bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Violence of Citizenship in the Making of Refugees
Authors: Saldaña-Portillo María Josefina
Published: January 2020

The Central American refugee crisis has been aggravated by the Trump administration’s policies, but this administration certainly did not precipitate it. The first half of this article examines the determinant role US policy played—and continues to play—in the violence that has sent tens of thousands of refugees to the US-Mexico border, showing how Carl Schmitt’s friend-enemy distinction has repeatedly been used to represent Central Americans as the existential enemy. From Ronald Reagan through Bill Clinton, administrations crafted policies toward the Central American enemy, directly creating the gang violence in the Northern Triangle. This article considers if the cost of security for the US citizenship is borne by the insecurity of Central American citizenship. The second half of the article examines fictionalized accounts drawn from the testimonies of women held in detention at Dilley, Texas, the existential enemy par excellence of the Trump administration. The reasons for their flight elucidate the particular ways in which gang violence against them and their children is gendered, showing how heteropatriarchy is decisive in both Mara violence and ICE and Border Patrol response to that violence, as evidenced in the experience of these women and their families.
Decolonizing Corporeality
Authors: Lynes Krista
Published: January 2020

The violence in Mexico is frequently signified in documentary images by the visibility of the corpse, which abstracts the social conditions of disenfranchisement and vulnerability parsed unevenly on the basis of gender and sexuality. Specifically with respect to missing and murdered women across the Americas, the corpse frequently comes to signify abstract violence itself rather than the social conditions of disenfranchisement and vulnerability that women and queer and trans people face daily. Through a reading of installations and interventions by the Mexican artist Teresa Margolles, this article seeks to address how ethical encounters might be summoned through proximate, intimate encounters with the very absence of the disappeared body, represented through bodily fluids and fragmentary remains. The article argues that such aesthetic experiments point to decolonizing forms of intimacy that entail new forms of relationality, resisting a socially confined “rights-based” subject. Instead of structures of recognition, the decorporealized matter present in Margolles’s work both represents the biopolitical regulation of life and continues to impress themselves on the living from another social space. Finally, the article reflects on Margolles’s invitation to participate in performing her sculptures and on the circuits of debt, remittances, and gifts proffered by such intimate engagements with bodily and nonhuman life.
Difference in Interoception between Long-Distance Runners and Sprinters: An Event-related Potential Study
Authors: HIRAO TAKAHIRO , VOGT TOBIAS , MASAKI HIROAKI
Published: January 2020

Purpose

Interoception is a sense of the physiological state of one’s body. Interoception that is generated by processing physiological information in the insular cortex plays an important role in achieving optimal performance in competitive sports. This study aimed to reveal the difference in interoceptive ability between long-distance runners and sprinters and its neural correlates by recording the stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN) that is generated from the insular cortex. Based on previous findings, we predicted that long-distance runners would show better interoceptive ability and larger SPNs compared with sprinters.

Method

We used a questionnaire and a heartbeat counting task to evaluate the interoceptive sensitivity and accuracy, respectively, of both long-distance runners and sprinters. We recorded SPNs during the execution of a time estimation task where participants estimate 3 s by pressing a button.

Results

Results of the questionnaire revealed that sprinters exhibited a higher interoceptive ability associated with attention control of their own bodies than did long-distance runners. Sprinters also showed a larger SPN over the left centroparietal regions compared with long-distance runners.

Conclusion

In contrast to our prediction, sprinters exhibited a superior interoceptive ability and a greater activity of the insular cortex relative to long-distance runners. These results suggest that sprinters might be more susceptible to their internal bodily signals compared with long-distance runners, exhibiting greater activation of the anterior insula.
New insights in osteocyte imaging by synchrotron radiation
Authors: Portier H. , Jaffré C. , Kewish C.M. , Chappard C. , Pallu S.
Published: January 2020

Bone health depends on the bone mineral density and mechanical strength, characterised quantitatively and
inferred through qualitative parameters such as the trabecular and cortical micro-architecture, and other parameters
describing the bone cells. Among these cells, the osteocyte has been recognised as the orchestrator of bone remodelling,
playing a key role in directing osteoblastic and osteoclastic activities. Conventional optical and electron microscopies have
greatly improved our understanding of the cell physiology mechanisms involved in different osteoarticular
pathophysiological contexts, especially osteoporosis. More recently, imaging methods exploiting synchrotron radiation,
such as X-ray tomography, ptychography, and deep ultraviolet and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies, have
revealed new biochemical, chemical and 3D morphological information about the osteocyte lacuna, the surrounding matrix
and the lacuna–canalicular network at spatial length scales spanning microns to tens of nanometres. Here, we review
recent results in osteocyte lacuna and lacuna–canalicular network characterisation by synchrotron radiation imaging in
human and animal models, contributing to new insights in different physiologic and pathophysiological situations.
A précis of Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT), with some Emphasis on the Eastern Mediterranean
Authors: PAULY DANIEL
Published: January 2020

