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Building on the Stones of Ireland : George Wilkinson's Practical Geology and Ancient Architecture (1845)
Authors: Taylor William
Published: December 2015

George Wilkinson (1813/4-1890) was an English architect employed by the Poor Law Commissioners in 1839 to facilitate the construction of numerous workhouses throughout Ireland in response to growing numbers of homeless poor. While historians have written of the Poor Laws and the workhouses, Wilkinson's contribution to the implementation of both merits further study, particularly in light of his broader views on architecture, Irish civilisation and the prospects for a country in a time of famine. Of equal interest to his buildings, though generally overlooked, is a treatise he published in 1845, entided Practical Geology and Ancient Architecture, which reveals both Wilkinson's philosophical and practical concerns. In this book, ostensibly a survey of indigenous building materials, the architect and "petrologist" wrote of the need to honour traces of human setdement preserved in the forms of Ireland's ancient monuments. In doing so, his text offers another, less explicit call to foster a sense of Irish identity, along with the country's buildings. It is an argument that dovetails easily with the underlying rationale for the workhouse system that people, particularly the poor, are better off when they are fixed in one place rather than another.
Irish Protestants in the West of Scotland (1851-1914) : An "Invisible" Community ?
Authors: Vaughan Geraldine
Published: December 2015

La dimension protestante du phénomène migratoire irlandais a été quelque peu négligée face à l'omniprésence des études portant sur les Irlandais catholiques. Les liens plurisé-culaires tissés entre l'Ulster et l'Ecosse expliquent en partie la persistance d'un mouvement migratoire irlandais protestant tout au long du dix-neuvième siècle. La présente étude se propose d'expliquer d'abord les raisons de cette «invisibilité » protestante, à la fois dans les sources et dans l'historiographie, pour ensuite dresser un portrait de cette communauté protestante dans l'Ouest écossais, à différents niveaux (religieux, politique, perspectives d'intégration), de 1851 à 1914.
Disconsolate labours : Derek Mahon and Nerval
Authors: Burton Brian
Published: December 2015

This essay examines some of the ways in which Derek Mahon has been influenced by the poetry of Gerard de Nerval. The first half explores Nerval's impact on Mahon's poetic consciousness as it developed during the 1960s. Analysis of some of Mahon's early poems, such as "After Nerval" and "Glengormley", reveals his irony-tinged affinity with Nerval's vision of a noumenal world existing beyond the limits of sensory experience. This world is contrasted with the physical world and its incumbent political, religious and emotional tensions. The second half of the essay focuses on Mahon's version of Nerval's sonnet cycle, Les Chimères, which explores Mahon's responses to personal loss. Mahon does not simply translate Les Chimères, however. He adapts and disrupts this already highly personal series of poems to examine his own sense of disconsolation with a religious inheritance in which he discerns the fundamental aspects of existential absurdity.
Au-revoir Fontenoy ! L'Entente cordiale et la fin des relations traditionnelles franco-irlandaises, 1899-1916
Authors: de Wiel Jérôme aan
Published: December 2015

Cet article montre comment l'Entente cordiale, signée entre la Grande-Bretagne et la France en 1904 a mis soudainement fin aux relations traditionnelles entre la France et l'Irlande nationaliste. En 1907, la commémoration de la bataille de Fontenoy de 1745 en Belgique, haut lieu de l'amitié franco-irlandaise, annonça la détérioration de ces relations mais vit aussi le rapprochement entre l'Allemagne et les républicains irlandais. L'article s'appuie sur des documents trouvés au Quai d'Orsay, aux archives militaires françaises de Vincennes, à l'Auswärtiges Amt (archives diplomatiques allemandes) et au Public Record Office à Londres.
The resilience of Catholic devotionalism
Authors: Keogh Dermot
Published: December 2015

In the 1950s the strength of religious practice in Irish society was unique in Europe. Yet some outside observers noted the inadequacies of the Catholic Church in Ireland, in particular its anti-intellectualism and authoritarianism. Despite the Second Vatican Council the Catholic Church is in deep crisis today, partly as a result of its inability to modernise itself at a time of rapid social transformation. The process of secularisation is visible in falling attendence rates and vocations. Yet some forms of devotionalism remain strong : the official Church has declined in credibility but religious belief and personal spirituality remains strong in certain quarters.
La voix du citoyen irlandais dans le processus d'intégration européenne
Authors: Rault Charlotte
Published: December 2015

Suivant les principes de la théorie de la démocratie délibérative de Jürgen Habermas, cet article se fixe comme objectif d'évaluer dans quelle mesure l'existence d'un débat public en Irlande autour de l'intégration européenne, permet au citoyen Irlandais de légitimer le pouvoir des institutions européennes et apporte une solution au problème du déficit démocratique.
La Politique au théâtre : nouvelles approches en Irlande
Authors: Dumay Émile-Jean
Published: December 2015

