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The identification of key success factors in sustainable cold chain management: Insights from the Indian food industry
Authors: . Shashi , Singh Rajwinder , Shabani Amir
Published: January 2017

Supply chain sustainability has emerged as an indispensable research agenda for the government, industry as well as non-profit orientation bodies. As a developing country, cold supply chain management in India is still in infancy. The demand pattern of food products has been dramatically changing since last few years. Nowadays, the customers are more conscious to use products for better health and highly expecting for food safety, toxic free and eco-friendly delivery of food products.  However, sustainable cold supply chain has not yet received good heed throughout the world. Hence, in this paper an attempt has been made to address these important issues. A conceptual model was proposed in the consultation of practitioners and literature support to address the important issues in cold supply chain management for food companies.  Therefore, in order to identify the key success factors for sustainable cold chain management, in this study a conceptual model developed. The proposed framework is then validated by an empirical research in the Indian food industry. This research has several alarming findings. Explicitly, in India i) environmental issues and social responsibility are not as important as other ‎economical supplier selection criteria, ii) among 19 food supplier selection criteria, the rank of social responsibility is 18‎, iii) low carbon emission is less important value addition trait as compare to ‎other sustainable cold chain value addition (which means in India the buyers focus more on their individual and prompt received ‎benefits rather than long ‎lasting advantages), iv) the use of life cycle analysis, renewable energy sources and passive cold chain are the least important ‎implemented sustainable cold chain practices (although this might be because of utilization complexities), v) the joint development of product is implemented at the lowest extent judging against other dynamic capacity ‎factors, vii) government usually backed the firms to adopt and implementing sustainability in their operations, but ‎training courses that will guide how to achieve sustainability are less as their requirement, and viii) business sustainability builds the trust among the government, suppliers, firm and all ‎stakeholders that build strong cold chain relationships.‎
An integrated production, inventory, warehouse location and distribution model
Authors: Devangan Lokendra Kumar
Published: January 2017

This paper proposes an integrated production and distribution planning optimization model for multiple manufacturing locations, producing multiple products with deterministic demand at multiple locations. There are multiple modes of transport from plants to demand locations and warehouses. This study presents a model which allows decision makers to optimize plant production, transport and warehouse location simultaneously to fulfill the demands at customer locations within a multi-plant, multi-product, and multi-route supply chain system when the locations of the plants are already fixed. The proposed model is solved for sample problems and tested using real data from a cement manufacturing company in India. An analysis of the results suggests that this model can be used for various strategic and tactical production and planning decisions.
Introductory Note
Authors: Talviste Katre
Published: January 2017

Introductory Note
Auto-stereotypes and Hetero-stereotypes in Slovene and Italian Poetry About Trieste From the First Half of the 20th Century
Authors: Toroš Ana
Published: January 2017

This article brings to light the socio-political conditions in the Triestine region, at the end of the 19th century and in the fi rst half of the 20th century. Th ese conditions infl uenced the formation of stereotypical, regionally coloured perceptions of Slovenes and Italians in the Slovene and Italian poetry about Trieste from the fi rst half of the 20th century, which were specific to the Triestine area or rather the wider region around Trieste, where the Slovene and Italian communities cohabited. This article also points out that these stereotypes are constructs. The Italian Triestine literature most frequently depicted the Italians (native culture) before the First World War, in accordance to the needs of the non-literary irredentist disposition. In this light, it depicted them as the inheritors of the Roman culture, wherein it highlights their combativeness and burning desire to “free” Trieste from its Austro-Hungarian prison. An increase in auto-stereotypes among the Slovene poetry is noticeable after the First World War and is most likely a consequence of the socio-political changes in Trieste. The Slovene Triestine literature depicted the Slovenes (native culture) after the First World War as “slaves” and simultaneously as the determined defenders of their land, who are also fully aware of their powerlessness against the immoral aggressor and cruel master (Italian hetero-stereotype) and so often call upon the help of imaginary forces (mythical heroes and personified nature in the Trieste region) and God. The Italian Triestine literature mostly depicted the Slovenes before the First World War as an inferior people, often referred to by the word “ščavi”. After the First World War, the Slovenes are depicted merely as the residents of the former Austro-Hungarian Trieste, meaning they were part of the narrative surrounding Trieste, only in when the narrative was set before the First World War. In this case, pre-war Slovene stereotypes appear, also depicted as part of the literary myth of the “Habsburg” Trieste, namely as the folkloric characters from the surrounding countryside.
Insight into Prison Camp Novels by Estonian Writers
Authors: Kõvamees Anneli
Published: January 2017

The article focuses on the Estonian novels depicting Soviet prison camps in the 1940s and 1950s. For a long time the Soviet prison camp theme was not publicly discussed in Estonia due to political reasons. Texts dealing with prison camps could appear in print only outside the Soviet Union. The most notable of these are the novels by Arved Viirlaid. The Estonian prison camp novels can be seen as “the literature of testimony”, to use the term by Leona Toker. Dramatic historical events are written down to record the events and to show the inhumane nature of the Soviet society. These records of the dramatic past follow certain patterns and create certain self- and heteroimages that are analysed in the article. The goal is to map themes, motifs and characteristics in such novels, concentrating on various taboos and rules in the prison camp environment. A prison camp is a closed territory within a closed territory; prison camps can be seen as small models of the Soviet society. Prison camp novels provide a detailed view of the environment of the prison camp, its inhabitants and activities. The lives of prisoners whirl around labour and food. The crucial thing is to survive, which often leads to moral decline, e.g. stealing or cheating. However, there are certain lines Estonians do not cross, e.g. cannibalism or homosexual relationships with superiors. Estonians are always depicted as political prisoners (not common criminals) and heterosexuals, while Russians are portrayed mainly as criminals and often also as homosexuals.
Some Considerations on (Un)translatability of (Dante Alighieri’s and Juhan Liiv’s) Poetry
Authors: Talvet Jüri
Published: January 2017

