bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Characterisation and social impact of urban youth languages on urban toponymy: S’ncamtho toponomastics in Bulawayo
Authors: Ndlovu Sambulo
Published: March 2018

This article focuses on the characterisation of S’ncamtho toponyms in Bulawayo and it goes on to measure the impact of these toponyms on the population of Bulawayo dwellers. S’ncamtho is an urban youth variety that is built on urbanity and streetwise style. The study assumes that, as S’ncamtho is the language of the youth in Bulawayo, people are exposed to S’ncamtho toponyms as the youth are found in all spheres of urban life in Bulawayo, especially the taxi industry which is used by the majority of people in the city. The research collected S’ncamtho verbal toponyms from Godini taxi rank in Bulawayo through undisclosed nonparticipant observations and some from the intuition of the researcher. Intuition and interviews were used to get the etymology of the toponyms and questionnaire tests of familiarity and usage were used to measure the impact of these toponyms on the population. Content analysis is used to characterise and classify S’ncamtho toponyms in Bulawayo and the metaphor comprehension test is used to measure their impact on the population. This article assumes that S’ncamtho has its own toponyms for locations in the city and that these are popular, especially with the youth, but people across age groups now use them.
Repressed Sexual Modernity: A Case Study of Herbert Giles’ (1845 - 1935) Rendition of Pu Songling’s Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1880) in the late Qing
Authors: TSO Wing Bo Anna
Published: March 2018

Translation studies in English and Chinese has long been of great interest to academics. Yet, Chinese scholars who have translation training and linguistic expertise are often found to “give excessive attention to listing facts and probing linguistic matters, to the neglect of the cultural and contextual considerations that have given rise to translation in China in the first place” (Lin, 2002, p. 170). Much emphasis has been placed on translation strategies, while translation “in connection with power and patronage” (Lefereve, 1992, p. 10) is overlooked, leaving “existing ideology” or “existing poetics” (Lefereve, 1992, p. 10), such as gender unexplored. In light of this, this paper attempts to take the literary and cultural approach and focus on examining the gender ideologies in Pu Songling’s Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1740) and Herbert Giles’ English rendition (1880). By comparing the source and target texts, the paper reveals that in many of Pu Songling’s stories, spirit-freelove and sexual pleasure are celebrated. A witty parody of the imitative structures of gender can be found in Pu Songling’s “Painted Skin” too. Unfortunately, to a large extent, such transgressive gender views are repressed in Giles’ English rendition.
Learner Motivation and Teaching Aims of Japanese Language Instruction in Slovenia
Authors: MORITOKI ŠKOF Nagisa
Published: March 2018

The purpose of this paper is to describe Japanese language teaching and the role of language teachers in Slovenia. Firstly, this paper shows the development and current situation of Japanese language teaching in Slovenia and Central Eastern Europe based on the statistics by the Japan Foundation survey from 2015 and preceding years. Next, the paper discusses the background and tendencies of the internal perspective with regards to the motivation for language learning, sustained by autonomous learning, and pluralism of languages and cultures in CE Europe Lastly, the importance of pre-service and in-service teacher training programs is emphasized, with the conclusion that the role of Japanese language teaching in Slovenia is not only to support the development of learners’ linguistic proficiency, but also to offer learners and the educational institutions opportunities to act as social citizens, and organizations with a perspective that is wider than the European horizon of thought.
Impromptu o la magia de la imagen cinematográfica celebrada en un musical animado
Authors: Pérez-Guerrero Ana M.
Published: March 2018

Impromptu (María Lorenzo, 2017) es un cortometraje de animación preseleccionado para los Premios Goya 2018. Producción valenciana de Enrique Millán, a pesar de su todavía breve recorrido por festivales, el cortometraje tuvo su estreno español en el prestigioso ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, ha acumulado numerosas selecciones internacionales, y ha obtenido el premio a la mejor animación artística en el 1st Expression Art Movie Festival de Los Ángeles (EEUU). Pero Impromptu es, sobre todo, una carta de amor al origen del cine, dibujada a mano. El trabajo de la animación tradicional, la dificultad que se ha buscado en la ejecución de la obra y los temas abordados hacen de Impromptu un proyecto tan personal como a contracorriente. En la belleza y fuerza de esta breve pero poderosa obra, al ritmo de la música de Chopin, se manifiestan las marcas autorales de María Lorenzo: el empleo del piano como instrumento fetiche de la musicalización de sus producciones, la presencia de las flores, de las olas y los retratos por los que muestra cierta predilección.
Más allá de las hurdes: Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas
Authors: Meneu Oset Ignacio
Published: March 2018

Extremadura tuvo su protagonismo en los años 30 de la mano del gran cineasta Luis Buñuel, quien rodó en una de las zonas más deprimidas su documental Las Hurdes, tierra sin pan (Luis Buñuel, 1932). Este proyecto pudo realizarse gracias a la fortuna de su amigo Ramón Acín quien, tras obtener un premio en la Lotería, financió el documental que marcaría un antes y un después en la carrera cinematográfica de Buñuel. Y ahora, 85 años más tarde, Buñuel vuelve a Extremadura, como inspirador de una película basada en la novela gráfica de Fermín Solís, llamada Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas. Una producción de animación 2D para adultos en un territorio nada habitual para este tipo de trabajos, Extremadura. Y precisamente al sur de Las Hurdes está Almendralejo, donde se encuentra The Glow Animation Studio, a quienes hemos visitado para que nos cuenten todos los detalles de esta ambiciosa producción. 
Desarrollando Porto: un videojuego sobre patrimonio cultural
Authors: Roque López Miguel Ángel
Published: March 2018