A summary of the Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT) is presented, i.e., of a theory seeking to explain a variety of life processes in fish and aquatic invertebrate by the fact that that the surface of their gills (and hence their oxygen supply) cannot, as 2-dimensional objects, keep up with the growth of their 3-dimensional bodies, and thus with their oxygen requirements. Various processes and attributes of fish and aquatic invertebrates are presented which had to date no mechanistic explanation, but which fit within the GOLT, offered here as a tool to interpret phenomena that until now were perceived as unrelated. However, the GOLT should also help to address practical problems, such as arise for fish farming when water temperature increases because of global warming.
Clinical and radiological features that predict malignant transformation in cystic lesions of the pancreas: a retrospective case note review
Authors: Keane Margaret G. , Dadds Hannah R. , El Sayed Ghassan , Luong Tu Vinh , Davidson Brian R. , Fusai Guiseppe K. , Thorburn Douglas , Pereira Stephen P.
Published: January 2020

Background: Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCL) are being detected with increasing frequency. Current methods of stratifying risk of malignant transformation are imperfect. This study aimed to determine the frequency of pancreatic malignancy in patients with PCL and define clinical and radiological features that predict malignant transformation in patients managed by surgery and/or surveillance.

Methods: A retrospective cohort of adults who were evaluated in a tertiary hepatopancreaticobiliary centre between January 2000 - December 2013 with a confirmed PCL and followed up for at least 5 years. All cystic lesions were discussed at a weekly multidisciplinary meeting.

Results: Of the 1,090 patients diagnosed with a PCL, 768 patients were included in the study: 141 patients were referred for immediate pancreatic resection, 570 entered surveillance while 57 had a malignant PCL which was unresectable at diagnosis (n=47) or were unfit for surgery (n=10). In those who were resected following presentation, malignancy was present in 38%. During follow-up 2% of those entering a surveillance programme underwent malignant transformation. Clinical and radiological features associated with a high-risk PCL included older age, symptoms, associated solid component or dilated main pancreatic duct. In intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms, larger size was not a feature of malignant transformation (benign vs. malignant 30mm vs. 23mm; P= 0.012).

Conclusion: The sensitivity of standard diagnostic tests leading to immediate surgery for high-risk PCL (malignant or mucinous) was 92% but with a specificity of just 5%. Surveillance of PCL without high-risk features within a multidisciplinary meeting was associated with a low incidence of cancer development, supporting the use of worrisome clinical and radiological features in the initial stratification of PCL.
Cytomorphological patterns of thyroid lesions among 1646 Sudanese patients: what we can learn from fine needle aspiration cytology retrospective analysis?
Authors: Osman Ali I. E. , Almobarak Ahmed O. , Mohammed Asma Kamalaldin , Mohamed Nouh S. , Muneer Mohamed S. , Omer Ammar B. , Ibrahim Hussam M. A. , Siddig Emmanuel E. , Ali Eman T. , Munir Abdalla , Edris Ali M. M. , Ahmed Eiman S. , Elnour Lubna S. , Hassan Rowa
Published: January 2020

Introduction: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology biopsy of the thyroid gland is an accurate and useful diagnostic tool in the initial evaluation of nodular thyroid lesions. We aimed in this study to determine the cytomorphological patterns of thyroid lesions diagnosed by FNA among Sudanese patients.

Methods: A descriptive retrospective, clinic-based study was performed. Cytopathological records of patients that attended the Total Lab Care Clinic in Khartoum-Sudan between January 2016 and December 2017 were reviewed.

Results: A total of 1646 patients records were reviewed; 1385 (84.1%) were females and 261 (15.9%) males. A total of 1563 (94.9%) were negative for malignancy, 39 (2.4%) were positive for malignancy, 42 (2.6%) were indeterminate for malignancy and 2 (0.1%) were non-diagnostic. Colloid goiter was seen in 1147 patients (73.4%), benign hemorrhagic cysts were seen in 257, Hashimoto thyroiditis was seen in 77, benign thyroid nodules were seen in 76, keratocysts were seen in 2, thyroglossal duct cysts were seen in 2, thyroid follicular adenoma was seen in 1 and myxedema was seen in 1. For malignant patients; 11 had anaplastic thyroid cancer, 8 had papillary thyroid cancer, 7 had follicular thyroid cancer, 5 had metastatic thyroid cancer, 4 had medullary thyroid cancer, 3 had non-Hodgkin lymphoma and 1 had thyroid follicular adenoma. For those indeterminate for malignancy, 24 had follicular neoplasm and 18 had Hurthle cell neoplasm.

Conclusions: Fine needle aspiration cytology for thyroid nodules provides a rapid and non-invasive technique for the evaluation and differentiation between benign and malignant lesions. This study also addresses the increased predominance of benign thyroid lesions among young patients and thyroid malignancy among the 4th decade of life.
Genome-wide CRISPR screening identifies new regulators of glycoprotein secretion
Authors: Popa Stephanie , Villeneuve Julien , Stewart Sarah , Perez Garcia Esther , Petrunkina Harrison Anna , Moreau Kevin
Published: January 2020

Background: The fundamental process of protein secretion from eukaryotic cells has been well described for many years, yet gaps in our understanding of how this process is regulated remain.

Methods: With the aim of identifying novel genes involved in the secretion of glycoproteins, we used a screening pipeline consisting of a pooled genome-wide CRISPR screen, followed by secondary siRNA screening of the hits to identify and validate several novel regulators of protein secretion.

