bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reliable Real-Time Ball Tracking for Robot Table Tennis
Authors: Gomez-Gonzalez Sebastian , Nemmour Yassine , Schölkopf Bernhard , Peters Jan
Published: October 2019

Robot table tennis systems require a vision system that can track the ball position with low latency and high sampling rate. Altering the ball to simplify the tracking using, for instance, infrared coating changes the physics of the ball trajectory. As a result, table tennis systems use custom tracking systems to track the ball based on heuristic algorithms respecting the real-time constrains applied to RGB images captured with a set of cameras. However, these heuristic algorithms often report erroneous ball positions, and the table tennis policies typically need to incorporate additional heuristics to detect and possibly correct outliers. In this paper, we propose a vision system for object detection and tracking that focuses on reliability while providing real-time performance. Our assumption is that by using multiple cameras, we can find and discard the errors obtained in the object detection phase by checking for consistency with the positions reported by other cameras. We provide an open source implementation of the proposed tracking system to simplify future research in robot table tennis or related tracking applications with strong real-time requirements. We evaluate the proposed system thoroughly in simulation and in the real system, outperforming previous work. Furthermore, we show that the accuracy and robustness of the proposed system increases as more cameras are added. Finally, we evaluate the table tennis playing performance of an existing method in the real robot using the proposed vision system. We measure a slight increase in performance compared to a previous vision system even after removing all the heuristics previously present to filter out erroneous ball observations.
Contribution to Sandy Site Characterization: Spectro-Directional Signature, Grain Size Distribution and Mineralogy Extracted from Sand Samples
Authors: Viallefont-Robinet Françoise , Bacour Cédric , Bouvet Marc , Kheireddine Malika , Ouhssain Mustapha , Idoughi Ramzi , Grignon Léo , Munesa Eric , Lemaître François , Rivière Thomas
Published: October 2019

The characterization of sands detailed in this paper has been performed in order to support the in-flight radiometric performance assessment of space-borne optical sensors over the so-called Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Sites (PICS). Although the physical properties of PICS surface are fairly stable in time, the signal measured from space varies with the illumination and the viewing geometries. Thus, there is a need to characterize the spectro-directional properties of PICS. This could be done on a broad scale, thanks to multi-spectral multi-directional space-borne sensors such as the POLDER instrument (with old data). However, interpolating or extrapolating the spectro-directional reflectance measured from space to spectral bands of another sensor is not straightforward. The hyperspectral characterization of sand samples collected within or nearby PICS could contribute to a solution. In this context, a set of 31 sand samples was compiled. The BiConical Reflectance Factor (BCRF), linked to Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF), was measured between 0.4 and 2.5 µm, over a half hemisphere when the amount of sand in the sample was large enough and for only a single fixed angular configuration for small samples. These optical measurements were complemented by grain size distribution measurements and mineralogical analysis and compiled together with previously published measurements in the so-called PICSAND database, freely available online.
Combining Machine Learning and Compact Polarimetry for Estimating Soil Moisture from C-Band SAR Data
Authors: Santi Emanuele , Dabboor Mohammed , Pettinato Simone , Paloscia Simonetta
Published: October 2019

This research aimed at exploiting the joint use of machine learning and polarimetry for improving the retrieval of surface soil moisture content (SMC) from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) acquisitions at C-band. The study was conducted on two agricultural areas in Canada, for which a series of RADARSAT-2 (RS2) images were available along with direct measurements of SMC from in situ stations. The analysis confirmed the sensitivity of RS2 backscattering (σ°) to SMC. The comparison of SMC with the compact polarimetry (CP) parameters, computed from the RS2 acquisitions by the CP data simulator, pointed out that some CP parameters had a sensitivity to SMC equal or better than σ°, with correlation coefficients up to R ≃ 0.4. Based on these results, the potential of machine learning (ML) for SMC retrieval was exploited by implementing and testing on the available data an artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm. The algorithm was implemented using several combinations of σ° and CP parameters. Validation results of the algorithm with in situ observations confirmed the promising capabilities of the ML techniques for SMC monitoring. Furthermore, results pointed out the potential of CP in improving the SMC retrieval accuracy, especially when used in combination with linearly polarized σ°. Depending on the considered input combination, the ANN algorithm was able to estimate SMC with Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) between 3% and 7% of SMC and R between 0.7 and 0.9.
Development of a Composite Measure of Regional Sustainable Development in Indonesia
Authors: Rahma Hania , Fauzi Akhmad , Juanda Bambang , Widjojanto Bambang
Published: October 2019

Sustainable development has been the main agenda for Indonesia’s development at both the national and regional levels. Along with laws concerning the national development plan and regional development that mandate a sustainable development framework, the government has issued President Regulation No. 59/2017 on the implementation of sustainable development goals. The issuance of these recent regulatory frameworks indicates that sustainable development should be taken seriously in development processes. Nevertheless, several factors affect the achievement of sustainable development. This paper investigates how economic, social, and environmental factors could be integrated into regional sustainable development indicators using a new composite index. The index is calculated based on a simple formula that could be useful for practical implementation at the policy level. Three measures of indices are developed: arithmetic, geometric, and entropy-based. The indices are aggregated to be used for comparison purposes among regions in terms of their sustainability performance. Lessons learned are then drawn for policy analysis and several recommendations are provided to address challenges in the implementation stages.
Determination of Cyanotoxins and Phycotoxins in Seawater and Algae-Based Food Supplements Using Ionic Liquids and Liquid Chromatography with Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
Authors: Giménez-Campillo Claudia , Pastor-Belda Marta , Campillo Natalia , Arroyo-Manzanares Natalia , Hernández-Córdoba Manuel , Viñas Pilar
Published: October 2019