Este artículo presenta los resultados de una propuesta multidisciplinar centrada en la construcción de un espacio de interacción entre el patrimonio cultural y artístico de la ciudad de Oporto y el jugador, por medio del desarrollo de un entorno virtual de aprendizaje sobre la piedra angular de los videojuegos, como modelo generador de experiencias inmersivas y de aprendizaje a partir del entretenimiento. Para ello, analizaremos el proceso de creación del videojuego Porto (IDECA, 2017), actualmente en fase de prototipado, cuya jugabilidad demuestra la importancia de los videojuegos como herramienta para el desarrollo de las competencias de los alumnos de secundaria y la viabilidad de los modelos de desarrollo basados en técnicas de fotogrametría y de Game Kits. 
LGBTI y feminismo en animación televisiva: una reinterpretación de Steven Universe y Sailor Moon
Authors: Delamorclaz Ruiz Carolina
Published: March 2018

En esta ocasión se realiza una investigación de una de las series que posiblemente más ha conseguido visibilizar temas como el feminismo, problemáticas y cuestiones de género o la homosexualidad: Steven Universe, creado por Rebecca Sugar para Cartoon Network en 2013. A partir del análisis de esta obra y los referentes que han ayudado a su creación, se puede entender el panorama del LGBTI en animación televisiva durante las últimas décadas. Para ello, también es necesario incluir en este texto el estudio detallado de otra obra, la japonesa Sailor Moon, creada en 1992 por Naoko Takeuchi, pues es, a su vez, una de las influencias más importantes en la serie de Sugar, pero también la serie de la cual se debe partir para realizar una cronología del LGBTI en animación televisiva.
Process Evaluation of introducing Online Faculty Evaluation by Residents at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
Authors: Humayun Khadija N , Qamar Farah N , Saeed Sana , Memon Fozia , Khowaja Asif R
Published: March 2018

Introduction

Faculty evaluation by resident physicians is uncommon in postgraduate medical education. This study is designed to conduct process evaluation of an online faculty evaluation by postgraduate residents at Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

Materials and methods

Action research design was utilized, and qualitative assessments were conducted between April and May 2013 at a private tertiary care hospital in the city of Karachi, Pakistan. Data were collected from the pediatric faculty and residents through focus group discussions (FGDs). The transcribed data were analyzed using computer software QSR NVivo version 10.0, and themes and subthemes were drawn.

Results

A total of five FGDs were conducted, three with faculty members and two with residents. The participants agreed that faculty evaluation is a critical element of the residency program, as it not only facilitates in identifying areas of improvement, but also contributes toward faculty's professional growth. However, ambiguity about the purpose of evaluation, lack of understanding of the components of the online evaluation form, and problems with rating scale and review process were reported. A large majority of participants recommended arranging motivation sessions for faculty and residents, ensuring privacy of rating by residents, modifying the rating scale and analysis, and defining the process of reviewing and sharing the feedback with faculties.

Conclusion

Process evaluation was an important exercise and it helped to understand and improve the online faculty evaluation in the pediatric residency program.

How to cite this article

Humayun KN, Qamar FN, Saeed S, Memon F, Khowaja AR. Process Evaluation of introducing Online Faculty Evaluation by Residents at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2018;52(1):16-21.
Unusual Coexistence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Hydatid Disease
Authors: Joshi Jyotsna , Utpat Ketaki , Laldayal Deepthi
Published: March 2018

Tuberculosis and hydatidosis are both infectious diseases commonly involving the pulmonary system and exhibiting a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations of varying severity. The simultaneous occurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis and hydatid disease is extremely rare, reported sporadically in the literature. We herein report two cases where this rare coexistence was proven after radiological features aroused suspicion. The first patient was a young female with a short history of fever and cough. She had miliary mottling and a cystic lesion on imaging. Second patient was an elderly lady with a long-standing cough, dyspnea, and hemoptysis. She had multiple cystic and cavitatory lesions on imaging. Both of them were managed with medical therapy successfully. The possibility of hydatid tuberculosis coinfection should be kept in mind in endemic areas in the relevant clinical scenarios.

How to cite this article

Laldayal D, Utpat K, Joshi JM. Unusual Coexistence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Hydatid Disease. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2018;52(1):36-39.
Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Therapeutic Ultrasound vs Interferential Therapy to reduce Pain and improve Functional Ability in Osteoarthritis of Knee
Authors: Das Pallab , Dan Manas K
Published: March 2018

Many people develop functional limitation due to pain of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Different physiotherapeutic modalities are commonly used to give treatment for patients with OA knee. This study aims to examine the efficacy of therapeutic ultrasound (UST) vs interferential therapy (IFT) to reduce pain and to improve functional ability in OA knee. Thirty subjects with a mean age of 62.55 ± 6.25 years having clinical diagnosis of OA of knee were randomly allocated to two study groups, namely groups I and II, each of 15 patients. Group I received UST and therapeutic exercise and group II received IFT and same therapeutic exercise designed for OA knee, conducted five times a week for 2 weeks. The outcome of this intervention was measured in terms of Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score, pain relief in terms of visual analog scale (VAS), and active range of motion (ROM). It was concluded that IFT could be the better choice of modality than UST in the management of OA of knee.

