bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Flapwise bending vibration of rotating tapered beams using variational iteration method
Authors: Chen Yanfei , Zhang Juan , Zhang Hong
Published: November 2014

Although flapwise bending vibration of rotating tapered beams has been extensively studied since the 1970s, most of these studies were based on approximations with varying degrees of accuracy and complexity. The flapwise bending vibration of rotating tapered beams is re-examined in this paper using the technique of variational iteration, which is relatively new and capable of providing accurate results for eigenvalue problems with good convergence. Natural frequencies and mode shapes of rotating beams are extracted for various rotational speeds and taper ratios, and solutions are compared with results published in the literature where available.
Executive Dysfunction Predicts Delinquency But Not Characteristics of Sexual Aggression Among Adolescent Sexual Offenders
Authors: Burton David , Demuynck Sophia , Yoder Jamie R.
Published: November 2014

Our aim in this study was to evaluate executive function and its relationship to delinquency and sexual crime in adolescents incarcerated for sexual crimes. Based on self-report data, 196 male adolescent sexual offenders from a Midwest state reported high rates of executive dysfunction. Although such deficits did not relate to the number of victims of sexual abuse, severity, or degree of force used in commission of the sexual crimes, poor executive function was significantly predictive of both general delinquency and felony theft. In both measures of delinquent conduct, behavioral regulation dysfunction was predictive of the frequency of commission of the crimes, whereas metacognition was not. Research and treatment implications are offered.
Examining the Sustainability of Pattern or Practice Police Misconduct Reform
Authors: Chanin Joshua M.
Published: November 2014

Section 14141 of the Violent Crime Act of 1994 fundamentally restructures the regulation of police behavior in the United States. Since the law’s passage, dozens of police departments have undergone lengthy and complex reforms designed to eliminate a pattern or practice of misconduct. Despite the program’s wide application, neither scholars nor practitioners know much about the efficacy or sustainability of these reforms. This article draws on longitudinal data across several outcome metrics, including citizen complaints, use of force incidence, and civil litigation, and a series of interviews with key stakeholders to examine pattern or practice initiatives in Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, DC; and Cincinnati, OH. Findings suggest that the reform process has the ability to minimize unwanted police misconduct and generate desirable policy outcomes, particularly during the period of Department of Justice oversight. Sustaining these reforms after the settlement agreement is dissolved, however, has proved a challenge.
The never-ending struggle: US press coverage of contraception 2000–2013
Authors: Garner Ana C , Mendez Edgar
Published: November 2014

In 1873, the Comstock Act labeled contraceptive information and materials obscene and banned their distribution. The issue divided the United States then, and it divides the nation today. This essay examines 2000–2013 press coverage of contraception in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, two newspapers that have covered contraception since 1873. Press coverage reveals that contemporary efforts to regulate women’s bodies are cloaked in discussions about the Affordable Care Act, religious freedom, morality, and employer rights. Accepting the ideology that contraception is no longer a reproductive rights issue allowed the press to exclude women from the debate. In doing so, the power of political, social, and religious groups to control the contraception narrative and women’s lives is confirmed. The lived experience of women has evolved from 1873 when press coverage at least gave women a platform to speak about contraception. By 2013, this power appears to be lost.
Predicting the stroboscopic effects of measured and artificial flicker waveforms through simulation
Authors: Ku S , Lu D , Chen P
Published: November 2014

Flicker has been a persistent problem since the development and use of electric light sources and it can have negative effects on human biological and psychological health. Recent research assessing flicker has mainly focused on the perception rate and the acceptability of stroboscopic effects. This paper proposes a mathematical simulation approach to predict the stroboscopic effects of both measured and artificial flicker waveforms. This approach constitutes a convenient method to assess the impact of stroboscopic effects caused by different flicker wave shapes. In addition, it could be a useful tool for manufacturers to collect sufficient data to specify the flicker criteria of their products.
Preface
Authors: Reio Thomas G. , Nimon Kim , Shuck Brad
Published: November 2014

The Problem

Increasingly sophisticated research designs and methods are required to support research and theory building in the social sciences. This is particularly true in human resource development (HRD) as it continues to emerge as a field grounded in the application of theory to practice. Too often, best decision practices regarding the accurate use of advanced statistical tools needed for finer-grained analyses are not followed that can become problematic for theory generation and theory building.

The Solution

The individual contributions in this issue begin to address part of the knowledge gap in the social sciences and HRD about how to correctly apply cutting-edge quantitative data-analytic techniques to answer research questions and test hypotheses. The new knowledge gained from the testing and validating of theory through these quantitative means could be used, in turn, to support additional theory building. Care has been taken to link each data-analytic technique to possible theory-building efforts, research, and practice.

The Stakeholders

Researchers and practitioners in the field of HRD may gain from using best quantitative statistical practices to more accurately generate and build theory, guide empirical research, and inform organizational practice. Researchers from other social science disciplines such as industrial-organizational psychology, human resource management, and adult education could benefit from this special issue on quantitative data-analytic techniques and their use as methods to support theory building as well.
Methods for Analysis of Social Networks Data in HRD Research
Authors: Yamkovenko Bogdan , Hatala John Paul
Published: November 2014

The Problem

Many phenomena in human resource development (HRD) research unfold in the social context. Most of the variables HRD researchers study, even if these are individual-level variables, are inevitably affected by the formal and informal network of actors in which an individual finds oneself. This relational influence is commonly ignored in studies of performance, learning, change, and other questions.

The Solution

Social networks analysis (SNA) is a methodology that makes it possible to take the relational aspect into account. It allows researchers to model the social capital of an actor and examine how connectivity and position in the network interacts with or influences important outcomes.

