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Effects of the Earth Characteristics on Induced Seismicity Potential
Authors: Hosseini S. Mehran , Aminzadeh F.
Published: April 2016

The increase in wastewater disposal associated with hydraulic fracturing, and other subsurface fluid injection and production (SFIP) operations as well as the heightened public concern regarding possible induced seismicity, have propelled us to study the related issues. In this work, we investigate induced seismicity caused by pore-pressure changes due to fluid injection. We use a reservoir simulator to model the pore-pressure change in a realistic case with different injection and production scenarios. This research shows that the presence of critical faults and the net injected volume are among the most important risk factors contributing to induced seismicity. Reservoir characteristics such as geometry, size, and permeability are identified as the main components that pertain to reservoir pressure response, causing critical pore-pressure increase and subsequent potential seismicity. We apply our method to the Central Illinois Basin, which is a primary candidate for CO2 Sequestration, and observe that the pressure changes differ widely, but can easily lead to fault instability and seismic activity up to 10 km away from the injection well. The magnitude of pressure increase and the geometry of the affected area greatly depends upon the permeability structure of the injection formation and surroundings. Further, we define the required pore-pressure buildup for fault instability. In addition, we generate a random distribution of faults in the area of interest where they have a certain distribution for required pore-pressure buildup for fault slip (criticality). Earthquake magnitudes are sampled from a distribution following Guttenberg-Richter law. We introduce a simple homogeneous, isotropic representation for the reservoir in order to study the primary parameters that affect the frequency and magnitude of induced seismic events. Given the absence of a physics-based method for induced seismicity risk assessment, this paper proposes a novel approach for said risk assessment, and can be used to mitigate the fault reactivation risk.
Herbicide Programs for Managing Troublesome Weeds Using New Soybean Technologies
Authors: Meyer Christopher J. , Norsworthy Jason K. , Bararpour Mohammad T.
Published: April 2016

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars will soon be available with stacked resistance to various herbicides, including glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, 2,4‐D, and several 4‐hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)–inhibiting herbicides. As many combinations of these herbicides have not been used in soybean preemergence (PRE) or postemergence (POST), two experiments were conducted in 2013 and 2014 at Keiser, AR, to evaluate various herbicide combinations for control of Echinochloa crus‐galli (L.) Beauv., Ipomoea lacunosa L., and Sida spinosa L. In the Herbicide Programs trial, 25 herbicide programs were evaluated that consisted of PRE herbicides followed by POST herbicides 3 to 4 weeks after (WA) the PRE application (EPOST), or 6 to 7 WA the PRE application (LPOST). The programs that contained EPOST herbicides controlled I. lacunosa, S. spinosa, and E. crus‐galli ≥95% 2 WA EPOST. Based on orthogonal contrasts, future programs utilizing an auxinic or HPPD‐resistance trait did not perform better than currently labeled soybean herbicides for control and weed density of E. crus‐galli and S. spinosa, but future programs outperformed current programs for control of I. lacunosa. In the PRE‐only trial, 19 herbicide treatments were evaluated 4 and 7 weeks after PRE (WAP). The greatest control 7 WAP for I. lacunosa and E. crus‐galli was obtained with isoxaflutole + S‐metolachlor + metribuzin, but this treatment did not differ from some other programs containing similar herbicides (e.g., S‐metolachlor + mesotrione). Flumioxazin + pyroxasulfone, a treatment currently labeled in soybean, provided the greatest control (77%) of S. spinosa, but did not differ from isoxaflutole + S‐metolachlor + metribuzin (71%). Although new herbicide technologies that allow dicamba, 2,4‐D, mesotrione, or isoxaflutole may not necessarily improve control of all problematic weeds compared with currently labeled programs, increasing the herbicide sites of action applied in soybean systems will help manage the spread of herbicide resistance.
Nilai Didaktis Dalam Dongeng Anak Jepang (Analisis Dongeng Tsuru No Ongaeshi)
Authors: Unsriana Linda
Published: April 2016

The article has purpose to see the didactic value in fairy tale. The didactic value can be given to children through the character in the fairy tale by identifying the character act or behaviour. Data library shows that fairy tale can be used as one of tools for value and moral education. The data were used to support the research that fairy tale also can be used for on dan ongaeshi value. In the end, it can be concluded that fairy tale was effective tools to give value education to the children because it did not forced the children to accpet it.
Needs Analysis of the Important Communicative Features at De La Salle University
Authors: Siregar Fenty L.
Published: April 2016

Article analyzed the needs of communicative competence and gather information on the features of communicative competence that are believed to be important by selected foreign graduate students studying at DLSU. The features consist of linguistic, sociolinguistic, discourse, strategic, and intercultural competences. Data were obtained by giving questionnaire to 33 foreign students, consisting of 11 male and 22 females and were analyzed qualitatively. The findings suggest that all features of communicative competence are crucial. In addition, the linguistic competence and strategic competence are considered to be the most essential features of the communicative competence. It can be concluded that the foreign graduate students learn English to achieve their communicative competence and it is used to communicate among students.
Analysis of Psychological Growth of the Main Character in Chenlun by Yu Dafu
Authors: Lin Xuc
Published: April 2016