This essay chiefly investigates how two recent plays by Sebastian Barry and Marina Carr deal with politics in picturing Irish political figures, one of whom actually lives although his name has been altered. Sebastian Barry's Hinterland stands rather on the realistic side, although it occasionally veers to farce and the grotesque. On the other hand, Marina Carr's Ariel rests much more on ancient tragedy and the fantastic. These plays have hardly anything to do with Sean O' Casey's works or the tradition of political commitment on stage. The conclusion points out the difficulties the two plays will face if they are to be translated and performed in France some day.
« Acts of Remembrance » : History, Anxiety and Elizabeth Bowen
Authors: Delaney Paul
Published: December 2015

The paper explores Elizabeth Bowen's engagement with the structure and motif of the Big House, and argues that that engagement was anxious and quizzical. It also suggests that Bowen's texts provide a complex meditation on issues of inheritance, exclusion, memory and the past. In the course of the discussion, this paper looks briefly at some of the ways in which Bowen was received by contemporary nationalist critics and Irish Ireland readers.
Hiberno-English in Transition
Authors: Dolan Terence
Published: December 2015

English has been spoken in Ireland since the twelfth-century Norman invasion, which also brought in French. Usage of the latter declined after a century, leaving a country where the natives spoke Irish and the settlers English. As time went on, both the settlers and the natives fused their two languages into Hiberno-English, which has two main characteristics - the retention of English words obsolescent in other varieties of English and the adoption of words, grammar, idioms, and pronunciation from the Irish language. The supercilious term 'brogue' was applied to Hiberno-English. Emigration and immigration, as well as the Famine, ensured the decline of the Irish language as the main vernacular, but it functions as a powerful substrate in Hiberno-English. Ireland's increasingly wealthy and simultaneously less rural and religious population has changed its vocabulary and pronunciation accordingly, influenced by the glamour of global English, and by political changes north of the Border.
Questions of 'h' in Northern Ireland : Breathing New Life on the Aspiration Theory
Authors: Rahilly Joan
Published: December 2015

This paper considers existing ideas concerning pronunciation of the letter name for "h" (LNH) in Northern Irish English (NIE). Traditionally, the status of LNH realisation as an ethnic marker has gone unquestioned : Catholics are thought to say [hetf] while the Protestant norm is assumed to be [et f]. The phonetic difference between these realisations is consistendy described as word-initial aspiration versus non-aspiration, with aspiration attributed exclusively to Irish language influence. Here, we show that an explanation based on aspiration alone is phonologically unsatisfying and question whether aspiration is, in fact, an Irish language or ethnically dictated phenomenon. It is further suggested here that the overwhelming stigmatisation of LNH realisation may be responsible for blocking a potential sound change in NIE. While this paper is not intended as a detailed account of ethnolinguistic differences in NI phonology, it engages critically with the over-simplistic and widespread notion that LNH realisation is a result of transfer from the Irish language to the English used by Catholics in Northern Ireland.
Beckett et l'Hiberno-English : entre excès et toujours moins
Authors: Astbury Helen
Published: December 2015

Cet article analyse la différence entre l'utilisation que fait Beckett de l'Hiberno-English avant la décision de passer au français et celle qu'il en fait dans ses auto-traductions du français. Alors que Beckett s'est détourné de l'anglais pour éviter l'exubérance qu'il associait explicitement à l'Hiberno-English, quand il revient à l'anglais par le biais de la traduction c'est précisément cette exubérance qu'il exploite, pour créer une langue hybride qui fusionne la rigueur du français et l'excès de l'Hiberno-English.
" Question me again" : l'élégie dans Opened Ground de Seamus Heaney
Authors: Soenen Dimitri
Published: December 2015

The genre of the elegy, in Seamus Heaney 's poetry, stems from an original design : in an effort to overcome the silence - the silence caused by absence or following political assassination - the elegiac poem incorporates a questioning of its own aesthetic and political legitimacy. Thus is asserted a kind of speech, tuned in a minor key, in which the poet, oscillating between the duty of silence and the duty to remember, is always in search of the right note.
The Dreyfus Affair in the Irish Nationalist Press, 1898-1899
Authors: Barrett Richard
Published: December 2015

This article surveys the views expressed in Irish nationalist and Catholic newspapers (mainly in editorials, comment pieces and letters to the editor) on the Dreyfus affair in France during the climactic phases of the affair in 1898-99. It finds that, partly in reaction to British support for the Dreyfusard cause, much of the Irish nationalist press refused to take a Dreyfusard stance. In most cases this Anti-Dreyfusard position was Catholic-nationalist rather than anti-Semitic in content. The article also instances newspapers which espoused a kind of "Catholic Dreyfusardism" that owed little to mainstream European liberal or anti-clerical traditions.
Putting Women in the Picture : the Impact of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition on Northern Irish Politics
Authors: Molinari Véronique
Published: December 2015

In the male-dominated world of Northern Irish politics, the creation of a cross-community women's party to fight the Forum elections in 1996 did not go unnoticed. Created to give Northern Irish women a voice in the peace talks, the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition has not only played a significant role in the drafting of the Good Friday Agreement, it has also managed to give women more visibility in Northern Irish politics and contributed to the promotion of a women's agenda. Although it initially succeeded in securing seats both at local and national level, the party did not withstand the polarisation of Northern Irish politics that marked the 2003 elections and decided to wind up in May 2006.
La Population irlandaise à l'aube du XXIe siècle
Authors: Piola Catherine
Published: December 2015