An analytical procedure is proposed for determining three cyanotoxins (microcystin RR, microcystin LR, and nodularin) and two phycotoxins (domoic and okadaic acids) in seawater and algae-based food supplements. The toxins were first isolated by a salting out liquid extraction procedure. Since the concentration expected in the samples was very low, a dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction procedure was included for preconcentration. The ionic liquid 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (80 mg) was used as green extractant solvent and acetonitrile as disperser solvent (0.5 mL) for a 10 mL sample volume at pH 1.5, following the principles of green analytical chemistry. Liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization and quadrupole time of flight-mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF-MS) was used. The selectivity of the detection system, based on accurate mass measurements, allowed the toxins to be unequivocally identified. Mass spectra for quadrupole time of flight-mass spectrometry (Q-TOF-MS) and Q-TOF-MS/MS were recorded in the positive ion mode and quantification was based on the protonated molecule. Retention times ranged between 6.2 and 18.3 min using a mobile phase composed by a mixture of methanol and formic acid (0.1%). None of the target toxins were detected in any of the seawater samples analyzed, above their corresponding detection limits. However, microcystin LR was detected in the blue green alga sample.
Mecanismos de remoção de Cromo(VI) do solo pela interação entre matéria orgânica e Ferro(III)
Authors: Maronezi Vanessa , Santos Marília Mayumi Augusto dos , Faria Danielle Bittencourt , Rosa Maria Isabel Garcia , Shinzato Mirian Chieko
Published: October 2019

A contaminação do solo e águas por cromo (Cr) tem ocorrido frequentemente em áreas industriais e em suas proximidades, muitas vezes devido a acidentes e, também, ao mau gerenciamento de seus resíduos. O cromo na forma hexavalente (Cr(VI)) é extremamente tóxico e cancerígeno, enquanto que na forma trivalente (Cr(III)) e em níveis traço é considerado benéfico aos seres humanos e animais. O presente estudo apresenta uma revisão sobre os principais mecanismos relacionados à interação do Cr(VI) com alguns componentes do solo, quando associado a um evento de contaminação do meio. Observa-se que os principais agentes responsáveis pela remoção do Cr(VI) do meio são aqueles capazes de reduzi-lo à forma trivalente (Cr(III)), como a fração orgânica do solo e o Fe(II). No entanto, minerais e compostos ricos em Fe(III) também podem auxiliar na redução do Cr(VI). Nesse caso, o Fe(III) pode ser reduzido pelo carbono orgânico à forma divalente que, por sua vez, reduz o cromo à forma trivalente, imobilizando-o no solo. Para que isso ocorra, além da presença de matéria orgânica, o pH ácido do meio também auxilia nesse processo – cujas condições são comumente encontradas em solos tropicais, como o Latossolo Vermelho. Portanto, entender como o Cr(VI) reage com os principais componentes do solo é muito importante para auxiliar nos processos de remediação de áreas contaminadas.
AL-QURAN DAN DERADIKALISASI PAHAM KEAGAMAAN DI PERGURUAN TINGGI: PENGARUSUTAMAAN ISLAM WASATHIYAH
Authors: Ikhsan M. Alifudin
Published: October 2019

Penelitian ini menghadirkan wacana baru dalam kehidupan beragama di perguruan tinggi. Ekstrimisme dan radikalisme menjadi ancaman terbesar dalam iklim akademik. Tulisan ini mencoba memberikan argumen berbeda terhadap pandangan Al-Quran terhadap radikalisme dan upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk mencegah penyebaran isu radikal di pendidikan tinggi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil dari penelitian ini yakni sebuah formula dan model pengarusutamaan Islam Wasathiyah sebagai upaya untuk deradikalisasi wacana dan aksi keagamaan di kampus.
MENDISABILITASKAN MANUSIA MERAJUT KESETARAAN AKSESIBILITAS RUMAH IBADAH BAGI KAUM DIFABEL
Authors: Nurhakim M. Ilham
Published: October 2019

