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Mujeres compositoras: un enfoque pedagógico sobre cómo presentar al alumnado de secundaria referentes femeninos. El caso de Ethel Smyth.
Authors: Soler Campo Sandra , Alegret Pampols Magdalena
Published: February 2020

In the past women have had few opportunities to develop personally and work within the field music. When we talk specifically about classical music, there are few female references in the field of composition, the interpretation of certain types of instrument families (fundamentally brass and percussion) and orchestral conducting. Throughout history, women were often allowed to train as amateur musicians but not as professionals. Although male sex has progressively assimilated the sharing of household chores over the last quarter-century, women continue to assume the main burden. For example, in the Renaissance period, women had to deal with a set of sexual stereotypes surrounding the practice of certain musical instruments. The following didactic proposal aims to introduce secondary school students to the figure of the female composer and conductor. This proposal will revolve around the figure of Ethel Smyth. For this purpose, an active and cooperative methodology has been used, as well as materials such as computers with an internet connection and tangible material. The results have been very positive, reaching competency and transversal activities and encouraging a critical spirit in the students.
Responsabilidad social universitaria. Nuevos estímulos para el aprendizaje en contextos reales.
Authors: Pedró Cecilia
Published: February 2020

Higher education as the medium for maximum level of training for citizens and professionals seeking social transformation merits a rethinking of pedagogical proposals, particularly if we take into account that learning today is not exclusive to classrooms. There are many stimuli that students have access to when they need to develop a skill or acquire knowledge. Our proposal regarding university social responsibility seeks not only to work towards the transformation of the students and the community involve d but also to provide a space for pedagogical design that adapts to new modalities for the acquisition of knowledge for adult students. In this article we describe a service learning case study: La Huella (“The footprint”), which was carried out by 4 teach ers and a total of 67 students from 6 modules from different degree programs in Business Administration. Their main achievements were to collaborate in the development of a brand with deep links to creative channeling as insertion therapy; the manual crea tion of valuable objects as an expression of a state of human fulfillment, and the development of a Volunteer Program that would support the commercial arm and the promotional strategy of dissemination through social networks.
Universidad y comunidad: Proyecto de alfabetización digital en la Escuela Nº10.
Authors: Uicich Federico D. , Salinas Paola F.
Published: February 2020

In this article we describe the community action project that is being developed, since 2017, between the Escuela Argentina de Negocios (EAN) and School N°10 in Martinez, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The objective of the project is to provide a soc ial service by teaching digital tools to the teachers, in order to enable them to self manage and independently use various digital technologies resources for teaching. To achieve its learning objectives, the project takes place every four months with stud ents from the Bachelor's degree in Human Factor Management, specifically students enrolled in the Computer Science and Applied Educational Technology modules, who are then trained in the field by leading the training sessions at the school.
Llenando Escuelas: una experiencia de aprendizaje-servicio en el sur de Marruecos.
Authors: Belenguer C. , Berciano V.
Published: February 2020

A group of children and young people boarding at the Casa-Escuela Santiago Uno (a type of orphanage/Pious School) and students from different levels and areas of professional training, travelled to the South of Morocco to implement a development cooperation project entitled “Llenando Escuelas” (“Filling Schools”). The main aim was to empower the local population in educational and professional terms and basic services, paying special attention to the most disadvantaged population groups: women, children and young people. They used theoretical and practical knowledge they had acquired in the previous academic year: catering, manufacturing, gardening, welding, first aid, social integration, sociocultural animation, sports and circus activities. For two months they lived together in a school with their educators and together with local residents they helped refurbish the school, in addition to carrying out training, organizing leisure and free time activities and setting up and supplying a medical clinic. This was a service-learning experience in which an enriching socio-cultural exchange took place.
Formación de cuidadores del adulto mayor en la comunidad mediante la metodología de aprendizaje-servicio.
Authors: Rangel Selvera Omar Alejandro , De Lira Ortega Roberto Antonio , Torres Rodríguez Alfredo , David Cervantes Rogelio
Published: February 2020

This study was conducted through the implementation of the service learning methodology with a group of students of community medicine at the University of Monterrey. A total of 60 students and 290 informal caregivers participated. The students carried out training sessions at elderly people’s homes, educating informal caregivers about geriatric syndromes and conditions. At the end of the study, a caregiver's manual was delivered to each of the p articipating caregiver. The analysis of the feedback gathered after the training sessions showed 43% of achievement and overall improvement of the caregiver's knowledge. 98% of participants (older adults and their caregivers) reported satisfaction with the sessions. This project demonstrates the significant learning students achieve through a service learning methodology, whilst also promoting commitment and a socially responsible and sensitive protagonism in meeting the community’s real needs. These practi ces develop medical students’ ability to reflect, improve their empathy and boost their capacity to take the initiative towards improving their community, through significant experience in community work.
Aprendizaje-servicio desde la animación sociocultural.
Authors: Gómez García Beatriz Isabel
Published: February 2020

