bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
‘We are all very excited about how we will continue to support Home-Start UK’
Authors: Moseley Caron
Published: January 2016

Have your say…: Please send letters to: Letters page, PPS, St Judes Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB or email: ppsedit@markallengroup.com
At a stage to give a task their undivided attention
Authors: White Hilary
Published: January 2016

Hilary White explores how the three-year-old's sense of self develops and how physical development underpins their ability to concentrate and progress. They will start to look outwards, beyond what is known and familiar.
Under your hat
Authors: Williams Brenda
Published: January 2016

Use Brenda Williams' poem to fuel children's natural fascination for hats and encourage imaginative role play. Sorting and naming hats is also a fun way to develop vocabulary and get to grips with shape and size.
Snoopy and co
Authors: Hewson Claire
Published: January 2016

With the recent release of The Peanuts Movie, use Schulz's famous characters to introduce the concepts of team spirit, perseverance and heroism while developing children's communication and language skills.
CEC and 7Li MAS NMR Study of Interlayer Li+ in the Montmorillonite—Beidellite Series at Room Temperature and After Heating
Authors: Steudel Annett , Heinzmann Ralf , Indris Sylvio , Emmerich Katja
Published: January 2016

The objective of the study was to contribute to the understanding of the influence of the structure and the 2:1 layer dimension of smectites on cation exchange capacity (CEC) reduction and the hydration behavior of Li-saturated smectites after heating. Five montmorillonites extracted from bentonites of different provenance were saturated with Li+ and heated to 300°C. Initial montmorillonites and montmorillonites with reduced layer charge (RCM) were characterized by comprehensive mineralogical analysis supplemented by CEC measurements, surface-area measurements by Ar adsorption, and 7Li, 27Al, and 29Si magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MAS NMR). The CEC of the initial montmorillonites varied between 89 and 130 cmol(+)/kg while the CEC of the RCM prepared at 300°C varied between 8 and 25 cmol(+)/kg. The lateral dimension of the 2:1 layers varied between 70 and 200 nm. The greatest decrease in CEC was observed for the montmorillonite with the largest diameter of the 2:1 layers and the smallest decrease was observed for the montmorillonite with the smallest diameter of the 2:1 layers. 7Li MAS NMR revealed an axially symmetric chemical environment of the hydrated interlayer Li+ with ηΔ = 0 for the chemical shift anisotropy tensor for unheated montmorillonites with >33% tetrahedral layer charge (ξ). The chemical environment is typical of innersphere hydration complexes of interlayer Li+. An axially non-symmetric chemical environment of the interlayer Li+ with ηCS of close to one was observed for all RCM. While the remaining CEC of RCM prepared at 300°C reflected the variable CEC at the edges, and thus the lateral size or aspect ratio of the 2:1 layers, the hydration complex of interlayer Li+ was strongly determined by the isomorphic substitutions in the dioctahedral 2:1 layers.
La tumba del emperador Juliano
Authors: Arce Martínez Javier
Published: January 2016

El lugar de enterramiento del emperador Juliano ha sido objeto de numerosas controversias ya desde la antigüedad. En este artículo se relacionan las fuentes que tratan del tema, así como las circunstancias en que tuvo lugar la muerte de Juliano y el traslado de su cadáver desde Persia a Tarso y desde aquí a Constantinopla.
Sobre unos elementos materiales del comercio fenicio en tierras del sudeste peninsular
Authors: González Prats Alfredo
Published: January 2016

Realizamos en este artículo una revisión de unas piezas planas de cobre y bronce consideradas tradicionalmente como un tipo especial de hachas de apéndices laterales, insistiendo en su identificación como verdaderos lingotes de metal. La presencia de piezas de plomo nos lleva a realizar unas consideraciones acerca del uso de este elemento en la metalurgia del bronce. Todo ello nos induce a subrayar la producción metalúrgica del Bronce Atlántico considerando a sus principales depósitos como la fuente de abastecimiento de metal, en forma de hachas-lingotes o de piezas inutilizadas, de la que se nutría el comercio fenicio a partir de la fundación de Cádiz.
La industria lítica tallada del neolítico antiguo en la vertiente mediterránea de la Península Ibérica
Authors: Fortea Pérez Javier , Martí Oliver Bernat , Juan Cabanilles Joaquim
Published: January 2016

En relación con el problema de la dualidad cultural existente en los inicios del Neolítico en la fachada mediterránea peninsular, los estudios de industria lítica realizados desde la parcela estrictamente neolítica han aportado nuevas precisiones a la problemática planteada. La industria de piedra tallada, como elemento más común a los distintos grupos implicados, ha devenido un buen factor de comparación y de ayuda para la articulación de las dos tradiciones constatadas: la epipaleolítica geométrica de la facies Cocina y la Neolítica pura tipo Or o Sarsa.
La caza en una economía de producción prehistórica y sus implicaciones en el arte levantino
Authors: Pérez Ripoll Manuel
Published: January 2016

Se estudia el papel de la caza en el momento en que la economía de recolección deja paso a la de producción, así como la relación de esta actividad con el arte rupestre levantino y macroesquemático.
La Cova del Cantal (Biar, Alicante)
Authors: López Seguí Eduardo , García Bebia Marco Aurelio , Ortega Pérez José Ramón
Published: January 2016

