bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Adaptive neural network control for rotor’s stable suspension of Vernier-gimballing magnetically suspended flywheel
Authors: Tang Jiqiang , Zhao Xiaofeng , Wang Ying , Cui Xu
Published: November 2018

Vernier-gimballing magnetically suspended flywheel with conical hybrid magnetic bearing can produce gyro moment by tilting the rotational rotor around a certain radial direction. When rotor is tilted, the nonlinear variation of conical magnetic bearing’s displacement stiffness and the coupling interference can result in not only poor stability of suspension control system but also precision’s degradation of gyro moment. To solve these two problems, the forces acting on tilted rotor are analyzed, and furthermore, a nonlinear model considering variation of displacement stiffness is constructed accordingly, then a radial basis function neural network is utilized to estimate the nonlinear variation of displacement stiffness and disturbance, and the adaptive controller with nonlinear variation compensation is presented based on the Lyapunov stability theory. Compared with cross-feedback method in tilting control and proportional–integral–derivative method in translation control, simulation researches are done, and the results indicate that the presented control method does well in estimating nonlinear variation and has better performances on suspension control when rotor is tilted.
Accounting for frictional contact in an anisotropic damage model based on compliance tensorial variables, illustration on ceramic matrix composites
Authors: Baranger Emmanuel
Published: November 2018

Ceramic matrix composites have good thermomechanical properties at high or very high temperatures. The modeling of the crack networks associated to the degradation of such composites using damage mechanics is not straightforward. The main reason is the presence of a crack network mainly oriented by the loading direction, which is a priori unknown. To model this, compliance tensorial damage variables are used in a thermodynamic potential able to account for crack closure effects (unilateral contact). The damage kinematic is initially completely free and imposed by the evolution laws. The key point of the present paper is to account for friction in such cracks that can result in an apparent activation/deactivation of the shear damage. The initial model is enriched with an inelastic strain and a friction law. The plasticity criterion is expressed only using tensorial variables. The model is identified and illustrated on multiaxial data obtained at ONERA on tubes loaded in tension and torsion.
From sensorimotor dependencies to perceptual practices: making enactivism social
Authors: Arango Alejandro
Published: November 2018

Proponents of enactivism should be interested in exploring what notion of action best captures the type of action–perception link that the view proposes, such that it covers all the aspects in which our doings constitute and are constituted by our perceiving. This article proposes and defends the thesis that the notion of sensorimotor dependencies is insufficient to account for the reality of human perception and that the central enactive notion should be that of perceptual practices. Sensorimotor enactivism is insufficient because it has no traction on socially dependent perceptions (SDPs), which are essential to the role and significance of perception in our lives. Since the social dimension is a central desideratum in a theory of human perception, enactivism needs a notion that accounts for such an aspect. This article sketches the main features of the Wittgenstein-inspired notion of perceptual practices as the central notion to understand perception. Perception, I claim, is properly understood as woven into a type of social practices that includes food, dance, dress, and music. More specifically, perceptual practices are the enactment of culturally structured, normatively rich techniques of commerce of meaningful multi- and intermodal perceptible material. I argue that perceptual practices explain three central features of SDP: attentional focus, aspects’ salience, and modal-specific harmony-like relations.
Spontaneous Regression of Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor Without Therapy in a Patient With Uncommon Regional Inactivation of SMARCB1 (hSNF5/INI1)
Authors: Peterson Jo Elle G , Bavle Abhishek , Mehta Vidya P , Rauch Ronald A , Whitehead William E , Mohila Carrie A , Su Jack M , Adesina Adekunle M
Published: November 2018

Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) is a high-grade central nervous system tumor, with poor prognosis despite intensive multimodal therapy. Loss of nuclear immunostaining for INI1 due to inactivation of the hSNF5/INI1 tumor suppressor gene is pathognomonic of ATRT. We present a patient with congenital ATRT, who had spontaneous tumor regression without therapy, and is disease-free 4 years later. Tumor histopathology showed rhabdoid cells characteristic of ATRT, but immunohistochemistry revealed heterogeneous loss of nuclear INI1 staining. The populations of INI1-intact and INI1-deficient cells were separated by laser microdissection, for molecular analysis with DNA sequencing and fluorescence in situ hybridization. The INI1-negative cells were found to harbor a heterozygous deletion and truncating mutation of the hSNF5/INI1 locus, while the INI1-intact cells had 2 copies of the wild-type INI1 gene. To our knowledge, this is the first report of spontaneous regression of ATRT, with molecular heterogeneity for SMARCB1 inactivation, with no radiographic signs of recurrence at 4 years after diagnosis.
Visible-light optical coherence tomography-based multimodal system for quantitative fundus autofluorescence imaging
Authors: Nafar Zahra , Wen Rong , Jiao Shuliang
Published: November 2018

Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging is commonly used in ophthalmic clinics for diagnosis and monitoring of retinal diseases. Lipofuscin in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), with A2E as its most abundant component and a visual cycle by-product, is the major fluorophore of FAF. Lipofuscin accumulates with age and is implicated in degenerative retinal diseases. The amount of lipofuscin in RPE can be assessed by quantitative measurement of FAF. However, the currently available FAF imaging technologies are not capable of quantifying the absolute intensity of FAF, which is essential for comparing images from different individuals, and from the same individual over time. One major technical difficulty is to compensate the signal attenuation by ocular media anterior to the RPE (pre-RPE media). FAF intensity is also influenced by fluctuations in imaging conditions such as illumination power and detector sensitivity, all of which need to be compensated. In this review, we present the concept and research progress of using visible-light optical coherence tomography-based simultaneous multimodal retinal imaging to compensate signal attenuation by pre-RPE media and the influence of parameters of the acquisition system for accurate measurement of FAF intensities.