This service learning experience for students in the course Education and Community Development is based on the methodology of socio cultural animation, which is aimed at the transformation of society, the integral formation of people, promoting folklore and achieving social self management of communities. T he article will describe what socio cultural animation consists of, will detail the methodology followed for the application of the experience, will discuss the results obtained, and will provide a conclusion that will help improve teaching learning proces ses through the application of this methodology.
Aprendiendo a través de la enseñanza: programa enfocado a la enseñanza de la lógica de programación desde etapas tempranas en escuelas públicas apoyado por aprendizaje-servicio.
Authors: Jiménez Consuelo
Published: February 2020

Teachers’own experiences allows them to select appropriate strategies and learning methodologies to design activities that would allow students to stay motivated and achieve the learning objectives of the course. This represents a challenge with the new generation of students that are easily distracted, have little tolerance and patience , and are used to solving problems quickly by simply looking up the information required through an internet search. Before starting the academic year, teachers have to take into account the necessary technological resources to use, in addition to having r edesigned a course according to the institutional pedagogical model, without ignoring their experience in the subject matter. Incorporating the paradigm of learning through teaching, linking it with the service learning methodology and various challenging activities, has an impact not only on technical training but also on the all around education of the students. Better results are achieved in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and quality, as well as boosting students’ commitment and well being, thus esta blishing a good correlation between the student's interests and what we expect them to learn. The main protagonists are the students who teach and learn during the semester, gradually growing in knowledge, managing to construct knowledge themselves thanks to the activities carried out in class, at home and those associated with the service, whilst also benefitting a community with certain needs.
Vulnerabilidad Demográfica y Desarrollo Económico Local. El caso del País Vasco.
Authors: Eguia Peña Begoña , Aldaz Odriozola Leire
Published: February 2020

Slight demographic dynamism is a phenomenon present in many European Union countries, and in particular, in Spain. Demographic projections by the National Institute of Statistics show an uninterrupted decline of the Spanish population, where the most affected regions would be some NUTS2 located in the north area. This paper explores the case of the Basque Country. After calculating a Demography Vulnerability Index and a Globalisation Vulnerability Index we try to identify the municipalities according to its level of vulnerability to demographic and economic changes. The study reveals a link between the demographic and economic behavior of the Basque municipalities: those that show the greatest resistance in demographic terms are those that present the greatest strength in economic terms.
Fast and robust fovea detection framework for OCT images based on foveal avascular zone segmentation
Authors: Li Mingchao , Wang Yuexuan , Ji Zexuan , Fan Wen , Yuan Songtao , Chen Qiang
Published: February 2020

Fovea serves to be one of the crucial landmarks of the retina. The automatic detection of the foveal center in optical coherence tomography (OCT) images helps in diagnosing retinal diseases. However, challenges arise due to retinal structure damage and the demand for high time performance. In this study, we propose a fast and robust fovea detection framework for OCT and OCT angiography (OCTA) images. We focus on detecting the foveal center based on the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) segmentation. Firstly, the proposed framework uses a lightweight neural network to quickly segment the FAZ. Further, the geometric center of the FAZ is identified as the position of the foveal center. We validate the framework’s performance using two datasets. Dataset A contains two modalities of images from 316 subjects. Dataset B contains OCT data of 700 subjects with healthy eyes, choroidal neovascularization, geographic atrophy, and diabetic retinopathy. The Dice score of the FAZ segmentation is 84.68%, which is higher than that of the existing algorithms. The success rate (< 750 µm) and distance error of fovea detection in OCTA images are 100% and 92.3 ± 90.9 µm, respectively, which are better than that in OCT. For different disease situations, our framework is more robust than the existing algorithms and requires an average time of 0.02 s per eye. This framework has the potential to become an efficient and robust clinical tool for fovea detection in OCT images.
Ultrafast pulse generation based on the 2D analogue of black phosphorus—GeS
Authors: Shi Yihuan , Li Yonghui , Tao Lili , Wen Qiao
Published: February 2020

In our works, germanium monosulfide (GeS) was employed as a saturable absorber for obtaining passively mode locked fiber laser. Unlike two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides, we report the nonlinear optical properties of GeS and its application as novel saturable absorbers in generating mode-locked lasers. At present, reports of this 2D material applied to ultrafast lasers are rare. By inserting a saturable absorber in the fiber laser cavity, we obtained pulse duration of 854 femtosecond and 560 picosecond laser pulse output in the erbium-doped fiber laser and the ytterbium-doped fiber laser, respectively. The experimental results display that GeS sheets have excellent saturable absorption properties, which open the new avenue for group IV monosulfide to laser photonic devices and will have a wide range of potential applications in the field of ultrafast photonics.
Occurrence of fluke infection in beef cattle around Phayao Lake, Phayao, Thailand
Authors: Japa Ornampai , Siriwechviriya Pannawich , Prakhammin Khanuengnij
Published: February 2020

Background and Aim: Ruminant flukes, including Fasciola spp. and Paramphistomum spp., are recognized as the significant parasites in livestock worldwide. Cattle infected by these fluke results in slower growth rate and productivity losses contributing to economic losses. In case of Fasciola spp., the parasite is considered as an important zoonotic parasite. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of fluke invasion in beef cattle around Phayao Lake, Phayao, Thailand, between January 2019 and June 2019.