Clinical significance

This study helped us to formulate a better therapeutic approach of OA of knee.

How to cite this article

Das P, Dan MK. Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Therapeutic Ultrasound vs Interferential Therapy to reduce Pain and improve Functional Ability in Osteoarthritis of Knee. Indian J Phy Med Rehab 2017;28(3):100-105.
J.K. Rowling A Bibliography
Authors: Errington Philip W.
Published: March 2018

Now available in paperback for the first time, this is the definitive bibliography of the writings of J. K. Rowling. In addition to bibliographical details of each edition of all her books, pamphlets and original contributions to published works, there is detailed information on the publishing history of her work, including fascinating extracts from correspondence, and information on Rowling at auction.

The paperback has been fully revised and updated to include over 50 new editions published since 2013, including the newly jacketed 2014 children's editions of the Harry Potter books as well as the 2015 illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The works of Robert Galbraith are also included.
Interlocal collaboration and emergency preparedness: A qualitative analysis of the impact of the Urban Area Security Initiative program
Authors: Errett, PhD, MSPH, CPH, CEM Nicole A. , Frattaroli, PhD, MPH Shannon , Resnick, MPH Beth A. , Barnett, MD, MPH Daniel J. , Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH Lainie
Published: March 2018

Objective: Horizontal intergovernmental coordination, or interlocal collaboration, is an ongoing strategy to enhance public health emergency preparedness in the United States. This study aims to understand the impact of interlocal collaboration on emergency preparedness, and how the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) program, a federally administered grant program to promote regional preparedness capability development, has influenced perceptions of this relationship.Design: Semistructured interviews were conducted and recorded in early 2014. Transcribed data were coded and iteratively analyzed. A purposive and snowball sampling strategy was used.Setting: Interviews were conducted in person or by phone.Participants: Twenty-eight key informants were interviewed during 24 interviews. Individuals were selected as key informants due to their knowledge of a UASI region(s) and its governance structures, investment strategies, and challenges, as well as knowledge of the UASI program’s history and goals.Main outcome measure(s): Interviews were used to identify, describe, and characterize perceptions of interlocal collaboration, national emergency preparedness, and the UASI grant.Results: Impacts, challenges, incentives, facilitators, and disadvantages to interlocal collaboration were identified. Interlocal collaboration was found to impact preparedness by promoting the perceived dissolution of geopolitical boundaries; developing self-reliant regions; developing regional capabilities; promoting regional risk identification; and creating an appreciation of interlocal collaboration importance. The UASI program was thought to have a profound and unique impact on the development of interlocal collaboration infrastructure and on national preparedness.Conclusions: Interlocal collaborations contribute to overall national preparedness. Grant programs, such as the UASI, can incentivize and foster interlocal collaboration in preparedness.
The effects of tibial intraosseous versus intravenous amiodarone administration in a hypovolemic cardiac arrest procine model
Authors: Hampton, BSN Kathryn , Wang, BSN Eric , Argame, BSN Jerome Ivan , Bateman, BSN Tom , Craig, DNP, CRNA William , Johnson, PhD Don
Published: March 2018

Objective: This study compared the effects of amiodarone via tibial intraosseous (TIO) and intravenous (IV) routes on return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), time to ROSC, maximum drug concentration (Cmax), time to maximum concentration (Tmax), and mean concentrations over time in a hypovolemic cardiac arrest model.Design: Prospective, between subjects, randomized experimental design.Setting: TriService Research Facility.Subjects: Yorkshire-cross swine (n = 28).Intervention: Swine were anesthetized and placed into cardiac arrest. After 2 minutes, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initiated. After an additional 2 minute, 300 mg of amiodarone were administered via the TIO or the IV route. Blood samples were collected over 5 minutes. The plasma concentrations were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.Main Outcome Measurements: ROSC, time to ROSC, Cmax, Tmax, and mean concentrations over time.Results: A multivariate analysis of variance indicated that there were no significant differences in the TIO and IV groups in ROSC (p = 0.515), time to ROSC (p = 0.300), Cmax (p = 0.291), or Tmax (p = 0.475). The mean Cmax of the TIO group was 56,292 ± 11,504 ng/mL compared to 74,258 ± 11,504 ng/mL for the IV group. The Tmax for TIO and IV groups were 120 ± 25 and 94 ± 25, respectively. A repeated measures analysis of variance indicated that there were no significant differences between the groups relative to concentrations over time (p > 0.05).Conclusion: The TIO provides rapid and reliable access to administer lifesaving medications during cardiac arrest.
Onset and duration of intravenous and intraosseous rocuronium in hypovolemic swine
Authors: Nemeth, MSN Miguel , Williams III, CRNA, MSN George N. , Prichard, CRNA, MSN Debbie , McConnico, BSN Angie , Johnson, PhD Don , Loughren, CRNA, PhD Michael
Published: March 2018