La Cova del Cantal (Biar, Alicante) es, fundamentalmente, una cueva de enterramiento múltiple de un momento posiblemente avanzado del Calcolítico Pleno. Fue utilizada también en el Horizonte Campaniforme de Transición y en la Edad del Bronce, encontrando restos de ocupaciones posteriores. Parte de los materiales estudiados pertenece a dos colecciones privadas, siendo el resto de la excavación de urgencia por nosotros realizada. El ajuar está compuesto principalmente por formas cerámicas, puntas de flecha de sílex, hachas y azuelas pulimentadas y por un anillo, un puñal de lengüeta y cuatro punzones de metal. En ella se inhumaron al menos nueve individuos que corresponden en su mayoría al momento Calcolítico.
Aspectos de la técnica escultórica ibérica en el siglo V a. C.
Authors: Negueruela Martínez Iván
Published: January 2016

El estudio de las esculturas ibéricas de Porcuna ha permitido reconocer y reproducir algunas de las herramientas utilizadas por los escultores ibéricos: cincel de filo recto y curvo, taladro y lija.
Marco sociopolítico de Celtiberia
Authors: García-Gelabert Pérez María Paz
Published: January 2016

Los escritores grecolatinos que trataron sobre Celtiberia y los datos tomados de sus necrópolis, permiten trazar un boceto, muy difuso, de su organización política. De las noticias escritas y documentos arqueológicos se deduce que la celtíbera no era ya una sociedad igualitaria, sino que se hallaba en un estadio muy primario de la sociedad de jefatura. Las decisiones operativas, siempre a nivel de ciudad, parece que eran tomadas por una asamblea o consejo, tal vez formado por ancianos o nobles, a los que aluden las fuentes. La misma o el pueblo constituido en asamblea nombraba, en los momentos de crisis, caudillo de los ejércitos al personaje más destacado de entre los guerreros.
Los tipos monetarios relacionados con la Domus Imperial en Adriano y Antonino Pío
Authors: Garzón Blanco José Antonio
Published: January 2016

En las múltiples acuñaciones monetarias de la Roma Imperial existen cierto número de representaciones que tienen más vinculación que otras con el palacio de los emperadores. Son aquéllas que reflejan los actos de la vida cotidiana y más especialmente, la ideología imperial en relación con su propia familia y con el ámbito que les rodea. Estando dirigidas estas emisiones, al restringido radio de Roma y sus alrededores, o como mucho, a la provincia de Italia. Vamos a referirnos a algunos de estos tipos o mensajes monetarios, que muchas veces, transmiten una doble idea: Providentia - Adoptio. Roma - Romulus y Honos - Iuventas, y de una forma más general, Libertas Pvblica.
Panes, hogazas y fogones portátiles. Dos formas cerámicas destinadas a la cocción del pan en Al-Andalus: el hornillo (tannur) y el plato (tabag)
Authors: Gutiérrez Lloret Sonia
Published: January 2016

En este trabajo pretendemos identificar diversos repertorios cerámicos aparecidos en contextos arqueológicos altomedievales rurales del levante peninsular, con dos sistemas portátiles de coción del pan —el hornillo o tannur y el plato o tabaq— mencionados en las fuentes literarias árabes, relacionándolos, en algunos casos, con objetos similares mencionados en las fuentes latinas y visigodas. Estudiamos también sus orígenes y perduraciones, pero mientras que el plato figura en las tradiciones tardorromanas de panificación, el hornillo, de tradición semita, parece ser introducido en al-Andalus con la conquista islámica.
Cerámica roja monocroma anatólica en el poblado calcolítico de Les Moreres (Crevillente, Alicante, España)
Authors: González Prats Alfredo , Ruiz Segura Elisa , Gil Fuensanta Jesús , Seva Román Romualdo
Published: January 2016

En este artículo se valora el hallazgo en el poblado calcolítico de Les Moreres de una cerámica roja monocroma hecha a molde. Sus características tecnológicas delatan un origen alóctono, que los autores sitúan en la península anatólica, dentro del Bronce Antiguo (2700-2100 a.C.), barajándose tres áreas de elaboración posibles: Cilicia, la llanura de Konya y el occidente de Anatolia (Troya II-Demirci Höyük). La cerámica roja de Les Moreres permite probar la existencia de importaciones orientales en la Península Ibérica y, por tanto, de relaciones comerciales en el III milenio a.C. entre ambos extremos del Mediterráneo.
La necrópolis y el área sacra ibéricos de "Las Agualejas" (Monforte del Cid, Alicante)
Authors: Abad Casal Lorenzo , Sala Sellés Feliciana , Alberola Belda Elia María
Published: January 2016

En este artículo se estudia un conjunto de manchas con cerámicas ibéricas que parecen corresponder a desechos de ceremonias rituales relacionadas con la necrópolis vecina, donde se encontró el célebre pilar-estela.
La Torreta-El Monastil (Elda, Alicante) : un nuevo asentamiento calcolítico en la cuenca del río Vinalopó
Authors: Jover Maestre Francisco Javier , Soler García María Dolores , Esquembre Bebia Marco Aurelio , Poveda Navarro Antonio Manuel
Published: January 2016

