bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
LABOUR PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN THE BREWING INDUSTRY
Authors: Melnik Irina
Published: June 2017

The article describes the quantification of the level of safety in the brewing industry, which allows determining the contribution of each employee to ensure healthy and safe working conditions. Factors have also been shown to affect the safety of each of the employees. Knowledge of the characteristics and limits of each of the factors makes it possible to secure workflow and solve potential problems early. Previously considered a comprehensive approach that allows full control of the security protecting the entire brewing industry. Efficient and safe work is possible only if the working environment at the workplace to meet all the requirements of international standards in the field of occupational safety and health. Therefore, each category from a number of activities, which can significantly reduce the level of injury, and ending with the characteristics of each of the factors for drawing up a plan to ensure the maximum protection of the company's employees, was discussed. Chemical, physical, biological and psychophysical factors may exist alone or in combination with each other. It is therefore important to identify in advance all of them and to take all measures relating to ensure safe working conditions in each of the processes. Separately considered optimal and allowable values of temperature, relative humidity and air velocity in the working area of industrial premises. The parameters were established for the purpose of continuous monitoring in order to ensure comfortable and safe work environment for each employee. In some cases it is necessary to consult with technicians to get the full picture of the possible threats posed by each type of equipment. Especially dangerous in terms of occupational safety and health in the brewing industry is a cooking workshop, where the air temperature in the working area is significantly increased, as well as the bottling plant (noisy).
Квадратуры и аффинная геометрия на прямой
Authors: Коновенко Н. Г.
Published: June 2017

В этой статье мы используем аффинную геометрию на прямой для построения обыкновенных дифференциальных уравнений, интегрируемых в квадратурах. Эти уравнения являются дифференциаль ными уравнениями для аффинных геометрических величин, допускающих аффинную группу симметрий. По теореме Ли-Бьянки эти уравнения интегрируются в квадратурах Приведены примеры, иллюстрирующие данный метод.
Топологія потоків Морса-Смейла з особливостями на межі двовимірного диска
Authors: Losieva Mariia , Prishlyak Oleksandr
Published: June 2017

В роботі досліджуються топологічні властивості потоків Морса-Смейла на двовимірному диску, у яких особливості лежать на межі диска. Побудовано повний топологічний інваріант потоку. Отримана топологічна класифікація. Запропоновано спосіб нумерації потоків.
О 4-квазипланарных отображениях полукватернионных многообразий
Authors: Kurbatova Irina
Published: June 2017

Ранее мы ввели в рассмотрение  понятие полукватернионной структуры на пространстве аффинной связности, порожденной парой почти комплексных структур, коммутирующих друг с другом. Мы также исследовали 4-квазипланарные отображения  пространств аффинной связности с полукватернионными структурами при различных условиях дифференциального характера. В настоящей статье продолжается изучение 4-квазипланарных отображений полукватернионных келеровых пространств. Строятся геометрические объекты, инвариантные относительно рассматриваемых отображений. Выделен класс полукватернионных келеровых пространств (4-квзиплоские), допускающих 4-квазипланарное отображение на плоское пространство.  Получен их тензорный признак.  Доказано, что любое 4-квазиплоское полукватернионное келерово пространтво допускает нетривиальные 4-квазипланарные отображения (это аналог теоремы Бельтрами в теории геодезических отображений римановых пространств). Показано, что 4-квазиплоское полукватернионное келерово пространство представляет собой прямое произведение двух келеровых пространств постоянной голоморфной кривизны.
Protecting expressions of Folklore within the Right to Culture in Africa
Authors: Nwauche Enyinna Sodienye
Published: June 2017

This paper explores the protection of expressions of folklore within the right to culture in Africa by considering three issues, which are the increased understanding of the right to culture in national constitutions and the recognition that customary law is a manifestation of the right to culture; an expanded understanding of the substantive content of the article 15(1) of the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as part of the right to culture; and the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples marked significantly by the 2007 United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People. The paper demonstrates how a human rights regime may assist in overcoming some of the deficiencies in the national protection of expressions of folklore in Africa.
How to use Voluntary, Self-Regulatory and Alernative Environmental Compliance Tools: Some Lessons Learnt
Authors: Nel Johan N , Wessels Jan-Albert
Published: June 2017

A number of alternative environmental enforcement tools are available that may be used to enhance the environmental enforcement effort in South Africa.  Current debate focuses on which tools work effectively and the reasons for their success.  The debate is however dominated by issues concerning policy challenges, such as the adoption of alternative tools and necessary arrangements to ensure these tools contribute to overall environmental enforcement performance.  In order to contribute to the debate and stimulate further debate, this article offers a typology of alternative enforcement tool categories, lists the generally argued benefits and disadvantages of both command and control approaches and alternative enforcement tools, offers framework conditions for the successful adoption and use of some of the enforcement tools, and explores empirical and other evidence to determine whether environmental management systems are adequately able to drive sustained and consistent legal compliance.  A South African case study is also presented to illustrate the manner in which a combination of alternative enforcement tools may be integrated with command and control tools to ensure consistent and sustained legal compliance.
Uso de la descomposición TOEPLITZ en la estratificación de matrices
Authors: Gómez Plata Adrián Ricardo
Published: June 2017

