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Reanimating Lost Landscapes: Bringing Visualisation to Aboriginal History
Authors: Read Peter
Published: June 2017

In Public History Review volume 11, Peter Osborne called for the methodologies of environmental history to be brought more securely and more imaginatively into public history. Environmental history by its own definition, he argued, encompassed Indigenous, ethnic and Anglo-Celtic histories, and heritages natural and built, material and intangible. I believe too that we public historians need to Incorporate changing landscapes and topographies as a vital element in understanding why communities and their built heritages constantly transfigure. Sometimes a single geographic factor such as the northern Gulf Stream can go far to explain the spectacular rise of a small island like Great Britain to world power. Equally we can help to explain the precipitous decline of towns like Bourke by degradation and siltation in the Darling River.

This paper uses the case study of the Narrabeen town camp to explore the potential of digital visual technologies in Aboriginal History.
Introduction: Going Public
Authors: Ashton Paul
Published: June 2017

The period in which the public history movement has developed has been one of considerable change. This has been a result of the passing of post-war generations, the effects wrought by continuing internal and external conflicts, the globalisation of economies, the emergence of new media forms and the major impact of the digital revolution. This has seen significant shifts in the transmission, reception and practice of history.
The British Museum: An Imperial Museum in a Post-Imperial World
Authors: Duthie Emily
Published: June 2017

This article examines the British Museum’s imperialist attitudes towards classical heritage. Despite considerable pressure from foreign governments, the museum has consistently refused to return art and antiquities that it acquired under the aegis of empire. It is the contention of this article that the British Museum remains an imperialist institution. The current debates over the British Museum’s collections raise profound questions about the relationship between museums and modern nation states and their nationalist claims to ancient heritage. The museum’s inflexible response to repatriation claims also encapsulates the challenges inherent in presenting empire and its legacy to contemporary, post-imperial audiences.
On the Waterfront: The Historic Waterfront Precinct, Dunedin, New Zealand
Authors: Trapeznik Alexander
Published: June 2017

This article examines the industrial and mercantile built heritage of New Zealand by considering a remarkable precinct in Dunedin of surviving commercial buildings from the second half of the nineteenth century. The city was then the country’s financial, commercial and industrial centre, having undergone a gold rush boom in the 1860s. A large industrial and commercial precinct was rapidly created on reclaimed land in the central city over the following three decades. This study seeks to emphasise the importance of the agricultural economy and the stock and station agency business in particular to urban growth; this urban-rural interdependency that shaped nineteenth-century Dunedin. This contradicts the common emphasis on the gold rush boom and its architectural legacy. This study adopts a landscapes approach, offering a holistic framework which recognises the inter-relationship of
Restoring the 'Mam': Archives, Access And Research Into Women’s Pasts In Wales
Authors: O'Neill Mandi
Published: June 2017

In this article I look at issues around access to material for researching the pasts of women in Wales and two archives in Wales are discussed: The Butetown History and Arts Centre (BHAC) which has recorded oral interviews with women from the community of Butetown (‘Tiger Bay’) in Cardiff, as well as collecting other material about the community, and Archif Menywod Cymru/Women’s Archive of Wales (WAW), which is working to ‘rescue’ sources of women’s history across Wales. Access to all archives is vital as there is a general lack of material about women’s pasts in Wales which can be used to challenge stereotyped representations of Welsh women, particularly of working-class women. Both BHAC and WAW have relied on public funding to differing degrees and this has been an increasingly important element in helping a large number of groups and organisations in Wales in the areas of community and local history to carry out their own research. However, public funding often comes with obligations regarding access to material which might not tie in with the aims and ethos of some more specialist archives. The changing nature of county record offices/archives is also important as they continue to become much more involved in collaborative projects with community groups and other organisations.
A ‘Social Form Of Knowledge’ in Practice: Unofficial Compiling of 1960s Pop Music on CD-R
Authors: Martin Paul
Published: June 2017

In this article I explore the ‘unofficial’ (and technically illegal) compiling of marginally known 1960s pop records on Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R). I do so by situating it within the proposition by the late Raphael Samuel, that history is ‘social knowledge’ and a practice rather than a profession. I propose that this compiling activity exemplifies this proposition. The core of the paper is centred on a 2007 survey which I conducted via three on-line 1960s music enthusiast discussion forums. I draw on the sixteen responses to demonstrate how the motivations, values and intentions of those respondents engaging in the practice of CD-R compiling are historically and socially centred. In doing so, I seek to problematise the music industry’s undifferentiated condemnation of all copying as theft. I do so by showing how, far from stealing, these CD-R compilers are adding to the musical social knowledge of 1960s pop and rock music. I further situate them within a longer lineage of ‘unofficial listening’ dating back to at least the 1930s. In using the term ‘unofficial’ in both a legal and public historical sense (eg to take issue with a received narrative), I point to wider definitions of what historically has or has not been musically ‘official’ to listen to. I seek also to point to the practice of CD-R compiling as a historical ‘moment’ in technological change, which might otherwise go unremarked upon as the CD-R itself heads towards utilitarian obsolescence. Although, the issues and concepts raised in the paper can be little more than pointed to, it is hoped it might act as one platform for the historical engagement with a subject more commonly discussed in sociological terms. As public historians we should be reflexive and inter-disciplinary and it is with this mind set that this article is written.
The Contested White Lady: A Critique of New Zealand Cultural Heritage Politics
Authors: Neill Lindsay , Duerr Eveline , Trapeznik Alexander
Published: June 2017