Con el presente artículo se da a conocer un nuevo yacimiento arqueológico calcolítico documentado como consecuencia de la construcción de un polígono industrial en una de las terrazas del río Vinalopó, a los pies de la sierra de la Torreta (Elda). En buena parte del área ocupada por el yacimiento no se pudo realizar una actuación arqueológica planificada con anterioridad al inicio de las obras del polígono, como tampoco se pudieron excavar parte de las estructuras detectadas.
Estudio de los grabados de Narrabaes (Catí)
Authors: Pérez Milián Ramiro
Published: January 2016

Presentamos un nuevo conjunto de grabados rupestres al aire libre procedentes de Catí, en el Norte de Castellón (Valencia, España). El conjunto se compone de motivos antropomorfos, circulares y no figurativos. Se comparan estos grabados con otros conjuntos documentados en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica.
Teónimos y fronteras étnicas : los lusitani
Authors: Olivares Pedreño Juan Carlos
Published: January 2016

El autor propone que los teónimos indígenas Reue, Bandua, Quangeius, Trebaruna, Nabia, Arentius y Arentia son, no sólo lusitanos, sino específicamente lusitanos. En este sentido, argumenta que los testimonios epigráficos referidos a ellos aparecen en el territorio lusitano y desaparecen en los ámbitos vettón, astur y céltico occidental. Por tanto, los teónimos indígenas se pueden considerar elementos de primer orden para caracterizar, desde los puntos de vista cultural y étnico, a un determinado grupo social.
Platos fenicios de occidente
Authors: Schubart Hermanfrid
Published: January 2016

Los platos fenicios de barniz rojo presentan una evolución en el ancho del borde y en la relación entre diámetro y anchura de borde que permite realizar una secuencia cronológica que fecha los poblados fenicios e indígenas del Mediterráneo occidental.
Un vaso de vidrio tardohelenístico procedente del yacimiento de Bibracte, Mont Beuvray, Borgoña
Authors: Domínguez Arranz Almudena , Ortiz Palomar Esperanza
Published: January 2016

Bibracte, en el macizo del Morvan, fue la efímera capital de los Eduos. Acogió durante la segunda Edad del Hierro un asentamiento que desempeñó un papel de vital importancia en la guerra de las Galias. Varios programas de investigación han proporcionado información relevante sobre el urbanismo al interior del doble recinto amurallado del tipo más tradicional de murus gallicus. El material mueble recuperado ha permitido ilustrar el alto nivel de vida cotidiana en el lugar antes de su abandono y su traslado a Augustodunum. Entre los testimonios se cuentan escasos objetos de tocador, de adorno y vajilla de vidrio. Este es el interés del vaso de vidrio moldeado y monocromo que analizamos tanto desde los orígenes de este tipo de objeto como desde sus aspectos de fabricación. Las características técnicas de la pieza y los testimonios de talleres de fabricantes de vidrio, en el Próximo Oriente, determinan que pudo ser Jerusalén el lugar de producción de este objeto en el siglo I a.C. En esta ciudad se conoce una producción de vidrio moldeado y monocromo, con una difusión a larga distancia incluso hasta el Extremo Occidente donde se señala la presencia de objetos como el que se ha descubierto en Bibracte.
Signa equitum en el mundo ibérico. Los bronces tipo "Jinete de La Bastida" y el inicio de la aristocracia ecuestre ibérica
Authors: Lorrio Alvarado Alberto José , Almagro-Gorbea Martín
Published: January 2016

Estudio de un tipo de pequeños bronces ibéricos que representan un jinete desnudo con casco jonio-ibérico con alta cimera y otras armas, dispuesto sobre un soporte de volutas protoeólicas con un vastago para su enmangue en un astil de madera. Se ha denominado tipo "Jinete de La Bastida" por ser éste el mejor de los ejemplares. El conjunto es homogéneo por su iconografía y estilo jonio-ibérico, que se fecha a partir del 475-450 a.C., pues alguna pieza puede ser algo posterior a esta fecha. Su similitud estructural con los signa equitum celtibéricos del siglo II a.C. permite interpretar estos bronces como signa equitum o estandartes ibéricos, pertenecientes a élites aristocráticas ecuestres, cuyo heros equitans o antepasado mítico representarían estas figuras. Su distribución desde las zonas mediterráneas hasta Andalucía central documenta la penetración de élites filo-helenas ibéricas que explicarían las influencias culturales y lingüísticas ibéricas en las áreas occidentales de Tartessos.
La basílica-sinagoga de l'Alcúdia d'Elx (1905-2005). Problemes i estat de la qüestió 100 anys després
Authors: Lorenzo de San Román Roberto
Published: January 2016

Tractarem ací de l'edifici de la basílica-sinagoga d'Ilici, descobert el 1905 i present a moltes de les publicacions dedicades al paleocristianisme hispànic des de llavors ençà. N'analitzarem els processos del descobriment i les excavacions, les característiques constructives i les principals troballes efectuades. Però també parlarem de les inscripcions gregues del mosaic policrom, mostrarem novetats pel que fa a la necròpolis ad sanctos immediata a la basílica, i algunes consideracions envers l'antic debat pel caràcter jueu o cristià de l'edifici. Finalment ens centrarem en criticar l'última -i massa reculada- datació fundacional, així com en defensar-ne una altra possibilitat, ja suggerida d'antic.
Tres aras votivas procedentes de Cerezo (Cáceres) y una nueva gentilitas en Lusitania
Authors: Olivares Pedreño Juan Carlos , Río-Miranda Alcón Jaime
Published: January 2016