This article analyses the demographic changes due to the economic and social mutations of the Celtic Tiger era. Non-nationals are directly participating to the renewal of a population marked for decades by emigration. From 1995 on, figures indicate the diversity of the immigrant groups and the high proportion of Eastern European immigrants in the Republic. Demographic renewal is not only due to immigration as many Irish living abroad have returned home. Remigration plays a subtle part in the recomposition of a population whose lifestyle is also getting closer to the lifestyle of other Europeans.
'If you're not Irish, stop calling yourself Irish' : Self-Expression and Cyber Irishness in Virtual Communities
Authors: Lynch Claire
Published: December 2015

The opening years of the twenty-first century can be characterised by the increased overlap between cyberspace and the physical world ; virtual reality is more real than it has ever been. The rising popularity of web 2.0 forms of self-expression and user-generated content such as Facebook, MySpace and blogging have resulted in it becoming the largest growth area on the internet. This essay hopes to explore how the uptake and familiarity with web technology by Irish people has overflowed into their lives and cultural expressions via the use of 'virtual As the forums for representing the "virtual communities" self continue to evolve and multiply, debates over the multiple meanings of Irishness will thrive as the 'new Irish' continue to reinterpret the complexities of their identity using web technology.
The Shape of Things to Come. Building for the Arts in Ireland
Authors: Tipton Gemma
Published: December 2015

Ireland's built infrastructure for the arts has changed dramatically in the past fifteen years. While this has created new opportunities for exhibiting, it has also given rise to difficulties in terms of funding, programming and creating an audience. Should new arts spaces be drivers of economic regeneration ? Should they meet local or national needs and agendas ? Ireland has a strong tradition of artist-run initiatives, and our buildings for the arts reflect both our history and contemporary ambitions. Some are in renovated historic spaces, while others reflect a growing architectural confidence. How do these different spaces alter the way we see the art inside ? And should we see art in white cubes or sculptural spaces ; should spaces for the exhibition of creativity themselves be creatively constrained ?
Postnationalist Identity and Sites of Memory in the Latest Work of Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Paul Durcan
Authors: Zamorano Llena Carmen
Published: December 2015

In 1977 Seamus Heaney defined his "sense of place", a central concept in his own sense of identity, as "an equable marriage between the geographical country and the country of the mind" (1980 : 132). Since then Ireland has gone through dramatic socio-economic and historical changes that have brought about a complete transformation of the construct of Irish identity as well as of the role that memory plays in its definition. The aim of this article is to analyse how Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, and Paul Durcan, as coetaneous poets representative of a generation that has personally and artistically lived through the deep transformations of Ireland in the last few decades, reflect in their latest work their modified perceptions of the construct of Irishness in what a number of critics have referred to as the new postnationalist Irish context. Special attention is given to Seamus Heaney's District and Circle (2006), Derek Mahon's Harbour Lights (2005), and Paul Durcan 's The Art of Life (2004).
Dans les coulisses de la société dublinoise : A Drama in Muslin de George Moore
Authors: Gaspari Fabienne
Published: December 2015

A Drama in Muslin de George Moore a été publié en 1886, pendant les conflits opposant fermiers et propriétaires terriens en Irlande. Cette période politique agitée sert de toile de fond à une œuvre qui s'intéresse au sort réservé aux jeunes filles de bonne famille et s'attache avant tout à dénoncer un autre problème, celui du « marché du mariage ». Plus généralement, George Moore cherche à révéler l'envers du décor, les dessous d'une société dont il dénonce les travers et les abus. Des références au théâtre, au spectacle, à la mise en scène, ponctuent le texte et permettent à l'auteur d'articuler et de thématiser l'opposition entre le recto et le verso d'une société qu'il représente comme en crise, entre la scène et les coulisses d'une comédie sociale qui se joue dans les couvents pour jeunes filles (avec un effet de mise en abyme puisque le texte s'ouvre sur une représentation de pièce de théâtre), puis dans les bals de débutantes donnés à Dublin. Sous un rituel social extrêmement codé se cache un véritable marché où la jeune vierge est exhibée, tel un corps à vendre. De même, les multiples descriptions des toilettes font la part belle au corps, à la fois dissimulé et révélé.
La Nation défigurée : l'envers du décor dans The Well of the Saints
Authors: Poulain Alexandra
Published: December 2015

John Millington Synge 's 1905 play, The Well of the Saints, can be interpreted as an explicitly harsh indictment of Catholicism. In this play where sight is die prevailing metaphor, Catholicism appears as a destructive mechanism imposing a one-sided viewpoint on reality. Accordingly, if we are to believe what Yeats said about the play, The Well of the Saints ought to be considered as a kind of manifesto, expressing what the new national theatre should be like for its Protestant founding members, that is a theatre advocating the right for everyone to see the world as they please. Although there is clearly a programmatic dimension to the play, Yeats's interpretation calls for qualification, and it is the aim of this essay to offer a more nuanced view of things.
"England's trouble is Ireland's opportunity" : Blanco Posnet à l'Abbey Theatre
Authors: Etienne Anne
Published: December 2015