The Stakeholders

Researchers in the field of HRD will be able to uncover a wealth of new information and gain a new perspective by including SNA in their toolkit. This article provides the researchers with an introduction to the methods and provides suggestions for their application.
Fair and cloudy weathers of tolerance in civic and religious education in northern Europe
Authors: Strandbrink Peter
Published: November 2014

This article investigates the normative logic and orientation of civic and religious education in seven countries in northern Europe. One main underlying argument is that public schooling must be generically regarded as a heavy functional contributor to the ‘soft’ normative reproduction and validation of certain ethical and cultural identities. In the article, the rhetorical goals of neutralism and tolerance in current European political–educational thought are measured against empirical modes and practices of education. A parochialism–cosmopolitanism conceptual dichotomy is constructed and used as a main analytical guide, which allows for a number of critical conclusions to be made on the production of normative statehood through education in contemporary ‘post-normative’ Europe. The ultimate ambition of the text is thus to contribute to shedding new light on the interpretation and enactment of value diversity in these seven educational settings and interculturalising societies.
Poetry as monument: Jenny Holzer and the memorial poems of 9/11
Authors: Luger Moberley
Published: November 2014

This essay argues for poetry’s memorial function. After the 9/11 attacks, poetry circulated widely in the United States. Explanations of the genre’s sudden popularity primarily focus on its comfort role—divorcing its role in private settings from its role in public ones. I suggest that poems be recognized as “technologies of memory” (Sturken), politically charged objects through which memories are produced and given meaning. I discuss an installation by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer featured in the rebuilt 7 World Trade Center that consists of 36 hours of poetry scrolling across a large LED screen; poems were selected on the developer’s idea that there only be “positive stuff, good stuff” at this historic site. The installation’s positive mandate reflects a shift, as previous critics have noted, in commemoration practices more generally toward an emphasis on hope and healing. I discuss how poetry affects and is affected by this shift. I read three poems written on the first anniversary of 9/11 (yet excluded from Holzer’s installation) that function as exemplary technologies of memory.
Toward a Human Emotions Taxonomy (Based on Their Automatic vs. Reflective Origin)
Authors: Jarymowicz Maria T. , Imbir Kamil K.
Published: November 2014

Certain emotional processes “bypass the will” and even awareness, whereas others arise due to the deliberative evaluation of objects, states, and events. It is important to differentiate between the automatic versus reflective origins of emotional processes, and sensory versus conceptual bases of diverse negative and positive emotions. A taxonomy of emotions based on different origins is presented. This taxonomy distinguishes between negative and positive automatic versus reflective emotions. The automatic emotions are connected with the (a) homeostatic and (b) hedonistic regulatory mechanisms. The reflective emotions—uniquely human—are described in reference to deliberative processes and appraisals based on two types of conceptual and verbalized evaluative standards: (a) ideal self-standards and (b) general, axiological standards of good and evil.
Digital Fillet Flaps
Authors: Schade Valerie L.
Published: November 2014

Digital fillet flaps have a consistent vascular supply and provide durable soft-tissue coverage. Despite their readily available nature, their use in the foot remains limited. This systematic review was undertaken to determine the size defect that could be covered, the potential postoperative complications, and the durability of a digital fillet flap. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they involved use of the entire digit for soft-tissue coverage of defects of any etiology, reported complications, and had any length of follow-up time. A total of 9 studies met all the inclusion criteria, for a total of 34 patients with a combined mean age of 47.1 years and a combined mean follow-up time of 9.3 months. Complications consisted of continued infection and partial or total necrosis of the flap. Digital fillet flaps were able to cover defects up to a combined mean size of 15.6 cm2. Coverage was found to be best for forefoot ulcerations. The flaps had limited donor site morbidity and provided full coverage of exposed vital and osseous structures that was able to withstand forces applied during weight bearing, The procedure is simple and straightforward, reducing operating time and the need for more complex soft-tissue reconstructive procedures.

Levels of Evidence: Therapeutic, Level IV: Systematic review
Aberrant internal carotid artery presenting as a retrotympanic vascular mass
Authors: Nicolay Simon , De Foer Bert , Bernaerts Anja , Van Dinther Joost , Parizel Paul M
Published: November 2014

We report a case of a young woman with an aberrant right internal carotid artery (ICA) presenting as a retrotympanic reddish mass. This variant of the ICA represents the collateral pathway that is formed as a result of an embryological agenesis of the cervical segment of the ICA. The embryonic inferior tympanic artery is recruited to bypass the absent carotid segment. This hypertrophied vessel may be seen otoscopically and wrongfully considered to be a vascular middle ear tumor. Informing the otorhinolaryngologist of this important vascular variant not only obviates biopsy but also helps in careful preoperative planning of eventual middle ear procedures.
Activating STAT6 mutations in follicular lymphoma
Authors: Yildiz Mehmet , Li Hongxiu , Bernard Denzil , Amin Nisar A. , Ouillette Peter , Jones Siân , Saiya-Cork Kamlai , Parkin Brian , Jacobi Kathryn , Shedden Kerby , Wang Shaomeng , Chang Alfred E. , Kaminski Mark S. , Malek Sami N.
Published: November 2014

Key Points

FL-associated STAT6 mutations hyperactivate the IL-4/JAK/STAT6 axis.
Ex vivo fucosylation of third-party human regulatory T cells enhances anti–graft-versus-host disease potency in vivo
Authors: Parmar Simrit , Liu Xiaoying , Najjar Amer , Shah Nina , Yang Hong , Yvon Eric , Rezvani Katy , McNiece Ian , Zweidler-McKay Patrick , Miller Leonard , Wolpe Steve , Blazar Bruce R. , Shpall Elizabeth J.
Published: November 2014