Estudiamos aquí tres altares votivos hallados en Cerezo (Cáceres), dos inéditos y otro ya citado a principios del siglo XX. Un altar es de interpretación muy dudosa y los otros dos estaban dedicados a dioses lusitanos. Estos tres monumentos, un ara anepígrafa y un quinto altar ya descubierto hace décadas proceden de un pequeño cerro situado junto al cementerio de la localidad, donde pudo existir un santuario en época romana.
Congenital Hydrocephalus and Hemivertebrae Associated With De NOVO Partial Monosomy 6q (6q25.3→qter)
Authors: Li Y , Choy K-W , Xie H-N , Chen M , He W-Y , Gong Y-F , Liu H-Y , Song Y-Q , Xian Y-X , Sun X-F , Chen Xin-Jie
Published: January 2016

This study was conducted to describe a prenatal case of congenital hydrocephalus and hemivertebrae with a 6q terminal deletion and to investigate the possible correlation between the genotype and phenotype of the proband. We performed an array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analysis on a fetus diagnosed with congenital hydrocephalus and hemivertebrae. The deletion, spanning 10.06 Mb from 6q25.3 to 6qter, was detected in this fetus. The results of aCGH, karyotype and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses in the healthy parents were normal, which confirmed that the proband’s copy- number variant (CNV) was de novo. This deleted region encompassed 97 genes, including 28 OMIM genes. We discussed four genes (TBP, PSMB1, QKI and Pacrg) that may be responsible for hydrocephalus while the T gene may have a role in hemivertebra. We speculate that five genes in the 6q terminal deletion region were potentially associated with hemivertebrae and hydrocephalus in the proband.
No sex-related dispersal limitation in a dioecious, oceanic long-distance traveller: the bull kelp Durvillaea antarctica
Authors: Lizée-Prynne Dominic , López Boris , Tala Fadia , Thiel Martin
Published: January 2016

Dispersal of dioecious floating seaweeds could be limited due to biological constraints. This study examined for benthic and floating populations (stranded individuals) of the rafting kelp Durvillaea antarctica whether male and female individuals cohabit within one holdfast. As a previous study had indicated colour differences between sexes, we also examined whether these colour differences are consistent and possibly related to pigment and phlorotannin concentrations. Our large-scale survey of rafted holdfasts and a small-scale survey of benthic holdfasts at two sites found that reproductive males and females do travel together in coalesced holdfasts, although this proportion is relatively low (5–17%). There were no sex-specific differences in pigment and phlorotannin concentrations, but there were significant differences between the two benthic populations. There was no relationship between the colouration of thalli and the concentration of pigments but there was a slight colour difference between vegetative and reproductive sexual stages. Based on these results we conclude that biological conditions are not the cause for the lack of genetic connectivity between D. antarctica populations from central Chile. Instead, we suggest that ecological processes, such as density-blocking and physical factors (i.e. currents and winds), limit the potential for successful rafting dispersal.
Formulation of gentamicin as surface modified self-nanoemulsifying formulations (SNEFs) improves its anti-pneumococcal activity
Authors: Umeyor Chukwuebuka , Attama Anthony , Uronnachi Emmanuel , Agbo Chinazom , Reginald-Opara Joy , Kenechukwu Franklin
Published: January 2016

Surface modified self-nanoemulsifying formulations (SNEFs) loaded with gentamicin were formulated using suitable blends of soybean oil, a mixture of Kolliphor® P188 and Kolliphor® EL as surfactants, and Transcutol® HP as co-surfactant, and administered orally to white albino rats for evaluation of anti-pneumococcal activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae. Droplet size and zeta potential measurements showed that SNEFs had mean droplet sizes in the range of 80.7±0.5–210.2±0.0, and were stable with mean zeta potential in the range of –25.2±3.0 to –42.5±1.3 mV. Preliminary screening against S. pneumoniae in vitro revealed that gentamicin-loaded SNEFs had better bacterial inhibition than the standard drug, and at a low minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 2.5 mg/mL. Gentamicin delivered into cerebrospinal fluid of rats from orally administered SNEFs produced a prolonged and enhanced activity against S. pneumoniae at a dose of 7 mg/kg than the standard drug at the same dose. Hence, results from this study showed that the activity of gentamicin against S. pneumoniae was improved by formulation as surface modified SNEFs.
Searching Design Patterns Fast by Using Tree Traversals
Authors: Cicciarella Stefano , Napoli Christian , Tramontana Emiliano
Published: January 2016

Large software systems need to be modified to remain useful. Changes can be more easily performed when their design has been carefully documented. This paper presents an approach to quickly find design patterns that have been implemented into a software system. The devised solution greatly reduces the performed checks by organising the search for a design pattern as tree traversals, where candidate classes are carefully positioned into trees. By automatically tagging classes with design pattern roles we make it easier for developers to reason with large software systems. Our approach can provide documentation that lets developers understand the role each class is playing, assess the quality of the code, have assistance for refactoring and enhancing the functionalities of the software system.
Sexuality in eating disorders patients: etiological factors, sexual dysfunction and identity issues. A systematic review
Authors: Castellini Giovanni , Lelli Lorenzo , Ricca Valdo , Maggi Mario
Published: January 2016