Article discusses the psychological aspect of the main character in the novel “Chen Lun”. The feelings of inferiority and loneliness are his initial mental states. The latter is caused by two factors: the social and personality factors while the former is caused by the political condition in China at that time and the fact that the Japanese underestimate the Chinese people. The writer uses Freud’s theory on the structure of personality and conflict, anxiety, and the defense mechanism to analyze the process of the psychological development of the main character. In the end of the story, the main character commits suicide since “he” cannot only solve the problem of his loneliness and inferiority but also he feels guilty of his wrongdoing which crushes his-ideal-self. The guilty feeling haunts him in such a way that he even denies himself.
Group Presentation as One Way of Increasing Students’ Participation in the Classroom
Authors: Karjo Clara Herlina
Published: April 2016

Teaching English (TOEFL) to a class of 50 students or more is a difficult task for a lecturer. Some problems will occur, for example, the improbability for all students to get equal teacher’s attention and equal chance for learning and studying in class. To overcome these problems, the writer conducts a quasi-experimental research involving 100 students in her two classes in Bina Nusantara University. In this research, the writer applies the group presentation method for teaching TOEFL for one semester. The research shows that group scores are slightly higher than individual students’ scores.Keywords:
“Saya Mau Bu!” or “Aku Mau Bu!”? from the Teachers and Students’ Point of View
Authors: Dewi Ienneke Indra
Published: April 2016

Article describes a research which purpose was to find out whether there was a shift in the use of “aku” and “saya” from the children and teenagers’ points of view as well as their teachers’s. The shift of those expressions was based on the factors of concept, family education,, and the influence of media i.e. television. The objects of this research were 140 elementary and high school students as well as their teachers. Questionnaires were distributed to them. The results showed that there was a shift from the expression “saya” to “aku” in the students and teachers’ perception. However, when tested using statistics, the differences in the shift and in the perception between students and teachers concerning this matter were not significant.
Reading the Historical Phenomenon of Australian Bushrangers
Authors: Hartadi Yohanes
Published: April 2016

Outlaws in their various images have been important parts of history. In Australia, the longest lasting image of outlaws is the bushranger. Despite its popularity, there is a range of depictions of bushrangers and these are not necessarily similar. Interpretation of the bushrangers in colonial time differs from contemporary imagining. This papers aims at unfolding the various interpretations of the bushrangers in different periods in many types of artifact. Information was collected and interpreted by library research. The artifact analysis will be seen through a postmodernism theory by Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes. Since the phenomenon of bushranger stemmed from the colonial period, this study will commence from the period up to contemporary period. It can be concluded that a study of the different periods finds out that knowledge of the bushrangers does not make up a linear history, but rather a discontinuity in the historical narratives.
Sinonim, Repetisi, dan Antonim dalam Bahasa Jepang: Telaah Majalah Nihongo Journal dan Hiragana Times
Authors: Susanti Rita , Aminah Siti , Oktaviani Nani
Published: April 2016

Purpose of this article is to know the kinds of repetition, synonym, and antonym in Japanese. Data were taken from the columns of “NJ News” of Nihongo Journal magazine to analyze the repetition and columns of “Tips for Livings in Japan” in Hiragana’s Times magazine, to discuss the synonym and antonym. The research result indicates that the full repetition is often used to emphasize information; then the context synonym is used in order to create a variation of sentences. Yet, there was also information was not found in the data, which was the antonym of kobutsu no kankei because it did not explain about family.
Malay Pop: Mass Media Hegemony in Indonesia Popular Music
Authors: Kariko Abdul Aziz Turhan
Published: April 2016

Article discusses the domination of Malay pop music through textual analysis of songs, observation of musical programs, and interviews with important figures. The research data were obtained by library research and analyzed through a critical theory approach to gain an understanding of the text and its effects. The article concludes that Malay pop contains a strong uniformity which may be termed a phenomenon in the context of the culture industry, while also being dominant because of its legitimacy created by the media. The nature of Malay pop is also very profitable for those participating in it, therefore the spirit of capitalism was also quite dominant in this context. There is also resistance from the indie music movement, and its attempts to fight regressive qualities of music that are legitimized in the mainstream mass media.
The Diphthongs: The Obstacles for Indonesian Speakers of English
Authors: Sumbayak Desri Maria
Published: April 2016