Key Points

Fucosylated Tregs persist for a longer time in vivo. Fucosylated Tregs are able to prevent GVHD at a lower cell dose compared with untreated Tregs.
Coupled nanowire-based hybrid plasmonic nanocavities on thin substrates
Authors: Cheng Pi-Ju , Chiang Chih-Kai , Chung Yi-Cheng , Tien Chung-Hao , Lin Tzy-Rong
Published: November 2014

We theoretically analyze nanowire-based hybrid plasmonic nanocavities on thin substrates at visible wavelengths. In the presence of thin suspended substrates, the hybrid plasmonic modes, formed by the coupling between a metal nanowire and a dielectric nanowire with optical gain, exhibit negligible substrate-mediated characteristics and overlap better with the gain region. Consequently, the confinement factor of the guided hybrid modes is enhanced by more than 42%. However, the presence of significant mirror loss remains the main challenge to lasing. By adding silver coatings with a sufficient thickness range on the two end facets, we show that the reflectivity is substantially enhanced to above 50%. For a coating thickness of 50 nm and cavity length of about 4 μ m, the quality factor is above 100.
The research for protecting location privacy based on V-W algorithm
Authors: Fan Xinyue , Tu Jing , Ye Chaolong , Zhou Fei
Published: November 2014

With the development of mobile internet, protecting location privacy has already been an important issue. Based on previous studies and the drawback of traditional algorithms, the paper proposes a novel algorithm for protecting location privacy. The algorithm is based on the voronoi map of a road network, considers the problem of side-weight inference, and utilizes the information entropy as metrics. Meanwhile, the algorithm can defense the attack of side-weight inference and replay. Lastly, we verified the algorithm based on the real data of the road network. Results of experiences show that the improved algorithm has the better performance on some key performance metrics.
Characteristics of Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons Sensitive to Substance P
Authors: Moraes Eder Ricardo , Kushmerick Christopher , Naves Ligia Araujo
Published: November 2014

Background:

Substance P modulates ion channels and the excitability of sensory neurons in pain pathways. Within the heterogeneous population of Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG) primary sensory neurons, the properties of cells that are sensitive to Substance P are poorly characterized. To define this population better, dissociated rat DRG neurons were tested for their responsiveness to capsaicin, ATP and acid. Responses to ATP were classified according to the kinetics of current activation and desensitization. The same cells were then tested for modulation of action potential firing by Substance P.

Results:

Acid and capsaicin currents were more frequently encountered in the largest diameter neurons. P2×3-like ATP currents were concentrated in small diameter neurons. Substance P modulated the excitability in 20 of 72 cells tested (28%). Of the Substance P sensitive cells, 10 exhibited an increase in excitability and 10 exhibited a decrease in excitability. There was no significant correlation between sensitivity to capsaicin and to Substance P. Excitatory effects of Substance P were strongly associated with cells that had large diameters, fired APs with large overshoots and slowly decaying after hyperpolarizations, and expressed acid currents at pH 7. No neurons that were excited by Substance P presented P2×3-like currents. In contrast, neurons that exhibited inhibitory effects of Substance P fired action potentials with rapidly decaying after hyperpolarizations.

Conclusion:

We conclude that excitatory effects of Substance P are restricted to a specific neuronal subpopulation with limited expression of putative nociceptive markers.
Return on investment of apprenticeship systems for enterprises: Evidence from cost-benefit analyses
Authors: Muehlemann Samuel , Wolter Stefan C
Published: November 2014

A firm’s decision to engage in apprenticeship training is to a large extent determined by the cost-benefit ratio of such an investment compared to other alternatives of securing skilled workers. Empirical evidence shows that in a well-functioning apprenticeship training system, a large share of training firms can recoup their training investments by the end of the training period. As training firms often succeed in retaining the most suitable apprentices, offering apprenticeships is an attractive strategy to recruit their future skilled work force. In addition – as long as skills are standardised and nationally certified – those apprentices leaving the training firm after graduation ensure that other firms can recruit a sufficient number of skilled workers from the labour market. Firms themselves can influence the cost-benefit ratio of training to some extent, but an equally important or even bigger part of this ratio is determined by public policy: the educational system, training regulations and labour market institutions. To assess the efficacy and efficiency of such framework conditions in regard to the apprenticeship training system, their impact on the cost-benefit ratio of training for firms needs to be assessed ex ante as well as ex post. Unfortunately, so far only two countries (Germany and Switzerland) provide representative and periodic data on the costs and benefits of apprenticeship training that are suitable for such an analysis. Given the importance of adequate data to guide public policy, there is first of all a need for a stronger investment in data collection and data analyses.

JEL-Codes

I2, J24, J31.
Clinical usefulness of dopamine transporter SPECT imaging with
123I-FP-CIT in patients with possible dementia with Lewy
bodies: Randomised study
Authors: Walker Zuzana , Moreno Emilio , Thomas Alan , Inglis Fraser , Tabet Naji , Rainer Michael , Pizzolato Gilberto , Padovani Alessandro
Published: November 2014

Background

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is underrecognised in clinical
settings.

Aims

To investigate whether performing a 123I-ioflupane injection
(123I-FP-CIT also called DaTSCANTM) single
photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan in patients with
possible DLB would lead to a more certain diagnosis (probable DLB or
non-DLB dementia).

Method

We randomised 187 patients with possible DLB 2:1 to have a scan or not
(control group). The outcome measure was a change in diagnosis to
probable DLB or non-DLB.

Results

There were 56 controls and 114 scanned patients, of whom 43% had an
abnormal scan. More patients in the imaging group had a change in
diagnosis compared with controls at 8 and 24 weeks (61%
(n = 70) v. 4% (n =
2) and 71% (n = 77) v. 16%
(n = 9); both P<0.0001).
Clinicians were more likely to change the diagnosis if the scan was
abnormal (82%) than if it was normal (46%).

