bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Graphene electrodes for electric poling of electro-optic polymer films
Authors: Wang Wen , Wu Jieyun , Chen Kaixin , Huang Quandong , Luo Jingdong , Seng Chiang Kin
Published: March 2020

We propose electric poling of electro-optic (EO) polymer films with graphene electrodes. The use of graphene electrodes can waive the use of buffer layers and minimize the poling voltage. To demonstrate the idea, we prepared EO polymer thin-film waveguides for poling with traditional Au/ITO electrodes and graphene electrodes, where the EO polymer is a guest–host system formed by doping 15 wt% of dipolar polyene chromophore AJLZ53 into the random copolymer P(S-co-MMA). Our experiments confirm that the use of graphene electrodes can significantly reduce the poling voltage. For a 3.8-µm-thick EO polymer film, we achieve high EO coefficients of 82 pm/V at 1541 nm and 110 pm/V at 1300 nm with a poling voltage of 420 V. In addition, the use of graphene electrodes allows more flexible waveguide designs and can potentially simplify the fabrication of devices based on EO polymer.
Suffering and the Nietzschean affirmation of life in the lyrics of Bad Religion
Authors: Kourakis Filippos
Published: March 2020

Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that Zarathustra ‘the godless’, whose students ‘remain faithful to the earth, and […] not believe those who speak […] of otherwordly hopes’, was a proponent of a life fulfilled with meaning and creativity, in spite of all the abominable suffering and unavoidable hardships it entails. Ultimately, he wanted to ‘see as beautiful what is necessary in things’ and ‘to be only a Yes-sayer’. This article looks at how the lyrics of one of the most respected and well-known punk rock bands worldwide, Bad Religion, encapsulate the above-mentioned ideas of the German philosopher. Lyrics from several songs of the band’s discography, ranging from 1982 to 2013, are briefly discussed. The themes explored in these songs, examined in parallel with Nietzsche’s ideas, revolve around suffering, nihilism, the afterlife, amor fati, and, finally, affirming life by creating a personal sense of purpose. Whilst Bad Religion’s work is not moralistic (most thoroughly echoed in the line ‘no Bad Religion song can make your life complete’ from the song ‘No Direction’), the lyrics analysed nevertheless demonstrate that the band actively assumes a stance towards life, one which is characterized by creating a sense of purpose through personal expression, emblematized both in the punk attitude per se, as well as in the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche.
NÃO PODEMOS APOIAR AS VÍTIMAS E SIMULTANEAMENTE ALIMENTAR AS GUERRAS
Authors: Pureza José Manuel
Published: March 2020

ENTREVISTA COM TERESA TITO DE MORAIS
Falsificações
Authors: Marnoto Rita
Published: March 2020

https://doi.org/10.14195/0870-4112_3-5
Uma epígrafe inventada por frei Bernardo de Brito
Authors: D’Encarnação José
Published: March 2020

Num dos capítulos da sua monumental obra Monarchia Lusytana, em que dá conta da campanha do procônsul romano Décimo Júnio Bruto para submeter os povos do Ocidente peninsular, frei Bernardo de Brito mostra que uma batalha travada perto do rio Távora (onde há, de facto, muitos vestígios romanos) não teve vitória fácil. E para o demonstrar, salientando a bravura dos “Portugueses”, inventou os epitáfios de dois importantes membros das tropas romanas: um signifer e um eques. É o epitáfio deste último que se analisa do ponto de vista epigráfico e literário.
A Dúvida
Authors: Miranda Miguel
Published: March 2020

https://doi.org/10.14195/0870-4112_3-5_11
O olho e a mão
Authors: Moreira Sofia
Published: March 2020

https://doi.org/10.14195/0870-4112_3-5_15
Revisitar a Odisseia e repensar Ulisses
Authors: Gersão Teolinda
Published: March 2020

Revisitar a Odisseia e repensar Ulisses
A epigrafia latina como elemento didáctico (XXXII)
Authors: D'Encarnação José
Published: March 2020

A epigrafia latina como elemento didáctico (XXXII)
Nos caminhos de Édipo
Authors: Viana Maria Mafalda
Published: March 2020

Nos caminhos de Édipo
Episódio das ΛITAI e o destino de Aquiles
Authors: De Carvalho Sofia Daniela Gil
Published: March 2020

Episódio das ΛITAI e o destino de Aquiles
Palavras arrastadas na lírica euripidiana
Authors: Lourenço Frederico
Published: March 2020

Palavras arrastadas na lírica euripidiana
Páginas de Suetónio: a morte anunciada de Domiciano
Authors: Brandão José Luís
Published: March 2020

Páginas de Suetónio: a morte anunciada de Domiciano
Nas origens do drama e do teatro ocidental: onde cabe o romance e o cinema?
Authors: Grizoste Weberson Fernandes
Published: March 2020

Walter Besant considerou o Romance semelhante a uma peça de Teatro. Aristóteles havia considerado a Tragédia superior as outras artes por sua capacidade de representação da vida. O Cinema, por sua vez, é uma arte essencialmente representativa. Esse artigo faz uma reconstituição das origens do drama e do teatro ocidental como matrizes do Romance e do Cinema.
Problemas de tradução da página 176B6‑7 do Cármides de Platão: ἢν ἐπᾴδειν παρέχῃς Σωκράτει
Authors: Coutinho Luciano
Published: March 2020