Article investigated the difficulties of Indonesian speaker of English in producing diphthongs /eɪ/ and /oʊ/. Five postgraduate students and five spouses of students at University of Canberra participated in this study. The participants were recorded in pronouncing /eɪ/ and /oʊ/ by reading lists of words and a story. The data were analysed by two Australian native speakers. Interrater reliability was calculated by using Cohen’s Kappa. The percentage was used to see the accurate diphthong realisations. The results showed that diphthong /oʊ/ was relatively more problematic than diphthong/eɪ/ and the students produced more diphthongs accurately than the spouses. The results also revealed that the ability to produce the diphthongs accurately was influenced by English proficiency and the type of tasks where diphthongs were pronounced.
The Portrait of Qiong Yao’s Life in Her Novels
Authors: Cendrawaty Cendrawaty , Yovita Yovita , Juniwati Juniwati
Published: April 2016

Qiong Yao was a well known woman author and a film director in Taiwan who had written more than 60 love novels, that had been developed into famous films. This paper aims to explore Qiong Yao’s biography related to her works. Library research was done by dividing Qiong Yao’s works into several themes, and then analysing their novels’ theme and her life. It can be concluded that her permanent theme is love. In her novels, she scatters love that is able to touch her readers as well as film viewers. And, this love theme is closely related to her life.
Analisis Bagan Aktansial Cerita Anak Jepang Urashima Taro
Authors: Susanti Rita
Published: April 2016

Thisi research is a kind of a research focusing on linguistic which uses semiotic in order to find out what lies behind the content of a children’s story. The subject of this research is an ancient story of a Japanese children called mukashi banashi. It comes with the title of Urashima Taro which has been translated into Indonesia Language. Through semiotic analysis, the story may be conducted in a syntaxical and semantical way. According to syntax analysis, there are two episodes in the story. In this first episode Urashima Taro becomes the subject of the research while in the latte, the turtle is the subject. We may learn that the story plott and the flow of the story have gone through a flashback process. In the structure or “batih”, it is known that the story has a complex relationship due to its expansion plot. Based on the semantic analysis, it is also know that the main/lead character of the story is Urashima Taro and the other characters are Urashima Taro’s mother and the queen. The morale message of the whole story is dedicated to all children reading it.
Issues In Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages (Tesol): A Review Of Literature
Authors: Murtiningsih Sri Rejeki
Published: April 2016

The article aims to review English language teaching to speakers of other languages and other related aspects such as the use of technology and the first language in classroom practices. As the need for English language competency develops, efforts to support students’ learning also change. In addition to the teaching techniques, the technology development has also gained attention for improving effective teaching and learning. Because English is a language that is not used in daily communication and the variety of students’ language competence, the use of first language in a foreign language classroom has also become another point to encourage the students’ foreign language acquisition.
Fungsi “Fukugoudoushi –Te Iru” Dalam Novel Jiorama Karya Natsuo Kirino
Authors: Apriani Indah , Manurung Rudi Hartono
Published: April 2016

Japanese is a language that comprises a unique grammar. Internal structure is its uniqueness and can be studied like syntax. One study of Japanese language syntax is functions of “fukugoudoushi” 「て いる」. This theme was chosen to understand the whole functions of “fukugoudoushi” 「ている」. As the corpus of data, a Natsuo Kirino’s novel Jiorama is used. This study implements descriptive analytical method and literature review. From the results obtained, it is concluded that fukugoudoushi "て いる" has six functions, where the main function shows sustained activity and activity result.
Evolution Of The Women Images In Chi Li’s Novel
Authors: Mariana Mariana
Published: April 2016

Chi Li, one of the outstanding women writers in the 1980’s, portrays various images of women in her works. Female image that Chi Li describe is from obedient to tradition type until self determination and independence, and gain a clairvoyance of that female’s culture existence state and the value conception separately. Chi Li thinks deeply of the meaning of Chinese female’s life, in search of the culture value of contemporary female throughout the different female images, which figured in the novel, and it revealed the sprits in exploring of culture and the unique aesthetics taste of the author.
Komunitas Fujoshi Di Kalangan Perempuan Indonesia
Authors: Dewi Putri Andam
Published: April 2016

This article discusses fan community of the Boys Love (BL) manga among young women in Indonesia. BL manga tells a romance between fellow men. BL manga is a sub genre of shojo manga, the manga for girls and women readers in Japan. BL manga belongs to the genre for female readers because the comic artist is a woman. Both in Japan and outside Japan, the development of BL manga receives much attention from many researchers and observers of Japanese study. Using cultural-study perspective, they examine the phenomenon of BL manga and fujoshi community formed by BL fandom. This study discusses the formation of BL manga fandom community by linking the construction of gender identity using a cultural-study perspective and gender performativity concept by Judith Butler. By using Judith Butler's concept of gender performativity we can see why and how the Indonesian female teens construct their gender identity through fandom of BL manga.
The Difference of Oral Reading and Writing of Tiociu Languag
Authors: Thamrin Lily
Published: April 2016

