bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Logic in the Service of Ancient Eastern Christianity: An Exploration of Motives
Authors: King Daniel
Published: March 2015

The present article explores the motives behind the so-called ‘appropriation’ of Aristotelian logic by the Syriac-speaking community in the Near East from the sixth to the ninth centuries. While it is often assumed that the Syrians adopted Greek logic for religious, and polemical, ends, we aim to show rather that the underlying reasons given for the study of logic and its propagation through educational institutions were much the same among Syriac as they were for Greek practitioners of philosophy in Late Antiquity. There was a marked continuity between the late ancient Greek centres of learning and the Syriac monasteries. Syriac theologians rarely, if ever, sought to use Aristotle as a crutch in sectarian religious debates. There are implications for our understanding of how and why the Arabic renaissance in logic came about.
Die Bedeutung von Marketing und Nutzungsmonitoring für Öffentliche Bibliotheken
Authors: Borchardt Peter
Published: March 2015

Der kurze Beitrag soll in geraffter Form die Entwicklung in Erinnerung rufen, die es im deutschen Bibliothekswesen von der Benutzerforschung der 1970er-Jahre bis zum heutigen Nutzungsmonitoring gegeben hat, und darauf hinweisen, dass eine Angebotsgestaltung ohne entsprechende Datengrundlage sinnvoll eigentlich nicht möglich ist.
Bibliotheken in Berlin: unverzichtbare Orte einer interkulturellen Stadt
Authors: Schank Kristy , Nestlinger Jann
Published: March 2015

In Berlin leben derzeit knapp 28 % Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund. Viele von ihnen nutzen die öffentlichen Bibliotheken in der Stadt. Die Ergebnisse des Nutzungsmonitorings in Bibliotheken (NuMoB) zeigen, wer die Nutzerinnen und Nutzer mit Migrationshintergrund sind, wo und wie sie die Berliner Bibliotheken nutzen. Überdurchschnittlich vertreten sind junge Frauen, die aufgrund von Schule und Studium die Bibliotheken besuchen. Die Bibliotheken spielen zudem eine wichtige Rolle als sozialer Treffpunkt. In der Weiterentwicklung der Bibliotheksangebote ist die interkulturelle Öffnung von großer Bedeutung.
Fahrbibliotheken und Großstadt – Widerspruch oder ein Baustein im Bibliothekssystem?
Authors: Baschin Bärbel , Rost Stefan
Published: March 2015

Im Jahr 2013 wurden in Berlin im Rahmen des EFRE-Projektes NuMoB der Berliner Öffentlichen Bibliotheken auch die Nutzer in den vorhandenen Fahrbibliotheken befragt. Die Ergebnisse unterscheiden sich in einigen Bereichen von denen der Gesamtbefragung. Hervorzuheben ist die hohe Zufriedenheit der Kunden insbesondere mit dem in den Fahrbibliotheken tätigen Personal. Dies ist nicht zuletzt ein Ergebnis der anderen Form der Kundenbindung, der persönlicheren Ansprache. Fahrbibliotheken bedienen Bedarfe punktuell und individuell und bilden damit einen Baustein im Bibliothekssystem – auch einer Großstadt.
Imageanalyse als Basis der Kundenrückgewinnung
Authors: Hummels Carolin
Published: March 2015

Dieser Beitrag soll exemplarisch zeigen, inwiefern das Bibliotheksimage einen Einfluss auf Kundenabwanderungen haben kann. Am Beispiel der Stadtbücherei Pulheim und der Stadtbibliothek Bergheim wurden ehemalige Kunden im Zuge einer Telefonumfrage nach ihren Gründen der Abwanderung befragt. Durch die Erkenntnisse der Befragung und eine Imageanalyse sollte deutlich werden, welches Image ehemalige Kunden mit den Bibliotheken verbinden und ob das Image mit den Kundenverlusten in Verbindung gebracht werden kann. Die Imageanalyse kann somit als Basis für die Kundenrückgewinnung dienen.
RFID als Instrument des Kundenmonitoring
Authors: Zwiener-Busch Gisela
Published: March 2015

RFID bietet für Bibliotheken die Möglichkeit der quantitativen Erfassung von Kundenverhalten. Die so gewonnen Daten erlauben eine kundenorientierte Neuausrichtung von Bibliotheksangeboten und zeigen eine wichtige Richtung der Weiterentwicklungsmöglichkeiten von Bibliotheken auf.
Encouraging Innovativeness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Serbia to Support Competitiveness Improvement in the Post-Crisis Period
Authors: Ivanović-Đukić Maja , Lazić Maja
Published: March 2015

The global economic crisis has taken a number of consequences. In order to overcome them, many of various measures on macroeconomic and microeconomic level should be implemented in the post-crisis period. A large number of developed and developing countries as a key lever in the post-crisis period would recognize the SME sector, so that the greatest number of macroeconomic policies aims at fostering its competitiveness. Previously, a competitive advantage of SMEs was generally founded on focusing on specific markets, competing in fragmented industry or on cost leadership. Nowdays, the ability to innovate is the most important source of their competitiveness. However, since the capacities of SMEs to introduce technological innovations are generally limited, strong macroeconomic support for increasing innovativeness of SMEs is necessary. This paper will explain measures which may increase innovativeness of SMEs and the impact of SMEs innovations on their competitiveness and the competitiveness of the economy in which they operate. A special emphasis will be on the analysis of innovativeness of the SMEs in Serbia.
The timing of nuclear falls: Evidence from Dutch, West Frisian, Dutch Low Saxon, German Low Saxon, and High German
Authors: Peters Jörg , Hanssen Judith , Gussenhoven Carlos
Published: March 2015