First, I would like to comment on the motto of the EACL 11th International Conference (Tartu, September, 2015) derived from Juhan Liiv’s Poem “A Coffin”, in which the poet-philosopher suspects that translation as such, instead of enriching a national culture, would curb and suppress it, if not destroying national creative energy and talent. After that I proceed to enlighten some passages of poetry translating practice from the history of Estonian literature and world literature (medieval epics, etc., and especially Dante Alighieri’s Commedia). My main purpose is to undermine and specify both claims, that is, of poetry’s translatability, as well as of its untranslatability, and to accentuate the relative yet undeniable value of poetry translation as such. In the final part of my discussion, I will concentrate on the recent attempts, in which I have myself been involved, of conveying some inkling of Juhan Liiv’s poetry to the readers in English, Spanish and Italian.
Diderot in Estonian: In Search of a Dialogue
Authors: Talviste Katre
Published: January 2017

Denis Diderot’s work has recently been enthusiastically translated into Estonian. Translations of Neveu de Rameau, Jacques le Fataliste, Paradoxe sur le comédien, Lettre sur les aveugles and Lettre sur les sourds et muets have been published from 2003 to 2015. In the 20th century, there was seemingly much less interest for his work. Only a few excerpts from his texts were translated and critical attention rarely focused on him. However, a closer look reveals that Diderot has held a rather important place in several culturally significant debates and that the relatively discreet response to his work reflects some key developments of Estonian literature.
Operations Research Transforms the Scheduling of Chilean Soccer Leagues and South American World Cup Qualifiers
Authors: Alarcón Fernando , Durán Guillermo , Guajardo Mario , Miranda Jaime , Muñoz Hugo , Ramírez Luis , Ramírez Mario , Sauré Denis , Siebert Matías , Souyris Sebastián , Weintraub Andrés , Wolf-Yadlin Rodrigo , Zamorano Gonzalo
Published: January 2017

For the past 12 years, the Chilean Professional Soccer Association (ANFP) has applied operations research (OR) techniques to schedule soccer leagues in Chile. Using integer programming-based methods, the ANFP decides which matches are played in each round, taking into account various objectives, such as holding down costs and ensuring engaging tournaments for the fans. It has scheduled more than 50 tournaments using this approach, resulting in an estimated direct economic impact of about $59 million, including reductions in television broadcaster operating costs, growth in soccer pay-television subscriptions, increased ticket revenue, and lower travel costs for the teams. This application of OR has also had significant noneconomic impacts. First, the incorporation of team requirements and various sporting criteria has improved process transparency and schedule fairness, increasing fans’ interest in local professional tournaments; second, because of the high portability of these techniques, they have been used successfully to schedule sports leagues in other countries (examples include volleyball and basketball in Argentina, and the South American qualifiers for the 2018 Soccer World Cup). Furthermore, the models and methods used in this scheduling application have been disseminated widely, helping to promote OR as an effective tool for addressing practical problems. Our outreach activities have reached thousands of high school and university students in four countries and a more general audience of millions of television viewers and Internet users.
A Simple Multimarket Measure of Information Asymmetry
Authors: Johnson Travis L. , So Eric C.
Published: January 2017

We develop and implement a new measure of information asymmetry among traders. Our measure is based on the intuition that informed traders are more likely than uninformed traders to generate abnormal volume in options or stock markets. We formalize this intuition theoretically and compute the resulting multimarket information asymmetry measure (MIA) for firm-days as a function of unsigned volume totals and without estimating a structural model. Empirically, MIA has many desirable properties: it is positively correlated with spreads, price impact, and absolute order imbalances; predicts future volatility; is an effective conditioning variable for trading strategies stemming from price pressure; and detects exogenous shocks to information asymmetry.

This paper was accepted by Lauren Cohen, finance.
Quantification of BK Virus Standards by Quantitative Real-Time PCR and Droplet Digital PCR Is Confounded by Multiple Virus Populations in the WHO BKV International Standard
Authors: Bateman Allen C , Greninger Alexander L , Atienza Ederlyn E , Limaye Ajit P , Jerome Keith R , Cook Linda
Published: January 2017

BACKGROUND

The WHO recently released a BK virus (BKV) international standard. This study evaluated the WHO international standard and commercially available BKV standards by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR).

METHODS

WHO, Exact Diagnostics, Acrometrix, and Zeptometrix BKV standards were tested by qPCR and ddPCR. Two preparations of NIST BKV clones were also tested. Nucleic acid was extracted with the Roche MP96 and MPLC, followed by quantification in duplicate. To resolve discrepancies, we sequenced the WHO and NIST materials.