Article presented the difference of oral reading and writing of TioCiu Guangdong Language, Tiongkok. The language is divided by its oral and writing regulation consisting of three factors: consonant, vocal, and tone, as well as the description of different TioCiu reading dialect. Article focused on the analysis and description of the oral reading and the writing of TioCiu language, which is divided into two parts: the TioCiu phonetic system and the different regulation of oral reading and TioCiu writing. It can be concluded that the different reading of oral and writing of TioCiu language is mostly shown in the consonant pronunciation, whereas the vocal pronunciation less happened.
Analisis Makna Kanyouku yang Menggunakan Kanji Koshi dalam Kodansha’s Dictionary of Basic Japanese Idioms
Authors: Felicia Felicia
Published: April 2016

Idiom is quite interesting to discuss since it contains a lot of connotations. This study examined the meaning of kanyouku (idiom) which used koshi (eye) kanji in Kodansha’s Dictionary of Basic Japanese Idioms. The method used in this study was library research by collecting data from Kodansha’s Dictionary of Basic Japanese Idioms. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the use of koshi (hips) in the Japanese idiom was. After analyzing the idiom that uses koshi (hips), the research concludes that the meaning contained in the idiom was connotations.
The Hegemony of English in Public Discourse
Authors: Irene Exsuperantia Yohanita
Published: April 2016

This article looks at the relation of the global role of English to the English hegemony found in the Jakarta Post articles. It highlights the readers’ point of view, specifically the arguments they used in opposing the Education and Culture Ministry plan to scrap English from Elementary School Curriculum. It underlines the contemporary phenomenon of English as a world language and the role it plays in contributing to the dominance of English reflected on the readers’ opinion.
Factors Affecting Result in Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Level 6: Reading Section and Preparation Strategies
Authors: Haryanti Sri
Published: April 2016

Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) is an internationally standardized exam which tests and rates Chinese language proficiency. The highest level in this test is level 6. The writing part of the test consists of 3 (three) parts, namely, (1) listening, (2) reading, (3) writing. Furthermore, the reading part is made of 4 components. Level 6 of this test implies a high degree of difficulty. This paper specifically looked on how to prepare effectively for participants to be able to work on the reading part in order to achieve best result. This article used the methods of literature review and observational study as well as field research and would also incorporate the author’s personal experience in taking the test into recommending strategies for doing the reading part in a level 6 HSK test. Finally, research suggested several techniques and tips that might assist participants in achieving maximum scores in handling the reading part of level 6 HSK test.
Blended Learning Multimedia Development to Support English Training at Bina Nusantara University
Authors: Wiannastiti Melania
Published: April 2016

In 2011, Bina Nusantara University put developing its people as the first priority, including developing English language proficiency. This development programs had been carried out since then. Some types of English trainings were given for the lecturers and staffs for some certain of times. Since the time provided for the trainings was limited, it was needed to support their language development by providing an autonomous learning through a website multimedia. This article aims to first describe the steps and result of the multimedia and second to find out whether the designed multimedia was useful for learners to develop their English. The multimedia focused on learning tenses which were needed in their field of work. The process was started by designing the objectives and the level of the target learners’ English proficiency. The process was continued by designing pre-test, the material, and the post test of each tense. To find out whether the designed multimedia was useful to develop the learners English the multimedia on simple present tense was tested to random respondents. By the end of applying this multimedia, a questionnaire was given to the respondents. The result was then analyzed qualitatively. The result shows that the multimedia on simple present tense is easy to follow and useful to develop their knowledge and skills in English.
Cina Benteng: The Latest Generations and Acculturation
Authors: Setiawan Billy Nathan
Published: April 2016

The aim of this paper was to investigate the acculturation process encountered by the two latest generations of Cina Benteng. A Skype interview was conducted with two young Cina Benteng descents. The analysis was also supported by insightful remark from the parents of the two interviewees. This study discovers that the two generations seem to respond to the acculturation process in different ways. However, although some traditions are no longer relevant to the later generation, their identity as a Chinese descent cannot be easily removed.
Konsep Cantik pada Iklan Cetak Majalah Kartini Tahun 2014 dan Koran Kompas Tahun 1979: Suatu Analisis Semiotik
Authors: Natashia Dian
Published: April 2016

Advertisements, which can be found in daily life, do not just function as the source of the product’s information, but can also create a new connotation about social reality. This research is intended to reveal the form of the connotation about present beauty of Indonesian women that are trying to be conveyed by the advertisers through present advertisements in Kartini magazines.  This research is also revealing elements that are used by the advertisers to attract readers’ attention. To see what are the new connotation that are formed in the present advertisements, they will be compared with advertisements in the older generation. This research is using qualitative descriptive method and the data is coming from the wordings that are printed in those advertisements. The data will be described and analyzed with Discourse of Advertising Theory by Guy Cook and Anchoring Connotation Theory by Roland Barthes, and then the result will be conclude. Through Guy’s theory, this research will reveal all the elements that are used by the producers to build the beauty concept. Through Barthes’ theory, this research will show how the advertisers create new connotation. The result of analysis shows that present beauty concept about ideal body is a beautiful body that are radiated from the outer side of the women’s body and good looking. Beautiful face is a face that looks as young as twenty years old girls. Moreover, the result also shows that producers use current social representative where consumers these days like new, instant products that give maximum result. The result also shows consumers’ doubt over unknown products and women’s fear on fat body and aging.
Improving English Pronunciation of Adult ESL Learners through Reading Aloud Assessments
Authors: Nurani Siti , Rosyada Amrina
Published: April 2016