A reading experiment was designed to examine the effects of word boundaries and metrical structure on the temporal alignment of the accentual peak and the end of the fall in nuclear rising-falling accents. Participants were speakers of a number of closely related dialects and languages from the coastal area of the Netherlands and North-West Germany, covering Zeelandic Dutch, Hollandic Dutch, West Frisian, Dutch Low Saxon, German Low Saxon, and Northern High German. Our findings suggest that in no variety is the timing of the nuclear peak or the end of the fall systematically affected by the location of the final word boundary or that of the following stress. In most cases, the accentual peak was found to be stably aligned with the beginning of the nuclear accented syllable, while the end of the fall occurred at a fairly constant distance from the preceding
Sleepless in Seoul: Neoliberalism, English fever, and linguistic insecurity among Korean interpreters
Authors: Cho Jinhyun
Published: March 2015

This article examines the socially constructed nature of significant linguistic insecurity with regard to the English language in Korean society as informed by neoliberalism. It specifically explores how linguistic insecurity leads to the pursuit of linguistic perfectionism under the popular discourse of neoliberal personhood. Participants are English-Korean translators and interpreters who spent extended periods of their youth abroad in English immersion contexts. Informants’ narratives trace their linguistic journeys from linguistic adjustment overseas to readjustment and career decisions back home. This study examines their experiences at school and work, with a particular focus on their relationships with non-returnees. The findings reveal that in contrast to the commonly-held beliefs that returnees are competent and confident speakers of English, they suffer from anxieties related to unrealistically high “native-like” expectations of their English back home. Their career choice can be traced to a strong belief in the ideals of neoliberal personhood, through which they hope to transform themselves for social recognition. This, however, remains elusive due to heightened competition over English against an ever-rising bar. The article concludes that the current state represents a “no-win” situation, in which linguistic insecurity and perfectionism continue to be reinforced in neoliberal discourses of individual accountability.
Wondering at Plato Phaedo 62A
Authors: Boter Gerard
Published: March 2015

The long sentence at Plato Pbaedo 62a has been the subject of much discussion from Antiquity on. None of the proposed interpretations gives satisfactory sense. The basic error is that everyone has failed to perceive the ultimate unity of the sentence, which leads to the wrong view that the force of the negation ουδέποτε extends to the first part of the sentence only. The reading proposed here takes account of the fundamentally oral character of Plato's language; it is shown that, when the sentence is half-way, the initial construction is resumed and simplified. The force of the negation ουδέποτε extends to the sentence as a whole. This results in an interpretation which is in full accordance with the context: Cebes is supposed to be astonished at the fact that suicide is prohibited, even for those people for whom death is preferable to life.
Cyclic Stories: The Reception of the Cypria in Hellenistic Poetry
Authors: Sistakou Evina
Published: March 2015

This paper considers the Hellenistic poets' attitude towards pre-Trojan war myths; in particular, it examines the Hellenistic reception of six narratives from the Cypria: the marriage of Peleus and Thetis; the duel between the Dioscuri and Idas and Lynceus; the story of Telephus; the love affair between Achilles and Deidameia; the abandonment of Philoctetes on Lemnos; and the involvement of the Achaeans with the priest Anius and his daughters, the Oenotropae. Furthermore, it is argued that the reception of these stories from the Cypria may be seen as a metaliterary comment upon epic poetry, firstly because narratives from the Epic Cycle are adapted to fit epic subgenres, such as the elegy, the epyllion, the hymn and the idyll, and secondly because the neoteric versions of these narratives put particular emphasis on certain motifs, types of hero and narrative techniques which are typical of Hellenistic poetics.
Konjekturen zu Chariton von Aphrodisias, Bücher I-IV
Authors: Morales Manuel Sanz
Published: March 2015

Conjectures to Chariton of Aphrodisias. Legendum: 1.1.12-13 νυμφαγωγη̃σαι, 1.1.15 άπέλιπεν, 1.1.15 bis προσδραμών αύτη̃, 1.7.1 έκ Λυκίας, 1.7.6 <πάντα> ενθεμένους, 2.4.3 ὓπνον μέν οὐκ έλάμβανεν, 2.4.7 τις (in beiden Fragen), 2.5.7 <εἶπεν> „αἰτου̃μαι ..., 3.2.3 τις, 3.6.7 τις, 3.9.2 ὥσπερ έμμανής γενομένη, <οὓτως> στήσασα, 4.3.4-5 ,,Χαιρέαν λέγεις τὸν φίλον;" ,,<Χαιρέαν>" εἶπεν ό Πολύχαρμος, 4.6.7 οὖν <σιγή> καί σκότος.
Tacitus und Sima Qian: Persönliche Erfahrung und historiographische Perspektive
Authors: Mutschler Fritz-Heiner
Published: March 2015

