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Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). XVIII. New data on the crystal-chemistry of boscardinite
Authors: Biagioni Cristian , Moëlo Yves
Published: March 2017

Boscardinite, ideally TlPb4(Sb7As2)∑9S18, has been described recently as a new homeotypic derivative of baumhauerite, found at Monte Arsiccio mine, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy. New findings of boscardinite in different mineral associations of this deposit have allowed the collection of new crystal-chemical data. Electron-microprobe analysis of the crystal used for the single-crystal X-ray diffraction study gave (in wt.%): Ag 1.81(5), Tl 12.60(21), Pb 17.99(12), Hg 0.14(5), As 9.36(12), Sb 33.60(27), S 23.41(30),Cl 0.06(1), total 98.97(100). On the basis of ∑Me= 14 apfu, it corresponds to Ag0.42Tl1.52Pb2.14Hg0.02(Sb6.82As3.08)∑9.90S18.04Cl0.04. With respect to the type specimen, these new findings are characterized by a strong Pb depletion, coupled with higher Tl contents, and a significant As enrichment. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of this (Tl,As)-enriched boscardinite confirms the structural features described for the type sample. The unit-cell parameters area= 8.1017(4),b= 8.6597(4),c= 22.5574(10) Å, α = 90.666(2), β = 97.242(2), γ = 90.850(2)°,V= 1569.63(12) Å3, space groupP̄1. The crystal structure was refined down toR1= 0.0285 on the basis of 6582 reflections withFo> 4σ(Fo). Arsenic is dominant in threeMeS3sites, compared to one in type boscardinite. The main As-enrichment is observed in the sartorite-type sub-layer. Owing to this chemical peculiarity, (Tl, As)-rich boscardinite shows alternation, alongb, of Sb-rich sites and As-rich sites; this feature represents the main factor controlling the 8 Å superstructure. The chemical variability of boscardinite is discussed; the Ag increase observed here gets closer to stoichiometric AgTl3Pb4(Sb14As6)∑20S36(Z= 1), against possible extension up to AgTl2Pb6(Sb15As4)∑19S36for type boscardinite.
The astrophyllite supergroup: nomenclature and classification
Authors: Sokolova Elena , Cámara Fernando , Hawthorne Frank C. , Ciriotti Marco E.
Published: March 2017

Here we report a nomenclature and classification for the astrophyllite-supergroup minerals. The HOH block is the main structural unit in all astrophyllite-supergroup structures; it consists of three H–O–H sheets where the T4O12 astrophyllite ribbons occur in the H sheets. In each structure, HOH blocks alternate with I (Intermediate) blocks along [001]. The twelve minerals of the astrophyllite supergroup are divided into three groups based on (1) the type of self-linkage of HOH blocks, i.e. (a) HOH blocks link directly where they share common vertices of D octahedra, or (b) HOH blocks do not link directly; and (2) the dominant cation of the O sheet (the C group: C7 apfu). In the astrophyllite group (HOH blocks connect via D– XDP–D bridges, Fe2+ is dominant at C7), there are six minerals: astrophyllite, niobophyllite, zircophyllite, tarbagataite, nalivkinite and bulgakite. In the kupletskite group (HOH blocks connect via D–XDP–D bridges, Mn2+ is dominant at C7), there are three minerals: kupletskite, niobokupletskite and kupletskite-(Cs). In the devitoite group (HOH blocks do not connect via D–XDP–D bridges), there are three minerals: devitoite, sveinbergeite and lobanovite. The general formula for the astrophyllite-supergroup minerals is of the form A2pBrC7D2(T4O12)2IXD2OXA4OXDnPWA2, where C [cations at the M(1–4) sites in the O sheet] = Fe2+, Mn, Na, Mg, Zn, Fe3+, Ca, Zr, Li; D (cations in the H sheets) = [6,5]Ti, Nb, Zr, Sn4+ , [5]Fe3+, Mg, Al; T = Si, minor Al; A2pBrIWA2 (I block) where p = 1,2; r = 1,2; A = K, Cs, Ba, H2O, Li, Rb, Pb2+, Na,□; B = Na, Ca, Ba, H2O,□; I represents the composition of the central part of the I block, excluding peripheral layers of the form A2pBrWA2, e.g. (PO4)2(CO3) (devitoite); XDO = O; XAO = OH, F; XDP = F, O, OH, H2O,□, where n = 0, 1, 2 for (XDP)n; WA = H2O,□.
Inhibition of Pol I transcription treats murine and human AML by targeting the leukemia-initiating cell population
Authors: Hein Nadine , Cameron Donald P. , Hannan Katherine M. , Nguyen Nhu-Y N. , Fong Chun Yew , Sornkom Jirawas , Wall Meaghan , Pavy Megan , Cullinane Carleen , Diesch Jeannine , Devlin Jennifer R. , George Amee J. , Sanij Elaine , Quin Jaclyn , Poortinga Gretchen , Verbrugge Inge , Baker Adele , Drygin Denis , Harrison Simon J. , Rozario James D. , Powell Jason A. , Pitson Stuart M. , Zuber Johannes , Johnstone Ricky W. , Dawson Mark A. , Guthridge Mark A. , Wei Andrew , McArthur Grant A. , Pearson Richard B. , Hannan Ross D.
Published: March 2017