RESULTS

Manufacturers' expected copies/mL were close to WHO IU/mL: linear regression of qPCR data revealed 1.12 Exact copies/IU, 0.76 Acrometrix copies/IU, and 0.70 Zeptometrix copies/IU. For ddPCR, similar concentrations were measured when either the VP1 region or the T region was targeted, and concentrations were almost 2-fold higher when both regions were targeted simultaneously. ddPCR results for the VP1 and T regions were similar for all commercial standards, but targeting the T region of the WHO standard led to a 4-fold lower result than the VP1 region. Next-generation sequencing revealed no primer or probe mismatches. However, large differences in coverage across the WHO standard and junctional reads were observed, indicating subpopulations of the WHO standard with deletions in the T region.

CONCLUSIONS

BKV standards showed concordance among providers, but the WHO standard contains subpopulations of viruses with various deletions in the T region. PCR results will vary depending on which region of the WHO standard is targeted.
Planejamento do transporte de empregados por uma frota de ônibus fretada por meio de um modelo matemático baseado no Open Vehicle Routing Problem (OVRP)
Authors: Scárdua Rayane Florentina , Rosa Rodrigo Alvarenga , Sabino Jodelson Aguilar , Vitorugo Lirielly Ruela
Published: January 2017

O cenário da mobilidade urbana atual causa à sociedade vários problemas de transporte e qualidade de vida, tais como: altos níveis de congestionamento, lotações em transportes públicos, insuficiência de estacionamento e poluição. O transporte de passageiros por fretamento surge como alternativa para a solução dos problemas de mobilidade podendo cola-borar para diminuir os congestionamentos e a emissão de poluentes. Algumas empresas oferecem como benefício a seus empregados o transporte de ida e volta do trabalho por ônibus fretados. Assim, é proposto nesse artigo uma adaptação de um modelo matemático baseado no Open Vehicle Routing Problem (OVRP) para o planejamento do transporte de empregados por meio de uma frota de ônibus fretada visando à redução do custo total gasto pela empresa. O modelo foi aplicado a uma empresa localizada em Vitória-ES e os resultados obtidos pelo modelo indicaram uma redução no custo de transporte quando comparado ao atualmente pago pela empresa.
Modelo matemático Two-echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem para a logística de distribuição de encomendas
Authors: Fraga Karina Pedrini , Rosa Rodrigo De Alvarenga , Ribeiro Glaydston Mattos , Silva Carlos Antonio , Júnior Raimundo Franca
Published: January 2017

Muitas cidades vêm enfrentando dificuldades de mobilidade urbana e, por isso estão impondo restrições para à circulação de caminhões de maior porte. Assim, empresas de logística vêm atuando em uma logística de dois níveis usando Centros de Distribuição Urbanos (CDU) que recebem caminhões de maior porte e fracionam a carga para distribuir aos clientes em caminhões de pequeno porte. Para colaborar com este planejamento, este artigo realiza uma adaptação de um modelo matemático baseado no Two-echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (2E-CVRP) para resolver de forma integrada a formação de rotas entre o depósito central e os CDU e as rotas destes para os clientes. O modelo foi aplicado à logística dos Correios na região metropolitana do Espírito Santo e instâncias com até 4 CDU e 25 clientes foram testadas com o uso do solver CPLEX 12.6 obtendo as rotas para as entregas nos dois níveis.
Evaluating lane-by-lane gap-out based signal control for isolated intersection under stop-line, single and multiple advance detection systems
Authors: Kancharla Chandan Keerthi , Seco Álvaro Jorge Maia , Bastos Silva Ana Maria César
Published: January 2017

Nos sistemas semaforizados atuados os detetores por indução constituem a forma mais comum para recolha de informação de tráfego. Com base nessa informação o tempo de verde é incrementado sucessivamente até atingir um valor máximo, sendo o processo interrompido quando o intervalo de atuações ultrapassar um valor pré-estabelecido. A Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) propõe vários esquemas para localização dos detetores adaptados a diferentes ambientes rodoviários. Este artigo apresenta propostas de localização de detetores baseados na aplicação de um ou de múltiplos detetores, a montante da entrada. Os esquemas propostos são baseados num sistema de sinais luminosos com funcionamento atuado, onde os incrementos dos tempos de verde são avaliados usando, de forma separada por via de entrada, um intervalo crítico entre veículos sucessivos como critério de referência. O nível de desempenho do sistema foi comparado com o resultante dos esquemas de referência do FHWA baseados em detetor único, num caso colocado junto à linha de stop, no outro com localização avançada, recorrendo à plataforma de microssimulação VISSIM. Os resultados comprovam que, face a níveis de procura de tráfego baixos, a utilização de um detetor isolado permite atingir melhor desempenho, traduzido na redução das demoras e do número de paragens por veículo, enquanto para elevados níveis de procura a adoção de múltiplos detetores tende a resultar em melhores resultados.
Avaliação do resíduo de óleo vegetal como agente rejuvenescedor de ligantes a partir de análises reológicas e de morfologia de superfície
Authors: Osmari Patrícia Hennig , Aragão Francisco Thiago Sacramento
Published: January 2017

