bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Novel Earphone Type Sensor for Measuring Mealtime: Consideration of the Method to Distinguish between Running and Meals
Authors: Taniguchi Kazuhiro , Chiaki Hikaru , Kurosawa Mami , Nishikawa Atsushi
Published: January 2017

In this study, we describe a technique for estimating meal times using an earphone-type wearable sensor. A small optical sensor composed of a light-emitting diode and phototransistor is inserted into the ear hole of a user and estimates the meal times of the user from the time variations in the amount of light received. This is achieved by emitting light toward the inside of the ear canal and receiving light reflected back from the ear canal. This proposed technique allowed “meals” to be differentiated from having conversations, sneezing, walking, ascending and descending stairs, operating a computer, and using a smartphone. Conventional devices worn on the head of users and that measure food intake can vibrate during running as the body is jolted more violently than during walking; this can result in the misidentification of running as eating by these devices. To solve this problem, we used two of our sensors simultaneously: one in the left ear and one in the right ear. This was based on our finding that measurements from the left and right ear canals have a strong correlation during running but no correlation during eating. This allows running and eating to be distinguished based on correlation coefficients, which can reduce misidentification. Moreover, by using an optical sensor composed of a semiconductor, a small and lightweight device can be created. This measurement technique can also measure body motion associated with running, and the data obtained from the optical sensor inserted into the ear can be used to support a healthy lifestyle regarding both eating and exercise.
A New, Adaptable, Optical High-Resolution 3-Axis Sensor
Authors: Buchhold Niels , Baumgartner Christian
Published: January 2017

This article presents a new optical, multi-functional, high-resolution 3-axis sensor which serves to navigate and can, for example, replace standard joysticks in medical devices such as electric wheelchairs, surgical robots or medical diagnosis devices. A light source, e.g., a laser diode, is affixed to a movable axis and projects a random geometric shape on an image sensor (CMOS or CCD). The downstream microcontroller’s software identifies the geometric shape’s center, distortion and size, and then calculates x, y, and z coordinates, which can be processed in attached devices. Depending on the image sensor in use (e.g., 6.41 megapixels), the 3-axis sensor features a resolution of 1544 digits from right to left and 1038 digits up and down. Through interpolation, these values rise by a factor of 100. A unique feature is the exact reproducibility (deflection to coordinates) and its precise ability to return to its neutral position. Moreover, optical signal processing provides a high level of protection against electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. The sensor is adaptive and adjustable to fit a user’s range of motion (stroke and force). This recommendation aims to optimize sensor systems such as joysticks in medical devices in terms of safety, ease of use, and adaptability.
Natural Products as New Treatment Options for Trichomoniasis: A Molecular Docking Investigation
Authors: Setzer Mary , Byler Kendall , Ogungbe Ifedayo , Setzer William
Published: January 2017

Trichomoniasis, caused by the parasitic protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis, is the most common non-viral sexually-transmitted disease, and there can be severe complications from trichomoniasis. Antibiotic resistance in T. vaginalis is increasing, but there are currently no alternatives treatment options. There is a need to discover and develop new chemotherapeutic alternatives. Plant-derived natural products have long served as sources for new medicinal agents, as well as new leads for drug discovery and development. In this work, we have carried out an in silico screening of 952 antiprotozoal phytochemicals with specific protein drug targets of T. vaginalis. A total of 42 compounds showed remarkable docking properties to T. vaginalis methionine gamma-lyase (TvMGL) and to T. vaginalis purine nucleoside phosphorylase (TvPNP). The most promising ligands were polyphenolic compounds, and several of these showed docking properties superior to either co-crystallized ligands or synthetic enzyme inhibitors.
Determinants of Pro-Environmental Consumption: Multicountry Comparison Based upon Big Data Search
Authors: Lee Donghyun , Kang Suna , Shin Jungwoo
Published: January 2017

The Korean government has promoted a variety of environmental policies to revitalize pro-environmental consumption, and the government’s budget for this purpose has increased. However, there is a lack of quantitative data and analysis regarding the effects upon the pro-environmental consumption of education and changing public awareness of the environment. In addition, to improve pro-environmental consumption, the determinant and hindrance factors of pro-environmental consumption should be analyzed in advance. Accordingly, herein we suggest a pro-environmental consumption index that represents the condition of pro-environmental consumption based on big data queries and use the index to analyze determinants of and hindrances to pro-environmental consumption. To verify the reliability of the proposed indicator, we examine the correlation between the proposed indicator and Greendex, an existing survey-based indicator. In addition, we conduct an analysis of the determinants of pro-environmental consumption across 13 countries based upon the proposed indicator. The index is highest for Argentina and average for Korea. An analysis of the determinants shows that the levels of health expenditure, the ratio of the population aged over 65 years, and past orientation are signiﬁcantly negatively related to the pro-environmental consumption index, but the level of preprimary education is signiﬁcantly positively related with it. We also ﬁnd that high-GDP countries have a signiﬁcantly positive relationship between economy growth and pro-environmental consumption, but low-GDP countries do not have this relationship.
From Immunologically Archaic to Neoteric Glycovaccines
Authors: Cavallari Marco , De Libero Gennaro
Published: January 2017