Results: We present approximately 50 novel genes not previously associated with protein secretion, many of which also had an effect on the structure of the Golgi apparatus. We further studied a small selection of hits to investigate their subcellular localisation. One of these, GPR161, is a novel Golgi-resident protein that we propose maintains Golgi structure via an interaction with golgin A5.

Conclusions: This study has identified new factors for protein secretion involved in Golgi homeostasis.
Patient and caregiver reported facilitators of self-care among patients with chronic heart failure: report from a formative qualitative study
Authors: Kamath DY , Bhuvana KB , Dhiraj RS , Xavier D , Varghese K , Salazar LJ , Granger CB , Pais P , Granger BB
Published: January 2020

Background: Adherence to a complex, yet effective medication regimen improves clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). However, patient adherence to an agreed upon plan for medication-taking is sub-optimal and continues to hover at 50% in developed countries. Studies to improve medication-taking have focused on interventions to improve adherence to guideline-directed medication therapy, yet few of these studies have integrated patients’ perceptions of what constitutes effective strategies for improved medication-taking and self-care in everyday life. The purpose of this formative study was to explore patient perceived facilitators of selfcare and medication-taking.

Methods: We conducted in-depth interviews of patients with long standing heart failure admitted to the cardiology and internal medicine wards of a South Indian tertiary care hospital. We purposively sampled using the following criteria: sex, socio-economic status, health literacy and patient reported medication adherence in the month prior to hospitalization. We employed inductive coding to identify facilitators. At the end of 15 interviews (eight patients and seven caregivers; seven patient-caregiver dyads), we arrived at theoretical saturation for facilitators.

Results: Facilitators could be classified into intrinsic (patient traits – situational awareness, self-efficacy, gratitude, resilience, spiritual invocation and support seeking behavior) and extrinsic (shaped by the environment – financial security and caregiver support, company of children, ease of healthcare access, trust in provider/hospital, supportive environment and recognizing the importance of knowledge).

Conclusions: We identified and classified a set of key patient and caregiver reported self-care facilitators among Indian CHF patients. The learnings from this study will be incorporated into an intervention package to improve patient engagement, overall self-care and patient-caregiver-provider dynamics.
Does ethnic density influence community participation in mass participation physical activity events? The case of parkrun in England
Authors: Smith Robert , Schneider Paul , Bullas Alice , Haake Steve , Quirk Helen , Cosulich Rami , Goyder Elizabeth
Published: January 2020

Background: parkrun has been successful in encouraging people in England to participate in their weekly 5km running and walking events. However, there is substantial heterogeneity in parkrun participation across different communities in England: after controlling for travel distances, deprived communities have significantly lower participation rates.

Methods: This paper expands on previous findings by investigating disparities in parkrun participation by ethnic density. We combined geo-spatial data available through the Office for National Statistics with participation data provided by parkrun, and fitted multivariable Poisson regression models to study the effect of ethnic density on participation rates at the Lower layer Super Output Level.

Results: We find that areas with higher ethnic density have lower participation rates. This effect is independent of deprivation.

Conclusions: An opportunity exists for parkrun to engage with these communities and reduce potential barriers to participation.
The Most-cited Educational Research Publications on Differentiated Instruction: A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Shareefa Mariyam , Moosa Visal
Published: January 2020

The amount of empirical research conducted in the area of differentiated instruction (DI) is overwhelming, necessitating this bibliometric analysis in order to produce an overview of literature on the topic. The objective of this study is to identify the characteristics of the most-cited educational research published on the topic of DI using science mapping and multi-dimensional bibliometric analysis methods. To answer the research questions which were related to: i) publication, ii) authorship, iii) authors’ keywords, and iv) journals, a total of 100 articles published between 1990 and 2018, generated from SCOPUS, were analysed. The results showed that the most-cited articles and the number of publications were highest between 1995 and 2011. With a total of 545 citations “A Time for Telling”, published in the Journal of Cognition and Instruction (1998), was the most cited. The most significant keywords were: a) differentiated instruction, b) differentiation, c) curriculum, d) mathematics, and e) reading. The analysis showed that there were 283 authors who contributed to the 100 articles, and amongst them Carol McDonald Connor was the greatest contributor. It was also revealed that the great majority of the most-cited publications were from Q1-ranked journals. These findings inform scholarly efforts adopted in developing a diverse knowledge base in the field. The findings are important to scholars as they provide an overview of the progress of research on the topic of DI.
The Involvement of Gender in STEM Training for Teachers
Authors: Dinh Duc Hoi , Nguyen Quang Linh
Published: January 2020

According to General Statistics Office of Vietnam on 30th September, 2017, Vietnam has 858,800 teachers, and among those, 615,720 people were female (occupied 71.7%). It can be seen that female teachers made up a big percentage in the education sector. Besides, STEM education is soaring as a new approach in training with prominent advantages, such as: theories embedded in actual practices, ability-oriented development, pressure reduction in studying … This is not only a trend but also a necessary element in new teaching modules at high school – which will be implemented in academic year 2020-2021 in Vietnam. As a result, it is necessary to consider the gender factor in the process of training and developing teaching with STEM education. This paper will present the results from the research that took place from 2015 to 2018 within Thai Nguyen University of Education.
The Effectiveness of Problem Based Learning and Aptitude Treatment Interaction in Improving Mathematical Creative Thinking Skills on Curriculum 2013
Authors: Maskur Ruhban , Sumarno Sumarno , Rahmawati Yasinta , Pradana Kenny , Syazali Muhamad , Septian Ari , Palupi Endah Kinarya
Published: January 2020

