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I have Pen, Book and Food; Now, Let's Write: Indigenizing a postgraduate writing workshop
Authors: Fredericks Bronwyn , Lee Brien Donna
Published: February 2017

This paper explores some of the thinking and planning involved in Indigenizing the curriculum of a postgraduate research and writing workshop delivered by Central Queensland University on the Sunshine Coast in 2013. In this paper, the authors adopt an action research approach to developing and Indigenizing the curriculum and the workshop processes. The authors explore ways to create a learning environment that is welcoming for Indigenous students, rather than one which can exclude and thus minimize participation and learning outcomes. They specifically focus on the learning environment, the workshop's framework, the food and drink available to participants, and time for quiet reflection in seeking to improve the research writing and outputs of postgraduates and researchers. The authors describe a workshop process that explicitly recognizes the Indigenous concept of Country and reflects the Indigenous practices of community, spirituality and reciprocity. The result was a two-day writing workshop that developed participants’ research, writing and publication outputs, within an Indigenized curriculum and learning environment.
Systematic Review of Interventions Focusing on Indigenous Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Healthy Lifestyle Changes
Authors: Antonio Mapuana C. K. , Chung-Do Jane J. , Braun Kathryn L.
Published: February 2017

Indigenous people experience higher prevalence of chronic disease, which is associated with sedentary behavior, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. This systematic review explores interventions targeting health and lifestyle choices through nutrition, diet, and exercise of indigenous adolescents. Interventions were analyzed for incorporation of community involvement and cultural competency. Searches were conducted using the PubMed MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases, as well as journals dedicated to indigenous studies. Of 255 articles retrieved, seven articles describing six interventions met inclusion criteria. All of the interventions included community involvement with most demonstrating cultural competency toward the indigenous culture. In general, interventions demonstrated positive retention and completion rates, despite mixed outcomes related to diet, nutrition, and exercise. Findings reflect the paucity of research published in this area. Community involvement and cultural competency may impact receptivity of interventions according to process variables; however, additional research is needed to identify specific variables that may impact lifestyles of indigenous youth.
Who are the Experts Here?: Recognition of Aboriginal women and community workers in research and beyond
Authors: Sherwood Juanita , Lighton Stacey , Dundas Kay , French Teresa , Link-Gordon Dixie , Smith Kath , Anthony Thalia
Published: February 2017

This paper explores how Indigenous-centred methodologies are crucial to the design and conduct of research projects that seek to have meaningful outcomes for Indigenous women and communities. We draw on experiential observations of an advisory group led by Indigenous experts that was part of the Social and Cultural Resilience and Emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal Mothers in prison (SCREAM) research project. From their experience we identify lessons for how Indigenous expertise can be utilized to promote mutually respectful relationships among Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, organizations and agencies. We found that the formation of an Indigenous-led advisory group from a project's inception is a powerful vehicle for informing its purposes, method and dissemination of findings back to Indigenous participants and communities. Our approach has produced a set of data on Indigenous women prisoners that prioritizes, rather than pathologizes, Indigenous standpoints, and recognizes the complex effects of colonization for these women. This paper seeks to convey the research process to inform future research that engages Indigenous participants.
Resisting Racism: Māori experiences of interpersonal racism in Aotearoa New Zealand
Authors: Pack Sylvia , Tuffin Keith , Lyons Antonia
Published: February 2017

Previous studies on racism in the field of discursive and critical social psychology have focused mainly on perpetrator talk and text, perpetrator personality and cognition, in-group psychology, and systemic racism. Research examining targets’ perspectives and responses to racism is rare. The current study, one of the first of its kind in Aotearoa New Zealand, explores indigenous Māori accounts of their resistance to everyday racism. Nineteen Māori men and women were interviewed regarding their experiences and reactions to racist incidents. Thematic analysis informed by social constructionism was used to examine interview transcripts and identify three key themes: 1) difficulties in verbally expressing resistance to racism, 2) silent or non-vocalized resistance, and 3) vocalized resistance. Comparing and contrasting findings with previous research highlighted participants’ agentic management of resistance and a unique desire to inform perpetrators about their racism.
The Mother’s Perspective: Factors Considered When Choosing to Enter a Stay-at-Home Father and Working Mother Relationship
Authors: Rushing Cassie , Sparks Misti
Published: February 2017

A qualitative study was conducted to examine the decision-making factors of entering a stay-at-home father and working mother relationship based on the mother’s perspective. A total of 20 married, heterosexual, working mothers with biological children aged 1 to 4 years were asked questions regarding how they decided to enter a stay-at-home father and working mother relationship as well as contributing factors to this decision. The findings presented in this article were part of a larger study that examined mothers’ overall perspectives of the working mother stay-at-home father dynamics. The themes that emerged regarding how the decision was made to enter this kind of relationship were creating a work–family life balance, utilizing the cost-benefit ratio, and applying personality/trait strengths.
Nanomedicine applied to cardiovascular diseases: latest developments
Authors: Martín Giménez Virna Margarita , Kassuha Diego E. , Manucha Walter
Published: February 2017

Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of disability and they are currently responsible for a significant number of deaths in a large percentage of the world population. A large number of therapeutic options have been developed for the management of cardiovascular diseases. However, they are insufficient to stop or significantly reduce the progression of these diseases, and may produce unpleasant side effects. In this situation, the need arises to continue exploring new technologies and strategies in order to overcome the disadvantages and limitations of conventional therapeutic options. Thus, treatment of cardiovascular diseases has become one of the major focuses of scientific and technological development in recent times. More specifically, there have been important advances in the area of nanotechnology and the controlled release of drugs, destined to circumvent many limitations of conventional therapies for the treatment of diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke and thrombosis.
Association Between Treatment Facility Volume and Mortality of Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Authors: Go Ronald S. , Bartley Adam C. , Crowson Cynthia S. , Shah Nilay D. , Habermann Elizabeth B. , Holton Sara J. , Holmes David R.
Published: February 2017

Purpose

To determine the association between the number of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) treated annually at a treatment facility (volume) and all-cause mortality (outcome).

Methods

Using the National Cancer Database, we identified patients diagnosed with MM between 2003 and 2011. We classified the facilities by quartiles (Q; mean patients with MM treated per year): Q1: < 3.6; Q2: 3.6 to 6.1, Q3: 6.1 to 10.3, and Q4: > 10.3. We used random intercepts to account for clustering of patients within facilities and Cox regression to determine the volume-outcome relationship, adjusting for demographic (sex, age, race, ethnicity), socioeconomic (income, education, insurance type), geographic (area of residence, treatment facility location, travel distance), and comorbid (Charlson-Deyo score) factors and year of diagnosis.

Results

There were 94,722 patients with MM treated at 1,333 facilities. The median age at diagnosis was 67 years, and 54.7% were men. The median annual facility volume was 6.1 patients per year (range, 0.2 to 109.9). The distribution of patients according to facility volume was: Q1: 5.2%, Q2: 12.6%, Q3: 21.9%, and Q4: 60.3%. The unadjusted median overall survival by facility volume was: Q1: 26.9 months, Q2: 29.1 months, Q3: 31.9 months, and Q4: 49.1 months ( P < .001). Multivariable analysis showed that facility volume was independently associated with all-cause mortality. Compared with patients treated at Q4 facilities, patients treated at lower-quartile facilities had a higher risk of death (Q3 hazard ratio [HR], 1.12 [95% CI, 1.08 to 1.16]; Q2 HR, 1.17 [95% CI, 1.12 to 1.21]; Q1 HR, 1.22 [95% CI, 1.17 to 1.28]).

Conclusion

Patients who were treated for MM at higher-volume facilities had a lower risk of mortality compared with those who were treated at lower-volume facilities.
The Crumbs_C isoform ofDrosophilashows tissue- and stage-specific expression and prevents light-dependent retinal degeneration
Authors: Spannl Stephanie , Kumichel Alexandra , Hebbar Sarita , Kapp Katja , Gonzalez-Gaitan Marcos , Winkler Sylke , Blawid Rosana , Jessberger Gregor , Knust Elisabeth
Published: February 2017

Drosophila Crumbs (Crb) is a key regulator of epithelial polarity and fulfils a plethora of other functions, such as growth regulation, morphogenesis of photoreceptor cells and prevention of retinal degeneration. This raises the question how a single gene regulates such diverse functions, which in mammals are controlled by three different paralogs. Here, we show that in Drosophila different Crb protein isoforms are differentially expressed as a result of alternative splicing. All isoforms are transmembrane proteins that differ by just one EGF-like repeat in their extracellular portion. Unlike Crb_A, which is expressed in most embryonic epithelia from early stages onward, Crb_C is expressed later and only in a subset of embryonic epithelia. Flies specifically lacking Crb_C are homozygous viable and fertile. Strikingly, these flies undergo light-dependent photoreceptor degeneration despite the fact that the other isoforms are expressed and properly localised at the stalk membrane. This allele now provides an ideal possibility to further unravel the molecular mechanisms by which Drosophila crb protects photoreceptor cells from the detrimental consequences of light-induced cell stress.
Protein kinase C is involved with upstream signaling of methyl farnesoate for photoperiod-dependent sex determination in the water flea Daphnia pulex
Authors: Toyota Kenji , Sato Tomomi , Tatarazako Norihisa , Iguchi Taisen
Published: February 2017

Sex determination of Daphnia pulex is decided by environmental conditions. We established a suitable experimental system for this study using D. pulex WTN6 strain, in which the sex of the offspring can be controlled by photoperiod. Long-day conditions induced females and short-day conditions induced males. Using this system, we previously found that methy farnesoate (MF), which is a putative innate juvenile hormone molecule in daphnids, is necessary for male sex determination and that protein kinase C (PKC) is a candidate factor of male sex determiner. In this study, we demonstrated that a PKC inhibitor (bisindolylmaleimide IV: BIM) strongly suppressed male offspring induction in the short-day condition. Moreover, co-treatment of BIM with MF revealed that PKC signalling acts up-stream of the MF signalling for male sex determination. This is the first experimental evidence that PKC is involved in the male sex determination process.
Establishment and maintenance of sexual preferences that cause a reproductive isolation between medaka strains in close association
Authors: Ikawa Mayuka , Ohya Emi , Shimada Hiroka , Kamijo Makiko , Fukamachi Shoji
Published: February 2017