Objective: Compare the onset and duration of rocuronium administered via the intravenous (IV), and intraosseous (IO) routes in a hypovolemic swine model.Design: Prospective, between subjects, experimental study.Setting: Vivarium.Subjects: Yorkshire-cross swine (N = 8).Intervention: Electromyography (EMG) amplitudes were recorded at baseline and for every 15 seconds after administering 1.2 mg/kg of rocuronium via IV or IO routes to hypovolemic swine. EMG amplitudes were measured until termination of EMG activity and then measured every 5 minutes until there was a return to baseline values. Individual data were transformed to percent baseline.Main Outcome Measurements: The time from the end of injection to 90 percent reduction of baseline EMG activity (Onset90), the time to maximum reduction (Onsetpeak), and the maximum reduction of the neuromuscular response (peak effect), as well as, time from the end of injection to the return of 25, 50, 75, and 95 percent of baseline EMG activity was used to characterize onset and recovery of neuromuscular function.Results: Maximum reduction, Onset 90 and Onset peak times were not statistically different between groups. The IV group's mean time to recovery of all benchmarks was faster than the IO group. The IO group took statistically longer than the IV group to return to 25, 50, 75, and 95 percent of baseline activity. Conclusion: The IO route is an effective method of administering rocuronium and is comparable to the IV route even under conditions of significant hemorrhage.
FAR Research Project: The effects of multiple team memberships on individual auditors' performance
Authors: Hooghiemstra Reggy , Rink Floor , Veltrop Dennis
Published: March 2018

Auditing involves a process in which an engagement team, consisting of assistants, seniors, managers, and one or more audit partners, applies a series of sequentially performed procedures and decisions with the aim to collect sufficient competent evidence regarding the client's financial reporting process and financial statement assertions (e.g., Trotman, Bauer & Humphreys, 2015; Knechel, Vanstraelen & Zerni, 2015; Francis, 2011; Bik, 2010; Pierce & Sweeney, 2005). Teamwork, or how individuals within engagement teams carry out their work, is therefore of crucial importance for audit quality.
The maintenance of elevated active chlorine levels in the Antarctic lower stratosphere through HCl null cycles
Authors: Müller Rolf , Grooß Jens-Uwe , Zafar Abdul Mannan , Robrecht Sabine , Lehmann Ralph
Published: March 2018

Abstract. The Antarctic ozone hole arises from ozone destruction driven by elevated levels of ozone destroying (active) chlorine in Antarctic spring. These elevated levels of active chlorine have to be formed first and then maintained throughout the period of ozone destruction. It is a matter of debate how this maintenance of active chlorine is brought about in Antarctic spring, when the rate of formation of HCl (considered to be the main chlorine deactivation mechanism in Antarctica) is extremely high. Here we show that in the heart of the ozone hole (16–18 km or 85–55 hPa, in the core of the vortex), high levels of active chlorine are maintained by effective chemical cycles (referred to as HCl null cycles hereafter). In these cycles, the formation of HCl is balanced by immediate reactivation, i.e. by immediate reformation of active chlorine. Under these conditions, polar stratospheric clouds sequester HNO3 and thereby cause NO2 concentrations to be low. These HCl null cycles allow active chlorine levels to be maintained in the Antarctic lower stratosphere and thus rapid ozone destruction to occur. For the observed almost complete activation of stratospheric chlorine in the lower stratosphere, the heterogeneous reaction HCl + HOCl is essential; the production of HOCl occurs via HO2 + ClO, with the HO2 resulting from CH2O photolysis. These results are important for assessing the impact of changes of the future stratospheric composition on the recovery of the ozone hole. Our simulations indicate that, in the lower stratosphere, future increased methane concentrations will not lead to enhanced chlorine deactivation (through the reaction CH4 + Cl  ⟶  HCl + CH3) and that extreme ozone destruction to levels below  ≈ 0.1 ppm will occur until mid-century.
A niche comparison of Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica and potential effects of climate change
Authors: Gafar Natasha A. , Schulz Kai G.
Published: March 2018

Abstract. Coccolithophore responses to changes in carbonate chemistry speciation such as CO2 and H+ are highly modulated by light intensity and temperature. Here we fit an analytical equation, accounting for simultaneous changes in carbonate chemistry speciation, light and temperature, to published and original data for Emiliania huxleyi, and compare the projections with those for Gephyrocapsa oceanica. Based on our analysis, the two most abundant coccolithophores in today’s oceans appear to be adapted for a similar fundamental light niche but slightly different ones for temperature and CO2, with E. huxleyi having a tolerance to lower temperatures and higher CO2 levels than G. oceanica. Based on growth rates, a dominance of E. huxleyi over G. oceanica is projected below temperatures of 22 °C at current atmospheric CO2 levels. This is similar to a global surface sediment compilation of E. huxleyi and G. oceanica coccolith abundances suggesting temperature dependent dominance shifts. For a future RCP 8.5 climate change scenario (1000 μatm fCO2 and +4.8 °C) we project a niche contraction for G. oceanica then being restricted to regions of even higher temperatures. Finally, we compare satellite derived particulate inorganic carbon estimates in the surface ocean with a recently proposed metric for potential coccolithophore success on the community level i.e. the temperature, light and carbonate chemistry dependent CaCO3 production potential (CCPP). Excluding the Antarctic province from the analysis we found a good correlation between CCPP and satellite derived PIC in the other regions with an R2 of 0.73 for Austral winter/Boreal summer and 0.85 for Austral summer/Boreal winter.
Evidence for increased expression of the Amundsen Sea Low over the South Atlantic during the late Holocene
Authors: Thomas Zoë , Jones Richard T. , Fogwill Chris , Hatton Jackie , Williams Alan , Hogg Alan , Mooney Scott , Jones Philip , Lister David , Mayewski Paul , Turney Chris
Published: March 2018