The development of the revolution era 4.0 which increasingly rapidly demands the wider community to have the ability to think creatively mathematically. One effort to improve the ability to think creatively is through quality education. Quality education can be improved through to train thinking using the right learning model. This study aims to see which results are more effective in improving students' thinking skills between the two learning models applied. The two models are Problem Based Learning (PBL) and Aptitude Treatment Interaction (ATI) models. This research method uses quasi experimental method with a posttest only control test design not control group. This study uses two group subjects with two experimental classes. The analysis of the data used the hypothesis testing of the non-correlated 2-sample t-test. Based on the research results obtained Aptitude Treatment Interaction (ATI) models have a better effect on students' creative thinking abilities compared to Problem Based Learning (PBL) models.
‘Sentence Crimes’: Blurring the Boundaries between the Sentence-Level Accuracies and their Meanings Conveyed
Authors: Telaumbanua Yohannes , Nurmalina Nurmalina , Yalmiadi Yalmiadi , Masrul Masrul
Published: January 2020

The syntactic complexities of English sentence structures induced the Indonesian students’ sentence-level accuracies blurred. Reciprocally, the meanings conveyed are left hanging. The readers are increasingly at sixes and sevens. The Sentence Crimes were, therefore, the major essences of diagnosing the students’ sentence-level inaccuracies in this study. This study aimed at diagnosing the 2nd-year PNP ED students’ SCs as the writers of English Paragraph Writing at the Writing II course. Qualitatively, both observation and documentation were the instruments of collecting the data while the 1984 Miles & Huberman’s Model and the 1973 Corder’s Clinical Elicitation were employed to analyse the data as regards the SCs produced by the students. The findings designated that the major sources of the students’ SCs were the subordinating/dependent clauses (noun, adverb, and relative clauses), that-clauses, participle phrases, infinitive phrases, lonely verb phrases, an afterthought, appositive fragments, fused sentences, and comma splices. As a result, the SCs/fragments flopped to communicate complete thoughts because they were grammatically incorrect; lacked a subject, a verb; the independent clauses ran together without properly using punctuation marks, conjunctions or transitions; and two or more independent clauses were purely joined by commas but failed to consider using conjunctions. In conclusion, the success of the Indonesian and or other EFL students constructs sentences rests upon the knowledge, sensitivity and the mastery of complex syntactic structures through transformational/structural grammar.
Measurement of Metacognition: Adaptation of Metacognitive State Inventory in Spanish to Mexican University Students
Authors: Mendez-Hinojosa Luz Marina , Cardenas-Rodriguez Magaly , Ortiz-Paez Cesar Alejandro
Published: January 2020

Some of the most important skills of university students is to develop the capacity to resolve problems posed by their communities, which implies that students become independent, autonomous and self-regulated. Also they need to be capable of monitor, asses and modify their learning through their own process of metacognition, this way they can develop the required knowledge and improve their learning. To analyze it, the objective of this research is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Metacognitive State Inventory in Mexican university students. For this reason, the Metacognitive State Inventory was applied to 908 students. To confirm a second order hierarchy model with four first order factors, confirmatory factor analysis was used (CFA).Four items were eliminated to obtain a better model fit. Internal consistency was accessed through McDonald's omega coefficient. In this way, evidence of the construct validity and reliability of the instrument was provided. The Inventory of the Metacognitive State was correlated with the CEVEAPEU Questionnaire, obtaining significant positive correlations between both instruments, thus providing certainty of convergent validity.
Value Creation of Big Data Utilization: The Next Frontier for Productive Scholarship among Filipino Academics
Authors: Dapiton Ethelbert P. , Canlas Ranie B.
Published: January 2020

Research productivity plays an important role in the prestige and reputation among higher education institutions. However, the time spent to do research among Filipino academics is the most pressing issue since they can barely meet the requirement for research productivity. Further, the lack of time for data gathering aggravated the drawbacks for research productivity. Data gathering is at the core of almost all research activity, the absence of factual and reliable data will lead to an invalid and illogical inference. In research years, there has been a massive agglomeration of data in large volumes coming from diverse sources pertaining to almost all facets of human activity which is worthy of investigation- known today as Big Data. This research has two (2) main objectives; the first is to find out the underlying reasons why Filipino academics are not enthusiastic to do research. The second is to evaluate the value of big data utilization for research productivity based on the assessment of the faculty members. This research used the Rasch model to measure the responses of Filipino academics with regards to their reasons for not doing enough research work as well as on their assessment for value creation of big data utilization using a polytomous item response selection scale.
Roundtable on Teaching an Advertising & Society Course
Authors: Chambers Jason P. , Kreshel Peggy J. , Richards Jef I. , Timke Edward
Published: January 2020