Materials and Methods: A total of 311 fecal samples from beef cows reared nearby Phayao Lake were examined for the presence of fluke eggs by formalin-ethyl acetate sedimentation and subsequently identified by morphology together with methylene blue staining.

Results: The overall prevalence of fluke invasion in beef cattle around Phayao Lake was 33.8% (105/311). The prevalence of rumen fluke and liver fluke was 25.4% (79/311) and 8.4% (26/311), respectively. Mixed infection of both species was found at 1.9% (6/311).

Conclusion: Age of cattle was observed to be associated with invasion rate of all flukes, particularly in the ages over 4 years, which was the highest group of invasion. However, other risk factors, including gender, breed, and location of animals, were not found to be related. This study provides the current status of natural fluke invasion among the beef cattle in Phayao, Thailand, which could be critical for designing the control program of these parasites.
O VILÃO SUSPEITO: O QUE HÁ DE ERRADO COM A MASCULINIDADE DOS VILÕES DA DISNEY?
Authors: Baliscei João Paulo
Published: February 2020

Toma-se como referência a concepção de gênero da perspectiva construtivista, a partir da qual" ser homem" ou "ser mulher" é compreendido como uma construção cultural. Como as identidades masculinas não hegemônicas têm sido visualmente construídas? Tem-se o objetivo de analisar a construção visual das identidades de gênero de quatro vilões masculinos da Disney. São eles: Gaston, Jafar, Scar e Governador Ratcliffe – antagonistas de A Bela e a Fera (1991), Aladdin (1992), O Rei Leão (1994) e Pocahontas (1995), respectivamente. A partir dos Estudos das Masculinidades sublinham-se as maneiras como a caracterização desses vilões sugerem masculinidades "suspeitas". Longe de identificar a sexualidade dos vilões, reflete-se sobre os por quês de as masculinidades-femininas estarem sob constante suspeita.
A DANÇA ESPORTIVA NOS GAY GAMES: CONTEXTUALIZANDO AS QUESTÕES DE GÊNERO
Authors: Silva Renata Laudares , Trevisan Priscila Raquel Tedesco da Costa , Carmo Elisangela Gisele do , Rodrigues Nara Heloisa , Fukushima Raiana Lídice Mor , Schwartz Gisele Maria
Published: February 2020

Este estudo qualitativo investigou as questões relativas ao universo da dança no contexto das competições entre casais do mesmo sexo nos Gay Games, em vídeos disponibilizados no Youtube®. A pesquisa exploratória foi realizada por meio de Análise Videográfica, a qual resultou na elaboração de 2 eixos: 1-estilos de dança, 2- condução e gênero.  Os resultados indicam que os casais do mesmo sexo seguem as mesmas regras e normas estipuladas para este tipo de competição esportiva. A condução na dança já quebra os padrões e estereótipos tradicionais desta modalidade, alternando-se as dominâncias, o que favorece processos criativos para a dança a dois. Esta modalidade pode representar uma alternativa para a transformação e rompimento das relações desiguais de poder e da hegemonia existente para essas práticas, merecendo novos estudos.
MEMÓRIAS DA COLIGAY E O CURRÍCULO DE MASCULINIDADE DOS TORCEDORES DE FUTEBOL
Authors: Bandeira Gustavo Andrada , Seffner Fernando
Published: February 2020

Nos estádios de futebol existem hierarquias de gênero bastante marcadas com conteúdos específicos e que limitam as possibilidades de vivências masculinas. Neste trabalho nos propomos a dialogar com torcedores do Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense para tentar mapear como esses sujeitos dialogam com o currículo de masculinidade que atravessa as práticas torcedoras. Nos interessa especialmente, tentar escutar os entendimentos dos sujeitos sobre o permitido/autorizado para masculinidades não normativas a partir das memórias da torcida homossexual Coligay. Ainda é muito cedo para saber como episódios como o reaparecimento da Coligay atravessarão o currículo de masculinidade dos torcedores de estádio de futebol na Arena do Grêmio. O que parece certo é que agora, mais do que antes, há um jogo a ser jogado sobre as construções das masculinidades torcedoras nos estádios de futebol.
“QUERIA TER NASCIDO MENINA”: DESCUMPRINDO NORMAS E MASCULINIDADES NA ESCOLA
Authors: Jorge de Freitas Claudia , Baião Jonê Carla
Published: February 2020

O texto é parte de uma dissertação de mestrado, já concluída, que investigou cenas e narrativas em uma escola pública do ensino fundamental, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, que envolvem uma criança de 9 anos que desestabiliza concepções sobre identidades de gênero. Para este artigo, optou-se por trazer uma cena, onde, a partir das contribuições dos estudos de gênero, objetivou-se compreender como as crianças constroem suas representações acerca dos papéis de gênero nas relações com seus pares. A metodologia considerou aspectos da pesquisa etnográfica e da análise de narrativas em uma perspectiva socioconstrucionista, possibilitando-nos a compreensão do processo de construção das identidades sociais dos sujeitos, na qual as conclusões apontaram que, mesmo em um espaço normativo como a escola, a relutância irrompe e inscreve, nos corpos, outras possibilidades de dizer e dar sentidos aos gêneros, às sexualidades e outros processos identitários que estão em jogo/disputa nas relações sociais.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: papéis de gênero. representações. identidades. escola.
MOVIMENTO DE HOMENS; HOMENS EM MOVIMENTO: DISSONÂNCIAS NO DEBATE SOBRE AS MASCULINIDADES
Authors: Santos Helen Barbosa dos , Detoni Priscila Pavan , Novais Flávia Luciana Magalhães
Published: February 2020