Tacitus and Sima Qian (ca. 140-85 BC, author of the Shiji, the Records of the Historian) are eminent representatives of Roman and ancient Chinese historiography. The starting-point of the paper is a striking parallel between the two historians: During the reign of autocratic emperors (of the last of the Flavian emperors, Domitian, and of the most powerful of the Han-emperors Wudi) both authors undergo experiences which not only affect them on a personal level, but also influence their historiographie practice. The paper traces this influence with respect to the representations of individual historical characters. On the one hand it analyses the representations of rulers: of Tiberius, adoptive son and successor of Augustus, and of Wendi, natural son and (indirect) successor of Gaodi, the founder of the Han-dynasty; on the other hand it studies the representations of second and third rank characters such as senators, ministers, generals, and - in the case of Sima Qian - also of people from other walks of life. The similarities which can be observed between the two authors point to the existence of certain anthropological constants, whereas the differences are to be attributed to basic differences in Roman and Chinese political thinking and to differing degrees of the intensity of the experiences undergone by each historian.
Radial Distribution Of Stars In Globular Clusters Inferred From The Monte Carlo Approach
Authors: Pieńkos Tomasz , Hałas Stanisław
Published: March 2015

In this paper we try to reconstruct the spatial distribution of stars in globular clusters (GCs) from heuristic statistical ideas. Such 3D radial distributions are important for understanding physical conditions across the clusters. Our method is based on converting spherically symmetrical functions such as exp(-r
Cryogenic Separation Of Glauconite And Foraminifera From The Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary Interval At Nasiłów, Poland, For Radiometric Dating And Stratigraphy
Authors: Wójtowicz Artur , Pieńkos Tomasz , Hałas Stanisław , Peryt Danuta , Durakiewicz Tomasz , Młynek Agnieszka
Published: March 2015

We have demonstrated that cryogenic separation of glauconite and foraminifera from the host rock allows to preserve the integrity of extracted specimens, assures minimal damage and causes no artificial fractionation. The K/Ar dating of two glauconite samples from Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in the Nasiłów outcrop yields 62.0 and 66.3 Ma. The discrepancy in these dates, much larger than expected from analytical precision, may result from too low %K, which was 5.91 and 5.73, respectively.
Positive And Negative Feedback Loops Coupled By Common Transcription Activator And Repressor
Authors: Sielewiesiuk Jan , Łopaciuk Agata
Published: March 2015

Dynamical systems consisting of two interlocked loops with negative and positive feedback have been studied using the linear analysis of stability and numerical solutions. Conditions for saddle-node bifurcation were formulated in a general form. Conditions for Hopf bifurcations were found in a few symmetrical cases. Auto-oscillations, when they exist, are generated by the negative feedback repressive loop. This loop determines the frequency and amplitude of oscillations. The positive feedback loop of activation slightly modifies the oscillations. Oscillations are possible when the difference between Hilll’s coefficients of the repression and activation is sufficiently high. The highly cooperative activation loop with a fast turnover slows down or even makes the oscillations impossible. The system under consideration can constitute a component of epigenetic or enzymatic regulation network.
The rise and fall of the L-shaped morphome: diachronic and experimental studies
Authors: Nevins Andrew , Rodrigues Cilene , Tang Kevin
Published: March 2015

It has been suggested that the Romance first person singular indicative constitutes a natural class with the present subjunctive paradigm for the purposes of stem selection (
A review of recent developments in flammability of polymer nanocomposites
Authors: Idumah Christopher Igwe , Hassan Azman , Affam Augustine Chioma
Published: March 2015

Polymer nanocomposite flame retardancy has become a critical parameter in industrial material application. Recent environmental policies have prohibited the incorporation of halogenated flame-retardant compounds into polymers owing to the high level of environmental degradation caused by high levels of toxic gas and smoke emission. The demand for zero-halogen flame-retardant compounds by both researchers and manufacturers is due to the inherent advantages accruable from their incorporation like very minimal toxic emission, minimal smoke release, zero corrosive gas release, reduced corrosion activities and absence of dripping in fire condition. This has necessitated the quest for eco-compliant replacements for halogenated flame suppressants. Recent insight has shown the eco-compliancy of exfoliated graphene nanoplatelets as flame retardants when incorporated into polymer nanocomposites (PNCs). Relative to the propensity to retard flame, increasing quantities of exfoliated graphene nanoplatelets have exhibited the capability to significantly repress critical flammability parameters like heat release rate (HRR), peak HRR (PHRR), rate of carbon monoxide production, smoke production rate and total mass loss rate while simultaneously increasing limiting oxygen index, time of ignition and total PHRR, thereby retarding flammability and creating better chance to reduce loss and casualty in real-life fire situation through the formation of even layers of carbonaceous char in the condensed phase capable of efficiently suppressing the thermal decomposition caused by oxygen and heat to the polymer matrix and cutting off the flaming path. This paper gives an insight into recent developments in flame retardancy of PNCs, with special emphasis on the flame-retardancy propensity of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets.
Gender Assignment and Agreement in L2 Spanish: The Effects of Morphological Marking, Animacy, and Gender
Authors: Alarcón Irma V.
Published: March 2015

