bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Tecnologia ed ecologia. Dall’etica alla metafisica, dalla negazione del limite alla negazione dell’uomo
Authors: Valera Luca
Published: March 2018

El impacto de las nuevas tecnologías en la acción humana es un tema de fundamental importancia en la filosofía contemporánea. En el presente artículo se subrayarán algunas de las principales cuestiones metafísicas y éticas relacionadas con esta revolución tecnológica en continuo desarrollo, destacando un importante cambio de paradigma del pensamiento: la cuestión metafísica parece ser ahora hija de los interrogantes de pertinencia de la ética. Las posibilidades tecnológicas contemporáneas proceden en la dirección no tanto de exaltar el sujeto humano, cuanto de aniquilarlo: el ser humano se considera «anticuado», profundamente afectado por sus límitaciones, y por esto ha de ser superado. La categoría de la dependencia se sustituye así con la de la auto-póiesis, orientando la reflexión hacia una búsqueda de la perfección que elimine radicalmente todo límite. Al revés, se pondrá de relieve que el concepto de límite puede ser un buen punto de partida para reconstruir una ontología de la diferencia y de la identidad: es precisamente el límite lo que nos permite reconocer la identidad (y con ello la diferencia). En cambio, en el ecologismo contemporáneo podemos observar la tendencia opuesta: todo individuo —el ser humano también es funcional para la conservación de la vida del ecosistema, y puede, así, ser sacrificado. En este sentido la superación de la naturaleza humana puede coincidir con la victoria de la Naturaleza, es decir de la Vida: la vida es un bien que hay que salvaguardar, siempre y en cualquier caso, tanto en lo humano como en otras especies. Las principales razones de este hecho radican en una concepción ingenua de Naturaleza y en la consideración del ser humano como amenaza; la conciencia de haber conseguido un gran poder destructivo, no puede ser un motivo suficiente para reducir el ser humano a cáncer del planeta. Si se desea restablecer una correcta relación del hombre consigo mismo y con el mundo, aparece pues necesario elaborar una antropología adecuada, que tenga en cuenta la dimensión natural y espiritual de la persona humana, su límite (ontológico) y sus límites (morales).
La naturaleza del embrión humano: La fase de preimplantación, un debate abierto
Authors: De la Torre Javier
Published: March 2018

Este artículo pretende exponer la complejidad del tema del estatuto del embrión en la fase de preimplantación. Para ello, se exponen de modo sistemático las diferentes razones que sustentan tanto la postura de la anidación como de la fecundación. Estas razones son tan fundantes que obligan a seguir manteniendo un diálogo abierto y no sustentar posturas cerradas.
Una visión social de la bioética para el siglo XXI: El impulso de la encíclica «Laudato Si»
Authors: Martínez Julio L.
Published: March 2018

La encíclica Laudato si´ del papa Francisco plantea el vínculo irrompible que hay entre cuestiones ambientales y cuestiones sociales y humanas, a través de la categoría de la «ecología integral» y la apuesta por la «ética del cuidado». Es un excelente ejercicio de diálogo honesto y decidido del pensamiento teológico y filosófico con las aportaciones de las ciencias naturales y sociales, para preservar la supervivencia de la humanidad. Ideas similares movieron a la bioética potteriana hace más de cuarenta años, y hoy, cuando la bioética no parecer atravesar su mejor momento, esta encíclica constituye un valioso impulso para reenfocar la «bioética global» y enfatizar la necesidad del diálogo tanto interdisciplinar como intercultural/interreligioso, de los cuales nuestro mundo no puede prescindir. La injusticia y la desigualdad adoptan nuevas formas en este tiempo de interdependencia global, demandando de la ética una nueva visión social, con la ampliación del campo de la moralidad que incluya a la naturaleza y de una justicia social que alcance lo global y se piense intra e intergeneracionalmente.
Miguel de Unamuno: Una ciencia y una religión para la vida
Authors: Villar Ezcurra Alicia
Published: March 2018

Las reflexiones de Miguel de Unamuno sobre la ciencia se enmarcan en distintos debates que es preciso distinguir. Su postura sobre la ciencia es más compleja de lo que habitualmente se resume en su frase: «¡Qué inventen ellos!». Este artículo aborda la evolución de Unamuno (desde 1894 a 1906) y analiza algunos textos en los que valora la ciencia positivamente. Por último, se destacan algunas de las ideas que Unamuno pensaba desarrollar en una obra sobre «Religión y Ciencia», proyectada a la altura de 1902. En todo caso, Don Miguel defiende la necesidad de desarrollar nuestra dimensión intelectual y espiritual para una vida más plena.
Grandes desafíos de la bioética. Escenarios de futuro
Authors: Torralba Francesc
Published: March 2018

Partiendo de las múltiples definiciones de bioética, el autor realiza una serie de esbozos de futuro de la bioética entendida como bioética social y global que trasciende las fronteras de los países desarrollados.Desde aquí plantea ocho desafíos de futuro: la calidad de vida de los más vulnerables y la distribución justa de los recursos, la ética de la gestión del agua, la relación entre ecoética y bioética, los derechos de los seres no humanos, las fronteras entre lo humano y lo ético, la ética gerontológica, el transhumanismo y la eugenesia liberal.
Dangerous Meats in Colonial Hà Nội
Authors: Malarney Shaun Kingsley
Published: March 2018