Impact statement

Quantitative fundus autofluorescence imaging with simultaneous visible-light optical coherence tomography-based multimodal technology has potential significant impact on the diagnosis and monitoring the progression of retinal diseases.
Trientine selectively delivers copper to the heart and suppresses pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy in rats
Authors: Liu Jiaming , Chen Chen , Liu Yinjie , Sun Xiaorong , Ding Xueqin , Qiu Liying , Han Pengfei , James Kang Y
Published: November 2018

Dietary copper supplementation reverses pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy by copper replenishment in the heart. A copper-selective chelator, trientine (triethylenetetramine [TETA]), reverses left ventricular hypertrophy associated with diabetes also by copper replenishment in the heart. The present study was undertaken to address the critical issue how TETA delivers copper to the heart. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to transverse aortic constriction (TAC) to induce cardiac hypertrophy. Eight weeks after the TAC surgery, cardiac hypertrophy was developed and copper content in the heart was reduced. TETA was then administrated by gavage in two different dosages (21.9 or 87.6 mg/kg day) for six weeks. The results showed that in the lower dosage, TETA replenished copper contents in the heart, along with a decrease in the copper concentration in the blood and kidney, and an increase in the urine. In the higher dosage, TETA did not replenish copper contents in the heart, but markedly increased copper concentrations in the urine and decreased those in the blood and kidney. Neither lower nor higher TETA dosage altered copper concentrations in other organs. Corresponding to myocardial copper replenishment, the lower dose TETA suppresses cardiac hypertrophy, as judged by a reduction in the left ventricle wall thickness and a decrease in the heart size, and diminished cardiac fibrosis, as reflected by a decrease in collagen I content. TETA in the higher dose not only did not suppress cardiac hypertrophy, but also caused cardiac hypertrophy in sham-operated rats. TETA-mediated myocardial copper restoration is independent of copper transporter-1 or -2 but related to an energy-dependent transportation. This study demonstrates that low-dose TETA functions as a copper chaperone, selectively delivering copper to the copper-deprived heart through an active transportation; in higher doses, TETA simply retains its chelator function, removing copper from the body by urinary excretion.

Impact statement

Our study reveals that TETA, traditionally regarded as a copper chelator, in lower doses delivers copper selectively to the heart through a mechanism independent of copper transporter-1 or -2. Copper supplementation by a lower dose of TETA suppresses pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Since ischemic heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are accompanied by myocardial copper loss, this approach of using a lower dose of TETA to supplement copper to the heart would help treat the disease condition of patients with such cardiac events.
Elastic tilted orthorhombic (and simpler) wave modeling including free-surface topography
Authors: Hestholm Stig
Published: November 2018

Computational resources have increased in capacity over time — mostly by speed, partly by memory. Consequently, people have continuously explored the possibilities of performing wave modeling and inversion of increasing physical complexity. Achieving a detailed as possible image of the earth’s subsurface improves the success of hydrocarbon exploration, and it is important for other applications, such as archeology, mining, and engineering. I have developed an accurate computational method for elastic wave modeling up to tilted orthorhombic symmetry of anisotropy. The model may be covered by an arbitrary topographic function along the free surface. Through snapshots and seismograms of the wavefield, I confirm known effects from applying the code to plane, free surfaces (horizontal or tilted) as well as more complex topographies. The method is based on adapting a curved grid to a free-surface topography at hand, and transforming the wave equations and the topography free-surface boundary conditions from this grid to a rectangular grid, where finite-difference (FD) calculations can be performed. Free-surface topography boundary conditions for the particle velocities originate from locally setting the normal stress components to zero at the curved grid free surface. Vanishing normal traction is achieved by additionally imposing mirror conditions on stresses across the free surface. This leads me to achieve a more accurate modeling of free-surface waves (Rayleigh — Rg-waves in particular), using either FDs or any other numerical discretization method. Statics correction, muting, and destructive processing, which all consider free-surface effects as noise, can hence be avoided in inversion/imaging because surface effects can be more accurately simulated. By including near-surface effects in the full wavefield, we ultimately obtain superior inversion for interior earth materials, also for deeper physical medium properties.
Circulating platelet-neutrophil aggregates as risk factor for deep venous thrombosis
Authors: Zhou Jingyi , Xu Erwen , Shao Kang , Shen Wenyan , Gu Yi , Li Min , Shen Wei
Published: November 2018

Background

Platelet-neutrophil aggregates (PNAs) are fundamental mechanisms linking hemostasis and inflammatory processes. Elevated level of PNAs have been reported in inflammatory diseases and coronary artery diseases. However, studies on the correlation between PNAs formation and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) are not available.