Las matrices Normales N son una subvariedad estratificada en forma de estrella de R^[(2n)^2]; se prefiere para propósitos prácticos, tener en forma concreta como es la estratificación de algunas matrices. Se presentará aquí algunos teoremas que permiten decantar una estratificación de las matrices Normales hecha por medio de la descomposición de Toeplitz y que conlleva a realizar el cálculo de valores propios usando el método Hermitiano de Lanczos o el método de Arnoldo según Huthanen [4].
Cálculo de la dimensión fractal de la falla geológica del sur occidente de Colombia
Authors: Toro Salas Karol Johana , Murcia Duran Luís Felipe , Domínguez Cajeli Darío
Published: June 2017

En este artículo se presenta un ejemplo específico para la aplicación de las geometrías Fractales a la ingeniería. El trabajo presenta resultados sobre un sistema de fallas juntas y fracturas para establecer si satisfacen distribuciones fractales. Para lograr el objetivo de esta investigación se utilizan diferentes aplicativos computacionales para el cálculo de la dimensión fractal, entre los que se incluyen: el Demo de HarFA y el programa Benoit 1,3 donde se compara el desempeño del método de Box-counting como alternativa de cálculo, dichos resultados se comparan posteriormente con el cálculo proveniente de la relación Gutemberg-Richter de los registros sísmicos. Los resultados obtenidos indican que para una zona sísmica de riesgo alto en Colombia el rango de la Dimensión Fractal está entre 1,27-1,40.
Análisis preliminar de precipitación máxima en Colombia
Authors: Corredor Rivera Jorge Luis
Published: June 2017

En los estudios hidrológicos que se realizan en Colombia se efectúa la evaluación de la precipitación máxima con aquella metodología que se considere más conveniente en el contexto de un proyecto de obras hidraúlicas específico. Este estudio solo refleja un análisis preliminar para lluvias máximas en 24 horas utilizando la información suministrada por el IDEAM a este respecto, en su aplicación se utilizó la teoría de valores extremos Gumbel Tipo III, mediante el empleo de los denominados factores de frecuencia en su presentación estadística, para 518 estaciones con registros de tipo pluvial. Este documento únicamente busca llegar a los interesados en esta temática; por tal motivo se ha dado importancia a los aspectos metodológicos, además, porque los resultados que se obtienen son simplemente la primera aproximación a este tipo de evaluación sobre precipitación máxima en 24 horas.
Anisotropía de esfuerzos y resistencia al corte de arenas
Authors: Camacho Tauta Javier Fernando , Reyes Ortiz Oscar Javier , Nieto Leal Andrés
Published: June 2017

La historia de esfuerzos tiene influencia sobre el comportamiento y la resistencia de los suelos. De particular interés es la condición anisotrópica de esfuerzos en que se presentan la mayoría de los suelos en condiciones naturales. Esta condición produce una disposición de las partículas que hace que las propiedades mecánicas tales como la rigidez inical o la resistencia al corte se vean afectadas. Se desarrollaron ensayos de laboratorio para estudiar de qué forma se pueden relacionar las condiciones de anisotropía inducida por esfuerzos, sobre los parámetros de resistencia en arenas. Se utilizó arena limpia y se controló cuidadosamente la ditribución granulométrica y la densidad relativa de cada espécimen, el cual se sometió a una combinación preestablecida de esfuerzos bajo condiciones drenadas. Finalmente cada probeta fue llevada a la falla para obtener los parámetros de resistencia al corte. Los resultados obtenidos muestran variaciones hasta del 10% en el ángulo de fricción interna, dependiendo de la densidad relativa del material y se observaron efectos negativos, especialmente en arenas mal gradadas de densidad relativa media.
El edificio del gran almacén clásico : arquitectura para el trabajo = The Great Classic Department Store Building. Architecture for the Labour
Authors: Serrano Sáseta Rafael
Published: June 2017