This paper historically and anthropologically examines colonial Hà Nội’s black market in meat. Beginning in 1888, colonial officials attempted to assert control over the slaughter, sale, and consumption of meat in the city. These efforts were resisted for decades and resulted in the presence of what officials described as “dangerous meats” in Hà Nội’s food supply. This resistance revealed tensions that existed between colonizers and colonized related to such issues as (in)edibility and the social production of meat, but it also had deeper implications regarding the acceptable limits of governance and the manner in which legislation structured and informed unsanctioned activities, notably the production of contraband meat, in colonial Hà Nội and its environs.
Re-reading Elena Garro’s Los recuerdos del porvenir in the Time of Ayotzinapa
Authors: Echenberg Margo
Published: March 2018

This essay explores the possibilities of interpreting the forced disappearance of the 43 students from the Escuela Normal in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, through the literary lens of Los recuerdos del porvenir by Elena Garro. The social fragmentation of the fictional town proves crucial to understanding how structural, cultural, and direct violence determine notions of memory, silence, insurrection, and impunity in the novel. Given that many of the underlying conflicts depicted through the fictional writing are still present in everyday life in Guerrero today, they can illuminate key aspects of both the crimes depicted in the novel and those perpetrated in Iguala in 2014, thereby shedding light on how literary texts provide insights into the edifice and machinations of violence.

El presente ensayo contempla la desaparición forzada de los 43 estudiantes de la Escuela Normal en Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, por medio del prisma de la literatura. La fragmentación social del pueblo ficticio de Los recuerdos del porvenir de Elena Garro pone de manifiesto cómo juntos, la violencia estructural, la violencia cultural y la violencia directa determinan las nociones de memoria, silencio, insurrección e impunidad en la novela. Dado que algunos de los conflictos sociales que subyacen en la ficción literaria siguen presentes hoy en Guerrero, estos nos iluminan no sólo sobre los crímenes retratados en la novela, sino también sobre aquellos cometidos en Iguala en 2014. De este modo se evidencia de qué manera los textos literarios pueden esclarecer sobre las estructuras y la maquinación de la violencia.
Tightening the Circle
Authors: Fridman Federico
Published: March 2018

Alfonso Reyes’ plan to form a Pan-American intellectual elite contains an esoteric element. As Reyes introduces key poetic words and literary texts to convey the mysticism and arcane knowledge that he believes emanated from the American continent, he configures an obscure dimension that resonates within the community of intellectuals that he seeks to organize. By tracing Reyes’ affinities with other Latin American and European intellectuals regarding his cultural project, and by addressing how these are inscribed in his historical context, this paper sheds new light on the operations Reyes assigned to a Pan-American intelligentsia that would guide the development of contemporary society.

El plan de Alfonso Reyes para la formación de una intelligentsia panamericana contiene un elemento esotérico. Reyes configura una obscura dimensión, la cual resuena dentro de la comunidad de intelectuales que busca organizar, a medida que introduce palabras poéticas y textos literarios claves para trasmitir el misticismo y conocimiento arcano que él piensa emanan del continente. Al rastrear sus afinidades con intelectuales latinoamericanos y europeos acerca de su proyecto cultural, y al analizar como se inscriben en su contexto histórico, este artículo arroja una nueva luz sobre las operaciones que Reyes le asigna a la intelligentsia panamericana que guiaría el desarrollo de las sociedades contemporáneas.
Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Measurement of Reporting Quality: A Review of Methodologies
Authors: Abdullahi Aminu , Abubakar Musa Yelwa
Published: March 2018

This paper conceptually review the various models employed by previous studies in the measurement of reporting quality following the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) around the world. In the review, attention is paid to the nature, appropriateness and limitations of each of the models identified. It was found that, the methodologies used in studying the relationship and impact of IFRS on reporting quality are classified into qualitative, quantitative and firm-specific attributes models on one hand, and direct and indirect models on the other hand. Finally, the study calls on researchers to be wary, by selecting appropriate method that commensurates with the objectives of their studies, and their ability to adequately mitigate the limitation of the model highlighted in the review.
Accounting Education: The Role of Universities in Imparting Sustainability Accounting Knowledge to the Stakeholders through Industry Linkages
Authors: Onyango Sylvester , Muchina Stephen Wanyoike , Ng'ang'a Stephen Irura
Published: March 2018

In the wake sustainability agendas that lead to green growth in the developing countries, the focus has been in the practice and accounting for Social, Environmental and Economic (SEE) activities by both processing and manufacturing organizations. Organizations practice social responsibilities with the view of reaping long term returns or merely complying with regulations, information which is obtained from their annual reports via various media. These reports however, in the purview of knowledge are very scanty and whether the stakeholders understand and are aware of this sustainability accounting information remain very uncertain. However, organizations lack requisite capacity to unfold the elements of sustainability accounting and concurrently develop stakeholder knowledge. This gap remains unbridged since it is debatable how universities shall collate such knowledge and disseminate it to the users of accounting information (stakeholders). Therefore, there is need to develop sustainability accounting knowledge through university industry linkages that will further the realization of sustainability agenda. The paper is based on business sustainability model which looks at sustainability accounting issues. The study was informed by primary data collected from 93 factory unit managers and accountants sampled from 31 tea factories around Mount Kenya region, in testing the relationship between social reporting, environmental reporting, and sustainability accounting in regard to stakeholder theory. The study established significant relationship between the variables (social reporting, environmental reporting and sustainability accounting) and concludes that green growth need to be enhanced through sustainability accounting. In order to foster this, concrete knowledge has to be created by universities that conduct research by linking with industries and disseminate the knowledge to the stakeholders for awareness through stakeholder conferences and publications. The university curriculum need therefore, to incorporate the sustainability issues and passing to the learners too.
Nemokumo reglamento naujovės
Authors: Žukauskaitė Miglė
Published: March 2018