Abstract. The Amundsen Sea Low (ASL) plays a major role in modulating the climate and environment of Antarctica and is of global importance in the Earth system. Unfortunately, a relative dearth of observational data across the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas prior to the satellite era (post-1979) limits our understanding of past behaviour and impact of the ASL. The limited proxy evidence for changes in the ASL are primarily limited to the Antarctic where ice core evidence suggests a deepening of the atmospheric pressure system during the late Holocene. However, no data has previously been reported from the northern side of the ASL. Here we report a high-resolution, multi-proxy study of a 5000 year-long peat record from the Falkland Islands (South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean), an area sensitive to contemporary ASL dynamics. In combination with climate reanalysis, we find a marked period of wetter, colder conditions most likely the result of enhanced southerly airflow between 5000 and 2500 years ago, and inconsistent with synoptic conditions associated with the ASL today. After 2500 years ago, drier and warmer conditions were established, implying more westerly airflow and the increased projection of the ASL onto the South Atlantic. Our results are in agreement with Antarctic ice core records and suggest the Falkland Islands provide a valuable location for reconstructing atmospheric circulation changes across a large sector of the Southern Ocean on multi-decadal to millennial timescales. The possible role of tropical Pacific in establishing contemporary-like synoptic circulation is explored.
How to explain variations in sea cliff erosion rates? Insights from a literature synthesis
Authors: Prémaillon Mélody , Regard Vincent , Dewez Thomas J. B. , Auda Yves
Published: March 2018

Abstract. Rocky coast erosion (i.e. cliff retreat) is caused by a complex interaction of various forcings that could be marine, subaerial or due to rock mass property. It turns into variable erosion rates (over 4 orders of magnitude at least, from 1 mm yr−1 to 10 mm yr−1). While numerous local studies exist and explain erosion processes on specific sites, there is a lack at global scale. In order 5 to quantify and rank the various parameters influencing erosion rates, we compiled existing local studies in a global database called GlobR2C2 (for Global Recession Rates of Coastal Cliffs). This database records erosion rates, cliff setting and measurement specifications; it is filled from peer reviewed articles and national databases. In order to be homogeneous, marine and climatic forcings were recorded from global models and reanalysis. Up to now, GlobR2C2 contains 58 publications which represents 1530 cliffs studied and more than 1680 erosion rate estimates. A statistical analysis was conducted on this 10 database to explore links between erosion rate and forcings at global scale. Rock resistance, inferred through Hoek and Brown (1997) criterion, is the strongest signal explaining variation in erosion rate. Median erosion rates are of 2.9 cm yr−1 for hard rocks, 10 cm yr−1 for medium rocks and 23 cm yr−1 for weak rocks. Concerning climate, only the number of frost days (number of day per year below 0 °C) for weak rocks shows a significant, positive, trend with erosion rate. Every other relations with both climatic and marine forcings are very spread and non-significant.
Mapping Accessibility for Earthquake Hazard Response in the Historic Urban Center of Bucharest
Authors: Merciu Cristina , Ianoș Ioan , Merciu George-Laurențiu , Jones Roy , Pomeroy George
Published: March 2018

Abstract. Planning for post-disaster accessibility is essential for the provision of emergency and other services to protect life and property in impacted areas. Such planning is particularly important in congested historic districts where narrow streets and at-risk structures are more common and may even prevail. Indeed, a standard method of measuring accessibility, through the use of isochrones, may be particularly inappropriate in these congested historic areas. Bucharest, Romania, is a city with a core of historic buildings and narrow streets. Furthermore, Bucharest ranks second only to Istanbul among large European cities in terms of its seismic risk. This paper provides an accessibility simulation for central Bucharest using mapping and GIS technologies. It hypothesizes that all buildings in the Risk 1 class would collapse in an earthquake of a similar magnitude to those of 1940 and 1977. The authors then simulate accessibility impacts in the historic center of Bucharest, such as the isolation of certain areas, and blockages of some street sections. In this simulation, accessibility will be substantially compromised by anticipated and extensive building collapse. Therefore, policy makers and planners need to fully understand and incorporate the serious implications of this compromised accessibility when planning emergency services and disaster recovery responses.
International and Local Visions of the Justice and Security Sector in the West Bank
Authors: Nafstad Ida
Published: March 2018