Um dos pontos altos do Cármides, de Platão, encontra‑se na página 176b6‑7, em que Crítias diz ao jovem que dá título ao diálogo que ele deveria entregar‑se ao encantar de Sócrates. Não para que este o encante, no entanto, mas para que a própria psyche alcance, filosoficamente, a temperança que o conduzirá ao processo de cura da enfermidade de cabeça. Essa página do Cármides, por sua vez, tem sofrido traduções, em diversas Línguas Modernas, que desvirtuam o profundo sentido do encantamento filosófico que Platão elabora e sustenta no diálogo. Nesse sentido, será feita, neste trabalho, não uma análise filológica propriamente da página em questão, mas uma análise comparada de traduções em Línguas Portuguesa, Espanhola, Italiana e Inglesa, para que se atenha aos prejuízos e aos acertos da corrente compreensão da página no contexto do diálogo.
Tipos da historiografia romana nos Annales de Tácito
Authors: Gonçalves Carla Vieira
Published: March 2020

As personagens históricas mantêm uma permanente relação dialógica com as suas predecessoras na tradição literária e historiográfica. Por esta razão, é possível encontrar, entre elas, características comuns que as fazem emergir, por exemplo, como um típico Catilina, uma verdadeira Clitemnestra ou um autêntico Atreu. Este artigo apresenta seis desses retratos historiográficos, retirados e traduzidos da obra de Tácito, o representante máximo da historiografia romana.
La donna è mobile…: tradução e comentário do poema alfabético acerca da maldade deminina (Canticum alphabeticum de Mala Muliere, anónimo, século XIII)
Authors: Dias Paula Barata
Published: March 2020

O tema da misoginia é um tópico literário frequente em toda a literatura latina, antiga e medieval. Apresenta‑se uma tradução portuguesa e um comentário literário do Poema alfabético De Mala Muliere, anónimo composto no século XIII, texto que desenvolve o assunto da misoginia recorrendo à antiga tópica anti‑feminina, renovada com os novos argumentos do cristianismo desenvolvidos de acordo com o contexto histórico da reforma gregoriana.
O milagre das rosas em De Vita et Moribus Beatae Elisabethae Lusitaniae Reginae de Pedro João Perpinhão
Authors: Toipa Helena M. R. A. Costa
Published: March 2020

A biografia da Rainha Santa Isabel, da autoria do padre jesuíta Pedro João Perpinhão, De Vita et Moribus Beatae Elisabethae Lusitaniae Reginae, composta entre 1557 e 1561, incluía o relato do milagre das rosas que, até aí, segundo o testemunho do autor, não aparecia nos documentos escritos relacionados com a vida da rainha e circulava apenas na voz do povo. Perpinhão parece já não ter tido acesso a duas biografias compostas na mesma época da sua, que também incluem o mesmo milagre. Todos esses relatos de meados do século xvi poderão ter sido originados por uma fonte comum.
Ausónio: espetáculo dos sete sábios, vv. 1-72
Authors: Leão Delfim
Published: March 2020

Este artigo começa por enquadrar o opúsculo de Ausónio na literatura gnómica relativa aos Sete Sábios, procurando sublinhar a originalidade do seu contributo, que decorre sobretudo da estrutura teatral adotada na composição. Na segunda parte do trabalho, apresenta-se o texto original, seguido de tradução em português e de um comentário breve às principais questões levantadas pelo passo tratado (vv. 1-72).
Acute and subacute toxicity tests of goat bile in BALB/c mice
Authors: Arwati Heny , Hapsari Windya T. , Wardhani Kartika A. , Aini Kholida N. , Bahalwan Ramadhani R. , Wardhani Puspa , Sandhika Willy
Published: March 2020

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the toxicity of goat bile in BALB/c mice since some Indonesian people consume raw goat gallbladder to treat malaria and increase stamina.

Materials and Methods: Acute toxicity test was done in six groups of BALB/c mice using 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, and 6.75% of goat bile and negative control. The death of mice was observed within 14 days. In the subacute toxicity test, the body weight and hematology parameters on day 0 and day 4 post-treatment were evaluated. The mice were closely observed for 28 days before plasma collection for the blood biochemistry evaluation.

Results: Mild diarrhea was observed in acute and subacute toxicity tests. No death of mice was observed in acute test. Goat bile did not inhibit the increase of the body weight of mice. A slight reduction in hemoglobin and hematocrit levels in mice treated with 25% and 50% goat bile, however, remained normal in mice treated with 100% goat bile. The red and white blood cell count were not affected. Liver and kidney functions were not affected by goat bile treatment as revealed by the plasma level of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine, which remained in the normal range.

Conclusion: Goat bile treatment in BALB/c mice caused mild toxicity in mice. Hydrophobic bile acids may cause the toxicity of goat bile in mice; therefore, it is recommended that goat bile consumption not to be taken oftenly to avoid its harmful effect.
Diagnostic evaluation of a point-of-care test for culture and microbial susceptibility testing in canine dermatological infections in clinical practice
Authors: Perego Roberta , Spada Eva , Martino Piera Anna , Proverbio Daniela
Published: March 2020

