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Methodological Individualism
Authors: Ylikoski Petri
Published: July 2018

This paper reviews controversies about methodological individualism and aims to sort out various debates ,motivations, and claims involved in the debate. It suggests some reasons why it is do difficult to be precise about MI and describes the dialectics of the debate. The long and unresolved history of MI is mostly explained by the ambiguity of more basic notions involved in its for- mulation. Thus, people have very different views about the content of MI. Also the emphasis on individuals might be partly misleading, as the real issue for many individualists seems to be agency rather than individuality as such.
“It could turn ugly”: Selective Disclosure of Attitudes in Political Discussion Networks
Authors: Cowan Sarah , Baldassarri Delia
Published: July 2018

This article documents individuals selectively disclosing their political attitudes and discusses the consequences of these communication patterns for social influence and the democratic process. Using a large, diverse sample of U.S. resident adults, we ask under which conditions do people reveal their political preferences versus keeping them close to the vest. We find Americans are more likely to share their opinions with friends and family rather than co-workers and they are more likely to share their opinions on more salient topics. More importantly, they withhold their political attitudes specifically from those with whom they disagree in an attempt to avoid conflict. This produces the experience of highly homogeneous social contexts, in which only liberal or conservative views are voiced, while dissent remains silent, and oftentimes goes unacknowledged. This experience is not the result of homogeneous social contexts but the appearance of them. Paradoxically, the mechanism of selective disclosure, whose goal is to prevent conflict at the micro-level, might lead to the perception of greater division in the larger society.
Findings of the Fordham Que(e)ry: Report to the Fordham University Community
Authors: Lockhart Jeffrey W
Published: July 2018

Report on the findings of the Fordham Que(e)ry LGBTQ Discrimination Perceptions Survey to the Fordham University community.
Voting For a Cartel as a Sign of Cooperativeness
Authors: Gillet Joris
Published: July 2018

This paper tests the hypothesis that a (partial) reason why cartels – costly non-binding price agreements – lead to higher prices in Bertrand Pricing Game-experiments could be because participants who form these kinds of agreements are more cooperative and pick higher numbers in general. To test this hypothesis we run an experiment where participants play two consecutive Bertrand oligopoly games: first a standard version without the opportunity to make price agreements; followed by a version where participants can vote, by majority, on whether to have a costly nonbinding agreement to pick the highest number. We find no statistically significant difference between the numbers picked in the first game by participants who vote for and against an agreement in the second game. We do confirm that having a price agreement leads to higher numbers being picked on average. Additionally we find that participants who vote for or against the price-agreement behave differently in response to the existence of the price agreement. In particular, participants who vote for a price agreement react more positively to the price agreement. The difference in numbers picked in the second game between situations with and without a price agreement is larger for participants who voted in favour of the agreement. Voters who voted for the price agreement are more cooperative than voters who voted against but only in situations where there is a price agreement.
Job Turnover and Divorce
Authors: Cohen Philip N.
Published: July 2018

Inspired by Pugh (2015), this paper explores the connection between work and couple stability, using a new combination of data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the American Community Survey (ACS). I test the association between job turnover, a contextual variable, and divorce at the individual level. Results show that people who work in jobs with high turnover rates – that is, jobs which many people are no longer working in one year later – are also more likely to divorce. One possible explanation is that people exposed to lower levels of commitment from employers, and employees, exhibit lower levels of commitment to their own marriages
Neighborhood Change, One Pint at a Time: The Impact of Local Characteristics on Craft Breweries
Authors: Boeing Geoff
Published: July 2018

Cities have recognized the local impact of small craft breweries, altering municipal codes to make it easier to establish breweries as anchor points of economic development and revitalization. However, we do not know the extent to which these strategies impact change at the neighborhood scale across the U.S. In this chapter, we examine the relationship between the growth and locations of craft breweries and the incidence of neighborhood change. We rely on a unique data set of geocoded brewery locations that tracks openings and closings from 2004 to the present. Using measures of neighborhood change often found in the gentrification literature, we develop statistical models of census tract demographic and employment data to determine the extent to which brewery locations are associated with social and demographic shifts since 2000. The strongest predictor of whether a craft brewery opened in 2013 or later in a neighborhood was the presence of a prior brewery. We do not find evidence entirely consistent with the common narrative of a link between gentrification and craft brewing, but we do find a link between an influx of lower-to-middle income urban creatives and the introduction of a craft brewery. We advocate for urban planners to recognize the importance of craft breweries in neighborhood revitalization while also protecting residents from potential displacement.
Determining rural areas vulnerable to illegal dumping using GIS techniques. Case study: Neamț county, Romania
Authors: MIHAI Florin Constantin
Published: July 2018