Key Points

Inhibition of RNA Pol I by CX-5461 treats aggressive AML and outperforms standard chemotherapy regimens. CX-5461 induces p53-dependent apoptosis, p53-independent cell-cycle defects and differentiation, and reduces LICs.
Role of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Elderly and Poor Performance Status Patients With Pancreatic Cancer
Authors: Rosati Lauren M. , Herman Joseph M.
Published: March 2017

Literature on the management of nonmetastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in patients who are elderly or have poor performance status is sparse. The median survival of this unique cohort of patients is < 6 months, and most patients are only offered single-agent gemcitabine or supportive care. Recently, adding nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel to gemcitabine was shown to improve survival of patients with metastatic disease with Eastern Cooperative Group performance status of 2. Although standard chemoradiotherapy provides long-term locoregional control in locally advanced pancreatic cancer, it is difficult for this group of patients to tolerate 6 weeks of therapy. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) can be delivered in only 3 to 5 days, does not require concurrent chemotherapy, and has limited toxicity, and tumor control rates appear to be equivalent to or better than those achieved with standard chemoradiotherapy. Additionally, SBRT has been shown to improve cancer-related pain and patient-reported quality of life. Given the favorable toxicity profile, SBRT seems like an obvious choice for patients who are elderly, have multiple comorbidities, or have poor performance status. Herein, we review the literature on SBRT in this unique patient population and discuss future directions.
The Language of Chance and the Form of Phineas Finn
Authors: Grener Adam
Published: March 2017

This essay examines the pervasive language of chance in Anthony Trollope's Phineas Finn (1869) and argues that the novel's competing models of probability reveal tensions in the bildungsroman form. Although Phineas's advancement has been read as demonstrating Trollope's investment in the “career” as the form of individual development, the characterization of Phineas as an adventurer—and the depiction of romantic and political outcomes in London as stochastic—reveal a causal disjunction between individual choice and the mechanisms of social progress. Parliament is the setting of both Phineas's individual development and the plot of social progress, but the novel's use of competing languages and models of probability to describe the movement of the two reveals an incommensurability of scale. While Phineas's personal choices draw on a model of probability that manages chance by focusing on “odds” and rational decision making, his encounters with statistics in his parliamentary duties demonstrate how models of aggregation that mitigate chance and randomness cannot be reconciled with or incorporated into individual experience. Thus this essay argues that the novel's form, including its peculiar resolution, does not represent a reconciliation of Phineas's private and public identities but rather reflects a frustrated attempt to coordinate the progress of the individual with the progress of the nation.
A Review of Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Conceptualizing Capitalism: Institutions, Evolution, Future
Authors: Rose-Ackerman Susan
Published: March 2017

Capitalism and law go together in Geoffrey M. Hodgson's comprehensive analysis of the intellectual history and practical development of the capitalist system in Western Europe and North America. Given the breadth and depth of Professor Hodgson's reading in political economy and his reflections on its implications for the present and future of global capitalism, his book deserves to be widely read. Labeling his approach legal institutionalism, he argues that a legal system that supports capitalism and the market is necessary but not sufficient to sustain a fair and efficient economic system. The state makes efficient markets possible, but it must also deal with the inevitable tensions and the fundamental asymmetry between labor and capital. Tensions arise because labor cannot be used as collateral for the loans that are needed for large-scale capitalist enterprise. Hodgson has not developed the political implications of his conclusions in any detail, but his work ought to inspire research that explores the implications of his arguments for ongoing projects of nation building. (JEL D72, K10, O43, P14, P16)
Recent advances in understanding and managing gout
Authors: Igel Talia F. , Krasnokutsky Svetlana , Pillinger Michael H.
Published: March 2017

Gout is the most common crystal arthropathy and the leading cause of inflammatory arthritis. It is associated with functional impairment and, for many, a diminished health-related quality of life. Numerous studies have demonstrated the impact of gout and its associated conditions on patient morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, gout remains under-diagnosed and under-treated in the general community. Despite major advances in treatment strategies, as many as 90% of patients with gout are poorly controlled or improperly managed and their hyperuricemia and recurrent flares continue. The introduction of novel urate-lowering therapies, new imaging modalities, and a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of gout raise the possibility of better gout care and improved patient outcomes. Here, we spotlight recent advances in the diagnosis and management of gout and discuss novel therapeutics in gout treatment.
A review of the nomenclature of Gyrogona and Gyrogonites (Fossil Algae: Charophyceae)
Authors: Doweld Alexander B.
Published: March 2017