Conclusions

Imaging significantly contributed to a more certain diagnosis, proving to
be a useful adjunct in the work-up of patients with possible DLB.
Arabidopsis AIP1-2 restricted by WER-mediated patterning modulates planar polarity
Authors: Kiefer Christian S. , Claes Andrea R. , Nzayisenga Jean-Claude , Pietra Stefano , Stanislas Thomas , Hüser Anke , Ikeda Yoshihisa , Grebe Markus
Published: November 2014

The coordination of cell polarity within the plane of the tissue layer (planar polarity) is crucial for the development of diverse multicellular organisms. Small Rac/Rho-family GTPases and the actin cytoskeleton contribute to planar polarity formation at sites of polarity establishment in animals and plants. Yet, upstream pathways coordinating planar polarity differ strikingly between kingdoms. In the root of Arabidopsis thaliana, a concentration gradient of the phytohormone auxin coordinates polar recruitment of Rho-of-plant (ROP) to sites of polar epidermal hair initiation. However, little is known about cytoskeletal components and interactions that contribute to this planar polarity or about their relation to the patterning machinery. Here, we show that ACTIN7 (ACT7) represents a main actin isoform required for planar polarity of root hair positioning, interacting with the negative modulator ACTIN-INTERACTING PROTEIN1-2 (AIP1-2). ACT7, AIP1-2 and their genetic interaction are required for coordinated planar polarity of ROP downstream of ethylene signalling. Strikingly, AIP1-2 displays hair cell file-enriched expression, restricted by WEREWOLF (WER)-dependent patterning and modified by ethylene and auxin action. Hence, our findings reveal AIP1-2, expressed under control of the WER-dependent patterning machinery and the ethylene signalling pathway, as a modulator of actin-mediated planar polarity.
Sustained signalling by PTH modulates IP3 accumulation and IP3 receptors via cyclic AMP junctions
Authors: Meena Abha , Tovey Stephen C. , Taylor Colin W.
Published: November 2014

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulates adenylyl cyclase (AC) via type 1 PTH receptors (PTH1R) and potentiates the Ca2+ signals evoked by carbachol, which stimulates formation of IP3. We confirmed that in HEK cells expressing PTH1R, acute stimulation with PTH(1-34) potentiated carbachol-evoked Ca2+ release. This was mediated by locally delivered cyclic AMP (cAMP), but unaffected by inhibition of protein kinase A (PKA), exchange proteins activated by cAMP, cAMP phosphodiesterases (PDE) or substantial inhibition of AC. Sustained stimulation with PTH(1-34) causes internalization of PTH1R-AC signalling complexes, but the consequences for delivery of cAMP to IP3R within cAMP signalling junctions are unknown. Here we show that sustained stimulation with PTH(1-34) or with PTH analogues that do not evoke receptor internalization reduced the potentiated Ca2+ signals and attenuated carbachol-evoked increases in cytosolic IP3. Similar results were obtained after sustained stimulation with NKH477 to directly activate AC, or with the membrane-permeant analogue of cAMP, 8-Br-cAMP. These responses were independent of PKA and unaffected by substantial inhibition of AC. During prolonged stimulation with PTH(1-34), hyperactive cAMP signalling junctions, within which cAMP is delivered directly and at saturating concentrations to its targets, mediate sensitization of IP3R and a more slowly developing inhibition of IP3 accumulation.
Βιβλιοκρισία του: ANDREAS RHOBY, Byzantinische Epigramme auf Fresken und Mosaiken, Wien 2009
Authors: KARPOZILOS Apostolos
Published: November 2014

Βιβλιοκρισία:Α. Rhoby, Byzantinische Epigramme auf Fresken und Mosaiken [Byzantinische Epigramme in inschriftlicher Ueberlieferung 1], Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Denkschriften der phil. -hist. Klasse, 374.Bd. Veroffentlichungen zur Byzanzforschung 15, Wien 2009 (ISBN 978-3-7001-6106-6)

 
Βιβλιοκρισία του: Le Mont Athos et l’Empire Byzantin. Trésors de la Sainte Montagne. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris, 10 avril-5 juillet 2009. Catalogue
Authors: ΝYSTAZOPOULOU-PÉLÉKIDOU Marie
Published: November 2014

Βιβλιοκρισία του: Le Mont Athos et l’Empire Byzantin. Trésors de la Sainte Montagne. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux Arts de la Ville de  Paris, 10 avril-5 juillet 2009. Catalogue, p. 318, 4o, 228 photos en couleur
Βιβλιοκρισία του: Ιoannis Chrysostomi de Davide et Saule homiliae tres, quas edidit FRANCESCA PROMETEA BARONE [Corpus Christianorum. Series graeca 70], Turnhout 2008.
Authors: ΛΑΜΠΑΚΗΣ Στυλιανός
Published: November 2014

Βιβλιοκρισία του: Ιoannis Chrysostomi de Davide et Saule homiliae tres, quas edidit Francesca Prometea Barone [Corpus Christianorum. Series graeca 70], Turnhout 2008, σσ. LXII+86, ISBN 978-2-503-52797-0.
A poem on the refortification of Dorylaion in 1175
Authors: SPINGOU Foteini
Published: November 2014

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 In the summer/autumn of 1175, Manuel Komnenos (1143-1180) undertook the rebuilding of Dorylaion, one of the major aplekta in Asia Minor. For this occasion a poem was written. The strong acquaintance of the poet with the conventions of court literature, the occasional content of the poem and its panegyric character, suggest that the text was written for a small ceremony which took place at Dorylaion. The author is probably an anonymous professional court poet who accompanied Manuel in his expedition. The authorship is further discussed since the manuscript tradition might suggest that John Tzetzes was the author. After a close look at the language, style and metre of the poem, this identification is excluded. In 1908, Spyridon Lambros published the poem on the basis of manuscript Barocci 194 (fifteenth century) of the Bodleian Library. This study re-edits the poem on the basis of two more manuscripts: manuscript Parisinus Graecus 2644 (late thirteenth century) of the Bibliothèque Nationale and Auctarium T.1.10 of the Bodleian Library (sixteenth century). The history of each manuscript is analysed and the relation between them examined. It is established that the Auctarium is a direct copy from the Parisian manuscript. The metrical analysis of the poem follows and special textual problems are discussed. Finally, the translation of the original text is provided.