Polysaccharides (PS) are present in the outermost surface of bacteria and readily come in contact with immune cells. They interact with specific antibodies, which in turn confer protection from infections. Vaccines with PS from pneumococci, meningococci, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and Salmonella typhi may be protective, although with the important constraint of failing to generate permanent immunological memory. This limitation has in part been circumvented by conjugating glycovaccines to proteins that stimulate T helper cells and facilitate the establishment of immunological memory. Currently, protection evoked by conjugated PS vaccines lasts for a few years. The same approach failed with PS from staphylococci, Streptococcus agalactiae, and Klebsiella. All those germs cause severe infections in humans and often develop resistance to antibiotic therapy. Thereby, prevention is of increasing importance to better control outbreaks. As only 23 of more than 90 pneumococcal serotypes and 4 of 13 clinically relevant Neisseria meningitidis serogroups are covered by available vaccines there is still tremendous clinical need for PS vaccines. This review focuses on glycovaccines and the immunological mechanisms for their success or failure. We discuss recent advances that may facilitate generation of high affinity anti-PS antibodies and confer specific immunity and long-lasting protection.
Delphica 1. À nouveau les comptes de Delphes et la reconstitution du temple d’Apollon au IVe siècle av. J.-C.
Authors: Bomelaer Jean-François
Published: January 2017

Δελφικά 1.

Ξανά οι λογαριασμοί των Δελφών και η ανακατασκευή του ναού του Απόλλωνα τον 4ο αιωνα π.Χ.

Χρόνια συζητήσεων με τον αρχιτέκτονα E. Hansen οδήγησαν σε μια επανεξέταση των λογαριασμών των Δελφών, που σχετίζονται με την ανακατασκευή του ναού του Απόλλωνα τον 4ο αιώνα π.Χ. Προσπαθώντας να διευκρινίσουμε διάφορες διαδικασίες, όπως της ανάθεσης των έργων σε εργολάβους, οδηγηθήκαμε στην τροποποίηση ορισμένων συμπληρώσεων, ιδιαιτέρως σε ό,τι αφορά στις τιμές, καθώς και μερικών μεταφράσεων, όπως αυτής της λέξης

σύγγροφος (που σημαίνει συνήθως όροι εργολαβίας και σπάνια συμβόλαιο).

Κύριες προτάσεις σχετικά με την αρχιτεκτονική. Οι σελίδες ήταν πλάκες που προορίζονταν για το γείσο. Τα γωνιακά τμήματα του γείσου αυτού ήταν στη θέση τους μέχρι το 338 οπότε και αντικαταστάθηκαν από μεγαλύτερα. Αντιθέτως, τα γωνιακά τμήματα της ζωφόρου του σηκού, που αντικαταστάθηκαν την ίδια περίοδο, δεν είχαν τοποθετηθεί. Οι τοίχοι ανεγέρθηκαν μετά από το περιστύλιο αλλά η στέγη δεν τοποθετήθηκε πριν από το 335, χρονιά κατά την οποία πραγματοποιήθηκε η αγορά ξυλείας κυπαρισσιού για την κατασκευή της.
Les archontes du nom de Kléophanès à Delphes : note de chronologie et d’épigraphie
Authors: Douthe Mathilde , Kyriakidis Nicolas
Published: January 2017

The Archontes Called Kleophanes at Delphi: A Chronological and Epigraphical Note

For a long time it was considered that only one eponymous archon of Delphi was named Kleophanes. This state of knowledge was presented by G. Daux in 1943, despite R. Flacelière's remarks (Chronologie delphique L27, 172/1 B.C.). The publication in 1949 of a text dated by an archon Kleophanes and ascribed to the 3rd century renewed the debate on the number of eponymous bearing this name and on which texts could be attributed to the year of their archonship. Through a new edition of the three texts in abeyance and a re-examination of the various available dating-criteria, we propose to correct the Chronologie delphique by adding two archons named Kleophanes in the 3rd century B.C.:

- G27, 2nd quarter of the 3rd century (?), known by FD III3, 82.

- K41, 2nd half of the 3rd century (?), known by FD III4, 427 V. The text BCH 63 (1939), p. 160, may be ascribed to K41 rather than to G27. The archonship L27 is still attested by the chronological list of proxenoi and by three manumission acts, but is deprived of one of his bouleutes.
Un exceptionnel document à base cadastrale de l'Amathonte hellénistique. (Inscriptions d'Amathonte VII)
Authors: Aupert Pierre , Flourentzos Pavlos
Published: January 2017

An exceptional cadastral document from Hellenistic Amathous

An inscription discovered close to the agora of Amathous presents multiple interests. It mentions at least four groups of thirty lots each of land, place names of the surrounding countryside, which have left traces in contemporary toponymes, and personal names. A comparative study shows that it is a question of the resale of chlerouchy lots assigned, doubtlessly after 153 BC by Ptolemy VI to his soldiers or his mariners (triakontorion and triakas have a crew or an effectif of thirty men), who had successfully countered an attack on the island by his brother, Ptolemy VIII Physkon. The resale, a serious and exceptional political act, was, no doubt, caused by the vengeance of Ptolemy VIII, who obtains power of the island and over Alexandria in 145, after the death of his brother. The numbering of the lots, it, too, exceptional, presupposes the filing, no doubt in a temple, not only of the usual registries, but also a graphic cadastral document, which prefigures, better than the Roman cadastral approach by coordinates, our modern cadastral records.
L’ère auguste : ébauche d’une histoire politique de la Thessalie sous Auguste
Authors: Bouchon Richard
Published: January 2017