Analysis of the nomenclature of the fossil genus Gyrogonites Lam. (Algae: Charophyceae) shows that the name was first treated by Lamarck (1801) as an incompletely known fossil mollusk from France. The species was given the name Gyrogonites medicaginulus because of its resemblance to the fruit of Medicago sativa (lucern). The gyrogonites were shown to be fossilized charophycean reproductive structures by Leman in 1812, now understood as calcified female gametangia preserved after the escape or the decomposition of protoplasmic material. Differences in the starting date of zoological nomenclature (1 Jannuary 1758) and that of plant fossils (1 January 1820) are resolved by Art. 45.1 of the botanical code, by which Gyrogonites is acceptable as a validly published pre‐1820 fossil charophycean name even though it was originally treated as a fossil animal. Gyrogona Lam. (1805) is a superfluous renaming of Gyrogonites (still considered at that time as a zoological name for a mollusk) and therefore should be rejected under the botanical and zoological codes. The inclusion of the type of Gyrogonites in the later established fossil higher‐plant genus Bechera Sternb. (1825), a repository genus for vegetative verticillate axes and reproductive organs, renders the latter genus name as nomenclaturally superfluous and illegitimate. Six fossil species of Gyrogonites are validated for the first time, 19 species and related 2 subspecies of Gyrogona are formally recombined into Gyrogonites. Two names, G. lemanii and G. oehlertii, are neotypified, and a lectotype is designated for G. wrightii. Precise dates of publication of the taxonomic works on gyrogonites of Bowdich, Brongniart, Fleming, Lamarck and Parkinson, supplementing records of Taxonomic literature II, are given for the first time.
Report of the Nomenclature Committee on Fossils: 11
Authors: Herendeen Patrick S.
Published: March 2017

The following eight generic names are recommended for conservation: Cathaya Chun & Kuang against Cathaya Karav., Cycadeoidea against Mantellia, Laricoidites against Laevigata-sporites, Pleuromeia with that spelling, Rhabdosphaera against Rhabdolithes, Selenopemphix against Margosphaera, Taeniopteris, and Ullmannia with a conserved type against Anthotypolithes and Cupressites. The following three species names are also recommended for conservation: Cycadeoidea megalophylla against Mantellia nidiformis, Selenopemphix nephroides against Margosphaera velata, Taeniopteris vittata, and Ullmannia bronnii with a conserved type against Anthotypolithes ranunculiformis, Cupressus ullmannii, and Cupressites bituminosus. The following generic name is not recommended for conservation: Laevigatosporites Ibrahim with that spelling against Laevigata-sporites R. Potonié & Gelletich and Laevigatisporites R. Potonié & Gelletich. The following species name is not recommended for conservation: Ephedrites cheniae (Liaoxia cheniae) against Potamogeton jeholensis. The committee judged the names Laevigata-sporites, Laevigati-sporites and Laevigato-sporites in any comparison to be not confusable, regardless of whether spelled with or without the hyphen.
Phylogeny, biogeography, systematics and taxonomy of Salicornioideae (Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae) – A cosmopolitan, highly specialized hygrohalophyte lineage dating back to the Oligocene
Authors: Piirainen Mikko , Liebisch Oskar , Kadereit Gudrun
Published: March 2017

Salicornioideae (Amaranthaceae / Chenopodiaceae) comprise 11 genera and ca. 100 species of succulent halophytes distributed worldwide in coastal and inland saline habitats. Most species have peculiar articulated, seemingly leafless stems and spike‐like sessile thyrses with highly reduced flowers hidden by fleshy bracts. We analysed sequence data of four markers (ETS, ITS, atpB‐rbcL, matK‐trnK) from 57 species, 9 subspecies, 1 variety and 2 hybrids representing all curently accepted genera using maximum likelihood, Bayesian analysis, fossil‐calibrated molecular dating and ancestral area analysis. All molecular markers gave similar phylogenetic signals. Salicornioideae probably originated in Eurasia during the late Eocene–early Oligocene. The divergence of the early main clades took place in the middle Oligocene with the separation of Allenrolfea /Heterostachys, Halocnemum /Halopeplis /Halostachys /Kalidium and Arthrocnemum /Microcnemum /Tecticornia /Salicornia/ Sarcocornia lineages. The latter lineage diversified most and comprises ¾ of the species of the subfamily. The Arthrocnemum macrostachyum /Microcnemum lineage diverged at the turn of the Oligocene/Miocene – while the Arthrocnemum subterminale, Tecticornia and Salicornia /Sarcocornia lineages were all present by the middle Miocene. Long‐distance dispersal has taken place several times to the Americas (Allenrolfea /Heterostachys, Arthrocnemum subterminale, Salicornia /Sarcocornia), South Africa (Halopeplis, Salicornia /Sarcocornia) and Australia (Tecticornia, Salicornia /Sarcocornia). Most currently accepted genera were resolved as monophyletic. However, Sarcocornia is paraphyletic in relation to Salicornia, and Arthrocnemum proved to be polyphyletic. In addition, the name Arthrocnemum is a nomenclatural synonym of Salicornia. As a consequence, we propose the merging of Sarcocornia under Salicornia and provide 19 new nomenclatural combinations and one replacement name. For Salicornia (incl. Sarcocornia) we propose a new infrageneric classification to accommodate the four phylogenetically and geographically well‐supported sublineages of the genus. We also propose abandoning the name Arthrocnemum in its current use, and describe two new genera, Arthrocaulon (Eurasia, Africa) and Arthroceras (North America), and provide three new nomenclatural combinations.
Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number
Authors: Drew Bryan T. , González-Gallegos Jesús Guadalupe , Xiang Chun-Lei , Kriebel Ricardo , Drummond Chloe P. , Walked Jay B. , Sytsma Kenneth J.
Published: March 2017