Penyandang disabilitas adalah sebagian orang yang mempunyai hambatan personal terkait dengan kondisi fisik, mental intelektual, atau sensorik dalam jangka waktu yang cukup lama. Hambatan hambatan ini diperburuk dengan situasi lingkungan sosial maupun fisik yang tidak mendukung untuk tumbuhberkembang, berpartisipasi dan berperan sosial, serta menjalani penghidupan yang layak sebagai manusia yang bermartabat. Banyak masyarakat yang tidak peduli terhadap kaum difabel, salah satu bentuk ketidakpedulian masyarakat terhadap kaum disabilitas adalah minimnya aksesibilitas kemudahan rumah ibadah bagi kaum disabilitas. Padahal hak bagi kaum difabel ini seharusnya difasilitasi oleh berbagai kalangan di masyarakat.Pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) ini dimulai ketika hak dan kewajiban yang berjalan tidak seimbang, karena setiap manusia mempunyai hak kodrat yang dibawa oleh manusia sejak dalam kandungan hal itu merupakan hak fundamental yang dimiliki oleh setiap  manusia sejak lahir yang diberikan oleh Tuhan yang Maha Esa, yang melekat pada setiap manusia sebagai makhluk individu dan sebagai makhluk sosial. Sehingga kaum disabilitas seharusnya mempunyai hak untuk tidak diperlakukan secara diskriminatif dalam segala aspek kehidupan dalam bermasyarakat. Dengan cara memberikan fasilitas dan aksesibilitas yang dibutuhkan oleh masyarkat difabel demi memberi kesetaraan, kenyamanan dan kesejahteraan untuk kaum disabilitas. Memberikan tempat ibadah yang inklusi membuat semua golongan lapisan masyarakat bisa untuk datang ke masjid tanpa adanya perbedaan. Masyarakat seharusnya ikut andil serta merta dalam menciptakan sebuah tatanan generasi baru yang inklusi, meleburkan segala sekat pemisah yang menghalangi hak antara difabel dan masyarakatnormal seperti biasa.
TAFSIR ILMI DALAM PERSFEKTIF AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Sulaiman Sulaiman
Published: October 2019

Al-Qur'an sebagai sebuah kitab suci, ternyata tidak hanya mengandung ayat-ayatyang berdimensi aqidah, syari'ah dan akhlaq semata, akan tetapi juga memberikan perhatian yang sangat besar bagi perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan (sains). Jika kita membaca Al-Qur'an secara seksama, akan kita temukan sangat banyak ayat-ayat yangmengajak kepada manusia untuk bersikap ilmiah, berdiri di atas prinsip pembebasan akaldari takhayul dan kebebasan akal untuk berpikir. Al-Qur'an selalu mengajak manusiauntuk melihat, membaca, memperhatikan, memikirkan, mengkaji serta memahami darisetiap fenomena yang ada terlebih lagi terhadap fenomena-fenomena alam semesta yang perlu mendapatkan perhatian khusus karena darinya bisa dikembangkan sains danteknologi untuk perkembangan umat manusia dan dengan itu pula akan didapatkan pemahaman yang utuh dan lengkap.

Ilmu pengetahuan adalah sesuatu yang mutlak diperlukan manusia dalam memperoleh dan memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya. Seiring bergeraknya zaman, kreatifitas dan pengetahuan manusia juga berkembang.Hal itu ditandai dengan munculnya berbagai ilmu pengatahuan modern baik ilmu-ilmu alam maupun ilmu-ilmu sosial beserta perkembangannya dari waktu ke waktu.Selain itu, memiliki potensi mengembangkan pengetahuan dengan perantara pendengaran, penglihatan, akal dan hati adalah keistimewaan yang menjadikan manusia lebih unggul dari makhluk-makhluk lain dalam menjalankan fungsi kekhalifahan.Dalam pada itu tidak dapat dipungkiri bahwa dalam menunjukkan keagungan dan kebesaran-Nya, al-Qur’an mengisyaratkan fenomena-fenomena alam untuk dipahami dan dipelajari.
Memadukan Fiqh Mu’āmalāt ke Dalam Kerangka Kerja Literasi Finansial
Authors: Setiawan Adib Rifqi
Published: October 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan menyusun kerangka kerja literasi finansial yang dipadukan dengan fiqh mu’āmalah. Metode yang dipakai ialah pendekatan research and development desain four-d model yang diambil 3 tahap berupa define, design, dan develop. Hasil yang diperoleh dapat dijadikan sebagai dasar pengembangan program pembelajaran untuk pendidikan menengah, khususnya pondok pesantren.
Inaugural Foreword
Authors: White Harry
Published: October 2019

Harry White, President of the Society for Musicology in Ireland, here provides a special Foreword for the inauguration of the present journal.
Bruckner’s Symphonies and Sonata Deformation Theory
Authors: Horton Julian
Published: October 2019

Sonata deformation theory constitutes possibly the most substantial recent contribution to the analytical literature dealing with the sonata-type repertoire of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This notion, developed by James Hepokoski in relation to the music of Sibelius and Strauss and subsequently elaborated both collaboratively and separately by Warren Darcy and Hepokoski, posits nineteenth-century practice as a critical response to a theorized, normative model of sonata form. The widespread formal experimentation evident in the instrumental and symphonic repertoire from Chopin to Schoenberg arises, by these terms, from a more-or-less conscious distortion of the normative pattern proposed seminally by Anton Reicha, and consolidated in the Formenlehre abstractions of A. B. Marx and Carl Czerny, which in turn evolved as part of the pedagogical reception of Beethoven. This essay offers a critical appraisal of the extent to which deformation theory affords a satisfactory basis for understanding novel sonata procedures in Bruckner’s symphonies. The formal strategies of these works have proved habitually resistant to unproblematic sonata readings. Persistent accusations of formlessness have often been challenged by the detection of forming processes that cut across the perceived requirements of classical formal archetypes. Yet, pace Darcy’s study of deformational procedures in Bruckner (1997), I contend that this concept gives an inadequate rendition of the symphonies’ sonata forms, misrepresenting the nature of the composer’s didactic experience, the relationship of norm and deviation in the music, and the place the symphonies occupy in the general development of the genre after Beethoven.
Sally Harper, Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources (2007)
Authors: Buckley Ann
Published: October 2019

