bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparative approaches to gentrification
Authors: Phillips Martin , Smith Darren P
Published: February 2018

The epistemologies and politics of comparative research are prominently debated within urban studies, with ‘comparative urbanism’ emerging as a contemporary lexicon of urban studies. The study of urban gentrification has, after some delay, come to engage with these debates, which can be seen to pose a major challenge to the very concept of gentrification. To date, similar debates or developments have not unfolded within the study of rural gentrification. This article seeks to address some of the challenges posed to gentrification studies through an examination of strategies of comparison and how they might be employed within a comparative study of rural gentrification. Drawing on Tilly ( Big structures Large Processes Huge Comparisons. New York: Russell Sage), examples of four ‘strategies of comparison’ are identified within studies of urban and rural gentrification, before the paper explores how ‘geographies of the concept’ and ‘geographies of the phenomenon’ of rural gentrification in the United Kingdom, United States and France may be investigated using Latour’s ( Pandora’s Hope. London: Harvard University Press) notion of ‘circulatory sociologies of translation’. The aim of our comparative discussion is to open up dialogues on the challenges of comparative studies that employ conceptions of gentrification and also to promote reflections of the metrocentricity of recent discussions of comparative research.
Confronting continental philosophy’s fears of biologism
Authors: Waltham-Smith Naomi
Published: February 2018

Continental philosophy, argues Catherine Malabou, has disavowed biology. This article examines the ways in which philosophies of listening risk eschewing the biological and material dimensions of aurality in favour of its symbolic or spiritual aspects. It explores in detail the dangers that deconstructive approaches to listening face in their endeavours to confront the materiality of sensation and it presents Malabou’s concept of plasticity as a way out of these aporias.
User characteristics that influence judgment of social engineering attacks in social networks
Authors: Albladi Samar Muslah , Weir George R. S.
Published: February 2018

Social engineering is a growing source of information security concern. Exploits appear to evolve, with increasing levels of sophistication, in order to target multiple victims. Despite increased concern with this risk, there has been little research activity focused upon social engineering in the potentially rich hunting ground of social networks. In this setting, factors that influence users’ proficiency in threat detection need to be understood if we are to build a profile of susceptible users, develop suitable advice and training programs, and generally help address this issue for those individuals most likely to become targets of social engineering in social networks. To this end, the present study proposes and validates a user-centric framework based on four perspectives: socio-psychological, habitual, socio-emotional, and perceptual. Previous research tends to rely on selected aspects of these perspectives and has not combined them into a single model for a more cohesive understanding of user’s susceptibility.
Silver paints in medieval manuscripts: a first molecular survey into their degradation
Authors: Araújo Rita , Nabais Paula , Pombo Cardoso Isabel , Casanova Conceição , Lemos Ana , Melo Maria J.
Published: February 2018

The lack of comprehensive studies on silver paints in manuscripts is a handicap to new stabilization strategies and treatments. This work develops and tests a methodological approach for the study of the degradation of silver paints, at the molecular level, using as a case study a French Book of Hours dated from the 15th century from Mafra National Palace collection. In this paper, we show that the global equation commonly used by the cultural heritage community to describe the tarnishing of silver proves to be insufficient to understand the main factor causing its severe and extensive darkening in medieval illuminated manuscripts. This equation depicts the degradation of silver instantly with a sulphide containing species as H2S. Recent research has solidly proved that the first intermediate of silver oxidation is Ag2O. This theme will be presented in a forthcoming review. Within this framework, we selected four typologies of silver paints, all analysed by in situ techniques and four as microsamples; due to the very small size and fragility of the microsamples, new methods of sample preparation were developed and tested. The main research questions include: (1) understanding how silver-based colour are formed, disclosing its full stratigraphy; (2) define if the other compounds present, such as colour paints and the ground, may affect silver oxidation by stabilizing or accelerating it; (3) comprehend if it is possible to characterize the degradation products of silver paints with the methodology developed in this work, both in the bulk and at the interfaces between layers. Overall our results show that silver-based colours exhibit a complex stratigraphy that impacts its conservation condition. Further research at the molecular level is required on the correlation of the main components of the ground (binder and filler such as gypsum and calcium carbonate) and the paints that are applied as layers over or under the silver leaf. Our case studies have shown that both in situ analytical techniques and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis in the microsamples, provide relevant information on the silver colour stratigraphy. However, the information obtained studying cross-sections is more accurate. We consider that the study of the degradation mechanism of silver in medieval illuminated manuscripts will require the combination of both approaches; in situ methodologies support the relevance of the data acquired on the microsamples. Microsamples studies will make possible the acquisition of data that is fundamental to understand the darkening of silver paints and this, in turn, is essential to develop informed and sustainable conservation policies.
Colour identification, degradation processes and findings in a fifteenth-century Book of Hours: the case study of Cofre n.º 31 from Mafra National Palace
Authors: Carvalho Isamara , Casanova Conceição , Araújo Rita , Lemos Ana
Published: February 2018