 

 
Rus, Varangian and Frankish mercenaries in the service of the Byzantine Emperors (9th-11th c.): Numbers, Organisation and Battle Tactics in the operational theatres of Asia Minor and the Balkans.
Authors: THEOTOKIS Georgios
Published: November 2014

This study will attempt to examine two significantly different types of mercenaries serving the Byzantine Emperors - the Varangians and the Franks - from the mid-10th to the mid-11th centuries. Not structuring my analysis on a chronological basis but rather on the different enemies that these mercenaries were facing in different geographical conditions, the main objective of my research is to give answers to a series of questions; what evidence do we have about the organisation of the mercenary units of the Rus, the Varangians and the Franks and in what numbers were they descending at Constantinople? What were the political circumstances that led to their employment by the Emperors throughout our period of study? What was their standing in the Byzantine military establishment? Did they pose any threat to the central government? What evidence do we have about their battle and siege tactics and their overall role in each operational theatre?
Βιβλιοκρισία του: ΑΝGELIKI E. LAIOU - CECILE MORRISSON, The Byzantine Economy (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks), New York 2007
Authors: ΓΕΡΟΛΥΜΑΤΟΥ Μαρία
Published: November 2014

Bιβλιοκρισία του:ΑΝGELIKI E. LAIOU - CECILE MORRISSON, The Byzantine Economy (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks), New York 2007
Βιβλιοκρισία του: Martin da Canal, Les Estoires de Venise, αγγλική μετάφραση, εισαγωγή και σχόλια LAURA K. MORREALE [Archivio del Litorale Adriatico XII], Padova 2009
Authors: ΚΟΥΜΑΝΟΥΔΗ Μαρίνα
Published: November 2014

Βιβλιοκρισία του: Martin da Canal, Les Estoires de Venise, αγγλική μετάφραση, εισαγωγή και σχόλια LAURA K. MORREALE [Archivio del Litorale Adriatico XII], Padova 2009, σσ. xxii + 175 [ΙSBN 978-88-8098-267-8]. 
Ο Ῥώμης ἄναξ στην επιγραφή του Αγίου Δημητρίου Θεσσαλονίκης. Χορηγία, αυτοκρατορική πολιτική και ιδεολογία στα χρόνια του Μιχαήλ Η΄ Παλαιολόγου.
Authors: ΦΩΣΚΟΛΟΥ Βασιλική Α.
Published: November 2014

Αντικείμενο της μελέτης αποτελεί μια δημοσιευμένη αλλά σχετικά άγνωστη επιγραφή ανακαίνισης του Αγ. Δημητρίου Θεσσαλονίκης, που αναφέρει ως χορηγό κάποιο αυτοκράτορα Μιχαήλ. Η μέχρι σήμερα έρευνα έχει ταυτίσει τον εν λόγω ηγεμόνα με τον Μιχαήλ Θ' Παλαιολόγο και έχει χρονολογήσει το έργο γύρω στα 1320.

Στόχος του άρθρου είναι να προτείνει ότι ο αυτοκράτορας που ανακαινίζει το ναό του πολιούχου της Θεσσαλονίκης είναι ο Μιχαήλ Η' Παλαιολόγος και να εντάξει το έργο στο γενικότερο πλαίσιο της πολιτικής του για την αναβίωση της βυζαντινής αυτοκρατορίας.
Βιβλιοκρισία του: GARY VIKAN, Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art. Revised Edition (first published 1982). Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications 5, Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Trustees for Harvard University, 2011
Authors: YANGAKI Anastasia G.
Published: November 2014

book review:
Gary Vikan, Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art. Revised Edition (first published 1982). Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications 5, Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Trustees for Harvard University pp. 109. ISBN: 978-0-88402-358-6.
Βιβλιοκρισία: ΑNTJE BOSSELMANN – RUICKBIE, Byzantinischer Schmuck des 9. bis frühen 13. Jahrhunderts, Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2011.
Authors: ΑΛΜΠΑΝΗ Tζένη
Published: November 2014

Biιβλιοκρισία του: Αntje Bosselmann – Ruickbie, Byzantinischer Schmuck des 9. bis frühen 13. Jahrhunderts. Untersuchungen zum metallen dekorativen Körperschmuck der mittelbyzantinische Zeit anhand datierter Funde [Spätantike – Frühes Christentum – Byzanz. Kunst im ersten Jahrtausend. Hsgb. von Beat Brenk, Johannes G. Deckers, Arne Effenberger, Franz Alto Bauer. Reihe B: Studien und Perspektiven. Bd. 28], Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2011, 420 σσ. +832 εικ.