Background and Aim: Empirical antimicrobial therapy is frequently given in superficial bacterial folliculitis (SBF) and otitis externa (OE) in dogs, especially for the initial clinical presentation. Culture and subsequent antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) are generally limited to chronic cases with poor response to initial therapy. Several factors contribute to the failure to implement the use of AST in veterinary practice, i.e., long laboratory turnaround time or special requirements for sample shipping. Point-of-care (PoC) testing might reduce laboratory turnaround time and costs and the risk of emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens. This study evaluated the Speed Biogram™ PoC test in canine SBF and OE compared with conventional methods for culture and AST. Materials and Methods: Thirty-four canine samples were analyzed: eleven from SBF, seven from bacterial OE, four from mixed OE, six from Malassezia spp. OE, and six negative controls. Sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of the PoC test and the agreement between the PoC test and conventional methods were evaluated. Results: Se and Sp of PoC test in discriminating between healthy and unhealthy subjects were 100% (95% confidence interval [CI] 87.66-100.00) and 100% (95% CI 54.1-100.0), respectively. For bacterial identification, the k value was 0.532. Se and Sp of PoC tests for AST were 81.73% (95% CI 72.95-88.63) and 93.10% (95% CI 88.86-96.98), respectively with a total good agreement between tests (mean k=0.714), but major (8/27) and very major (19/27) errors were observed in 55% of bacterial conventional culture-positive samples. Conclusion: PoC test can identify dogs with SBF and OE, but AST is not sufficiently accurate. The lack of susceptibility testing for methicillin makes this test inappropriate for use in small animal practice.
Large-scale two-phase estimation of wood production by poplar plantations exploiting Sentinel-2 data as auxiliary information
Authors: Marcelli Agnese , Mattioli Walter , Puletti Nicola , Chianucci Francesco , Gianelle Damiano , Grotti Mirko , Chirici Gherardo , D' Amico Giovanni , Francini Saverio , Travaglini Davide , Fattorini Lorenzo , Corona Piermaria
Published: March 2020

Growing demand for wood products, combined with efforts to conserve natural forests, have supported a steady increase in the global extent of planted forests. Here, a two-phase sampling strategy for large-scale assessment of the total area and the total wood volume of fast-growing forest tree crops within agricultural land is presented. The first phase is performed using tessellation stratified sampling on high-resolution remotely sensed imagery and is sufficient for estimating the total area of plantations by means of a Monte Carlo integration estimator. The second phase is performed using stratified sampling of the plantations selected in the first phase and is aimed at estimating total wood volume by means of an approximation of the first-phase Horvitz-Thompson estimator. Vegetation indices from Sentinel-2 are exploited as freely available auxiliary information in a linear regression estimator to improve the design-based precision of the estimator based on the sole sample data. Estimators of the totals and of the design-based variances of total estimators are presented. A simulation study is developed in order to check the design-based performance of the two alternative estimators under several artificial distributions supposed for poplar plantations (random, clustered, spatially trended). An application in Northern Italy is also reported. The regression estimator turns out to be invariably better than that based on the sole sample information. Possible integrations of the proposed sampling scheme with conventional national forest inventories adopting tessellation stratified sampling in the first phase are discussed.
Association of BsmI and ApaI Polymorphisms of the Vitamin D Receptor Gene with Dyslipidemia in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
Authors: E.G Sergeeva , Z.I Ionova
Published: March 2020

Purpose
The goals of the present study were to assess the genotypic and allelic distribution of Bsm-I (rs1544410) and Apa-I (rs7975232) polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients in comparison to control patients of the same age without CAD and to determine whether these gene variants are associated with dyslipidemia.

Materials and Methods
Based on a case-control design, 302 hospitalized patients with CAD and 194 people of comparable age without CAD were enrolled in the study. The BsmI and ApaI polymorphisms of VDR gene were studied using polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction analysis. The allele digested by the restriction enzyme was denoted by a lower letter, whereas that not digested was indicated by a capital letter. Determination of the level of vitamin D and immunoreactive insulin in the blood serum was carried out using the immuno-enzyme method.

Results
The bb genotype of Bsm-I VDR gene polymorphism was detected more often in patients with CAD than in the comparison group with an increased risk of CAD by 1.52 times (p=0.006, OR=1.52(1.05÷2.2). The level of HDL cholesterol was higher in CAD patients − carriers of BB genotype compared to its level in Bb genotype carriers and bb genotype carriers (1,13±0,05 mmol/l, 1,01±0,03 mmol/l, 1,02±0,03 mmol/l respectively, p<0,05). The level of vitamin D was higher in patients with BB genotype compared to its level in bb genotype carriers (45.12±3.73 nmol / l and 34.16±1.95 nmol/l respectively, p=0.008). The occurrence of a allele of Apa-I VDR gene polymorphism was higher in patients with CAD than in the control group (p=0.02, OR=1.21(0.93÷1.57). HDL cholesterol level was higher in CAD patients - AA genotype carriers compared with carriers of Aa and aa genotypes (1.18±0.08 mmol / l, 1,02±0.02 mmol / l and 1.01±0.03 mmol/l respectively, p<0,05). Immunoreactive insulin level was significantly higher in CAD patients – aa genotype carriers. No differences in LDL cholesterol and triglycerides were found. Vitamin D level was lower in CAD patients - Aa and aa genotype carriers (33,8±33,9 nmol/l ,p=0,02 and 24,7±4,9 nmol/l, p=0,05 respectively in comparison to vitamin D level = 43,3 ±4,2 nmol/l in AA genotype carriers).