This article critiques New Zealand’s cultural heritage politics by positing that vernacular items, like an iconic eatery called the White Lady, does not meet the legislative criteria enabling cultural heritage status. If vernacular artefacts, including ‘kiwiana’, are to be integrated within cultural heritage, then changes within legislation, definitions and participant preconceptions are necessary. This study argues that cultural heritage is dominated by artefacts and historic places; that ‘kiwiana’ and other vernacular items of social history, practice and tradition are relegated. Items of ‘kiwiana’ act as touchstones of identity for New Zealanders. Therefore, their omission distorts the view of New Zealand’s cultural heritage. The application of cultural heritage status to the White Lady is important because of its transcendence of time and social change, its aesthetic, and also because of its present-day hospitality offering.
Ancient Arts of Minahasa: A Public History Perspective
Authors: Tangkilisan Yuda B.
Published: June 2017

According to Hetty Palm (1958), there are no people like the Minahassan that experienced a tremendous change in the nineteenth century. The changes had a great impact on their way of life, including arts, as a result of Christianization. In the opinion of the zending (priests), their ancient arts did not suit the new faith. They abandoned their traditional arts and as the consequence, the next generation lost their historical ties with their ancestors in the field of arts. They adopted a new way of life of the Western (Dutch) culture. Accordingly, when they become a part of the new state, they considered it important to revitalize the old traditions. However, they had problems as there are no relics from the past. Now they have two options: to cultivate the old or to invent a new tradition. This article discusses the problem and its development from a Public History perspective. The early finding shows that the Minahasans are aware that tradition can get along with the modernity in harmony as their cultural identity. It also deals with the challenge this had brought to traditional historical authority.
Arkeologi menurut Interpretasi Siapa?: Mencari Tempat untuk Arkeologi Alternatif di Indonesia
Authors: Marwoto-Johan Irmawati
Published: June 2017

Arkeologi selama ini telah melakukan banyak penelitian tetapi hasil penelitiannya tidak diketahui oleh masyarakat luas, hampir seluruh hasil penelitian adalah untuk kepentingan arkeologi sendiri. Keadaan ini pada masa sekarang tidak lagi sepenuhnya dapat diterima oleh masyarakat. Sehingga masyarakat membuat interpretasi sendiri terhadap tinggalan arkeologi yang berada disekitar mereka dengan caranya sendiri. Kebutuhan akan adanya informasi arkeologi untuk masyarakat tidak menjadi tujuan yang penting bagi arkeologi dan hasil penelitian yang seharusnya disampaikan kepada masyarakat baik melalui museum, situs peninggalan cagar budaya ataupun berbagai pameran tidak menjadi perhatian para arkeolog.
'for their own purpose of identity': Tom Stannage and Australian Local History
Authors: Carment David
Published: June 2017

Tom Stannage made a significant contribution to Australian local history and regularly returned to it throughout his career, frequently speaking and writing about the local past and collaborating with the community organisations that promoted it. In the context of Stannage's perspectives, the work of some other historians and the author's experiences, this article briefly reflects on the state of local history in Australia and the role of local historical societies. The focus is on New South Wales and the Northern Territory, the parts of Australia that the author knows best, but some attention is also given to the rest of the country. The article considers why the work of local historians and historical societies matters in understanding the bigger picture of Australian history. The various attempts to tell the stories of individual communities quite frequently by and for local residents themselves encourage speculation on their contributions to the broader process of historical inquiry. Local history is, as Stannnage strongly believed it ought to be, usually a democratic phenomenon and one that allows a diverse range of approaches. The historical societies that survive and develop do so because they are solidly based in their communities. Perhaps even more crucial, the data of the past that local historical societies have often unearthed and recorded help allow Australians to shape what Stannage so aptly described as a 'history for their own purposes of identity'.
‘My country’s heart is in the market place’: Tom Stannage interviewed by Peter Read
Authors: Shellam Tiffany , Sassoon Joanna
Published: June 2017