Previous molecular phylogenetic research, based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA data, has demonstrated that the large genus Salvia (Lamiaceae) is paraphyletic as traditionally circumscribed. However, neither relationships within Salvia s.l. nor within subtribe Salviinae have been evaluated using low‐copy nuclear gene regions. Here, we use two low‐copy nuclear gene regions (PPR‐AT3G09060, GBSSI) to further assess relationships of Salvia and related genera within Salviinae. Our results largely confirm results from previous studies based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA. Based upon the phylogenetic results presented here, previous phylogenetic studies, and taxonomic, morphological, and practical considerations, we conclude that the botanical community would be best served by maintaining a broadly defined Salvia, including the five small embedded genera Dorystaechas, Meriandra, Perovskia, Rosmarinus, and Zhumeria as Salvia species. We subsequently present an updated circumscription of Salvia.
Verizon Optimizes Work Center Locations to Reduce Installation and Repair Operations Costs
Authors: Allen J. David , Tobin Roger L. , Calderan Anthony
Published: March 2017

The work of a telecommunications company involves installing, maintaining, and expanding its infrastructure, and requires many employees and vehicles located at work centers. These work centers serve as a home base for workers, provide a supply chain location for parts, supplies, and tools, provide parking for vehicles, and represent a significant cost of doing business. This paper addresses the problem of determining where Verizon should locate work centers and where it should assign technicians to provide appropriate service levels at the lowest overall cost. We also present our analysis process and the real-world lessons we learned. The implementation of optimized results we obtained provided Verizon with significant savings compared to its current operations.
Cost Drivers of Versioning: Pricing and Product Line Strategies for Information Goods
Authors: Chellappa Ramnath K. , Mehra Amit
Published: March 2017

In this paper, we extend the understanding of versioning strategy of an information goods monopolist and provide new insights on when versioning is optimal. To do so, we derive the optimal product line or versions of an information good and the corresponding prices. By relaxing common assumptions on consumers’ usage costs, versioning costs and capital research and development costs, we provide new insights as well as reconcile extant findings on versioning. For a good with no-free-disposal (NFD), i.e., one where consumers have usage costs, our results show that a monopolist’s marginal cost and consumers’ usage costs have the same impact on its versioning strategy, and that these factors are the sole reason for optimality of versioning of information goods. By endogenizing the production of the highest-quality, we show that capital costs create a downward distortion of quality even for the highest types in the market even under full information. Presence of separate versioning costs also lowers the qualities served to the high types and reduces the segment of consumers who are served with product versions. However, versioning costs do not affect market coverage or the price-quality menu itself. Further, when some of the consumer usage costs are absorbed by the firm (as in case of cloud-based provisioning), it does not necessarily lead to market expansion.

This paper was accepted by Chris Forman, information systems.
Teacher choice and CPD
Authors: Clay Bridget
Published: March 2017

Just how important is teacher choice in your whole-school CPD programme? Bridget Clay offers some evidence-based advice and guidance
Looked-after children and Attachment Theory
Authors: Sobel Daniel
Published: March 2017

Looked-after children continue to struggle in our education system. Inclusion expert Daniel Sobel looks at why this is, including a focus on Attachment Theory and how we might reduce the high number of exclusions for this cohort
The British local and regional press after Leveson
Authors: Slavtcheva-Petkova Vera
Published: March 2017

The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press is undoubtedly one of the most significant events in the recent history of British media. Lord Justice Leveson’s verdict was damning for the national press but he praised the local press for its contribution to local life and for not succumbing to the ethically questionable practices of the nationals. While the Leveson report did not contain any specific recommendations for the improvement of the regional press, it called for urgent government action to prevent its demise. What happened after Leveson − how have regional and local journalists been affected by the Inquiry and all subsequent developments? This question is at the core of this special issue, which features articles from both academics and practitioners. The authors deal with a wide variety of issues – from normative questions about the role of journalists and (new) business models to more specific enquiries into journalists’ post-Leveson working routines and practices.
Chilling at the grassroots? The impact of the Leveson Inquiry on journalist-source relations and the reporting of the powerful at local level
Authors: Morrison James
Published: March 2017

No sooner had the Leveson Inquiry opened in 2011 than journalists and politicians were warning of a ‘chilling effect’ on the willingness of the press to continue using informal avenues to research stories. A particular fear was that tougher regulation might deter newspapers from using off-the-record briefings – and occasional subterfuge – to legitimately investigate public-interest issues that would go unreported if they relied solely on official channels. But a wider concern was that a putative ‘Leveson effect’ could also discourage both journalists and sources from engaging in the day-to-day communications on which newspapers relied for routine content. Drawing on first-hand testimony from practising local journalists, this article argues that, while there is early anecdotal evidence for some chilling at the grassroots, this is affecting sources more than journalists. Moreover, their concerns are based on a (perhaps wilful) ‘scapegoating’ of Leveson for other factors hampering their relations with reporters: notably, longer-term institutional moves to regulate their relations with journalists and, perhaps more significantly, financial cutbacks.
What lies ahead for regional journalism
Authors: Longden Anthony
Published: March 2017