Abstract: This roundtable brings together four university professors to reflect on their teaching of general advertising and society courses at the undergraduate level. Topics covered include overall course goals, course topics, in-class teaching materials, possible assignments, recommended readings and screenings, and overall advice on how to approach a general advertising and society course. In the end, all participants see an advertising and society course as an essential requirement to foster students' critical thinking about advertising, especially in understanding the ethical dimensions of the field.
Discrimination between two distinct nonlinear effects by polarization-resolved Z-scan measurements
Authors: Melhado Marlon S. , de Souza Tiago G. B. , Zilio Sergio C. , Barbano Emerson C. , Misoguti Lino
Published: January 2020

We investigated how the Z-scan technique can be explored to distinguish two types of nonlinear refractive effects by employing two distinct laser polarizations. It is possible that pure electronic, molecular orientation and thermal nonlinear effects may occur simultaneously during light-matter interaction. We found a way to discriminate and quantify two distinct nonlinear processes from Z-scan signals measured with linear and circular polarizations. This paper provides analytical equations for nonlinear refractions and in order to test them, we carried out measurements in CS2 and in a rhodamine-B solution, where electronic and orientational, and electronic and thermal nonlinearities mixing, respectively, are present.
Adjoint-method-inspired grating couplers for CWDM O-band applications
Authors: Sun Peng , Van Vaerenbergh Thomas , Fiorentino Marco , Beausoleil Raymond
Published: January 2020

We have designed a grating coupler on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) platform that has sufficient bandwidth to cover the entire CWDM O-band from 1270 nm to 1330 nm. The grating architecture is inspired by adjoint method-based geometry optimization, and then parameterized to accommodate DOE construction for tapeouts at commercial CMOS foundries and wafer-level testing on fiber probe stations. One grating design achieved peak loss of 3.2 dB with 1-dB bandwidth spanning from 1265 nm to 1338 nm in simulations.
Surface domain engineering in lithium niobate
Authors: Stanicki Badrudin Jakob , Younesi Mohammadreza , Löchner Franz Johannes Friedrich , Thakur Hitesh , Chang Wei-Kun , Geiss Reinhard , Setzpfandt Frank , Chen Yen-Hung , Pertsch Thomas
Published: January 2020

In this work, we present a systematic experimental study of surface electric field poling for creating periodically poled lithium niobate. We want to control the homogeneity and the duty cycle of the periodic structures as well as domain shape and size in general. The created domain patterns are analyzed by selective etching with subsequent scanning electron microscopy. We investigate theoretically and experimentally how the shape of electrodes influences the poling results. Furthermore, the influence of the temporal waveform and magnitude of the applied poling voltage pulse is studied. Our results enable to identify optimal experimental parameters for high-quality surface poling.
Self-accelerated optical activity in free space induced by the Gouy phase
Authors: Li Peng , Fan Xinhao , Wu Dongjing , Liu Sheng , Li Yu , Zhao Jianlin
Published: January 2020

Optical activity (OA) is the rotation of the polarization orientation of the linearly polarized light as it travels through certain materials that are of mirror asymmetry, including gases or solutions of chiral molecules such as sugars and proteins, as well as metamaterials. The necessary condition for achieving OA is the birefringence of two circular polarizations in material. Here, we propose a new kind of self-accelerated OA in free space, based on the intrinsic Gouy phase induced mode birefringence of two kinds of quasi-non-diffracting beams. We provide a detailed insight into this kind of self-accelerated OA by analyzing angular parameters, including angular direction, velocity, acceleration, and even the polarization transformation trajectory. As the Gouy phase exists for any wave, this kind of self-accelerated OA can be implemented in other waves beyond optics, from acoustic and elastic waves to matter waves.
»Ima u tome nešto lepo« (Milan Marković Matthis): O avtobiografiji, o telesu in bolečini, o seksualnem užitku, o biopolitiki, o dogodkovnosti pisave in še o čem
Authors: Lobnik Alja
Published: January 2020

Povzetek

Dramatika Simone Semenič nastaja vseskozi skozi lastno (avtobiografsko) izjavljalno pozicijo, levi se skozi telo; vanjo se vpisuje položaj avtorice, ki je ženska, mati, umetnica z neurejenim zdravstvenim statusom, samozaposlena v kulturi, epileptičarka in kadilka. Zlasti to velja za trilogijo žrtve, (jaz, žrtev; drugič), ki preigrava razmerje med telesnim in patologijo političnega, med realnim in fikcijo ter med performativnim in dramskim. Prispevek se loti dogodkovnosti njenih tekstualnih leg, največkrat razpirajoče se skozi monodramsko samouprizarjanje biopolitike vsakdanjega življenja, pa tudi skozi instalacijo tekstov v prostoru, ki skušajo pisavi omogočiti drugačen način obstoja. V premislek vzame žmohtnost njene pisave, s katero izigrava slovenščino in ji daje neko temeljno živost. Pa tudi tisto brezrezervno žgečkljivost, ki se sprehaja po tabujih inhibirane seksualnosti in moško-ženskih relacijah ter nonšalantno razkriva proizvodnjo in avtonomijo »ženskega« seksualnega užitka.
še me dej. Primer delovanja nekega teksta-dogodka
Authors: Čičigoj Katja
Published: January 2020