A review of Sally Harper, Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007), ISBN 978-0-7546-5263-2, xx + 462pp, $99.95/£60.
Precursive Prolongation in the Préludes of Chopin
Authors: Sobaskie James William
Published: October 2019

The poetic allusiveness of Chopin’s Préludes, Op. 28 (1839), intrigues and inspires - yet remains remarkably elusive. However, the concept of ’precursive prolongation’, founded on the Schenkerian notions of prolongation, diminution and structural levels, offers insight. Precursive prolongations, which include anticipations, appoggiaturas, secondary dominants and initial ascents, as well as elaborated versions of these plus those structures Heinrich Schenker called ’auxiliary cadences’, all are distinguished by the trait of prospective dependency. Expectations elicited by these tonal structures correspond to many of the allusive qualities we perceive in Chopin’s Préludes.This article begins with a survey of familiar precursive prolongations. It then proceeds to a definition that also distinguishes the concept of precursive prolongation from Schenker’s notion of auxiliary cadence. Next, analyses of several of Chopin’s Préludes (including those in C major, A major, B major, A-flat major, F minor and E minor) serve to demonstrate its ability to illuminate the structure and poetry of these pieces. The article concludes, among other findings, that many of Chopin’s Préludes exhibit a structural plan, described here as the ’attempt, attempt?achievement’ paradigm, that simulates a struggle to achieve a goal or to solve a problem by exploiting the suggestive power of precursive prolongation. Finally, the preludes in F minor and E minor are revealed to be most unusual tonal compositions in that each delays the first structural statement of its tonic harmony until its final bar, and each lacks a true fundamental line.Musical excerpts (accompanied by aural examples) and analytical sketches provide illustration.
What did they sing at Cashel in 1172?: Winchester, Sarum and Romano-Frankish Chant in Ireland
Authors: Lawrence Frank
Published: October 2019

The Second Council of Cashel in 1172, at which many of the Irish bishops swore fealty to King Henry II, is usually credited with the introduction of English and in particular, Sarum liturgical and musical usage to Ireland. This article examines the historical, musical and liturgical context of the Cashel gathering, challenging traditional interpretations of this event. It demonstrates that the Council could not have decreed the introduction of Sarum usage to Ireland and that Cashel was not a watershed heralding the demise of the ‘Celtic rite’. Using the earliest complete surviving Irish plainchant source (GB-Ob Rawl. C. 892), it suggests that the twelfth-century Irish Church was already open to a wide range of musical and liturgical influences from England (principally Winchester) and continental Europe. The musical and liturgical evidence from notated and un-notated twelfth-century sources obliges us to re-formulate our ideas about this important time of development and transition in Irish musical and cultural life.
Séamas de Barra, Aloys Fleischmann (2006)
Authors: McCarthy Marie
Published: October 2019

A review of Séamas de Barra, Aloys Fleischmann (Dublin: Field Day Publications, 2006) ISBN 0-946755-32-9, x + 190pp, €25.00/$34.77
Leith Davis, Music, Postcolonialism, and Gender. The Construction of Irish National Identity, 1724-1874 (2006)
Authors: White Harry
Published: October 2019

A review of Leith Davis, Music, Postcolonialism, and Gender. The Construction of Irish National Identity, 1724-1874 (Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006), ISBN 0-268-02577-0 (cloth, €60); ISBN 0-268-02578-9 (paperback, €30), xiv + 323pp.
Beate Perrey (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Schumann (2007)
Authors: Murphy Michael
Published: October 2019

A review of Beate Perrey (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Schumann (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), ISBN 978-0-521-78341-5 (hardback, £50/$90); ISBN 978-0-521-78950-9 (paperback, £19.99/$29.99), xx + 302pp.
Kevin C. Karnes, Music, Criticism, and the Challenge of History: Shaping Modern Musical Thought in Late Nineteenth-Century Vienna (2008)
Authors: Grimes Nicole
Published: October 2019

A review of Kevin C. Karnes, Music, Criticism, and the Challenge of History: Shaping Modern Musical Thought in Late Nineteenth-Century Vienna (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), ISBN 978-0-19-536866-6
‘A Vast Speculation’:The Cork Grand Musical Meeting of 1826
Authors: O’Regan Susan
Published: October 2019

