bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Answering the Call for Scholarship: The Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research
Authors: Seeger Matthew
Published: March 2018

Crisis events have the potential to create broad impacts across a variety of contexts and require multi-disciplinary approaches to understand the causes and consequences. Communication is instrumental to both the understanding and the management of risks and crises and needs to be systematically examined within these contexts. The Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research is designed to be an outlet for multi-disciplinary inquiry of communication phenomena within a wide range of crises and risks using multiple methods and perspectives.
Responding to Campus Shootings: Two Studies Exploring the Effects of Sex and Placement Strategy on Knowledge Acquisition and Organizational Reputation
Authors: Lachlan Kenneth , Spence Patric , Omilion-Hodges Leah , Rice Robert , Brink Amanda
Published: March 2018

Two separate studies used quasi-experimental procedures to examine how college students learn about campus shootings from press releases, television news, or exposure to both. The first study found that women tend to report higher levels of learning than men and that participants generally learn the most when exposed to messages delivered through multiple media. The second study extended the findings to include consideration of the impact of learning on organizational reputation. Taken together, the results of both studies offer further evidence that knowledge acquisition can help mitigate against the formation of negative impressions of an organization in crisis. They also offer that the relationship between learning and attitude formation may be mediated by sex. The results are discussed in terms of message placement strategy and sex differences in mediated learning processes. Implications for the relationship between these learning processes and organizational reputation are addressed.
Reflexões Autobiográficas
Authors: Oliveira Lucas Mafaldo
Published: March 2018

Resenha do Livro: Reflexões Autobiográficas

Autor: Eric Voegelin

ISBN: 978-85-88062-50-4
A Ética da Autenticidade
Authors: Celeti Filipe Rangel
Published: March 2018

Resenha do livro: A Ética da Autenticidade

Autor: Charles Taylor

ISBN: 978-85-8033-019-9
The libertaria Lessons of South Park:
Authors: Rocha Luciano
Published: March 2018

Resenha do Livro:

The libertaria Lessons of South Park: An Analysis of Libertarianism on South Park, How Ron Paul, Gary Johnson and South Park Created a New Generation

Brandon Simpson

ISBN: 978-0-98-164666-4
A Lei
Authors: Fagnani Lucas Ferraz Helene
Published: March 2018

Resenha do Livro: A Lei

Autor: Frédéric Bastiat

ISBN: 987-85-62816-03-1
A Firma, o Mercado e o Direito
Authors: Valêncio Márcio Machado
Published: March 2018

Resenha do Livro: A Firma, o Mercado e o Direito

Autor: Ronald Coase

ISBN: 978-85-30930-5
On the Origins of Money
Authors: De Meneses Italo Bezerra
Published: March 2018

Resenha do Livro: On the Origins of Money

Autor: Carl Menger

ISBN: 978-14-79367-15-3
Como Matar a Borboleta Azul:
Authors: Barros Rafael De
Published: March 2018

Resenha do Livro: Como Matar a Borboleta Azul

Autor: Monica Baumgarten de Bolle

ISBN: 978-85-5100-076-2
Certeza e Incerteza
Authors: Mises Ludwig Von
Published: March 2018

O presente texto expõe a concepção misesiana sobre as diferenças entre os métodos das ciências naturais e as ciências da ação humana, ou praxiologia. Rejeita o empirismo aplicado as estas últimas na medida em que a complexidade dos fenômenos humanos resulta na inexistência de constantes a partir das quais leis empíricas e previsões exatas poderiam ser obtidas. Critica a demanda por previsões exatas que desconsideram a impossibilidade de erradicar a incerteza inerente à esfera da ação. O texto rejeita, em seguida, a relevância do critério de demarcação popperiano aplicado à praxiologia, reafirmando que as leis de natureza praxiológica são apriorísticas, derivadas dedutivamente a partir do reconhecimento da natureza da mente humana.
Os Intelectuais e o Socialismo
Authors: Hayek Friedrich August von
Published: March 2018