This article provides an overview of the main amendments enshrined in the revised version of Insolvency Regulation and a thorough comparison between the old and the new versions of the above-mentioned legal act. The article covers one by one all five main areas affected by amendments assessing, whether problems of the old version have been resolved.
Comparison of microleakage between bulk-fill flowable and nanofilled resin-based composites
Authors: AlSagob Eman I. , Bardwell David N. , Ali Ala O. , Khayat Samer G. , Stark Paul C.
Published: March 2018

Aim

The objective was to compare the marginal leakage (silver nitrate uptake) of nanohybrid resin-based composite (RBC) and two bulk-fill flowable RBCs with specific clinical protocols.

Methods

Four experimental groups of RBC were investigated including conventional composite Filtek™ Supreme in 2 mm increment (FS2), Filtek™ Supreme in 4 mm increment (FS4), Filtek™ Supreme Flowable (BFF), and SureFil® SDR® flow (SDR). Class II box preparation (4 × 4 × 3 mm) in extracted intact human molars was carried out and restored using the experimental groups, all according to the manufacturers’ recommendations except FS4. Samples were aged by thermocycling (2,000 cycles). Microleakage was calculated by measuring dye penetration in sectioned teeth using a stereomicroscope. Level of significance was set at P < 0.05.

Results

BFF and FS2 exhibited the least dye penetration and microleakage measurement with no significant difference between the two groups, followed by SDR. FS4 showed the highest microleakage with significant difference in comparison with BFF and FS2. Gingival microleakage was found to be significantly higher than occlusal microleakage.

Conclusion

The microleakage of the bulk-fill composites BFF and SDR are comparable with conventional composite FS2; however, it is more predictable to use FS2.
Evaluation of relationship between common carotid artery intima-media thickness and coronary in-stent restenosis: A case-control study
Authors: Bhavanadhar Penta , Reddy Yerrabandi Venkata Subba , Otikunta Adikeshava Naidu , Srinivas Ravi
Published: March 2018

Aim

The study was intended to evaluate relationship of common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) and to assess clinical profile of patients to determine the predictors of coronary ISR.

Methods

This was a single-center, case-control study performed between December 2012 and February 2015 in India. The study population consisted of PCI-treated patients with ISR (n = 32) and those without any post-PCI symptoms at least 6 months prior to the study period (n = 40). Quantitative coronary angiography was performed in patients to determine ISR.

Results

Average CIMT for cases and controls was 0.96 ± 0.23 and 0.66 ± 0.09 mm (OR = 57, p < 0.001), respectively. CIMT was <0.8 mm in 25% of cases and 95% of controls. On multivariate analysis, presence of hypertension (OR = 10.79, p = 0.026) and higher stent diameter (OR = 14.87, p = 0.039) were independently associated with increased presence of ISR. CIMT <0.8 mm (OR = 0.03, p = 0.025), STEMI (OR = 0.03, p = 0.004), and estimated glomerular filtration rate >50 ml/min (OR = 0.005, p = 0.014) were independently associated with lower presence of ISR.

Conclusions

Elevated CIMT appears to be an independent risk indicator for increased ISR. As CIMT is a non-invasive parameter, post-PCI follow-up measurements of CIMT in routine clinical practice will provide potential benefits to predict the restenosis rates.
Decreased left atrial strain parameters are associated with prolonged total atrial conduction time in lichen planus
Authors: Duman Hakan , Dilek Nursel , Değirmenci Hüsnü , Duman Handan , Tüfekçi Damla , Uslu Abdulkadir , Şatiroğlu Ömer , Çiçek Yüksel
Published: March 2018

Background

Lichen planus (LP) carries the increased risk of cardiovascular events as it is a chronic inflammatory disease. This study aimed at determining the relationship between total atrial conduction time (TACT), P-wave dispersion, and the left atrium (LA) global strain in the patients with LP.

Methods

Forty people as a control group and 40 patients with LP were included in this study. Patient assessed global longitudinal LA strain by two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain echocardiography.

Results

The global peak systolic LA myocardium strain during the left ventricular systole (LAGLSRs) and the global peak negative LA myocardial strain rate during the early ventricular diastole (LAGLSRe) values were significantly lower in the patients with LP in proportion to the control group according to the strain measurements (1.7 ± 0.07 vs. 1.9 ± 0.1%, p = 0.001; 1.23 ± 0.04 vs. 1.2 ± 0.08 s−1, p = 0.001), respectively. TACT value was found to be significantly longer (102.6 ± 6.3 ms) in the patients with LP than the control group (96.3 ± 5.3 ms, p = 0.001), considering the terms of the artial conduction features.