Tom Stannage was one among many historians in the 1970s uncovering histories of Australia which were to challenge national narratives and community memories. In 1971, Tom returned to Western Australia after writing his PhD in Cambridge with the passion to write urban history and an understanding that in order to do so, he needed an emotional engagement with place. What he had yet to realize was the power of community memories in Western Australia to shape and preserve ideas about their place. As part of his research on the history of Perth, Tom saw how the written histories of Western Australia had been shaped by community mythologies – in particular that of the rural pioneer. He identified the consensus or ‘gentry tradition’ in Western Australian writing. In teasing out histories of conflict, he showed how the gentry tradition of rural pioneer histories silenced those of race and gender relations, convictism and poverty which were found in both rural and urban areas. His versions of history began to unsettle parts of the Perth community who found the ‘pioneer myth’ framed their consensus world-view and whose families were themselves the living links to these ‘pioneers’.
Never Lost for Words: Canberra’s Archives
Authors: Brown Nick
Published: June 2017

As a modern, designed, self-consciously experimental national capital, Canberra poses distinct questions, and problems, for public history. Famously derided as lacking community – ‘a city without a soul’; ‘a good sheep station spoiled’ – it has also been shaped by a succession of planning practices, phases of immigration, and service provision, which have fostered their own models and experiences of community. On the one hand, as Ruth Atkins observed in 1978, the concept and function of ‘the public’ in Canberra has been defined essentially by those of ‘the public servant’; on the other, a population characterised by relatively high levels of education and affluence has proved remarkably innovative in working with and around the structures of centralised government with which they are so often closely associated. This paper explores these inter-relationships, assessing the ways in which the history of Canberra – in its official, community and experiential dimensions – reflects processes of actively creating such narratives and identities rather than seeing them in opposition to each other.
Introduction: Archives, Memory and Place from the Canberra Perspective
Authors: Hutchison Mary , Sassoon Joanna
Published: June 2017

This is an introductory piece to a special section based on a 2013 cross-disciplinary conference on the lived experience of Canberra.
Museums Connect: Teaching Public History through Transnational Museum Partnerships
Authors: Harker Richard J. W.
Published: June 2017

Museums Connect is a program funded by the US Department of State and administered by the American Alliance of Museums that sponsors transnational museum partnerships. This program provides one model for teaching public history in a transnational context, and this article analyzes the experiences of two university-museums—the Museum of History and Holocaust Education (MHHE) in the United States and the Ben M’sik Community Museum (BMCM) in Morocco—during two grants between 2009 and 2012. In exploring the impact of the program on the staff, faculty, and students involved and by analyzing the experiences and reflections of participants, I argue that this program can generate positive pedagogical experiences. However, in addition to the successes of the MHHE and BMCM during their two grants, the participants encountered significant power differentials that manifested themselves in both the processes and products of the grants. It is the conclusion of this article that both partners in a public history project need to address and confront potential power issues at the outset in order to achieve a more balanced, collaborative partnership.
Continuous fluorescence-based monitoring of seawater pH in a
temperate estuary
Authors: Runcie John W. , Krause Christian , Torres Gabarda Sergio A. , Byrne Maria
Published: June 2017

Abstract. Abstract. Electrical conductivity (salinity), temperature and fluorescence-based measurements of pH were employed to examine diel fluctuations in seawater carbonate chemistry of surface waters in Sydney Harbour over two multiple-day periods. The fluorescence-based technique provided a useful time-series for pH. Alkalinity with pH and temperature were used to calculate the degree of aragonite and calcite saturation (ΩCa and ΩAr respectively). Alkalinity was determined from an alkalinity-salinity relationship. Variation in pH over minute- to hour-long periods was distinguishable from background variability. Diel variability in pH, Ωara and Ωcal showed a clear pattern that appeared to correlate with both salinity and temperature. Drift due to photodegradation of the fluorophore was minimised by reducing exposure to ambient light. ΩCa and ΩAr fluctuated approximately on a daily cycle. The net result of changes in pH, salinity and temperature combined to influence seawater carbonate chemistry. The fluorescence-based pH monitoring technique is simple, provides good resolution and is unaffected by moving parts or leaching of solutions over time. The use of optics is pressure insensitive, making this approach to ocean acidification monitoring well suited to deepwater applications.
Postglacial fire history and interactions with vegetation and climate in southwestern Yunnan Province of China
Authors: Xiao Xiayun , Haberle Simon G. , Shen Ji , Xue Bin , Burrows Mark , Wang Sumin
Published: June 2017