The Leveson Inquiry was established to specifically examine the press and not the media in general. UK Prime Minister David Cameron set it up in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid. It looked at the ethics of the press, its culture and practice. The public and judge-led enquiry generated massive media attention inside the United Kingdom and beyond on whether the government should introduce new press regulations or whether the press should regulate itself. Most of the media coverage focused on national press, with regional press getting the least attention. Anthony Longden writes about the enquiry’s impact on local press.
Towards an understanding of community music in Norway
Authors: Rinde Felicity Burbridge , Schei Tiri Bergesen
Published: March 2017

This article explores ‘community music’ in Norway, where the term is currently being introduced into higher education. The Norwegian context is outlined, and community music practices are traced back to inclusive music education practices in the 1990s. The authors discuss whether community music is a useful concept in a Norwegian setting. Three case studies are presented, exemplifying musicmaking activities with paramusical aims beyond teaching, rehearsing and performance. Conceptualizing community music as open-access musical participation with paramusical objectives represents a contribution to a pluralistic understanding of community music in the Nordic region. As the term community music becomes an educational subject in Norway, based on local practice, the need for a common theoretical basis uniting a diversity of practices becomes salient. The authors argue that, as awareness of community music as a distinct musical discourse grows, benefits might emerge if practitioners and institutions worked to develop a common professional identity, adopting the common label ‘community music’.
Seven decades of Swedish community music through the musical life experiences of former military musicians
Authors: Westvall Maria
Published: March 2017

This article explores the life-long trajectories of musical learning and participation amongst former military musicians, and how their musical and educational experiences spanning over 70 years, relate to community music practices in Sweden. The central questions are: Which factors seem to have formed the informants’ life-long engagement in music? How do their musical and educational experiences over these 70 years relate to community music practices in Sweden today? The army was one of the few contexts through which the vast majority of individuals could obtain free music tuition in the mid-twentieth century, and the article draws from interviews with five former military musicians who are now in their 80s. Their musical experiences, combined with educational aspects and goals informed by democratic values, mirror various characteristics of the formation of the Swedish welfare model during the second half of the twentieth century. Community music activities in Sweden often occurs in the specific interplay between top-down funded infrastructure and grassroots’ initiatives, and this article also highlights’ the role of these musicians in that particular context.
The community music practice as cultural performance: Foundations for a community music theory of social transformation
Authors: Boeskov Kim
Published: March 2017

This article outlines a conceptual framework informed by anthropological and performance theory that allow for a deeper understanding of the connection between community music practices and processes of social transformation. By conceiving the community music practice as a cultural performance, attention is drawn to the complex relation between the meanings and relationships experienced inside the musical practice and how these affect and transform the relationships that constitute the broader social and cultural world of the participants. The discussion reveals that the relationships enacted in community music practices involving socially marginalized groups are better understood as inherently ambiguous, which challenge the idealistic perspectives often encountered in community music research.
‘There is a curse...’: Performance, adaptation and fidelity in Christopher Green and Sarah Waters’ The Frozen Scream
Authors: Hoedt Madelon
Published: March 2017

Performed in Cardiff and Birmingham in late 2014 and early 2015, The Frozen Scream, directed by Christopher Green and written by Green and novelist Sarah Waters, offered a particular type of Christmas play to its audiences. The story of the production already begins in the marketing material and on a dedicated website, and is developed further in the theatre, where it moves between the conventions of a classic stage play and an immersive experience. What is of note is that The Frozen Scream presents itself as being based on a reportedly cursed novel, written in the 1920s, yet no such publication exists. Instead, the production is an original piece which deftly uses the language of adaptation to establish a particular context for its reception. This article aims to explore The Frozen Scream as an example of what I will call a faux or false adaptation, a deceptive adaptation, an adaptation without a source. In the essay, I will offer a close reading of the play to examine the aspects of this language of adaptation and how they are used in The Frozen Scream, as well as investigating in more detail the questions of fidelity that arise from the premise of a false adaptation.
Opera’s ‘Return to Antiquity’: Adaptation, gender and the illusion of authenticity in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide
Authors: Wolfe Rachel M. E.
Published: March 2017

During the early modern period in Europe, a revived interest in Greek tragedy exerted a dominating influence over the forms of new dramatic styles. Yet despite this influence, Greek tragedies, whether in Greek or in direct translation, were virtually never performed publicly. Instead, adapted versions of tragic plots made their way onto Europe’s public stages in a variety of forms. This article interrogates this phenomenon as it is manifested in the ‘return to Antiquity’ in eighteenth-century French opera, using Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide as a case study. Comparing this opera’s use of gender norms in the construction of a single character, Clytemnestra, to her gendered portrayal in both the neoclassical and classical source texts upon which Gluck drew, this article examines the ways in which adaptation may be utilized to erase evidence of cultural difference between source and target contexts, creating the illusion that the target society’s norms merely reflect an objective reality rather than a contingent and changeable cultural construct.
Band students’ perceptions of instruction via videoconferencing
Authors: Denis John
Published: March 2017