This paper presents the work done as part of a master dissertation on Conservation and Restoration at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon. The “Cofre n.º 31” is a French fifteenth century Book of Hours from the Library of the National Palace of Mafra, Portugal. This prayer book, composed by illuminations and devotional texts, was in bad condition due mainly to the rebinding done between eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. According to the assessment of the state of conservation, the main damages observed in the text block and binding were: volume distortion, loose and deformed gatherings, distortion and cockling of folios, and damages in the illuminations. The pigments palette was identified by µ-EDXRF, FORS, µ-Raman and µ-FTIR, which is consistent with the materials used in the fifteenth century. Nevertheless, some particular application techniques such as mixtures and overlays were found, namely in the red colours and specifically in the metallic leaves. Some of these colours also show specific degradation: darkening of the mixture of minium and vermillion; silver tarnishing with strong migration into the parchment support, especially when associated with minium; detachment of azurite, lead white and its mixtures, such as flesh tones and light colours. The main deterioration processes associated to silver and pigments can be assigned to their reactions with humidity and air pollutants, to the grain size of the pigments and to mechanical factors related to the book binding and its use. The presence of different pigments application techniques in different groups of folios lead us to conclude for the existence of a pigments palette with variations, and finally, three different illuminators and two different techniques, confirming the proposals of art history studies.
Intraoperative frozen section as a reliable ancillary technique in salivary gland surgery: A cross sectional study
Authors: Marzullo Andrea , Serio Gabriella , Madami Luigi , Pezzuto Federica , Fortarezza Francesco , Quaranta Nicola , Fiorella Maria Luisa , Lettini Teresa , Resta Leonardo , Marrelli Massimo , Tatullo Marco , Santacroce Luigi
Published: February 2018

Background.Salivary glands tumours are uncommon, frequently benign lesions, prevalently located in the parotid gland (80%). Surgical decision making is based on the patient’s history, examination findings, imaging and fine needle aspiration (FNA). FNA is a pre-operative method with good ability in detecting malignancy.  During surgery, therefore, Frozen section (FS) can differentiate benign lesions from malignant tumours, to reduce incorrect treatments, to increase the chances of conservative surgery and to better evaluate surgical margins. The aim of our study is to demonstrate the accuracy of the FS procedure in surgery of the salivary glands and to stress the need for dedicated pathology units specialized in lesions of the oral cavity.

Methods.  The study included 499 patients who underwent surgery from May 2005 and October 2014. An intra-operative frozen section procedure was done for 288 of them. All frozen sections were compared with the final results. The cases were classified by site, nature of the lesion and histotype, according to the WHO classification. Comparison was made between the intra-operative and the definitive diagnosis.

Results.Of the 288 FS procedures, 259 were for neoplastic lesions, 199 of which benign and 60 malignant, and 29 for non-neoplastic lesions.  Of the 259 neoplastic FS results, 2 were shown to be false positives and 2 were diagnosed as different malignant types.  Of the 29 non-neoplastic FS results, 4 were false negatives.

Conclusions.Our results showed that the accuracy of frozen section procedure is 98% for salivary glands tumors. The highest concordance between frozen section and the definitive diagnosis was for inflammatory processes (99%), pleomorphic adenoma (98%), Warthin’s tumor (97%) and malignant neoplasms (96%). In conclusion, based on these findings, frozen section of the salivary glands may be proposed as a routine procedure and should be used in decision-making.
FACTORS CONTROLLING THE RECENT SEDIMENTATION IN THE UPPER CONTINENTAL SLOPE OF THE JACUÍPE BASIN (NE BRAZIL)
Authors: Alves Martins Maria Virginia , Pereira Egberto , Bergamaschi Sérgio , Terroso Denise , Miranda Paulo , Villena Hélio Heringer , Yamashita Cintia , Ramalho José Carlos Martins , Frontalini Fabrizio , Laut Lazaro , Rocha Fernando
Published: February 2018

This work is based on textural, mineralogical (XRD) and compositional data of 50 bottom sediments’ samples in the upper continental slope between 80-1000 m water depth of the Jacuípe Basin, northern region of Bahia State (Brazil). It intends to study the recent sedimentary coverture and infer possible conditioning factors influencing the recent sedimentation in this region. Despite the study area has been considered oligotrophic, pyrite that is supposed to be mostly the result of the initial diagenetic processes of organic matter degradation, occurs throughout the upper slope of the Jacuípe Basin. The organic matter flux is abundant enough to establish anoxic environments or microenvironments favorable to the formation and preservation of pyrite. The textural, mineralogical and compositional data allow us to define latitudinal and longitudinal variations of bottom sediments possibly influenced by changes in the geomorphology of the study area and hydrodynamic conditions. The supply of detrital sediments to the southern region seems to be scarce but relatively more abundant in the northern part, closer to the São Francisco River delta. The northern region is also more favorable to sediment deposition than the southern one, where erosional processes appear to be more common. This difference may also be ascribed to the process of formation of the Brazil Current, and its southward development. A significant compositional change of sediments was observed at about 435 m depth possibly due to the enhanced influence of the North Brazil Undercurrent.
Experiências pioneiras de participação popular no urbano: novos desafios ao assistente social
Authors: Oliveira Natália Coelho de
Published: February 2018