Este trabalho avalia o uso de um resíduo de óleo vegetal como agente rejuvenescedor de ligantes asfálticos. Para tal, características de um ligante nos estados virgem, envelhecido e rejuvenescido são avaliadas com base em resultados de viscosidade, módulo de cisalhamento dinâmico e ângulo de fase. Adicionalmente, ensaios de caracterização de morfologia superficial são realizados em um microscópio de força atômica para identificar alterações microscópicas nas diferentes fra-ções constituintes do ligante. Um procedimento de quantificação destes constituintes é apresentado e empregado no trabalho. Espera-se que os resultados do estudo sirvam para promover práticas de engenharia sustentáveis a partir do uso de resíduos que possibilitem o rejuvenescimento de ligantes asfálticos envelhecidos, além de incentivar o desenvolvimento de técnicas avançadas de caracterização dos comportamentos destes materiais em diferentes escalas e de identificação de correlações entre eles.
Hasard-Schicksale
Authors: Thede Sebastian
Published: January 2017

Zwischen Zufällen und (Un-)Wahrscheinlichkeiten in fiktionalen Texten und den Zufällen und Fügungen des Alltags erkennen wir einen klaren Unterschied. Was sagt uns dieser Umstand grundsätzlich über das Wesen des Literarischen? Anhand detaillierter Untersuchungen der besonderen Kontingenz und Ökonomie von Glücksspielen bei Hoffmann, Balzac, Dostoevskij und Schnitzler widmet sich Sebastian Thede einer Interpretation des Erzählens von Zufall. Dabei legt er den Fokus auf philosophische und narratologische Konflikte zwischen psychologischen Erzählformen sowie den interesselosen Instanzen Roulette-Rad oder Würfel und eröffnet somit neue Ansätze zum Verständnis der erzählenden Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Glücksmaschinen und Maschinenglück
Authors: Poser Stefan
Published: January 2017

In Alltags- und Arbeitskontexten soll Technik funktionieren. Beim Spiel tritt eine Aufgabe hinzu, die zentral ist: Mittels Technik - eben Glücksmaschinen - sollen Emotionen geweckt, gar gesteuert werden. Ein Bereich originär menschlichen Handelns wird an Technik delegiert. Die Eindringtiefe und die Wirkmächtigkeit von Technik sind hier bedeutend höher als bei der Arbeit und im Alltag. Es ergeben sich spielspezifische Anforderungen an Technik. Stefan Poser analysiert diese Entwicklung, die uns seit der technischen Moderne prägt, anhand von Beispielen aus dem Sport, dem Jahrmarktsvergnügen und dem Spiel mit »Technischem Spielzeug«. Damit öffnet er ein neues Feld der Technik- und Kulturgeschichte.
Masse, Macht und Medium
Authors: Furuya Shinichi
Published: January 2017

In seinem Lebenswerk »Masse und Macht« von 1960 behandelt Elias Canetti, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur, zwar nicht explizit das Problem der elektronischen Massenmedien, gleichwohl hat seine Schrift einen bedeutenden Einfluss auf Marshall McLuhan, den großen Medientheoretiker des 20. Jahrhunderts, ausgeübt. Anhand der Canetti-Rezeption in McLuhans Medientheorie analysiert Shinichi Furuya den verborgenen Zusammenhang zwischen Masse, Macht und Medium in Canettis Werken und legt die (Dis-)Kontinuitäten zwischen Massentheorie und (Massen-)Medientheorie offen.
Erhart Kästner (1904-1974)
Authors: Schulz-Nieswandt Frank
Published: January 2017

Im Kontext der sogenannten »Konservativen Revolution« rekonstruiert Frank Schulz-Nieswandt nicht nur die viel gelesenen Griechenlandreiseerzählungen, sondern das literarische Gesamtwerk von Erhart Kästner aus intertextueller Perspektive. Die Analyse gibt über die konkrete Person Erhart Kästners hinaus Aufschluss über das Phänomen der »Griechenlandsehnsucht« und über die deutsche Mentalitätsgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts insgesamt. Im Vordergrund steht dabei eine Kulturkritik, die sich zu einer Zivilisationskritik der totalitären Welt steigert.
Fictocritical Strategies
Authors: Haas Gerrit
Published: January 2017

Gerrit Haas re-theorises the peculiar textual conduct of ficto/critical writing, which inextricably intersects fictional with critical discourses as well as aesthetics with poetics and ethics. The slash here signals the conjunction between a self-reflexive fictocritical motivation. In its refined form, this twofold trope shifts perspective from the prevalent generic between onto the meta#off("i")#-generic level of our textual practices. Ultimately, the ficto/critical is thus qualified as an unheard-of interventionist aesthetic of deconstruction directed at the ramifications of our textual cultures.
Rechtspopulismus und Hegemonie
Authors: Hildebrand Marius
Published: January 2017

Die Schweizerische Volkspartei ist binnen 25 Jahren von einer braven Klientelpartei zum politischen Taktgeber avanciert. Sie ist nicht nur die stärkste politische Kraft des Landes, sondern auch ein Vorbild des europäischen Rechtspopulismus. Marius Hildebrand beleuchtet die Karriere der SVP mithilfe der formalen Populismustheorie Ernesto Laclaus. Im Unterschied zu sozialstrukturellen und ideologiekritischen Analysen, die den Populismus als Anomalie perspektivieren, wird er hier als Effekt einer diskursiven Transformation der politischen Schweiz betrachtet.
Politische Talkshows über Flucht
Authors: Goebel Simon
Published: January 2017