Los grandes almacenes clásicos del siglo XIX se inspiran en parte en las colmenas. La actividad humana en su interior se compara con la de las abejas. Su espacio es clasificador, compartimentado en alveolos. Pero sobre todo, lo que acerca los primeros grandes almacenes a la idea de la colmena es que se trata de una arquitectura del trabajo. Esto no resulta evidente, ya que en estos edificios la visión del trabajo es ocultada bajo la apariencia de lo festivo, necesaria para la actividad comercial. Su desafío consiste en compatibilizar  consumo y trabajo en un mismo lugar. Esta dualidad se resuelve generando escenarios teatrales donde se representa la función de la venta, detrás de los cuales se esconden bastidores técnicos destinados a intenso trabajo. Esta trastienda tiene una nobleza arquitectónica en los orígenes que decrece conforme el tipo arquitectónico evoluciona. Abstract Classics department stores of the nineteenth century are inspired by ruffles. Inside those buildings, human activity seems the bees. Furthermore, the space is classified and compartmentalized into alveoli. But more importantly, the buildings department stores generate an architecture for the work. This is not very clear, since in these buildings vision of the work is hidden under the guise of the festive. Activity in retail stores need a festive atmosphere. Reconcile consumption andwork in one place is a challenge of this architecture. This duality is solved generating theatrical scenarios where the sales function is represented. Secondary spaces for the work hide behind these scenarios. In the beginning, this back spacehad architectural nobility, but decreases as the architectural type evolves.
Discursos latinoamericanistas en los debates arquitectónicos de la década de 1980. Los seminarios de Arquitectura Latinoamericana (SAL)
Authors: Zambrano María Rosa
Published: June 2017

Este artículo explora los discursos que se generaron en los Seminarios de Arquitectura Latinoamericana entre 1985 y 1993, a partir de la reconstrucción de sus debates sobre las nociones de identidad y modernidad y regionalismo, y de su plasmación por algunos de sus participantes en diversas conferencias y publicaciones de arquitectura de aquel periodo. Se trató en cierto modo de una reacción a la crisis económica prácticamente general a partir de la década de los 80 y al subsiguiente desinterés por la producción arquitectónica de América Latina por los principales historiadores y críticos foráneos. Todo ello en contraste con el reconocimiento internacional de obras y autores de las décadas de 1940 y 1950 y el optimismo y conciencia de progreso de esos mismos años.
GAMBARAN HEMATOLOGI MENCIT (Mus musculus) MODEL TOKSISITAS SUBKRONIS
Authors: Pujiastuti Ita Nur Eka , Lestari Sri Rahayu , Gofur Abdul
Published: June 2017

Garlic commonly is consumed as medicine to prevent or heal illness or to maintain someone's health. Many societies prefer garlic (Allium sativum) among other herbal remedies for cholesterol treatment. It consists of several types, and one of them is single bulb garlic used to treat hypertension. There has been, however, no published research reporting the toxicological properties of single bulb garlic. The purpose of this study was to determine subchronic toxic effects of single bulb garlic administered to mice using hematological parameters. The experiment parameters were hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, the number of erythrocytes and leukocytes. Male mice (Mus musculus) strain Balb-C were treated with single bulb garlic extract for 28 days with dosage levels of 0% (N ), 0.25% (P1 ), 0.5% (P2 ), 1% (P3 ), and 2% (P4 ). Single bulb garlic showed no effect on hemoglobin and hematocrit levels but increased the number of erythrocyte and leucocyte. We concluded that single bulb garlic did not cause subchronic toxic effects.
ANALISIS KARAKTER TRUSS MORPHOMETRICS PADA IKAN KEMPRIT (Ilisha megaloptera) FAMILIA PRISTIGASTERIDAE
Authors: Wijayanti Tri , Suryaningsih Suhestri , Sukmaningrum Sri
Published: June 2017

The fish auction site at Ocean Fishing Port of Cilacap is one of the major fish landings sites in Indonesia. Fishes landed in this port mainly of large pelagic fish, bycatch, crustaceans including kemprit fish (Ilisha megaloptera Swainson,1839). Kemprit fish is a member of the family Pristigasteridae, which has an elongated body shape-sprawl. Fishers use this fish as the main ingredient to produce fish crackers and dried salted fish. Overfishing is the greatest threat to kemprit fish, and without conservation efforts the future population is uncertain. Fish farming is one right answer in kemprit fish conservation. However, information on this fish biology is insufficient. One of the biological aspects is sexual dimorphism, the morphological properties that can be used to distinguish between male and female fish. Truss morphometrics can measure the morphological traits differences of male and female. This technique in which the measurement of the distance Truss morphometrics in certain parts, by the benchmark points (dots Truss morphometrics), then compared with standard size. The result of the preliminary survey indicated that kemprit fish did not show sexual dimorphism, therefore truss morphometric technique applies to distinguish sexes of this fish. This research was a survey, and purposive sampling techniques were used to collect data. Data were then analyzed using the “t” test. The results showed that distinct truss distance between male and female fish was the distance between the anterior base of the dorsal fin to the anterior base of the ventral fins and the distance between the posterior base of the dorsal fin to the anterior base of the anal fin.
ANALISIS BIOMASA DAN CADANGAN KARBON PADA BERBAGAI UMUR TEGAKAN DAMAR (Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich.) DI KPH BANYUMAS TIMUR
Authors: Uthbah Zinatul , Sudiana Eming , Yani Edy
Published: June 2017

Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes global climate change seriously. Forests serve as an important asset that can absorb and store carbon in the form of biomass. One type of potential forest as a carbon sink is forests resin. The amount of carbon stored by standing very dynamic and varies according to the age of its standing. Therefore, studies will be needed to determine the effect of age on biomass and carbon stocks stands resin, determine the relationship between age and standing biomass and carbon stocks resin, and knowing the optimum resin stand age in storing biomass and carbon stocks. This research was conducted at the stands of resin RPH Karang Gandul, KPH Banyumas Timur for four weeks in May 2016. The method used is a survey with a sampling technique using cluster random sampling. Stands resin used in the study were classified into five age groups with 5 replicates. Data were analyzed using ANOVA with an error rate of 5% and continued with LSD for further test results were significant and regression analysis to determine the relationship of age with biomass and carbon stocks stands resin. The results showed that the age effect on biomass and carbon stocks stands resin, the relationship formed between the age of stand with biomass and carbon stocks are quadratic, and age optimum in storing biomass and carbon stocks is 35 years.
The Clinical Outcome of Computer-Navigated Compared with Conventional Knee Arthroplasty in the Same Patients
Authors: Kim Young-Hoo , Park Jang-Won , Kim Jun-Shik
Published: June 2017

Background:

The available comparative studies of computer navigation-assisted and conventional knee arthroplasties have short-term follow-up periods. Therefore, the clinical benefits after long-term follow-up are not clear. The purposes of the current long-term study were to compare clinical outcomes, alignment of the knee components, prevalence of aseptic loosening of the components, implant survival, and complications of total knee arthroplasties performed with and without computer navigation.

Methods:

We prospectively compared the results of 162 consecutive patients (324 knees) with osteoarthritis. These patients had computer-navigated knee arthroplasty in 1 knee and knee arthroplasty without computer navigation in the other. Nine men and 153 women were enrolled in the study. At the time of the index arthroplasty, the mean age of these patients was 68.1 years (range, 49 to 81 years). The mean duration of follow-up was 12.3 years (range, 12 to 13 years). Clinical and radiographic follow-up examinations of the patients were performed at 3 months, 1 year after the operation, and every 2 or 3 years thereafter.

Results:

The Knee Society knee score, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score, and range of knee motion were not significantly different between the groups preoperatively or at 12.3 years of follow-up. Patient satisfaction at the final follow-up was not significantly different between the groups. There were no significant differences between the groups with respect to the position and loosening of the components at 12.3 years of follow-up. The Kaplan-Meier survivorship, with revision or loosening as the end point, was 100% (95% confidence interval [CI], 94% to 100%) at 12.3 years in both groups. The prevalence of anterior femoral notching was higher in the computer-navigated knee arthroplasty group (5%) than in the conventional knee arthroplasty group (0.6%).

Conclusions:

Clinical function, position, and survivorship of the components were similar between the groups. The only effect of navigation was a negative one, anterior femoral notching. However, comparison of bilateral total knee arthroplasties may dampen the differentiation regarding pain outcomes. Further, the findings of this study are specific to a single navigation and total knee system.

Level of Evidence:

Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Performance evaluation of a large sewage treatment plant in Brazil, consisting of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor followed by activated sludge
Authors: Saliba Pollyane Diniz , von Sperling Marcos
Published: June 2017

The objective of this study was to evaluate the behaviour of a system comprising an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor followed by activated sludge to treat domestic sewage. The Betim Central sewage treatment plant, Brazil, was designed to treat a mean influent flow of 514 L/s. The study consisted of statistical treatment of monitoring data from the treatment plant covering a period of 4 years. This work presents the concentrations and removal efficiencies of the main constituents in each stage of the treatment process, and a mass balance of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and nitrogen. The results highlight the good overall performance of the system, with high mean removal efficiencies: BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) (94%), COD (91%), ammonia (72%) and total suspended solids (92%). As expected, this system was not effective for the removal of nutrients, since it was not designed for this purpose. The removal of Escherichia coli (99.83%) was higher than expected. There was no apparent influence of operational and design parameters on the effluent quality in terms of organic matter removal, with the exceptions of the BOD load upstream of the aeration tank and the sludge age in the unit. Results suggest that this system is well suited for the treatment of domestic sewage.
Involucramiento académico: una escala
Authors: Peña Gustavo , Cañoto Yolanda , Angelucci Luisa
Published: June 2017

El involucramiento académico (IA) se refiere a los recursos físicos y psicológicos que se dedican a la experiencia académica. Es predictor del aprendizaje y del desarrollo personal, y tiene tres componentes: conductual, cognitivo y afectivo. Para este trabajo se desarrolló una escala para medir la dimensión conductual del IA, que se administró a 906 estudiantes en Caracas, luego de un estudio piloto. Se realizó un análisis de confiabilidad, comportamiento de los ítems, estructura factorial y validez de criterio. Fue identificado un factor definido como personalidad resistente (PR) en el plano académico, que refleja el compromiso, control y asertividad del estudiante. Se concluye que la Escala de Involucramiento Académico y el factor PR son confiables, válidos y relevantes para la predicción de rendimiento académico.
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research and Education in Canada: A Review and Suggested Framework
Authors: Gillis Daniel , Nelson Jessica , Driscoll Brianna , Hodgins Kelly , Fraser Evan , Jacobs Shoshanah
Published: June 2017