O estudo problematiza sobre homens e equidade de gênero como parte das discussões no campo dos debates feministas. O objetivo do artigo é analisar movimentos de homens, em especial alguns discursos sobre o convite do evento “Homens Libertem-se”, a fim de situar brevemente dissonâncias nos distintos posicionamentos sobre homens e equidade de gênero. Inspirado em estudos feministas sobre masculinidades numa perspectiva pós-estruturalista e queer, buscamos perceber efeitos discursivos, a partir da teoria foucaultiana, na produção subjetiva das masculinidades através de movimentos de homens. Principalmente ancoradas em autores em estudos sobre masculinidades, como Raewyn Connell, que apontam a retomada conceitual e histórica acerca do conceito, bem como as distintas iniciativas que pautam as masculinidades como parte de reinvindicações no campo das relações de gênero. Portanto, suscita-nos visualizar campos de possibilidades que incluam os homens como parte da discussão para ações pró-feministas para a equidade de gênero e coalisões entre movimentos.
MASCULINIDADES EM DEBATE: A METROSSEXUALIDADE NO ESPECTRO ENTRE A SUBALTERNIDADE E A HEGEMONIA
Authors: Alves Jorge Luiz Da Silva
Published: February 2020

O artigo aqui apresentado é parte da conclusão de um TCC apresentado na Universidade Federal de Goiás - Regional Catalão. Aqui discutimos questões teóricas realacionadas aos estudos que englobam as masculinidades e apresentamos a metrossexualidade como resultado de um processo dialético que é discutido no decorrer deste artigo.
Main challenges for the Greek national security against the geopolitical changes in the Balkans during the period 1918–1923
Authors: Paszkiewicz Jędrzej
Published: February 2020

The aim of the article is to show the role of the Balkan states within the Greek foreign policy during the period 1918–1923, on the base of diplomatic correspondence and historiography. The consequences of the military conflict with Turkey (1918–1922) and the internal problems, constantly harassing the socio-political life of Greece, seriously weakened its ability to impact effectively on particular geopolitical problems in the Balkan region. The Greek regional policy could be achieved, completely or partially, only with close cooperation with the powers from outside. It was connected with such cases as the delimitation of the Albanian frontier or the solution of the Western Thrace question in 1920. On the other hand, the proceedings of the Greek diplomats were determined by the belief that due to the unresolved territorial and national controversies, especially in the issue of the Macedonian and Thracian lands, the particular Balkan states were dependent on each other on the international arena. That is why the Greek diplomacy started apply the tactics of balance of power in the region, aiming at the creation of less or more stable bilateral political constructions with the Kingdom SCS (Yugoslavia) and Romania. Their aim was to ensure the advantage over the competitors on the Balkan arena, especially over Bulgarian and Turkish revisionist agendas.
Symeon I Wielki, władca Bułgarii w przekazie Leona Diakona (Historia, VII, 7)
Authors: Leszka Mirosław
Published: February 2020

Symeon w przekazie Leona Diakona (Historia, VII, 7) to postać jednoznacznie negatywna. Butny barbarzyńca, który ośmielił się nie tylko najeżdżać na bizantyńskie terytorium, ale i żądać, by Romajowie proklamowali go swoim władcą. Nawet zwycięstwo w bitwie pod Anchialos (917) nie było owocem jego wojskowego kunsztu, a skutkiem rozdarcia w obozie bizantyńskim. Bułgarski władca był w rękach bizantyńskiego autora jedynie wygodnym narzędziem do realizacji celu ukazania dość banalnej prawdy, że niezgoda we własnym obozie i żądza władzy prowadzą do nieszczęść tak w wymiarze osobistym, jak i całego państwa.
Chorwacja i Węgry w Kronice Węgiersko-Polskiej
Authors: Grzesik Ryszard
Published: February 2020

W Kronice węgiersko-polskiej, napisanej na przełomie lat 20. i 30. XIII w., można znaleźć informacje o Chorwacji. Odnotowano misję św. Pawła w Splicie, gdzie miał być biskupem przed swoją podróżą do Rzymu, gdzie znalazł śmierć męczeńską oraz zamieszczono opowiadanie o władcy chorwackim zabitym przez swoich poddanych. Pierwsze z powyższych opowiadań wykorzystuje motyw chyba popularny w średniowiecznej Dalmacji, że św. Paweł był rzeczywistym apostołem w tej krainie. Już Konstantyn Porfirogeneta wspomniał o obecności Apostoła w kontekście wysp adriatyckich, zaś Tomasz ze Splitu jawnie polemizował z tym przekonaniem. Drugie opowiadanie może odzwierciedlać tradycję o śmierci wielkomorawskiego władcy, która została zmitologizowana i pozbawiona kontekstu czasoprzestrzennego. Co ciekawe, węgierska droga do nowej ojczyzny została przedstawiona inaczej, niż w innych źródłach i w rzeczywistości. Węgrzy mieli przybyć nie z północnego wschodu, z ziem ruskich, lecz z południa, ze Sławonii. Północna część Sławonii miała zostać przemianowana na Węgry, co zdaje się odzwierciedlać przekonanie o geograficznej i gospodarczej jedności średniowiecznej monarchii węgierskiej.
Молдавские социальные элиты в истории Сербии. Страницы из истории брака Наталии Кешко и Милана Обреновича
Authors: Zabolotnaia Lilia
Published: February 2020