Cet article retrace à partir de documents d'archives la bataille que menèrent Shaw, Yeats et Lady Gregory contre le Lord Lieutenant et le Lord Chamberlain en 1909. Interdite en Angleterre, la pièce de Shaw, The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet, subit une autre forme de^censure en Irlande, appliquée par Lady Gregory pour des raisons religieuses et par le Lord Lieutenant pour des motifs politiques. Ce cas illustre la position privilégiée du théâtre en Irlande et la volonté de Yeats de créer une scène qui ne soit influencée ni par l'impérialisme britannique ni par le nationalisme irlandais. Le refus du censeur anglais d'autoriser The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet et la décision de Yeats de la présenter au risque de perdre l'Abbey Theatre sont des enjeux politiques et non dramaturgiques.
James Connolly : entre nationalisme et socialisme
Authors: Ollivier Sophie
Published: December 2015

Dans cet article, nous étudions les différentes étapes de l'évolution intellectuelle et idéologique de James Connolly de façon diachronique, en nous appuyant sur ses écrits et ses activités politiques. Dès son installation en Irlande en mai 1896, il se proclame à la fois nationaliste et socialiste, se démarquant des nationalistes de l'IRB, ses « amis qui prônent l'emploi de la force physique ». Après son retour des Etats-Unis en 1910 et la création de l'ICA dont il devient le commandant en 1914, il multiplie les avances à la minorité des Volunteers qui a refusé de suivre les Redmondistes. Dans un dernier temps, il conviendra de présenter deux interprétations de la rencontre secrète qui eut lieu du 19 au 22 janvier 1916 entre lui et les membres du Conseil militaire de l'IRB, au cours de laquelle il prêta le serment fenian et fut coopté au Conseil militaire.
"Un point d'interrogation qui se veut écriture" : Gatti's Maze
Authors: Hutchinson Wesley
Published: December 2015

The paper looks at Armand Gatti's work on the hunger strikes in Northern Ireland through an examination of two plays, Le Labyrinthe (1982) and Le Labyrinthe tel qu'il a été écrit par les habitants de l'histoire de Derry (1983), and a major essay, "La route d'Irlande," which appeared in his monumental work, La Parole errante, published in 1999. It first presents the nuts and bolts of Gatti's writing style, before going on to examine the profound differences in his sensitivity to and understanding of the "two traditions" in the North of Ireland. The paper points to the richness of Gatti's exploration of the contemporary political debate within the nationalist community but demonstrates how the unionist community receives surprisingly short shrift.
Eye Gaze Correlates of Motor Impairment in VR Observation of Motor Actions
Authors: Vourvopoulos A. , Bernardino A. , Badia i Bermúdez , Alves J.
Published: December 2015

Introduction: This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on “Methodologies, Models and Algorithms for Patients Rehabilitation”. Objective: Identify eye gaze correlates of motor impairment in a virtual reality motor observation task in a study with healthy participants and stroke patients. Methods: Participants consisted of a group of healthy subjects (N = 20) and a group of stroke survivors (N = 10). Both groups were required to observe a simple reach-and-grab and place-and-release task in a virtual environment. Additionally, healthy subjects were required to observe the task in a normal condition and a constrained movement condition. Eye movements were recorded during the observation task for later analysis. Results: For healthy participants, results showed differences in gaze metrics when comparing the normal and arm-constrained conditions. Differences in gaze metrics were also found when comparing dominant and non-dominant arm for saccades and smooth pursuit events. For stroke patients, results showed longer smooth pursuit segments in action observation when observing the paretic arm, thus providing evidence that the affected circuitry may be activated for eye gaze control during observation of the simulated motor action. Conclusions: This study suggests that neural motor circuits are involved, at multiple levels, in observation of motor actions displayed in a virtual reality environment. Thus, eye tracking combined with action observation tasks in a virtual reality display can be used to monitor motor deficits derived from stroke, and consequently can also be used for re -habilitation of stroke patients.
Evaluation of bone deformities of the femur, tibia, and patella in Toy Poodles with medial patellar luxation using computed tomography
Authors: Yasukawa Shinji , Tanegashima Koji , Seki Mamiko , Teshima Kenji , Asano Kazushi , Nakayama Tomohiro , Hayashi Kei , Edamura Kazuya
Published: December 2015

Objectives: To evaluate morphological parameters of the femur, tibia, and patella in Toy Poodles with medial patellar luxation (MPL) using three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) and to compare these parameters between radiography and CT.

Methods: Thirty-five hindlimbs of Toy Poodles were divided into normal and grade 2 and 4 MPL groups. The anatomical and mechanical lateral proximal femoral angle, anatomical and mechanical lateral distal femoral angle (aLDFA, mLDFA), femoral varus angle (FVA), inclination of the femoral head angle, procurvation angle, anteversion angle (AA), frontal angle of the femoral neck, mechanical medial proximal or distal tibial angle, mechanical cranial proximal or distal tibial angle, tibial plateau angle, tibial torsion angle (TTA), Z angle, relative tibial tuberosity width, ratio of the medial distance of tibial tuberosity to the proximal tibial width (MDTT/PTW), patella size, and the patellar ligament length: patellar length (L:P) ratio were evaluated on radiography and 3D CT.