Communication skill nowadays becomes a must that everyone should master. The agreement of such conceptual meaning in communication should meet the same perception among speakers. One of the tools to improve one’s communication skill is by learning pronunciation through Reading Aloud for misperception emerged from mispronunciation can be avoided. This research aims at improving English pronunciation through reading aloud in the form of short texts. The research was carried out in Statistics Data Center (BPS) by employing A Classroom Action Research with two cycles of assessments. There were 20 IT engineers of Networking Operation Center with various background of knowledge as an object of the research. The data was collected by observation, note taking, and test. Questionnaire is designed and administered to identify the participants’ core and frequency of English tasks and also to investigate participants’ previous experiences with English. Findings show that there is an improvement on participants’ pronunciation skill through Reading Aloud as it can be seen from the increase of a mean score on the second cycle with 77.75 that is considered as good predicate.
Translation of Passive Voice Found in the Novel The Sea of Monster By Rick Riordan and its Translation By Nuraini Mastura
Authors: Widya Widya , Ayu Dewi Mutiara Indah
Published: April 2016

This Present research aims at analyzing the translation of passive voice from English into Indonesian and finding out the problem occurring in translating them. The qualitative descriptive method was applied in this research. The data were gathered from the novel The Sea of Monster by Rick Riordan and its Translation by Nuraini Mastura. The analyzed data were limited, that is, simple present tense, past perfect tense, and modal auxiliary. They are analyzed by applying the semantics and grammatical approaches. The findings have shown that the problems can be either semantic and cultural aspect or grammatical system. Despite those obstacles, it is found that the translator is able to produce a good and natural translation. She can transfer message contained in SL into TL. Cultural context and translation shift are getting involved in the process of creating natural translation.
Removal of Pb(II) from aqueous solutions by graphene oxide aerogels
Authors: Tabrizi N. S. , Zamani S.
Published: April 2016

This paper reports the application of graphene oxide aerogels (GOAs) for adsorption of lead(II) ions from aqueous solutions. The aerogels were fabricated from graphene oxide (GO) colloidal suspensions by unidirectional freeze drying method. The synthesized GO powders, as well as the aerogels, were thoroughly characterized by various techniques. The experimental data showed that the kinetic of adsorption followed a pseudo-second-order model with sharp lead(II) ions uptake within the first 90 min. Kinetic data analysis revealed that the adsorption process was controlled by film diffusion mechanism. The equilibrium data were best fitted to Langmuir model and the qmax was calculated to be as high as 158 mg/g. Thermodynamic analysis demonstrated that the adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic with increased randomness at the solid–liquid interface. Experiments showed that almost all the adsorbed ions could desorb into the solution only by decreasing the solution pH below the isoelectric point of the adsorbent. In addition to abundant oxygen containing functional groups existing on the surface of GO sheets, high porosity and surface area of the aerogel are believed to be influential factors in the adsorption process.
Performance of tail‐mounted transmitters on American beavers Castor canadensis in a northern climate
Authors: Windels Steve K. , Belant Jerrold L.
Published: April 2016

Tail‐mounted transmitters have been used successfully in temperate regions of North America and Europe but have not been tested in more northern parts of American beaver Castor canadensis range. We deployed 63 tail‐mounted transmitters on adult beavers in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota (USA; 48°30′N, 92°50′W), at the southern edge of the boreal forest. Mean transmitter retention time was 133 days (range = 18–401, SD = 101), with only 7% retained > 12 months. Males and females did not differ in retention times. Retention time was similar for transmitters deployed in fall (n = 38, = 135 days) and spring (n = 21, = 130 days). In 24 cases where we confirmed beavers lost transmitters, 63% tore through the side of the tail, 25% pulled out through a widened attachment hole, and 13% had the lock‐nut unscrew. Beavers chewed off or pulled out whip antennas on 50% of transmitters before they were detached from the tail, which reduced VHF signal strength and detection distance. The likelihood that an antenna would be damaged increased 3.8 times for each day of deployment up to 371 days. On average, beavers with transmitters lost 23% of their body mass and 26% of tail thickness over winter, and regained similar percentages over the growing season. Retention rates and retention times of tail transmitters were much lower in Voyageurs National Park relative to more southern areas in the United States where intra‐annual variability in body condition is considerably less. Our results reaffirm that methodologies developed for wildlife telemetry or other research and monitoring techniques should be tested under different environmental conditions to ensure objectives can be met in a safe and efficient manner.
Impact of Crude Oil Price Changes on Select Indian Industries
Authors: Seth Daksh , Giridhar B. Sai , Krishnaswami Sundara
Published: April 2016