This study investigates the relationship between second language (L2) Spanish gender assignment and agreement and specific noun categories by distinguishing the effects of noun morphology (overt, non-overt, or deceptive), noun class (semantic or non-semantic), and gender (masculine or feminine). Specifically, assuming the correct acquisition of gender assignment, how do noun morphology, class and gender affect correct gender agreement when using the same type of noun? One hundred and seven English-speaking learners of Spanish at three proficiency levels completed an assignment and agreement written production task, in which they were first asked the gender of a noun (assignment), and then to provide an agreeing adjective in a meaningful context (agreement). Results showed that the probability of producing correct agreement given correct assignment was significantly higher with semantic than with non-semantic nouns, with overt rather than non-overt and/or deceptive nouns, and with masculine rather than feminine nouns. The discussion provides insights concerning how animacy (semantic gender) overrides morphology when establishing correct gender agreement in L2 Spanish.
Opening Alliteration in Biblical and Ugaritic Poetry
Authors: Yogev Jonathan , Yona Shamir
Published: March 2015

Bei zahlreichen Gelegenheiten ließen biblische und ugaritische Schreiber aufeinanderfolgende Verse oder Halbverse mit demselben Buchstaben beginnen. Dieser Aufsatz beschäftigt sich mit diesem Phänomen, indem er Beispiele aus der biblischen und ugaritischen Literatur vorführt. Dabei werden drei Ebenen der Verfeinerung unterschieden, die eine Entwicklung der Poesie widerspiegeln.

On many occasions, Biblical and Ugaritic scribes chose to begin successive sentences or half-lines with the same letter. This paper deals with this phenomenon by presenting various examples from poetic texts of both Biblical and Ugaritic literature. By doing so, this phenomenon is divided into three levels of sophistication, which indicate a form of poetic evolution.

Les scribes ougaritiques et bibliques décident souvent de commencer les phrases successives ou demi-lignes par la même lettre alphabétique. Cet article s’intéresse à ce phénomène, en donnant plusieurs exemples tirés des textes ougaritiques et bibliques. Cette enquête permet de distinguer trois niveaux de sophistication, qui indiquent une évolution poétique.
A diethylhydroxylaminate based mixed lithium/beryllium aggregate
Authors: Berger Raphael J.F. , Jana Surajit , Fröhlich Roland , Mitzel Norbert W.
Published: March 2015

A mixed lithium/beryllium diethylhydroxylaminate compound containing
n
butyl beryllium units of total molecular composition
n
Be(ONEt2)2 [(LiONEt2)2

n
BuBeONEt2]2 (1) was isolated from a reaction mixture of
n
butyl lithium, N,N-diethylhydroxylamine and BeCl2 in diethylether/thf. The crystal structure of 1 has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The aggregate is composed of two ladder-type subunits connected in a beryllium-centered distorted tetrahedron of four oxygen atoms. Only the lithium atoms are engaged in coordination with the nitrogen donor atoms. The DFT calculations support the positional occupation determined for Li and Be in the crystal structure. The DFT and the solid-state structure are in excellent agreement, indicating only weak intermolecular interactions in the solid state. Structural details of metal atom coordination are discussed.
Evidence of cellular senescence during the development of estrogen-induced pituitary tumors
Authors: Sabatino Maria Eugenia , Petiti Juan Pablo , Sosa Liliana del Valle , Pérez Pablo Anibal , Gutiérrez Silvina , Leimgruber Carolina , Latini Alexandra , Torres Alicia Inés , De Paul Ana Lucía
Published: March 2015

Although pituitary adenomas represent 25% of intracranial tumors, they are usually benign, with the mechanisms by which these tumors usually avoid an invasive profile and metastatic growth development still remaining unclear. In this context, cellular senescence might constitute a plausible explanation for the benign nature of pituitary adenomas. In this study, we investigated the emergence of cellular senescence as a growth control mechanism during the progression of estrogen-induced pituitary tumors. The quantification of Ki67-immunopositive cells in the pituitaries of estrogenized male rats after 10, 20, 40, and 60 days revealed that the mitogenic potential rate was not sustained for the whole period analyzed and successively decreased after 10 days of estrogen exposure. In addition, the expression of cellular senescence features, such as the progressive rise in the enzymatic senescence-associated b-galactosidase (SA-b-gal) activity, IL6, IL1b, and TGFb expression, was observed throughout pituitary tumor development. Furthermore, tumoral pituitary cells also displayed nuclear pATM expression, indicating activated DNA damage signaling, with a significant increase in p21 expression also being detected. The associations among DNA damage signaling activation, SA-b-gal expression, and p21 may provide a reliable combination of senescence-associated markers for in vivo pituitary senescence detection. These results suggest a role for this cellular process in the regulation of pituitary cell growth. Thus, cellular senescence should be conceived as a contributing component to the benign nature of pituitary adenomas, thereby influencing the capability of the pituitary gland to avoid unregulated cell proliferation.
Role of transcription factors in the transdifferentiation of pancreatic islet cells
Authors: van der Meulen Talitha , Huising Mark O
Published: March 2015