Results: The aLDFA, mLDFA, FVA, and TTA were significantly larger and the AA, MDTT/ PTW, and patella were significantly smaller in the grade 4 MPL group. There were significant differences in many parameters between imaging tools, and CT was considered less susceptible to potential artefacts and rotational deformities.

Clinical significance: Toy Poodles with grade 4 MPL had significant femoral varus deformity, medial displacement of the tibial tuberosity, internal torsion of the proximal tibia, and hypoplasia of the patella.
Understanding diploid diversity: A first step in unraveling polyploid, apomictic complexity in Amelanchier
Authors: Burgess Michael B. , Cushman Kevin R. , Doucette Eric T. , Frye Christopher T. , Campbell Christopher S.
Published: December 2015

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:

Delimitation of Amelanchier species is difficult because of polyploidy and gametophytic apomixis. A first step in unraveling this species problem is understanding the diversity of the diploids that contributed genomes to polyploid apomicts. This research helps clarify challenging species‐delimitation problems attending polyploid, apomictic complexity.

METHODS:

We sampled 431 diploid accessions from 13 species, of which 10 are North American and three are Old World. Quantitative morphological analyses tested the null hypothesis of no discrete groups. Using three to nine diploid accessions per species, we constructed phylogenies with DNA sequences from ETS, ITS, the second intron of LEAFY, and chloroplast regions rpoB‐trnC, rpl16, trnD‐trnT, and ycf6‐psbM.

KEY RESULTS:

Most Amelanchier diploid taxa are morphologically and ecogeographically distinct and genetically exclusive lineages. They rarely hybridize with one another. Nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences almost completely resolve the Amelanchier phylogeny. The backbone is the mostly western North American clade A, eastern North American clade B, and Old World clade O. DNA sequences and morphology support clades A and O as sister taxa. Despite extensive paralogy, our LEAFY data are phylogenetically informative and identify a clade (T) of three arborescent taxa within clade B.

CONCLUSIONS:

Amelanchier diploids differ strikingly from polyploid apomicts, in that hybridization among them is rare, and they form taxa that would qualify as species by most species concepts. Knowledge of diploid morphology, phylogeny, and ecogeography provides a foundation for understanding the evolutionary history of polyploid apomicts, their patterns of diversification, and their species status.
Tips for Working With External Reviewers
Authors: Bleich Michael R.
Published: December 2015

Leaders are responsible for creating a culture of quality and safety within a highly regulated industry. Five tips for working with regulators are presented from a leadership coaching framework.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2015;46(12):543–545.
Charting the Course for a Nursing Online Journal Club: Part I
Authors: Moonan Marilyn , Bukoye Bola , Clapp Alison , Shermont Herminia , Oliveira Joanne O'Sullivan
Published: December 2015

In a pediatric inpatient setting, an interdisciplinary team designed and implemented an online journal club to discuss current nursing trends and research and to foster evidence-based practice. This article is Part I of a two-part series in which the process will be described.

J Contin Educ Nurs.
2015;46(12):546–548.
Le teresiane in italia: istituzioni, vite vissute, autorappresentazioni
Authors: Cabibbo Sara , Marchetti Elisabetta
Published: December 2015

Este artículo se propone reconstruir la rápida difusión que tuvo el Carmelo descalzo en Italia desde los años 80 del s. XVI y durante todo el s. XVII. Mediante la documentación de archivo y los textos impresos durante ese periodo de tiempo, el análisis se detiene en las peculiaridades de las fundaciones italianas y en el debate creado dentro de la Orden sobre los monasterios femeninos y sus Constituciones. A través del análisis de dos monasterios, ambos fundados en la capital siciliana del virreinato español, este estudio se propone además trazar las dinámicas sociales y religiosas que dieron vida a las dos fundaciones palermitanas y, en un sentido más amplio, diseñar el modelo de monja teresiana.
Santa Teresa en los conventos de monjas de Nueva España
Authors: Lavrin Asuncion
Published: December 2015

El trasplante de la espiritualidad teresiana a Nueva España fue una experiencia que puso a prueba la capacidad de adaptar su mensaje reformista a las circunstancias de nuevas sociedades en formación en el imperio español. Con sólo siete conventos femeninos en el nuevo virreinato, la Orden logró seguir los preceptos esenciales de Santa Teresa aunque matizados por una religiosidad barroca que insistía en mortificaciones espirituales y corporales, completa humildad y obediencia, experiencias visionarias, e imitatio Christi para acceder al amor de Dios. A pesar de su corto número las Carmelitas ganaron el respeto de la sociedad colonial por su dedicación a la vida ascética, la pobreza personal y la centralidad de la práctica de la oración.
Teresa, patrona de España
Authors: Rey Castelao Ofelia
Published: December 2015