Conclusion
The bb genotype of Bsm-I VDR gene polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of CAD. A carriage of b allele in CAD patients is associated with lower level of vitamin D and HDL cholesterol. A carriage of a allele of Apa-I VDR gene polymorphism in CAD patients is associated with lower level of vitamin D and HDL cholesterol.
Teaching Communicative Actions
Authors: Montgomery Bette
Published: March 2020

Communication is the foundation of professional relationships and collaborative teams within family and consumer sciences (FCS) (Mitstifer, 2014). These relationships and collaborative work may be facilitated through communicative actions. Educational structure is needed to intentionally
focus on communicative actions in undergraduate coursework. The purposes of this paper, therefore, are to briefly explain communicative actions, examine Kolb's model of experiential learning as a way to structure teaching and learning, and to share undergraduate student experiences in learning
about communicative actions.
Mongersen and SMAD-7 Inhibition, Not a Lucky 7 for Patients With IBD: When Trial Design Is as Important as Disease Therapy
Authors: Bewtra Meenakshi , Lichtenstein Gary R.
Published: March 2020

The phase II mongersen (GED-0301) trial produced unparalleled success rates in Crohn's disease and generated much hope for a crippling disease. Unfortunately, the subsequent phase III trial was terminated early because of a lack of efficacy. We discuss the differences in trial design that may have contributed to these disparate findings and how these findings may serve as a lesson in subsequent therapeutic trials in Crohn's disease.
Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of Gastric, Colorectal, Liver, and Pancreatic Cancers in a Community-Based Population
Authors: Lee Jeffrey K. , Merchant Sophie A. , Schneider Jennifer L. , Jensen Christopher D. , Fireman Bruce H. , Quesenberry Charles P. , Corley Douglas A.
Published: March 2020

INTRODUCTION:

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are commonly used for gastrointestinal disorders; given they increase the systemic levels of gastrin, a trophic hormone, there is a concern about their carcinogenicity. This study evaluated the association between PPI use and gastrointestinal cancers.

METHODS:

We performed a nested case-control study in a large, community-based integrated healthcare setting. Cases were adults with gastric (n = 1,233), colorectal (n = 18,595), liver (n = 2,329), or pancreatic cancers (n = 567). Each case was matched with up to 10 controls by age, sex, race/ethnicity, medical facility, and enrollment duration. The primary exposure was defined as ≥2-year cumulative PPI supply. Data were obtained from pharmacy, cancer registry, and electronic medical record databases. Associations were evaluated using conditional logistic regression and adjusted for multiple confounders. We also evaluated the cancer risks separately by PPI dose, duration of use, and dose and duration.

RESULTS:

PPI use of ≥2-years was not associated with the risks of gastric (odds ratio [OR]: 1.07, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.81–1.42), colorectal (OR: 1.05, 95% CI: 0.99–1.12), liver (OR: 1.14, 95% CI: 0.91–1.43), or pancreatic cancers (OR: 1.22, 95% CI: 0.89–1.67), compared to non-users. In exploratory analyses, elevated cancer risks were primarily restricted to those with ≥10 years of PPI use, but no consistent associations were found for increasing PPI dose and/or duration of use.

DISCUSSION:

PPI use of ≥2 years was not associated with increased risks of gastrointestinal cancers. The cancer risks associated with PPI use of ≥10 years requires further study.
The “Cast Iron Site”—A Tale of Four Stoves from the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition
Authors: Stenton Douglas R. , Park Robert W.
Published: March 2020

Few detailed analyses exist for the majority of the sites that comprise the archaeological record of the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. This paper presents the results of new investigations of an Inuit site (NgLj-9) at Erebus Bay on King William Island, Nunavut, containing materials derived from the 1845 Franklin expedition. The complex history of the origin and use of artifacts found at the site and its relationship to other Franklin sites and events associated with the expedition are revealed through the analysis and integration of archaeological, historical, and oral historical data.
Inuit Seal Hunting in Canada: Emerging Narratives in an Old Controversy
Authors: Farquhar Samantha D.
Published: March 2020

Seal hunting in Canada is a historically controversial topic. Animal rights groups have campaigned that Atlantic Canadians inhumanely slaughter thousands of “baby” seals every year. The work of these animal rights groups has led to changes in national fisheries regulations and markets. The market changes have greatly affected the livelihoods of many Atlantic Canadians, but even more so of the Inuit who also hunt seals in Canada’s Arctic regions. Animal rights groups largely excluded and ignored the Inuit who depended on the larger Atlantic Canadian seal market. However, Inuit have recently mobilized though social media to reclaim the narrative surrounding seal hunting. Their campaign has helped change national policy. The Government of Canada has since created a scheme to increase market access to Inuit-harvested seals. Yet, little information is available for this scheme and its effectiveness needs to be further investigated.
Bioconditioning of Arctic Waters and Stimulation of Arctic Phytoplankton by Sea Ice Algae: Vulnerability to Increased Light
Authors: Apollonio Spencer
Published: March 2020

Arctic sea ice algae produce extracellular organic products, which, as bioconditioners of seawater, may stimulate early summer growth of pelagic, under-sea-ice phytoplankton in low light and low temperature conditions. Sea ice algae are inhibited or decline in numbers if prematurely exposed to high light conditions, thereby reducing their ability to produce bioconditioners. As climate change creates an early reduction or removal of snow and sea ice cover, the result may be a decrease in primary phytoplankton production.
APPLIED Research on Banking Production Planning and Control in the Housing Investment Process
Authors: Novaes Luiz Fernando de Lyra , Paiva Sergio Antão , Barbosa Fabio Matera , Cardoso Helaine Coutinho , Almeida Ives Yokoyama de , Novaes Thomas Campos Silva de Lyra
Published: March 2020

Goal: This article presents a PMM - Performance Measurement and Management system which analyzes 72 regional managerial offices (RMO) found on the database of a banking institution. Each of the offices has a portfolio of investments in real estates in Brazil financed by the Banking Institution. The PMM gives diagnosis of the performance of each of these offices through a data mining procedure from the years 2015 to 2017 and suggest on how the worst performing offices can replicate the best performing ones.

Design / Methodology / Approach:  The PMM was designed to estimate an efficient model by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Ranks the efficiency of the RMOs and provides managerial solutions with the background information upon which to base decisions.

Practical implications: The design of PMM has the ability to enable the institution of processing a more flexible and dynamic performance management. The practical implications achieved are reported in systematic analysis approach that testify the quality and effectiveness of this PMM modeling in conclusion section at table 8.