The organization of a Grand Musical Meeting in Cork in 1826 was the biggest commercial undertaking in the city’s concert life up to that time, bringing from London four virtuoso instrumentalists and at least six solo singers, in addition to a choir and orchestra. The event was directed by William Forde, a Cork-born musician who had for some years worked as a professional musician in London. The lavish plans for six concerts, an oratorio and an opera were not brought to fruition, and, by the fifth day, events were necessarily curtailed due to poor audience attendance. The scale of the event, its mismatch with the intended audience and a clash with the city’s annual theatre season all contributed to the difficulties which the organisers encountered, although artistic integrity and strong press support were in evidence. The publicity notices for the Grand Musical Meeting also reveal links with London’s newly-established Royal Academy of Music. This article examines the circumstances surrounding the event and questions its unstated aims.
Benjamin D. Koen (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology (2008)
Authors: Edwards Jane
Published: October 2019

Review of Benjamin D. Koen (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), ISBN 978-0-19-533707-5
Lucy Green, Music, Informal Learning and the School: a New Classroom Pedagogy (2008)
Authors: O’Flynn John
Published: October 2019

Review of Lucy Green, Music, Informal Learning and the School: a New Classroom Pedagogy (Aldershot, UK, and Burlington VT: Ashgate, 2008), ISBN 978-0-7546-6242-6
SUPPLEMENT: Transcription (ed. Fabian Huss), E. J. Moeran, Symphony No. 2 in E flat
Authors: Huss Fabian
Published: October 2019

An annotated transcription of the autograph manuscript of E. J. Moeran’s unfinished Second Symphony, published by JSMI to accompany the article by Fabian Huss in which the manuscript is discussed at length. The preface to the transcription and its list of annotations are given at the end of the article.
David Toop, Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener (2010)
Authors: Graham Stephen
Published: October 2019

A review of David Toop, Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener (London & New York: Continuum, 2010), ISBN 978-1-4411-4972-5.
J. P. E. Harper-Scott & Jim Samson (eds), An Introduction to Music Studies (2009)
Authors: Marx Wolfgang
Published: October 2019

A review of J. P. E. Harper-Scott & Jim Samson (eds), An Introduction to Music Studies (Cambridge, New York, Melbourne et al.: Cambridge University Press, 2009), ISBN 978-0521603805.
Richard W. Pfaff, The Liturgy in Medieval England: A History (2009)
Authors: Buckley Ann
Published: October 2019

A review of Richard W. Pfaff, The Liturgy in Medieval England: A History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 2009), ISBN 978-0-521-80847-7.
John Cunningham, The Consort Music of William Lawes 1602-1645 (2010)
Authors: Howard Alan
Published: October 2019

A review of John Cunningham, The Consort Music of William Lawes 1602-1645 (Woodbridge: Boydell, 2010). ISBN 978-0-9546-8097-8.
Antonicek, Gruber & Landerer (eds), Eduard Hanslick zum Gedenken: Bericht des Symposions zum Anlass seines 100. Todestages (2010)
Authors: Grimes Nicole
Published: October 2019

A review of Theophil Antonicek, Gernot Gruber & Christoph Landerer (eds), Eduard Hanslick zum Gedenken: Bericht des Symposions zum Anlass seines 100. Todestages (Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 2010). ISBN 978-3-86296-008-8.
Vivaldi’s Bohemian Manuscripts
Authors: Everett Paul
Published: October 2019

The present article was originally published in Czech translation by Michaela Freemanová: ‘Vivaldiho bohemikální rukopisy’, Opus musicum, 44/3 (2012), 14-25. It concerns the several manuscripts - mostly autographs - of Antonio Vivaldi that appear to originate from Bohemia and the time of the composer’s visit, accompanied by his father Giovanni Battista Vivaldi, to ‘Germania’ in 1729-30. Besides three manuscripts of compositions with lute (RV 83, 85 and 93), whose association with Count Johann Joseph von Wrtby (Jan Josef z Vrtba, 1669-1734) had been recognized in the 1970s, there are eleven further manuscripts (of RV 155, 163, 186, 278, 282, 288, 330, 380, 473, 500 and 768) discovered to be of similar, putatively Bohemian provenance that survive in Vivaldi’s personal archive of music, now preserved in Turin. Through the examination of their paper-types and rastrographies (utterly distinct from those of the music papers Vivaldi typically used in Italy), a clear picture emerges of the near-contemporaneity and common origin of these fourteen manuscripts.
Benjamin Dwyer, Constellations: The Life and Music of John Buckley (2011)
Authors: O’Leary Martin
Published: October 2019

A review of Benjamin Dwyer, Constellations: The Life and Music of John Buckley (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2011). ISBN 978-1-904505-52-5.
Matthew Riley (ed.), British Music and Modernism, 1895-1960 (2010)
Authors: Huss Fabian
Published: October 2019

Review of Matthew Riley (ed.), British Music and Modernism, 1895-1960 (Farnham: Ashgate Press, 2010). ISBN 978-0-7546-6585-4.
Thomas Schmidt-Beste (ed.), The Motet Around 1500: On the Relationship of Imitation and Text Treatment? (2012); and Albert Clement and Eric Jas (eds), Josquin and the Sublime (2011)
Authors: Collins Denis
Published: October 2019