Transcending disciplinary boundaries is becoming increasingly important for devising solutions to the world’s most pressing issues, such as climate change and food insecurity. Institutions of higher education often present challenges to teaching students how to work and innovate on transdisciplinary teams. We first define transdisciplinarity and like concepts, using these to review databases of three major funding agencies (CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC) for awards given to inter- and transdisciplinary programs across ten fiscal years beginning 2005-2006 and ending 2014-2015 to identify trends in funding as an indicator of skill need. We then search for programs offering transdisciplinary learning opportunities at Canadian universities accounting for 71% of all students. Though the proportion of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary funded research grants has risen considerably, we found only a few examples of interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students in post-secondary education programs. Generally, while students were able to take a range of courses, instruction remained discipline-specific. Specifically, Canadian undergraduates lack an in-program, experiential, transdisciplinary learning opportunity. We propose a framework (ICON) as a solution to fill this gap. Using senior independent study courses, which often have built-in curricular flexibility, students can participate with ICON while still obtaining credit towards their degrees. We conclude that transdisciplinary education opportunities are an essential part of the undergraduate experience and should be recognized across degree programs.
Curriculum Mapping Across the Disciplines: Differences, Approaches, and Strategies
Authors: Rawle Fiona , Bowen Tracey , Murck Barb , Hong Rosa
Published: June 2017

Curriculum mapping can be used to document, align, visualize, and assess curricular data, such as learning outcomes, assessment materials, instructional techniques, and student pre- and post-testing scores. A cross-disciplinary Curriculum Mapping Initiative currently underway at the University of Toronto Mississauga aims to: (1) develop guidelines for the curriculum mapping process; (2) develop cross-disciplinary curriculum mapping templates and samples to guide departments through the curriculum mapping process; (3) communicate narratives for how to use curriculum mapping to inform curricular change; (4) develop visualization strategies for curricular data; (5) initiate a plan for dissemination and sustainability; and (6) initiate a plan for informing students about how to use curricular maps in their academic experiences. Through this curriculum mapping initiative, we have discovered that discipline-specific differences exist in approaches to curriculum mapping. The purpose of this paper is to communicate these cross-disciplinary similarities and differences in purpose, process, and utilization of curriculum mapping strategies. We found that different departments had some common ground in the curriculum mapping process, but also key differences. The differences could be categorized according to: purpose for initiating the curriculum mapping process; approach to curriculum mapping; dissemination of completed maps; dealing with pedagogical jargon; and faculty buy-in.
Free Improvisation - Method an Genre
Authors: Michael Duch
Published: June 2017

“Free Improvisation – Method and Genre” was a research-fellow project from November 2007 until November 2010 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) on Free Improvisation and the use of Improvisation in Experimental Music.
Toward a personal understanding of ‘artistic research’ through musical improvisation, performance, and the production of sound recordings
Authors: Paul Draper
Published: June 2017

This exposition presents a musical project through the lens of recent artistic research literature with a view to building a greater personal understanding of how this rhetoric might operate in practice. It examines the creation of three particular music works by tracing their interrelating lineage of improvisation, performance, composition and record production, and interrogates the dynamically changing characteristics of so-called ‘technical objects’ and ‘epistemic things’ in order to posit a way in which improvisatory skills are built, refined and deployed as a central element of the music-making. This is shown to serve the artistic processes as an evolving vocabulary developed through deliberate actions, systematised problem-solving and historical considerations which lead to intuitive choices and actions in extended ‘flow states’. The exposition concludes with a self-review of its structure and aims for intended audiences.
Olivier Messiaen sitt klangunivers
Authors: Martha Berit Belt
Published: June 2017

Ei utforskning av Olivier Messiaen sitt klangunivers, med utgangspunkt i preludiet "”Cloches d´angoisse et larmes d´adieu”.
The theory of coincidences
Authors: Alberto Magrin
Published: June 2017

'Coincidences' determine an individual’s state of being, balanced and in harmony with the universe. In this sense, coincidences can be understood as nature’s purest law, and beyond nature they represent the perpetual bond between the relative and the absolute, as well as the birth of all forms of life and love. They’re a link between reality and imagination, between desire and fantasy, between the body and the spirit, between life and death. The importance of such moments should form the basis of all scientific, artistic, economic, political and religious laws, as they determine the existence and subsistence of human beings upon the Earth, as well as upon any other planet. As the laws indicated above, like their establishment, are inseparable from one another, this theory becomes the bond that could further the quest, the growth and the evolution of mankind.
In Between
Authors: Priska Falin
Published: June 2017

The goal of this artistic exploration was not to find the one ‘true’ identity but to understand and cope with the transformation between different roles that challenge the perception of oneself. Who / what exists in between the roles?