Results: The proposed PMM is a new approach paradigm to institution, in the way to set the best results on account of resources available. The current method used per the Institution sets effectiveness targets without accounting the resources spent.

Limitations of the investigation: The restrictions in time and resources did not make possible compare the current organizational method with the proposed PMM. A main question was not answered if the effectiveness RMOs are efficient too, or, vice-versa.

Originality / method value: This article is innovative as it introduces the ability to perform simulations in the DEA environment, principally because its possibility to rearrange the modeling from the evolution of institution performance. Also, the corporate aspect of adopting a universalized methodology for evaluating efficiency.
Субъективное благополучие: концептуализация, измерение и российская специфика
Authors: Алмакаева Анна Михайловна , Гашенина Наталья Валерьевна
Published: March 2020

В статье представлен краткий обзор особенностей российской традиции исследования субъективного благополучия. Анализируется смысловая наполненность таких концептов, как «субъективное качество жизни», «социальное настроение», «социальное самочувствие». Авторы показывают, что наиболее распространенным в отечественной социальной литературе является понятие «социальное самочувствие», имеющее две трактовки: широкую и узкую. При этом лишь узкую трактовку следует считать аналогом субъективного благополучия (subjective well-being). В работе также описываются существующие российские и международные базы данных, которые могут служить источниками изучения благополучия во временной и межстрановой перспективе.

Благодарность. Мы выражаем искреннюю благодарность авторам, рецензентам, а также команде журнала «Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены» Анне Кулешовой, Анне Кокаревой и Илье Ломакину за плодотворную работу по подготовке этого номера. Мы также очень признательны Российскому научному фонду (РНФ) за финансирование исследовательского проекта № 18-18-00341 «Ценностная трансформация и субъективное качество жизни: региональная перспектива», благодаря которому возникла идея подготовить тематический выпуск, посвященный различным аспектам и специфике субъективного благополучия в России.
Scenery painting in the 19th century in the context of tempera painting on canvas: methodology and materials
Authors: Gómez Sonia Santos
Published: March 2020

Tempera painting on canvas has played multiple functions throughout the history of painting. They were used to cover altars in Lent, to make canopies and ceilings for beds, to act as organ doors, etc. In the 19th century and in the earlier 20th century, they were used as adornment on walls of palaces and theatres, as well as sceneries in the latter ones. Generally, this kind of tempera painting shows large proportions, which demanded a specific methodology of execution. Treatises of the epoch display how the painter, provided with paintbrushes of long handles, as brooms, walked on the canvases while the execution lasted. At that time, pigments derived from the activity of modern industry were already in use, in combination with other materials traditionally used in the previous centuries. This article presents the working methodology and materials used in tempera painting on canvas, mainly during the 19th century, providing a knowledge base for this subject.
An extensive study of the regularity of solutions to doubly singular equations
Authors: Vespri Vincenzo , Vestberg Matias
Published: March 2020

In recent years, many papers have been devoted to the regularity of doubly nonlinear singular evolution equations. Many of the proofs are unnecessarily complicated, rely on superfluous assumptions or follow an inappropriate approximation procedure. This makes the theory unclear and quite chaotic to a nonspecialist. The aim of this paper is to fix all the misprints, to follow correct procedures, to exhibit, possibly, the shortest and most elegant proofs and to give a complete and self-contained overview of the theory.
Lifespan change in grammaticalisation as frequency-sensitive automation: William Faulkner and thelet aloneconstruction
Authors: Neels Jakob
Published: March 2020

This paper explores the added value of studying intra- and inter-speaker variation in grammaticalisation based on idiolect corpora. It analyses the usage patterns of the Englishlet aloneconstruction in a self-compiled William Faulkner corpus against the backdrop of aggregated community data. Vast individual differences (early Faulkner vs. late Faulkner vs. peers) in frequencies of use are observed, and these frequency differences correlate with different degrees of grammaticalisation as measured in terms of host-class and syntactic context expansion. The corpus findings inform general issues in current cognitive-functional research, such as the from-corpus-to-cognition issue and the cause/consequence issue of frequency. They lend support to the usage-based view of grammaticalisation as a lifelong, frequency-sensitive process of cognitive automation. To substantiate this view, this paper proposes a self-feeding cycle of constructional generalisation that is driven by the interplay of frequency, entrenchment, partial sanction and habituation.
Simultaneous Scheduling and Heat Integration of Batch Plants Using Unit-Specific Event Based Modelling
Authors: Mummana Semal Sekhar , Seepana Murali Mohan , Vooradi Ramsagar
Published: March 2020

Over the past few decades of sustainable development, energy savings in batch processing facilities has played a vital role. The increasing trend in production of high value and low volume products in food, pharmaceutical industries and fine/specialty chemicals is driving the development of material, energy and water integrated scheduling techniques for multiproduct/multipurpose batch plants. In the present study, a three index Unit Specific Event Based (USEB) model is proposed for the simultaneous short-term scheduling and heat integration of batch plants. A mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model is proposed to handle direct heat integration. The performance of the proposed model is evaluated by considering two benchmark examples.
The Kobayashi–Royden metric on punctured spheres
Authors: Cho Gunhee , Qian Junqing
Published: March 2020

This paper gives an explicit formula of the asymptotic expansion of the Kobayashi–Royden metric on the punctured sphere

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will be given as a concrete example of our results.
Injective stability for odd unitary K
1
Authors: Voronetsky Egor
Published: March 2020

We give a new purely algebraic approach to odd unitary groups using odd form rings.
Using these objects, we give a self-contained proof of injective stability for the odd unitary