Plasberg, Illner, Will und Co. - Für das Polittalk-Genre ist Flucht ein gutes Thema: kontrovers, mit den richtigen Gästen unterhaltsam und damit ein Garant für Quoten. Eine differenzierte Auseinandersetzung bleibt dabei oft auf der Strecke. Im Sinne kritischer Cultural-Studies-Analysen zeigt Simon Goebel, welche Wirklichkeiten über Flucht und Geflüchtete die Talk-Gäste und Moderator_innen konstruieren. Dabei wird deutlich, wie Polittalks Narrative über Flucht in Kontexten von Kultur, Identität, Ökonomie oder Ordnung und Kontrolle erzeugen. Aus einer kultur- und medienwissenschaftlichen Perspektive bietet der Band neue Impulse für eine kritische Wahrnehmung dieses populären Sendeformats.
The Monster Always Returns
Authors: Knöppler Christian
Published: January 2017

The monsters of the horror genre never remain dead - they invariably return in new and terrifying shapes for another installment. In this study Christian Knöppler explores the phenomenon of horror film remakes. He argues that even though these derivative films typically earn little praise from critics, their constant refiguration of monsters and horror scenarios serves to access and update otherwise obscure cultural fears. With an in-depth examination of six sample sequences of films and remakes, this book aims to shed new light on a much maligned and often neglected type of film and promises fresh insights to scholars and aficionados alike.
Instrumentalisierte Verantwortung?
Authors: Lohmeyer Nora
Published: January 2017

Wirtschaftliche, staatliche und zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure sind sich einig: Das Engagement für Unternehmensverantwortung - heute auch Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - soll sich für Unternehmen finanziell rentieren. Wie konnte sich der sogenannte »Business Case for CSR« - das Interesse an gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung aus ökonomischen Gründen - als dominantes Motiv für die Verantwortung des Unternehmens durchsetzen? In ihrer historischen Diskursanalyse zeichnet Nora Lohmeyer die Entwicklung der Auseinandersetzung um Begriff und Motive unternehmerischer Verantwortung in der BRD nach und stellt die bislang nur beiläufig behandelte Historie dieses Prozesses in ihrer gesamtgesellschaftlichen Dimension dar.
100 Jahre Musikvideo
Authors: Lilkendey Martin
Published: January 2017

Von der Pariser Weltausstellung 1900 über Elvis Presley hin zu MTV und der heutigen Generation YouTube - Martin Lilkendey zeichnet erstmals detailliert die ganze Geschichte des Musikvideos in der westlichen Welt nach. Auf Grundlage einer präzisen Definition des populären Musikkurzfilms sowie vieler Beispiele kann die Einführung eine filmhistorische Klammer zwischen dem frühen Kino und YouTube setzen. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die Geschichte des Musikvideos auch eine Geschichte der Medien ist. Die präzise Einordnung des Musikvideos als eigenständiges Genre außerhalb des Musikfilms sowie das empirisch-deskriptive Vorgehen erlauben es, viel weiter historisch zurückzuschauen als alle anderen bisherigen wissenschaftlichen Betrachtungen.
Organisation im soziotechnischen Gemenge
Authors: Conrad Lisa
Published: January 2017

Der Alltag in Organisationen besteht vor allem aus den Medien und Technologien, mit denen die Koordination zwischen einzelnen Arbeitsabläufen hergestellt wird. Diese ethnografische Studie begleitet den Prozess der Einführung eines SAP-Systems in einem mittelständischen Unternehmen und zeigt, wie das bestehende Geflecht aus Praktiken und Technologien eine Neuanordnung erfährt. Dabei tritt das komplexe soziotechnische Gemenge zutage, auf dem Koordination und Organisation beruhen. Im Fokus stehen neben Hardware und Software auch andere Gegenstände des Arbeitsalltages wie Papiere, Drucker und Akten - vor allem aber die jahrzehntelang eingespielten Routinen und das Erfahrungswissen der Angestellten.
Szenosphäre & Szenotopie
Authors: Prangen Ruth
Published: January 2017

Der Szenografiediskurs weist trotz intensiver Forschung noch immer begriffliche Lücken auf: Wie bezeichnet man die durch eine Szenografie hervorgebrachte Atmosphäre und den im Raum installierten Parcours? Ruth Prangen schlägt hierfür die Begriffe »Szenosphäre« und »Szenotopie« vor, welche sowohl die Raumwahrnehmung der Szenografie mittels phänomenologischer als auch die Raumstruktur anhand (post-)strukturalistischer Analysewerkzeuge erfassbar machen. Dabei kommt ein innovatives künstlerisch-wissenschaftliches Forschungsdesign zur Anwendung, in dem sich Praxis und Theorie begegnen können. Die Ergebnisse werden exemplarisch durch Projekte von verschiedenen Künstler_innen veranschaulicht sowie durch Interviews, darunter mit Werner Ruhnau, und eine Raumbühnenmatrix für zukünftige Inszenierungspraktiken und die Szenografieforschung ergänzt.
Kraft-Horte
Authors: Schwegmann Raphael
Published: January 2017