Teresa de Ávila fue proclamada patrona de España en 1618, 1627 y 1812, pero por poco tiempo. El Apóstol Santiago, patrón tradicional, venció en las tres ocasiones. Este artículo explica brevemente los tres episodios, pero sobre todo está centrado en analizar la interpretación de los tres a través de la bibliografía que ha estudiado el tema. Se trata de ver cómo en los últimos años esas interpretaciones han elaborado complejas teorías, en línea con la nueva historia política o con la historia cultural. El artículo estudia y compara esas aportaciones.
El Hospital de Santa Marta de Sevilla: actividades y gestión económica (siglos XV a XVII)
Authors: Hernández Borreguero José Julián
Published: December 2015

Durante más de cuatro siglos el Hospital de Santa Marta de Sevilla desempeñó la función que le encomendó su fundador en 1404: dar alimento a los pobres. Para ello contaba con la propiedad de una serie de bienes inmuebles que arrendaba y dotaciones económicas que le permitían desarrollar holgadamente sus fines. Toda su gestión económica era tutelada y supervisada por el Cabildo Catedral hispalense. En este artículo se analizan las actividades realizadas por esta entidad a partir de los registros contables conservados sobre su gestión económica.
Ambigüedad, disolución y latencia: sobre el sentido de la vida
Authors: Fermandois Eduardo
Published: December 2015

Desarrollo en este artículo tres planteamientos en torno a la cuestión del sentido de la vida, cada uno de ellos asociado a las nociones que figuran en su título: ambigüedad, disolución y latencia. 1) La expresión “sentido de la vida” posee al menos cuatro significados y de ello se siguen consecuencias no menores. 2) En su acepción habitual, la pregunta por el sentido puede disolverse o dejar de plantearse, cuando es sustituida por la pregunta práctica por la vida buena. 3) Ello no significa que la pregunta por el sentido desaparezca del todo: ella continua latente. Pero cuando vuelve a tornarse manifiesta, ya no demanda de nosotros una respuesta. Es esa la experiencia del asombro, a la que me refiero hacia el final del texto.
“La fortuna favorece a los audaces”: Maquiavelo y la subversión de un lugar común
Authors: Duhamel Jérémie
Published: December 2015

Este artículo explora una pregunta muy precisa: ¿qué significa la propuesta, expuesta por Maquiavelo en el penúltimo capítulo de El Príncipe, según la cual es preferible ser impetuoso que respetuoso? A partir de un análisis riguroso de este capítulo, el autor cuestiona la validez de la interpretación dominante según la cual mediante una acción impetuosa, un individuo virtuoso puede someter a la fortuna. La propuesta de Maquiavelo se debe interpretar más bien
como una apuesta hacia las virtualidades creativas de la acción ante una situación de corrupción en la que el fatalismo y el deseo de ser dominado tienden a prevalecer. En este sentido, la primacía dada a la impetuosidad constituye la piedra angular de una moral de carácter provisional requerida en “tiempos adversos”.
Complex Approach to the Proposal for Resistance Temperature Sensor for Media Temperature
Authors: Vavro Ján , Vavro Ján , Kováčiková Petra , Bezdedová Radka
Published: December 2015

The given paper is closely connected with the complex proposal relating to the resistance temperature sensor for media temperature. The mentioned proposal is based on the analysis and simulation of loading with the reference to the resistance temperature sensor during the media flow in the pipeline while the heat transfer in solid body and media occurs simultaneously. The simulation of the loading was carried out on the basis of finite element method (FEM) using Cosmos Motion 2.86 program software. During the given investigation, the different media temperatures as well as different velocities or rates of media flow were taken into account.
Finite Element Simulation of Bending of Steel Bar Including Plasticity
Authors: Novotný Ladislav
Published: December 2015

The article presents the use of finite element method for the simulation of cold forming process. The numerical simulation of a real technological operation of bending a rod by an industrial bender. Within the simulation, different types of nonlinearities, namely of material nonlinearity, resulting from the flexible plastic material properties of the rod, are considered, geometric nonlinearities result from large displacement and nonlinear contact. This paper briefly describes the elastic – plastic material model. Numerical analysis confirmed the appropriateness of the use of finite element method in the simulation of technological operations and the eventual possible optimization of these processes.
Kinematic Analysis of the Crank Mechanism with Rotating Cylinder Using MSC Adams/View
Authors: Frankovský Peter , Hroncová Darina
Published: December 2015

The aim of this article is to develop a functional model of the crank mechanism with a rotating cylinder in MSC Adams/View software and its complete kinematics analysis. We analyze the movement of the members of the mechanism. Kinematic analysis was performed analytically and graphically. Finally, the work presents the results with graphical representation of parameters such as displacement, velocity and acceleration as well as angular velocity and angular acceleration in Adams/View.
The Process of Gait Generation for Snake-Like Robot with Nonholonomic Constraints
Authors: Lipták Tomáš , Gmiterko Alexander , Kelemen Michal , Virgala Ivan , Menda František , Glodová Iveta
Published: December 2015