([ISBN 978-3-89500-717-0)

 
Βιβλιοκρισία:P. SCHREINER-E. VOGT(eds.), Karl Krumbacher. Leben und Werk, München, Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission beim Verlag C. H. Beck, München 2011
Authors: PUCHNER Walter
Published: November 2014

Βιβλιοκρισία:
P. Schreiner-E. Vogt (eds.), Karl Krumbacher. Leben und Werk, München, Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission beim Verlag C. H. Beck, München 2011 (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte, Jahrgang 2011, Heft 4), σελ. 147, 5 εικ., ΙSBN 978 3 7696 1569 0.
The Mountains of the Moon: A puzzle of the Ptolemaic Geography
Authors: ΣΙΔΗΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Γεώργιος , ΚΑΛΠΑΚΗΣ Δημήτριος
Published: November 2014

The quest for the sources of the Nile had been -already since the antiquity- a major issue regarding the exploration of Africa by both locals and foreigners. This makes no surprise, if the importance of the river is taken into account, not only from a strictly economical point of view but also from a political, historical and cultural one. Since Ptolemy introduced the Mountains of the Moon, the whole issue got a more stable basis; the quest had a specific aim from then on. Those mountains, either existing or product of a false translation tantalized the researchers for ages. On the other hand, the difficulties of such a risky expedition helped the Ptolemaic authority remain unchanged within the cartographic depictions long after the Age of Discovery. This paper aims only to outline the framework of this great issue, highlighting also a few points and proposing answers to questions which, though not of high priority, are really important: Did Ptolemy himself have first-hand geographic knowledge of that area? Did the ancient people of that part of Africa have adequate knowledge of such a complicated hydrological phenomenon? Was the Ptolemaic text in its original form when Planoudis discovered it, or had it got updated with fresh geographic knowledge through the ages?
Βιβλιοκρισία: Wege nach Byzanz. Herausgegeben von BENJAMIN FOURLAS und VASILIKI TSAMAKDA, Römisch- Germanisches Zentralmuseum-Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte , Mainz 2011. ISBN 978-3-88467-186-3
Authors: ΛAMΠΑΚΗΣ Στυλιανός
Published: November 2014

Βιβλιοκρισία: Wege nach Byzanz. Herausgegeben von Benjamin Fourlas und Vasiliki Tsamakda, Römisch- Germanisches Zentralmuseum-Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte , Mainz 2011. ISBN 978-3-88467-186-3
 
ΛΙΝΟΣ Γ. ΜΠΕΝΑΚΗΣ, Βυζαντινή Φιλοσοφία Β’. Εκδόσεις Παρουσία, Αθήνα 2013, σσ. 544. ISBN: 978-6652-40-0
Authors: ΒΙΓΚΛΑΣ Κατελής
Published: November 2014

ΒΙΒΛΙΟΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ
Παρατηρήσεις στη χρήση των υστερορωμαϊκών πήλινων ενσφράγιστων "ιγδίων": η περίπτωση των ιγδίων από τη Βόρειο Συρία
Authors: ΓΙΑΓΚΑΚΗ Αναστασία Γ.
Published: November 2014

OBSERVATIONS ON THE USE OF LATE ROMAN IMPRESSED CLAY MORTARS: THE CASE OF “NORTH-SYRIAN MORTARIA” Mortars made of clay were largely diffused and used during the Roman Empire. This article focuses on a specific category of clay mortars, identified by their region of manufacture as “North-Syrian Mortaria”. This category, dated to the end of the 3rd and to the first half of the 4th century A.D., was largely diffused in the eastern Mediterranean. This study, after presenting the main characteristics of these mortars (shape, decoration, fabric, production centers, dating, distribution), addresses questions regarding their use. Traditionally, roman mortars were used in order to process (pound, pulverize, grind, mix) either solid or liquid/fluid products related to sustenance. Written sources as well as archaeological evidence support these uses. However, this study attempts to point out that they could also have a more specialised use, connected to the requirements of specific, well-organized workshops. This could be the case of the “North-Syrian Mortaria”. Regardless of the limited data concerning the exact archaeological context in which this type of mortar is found, the case-studies of mortars of this category found in Jalame, in ancient Messene and Olympia support this opinion.
Βιβλιοκρισία του: Ελένη Τούντα, "Το δυτικό sacrum imperium και η βυζαντινή αυτοκρατορία"
Authors: ΛΟΥΓΓΗΣ Τηλέμαχος
Published: November 2014

βιβλιοκρισία του: Ελένη Τούντα, Το δυτικό sacrum imperium και η βυζαντινή αυτοκρατορία
Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Σταυρονικήτα. Κατάλογος τοῦ Ἀρχείου
Authors: ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΔΗΣ Νίκος
Published: November 2014

N. Oikonomidès

 Catalogue des archives grecques du monastère de Stavronikita au Mont Athos (1533-1661)

Le matériel pour la rédaction du présent catalogue a été réuni lors de deux missions effectuées en 1969 au monastère de Stavronikita, au Mont Athos. Il faut souligner que l'initiative pour cette entreprise vient des doctes moines qui habitent maintenant Stavronikita et qui ont par ailleurs, confié le classement de leurs archives plus récentes (après 1700) à des étudiants de la Faculté de Théologie de l'Université de Thessalonique.

Dans le présent catalogue, on a suivi les mêmes principes que dans ceux des archives de Dionysiou et de Kônstamonitou. On a retenu les documents grecs antérieurs à la date conventionnelle 1700 qui sont décrits et résumés ci-dessus, classés suivant le principe de chancelleries: actes des patriarches (n° 1-6), acte d'évêque (n° 7), actes des prôtoi et du conseil de Karyés (n° 8-19), actes des monastères et actes privés (n° 20-25), acte des autorités turques en langue grecque (n° 26). Le tout est suivi d'un inventaire des documents classés d'après leur date et d'un index onomastique.
Οἱ ἱστορικὲς περιπέτειες τῆς Κορίνθου στὰ τέλη τοῦ 14ου αἰώνα
Authors: ΜΑΛΤΕΖΟΥ Χρύσα Α.
Published: November 2014

Chryssa  Maltézou

 Les péripéties historiques de Corinthe à la fin du XIVe siècle

Les événements historiques concernant Corinthe à la fin du XIVe siècle sont très imparfaitement connus. Les sources byzantines gardent un silence inexplicable sur le conflit entre Théodore Paléologue, despote de Mistra, et Charles Tocco, seigneur de Céphalonie, pour la possession de la ville-clé du Péloponnèse.