Animals choose reproductive partners based on their sexual preferences which are established at a certain time point before, during, or after sexual maturation. The preferences are often divergent within a species, which suppresses gene flow between populations and may promote speciation. There are two strains of medaka (Oryzias latipes) that differ by a single transgene and mate assortatively depending on skin color. Here, we demonstrate that symmetrically biased (mutually exclusive) sexual preferences are (1) gradually established during growth depending on skin color and the color of surrounding fish, (2) strong enough to minimize gene flow between the strains at a population level, and (3) inflexibly retained after sexual maturation, even after weeks of daily mating with partners of the other strain. Thus, these laboratory strains of medaka are under premating isolation with the simplest genomic structure. They provide an empirical platform for assessing the complex and hypothetical mechanisms of speciation by mate choice.
The Principle of Joint-Stock Companies
Authors: Галанов  , Galanov Vladimir , Галанова  , Galanova A.
Published: February 2017

Development of capital relationship occurs in many areas. We can identify the main two of them: the development of the main organizational form of business activity as joint-stock companies and the development of their reproductive activity, which is reflected in the fundamental change in the processes of formation of the cost of the goods produced by these companies. The main trend in the development of a joint stock company may be called the “socialization of capital”, which not only retains many of the old ways of the private appropriation of profits, but also creates new kinds of them. The chain of commercial structures development involves conversion of the national jointstock companies into the international joint-stock companies, or multinational companies. This, in turn, leads to the transformation of a number of states, among which we include the developed or rich countries of the world, into a kind of “joint-stock” societies, whose citizens have an opportunity to increase (through an appropriate system of maintenance of a high level of wages and social benefits) their personal consumption financed by appropriating a disproportionately large part of the total world income by the country as a whole. Such a country objectively turns into a special economic-social form of existence of the joint-stock company. The basis for such a transformation of the state into a sort of joint-stock company is a new nature of production of the majority of modern goods. It consists in the change of the creation process of goods’ value which leads to the complete subordination of all its stages to the corresponding MNC groups.
Assessment of the Financial Losses of the Impact of Threats of the Financial Security of Commercial Banks
Authors: Наточеева  , Natocheeva N. , Белянчикова  , Belyanchikova T.
Published: February 2017

The article considers the issues of determining the direct and indirect financial losses from the different impact of the economic storms on the activities of banks, determination of the level of losses and their interaction with aggregate index of financial security of banks. The authors propose formal approach of defining the efficiency of the financial security of commercial banks.
The Role of Territories of Priority Development in Dealing with Problems of Import Independence
Authors: Скрыль  , Skryl Tatyana
Published: February 2017

The article identifies priority areas and trends of the government to accelerate economic growth by attracting investment in the industrial sector. The article discusses different approaches and scholarly positions of a number of domestic and foreign economists regarding the desirability of one or another of industrial policy and its effectiveness. The author, drawing on the results of functioning of free economic zones in the Russian Federation, justifies the strategic importance of formation and implementation mechanism of the territories of priority development for the successful modernization of the industrial sector in Russia. The article presents the institutional matrix of formation of the territories of priority development, described in detail its elements, strict interconnection which allows the mechanism to work effectively. The author

evaluates and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of this matrix to determine which of them worked out in the Federal law of the Russian Federation and which require immediate action from the state for successful implementation in practice of the mechanism of the territories of priority development. The author introduced the priority point of intersection of interests of state and business is the need of the formation of the working mechanism of return of private capital and modernization of current technologies. In Russia, this problem can be solved in the framework of implementation of the territories of priority development.
Еmotionаl Intеlligеnсе As In-Dеpth Dеvеlopmеnt of Humаn Rеsourсе
Authors: Дзержинская  , Dzerzhinskaya A.
Published: February 2017

Thе аrtiсlе аims to study thе rеlаtionship bеtwееn еmotionаl intеlligеnсе of mаn аnd thе dеvеlopmеnt of his pеrsonаl аnd саrееr growth, аs wеll аs to study thе influеnсе of еmotionаl intеlligеnсе on thе mаnаgеmеnt of еmployееs in thе сompаny.
Differentiation of the Volga Region Federal District in Terms of Development of Human Potential
Authors: Катайкина  , Kataykina N. , Скворцова  , Skvortsova M.
Published: February 2017

The article assesses the level of human development of the Republic of Mordovia

and Volga Federal District (VFD). The author offer an expanded range

of indicators to assess the level of development of human potential in the region.

The results of differentiation of regions of the Volga Federal District on the level

of human development, carried out on the basis of the cluster analysis are given.