Povzetek

Pričujoče besedilo je poglavje iz diplomskega dela Katje Čičigoj Odprto delo v sodobni pisavi za gledališče: k dogodkovnosti teksta (2013), ki v precep vzame besedilo še me dej uveljavljene sodobne gledališke avtorice Simone Semenič, ki ga je sama prvič izvedla 20. 12. 2009 v Gledališču Glej. V poglavju gre za analizo primera v kontekstu revizije teorije odprtega dela, teme, ki jo avtorica kritično obravnava v nalogi: izhajajoč iz Deleuza, Guattarija, Lyotarda in Massumija avtorica razvija post-semiotično estetiko s katero lahko obravnavamo sodobne besedilne prakse v gledališču. Obravnavano besedilo je primerek sodobne pisave za gledališče, ki nastaja iz premisleka o gledališkem mediju (njegovi dogodkovnosti) na eni strani ter premisleka o pisavi kot praksi na drugi strani. Besedilo inkorporira ta premislek ne toliko na ravni eksplicitne tematizacije, temveč predvsem na ravni same produkcije-recepcije: gre za tekst-dogodek, tekst, ki nastaja (oz. je popravljan in se razvija) med izvedbenim dogodkom tega istega teksta, to svoje nastajanje oz. razvijanje pa tudi sproti tematizira. Prav ta kolaps tradicionalne kronološke sukcesije in ontološke razlike med produkcijo in recepcijo, med tekstom in dogodkom, pa je tisti vidik, ki obravnavano besedilo razpira premisleku s pomočjo pojma odprtega dela in je obenem tudi primerna priložnost za premislek tega pojma samega.
Maja Smrekar: k-9_topology
Authors: Smrekar Eva
Published: January 2020

Povzetek

K-9_topology je skupek štirih umetniških projektov Maje Smrekar, ki je s svojim delom močno razburkala tako domače kot tudi tuje kulturno ter politično prizorišče. Razprava se ukvarja s strukturo in vsebinskim potencialom vsakega dela, ki jih povezuje s koncepti, kot so postajanje, postajati-žival, postajati-Drugi. Ukvarja se z deleuzovsko idejo desubjektivacije, družbenih konstruktov humanosti in medvrstno interakcijo. Temelj njenega umetniškega narativa je njena lastna posebna vez s psi, ki nastopajo kot glavni akterji v K-9_topology. Njeni projekti so odgovor na brezupno stanje antropocena. Razprava skuša poglobiti diskusijo, ki jo je s svojo umetnostjo vpeljala Maja Smrekar.
It’s show time! All that Jazz y el coreógrafo como personaje cinematográfico
Authors: Olabarria Smith Begoña
Published: January 2020

La danza ha sido desde los orígenes del cinematógrafo un atractivo ingrediente para el séptimo arte. No obstante, las películas que presentan a sus creadores resultan la excepción. De entre estas excepciones caben destacar películas como Isadora (Karel Reisz, 1968) o Nijinsky (Herbert Ross, 1980), donde se impone una representación idealizada del genio creador que se enfrenta a los convencionalismos que le rodean. Frente a esta imagen poetizada del coreógrafo, la película All that Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979), cercana temporalmente a las dos mencionadas, muestra un personaje absolutamente humano en sus imperfecciones. Por esta razón, la obra más personal de Fosse se convierte en un buen punto de origen para el estudio de la representación del coreógrafo en el cine y para entender la forma en la que la gran pantalla ha representado la danza y a sus creadores.
El arte sí tiene sexo
Authors: Rodríguez Caldas María del Mar
Published: January 2020

Partiendo de teorizaciones de Bourdieu y Heinich y empleando estudios de casos, ponemos el acento en la importancia de los reconocimientos simbólicos para el desempeño del trabajo artístico. Exponemos porqué siendo de gran trascendencia los actos de crédito intercambiados entre artistas, pueden presentar un marcado sesgo androcéntrico sin que por ello reciban una sanción negativa o, incluso, sean percibidos como tales. Con las recientes figuras del comisarix-autor y del artista-comisarix, junto con una creciente reflexividad hacia las convenciones expositivas, se ha abierto espacio para la participación de lxs artistas en el tráfico de reconocimientos. Se observa ahí unas prácticas en las que el género femenino se revela un aspecto de minusvaloración, contraviniendo los logros feministas alcanzados en las instituciones artísticas. En relación a estas cuestiones, analizamos cómo la ratio de mujeres en la formación artística continúa en ascenso mientras sigue cediendo en el desarrollo profesional. La lógica de la dominación simbólica, la definición de la excelencia, las propiedades que definen al artista y la ideología carismática apuntalan un universo persistentemente sexuado.
El retroceso del futuro de subjuntivo en España y en Hispanoamérica
Authors: Péter Ildikó
Published: January 2020

Como sobre la trayectoria cronológica del futuro de subjuntivo aún no se ha dicho la última palabra, consideramos oportuno dedicar un espacio aparte al proceso de retroceso que sufren a lo largo de todo el desarrollo histórico las formas en –re. El objetivo es, entonces, como se delineará en el presente estudio, examinar los entornos en los cuales la forma verbal amare aún debe o puede ocurrir en los momentos de declive que al mismo tiempo deben ser matizados al producirse a un ritmo diferente en el español peninsular, donde se producirá notoriamente ya a partir de los siglos XVI-XVII, y en el de Hispanoamérica, en el que ciertas variedades, sin embargo, debido a las diferentes etapas de la colonización española, guardarán la vitalidad de este tiempo verbal hasta mediados del siglo XIX.
Use of Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a Diagnostic Tool for Clinical Indications: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Lee Mindy Winghin , Pourmorady Jonathan S. , Laine Loren
Published: January 2020

INTRODUCTION:

Fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) are validated only for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, but are commonly used as a diagnostic test in other clinical settings. We performed a systematic review to assess performance characteristics of FOBT as a diagnostic test for clinical indications.