Resumo − Este artigo reflete parte da contribuição e produção acadêmica de assistentes sociais acerca das experiências de trabalho com educação e participação popular realizadas entre as décadas de 1960 e 1980, com base na pesquisa documental em artigos da Revista Serviço Social e Sociedade e nas principais obras datadas deste período histórico. Esse período possibilitou um avanço no trabalho de conscientização e educação popular junto aos movimentos populares urbanos, proporcionando um legado teórico-metodológico para a categoria profissional e relevantes reflexões sobre a nossa prática. Além disso, também cabe ao artigo levantar alguns desafios de caráter comparativo ao tempo presente no que tange ao trabalho social desenvolvido no Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida (PMCMV), principal programa habitacional brasileiro. Palavras-Chave: participação popular; educação popular; Serviço Social; urbano; habitação. Abstract − This article reflects part of the contribution and academic production of social workers on work experiences with education and popular participation carried out between the 1960s and 1980s, based on documentary research in articles of the Brazilian journal Revista Serviço Social e Sociedade and in the main works dating from that historical period. This period allowed an advance in the raising of awareness and popular education with the popular urban movements, providing a theoretical and methodological legacy for the professional category and relevant reflections on our practice. In addition, it is also up to the article to raise some comparative challenges to the present time regarding the social work developed in the government program Minha Casa, Minha Vida (PMCMV), the main Brazilian housing program. Keywords: popular participation; popular education; social work; urban; housing.
O Movimento de Reconceituação no Brasil: O Projeto Profissional da Escola de Serviço Social da Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (1964-1980)
Authors: Batistoni Maria Rosângela
Published: February 2018

Resumo − O resgate histórico e teórico do projeto profissional da Escola de Serviço Social da Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, em Belo Horizonte, constitui um dos subprojetos da pesquisa coletiva O Movimento de Reconceituação do Serviço Social na América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile e Colômbia): determinantes históricos, interlocuções internacionais e memória. Naquela Escola foi formulado o conhecido “Método Belo Horizonte”, expressão do Movimento de Reconceituação latino-americano na particularidade brasileira. Tendo isso em vista, o presente artigo apresenta os eixos, pressupostos e caminhos investigativos na apreensão de suas bases sociopolíticas, privilegiando suas concepções teórico-metodológicas norteadoras, seus vínculos com as forças contestadoras da profissão nos países de língua hispânica, sua experimentação através da extensão e estágios, suas influências e seus desdobramentos para o Serviço Social. Palavras-Chave: Movimento de Reconceituação; ditadura militar; “Método Belo Horizonte”; fundamentos do Serviço Social.  Abstract − Analyzing the experience of the Belo Horizonte School is one of the focuses of the collective research project “The Reconceptualization Movement of Social Services in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia): historical factors, international dialogues and memory.” This school formulated the famous Belo Horizonte method, expression of the Latin American reconceptualization in Brazil. This article presents the axes, assumptions and investigative paths in the apprehension of its socio-political bases, privileging its theoretical-methodological conceptions, its links with the forces challenging the profession in Spanish-speaking countries, its experimentation through extension and stages, and its influences and developments in social work. Keywords: reconceptualization movement; military dictators; Belo Horizonte method; fundamentals of social work.
Revisitando o Serviço Social clássico
Authors: Costa Gilmaisa Macedo da
Published: February 2018

Resumo − Este artigo tem por finalidade revisitar o tema das origens do Serviço Social em seu processo de institucionalização nos Estados Unidos. Expõe aspectos das bases históricas e teóricas da profissão, revelando conteúdos referentes ao Serviço Social clássico, hoje pouco analisado no interior da formação, limitando possivelmente a informação aos estudantes e profissionais sobre a produção do Serviço Social em seu contexto originário e talvez até mesmo a crítica a ele realizada. O texto trata do pensamento de Mary Ellen Richmond e sua proposição do Serviço Social de casos individuais, mostrando as bases teórico-metodológicas para uma ação sobre os indivíduos sociais em meio a um conjunto de interpretações divergentes sobre o tema. O pensamento de Richmond exerceu forte influência no Serviço Social europeu e no Brasil, oferecendo o suporte para que se fizesse uma crítica às tendências oriundas da base positivista e as insuficiências ali contidas como proposição conservadora. Palavras-Chave: Serviço Social clássico; institucionalização; bases teórico-metodológicas.   Abstract − This article aims to revisit the origins of social work in its process of institutionalization in the United States. It exposes aspects of the historical and theoretical bases of the profession, revealing contents referring to classic social work that are little analyzed today in undergraduate courses, possibly restricting information valuable to students and professionals about the inception of social work in its original context and perhaps even the criticism it received. The text deals with the thought of Mary Ellen Richmond and her proposal of the social work of individual cases, showing the theoretical-methodological bases for an action on social individuals in the middle of a set of divergent interpretations on the subject. Richmond's thought exerted a strong influence on both European and Brazilian social work, offering support to the criticism of tendencies originating from the Positivist base and the inadequacies contained therein as a conservative proposition. Keywords: classic social work; institutionalization; theoretical-methodological bases.
A formação profissional em Serviço Social no Brasil: uma trajetória construída por avanços e desafios
Authors: Portes Melissa Ferreira , Portes Lorena Ferreira
Published: February 2018