The scientific community appears to be less interested in sexuality of eating disorders (EDs) as compared to other psychiatric or medical comorbidities. However, a clear association between sexual problems and ED psychopathology was reported from different perspectives. The overarching goal of this systematic review was to evaluate the general approach of the scientific literature toward the topic of sexuality and EDs. In particular, four different categories of research have been individuated, encompassing the role of puberty, and sexual abuse in the pathogenesis of the disorders, sexual dysfunctions, and the association between sexual orientation and EDs psychopathology. Timing of puberty with its hormonal consequences and the changes in the way persons perceive their own body represent a crucial period of life for the onset of the disorder. Sexual abuse, and especially childhood sexual abuse are well-recognized risk factors for the development of ED, determining a worse long-term outcome. Recent research overcome the approach that considers sexual activity of EDs patients, in terms of hypersexuality and dangerous sexual behaviors, considering the sexuality of EDs persons in terms of sexual desire, satisfaction, orgasm and pain. Results from this line of research are promising, and describe a clear relationship between sexual dysfunction and the core psychopathological features of EDs, such as body image disturbances. Finally, the analysis of the literature showed an association between sexual orientation and gender dysphoria with EDs psychopathology and pathological eating behaviors, confirming the validity of research developing new models of maintaining factors of EDs related to the topic of self-identity.
Pathophysiology of obesity on knee joint homeostasis: contributions of the infrapatellar fat pad
Authors: Santangelo Kelly S. , Radakovich Lauren B. , Fouts Josie , Foster Michelle T.
Published: January 2016

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating condition characterized by inflammation, breakdown, and consequent loss of cartilage of the joints. Epidemiological studies indicate obesity is an important risk factor involved in OA initiation and progression. Traditional views propose OA to be a biomechanical consequence of excess weight on weight-bearing joints; however, emerging data demonstrates that systemic and local factors released from white adipose depots play a role. Hence, current views characterize OA as a condition exacerbated by a metabolic link related to adipose tissue, and not solely related to redistributed/altered weight load. Factors demonstrated to influence cartilage and bone homeostasis include adipocyte-derived hormones (“adipokines”) and adipose depot released cytokines. Epidemiological studies demonstrate a positive relation between systemic circulating cytokines, leptin, and resistin with OA types, while the association with adiponectin is controversial. Local factors in joints have also been shown to play a role in OA. In particular, this includes the knee, a weight-bearing joint that encloses a relatively large adipose depot, the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP), which serves as a source of local inflammatory factors. This review summarizes the relation of obesity and OA as it specifically relates to the IFP and other integral supporting structures. Overall, studies support the concept that metabolic effects associated with systemic obesity also extend to the IFP, which promotes inflammation, pain, and cartilage destruction within the local knee joint environment, thus contributing to development and progression of OA.
Collaborative Navigation as a Solution for PNT Applications in GNSS Challenged Environments – Report on Field Trials of a Joint FIG / IAG Working Group
Authors: Kealy Allison , Retscher Guenther , Toth Charles , Hasnur-Rabiain Azmir , Gikas Vassilis , Grejner-Brzezinska Dorota , Danezis Chris , Moore Terry
Published: January 2016

PNT stands for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing. Space-based PNT refers to the capabilities enabled by GNSS, and enhanced by Ground and Space-based Augmentation Systems (GBAS and SBAS), which provide position, velocity, and timing information to an unlimited number of users around the world, allowing every user to operate in the same reference system and timing standard. Such information has become increasingly critical to the security, safety, prosperity, and overall qualityof-life of many citizens. As a result, space-based PNT is now widely recognized as an essential element of the global information infrastructure. This paper discusses the importance of the availability and continuity of PNT information, whose application, scope and significance have exploded in the past 10–15 years. A paradigm shift in the navigation solution has been observed in recent years. It has been manifested by an evolution from traditional single sensor-based solutions, to multiple sensor-based solutions and ultimately to collaborative navigation and layered sensing, using non-traditional sensors and techniques – so called signals of opportunity. A joint working group under the auspices of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), entitled ‘Ubiquitous Positioning Systems’ investigated the use of Collaborative Positioning (CP) through several field trials over the past four years. In this paper, the concept of CP is discussed in detail and selected results of these experiments are presented. It is demonstrated here, that CP is a viable solution if a ‘network’ or ‘neighbourhood’ of users is to be positioned / navigated together, as it increases the accuracy, integrity, availability, and continuity of the PNT information for all users.
Students’ perceived risk and investment intention: the effect of brand equity
Authors: Washington Macías , Shirley Espinoza , Lisset Gutiérrez , Regina Rodríguez
Published: January 2016

Emerging markets bring out the question of motivation to include of new investors in the market for financial securities often arises. The purpose of this study is to analyze how brands influence the investment intention of young potential investors. Specifically, the relationship between consumer based brand equity - according to Aaker’s multidimensional conceptualization - and investment intention, mediated by perceived risk, is analyzed. The study contributes to the literature in two ways: (1) based on the revision made, no study has analyzed Aaker’s brand equity construct in investment decisions; (2) studies linking brand aspects to investment decisions have not examined the mediating role of perceived risk. Through an experiment, where perceived risk and investment intention in a famous brand were measured as differences from fictitious brands, the following results were found: (1) the investment intention in a famous brand is higher than in a non-famous one, once controlled for risk and return; (2) the higher the brand equity, the lesser the perceived risk of investing in the famous brand, and the higher the investment intention; (3) the perceived quality of a brand’s products was the dimension by which the effect of brand equity is transmitted. Involvement with the investment task and cognitive ability, at an individual level, the relative size of comparable firms, and the risk and return of investment alternatives were introduced as control variables.
Serum metal evaluation in a small cohort of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients reveals high levels of thiophylic species
Authors: De Benedetti Stefano , Lucchini Giorgio , Marocchi Alessandro , Penco Silvana , Lunetta Christian , Iametti Stefania , Gianazza Elisabetta , Bonomi Francesco
Published: January 2016