Neste artigo, Hayek investiga o “mercado de segunda mão de ideias”, examinando os incentivos existentes e as características dos ofertantes da atividade intelectual. Além de fornecer explicação porque os intelectuais tendem ao socialismo, o autor sugere que intelectuais liberais deveriam emular a busca desses intelectuais por regras desejáveis, diferentes do status quo, para a construção de uma alternativa liberal que cative os demandantes no mercado das ideias políticas.
KÜBA BASININDA LOZAN BARIŞ KONFERANSI
Authors: Tınal Melih , Ege İzzet
Published: March 2018

Öz20 Kasım 1922 tarihinde açılış toplantısı gerçekleştirilen Lozan Barış Konferansı,
24 Temmuz 1923’te Lozan Barış Antlaşması’nın imzalanmasıyla sona erdi.
Konferans boyunca Türkiye, Misak-ı Millî ile belirlenen sınırlarının ve tam
bağımsızlığının kabulünü amaçladı. Sevr Antlaşması’nı geçersiz kılan antlaşmayla
sonuçlanacak olan konferans, yalnızca taraf devletler kamuoylarında değil, dünya
kamuoyunda da geniş yankı buldu. Küba’nın köklü gazetelerinden biri olan Diario
de la Marina da Lozan Barış Konferansı’nı yakından takip ederek Küba
kamuoyunu bilgilendiren bir gazete olmuştu. Gazete konferansın ilk döneminde,
Avrupa basınından da etkilenerek, İtilâf Devletleri ve Yunanistan tezlerine yakın
bir tavır gösterse de, ilerleyen günlerde bu yaklaşım yerini Türkiye’nin tam
bağımsızlık yolundaki haklı mücadelesini destekleyen haber ve yorumlara bıraktı.
Anahtar
Kelimeler: Küba Kamuoyu, Lozan Barış Konferansı, Lozan Antlaşması. Lausanne Peace Conference in
the Public Opinion of the CubaAbstractThe Lausanne Peace Conference, which held the opening on November 20, 1922,
ended with the signing of the Lausanne Peace Treaty on July 24, 1923.
Throughout the conference, Turkey aimed to recognize the boundries and full
independence of the National Oath. The conference, which will nullify the Treaty
of Sevr, has been widely heard not only in the public opinions of contracting
countries but also in the world public opinion. Diario de la Marina, one of Cuba’s
deep-rooted newspapers, was a newspaper that closely followed the Lausanne
Peace Conference and informed the Cubans. The newspaper was influenced by
the European press in the firs period of the conference and showed a close attitude
to the Entente States and Greece theses but in the following days this approach
was left the news and comments supporting Turkey’s rightful struggle for full
independence. Keywords:
Cuban Press, Lausanne Peace Conference, Lausanne Treaty.
The Problem of VAT Credit on Expired Goods: An Opinion
Authors: TAŞ Fatma
Published: March 2018

VAT paid on certain goods acquired does not
allow the deducting of the Turkish tax system. One of them is the loss of
goods VAT. There is no clear definition in the law is wasted. Therefore,
there are certain problems in practice.
The problems, in particular, focused on the
VAT on expired or valueless goods. Current opinion on the subject of the tax
administration is inconvenient regarding tax justice. Both states of the
solution to the problem should be developed as well as an objective approach
to protecting taxpayers.
Fiscal Drag as an Automatic Stability Tool, in the Case of New Regulation with Price Criteria in Automotive Sectors Special Consumption Tax (SCT)
Authors: TARAKTAŞ Abdurrahman , HACIKÖYLÜ Canatay
Published: March 2018

Fiscal
drag is a result of real or nominal expanding economy and progressive taxation.
In general, individuals are forced to enter the upper tax bracket depending on
their increased income or expenditure. More tax burden can result in less
consumption. Fiscal drag, lack of spending or excessive taxation can cause the
economy to slow down. Traditional view suggests that fiscal drag may serve as a
natural automatic stabilizer to cool the economy. However, this view ignores
the supply side and in particular the potential effects of the high tax burden
on economy. This study examines the extent to which the expected automatic
stabilization function can be performed and the possible side effects on
economic balances and income distribution of fiscal drag in our country in the
case of new regulation with price criteria in automotive sectors Special
Consumption Tax (SCT).
Editorial Vol.14(2)
Authors: Bichha R. P.
Published: March 2018