Methods

A total of 92 participants were involved in this study, including 32 cases with DVT and 60 cases without DVT. Blood samples coagulated by K2-EDTA or sodium citrate were prepared for blood cell count and blood smears. PNAs and platelet activation were measured using flow cytometry. The correlation between platelet activation level and PNAs level was analyzed by linear regression. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed, assessing the prognostic performance of PNAs to predict potential risk of DVT occurrence.

Results

PNAs was found in the blood smears of patients with DVT. Significant increased level of PNAs was identified in DVT group (medium 8.43%, interquartile range [IQR] 4.11%–15.69%), compared with that in control group (5.16%, IQR 2.40–9.60, p<0.01). The DVT group also showed a dramatic elevated level of total platelet activation (medium 16.06%, IQR 6.04–22.05) vs. control group (11.26%, IQR 5.54–19.99, p<0.05). The PNAs level was correlated with total platelet activation (r2=0.58, p<0.0001). A significantly high odds ratio (OR) of DVT occurrence was identified when the level of PNAs was higher than 7.4% (OR 3.60, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.463–8.838, p<0.01).

Conclusions

An elevated level of PNAs was associated with risk of DVT occurrence, which might be a suitable marker predicting DVT development.
Passione e immaginazione in Lucrezio: il caso dell’inganno onirico
Authors: Masi Francesca G.
Published: November 2018

Lucretius devotes some sections of his De rerum natura to the treatment of dreams. He is particularly interested in the phenomenon of dream deception, namely the belief that the dreamt object is the object itself. This psychological phenomenon has some both unwanted and philosophically interesting implications. Firstly, from an ethical point of view, it can stimulate uncontrolled worries and feelings in the dreamer that undermine his/her mental tranquility and health. Secondly, from a physiological perspective, it seems to reveal a failure in the mechanism undergoing the formation of mental representation. Thirdly, from the epistemological point of view, it seems to compromise the veracity of mental representations. This paper aims to explain how Lucretius dealt with this phenomenon. In particular, it will show how he succeeded, on the one hand, to explain the nature and the origin of dream deception and of its emotional aspect, and, on the other hand, to preserve the informative contents of dreams and their correspondence to reality. For this purpose the present essay will address the following issues: (1) which is the condition of the soul and of the mind while sleeping; (2) what kind of mental activity is dreaming; (3) which is the nature and the origin of the simulacra responsible for dreams; (4) which is the contents of dreams and how dream deception comes about; (5) and finally why and how dream deception emotionally effects the dreamer.
Keine Furcht mit Diogenes!
Authors: Hammerstaedt Jürgen
Published: November 2018

The article investigates how Diogenes of Oenoanda in his huge 2ndcent. AD Epicurean wall inscription deals with the control of fear. It argues for restoring the fragmentary title of Diogenes’Ethics–treatise with “feelings [of soul] and [body]”. In this way the importance given inEthicsto the evaluation of our feelings according to the Epicurean doctrine is reflected in the title. Diogenes in his introduction to the whole inscription lists up the control of irrational fears in the first place of achievements of Epicureanism. The analysis of the relevant passages on hisEthicsresults in assigning fr. 47 III–IV and NF 137 to a subsection dealing with fear of pain from diseases which on the inscription must have followed fr. 48. Fear from gods is abundantly discussed in the recently combinedTheological Physics Sequence. The article argues, that this topic was not treated once more inEthics. Indeed, the “unclear fear” mentioned in fr. 35 (Ethics) refers, as a comparison with Epic.Ep. Hdt. 81–82 and Phld.De DisI shows, not to some sort of feeling triggered by wrong tales on gods, but to an irrational fear of death.
Destructible Worlds in an Aristotelian Scholion (Alexander of Aphrodisias’ Lost Commentary on Aristotle’sPhysics, Frag. 539 Rashed)
Authors: Laks André
Published: November 2018

Does Anaxagoras admit that the world is destructible? Aëtius’ doxographical handbook says as much, and so does a doxographical scholion derived from Alexander of Aphrodisias’ lost commentary on Aristotle’sPhysics(Frag. 539 Rashed) according to the transmitted text. However, because of other difficulties occurring in the same scholion, Rashed was led to correct not only this text, thus making it contradict Aëtius’ testimony, but also the entry dedicated to Plato. My article suggests that while Rashed’s corrections are superfluous, the problems that triggered them are of great interest for the history of the doxographical tradition, for the way in which this tradition was used by Alexander of Aphrodisias and Simplicius in their commentaries on Aristotle’sPhysicsand, last but not least, for the understanding of the difficulties that ancient interpreters had to confront when they had to make sense of the lines now known as Anaxagoras B12 DK – difficulties that modern interpreters have still to confront.
Hygrothermal Aging of Amine Epoxy: Reversible Static and Fatigue Properties
Authors: Krauklis Andrey E. , Gagani Abedin I. , Echtermeyer Andreas T.
Published: November 2018

Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) are widely used in structural applications. Long-term properties of such materials exposed to water are of high concern and interest, especially for subsea and offshore applications. The objective of this study is to identify the mechanisms and to identify whether drop in properties of diamine-cured mixed DGEBA-HDDGE is reversible upon drying the material to its initial water content. The properties of interest are mechanical strength, elastic properties and fatigue performance, as well as changes in chemical structure. The effect of absorbed water on the properties of the resin is evaluated, and hygrothermal effects and aging mechanisms are discussed. Furthermore, it is shown experimentally that the tension fatigue S-N curve of a wet epoxy resin can be estimated by shifting the S-N curve of a dry material proportionally to a reduction in static tensile strength due to hygrothermal effects.
A computer-based renewable resource management system for a construction company
Authors: Biruk Sławomir
Published: November 2018

The basic operation of a construction company involves the execution of tasks (building structures or building works) on sites. These projects are linked by the common resources of a building company used for the execution of different orders. The scheduling of a construction company programme is a continuous process with a dynamically changing look-ahead and scope of works. Decisions made on site by junior managers are based on their experience and intuition and are attempts at purposeful regulation – adaptation of the operative plan to the directive schedule, agreed with the investor, considering the progress of work. The quality of management decisions can be improved by implementing computer-based decision-supporting systems.
An Evolutionary Path Towards a European Monetary Fund
Authors: Gros Daniel
Published: November 2018

There is no need for Europe to replicate the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) can provide the backstop for sovereigns, even without a financial contribution from the IMF. In this sense, the ESM already constitutes to a large extent a ‘European Monetary Fund’. Other IMF activities, such as surveillance and policy coordination should remain with the European Commission, the Eurogroup and other existing bodies. The financial resources of the ESM will be required as a backstop only intermittently, in times of great financial market instability. The need for this will evolve as a function of the nature of financial markets and their cross-border integration. It is not possible to forecast with any precision when the next financial crisis might break out and what form it will take. Any evolution of the ESM should thus aim at enhancing flexibility in its instruments while clarifying its overall mandate (financial stability), rather than changing the details of the rescue mechanism or its institutional structure. The financial stability function of the ESM should be extended to the central institutions of the Banking Union, with an ultimate backstop for the Single Resolution Fund (SRF). Moreover, the ESM should be viewed as the natural instrument for unifying the euro area’s representation in the IMF.
Evidence and Variation of Confiscation Orders: R v O'Flaherty (Carl Anthony) (Court of Appeal Criminal Division, 29th of October 2018)
Authors: Singh Charanjit
Published: November 2018

The appellant (O'Flaherty) (O) was appealing against two confiscation orders. In short, this case demonstrates that a judge can increase the value of a confiscation order made pursuant to s. 22 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) where adequate evidence is presented. The increase resulted from the fact that the Crown had discovered a further asset (property) that could be realized. O contended that a third party had an interest in the property and the value of the confiscation orders should not be increased. After questioning O and the third party the judge concluded that O's claim was not made out and the judge had not erred.
Arrhenius Activation Energy Impact in Binary Chemically Reactive Flow of TiO2-Cu- H2O Hybrid Nanomaterial
Authors: Khan M. Ijaz , Khan Sohail A. , Hayat T. , Khan M. Imran , Alsaedi A.
Published: November 2018

Main motivation of the present research article is to investigate impact of Arrhenius activation energy in stagnation point flow of hybrid nanomaterial towards a stretched surface. Hybrid nanomaterial comprises of two or more types of nanomaterials along with continuous phase liquid. In this study two types of nanofluids are used namely titanium dioxide and copper. Nonlinear system is converted to ordinary system through appropriate transformation. For convergence series solutions, the obtained system is solved using homotopy analysis methods. Lorentz force impact is observed. Graphical results for different physical variables on the velocity, concentration, induced magnetic field and temperature for
$Cu - {H_2}O$
and
$Ti{O_2} - Cu/{H_2}O$
are discussed. The physical aspects of skin friction and Sherwood and Nusselt numbers are discussed by tabulated values.
The Fractional Chua Chaotic System: Dynamics, Synchronization, and Application to Secure Communications
Authors: Bendoukha Samir , Abdelmalek Salem
Published: November 2018

In this paper, we study the dynamics of the fractional-order chaotic system corresponding to the original Chua system with the same nonlinearity. We place bounds on the fractional order to guarantee a chaotic behavior. In addition, we propose a one-dimensional adaptive synchronization strategy, whereby we assume knowledge of one of the states and reconstruct the rest. The proposed synchronization scheme is put to the test in a secure communication scenario based on the antipodal chaos shift keying modulation scheme. Throughout the analysis and examples, numerical results are presented to affirm the validity of the findings.
On-chain vs. off-chain storage for supply- and blockchain integration
Authors: Hepp Thomas , Sharinghousen Matthew , Ehret Philip , Schoenhals Alexander , Gipp Bela
Published: November 2018

Supply chains are the basis of most everyday life products. Both data integrity and authenticity of related information have severe implications for quality and safety of end-products. Hence, tamper-proof storage is necessary that prevents unauthorized modifications. We examine peer-reviewed blockchain technologies according to four criteria relevant to supply chains: On-chain storage, off-chain storage, verification cost and secure data sharing. Our evaluation yields an overview of concepts for modeling supply chain processes and points out that on-chain storage is currently not practical.
On categorical aspects of S -quantales
Authors: Zhang Xia , Zhou Yunyan
Published: November 2018