The study quantifies the impact of crude oil price changes on the production, sales turnover and raw material cost of select industries in India where crude oil is a major direct or indirect raw material. The results show that there exists a relationship between crude oil price changes and production of chemicals, coke, and refined petroleum products, a significant impact is observed on the sales turnover of plastic, oil refinery, and automobiles industries. The raw material cost of fertilizers, food processing, and paints industries show a high correlation with crude oil. Energy is the undercurrent that drives economic activity in the world. Fortunes of countries have changed because of crude oil. Its importance to the global economy is unmatched, proven by the fact that oil is responsible for 2.5% of the world GDP. If provided a conducive business environment, companies around the world would like to tap opportunities a billion plus people in India present. India is heavily dependent on crude oil imports thus volatility in crude oil prices is a cause for concern.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-3, issue-2: 87-92
Cripping (with) Proust: Toward a Convalescent Athleticism
Authors: Mann-O'Donnell Sarah
Published: April 2016

In a series of works from Contre Sainte-Beuve to Le Temps retrouvé, Proust develops an insistently convalescent literary practice, one grounded in a resistance to cure as resolution in health. Reading Proust's writing as a process of subversive self-doctoring, rather than a means to curative rehabilitation, my project argues for a Proustian ‘convalescent athleticism’ as an affirmatively asthmatic variant of Artaud's affective athleticism. In this ‘crip’ literary practice, Proust anticipates, and perhaps even exceeds, both Deleuze's athletic literature as ‘little health’ and the critique, in contemporary disability studies, of the compulsory able-bodiedness that, as Robert McRuer argues, lies at the core of all composition.
Robert Helpmann: Behind the Scenes with the Australian Ballet, 1963–1965
Authors: Potter Michelle
Published: April 2016

Robert Helpmann played an influential role in the early development of the Australian Ballet as choreographer and co-artistic director. The first ballets he created for the fledgling company, The Display in 1964 and Yugen in 1965, were seen as a means by which the Australian Ballet could achieve an international profile: the Helpmann name was a powerful one. But the creative development period that brought these ballets to the stage reveals a demanding side of Helpmann's personality and approach—an uncompromising collaborative aesthetic in his dealings with his collaborators.
Le Talmud et la « sagesse grecque »
Authors: Segré Ivan
Published: April 2016

Un célèbre enseignement du Talmud de Babylone maudit la « sagesse grecque ». Or qu’est-ce que la « sagesse grecque » ? On a souvent compris que le Talmud récusait la philosophie. C’est pourtant une lecture hâtive et, en définitive, erronée. Car par « sagesse grecque », le Talmud entend désigner une forme d’intelligence pratique qui caractérise les hommes de pouvoir. Ce que le Talmud maudit, c’est donc une forme de « machiavélisme » avant la lettre, et non une radicalité rationaliste.
Plaidoyer pour l’exégèse allégorique
Authors: Lemler David
Published: April 2016

De l’exégèse allégorique des philosophes juifs médiévaux, rien ne paraît pouvoir être sauvé, tant ses critiques ont été nombreuses et ravageuses. Les adversaires conservateurs de la philosophie y ont vu une mise en cause de l’intégrité de la Torah. Spinoza, fondant l’exégèse historico-critique, y dénonçait une torsion obscurcissante du sens des textes. Leo Strauss y décelait une tentative de masquer l’opposition d’Athènes et de Jérusalem. Pourtant, la pertinence même de l’idée de « philosophie juive » pourrait bien être en jeu dans la tentative de retrouver les vérités démontrées des philosophes dans les enseignements obscurs des prophètes et des sages…
Le management « européen » des talents : au-delà des typologies existantes
Authors: Janand Anne , Guettiche Feirouz , Cloët Héloïse
Published: April 2016

La gestion des talents est un sujet sensible et représente l’un des défis les plus cruciaux auxquels les dirigeants des grandes entreprises sont aujourd’hui confrontés. La présente recherche participe à relever ce défi. Ses résultats, issus à 6 études de cas confidentielles d’entreprises européennes d’envergure internationale, permettent de dépasser les typologies existantes du management des talents. Ils positionnent le management des talents dans un contexte européen et proposent une typologie stylisée du talent qui fait apparaître une élite d’un nouveau type. La recherche aboutit à 5 préconisations managériales pour les entreprises européennes.
Miami nouvelle Babel ? Latinisation et créolisation des paysages sonores dans une ville-carrefour entre les Amériques
Authors: Jolivet Violaine
Published: April 2016