Instead of focusing on human subjects, I have used a city as an example for the exploration. The city of Rovaniemi works as the basis of the exploration where different ‘roles’ can be understood. In order to understand the identities of the city, I first mapped the different roles with informal questionnaires and focused on places that were left in between.

The exploration aims to understand what emerges through a compilation of views that focus on something ‘in between’. The aim was to collect video clips that show the gaps and the places in between the well-known and recognizable locations. The interest of this exploration was to understand what can be revealed through focusing on the unnoticed or disregarded.
Self Portrait Battered
Authors: Gert Germeraad
Published: June 2017

A videoclip of me finalizing a sculpture in the series Ecce Homo, 2011.
About exchanging a portrait •
Authors: Gert Germeraad
Published: June 2017

This is a text concerning artistic processes. It has a starting point in a project where I am making a portrait of a colleague artist while he is making mine. During the making of this portrait and thereafter I question my ways of working in which I occasionally find myself confronted with artistic blocks. In a period of two and a half years I investigate and articulate my artistic process as it meanders and expends over the different attitudes and problems I encounter in my work. I give a critical analysis of my motives and working methods and try to extend the range of possible ways of working.

This text can be read as an extension of my previous text "Rationality, Intuition and Emotion, exploring an artistic process" that is published in the Journal for Artistic Research, JAR 3.
INVISIBLE MATTER OF FINE ART
Authors: Zygmunt Piotrowski
Published: June 2017

Invisible Matter of Fine Art,
according to Pythagorean studies on eternal beauty
[by Naah Warsaw]
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An artistic experiment
of the body performing the instrument of trachea leads me
to a discovery the subharmonic wave phenomenon
as an ephemeral object of fine art.
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As far as my research practice can not be clearly enunciated within written description, I analyse the creative process using the simple drawings as visual explanation of the art.
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Echo Theory
Authors: Christopher Hollins
Published: June 2017

Echo Theory explores the idea that a direct objective experience of any object or an event will bring recall of a dormant way of sensing into our powers of observation, and this idea looks to create raw indeterminate shapes and imprecise colour through art to rekindle sensations that our minds work to remove from our day-to-day lives. I believe that art made to avoid learned ideas and controlled content – working to remove recognisable images, stories, social comment, composition, harmony, structural organisation and technique – gives recall of this raw encounter with material that we look to remove from our perception, and my assertion is that using raw material as art brings back to mind echo's of animal impulses that we have evolved to suppress in all we see and do. My work implies any art objects that provoke recall of these animal impulses will disturb us rather than please us, and we will find ourselves looking to reduce the uncertainty experienced in the presence of raw material by searching for imaginative imagery - faces or figures in runs and dribbles of paint, patterns in disorder, or melody in sounds, etc. because this as a behavioural response that has developed through art to keep an older experience out of our minds. I am looking to the idea that any artist unaware of this behaviour will create work that removes rawness from their work, whilst those who are aware will look to promote rawness to bring recall of the remains of a dormant way of sensing.
Being an A-R-T-I-S-T: Challenges and Opportunities of Connecting Art, Research, Transformation, Imagery & StoryTelling
Authors: girija kaimal
Published: June 2017

Arts based research enables me to bring together my identities as an artist, a researcher, an educator, life story teller, and, immigrant from India to the United States. In this paper, I present my experiences with creating an artistic representation of immigrant narratives focusing specifically on a controversial visa to the United States called the H1B. The artwork was created in response to a call from the Smithsonian Asian and Pacific American Center’s first community exhibition on Indian American heritage. I used a mixed methods approach bringing together narrative methods with arts based approaches, namely, researching, storytelling and artmaking. Integrating the methods was a challenge as I struggled to find alignment between artistic representation and narrative storytelling. A potential bridge was the active evocation of imagery in the narratives that then helped build a bridge to the elements of the final artwork. The artwork was shared in a group exhibition in a gallery and will be part of a future online site in the hope of sparking broader social awareness and transformative thinking. The responses to the artwork and narratives at the exhibition added a new level of dialogue and exchange that was beyond the scope of each methodological approach alone. The experience posed several questions on the intersection of arts-based research with other paradigms. Challenges identified included the bridging data and analytic strategies in different methods. Identified opportunities include having an expanded audience, transformative means of access, generating awareness about previously unknown issues and extended engagement.
Estación Meteorológica para la Conformación de Redes. Proceso de Instalación
Authors: Lopez Martinez German Arturo
Published: June 2017