A review of Thomas Schmidt-Beste (ed.), The Motet Around 1500: On the Relationship of Imitation and Text Treatment? Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance. Collection ‘Épitome musical’ (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2012), ISBN 978-2-503-52566-2; and Albert Clement and Eric Jas (eds), Josquin and the Sublime. Proceedings of the International Josquin Symposium at Roosevelt Academy. Middleburg 12–15 July 2009. Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance. Collection ‘Épitome musical’ (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2011), ISBN 978-2-503-54271-3.
Tommaso Giordani, Gregorio Ballabene’s Messa a dodici cori con organo and Sacred Music in Late-Eighteenth-Century Dublin
Authors: Sharpe Richard
Published: October 2019

The Dublin career of Tommaso Giordani as a theatre musician and composer is well known, but almost nothing has been known of his role in directing music at the Roman-Catholic chapel in Francis Street, Dublin, in the time of Archbishop John Thomas Troy. This article brings to light the fact that, when his musical library was auctioned at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it included a manuscript of the Messa per dodici cori con organo composed in 1774 by Gregorio Ballabene. The performance of such a work would be remarkable in Ireland at this date, and the existence of a copy is remarkable enough. In 1827 it was auctioned among the possessions of the parish priest of Francis Street Chapel, but where it went is not known.
Gareth Cox and Julian Horton (eds), Irish Musical Analysis (2014)
Authors: Sobaskie James William
Published: October 2019

A review of Gareth Cox and Julian Horton (eds), Irish Musical Analysis, Irish Musical Studies, 11 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014). ISBN 978-1-84682-368-8.
Lauri Suurpää, Death in Winterreise. Musico-poetic Associations in Schubert’s Song Cycle (2014)
Authors: Marx Wolfgang
Published: October 2019

A review of Lauri Suurpää, Death in Winterreise. Musico-poetic Associations in Schubert’s Song Cycle (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2014). ISBN 978-0-253-01100-8.
The Influence of the Paris Stage on Kane O’Hara’s Midas
Authors: Talbot Rachel
Published: October 2019

Kane O’Hara’s English burletta, Midas (1762), combined many influences, borrowing its airs in the manner of the pasticcio or ballad opera and connecting them with recitative in the manner of opera seria, pantomime, and the masque. The main sources for borrowing are folk music, catches, pantomime, and English and Italian opera. Two airs from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s opera (or intermède) Le Devin du village (1752) are perhaps the most surprising inclusion. O’Hara’s retention of these two airs in all versions of Midas, along with their rarity, points to their having a particular significance in relation to his purposes for Midas.

This article explores the awareness of French music and literature in Dublin in the middle of the eighteenth century. The circumstances of the composition and first performances of Midas and Le Devin du village are compared, and O’Hara’s settings of Rousseau’s airs are analysed and viewed in relation to Rousseau’s writings on music. The original performer of the two borrowed airs, Pierre Jélyotte, was the most celebrated singer at the Paris Opera in the middle of the eighteenth century: his association with the operatic romance, and the relevance of his other roles in relation to Midas, are investigated. Jélyotte’s vocal characteristics, his association with the guitar and his pastoral roles appear to be mirrored in Apollo’s disguise in Midas. This article proposes, indeed, that O’Hara’s borrowing of two airs from Le Devin du village reveals a more pervasive influence from the Paris stage than has hitherto been suspected.
Olivia Bloechl, Melanie Lowe and Jeffrey Kallberg (eds), Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship (2015)
Authors: Haworth Catherine
Published: October 2019

A review of Olivia Bloechl, Melanie Lowe and Jeffrey Kallberg (eds), Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015), ISBN 978-1-107-02667-4.
CONSTRUCTION OF MARKET PRICING MODEL
Authors: Kalynichenko Iuliia , Sobchuk Volodymyr
Published: October 2019

Introduction. In the process of determining the value of real estate, the analysis of the real estate market is often purely formal. We have to admit the absence of a fully-fledged section on the analysis of the real estate market in the national standards, as well as the lack of awareness of many appraisers with the conceptual foundations of this methodology. Such situation caused the fact that the section of evaluation report on the market analysis is not organized as part of the research algorithm; consequently, it is not connected with other sections and the report in general. The cost is calculated by one or several standard approaches: cost, revenue, comparative. As a result of coordinating the evaluation results obtained by different methodological approaches, only one digital value is obtained. On its basis, it is necessary to draw conclusions about the value of the object of valuation in the market, its investment attractiveness, and the efficiency of its management system.
Purpose. The article aims to develop theoretical and methodological provisions and practical recommendations for constructing a model of market pricing.
Results. The differences between individual and mass valuation of real estate have been determined. The essence of the methodology of constructing a model of market pricing has been revealed. A complex algorithm for constructing a model of market pricing has been developed.
ECONOMIC ESTIMATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OF THE LVIV REGION
Authors: Kloba Solomiya
Published: October 2019

The article provides the economic assessment of the development and competitiveness of the united territorial communities of the Lviv region. Actuality and the necessity to improve the competitiveness and attractiveness of united territorial communities are grounded in order to create a favourable social and economic climate for entrepreneurs, investors, residents who are temporarily arriving and gaining benefits both in the domestic and foreign markets. A model of regional competitiveness is considered. A detailed assessment of the economic indicators of the united territorial communities of the Lviv region is conducted. It is concluded that decentralization has positively influenced most of the united territorial communities of the Lviv region. The creation of communities allows them to control their own income, as well as spend money on solving urgent problems. However, along with the benefits of the process of decentralization, we can also see some disadvantages in reform and risks.
MODERN TERMS OF FORMATION AND REALIZATION OF EXPORT POTENTIAL AGRICULTURAL SPHERE OF REGIONS OF UKRAINE
Authors: Nadvynychnyy Serhiy
Published: October 2019