The α and β cells act in concert to maintain blood glucose. The α cells release glucagon in response to low levels of glucose to stimulate glycogenolysis in the liver. In contrast, β cells release insulin in response to elevated levels of glucose to stimulate peripheral glucose disposal. Despite these opposing roles in glucose homeostasis, α and β cells are derived from a common progenitor and share many proteins important for glucose sensing and hormone secretion. Results from recent work have underlined these similarities between the two cell types by revealing that β-to-α as well as α-to-β transdifferentiation can take place under certain experimental circumstances. These exciting findings highlight unexpected plasticity of adult islets and offer hope of novel therapeutic paths to replenish β cells in diabetes. In this review, we focus on the transcription factor networks that establish and maintain pancreatic endocrine cell identity and how they may be perturbed to facilitate transdifferentiation.
A Study of the Correlates of Organizational Commitment Among Secondary School Teachers
Authors:   Department of Education, M.D.U., Rohtak, Gupta Madhu , Gehlawat Manju ,   C.R. College of Education, Rohtak
Published: March 2015

The study was planned to determine the effect of job satisfaction, work motivation and type of schools on organizational commitment of secondary school teachers. Descriptive survey method was employed for the investigation. The organizational commitment has been treated as the dependent variable, whereas job satisfaction, work motivation and type of schools comprised the independent variables for the study. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select the sample of 480 secondary school teachers working in Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonepat cities of Rohtak Division of Haryana. The investigators used Organizational Commitment Scale (OCS) by Hyde and Roy (2006), Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) by Dixit (1993) and Employees Motivation Schedule (EMS) by Srivastava (1988) to measure organizational commitment, job satisfaction and work motivation of teachers respectively. Means, SD’s and t-test were used for analyzing the collected data. Findings of the study reported significant effect of type of schools and job satisfaction on the organizational commitment of the teachers. No significant difference was found in organizational commitment of private school teachers with high and low level of work motivation and the government school teachers with high level of work motivation were reported to be better than their counterparts with respect to their organizational commitment. The study also revealed certain educational implications for the teachers, principals and the administrators for enhancing the organizational commitment among the teachers.
On a global diffeomorphism between two Banach spaces and some application
Authors: Galewski Marek , Koniorczyk Marcin
Published: March 2015

We provide sufficient conditions for a mapping acting between two Banach spaces to be a diffeomorphism. We get local diffeomorhism by standard method while in making it global we employ a critical point theory and a duality mapping. We provide application to integro-differential initial value problem for which we get differentiable dependence on parameters.
A hypervaluation of a hyperfield onto a totally ordered canonical hypergroup
Authors: Harijani Kh. , Anvariyeh S.
Published: March 2015

This paper attempts an exposition of the connection between valuation theory and hyperstructure theory. In this regards, by considering the notion of totally ordered canonical hypergroup we define a hypervaluation of a hyperfield onto a totally ordered canonical hypergroup and obtain some related basic results.
Environmentally Sustainable Methodology in Polymeric Materials
Authors: Cortes Miguel Aguilar , Domínguez Patiño Martha Lilia , Rodríguez Martínez Antonio
Published: March 2015

In recent decades, we have seen an increase in the use of computers. This presents a crossroads in deciding what to do with the units that become "obsolete". As society, we have created a new type of solid waste that must be handled differently because the diversity of materials composition. In addition, at the end of their life cycle also affects the environment when the materials are disposal in landfill; i.e. plastic substrate (polycarbonate), may lead to chronic problems such as hyperactivity, infertility or even cancer.

The recycling of electronic equipment is from whole parts, such as the electronic cables. Recover substances (plastics) and compounds (metals) from electronic cables could it be possible.

We are looking for a solution to this problem and we created a structure of recycling to reduce the waste at the source and allows that which cannot be reduced is recycled, because computers contain 20% of thermoplastics and 6% of plastic mixtures that are the subject of this investigation.

The recycled chemist hired himself since it provides capabilities that address the limitations of the mechanical recycling; you need large quantities of clean, separate, homogeneous plastic waste to be able to guarantee the quality of the final product. Chemical recycling overcomes these drawbacks, since the classification of the different types of plastic resins from of waste is not necessary.

Based on the data obtained from this research, determines that the recycling of computer waste in conjunction with other plans of reduction at source makes this a viable alternative for the management of the same. Benefits that can be derived by establishing a recycling of the computer waste program is donating units or sell these affordable to low-income people who otherwise would not have access to this technology.
Detection of Metallic Inclusions in Metals by Thermoelectric Coupling
Authors: Carreon Hector
Published: March 2015

A comparison between reported analytical results with experimental data of the magnetic flux density on cylindrical tin inclusions of elliptical cross-section embedded in a copper matrix under external thermal excitation is presented. By changing the aspect ratios b/a designated by e of the elliptical inclusions, a wide range of real situation such as slender inclusions can be simulated. The experimental magnetic field distribution illustrated the potential for the non contacting thermoelectric technique to detect and characterize metallic inclusions of different geometries based on their magnetic signature. Preliminary results on a cylindrical hard alpha (TiN) inclusion embedded in Ti–6Al–4V matrix is also presented to demonstrate that the proposed non-destructive method might be applicable to a wide range of alloys including high-strength, high-temperature engine materials.
Study of lattice vibration and thermal conductivity of BiCuSeO from first-principles calculations
Authors: Ding Jingxuan , Xu Ben , Lin Yuanhua
Published: March 2015