The paper aims to mapping the potential vulnerable areas to illegal dumpingof household waste from rural areas in the extra- Carpathian region ofNeamț County. These areas are ordinary in the proximity of built-up areasand buffers areas of 1km were delimited for every locality. Based onvarious map layers in vector formats ( land use, rivers, buil-up areas,roads etc) an assessment method is performed to highlight the potentialareas vulnerable to illegal dumping inside these buffer areas at localscale. The results are corelated to field observations and currentsituation of waste management systems. The maps outline local disparitiesdue to various geographical conditions of county. This approach is anecesary tool in EIA studies particularly for rural waste managementsystems at local and regional scale which are less studied in currentliterature than urban areas.
Reflection of Translation Theory in Teaching Practical Translation: Legal Translation as Case Analysis
Authors: Studies AWEJ-tls for Translation & Literary , Fei-yue Dawn TSANG
Published: July 2018

This paper discusses the applicability of translation theory in teaching practical translation. It examines the Chinese translation of an English legal judgment “Attorney General v Lee Kwong-kut and Attorney General v Lo Chak-man and another”(Hong Kong Public Law Reports, 1993) by the Privy Council. It combines the source-text analysis with translation strategies from the perspective of semantics, syntax and register, in order to discuss how theories can be applied in real-life legal translation setting. The source text contains distinctive examples of legalese, convoluted sentence structure and honorific addresses specific to Anglo legal context. The Chinese translation is challenging as to how to cope with the linguistic and cultural differences, and most significantly, how to carry over the central meanings while retaining the equivalent effect and the authenticity of a legal judgment. Furthermore, this paper is based on the author’s teaching experiences, and will refer to the syllabuses and curriculum design of the “Programme Intended Learning Outcomes” and the “Course Intended Learning Outcomes”. It demonstrates the applicable value of translation theory, and how practical translation can be taught with theoretical explanation and vice versa.Translation bases on practice, all kinds of theories area guideline to be applied.
Eighteen Blind Library Users’ Experiences with Library Websites and Search Tools in U.S. Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Mulliken Adina
Published: July 2018

Telephone interviews were conducted with 18 blind academic library users around the U.S. about their experiences using their library and its website. The study uses the perspective that blind users’ insights are fundamental. A common theme was that navigating a webpage is time consuming on the first visit. Issues identified include the need for “databases” to be defined on the homepage, accessibly coded search boxes, logical heading structure, and several problems to be resolved on result pages. Variations in needs depending on users’ screen reader expertise were also raised. Suggestions for libraries to address these issues are offered. This is also available as an advanced online publication at the journal College and Research Libraries. Retrieved from https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16947
The Role of Patent Law in Knowledge Codification
Authors: Burk Dan
Published: July 2018

Recent studies of knowledge production have increasingly recognized the role of codified knowledge in the operation of social organizations. But the literature on knowledge production has to date recognized only in passing the role of intellectual property in this process. This paper applies the insights of knowledge production to the features of intellectual property regimes, both to flesh out the analysis of tacit knowledge codification, and to illuminate the role of intellectual property in the firm. Patents, for example, constitute an explicitly codified form of technical knowledge, providing a stable common code for technical know-how, partially ameliorating the risks associated with loss of tacit knowledge. Codification through the patent system also provides important stability to attendant tacit knowledge. Patent doctrines regarding prior art, interference practice, and infringement all address the balance of tacit and codified knowledge. By functioning as a codification mechanism, patents may facilitate employee movement and entrepreneurial business spin-offs. Thus, aside from the usual justifications for patents in terms of incentive or disclosure, patenting may help to secure knowledge against loss or dissipation.
House prices and the evaluation of local amenities
Authors: Colleoni Marco
Published: July 2018

Our aim is to estimate how local amenities, for example availability of schools or restaurants, and in general the level of happiness of a neighbourhood, affect the housing market. We consider the city of Phoenix, AZ, for which we hold housing transaction data. Our observation unit is the census tract. After having located schools, restaurants and Tweets in order to gain the average mood of the neighbourhood, we add a set of controls to our empirical estimation. We find a strong positive correlation of transaction prices with the average income of a district, as well as a negative correlation with the rate of violent crime.
Homophily and Purchase Intention
Authors: Barzily Sharon , Ackerman Valerie
Published: July 2018

With the emergence and pervasiveness of online social networks, marketers and corporations constantly look for different ways to exploit their potential in terms of promoting products and brands. There has been increasing interest in studying what influences purchase intentions on online social networks in hopes to more accurately target consumers. This seminar paper will study the correlation between different types of homophily and attitudes towards purchase intentions. Homophily means how similar two or more people are and refers to the idea that people are more likely to associate themselves with people that are similar to them than vice versa. More specifically, this paper will attempt to determine which are the types of homophily (i.e. gender, income etc.) that better estimate what products, two or more people would commonly be interested in.
Neighborhoods, Family Functioning, and Mothers’ Mental Health for Families with a Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Whitehead Andrew L
Published: July 2018

Mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) typically report lower overall family functioning and worse mental health. Neighborhood conditions are found to positively influence family functioning and mental health in the general population. Employing a process-person-context model, this study extends these literatures to examine whether various neighborhood conditions – both positive and negative – affect mothers’ mental health and the overall functioning of families with a child with an ASD. Simultaneous equation path analysis of a nationally representative sample of children in the US finds neighborhood support to be positively and significantly associated with mothers’ mental health and the overall functioning of families with a child with an ASD. However, neighborhood amenities and neighborhood deficiencies were not significantly associated with either mothers’ mental health or family functioning. Neighborhood support can play a vital role in improved subjective quality of life for mothers with a child on the autism spectrum.
Roles and Responsibilities for Sustaining Open Source Platforms and Tools
Authors: Owens Trevor
Published: July 2018

Developing, deploying and maintaining open source software is increasingly a core part of the core operations of cultural heritage organizations. From preservation infrastructure, to tools for acquiring digital and digitized content, to platforms that provide access, enhance content, and enable various modes for users to engage with and make use of content, much of the core work of libraries, archives and museums is entangled with software. As a result, cultural heritage organizations of all sizes are increasingly involved in roles as open source software creators, contributors, maintainers, and adopters. Participants in this workshop shared their respective perspectives on institutional roles in this emerging open source ecosystem. Through discussion, participants created drafts of a checklist for establishing FOSS projects, documentation of project sustainability techniques, a model for conceptualizing the role of open source community building activities throughout projects and an initial model for key institutional roles for projects at different levels of maturity.
Living Labs, vacancy, and gentrification
Authors: Cardullo Paolo , Kitchin Rob
Published: July 2018

This paper evaluates smart city (SC) initiatives in the context of re-using vacant property. More specifically, we focus on living labs (LL) and vacancy in general, as well as on their potential role in fostering creative economy-fuelled gentrification. LL utilise Lo-Fi technologies to foster local digital innovation and support community-focused civic hacking, running various kinds of workshops and engaging with local citizens to co-create digital interventions and apps aimed at ‘solving’ local issues. Five approaches to LL are outlined and discussed in relation to vacancy and gentrification: pop-up initiatives, university-led activities, community organised venues/activities, citizen sensing and crowdsourcing, and tech-led regeneration initiatives. Notwithstanding the potential for generating temporary and independent spaces for transferring and fostering digital competences and increasing citizens’ participation in the SC, we argue that LL largely foster a form of participation framed within a model of civic stewardship for ‘smart citizens’. While presented as horizontal, open, and participative, LL and civic hacking are often rooted in pragmatic and paternalistic discourses and practices related to the production of a creative economy and a specific version of SC. As such, by encouraging a particular kind of re-use of vacant space, LL potentially contributes to gentrification pressures within locales by attracting the creative classes and new investment. We discuss these approaches and issues generally and with respect to examples in Dublin, Ireland.
The Ties that Corporatize: A Social Network Analysis of University Presidents as Vectors of Higher Education Corporatization
Authors: Cottom Tressie McMillan , Hunnicutt Sally , Johnson Jennifer A.
Published: July 2018

In this paper we demonstrate how social network analysis can model the extent and type of corporatization theorized to be occurring in U.S. higher education by tracing presidents’ career histories from a heterogeneous sample of U.S. colleges and universities (n=215) across not-for-profit public universities, for-profit universities and corporations.
Word vayuna in Rigveda
Authors: Semenov Dmitri
Published: July 2018

A new interpretation of word vayuna as occurring in Rigveda is given with translation of all rik-s containing it.
How Often Do Non-Practicing Entities Win Patent Suits?
Authors: Lemley Mark
Published: July 2018

Much of the policy debate over the patent system has focused on theperceived problems with non-practicing entities (NPEs), also called patenttrolls. Drawing on a comprehensive data set we built of every patentlawsuit filed in 2008 and 2009 that resulted in a ruling on the merits, wefind that the situation is rather more complicated than simply operatingcompanies vs. NPEs. While operating companies fare better in litigationthan NPEs overall, breaking NPEs into different categories reveals morecomplexity. Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) in particular win very fewcases. Further, once we remove certain pharmaceutical cases from the mix,no patent plaintiff fares very well. That is particularly true of software,computer, and electronics patents.
John Lakenheath's rearrangement of the archives of Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Authors: Dunning Andrew Nelson Judd
Published: July 2018

John Lakenheath (d. 1381) was a monk and administrator of the estates of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. He reorganized its archives in 1378–81, still in disorder after it was sacked by the townspeople in 1327. This culminated in the 'Lakenheath Registry' (London, British Library, Harley MS 743), an indexed directory of the Bury charters created in 1379–81. His preface to this book explains the archive's mode of operation, and is here printed for the first time and translated.
Modern Adobe Houses in Tetlama, Morelos / Viviendas de adobe modernas en Tetlama, Morelos
Authors: Smith Michael E. , Sterpone Osvaldo , Heath-Smith Cynthia
Published: July 2018