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) has often been associated with improper/altered metal metabolism. Analysis of thiophylic metals in serum from a small and geographically restricted cohort of ALS patients indicates contents of Pb and Ni much higher in patients than in controls (Ni, 5-fold; Pb, 2-fold). Se levels are also higher in the patients’ group, which has instead lower As levels than controls. Thiophylic metals may impair biogenesis of FeS clusters or substitute for iron, even in folded proteins; Se may non-functionally replace S. Thus, improper assembly/ function of FeS proteins could represent another possible issue to be considered in ALS pathogenesis.
Revisiting judgment translation in Hong Kong
Authors: Cheng Le , He Lianzhen
Published: January 2016

As Hong Kong is the only common law jurisdiction operating in Chinese, alongside English, writing a common law judgment in Chinese is like exploring an uncharted domain in legal discourse. Apart from those judgments originally written in Chinese, Chinese judgments have also been prepared by way of translation from English. Besides, there are also English translations of Chinese judgments of jurisprudential value. Judgments in Hong Kong therefore present an interesting case for study both from a legal point of view and from the perspective of discourse analysis. As Chinese judgments in Hong Kong to a large extent mirror images of their English counterparts, they provide us with insights into how judicial thinking embodied in one language is carried over to another. As the translation of court judgments can serve as a clue to the understanding of how judicial thinking is transferred and reflected in another language, this study looks into some of the fundamental problems of legal translation in general and translation of court judgments in particular, showing how the sociosemiotic approach can shed light on those problems.
Showing what “marriage” is: Law’s civilizing sign
Authors: Chua Soo Meng Jude
Published: January 2016

In “What is Marriage?” (2010), Girgis et al. explain how the legal redefinition of the traditional meaning of marriage would erode not only the institution, but also the common good. More importantly, they argue that there are principled reasons why the law should distinguish conjugal and revisionist conceptions of unions and retain the conjugal meaning of “marriage.” However their arguments I argue are problematic. Retrieving their insights, I develop a different argument on behalf of their case. By examining phenomenologically the dynamism of the life-world of relationships under the “conjugal” and the “revisionist” conceptions of marriage, rather than the physics of coitus and same sex activity, I argue that there is a distinct difference between the two types of unions. Also, conjugal unions matures us so that we can become other-caring persons, with civilizing effects that trickle outwards into the community from the core of a conjugal family unit. I conclude that the law should retain the traditional meaning of “marriage” to include only conjugal unions, in order to point to these instead of others, with the social and civilizing benefits these unions entail when young men and women aspire to and attain these.
Structural changes in inflation dynamics: multiple breaks at different dates for different parameters
Authors: Eo Yunjong
Published: January 2016

I consider complicated patterns of structural breaks in postwar quarterly US inflation rates based on the CPI and the GDP deflator over the period from 1953:Q1 to 2013:Q4. Bayesian model selection procedures suggest that the two inflation measures had distinct structural changes in different parameters as well as at different dates. CPI inflation experienced a dramatic drop in persistence around the early 1980s, but GDP deflator inflation remains persistent throughout the postwar sample period. The residual variance for both inflation measures switched from a low volatility regime to a high volatility regime in the early 1970s, but returned to another low volatility regime at different dates: the early 1980s for GDP deflator inflation and the early 1990s for CPI inflation. The residual variance for CPI inflation has increased again since the early 2000s, while GDP deflator inflation has remained less volatile. I do not find evidence of a structural shift in the unconditional mean of either measure of inflation. When reviewing the recent literature, considerable controversy exists over the structural break in inflation persistence around the early 1980s but this appears to be dependent on the measures of inflation, as highlighted by the empirical findings in this paper.
Flow Field Measurement in Multi-stage Axial Compressor Stator by Using Multi-hole Pneumatic Probes
Authors: Zhiqiang Wang , Bo Lu , Chenkai Zhang , Jun Hu
Published: January 2016

In order to realize the stator’s internal flow field measurement of the multi-stage axial compressor, many different lengths of L-type five-hole probes and one four-hole probe have been designed. The detailed 3D (three-dimensional) flow fields in the stator blade passage of original and modified large scale compressors have been measured with the probes traversed by a probe traverse mechanism. The objective of the study is to assess the measurement method of adopting multi-hole pneumatic probes to achieve the flow field of stator vane passage. Results clearly demonstrate the flow field characteristics of stator blade passage in original and modified compressors. Furthermore, the reliability of adopted multi-hole pneumatic probes is validated. Therefore, it is proved that the probe traverse mechanism drives the L-type five-hole probe or other probe method can be applied to internal flow field measurements for the stator of large scale multi-stage compressors.
Constructing a Variable Coefficient Integrable Coupling Equation Hierarchy and its Hamiltonian Structure
Authors: Yu Fajun , Feng Shuo
Published: January 2016