The Augustan Era: Fragments of Politics and Social History in Augustan Thessaly

The “Augustan era” used by Thessalians was by no means an Aktian era, as one would expect from that very same name as the Macedonian ἒτος σεβαστόν. The Thessalian Confederacy adopted it in 10/1 AD, for a reason still unknown to modern scholars, and had been using it for more than half a century. This new chronology shows how complex were the relations between Thessaly and Roman Imperial power during the whole reign of Augustus; they sometimes happened to be good, leading to grant of privileges, such as the eponymous strategia held by the Emperor, or the right to struck a bronze coinage, to which Thessalians responded willingly by honouring the Emperor through the very first form of imperial cult or by bearing an epithet strucked on his name; but it didn't prevent Thessaly from hard times and dissensies, from local riots to imperial justice and punishment.
Le dépôt archaïque du rempart Nord d’Amathonte. VI. Vases du « style d’Amathonte »
Authors: Fourrier Sabine
Published: January 2017

Ο αρχαϊκός αποθέτης του Βόρειου τείχους της Αμαθούντος VI. Αγγεία του « ρυθμού Αμαθούντος »

Ο αρχαϊκός αποθέτης, που ανακαλύφθηκε κοντά στο βόρειο τείχος της κάτω πόλης, έδωσε ένα μικρό σύνολο αγγείων που ανήκουν σε μια τυπικά αμαθούσια ομάδα, που ονομάζεται παραδοσιακά του « ρυθμού της Αμαθούντος ». Αν και αποσπασματικό, το σύνολο αυτό μας επιτρέπει να συμπληρώσουμε το θεματολόγιο αυτής της κατηγορίας κεραμικής, τόσο ως προς τη μορφολογία της (νέα μαρτυρία αμφορέων) όσο και ως προς την τεχνική και την εικονογραφία. Μας παρακινεί επίσης να επανεξετάσουμε αυτήν την κατηγορία κεραμικής και να συντάξουμε τον απολογισμό των γνώσεών μας για μια πρωτότυπη παραγωγή του βασιλείου της Αμαθούντος στα τέλη της αρχαϊκής περιόδου.
Céramique glaçurée provenant de Nauplie et d’Argos (XIIe-XIIIe siècles) : observations préliminaires
Authors: Yangaki Anastasia
Published: January 2017

Argos et Nauplie furent deux régions indissolublement liées à l’époque byzantine et aux périodes qui suivirent. L’étude essaie de déterminer, à travers l’étude de la céramique glaçurée, si les liens étroits entre les deux cités durant les XIIe et XIIIe s. se reflètent aussi dans les trouvailles de céramique. Diverses catégories de céramique glaçurée (céramique à décor incisé, à décor incisé et taches à enduit rouge, « Zeuxippus Ware », céramique peinte à l’engobe, céramique peinte de couleur brune et verte ou de couleur verte vitreuse, « protomajolique », céramique italienne polychrome du type « RMR », « majolique archaïque ») sont présentées, en comparant les données relatives d’Argos et d’Acronauplie. Ces comparaisons sont dues à quelques remarques, indiquant que si, au cours du XIIe s., les deux sites avaient de contacts avec d’autres régions du Péloponnèse et de la Méditerranée orientale, au cours du XIIIe s. se développe – en raison de changements historiques – l'importation de vases provenant de diverses régions d'Italie.
À propos des obsidiennes du palais de Malia
Authors: Bellot-Gurlet Ludovic , Pelon Olivier , Séfériades Michel
Published: January 2017

Σχετικά με τον οψιανό του ανακτόρου των Μαλίων.

Το άρθρο αυτά αναφέρεται στα ευρήματα από οψιανό που ανακαλύφθηκαν κατά τις πρόσφατες ανασκαφές που διεξήχθησαν στα προανακτορικά και πρωτοανακτορικά επίπεδα, μέσα ή δίπλα στο ανάκτορο των Μαλίων. Το υλικό αυτό εξετάστηκε από διάφορες απόψεις και πρωτίστως από τη σκοπιά της τεχνικής επεξεργασίας. Ταυτίστηκαν έτσι πολλά εργαστήρια. Διακρίθηκαν οκτώ τύποι πυρήνων, καθώς και διάφορα εργαλεία λιθοξοΐας. Τα περισσότερα από τα αντικείμενα αυτά χρονολογούνται στην Πρώιμη Μινωϊκή ΙΙΑ – ΙΙΒ και τεκμηριώνουν την ύπαρξη ανεπτυγμένης βιοτεχνίας ήδη από την εποχή εκείνη. Παράλληλα, πραγματοποιήθηκαν αναλύσεις με Particle Induced X-ray Emission για να καθοριστεί η προέλευσή τους. Όπως ήταν αναμενόμενο στην περιοχή αυτή, τα περισσότερα αντικείμενα προέρχονταν από τη Μήλο. Τα πέντε εναπομείναντα αντικείμενα αποδίδονται, χάρη στη γεωχημική τους σύσταση, στην περιοχή της Καππαδοκίας. Η ταύτιση αυτή συμβάλλει στην αναγνώριση τοπικών δικτύων διάδοσης ήδη από την Πρώιμη Μινωϊκή ΙΙ περίοδο και αναδεικνύει το όφελος που προκύπτει από τις στοχευμένες αναλύσεις ορισμένων αντικειμένων από οψιανό στην περιοχή αυτή, για την αναζήτηση αντικειμένων που προέρχονται από περιοχές εκτός του Αιγαίου.
New Jewellery Evidence from the Antikythera Shipwreck: A Stylistic and Chronological Analysis
Authors: Jackson Monica
Published: January 2017

This paper will discuss the unpublished Late Hellenistic gold jewellery from the Antikythera shipwreck and argue that it can be dated to the middle of the second century BC. The jewellery will be discussed in conjunction with examples of similar style and construction, in particular a pair of Eros-Attis earrings from a securely dated hoard on the Island of Delos. A comparative analysis of the Antikythera and Delian earrings, in the context of their typological and workshop groups, coincides with the most recent epigraphic evidence for the manufacture of the Antikythera Mechanism.
Les sceaux du Sarapieion C de Délos
Authors: Siard Hélène
Published: January 2017

The seals of the Sarapieion C at Delos.