This is a brief descriptive reports on an ethnoarchaeological project to study modern adobe houses in the Mexican village of Tetlama.In Archaeological Research at Aztec-Period Rural Sites in Morelos, Mexico. Volume 1, Excavations and Architecture / Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Sitios Rurales de la Época Azteca en Morelos, Tomo 1, Excavaciones y Arquitectura, edited by Michael E. Smith, pp. 405-418. University of Pittsburgh Monographs in Latin American Archaeology, vol. 4. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh. (1992).
2014. Review of Biosocial Becomings: Integrating Social and Biological Anthropology, by Tim Ingold and Gisli Pálsson (eds.). Anthropological Notebooks, 20(2): 173-175.
Authors: Kiik Laur
Published: July 2018

2014. Review of Biosocial Becomings: Integrating Social and Biological Anthropology, by Tim Ingold and Gisli Pálsson (eds.). Anthropological Notebooks, 20(2): 173-175.
Social Constructivism and Theories of Reference
Authors: Lizardo Omar
Published: July 2018

In this paper, I argue that, under some fairly commonplace conditions, claims to have derived a substantively important conclusion from constructivist premises are incoherent. These are arguments purporting to show the non-existence of some important or well-established folk-category, which I refer to as "shock value" constructivism. I will show that the reason these arguments do not work is that they require reliance on a theory of meaning and reference that is itself inconsistent with most versions of constructivism. I show that, because of this dependence, strong constructivist conclusions are usually not logically warranted.
Moodle Usage Case Study at a University
Authors: Thomas Darrin
Published: July 2018

ABSTRACT: the purpose of this study was to describe Moodle usage as Asia-Pacific International University (APIU). The results indicated that Moodle use is limited primarily to two activities (quizzes and assignments), the current memory needs meet the requirements of Moodle, and that there is a cyclical pattern to Moodle use at APIU. Lastly, Moodle use is generally low when considering memory requirements and or the proportion of activity and number of users.
The Structure of Comparison in the Study of Revolution
Authors: Beck Colin J
Published: July 2018

The social scientific study of revolution has been deviled by a lack of progress in recent years, divided between competing views on the universality of patterns in revolution. This study examines the origins of these epistemologies. Drawing on an insight that different modes of comparison yield different types of knowledge, this study argues that the network structure of how cases are compared constrains or enables the development of a field’s theoretical sensibilities. Analysis of comparative studies of revolution published from 1970 to 2009 reveals that the field overall is most amenable to knowledge about particular cases rather than the phenomenon of revolution broadly. Analysis of the changing structure of comparison over time reveals that comparison precedes the development of an epistemology. The results suggest that conclusions about the possibility, or lack thereof, of generalization may be an artifact of the comparative method.
Transnational Governance, Local Politics, and Gender Violence Law in Nicaragua
Authors: Neumann Pamela
Published: July 2018

Many Latin American countries have passed laws intended to address femicide and other forms of violence against women. Yet the implementation of these laws has been inconsistent at best. This article analyzes the case of Nicaragua, which passed a comprehensive law on gender-based violence (Law 779) in 2012. While celebrated by local women’s organizations, Law 779 was subsequently weakened through a series of legislative reforms and executive decrees. This article seeks to explain why state actors in Nicaragua initially supported Law 779 and later sought to undermine it. I argue that in contexts characterized by a high concentration of political power like Nicaragua, transnational governance structures are insufficient to ensure the success of gender violence legislation. Through an analysis of Law 779, this article contributes to broader debates about the nature of state legitimacy and the potential of legal advocacy to address violence against women.
Pohnpei sohte ehu: A survey- and interview-based approached to language attitudes on Pohnpei
Authors: Rentz Bradley
Published: July 2018