Abstract. A high-resolution, continuous 18.5 kyr (1 kyr  =  1000 cal yr BP) macroscopic charcoal record from Qinghai Lake in southwestern Yunnan Province, China, reveals postglacial fire frequency and variability history. The results show that three periods with high-frequency and high-severity fires occurred during the periods 18.5–15.0, 13.0–11.5, and 4.3–0.8 ka, respectively. This record was compared with major pollen taxa and pollen diversity indices from the same core, and tentatively related to the regional climate proxy records with the aim to separate climate- from human-induced fire activity, and discuss vegetation–fire–climate interactions. The results suggest that fire was mainly controlled by climate before 4.3 ka and by the combined actions of climate and humans after 4.3 ka. Before 4.3 ka, high fire activity corresponded to cold and dry climatic conditions, while warm and humid climatic conditions brought infrequent and weak fires. Fire was an important disturbance factor and played an important role in forest dynamics around the study area. Vegetation responses to fire after 4.3 ka are not consistent with those before 4.3 ka, suggesting that human influence on vegetation and fire regimes may have become more prevalent after 4.3 ka. The comparisons between fire activity and vegetation reveal that evergreen oaks are flammable plants and fire-tolerant taxa. Alnus is a fire-adapted taxon and a nonflammable plant, but density of Alnus forest is a key factor to decide its fire resistance. The forests dominated by Lithocarpus/Castanopsis and/or tropical trees and shrubs are not easy to ignite, but Lithocarpus/Castanopsis and tropical trees and shrubs are fire-sensitive taxa. Fire appears to be unfavourable to plant diversity in the study area.
Geoelectric monitoring at the Boulder magnetic observatory
Authors: Blum Cletus C. , White Timothy C. , Sauter Edward A. , Stewart Duff C. , Bedrosian Paul A. , Love Jeffrey J.
Published: June 2017

Abstract. Despite its importance to a range of applied and fundamental studies, and obvious parallels to a robust network of magnetic-field observatories, long-term geoelectric field monitoring is rarely carried out. The installation of a new geoelectric monitoring system at the Boulder Magnetic observatory of the U.S. Geological Survey is summarized. Data from the system are expected, among other things, to be used for testing and validating algorithms for mapping North American geoelectric fields. An example time series of recorded electric and magnetic fields during a modest magnetic storm is presented. Based upon our experience, we additionally present operational aspects of a successful geoelectric field monitoring system.
SedFoam-2.0: a 3D two-phase flow numerical model for sediment transport
Authors: Chauchat Julien , Cheng Zhen , Nagel Tim , Bonamy Cyrille , Hsu Tian-Jian
Published: June 2017

Abstract. In this paper, a three-dimensional two-phase flow solver, SedFoam-2.0, is presented for sediment transport applications. The solver is extended upon twoPhaseEulerFoam available in the 2.1.0 release of the open-source CFD toolbox OpenFOAM. In this approach the sediment phase is modeled as a continuum, and constitutive laws have to be prescribed for the sediment stresses. In the proposed solver, two different inter-granular stress models are implemented: the kinetic theory of granular flows and the dense granular flow rheology μ(I). For the fluid stress, laminar or turbulent flow regimes can be simulated and three different turbulence models are available for sediment transport: a simple mixing length model (one-dimensional configuration only), a k-ϵ and a k-ω model. The numerical implementation is first demonstrated by two validation test cases, sedimentation of suspended particles and laminar bed-load. Two applications are then investigated to illustrate the capabilities of SedFoam-2.0 to deal with complex turbulent sediment transport problems with different combinations of inter-granular stress and turbulence models.
Editorial Vol.1(1)
Authors: Costa Cecilia María Teresa
Published: June 2017

No resumenRaíces - Revista Nicaragüense de Antropología. Año 1 No. 1/2017: 10-13
Medicina popular y sus agentes tradicionales: sobadores, parteros y curanderos en zonas urbanas
Authors: Gazo Robles Jossarys Massiel
Published: June 2017

El objetivo general del presente artículo es explicar la importancia de la medicina popular tradicional en los contextos urbanos. Protagonistas del rescate de saberes ancestrales son los sobadores, parteros y curanderos, agentes tradicionales de salud, quienes aplican sus conocimientos en las dolencias de los habitantes de los barrios Santa Ana y San Cristóbal de Managua. La investigación etnográfica ha indagado a profundidad algunas categorías fundamentales: cosmovisión, agentes tradicionales, saberes y conocimientos, enfermedad y salud, medicina tradicional. Para llegar a los resultados que aquí se presentan se recurrió a una metodología caracterizada por un paradigma mixto, cuali-cuantitativo, comprendiendo tres fases: primero, reconocimiento y delimitación del área del estudio, segundo, aplicación y validación de las diferentes técnicas, herramientas e instrumentos de recolección de información propias de la ciencia antropológica, así como técnicas auxiliares como la encuesta, y tercero procesamiento y análisis de la información. Los resultados preliminares del estudio aplicado en los dos barrios demuestran la importancia de la medicina tradicional así como el de sus agentes tradicionales, cuyos aportes son fundamentales y perfectamente combinables con los de la terapéutica tradicional. Además estos procesos revelan que la salud tradicional hoy en día está saliendo de sus contextos campesinos y entrando en contacto con las culturas diferentes del medio urbano: se está convirtiendo en medicina intercultural.Raíces - Revista Nicaragüense de Antropología. Año 1 No. 1/2017: 49-63
Business Strategy and Intra-Industry Information Transfers
Authors: Guo Peng
Published: June 2017

This study examines whether business strategy affects information transfers from one firm to its industry peers. I use Miles and Snow’s (1978, 2003) organizational typology to classify firms along a continuum with innovative ‘prospector’ firms at one end and stable low-growth ‘defender’ firms at the other. When a firm announces its earnings, the information transfer to other peer firms in the same industry is weaker (stronger) when the announcing firm is a prospector (defender). In addition, information transfers from the announcing firm to industry peers are weaker (stronger) when the industry peer is a prospector (defender). Taken together, the evidence in this paper suggests that firms’ business strategies affect the strength of information transfers.
E-democracy: meer demos door digitale revolutie?
Authors: Metze Tamara , Cuijpers Colette
Published: June 2017

E-democracy: empowerment of the demos through a digital revolution?