In 2001 and 2002, excavations conducted in an eschara of the Sarapieion C at Delos brought to light some fifty seal impressions among other sacrificial remains (bones, grains, coins, etc.).

This altar can be dated to the end of the 2nd/ beginning of the 1st century B. C. After constituting a catalogue of the impressions, we attempt to justify their presence on an altar dedicated to the isiac divinities : in this purpose, we propose diverse hypotheses, in particular that of their connection to the sacrificial rituals.
Études d’épigraphie thasienne, III. Un troisième fragment de la Stèle des Braves et le rôle des polémarques à Thasos
Authors: Hamon Patrice
Published: January 2017

Le fragment J. Pouilloux, Recherches sur Thasos I, 140, appartient au couronnement de la Stèle des Braves (Fournier , Hamon , BCH 131 [ 2007], p. 309-381). Il contient une partie de l’intitulé du décret, qui fut proposé par les polémarques par le biais d’une ephodos, comme plusieurs autres décrets thasiens. On revient brièvement, à travers d’autres documents, sur ces magistrats méconnus, mais particulièrement importants dans le système institutionnel de la cité.
The Syrphidae of Egypt
Authors: Shaumar Nagat , Kamal Salwa
Published: January 2017

Suite aux clefs récemment présentées à la Société Linnéenne, il nous semble utile de publier aussi les localités de capture des spécimens qui se trouvent actuellement conservés dans les collections égyptiennes, ou qui ont été signalés dans la littérature, car de nombreux changements sont intervenus dans la systématique de ces espèces. Deux d'entre elles, Merodon equestris Fabricius et Chrysogaster brevicornis Loew, sont signalées pour la première fois en Egypte. D'autres avaient été mal déterminées.
Plathelminthes des rats de la Région lyonnaise
Authors: Roman Émile
Published: January 2017

Dans la région lyonnaise, les Plathelminthes trouvés, aux stades adulte et larvaire, chez les Myoxidae et les Muridae sauvages et chez leurs congénères albinos, sont au nombre de 10, 3 Trématodes Digènes et 7 Cestodes. Parmi ces derniers, Hymenolepis diminuta, H. nana et Taenia taeniaeformis ont été souvent rencontrés chez les rongeurs commensaux, en particulier chez les surmulots, dont quelques-uns provenant de galeries de mines.

Pour chaque helminthe sont, dans la mesure du possible, indiqués les hôtes connus et les modalités d'infestation. D'après ces données, sont proposées, pour certains cas observés dans notre région, des explications sur des possibilités de contamination un peu spéciales.
An anatomical and histological study of the equine proximal manica flexoria
Authors: Findley Judith , Ricci Emanuele , Singer Ellen
Published: January 2017

Objectives: The main aim was to describe the gross and histological appearance of the equine manica flexoria and to identify any differences between the forelimbs and hind-limbs. An additional aim was to relate the findings to diagnostic and surgical anatomy of the manica flexoria.

Methods: Measurements of the manica flex-oria were made on cadaveric limbs from horses free from pathology within the digital flexor tendon sheath. Histological sections, stained with haematoxylin and eosin and alcian- periodic acid schiff, were evaluated based on three micro-anatomical zones from dorsal to palmar or plantar. The prevalent tenocyte morphology, number, and distribution of blood vessels and nerves were described in each zone. Forelimb and hindlimb measurements were compared using a Students T-test.

Results: Proximally, the manica flexoria attaches to the digital flexor tendon sheath via a reflection of areolar tissue. The fibrous manica flexoria is longer in the forelimb (32.0 ± 4.2 mm) than the hindlimb (29.4 ± 3.8 mm) (p = 0.04), with the areolar portion longer in the hindlimb (22.9 ± 5.3 mm) compared to the forelimb (16.7 ± 4.3 mm) limb (p = 0.0005). Histologically, degenerate blood vessels were prevalent in the palmar/ plantar regions and were associated with chondrocyte-like tenocytes, indicative of fibrocartilagenous metaplasia.

Clinical significance: The study has provided a detailed anatomical description of the manica flexoria relevant for interpretation of diagnostic and surgical evaluation. Fibrocartilaginous metaplasia occurs on the palmar/plantar surfaces of the manica flex-oria.
Photocatalysis applications of some hybrid polymeric composites incorporating TiO2 nanoparticles and their combinations with SiO2/Fe2O3
Authors: Chibac Andreea Laura , Buruiana Tinca , Melinte Violeta , Buruiana Emil C
Published: January 2017

Polymer nanocomposites containing titanium oxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) combined with other inorganic components (Si–O–Si or/and γ-Fe2O3) were prepared by the dispersion of premade NPs (nanocrystalline TiO2, TiO2/SiO2, TiO2/Fe2O3, TiO2/SiO2/Fe2O3) within a photopolymerizable urethane dimethacrylate (polytetrahydrofuran-urethane dimethacrylate, PTHF-UDMA). The physicochemical characterization of nanoparticles and hybrid polymeric composites with 10 wt % NPs (S1–S4) was realized through XRD, TEM and FTIR analyses. The mean size (10–30 nm) and the crystallinity of the NPs varied as a function of the inorganic constituent. The catalytic activity of these hybrid films was tested for the photodegradation of phenol, hydroquinone and dopamine in aqueous solution under UV or visible-light irradiation. The best results were obtained for the films with TiO2/Fe2O3 or TiO2/SiO2/Fe2O3 NPs. The degradation of the mentioned model pollutants varied between 71% and 100% (after 250 min of irradiation) depending on the composition of the hybrid film tested and the light applied (UV–visible light). Also, it was established that such hybrid films can be reused at least for five cycles, without losing too much of the photocatalytic efficiency (ca. 7%). These findings could have implications in the development of new nanocatalysts.
Turbulent-diffusion Mediated CO Depletion in Weakly Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks
Authors: Xu Rui (徐睿) , Bai Xue-Ning , Öberg Karin
Published: January 2017