The article deals with the issue of the use of geometric mechanics in mobile robotics. In the introductory part of article, basic notions are explained that frequently occurring in the concept of geometric mechanics including definition of the undulatory locomotion. It contains the determination of mathematical model for the kinematic snake-like robot that is expressed in the form of Jacobian. Further was described the relation between the body velocity and the shape variable by the reconstruction equation and from this equation was expressed the local connection. This local connection shown using the vector fields together with the gait were used to analyze movement of the kinematic snake. The last part deals with the height functions that determine the exact value of displacement or rotation in fiber directions.
Analysis of Stresses and Deformations in Container with Flat Bottom
Authors: Delyová Ingrid , Sivák Peter , Hroncová Darina , Jakab Ladislav
Published: December 2015

There is a general condition of the stress created by superficial forces in praxis. It can be also simplified when the shifting the forces and bending torques are equal to zero, or we can ignore them because they are too low. In term of draft it is just a condition which has the best result when the material for the construction is exploited. The edge of the cylindrical container failures are the differential base for the axisymmetric shell within an internal pressure. That main point of that contribution is the effect of the internal load and the bending effects to joining pressure of the slice cylindrical part and the plate bottom.
Influence Gearing Parameters on the Tooth Deformation of Spur Gears
Authors: Medvecká-Beňová Silvia , Frankovský Peter , Grega Robert
Published: December 2015

Gear teeth are deformed due to the load. The tooth deformation of spur gears is not constant for all examined teeth of gears. Tooth deformation is depends on the shape of the teeth, on the basic parameters of examined spur gear, such as the number of teeth, module gearing, pressure angle, gearing width, correction and modification of gearing.
Friction Force Identification for Machine Locomotion
Authors: Prada Erik , Kelemen Michal , Kelemenova Tatiana , Miková Lubica , Virgala Ivan , Frankovský Peter , Lörinc Milan
Published: December 2015

This paper describes the basic characteristic of the in-pipe micromachine. Themicromachine is based on two masses impact principle. Its diameter is 10 mm, length is 45 mm andweight is 10g. The micromachine is composed of a electromagnet, a permanent magnet, a adjustingunit, a guide rod, a damping spring and bristles. The paper represents the methods of friction forcesidentification
The Design of Tracked Mobile Robot for Non-Urban Environment
Authors: Miková Ľubica , Kelemen Michal , Pipík Tomáš
Published: December 2015

The aim of the paper is to propose the concept of mechatronic system, which will have a good ability to overcome obstacles encountered in urban and non-urban environments. With its properties and characteristic features it should be able to adapt to diverse terrain, overcome obstacles such as stairs, slopes, rocks, but also muddy, sandy or slippery surface. The requirements and criteria imposed on this robot will depend on the mentioned properties.
Application of Evolutionary Algorithm in Elasticity
Authors: Bocko Jozef , Dorn Michael , Nohajová Viera
Published: December 2015

This article introduces evolutionary algorithms and their utilization in mechanical engineering. First part of this work describes evolutionary algorithms and their characteristica. The main body of evolutionary algorithms, the selection methods for parents and the types of reproduction are explained in the next part of this article. Termination conditions are also discussed. Finally, the application of evolutionary algorithms to a problem in mechanical engineering is described. Thereby, the material parameters for a Bodner-Partom model describing visco-elastoplastic material behavior are determined by fitting data from experiments on Aluminum test samples under tension load.
Contribution to Structural Optimising Subjected to Cumulative Fatigue Damage
Authors: Sága Milan , Pecháč Peter , Radziszewski Leszek
Published: December 2015

The goal of the paper is to present the original discrete optimization approach of the structural mass minimization subjected to cumulative fatigue damage (or fatigue life). We’ll consider high-cycle multi-level fatigue, new discrete optimization algorithm and finite element analysis. The presented computational approach was implemented in MATLAB.
The Influence of Sampling Frequency on the Results of Motion Analysis Performed by High-Speed Digital Image Correlation
Authors: Hagara Martin , Huňady Róbert
Published: December 2015

The paper describes an experimental determination of kinematic quantities using high-speed digital image correlation system. It deals with the analysis of minimal sampling frequency needed for correctly performed high-speed correlation analysis. The authors also describe the influence of cameras sampling frequency on the quality of the obtained results. Mentioned analysis was performed using a rotational object. For the purposes of the results comparison the data obtained from correlation system in a form of displacements in three mutually perpendicular directions were processed in Matlab and in the paper are depicted in a form of graphical visualizations.
Experimental Identification of Failures of High-Pressure Pump Drive
Authors: Grega Robert , Homišin Jaroslav , Medvecká-Beňová Silvia , Krajňák Jozef
Published: December 2015

In practice, the mobile machines, machinery and their parts are sources of vibrations which could shorten their technical working life. In every machine, a specific energy is converted into vibrations of the machinery or their individual components. The information about machinery is fundamental condition of its future running. The methods of vibration diagnostic could be useful for monitoring of device wear and determining of real state of machines.
Modeling and Simulation of Vertical Position Stability of Quadrocopter
Authors: Virgala Ivan , Gmiterko Alexander , Kelemen Michal
Published: December 2015