Miami est un véritable échangeur de destins, le principal port de la Méditerranée américaine, une ville-carrefour aujourd’hui incontournable de la géographie relationnelle entre les Amériques. Cet ancrage de la ville américaine entre le Nord et le Sud a été favorisé par l’immigration cubaine depuis la victoire de la révolution castriste et l’arrivée massive de populations hispaniques et caribéennes dont les réseaux et les circulations redessinent sans cesse les contours de l’agglomération floridienne. Avec plus de 60% de sa population qui se déclarent hispaniques lors du dernier recensement (2010) Miami est un véritable chaudron culturel que cet article souhaite aborder par l’étude des langues, musiques et sons qui favorisent des territorialisations multiples dans cette cité en construction. Le paysage sonore est une notion centrale de notre analyse en tant qu’il décrit un espace géographique par ses sonorités et permet de mettre en lumière la complexité de la relation des hommes avec leurs territoires.
L’apologue d’Apollo 13
Authors: Diener Yann
Published: April 2016

Dans le séminaire L’identification, Lacan fait un lien entre la question du plus-un et le récit de l’expédition de l’Endurance, dont les membres se comptaient régulièrement au cours de leur périlleux périple, mais toujours un de plus qu’ils n'étaient. En 1970, lors de l’errance d’Apollo 13, l’équipage s’est compté un en moins. Nous verrons les possibles conséquences politiques de cette erreur.
Relevant Feature Subset Selection from Ensemble of Multiple Feature Extraction Methods for Texture Classification
Authors: Rana Bharti , Juneja Akanksha , Agrawal Ramesh Kumar
Published: April 2016

Performance of texture classification for a given set of texture patterns depends on the choice of feature extraction technique. Integration of features from various feature extraction methods not only eliminates risk of method selection but also brings benefits from the participating methods which play complimentary role among themselves to represent underlying texture pattern. However, it comes at the cost of a large feature vector which may contain redundant features. The presence of such redundant features leads to high computation time, memory requirement and may deteriorate the performance of the classifier. In this research workMonirst phase, a pool of texture features is constructed by integrating features from seven well known feature extraction methods. In the second phase, a few popular feature subset selection techniques are investigated to determine a minimal subset of relevant features from this pool of features. In order to check the efficacy of the proposed approach, performance is evaluated on publically available Brodatz dataset, in terms of classification error. Experimental results demonstrate substantial improvement in classification performance over existing feature extraction techniques. Furthermore, ranking and statistical test also strengthen the results.
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana - Vol 147, No 1
Authors: V.V. A.A.
Published: April 2016

Bollettino della Società Entomologica ItalianaVolume 147, Numero 115 Aprile 2015
Microsystematic revision of the populations of Abax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) occurring in central-western Europe (Coleoptera Carabidae)
Authors: Zanella Lorenzo
Published: April 2016

Morphological variation of central-western European populations of Abax parallelepipedus was studied in order to revise the microsystematics of this species. Original descriptions and systematic revisions published since the second half of the 18th century are discussed. Biometric variables and morphometric indexes were evaluated on 792 specimens sampled from several European countries. The data were statistically analysed in order to discriminate the populations significantly differentiated from the nominotypical form. Features of male genitalia are also discussed. The results attest that the morphological variation becomes more relevant among populations inhabiting alpine environments and the Italian ones show the most distinctive modifications of somatic and/or aedeagic traits. On the basis of these results, A. p. euganensis Schatzmayr, 1944 is resurrected from synonymy with A. p. inferior, whereas the following new synonymies are proposed:Abax parallelepipedus parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) = A. p. subpunctatus (Dejean, 1828) syn. nov. = A. p. audouini (L. Dufour, 1851) syn. nov. = A. p. germanus Schauberger, 1927 syn. nov.Abax parallelepipedus inferior (Seidlitz, 1887) = A. p. alpigradus Schauberger, 1927 (sensu Schatzmayr, 1944) syn. nov.A phylogeographical scenario is hypothesized and discussed in the light of the collected data.
CASTonCAST: Architectural freeform shapes from precast stackable components
Authors: Enrique Lluis , Cepaitis Povilas , Ordoñez Diego , Piles Carlos
Published: April 2016

This article introduces the CASTonCAST system for the design and production of architectural freeform shapes from precast stackable components. This system is composed of two complementary parts: a novel manufacturing technique of precast stackable building components and a new geometric method for the design of freeform shapes by means of stackable solid tiles. This paper describes both parts of the system by means of physical prototypes and geometric studies.

 
El urbanismo de Alejandro de la Sota en la colonización española: La Bazana
Authors: Cabecera Soriano Rubén
Published: April 2016

The Spanish civil war caused the emerging development of the urban theory to come to a standstill, especially in the rural areas which had began to appear at the end of the XIX century, mainly in Europe and the United states. The need to urgently develop a process of interior colonisation in the most disadvantaged areas was solved in favour of the theories of concentration supported by José Tamés facing the colonist disintegration defended by Víctor D’Ors. The system disguised by Tamés –head of the Service of Architecture of the National Institution of Colonisation (NIC)– created population centres distributed throughout the territories colonised by the NIC, whose projects were developed by a large number of architects that formed a genuine architectural and urban laboratory. 