Conclusion

This study demonstrated that the subclinical cardiac involvement in LP can determine the prolonged TACT and the impaired left atrial myocardial deformation values.
Three-dimensional computerized forensic craniofacial reconstruction (CCFR) v1
Authors: Elias Miranda Geraldo , Wilkinson Caroline , Roughley Mark , Leite Beaini Thiago , Francisco Haltenhoff Melani Rodolfo
Published: March 2018

A description of to how toproduce and evaluate three-dimensional computerized forensic craniofacial reconstructions (CCFR) using Horos, Blender, Cloud Compare, MakeHuman and Picassa computer programs.
Preparation of Fungal ITS Amplicons from Soil Samples for Illumina Amplicon Sequencing v1
Authors: Sommermann Loreen , Geistlinger Joerg , Zwanzig Jessica , Schellenberg Ingo
Published: March 2018

This protocol was used for the molecular profiling of the soil fungal community of two winter wheat fields as a part of a long-term field trial in Germany with following Illumina Amplicon Sequencing. Besides different pre-crops, the effects of soil management and fertilization on the fungal communities were investigated. Due to different aspects of our protocol, we wanted to ensure reproducing a realistic ratio of the different fungal communities in the soils. The most important steps toconform this demand being the frequently measurementsof DNA concentrations at different steps of the protocol, the high numbers of PCRs of each soil sample and the use of the qPCR setting a cut-off for the PCR cycles toavoid an over-amplification of certain PCR-fragments and a loss of detectable biodiversity. The use of the two DNA isolation kits based on the cooperation with our project partner and the exchange of DNAs.
Desenvolvimento e validação do instrumento de compreensão de expressões idiomáticas
Authors: Siqueira Maity , Marques Daniela Fernandes
Published: March 2018

Resumo: As expressões idiomáticas são um tipo recorrente de linguagem figurada, fundamental para o entendimento de diferentes tipos de discurso. Este artigo o objetivo de apresentar o processo de desenvolvimento e de validação de um instrumento de compreensão de expressões idiomáticas. O trabalho foi desenvolvido pela perspectiva teórica da Linguística Cognitiva e estruturado conforme as seguintes etapas, consagradas em Psicometria: procedimentos teóricos, experimentais e analíticos. Foram consideradas as seguintes dimensões das expressões idiomáticas utilizadas nos itens: familiaridade, estrutura sintática, complexidade semântica e composicionalidade. A primeira foi verificada por meio de um teste psicolinguístico, e as outras foram controladas. O estudo resultou em uma nova ferramenta de avaliação da compreensão de linguagem figurada, que poderá ser utilizada com indivíduos de diferentes faixas etárias, de populações clínicas e não clínicas.Palavras-chave: expressões idiomáticas; linguagem figurada; desenvolvimento de teste psicolinguístico; validação de teste psicolinguístico.Abstract: Idioms are a recurring type of figurative language, fundamental to the understanding of different discourse types. This article aims to present the development and validation process of an idiom comprehension test. The study was conducted considering the Cognitive Linguistics approach and was organized according to three well stablished steps in Psychometrics: theoretical, experimental and analytical procedures. The following dimensions of idioms were considered: familiarity, syntactic structure, semantic complexity and compositionality. The first was verified by a psycholinguistic test and the others were controlled. The study resulted in a new assessment tool of figurative  language comprehension, which can be used with individuals from different age groups, in clinical and non-clinical populations.Keywords: idioms; figurative language; psycholinguistics’ development test; psycholinguistics validation test.
Duração de sílabas em fronteira de frase fonológica na produção de sentenças sintaticamente ambíguas do português brasileiro
Authors: Angelo Melanie Campilongo , Santos Raquel Santana
Published: March 2018

Resumo: Este artigo investiga a duração de sílabas na produção de sentenças ambíguas do tipo SN1-V-SN2-Atributo no português brasileiro, tais como ‘O pai visitou o filho feliz’. Fonologicamente, as diferentes leituras são explicadas pelo fato de o atributo poder ou não se juntar ao SN2 na construção do domínio da frase fonológica (NESPOR; VOGEL, 1996). Angelo e Santos (2015) testaram essas sentenças e encontraram apenas um direcionamento de comportamento, mas não uma diferença significativa nos resultados a depender da duração. No entanto, a quantidade de dados e seu balanceamento afetavam os resultados. Aqui, aplicamos o experimento a mais informantes e balanceamos as estruturas para fins de comparação. Os resultados encontrados revelaram diferenças significativas observando o tipo de estrutura – os falantes alongaram as sentenças com interpretação não local. Os resultados chamam a atenção ainda para dois tipos de estruturas que podem interferir no processo de alongamento, impedindo-o: sentenças em que o atributo é formado por adjetivos deverbais e sentenças que possibilitam construções de small clause.Palavras-chave: aposição local; aposição não local; fronteira prosódica; adjetivos deverbais.Abstract: This article discusses the production of syllable duration in Brazilian Portuguese as a prosodic cue in ambiguous sentences with a NP1-V-NP2-attribute structure (e.g. ‘The father visited his son happy’). Phonologically, the two different interpretations can be explained by the fact that attributes may or may not join NP2 in the construction of the phonological phrase domain (NESPOR; VOGEL, 1996). Angelo and Santos (2015) tested these sentences and found only a bias toward a lengthening when the interpretation is non-local (the father is happy). However, their study lacks a reasonable quantity of data and balance of structures. Here, we rerun the experiment controlling the mentioned problems. Overall results showed significant differences for type of syntactic structure - speakers produced high attachment sentences longer than low attachment ones. The findings signal also to two kinds of structures that may interfere in the process, blocking the lengthening: sentences which the attribute is formed by a non-verbal adjective and sentences which allow small clause constructions.Keywords: low Attachment; high attachment; prosodic boundary; deverbal adjective.
Algumas considerações em torno da expressão da posterioridade no passado, no contexto de completivas de verbo
Authors: Cunha Luís Filipe
Published: March 2018