Not available.SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2017
Identification of rpoB, gyrA and embB Gene Mutations in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates from Retreatment Tuberculosis Patients in Nepal
Authors: Khadka Dhruba Kumar , Pant Rajendra Prasad , Lamichhane Bikash , Verma Sharat Chandra , Bichha R. P. , Ghimire Prakash , Singh Anjana
Published: March 2018

Introduction: Tuberculosis remains one of the major public health problems in Nepal and increasing trend of multi drug resistant and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR /XDR TB) is a big challenge. Rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment of MDR/XDR TB is crucial. Identification and comparison of MDR TB using rapid molecular techniques (for rpob, gyrA, rrs and embB gene mutations) with reference to drug susceptibility test (DST) were the main objectives of this study.Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out in National TB Centre (NTC). Gene Xpert, proportion method and Line Probe Assay (LPA) were used for first and second line drugs susceptibility testing (FLD-DST and SLD-DST). A total of 29 mucopurulent sputum samples were freshly collected from retreatment TB patients (Female 41.4%, Male 58.6%) with median age of 40 years attending to the four MDR TB treatment centres of eastern and central Nepal (via private courier and directly to National TB Reference Laboratory (NRL) at NTC from April 2013 to October 2017.Results: Among 29 sputum samples (Female 41.4%; all smear+ve, Male 58.6%; 16 smear+ve and 1 smear-ve), Gene Xpert MTB/RIF assay detected 100% M. tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance (rpoB gene resistant) of which, 100% were culture positive by conventional Lowenstein–Jensen (LJ) method. FLDDST was performed on all culture positives of which, 96.6% showed MDR TB and 3.4% showed mono resistance to isonizid only. SLD-DST on 29 MDRTB strains by LPA showed 100%, 58.6%, 44.8% wild type for rrs, gyrA and emb B genes respectively. Mutation for gyrA and emb B genes was 41.4% and 51.2% respectively, rrs genes none. Twelve (Female 6, Male 6) MDR TB strains were identified  as pre-XDR-TB. Chi square (χ2) for trend was used to analyze Gene Xpert, smear, FLD-DST and LPA results.Conclusion: From this study, 29(100%) MDRTB were detected from retreatment TB cases by Gene Xpert and FLDDST. Almost 41.4% MDR TB strains were detected as pre-XDR TB by LPA, which were found to be higher in 15-60 years group of females and males. Samples from retreatment TB patients need to be tested by rapid molecular techniques with reference to culture and DST.SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2017, Page: 39-50
Beyond the Collapse of Meaning: Narratives of Monstrosity in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
Authors: Kellett Kathleen
Published: March 2018

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, consisting of The Golden Compass (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000), is a composite of multiple narratives in which adult and adolescent monsters enact radically different modes of monstrous meaning. An agentic protagonist that embodies the abject, the monster threatens the stability of subjectivity. It is therefore paradoxically a subject arisen from, and composed of, the abject. The Authority, or God, creates a rigid cultural narrative that supports separation and hierarchy, while Lyra Belacqua, a young adolescent, provides a redemptive vision of monstrosity. Her narrative is empathic and heteroglossic, and the subjective meaning that she creates arises from a multiplicity of abject perspectives.
Monster Studies: Liminality, Home Spaces, and Ina Vampires in Octavia E. Butler'sFledgling
Authors: Knutson Lin
Published: March 2018

Octavia Butler's final science fiction novel, Fledgling (2005), explores ways her liminar protagonist, Shori, undergoes ritualized transformations while in exile from her home community. During this process, she engages in psychological, physical, political, and social transitions through what Victor Turner and Mikhail Bakhtin would describe as carnivalesque identities and communities. Shori, the lost child of an ancient species of near immortals who live in dark symbiosis with humans, produces subversive and grotesque sites of home and family in this process. In a state of separation and amnesia, Shori awakens outside her gated community and moves back and forth over metaphoric thresholds. She reverses hierarchical race and gender positions as she creates a world that opposes traditional vampire lore and the American family. Furthermore, Shori's act of “biting” victims for their blood sees them feed on a venom with physical and psychic healing properties, thus creating a grotesque communitas relationship.
This Is My Becoming: Transformation, Hybridity, and the Monstrous in NBC's Hannibal
Authors: Elliott Jaquelin
Published: March 2018