E-democracy incorporates digital tools, the internet and social media to enhance democracy. There are many of these tools available to improve governmental responsiveness, transparency, and accountability, but also to support the inclusiveness, representativeness and influence of citizens’ participation. Examples are online petitions, apps for neighborhood watches, wikiplanning and social media monitoring. Web 3.0, which is more interactive and less location specific, enables governments to take a more personalized approach. It also allows for participation across administrative and geographical boundaries. In this symposium two contributions address the question of the influence of e-democracy on the democratization of governmental decision-making, information and service delivery, and of citizens’ participation.
Het rechte pad
Authors: Doekhie Jennifer , Dirkzwager Anja , Nieuwbeerta Paul
Published: June 2017

To desist or not to desist? A qualitative study of long-term prisoners in the Netherlands and their plans for life after prison

This study focuses on a sample of 28 male long-term prisoners in the Netherlands who are about to return to society. The aims of the study are to examine their future expectations regarding criminal behavior and to explore how social and individual factors, such as employment, family support and agency, relate to these expectations. This is important because such expectations may affect their actual (criminal) behavior after release. Pre-release semi-structured in-depth interviews included questions about their future expectations, social ties, and sense of agency. Prisoners expecting to quit with criminal activities had both close social ties to society and scored high on individual factors.
Nog niet effectief genoeg: het huisverbod in perspectief
Authors: de Vaan Katrien
Published: June 2017

Not effective enough just yet! Perspectives on the Dutch temporary restraining order

In 2009 the Dutch temporary restraining order Act came into being. The order is a much used instrument in the fight against domestic violence. However, it’s effectivity has yet to be proven beyond doubt. There are signs the order can be effective, but it is unknown what influences this effect: which choices in its implementation, which characteristics of violence and those involved, which characteristics of the care that is provided.

This article claims that the temporary restraining order can be more effective if we collect more data on what it is that makes it effective, and use this data to mirror the order against other instruments that are available in the fight against domestic violence. In that way, we can choose the instrument that best suits the situation, instead of picking the temporary restraining order simply because it is most readily available. This means the following is necessary: 1) more knowledge about the types of situations in which the order can be most effective; 2) more knowledge about the effects of choices that are being made in the implementation of the instrument; 3) an overview of all available instruments for intervening in situations of serious and immediate threat of domestic violence and the effects that can be reached with those instruments; and 4) a better use of available knowledge about the effects of care and assistance to victims and perpetrators of domestic violence to improve the trajectories that accompany temporary restraining orders. This will enable a more balanced choice between these orders and other interventions and will improve the effects of the orders and the care and assistance that accompanies them.
Estrategias didácticas innovadoras en la enseñanza de las ciencias. Estudio de caso: los maestros del Patronato de Educación Rural de Valencia (1958-1985)
Authors: García Ferrandis Ignacio , Vilches Peña Amparo , García Ferrandis Xavier
Published: June 2017

Este trabajo aborda la reintroducción de estrategias didácticas en ciencias experimentales en el mundo rural de la provincia de Valencia que tuvo lugar a partir de los años 60 del siglo pasado. Para ello se han analizado documentos relativos al Patronato de Educación Rural (1958-1985), organismo dependiente de la Diputación de Valencia constituido con el objetivo de mejorar la educación en zonas rurales de la provincia. La metodología utilizada en la investigación se fundamenta en el método analítico descriptivo mediante la búsqueda, revisión y análisis de fuentes históricas e iconográficas depositadas en el Archivo de la Diputación Provincial de Valencia. La investigación pretende poner de manifiesto el alcance y el papel esencial que tuvieron los maestros y maestras del Patronato de Educación Rural en la modernización y europeización educativa del mundo rural valenciano.
La historia de la química en el currículo de ESO y de bachillerato (LOE). Una revisión interdisciplinar para la investigación didáctica
Authors: Moreno Martínez Luis , Calvo Pascual M. Araceli
Published: June 2017

Actualmente la historia de la ciencia es considerada una potente herramienta en la enseñanza de las ciencias, al mismo tiempo que la enseñanza se ha revelado como un área de interés para los estudios históricos y sociales sobre ciencia. A fin de potenciar la sinergia didáctica-historia en la enseñanza de las ciencias, especialmente de la química, el presente trabajo hace una revisión doblemente interdisciplinar del currículo de ESO y bachillerato como primer estadio en la investigación educativa, atendiendo a materias científico-tecnológicas y humanístico-sociales e incorporando enfoques procedentes de la historia de la ciencia.
La enseñanza de contenidos científicos a través de un modelo “Flipped”: Propuesta de instrucción para estudiantes del Grado de Educación Primaria
Authors: González-Gómez David , Jeong Jin Su , Cañada-Cañada Florentina , Gallego Picó Alejandrina
Published: June 2017

