods, transitions period and redenomination stages towards economic performance which measured from the change in the price of transactions and the number of transactions. This research used primary data and secondary data; the primary data was collected through experimental economy. The percentage of the change in price of transactions after redenomination in low economic growth condition showed an increase, while in high economic growth condition showed a decrease. Secondary data was gathered to analyze the deciding factor in the success of redenomination through logistic analysis method. The result showed that the variable of economic growth, unemployment rate and the level of democratization in a country affect the success of the implementation of redenominationDOI:10.15408/sjie.v7i2.6568
Financial Inclusion and Demand for Money: a Dynamic Panel Data Approach
Authors: Sidik Zelin Nurfadia , Achsani Noer Azam , Pasaribu Syamsul Hidayat
Published: March 2018

Financial inclusion is designed to increase the opportunities and society participation in the formal financial institution, especially for unbanked people. Moreover, financial inclusion is one of strategy inclusive economic growth. However, financial inclusion may lead an ineffectiveness of monetary policy. It is because financial inclusion can affect the sensitivity of interest rate, and it could cause instability demand for money. Therefore, the research aims to analyze the impact of financial inclusion on demand for money, reserve money (M0), in 36 countries for the period 2004 to 2014. The method that used is Dynamic Panel Approach. The result shows that financial inclusion stimulates the increase of demand for reserve money (M0) in developed countries. In the other hand, the increasing of financial inclusion could decrease the demand for reserve money (M0) in developing countries.DOI: 10.15408/sjie.v7i2.6838
Monetary Policy and Financial Asset Prices: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Chhapra Imran Umer , Ali Muhammad Usama , Zehra Syeda Fizza , Naz Falak
Published: March 2018

Monetary transmission mechanism assumed to be significantly influenced by the effect of policy decisions on financial markets. However, various previous studies have come up with different outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of monetary policy on different asset classes (shares and bonds) in Pakistan. This study using stock price and bond yield as dependent variable and discount rate, money supply, inflation, and exchange rate are independent variables. Data of all variables have collected from 2010 to 2016, and Vector Autoregressive (VAR) technique has applied. The empirical results indicate that there is an impact of monetary policy components on both stock and bond market as an increase in policy rate causes decline in stocks prices and bonds yields. The findings of this study will help the potential investors in making long-term (in general) and short-term (in particular) investment strategies concerning monetary policy.DOI: 10.15408/sjie.v7i2.7099
Assessing Volatilities of Monetary Policy and their Effects on the Islamic and Conventional Stock Markets in Indonesia
Authors: Majid M Shabri Abd
Published: March 2018

The main objective of this study is to empirically assess the volatilities of the monetary policy instruments and their effects on the Indonesian Islamic and conventional stock market. The changes in exchange rate, interest rates, and money supply and their effects on the stock markets are investigated using the using the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity frameworks. As a big-open economy, the capital market of Indonesia is vulnerable to the global monetary shocks changes, thus the US federal funds rate is also incorporated into the GARCH model. The study documented that, with the exception of the US interest rate, the volatilities of all monetary policy variables of interest rate, exchange rate, and money supply were documented affecting the volatilities of both Islamic and conventional stock markets. These findings imply that the volatilities of Islamic and conventional stock markets have similar determinants, thus to stabilize the markets, the investigated monetary policy variables should be controlled for by the policy-makers. Any monetary policy design imposed by the policy-makers would have a similar effect on both conventional and Islamic stocks in Indonesia.DOI: 10.15408/sjie.v7i2.7352
Kisspeptin serum levels in acute myocardial infarction patients and healthy individuals
Authors: Shojaei Mohammad , Erfanian Saeideh , Sotoodeh Jahromi Abdolreza , Yusefi Naeimeh , Madani Abdolhossein , Khoshfetrat Masoum , Hojjat-Farsangi Mohammad
Published: March 2018