S-quantales are characterized as injective objects in the category of S-posets with respect to certain class of homomorphisms that are order-preserving mappings. This paper is devoted to exhibitions of categorical structures on S-quantales.
Dunkl analogue of Szász-mirakjan operators of blending type
Authors: Deshwal Sheetal , Agrawal P.N. , Araci Serkan
Published: November 2018

In the present work, we construct a Dunkl generalization of the modified Szász-Mirakjan operators of integral form defined by Pǎltanea [1]. We study the approximation properties of these operators including weighted Korovkin theorem, the rate of convergence in terms of the modulus of continuity, second order modulus of continuity via Steklov-mean, the degree of approximation for Lipschitz class of functions and the weighted space. Furthermore, we obtain the rate of convergence of the considered operators with the aid of the unified Ditzian-Totik modulus of smoothness and for functions having derivatives of bounded variation.
Nietzsches Katharsis. Tragödientheorie und Anthropologie der Macht
Authors: Emden Christian J.
Published: November 2018

Nietzsche’s Catharsis: The Theory of Tragedy and the Anthropology of Power. Nietzsche’s conception of catharsis undercuts the Aristotelian tradition by emphasizing that catharsis does not aim at a purification of the passions but at a cleansing of human judgment from moral sentiment. As such, Nietzsche develops a naturalistic counter-model to eighteenth-century theories of pity (e. g. Rousseau, Lessing). By bringing together ancient Greece and the experience of modernity, this counter-model shifts the concept of catharsis into the realm of the political and enriches the theory of tragedy with an anthropology of power. What is at stake in Nietzsche’s discussion of catharsis is an insight into the instability of normative order, which is triggered by the modern experience of the „phenomenon of Napoleon“ as an overcoming of Enlightenment conceptions of moral conscience. If modernity has to be understood along the lines of tragedy (e. g. Hegel), Napoleon Bonaparte is the cathartic event in the realm of the political.
Der Wille zur Macht, die ewige Wiederkehr des Gleichen und das Sein des Seienden. Heideggers „Aus-einander-setzung“ mit Nietzsche
Authors: Kaufmann Sebastian
Published: November 2018

Will to Power, Eternal Recurrence, and the Being of Entities. Heidegger’s “Aus-einander-setzung” with Nietzsche. The article examines the internal dynamics of Heidegger’s influential interpretation of Nietzsche, focusing on his lectures written between 1936 and 1942, which form the basis for Heidegger’s two-volume book Nietzsche, first published in 1961. Speaking of Heidegger’s interpretation of Nietzsche is potentially misleading, however, since Heidegger gave a series of different interpretations that contradict one another in some essential points. In the first two lectures from 1936/37, we can still observe a far-reaching identification with Nietzsche as the mastermind of a ‘new beginning’ in the ‘history of being’. Nevertheless, shortly afterwards, Heidegger makes Nietzsche’s metaphysics responsible for the domination of modern technology and thus for the last stage of the ‘forgetting of being’. As such, Heidegger no longer views Nietzsche as a thinker of ‘transition’, but merely as the philosophical founder of a hopeless ‘end time’. Against this backdrop, and after the Second World War, Heidegger declared that this particular critique of Nietzsche entailed an “intellectual resistance” against National Socialism. This assertion is discussed at the end of the article together with Heidegger’s rapprochement with Nietzsche during the early 1950s.
Nietzsches Aristophanes
Authors: Canfora Luciano
Published: November 2018

Nietzsche’s Aristophanes. Nietzsche dealt extensively with Aristophanes in his early work. This article reconstructs some of the sources and contexts of Nietzsche’s work on Aristophanes and, against the backdrop of the conventional image of Aristophanes in classical philology, pays tribute to Nietzsche’s farsighted social and political analysis of Attic comedy.
„Man vergilt einem Lehrer schlecht, wenn man immer nur der Schüler bleibt“: Ein neuer Blick auf Gasts Verhältnis zu Nietzsche
Authors: de Moraes Barros Fernando R.
Published: November 2018

“One repays a teacher poorly, if one always remains only a student”: A New Look at Gast’s Relation to Nietzsche. It is widely known that Heinrich Köselitz (alias “Peter Gast”) was a loyal and close friend throughout Nietzsche’s life, symbolizing the so-called “Versüdlichung der Musik”. It is surprising, however, that a careful consideration of their mutual intellectual influence has largely been lacking. Gast is often considered intellectually inferior to Nietzsche, although very dedicated to the latter’s work. As a consequence, most studies tend to foreground Gast’s editorial work on Nietzsche’s writings but generally ignore how Gast shaped Nietzsche’s concepts. In order to better understand their theoretical exchange, it is necessary to widen our hermeneutic horizon beyond Nietzsche’s published works, focusing instead on the edition of Nietzsche’s notebooks in KGW IX, on the correspondence between Gast and Franz Overbeck, but also on Gast’s musical compositions and aesthetic writings. This approach highlights that Gast was not merely an enthusiast of Nietzsche’s ideas, and Nietzsche’s occasional secretary, but directly influenced and shaped the development of Nietzsche’s intellectual world.
In Defence of Reason? Friedrich Nietzsche in Thomas Mann’s Nietzsches Philosophie im Lichte unserer Erfahrung and Georg Lukács’ Die Zerstörung der Vernunft
Authors: Brown Alexander
Published: November 2018