La metodología de instrucción invertida o «flipped-classroom» constituye un modo de aprendizaje en el cual se invierte el formato tradicional de una clase. En esta metodología, las clases magistrales se imparten «fuera del aula», así el tiempo que el estudiante permanece en el aula se emplea para realizar actividades de aprendizaje más centradas en el alumno, tales como resolución de problemas / casos prácticos, discusiones y trabajo colaborativo. En esta investigación se lleva a cabo un estudio comparativo entre los resultados de aprendizaje y percepción de un grupo de estudiantes del Grado de Educación Primaria hacia los contenidos científicos trabajados. Los resultados preliminares de este estudio indican que los estudiantes que siguieron la metodología flipped lograron mejores resultados de aprendizaje y una mejor percepción tanto hacia el contenido como hacia la metodología.
Nauka wobec wyzwań współczesnej rzeczywistości społeczno-politycznej
Authors: Chodubski Andrzej
Published: June 2017

It is indicated in the lecture that science, as human activity that aims at the objective recognition of a person and his universe, is nowadays perceived as a fundamental power that generates the cultural and civilizational nature of mankind and the world around it. The widening horizon of cultural life has been changing and still changes the scientific and research challenges, including the way, in which science is defined. At present, scientific and technological progress, legal solutions, educational requirements, constantly generate new challenges for science and make it a productive force. The role of social and political sciences that until recently strived to make their ways to achieve the title of science that is a methodologically structured knowledge about human, society and the world, has been changing.At present, the place of social and political reality in the sphere of scientific cognition is perceived as dichotomous – on the one hand, due to the methodology of researches, including attempts to compare them with exact sciences, their scientific separateness is assessed critically; however, on the other hand, taking into account the worked out methods and ways of defining cultural and civilizational reality, explantation of occurrences, processes, humanistic and social values, they are set in the classical science studies, as a whole.
Obraz współczesnej akademickości w Polsce
Authors: Chodubski Andrzej
Published: June 2017

It is indicated in the lecture that higher education (universities) is one of the fundamentalentities that change the image of cultural and civilizational life. Nowadays, its existence in Poland is based on the European Union projects, including rules of so called the Bologna process. Changes in theimage and development of the Polish academicism that have been taking place, became subject of deep criticism made by scientific communities, as well as broad publicopinion. In the process of these changes a clash between traditional values and information society creation was revealed. A particularly critical attitude towards the present development of academicism at the University is presented by representatives of humanities and social sciences.
Różnorodność w jedności? Esej o Europie w świetle teorii zwielokrotnionych nowoczesności Shmuela N. Eisenstadta
Authors: Fligel Anna
Published: June 2017

Niniejszy artykuł ma być przyczynkiem do pogłębionej refleksji nad w pewnym sensie i w pewnym stopniu nowym sposobem myślenia o Europie, a mianowicie takim, w którym zwornikiem czy epicentrum będzie kategoria różnorodności. Celem jest w istocie dostarczenie teoretycznego i historycznego uzasadnienia na rzecz takiej propozycji. Naturalnie, ze względu na ramy i wymogi formalne artykułu, nie będzie ono wyczerpujące, postaram się jednak, by dotknęło elementów kluczowych. Zakres przedmiotowy artykułu wyznaczają m.in. takie filozoficzno-politologiczne kwestie, jak: tożsamość zbiorowa Europy, jej porządek prawny, ustrój polityczny czy potencjalny kierunek ich modernizacji. Zakładam bowiem, że Europa jako Unia Europejska jest wciąż w istotnej mierze czymś zadanym, a tylko w niewielkim stopniu zastanym, zwłaszcza dotyczy to okresu po upadku żelaznej kurtyny (1989), jak i po nastąpieniu globalnego kryzysu (2008), skutkujących w różnych kryzysach, które na naszych oczach dotykają bezpośrednio Europę.
Rozwój uniwersalnej ochrony praw człowieka
Authors: Michalski Dawid
Published: June 2017