Resumo: A expressão da posterioridade num domínio passado pode ser alcançada, em Português Europeu, por meio do recurso a diferentes tempos gramaticais, destacando-se o Imperfeito Simples do Indicativo, o Condicional e a estrutura ir no Imperfeito + Infinitivo. O presente trabalho procura evidenciar as diferenças interpretativas decorrentes da utilização de cada uma dessas formas verbais. Tendo em vista o objetivo aqui delineado, e após uma breve caracterização semântica de cada uma delas, o artigo explora as suas possibilidades interpretativas no contexto de quatro tipos de completivas de verbo, a saber: verbos declarativos, como dizer ou afirmar; verbos orientados para o futuro, como prometer ou decidir; verbos factivos, como constatar ou descobrir, e verbos que favorecem leituras modais de cariz intensional do gênero de acreditar, sonhar ou imaginar. Concluiremos que as interpretações futurativas derivam de um conjunto de elementos linguísticos em interação dinâmica, que em muito ultrapassam o simples papel dos tempos gramaticais, já que envolvem fatores como as propriedades lexicais do verbo matriz, a presença de certos adverbiais temporais ou o perfil aspectual das situações representadas.Palavras-chave: semântica; tempos gramaticais; posterioridade no passado; orações completivas de verbo.Abstract: In languages such as European Portuguese, the expression of a posteriority relation within a past domain can be achieved through the use of different tenses, the most relevant being the Imperfeito do Indicativo (Imperfect), the Condicional (a tense that somehow corresponds to would + Infinitive) and the structure ir (‘go’) in the Imperfect + Infinitive. The paper aims to shed some light on the interpretative differences corresponding to the selection of each of these verbal forms. With this purpose in mind, and after a brief semantic characterisation of the three tenses under discussion, the article explores their interpretative possibilities arising in the context of four kinds of complement clauses, namely those headed by saying verbs like dizer (‘to say’) and afirmar (‘to claim’); by future-oriented verbs such as prometer (‘to promise’) or decidir (‘to decide’); by factive verbs like constatar (‘to find’) or descobrir (‘to find out’) and by verbs that favour an intensional modal reading like acreditar (‘to believe’), sonhar (‘to dream’) or imaginar (‘to imagine’). I conclude that the future-in-the-past readings typically derive from several linguistic factors interacting dynamically. Beside the central role played by tenses, the final interpretation of these constructions depends on a complex computation of grammatical features such as the lexical properties of the verb in the matrix clause, the presence or absence of certain temporal adverbials or the aspectual profile of the situations involved.Keywords: semantics; tense; posteriority in past domains; verbal complement clauses.
Sujeitos -Wh e movimento para posições focais em sentenças infinitivas do português brasileiro
Authors: Medeiros Junior Paulo
Published: March 2018

Resumo: Este trabalho põe em discussão a derivação de sentenças infinitivas que complementam verbos como ‘ver’ e ‘ouvir’ e que apresentam um sujeito-Wh. Como se vê na empiria, apenas as sentenças com um ‘stress’ focal no sintagma-Wh sujeito constituem uma derivação convergente. Argumenta-se que o que aparentemente se configura numa construção com Wh in situ é na verdade uma construção com movimento curto do Wh para o Spec-FocP na projeção focal interna da sentença matriz (assumindo a ideia de BELLETTI, 2004), e que, em português, o traço-Wh de sintagmas-Wh é valorado sincreticamente com o traço de foco em projeções focais, como propõe Kato (2004). Essa proposta ainda prevê que sentenças infinitivas são defectivas também quanto à projeção de uma periferia interna, fato que explica certa assimetria verificada nos dados.Palavras-chave: sujeitos-Wh; infinitivas; traços de foco.Abstract: This paper concerns the derivation of non-finite sentences that complement verbs of the type of ‘see’ and ‘hear’ and contain a Whsubject. Analyzed data evidence that sentences that carry a Wh-phrase with a stressed Wh-subject are convergent, contrary to sentences that do not. We argue that the apparent Wh in situ construction is in fact a sentence where some instance of Wh-movement takes place. The idea is that the Wh-phrase is moved to the Spec-FocP in the low IP area (in the terms of BELLETTI, 2004) and that in Portuguese the Wh feature of Whphrases is checked with a Focus feature in focus projections, according to Kato (2004). This proposal still states that sentences of an infinitival nature are defective also in terms of projecting an internal periphery, what seems to explain certain asymmetry facts observed in data.Keywords: Wh-subjects; non-finite clauses; focus features.
OUDIN, César (2016 [1607-1675]): Tesoro de las dos lenguas española y francesa. Tresor des deux langues françoise et espagnolle, prefacio de Dominique Reyre, edición y estudio preliminar a cargo de Marc Zuili, París, Honoré Champion Éditeur
Authors: De Hoyos José Carlos
Published: March 2018