The BiCuSeO has been proved to be one of the best oxide-based thermoelectric materials in recent years. Its electric properties have been widely studied, yet the lattice thermal conductivity was only discussed roughly. Our investigation suggests that the anharmonic vibration and the interlayer-interaction plays the crucial role in reducing the intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity has been calculated based on quasi-harmonic approximation and detailed contribution have been discussed. The calculated data have good agreement with the experimental data.
Chemical Gas Generators Based on Mechanically Alloyed Al·Mg Powder
Authors: Machado Marco A. , Rodriguez Daniel A. , Dreizin Edward L. , Shafirovich Evgeny
Published: March 2015

Because of the high energy density, easy ignition, and good storability, mechanically alloyed Al·Mg powder has the potential to improve the performance characteristics of various energetic and gas-generating materials. Here, the use of this powder in combustible mixtures for generation of oxygen and hydrogen is explored. The mixtures for oxygen generation consisted of sodium chlorate, nanoscale cobalt oxide catalyst, and Al·Mg powder, while those for hydrogen generation included water, polyacrylamide as a gellant, and Al·Mg powder. To increase hydrogen yield, ammonia borane (NH3BH3) was also added to Al·Mg − water mixtures. Combustion experiments were conducted in an argon environment, using laser ignition. The thermal wave propagation over the oxygen-generating mixtures was studied using infrared video recording. It has been shown that mechanically alloyed Al·Mg material is a promising alternative to currently used iron because significantly smaller amounts of this additive are needed for a steady propagation of the combustion wave. The hydrogen generation experiments have shown that mixtures of mechanically alloyed Al·Mg powder with 10−60 wt% gelled water are combustible, with the front velocities exceeding the values obtained for the mixtures of water with nanoscale Al. Hydrogen yield was measured using mass-spectrometry. In the mixtures that included ammonia borane, D2O was used instead of H2O. Measurements of H2, D2, and HD concentrations in the product gas provided insight into the reaction mechanisms. The isotopic tests have shown that AB participates in two parallel processes − thermolysis and hydrolysis, thus increasing hydrogen yield.
Electronic Transport through Conical Nanosized GaAs Pillars
Authors: Bartsch Thorben , Heyn Christian , Hansen Wolfgang
Published: March 2015

We study the electronic transport through epitaxial GaAs nanopillars that are only 16 nm long, with diameters of about 100 nm at the upper and 40 nm at the lower end. The pillars can be considered to be very short conical nanowires embedded in AlGaAs. They represent quantum point contacts between two perfectly lattice matched three-dimensional GaAs charge reservoirs. Distinctive asymmetries are found in the current-voltage characteristics. We associate them with the conical shape of the pillars. Although contact reservoirs and pillars are made from the same material, the transport through the pillars is dominated by tunneling across shallow barriers. This is explained by the quantum size effect on the electronic states within the pillars.
Ethnography of the Vipassana Meditation Retreat
Authors: Eddy Glenys
Published: March 2015

The practice of vipassana meditation emphasizes the role of meditative experience in coming to understand the Buddhist worldview and in effecting personal transformation. Data obtained from fieldwork conducted between 2003 and 2005 at the Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre (BMIMC) in Medlow Bath, NSW Australia, illustrate the process by which aspects of doctrine come to be accepted through an experiential understanding of their import. Many respondents attributed significance to their experiential understanding of dukkha, suffering, and anicca, impermanence, gained through Vipassana practice. My own significant instance of experiential learning involved that of the five hindrances, outlined in the Satipatthana Sutta as five mental states that hinder the meditator’s development of mindfulness. By reflecting upon the reasons for the difference between my experience and that of my interview respondents, I demonstrate the limitations of the researcher’s own meditation experience used as an interpretive tool for ethnographic data, and the need for the researcher to reflexively examine the way in which their own religious preferences and biases affect the significance they attribute to their own meditation experience.
Constructing hegemonic masculinities
Authors: Archakis Argiris , Lampropoulou Sofia
Published: March 2015

In this article we draw upon the notions of heterosexuality, heteronormativity, agency and responsibility in order to investigate the construction of hegemonic masculinities through stories produced by Greek male adolescents. Our data are part of a broader set of narrative data collected in the context of a research project aiming to record and analyse naturally occurring talk of Greek youths. We adopt the model of narrative positioning in order to explore how young men narratively construct their identities as heterosexual human beings. The narratives at hand deal with sexually related encounters in which our male narrators are involved with women who hold senior, institutional roles. The story topics are presented as unconventional, and our narrators diminish their agency and responsibility for the sexually related acts, which, in turn, are attributed to female characters. We explore and unpack the subtle ways in which our narrators position themselves in relation to heterosexuality and heteronormativity, and how this contributes to the construction of their (hegemonic) masculine selves. To this end, we attempt to probe deeper into the notion of hegemonic masculinity.
The desire for identity and the identity of desire
Authors: Canakis Costas
Published: March 2015

This paper focuses on three recent studies investigating the discursive construction of sexuality in Modern Greek – in contexts as diverse as same-sex online personals, the performance of heterosexuality in a mixed-sex conversation and coming out narratives – arguing that critical approaches to heteronormativity, the hallmark of queer linguistics, can hardly be dissociated from issues of ‘identity’ and ‘desire’ in language, since heteronormativity specifically aims at regulating their correlation vis-à-vis gender norms. These studies investigate the indexical relation between language, gender and sexuality as experienced by socially positioned agents whose subjectivity is constructed with reference to their desires and whose desires allude to intelligible (and eroticisable) subjectivities. Therefore, any attempt at reductive theorising based on an exclusivist platform, inspired by either identity or desire alone, fails to capture crucial aspects of sexually relevant language.
Introducing the special issue on gender and the Greek language
Authors: Pavlidou Theodossia-Soula
Published: March 2015