Introduction: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide for which several risk factors have been identified. Kisspeptin is a multifunctional peptide observed in atherosclerotic plaques. This study aimed to compare kisspeptin serum levels in AMI patients and healthy individuals.
Methods: This case-control study was conducted on patients visiting the Cardiology department of Peymanieh Hospital, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Participants were randomly divided into a case and a control groups; the former consisting of 90 AMI patients and the latter of 90 healthy individuals with no cardiac diseases. Blood samples were collected from the participants who also completed the given questionnaire. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test was used to determine kisspeptin levels following serum separation from collected blood samples. Data analysis was performed in SPSS-19 using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and analytical (The Mann-Whitney U test) statistical tests.
Results: The mean age of treatment and control groups was 60.91 and 61.72 years, respectively. The majority (73.3%) of participants in this study were men. Kisspeptin serum concentrations were demonstrated to be significantly lower in the case group than the control group (P<0.001). The results of Mann-Whitney U test revealed that kisspeptin serum concentrations of case and control groups did not have a significant relationship with such variables as gender, smoking, and ST-segment elevation and non-ST-segment elevation (P>0.05).
Conclusion: The results revealed that kisspeptin serum concentrations of AMI patients were significantly lower than those of healthy individuals. Accordingly, kisspeptin deficiency appears to be a risk factor for AMI. However, due to the multifunctional nature of this peptide, further studies are necessary to discover its precise mechanism of action.
The Effect of Career Development and Leadership on Employee Performance with Work Motivation as Intervening Variables on Cv. Blue Waters Bali
Authors: . Suyanto , Sapta I Ketut Setia , Sudja I Nengah
Published: March 2018

The purpose of this study is to determine and maintain the influence of career on employee performance on CV. Blue Waters Bali, To know and strengthen leadership to employee performance on CV. Blue Waters Bali, to know and strengthewn career development towards employee motivation at CV. Blue Waters Bali, To know and strengthen leadership to work motivation of employees at CV. Blue Waters Bali, To know and strengthen work motivation on employee performance at CV. Blue Waters Bali

This research is a quantitative research using primary data obtained from questionnaire and measurement by using likert scale. The population of this research is employees at CV. Blue Waters Bali is 52 people. The method of selecting the sample of this study using purposive sampling. The sample of this research is all employees at CV. Blue Waters Bali. Data analysis technique used in this research is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) based on Partial Least Square (PLS) using SmartPLS 3.0 program.

The result of the research shows that (1) career development has positive and significant effect on work motivation, (2) positive and significant leadership leadership toward work motivation, (3) career development have positive and significant impact on employee performance, (4) positive and significant head leadership (5) the influence of mediation of work motivation variable on indirect influence of career development on performance, and (7) influence of mediation of work motivation variable on indirect influence of leadership on partial performance
The Role of Motivation Mediation on Style Leadership and Organization Culture of Teacher Performance in SMP Negeri Kuta Utara Badung
Authors: Prameswari Komang Ayu Selvia , Sujana Wayan , Sapta I Ketut Setia
Published: March 2018

The success of school management is determined by the utilization of its human resources. One of the factors to achieve the organiasasi goal is teacher performance. Due to the increase in performance it will form a more advanced learning and quality. Performance can be seen from the employment target of Civil Servant SMP Negeri 1 Kuta Utara Badung which decreased in 2015 that the achievement to meet the target succeed, but in the year 2016 decreased and resulted in not fulfill target. Based on these data and interview results that the decline in performance occurs due to lack of decisive leaders in making decisions that cause performance to fall. The purpose of this research is to confirm the linkage of Leadership Style and Organizational Culture to Teacher Motivation and Performance at SMP Negeri 1 Kuta Utara Badung. Population and sample in this research is entire teacher who have civil servant, that is population which amounted to 51 people. The analysis technique used in this research is structural equation modeling (SEM) based on variance or component based SEM, better known as Partial Least Square (PLS). From the research result, it is found that leadership style has no positive and not significant effect on teacher performance, leadership style has positive and significant effect to motivation. But the style of leadership will have a positive and significant effect on teacher performance if through motivation mediation.
Snail Shell as an Inspiring Engineering Material in Science and Technology Development: A Review
Authors: FERGUSON H. TOBINS, , OLADIRAN. K ABUBAKRE, , RASEED.A MURIANA, , SALAWU. A ABDULRAHMAN,
Published: March 2018