Seit dem 19. Jahrhundert wirken Großstadtnächte als ›Kraft-Horte‹: als gesellschaftliche Katalysatoren voller Energie und Ekstase, voller Emotion und Erosion. Dabei erweist sich das urbane Vergnügen mitsamt seiner vielfältigen Orte, Akteure und Diskurse als ein mobiles, durch Raum und Zeit ›reisendes‹ Gefüge. Nach dem theoretisch-konzeptionell ausgerichteten Buch »Nacht-Orte. Eine kulturelle Geographie der Ökonomie« (2016) stellt Raphael Schwegmann in seiner zweiten Monographie zum Nachtleben nun anhand dreier europäischer Metropolen - Paris, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main - ausgewählte empirische Fallbeispiele vor. Die Studie verkörpert zugleich den zweiten Band einer Trilogie zur Oberthematik »Ökonomie verorten: Raum-Zeit-Reisen«.
The analyzing of elementary school students' social skills and their social emotional learning levels according to some variables
Authors: Küçükkaragöz Hadiye , Erdoğan Fatma
Published: January 2017

Social skills and emotional intelligence are terms which are related closely with each other and determine on human behaviors,  which arranger people's relations with each other. As using this important relation as a base, this research has been made to analyze whether elementary school students' social skills and social emotional learning levels reflect a significant difference by variables such as gender, age, number of siblings,  which the person is in order of siblings,  educational case and professions of mother - father,  whether there is migration in family or not. This research, is a descriptive study. A sampling group which is the most accessible and which will provide maximum saving, and the proper sampling method which provides an opportunity to work have been used. Based on this purpose 136 4th grade elementary school students have participated in the research. On the study,  social skill scale and social emotional learning scale have been used in terms of determining on elementary school's forth grade students' social skills level and social emotional learning level. Data has been analyzed,  using statistic analyses (Mann-Whitney Test, Kruskal-Wallis Test) which are not parametric from SPSS 23 program. As a result of the research,  it has been determined that students' social skills' level changes in significant level by variables of age, the situation on whether there is a migration in family or not and number of sibling. On the other hand, when results of the study are examined on the base of social emotional learning,  students who have gone on the same class education and who are ten years old have got higher social emotional learning points than those who are nine years old;  students who have lived in Izmir for ten years or more than ten years have got higher social emotional learning points at significant rate than those who have lived in Izmir for nine years or shorter. It has been determined that there is a positive and significant relation at high rate between students' social skills' points and their social emotional learning level.
A study case report of the AAC study circles ‘ordinary day’ of special school
Authors: Kim Si-Won , Back Hye-Jeong , Jeong Yeong-Rok ,   Korean Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Published: January 2017

Background and Objectives: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) study circle’s concept of an ‘ordinary day’ involves two daily experiences. First, special needs students attempt to have a everyday conversation similar to conversation that ordinary people would have. Second, ‘ordinary day’, in Korean, means “to give it wings” and special needs students, using AAC, apply this principle. The purpose of this study is to prove the importance of AAC for special needs students and to provide higher quality interventions through study circle experiences. The overall goal of ACC study circles is to allow special needs students to experience life as similarly to ordinary people as possible. Method: The interventions of script, school schedule, peer tutoring, etc., appropriate for the degree or attribute of disability, were conducted for three special needs students who have difficulty communicating. The interventions were implemented using an ACC application installed on a smart device. Results: After the implementation of interventions, special needs students could express most objective vocabulary through AAC. In addition, it was found that the increase of communication behavior decreased problem behaviors. Conclusion: Special needs students can appear to have behavior problems or limited participation in learning in school. Therefore, we should continue to give attention to the students who have difficulty in expressing their feelings and thoughts due to physical or cognitive problems. AAC study circle’s ‘ordinary day’ will have two AAC interventions for students and looks forward to helping students change in a positive manner, as seen in this case.
The impact of AAC layout system on accuracy and preference of noun symbol selection in children and young adults
Authors: Lee Hyun Jung , Lee Yu Gyeong , Kim Young Tae ,   Korean Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Published: January 2017

Background and Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the performance of Korean children and young adults on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) with different layout systems (function-based layout vs. place-based layout). Method: Ten typically developing Korean children (M = 58 months, SD = 6.60) and ten young adults who speak Korean (M = 23.9 years, SD = 2.13) were asked to navigate vocabulary items in accuracy testing tasks and a preference testing task. Results: Children scored significantly lower on both accuracy tests (F(1,18) =27.51, p < .05) than young adults. However, there was neither layout effect nor interaction effect. The children group preferred place-based layout (F(1,18) = 5.57, p < .05) while the young adults group preferred function-based layout (F(1,18) = 4.80, p < .05). Correlation analyses showed that in the young adults group, the preference of the function-based layout system was significantly related to the accuracy in the function-based layout condition (r = .664, p < .05). In the children group, the navigation accuracy in the function-based layout condition was negatively correlated with that in the place-based condition (r = -.662, p < .05). Conclusion: These results demonstrated that when considering the condition of AAC systems, clinicians must determine the appropriate layout for age, as well as the organization of the symbols on the display.
Green synthesis and characterization of zero-valent iron nanoparticles using stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf extract
Authors: Ebrahiminezhad Alireza , Zare-Hoseinabadi Alireza , Berenjian Aydin , Ghasemi Younes
Published: January 2017