As is well known, the bulk of research on language and gender is still produced with respect to English and in the English language. This comes as no surprise, given the hegemony of English in the academic landscape across the globe, but also the socio-political conditions in certain English-speaking countries (notably the USA), which historically enabled questions of gender to be articulated both within different disciplines and, interdisciplinarily, within gender studies earlier than elsewhere. The first aim of this special issue on gender and the Greek language is to expand our knowledge on the relationship between language and gender by taking into account research concerning a lesser-used language, Modern Greek (hereafter Greek), and to familiarise a wider audience with research that has largely remained inaccessible to non-Greek speakers.
Experiential Validity
Authors: Schnell Tatjana
Published: March 2015

After giving a short introduction to Implicit Religion, this paper points out mutual benefits from linking psychology to the study of Implicit Religion. By employing accumulated knowledge of human cognition, behaviour and emotion, and making use of the apparatus of validated methodology, psychology can facilitate access to individual perceptions of the sacred and explore their consequences on attitudes, action, and personal well-being.

Brief insights into the psychological research lines that are present in the Issue at hand are provided. Recent developments in research on meaning in life, selftranscendence, spirituality, and sanctification are described. Fruitful links to the study of Implicit Religion are proposed, suggesting further research on topics such as effects of implicit religiosity on personal, interpersonal, institutional and societal levels; the functioning of implicit-religious meaning systems in stressful circumstances of people’s lives; the distinction of horizontal and vertical selftranscendence, and overlaps in the discourses of spirituality and Implicit Religion.
Fans and Followers
Authors: De Witte Marleen
Published: March 2015

Presenting a case study of the Ghanaian charismatic-Pentecostal celebrity-pastor Mensa Otabil, this article explores processes of marketing and mass mediating charisma in the making of religious celebrity. In order to grasp the convincing force of this ‘Man of God’, it moves beyond classical Weberian and theological understandings of charisma by looking at styling, marketing, and branding strategies. Thus analyzing ‘the making of’ religious celebrity in the broader context of Ghana’s religious arena, the secular celebrity scene, and global charismatic Christianity, it argues that while part of the global charismatic movement with its jet set leaders and high tech styling, Ghanaian charismatic celebrities are also rooted in traditional modes of religious ‘celebrity’. Otabil’s charisma—or his fans’ and followers’ perception of his supernatural giftedness—derives largely from his being (crafted as) a national and international star. Despite clear similarities to ‘secular’ stardom, the specificity of religious celebrity lies, in the case of Ghanaian pastors, in how the contagious aura of celebrity connects to traditional beliefs in the power of religious specialists. The religious authority of African ‘Men of God’ such as Otabil thrives, I argue, on an embodied fusion of the mass mediated and marketed charisma of modern celebrity and the perceived power of traditional shrine priests as intermediaries between the human and the spirit world. The magical aura of celebrity at work in the transmission of Holy Spirit power through the ‘Man of God’ to his followers is fragile though, perpetually challenged by the possible visibility of ‘the making of’ threatening to undermine Otabil’s authenticity.
Heidi A. Campbell, When Religion Meets New Media, Routledge, London, 2010, pp. vii + 219. ISBN 0-415-34956-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-415-34957-5 (pbk); ISBN 0-200-69537-2 (ebk).
Authors: Marcotte Roxanne
Published: March 2015

Book review.
The Charismatic Imagination
Authors: Village Andrew
Published: March 2015

The idea that imagination plays a key role in biblical interpretation has become increasingly important over the last few decades. The ability of readers to project from their present-day into an ancient narrative might be promoted by psychological functions that foster imagination, and by specific theological beliefs such as Charismaticism, which are associated with experiential and analogical hermeneutics. This study of 857 Anglican clergy examined the extent to which the Jungian psychological function of intuition and the practice of Charismaticism are associated with readers being able to imagine themselves into a New Testament healing story. The results provided evidence to support the idea that one way in which readers might tackle Mark 9:14-29 is to imagine themselves into the story, possibly by identifying with one of the characters in the narrative. The propensity to do this is partly related to psychological type preferences, with intuitives being more likely to imagine themselves into story. Independent of psychological preferences, Charismaticism also promotes imaginative engagement and identification with characters, and this is especially so for identification with Jesus and with the disciples. Empirical studies of this sort help to remind interpreters that interpretative preferences may be linked to individual differences in psychology and experience.
Transnational Pentecostal Connections
Authors: Rocha Cristina
Published: March 2015