METHODS:

Bibliographic databases were searched to identify studies in adult patients with a specific gastrointestinal symptom or condition who underwent FOBT and a reference test and provided data on diagnoses. Our primary end point was sensitivity. Risk of bias was assessed with the QUADAS-2 tool.

RESULTS:

Twenty-two studies met the inclusion criteria: 12 in iron deficiency anemia (IDA) (5 fecal immunochemical (FIT) and 7 guaiac based), 8 in ulcerative colitis (FIT), and 2 in acute diarrhea (guaiac based). Only 2 studies had low risk of bias on all domains of the QUADAS-2. On meta-analysis, FOBT had a sensitivity of 0.58 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.53–0.63) and a specificity of 0.84 (95% CI 0.75–0.89) in predicting presumptive causes of IDA at endoscopy, with comparable results for guaiac-based tests and FIT. Sensitivity was higher for CRC (0.83) than non-CRC lesions (0.54). FIT had a sensitivity of 0.72 (95% CI 0.57–0.84) and a specificity of 0.80 (95% CI 0.67–0.89) in predicting endoscopic activity in UC. Sensitivities of FOBT for positive stool culture in acute diarrhea were 0.38 and 0.87.

DISCUSSION:

Sensitivity of FOBT is poor for IDA: 42% of patients with identifiable causes of IDA had false-negative FOBT. Our results did not show acceptable performance characteristics for FOBT to guide decisions regarding endoscopic evaluation and do not support its use in IDA.
THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY (HSR)-PRECISION ENGINEERING
Authors: Mohamed Alhossein , Peng Qiyuan , Abid Malik Muneeb
Published: January 2020

The paper proposed the optimization of the network construction timing of the control network according to the specific conditions of the survey route. Moreover, presented here are the adjustments according to the layout requirements of the control network layout process, strengthening the control of the line level base point during the construction process. Several optimization solutions are discussed for the special design of the level control before the construction of the long tunnel. It has been explained the methodology to introduce new Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) technology in railway survey and design with appropriately adjustment of the position requirements of the control network according to the specification. In order to carry out the special design of the levelling route with precision, it is advisable to set a certain stable reference point in the level control of the long line. The proposed methodology can effectively solve some problems existing in the current high-speed railway construction process, and make the precision measurement control network better for survey, design, construction, supervision and operation.
STATISTICAL STUDY OF MODIS ALGORITHMS IN ESTIMATING AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH OVER THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Authors: Ibrahim Saleem , Halounová Lena
Published: January 2020

As a result of the rapid development of remote sensing techniques and accurate satellite observations, it has become customary to use these technologies in ecological and aerosols studies on a regional and global level. In this paper, we analyse the performance of three Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) algorithms in estimating Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) in the Czech Republic to gain knowledge about their accuracy and uncertainty. The Dark Target (DT), the Deep Blue (DB), and the merged algorithm (DTB) of the MODIS latest collection 6.1 Level 2 aerosol products (MOD04_L2) were tested by comparing its results with the measurements of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Level 3 Version 2.0 ground station at Brno airport. The DT algorithm is compatible the best with AERONET observations with a correlation coefficient (R = 0.823), retrievals falling within the EE envelope (EE% = 82.67%), root mean square error (RMSE = 0.059), and mean absolute error (MAE = 0.044). The DTB algorithm provided close results of the DT algorithm but with less accuracy, on the other hand the DB algorithm has the lowest accuracy between all, but this algorithm was able to provide a bigger sample size than the other two algorithms.
INFLUENCE OF PANEL ZONE SIZES ON ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITY OF H-SHAPED STEEL FRAMES
Authors: Zhang Yan , Liu Huijuan , Yang Yuhong
Published: January 2020

In order to explore the influence of panel zone sizes on the ultimate bearing capacity of H-shaped steel frames, this study examines a steel frame structure with cross-shaped sections consisting of beams, columns and panel zones based on mechanical equilibrium principles. The area ratio of either side of the flange to the web is taken as the main parameter.The results show that the ultimate bearing capacity ratio curves can be grouped into three types. For the first type, the plastic hinge is formed in the panel zone. For the second type, when Rpcb, the strong column factor, is greater than 1.2, the plastic hinge is formed at the beam end; otherwise the plastic hinge is formed in the panel zone. For the third type, when Rpcb≤0.8, the plastic hinge is formed in the panel zone; otherwise the plastic hinge is formed at the beam end. The ultimate bearing capacity ratio curves of the local section of H-shaped steel largely fall in the first curve type, and the ultimate bearing capacity is larger when the panel zone size is excluded from the calculation than otherwise with the former being one to five times as large as the latter.
EFFECT OF MOISTURE ON THE INTERFACE OF TIMBER AND EXTERNALLY BONDED FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS: A REVIEW PAPER
Authors: Das Nayan , Shrestha Rijun
Published: January 2020