How to construct a variable coefficient integrable coupling equation hierarchy is an important problem. In this paper, we present new Lax pairs with some arbitrary functions and generate a variable coefficient integrable coupling of Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur hierarchy from a zero-curvature equation. Then the Hamiltonian structure of the variable coefficient coupling equation hierarchy is derived from the variational trace identity. It is also indicated that this method is an efficient and straightforward way to construct the variable coefficient integrable coupling equation hierarchy.
Aportes de la Tradición Jurídica Anglosajona al derecho de contratos de tendencia global
Authors: Acosta Joaquín
Published: January 2016

<span style="color: #8e8e99; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">Desde la antiguedad misma se ha reconocido que el orden público y las buenas costumbres son nociones que imponen límites a la libertad de los negociantes; igualmente se ha reconocido que se trata de nociones legalmente indefinidas y, por lo tanto, de contenido variable, dependiento de la interpretación jurisprudencial que el respectivo operador jurídico haga en cada momento histórico. En la presente épocala jurisprudencia estatal ha sido la gran insporadora de interpretaciones que incorporan postulados acordes con la era global, estableciendo un contenido material que los Estados deberán respetar para lograr los objetivos transnacionales de lo jurídico, entre otros, el de establecer una base uniforme de reglas de juego económicas, que no deben ser ajenas a un imperativo universal de justicia en materia contractual.
Geopolítica, geoestrategia y seguridad de Estado: La inteligencia como proceso de1 investigación social
Authors: Tirado Acero Misael
Published: January 2016

Resumen

Entender las actividades de inteligencia y su presencia vital para defender los intereses del Estado tiene una gran complejidad. Para ello es necesario retomar la importancia conceptual de la geografía nacional y sus consecuencias geopolíticas y geoestratégicas, llegando al plano de la inteligencia en el nivel estratégico. El presente texto, mas allá de intentar recoger las discusiones sobre estos asuntos, busca desarrollar, desde una perspectiva académica, las ideas necesarias que enmarcan las funciones de las agencias de inteligencia, para comprender su funcionamiento, sus dinámicas metodológicas y las finalidades geopolíticas que garantizan los objetivos nacionales.

 

Abstract

Understanding the activities of intelligence and its vital presence to defend the interests of the state reflects a great complexity. This requires retaking the conceptual importance of the national geographic and its geopolitical and geostrategic implications, reaching the level of intelligence at the strategic level.
This text, beyond trying to pick up the discussions on these matters, seeks to develop, from an academic perspective, the necessary ideas that frame the functions of intelligence agencies, to understand how they work, their methodological dynamics and geopolitical backgrounds to ensure national objectives.

 

Resumo:

Entender as atividades de inteligência e de sua presença vital para defender os interesses do Estado, reflete uma grande complexidade. Isso exige retomar a importância conceitual da geografía nacional e suas implicações geopolíticas e geoestratégicas, atingindo o nível de inteligência no nível estratégico. Este texto, além de tentar pegar os debates sobre estas questões, procura desenvolver, a partir de uma perspectiva acadêmica, as idéias necessárias que o quadro das funções de agências de inteligência, para entender como ele funciona, sua dinámica, fundos metodológicos e geopolítica para assegurar o nacional objetivos.

 
Aproximación a las fuentes de los derechos del hombre y del ciudadano: Notas sobre las fuentes filosóficas y jurídicas de la1 Declaración de 1789
Authors: ANGEL ROZO JHON
Published: January 2016

La Declaración de los Derechos del Hombre y del Ciudadano de 1789 es un documento histórico que contieneun gran valor desde el punto de vista filosófico, jurídico y político. El presente trabajo es un esfuerzopor esclarecer cuáles son las fuentes que dan lugar a la redacción de dicho documento. Concretamente sedestaca el iusnaturalismo como modelo de fundamentación, y en él se enfatiza en el análisis de algunosde los pensadores más notables que influyeron en las ideas allí decantadas. Se concluye con la mencióna los debates generados acerca de las fuentes que dieron lugar a su redacción.

Palabras clave: Revolución francesa, Declaración de los Derechos del hombre y del Ciudadano, iusnaturalismo,doctrina.

Abstract

The 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a historical document containing a great valuefrom the philosophical, legal and political perspective. The present work is an effort to clarify the sourcesthat lead to the writing of the document. In particular, natural law stands out as a foundation model, andit is emphasized in the analysis of some of the most remarkable thinkers who influenced the ideas theredecanted. This article concludes with the mention of the debates about the sources that led to its writing.

Keywords: French Revolution, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, natural law, doctrine.

Resumo:A Declaração dos Direitos do Homem e do Cidadão de 1789 é um documento histórico que contém umgrande valor do ponto de vista filosófico, jurídico e político. O presente trabalho é um esforço para esclareceras fontes que levam à redação do documento. Em particular destaca-se como um modelo de fundaçãode direito natural, e é enfatizado na análise de alguns dos pensadores mais notáveis, que influenciaram asidéias não decantadas. Conclui-se com a menção dos debates sobre as fontes que levaram à sua escrita.

Palavras-chave: Revolução Francesa, a Declaração dos Direitos do Homem e do Cidadão, a lei natural, adoutrina.