Considerable efforts by leading experts and funds from around the world are put into restructuring the West Bank justice and security sector (JSS). This is an effort done in a highly contested environment, with an ongoing Israeli occupation and weak local trust in the Palestine Authority (PA). This article analyzes the understandings by local Palestinian non-government organizations and international bodies aiding in building the JSS of what a legitimate development of the JSS is and should be, and whose voices become dominant in the discussions and implementations of it. The argument made is that Western legal knowledge, with its focus on security and technocratic solutions, have been dominant at the expense of core political solutions in regard to the Israeli occupation and the workings of the PA, and that it has downplayed the local context, local voices and their understandings of a legitimate JSS.
‘Today I Speak’: Exploring How Victim-Survivors Use Reddit
Authors: O'Neill Tully
Published: March 2018

Digital platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook and online communities on reddit, are increasingly used by victim-survivors across the world to post about their experiences of sexual violence. Emerging research suggests a variety of reasons why victim-survivors discuss their experiences online. This article contributes to this developing area of research by exploring the underlying motivations for victim-survivors using an online rape survivor community on reddit.

 This article questions how and why victim-survivors of sexual violence engage with digital technologies through content analysis of narratives posted to a public rape survivor forum on reddit. Overall, the study found that there are three primary motivators prompting survivors to access online communities: to find a supportive community; to seek advice; and for storytelling. The article uncovers some of the broader implications of online storytelling, suggesting that this is an important framework to consider online disclosures of sexual violence. Online communities like /r/rapecounseling might be conceptualised as spaces where counter-narratives of sexual violence are collectively shared.
Jean Sebastian Yolton (1924-2008)
Authors: Buickerood James G.
Published: March 2018

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 22 March 1924, Jean S. Yolton, librarian, bibliographer, scholar, cordon bleu cook, and widow of John W. Yolton, died of apparent cardiac arrest in her Piscataway, New Jersey home on 15 January 2008. She is survived by two daughters and two granddaughters.
Locke, William III, and the Reform of the Universities
Authors: Milton J. R.
Published: March 2018

Most of the major early modern philosophers attended university, but before Kant none of them spent a lifetime as a university teacher. Locke’s connections with the academic world were closer than most: he went up to Oxford in 1652, at the age of twenty, as a newly elected student of Christ Church, and he stayed there for nearly fifteen years. Though only intermittently in residence there- after, he retained his studentship until he was expelled by royal command in 1684. After the Revolution he drafted a petition to the king to have his place restored to him, but then withdrew it; according to Lady Masham he did not wish someone else to be deprived to make room for him. Locke wanted a public acknow- ledgement that he had been wronged, but he had no intention of returning to Christ Church and living again in the college. Neither his journal nor his letters contain any indication that he ever went back to Oxford.
Recent Publications
Authors: Hall Roland
Published: March 2018

The following collection of Locke items, when taken together with the ‘Recent Publications’ lists in previous issues, should provide fairly full coverage of work on Locke from 1981 to the present time. Missing items will be added to later listings as they come to light. My intention has been to exclude books and articles that make only passing mention of Locke without discussion or useful information. Since several of the items listed have not been seen, accuracy cannot always be guaranteed. These unseen items (twenty-four in the present list) are indicated by an asterisk at the end of the entry.
A Gift from John Locke to Jean Le Clerc
Authors: Van Sluis Jacob
Published: March 2018

I work as a subject librarian in Tresoar, the provincial library of the Dutch province of Friesland, in Leeuwarden. I would like to report a curious experience of serendipity that is related to John Locke. Recently, while giving a tour in my library, I randomly grabbed an old book from the shelves. The back of the folio promised me a work by John Locke, and indeed, the book was a rare copy of the second edition of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, printed in 1694. But what really surprised me was an inscription on the first end-leaf. The inscription is unsigned, but none the less it was immediately clear to me: this was written by Locke himself!
Serial, el programa radiofónico que resucitó el podcasting
Authors: Linares Palomar Rafael , Neira Borrajo Elena
Published: March 2018

El podcast Serial comienza su emisión en octubre de 2014, lo que supone un cambio radical en el modelo de este nuevo formato que se populariza y consigue atraer la atención de la inversión publicitaria. Desde este momento, el aumento de la inversión económica, la proliferación de aglutinadores de estos formatos, la profesionalización y el interés de los grandes grupos de comunicación hacen renacer el podcasts como medio de comunicación. En el siguiente artículo proponemos un estudio de caso de Serial como fenómeno que revolucionó el podcasting.
La adaptación radiofónica de "Extraños en un tren: un cruce de vías entre la novela y el filme
Authors: Borrás Mercedes Miguel
Published: March 2018