Volatiles, especially CO, are important gas tracers of protoplanetary disks (PPDs). Freeze-out and sublimation processes determine their division between gas and solid phases, which affects both which disk regions can be traced by which volatiles, and the formation and composition of planets. Recently, multiple lines of evidence have suggested that CO is substantially depleted from the gas in the outer regions of PPDs, i.e., more depleted than would be expected from a simple balance between freeze-out and sublimation. In this paper, we show that the gas dynamics in the outer PPDs facilitates volatile depletion through turbulent diffusion. Using a simple 1D model that incorporates dust settling, turbulent diffusion of dust and volatiles, as well as volatile freeze-out/sublimation processes, we find that as long as turbulence in the cold midplane is sufficiently weak to allow a majority of the small grains to settle, CO in the warm surface layer can diffuse into the midplane region and deplete by freeze-out. The level of depletion sensitively depends on the level of disk turbulence. Based on recent disk simulations that suggest a layered turbulence profile with very weak midplane turbulence and strong turbulence at the disk surface, CO and other volatiles can be efficiently depleted by up to an order of magnitude over Myr timescales.
Rapid and Bright Stellar-mass Binary Black Hole Mergers in Active Galactic Nuclei
Authors: Bartos Imre , Kocsis Bence , Haiman Zoltán , Márka Szabolcs
Published: January 2017

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) found direct evidence for double black hole binaries emitting gravitational waves. Galactic nuclei are expected to harbor the densest population of stellar-mass black holes. A significant fraction (

) of these black holes can reside in binaries. We examine the fate of the black hole binaries in active galactic nuclei, which get trapped in the inner region of the accretion disk around the central supermassive black hole. We show that binary black holes can migrate into and then rapidly merge within the disk well within a Salpeter time. The binaries may also accrete a significant amount of gas from the disk, well above the Eddington rate. This could lead to detectable X-ray or gamma-ray emission, but would require hyper-Eddington accretion with a few percent radiative efficiency, comparable to thin disks. We discuss implications for gravitational-wave observations and black hole population studies. We estimate that Advanced LIGO may detect ∼20 such gas-induced binary mergers per year.
A Type II Supernova Hubble Diagram from the CSP-I, SDSS-II, and SNLS Surveys*
Authors: Jaeger T. de , González-Gaitán S. , Hamuy M. , Galbany L. , Anderson J. P. , Phillips M. M. , Stritzinger M. D. , Carlberg R. G. , Sullivan M. , Gutiérrez C. P. , Hook I. M. , Howell D. Andrew , Hsiao E. Y. , Kuncarayakti H. , Ruhlmann-Kleider V. , Folatelli G. , Pritchet C. , Basa S.
Published: January 2017

The coming era of large photometric wide-field surveys will increase the detection rate of supernovae by orders of magnitude. Such numbers will restrict spectroscopic follow-up in the vast majority of cases, and hence new methods based solely on photometric data must be developed. Here, we construct a complete Hubble diagram of Type II supernovae (SNe II) combining data from three different samples: the Carnegie Supernova Project-I, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II SN, and the Supernova Legacy Survey. Applying the Photometric Color Method (PCM) to 73 SNe II with a redshift range of 0.01–0.5 and with no spectral information, we derive an intrinsic dispersion of 0.35 mag. A comparison with the Standard Candle Method (SCM) using 61 SNe II is also performed and an intrinsic dispersion in the Hubble diagram of 0.27 mag, i.e., 13% in distance uncertainties, is derived. Due to the lack of good statistics at higher redshifts for both methods, only weak constraints on the cosmological parameters are obtained. However, assuming a flat universe and using the PCM, we derive the universe’s matter density:

providing a new independent evidence for dark energy at the level of two sigma.
Bayesian Mass Estimates of the Milky Way: Including Measurement Uncertainties with Hierarchical Bayes
Authors: Eadie Gwendolyn M. , Springford Aaron , Harris William E.
Published: January 2017

We present a hierarchical Bayesian method for estimating the total mass and mass profile of the Milky Way Galaxy. The new hierarchical Bayesian approach further improves the framework presented by Eadie et al. and Eadie and Harris and builds upon the preliminary reports by Eadie et al. The method uses a distribution function

to model the Galaxy and kinematic data from satellite objects, such as globular clusters (GCs), to trace the Galaxy’s gravitational potential. A major advantage of the method is that it not only includes complete and incomplete data simultaneously in the analysis, but also incorporates measurement uncertainties in a coherent and meaningful way. We first test the hierarchical Bayesian framework, which includes measurement uncertainties, using the same data and power-law model assumed in Eadie and Harris and find the results are similar but more strongly constrained. Next, we take advantage of the new statistical framework and incorporate all possible GC data, finding a cumulative mass profile with Bayesian credible regions. This profile implies a mass within 125 kpc of

with a 95% Bayesian credible region of

. Our results also provide estimates of the true specific energies of all the GCs. By comparing these estimated energies to the measured energies of GCs with complete velocity measurements, we observe that (the few) remote tracers with complete measurements may play a large role in determining a total mass estimate of the Galaxy. Thus, our study stresses the need for more remote tracers with complete velocity measurements.
Ground-based Mid-infrared Study of the Compton-thick AGN in M51 at 10–100 pc Scale*
Authors: Ohyama Youichi , Matsushita Satoki , Oi Nagisa , Sun Ai-Lei
Published: January 2017