The paper analyses transnational flows of Pentecostalism between Australia and Brazil. It analyses the establishment of CNA, a Brazilian church that caters for the increasing number of Brazilian students in Sydney. It also investigates the ways in which Hillsong, an Australian Pentecostal megachurch, has influenced CNA and has been alluring young Pentecostal Brazilians to Australia. Scholars have paid little attention to how religious institutions in the host country may influence rituals and facilitate the establishment of the new church. I argue that churches created by migrants are not established in a deterritorialized diasporic vacuum. Reterritorialization engenders hybridity. Following an admiration for Australian churches due to Australia being part of the English-speaking developed world, CNA is a hybrid of a conservative Brazilian Baptist church and the very informal Hillsong church. I contend that it is precisely this hybridity that makes young Brazilians adhere to it since the church works as an effective bridge between Brazilian and Australian cultures. Furthermore, this paper demonstrates the polycentric nature of Pentecostalism, as Australia is becoming a centre for the dissemination of Hillsong-style Pentecostalism in Brazil.
Histopathologic lesions in conventional pigs experimentally infected with Haemophilus parasuis serovar 5
Authors: Austin-Busse R.-L. , Ladinig A. , Balka G. , Zoels S. , Ritzmann M. , Palzer A.
Published: March 2015

Objective: In the present study various tissues of pigs were investigated for the presence of histopathologic lesions after an experimental infection with Haemophilus (H.) parasuis serovar 5. Material and methods: Conventional pigs (n = 36) were divided into a control group B (n = 9) and a challenge group A (n = 27), which was infected intratracheally. Pigs that did not die prior to study termination were euthanized on day 14 post inoculation. Postmortem samples of the lung, heart, liver, kidney, spleen, left tarsal joint capsule and brain were collected. Results: All but one pig with detectable histopathologic lesions (n = 11) showed typical macroscopic changes. Histopatho logic examination of all tissue samples identified pyelitis (n = 10), synovitis (n = 7) and meningitis (n = 7) and all those animals were euthanized prior to study termination. No histopathologic lesions were found in pigs of the control group. The correlations between pyelitis and meningitis, pyelitis and synovitis and synovitis and meningitis were significant (p < 0.001). No significant correlation could be observed between the histopathologic and the clinical examination of the joints. The investigation of samples from the joints by PCR was not significantly correlated with the observed synovitis. The clinical observation of neurologic signs was significantly correlated with meningitis (p = 0.03). A significant correlation (p < 0.001) could be detected between meningitis and the detection of H. parasuis by PCR in brain samples. Conclusions: H. parasuis constantly causes clinical signs and pathologic lesions as soon as it infects the brain while it can infect the joints without causing histopathologic lesions. Pigs with histopathologic lesions do not always show typical clinical signs. Only few studies described the finding of kidney lesions in pigs with Glässer’s disease and this is the first study to describe a pyelitis in pigs experimentally infected with H. parasuis. The observed pyelitis mainly occurred in acute cases.
COMO ESTIMAR O PODER DO TESTE MÍNIMO E VALORES LIMITES PARA O INTERVALO DE CONFIANÇA DO DATA SNOOPING
Authors: IVANDRO KLEIN , MARCELO TOMIO MATSUOKA , MATHEUS PEREIRA GUZATTO
Published: March 2015

O Data Snooping (DS) é o método mais bem estabelecido para identificar erros grosseiros ( outliers ) em dados geodésicos, com uma determinada probabilidade. O poder do teste do DS é a probabilidade deste identificar corretamente um erro grosseiro, enquanto o intervalo de confiança do DS é a probabilidade deste não rejeitar uma observação não contaminada por erro grosseiro. Na prática, o poder do teste é sempre desconhecido. Desta forma, o objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar uma revisão teórica sobre como determinar o poder do teste mínimo e valores limites para o intervalo de confiança do DS, em um cenário n -dimensional, ou seja, considerando todas as observações envolvidas. Além da revisão teórica, um exemplo numérico envolvendo uma rede de nivelamento geométrico simulada é apresentado. Os resultados obtidos nos experimentos foram concordantes com os valores teóricos previamente calculados, ou seja, a metodologia revista apresentou desempenho satisfatório na prática. O exemplo apresentado também evidencia a importância da metodologia revista na etapa de planejamento (ou pré-análise) de redes geodésicas.
CORRECCIONES DIFERENCIALES VÍA NTRIP PARA DISPOSITIVO MÓVIL CON APLICACIÓN ANDROID
Authors: Tierra Alfonso , Silva Oscar , Leiva César
Published: March 2015

El posicionamiento en tiempo real usando GPS se hace mediante correcciones diferenciales enviadas desde una estación base hacia un receptor móvil. Generalmente, la corrección es enviada vía radio o por medio de satélites de comunicación. Con el desarrollo del internet inalámbrica y con el aumento de la cobertura de la señal mediante un Protocolo, conocido como IP, han hecho que se integren estas tecnologías para realizar mediciones para trabajos y estudios en tiempo real usando la tecnología GPS, y mediante el protocolo NTRIP. Esta técnica se ha estado desarrollando e implementando de forma constante en la región, siendo el presente y futuro de las mediciones para trabajos de precisión y en tiempo real. En este trabajo, se muestra la implementación de la técnica NTRIP para posicionamiento en tiempo real. El acceso a datos brutos del GPS en un móvil ANDROID y un navegador Mobile Mapper 10, la utilización de NTRIP para el envió de correcciones diferenciales por medio del protocolo IP, y el internet como red de información inmediata, fueron la base general para crear una aplicación que utiliza una corrección diferencial por posición. Los primeros resultados muestran una mejoría en la posición, pudiendo llegar a obtener un error medio de 2.3m en una Tablet con Android, y 1.6 m con el Mobile Mapper 10; en un tiempo de 5 minutos