Reseña de César Oudin, Tesoro de las dos lenguas española y francesa. Tresor des deux langues françoise et espagnolle (1607-1675), prefacio de Dominique Reyre, edición y estudio preliminar a cargo de Marc Zuili (2016).
Definition of a data model that includes the instructional design to describe the elements involved in the design of virtual courses
Authors: Estrada Perea Betsy Mary
Published: March 2018

Conventional software engineering methodologies have strategies for analysis and design of educational software applications, but they have evolved in relation to the phase of the instructional design. In this article, from the review of some models of instructional design and the identification of gaps in two proposed models for the design of virtual courses, a data model is proposed to describe the elements involved in the design of virtual courses and illustrate the relationships between such elements. In preparing this model, we take into account the activities of some models of instructional design. The construction of this data model is a contribution to formalize the design of virtual courses.
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Authors: Claros José Ignacio
Published: March 2018

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Text segmentation by language
Authors: Cabeza Ruiz Robin
Published: March 2018

There are two approaches for text segmentation by language: first, assuming that language changes happen in the “border” between sentences (never within a sentence); second, assuming that language changes can happen anyplace in the text. This work presents methods for both types of text’s segmentation by languages. On the first proposal, the text is initially segmented by sentence, then the language of each sentence is obtained; the second proposal is an adaptation of hidden Markov model to this task. Both cases, according to results obtained in experimental proofs, exceed the state of art.
Difficulties and challenges in the incorporation of architectural practices
Authors: Hernández Pérez Flor de Maria , Hurtado Algeria Julio Ariel
Published: March 2018

The architecture software has become a key asset for software organizations because it facilitates achieving quality goals and developing of easy evolvable products. However, in small organizations, software architecture is usually a vague idea about the structure of solution. In this paper, a case of applying several methods of architecture (QAW, ADD and VaB) with small teams constituted by software developers, during a course of software development, is presented. Some difficulties to trace and correctly document the rationale associated with quality attributes, tactics architectural and selected patterns, were identified. It was established the difficulty of following an architectural process and to let consistent evidence about that, especially when the same specification generates conflict between the established attributes and tactics and patterns that going establishing..
Embedded system for staff access control using NFC and MIFARE technologies
Authors: Góngora Herrera Rodrigo Andrés , Ruiz Rubiano Brayan David , Mosquera Palacios Darin Jairo
Published: March 2018

This paper presents the analysis and performance evaluation of an embedded prototype to control the access of people to companies or institutions by using short range wireless technologies, like NFC and RFID. The developed system proposes a hybrid identification method between MIFARE cards and smartphones with Android operating system. It integrates a web platform in charge of the processing of the system data and increase the use of the technology through services where the gathering of people and objects register and authentication is required. With this proposal, we seek to optimize the time in the identification transactions and improve the security in places where the manual access is carried out. This work is an answer to the need of an adequate management of the access control of the Technological Faculty personnel in the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas in Bogotá: the chosen scenario for testing our proposal.
DWDM Networks When Using Raman Configurations with DCF Fibers
Authors: Muñoz Castro Geovanny Andrés
Published: March 2018

In this paper, the basic theoretical foundations regarding a DWDM [Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing] network when using Raman configurations with DCF [Dispersion Compensation Fiber] are studied, through the revision of: linear effects, such as noise, loss, chromatic dispersion and PMD [Polarization Mode Dispersion]; and nonlinear effects, such as Self-Phase Modulation [SPM], Cross-Phase Modulation [XPM] and Four-Wave Mixing [FWM], compared to Optical Monitoring Parameters [OPM].
Programmable mobile robots as hands-on platform for basic programming
Authors: García Sergio , Rueda Sebastián , Florián Gaviria Beatriz , Bacca Cortés Bladimir
Published: March 2018

Nowadays, mobile robots platforms are being used in different education contexts. The state of the art shows that 197 papers have been published in this area knowledge over ten years. Latin America faces a problem regarding the enrolled students in engineering programs. The SPADIES program (Colombia) affirms that the lack of motivation and interaction with real artifacts relating theory and practice is an important aspect for dropout. In this work, a platform composed by a set of programmable mobile robots, and a WEB-responsive software tool for programming at different levels of knowledge were implemented. The set of mobile robots were implemented with proximity, trajectory, light, inertial, and vision sensors; also, tools such as Bluetooth and LEDs-ring are included; and, a mechanical support for an erasable marker. The WEB-responsive tool supports graphical programming for novice, Python programming for middle, and ANSI-C for advanced level learners.
Bases for the construction of a QoS model for a video-calls service in a virtualized IMS network
Authors: Lara Paz María Camila , Coral Sarria Heyman Andres , Rojas Pineda Eduardo
Published: March 2018