В данной статье, была сделана попытка реконструировать  некоторые фрагменты из жизни Натальи Обренович, урожденной Кешко, через призму ее личностного, эмоционального восприятия событий: замужества, семейной жизни, развода и разлучения с сыном. Основными источниками исследования являются документы из российских архивных фондов (письма, газетные статьи, воспоминания). Автор предполагает, что брак имел далеко идущие, дальновидные планы по династическому сращиванию  и укреплению позиций молдо-сербской аристократии на Балканах. Однако матримониальный союз не сложился в силу ряда обстоятельств: из-за семейных раздоров, несовместимости характеров, но особенно из-за разности политических воззрений. В истории трагического распада семьи не последнюю роль сыграло стремление Натальи властвовать и править страной. Микроисторической подход, междисциплинарный принцип исследования позволяют максимально детализировано изучить частные явления (развод, разлучение с сыном), происходившие в жизни нашей героини в контексте господствующих представлений и тенденций в обществе в целом.
Refugees’ dehumanization in the Spanish media: A corpus-assisted study within the semantic preference framework
Authors: Alcaraz-Mármol Gema , Soto-Almela Jorge
Published: February 2020

The dehumanization of migrants and refugees in the media has been the object of numerous critical discourse analyses and metaphor-based studies which have primarily dealt with English written news articles. This paper, however, addresses the dehumanizing language which is used to refer to refugees in a 1.8-million-word corpus of Spanish news articles collected from the digital libraries of El Mundo and El País, the two most widely read Spanish newspapers. Our research particularly aims to explore how the dehumanization of the lemma refugiado is constructed through the identification of semantic preferences. It is concerned with synchronic and diachronic aspects, offering results on the evolution of refugees’ dehumanization from 2010 to 2016. The dehumanizing collocates are determined via a corpus-based analysis, followed by a detailed manual analysis conducted in order to label the different collocates of refugiado semantically and classify them into more specific semantic subsets. The results show that the lemma refugiado usually collocates with dehumanizing words that express, by frequency order, quantification, out-of-control phenomenon, objectification, and economic burden. The analysis also demonstrates that the collocates corresponding to these four semantic subsets are unusually frequent in the 2015–16 period, giving rise to seasonal collocates strongly related to the Syrian civil war and other Middle-East armed conflicts.
A corpus-based analysis of meaning variations in German tag questions Evidence from spoken and written conversational corpora
Authors: Clausen Yulia , Scheffler Tatjana
Published: February 2020

This paper addresses semantic/pragmatic variability of tag questions in German and makes three main contributions. First, we document the prevalence and variety of question tags in German across three different types of conversational corpora. Second, by annotating question tags according to their syntactic and semantic context, discourse function, and pragmatic effect, we demonstrate the existing overlap and differences between the individual tag variants. Finally, we distinguish several groups of question tags by identifying the factors that influence the speakers’ choices of tags in the conversational context, such as clause type, function, speaker/hearer knowledge, as well as conversation type and medium. These factors provide the limits of variability by constraining certain question tags in German against occurring in specific contexts or with individual functions.
Public discourse, political legitimacy, and collective identity: Cases from Iraq, Brazil and China
Authors: Hänska Max , Bahiya Ahmed , Amaral Fernanda , Sui Yu
Published: February 2020

Through the examination of recent developments in Iraq, Brazil and China, this paper explores the role of public communication in a) generating, corralling, and buttressing political legitimacy, and b) negotiating, demarcating, and reproducing collective identities. The transformation of Iraq’s public sphere after the fall of the Ba’ath regime saw it shift from a tightly controlled and unified communication space to unencumbered yet fragmented spheres split along ethno-sectarian lines, buttressing sectarian politics and identities. The emergence of subaltern publics in Brazil’s favelas empowered residents to express public dissent, assert their voice, and develop pride in their community. Chinese efforts to control online public discourse provide the government with ways of managing its perceived legitimacy and foster patriotic fellowship online. Legitimation and the affirmation of identity interact and support one another in public discourse, as we illustrate.
“Not how much, but how.” Contextualizing the presentation of violence broadcast on television: Normativity and narrative genres
Authors: Revilla Juan Carlos , Dávila María Celeste , Fernández-Villanueva Concepción
Published: February 2020