Geographic impediments and urbanicity are core aspects of distance learning, the latter of which was defined as the degree of population concentration in a community. As distance education was largely developed to reach students removed from urban centres, better understanding of music instruction through videoconferencing may help further develop approaches to distance music education. The purpose of this study was to examine potential perceptual differences between urbanicity groupings after ensemble instruction via videoconferencing. Participants were 134 seventh (N = 80) and eighth (N = 54) grade band students at five different schools in the Southwest United States, consisting of 63 females and 71 males. Participants completed the Pupils’ Attitude Towards Technology short form questionnaire (PATT-SQ) to establish group equivalency. After completing the PATT-SQ, participants engaged in a rehearsal with a guest teacher present via videoconferencing software and immediately completed the Skype Ensemble Instruction Questionnaire. Results revealed a statistically significant difference for urbanicity, F(2, 131) = 5.891, p = 0.004, ƞ
2 = 0.083. Post hoc (Tukey Honest Significant Difference) analysis indicated that the mean for rural participants significantly differed from urban and suburban means. Possible explanations, future implications and limitations were then discussed.
Bécassine, a bande dessinée pioneer
Authors: Tannahill Lise
Published: March 2017

Running continually from 1905 to 1939, with albums appearing sporadically until the 1960s, Les Aventures de Bécassine (Caumery and J.P. Pinchon, 1905–1939) straddled the divide between old-style illustrés and bona fide bandes dessinées (BD). Its heroine, Breton servant Bécassine, was incredibly popular, spawning dolls, films and other merchandise. The character is particularly notable for being the first female star of modern BD. Response to Les Aventures de Bécassine has been mixed, due to the series’ problematic, stereotypical depiction of Brittany and Bretons: the country is backward, the inhabitants are credulous and unintelligent. Beyond this, however, is the presence of Bécassine as a rare female character in BD. She functions both as a figure of fun and as a role model for her readers, undertaking many exciting activities (pilot, tram inspector, intrepid traveller, etc). The series gives an insight into the upheaval French society underwent in the early years of the twentieth century, and is of particular use regarding the changing place of women. It demonstrates the tensions between the ‘old world’ of French nobility and the new modernity, offering an exploration of women’s new opportunities in a fast-changing world.
‘WWWWD: What would Wonder Woman do?’: An interview with Trina Robbins
Authors: Hicks Olivia , Round Julia
Published: March 2017

This interview with Trina Robbins explores her roles as a comics creator, historian and activist. It discusses her championship of female creators and readers and her various publications within the fields of feminist and LGBT commix, superheroics, and self-publishing.
Mad without comics: How my life was saved by reading comics
Authors: Hansen Karen Liv
Published: March 2017

This article is about surviving life with help of comic books, with an abusive mother in the middle of a rural Denmark in the 1980s.
Analysis of Asset Growth Anomaly on Cross-Section Stock Returns: Evidence from Indonesia Stock Exchange
Authors: Iqbal Muhammad , Wibowo Buddi
Published: March 2017

Assorted types of market anomalies occur when stock prices deviate from the prediction of classical asset pricing theories. This study aims to examine asset growth anomaly where stocks with high asset growth will be followed by low returns in the subsequent periods. This study, using Indonesia Stock Exchanges data, finds that an equally-weighted low-growth portfolio outperforms high-growth portfolio by average 0.75% per month (9% per annum), confirming existence of asset growth anomaly. The analysis is extended at individual stock-level using fixed-effect panel regression in which asset growth effect remains significant even with controlling other variables of stock return determinants. This study also explores further whether asset growth can be included as risk factor. Employing two-stage cross-section regression in Fama and Macbeth (1973), the result aligns with some prior studies that asset growth is not a new risk factor; instead the anomaly is driven by mispricing due to investors’ overreaction and psychological bias. This result imply that asset growth anomaly is general phenomenon that can be found at mostly all stock market but in Indonesia market asset growth anomaly rise from investors’ overreaction, instead of  playing as a factor of risk.
Analysis of the Effects of Role Overload and Role Conflict on Performance through Job Stress as a Mediating Variable in the Cellular Phone Trading Centers in Surabaya
Authors: Sutanto Eddy Madiono , Wiyono Ferdyanto Kurniawan
Published: March 2017

The purpose of this research is to identify the effects  of the role overload and role conflict on job performance with job stress as mediating variable in the cellular-phone trade-centers. The population consists of the employees working in cellular phone-shops in Trade Centers located in Surabaya, East Java. By using purposive sampling, the characteristics of 316 were selected based on their aged such as over 17 years old, residing in Surabaya, and working the cellular phone traded centers in Surabaya.  The data were analyzed multiple regression. It was found that the role overload and role conflict have positive effects on job stress. However, the role overload, role conflict, and job stress have negative effects on job performance. Finally, the role overload and role conflict also have effect on job performance through job stress as a mediating variable.
The Influence of Liquidity and Profitability toward the growth of Stock price mediated by the Dividen Paid out (Case in banks listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange)
Authors: Sitorus Tigor , Elinarty Susi
Published: March 2017