Resumo − O presente artigo apresenta sínteses aproximativas que foram construídas através de estudos e pesquisas realizadas por dois grupos de pesquisa sobre formação profissional em Serviço Social em uma universidade estadual do Paraná. Através de revisão de literatura, o artigo se propõe a recuperar os diferentes projetos formativos que se fizeram presentes na trajetória sócio-histórica do Serviço Social brasileiro. Partindo das diretrizes curriculares de 1996, problematiza a formação graduada, levando em considerando a tendência privatista que predomina no ensino superior brasileiro e que traz repercussões na formação profissional em Serviço Social. Aponta elementos para adensar o debate sobre o tema em questão, reafirmando a tarefa de se formar assistentes sociais considerando a dupla natureza da profissão: analítica e interventiva. Palavras-Chave: Serviço Social; formação profissional; exercício profissional; natureza analítica e interventiva. Abstract − This article presents approximate summaries that were constructed through studies and research carried out by two research groups on professional training in social work at a state university of Paraná, Brazil. Through a literature review, the article proposes to recover the different formative projects that were present in the socio-historical trajectory of Brazilian social work. Starting from the curricular guidelines of 1996, it problematizes the graduate course structure, taking in consideration the tendency to privatize that predominates in Brazilian higher education and that brings repercussions in the professional formation in social work. It points out elements to deepen the debate on the subject in question, reaffirming the task of training social workers considering the dual nature of the profession: analytical and interventional.Keywords: social work; professional training; professional practice; analytical and interventional nature.
A contrarreforma do Estado na ideologia neoestruturalista da Cepal
Authors: Burginski Vanda Micheli
Published: February 2018

Resumo – Este artigo explicita a afinidade entre o pensamento neoestruturalista da Cepal e o neoliberalismo, tendo como foco o papel do Estado na acumulação capitalista em face à crise estrutural do capital. O objetivo é trazer os principais elementos teóricos do pensamento estruturalista clássico da Cepal para demonstrar que o neoestruturalismo não se constitui em alternativa ao neoliberalismo. O Estado é acionado para estabelecer a primazia do mercado na definição do desenvolvimento, no sentido de fazer com que as regulações referentes à legislação trabalhista e os direitos sociais sejam reduzidas, em sintonia com as contrarreformas em curso. O programa neoestruturalista não produz enfrentamentos às medidas regressivas que acirram a barbarização da vida social, o que sugere a mobilização de forças sociais para a construção coletiva de um programa de esquerda, de transição para outra sociabilidade. Palavras-Chave: Cepal; neoliberalismo; neoestruturalismo; contrarreforma; Estado.  Abstract – This article explores the affinity between neoestructuralist thinking of ECLAC and neoliberalism, focusing on the role of the state in capitalist accumulation in face of the structural capital crisis. Its goal is to bring the main theoretical elements of classical estructural thinking of ECLAC to demonstrate that neostructuralism does not constitute an alternative to neoliberalism. The state is called upon to establish the defining role of the market primacy in development, in order to ensure that regulations regarding labor legislation and social rights are reduced, in tune with current counter-reformations. The neoestructuralist program does not produce confrontations with regressive measures that aggravate the barbarization of social life, which suggests the mobilization of social forces for the collective construction of a left-wing program, in transition to another type of sociability. Keywords: ECLAC; neoliberalism; neostructuralism; counter-reformation; State.
A PERCEPÇÃO DE DISCENTES SOBRE A FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES NO CONTEXTO DA POLÍTICA DE EXPANSÃO DO ENSINO SUPERIOR
Authors: Souza Renan Arjona , Souza Nádia Maria Pereira
Published: February 2018

Este artigo analisa o significado social da formação de professores a partir da política de expansão e interiorização do ensino superior implementada à partir do ano de 2003 no Brasil. Para tal, além do levantamento de dados em documentos oficiais federais e institucionais, realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa com 39 discentes ingressantes dos primeiros cursos de licenciatura de um Campus Universitário Federal na Baixada Fluminense, região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro (BR). Para a coleta de dados foi aplicado um questionário semiestruturado o qual foi explorado com base na análise de conteúdo de Bardin (1979). Os resultados da investigação, entre outros aspectos, evidenciava que a implementação do Campus da Universidade na Baixada Fluminense parece estar contribuindo com a mobilidade social e a redução das desigualdades sociais na região, ainda que de forma lenta.
If you please
Authors: Vollans Caroline
Published: February 2018