The article substantiates the essential content of the competitiveness of the agrarian sphere of the region in the conditions of modern transformation processes. A number of competitive advantages of domestic producers of agricultural products are distinguished, the existing export potential of the investigated sector of the national economy and the level of self-sufficiency of agricultural products in Ukraine are analyzed. The system of forming the export potential of the agrarian sphere is proposed.
SOCIAL REHABILITATION OF SOCIUM IN SPECIAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBAL INCLUSIVE ECONOMY
Authors: Tripak Marian
Published: October 2019

The article deals with the scientific and pragmatic approaches to the concept of "inclusiveness" and "inclusive economy". The main factors that influence social rehabilitation of the society in the special state institutions are determined. The chronology of documents on the introduction of inclusive education in Europe and in the world is worked out. The basic ways of realization of rehabilitation services in the special institution of higher education are determined. The inclusive economy in Ukraine under the conditions of social and rehabilitation influence is considered.
FINANCIAL STRATEGY OF ENTERPRISES OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY OF UKRAINE
Authors: Khalatur Svitlana , Kostenko Daria
Published: October 2019

Introduction. Financial planning is the basis of the effective business activity. There are different methods of modelling the processes of financial strategy indication. The risks that arise in any financial and business activity can cause losses, increase costs, delay in time and reduce quality, and it is clear that any of these results will lead to customer dissatisfaction. However, despite current research in the area of financial strategy formation and risk management at national economy enterprises, many aspects remain neglected. In order to improve the prospects of risk elimination, when performing financial and economic activities, and the need for development in the process of risk management, it is necessary to develop directions for optimizing the financial strategy, the formation of funds sources and their effective usage at enterprises of the national economy of Ukraine.
Purpose and tasks of the article. The article aims to develop the directions for financial strategy optimization, formation of funds sources and their effective usage at enterprises of the national economy of Ukraine. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to complete the following tasks: to conduct an extended review of the literature; study the main stages of the formation of the financial strategy of enterprises; describe the risk development model for risk lag and success in using an optimal financial strategy.
Method (methodology). In the process of research, the following methods have been used: monographic method; method of critical analysis; method of structural, econometric analysis; method of modelling.
Results. The article analyses the econometric methods that can be used to formulate the financial strategy of the enterprises of the national economy. The sequence and stages of financial strategy formation of enterprises have been substantiated. Comparison of various financial strategies has been conducted within business cycles. A description of the forecasts has been done. The strategy of modelling has been defined.
STATISTICAL ESTIMATION OF BUYING CAPACITY OF SOCIAL STANDARDS IN UKRAINE
Authors: Khmelyuk Alona
Published: October 2019

Introduction. The preconditions of formation of a socially oriented economy are considered. It is established that the Constitution of Ukraine guarantees citizens the right to social protection. The Law of Ukraine "On State Social Standards and State Social Guarantees" defines legal principles for the formation and application of state social standards and norms. It is noted that the social policy of the state by legislative acts defines such social guarantees as minimum wages, incomes, pensions, social assistance, size of other types of social benefits, which ensure a standard of living not lower than the subsistence minimum. The apriority analysis of dynamic changes of the amount of social guarantees by type has been carried out. It has found out that the use exceptionally of absolute indicators to estimate the standard of living of the population is inappropriate. It is noted that an increase in the dynamics of consumption and income of the population can testify only to the influence of inflationary processes. The algorithm for calculating the purchasing power of social standards and social guarantees in Ukraine has been worked out on the basis of statistical data concerning social indicators of living standards of the population and indicators of the dynamics of price monitoring for socially meaningful goods. It has been established that social payments provide only one-third of total household expenses, while the state's social policy is not aimed at overcoming the poverty and poverty of the Ukrainian population. Purpose. The article aims to analyse the regulatory framework for regulation and size of social standards and statistical analysis of their level in Ukraine, and develop an algorithm for calculating the purchasing power of social benefits: social assistance at birth and child care, pensions and unemployment benefits. Method (methodology). Method of system analysis, methods of causal analysis, index method, table and graphical methods, dynamic series have been used in this research. Results. Theoretical generalization and practical recommendations development of the optimal size of social standards by calculating the actual costs of a household with one child and the purchasing power index of social standards have become the results of the research.
APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF TEXT MINING AT UPDATING AND STANDARDIZATION OF DETERMINATION OF LOGISTICS OF HOTEL RESTAURANT BUSINESS
Authors: Chaika Tetiana , Stryhul Larysa , Aleksandrova Viktoriia
Published: October 2019