This article will interrogate the postmodern desire for a reclamation of queer monstrosity by examining Hannibal, the National Broadcasting Company's adaptation of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter series, a recent television show that deals explicitly with queerness and evil and found critical success and a cult online fandom. Holding in mind that show runner Bryan Fuller himself referred to the show as a “werewolf story,” this article will examine the ways in which the show uses the traditional trappings of werewolf narratives to craft a monster narrative that is both thoroughly postmodern and canonically queer. It will also examine the show as a transformational adaptation and look at Will Graham not only as a literal hybrid figure but also as a meta-textual one. Accordingly, this article will also analyze the show's fanatical fan following in the context of the reclamation of queer monstrosity and postmodern gothicism.
“Spread the Word”: Creepypasta, Hauntology, and an Ethics of the Curse
Authors: Henriksen Line
Published: March 2018

According to Internet legend, a cursed JPEG file circulates online, featuring an image of a dog with a much too human grin. If you happen to see this image, the dog will haunt your dreams, asking you to “spread the word” by showing its picture to someone else, thereby passing on the curse. The story of Smile.dog, which is the demon dog's name, is a so-called creepypasta – that is, a digital urban legend. Its curse is therefore a playful one, meant to be circulated as a hoax, but it is also a productive, yet challenging, place to ruminate upon ethics in an era of digital media. Through the lens of Jacques Derrida's concept of hauntology – a haunted ontology – this article explores what digital monsters and curses might teach us about ethics as a question of responding to that which haunts and hoaxes.
The Monster's Transformation on American Radio (1930s–50s)
Authors: Barnes Echols Katherine
Published: March 2018

Radio listeners recognize a monster when they hear one, basing their imaginings on information they receive aurally. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, aliens, and various creatures are adapted for radio from the pages of classic horror and science fiction tales written by Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury. Radio, an aural medium, relies on sound and description and, therefore, is ideal for horror. For the audience, listening to the radio is a subjective experience. The listener fills in the details and is free to conjure the monster in the imagination. This article explores the monster in a selection of American radio horror and science fiction programs that aired between the 1930s and 1950s and poses two questions: how does radio aurally render the monster for listeners and how does radio aurally convey horror?
Oh the Monstrosity: Vigilante Mobs and Biopolitical Justice in 1930s Film
Authors: Kuhn Lina
Published: March 2018

This article examines how Fritz Lang and Tod Browning use traditional cinematic monster tropes to demonstrate the impossibility of biopolitical classifications of monstrosity. No matter how intense its scrutiny, these directors suggest, biopower cannot accurately assess a group's or an individual's potential danger to society. Lang and Browning point out this inherent failure of absolutist categories through a series of visual parallels, first demonstrating the humanity of groups traditionally deemed abnormal and then revealing “true” monstrosity hidden behind a normal human exterior. The monster, however, contains elements of both the “normal” and “abnormal” groups, making clear the artifice of its label so that subsequent punishment remains morally ambivalent, contrary to monster movie convention.
The Past and the Future of Alzheimer’s Disease Fluid Biomarkers
Authors: Blennow Kaj , Zetterberg Henrik
Published: March 2018