This study aims to extend causal relationship between the liquidity and the profitability with growth of stock price trough out to fill a gap research by the dividend paid out as mediated variable. This study conducted at the banking sector listed in Indonesia stock exchange period from 2011 until 2014. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) by Amos Software 21.00 was used to analyze the data, and the result shows high goodness of fit while the simultaneous and individual tests generate significant result except the direct influence of liquidity toward growth of stock price. The results of this study shows that; (1) the ratio of liquidity does not affect to the growth of stock price, (2) The ratio of liquidity has positive effect and significantly to dividend paid out, (3). The profitability ratio has positive effect and significantly to the growth of stock price, (4). The ratio of profitability has positive effect and significantly to dividend paid out, (5). The dividend paid out has positive effect and significantly to growth of stock price, so we may conclude that the result evidently shows the dividend paid out was able to mediate the influence of liquidity and profitability toward growth of stock price.
Structure changes, the contribution of sectors, income per capita Indonesia in 1990 – 2014
Authors: Harun Paulina
Published: March 2017

Economic development is seen as a process of transition from one phase to another, from simple economic structure (agriculture) to the modern economy structure. Economic development is characterized by changes in the structure of the agricultural sector into the modern sector. The changes affect all the matters related thereto. Therefore, a change or transformation of economic activity is referred to as a structural change. This study aims to analyze the structural changes in the national product, and the factors that cause changes in the structure and level of sectoral imbalances as a result of the structural changes. The study was conducted by using the economic sector, divided into four major groups, namely the primary, secondary, utilities and services from 1990 to 2014. Secondary data were collected by the method of sectoral trends, models Chanery Syrquin-Barua, Theil index. The results showed that the sectoral trend has a positive result such as utilities and services sectors, while the primary and secondary sectors tend to be negative. From the model Chenery, Syrquin-Barua shows the per capita income has a positive effect on the primary sector and the utilities, residents have positive effect on the secondary sector, utilities and services. Meanwhile dummy variable has a positive effect on the primary sector, secondary and services. Sectoral inequality occurs in the secondary sector.
Sticky cost behavior of bank’s executive compensation in four South East Asian countries
Authors: Kresnawati Etik , Sugiri Slamet , Febrianto Rahmat
Published: March 2017

Some studies indicate that selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) cost have sticky characteristics. A cost is sticky if it increases as the activity increases, but it does not decrease as the activity decreases, in the same proportion as it increases. Different from previous studies that focus solely on SG&A costs in, mostly, manufacturing companies, we specifically focus on specific cost and specific industry. In this case, we focus on compensation costs in banks from four South East Asian countries. We choose banks’ executive compensations since banks in South East Asia have been publicly reporting their compensation. Executive compensation itself is a component of SG&A, so it may have sticky characteristic with it. We apply bootstrap method to tackle small sample problem in every country. Results show that executive compensations are not sticky, but, on the contrary, anti-sticky since the compensation decreases faster when the revenue decreases than its increases when the revenue increases. This finding gives a new perspective on the characteristics of executive compensation expenses as a part of SG&A cost.
TUGSE-a curious case series unveiled
Authors: VG Mahima , Patil Karthikeya , Aniyan Yesoda , Khare Shikha
Published: March 2017

Traumatic ulcerative granulomas are self-limiting ulcero-proliferative lesions emaluating malignancy clinically, thus causing anxiety for the patient. The etiopathogenesis of these lesions are unclear though trauma is ascertained to be a cause. Riga-Fede disease is considered a variant of the same, manifesting in infants. A clinically varying case series of TUGSE and RFD is reported, and the differential diagnosis discussed here.
Bioleaching of Arsenic and Antimony from Mining Waste
Authors: Čerňanský Slavomír , Šimonovičová Alexandra , Juhásová Jana , Semerád Milan
Published: March 2017

This paper is a contribution to quantification of bio-leached arsenic and antimony from mining waste collected from impoundment in Slovinky (Slovakia). Autochtonous fungal strain Aspergillus niger was used in all bioleaching experiments. The contents of arsenic and antimony in two different samples from the impoundment were 294.7 and 328.2 mg.kg−1 As and 225.3 and 285.7 mg.kg−1 Sb, respectively. After 21-day cultivation of Aspergillus niger on such contaminated substrates, this strain was capable to bioleach, bioaccumulate and biovolatilize both toxic elements.
Ecological Risk Assessment Framework
Authors: Fargašová Agáta
Published: March 2017

Purpose of this paper is to draft shot information about framework for ecological risk assessment compile according Guidelines and short description of phases from which this method consists. During description of particular procedures, the meaning of used terms is introduced and explained. The framework for risk assessment is presented as a useful tool for risk management and selection of available cleanup and remedy technologies, and costs of alternative actions.
Bayle and Panpsychism
Authors: Solère Jean-Luc
Published: March 2017

Pierre Bayle shows that, in order to avoid devastating objections, materialism should postulate that the property of thinking does not emerge from certain material combinations but is by nature present everywhere in matter – a hypothesis recently revived and labelled “panpsychism.” There are reasons for entertaining the idea that Bayle actually considers this enhanced materialism to be sound, as it might use the same line of defence that Bayle outlined for Stratonism. However, this would lead to a view similar to Locke’s superaddition theory, and I contend that such cannot be Bayle’s position because he embraces the Cartesian principle that each substance has only one principal attribute. As a consequence, for Bayle any system that conjoins thought with matter in the same simple substance is untenable. By contrast, this makes clear which kinds of metaphysics and epistemology modern panpsychists need to adopt in order to defend their view.
Changes in Soil Organic Matter Parameters during the Period of 18 Years Under Different Soil Management Practices
Authors: Šimanský Vladimír
Published: March 2017