The analysis of TV violence cannot be limited to the quantification of its incidence, but should also take into account the type of violence broadcast and its context (what is depicted and how). Thus, normative models of violence (legitimized violence with positive consequences for the aggressor, or vice versa) could be understood as positive, while contra-normative models of violence (rewarding illegitimate violence and punishing legitimate violence) should be of far greater concern. This paper analyzes the normative contexts of TV violence through a content analysis of randomly selected fragments of TV programming (147 recorded hours). The results show that news programs and TV series/soaps delegitimized violence to a higher extent, while films tend to show legitimized or ambivalent violence. Positive consequences of violence predominate in fictional programs, except for TV series/soaps. Normative presentation of violence is more frequent, especially in nonfiction genres, as fiction has more freedom to depict the socially undesirable.
“Am besten, du gehst.”Zur nähesprachlichen Verwendung desam-Superlativs im Vor-Vorfeld
Authors: Höhmann Doris
Published: February 2020

This paper investigates the use of the Germanam-superlative in colloquial utterances such asam besten, du gehst jetzt. In a first approximation, this construction can be described as elliptically usedam-superlative occurring on the left sentence periphery within an Operator-Skopus-Struktur (Barden/Elstermann/Fiehler 2001). As will be shown in the empirical core part of the study, a qualitative-quantitative analysis, the pattern appears to be characterized by different overlapping and interplaying tendencies in language use (e.g. the selection and frequency of pronouns and sentence mood). The data used for the qualitative-quantitative analysis is taken mainly from a large-scale web corpus (deTenTen13).
„Barbarische“ Sprachen im deutschen Sprachdenken des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts
Authors: Roelcke Thorsten
Published: February 2020

In der deutschen Sprachreflexion des Barock und der Aufklärung wird der Terminus barbarisch zur Charakterisierung von einzelnen Sprachen und sprachlichen Erscheinungen in Geschichte und Gegenwart verwendet; der Wortgebrauch kombiniert dabei sowohl sachbezogene als auch bewertende Gesichtspunkte.
Heterojunctions for Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment: Positive Holes, Hydroxyl Radicals and Activation Mechanism under UV and Visible Light
Authors: Pinedo Escobar José Alfonso , Moctezuma Edgar , Serrano Rosales Benito
Published: February 2020

Forming heterojunctions by coupling two or more semiconductors is an important strategy to develop stable and efficient photocatalysts able to operate both under near-UV and visible light. Five novel heterojunction systems were synthesized in the present study, using a modified sol-gel method: Bi2Mo3O12/TiO2, ZnFe2O4/TiO2, FeTiO3/TiO2, WO3(US)/TiO2 and WO3/TiO2. These heterojunction semiconductors were characterized by using XRD, SEM and EDX, UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and BET. Their photocatalytic activities were evaluated using methyl orange (MO) degradation under both near-UV and visible light. From the various heterojunctions developed, the WO3(US)/TiO2 photocatalyst was the one that showed the highest photocatalytic efficiency with this being assigned to the formation of a double heterojunction involving anatase, rutile and monoclinic WO3 phases. On this basis, a photocatalyst activation mechanism applicable to near-UV and visible light irradiation was proposed. This mechanism explains how the photogenerated electrons (e–) and positive holes (h+) can be transferred to the various phases. As a result, and given the reduced holes and electron recombination surface, hydroxyl radicals found were more abundant. To confirm this assumption, hole formation in the valence band was studied, using hole-scavenging reactions involving ion iodine (I–), while hydroxyl radical production used fluorescence spectroscopy.
Unsteady Self-similar Flow over an Impulsively Started Shrinking Sheet: Flow Augmentation with No Separation
Authors: Mehmood Ahmer , Dastgir Tabassum Ghulam , Usman Muhammad , Dar Aman-ullah
Published: February 2020

The unsteady self-similar flow due to a permeable shrinking sheet is analyzed in this investigation. The current theoretical study is enacted in the light of correct self-similar formulation proposed by (Mehmood. A. Viscous flows: Stretching and shrinking of surfaces, Springer, 2017). For the existence of a meaningful solution the retarded boundary-layer developed due to retarded shrinking wall velocity

u
w

x

=

±
x

t

\left( {{u_w}\left( x \right) = {{ \pm x} \over t}} \right)

is supported by the sufficient mass suction introduced at the shrinking surface. Main theme of this paper is to utilize the correct mathematical formulation for the shrinking sheet flow in order to investigate the existence of dual solutions of the considered problem. By using suitable self-similar transformations, the nonlinear Navier–Stokes equations are converted to corresponding non-linear ordinary differential equations. A reliable numerical technique (shooting method) is applied to solve the resulting ODEs for the involved physical parameters. Particular to this problem, it is observed that a sufficient amount of wall suction is mandatory

S
<

S
c

;

S
c

≤
0

\left( {S \lt {S_c}; {S_c} \le 0} \right)

for the existence of meaningful solutions; and also the solutions are non-unique. As the magnitude of wall suction is reduced (i. e.