This review article provides a comprehensive overview of the research status on snail shells as inspiring engineering materials in Science and Technology development. Snail shells which represent the bio-shell waste of snails' remnants from restaurants, eateries or snail sellers constitute a serious degree of environmental threat with little or no economic value. Their effective utilization can bring immense economic prosperity. They are very useful raw materials in the treatment of waste water and the purification of aqueous solutions. They can also be used in the production of naturally based materials and for the preparation of calcium for medicinal purposes. Snail shells can be used as fillers in the paper industry to improve the paper capacity or in the cosmetic industries as face powder. Snail shells are suitable reinforcement materials for the production of composites applicable in the automotive components such as pistons, connecting rods and brake pads. Where flexural strength, hardness and impact strength are of paramount importance such as automobile parts, snail shells reinforced unsaturated polyester composites should be given priority. They are good alloying agents for aluminum based composites. The researches in this area are growing very fast, there is need therefore for continuous and upgraded review on this theme.
Factor Structure of the Hellenic WISC-III for Children with Learning Disabilities
Authors: A Adam , G Kiosseoglou , G Abatzoglou , Z. Papaligoura
Published: March 2018

The present research aims to examine the factor structure of the Hellenic WISC-III in a sample of 50 children with learning disabilities.

The results show the existence of a factorial model with two factors, one aggregating the Comprehension verbal subtest with four performance subtests and the other the Picture Arrangement performance subtest with four verbal subtests. This two-factor model includes loadings in two factors that relate to the sequencing abilities and the verbal reasoning abilities of children. These findings assert the clinical value of the intelligence evaluation in these children.
Conflict and Financial Scandal on History, Culture, and Politic
Authors: Yuesti Anik , Adnyana I Made Dwi
Published: March 2018

One of the things that are often highlighted in the world of spirituality is a matter of sexual scandal. But lately, the focus of the spiritual world is financial transparency and accountability. Financial scandals began to arise in the Church, as was the case in the Protestant Christian Church of Bukti Doa Nusa Dua Congregation in Bali. The scandal involved clergy and even some church leaders. This study aims to describe how the conflict occurred because of financial scandals in the Church. The method used in this study is the Ontic dialectic. Based on this research, the conflict in the Bukit Doa Church is a conflict caused by an internal financial scandal. The scandal resulted in fairly widespread conflict in the various lines of the organization. It led to the issuance of the Dismissal Decrees of the church pastor and also one of the members of Financial Supervisory Council. This conflict has also resulted in the leadership of the church had violated human rights. Source of conflict is not resolved in a fair, but more concerned with political interests and groups. Thus, the source of the problem is still attached to its original place.
Arteria iliaca aneurysma nyitott és endovascularis kezelése
Authors: Garbaisz Dávid , Boros András , Legeza Péter , Szeberin Zoltán
Published: March 2018

Abstract:

Introduction and aim: Iliac artery aneurysms make up 2% of all aneurysms. There are only a few data available on the results of surgical treatment, therefore the optimal treatment is unclear. Our objective was the retrospective analysis of the perioperative morbidity and mortality of patients who underwent iliac artery surgery as well as the comparison of elective open surgery and endovascular iliac aneurysm repair (EVIAR). Method: Retrospective analysis of patients who underwent surgery for iliac artery aneurysm between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2014. Results: During the 10-year period, 62 patients with a mean age of 68.9 years underwent elective surgery for iliac artery aneurysm (54 males, 87.1%). In 10 cases acute surgery was performed due to aneurysm ruptures (13.9%), 3 patients died within the perioperative period (30%). Regarding anatomical localisation, aneurysm developed mostly on the common iliac artery (80.6%). As an elective surgery, 35 patients (56.5%) underwent open surgery, 25 (40.3%) underwent EVIAR and other endovascular interventions were performed in 2 cases (3.2%). Postoperative complications (1 patient [4.0%] vs. 17 patients [48.5%]; p<0.001) and intensive care treatment (29 patients [82.8%] vs. 2 patients [8.0%]; p<0.001) were significantly rarer after EVIAR than after open surgery. Furthermore, EVIAR resulted in considerably shorter postoperative hospital stays (4.7 ± 2.3 days vs. 11.8 ± 12.2 days; p = 0.006) and significantly less blood transfusion demand (1 patient [4.0%] vs. 26 patients [74.2%]; p<0.001). There were no significant differences regarding long-term survival rates between EVIAR and open surgery (81.4% vs. 71.4%; p = 0.95). Conclusion: In case of the surgical treatment of iliac artery aneurysms, owing to the lower complication rates and shorter postoperative length of stay, EVIAR is primarily recommended. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(13): 520–525.