The article identifies the key areas of human development of the Volga Federal

District, grouped in clusters, as the one of the constitutive elements of human

potential
Dietrich Bonhoeffers Psalmenauslegung in der Zeit des Dritten Reiches
Authors: Strohm Christoph
Published: February 2017

Bonhoeffer’s path »from a theologian to a Christian and contemporary« becomes vividly evident from his use of the Psalms. They are virtually irrelevant to his early works, but in the time of spiritual focussing in the first half of the 1930s, they come to buttress his individual piety as well as of his training of vicars. During his imprisonment the Psalms become an important means of communication and of sapiential insight. In addition, one may attribute a stimulating, intensifying effect on his development »from a theologian to a Christian and contemporary« to the Psalms. Evidence for this is the fact that, next to the Sermon on the Mount, the Psalms are the most important reference texts in the phase of Bonhoeffer’s spiritual focussing during the Kirchenkampf in the mid-1930s.
The Art of Being a Social Pedagogue: Developing Cultural Change in Children’s Homes in Essex
Authors: Eichsteller Gabriel , Holthoff Sylvia
Published: February 2017

As one of the first organisations in the UK to pioneer social pedagogy within its residential service, Essex County Council began working together with ThemPra Social Pedagogy in September 2008. This article describes some of the ways in which social pedagogy influenced the culture and practice in the local authority’s children’s homes. In contrast to other evaluations, most notably Berridge and colleague’s (2011) evaluation of the English government’s social pedagogy pilot project, this paper draws on narrative material gathered over the 3-year project in order to provide insights into attitudinal changes amongst staff teams, to highlight how practitioners developed their understanding of social pedagogy and to offer examples of how teams improved their practice and culture throughout the project. By describing social pedagogic practice as an art form we aim to outline the holistic, dynamic and process-orientated nature of social pedagogy that distinguishes it from the procedurally driven, outcome-focussed practice which has been heralded by new managerialism (Petrie et al., 2006; Smith, 2009). An abridged version of our full project report (Eichsteller & Holthoff, 2012), the article focuses on four areas relating to the art of being a social pedagogue: Haltung, relationships, reflection, and culture.
Social Pedagogy and Critical Theory: A Conversation with Hans Thiersch
Authors: Schugurensky Daniel
Published: February 2017

Hans Thiersch was born on May 16, 1935 in Recklinghausen, Germany. His work became particularly influential since the 1970s, when he applied the concept of lifeworld orientation to social pedagogy. Indeed, Thiersch can be considered one of the representatives of a critical social pedagogy. Since his retirement in 2002, he has been a professor emeritus of Education and Social Pedagogy at the University of Tübingen. He has also co-edited the handbook of social work / social pedagogy. Professor Thiersch has published extensively on a variety of topics related to education, social work, youth welfare, residential care, morality and justice. However, because most of his publications are in German, his work is not well known outside of Germany. On a rainy evening of October 2013 in Frankfurt, I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Professor Thiersch.
Social Pedagogy in the Czech Republic
Authors: Knotová Dana
Published: February 2017

This article outlines the evolution of Czech social pedagogy from its origins in the 19thcentury to the present day. The development of social pedagogy has been non-linear and very slow. The socio-political situation in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 brought substantial changes, to which educational thinking, theory and practice began to adapt. This was expressed by the fact that social pedagogy started to present itself as an independent educational discipline, study subject and profession. The article aims to present nationally significant authors who have had a marked influence on the development of social pedagogy. Well-known authors of theories are briefly introduced in the text, including their publications, as well as authors of research and important pedagogues involved in the practice. Current concepts of Czech social pedagogy, reflecting various philosophical starting points and ideas on the profession of social pedagogue are presented. Despite these different starting points and concepts, an agreement is reached as regards the primary task of social pedagogy as a preventive activity (by means of educational measures) and support for social cohesion.
El discurso científico en inglés: en torno a las nominalizaciones complejas en el proceso de producción sentido
Authors: De Francesco Karina Verónica , Roseti Laura Patricia , Bron Natalia
Published: February 2017