Following the development of the first methods to measure the core Alzheimer’s disease (AD) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers total-tau (T-tau), phosphorylated tau (P-tau) and the 42 amino acid form of amyloid-β (Aβ42), there has been an enormous expansion of this scientific research area. Today, it is generally acknowledged that these biochemical tests reflect several central pathophysiological features of AD and contribute diagnostically relevant information, also for prodromal AD. In this article in the 20th anniversary issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’ s Disease, we review the AD biomarkers, from early assay development to their entrance into diagnostic criteria. We also summarize the long journey of standardization and the development of assays on fully automated instruments, where we now have high precision and stable assays that will serve as the basis for common cut-off levels and a more general introduction of these diagnostic tests in clinical routine practice. We also discuss the latest expansion of the AD CSF biomarker toolbox that now also contains synaptic proteins such as neurogranin, which seemingly is specific for AD and predicts rate of future cognitive deterioration. Last, we are at the brink of having blood biomarkers that may be implemented as screening tools in the early clinical management of patients with cognitive problems and suspected AD. Whether this will become true, and whether it will be plasma Aβ42, the Aβ42/40 ratio, or neurofilament light, or a combination of these, remains to be established in future clinical neurochemical studies.
Exploring the parameters of intensity, frequency, and duration within the constraint induced movement therapy published research: A content analysis
Authors: Gee Bryan M. , Gerber L. Derek , Butikofer Rebecca , Covington Nicole , Lloyd Kimberly
Published: March 2018

BACKGROUND:

Neurological rehabilitation specialists must determine appropriate dosage, consisting of frequency, intensity, and duration of specified treatments.

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this study was to perform a content analysis of the current literature related to dosage (duration, frequency and intensity) for constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in the adult population.

METHODS:

A content analysis was conducted which yielded 62 scholarly articles.

RESULTS:

The frequency of CIMT ranged from 1 to 7 days per week with the average frequency being 4.98 days. The duration of CIMT, ranged from 2 to 10 weeks with the average duration 3.14 weeks. All three components of dosage were reported collectively in outcomes studies conducted in inpatient settings and rehabilitation clinics.

CONCLUSIONS:

The findings provide a groundwork for evidence based practice for clinician in the application of CIMT dosage with consideration of settings and CIMT components.
Balance deficits in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with and without fibromyalgia
Authors: Serrador Jorge M. , Quigley Karen S. , Zhao Caixia , Findley Thomas , Natelson Benjamin H.
Published: March 2018

OBJECTIVE:

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a disorder of unknown etiology associated with debilitating fatigue. One symptom commonly reported is disequilibrium. The goal of this study was to determine if CFS patients demonstrated verified balance deficits and if this was effected by comorbid fibromyalgia (FM).

METHODS:

Twenty-seven patients with CFS (12 with comorbid FM) and 22 age and gender matched controls performed posturography.

RESULTS:

Balance scores were significantly correlated with physical functional status in the CFS group (R2 = 0.43, P < 0.001), which was not found for mental functional status (R2 = 0.06, P > 0.5). CFS patients (regardless of FM) had significantly higher anxiety subscale of the vertigo symptom scale scores. CFS patients, regardless of FM status, demonstrated significantly lower overall composite balance scores (Controls - 78.8±1.5; CFS – 69.0±1.4, P < 0.005) even when controlling for anxiety and also had worse preference scores, indicating they relied on visual information preferentially even when visual information was incorrect. Interestingly, the CFS+FM group, not CFS only, demonstrated significantly worse vestibular scores (Controls – 70.2±2.4; CFS only - 67.9±3.8; CFS with FM - 55.4±4.6, P = 0.013).

INTERPRETATION:

The major findings are that poor balance may be associated with poorer self-reported physical health. In addition, CFS patients seemed to rely preferentially on visual inputs, regardless of whether it was correct. The finding that vestibular function may be impaired in patients with CFS+FM but not in those with CFS alone suggests that the pathophysiology of CFS+FM may differ as has been suggested by some.
Does Pisa syndrome affect upper limb function in patients with Parkinson’s disease? An observational cross-sectional study
Authors: Alwardat Mohammad , Di Lazzaro Giulia , Schirinzi Tommaso , Sinibaldi Salime Paola , Mercuri Nicola Biagio , Pisani Antonio
Published: March 2018

BACKGROUND:

Trunk alignment is thought to contribute to upper limb (UL) function. However, this common assumption is not clear in patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) suffering from Pisa syndrome (PS). PS is a postural abnormality, characterized by revisable lateral trunk flexion more than 10 degrees.