A finales de 2014 se instala en la Facultad Tecnológica de la Universidad Distrital en Bogotá, Colombia una estación meteorológica para la medición y almacenamiento de valores promedios de variables meteorológicas en la localidad Ciudad Bolívar como radiación solar, precipitación, dirección y velocidad del viento, entre otras. Se utiliza, como hardware, un dispositivo inalámbrico de transmisión, automático y compacto marca PEGASUS.Se enfatiza en el procedimiento para la escogencia del lugar más conveniente para el montaje de la estación, siguiendo las normas de la OMM (Organización Meteorológica Mundial), recomendaciones del IDEAM (Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia) y del fabricante. Se espera que la estación sea parte de una red de estaciones de algunas universidades de Bogotá pertenecientes a la Red Internacional para la Promoción de la Investigación y Docencia en Energización Rural para el desarrollo Sostenible (Red PRIDERAS), también ser parte de la red del IDEAM.).
Las wavelets en el análisis de ECG
Authors: González Granada José Rodrigo
Published: June 2017

En este documento se presenta el proceso de reconstrucción de una señal electrocardiográfica aplicando la transformada Wavelet Daubechies  a diferente escala, en particular en y Esta señal es descompuesta como suma directa espacios, a los cuales llamaremos espacios Wavelets () y espacio de escala (), los primeros dan información acerca de los detalles y el  segundo espacio nos permite obtener información del comportamiento de la señal.  El objetivo esencial de este análisis es detectar los complejos QRT e intervalos QT, que son partes  importantes en el electrocardiograma (ECG), ya que es allí donde se concentra la mayor cantidad de energía de la señal. Los cálculos se realizaron con ayuda del programa MATLAB 8.0, con los que cuenta los laboratorios de ingeniería física de la universidad Tecnológica de Pereira.
Wavelet analysis of light emission signals in laser beam welding
Authors: Vakili-Farahani Farzad , Lungershausen Jörn , Wasmer Kilian
Published: June 2017

This paper introduces a compact, robust, and versatile generation of a laser processing head coupled with a single-mode Ytterbium source StarFiber 150 P which not only is used in a wide range of laser material processing applications but also enables in situ and real-time quality control in production lines. In this study, the effect of power density on the weld quality of bead on plate in a SHADOW (Stepless high speed accurate and discrete one pulse welding) welding process was considered. Furthermore, the co-axial back reflected/emitted light from the process zone was measured using three optical sensors; each one measures the light emission in a certain waveband (450–850, 1000–1200, and 1250–1700 nm). From these sensors, the recorded signals were first used as benchmarks to correlate with the weld quality features and defects. Discrete wavelet transform has been used to analyze the signal within the time–frequency domain. The detail signals at different decomposition levels disclosed information with regard to the type (mode) and dynamics of welding process. Accordingly, the deep penetration welding (keyhole) was confidentially distinguished from the shallow (conduction) welding mode. Several defects such as process instabilities (high fluctuations in the keyhole dynamics), formation, and collapse of the keyhole, as well as the lack of penetration, were detected from the corresponding signal signatures. In addition, this information permits us to locate the defect/transition site through the in situ and real-time quality control of the process in production lines. In contrast, porosity and cracks could not be sensed.
Modeling the Smartphone Game to Improve Players Focus Case Study of Game Dumb Ways to Die
Authors: Purnamasari Elisa , Sanjaya Ridwan
Published: June 2017

Commonly, playing a game is judged as an activity which spend a lot of time, money, and energy. Players usually spend their money to buy vouchers to play and also buy characters, weapons and equipments which provided in the game. Players who addicted to game mostly spend their time and energy to satisfy their desire to solve the challenge on a game.However, not all of games give the negative impacts. There are a lot of advantages which can be obtained by games, such as to train our memory, precision, speed, and even ability to get money from games. A game called Dumb Ways to Die that can be found on smartphone is an example of game to increase speed and concentration of people who play it.There are a need to find some characteristics of a game which has positive effects for the players. Those characteristics can be formulated as the example of a good game. This paper will analyze the opinion and produce the conclusion from a survey of playing "Dumb Ways to Die to generate a positive game model.
Hagyományőrzés és újítás összjátéka az erdélyi református egyházban az 1989-es változásokat követően
Authors: PÜSÖK Sarolta
Published: June 2017

Interplay of Tradition and Innovation in the Transylvanian Reformed Church after 1989.
We often encounter the conflict of innovation and tradition, but the churches cannot give up their own traditions, because it would contradict their self-definition. Paradoxically the reformed tradition is the innovation and constant re-newal, but not in the sense of being trendy and being identic to the spirit of the age. Reformation means reforming the deviant ideas and way of life, it means going back to the center, to the Word (of God). After the changes in ‘89, major social changes occurred in Transylvania, the re-formed community was also hit by the will of altering. It is important to see clearly the difference between the rightful and delusory expec-tation. The study seeks an answer to the question, how is it possible to transmit and renew our values in the reformed way (under the principle of Sola Scriptura). The present writing discusses only the following approaches of the question: liturgic reforms, sa-cred space, the relationship of form and content, sacral language, social engagement of the church and pastors etc.
Bartók György kézirata, mint Ravasz László forrása
Authors: SZETEY Szabolcs
Published: June 2017