En la Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, laenseñanza de inglés como lengua extranjera se centra en la lectocomprensión confines académicos, concebida desde un abordaje global, interactivo y estratégico. Seprivilegia así la adquisición de dinámicas de acción para la construcción del sentidoy la reconstrucción del texto paralelo desde un enfoque transaccional, que recono-ce el rol preponderante de la activación de conocimientos previos y promueve laelaboración de hipótesis de lectura. Los artículos de investigación utilizados en lasclases para la enseñanza de lectura comprensiva presentan, generalmente, títuloscompuestos por sintagmas nominales complejos y, al ser compactos informativos queidentifican el estudio realizado y refieren a su contenido, su tratamiento se constituyecomo una de las primeras estrategias de nuestro abordaje. Por otra parte, desde unaperspectiva contrastiva, las funciones sintácticas que diferencian las nominalizacionesen inglés de las ocurrentes en español suscitan dificultades significativas en el planosemántico–pragmático, por lo que han sido objeto de análisis tanto de la lingüísticacomparada como de la traductología y la didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras. Conel propósito de comprobar si una intervención pedagógica específica impacta enla construcción de significados de los títulos de los trabajos de investigación, sedesarrolló una tipología de sintagmas que permitió determinar diferentes tipos deaglutinaciones y graduarlas en términos de complejidad. En un estudio que duró dosmeses y en el que participaron los estudiantes de todos los cursos dictados duranteel cuatrimestre, se conformaron dos grandes grupos: uno experimental, que recibióla instrucción específica referida a la tipología en cuestión, y otro de control, quetrabajó con las nominalizaciones de manera habitual. Se administró una prueba enocasión del segundo examen regulatorio que contenía el resumen de un trabajo deinvestigación cuyo título presentaba nominalizaciones complejas. Se les solicitó alos estudiantes que conceptualizaran la temática a modo de hipótesis predictiva yque redactaran las ideas principales correspondientes al resumen para verificar sushipótesis y dar cuenta de la macroestructura textual. De esta manera, se procedió alestudio del corpus según categorías cualitativas de análisis para las hipótesis y las ideascentrales en el marco de un estudio cualicuantitativo. Presentaremos los resultados ylas conclusiones a las que arribamos referidas al impacto de la instrucción específicade las nominalizaciones complejas así como también futuras líneas de investigación.
Two-dimensional convection of an incompressible viscous fluid with the heat exchange on the free border
Authors: Vlasova Svetlana Sergeevna , Prosviryakov Eugenii Yurevich
Published: February 2017

Найдено точное стационарное решение краевой задачи, описывающее конвективное движение вязкой несжимаемой жидкости в плоском слое при квадратичном нагреве свободной поверхности в приближение Стокса. Линеаризация уравнений Обербека-Буссинеска позволяет описать движение жидкости в точках экстремумов давления и температуры. Выведено условие, при котором наблюдается противотечение (два встречных потока) в жидкости. При наличии застойной точки в жидкости наблюдается шесть незамкнутых вихрей.
Блочный регуляризованный метод Качмажа
Authors: Богданова Екатерина Юрьевна , Bogdanova Ekaterina Yuryevna
Published: February 2017

Данная статья посвящена модификации итерационного варианта блочного алгоритма Качмажа для решения задачи регуляризации, который является одним из достаточно эффективных методов для задач большой размерности. Важной характеристикой итерационных методов является скорость сходимости, которая зависит от числа обусловленности исходной задачи. Основным недостатком многих итерационных методов является большое число обусловленности, а у методов, основанных на нормальных уравнениях, число обусловленности системы равно квадрату числа обусловленности исходной задачи. В настоящее время для повышения скорости сходимости итерационных методов используются различные типы предобуславливателей, позволяющие снизить число обусловленности системы уравнений. Недостатками данного подхода являются высокая вычислительная сложность, а также отсутствие универсального предобуславливателя, который мог бы применяться для любого итерационного метода. Одним из эффективных подходов для повышения скорости сходимости метода применение использование блочного варианта используемого метода. В связи с этим в данной работе предлагается оригинальная модификация блочного метода Качмажа для задачи регуляризации, которая позволит уменьшить вычислительную сложность и таким образом повысить скорость сходимости алгоритма. В статье приводится доказательство сходимости предложенного варианта блочного метода Качмажа.
Двойственные задачи плоских ползущих течений степенной несжимаемой среды
Authors: Петухов Дмитрий Сергеевич , Petukhov Dmitriy Sergeevich , Келлер Илья Эрнстович , Keller Ilya Ernstovich
Published: February 2017

Для уравнений равновесия и совместности, описывающих ползущие плоские течения несжимаемой среды со степенной реологией, рассмотрен класс решений в форме произведения произвольной степени радиальной координаты на произвольную функцию угловой координаты полярной системы координат, покрывающей плоскость. Данный класс решений представляет асимптотику полей вблизи особой точки области, занятой рассматриваемой средой. Показана трансформация друг в друга точечными преобразованиями двух задач для плоскости с клиновидным вырезом, в одной из которых на границах выреза исчезают компоненты вектора поверхностных сил, а в другой - компоненты вектора скоростей. В ходе таких преобразований уравнения равновесия и совместности системы полевых уравнений переходят друг в друга, граничные условия одной задачи переходят в граничные условия другой задачи, а показатель степени реологического уравнения обращается. Для указанных двойственных нелинейных задач на собственные значения были изучены собственные решения и асимптотика полей вблизи вершины выреза в зависимости от показателя степени реологического уравнения и угла раствора выреза. При этом исследовалась ветвь собственных значений, связанная с собственным числом Хатчинсона-Райса-Розенгрена, известным по задаче о распределении напряжений в плоскости с разрезом для степенной среды. Двойственная задача дает распределение скоростей перемещений при течении степенной среды вблизи вершины жесткого клина. Найдены аналитические выражения для еще двух собственных чисел и установлено, что каждое из этих чисел отвечает за определенную простую структуру полей скоростей перемещений или напряжений в каждой из двойственных задач.
Одно из этих собственных значений соответствует радиальному характеру течения среды и было обнаружено В. В. Соколовским, а в двойственной задаче отсутствует окружная компонента напряжений.
Другое собственное значение соответствует одной ненулевой радиальной компоненте напряжений, а в двойственной задаче поле скоростей тривиально.
Annual dynamics, nature-conservancy evaluation and an overview of data on the occurrence of waterbirds at Šaleška Lakes (N Slovenia)
Authors: Deberšek Boštjan , Bordjan Dejan
Published: February 2017