We performed near-diffraction-limited (

FWHM) N-band imaging of one of the nearest active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in M51 with the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope to study the nuclear structure and spectral energy distribution (SED) at 8–13 μm. We found that the nucleus is composed of an unresolved core (at

pc resolution, orintrinsic size corrected for the instrumental effect of

pc) and an extended halo (at a few tens of parsec scale), and each of their SEDs is almost flat. We examined the SED by comparing with the archival Spitzer IRS spectrum processed to mimic our chopping observation of the nucleus and the published radiative transfer model SEDs of the AGN clumpy dusty torus. The halo SED is likely due to circumnuclear star formation showing deficient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission due to the AGN. The core SED is likely dominated by the AGN because of the following two reasons. First, the clumpy torus model SEDs can reproduce the red mid-infrared continuum with apparently moderate silicate 9.7 μm absorption. Second, the core 12 μm luminosity and the absorption-corrected X-ray luminosity at 2–10 keV in the literature follow the mid-infrared–X-ray luminosity correlation known for the nearby AGNs, including the Compton-thick ones.
The Standing Accretion Shock Instability: Enhanced Growth in Rotating Progenitors
Authors: Blondin John M. , Gipson Emily , Harris Sawyer , Mezzacappa Anthony
Published: January 2017

We investigate the effect of progenitor rotation on the standing accretion shock instability (SASI) using two- and three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations. We find that the growth rate of the SASI is a near-linearly increasing function of the specific angular momentum in the accreting gas. Both the growth rate and the angular frequency in the two-dimensional model with cylindrical geometry agree well with previous linear stability analyses. When excited by very small random perturbations, a one-armed spiral mode dominates the small rotation rates predicted by current stellar evolution models, while progressively higher-order modes are seen as the specific angular momentum increases.
Meurtres et transmissions de la faute dans les mythes grecs
Authors: Brémond Mireille , Condault Georges
Published: January 2017

Les mythes d’Œdipe et d’Oreste, avec leur lot impressionnant de meurtres s’accomplissant à l’intérieur de la famille et s’étalant sur plusieurs générations, nous ont donné l’occasion de nous interroger sur la transmission involontaire du négatif et sur les possibilités d’expiation des fautes commises par les ancêtres. Le rôle joué par le chœur dans la tragédie grecque nous a amenés au concept de coryphée interne, qui peut être pour les membres des « vraies » familles une instance de médiation pouvant permettre une distanciation, une réparation et une ouverture vers un destin moins dramatique.
Accompagner des familles en exil
Authors: Maurin Mélanie
Published: January 2017

Dans le travail avec des familles en exil, le clinicien fait l’expérience des croyances culturelles et de leurs possibles effets sur les processus thérapeutiques. Ces croyances apparaissent comme ayant une fonction paradoxale ou à double face : une face tournée vers Éros car elle rend possible le maintien des liens familiaux et évite le risque d’explosion des nouages interrelationnels, et une face tournée vers Thanatos car elle maintient dans le non-traitable la dimension de la souffrance familiale. L’enjeu clinique consiste à faire coexister dans l’espace thérapeutique deux univers de croyances et de représentations : celui de la famille reçue et celui du clinicien. Cette nécessaire coexistence peut venir déstabiliser le positionnement empathique du thérapeute, et engage des réaménagements intra- et inter-psychiques suffisamment souples pour permettre des processus de liaison et d’accordage.
Processus identitaire adolescent : quand la migration familiale s’en mêle
Authors: Curbilié Camille , Hounkpatin Lucien
Published: January 2017

Certains adolescents nés en France, placés en institution éducative et issus d’une filiation où la migration a fait effraction à la génération des parents, révèlent des souffrances identitaires qui ne peuvent être comprises en dehors du lien social qui tisse l’histoire familiale, le contexte socioculturel et institutionnel. La perte des énoncés originaires lors de la migration, la séparation induite par le placement ainsi que les réaménagements identificatoires de l’adolescence interrogent en profondeur les dynamiques filiatives et affiliatives qui ne semblent plus garantir un héritage psychique au sujet. La clinique de la multiplicité propose par son dispositif groupal familial ethnoclinique de remettre en circularité les énoncés oubliés, au travers de techniques narratives afin de soutenir ces familles saisie par leur histoire.
Former un thérapeute psychanalytique de famille ou de groupe
Authors: Sefcick Roland
Published: January 2017

L’évaluation, autant de l’enseignement lui-même, que du résultat de la formation de thérapeute familial et groupal peut se concentrer sur les notions de : cadre, contenance et processus, repères toujours présents et indispensables lors d’une thérapie.
Une histoire genrée des mouvements suffragistes
Authors: Jacquemart Alban
Published: January 2017

Cet article entend éclairer la trajectoire de la revendication suffragiste dans les mouvements féministes en France de la fin du 19 e  siècle jusqu’aux années 1930 à partir d’une analyse en termes de genre. En s’intéressant aux rapports sociaux de sexe qui se déploient dans les collectifs militants, il montre alors que la question des droits politiques des femmes a cristallisé les premières revendications d’autonomie des femmes au sein des groupes féministes mixtes à la fin du 19 e  siècle. En retour, l’affirmation de la place centrale des femmes dans la lutte pour leur émancipation participe à la généralisation de la cause suffragiste dans les mouvements féministes au cours des premières décennies du 20 e  siècle.
Genèse des théâtres de banlieue rouge et paradoxes du communisme municipal
Authors: Devaine Louise
Published: January 2017