La adaptación radiofónica de Extraños en un tren es un buen ejemplo de la utilización del lenguaje para explorar una narrativa propia del medio. Está basada en la novela de Patricia Highsmith e inspirada en el filme de Alfred Hitchcock, pues, aunque no figura en los créditos, sus huellas están presentes a lo largo del relato. ¿Cómo se ha creado el paisaje sonoro (Murray Schafer, 2013) de esta adaptación? ¿De dónde proceden sus imágenes? ¿En qué medida se nutre del filme? Con el propósito de responder a estas preguntas, partiremos de la novela y el filme  para acercarnos a aquellos sistemas expresivos que han hecho posible la adaptación radiofónica. Nos aproximaremos a los cambios estructurales y formales producidos por la diferente sustancia expresiva (Saussure, 1973) de esos tres textos,  pero sin olvidar las relaciones que mantienen con las circunstancias socio-históricas, su transtextualidad (Genette, 1989). Estudiaremos las migraciones de sentidos (Barthes, 1980) para  adentrarnos en ese fluir de significación producido en el cruce entre la novela y el filme que se percibe en la ficción sonora, es decir, cómo se ha efectuado la transcodificación y los problemas que plantea su elaboración. Este análisis de los tres textos nos permite ver las transformaciones inherentes en la adaptación y la poética presente en la propia naturaleza del discurso literario, cinematográfico y radiofónico, es decir dónde radica ese exceso de material significante (Jakobson, 1985) que les confiere su fuerza expresiva. Y consecuentemente, establecer que la adaptación de Extraños en un tren consigue plasmar el universo simbólico de la novela y al mismo tiempo es subsidiaria del filme; y esta interrelación enriquece el texto, multiplicando sus sentidos.
Ficción publicitaria radiofónica y humor: un análisis pragmalingüístico
Authors: Hernández Toribio María Isabel
Published: March 2018

La ficción constituye uno de los exponentes de la creatividad en la publicidad radiofónica. Específicamente, esta modalidad publicitaria parece haber encontrado en el humor una fórmula para llamar y captar la atención del oyente con la finalidad de conseguir la adhesión emocional que lo induzca a la adquisición del producto. Por ello, el objetivo de este trabajo es revisar las estrategias que se emplean para desencadenar los efectos humorísticos incidiendo de forma especial en las particularidades que impone la radio como soporte publicitario. Un análisis que vamos a llevar a cabo a partir de los presupuestos de la Teoría General del Humor Verbal (TGHV) (Attardo y Raskin, 1991). Además, como la publicidad constituye un discurso multimodal (Kress, 2010) en el que convergen diversos códigos, revisaremos tanto los indicadores lingüísticos del humor como aquellos otros recursos (música, paralenguaje y otros efectos sonoros) que permiten desencadenar el efecto humorístico.
Producción de conocimiento sobre multimedia en la Web of Science
Authors: Paz Enrique Luis Ernesto , Ruíz Herrera Darianna , Hernández Alfonso Eduardo Alejandro
Published: March 2018

la temática multimedia en los últimos años se ha diversificado con el desarrollo los medios de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones. Se plantearon como objetivos del estudio: 1) identificar las principales características que presenta la producción de conocimientos sobre la temática multimedia y 2) examinar la producción científica sobre temática multimedia en la Web of Science. Para la obtención de resultados se emplearon métodos en los niveles teórico y empírico, fundamentalmente el método bibliométrico. Se identificaron las principales características que tipifican la producción de conocimientos sobre la temática multimedia a partir de indicadores métricos. Se formularon valoraciones a partir de la actividad y producción científica de la multimedia como campo de investigación.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Biology and Life Science, Vol. 9, No. 1
Authors: Lee Kelvin
Published: March 2018

Journal of Biology and Life Science (JBLS) would like to thank the following reviewers for reviewing manuscripts from August 1, 2017 to February 1, 2018. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Many authors, regardless of whether JBLS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Macrothink Institute appreciates the following reviewers’ rigorous and conscientious efforts for this journal. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review during this period. Anirban MukherjeeGODSWILL NTSOMBOH NTSEFONGSridhar MandaliMELTEM SESLİNayana tara ArunkumarPalmiro PoltronieriMadhusudanarao VudaQi Sun Naimesh Solanki Ghulam Nabi Anbalagan Jaganathan Ganesh Ambigapathy Anirban ChakrabortyBalaji Thas MoorthyVikash Verma  Kelvin LeeEditorial AssistantJournal of Biology and Life Science-------------------------------------------Macrothink Institute5348 Vegas Dr.#825, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108, United StatesTel: 1-702-953-1852 ext.510Fax: 1-702-420-2900E-mail: jbls@macrothink.orgURL: http://jbls.macrothink.org
Is the Enthymeme a Syllogism?
Authors: Fredal James
Published: March 2018

The enthymeme is well known in rhetorical theory as a three-part syllogism from which one premise has been elided. The enthymeme works because the listener supplies the “missing piece,” thereby participating in the very argument by which she is persuaded. This enthymeme is widely believed to derive from Aristotle, but previous scholars have shown that the “truncated syllogism” view of the enthymeme is both un-Aristotelian and impracticable. In this article, I review problems with the syllogistic enthymeme and reasons for its improbable longevity before proposing a view of the enthymeme that derives not from the syllogism but from the legal narratives produced by early Greek orators. The enthymeme is best understood not through its deductive structure, but its emplotment. This model makes sense of Aristotle's comments without relying on a discredited syllogistic frame to explain how ancient orators argued.
The Persuasive Force of Demanding
Authors: Innocenti Beth , Kathol Nichole
Published: March 2018