Between September 2014 and August 2015, 32 systematic surveys of waterbirds were carried out in 10-day periods in the area of Šaleška Lakes. The main objectives of the surveys were to establish the birds’species structure and abundance as well as to assess the area’s significance for their breeding, migration and overwintering. A total of 8927 individuals belonging to 53 species were recorded. Most species were observed at the end of March (27), whereas the highest number of individuals were registered in early January (535). The lowest number of individuals were counted in May (73). Mallard Anas platyrhynchos, Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus, Mute Swan Cygnus olor and Grey Heron Ardea cinerea were observed during all counts. An additional 10 species were registered in at least 50% of the 10-day periods. The highest number of individuals (2891) and species (34) were counted at Lake Šoštanj, the highest number of individuals (295) and species (21) in a single 10-day survey period at Lake Gaberke. Most nestlings and nesting species were recorded at Lake Velenje. The majority of species occurred on all lakes within the research area, while some of them frequented certain lakes only exceptionally. The lowest numbers of birds were observed in central parts of all major waterbodies, particularly at Lake Velenje. Distribution of waterbirds at Šaleška Lakes is greatly influenced by the presence and distribution of people along them, as well as by the depth and riparian vegetation of the lakes and number of suitable roosting places. The number of breeding species is higher than in the 1994-2003 period. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus, Kingfisher Alcedo atthis and Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus are new breeders for the area. The most abundant breeder is the Mallard with up to 16 pairs. The area’s breeders of the greatest conservation concern are the Little Bittern, Great Reed Warbler and Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, with the latter boasting the greatest share of the national breeding population (5%) in the area. Generally, most species occur during the migration season, although none of them in the numbers of conservation concern. Among the 33 waterbird species observed during the International Waterbird Censuses, five were recorded in all 18 years. Pochard Aythya ferina and Coot Fulica atra are of the greatest conservation concern, whereas the greatest share of the national population is reached by the Coot and Great Crested Grebe. In spite of the fact that the numbers of overwintering waterbirds in Slovenia are increasing, their numbers are declining at Šaleška Lakes. Among the 13 species recorded during more than ten International Waterbird Counts in the area researched, eight species are experiencing negative trends.
Cow: The Council of Directors of Wet
Authors: Kepler S. O.
Published: February 2017

The Council of the Wise is the governing body for the Whole Earth Telescope, and its main function is to decide on scientific issues concerning WET
Wet Observations of the DAV G185–32
Authors: Castanheira B. G. , Kepler S.O. , Moskalik P. , Kleinman S. J. , Sansom A.E. , Solheim J.-E. , Belmonte J.A. , Kawaler S.D. , Kanaan A. , Winget D.E. , Nather R.E. , Watson T.K. , Clemens J. C. , Provencal J. , Grauer A.D. , Bradley P.A. , Wood M.A. , Achilleos N. , Vauclair G. , Pfeiffer B. , Chevreton M. , Dolez N. , Serre B. , Yang J.S. , Fu J.N. , Marar T. M. K. , Ashoka B.N. , Meištas E.G. , Chernyshev A. V. , Mazeh T. , Leibowitz E. , Krzesiński J. , Pajdosz G. , Zoła S. , Costa J. E. S.
Published: February 2017

The pulsating DAV white dwarf G185-32 was observed with the Whole Earth Telescope in 1992, during XCov8. We briefly report on the weighted Fourier transform of the data obtained.
V351 Ori as a Target for the Wet
Authors: Ripepi V. , Marconi M. , Silvotti R.
Published: February 2017

We present time series observations of the Herbig Ae star V351 Ori. This star presents light variations on short time scale (a few hours), typical of the δ Scuti pulsation. The new data are briefly described and the possibility to observe V351 Ori with the WET is discussed.
A Target or the Next XCov23 Campaign: KPD 1930+2752
Authors: Charpinet S. , Reed M.D.
Published: February 2017