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the UL functioning and activities of daily living in PD patients with PS.

METHODS:

Forty-five participants distributed equally in three groups PD patients with PS, PD patients without PS and age/sex matched healthy controls (HC). The function and disability of UL was assessed by Arm Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire for all groups. PD groups then completed clinical assessments by the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) part II-III, Modified Hoenh & Yahr (mH&Y) staging and the Levodopa Equivalent Daily Dose (LEDD).

RESULTS:

Three groups showed significant differences in DASH questionnaire ( p < 0.001) with higher scores for PS group, intermediate for PD group and lower for HC group. PS group also showed higher score in UPDRS-II and mH&Y ( p = 0.019), while no differences emerged between PD and PS in UPDRS-III score and LEDD.

CONCLUSION:

Our results demonstrated that PS is associated with major impairment of both UL functioning and activities of daily living in PD patients.
Association between Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity and tracheostomy weaning in Traumatic Brain Injury
Authors: Ringrose Hollie , Brown Mary , Walton Krystyna , Sivan Manoj
Published: March 2018

BACKGROUND:

Rehabilitation following severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) often involves the use of temporary tracheostomies. Tracheostomy weaning is influenced by physiological parameters, which are abnormal in the concomitant complication of Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity (PSH).

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the association between PSH and tracheostomy weaning in severe TBI.

METHODS:

This was a retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with TBI and tracheostomy admitted to a Hyper-Acute Neurorehabilitation Unit over a 34-month period. Duration of tracheostomy wean and influencing characteristics were statistically compared between those with and without PSH.

RESULTS:

Fifty-one patients admitted with TBI required a tracheostomy. Of these, 10 patients were also diagnosed with PSH. The mean tracheostomy wean in the PSH group was longer compared to the non-PSH group (72.3, SD 61.0 versus 30.0 days, SD 16.2). This difference was statistically significant ( p = 0.007, using Mann Whitney U test). The PSH group had more respiratory and oral secretions, but this was not statistically significant ( p = 0.16 and 0.29).

CONCLUSIONS:

This is the first study to demonstrate that PSH is associated with prolonged tracheostomy weaning in severe TBI. Awareness of this association should enable those planning rehabilitation to set realistic goals for a patient’s tracheostomy weaning programme.
Innovative robotic hippotherapy improves postural muscle size and postural stability during the quiet stance and gait initiation in a child with cerebral palsy: A single case study
Authors: Park Ji-Ho , You Joshua (Sung) H.
Published: March 2018

BACKGROUND:

Postural instability is an important pathomarker in children with cerebral palsy (CP), and is often implicated in gait disturbance.

OBJECTIVE:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of long-term robotic hippotherapy (HPOT) on postural muscles size and static and dynamic postural stability in a child with CP.

METHODS:

Ultrasonography was used to measure postural muscles size. We also evaluated the magnitude of the separation between the center of pressure (COP) and center of mass (COM) during quiet stance and gait initiation (GI) using an eight-camera motion capture system and two force plates. Robotic HPOT was provided as a 45-minute session once per week for 12 weeks.

RESULTS:

As transverse abdominal (12%) and lumbar multifidus (60%) muscles size improved, normalized sway area (16%) during the quiet stance decreased. Similarly, the maximal resultant COP-COM distance (12.84%) during the initial phase of GI increased.

CONCLUSIONS:

In a child with CP, robotic HPOT may be an important treatment for improving postural muscles size and postural stability in static and dynamic states.
Three-dimensional Analysis of Air Flow in a Flat Plate Solar Collector
Authors: Amraoui Mohammed Amine , Aliane Khaled
Published: March 2018

This paper presents the study of fluid flow and heat transfer in solar flat plate collector by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) which reduces time and cost. In the present paper the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool has been used to simulate the solar collector for better understanding the heat transfer capability. 3D model of the collector involving air inlet, the collector is modeled by ANSYS Workbench and the grid was created in ANSYS ICEM. The results were obtained by using ANSYS FLUENT and ANSYS CFX. The objective of this work is to compare theoretically and experimentally work done with the work done by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool with respect to flow and temperature distribution inside the solar collector. The outlet temperature of air is compared with experimental results and there is a good agreement in between them.
Bank Angle Estimation Using Radar Data
Authors: Madácsi Richárd , Markovits-Somogyi Rita
Published: March 2018