Bartók György’s Manuscript as Ravasz László’s Source.
The most influential homiletical book of the later reformed bishop, Ravasz László (The Theory of the Congregational Preaching Ministry – Homiletics, Pápa, 1915) had and has been respected and adapted by many scholars and ministers for more than one century since its publication. In the theological research, all sources of Ravasz’ book have not yet been clearly identified and clarified. A manuscript, mainly written in 1895/1896 by Bartók György (1845–1907), Ravasz’s later father in law and deputy professor of theology in Nagyenyed, coincides with more parts of Ravasz László’s book in several cases concerning the history of preaching in the Christian Church and in the Hungarian Reformed Church. The manuscript, described and analysed in this study, shows also the working method of the young professor Ravasz. The results of this paper contribute to the revaluation of the epochal work of Ravasz László and to the research of history of homiletics and preaching.
Análisis contrastivo de errores en el aprendizaje de E/LE de alumnos de lengua materna alemana y turca
Authors: Yener Gökşenli Ebru
Published: June 2017

Este trabajo se sitúa en el marco de una investigación constrastiva sobre la interlengua de alumnos que aprenden español como lengua extranjera. El propósito del presente trabajo es poner de manifiesto dónde se origina la dificultad a la hora de aprender español, intentando ver si existe alguna relación con sus distintas lenguas maternas. El corpus que le sirve de base consiste en 200 exámenes escritos, realizados por alumnos austríacos y turcos, procedentes por tanto de dos grupos lingüísticos diferentes: alemán y turco. Ambos grupos han sido alumnos de los Institutos Cervantes de Viena y Estambuldel nivel C1. El estudio analiza algunos contenidos gramaticales en los que ambos grupos de alumnos cometen errores repetidamente. Intentaremos hacer una definición de los errores errores fosilizables y fosilizados que se cometen en los exámenes. Mediante las figuras de análisis cuantitativos se podrán observar los porcentajes significativos que nos  ayudarán a tener una idea sobre los errores que podrían proceder de sus lenguas maternas. Aunque en su mayoría son distintos, hay también algunos puntos conflictivos en ambos idiomas.
Special-Color Pavement Marking for Highway Work Zones: Literature Review of International Practices
Authors: Shaw John W. , Chitturi Madhav V. , Noyce David A.
Published: June 2017

Roadway lanes are often repositioned to accommodate highway work operations; as a result, pavement markings need to be altered. Although there are various methods for removing or obscuring existing pavement markings, “ghost” markings often remain at the locations of the old lane lines. These ghost markings can be quite conspicuous under certain lighting conditions, creating the potential for road user confusion. The Canadian province of Ontario and several European countries routinely use a special marking color (orange or yellow) to increase the salience of temporary lane lines. Special-color markings have also been used experimentally in Australia; New Zealand; Quebec City, Canada; and the United States. As a first step toward identifying the benefits and risks of special-color markings, existing practices from several countries are reviewed and summarized. The review identified a significant policy difference among jurisdictions: in some jurisdictions special-color markings override existing markings (so that the old markings are left in place), whereas other jurisdictions use special-color temporary marking but also attempt to remove old lane lines. The recent special-color marking demonstration projects in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States have been on major freeways, but European practice suggests that special-color marking could have significant benefit for urban arterial streets.
Work Zone Safety Performance: Comparison of Alternative Traffic Control Strategies
Authors: Rista Emira , Barrette Timothy , Hamzeie Raha , Savolainen Peter , Gates Timothy J.
Published: June 2017

Work zone temporary traffic control strategies generally affect both traffic safety and operations. However, there is a substantial gap in the knowledge base with respect to the safety impacts of various work zone characteristics. The Highway Safety Manual provides crash modification functions that account for the effects of project length and duration on crash frequency as compared with normal road operations. However, these methods do not allow for explicit comparisons of expected safety performance among different work or closure types. This research examined the safety impacts of various temporary traffic control strategies on freeways, including shoulder closures, lane closures, and lane shifts. Data were collected for the periods during which these treatments were in effect and during similar nonconstruction periods from the preceding year. Safety performance functions were estimated that account for segment length, duration, traffic volume, and closure type. Random parameter count data models were estimated to accommodate segment-specific temporal correlation and unobserved heterogeneity. Crash rates were shown to vary roughly in proportion to traffic volumes. In contrast, segment length and project duration showed inelastic effects; this finding implies that crash rates increase more rapidly in work zones that are shorter in length or duration. Single-lane closures, multilane closures, and lane shifts were associated with an increase in crashes, whereas shoulder closures did not show a significant difference compared with similar, non-work-zone conditions. Ultimately, the study results provide important information that can be used to assess the crash risk for various temporary traffic control strategies.