Quantity and quality of soil organic matter (SOM) is very important from view point of sustainable agriculture; therefore, during the years 1994–2011, the influence of different soil management practices on changes in SOM parameters in loamy Haplic Luvisol was evaluated in a field experiment in the locality of Dolná Malanta. The field experiment included two types of soil tillage – (1) conventional tillage (CT) and (2) reduced tillage (RT) – and also two treatments of fertilisation – (1) crop residues together with added NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) fertilisers (CR + NPK) and (2) added NPK fertilisers. Contents of humic substances (HS) and fulvic acids (FA) under RT increased by 1.6% and 4.4%, respectively, compared to CT during the years 1994–2011. On the other hand, contents of humic acids (HA), HA-to-FA ratios, colour quotient of HS and colour quotient of HA under CT increased by 2.0%, 2.5%, 1.8% and 2.3%, respectively, compared to RT. In CT and RT, HS declined at an average speed of 0.33% and 0.53% per year, respectively. In CR + NPK treatments and application, only NPK fertiliser caused a decline of HS at an average speed of 0.52% and 0.33 % per year, respectively. In CT, RT and CR + NPK treatments, the linear trends (statistical significant) in decline of FA were observed. All in all, the CT had a slightly better effect on the quality of SOM, whilst the stability of SOM was improved by RT. Applications of mineral fertilisers along with crop residues resulted in better quality but lower stability of SOM.
Mycological Profile of the Integumentary System in Felin Ponies
Authors: Różański Paweł , Pluta Michał , Różańska Dorota
Published: March 2017

Yeast-like microorganisms are frequently isolated from horses. There is a serious interpretation problem with assessment of the health status in the diagnostics of infectious diseases, which is associated with the insufficient knowledge of the composition of the natural flora in the horses’ integumentary system. The aim of the investigations was to analyse the yeast-like flora isolated from healthy Felin ponies. The study involved 44 horses aged from 2 to 12 years. The analysed group comprised 28 mares and 16 stallions. The animals were kept in an outdoor rearing system with a possibility of periodic use of a wooden/brick shed. The investigations were conducted in an annual cycle divided into 4 periods corresponding to the seasons of the year. Smears were sampled from horses’ nostrils, mouth, ear, back, groin, vagina or foreskin, and collateral groove. Microbiological analysis of the yeast-like strains was performed after plating 1015 samples of material taken from healthy horses. The identification of fungal species was based on their culture characteristics and biochemical profile. Fourteen yeast species were isolated and identified from the sampled material. Candida guilliermondii and Candida albicans 1 were the most prevalent fungi. The study has shown seasonal variability of the composition of the integumentary system microflora in Felin ponies. The greatest number of isolates was obtained from the material sampled from the mouth.
Endogenous Nitric Oxide and Dopamine Regulate Feeding Behavior in Neonatal Layer-type Chickens
Authors: Zendehdel Morteza , Moosadoost Yasaman , Masoumi Reza , Rostami Behnam , Shahir Mohammad Hossein , Hassanpour Shahin
Published: March 2017

Evidence from animal studies suggests that endogenous nitric oxide and dopamine (DA) have a regulatory role in the rewarding system, but their interaction(s) have not been studied in avian species. In this study, 4 experiments were performed to determine the effects of central administration of L-arginine (nitric oxide precursor; 200 nmol), NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor; 100 nmol), amphetamine (an indirect DA agonist; 125 pmol) and DA (40 pmol) on feeding behavior in neonatal layer-type chickens (each experiment included 4 groups, n=12 birds in each group). Prior to the initiation of the treatments, birds were fasted for 3 hours (FD3). In experiment 1, chickens received intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of saline, L-NAME (100 nmol), amphetamine (125 pmol), and combination of L-NAME + amphetamine. In experiment 2, chickens received the ICV injection of saline, L-arginine (200 nmol), amphetamine (125 pmol) and their combination. In experiment 3, chickens received ICV injection of saline, L-arginine (200 nmol), DA (40 pmol) and L-arginine + DA. In experiment 4, chickens received ICV injection of saline, L-NAME (100 nmol), DA (40 pmol) and L-NAME + DA. Thereafter, the cumulative food intake (on the basis of metabolic body weight) was recorded until 2-h post injection. The results showed that ICV injection of amphetamine or DA significantly decreased food intake (P<0.05). Also, co-administration of L-NAME + amphetamine attenuated the hypophagic effect of amphetamine (P<0.05), while combined administration of L-NAME and DA had no effect on DA-induced hypophagia. Additionally, the hypophagic effect of amphetamine was significantly amplified by L-arginine (P<0.05), but the combination of L-arginine and DA did not alter feeding behavior which was induced by DA. These results suggest an interaction between DAergic and nitrergic systems via a presynaptic mechanism on food intake regulation in layer-type chicken.