This dissertation provides an analysis of language attitudes of 1.3% of the adult population of the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It presents both quantitative survey and qualitative interview data collected July–August 2016 and July–August 2017. The results are situated within a poststructuralist, postcolonial theoretical framework that critically evaluates the colonial history of the island and its ideological effects on language use, as well as highlighting the diversity of opinions found on the island. Because of this framework, the dissertation does not aim to construct a monolithic narrative of language attitudes on Pohnpei, but rather seeks diversity wherever possible. To carry out these goals, the dissertation adapts quantitative methods (multidimensional scaling, cluster analyses, correspondence analysis, and poststratified Bayesian generalized hierarchical modeling) and combines them with critical theoretical tools such as sociolinguistic scale and translanguaging. The results showed two main different ideological groups both in terms of language use and language attitude patterns. Both groups highly value Pohnpeian, English, and other local languages generally. However, the first group values English over Pohnpeian and other local languages. They in general only use Pohnpeian to connect with Pohnpeians and in situations related to the soupeidi system, but use English for most other situations including education, work, media, and government. This group’s language use patterns with scale-based language ideologies, where local levels of scale (such as family and kousapw) are highly multilingual, but become increasingly monolingual as scale increases toward the translocal level. The other group, conversely, finds Pohnpeian to be the most important language for them overall and tend to find Pohnpeian to be the most important language in every domain. The results of the dissertation indicate a disconnect between the current mostly monolingual English-focused educational practices among both private and public schools on Pohnpei and the desire of the research participants for greater use of Pohnpeian and other local languages. The current educational system likewise devalues the symbolic resources of its students, which has perpetuated negative ideologies about local languages. These ideologies adversely affect both the students and the linguistic future of local languages including Pohnpeian.
Review of "Making a Market for Acts of God"
Authors: Hirschman Daniel
Published: July 2018

Making a Market for Acts of God: The Practice of Risk Trading in theGlobal Reinsurance Industry. By Paula Jarzabkowski, Rebecca Bednarek, andPaul Spee. Book review published in *American Journal of Sociology*.
Supporting the Success of Service Learning Initiatives in Higher Education
Authors: Buchanan Elizabeth , Lee Tina , Berg Devin R.
Published: July 2018

The work presented here stems from a four-year, National Science Foundation-funded project, designed to investigate the use of humanitarian service learning in education including a specific focus on international service learning and the work of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB). As part of this work, our research team has conducted interviews or focus groups with a total of 42 students, 12 faculty, and 12 professional volunteers or mentors involved in EWB. One of the recurring themes that has emerged from these interviews is that, in most cases, the work that goes into creating and maintaining service learning opportunities receives little institutional support, both from a faculty and student perspective.
Scaling Back and Finding Flexibility: Gender Differences in Parents’ Strategies to Manage Work–Family Conflict
Authors: Young Marisa
Published: July 2018

Studies show that fathers report work–family conflict levels comparable to mothers. The authors examine gender differences in work-related strategies used to ease such conflicts.Theauthorsalsotestwhetherthepresence of young children at home shapes parents’ use of different strategies. They address these focal questions using panel data from the Canadian Work ,Stress, and Health study(N=306fathers,474mothers).Theauthorsfindthatmotherswith young children are more likely to scale back on work demands when compared with fathers with young children, but mothers and fathers with older children are equally likely to pursue these strategies. Furthermore, women with young children and men with older children are more likely to seek increased schedule control as a result of work–family conflict when compared with their parent counterparts. The authors situate these findings in the vast literature on the consequences of work–family conflict.
Intermittently indecisive leaders: Understanding leaders, who are otherwise effective, as they abrogate or transfer their decision making responsibilities for urgent and significant decisions
Authors: Leclercq Nicolas
Published: July 2018

This paper explores the process by which otherwise effective leaders abrogate or transfer their decision making responsibilities and why they do so. To address the question in an effective manner the type of leader being addressed is narrowed to exclude outliers such as extremely good, bad, or ineffective leaders. The types of decisions that they face is also narrowed to abstract external factors. Hobfoll's Conservation of Resources (COR) theory is then used as a framework to explain why a leader would abrogate or transfer their decision making. From this analysis which applies depletion of resources specifically to the case of the leader, I propose that there is a primary and secondary decision process, which incurs additional depletion for the case of the leader. The conclusion is that leaders who are otherwise competent and effective are liable to be depleted in their resources, which then would incur a higher cost in resources to resolve at the very moment when they are depleted of resources.
‘A HOARY ANTIQUITY OF UNIMAGINED REMOTENESS’: A Historiography of Archaeological Investigations at the Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK.
Authors: Davenport-Mackey Katie , Preston Paul Richard
Published: July 2018

For the most part, histories of the archaeological discoveries in Cheddar Gorge have been based on anecdotal or oral accounts. Such evidence is unreliable and if accepted uncritically may result in the spreading of inaccurate information and the perpetuation of myths that distort our knowledge of the past and ultimately obfuscate future research. Indeed, most histories of the investigations at Cheddar Gorge have been simple uncritical narratives that fail to evaluate the veracity of sources of information as well as the quality of the archaeological information obtained. Therefore, to verify the claims of archaeological discoveries in Cheddar Gorge, the aims of this paper are to undertake a historiographical analysis of archaeological studies and excavation reports and to undertake a resource assessment of the actual archaeology recovered and recorded. This paper, therefore, not only demonstrates that historical documents can provide archaeologically relevant information about past investigations at Cheddar Gorge, but also outlines a more relevant, verifiable, and unbiased history for use by current and future researchers.
Multi-district preference modeling
Authors: Wilson Mark , Pritchard Geoffrey
Published: July 2018