Au cours des années 1960, s’opère une rupture majeure dans la politique culturelle du Parti communiste français. À travers le cas de la création du Théâtre 71, en 1971, à Malakoff, mairie communiste depuis 1925, l’article montre comment ces évolutions, pensées en lien avec des préoccupations héritées de l’entre-deux-guerres, s’incarnent dans les pratiques municipales. La collaboration avec Guy Kayat, homme de théâtre militant à la tête du lieu, constitue un véritable apprentissage pour la municipalité. Les difficultés rencontrées par les élus communistes témoignent de l’ampleur des bouleversements opérés, au tournant des années 1960-1970, au sein du modèle de banlieue rouge dont le tissu urbain et social se voient profondément modifiés.
Le dilemme de Nankin
Authors: Serfass David
Published: January 2017

La question de la reconnaissance du gouvernement de collaboration établi en Chine par le Japon en mars 1940 constitua un dilemme pour les diplomaties occidentales. Les puissances tergiversèrent au risque de laisser apparaître des divergences aussi bien dans le camp démocrate dont les intérêts coloniaux dans la région étaient menacés par l’invasion japonaise que dans le camp fasciste où la question chinoise fit ressortir les tensions nées du pacte germano-soviétique. Croisant les sources diplomatiques des différentes parties impliquées, cet article tente de mesurer l’impact de cet épisode mal connu de la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui fragilisa les alliances en Europe et envenima les relations entre les États-Unis et le Japon à la veille de l’attaque de Pearl Harbor.
La mémoire, mauvais objet de l’historien ?
Authors: Ledoux Sébastien
Published: January 2017

Cet article propose de repenser l’articulation entre histoire et mémoire au sein de la discipline historique. Il présente d’abord les limites du discours produit par un certain nombre d’historiens identifiant ces deux catégories comme antagoniques, notamment à l’occasion des débats sur les lois mémorielles et de la création de l’association Liberté pour l’histoire à la fin de l’année 2005. Le texte revient ensuite sur les conditions sociales et scientifiques qui ont encadré, à la fin des années 1970, la production de l’opposition entre histoire et mémoire, avant d’indiquer les apports de son dépassement dans la recherche historique aujourd’hui, permettant d’investiguer la mémoire en tant qu’objet scientifique par de multiples biais.
Recherches historiques, recherches didactiques et formation à l’enseignement de l’histoire
Authors: Doussot Sylvain
Published: January 2017

La question de la professionnalisation des enseignants d’histoire du secondaire par la formation, abordée dans un récent article publié dans Vingtième Siècle. Revue d’histoire , gagne à être considérée sous l’angle des recherches en didactique de l’histoire. En rapportant les représentations des élèves à la logique du savoir historique visé, et en comparant les rapports qu’entretiennent textes historiques et pratiques d’enquête et d’écriture chez les historiens et dans la classe, elles donnent à voir les conditions d’une formation des enseignants aux enjeux épistémologiques et historiographiques adaptés à leur mise en œuvre dans un cadre scolaire.
Using Serial Trichotomization With Common Cognitive Tests to Screen for Fitness to Drive
Authors: Gibbons Carrie , Smith Nathan , Middleton Randy , Clack John , Weaver Bruce , Dubois Sacha , Bédard Michel
Published: January 2017

OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to illustrate the use of serial trichotomization with five common tests of cognition to achieve greater precision in screening for fitness to drive.

METHOD. We collected data (using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Motor-Free Visual Perception Test, Clock-Drawing Test, Trail Making Test Part A and B [Trails B], and an on-road driving test) from 83 people referred for a driving evaluation. We identified cutpoints for 100% sensitivity and specificity for each test; the driving test was the gold standard. Using serial trichotomization, we classified drivers as either “Pass,” “Fail,” or “Indeterminate.”

RESULTS. Trails B had the best sensitivity and specificity (66.3% of participants correctly classified). After applying serial trichotomization, we correctly identified the driving test outcome for 78.3% of participants.

CONCLUSION. A screening strategy using serial trichotomization of multiple test results may reduce uncertainty about fitness to drive.
The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815–1871
Authors: Ashton Bodie A.
Published: January 2017

This book examines the 1871 unification of Germany through the prism of one of its ‘forgotten states’, the Kingdom of Württemberg. It moves beyond the traditional argument for the importance of the great powers of Austria and Prussia in controlling German destiny at this time. Bodie A. Ashton champions the significance of Württemberg and as a result all 38 German states in the unification process, noting that each had their own institutions and traditions that proved vital to the eventual shape of German unity.

The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871 demonstrates that the state’s government was dynamic and in full control of its own policy-making throughout most of the 19th century, with Ashton showing a keen appreciation for the state’s domestic development during the period. The book traces Württemberg’s strong involvement in the national question, and how successive governments and monarchs in the state’s capital of Stuttgart manoeuvred the country so as to gain the greatest advantage. It successfully argues that the shape of German unification was not inevitable, and was in fact driven largely by the desires of the Mittelstaaten, rather than the great powers; the eventual Reichsgründung of January 1871 was merely the final step in a long series of negotiations, diplomatic manoeuvres and subterfuge, with Württemberg playing a vital, regional role.