K
1

{K_{1}}

-functor under the stable rank condition.
High Birefringence and Negative Dispersion Based Modified Decagonal Photonic Crystal Fibers: A Numerical Study
Authors: Baul Anik , Hossain Md. Biplob , Sakib Md. Nazmus , Rana Md. Masud , Hossain Md. Amzad , Hossain Md. Sanwar , Islam Md. Muztahidul , Amiri I.S.
Published: March 2020

In this paper, an extremely birefringent PCF based on a modified decagonal (MD-PCF) arrangement is studied for broadband compensation covering the S-, C- and L-communication bands wavelength ranging from 1460 to 1625 nm. It is made known in theory that it is conceivable to attain negative dispersion coefficient about − 448 to − 835 ps/nm/km covering S-, C- and L-communication bands as well as a relative dispersion slope near to single mode fiber (SMF) of 0.0036 nm−1. On the basis of simulation results incorporating finite-element method based COMSOL multiphysics software, birefringence is obtained as high as 1.7 × 10−2, which is definately greater than conventional step-index fiber (SIF) and circular air- holes PCF so far. We also discuss the characteristics of chromatic dispersion, effective area and confinement loss of the designed PCF.
Sexual Orientation, Ideology, and Philosophical Method
Authors: Andler Matthew
Published: March 2020

Here, I examine the epistemic relation between beliefs about the nature of sexual orientation (e.g. beliefs concerning whether orientation is dispositional) and beliefs about the taxonomy of orientation categories (e.g. beliefs concerning whether polyamorous is an orientation category). Current philosophical research gives epistemic priority to the former class of beliefs, such that beliefs about the taxonomy of orientation categories tend to be jettisoned or revised in cases of conflict with beliefs about the nature of sexual orientation. Yet, considering the influence of ideology on beliefs about socially significant phenomena, I argue for an epistemic reversal.
Crystal structure of rac-trans-N,N′-bis(3,5-dibromosalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediamine, C20H18Br4N2O2
Authors: Jiao Liang , Tan Hui , Sun Jinrong , Zhang Longduo , Wu Qiong
Published: March 2020

C20H18Br4N2O2, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 9.1119(6) Å, b = 17.8211(12) Å, c = 13.5228(8) Å, β = 90.809(2)°, V = 2195.7(2) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0448, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0963, T = 273(2) K.
On Caputo’s Heidegger: A Prolegomenon of Transgressions to a Religion without Religion
Authors: Ullrich Calvin D.
Published: March 2020

This article seeks to distill key moments in the early work of the philosopher John D. Caputo. In considering his early investigations of Martin Heidegger, it argues that an adequate account of the trajectory of his later theological project requires a refraction through a crucial double gesture in these earlier writings. To this end, the article follows Caputo’s relationship with Heidegger where the optics of ‘overcoming metaphysics’ are laid bare (the first gesture). In these deliberations, alongside Neo-Scholastic Thomism, it is clear that what constitutes (theological) metaphysics for Caputo is any thinking which fails to think that which ‘gives’ the distinction between Being and beings. The second gesture, then, reveals ‘a certain way’ (d’une certaine maniére) of reading that allows him not only the unique possibility to re-read Scholastic Thomism by way of Meister Eckhart, but also the delimitation of the mythological construal of Being in the later Heidegger himself. The article’s methodological argument is that this transgressionary impulse gleaned from Heidegger, constitutes the ‘origins’ of Caputo’s move into the ethical-religious paradigm of deconstruction and, therefore, is also axiomatic for his later radical theology of ‘religion without religion.’
Kajian Tarif Pembebasan Bea Masuk E-Commerce Berdasarlan Peraturan Menteri Nomor 112/PMK.04/2018
Authors: Qotimah Nita Permata Chusnul , Nada Qotrun , Iqbal Baiquni Muhammad
Published: March 2020

Perkembangan Industri  4.0 memberikan dampak yang besar dalam Perdagangan Internasional. Indonesia melakukan Perdagangan Internasional dengan kegiatan impor dan ekspor barang. Perdagangan Internasional sekarang sudah mudah untuk di akses oleh semua kalangan melalui online shop. Setiap kegiatan Perdagangan Internasional diikuti oleh kewajiban akan kepabeanan, salah satunya adalah pembayaran bea masuk, bea keluar dan pajak. Berdasarkan data yang dikeluarkan oleh  kemenkeu.go.id, pada tahun 2015 penerimaan negara yang berasal dari bidang kepabeanan menyumbang sebesar 10,2% dari pendapatan negara. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa bidang kepabeanan ikut berperan dalam penerimaan negara oleh karena itu perlu untuk dilakukan pengawasan. Indonesia sebagai negara berkembang masih berada dalam standar yang biasa mengenai kesejahteraan masyarakatnya, bahkan ada sebagian kecil masyarakat yang belum mengenyam yang namanya kesejahteraan. Penulis dalam tulisan ini menfokuskan kepada bea masuk, penulis berpendapat bahwa bea masuk bisa menyumbang dana yang lumayan dalam rangka peningkatan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Kebutuhan masyarakat saat ini semakin meningkat dan bervariasi. Kebutuhan ini menuntut persaingan antara pedagang luar negeri dan dalam negeri. Dalam Peraturan Menteri Nomor 112/PMK.04/2018 pasal 13 ayat (1) dijelaskan mengenai pembebasan bea masuk sebesar maksimal USD 75.00. Pasal ini jelas memberikan akses yang mudah untuk masuknya produk luar negeri ke dalam negeri. Hal ini juga berdampak atas kurangnya minat masyarakat terhadap produk lokal Indonesia yang kualitasnya tidak kalah dari produk-produk luar negeri. Tujuan penulisan ini adalah agar pemerintah menurunkan lagi tarif pembebasan bea masuk, agar tidak mudah bagi produk luar negeri untuk masuk ke Indonesia. Dimana menurut penulis dana itu dapat dialihkan untuk kebutuhan masyarkat lainnya dalam rangka peningkatan kesejahteraan masyarakat.
Kenyataan Penegakan Hukum di Indonesia dalam Perspektif Hukum dan Pembangunan: Hukum Harus Ditaati atau Ditakuti?
Authors: Putri Edytya Nindya , Satya Prawira Reyhan
Published: March 2020