The development of human rights in contemporary world was possible due to the application the achievements of legal philosophers. First of all, medieval thinkers laid the groundwork for today’s organized system of recognizing the important values which today define universal human rights.
The United Nations, as the successor of the concepts of the League of Nations, is the entity which internationalized this issue. Trying to create a definition of human rights draws attention to the essential value of this concept, that is, dignity and freedom. Despite the difficulties in formulating a clear definition it was tried to describe them and extract the directory common. Analyzing human rights from the perspective of developmental stages, it turns out that at the stage of conceptualization it appeared in the issue of separation of fundamental rights of units. Thus, when juridification has ensured the rights arising from the philosophical concepts, which proved to be universal values also in the modern globalized world.
However, this does not mean that the process was hassle-free. Specific problems inherent in the international community, like the lack of unanimity in crucial matters, significantly lengthened the process. Initially, it was not possible to work out effective mechanisms of protection, and only demands were developed. Only by historical changes and the important breakthrough events, legal and international efforts became possible to undertake joint efforts to ensure and guarantee the protection of individual human rights.
These activities resulted in the adoption of multilateral normative acts, the provisions of which have proved to be fundamental to the contemporary activities of the international community and non-governmental organizations for the protection of individual human rights.
Zmiany w zarządzaniu granicami Unii Europejskiej wywołane presją migracyjną
Authors: Ilnicki Marek
Published: June 2017

The European Union, with its economic potential, standard of living of its societies, humanitarian and democratic legal-institutional system, creates very convenient conditions for individual and collective human development. In light of growing conflicts, decline of living standards and epidemiological threats in African and Asian regions close and far from the EU, we are witnessing a growing level of migration towards Europe. The process of immigration, especially to the richest EU countries, is accompanied by many dangers, also of criminal character.One of the forms of reducing the risk of such dangers is effective EU border protection. The aim of the article is to present changes in procedures and border activities implemented as a result of growing threats to EU safety and immigrants themselves.
O podziałach we współczesnej Ukrainie
Authors: Karolak-Michalska Magdalena
Published: June 2017

The aim of the article is to broaden the discussion on the multi-faceted divisions in Ukraine. Experts of Ukrainian problems are asking, what means „east” and „west” of Ukraine? Author refers to the division of ethnic, linguistic and cultural, in the end is about political divisions in Ukraine. It also indicates that the divisions in Ukrainian society deal with the mutual perception of the Ukrainian and Russian nations. In the final passages concludes that some of the other divisions deepen, making the polarization of Ukraine a serious problem. Analyzing multi-faceted divisions, it concludes that without de-Sovietizing, state „no strikes” with the authoritarian ways of development and make effective modernization.
Rewolucja francuska wobec Kościoła katolickiego w okresie Konwencji (1792–1795)
Authors: Dmochowski Tadeusz
Published: June 2017

The paper presents and analyzes the attitudes and subsequent legal actions of the French authorities against of the Catholic Church in institutionally separated period of the National Convention (1792–1795).
Przywódcy polityczni: Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De – przestrzeń współpracy i rywalizacji
Authors: Mencel Marian Tadeusz
Published: June 2017

This lecture includes an attempt to answer the question: what the connection of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De was, and what conditions contributed to the fact that both Zhou Enlai and Zhu De did not share the fate of the political opponents of Mao Zedong, inter alia Liu Shaoqi, Wang Ming, Gao Gang and others. Recognizing the political reality of China of the period from the creation of the CPC to the death of the heroes, the synthetic approach shows their resumes, and an attempt was taken to involve the most important facts to answer the questions, inter alia about civil, war of national liberation, domestic and foreign policy of China implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Communist Party of China and the role of the heroes in shaping the cultural and civilisation order after the declaration of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.
Osteopathic medical considerations of reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Authors: Nelson Kenneth E.
Published: June 2017

Review of current medical literature reveals little understanding of the physiology underlying the complex signs and symptoms that accompany reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD). The author surveyed the osteopathic medical literature and found a significant body of research documenting the physiology of somatic dysfunction. The manifestations of upper thoracic somatic dysfunction are strikingly similar to those of RSD and may offer insight into its heretofore unexplained physiology of this disorder.
Bicycle helmet laws: A current perspective
Authors: Borgialli Dominic A.
Published: June 2017

Bicycle-related head trauma is a significant source of death, disability, and healthcare costs in the United States. Bicycle helmets are effective safety devices that can reduce most of this burden on society. Bicycle helmet laws and education programs are effective ways to increase helmet use rates. Osteopathic physicians can play a prominent role in bicycle-related injury prevention by actively supporting and participating in helmet legislation, research, and community-based education. This article provides a current summary of state bicycle helmet laws and highlights research that supports the effectiveness and necessity of these laws. The recent trend in safety standards for bicycle helmets is included to give a comprehensive view of bicycle helmet law in the United States.
Superior vena cava syndrome caused by a benign retrosternal multinodular goiter
Authors: Promisloff Robert A. , Pervall-Phillips Gina P.
Published: June 2017

Retrosternal thyroid accounts for a significant percentage of anterior mediastinal masses, but has been described very rarely as the cause of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. Most cases of SVC syndrome occur as a complication of malignancy. The authors report the case of a patient with few respiratory symptoms, mild upper airway obstruction, and SVC syndrome caused by a benign retrosternal multinodular goiter.
Spontaneous expulsion of an intravesical bullet
Authors: Didomenico David , Guinan Patrick , Sharifi Roohollah
Published: June 2017