Generating realistic artificial preference distributions is an important part of any simulation analysis of electoral systems. While this has been discussed in some detail in the context of a single electoral district, many electoral systems of interest are based on multiple districts. Neither treating preferences between districts as independent nor ignoring the district structure yields satisfactory results. We present a model based on a multi-urn extension of the classic Eggenberger-Polya urn, in which each district is represented by an urn and there is correlation between urns. We show in detail that this procedure has a small number of tunable parameters, is computationally efficient, and produces ``realistic-looking" distributions. We present applications to retrospective analysis and forecasting of real elections, and intend to use the methodology to help set optimal parameters for electoral systems.
Slowing down modernity: a critique
Authors: Vostal Filip
Published: July 2018

The connection between modernization and social acceleration is now a prominent theme in critical social analysis. Taking a cue from these debates, I explore attempts that aim to ‘slow down modernity’ by resisting the dynamic tempo of various social processes and experiences. The issue of slowdown now accounts for a largely unquestioned measure, expected to deliver unhasty tempo conditioning good and ethical life, mental well-being and accountable democracy. In principle, there is little to object to in such well-intended goals. This paper, nonetheless, identifies several problems associated with slowdown, especially if presented as an incontestable doctrine. Despite its progressive feel, slowdown also stands for 1) a capitalist commodity; 2) a dangerous political objective that weaves together parochialism with fear-driven social sentiment; and 3) an undesired subjective experience. Finally, I evaluate recent propositions around ‘accelerationism’ and ask whether they might tackle the pitfalls of both social acceleration and slowness. I conclude by arguing that neither slow nor fast can be preferred as universal solutions.
Institutionalized Norms, Practical Organizational Activity, and Loose Coupling: Inclusive Congregations' Responses to Homosexuality
Authors: Whitehead Andrew L
Published: July 2018

Congregations vary widely in their responses to homosexuality. Prior research tends to focus on determining which congregations are most likely to be inclusive of lesbians and gays. One puzzle still remains, however. Among those inclusive congregations that integrate gays and lesbians into congregational life, why do some adopt a formal organizational statement of welcoming while others do not? Drawing on the New Institutionalism and inhabited institutions literatures, this study is the first quantitative examination of the concept of “loose coupling” within religious organizations regarding homosexuality. Analyses using nationally representative congregational data (National Congregations Study) indicate that particular types of inclusive congregations are more likely to loosely couple their practical activity from their formal organizational stance. These findings suggest that inclusive religious organizations respond to myths and norms from various organizational fields and that agentic actors inhabiting the organization influence it by responding, interpreting, and making sense of those institutional norms. The analyses also indicate that loose coupling is one avenue through which particular types of religious organizations respond to the transformation of societal norms with innovation.
Room to Dream: Space & the American Southwest
Authors: Genovese Taylor R.
Published: July 2018

Read here: https://medium.com/space-anthropology/room-to-dream-space-the-southwest-7b1158466144A narrative reflection on landscapes here on Earth and beyond.
Immigrant Bodily Incorporation: How the Physical Body Structures Identity, Mobility, and Transnationalism
Authors: Brown Hana
Published: July 2018

Preprint, final version in Social Problems available at: http://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spw029
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em? How Sitting by Designation Affects Judicial Behavior
Authors: Lemley Mark
Published: July 2018

Judges, lawyers, and scholars have long decried the high reversal ratedistrict judges face in patent cases. Many have suggested greater districtcourt specialization as a solution, and Congress in 2011 enactedlegislation to promote such specialization. In this paper, we investigatethe impact of a novel measure of experience – whether a district courtjudge has sat by designation on a Federal Circuit panel in a patent claimconstruction appeal – on the likelihood a district judge’s subsequent claimconstructions are reversed. Before sitting by designation, judges who laterdo so actually have a slightly higher claim construction reversal rate thanjudges who never do so. After sitting by designation, the reversal rate ofdistrict court judges on subsequent claim construction appeals decreases by50 percent. This decrease is not fully explained by other measures ofexperience, including the number of prior patent cases or years on thebench. Nor is it fully explained by the timing of the appeal, theparticular district court judge or various other characteristics of thepatents, the parties and the litigation. Our results suggest a simple wayto reduce the reversal rate in patent and perhaps other sorts of cases.However, our evidence suggests this increased agreement is due to increasedFederal Circuit trust in the decisions of individual judges who have sat bydesignation and not increased district judge understanding of claimconstruction.
The Era of Humanism- Humanist cyberactivism in Northern Nigeria
Authors: Abdullahi Aminu A
Published: July 2018