Demanding is a fundamental rhetorical strategy for marginalized groups, but recent rhetorical theories of demanding have not explained how speakers can design demands that influence addressees to accede. Although psychoanalytic and decolonial theories have identified constitutive functions, they have not explained how speakers can design demands that pressure addressees to accede, and while speech act theories have explained specific kinds of demands, they have not synthesized insights into a model of demanding generally. We draw on normative pragmatic theory to argue that speakers design demands that generate persuasive force by openly making visible their intent to influence addressees to accede and bringing to bear a reciprocal obligation for themselves and addressees to live up to the norm of “right makes might.”
EFEITO DAS FORMAS DE IÇAMENTO NO COMPORTAMENTO ESTRUTURAL DE VIGAS PRÉ-MOLDADAS DE CONCRETO
Authors: De Queiroz Luiz Flávio , Santos do Amaral Cardoso Maria Teresa , Vidigal de Lima Maria Cristina
Published: March 2018

Uma das características próprias de elementos pré-moldados de concreto é a existência de fases transitórias durante sua vida útil. Os esforços próprios dessas fases podem gerar problemas relacionados à estabilidade lateral especialmente em vigas longas, esbeltas e que apresentam imperfeições iniciais. Nesse sentido pretende-se, neste trabalho, avaliar a influência de variáveis adotadas numa das fases transitórias: o içamento. Conhecendo as características mecânicas e geométricas de vigas padronizadas e também o valor, medido em campo, de suas imperfeições iniciais, analisaram-se: esforços, deslocamentos e rotações, para diferentes comprimentos de balanço e inclinação dos cabos de içamento, utilizando a planilha eletrônica VT Lifting Analysis (2013). As análises mostraram que a suspensão na ausência de balanços interfere consideravelmente nos esforços, deslocamentos e rotações. Verificou-se, ainda, uma tendência no comportamento estrutural das diferentes vigas quando foram analisados em conjunto todos os resultados obtidos.
Determinação da tensão elástica de flambagem distorcional em perfis Z enrijecidos
Authors: Pinto Neto Durval De Oliveira , Nagahama Koji De Jesus , Gadéa Anderson De Souza Matos
Published: March 2018

A adição dos enrijecedores de borda nos perfis de aço formados a frio (PFF), em busca de seções transversais mais eficientes estruturalmente, podem levar à instabilidades locais, distorcionais e globais. A ABNT NBR 14762:2010, normatiza os procedimentos de cálculo desses elementos estruturais, no entanto, não estabelece um método simplificado para determinação da tensão elástica de flambagem distorcional (σdist). Este trabalho apresenta equações para determinação da σdist em PFF com seção transversal do tipo Z enrijecido, sujeitos à compressão centrada e flexão simples. As equações propostas são obtidas por meio de uma rede neural artificial (RNA), cujos dados foram fornecidos por um programa baseado na Teoria de Viga Generalizada (GBT). Os resultados obtidos foram comparados com diversos métodos numéricos e analíticos, encontrados na literatura técnico-científica, e demonstram a viabilidade das equações para determinação da tensão elástica de flambagem distorcional.
Mentoring non-traditional students in clinical practicums: Building on strengths
Authors: Melrose Sherri
Published: March 2018

Background: As nurse educators respond to increasing numbers of adult learners attending practicum experiences, clinical instructors are one of our richest resources. And yet, the everyday strategies they implement to mentor these non-traditional students towards success may go unnoticed. This article describes findings from a qualitative descriptive research study that listened to the voices of experienced clinical instructors.Objective: The objective of the study was to describe effective mentoring approaches that instructors in a Post Licensed Practical Nurse to Bachelor of Nursing (Post LPN to BN) program used to support students’ learning and build on their strengths during instructor led clinical practicum courses.Methods: The research was framed from a constructivist worldview and Laurent Daloz’s mentoring model. Digitally recorded and transcribed interview data was collected from 10 clinical instructors who had been teaching for more than 5 years. The transcripts were analyzed for themes which were confirmed with participants through member checking.Results: Findings revealed that instructors supported students by validating individual strengths; challenged them by building on those strengths; and created vision by linking their present activities to competencies needed in their own future practice.Conclusions: These findings provide valuable insights and guidance to practicing Registered Nurses (RN’s) interested in teaching non-traditional students during their clinical experiences.
A Case Study on Reducing Children’s Screen Time: The Project of Screen Free Week
Authors: Ertürk Kara Hatice Gözde
Published: March 2018

The current study aims to direct children to alternative activities within a week period by applying the project ofscreen free week to voluntary families. The ultimate aim of the study is to reduce children’s screen time. Theinstrumental case study method; one of the qualitative research methods, was employed. Five children attending thepreschool class of an elementary school in the Kartal district of İstanbul and their families voluntarily participating inthe project of screen free week constituted the study group in the current research. Documents and structuredinterview form were used to collect data. The document used to collect data is the weekly chart in which the familiesnoted the activities they performed during the week spent without screen. The structured interview form wasdeveloped by the researcher by reviewing the related literature. Content analysis was conducted on the data collectedin the current research. As a result of the families’ participation in the project of screen free week, they recognizedthe importance of family-child interaction, that their children are happier when they spend time with them, that theycan decide on programs to be watched and games to be played together with their children and that this decisionshould not be taken as a rule rather as a routine of the family. At the end of the project of screen free week, it wasseen that a great majority of the families set a limit to the time spent in front of the screen suitable for the age anddevelopmental level of their children. In light of the findings of the current study, it can be suggested that the projectof screen free week should be made more widespread and more families and children should be reached. In additionto this, training programs can be organized for families to learn how to select quality programs/applications.