Making use of a wealth of primary sources, including telegrams, newspaper articles, diary entries, letters and government documents, this is a vitally important study for all scholars and students of 19th-century Germany.
Peirce’s Twenty-Eight Classes of Signs and the Philosophy of Representation
Authors: Jappy Tony
Published: January 2017

The major principles and systems of C. S. Peirce’s ground-breaking theory of signs and signification are now generally well known. Less well known, however, is the fact that Peirce initially conceived these systems within a ’Philosophy of Representation’, his latter-day version of the traditional grammar, logic and rhetoric trivium. In this book, Tony Jappy traces the evolution of Peirce’s Philosophy of Representation project and examines the sign systems which came to supersede it.

Surveying the stages in Peirce’s break with this Philosophy of Representation from its beginnings in the mid-1860s to his final statements on signs between 1908 and 1911, this book draws out the essential theoretical differences between the earlier and later sign systems. Although the 1903 ten-class system has been extensively researched by scholars, this book is the first to exploit the untapped potential of the later six-element systems. Showing how these systems differ from the 1903 version, Peirce’s Twenty-Eight Classes of Signs and the Philosophy of Representation offers an innovative and valuable reinterpretation of Peirce’s thinking on signs and representation.

Exploring the potential of the later sign-systems that Peirce scholars have hitherto been reluctant to engage with and extending Peirce’s semiotic theory beyond the much canvassed systems of his Philosophy of Representation, this book will be essential reading for everyone working in the field of semiotics.
Nietzsche and Kant on Aesthetics and Anthropology
Authors: Branco Maria João Mayer , Hay Katia
Published: January 2017

Nietzsche and Kant on Aesthetics and Anthropology is dedicated to Nietzsche and ‘Kant’s own revision of Kant’. Taking up traditional aesthetic questions on beauty, the sublime and originality, this volume also covers anthropological issues of luxury, sociability, human nature, uniquely addressing topics that cut across the two domains and defy any clear-cut classification.

Subsequently alongside the role of the senses and the significance of the imagination, contributors consider Kant and Nietzsche’s work on laughter, music and genius. They discuss history and historiography, identifying where they intersect with key concepts in aesthetics and the third Critique. But rather than aligning or opposing the two thinkers, Nietzsche and Kant on Aesthetics and Anthropology offers a comparative reading of Nietzsche’s and Kant’s thoughts on aesthetics and anthropology. By presenting new perspectives of reading these two philosophers, this volume uncovers differences and similarities between the two thinkers and a deeper understanding of their shared philosophical problems.
Review of applications of SIMDEUM, a stochastic drinking water demand model with small temporal and spatial scale
Authors: Blokker Mirjam , Agudelo-vera Claudia , Moerman Andreas , van Thienen Peter , Pieterse-Quirijns Ilse
Published: January 2017

Abstract. Many researchers have developed drinking water demand models with various temporal and spatial scales. A limited number of models are available at a temporal scale of one second and a spatial scale of a single home. Reasons for building these models were described in the papers in which the models were introduced, along with a discussion on potential applications. However, the predicted applications are seldom re-examined. As SIMDEUM, a stochastic end-use model for drinking water demand, has often been applied in research and practice since it was developed, we are re-examining its applications in this paper. SIMDEUM’s original purpose was to calculate maximum demands in order to be able to design self-cleaning networks. Yet, the model has been useful in many more applications. This paper gives an overview of the many fields of application of SIMDEUM and shows where this type of demand model is indispensable and where it has limited practical value. This overview also leads to an understanding of requirements on demand models in various applications.
Social practices in a café: community through consumption?
Authors: Steigemann Anna Marie
Published: January 2017

Abstract. The transformations of economic structures as well as of transportation and communication means have altered neighborhood-based interaction in the last decades. Therefore most urban studies argue that local neighborhoods have lost their function as places of sociability and solidarity. But if one looks at the more semipublic local contact sites and therein on a more superficial and fluid interactional level, interactions and ties among local residents do not seem to decrease in the same way as close and intimate ties have exceeded the neighborhood boundaries. This article thus examines the neighborhood-based interactions in one example of an important neighborhood space – a café – that demands different kinds of commitments. Practice theories thereby provide a particularly advantageous set of approaches to examine these rather spontaneous and loose micro-interactions. This is why this article ethnographically analyzes a café, as one of the important social neighborhood spaces. The article elaborates on Theodore Schatzki's (2010) and Elizabeth Shove's (2012) idea of practices as linked entities of material, competence, and meanings, coupled with Erving Goffman's conceptualization of public behavior (1959, 1963) regarding why local businesses represent locational material neighborhood settings for local micro-interactions (as social practices). Furthermore, the article addresses how these interactional practices lead to a sense of belonging and community for their carriers.
Variational modelling of extreme waves through oblique interaction of solitary waves: application to Mach reflection
Authors: Gidel Floriane , Bokhove Onno , Kalogirou Anna
Published: January 2017

Abstract. In this work, we model extreme waves that occur due to Mach reflection through the intersection of two obliquely incident solitary waves. For a given range of incident angles and amplitudes, the Mach stem wave grows linearly in length and amplitude, reaching up to 4 times the amplitude of the incident waves. A variational approach is used to derive the bidirectional Benney–Luke equations, an asymptotic equivalent of the three-dimensional potential-flow equations modelling water waves. This nonlinear and weakly dispersive model has the advantage of allowing wave propagation in two horizontal directions, which is not the case with the unidirectional Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation used in most previous studies. A variational Galerkin finite-element method is applied to solve the system numerically in Firedrake with a second-order Störmer–Verlet temporal integration scheme, in order to obtain stable simulations that conserve the overall mass and energy of the system. Using this approach, we are able to get close to the 4-fold amplitude amplification predicted by Miles.