For the first time, aqueous leaf extract of Urtica dioica was used as a sustainable source of reducing and capping agents to synthesize iron nanoparticles (INPs). In this regard, zero-valent INPs were produced and entrapped in a biologic coating. INPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), particle size analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometer, vibrating sample magnetometer, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential TGA. Based on the results, the prepared INPs were completely composed of zero-valent iron atoms without any iron oxide impurities. Nanoparticles were spherical in shape with diameters ranging from 21 nm to 71 nm with a mean particle size of 46 nm. Particles were entrapped in a biologic coating which resulted in formation of complexes ranging from 117 nm to 605 nm. High zeta potential value of these complexes (−82.6 mV) and the presence of hydrophilic groups on the biologic coating provided a stable colloid system. Prepared INPs were non-crystalline (amorphous) having a low magnetization value of 0.14 emu/g. The prepared particles are of significant interest in a wide range of scientific and technical applications.
Fe-carbon nanoreactors obtained from molasses as efficient catalysts for limonene oxidation
Authors: Wróblewska Agnieszka , Makuch Edyta , Młodzik Jacek , Michalkiewicz Beata
Published: January 2017

Fe-carbon nanoreactors were prepared by the impregnation of carbon cages with iron nitrate. Carbon cages were obtained using molasses as a carbon precursor and silica spheres as a template. The porous structure of the carbon cages allows for uniform dispersion of Fe. Fe concentration was equal to 0.68, 1.32, and 2.64 wt% as Fe
Comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast genomic sequence and chemical components of Cinnamomum micranthum and Cinnamomum kanehirae
Authors: Wu Chia-Chen , Chu Fang-Hua , Ho Cheng-Kuen , Sung Chia-Hsuan , Chang Shu-Hwa
Published: January 2017

Cinnamomum micranthum (Hayata) Hayata is a tree species that is often confused with Cinnamomum kanehirae Hayata, which is an endemic species in Taiwan and the sole natural host of the valuable medicinal fungus Antrodia cinnamomea. However, the two species are highly similar in morphology and difficult to distinguish based on traditional vegetative structures or wood anatomical methods. The aim of the present study was to identify of these two species by DNA and chemical analysis. The complete chloroplast genome of C. micranthum has been determined and compared with that of C. kanehirae. The leaf methanol extracts of these species were also analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC). The length of the C. micranthum chloroplast genome was 152675 bp, i.e. 25 bp shorter than that of C. kanehirae. In phylogenetic analysis, C. micranthum was more closely related to C. kanehirae than other six Lauracea species. Six validated insertion/deletions of bases in the DNA (InDels) are suitable for differentiation of the two species. Moreover, high amounts of linalool and sesamin were present in the leaves of C. kanehirae, but not in C. micranthum. Overall, this study provided new insight for distinguishing the two species on the basis of the chemical composition of the leaves and the InDel markers.
Prevalence, risk factors and consequences of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study in Kashmir, India
Authors: Ganie Mohd Ashraf , Bhat Gulzar Ahmad , Wani Ishfaq Ahmad , Rashid Aafia , Zargar Showkat Ali , Charoo Bashir Ahmad , Shah Zaffar Amin , Mudassar Syed
Published: January 2017

Background:

Obesity among children and adolescents is a growing public health problem. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, risk factors and metabolic consequences of obesity among schoolchildren from Kashmir, India.

Methods:

The study subjects (n=2024) included 870 boys and 1154 girls, aged between 6 and 18 years. Data were collected by interviewer-administered questionnaires. Information was obtained about different lifestyles, anthropometric parameters and dietary habits. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) percentile as per the guidelines of Centers for Disease Control, 2000. For the evaluation of different clinical parameters, blood samples were collected from the subjects in the fasting state at 8 to 9 am after an overnight (10–12 h) fast.

Results:

The highest representation of subjects was from fee-paying private schools. Out of the total subjects, 6.69% were overweight and 4.64% were obese. The hip circumference, abdominal circumference, BMI, blood pressure (BP), use of ready-made foods as well as the clinical parameters like glucose, phosphorous, cholesterol and triglycerides were found significantly higher among girls than boys (p<0.05). Boys were taller and were physically more active than girls (p<0.01). Compared to the boys (3.33%), the girls were found to be more obese (5.63%). Rural dwelling subjects (4.22%) exhibited a lower percentage of obesity than urban population (5.00%). The difference in obesity among the different age groups was found statistically significant (p<0.05). Additionally, children with active lives in the form of vigorous (10.59%) or moderate (10.34%) exercise decreased their chances of gaining weight substantially.

Conclusions:

Results from the present study have shown that prevalence of obesity among children was high in our population.
The association between obesity, hypertension and left ventricular mass in adolescents
Authors: Dibeklioglu Saime Ergen , Çevik Berna Şaylan , Acar Banu , Özçakar Zeynep Birsin , Uncu Nermin , Kara Nazlı , Çaycı Şemsa , Çakar Nilgün
Published: January 2017

Background:

Obesity and hypertension (HT) are well known cardiac risk factors. Our goal was to show that even if arterial blood pressure (BP) measurements of obese adolescents are normal during clinical examination, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) can be high, may include cardiac involvement and can also detect left ventricular mass indices (LVMI) value for obese adolescents to diagnose left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).