Politeness and manners are a concern for parents, but the meaning and intention behind ‘please’, ‘thank you’ and ‘sorry’ must be taught, not just the words themselves, says Caroline Vollans
Pitch in!
Authors: Pound Linda
Published: February 2018

Mathematical development and music go hand in hand, with the latter enabling us to take pleasure in exploring the abstract subject, says Linda Pound
We've explored… animation
Authors: Rawstrone Annette
Published: February 2018

How one setting's children turned their own stories into animated films. By Annette Rawstrone
Giant central lumbar disc herniations: a case for the transdural approach
Authors: Tulloch I , Papadopoulos MC
Published: February 2018

Giant central lumbar disc protrusions can pose a significant operative challenge. Clinically, these patients are at risk of permanent disability, due not only to preoperative neural compromise caused by the protrusion itself but also to the potential iatrogenic risks associated with the standard extradural microdiscectomy technique. This is the first report to date of a giant central L3/4 disc protrusion being successfully treated through a transdural microdiscectomy approach. Prior to this report, there have been just two cases describing its application in the lumbar spine. However, neither of these reports has described its use below the level of L2/3. We compare our surgical technique with these authors and discuss the pros and cons of this surgical approach relative to the standard extradural microdiscectomy technique. Overall, we have observed encouraging results from this approach and this report would support a role for further investigation into this rarely used technique.
Deviant behaviour in the hospitality industry: A problem of space and time
Authors: Tresidder Richard , Martin Emma
Published: February 2018

The high levels of deviant behaviour within the hospitality sector have been an ongoing concern for many managers and academics, with a clear recognition of the reputational, human and organizational costs of such behaviour. The traditional approach adopted by organizations and Human Resource Managers to counter deviant behaviour in the hospitality industry has focused around unsuccessful education programmes, while other authors offer alternate assessments of the industry’s response to deviant behaviour. This conceptual article proposes that both the management and the study of deviant behaviour within the hospitality industry need to be contextualized within a temporal and spatial analysis of an employee’s workaday lived experience. Through adopting Durkheim’s discussions around time and space it is possible to identify four distinct temporal and spatial categories (the sacred, the mundane, the liminal and the profane); each of these categories can be seen to influence the behaviour of employees in different ways, even though they are part of the same time-space continuum. Thus, this article argues, from a theoretical framework, that to understand and manage deviant behaviour within the hospitality industry, it is important to recognize that each category of time and space needs to be understood both in isolation and as part of a time-space continuum that surrounds the hospitality experience.
‘Why do kids’ menus always have chicken nuggets?’: Children’s observations on the provision of food in hotels on family holidays
Authors: Hay Brian
Published: February 2018

This article examines the influence of children on the selection of their food on family holidays and is explored through three research questions: what do children expect from hotel food services? Do the existing hotel food services meet their expectations, and, if not, how could they be improved? Through 26 face-to-face individual discussions at five hotels over 2009–2014, children (9–14 years old) outlined their observations on hotel food services both in the formal hotel restaurant and in the more informal hotel café. The results highlighted the following: the importance for children of the socialization experiences provided by holidays; a temporary increase in children’s power within families, as reflected in their ability to select their food on holiday; the high degree of movement between childhood and adulthood; and the need for more fluidity in the provision of food services for children. The article also calls for more honesty in the challenges faced by researchers when interviewing children. It concludes by suggesting that children were very critical of children’s menus, as they were seen to restrict their food choices; did not reflect their increasing awareness of the importance of healthy food; and regulated their entry into the adult world.
Optimal Design of RC Frames using a Modified Hybrid PSOGSA Algorithm
Authors: Chutani Sonia , Singh Jagbir
Published: February 2018

The present study has been taken up to emphasize the role of the hybridization process for optimizing a given reinforced concrete (RC) frame. Although various primary techniques have been hybrid in the past with varying degree of success, the effect of hybridization of enhanced versions of standard optimization techniques has found little attention. The focus of the current study is to see if it is possible to maintain and carry the positive effects of enhanced versions of two different techniques while using their hybrid algorithms. For this purpose, enhanced versions of standard particle swarm optimization (PSO) and a standard gravitational search algorithm (GSA), were considered for optimizing an RC frame. The enhanced version of PSO involves its democratization by considering all good and bad experiences of the particles, whereas the enhanced version of the GSA is made self-adaptive by considering a specific range for certain parameters, like the gravitational constant and a set of agents with the best fitness values. The optimization process, being iterative in nature, has been coded in C++. The analysis and design procedure is based on the specifications of Indian codes. Two distinct advantages of enhanced versions of standard PSO and GSA, namely, better capability to escape from local optima and a faster convergence rate, have been tested for the hybrid algorithm. The entire formulation for optimal cost design of a frame includes the cost of beams and columns. The variables of each element of structural frame have been considered as continuous and rounded off appropriately to consider practical limitations. An example has also been considered to emphasize the validity of this optimum design procedure.
Comparison of the Results of Analytical and Numerical Models of Pre-Reinforcement in Shallow Tunnels
Authors: Peila D. , Marchino C. , Todaro C. , Luciani A.
Published: February 2018