KPD 1930+2752 is a pulsating subdwarf B star with a particularly rich period spectrum, likely due to significant rotational splitting. It is also a short period (~ 2h17m), close binary system (as revealed by the presence of an ellipsoidal variation in the light curve) containing an unseen companion - almost certainly a white dwarf. Radial velocity measurements indicate that the total binary mass exceeds the Chandrasekhar limit. KPD 1930+2752 is therefore the first known (non-X-ray source) candidate for a Type Ia supernova (SNe Ia) progenitor that should explode within an astrophysically interesting timescale (~ 200 Myr) after the two stars merge due to gravitational wave radiation. Additionally, the tidal distortions are indicative of the strong tidal force incurred on the pulsating star by its companion. This will allow us to test the effects such strong tidal forces have on pulsations. Hence, this object presents an outstanding astrophysical interest, and deserves to be observed with the WET network to fully resolve the complex pulsation pattern of the pulsating sdB star, as well as the details of the ellipsoidal modulation. The asteroseismological analysis of the pulsation data obtained with the WET, along with a detailed analysis of the folded, high S/N ellipsoidal variation will lead to strong physical constraints on this particularly interesting stellar object.
On the 3He anomaly in hot subdwarf B stars
Authors: Schneider David , Irrgang Andreas , Heber Ulrich , Nieva Maria F. , Przybilla Norbert
Published: February 2017

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XQUED: The Next Generation of Wet Light Curve Reduction and Analysis Software
Authors: Riddle R. L.
Published: February 2017

For many years, the Whole Earth Telescope has used the QED software package, created by R. E. Nather, to reduce the data gathered from the WET standard, PMT based photometers. While essential for reducing this data, QED alone is not a sufficient package for reducing CCD photometry data, which is becoming a larger fraction of WET data. In addition, QED requires DOS, while many astronomers, and WET HQ, do everything in a different environment (usually Unix based). A new version of the data reduction software will allow the WET to continue to operate with future CCD photometers and systems, and to reduce archival photometry data with new computer systems. Here a software package is described which will satisfy these new needs.
Whole Earth Telescope Headquarters Standard Data Formats
Authors: Riddle R. L. , Kawaler S. D.
Published: February 2017

As the WET moves to CCD systems, we move away from the uniformity of the standard WET photometer into an arena where each system can be radically different. There are many possible CCD photometry systems that can fulfil the requirements of a WET instrument, but each of these will have their own unique native data format. During XCov22, it became readily apparent that the WET requires a defined data format for all CCD data that arrives at HQ. This paper describes the proposed format for the next generation of WET data; the final version will be the default format for XQED, the new photometry package discussed elsewhere in these proceedings.
On the Quality of WET Time
Authors: Solheim J. E. , Sullivan D. J.
Published: February 2017

The goal of the WET collaboration is to produce a photometric light curve as continuous and accurate as possible, given the weather and technical constraints. In order to join light curves from different observers, it is important that all observer’s clocks are accurately synchronised with Universal Time, and with a precision substantially better than one second. This requires vigilance and careful checking by the observer, who needs to be familiar with the instrument and how the integration intervals are determined. This is in particular important with the introduction of the more complex CCD photometers. Ideally each observer should have access to their own time source, and a GPS solution is recommended. It is also important that the information about timing peculiarities are carefully checked and recorded and passed on to the data analysts.
Merging Data from Large and Small Telescopes – Good or Bad? And: How Useful is the Application of Statistical Weights to Time-Series Photometric Measurements?
Authors: Handler G.
Published: February 2017

I have investigated the value of the contribution of small telescopes to the success of a whole WET run. To this end, I have applied different data weighting schemes to two extreme WET test data sets. I find that weights proportional to the inverse local scatter in the light curves produce Fourier Transforms of best signal-to-noise. Weighting data stronger than their inverse scatter does not yield optimal results because of the reduction of the effective number of data points.

The contribution of the small telescopes to the combined WET results was found to be very important. They do not only improve the spectral window, but they can reduce the noise in the total FT by more than their light gathering power would imply. Some suggestions for the optimal use of small telescopes in the WET are given.
White Dwarf.Org - Establishing a Permanent Endowment for the Whole Earth Telescope
Authors: Metcalfe Travis S.
Published: February 2017

White Dwarf Research Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific research and public education on topics relevant to white dwarf stars. It was founded in 1999 in Austin, Texas to help fulfill the need for an alternative research center where scarce funding dollars could be used more efficiently, and to provide a direct link between astronomers who study white dwarf stars and the general public. Due to its administrative simplicity, WDRC can facilitate the funding of multi-institutional and international collaborations, provide seamless grant portability, minimize overhead rates, and actively seek non-governmental funding sources. I describe the motivation for, and current status of, one of the long-term goals of WDRC: to establish a permanent endowment for the operation of the Whole Earth Telescope. I pay particular attention to fund-raising efforts through the website at http://WhiteDwarf.org/donate/.
Interstellar Extinction in the Direction of The Barnard 1 Dark Cloud in Perseus
Authors: Černis K. , Straižys V.
Published: February 2017

Spectral and luminosity classes, absolute magnitudes, color excesses, interstellar extinctions and distances are determined for 98 stars down to 18 mag in the Barnard 1 dark cloud belonging to the Per OB2 association. The classification of stars is based on their photoelectric photometry in the Vilnius seven-color photometric system. The extinction vs. distance diagram exhibits the presence of two dust layers at 150 and 230 pc distances. The distance of the first cloud, which gives an extinction Ay of 0.3 mag, coincides with the distance of the Taurus dark cloud complex. The second cloud with much larger extinction is about at the same distance as the clouds in the direction of the nearby objects: reflection nebula NGC 1333 and open cluster IG 348.
Near Continuous Photometry with the Whole Earth Telescope (WET)
Authors: Solheim J. E.
Published: February 2017