Methods:

This study included 130 children (57 obese hypertensive, 36 obese normotensive, 14 normal weight hypertensive and 23 normal weight normotensive). Adolescents whose BP was measured during clinical examination, after 24-h BP was detected using ABPM, were examined with echocardiography for calculation of LVMI to determine cardiac risk factors for LVH.

Results:

There was a significant difference between the LVMI of obese-normotensive and obese-hypertensive adolescents, which showed the effect of obesity on LVMI independent of HT. Twenty (35.7%) of 56 obese adolescents with HT detected with ABPM had normal BP measurements during clinical examination. Dipper and nondipper features of obese adolescents were significantly higher in ABPM than those with normal body mass index. When the cutoff LVMI value for LVH was set at ≥38 g/m

Conclusions:

Obesity is a risk factor for LVH independent of HT. To identify masked HT, 24-h ABPM and cardiac examination should be routinely performed in obese adolescents. Using a limit of LVMI ≥38 g/m
Going East or West? Finnish Travelers in Nineteenth Century Greece
Authors: Letsios Vassilis
Published: January 2017

In this article I will discuss two different attitudes of traveling in mid-nineteenth century Greece, at a crucial time for the “western” or “eastern” orientation of the Greek state. To capture this I will demonstrate aspects of the travel writing of two Finnish travelers in nineteenth century Greece. The first recognized in modern Greece the light of classical antiquity and the importance of its conveying to the west, the second focused on contemporary Greece and its connection with the east. The two travelers, with a common starting point and at about the same time, traveled in a very different way in nineteenth century Greece and with their different skills “opened” different ideological horizons in a place that they both “loved” and “hated” for different reasons. How does the binary “east/west?” relate to the travelers’ expectations and predispositions at a time of the development of modern Greek identities and consciousness?
Wallachia and Moldavia as Seen by William Wilkinson, Late British Consul Resident at Bukorest (1820)
Authors: Georgescu Sorina
Published: January 2017

This article analyzes the way William Wilkinson, a Levant Company member, perceives two Romanian countries situated at the edge of the Ottoman Empire, one of the British Oriental Others, in his An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia with Various Political Observations Relating to Them, published in London in 1820 and written after several years of official residence mainly in Bucharest (1813-1816). Since the book has not been previously analyzed, except for the theme of religion by Professor James Brown, this article proposes to approach it from several different points of view: the author, the Company and the image of the Turks; economic opportunities, prohibition, organization; Romanian history; cities, monuments, travelling system, inhabitants. What this study wishes to demonstrate is that, through both criticism and appreciation, Wilkinson’s book is one of sympathy and mercy towards the Romanian people – a pledge for their freedom.
Travelling between Languages and Cultures: In Memoriam Antoaneta Ralian
Authors: Bădulescu Dana
Published: January 2017

This article, originally a talk on Antoaneta Ralian’s fairly recently published memoirs, is a tribute to our most accomplished and venerated translator from English into Romanian, who started from the big dream of traveling around the world, pursuing and fulfilling it through turning her life into a quest where traveling and translating gave her the greatest joy of living. Hers were times when, during the communist regime in Romania, only the happy few could travel. Ralian was of those few: she traveled (west and east) as a translator, and traveling she translated from one culture into another. Quoting extensively from the book in the light of what made Ralian’s life so rich, I argue (implicitly) that translation itself is a journey and an intercultural activity which shapes and transforms the translator’s personality. In an even broader anthropological sense, it is an essential bridge built across two languages, two cultures and (as Ralian understood it) two persons: the author and the translator.
Framing the ideological outcomes of the Tunisian Revolution through the eyes of the Arab and Western media
Authors: Romero-Trillo Jesús , Attia Safa
Published: January 2017

The Tunisian Revolution has generated unprecedented attention in Arab and Western news. In many cases, these media intended not only to report on the events but to dominate people’s ideologies in order to favor a political outcome (Galal and Spielhaus 2012). The present study examines the development of the Tunisian Revolution through the lenses of Arab written media –Arabic and English reports – and Western written media in English. The objective of this longitudinal investigation is to elucidate, through a combination of Corpus Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis, the ideological representations of the media coverage in the post-revolution era.
Synergistic effects of hybridization of carbon black and carbon nanotubes on the mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of a rubber blend system
Authors: Yin Biao , Wen Yanwei , Jia Hongbing , Wang Jingyi , Xu Zhaodong , Ding Lifeng
Published: January 2017

The effects of hybridization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with carbon black (CB) and the structure-property relationships of nanocomposites based on hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber/hydrogenated carboxylated nitrile-butadiene rubber blends were extensively studied. MWCNTs used in this work were modified through acid treatment to improve the dispersion of MWCNTs in the rubber matrix and the surface interaction between MWCNTs and matrix. Synergistic interaction between CB and MWCNTs increased the tensile modulus and tear strength of nanocomposites. The effect of MWCNTs on the transport properties invoked an increment in the thermal conductivity of the nanocomposites. A combination of 10 phr (parts per hundred rubber) MWCNTs with 40 phr CB dramatically increased the modulus at 100% elongation, tear strength, and thermal conductivity of the nanocomposite by 66%, 28%, and 36%, respectively, compared with those of nanocomposite filled with 40 phr CB.