The paper deals with quadrocopter stability in vertical axis. At first, dynamic model of quadrocopter is introduced. In the paper are derived relations for control error in steady state for PD and PID controller. Based on dynamic model the PID controller is designed by optimizing method. Using designed controller the quadrocopter stability in vertical axis was simulated in software Matlab. In the conclusion the results of the simulation are shown.
Balancing of Forces in Segments of Axial Bearing by Dynamometers
Authors: Trebuňa František , Šimčák František , Pástor Miroslav , Šarga Patrik
Published: December 2015

The Francis turbine in water power plant station is positioned at top and bottom axial hanging bearings. During reparation work the turbine was disassembled and during assembling the adjusting segments in the hanging bearings were released. In the paper are described procedures that are necessary in order to provide correct distribution of axial forces in twelve segments of upper axial hanging bearing by strain-gages applied on elastic pipes positioned under individual bearing segments.
Proposal of Methodology for Verification of Stress Distribution in Bolted Joints by Optical Method
Authors: Trebuňa František , Pástor Miroslav , Frankovský Peter , Kostka Ján , Gabáni Ľubomír
Published: December 2015

Nowadays, the most spread method for the solution of contact problems is based on numerical modelling. The bolted joints belong to the complex contact problems. In the paper is given methodology for the stress analysis of bolted joints with modification in the area of the first threads on the nut by the optical method. The stress analysis has been accomplished for the bolted joint without as well as with modification. The results of experimental measurements were verified by numerical modelling by the finite element method.
Product Life Cycle Costing
Authors: Kádárová Jaroslava , Kobulnický Ján , Teplicka Katarína
Published: December 2015

Successful performance of a company and its ability to handle growing competition is dependent on its capacity of implementing new technologies and making use of new methods of management. This report aims at cost management tool that enables controlling of costs through the whole life-cycle. Life Cycle Costing allows us to look at the start-up costs and the costs associated with the cessation of production, after-sales services costs and other expenses not taken into account in planned or operational calculation, see them as one unit and thereby evaluate the effectiveness of the product. Before establishing a production, calculation of the life-cycle costs is based on various factors which can be found in this article as well as the division of costs within the scope of calculation. It contains an example of calculation and accurate illustrations of process-based models of life-cycle costing from different points of view brought by various authors dealing with this topic, the usage of costing and the relationship with other calculations that are component parts of a company’s strategic cost management.
Designing Simulation Model of the Production Operation for Further Decision Making
Authors: Onofrejová Daniela , Kováč Jozef , Janeková Jaroslava
Published: December 2015

Simulation as a decision making method through its software is a supportive tool for analysis of a material flow, and it is appropriate when a performance of complex systems have to be evaluated, designed and optimized. As the behavior of complex systems is hardly predictable, simulating the existing systems’ performance is helpful in order to gain results of system performance before applying changes in a real system. A change that appears to be a best solution might, after calculation and analysis of its consequences, prove as a wrong direction lead. The more accurately is the model built, the more real results are being achieved. Decisions about the performance improvement might be intuitive as what-if analysis, or achieved by process redesign and improvement methods as Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Method, some of them with slight changes in a single processes following Kaizen principles.
The Use of SMED in Engineering Manufacturing
Authors: Mihok Jozef , Kádárová Jaroslava , Demečko Michal , Ružinský Martin
Published: December 2015

To survive in such an increasingly competitive world, there is a need of continuous improvement in every type of industry. An answer to these challenges for manufacturing companies is the implementation of lean concepts. The importance of short changeover times, SMED, has always been critical for manufacturing companies. It is one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in the manufacturing process. It's a quick and effective way adjustment process of the actual product to another product. The practical part is focused on usage of SMED in manufacturing. Project was realized in engineering company oriented on machining heavy products. Separating time to external and internal we saved about 10% of total production time. The result is proposal timetable of standard changeover process. Also timetable of two pieces in batch, because insertion two pieces in the batch reduced the total time of production. Total time was reduced of two changeovers.
Application of Modelling and Simulation in the Selection of Production Lines
Authors: Janeková Jaroslava , Kováč Jozef , Onofrejová Daniela
Published: December 2015

Production lines are complex mechatronic systems which have in their structure mechanical, electronic, control and software subsystems. The complexity of these systems is identified for mass production of paper napkins. The aim is to decide on the choice of the production line in terms of ensuring growth of value of the business and satisfaction of customers needs. The decision making process is carried out in steps of formulating the investment problem, technical features of the project, economic evaluation of the project based on a financial model in Microsoft Excel and analysis of project risks utilizing Monte Carlo simulations in the Crystal Ball system.
Analytical and Numerical Solution of Large Actuator Deformation
Authors: Ostertag Oskar , Ostertagová Eva , Novotný Ladislav
Published: December 2015

This paper deals with the possibility of controlled deformation of the actuator of a flexible system. In the solution, large deformations of the actuator have been assumed. The model was made of a material capable of large deformations caused by internal pressure. The internal pressure was let into the cavities located in the actuator. The solution was realized analytically and numerically. The results show the relevance of the stated proposal.