On sait seulement que le despote accueillit très mal le testament de son beau-père Nerio Acciaiuoli, par lequel sa fille puînée Francesca, femme de Charles Tocco, devenait la principale héritière de ses biens, tandis qua sa fille ainée Bartholomea, femme de Théodore Paléologue, devait se contenter d'une somme de 9700 ducats d'or. Ce testament fut la cause d'une guerre entre les deux gendres de Nerio Acciaiuoli à propos de la ville de Corinthe, guerre qui se termina par la victoire du despote. Aucun autre détail ne nous est parvenu sur un fait aussi important que l'occupation de Corinthe par les Byzantins. Deux documents inconnus des Archives d'État de Venise, viennent combler cette lacune. En se fondant sur ces pièces, l'auteur étudie la période écoulée entre l'occupation de Corinthe par Théodore Paléologue et la cession de la ville aux Hospitaliers de Rhodes; elle essaie de résoudre des questions chronologiques, prosopographiques et diplomatiques s'y rapportant. Les résultats essentiels de sa recherche sont les suivants: 1) Théodore Paléologue se rendit maître de Corinthe entre août 1395 et mars 1396; 2) Charles Tocco céda Corinthe au despote sous condition que ce dernier lui paierait une somme annuelle de 600 ducats pour la possession de la ville; 3) Théodore Paléologue avant d'offrir Corinthe  aux  Hospitaliers  de  Rhodes  s'adressa  à Venise,  à  Charles Tocco et au Génois Zaccaria Asan en pratiquant une politique habile. L'exposé historique est suivi d'un commentaire et de l'édition de ces deux documents. Le premier est une lettre des châtelains de Modon et de Coron de 1396, adressée au doge, par laquelle ces deux hauts fonctionnaires vénitiens lui communiquent des renseignements précieux concernant l'activité diplomatique de Théodore Paléologue à la veille de la cession de Corinthe aux Hospitaliers de Rhodes. Quant au deuxième, non daté et conservé en dialecte vénitien, l'examen détaillé de son contenu démontre qu'il s'agit des «capitula» de Théodore Paléologue, c'est-à-dire, de la minute même de la vente de Corinthe à la République de Venise.
Διπλωματία καὶ διπλωματική. Τὸ παράδειγμα τῆς Jussio
Authors: ΛΟΥΓΓΗΣ Τηλέμαχος Κ.
Published: November 2014

 

 

T. C. Lounghis

 Diplomatie et Diplomatique; l'exemple de la Jussio

 

Le problème des relations entre Byzance et l'Occident relève de l'extension de la notion des états étrangers au détriment de l'empire oecuménique. Au fur et à mesure que recule la souveraineté byzantine en Occident, la diplomatie devient forcément plus active, ayant à résoudre des problèmes toujours plus compliqués. Ce sont les documents diplomatiques de la haute époque, mentionnés dans les sources littéraires et juridiques qui peuvent constituer des indices des intentions de la diplomatie impériale envers l'Occident. Ainsi la jussio, tout en étant au début un document d'usage intérieur adressé à de hauts fonctionnaires impériaux, devient un document adressé à des potentats étrangers, avant de disparaître vers la fin du VIIIe siècle. La jussio est succédée dans l'usage intérieur de l'empire par les documents σάκρα, ὁρισμός, πρόσταξις. De même, le document keleusis, qu'il ne faut pas confondre avec la jussio, est un document adressé à des groupes sociaux à l'intérieur de l'empire, avant de devenir aussi un document de politique étrangère destiné toujours à des collectivités ethniques. Le grand tournant dans l'histoire de la diplomatie byzantine a lieu au VIIIe siècle, lorsque l'Eglise de Rome fait sécession de l'empire byzantin, lorsque l'Occident entier acquiert son indépendance politique et lorsque les documents jussio et keleusis se confondent pour un instant quant à leurs destinataires et contenu. L'histoire de la diplomatie byzantine envers l'Occident n'est qu'une réadaptation constante par des procédés de ce genre aux réalités nouvelles qui surgissaient à chaque instant. C'est pour cela que la distinction entre les documents diplomatiques n'est pas toujours facile.
Παρατηρήσεις στὸν θεσμὸ τῆς βενετικῆς ὑπηκοότητας. Προστατευόμενοι τῆς Βενετίας στὸν λατινοκρατούμενο ἑλληνικὸ χῶρο (13ος-15ος αἰ.)
Authors: ΜΑΛΤΕΖΟΥ Χρύσα Α.
Published: November 2014

Chryssa A. Maltézou

Remarques sur le droit de la citoyenneté vénitienne. Protégés de Venise en Romanie latine (XIIIe- XVe s.)

Avec l'expansion politique de Venise après 1204 en territoire byzantin, conquis par les Latins, la notion de la citoyenneté vénitienne s'est élargie pour embrasser plusieurs catégories de sujets Vénitiens, autochtones, colons ou étrangers. Après avoir exposé les raisons politiques et commerciales pour lesquelles la République de Venise octroyait sa protection aux étrangers, Grecs et Latins, l'auteur examine quelques termes employés dans les documents vénitiens pour leur qualification. L'étude de la terminologie, variée et souvent imprécise, permet de distinguer et de classifier les Vénitiens en citoyens, sujets et protégés de la Commune.