Package-based services are affected by different network parameters and conditions that can deteriorate the quality of the transmitted services, especially those that are provided in real time. In this paper, result of an undergraduate research project, the bases for the construction of a QoS model are defined for a video call on an IMS network, specifying the most adequate parameters to estimate its QoS, the infrastructure used, and the tests developed. The results indicate the possibility of improving the QoS by applying the horizontal scaling technique over the IMS Core of the network since, in the vertical scalability, no major improvements were observed when increasing the physical resources of the virtual machines where the Core IMS was installed. Also, the bandwidth that complies the conditions of the quality parameters such as packet loss, delay, and jitter, to provide a good quality video call service is 640 kbps.
Conditional random fields in text segmentation by language
Authors: Cabeza Ruiz Robin
Published: March 2018

This work presents using conditional random fields for solving the task of text segmentation by language, considering it as a sequence tagging task. Language changes are considered to occur in every part of the text, observations are assumed to be the words in the text, and the states are the different languages. Research let conclude that conditional random fields are a powerful tool for segmentation of multilingual text.
Monitoring tool for water quality and quick alert of flooding
Authors: Rodríguez Rodriguez Armando , Vento Álvarez José R. , Garrido González Jorge , Rodríguez Benitez Vicente
Published: March 2018

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation, reaffirming that clean drinking water is essential for the realization of all the human rights. Therefore, controlling water quality should be a priority. In this context, it is interesting to make a simple, sustainable and low-cost system, in order take control over water quality parameters. This project main goal is to design and implement a water quality monitoring system on distribution networks to population or another interesting environment. It incorporates a quick alert system of flooding on low-altitude zones. It has mobile communication interface, over GSM, GPRS or 3G network, to send alarm and monitoring signals.
Using AUTO-ID technologies in the Cuban drug logistics system to increase its safety and efficiency
Authors: Lopes Martínez Igor , Paradela Fournier Lianet , Rodríguez Acosta Janett , Castillo Feu Jenny Laura , Gómez Acosta Martha I. , Cruz Ruiz Alegna
Published: March 2018

This research was conducted involving five of the main supply chain of medicines in Cuba actors, including, since suppliers of medicines and the 3PL logistics operator, to  healthcare centers and pharmacies. A diagnosis of the current state of the system of coding and classification of products was made. This activity showed, as main deficiencies, ineffectiveness on the products identification, since there are problems with codes, descriptions and units of measurements. A procedure to implement the AUTO-ID and EDI technologies proposed by GS1, was also designed, based on evaluating the effectiveness of these technologies in global logistics.
Help button for elderly people on the Arduino platform
Authors: González Salgueiro Lázaro J. , Areces Gonzalez Ariosky , Rueda Rodríguez Pablo A.
Published: March 2018

The design and implementation of a system capable of providing elderly people with a fast track to ask for help, remotely, to the person in charge of their care, using the cellular network is reported t. The main functionality is a help button, through which the person in charge of the elderly care will receive a text message when the elder presses the button. Recognizing the little connection between the people of this age group with cellular technology, defining the number to which the messages will be sent (and writing them) is not their task. The system has other features of great value, as a group of automatic alarms, also operating via SMS, generated by a group of sensors included in the system, which facilitates remote decision making from caregivers.
Aportes al perfil socioeconómico de la población docente
Authors: Opertti Renato
Published: March 2018

La Universidad ORT, a través del Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales y a partir de la iniciativa del Decano Dr. Gaston Labadie de promover espacios de investigación, participó conjuntamente con el CIESU (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Sociales Uruguay), del Proyecto “Docentes en Latinoamérica: carreras e incentivos en Uruguay”. El mismo fue realizado, durante los años 1998-1999, con la asistencia del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) la cual se obtuvo a través de un concurso de proyectos de la región. En este artículo, se presenta parcialmente uno de los variados productos de la investigación, que consiste básicamente en el análisis del perfil socioeconómico de la población docente a través de la información brindada por la Encuesta de Hogares que realiza el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Cabe indicar que la muestra es representativa del país urbano, es decir, de Montevideo por un lado, y por otro, de las localidades de 900 o más habitantes en el Interior del país. La investigadora responsable del Proyecto es la Dra. Juliana Martínez y en particular en este documento, colaboró en el procesamiento de la información la Lic. Alejandra Erramuspe.
The facial profile in brazilian adults
Authors: Chagas Taísa Figueiredo , Martins Mariana Martins e , Mucha José Nelson
Published: March 2018

AIM: To investigate if there is agreement between measurement values obtained for Brazilian adults and the values recommended by Holdaway, Merrifield, Burstone, Steiner and Ricketts, for facial profile soft tissue analysis. METHODS: A sample of 30 cephalometric radiographs was used, consisting of 15 women and 15 men, aged 18 to 31 years, all exhibiting excellent occlusion and balanced facial profile. Comparisons were made with the measurement values proposed by the aforementioned authors using Student’s t-test and to determine the correlation between the ANB and Â-H measurement values described by Holdaway, using Pearson's correlation coefficient. RESULTS: Among the measures evaluated, 4 showed statistically significant differences: Â.Z (Merrifield), S-LS and S-LI (Steiner), and E-LI (Ricketts) relative to the standards recommended by the authors. The measurement values advocated by Merrifield, Steiner and Ricketts showed statistical differences, and as for the Z-angle, Brazilians feature a slightly more convex profile, which appeared slightly concave according to Steiner, and according to the E-Plane (Ricketts), it meant an increased protrusion of the lower lip. CONCLUSION: It could be asserted that adult Brazilians have a slightly more convex facial profile than US standards, but these differences should be viewed with caution, as they are clinically unimportant.
Rehabilitation Planning of Water Distribution Network through a Reliability – Based Risk Assessment
Authors: D'Ercole Marianna , Righetti Maurizio , Raspati Gema , Bertola Paolo , Ugarelli Rita Maria
Published: March 2018