The steel pipe umbrella is a widely used technology when tunnelling in weak soils in order to create pre-support ahead of the tunnel face. The design of steel pipes is frequently done through simplified analytical approaches which are easy to apply but require proper assessment of the loads acting on the pipe. To provide information on this key design aspect, the results of the comparison between a three-dimensional numerical model developed with the code FLAC 3D and an analytical model based on the approach of a beam on yielding supports is presented and discussed. The comparison refers to a shallow tunnel with an overburden of three times its diameter for two different types of weak rock masses. The obtained results provide suggestions about the load that has to be applied in the analytical model for the design phase.
Yuji Ijiri: Accounting for a Better Society
Authors: Sunder Shyam
Published: February 2018

Yuji Ijiri was a polymath and pioneer who gave us a better understanding and
methods of accounting and management. His theories of measurement, aggregation,
and double- and triple-entry bookkeeping built an enduring foundation for the
discipline and practice of accounting.
The Acquisition of the Communicative Act of Greeting: Language Parallels between Hungarian and Bulgarian
Authors: Banova Savelina
Published: February 2018

The acquisition of linguo-cultural competence in foreign language learning has its share in the overall process of acquiring the language. In the inter-language contact situation, the speaker has to overcome not only the language but also the cultural barrier. The present paper examines the acquisition of greetings by Hungarian native speakers in the process of learning Bulgarian language, as a result of acquiring linguo-cultural competence. The question of the nation-specific aspect of the communicative act carries an important role in foreign language acquisition, undoubtedly due to the fact that it reveals language-specific features. Furthermore, the “strangeness” of the foreign language seems to be best demonstrated within the frames of a typological analysis of the two - native and foreign - languages.
Marking the Foreign Word – A Case Study of Recent English Loans in Hungarian
Authors: Vishogradska Ina
Published: February 2018

The work examines the most recent English borrowings in Hungarian, and it focuses on their morphophonological integration. By analysing the re-adjustment (if any) that they undergo in order to fit in the phonotactic requirements of Hungarian, it is revealed that the language employs a specific adaptation strategy. The aim is to show that by not obeying certain phonological laws in the process of perception and adapting the newly arrived loanwords, in fact, Hungarian demonstrates a tendency to mark these lexical items as foreign.
Passive Constructions – Strangers among L1 Speakers of Hungarian?
Authors: Tankó Enikő
Published: February 2018

Does knowledge of Romanian, more exactly of Romanian passive voice, help learning the English passive construction? Or is it the other way round: knowledge of English helps students learning Romanian? Perhaps L2 and L3 mutually influence each other in the case of Hungarian students from Miercurea Ciuc? In previous studies addressing the problems encountered by L1 speakers of Hungarian in the acquisition of the English passive voice (Tankó 2011, 2014), I presumed that possessing Romanian to various degrees represented a facilitating factor in the acquisition of the passive given that Romanian, like English, has a well-developed, explicitly-taught passive construction. Of course, speakers of Hungarian living in Romania might be influenced to some extent by their knowledge of Romanian when learning the English passive voice - yet, the question is to what extent. Thus, an important element of this study represents identifying students’ level of Romanian and their production of Romanian BE-passive and SE-passive.
Website Operators’ Liability for Offensive Comments: A Comparative Analysis of Delfi as v. Estonia and MTE & Index v. Hungary
Authors: Šidlauskienė Jūratė , Jurkevičius Vaidas
Published: February 2018

In 2013 and 2015, the ECtHR in the famous case of Delfi AS v. Estonia recognised the possibility for a website operator to be liable for the delayed removal of illegal comments of internet users. In this case the ECtHR formulated criteria for a website operator’s liability for damage caused to a third party by its visitor comments. The judgment of 2016 in the case of MTE & Index v. Hungary the ECtHR modified the criteria for a website operator’s liability, interpreting it to the benefit of web managers. This article seeks to reveal the criteria for the liability of a website operator and to draw some general guidance that can be applied in similar cases.
Improved Analysis and Simulation of a Time-Domain Carpet Cloak Model
Authors: Li Jichun , Meng Chen , Huang Yunqing
Published: February 2018