 
Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Ἁγίου Παύλου. Κατάλογος τοῦ Ἀρχείου
Authors: ΧΡΥΣΟΧΟΪΔΗΣ Κρίτων
Published: November 2014

Κ. Chryssochoidis

 Catalogue des archives grecques du monastère de Saint Paul au Mont Athos

Le présent catalogue fait suite à ceux des archives des monastères de Dionysiou, Konstamonitou, Stavronikita et Docheiariou, publiés dans Symmeikta I, II et III. Il est le résultat de deux missions (été, automne 1980), pendant lesquelles tous les documents grecs antérieurs à 1800 conservés au monastère de Saint Paul ont été classés et photographiés. Ici sont décrits les documents antérieurs à 1700 ainsi que les actes patriarcaux jusqu'à 1839.
Les notices consacrées à chaque document comportent les éléments suivants: a) type de document; b) date; c) description sommaire; d) résumé; e) incipit; f) indication des éventuelles éditions ou de la bibliographie; g) si nécessaire, notice explicative. L'ensemble a été classé grosso modo suivant les principes des chancelleries: actes des empereurs de Byzance (no 1-5), actes des despotes (no 6-8), praktikon et periorismos (no 9-10), actes patriarcaux (no 11-12), acte de métropolite (no 13), actes des autorités du Mont Athos (no 14-22), actes de monastères et actes privés (no 23-30) actes des autorités turques en langue grecque (no 31-32), copie collective (no 33), actes patriarcaux des 18ème-19ème siècles (no 34-56). A la fin il y a un inventaire des documents classés d'après leur date et un index général.
Πατριαρχικὰ ἔγγραφα τῆς Πάτμου ἀχρονολόγητα, ἀταύτιστα ἢ λανθάνοντα. Γύρω ἀπὸ τὴν αὐτονομία τῆς μονῆς
Authors: ΒΡΑΝΟΥΣΗ Έρα Λ.
Published: November 2014

Era L. Vranoussi

 Documents patriarcaux du couvent de Patmos

L'auteur reprend le problème de certains actes patriarcaux du couvent de Patmos non identifiés, mal identifiés, mal datés ou négligés. Tous ces documents ont trait à l'indépendance («autodespoton» et «autexousion» ) du couvent de Patmos et de ses possessions, sises à Léros, à Kôs, etc., contre les abus d'évêques ou de métropolites locaux.

Plus particulièment l'a. examine et identifie avec certitude un document patriarcal qui ne porte ni signature ni indices chronologiques. Cet acte nous est transmis, selon l'a., par une simple «Sammelkopie» du XIIIe siècle.

 Pour des raisons paléographiques, diplomatiques, prosopographiques et historiques, en général, ce document a été émis par le patriarche Arsène Autorianos, peut être entre les années 1263 et 1264. L'attribution de cet acte au patriarche Syméon du XVe siècle doit être exclue.
Suit un rapport sur les actes émis en faveur de l'autonomie du couvent de Patmos par des patriarches de Constantinople avant et après 1453.
Συμβολὴ στὴ χρονολόγηση τοῦ Γεωργίου Μοναχοῦ
Authors: ΜΑΡΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Αθανάσιος
Published: November 2014

 A. Markopoulos
Contribution à la datation de Georges le Moine

Tandis que la plupart des chercheurs dataient la composition de la chronique de Georges le Moine après 842 ou, au plus tard, entre 866/67, l'auteur, après un examen approfondi de la tradition manuscrite en liaison avec la Vita Theodorae (BHG  1731) et le récit du chroniqueur lui-même, montre que le terminus post quem de la composition de l'oeu­vre date de l'année 871.
Τὸ ἀρχαιότερο σωζόμενο ἔγγραφο γιὰ τὴ θεσσαλικὴ ἐπισκοπὴ Σταγῶν (τοῦ ἔτους 1163). Ἀνέκδοτα τεμάχια τοῦ ἐγγράφου καὶ μερικὲς πρῶτες παρατηρήσεις
Authors: ΒΡΑΝΟΥΣΗ Έρα Λ.
Published: November 2014

  
Era L. Vranoussi

 Le plus ancien document conservé sur l'évêché thessalien de Stagi. Morceaux inédits de la charte et quelques remarques préliminaires

      

Au cours de ses recherches dans les archives des Météores, l'auteur a repéré (dans le couvent de Varlaam) quatre morceaux (en papier) très endommagés d'une charte byzantine ayant trait à l'évêché de Stagi (lignes conservées: 56+12+34=102).- L'étude du document l'a menée à la conclusion que ce dernier constitue la première partie manquante (mais toujours acéphale) d'un acte de 1163 dont la dernière partie (lignes: 55) est conservée à Paris (Suppl. grec 1371). Cette dernière partie a été éditée et richement commentée par Ch. Astruc (Bull. Corr. Hell. 83, 1959, p. 206-256).- Description et analyse de la partie inédite; essai de reconstitution du document entier. Suivent quelques remarques préliminaires. A signaler, entre autres, que la partie inédite de cette charte nous transmet une définition précise du terme de Κληρικοπάροικοι.
Ὁ βυζαντινὸς αὐτοκρατορικὸς θεσμὸς καὶ ἡ πρώτη ἐκθρόνιση τοῦ πατριάρχη Φωτίου
Authors: ΒΛΥΣΙΔΟΥ Βασιλική
Published: November 2014

Vassiliki Vlyssidou

 L'institution impériale byzantine et la première déposition du patriarche Photius

Selon l'avis de l'auteur, la première déposition de Photius doit se placer dans le cadre des efforts de l'empereur Basile Ier pour renforcer l'institution impériale byzantine. Renforcement de l'institution impériale à Byzance, à son tour, signifiait pour Basile Ier réconciliation avec le pape de Rome qui, seul, pouvait tolérer une nouvelle souveraineté byzantine sur des territoires occidentaux.