The management of existing water distribution system (WDS) is challenged by ageing of infrastructure, population growth, increasing of urbanization, climate change impacts and environmental pollution. Therefore, there is a need for integrated solutions that support decision makers to plan today, while taking into account the effect of these factors in the mid and long term. The paper is part of a more comprehensive project, where advanced hydraulic analysis for WDS is coupled with a dynamic resources input-output analysis model. The proposed modeling solution can be used to optimize the performance of a water supply system while considering also the energy consumption and consequently the environmental impacts. Therefore, as a support tool in the management of a water supply system also in the intervention planning. Here a possible application is presented for rehabilitation/replacement planning while maximizing the network mechanical reliability and minimizing risk of unsupplied demand and pressure deficit, under given economic constraints.
Gender Inequality in Literacy Status and Households Economic Well-Being in Burkina Faso: A Semiparametric Bi-variate Sample Selection Modeling Approach
Authors: Niankara Ibrahim
Published: March 2018

This paper models the factors explaining households members economic well-being in Burkina Faso, with a focus on the relative influence of gender inequality in literacy status. It does so, using data from the 2014 survey on household living conditions and a semi-parametric bi-variate sample selection modeling approach. This approach compared to the classic Heckman two-step estimator is methodologically innovative because it deals simultaneously with non-random sample selection using conventional systems of two equations, non-linear covariates' effects using spline approach, and the non-normal bivariate distribution using copula functions. The graphical results from the Lorenz curves combined with the numerical Atkinson and Gini coefficients suggest that inequality in overall per-capita consumption spending among households headed by literates is higher than that of their illiterate counterparts in 2009 and 2014. However, independently of the head of household’s literacy status, the level of inequality in total economic well-being decreased from 2009 to 2014. Using the poverty indices of Watts, Sen, Foster ( alpha= 1)) we found that poverty among households headed by literates is lower than that of their illiterates counterparts for both years, although overall poverty decreased nationally between 2009 and 2014. The results also show that although the gender inequality in literacy status does not translate into inequalities in non-food wellness, it does however for food-wellness as female headed households have 38.9% less per-capita food consumption spending than their men counterparts. Combining both food and non-food consumption spending, total economic well-being also seems to exhibit gender inequality as female headed households now have relatively 26.7% less combined per-capita consumption spending.
A Survey of Biogenic Amines Profile in Opened Wine Bottles
Authors: Płotka-Wasylka Justyna , Simeonov Vasil , Namieśnik Jacek
Published: March 2018

1) Background: A survey of biogenic amines profile in opened wine bottles has been established. Opened bottles of red and white wine were submitted to different temperature as well as different kind of stopper (screw cap, cork stopper) and use of vacuum devices. A total of six wine made from different variety of grapes were obtained from Polish vineyard places in different region of Poland; 2) Results: DLLME-GC-MS procedure for biogenic amines determination was validated and applied for wine samples analysis. The total content of BAs in white wines ranged from 442 µg/L to 929 µg/L, while in red wines ranged from 669 µg/L to 2244 µg/L the set of just opened wine samples. The most abundant biogenic amines in the six analysed wines were histamine and putrescine; 3) Conclusion: Considering the commercial availability of the analysed wines, there was no relationship between the presence of biogenic amines in a given wine and their availability on the market. However, it was observed that the different storage conditions employed in this experiment affect not only the biogenic amines profile, but also the pH. The results were confirmed by chemometric analysis.
Matrix Methods for Solving Hartree-Fock Equations in Atomic Structure Calculations and Line Broadening
Authors: Gomez Thomas , Nagayama Taisuke , Kilcrease Dave , Hansen Stephanie , Montgomery Mike , Winget Don
Published: March 2018

Atomic structure of N-electron atoms is often determined using the Hartree-Fock method, which is an integro-differential equation. The exchange term of the Hartree-Fock equations is usually treated as an inhomogeneous term of a differential equation, or with a local density approximation. This work uses matrix methods to solve for the Hartree-Fock equations, rather than the more commonly-used shooting method to integrate an inhomogeneous differential equation. It is well known that a derivative operator can be expressed as a matrix made of finite-difference coefficients; energy eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be obtained by using computer linear-algebra packages. We extend the same technique to integro-differential equations, where a discretized integral can be written as a sum in matrix form. This method is compared against experiment and standard atomic structure calculations. We also can use this method for free-electron wavefunctions. This technique is important for spectral line broadening in two ways: improving the atomic structure calculations, and improving the motion of the plasma electrons that collide with the atom.