There has been a growing presence of openly humanist and anti theists individuals of Northern Nigerian descent on social media, using studies that looked at internet use and religiosity some have cited the correlation between internet penetration and irreligion as proof that Internet usage is responsible for this growth of humanist activism. This research challenges that perspective by studying for the first time, this growing community of social dissenters. We argue that the social conditions in Northern Nigeria are fueling the growth of digital humanism which is also moving away from cyberactivism to become a full fledged cybersect. Analyzing the framing of humanist argument, we suggest that Humanists through cyberactivism are exploiting social conditions within the region, which currently favor mass mobilization.
Fomenting Fear and Calling on Our Courage: Being Latinx on the Tenure Track in the Time of Trumpism
Authors: Martinez Rebecca
Published: July 2018

Our current political climate has made the campus climate on many universities increasingly hostile. As an assistant professor at a research-intensive university, I outline what it means to be a woman of color in a vulnerable academic discipline in the context of conservative state politics and the rise of the Alt-Right. I argue that the current political climate in which white supremacists have been emboldened, academic freedom attacked, and funding to institutions of higher education cut, has especially negative repercussions for minority academics in largely white institutions.
Rural waste generation : a geographical survey at local scale
Authors: MIHAI Florin Constantin
Published: July 2018

The paper examines the per capita waste generation rates from rural areasof Neamț County (Romania) using thematic cartography. The geographicalapproach to this issue is difficult because the lack of a geostatisticdatabase at commune scale. Spatial analysis of waste indicators revealsseveral disparities between localities. Comparability of data betweencommunes located in various geographical conditions must be carefully madeaccording to local waste management systems. Several dysfunctionalities areoutlined in order to compare these results, on the one hand, betweenlocalities, and on the one hand, between recent years. Geographicalanalysis of waste generation rates is imperative for a proper monitoring ofthis sector. Data from 2009, 2010 and 2012 shows that rural wastemanagement is in a full process of change towards a more organized, stableand efficient system
Relationships of the Self: An Analysis of Murphy
Authors: Studies AWEJ-tls for Translation & Literary , Al-Azawi Basma Harbi
Published: July 2018

The paper explores the notions of selfhood and the state of fragmentation as a way of exposing human paradoxes. This selfhood is revealed to be essentially fragmented. The complexities of actual self-experience in the modernist period have fragmented and fractured Man, who is overwhelmed with a sense of nothingness, non-connectiveness, and disengagement. This condition is what Samuel Becket tries to convey in Murphy (2000). The aim of this paper is to study the layers of self that are operating in the novel through Murphy’s fragmented social and inner selves. Beckett parodies the traditional artistic and novelistic interest in human action. His novel, Murphy, undermines the characters’ actions, and its language exposes the essential absurdity of its social subject. The construction of the self is seen in terms of the language used, the descriptive judgment of which is ultimately rendered meaningless.The disconnection between the mental and physical realms leads eventually to the creation of the isolated and alienated self
Aplicações de técnicas avançadas de avaliação de políticas públicas
Authors: Amaral Ernesto F. L. , Gonçalves Guilherme Quaresma , Faustino Samantha Haussmann Rodarte
Published: July 2018

Este livro busca apresentar os resultados de trabalhos ligados à aplicação de diferentes técnicas quantitativas na avaliação de políticas públicas. O intuito é que estas análises possam ser utilizadas didaticamente em cursos de graduação e pós-graduação no Brasil que tenham como objetivo apresentar exemplos de análises empíricas a alunos de cursos em Ciências Sociais Aplicadas. A especificidade das análises aqui realizadas é que são acessíveis a um público menos preocupado em formulações matemáticas e mais interessado em entender aplicações estatísticas em problemas do mundo social. Os capítulos do livro são:– Capítulo 1Utilização de metodologias de avaliação de políticas públicas no Brasil– Capítulo 2Avaliação das condicionalidades de educação do Programa Bolsa Família: uma análise com o Censo Demográfico do Brasil de 2010– Capítulo 3Políticas de transferências condicionadas de renda e a taxa de distorção idade/série: uma análise do Censo Escolar, 1995, 2002 e 2012– Capítulo 4Estudo sobre o Sistema Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB) e a formação de professores da educação básica, 2003, 2005 e 2011– Capítulo 5A política pública do bônus sociorracial na UFMG: avaliação do acesso pelo vestibular, 2008, 2009 e 2010– Capítulo 6Ensino profissionalizante como política de aproveitamento do dividendo demográfico: Minas Gerais, 2011– Capítulo 7Vulnerabilidade no espaço urbano: análise da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, 2000– Capítulo 8Avaliação de políticas habitacionais do Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC): Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, 2010– Capítulo 9Análise de pacientes com condições crônicas e a ocorrência de internações hospitalares no Brasil e Minas Gerais, 1998, 2003, 2008 e 2011– Capítulo 10Correlação entre o recebimento de auxílios e o rendimento de trabalhadores no Brasil, 2001-2011– Capítulo 11Posição relativa do rendimento do trabalho do pequeno produtor familiar (1976-2005): algo mudou com o Pronaf?– Capítulo 12O impacto do Parlamento Jovem sobre a confiança dos jovens mineiros, 2008
Datafying Disaster: Institutional Framings of Data Production following Superstorm Sandy
Authors: Burns Ryan
Published: July 2018