In this paper, we first give a quick review of the current status of the invisibility cloak with metamaterials. Then we focus on the carpet cloak model and establish an elegant stability different from our previous work.
A similar discrete stability is also proved for a new FETD scheme.
Then we prove the optimal convergence for this new scheme.
Finally, we implement a new discontinuous Galerkin method and demonstrate its effectiveness in simulating the carpet cloaking phenomena.
Recent reviews on quinoline derivatives as corrosion inhibitors
Authors: Lavanya K. , Saranya J. , Chitra S.
Published: February 2018

Traditionally, controlling corrosion has been managed by various methods like cathodic protection, process control, reduction of the metal impurity content and application of surface treatment techniques as well as incorporation of suitable alloys. However, the use of corrosion inhibitors has proven to be the easiest and cheapest method for corrosion protection and prevention in acidic media. These inhibitors slow down the corrosion rate and thus prevent economic losses due to metallic corrosion on industrial vessels, equipment or surfaces. Many researchers have recently focused on corrosion prevention methods using organic inhibitors for mild steel in acidic solutions to mimic industrial processes. This paper arranges for an overview of types of corrosion, corrosion process and mainly recent work done on the application of quinolone derivatives as corrosion inhibitors for different metals.
Brand Personification as Bonding
Authors: Chen Shukun , Lin Jing
Published: February 2018

Brand personification has been well investigated in marketing literature. However, it is still rarely studied from the semiotic perspective, which offers a lens to research how the semiotic resources of products could be designed to personify the brand. Under the framework of systemic functional sociosemiotics, brand personification is theorized as a semiotic process of bonding, referring to the shared coupling of value and character. Two primary choices of bonding strategies are proposed: appreciation/judgment and affect. The source and target of appreciation/judgment are labeled as Appraiser and Appraised while those of affect are labeled as Emoter and Trigger. It leads to further considerations of how to construe the character as Appraiser, Appraised, Emoter, and/or Trigger. Then, the paper, drawing on visual and verbal grammars founded on systemic functional sociosemiotics, proceeds to illustrate how semiotic resources are co-deployed to realize these bonding strategies via a close analysis of three packaging cases of a company, Uni-President. This study provides theoretical backup for the brand personification in marketing and serves as a useful guideline for brand personification design, in particular, multimodal communication in packaging.
Passion and Narration in the Contemporary Arab Novel
Authors: eddine Benghenissa Nacer , Imène Benghenissa
Published: February 2018

In this article, we propose to explore an aspect of semiotics that has been slow to emerge as a central issue in narrative semiotics. A substantive debate has recently begun today on the achievements and prospects of Greimas’ semiotics of inspiration. Without claiming to have a theoretical range, this article proposes to cast a semiotic light on one of these questions to show the transition from passion to modal. For instance, it demonstrates that the “terror” that is the subject of our analysis can be translated as an additional state between “wanting” and “not-able-to-not-do,” going beyond “the competence to do,” as related by its dictionary definition, to defining other states of passion as a “disposition” or a “feeling that leads to.” What occurs when this passionate state is embedded into a definite narrative? To approach this practical aspect of the question, we have chosen the contemporary Arab novel al-Hayy al-Latini (Latin Quarter) by Suhayl Idris, focusing on a sequence entitled “manipulation and terror.”
Semiotics and/as Education
Authors: Semetsky Inna , Campbell Cary
Published: February 2018

Inna Semetsky has written extensively on the philosophy of education, semiotics, and the art of Tarot, often in the same breath, drawing upon the thought of Charles Peirce, John Dewey, Carl Jung, and Gilles Deleuze, among others. Over the last decade she has launched a new interdisciplinary field of inquiry called edusemiotics (or educational semiotics) that uses semiotics to conceptualize the foundations of learning and education. In this interview Cary Campbell discusses with Semetsky: some of the details of the edusemiotic program (what it is, and purports to do); her work and collaboration with the late philosopher John Deely; her involvement in Tarot (as an active reader and a scholar of the subject); and her career of writing and research at large.
The Future of Rural Poland: the Main Trends and Possible Scenarios.
Authors: Bański Jerzy
Published: February 2018

The objective of the report is to attempt the identification of the most significant factors that will shape Polish countryside until the year 2050 and to outline the feasible scenarios of changes in rural areas. The study is based primarily on qualitative analysis and on the knowledge of experts specialising in rural subject matter in its different thematic domains.