 
Estudio a las medidas cautelares innominadas, en vigencia del código general del proceso
Authors: Cabrera Riaño Diego Faubricio
Published: January 2016

A lo largo de la historia legislativa colombiana, son múltiples las reformas que se han intentado integrar a la Rama Judicial para encauzar un modelo eficiente de justicia, donde se privilegie el acceso digno, aplicando procedimientos expeditos que permitan la pronta solución de conflictos sometidos a las diversas jurisdicciones y que sean acordes a los fines esenciales del Estado Social de Derecho, consagrado en la Constitución Política de 1991.

Es claro que las propuestas normativas para alcanzar la excelencia judicial, radican en la posibilidad de una solución efectiva al padecimiento permanente de la congestión en los despachos del país, como quiera que cada día el proceso en sí mismo, se torna complejo, pues aparece la dificultad de fallar los litigios o causas asignadas en el menor tiempo posible, sumado al número creciente de conflictos y disputas de intereses que por ausencia de la cultura en conciliación, le son asignados a los
jueces para que decidan lo que en derecho corresponda.
Contract Interpretation Law in Australia: It Is a Maze, Not a Straight Way
Authors: Echeverry Botero David
Published: January 2016

In Australian common law system, there are discrepancies between the judicial decisions regarding the interpretation of contracts. In this research paper, I intend to clarify legal issues that cause these differences. In addition, I discuss the implications of adopting more specific rules in Australia. To do so, I compare the Australian case to other countries with civil law systems that have established similar norms. Then, I advocate for developing and adopting a law that is in accordance with current
international principles.
Acceso a la justicia, regulación y colegiación de los abogados: relaciones
Authors: Teleki Ayala David
Published: January 2016

Este documento pretende analizar las consecuencias jurídicas por la ausencia de una regulación efectiva, amplia y determinada de la profesión de abogado (así como la inexistencia de una colegiación general, obligatoria y reglada), en el marco de la afectación del acceso a la justicia, visto este como derecho fundamental, pilar ético-político del Estado social y democrático de derecho y como parte del núcleo esencial de otros derechos esenciales como el debido proceso y la igualdad. En este sentido, el problema de investigación a resolver es si se afecta al derecho de acceso a la justicia por la ausencia de una colegiatura de los abogados en Colombia.
Desafíos de la política pública colombiana frente a la transferencia de resultados de investigación universitaria
Authors: Briceño Marín & Morales Rubiano Leonardo Andrés & María Eugenia
Published: January 2016

El objetivo de este artículo es identificar los desafíos que tiene la política pública colombiana frente a la transferencia de resultados de investigación universitaria al entorno. Se revisaron políticas relacionadas, extraídas de artículos indexados y páginas web institucionales de países representativos en materia de ciencia y tecnología de Europa, Asía, Norteamérica y Latinoamérica. Se encontró que en países industrializados hay un fuerte vínculo entre la universidad y el sector productivo; mientras que en Colombia, aun cuando el gobierno ha generado un marco de políticas para fomentar la ciencia, tecnología e innovación, hace falta destinar más recursos en estas actividades, mejorar la distribución de los mismos y fortalecer los mecanismos de coordinación entre actores del Sistema Nacional de Innovación (SNI).
The Influence of Religious Motivation and Students Learning Outcomes in Islamic Religious Education Towards Students Tolerance Attitude
Authors: Sa’diyah Rika
Published: January 2016

Abstract The objective of this research is to find out the direct-indirect effects of religious motivation and PAI (Aqidah-Ibadah) learning outcomes on the attitude of tolerance. The method used in this research is path analysis. Subject of this research is selected randomly of 60 students from Muhammadiyah Senior High School Ciputat South Tangerang. The research findings are: (1) there are direct effects of religious motivation to Aqidah-Ibadah learning achievement; (2) there are direct effects of Aqidah-Ibadah learning achievement to the attitude of tolerance; (3) there are no direct effects of religious motivation to the attitude of tolerance; and (4) there are indirect effects of religious motivation to the attitude of tolerance through Aqidah-Ibadah learning achievement. These findings come up with a conclusion that students’ religious motivation affect the attitude of tolerance if they go through religious learning, It is because both the direct effects of religious motivation on religious learning achievement and the direct effects of religious learning on the attitude of retolerance are high. Therefore, all of students’ religious practices will be better if they go through religious learning and students’ religious learning will be better if they have high religious motivation. Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mencari pengaruh langsung dan tidak langsung motivasi beragama dan hasil belajar PAI terhadap sikap toleransi siswa. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah path analisis. Sampel dalam penelitian ini dipilih secara acak yaitu 60 siswa SMA Muhammadiyah Ciputat Tangerang Selatan. Penelitian ini menemukan: (1) ada pengaruh langsung motivasi beragama terhadap hasil belajar PAI; (2) ada pengaruh langsung hasil belajar PAI terhadap sikap toleransi siswa; (3) ada pengaruh langsung motivasi beragama terhadap sikap toleransi siswa; (4) ada pengaruh tidak langsung motivasi beragama terhadap sikap toleransi siswa melalui hasil belajar PAI. Penemuan ini menyimpulkan motivasi beragama siswa berpengaruh pada sikap toleransi jika mereka belajar agama. How to Cite:  Sa’adiyah, R. (2015). The Influence of Religious Motivation and Students Learning Outcomes in Islamic Religious Education Towards Students  Tolerance Attitude. TARBIYA: Journal Of Education In Muslim Society, 2(1), 70-82. doi:10.15408/tjems.v2i1.1672. Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/tjems.v2i1.1672