The procedure designer’s toolbox calculating nominal track and protection areas is not entirely appropriate for determining the standard deviation of the trajectories, when designing a new departure procedure. The nominal track provides only a theoretical mean values to be shown on the chart but the aircraft cannot be expected to adhere to this route in a turn. Whereas protection areas are too wide and conservative estimates as they serve the purpose of providing adequate distance from ground obstacles under the worst conditions. This is why a new, radar based solution is needed to tackle this problem. The first step into this direction is to investigate the part of the route which infers the biggest uncertainty, the turn.
Antithrombotic activity of Mentha longifolia in animal model
Authors: Alamgeer . , Ain Qurat ul , Hasan Umme Habiba , Asif Hira
Published: March 2018

The present research work was conducted to appraise the antithrombotic activity of Mentha longifolia using in vitro and in vivo experiments. Aqueous methanolic (70:30) extract produced significant (p<0.01-0.001) and dose-dependent increase in in vitro blood clotting time, bleeding time, prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin level with maximum effect at highest concentration. While in in vivo experiment, aqueous methanol extract showed noteworthy (p<0.01-0.001) prolongation in bleeding time and clotting time after 30, 60 and 90 min of administration except for 25 mg/kg at 30 min which is non-significant. Moreover, plant extract exhibited considerable increase (p<0.1-0.001) in bleeding time, clotting time, prothrombin time as well as activated partial thromboplastin time in rabbits after seven days of treatment. Additionally, HPLC analysis of M. longifolia aqueous methanolic extract illustrated the presence of various valuable phytoconstituents. In a nutshell, M. longifolia possesses potential antithrombotic activity and hence systematically proved to be beneficial in patients with vascular diseases.
A Novel Network Security Risk Assessment Approach by Combining Subjective and Objective Weights under Uncertainty
Authors: Duan Yancui , Cai Yonghua , Wang Zhikang , Deng Xinyang
Published: March 2018

Nowadays, computer networks are playing a more and more important role in people’s daily lives. Meanwhile, the security of computer networks has also attracted widespread concern. However, up to now, there is no universal and effective assessment approach for computer network security. Therefore, a novel network security risk assessment approach by combining subjective and objective weights under uncertainty is proposed. In the proposed evaluation approach, the uncertainty of evaluation data is taken into account, which is translated into objective weights through an uncertainty measure. By combining the subjective weights of evaluation criteria and the objective weights of evaluation data, the final weights can be obtained. Then, Dempster–Shafer (D-S) evidence theory and pignistic probability transformation (PPT) are employed to derive a consensus decision for the degree of the network security risk. Two illustrative examples are given to show the efficiency of the proposed approach. This approach of risk assessment, which combines subjective and objective weights, can not only effectively evaluate computer network security, but also be widely used in decision-making.
Research on the Hygroscopicity of a Composite Hygroscopic Material and its Influence on Indoor Thermal and Humidity Environment
Authors: Xie Huahui , Gong Guangcai , Wu Yi , Liu Yongchao , Wang Yingjuan
Published: March 2018

Indoor air humidity is closely related to daily life and productivity. It is necessary to develop new materials which can maintain the indoor humidity environment steady within an acceptable range of 40–70%. In this paper a new composite hygroscopic material composed of wood fibre and sepiolite with expanded perlite (CHM-WSE) is used in a building envelope to evaluate its moisture buffering performance. A series of experiments assessing the microstructure, hygroscopicity, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of the new composite hygroscropic material have been executed. Furthermore, a numerical model for predicting the influence of humidity environment and energy consumption on composite hygroscopic mortar in different climatic regions has been established. The experiments show that the indoor moisture buffering performance in late spring is better than that in winter, when the practical moisture buffering performance can reach at 0.89 g/(m2%RH)@8/16h; and the non-uniformity coefficient of indoor relative humidity is about 0.006. The simulation results show that a room with CHM-WSE is more comfortable than a common mortar (CM) room, and it has better energy-saving performance in the hot summer and cold winter (HSCW) region in China. The experiments and simulations show that the developed hygroscopic material could be feasible for application in buildings.
A Virtual Power Plant Architecture for the Demand-Side Management of Smart Prosumers
Authors: Pasetti Marco , Rinaldi Stefano , Manerba Daniele
Published: March 2018