In the wake of disasters, communities organize to produce spatial data capturing knowledge about the disaster, and to fill gaps left by formal emergency responders. The ways communities impact overall response efforts can produce inequalities, disempowerment, or further marginalization. Increasingly, this organizing and knowledge production occurs through digital technologies, and recently "digital humanitarianism" has become an important suite of such technologies. Digital humanitarianism is comprised of technologies like the crowdsourced crisis mapping platform Ushahidi, and the community of volunteers Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team which focuses on the amateur-generated global basemap OpenStreetMap. Digital humanitarianism is shifting the ways needs and knowledges are captured and represented as data following disasters. These transformations raise important questions for geographers interested in the socio-political and institutional processes that frame data production and representation.In this article, I contribute to geographers' efforts to understand the institutional and community-based politics that frame the types of data that are produced in disaster contexts. I do so by drawing on an ethnographic project that took place in both Washington, DC and New York City after Superstorm Sandy in 2012. I show that digital humanitarians produced data in the Rockaway Peninsula of New York in response to perceived gaps on the part of formal emergency responders. In so doing, they represented needs, individuals, and communities in ways that local community advocacy organizations found problematic. These findings shed light on the politics and struggles around why particular datasets were produced, and the motives behind capturing particular disaster-related needs and knowledge as data.
The Online Culture of the Cryptoeconomy
Authors: London Josh
Published: July 2018

In 2009 a purportedly pseudonymous individual known as Satoshi Nakamoto released the decentralized digital currency Bitcoin to the virtual public. Since then, the virtual currency has generated a substantial cult following. Enthusiasts have put forward bombastic and contradictory claims about this disruptive technology’s radical potential: an emancipatory triumph over the junta of the market, the birth of an anarcho-capitalist utopia, the death-knell of the nation-state—in short, far-fetched sound bites befitting science fiction have been actualized in a postmodern social drama; a digital opera featuring a cyberpunk quest for Pirate Utopia on the deep web. Engaging Granovetter’s theory of embeddedness (1985), I posit that the crypto-economy is entangled in a web of value laden modern-mythic narratives that inform and largely overdetermine participants' economic activities. Beyond demonstrating the ways in which these systems of value are practically and symbolically engaged by participants in the crypto-economy, I further suggest that these engagements validate social theorist Zygmunt Bauman’s projections about the diminished regulatory capacity of the State in Liquid Modernity (2000; 2014).
Killing death: Some implications of extending human lifespan indefinitely
Authors: Kovic Marko , Rauchfleisch Adrian , Caspar Christian
Published: July 2018

Ending natural biological death through rejuvenation means overcoming one particular biological limitation. In that sense, ending death is not much different than many other technological advances that overcome some part of our limited biology. The benefits of ending natural biological death are potentially immense. However, even though rejuvenation technology should be pursued and implemented as soon as possible, there are some risks that should be taken into account early on. Primarily, we need to address the problem of potential unequal access to and the monopolization of the rejuvenation technology.
Mechanical Misconceptions: Have we lost the "mechanics" in "sports biomechanics"?
Authors: Vigotsky Andrew David , Zelik Karl , Lake Jason , Hinrichs Richard N.
Published: July 2018

Biomechanics principally stems from two disciplines, mechanics and biology. However, both the application and language of the mechanical constructs are not always adhered to when applied to biological systems, which can lead to errors and misunderstandings within the scientific literature. Here we address three topics that seem to be common points of confusion and misconception, with a specific focus on sports biomechanics applications: (1) joint reaction forces as they pertain to loads actually experienced by biological joints; (2) the partitioning of scalar quantities into directional components; and (3) weight and gravity alteration. For each topic, we discuss how mechanical concepts have been commonly misapplied in peer-reviewed publications, the consequences of those misapplications, and how biomechanics, exercise science, and other related disciplines can collectively benefit by more carefully adhering to and applying concepts of classical mechanics.
Organometallic compounds [Fe2(CO)6(µ-S2C6H2X2), (X=OH, Cl)] on carbon nanostructured materials synthesis
Authors: Ayuso-Carrillo Josue
Published: July 2018

This work studies the use of organometallic compounds as synthetic precursors for carbon nanostructured materials employing chemical vapour deposition and pyrolysis in presence of chlorine gas. Thus, organometallic derivatives [Fe2(CO)6(µ-S2C6H2X2), (X=OH, Cl)] were studied in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes/structures. The search for crystallisation conditions leading to monodimensional polymers via hydrogen bonding interactions between Fe2(CO)6(µ-S2C6H2Cl2) and C6H4(OH)2 was also explored.