The Whole Earth Telescope (WET) saw first light in 1988. It was invented by scientists from the Astronomy Department, University of Texas at Austin. The idea was to generate a world-wide network of cooperating astronomical observatories to obtain uninterrupted time-series measurements of some variable stars. The technological goal was to resolve the multi-periodic oscillations in these objects into their individual components; the scientific goal was to construct accurate theoretical models of the target objects, constrained by their observed behavior, from which fundamental astrophysical parameters could be derived. This approach has been extremely successful, and has placed stellar seismology at the forefront of stellar astrophysics. The network is run as a single astronomical instrument with many operators, and the collaboration includes scientists from all continents on our planet, taking part in the observations, data reduction, analysis and theoretical interpretation. The expertise of Lithuanian astronomers in photometry, and their access to the observing station Mt. Maidanak in Uzbekistan, has been important for the success of the network.
Long-Term Photometric Behavior of 18 Carbon Stars in Cygnus
Authors: Alksnis A.
Published: February 2017

The large variety of long-term (secondary) variations is demonstrated on the basis of a 30 year long photographic red magnitude time-series for 18 carbon stars in Cygnus based on the observations carried out with the Baldone Schmidt telescope.
Some Photometric Characteristics of Population II Orbital Visual Binary Stars
Authors: Bartkevičius A. , Gudas A.
Published: February 2017

A MV ,B−V diagram for metal-deficient, kinematically selected thick disk and halo visual binary stars with known orbits is presented. The magnitude differences Δm between the components are analyzed.
On the Period of the Mira Variable LX Cygni
Authors: Barzdis A. , Alksnis A.
Published: February 2017

The period changes of the SC-type Mira variable LX Cygni are analyzed.
Analysis Of The EU Anti-dumping Policy In Terms Of The Revealed Comparative Advantages
Authors: Issabekov Nurlybek , Suchecki Adam Mateusz
Published: February 2017

Anti-dumping policy is an important instrument of trade policy as far as protecting markets against dishonest practices of foreign suppliers is concerned and it is compliant with international regulations such as e.g. these set by the World Trade Organisation. Generally, dumping concerns exporting commodities at lower prices than a selling price of commodities (so-called normal value). Anti-dumping policy uses appropriate preventive means against dishonest practices in a situation when:- commodity was brought to customs territory of an importing country at dumping prices,- import inflicted damage (or threatens to do it) to importing country’s industry. The first principles of anti-dumping policy were formulated in 1964 at the United Nations Conference and Development UNCTAD. The agreement was signed by 194 countries, including Poland. A similar agreement was also signed by the European Union countries. One of the types of agreements is tariff agreements in which a tool used as a system of cataloguing commodities in international trade is so-called Combined Nomenclature (CN). The system is used in customs proceedings and for registration needs. Anti-dumping proceedings also use HS classification system formulated by the World Customs Organization. The aim of the paper is to determine the proportion of goods covered by anti-dumping proceedings in the value of import conducted by the European Union between 1995–2012. In the empirical research the eight-digit commodity codes CN8 were used as well as HS2 codes that allow grouping imported commodities covered by anti-dumping proceedings by their manufacturing divisions. In that way a determined classification of commodities was used to describe a comparative advantage. To conduct assessment the modified Ballasa index (Bi) and Grupp/Legler index were used. The result of conducted analysis is determination of groups of commodities that are crucial for export of a given country.
Spatial Quantile Regression In Analysis Of Healthy Life Years In The European Union Countries
Authors: Trzpiot Grażyna , Orwat-Acedańska Agnieszka
Published: February 2017

The paper investigates the impact of the selected factors on the healthy life years of men and women in the EU countries. The multiple quantile spatial autoregression models are used in order to account for substantial differences in the healthy life years and life quality across the EU members. Quantile regression allows studying dependencies between variables in different quantiles of the response distribution. Moreover, this statistical tool is robust against violations of the classical regression assumption about the distribution of the error term. Parameters of the models were estimated using instrumental variable method (Kim, Muller 2004), whereas the confidence intervals and p-values were bootstrapped.
Ovarian Pregnancy after IVF and Embryo Transfer – Case Report
Authors: Keisa Laura , Grabe Zane , Rezeberga Dace
Published: February 2017

Ovarian pregnancy is one of the rarest types of ectopic pregnancy. The first case of it was reported by St. Maurice in 1689, and since then, few cases have been described in the literature. The incidence of ovarian pregnancy has recently increased due to the wider use of intrauterine devices and assisted reproductive techniques. The authors discuss the case of a 36-year-old primigravid woman who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and amenorrhea. The patient has a two year history of primary infertility treated by in vitro fertilization. The ovarian pregnancy as the initial diagnosis was made during the operation and the final diagnosis was confirmed by the histopathological finding, which fulfilled Spiegelberg criteria.