Alejandro de la Sota was one of these architects and his work for the NIC leaves us with an imprint of an urban planning which could very well be seen on any front cover of a specialised journal. In La Bazana (1954, Badajoz) De la Sota combines with mastery the criteria imposed by the NIC with his unique interpretation of the territory, the landscape, the site, sun exposure and the way the colonists lived. 
SÍNTESIS DE LA DEMOGRAFÍA Y LA ECONOMÍA: EL PRODUCTO BRUTO INTERNO (PBI) PER CÁPITA - DOI 10.5216/bgg.v36i1.40372
Authors: Ariel Manzano Fernando
Published: April 2016

Consideramos que la demografía puede aportar nuevo conocimiento sobre el crecimiento económico. Las diferencias en la dispersión de la distribución de la producción y de la población en las regiones y países del mundo, inciden en el crecimiento económico, expresado en la forma de PBI per cápita. A pesar de noexistir consenso sobre una relación explicativa entre el crecimiento económico y demográfico, no obstante, obligadamente, existe una relación aritmética entre ambos conceptos en la expresión PBI per cápita. El objetivo es analizar en el largo plazo, como han participado ambos efectos en las diferentes regiones y paísesdel mundo considerados.Palabras Claves: Población, PBI, Distribución.
APLICAÇÃO DE UM MODELO LINEAR LOCAL NA DETERMINAÇÃO DE ALTURAS ORTOMÉTRICAS REFERIDAS AO SISTEMA GEODÉSICO BRASILEIRO - DOI 10.5216/bgg.v36i1.40378
Authors: Luís Rafaeli Neto Sílvio , Josoé Biffi Leonardo
Published: April 2016

O uso de sistemas de posicionamento global por satélites (GNSS) possibilita obtenção rápida de alturas elipsoidais (h) relativamente precisas. Contudo, nas aplicações de engenharia, é necessário determinar as correspondentes alturas ortométricas (H) referidas ao geóide ou ao Sistema Geodésico Brasileiro (SGB), cujos referenciais são o campo gravitacional terrestre e a maré média no marégrafo localizado em Imbituba (SC), respectivamente. A determinação de H em relação à superfície geoidal exige técnicas gravimétricas ou o usode modelos geopotenciais globais ou regionais. Em relação ao SGB aplica-se nivelamento topográfico clássico, partindo-se de marcos da Rede Altimétrica de Alta Precisão (RAAP) até o local de interesse. Em tais métodos, as operações são usualmente laboriosas, de altos custos e despendem muito tempo. Este artigo apresenta a determinação de H referida ao SGB por meio de um modelo linear de primeira ordem calibrado localmente. A metodologia consistiu em utilizar um conjunto de 17 referências de nível (RNs) da RAAP para calibração do modelo e 7 RNs para sua validação. O modelo foi aplicado na avaliação das alturas de dois conjuntos de pontos aleatórios em uma bacia hidrográfica urbana. O modelo pode ser aplicado em regiões onde não há transiçãode zona UTM.Palavras-chave: GPS, Altura Elipsoidal, Bacia Hidrográfica.
A Study of Iranian EFL University Lecturers’ Practice of Code Switching in English as Foreign Language Instruction
Authors: Shabani Gholamhossein , Jamnani Ramin Asadi , Heidar Davood Mashhadi
Published: April 2016

This study aimed at investigating where and the purposes for which code-switching is used by Iranian EFL lecturers in universities as foreign languageinstruction.The data of this study were gathered from two sources: six EFL university lecturers from three local universities where they taught English as EFL instruction.Theywere interviewed individually regarding the use of code-switching in their classrooms in order to reveal their purposes of using this strategy as well as their participants’ understandings of code-switching as a language teaching strategy. The interviews took 30-40 minutes each. The interviews were finally transcribed and the main themes were coded to answer the research questions; the second group of participants was students as native speakers of Persian. Ninety undergraduates from the three universities were randomly chosen from among those students majoring in TEFL. They were majoring in the first grade of the academic program. To this end, an eleven-item questionnaire was given to them to elicit their responses for the contexts and the reasons for which code-switching was preferred.The data from interview with EFL lecturers as well those of the students’ responses were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively using SPSS, respectively, to determine where and for what purposes codes-switching were applied or practiced in EFL classrooms. The findings of the study indicated that their code-switching habits were connected to what was being taught. Their code-switching had to do with efficiency in their teaching and how to make it easier for the students to understand what they were teaching. 
Browning’s Religion: The Undecided Philosophy
Authors: Harmoush M. K.
Published: April 2016

Religion is one of the most important themes in Robert Browning’s poetry, and it has attracted many readers, whose goal is to re-examine the truth about the poet’s attitude towards religion. The purpose of this research is to explore the poet’s concept of religion and demonstrate how this is reflected in his poetry. This paper demonstrates that Browning fluctuates between faith and doubt, and yet he is clearer and more confident of his faith than his doubt. In general, Browning’s faith mainly stems from his personal conviction, while his doubts spring from his surroundings in the Victorian society.