Gunshot wounds of the pelvis are not uncommon. Penetrating injuries of the bladder are usually documented by means of a cystogram. The patient reported here was shot with a small caliber bullet. No extravasation was demonstrated. The authors caution that not all penetrating injuries to the bladder will demonstrate extravasation on a properly performed cystogram.
Excision of urethral diverticulum calculi in a pregnant patient on an outpatient basis
Authors: Wittich Arthur C.
Published: June 2017

Although the incidence of urethral diverticula in women of reproductive age ranges from 0.6% to 6%, urethral diverticulum calculi are rarely reported. This report describes excision and outpatient management of urethral diverticulum calculi in a symptomatic pregnant patient. The etiology, diagnosis, and recommended therapy of urethral diverticulum calculi are discussed. Historically, surgical therapy has been considered appropriate; however, recent technologic advancements-including ultrasound and lithotripsy-may change this widely accepted method of treatment.
Combined effects of waggle dance communication and landscape heterogeneity on nectar and pollen uptake in honey bee colonies
Authors: Nürnberger Fabian , Steffan-Dewenter Ingolf , Härtel Stephan
Published: June 2017

The instructive component of waggle dance communication has been shown to increase resource uptake ofApis melliferacolonies in highly heterogeneous resource environments, but an assessment of its relevance in temperate landscapes with different levels of resource heterogeneity is currently lacking. We hypothesized that the advertisement of resource locations via dance communication would be most relevant in highly heterogeneous landscapes with large spatial variation of floral resources. To test our hypothesis, we placed 24Apis melliferacolonies with either disrupted or unimpaired instructive component of dance communication in eight Central European agricultural landscapes that differed in heterogeneity and resource availability. We monitored colony weight change and pollen harvest as measure of foraging success. Dance disruption did not significantly alter colony weight change, but decreased pollen harvest compared to the communicating colonies by 40%. There was no general effect of resource availability on nectar or pollen foraging success, but the effect of landscape heterogeneity on nectar uptake was stronger when resource availability was high. In contrast to our hypothesis, the effects of disrupted bee communication on nectar and pollen foraging success were not stronger in landscapes with heterogeneous compared to homogenous resource environments. Our results indicate that in temperate regions intra-colonial communication of resource locations benefits pollen foraging more than nectar foraging, irrespective of landscape heterogeneity. We conclude that the so far largely unexplored role of dance communication in pollen foraging requires further consideration as pollen is a crucial resource for colony development and health.
Gene Expression Profiles of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma
Authors: Kim Woo Young , Lee Jae Bok , Jung Seung Pil , Kim Hoon Yub , Woo Sang Uk , Son Gil Soo , Bae Jeoung Won
Published: June 2017

The objective was to identify gene expression profile of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. To help improve diagnosis of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma, we performed gene expression profiling and compared it to pair normal thyroid tissues. We performed microarray analysis with 6 papillary thyroid microcarcinoma and 6 pair normal thyroid tissues. Differentially expressed genes were selected using paired t test, linear models for microarray data, and significance analysis of microarrays. Real-time quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction was used to validate the representative 10 genes (MET, TIMP1, QPCT, PROS1, LRP4, SDC4, CITED1, DPP4, LRRK2, RUNX2). We identified 91 differentially expressed genes (84 upregulated and 7 downregulated) in the gene expression profile and validated 10 genes of the profile. We identified a significant genetic difference between papillary thyroid microcarcinoma and normal tissue by 10 upregulated genes greater than 2-fold (P < 0.05).
Surface rupturing earthquakes repeated in the 300 years along the ISTL active fault system, central Japan
Authors: Katsube Aya , Kondo Hisao , Kurosawa Hideki
Published: June 2017

Surface rupturing earthquakes produced by intraplate active faults generally have long recurrence intervals of a few thousands to tens of thousands of years. We here report the first evidence for an extremely short recurrence interval of 300 years for surface rupturing earthquakes on an intraplate system in Japan. The Kamishiro fault of the Itoigawa‐Shizuoka Tectonic Line (ISTL) active fault system generated a Mw 6.2 earthquake in 2014. A paleoseismic trench excavation across the 2014 surface rupture showed the evidence for the 2014 event and two prior paleoearthquakes. The slip of the penultimate earthquake was similar to that of 2014 earthquake, and its timing was constrained to be after A.D. 1645. Judging from the timing, the damaged area, and the amount of slip, the penultimate earthquake most probably corresponds to a historical earthquake in A.D. 1714. The recurrence interval of the two most recent earthquakes is thus extremely short compared with intervals on other active faults known globally. Furthermore, the slip repetition during the last three earthquakes is in accordance with the time‐predictable recurrence model rather than the characteristic earthquake model. In addition, the spatial extent of the 2014 surface rupture accords with the distribution of a serpentinite block, suggesting that the relatively low coefficient of friction may account for the unusually frequent earthquakes. These findings would affect long‐term forecast of earthquake probability and seismic hazard assessment on active faults.