Hukum dan Pembangunan adalah studi yang terkait dengan keberadaan atau keabsahan hukum di negara-negara yang merupakan bagian dari Studi Pembangunan.

Bagi orang-orang Indonesia, keberadaan hukum tergantung pada bagaimana pemerintah menegakkan hukum di masyarakat. Oleh karena itu, perlu untuk membawa penegakan hukum menjadi ketat dan berwibawa pada sistem hukum Indonesia dalam masyarakat. Berdasarkan hal ini, meneliti penulis menggunakan metodologi penelitian yuridis - sosiologi yang meneliti aturan, konsep, pandangan masyarakat terhadap penegakan hukum di Indonesia.
Ulasan Hukum Pidana Sanksi Pada Terumbu Karang Rusak
Authors: Afifa Fadillah Siti
Published: March 2020

Masalah yang saat ini belum terselesaikan, yaitu perusakan ekosistem laut yaitu Terumbu Karang. Terumbu karang memiliki banyak peran penting dalam ekosistem laut. Terumbu karang memiliki 100 tahun untuk mencapai ketinggian 1 meter. Penyebab kehancuran terumbu karang ini ada 2 yaitu: faktor alam dan manusia. Faktor alam juga disebabkan oleh manusia (lagi) yaitu pemanasan global. Tindakan manusia inilah yang sangat suka mengeksploitasi keindahan bawah laut ini, membuatnya hampir menghilang dan sebagian rusak. Tindakan 'pemburu' itu memang tidak terasa dampaknya. Namun, mereka yang merasakan cucu kita nanti. Ini benar-benar masalah serius dan setiap perilaku manusia yang merusak terumbu karang baik secara langsung maupun tidak langsung layak dikategorikan sebagai kejahatan luar biasa sebagaimana diatur dalam UU No.27 tahun 2007. Sanksi yang mereka dapatkan berupa denda dengan jumlah besar dan penjara untuk waktu yang lama.
Б.Є. КВАСНЮК ПРО ЗАЛЕЖНІСТЬ ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО ЗРОСТАННЯ ВІД РІВНЯ ЗАОЩАДЖЕНЬ
Authors: КРЮЧКОВА Ірина
Published: March 2020

Статтю присвячено видатному вченому Борису Євгеновичу Кваснюку, який у своїх наукових дослідженнях приділяв особливу увагу широкому спектру актуальних проблем економічного зростання, підвищення ефективності державного регулювання економіки, зробив вагомий внесок у теорію економічного зростання, науково обґрунтував базові структурні пропорції ВВП для забезпечення стабільного інвестування економічного зростання в Україні. У його працях на високому науковому рівні було викладено теоретичні та методологічні основи формування національних заощаджень, їх специфіку для різних інституційних секторів економіки, показано вплив політики уряду на рівень споживчих витрат у ВВП і валове нагромадження капіталу. Б.Є. Кваснюк виявив причини коливання в Україні рівня валового заощадження і високу залежність економіки від зовнішнього фінансування та зовнішніх шоків. Задовго до нової кризи 2009 р. вчений попереджав про необхідність державної підтримки вітчизняних виробників, поки вони не підвищать свою конкурентоспроможність до рівня, який забезпечить баланс у зовнішній торгівлі товарами та валютну стабільність. Він також передбачив, що згодом закордонні доходи українців стануть чинником балансування поточного рахунку платіжного балансу, а доходи від прямих іноземних інвестицій – чинником його погіршення, що посилить залежність української економіки від зовнішніх факторів. Праці Б.Є. Кваснюка залишаються актуальними і для нових поколінь дослідників, оскільки розкривають фундаментальні засади економічного розвитку і роль держави в підтримці макроекономічної збалансованості.
New combinations in Cyrtochilum (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae)
Authors: Dalström Stig
Published: March 2020

Two species, originally described as Odontoglossum amphiglottis and Odontoglossum sodiroi are here transferred to Cyrtochilum (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae), based on molecular data and morphological features, accompanied by brief discussions about their taxonomic background and natural history, and illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Both species were previously considered to be synonyms of C. ramosissimum by the author of this paper and others, due to limited access of type material. But recent field discoveries reveal that a much stouter growth habit and distinctly corymbose inflorescences distinguish O. amphiglottis from C. ramosissimum. In the case of O. sodiroi the smoothly rounded pair of basal lip calli, which are marginally covered externally by the ventral flanks of the column, distinguish this species from C. ramosissimum, which has more or less denticulate basal callus keels on the lip, and where the ventral columnar flanks are marginally placed between these keels.