Introduction. The disagreements in terminology and definition of key concepts of logistics and logistics of the hotel and restaurant business have become a significant barrier to a clear understanding of these economic categories. This fact complicates the interaction of individual subjects of economic relations in the field of logistics. The problem of specification, systematization and standardization of the conceptual apparatus of logistics is now recognized as an actual one by the majority of theorists and practitioners who work in this field.
Purpose. The article aims to explore the main approaches to defining the concepts of "logistics" and "logistics of hotel and restaurant business"; to perform frequency analysis of keywords on the basis of statistical analysis of textual information Text Mining; to specify significant predicates of definitions of logistics and logistics of hotel and restaurant business.
Methods. Investigation of frequency of predictors of logistics determination has been carried out on a random sample with the help of statistical analysis of textual information Text Mining. The logic and analytical research method and system and structural research method have been used in the process of processing and systematization of the data.
Results. Text Mining has made it possible to detect the following high-frequency predictors of logistics definition: "flow", "management", "material", "information", "science", "product" and "consumer". The special focus of the flow processes, in particular the flow of customers, is the specifics of hotel and restaurant business logistics. It means that the consumer moves towards the manufacturer, and not vice versa. The authors consider it expedient to add the following predicators to the definition of the hotel and restaurant business logistics: "the direction of the flow processes", "services", "production", "flow of customers", "section / direction".
Conclusions. The article has systematized the main structural elements of the definition of logistics. Significant predicators of the definitions of "logistics" and "hotel and restaurant business logistics" have been revealed. It is established that the formation of definitions of these concepts using the statistical processing of the frequency of keywords caused the results that reflect the essence of these concepts in a proper way. These results can perfectly correlate with the methodology of the formation of scientific concepts.
THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE STATE FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEM
Authors: Belia Andriana
Published: October 2019

Introduction. The article focuses on the achievements of domestic scholars who have been considering the theoretical foundations of the functioning of the system of state financial control in Ukraine.
Purpose. The article aims to analyse and systematize the theoretical foundations of the functioning of the state financial control system.
Method (methodology). To achieve the goal of the article, the following tasks have been identified: to investigate the categorical apparatus of the concept of "financial control" (to consider the essence of this category); to analyse the term "state financial control" on the basis of the views of domestic scientists; to investigate the functions of state financial control as an economic category. The object of the research is the functioning of the system of state financial control. The theoretical and practical approaches to the application of the system of state financial control in Ukraine are the subject of the study.
Results. The strengthening of the financial position of the state, economic growth by monitoring the achievement of target benchmarks and verification of compliance with the limiting parameters of financial and economic development have been promoted in the research. It has been determined the essence of the state financial institution. Among the main points we can distinguish the establishment of the actual state of affairs and its comply with the requirements of the current legislation as the object of control over the lawfulness; financial discipline and rationality during the formation, distribution, ownership, use and alienation of the subject of control. It means that the assets belong to the state, as well as the use of funds remaining in the subject of financial relations in connection with the privileges granted for payments to the budgets, state off-budget funds and loans, which are received under state guarantees.
STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF THE ENTERPRISE
Authors: Hanin Viktor , Borokh Svitlana
Published: October 2019

Introduction. The role and importance of foreign economic activity on both the macro and microeconomic levels is increasing in the conditions of globalization of the world economy and international economic relations. The problem of creation of an effective system of management of foreign economic activity in the enterprise becomes especially actual nowadays.
Purpose. The article aims to study the theoretical aspects of effective directions of enterprise functioning on the foreign markets. These aspects should be based on the development and implementation of the foreign economic activity strategy. It will allow the company to survive in the long-term competition.
Results. The article deals with the basic concepts of foreign economic activity management, the essence and process of its organization in the enterprise.
The essence of the foreign economic activity strategy in the economic sphere of activity has been considered. The necessity of its development at the enterprises has been proved. It has been concluded that the success of the enterprise increasingly depends on the rationally organized foreign economic activity vector. Therefore, today an extremely important role belongs to the improvement of the organizational structure of enterprise activity management in order to increase the efficiency of the economic entity in the foreign market and the ability to react quickly and adapt to changes in the external environment. The practical significance of conclusions of the research is that they can be used in making managerial decisions and developing measures to improve the efficiency of foreign economic activity in the enterprise.
CONSULTING ACTIVITY: ACTUALITY, PECULIARITIES AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Spilnyk Iryna , Zahorodna Olha , Yaroshchuk Oleksii
Published: October 2019

The article deals with the essence, importance and priority of consulting activity in modern conditions. Counseling is an integral part of the infrastructure and powerful area of the economy of many developed countries, whose leading role is related to the essence of the intellectual product, which creates consulting companies for client organizations in order to enhance their competitive advantages, by facilitating the mobilization of potential and utilization of available efficiency of business
The need for consulting services is objectively increasing, and the development of advisory activities is of particular relevance. As practice shows, in many cases, it is effective counseling help to prevent significant losses that may occur due to mistakes made by managers and owners when planning, organizing, running a business, establishing relationships with partners, clients, etc.
The priority task of the consulting market in modern conditions is recognition of increased professionalism and quality of services. Only through a high level of professionalism, constant efforts aimed at improving it, the consultant is able to effectively conduct consulting work.
The ambiguity of the typology of consulting services is highlighted. The task of the main directions of business counseling on the market of consulting services is determined.