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, Thomas Mann and Georg Lukács both sought to come to terms with the multifaceted role of philosophy in the catastrophe of fascism. The figure of Nietzsche is (re-)examined in Mann’s Nietzsches Philosophie im Lichte unserer Erfahrung (1947) and Lukács’ Die Zerstörung der Vernunft (1954). It is generally recognised that Mann’s lecture helped to shape the post-war Nietzsche reception in the West as much as Lukács’ treatise did in the East. In contrast, I argue that Mann’s and Lukács’s contributions have more in common than is generally acknowledged and, given Mann’s esteem in the field of Nietzsche studies, that these similarities call into question the general repudiation of Lukács’ Nietzsche-Bild. After sketching the phenomenon of partisanship in the reception of Nietzsche through the lens of Kant’s notion of a ‘Kampfplatz’, some of the key topoi of Lukács’ work are identified, highlighting the aforementioned similarities in content and methodology as well as the contrasts with Western academic approaches.
Gabriel Marcel and Nietzsche. Existence and Death of God
Authors: Scolari Paolo
Published: November 2018

Gabriel Marcel’s writings stand in a complex relationship to Nietzsche’s thought. Paying homage to Nietzsche’s influence as one of the most eminent representatives of the existential thought, Marcel is aware that he deals with a thinker who is as distant from him as he is very close. Marcel’s references to Nietzsche’s thought are tied to Nietzsche’s expression “God is dead”, and the end of the divine is the theme that simultaneously highlights the greatness and the tragedy of Nietzsche. Marcel accepts the contradictions of Nietzsche’s philosophical thought as both dangerous and fruitful.
Was heißt: sich in Nietzsche orientieren? A Review of a Selection of Recent Literature
Authors: Ruin Hans
Published: November 2018

This review essay brings together five books on various aspects of Nietzsche’s thinking and writing from the last four years, from different cultural and political contexts, but also spanning a wide methodological range. The general question of how to orient ourselves in Nietzsche-scholarship is inspired by the title of Werner Stegmaier’s book which invites the reader to compare Nietzsche and Niklas Luhmann. It also invites us to contemplate the more general question of how to bring Nietzsche’s thinking into a dialogue with the human and social sciences. A central question concerns the temporality of Nietzsche’s thinking: is Nietzsche’s thinking a thing of the past that primarily necessitates a historical interpretation, or can it still open up ways toward the future. As this review highlights, many contemporary readers of Nietzsche continue to see themselves as working to “save” his texts from fateful misinterpretations. The last part of the review focuses on the new textual, or “poesiological” approach and the importance of seeing Nietzsche not primarily as someone professing a doctrine, but as the creator of uniquely multilayered texts.
Nietzsche und die Philosophie der Lebenskunst
Authors: Heinrich Johannes
Published: November 2018

Nietzsche and the philosophy of the art of living. The books under review trace the network of relationships between Nietzsche and the ancient philosophy of the art of living. Further, Nietzsche’s idea of the art and style of living is placed in the context of existentialism and, above all, in close proximity to the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard. It becomes clear that Nietzsche’s concept of the art of living cannot be reduced to the philosophical and historical context of classical concepts of self-care; rather, Nietzsche’s views have to be situated in the context of modern and current philosophical theories. In addition, questions such as the alleged naturalism in Nietzsche’s work, as well as the possible continuity between his early and late writings, are strongly related to the analysis of a Nietzschean art of living.
Historical and Critical Commentaries on Nietzsche
Authors: Church Jeffrey
Published: November 2018

This essay reviews two installments in the Heidelberg Academyʼs Historical and Critical Commentary series on the works of Friedrich Nietzsche. While Sarah Scheibenberger’s volume focuses on Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense, highlighting the sources and influence of Nietzsche’s text, Jochen Schmidt and Sebastian Kaufmann provide a detailed and extremely useful contextualization of Daybreak and of Nietzsche’s poetry.
Encounters with successful women scientists
Authors: Hargittai Magdolna
Published: November 2018

There are many greats in science history but relatively few women scientists that could be chosen as role models. This essay presents some from among contemporary contributors to chemistry, biochemistry, biology, physics, and astronomy. They had overcome barriers of discrimination, the difficulties of managing their time between research and family, and all have triumphed. They include some of the most famous, such as Isabella Karle, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Anne McLaren, and Vera Rubin, and some less famous, including examples from Russia, India, and Turkey. Their presentation is based on personal encounters with them by the author; herself a scientist, wife, and mother.
Templated enantioselective photocatalysis
Authors: Bauer Andreas , Alonso Ruiz Rafael
Published: November 2018

This review summarizes results in the field of hydrogen-bond templated enantioselective photochemistry. It covers both the stoichemiometric use of templates derived from Kemp’s triacid as well as photocatalytic methods to achieve high enantioselectivities in photochemical processes.
Antidiabetic plant proteins/peptides as complementary and alternative medicine – analytical perspectives
Authors: Marella Saritha
Published: November 2018