Six groups of factors were distinguished (economic, technological, legal and administrative, political, socio-demographic, natural) and for each of these groups the most important conditions were analysed. The image of the Polish countryside in the perspective of the decades to come will most probably not undergo radical shifts. However, we can make the proposition that this countryside will be more diversified, more socially and economically active, and more attractive as the place of residence and of work.
The negative influences of the new brazilian forest code on the conservation of riparian forests
Authors: Silva Normandes Matos da , Angeoletto Fabio , Santos Jeater W.M.C. , Filho Antonio C. Paranhos , Vacchiano Marcelo C. , Bohrer João F.C. , Cândido Anny Keli A. A.
Published: February 2018

More than one million hectares of riparian forests were degraded or altered in Mato Grosso State (Brazil) up to 2009. The aim of the research is to set a comparative scenario to show differences in the quantification of environmental liabilities in riparian forest areas resulting from the change in native vegetation protection rules due to the transition between Laws 4771/65 and 12651/2012. Data collection took place in a marginal stretch of Vermelho River in Rondonópolis County, Mato Grosso State. The following data set was taken into consideration: aerial images derived from unmanned aerial vehicle, Rapid Eye satellite images and orbital images hosted at Google Earth. The spatial resolution of those images was compared. The aerial photos composed a mosaic that was photo-interpreted to generate land use and occupation classes. The riparian forest areas of a rural property were used as parameter, and their environmental situation was compared in 05 meter and 100 meter strips. Thus, by taking into consideration the current rules, 23,501 m2of area ceased to be an environmental liability within the riparian forest and became a consolidated rural area. According to the previous Forest Code, in a different scenario, that is, in a set of rural properties, the public authority would receive USD 68,600.00 in fines. The new Brazilian Forestry Code of 2012, which replaces the previous one made in 1965, exempts those responsible for rural property from regenerating previously deforested native vegetation - an obligation established by older Forest Code. We have shown that the new Forest Code has diminished the legal responsibility of the rural owners in relation to the maintenance of forest fragments in their properties.
Social Capital and Political Participation: A Case Study from Rural Bangladesh
Authors: Sarker Md Masud , Islam Md. Shahidul
Published: February 2018

Social capital supports toward participating in political activities in democratic countries. This study tries to examine the relation between social capital and political participation in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Sylhet Sadar Upazila (sub-district) of north-eastern Bangladesh. A total of 100 respondents - who are above 23 years of age - were selected by using systematic random sampling technique for a face-to-face interview. Chi-square test and Fisher Exact test were applied to measure the association between social capital dimensions and political participation. The results show that social networks, civic participation, norms of reciprocity and social trusts are significantly associated with political participation in Bangladesh. This result suggests that social capital may have an effect towards an increment of a political participation in Bangladesh.
The Color of Government Money. Do Investors Differently Value the Investment of Sovereign Wealth Funds?
Authors: Urban Dariusz
Published: February 2018

The article aims at pointing out the differences in market reactions regarding the announcement of an investment of selected Sovereign Wealth Funds in companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. The research sample consists of 796 market transactions made by four selected Sovereign Wealth Funds. The author employed event study methodology to calculate the average abnormal returns and cumulative abnormal returns for each fund in subsamples. The empirical findings suggest that investors react differently to the information about a fund’s investment. To the best of the author’s knowledge, the literature does not provide any answer as to how the market reacts to information disclosure of individual funds. Therefore, this paper bridges the gap in the literature within this field.
Public Issue of Bank Bonds Case Study of Bank Pocztowy S.A.
Authors: Gemra Kamil
Published: February 2018

This article concerns the financing of banking in Poland through public bond issues addressed to individual investors. It is a case study of Bank Pocztowy, which, as one of three banks in Poland, decided to raise capital through the public issue of bonds, the buyers of which were to be individual investors. This article uses the research methodology of case study analysis. In addition, a questionnaire with open questions was used. The purpose of the article is to examine the role of bonds in the public issue process in the financing of private banks in Poland. The results of the research show that it is possible to say that individual investors are interested in diversifying their savings by acquiring bank bonds.
Environmental dose rate determination using a passive dosimeter: Techniques and workflow for α-Al2O3:C chips
Authors: Kreutzer Sebastian , Martin Loïc , Guérin Guillaume , Tribolo Chantal , Selva Pierre , Mercier Norbert
Published: February 2018

In situ dosimetry (active, passive dosimeters) provides high accuracy by determining environmental dose rates directly in the field. Passive dosimeters, such as α-Al2O3:C, are of particular interest for sites with desired minimum disturbance (e.g., archaeological sites). Here, we present a comprehensive approach obtaining the environmental cosmic and γ-dose rate using α-Al2O3:C chips. Our procedure consists of (1) homemade field containers, (2) a homemade bleaching box, (3) a rapid measurement sequence and (4) software based on R to process the measurement results. Our validation steps include reproducibility, irradiation time correction, cross-talk evaluation and source calibration. We further simulate the effect of the container against the infinite matrix dose rate, resulting in attenuation of ca. 6%. Our measurement design uses a lexsyg SMART luminescence reader equipped with green LEDs. The irradiation is carried out under the closed β-source. The minimum dose that can be determined was estimated with ca. 10 μGy. However, we also show that for the equipment used, an irradiation time correction of ca. 2.6 s is needed and irradiation cross-talk should be taken into account. The suggested procedure is cross-checked with four reference sites at Clermont-Ferrand showing a good γ-dose rate for three out of the four sites. Finally, an application example, including needed analytical steps, is presented for dosimeters buried at the archaeological site of the Sierra de Atapuerca (Spain).