S
→

S
c

S \to {S_c}

) the solution seizes to exist by having non-zero coefficient of wall skin-friction, reflecting the absence of any flow separation. On the other hand, a stronger flow augmentation is noted for the increasing values of the wall suction parameter

S

S

. The results are presented through graphs as well as in tabulated form. It is noticed that dual solutions exist for sufficiently large magnitude of the suction parameter

S

>

S
c

\left( { \left| S \right| \gt \left| {{S_c}} \right| } \right)

.
Réévaluer le conflit diglossique en Corse: apports et dépassements de la sociolinguistique du conflit
Authors: Colonna Romain
Published: February 2020

This article attempts to establish the important links between Corsican sociolinguistics and Catalan sociolinguistics. To this end, it returns to the main characteristics of Catalan sociolinguistics through the notion of “diglossia” and “language conflict” it generates, notions that have largely fed minority studies. Moreover, the terms of the famous Catalan dilemma are clearly stated by the substitution of the dominated language or its normalization as inevitable outcomes of linguistic conflict. The reflection tries to establish the parallels between the various situations and the passage from the Catalan elaboration of a conceptual tooling in a situation of domination to the Corsican sociolinguistic and political fields. Finally, we propose to re-evaluate the initial Catalan conceptual framework in order to better adapt it to the Corsican situation, notably by showing some limits of this framework in terms of diglossic polarities and representations.
Intentionality, scalar change, and non-culmination in Korean caused change-of-state predicates
Authors: Beavers John , Lee Juwon
Published: February 2020

This paper investigates the interpretations of caused change-of-state predicates in Korean, and in particular non-culmination readings in which the result state inherent to the meaning of the predicate fails to obtain either fully (zero result) or partially. We argue that zero result readings require that the subject intended the coming about of the result state, while readings in which some result obtains (partially or completely) lack this entailment. Yet zero result interpretations are not reducible to ‘try’-constructions since the former but not the latter require the direct causation. Furthermore, zero result readings arise only in active voice, a grammatical constraint not explicitly discussed for other languages. We argue that the full suite of possible readings arises from two factors: a sublexical modality over worlds conforming to the agent’s intentions for zero result readings that arises from a special active voice inflection in Korean and a scalar semantics for change-of-state verbs that derives partial result readings as a type of degree achievement interpretation. An interaction of these two factors produce the range of possible readings for Korean change-of-state predicates. Finally, we discuss our account in relation to the Agent Control Hypothesis of Demirdache and Martin (2015) that agentivity properties of the subject are necessary for certain non-culmination readings, and suggest that Korean exemplifies the ACH provided that what counts as “control” includes intentionality.
Nutritional and functional properties of maize-oyster mushroom (Zea mays-Pleurotus ostreatus) based composite flour and its storage stability
Authors: Bamidele Oluwaseun P. , Fasogbon Beatrice M.
Published: February 2020

The over reliance on starchy foods such as maize flour may lead to protein energy malnutrition (PEM) in children. The enrichment of maize with protein-rich oyster mushroom will improve the nutritional composition of maize flour. This study determined the effects of oyster mushroom flour on nutritional, functional and storage stability properties of composite flour containing maize and oyster mushroom. Oyster mushroom flour was added at 0, 5, 10 and 15% to maize flour. Proximate, functional, minerals, amino acid profile, free fatty acids and peroxide value of the composite flours were determined. An increase in the addition of oyster mushroom flour led to an increase in proximate and the minerals content of the composite flour, but the functional properties decreased. Oyster mushroom flour increased the amino acid profile of the composite flour, with leucine being the highest (26.3 mg/g). The flours were relatively stable (25ºC) during storage. Enriching maize flour with 15% oyster mushroom flour improved the nutritional quality of maize flour which makes the resulting composite flour a better raw material for human consumption.
Joint variable selection and network modeling for detecting eQTLs
Authors: Cao Xuan , Ding Lili , Mersha Tesfaye B.
Published: February 2020

In this study, we conduct a comparison of three most recent statistical methods for joint variable selection and covariance estimation with application of detecting expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) and gene network estimation, and introduce a new hierarchical Bayesian method to be included in the comparison. Unlike the traditional univariate regression approach in eQTL, all four methods correlate phenotypes and genotypes by multivariate regression models that incorporate the dependence information among phenotypes, and use Bayesian multiplicity adjustment to avoid multiple testing burdens raised by traditional multiple testing correction methods. We presented the performance of three methods (MSSL – Multivariate Spike and Slab Lasso, SSUR – Sparse Seemingly Unrelated Bayesian Regression, and OBFBF – Objective Bayes Fractional Bayes Factor), along with the proposed, JDAG (Joint estimation via a Gaussian Directed Acyclic Graph model) method through simulation experiments, and publicly available HapMap real data, taking asthma as an example. Compared with existing methods, JDAG identified networks with higher sensitivity and specificity under row-wise sparse settings. JDAG requires less execution in small-to-moderate dimensions, but is not currently applicable to high dimensional data. The eQTL analysis in asthma data showed a number of known gene regulations such as STARD3, IKZF3 and PGAP3, all reported in asthma studies. The code of the proposed method is freely available at GitHub (https://github.com/xuan-cao/Joint-estimation-for-eQTL).
A case of primary central nervous system lymphoma mimic neuromyelitis optica
Authors: Sheng Xixi , Xu Mingwei , Li Xia
Published: February 2020

Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is rare. And the symptoms of PCNSL are atypical, it is extremely easy to be misdiagnosed as other diseases. However, early treatment is crucial which is requesting early diagnosis. We report a case of a 47-year-old man who was initially diagnosed as neuromyelitis optica (NMO) on the basis of clinical findings, slightly high Aquaporin4 (AQP4) (1:10) and high signals of magnetic resonance imaging. Though his symptoms progressively improved after steroid pulse treatment, but worse when steroid was decreased to 40 mg per day. We considered the patient should be diagnosed as PCNSL. After the examination of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and positron emission tomography (PET), the results indicated PCNSL was most possible. Therefore we gave him stereotactic biopsy of deep of supratentorial, which showed non-Hodgkin malignant B-cell lymphoma.
Poor Concordance of Floxed Sequence Recombination in Single Neural Stem Cells: Implications for Cell Autonomous Studies
Authors: Dause Tyler Joseph , Kirby Elizabeth Diana
Published: February 2020

To manipulate target gene function in specific adult cell populations, tamoxifen (TAM)-dependent CreERT2is widely used to drive inducible, site-specific recombination of loxP flanked sequences. In studies of cell autonomous target gene function, it is common practice to combine these CreERT2-lox systems with a ubiquitously expressed stop-floxed fluorescent reporter gene to identify single cells supposedly undergoing target gene recombination. Here, we studied the reliability of using Cre-induced recombination of one gene to predict recombination in another gene at the single-cell level in adult hippocampal neural stem and progenitor cells (NSPCs). Using both probabilistic predictions in a generic experimental paradigm, as well as a mouse model with two separate stop-floxed reporters plus a Nestin promoter-driven CreERT2, we found that, in individual cells, recombination of one gene was a poor predictor of recombination in another. This poor concordance in floxed sequence recombination across genes suggests that use of stop-floxed reporters to investigate cell autonomous gene function may not be universally reliable and could lead to false conclusions.
Exploring the Effects of Effectors
Authors: Manning Fiona C. , Siminoski Anna , Schutz Michael
Published: February 2020

We explore the effects of trained musical movements on sensorimotor interactions in order to clarify the interpretation of previously observed expertise differences. Pianists and non-pianists listened to an auditory sequence and identified whether the final event occurred in time with the sequence. In half the trials participants listened without moving, and in half they synchronized keystrokes while listening. Pianists and non-pianists were better able to identify the timing of the final tone after synchronizing keystrokes compared to listening only. Curiously, this effect of movement did not differ between pianists and non-pianists despite substantial training differences with respect to finger movements. We also found few group differences in the ability to align keystrokes with events in the auditory sequence; however, movements were less variable (lower coefficient of variation) in pianists compared to non-pianists. Consistent with the idea that the benefits of synchronization on rhythm perception are constrained by motor effector kinematics, this work helps clarify previous findings in this paradigm. We discuss these outcomes in light of training and the kinematics involved in pianist keystrokes compared to musicians synchronizing movements in other studies. We also overview how these differences across motor effector synchronization and training must be accounted for in models of perception and action.
Legal Conclusions Of The Supreme Court On The Application Of The Rules Of Family Law As A Source Of Family Law In Ukraine
Authors: Vatras V.A.
Published: February 2020

The scientific article is devoted to the study of the legal nature of the Supreme Court’s legal conclusions regarding the application of family law rules and their place in the system of family law sources of Ukraine. The views of Ukrainian and foreign legal scholars on this issue are analyzed, as well as the legislative regulation of this issue, a number of examples of the Supreme Court’s legal positions are highlighted. It is substantiated that the Supreme Court’s legal conclusions on the application of family law are a source of family law because they have the properties of a source of law: binding on all bodies, including courts applying the applicable law (except physical and legal persons not bound by a legal opinion, albeit in court, but which may invoke it to substantiate their position; the courts may also withdraw their opinion in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 403 and 404 of the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine) regulatory, availability, formality and publicity, legality, ensuring the means of state coercion, law-making significance. It is also determined that the legal position of the Supreme Court exists in the form of a specific legal order, which has a corresponding official form of expression and consolidation, law­making significance. In the system of family law sources issued by the courts, legal opinions on the application of family law rules as issued by the highest authority in the system of courts of general jurisdiction are hierarchically above the acts of local and appellate courts, as well as other Supreme Court rulings after the adoption of the resolution containing the relevant legal opinion, except in cases of deviation from it in accordance with Art. 403 of the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine. Legal positions can actually get legal expression not only in the decisions of the Supreme Court, but also the decisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court.
Specifics Legal Regulation Of The Activity Of Historical And Cultural Institutions
Authors: Stratiuk O.M.
Published: February 2020

The article deals with scientific views on the retrospective of legal regulation of historical and cultural institutions as non-entrepreneurial legal entities, as well as their role. The origin, concept, meaning and general features, inherent to this kind of legal entities are investigated.

An analysis of the modern mechanism of legal regulation of historical and cultural institutions in Ukraine is being analyzed.
The Concept Of The Motive Of The Crime And Its Delimitation With Related Categories
Authors: Hulian Yu.V.
Published: February 2020

The article substantiates the need to study the concept of the motive of a crime and its differentiation with related elements of the motivational process. The analysis of various approaches to the definition of the motive of the crime is based on the works of foreign and domestic scientists. The basic problems of establishing the motive for the qualification of crimes and the imposition of punishment are determined, and the ways of improving the criminal legislation are proposed.