Many of the plant proteins are used as medicinal agents in the treatment of various diseases/disorders as they are produced by using molecular tools of biotechnology. Each protein is unique in its amino acid composition, sequence, subunit structures, size, shape, net charge,iso electricpoint, solubility, heat stability and hydrophobicity known to play a major role in the isolation and characterization procedures. The study of the protein of interest out of a large number is not possible unless it is obtained in its highly purified and intact form. Extraction, purification and characterization of proteins for different sample types are useful in determining structural, functional and other biological information in the field of pharmacy. Hence, the present review focuses on the sources, isolation, purification and characterization of natural proteins which are proven to be antidiabetic so as to commercialize these drugs (neutraceuticals) to compete with insulin, an ultimate in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
Sprachwahl im Gesprächsprozess
Authors: Costa Marcella
Published: November 2018

In this article, the topic of language choice in tourism is examined from the perspective of the participants involved in the communication process. Drawing upon data from guided tours in different interaction settings, recurrent strategies of language selection are shown, taking into account their function as strategic resources on which the participants overtly orient themselves in order to cope with the communication tasks at hand. The data analysis explores and possibly supplements the communicative functions of language choice reconstructed by Thurlow/Jaworski (2010) in the interaction between tourists and guides. The analysis is based on interactional data from multilingual settings with English and German as mother tongue and foreign language.
Sprachenwahl im internationalen Tourismus. Die Situation in Tschechien und in Prag
Authors: Dovalil Vítek
Published: November 2018

This paper deals with the mechanisms underlying language choices which are carried out by foreign tourists in the capital of the Czech Republic. This research draws upon the ethnographic approach. The data come from participant observations conducted in restaurants and cafés as well as from interactions with tourist agencies in the center of Prague. Additionally, short interviews with foreign tourists and employees of these tourist facilities were conducted. The results show that most of the foreign tourists and the Czech personnel expect English as a lingua franca to fulfill the basic communicative function in mutual interactions. Apart from that, various electronic tools are often used. They help to solve manifold language problems on the written basis.
Die baltischen Staaten. Zur Wahrnehmung der Entwicklungstendenzen im Tourismus
Authors: Balode Ineta , Elsberga Ieva
Published: November 2018

Tourism is a growth industry in the Baltic States. Current marketing statistics indicate an increase in tours that encompass the capital cities as well as villages and rural areas throughout the Baltics. According to the latest reports, a significant percentage of foreign visitors are German- speaking tourists. This overview combines observation, interviews and quantitative measures to determine how well the Baltic tourism industry is prepared to accommodate needs of this specific customer group. At present, tourism study programs provide a limited range of German language courses, which meet the need for German-speaking tour guides. However, judging from cultural indicators, is apparent that the increase in German-speaking tourists will spark a simultaneous demand for more customized tours geared to the interests of smaller, more specialized groups. Recommendations address the need to design more diversified German studies programs to better prepare tour guides for the future.
Planen, fahren, travel...: Die Sprache der Reisenden in Foren über Zugreisen
Authors: Crestani Valentina
Published: November 2018

The present paper analyses language used in forums about journeys by train, in particular focusing on their thematic and linguistic-functional characteristics. The choice of this type of forum is due to the fact that travelers are more and more interested in travelling by train because of various factors such as economy, environmental protection and the desire for a comfortable means of transport. The paper focuses on the forum https://rail.cc/de/forum and it examines 100 German and 100 English postings, offering a contrastive analysis. The main questions of the investigation are as follows: 1) How are German and English postings structured according to their topics? 2) What kind of relationship exists between the language used and linguistic functions of the postings?
The Promise of the Land and the Extent of P
Authors: Jeon Jaeyoung
Published: November 2018

Während die Forschungsmeinung, nach der die Sinai Perikope das Ende von P darstellt, immer mehr Anhänger findet, gibt es nach wie vor Vertreter des Nothschen Modells, das P in den Gefilden Moabs enden lässt. Dabei stützen sich Letztere auf das Motiv der Landverheißung, das über das Ende des P-Materials hinausreicht. Eine nähere Betrachtung des veranschlagten »priesterlichen« Textes offenbart die Unbrauchbarkeit dieses Arguments. Der innovative Gedanke des Kern-P-Textes in Exodus 6 liegt in der Verbindung der Landverheißung mit den Erzeltern und der Generation des Exodus, die eine Kontinuität von Genesis und Exodus schafft. In dem veranschlagten P-Text in Numeri wird indes die Landverheißung nur auf die Exodus Generation bezogen und die Verheißung an die Erzväter nie erwähnt. Diese Eigenheit kann nicht zufällig sein – zieht man in Betracht, dass die Texte von der in Besitznahme und der Verteilung des verheißenen Landes handeln (Num 13–14; 20; 27; 34; 36). Solch ein literarischer Unterschied zwischen P und dem veranschlagten P in Numeri spiegelt eine unterschiedliche sozio-religiöse Agenda verschiedener Generationen von priesterlichen Schreiberzirkeln wider.
The Annihilation of the Egyptian and Neo-Assyrian Armies: A Proposal of Inner-biblical Typology and Some Literary Critical Implications
Authors: Schreiner David B.
Published: November 2018