Key Words: Cyrtochilum, new combinations, Oncidiinae, Orchidaceae
Causation and Free Will in Early Buddhist Philosophy
Authors: Bernier Paul
Published: March 2020

Free will and determinism have recently attracted the attention of Buddhist scholars who have defended conflicting views on this issue. I argue that there is no reason to think that this problem cannot arise in Buddhist philosophy, since there are two senses of ‘free will’ that are compatible with the doctrine of non-self. I propose a reconstruction of a problem of free will and determinism in Early Buddhism, given a) the assumption that Buddhist causation entails universal causal determinism, and b) a crucial passage (A I 173–175) suggesting that Early Buddhism is committed to the principle of alternative possibilities which is arguably incompatible with a determinist interpretation of causation. This passage suggests that Early Buddhism must leave room for a robust, incompatibilist form of free will, and that a conception of indeterminist free will in the spirit of Robert Kane’s theory allows us to make sense of that notion.
'Going off the Map'
Authors: Jones Dhivan Thomas
Published: March 2020

The early Buddhist exegetical text, the Nettippakara?a, apparently uniquely, describes the stages of the path as ‘transcendental dependent arising’ (lokuttara pa?icca-samupp?da), in contrast with the twelve nid?nas, called ‘worldly dependent arising’ (lokiya pa?icca-samupp?da). A close reading of the Nettippakara?ain relation to another, related, exegetical text, the Pe?akopadesa, reveals that the latter interprets the same stages of the path in a different way. More broadly, while the Pe?akopadesa takes pa?icca-samupp?dato refer only to the twelve nid?nas, the Nettippakara?a’s exegetical strategy takes pa?icca-samupp?dato refer to an over-arching principle of conditionality, both ‘worldly’ and ‘transcendental’. This exegesis has proved popular with modern western Buddhist exegetes.
Theravada Traditions: Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka, by John Clifford Holt
Authors: Harris Elizabeth J.
Published: March 2020

Theravada Traditions: Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka, by John Clifford Holt. University of Hawai’i Press. 2017. 391pp. Hb. $68, ISBN-13: 978-0-82486-780-5.
Dispelling the Darkness: A Jesuit’s Quest for the Soul of Tibet, by Donal S. Lopez Jr. and Thupten Jinpa
Authors: Galli Lucia
Published: March 2020

Dispelling the Darkness: A Jesuit’s Quest for the Soul of Tibet, by Donal S. Lopez Jr. and Thupten Jinpa. Harvard University Press, 2017. 320 pp. Hb and e-book. £23.95. ISBN- 13: 9780674659704.
Amplification of useful vibration using on-off damping
Authors: Viet La Duc
Published: March 2020

This paper points out how much useful vibration can be extracted from a base-excited oscillator, which is controlled by the on-off electrical damping. We study the class of on-off electrical damping controller, which switches the damping level from high to low and back at fixed times every quarter of period. The problem reduces to the maximization of a single-variable function. This result can open the new direction to amplify the useful vibration using controllable dampings.
H\(_{2}\)O\(_{2}\) production in  Lactobacillus  strains isolated from the intestinal microbiome of healthy people
Authors: Thu Ha Thi , Hung Hoang The , Thach Tran Xuan , Hoa Nguyen Thi , Lan Anh La Thi , Hien Vu Thi , Duy Nguyen Dinh , Quyen Dong Van , Tuyet Nhung Nguyen Thi
Published: March 2020

Lactobacillus sp. in the digestive tract are capable of producing H2O2 to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria and balance the gut microflora. In this study, we have isolated 115 strains of Lactobacillus spp. from stool samples of healthy people in Ha Noi. Of the 50 tested Lactobacillus strains, 9 strains were capable of producing H2O2, of which the Lac.VFE-14 strain produced highly H2O2 with a concentration of 2.183 mM, followed by Lac.VFE-08 strains (2.081 mM) and Lac.VFE-04 (2.067 mM). All three strains grew well in MRS medium supplemented with bile salts or adjusted to low pH value. With 0.3% of bile salt, the survival rates of these 3 strains were 99%, 95% and 97%, respectively. At pH 3.0, after 3 hours of cultivation, the survival rates of the three strains were 98.54%, 94.15% and 95.27%, respectively. In addition, each of the cell-free culture supernatants of these three strains that inhibit the growth of S. aureus ATCC-23235. The inhibition zone diameters of the three strains were 19.0±1.0 mm, 14.0±1.0 mm and 11.7±1.3 mm, respectively. The results of 16S rRNA gene analyses showed that Lac.VFE-14, Lac.VFE-08 and Lac.VFE-04 had high similarity scores with L. plantarum ZZU 23 (100%), L. rhamnosus JCM 1136 (99%) and L. plantarum S7 (98.65%), respectively. This study indicates that all three strains have the potential to be used as probiotics in the future.
Insights into the magnetic origin of CunCr (n= 9÷11) clusters: A superposition of magnetic and electronic shells
Authors: Mai Nguyen Thi , Lan Ngo Thi , Tung Nguyen Thanh
Published: March 2020

Interests in Cu-Cr sub-nanometer systems have been increasing due to the recently-found icosahedral Cu12Cr cluster as a superatomic molecule, where the 3d-Cr and 4s-Cu electrons can phenomenologically form the 18-e molecular shell (1S21P61D10) of Cu12Cr. In this report, we set out to investigate the energetically-preferred geometries and stabilities of CunCr (n = 9÷11) clusters using the density-functional-theory calculations. It is found that not all of 3d-Cr electrons involve in the formation of the cluster shell and the remaining localized ones cause the magnetic moment of the clusters, which is different from what was believed.
Being an Inspector is Not a Bed of Roses
Authors: Richards Colin
Published: March 2020

School inspection has always attracted great controversy, but especially since the inception of the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted). Over the years, many voices have entered the debate about inspection, but one particular voice has hardly been
heard – that of rank-and-file inspectors themselves. This attempts to offer a glimpse of their perspective through an unusual lens.