Timber as a structural material has been in use since the medieval period. Even today, there are many residential houses being built with timber frame in Australia. Wooden wharfs and bridges are common examples of timber structures in coastal regions of Australia. Humidity in such coastal regions is often high causing an increase in moisture level in the timber structures. Besides, over-loading, rot and decay, termites and borers, etc. cause damage to timber and presence of moisture either aggravates this or favours such causes. Hence, there has been an increased demand for repair and rehabilitation of heritage and important timber structures. Strengthening wooden structures with fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) is becoming popular in the construction industry. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the effect of moisture on the durability of the timber-FRP interface. After reviewing previous studies in the durability of the timber-FRP composite, it has been found that prolonged moisture exposure leads to premature debonding in the timber-FRP interface. A graphical representation of the effect of moisture on bond failure has been established through this research work after investigating the previous work of scholars. This paper also highlights the significance of applying adhesion promoter in enhancing the performance of timber-FRP interface.
SELECTED POSSIBILITIES OF DATA EXCERPTION FROM THE DATABASE OF HISTORICAL ATLASES
Authors: Jílková Petra , Janata Tomáš
Published: January 2020

A large database of more than 400 existing historical atlases released after 1950 was createdas a result of an extensive analytic research within the preparation of cartographic works on theCzech Historical Atlas. The database was published in the form of a web application that allows theuser to reveal and analyse associated information about historical atlases across interactivedashboards. To improve the information value of the database, the authors decided to arrangefurther possibilities of data excerption with the use of specialized data visualization methods thatmay reveal additional information and new phenomena which are not clearly visible from thedatabase itself. The performed analyses supplement the paper in the form of diagrams and chartsand present the data from various perspectives with the focus on similarities and differences betweenthe cartographic and the thematic content of the historical atlases in the publishing countries, thechanges in the thematic focus of the atlases or changes in the use of methods of thematiccartography in atlas works over time. The authors also deal with relations between the thematicfocus of the atlas and the applied methods of thematic cartography. All analyses are performed onthe sample of 88 atlas works.
MECHANISM OF EFFICIENCY OF SELECTED NANOSYSTEMS INTENDED FOR CONSOLIDATION OF POROUS MATERIALS
Authors: Kroftová Klára , Škoda David
Published: January 2020

Over the past 20 years, the possible usage of disperse and colloid systems of organicconsolidation agents as well as mineral systems with particle size in nanodimensions in the contextof cultural heritage care has been examined. Nanomaterials, with particle size of up to 1μm whoseproperties are at a certain intersection between properties at the level of molecules and mass arethe subject-matter of extensive scientific research for their positive physical and mechanicalproperties such as high chemical efficiency, excellent plastic, consolidation and diffusionproperties, low sintering temperature, cleaning capabilities and others. Nanomaterials whoseconsolidation efficiency has been tested by experimental research, include, in particular, hydroxidenanodispersions. The article summarises basic conditions for application and principles ofefficiency of selected nanosystems for consolidation of historic lime-based porous materials, i.e. inparticular lime-based plasters that form integral part of historic buildings
VERTICAL WALL STRUCTURES IN TENEMENT HOUSES AT THE TURN OF 20TH CENTURY
Authors: Ebel Martin
Published: January 2020

This article analyses the development of masonry, used extensively during the constructionof tenement houses in Czech towns after the middle of the 19th century, peaking at the turn of the20th century. The dimensions (wall thickness) were defined by architectural codes issued for CzechCrown Lands (i.e. Bohemia, Moravia & Silesia) in three waves – the first one taking place from 1833till1835, the second one from 1864 till1884, and the third one from 1886 till1894. Tenementhouses belonged, without exception, to the so-called “below-threshold” buildings, where a wing was6.32 m deep (later 6.5). These principles are presented in historical examples of selected works bystudents of the Prague Polytechnical Institute and architectural designs for Prague (Bubeneč andNusle boroughs).
Blasian Invasion
Authors: Washington Myra S.
Published: January 2020

This book examines the racialization of Blasians – mixed race people with Black and Asian ancestry – that neither sees them as new or unique, nor as a racial salve to move the United States past the problem of the colour line. The emergence of Blasian celebrities and the analyses of these stars acknowledges that to understand what and who is a Blasian means to first understand hegemonic notions of both Blacks and Asian/Americans. Contextualized against those dominant discourses Blasians explode the narrow boundaries of authenticity around racialized categories. Multiracial people are just as capable as monoracial people of upholding hierarchies of identity, as well as dismantling those hierarchies. Thus, in this book Blasians do not escape race, or erase race, but they do deconstruct normative instantiations of identity. The presence, mobility, and utility of these multiracial celebrities within both U.S. and global racial schemas simultaneously realize and complicate potential alternatives to racial and racist paradigms. These mixed race stars draw attention to how risible and absurd the biological and cultural premises for racialization truly are, and demonstrate potential alternatives for affiliation that do not rely on genetic material.