Die Beziehung zwischen den Berichten der Vernichtung der ägyptischen und der neo-assyrischen Armeen in Exodus 14 und 2. Könige 18–19 kann als inner-biblische Typologie beschrieben werden, der zufolge die Exoduserzählung den gedanklichen und theologischen Rahmen liefert, um die Erzählung in den Königsbüchern zu verstehen. Gestützt wird die Argumentation durch einen Blick auf ein von Bradd Shore entwickeltes anthropologisches Schema, das die Schaffung von Familienidentität durch verschiedene Arten von Erinnerung beschreibt. Der Beitrag schließt, indem einige literarhistorische Implikationen dieses Vorschlags erwogen werden.
Le réaffirmation messianique du Ps 18 dans la perspective du salut du marginal au retour de l’exil
Authors: Gosse Bernard
Published: November 2018

Im zweiten Davidpsalter (Ps 51–72) lehnen sich die Überschriften »von/für David« mit einigen begrifflichen Verbindungen an die Samuelbücher an. Sie laden den Beter ein, sich mit dem von Saul und anderen Feinden bedrängten David zu identifizieren. Im ersten Davidpsalter (Ps 3–41) erlauben die Titel eine Identifikation Davids mit den armen Bedrängten, die aus dem Exil zurückkehren und die Gewalt der Mächtigen und der Übeltäter erleiden müssen. Allerdings gibt es im ersten Davidpsalter eine Ermutigung des Messias, der mit den Unterdrückten identifiziert wird. Diese Ermutigung arbeitet mit dem Rückbezug auf die Bundeslade und Yahweh, der sich erhebt, um sein Volk zu verteidigen. Dieses Motiv verweist deutlich auf Ps 68,2 und Num 10,35. Diese Ermutigung des Messias, der mit den Unterdrückten identifiziert wird, wird in Psalm 18 im ständigen Bezug zu Ps 68 ausgearbeitet.
Helicobacter pylori ENFEKSİYONUNDA PROBİYOTİKLERİN ROLÜ
Authors: AKDENİZ Vildan , AKALIN A. Sibel , ÖZER Elif
Published: November 2018

Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından kanserojen grupta
sınıflandırılan Helicobacter pylori enfeksiyonu yüksek tekrarlanma
sıklığı ile hem gelişmekte olan hem de gelişmiş ülkelerde görülen önemli bir
halk sağlığı sorunudur. H. pylori'nin mide mukozasında kolonize olarak
kronik gastritin ana nedenini oluşturduğu bilinmektedir. Mide mikrobiyotası H.
pylori’nin sebep olduğu hastalıkların oluşmasında ve gelişmesinde önemli
bir rol oynamaktadır. Beslenme düzenindeki değişimlerle gastrik mukozadaki H.
pylori yoğunluğunda azalma sağlanması, H. pylori ile ilişkili peptik
ülser, kronik gastrit, mide adenokarsinoması, mukoza ile ilişkili lenfoid doku
lenfoması ve duodenal ülser hastalığı gibi hastalıkların ortaya çıkma riskini
azaltmaya yardımcı olacaktır. H. pylori enfeksiyonunda antibiyotik
tedavisi uygulanmakta, fakat bu süreçte antibiyotik direnci ve antibiyotik tedavisinin
yan etkileri görülebilmektedir. Yapılan çalışmalar bağırsak mikrobiyotası
üzerinde olumlu etkiye sahip olan probiyotiklerin; H. pylori enfeksiyonu
tedavisinde eradikasyon oranını arttırdığını, hasta klinik belirtilerini
iyileştirdiğini ve tedaviye bağlı antibiyotik ile ilişkili yan etkileri
azaltarak hasta uyumunu arttırdığını belirtmektedir.
Effect of soil classes and climatic conditions on the productive characteristics and composition of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes
Authors: Warmling Maria Tereza , Albuquerque Jackson Adriano , Warmling Maria Izabel , Rufato Leo , Andognini Jadiel
Published: November 2018

Abstract Grapevines can be grown in different soil classes and climatic conditions. However, the effect of these variables on grapevine and grape composition is complex. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of soil classes and climatic conditions on productive and physico-chemical characteristics and phenolic compounds of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. The experiment was carried out in São Joaquim (SC), located on the Southern Plateau of Santa Catarina. Cabernet Sauvignon variety was analyzed in three soils (Dystrudepts, Humudepts and Rhodudalfs) and two harvests (2015 and 2016). The climatic variables analyzed were rainfall, insolation and average, maximum and minimum temperatures. Soil physical-chemical attributes, productive and physico-chemical characteristics and phenolic compounds of grapes were analyzed. Both soil class and harvests had significant effect on productive and physico-chemical characteristics and phenolic compounds of grapes. Soil was more important for productive characteristics and phenolic compounds, while meteorological conditions were more important for the physico-chemical characteristics of grapes. Productive characteristics and grape composition were more adequate to wine production in the 2016 harvest and in Rhodudalfs and Dystrudepts soil classes.