In this paper, we present a conceptual study on a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) architecture for the optimal management of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) owned by prosumers participating in Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs. Compared to classical VPP architectures, which aim to aggregate several DERs dispersed throughout the electrical grid, in the proposed VPP architecture the supervised physical domain is limited to single users, i.e., to single Points of Delivery (PODs) of the distribution network. The VPP architecture is based on a service-oriented approach, where multiple agents cooperate to implement the optimal management of the prosumer’s assets, by also considering different forms of Demand Response (DR) requests. The considered DR schemes range from Price-Based DRs to Event-Based DRs, covering both the normal operating functions and the emergency control requests applied in modern distribution networks. With respect to centralized approaches, in this study the control perspective is moved from the system level to the single prosumer’s level, who is allowed to independently provide flexible power profiles through the aggregation of multiple DERs. A generalized optimization model, formulated as a Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) problem, is also introduced. Such a model is able to compute the optimal scheduling of a prosumer’s assets by considering both DR requests and end-users’ requirements in terms of comfort levels while minimizing the costs.
Study on Actuator Line Modeling of Two NREL 5-MW Wind Turbine Wakes
Authors: Yu Ziying , Zheng Xing , Ma Qingwei
Published: March 2018

The wind turbine wakes impact the efficiency and lifespan of the wind farm. Therefore, to improve the wind plant performance, research on wind plant control is essential. The actuator line model (ALM) is proposed to simulate the wind turbine efficiently. This research investigates the National Renewable Energy Laboratory 5 Million Watts (NREL 5-MW) wind turbine wakes with Open Field Operation and Manipulation (OpenFOAM) using ALM. Firstly, a single NREL 5-MW turbine is simulated. The comparison of the power and thrust with Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures, and Turbulence (FAST) shows a good agreement below the rated wind speed. The information relating to wind turbine wakes is given in detail. The top working status is proved at the wind speed of 8 m/s and the downstream distance of more than 5 rotor diameters (5D). Secondly, another case with two NREL 5-MW wind turbines aligned is also carried out, in which 7D is validated as the optimum distance between the two turbines. The result also shows that the upstream wind turbine has an obvious influence on the downstream one.
“Disarmed”: Disability, Trauma, and Emasculation in Contemporary Japanese Cinema
Authors: O’Reilly Sean
Published: March 2018

Disability, especially when war-related, is dangerous ground for entertainment films. Depictions of battle-scarred living bodies are necessarily political, since they cannot avoid commenting on the conflict of which they are a stark visual reminder. Yet depictions are politically multivalent: seeing the disabled has a wide range of effects on audiences. Unsurprisingly, then, disabled survivors of the war have rarely appeared on postwar screens. But the trend of avoiding the messy reality of war-related disability, and disabled bodies more generally, has ended, as the emphatic success of period drama Love and Honor (2006) can attest. In the new century, many films have tackled this once-taboo topic, winning success at the box office or, like Caterpillar (2010), at film festivals. In this article, I analyze depictions of disabled war survivors and other disabled bodies in recent Japanese films, drawing a contrast between Love and Honor and the aforementioned Caterpillar; I explore what motivated this more visceral retelling of both war trauma and general disability, and why each succeeded either commercially or critically. The trend towards depicting disability coincides perfectly with Japanese cinema’s resurgent success against Hollywood. Visceral depictions of traumatized bodies that are symbolically—or literally—disarmed have resonated with domestic audiences, perhaps because disability not only emasculates, it can also empower: the disabled, many believe, can speak with greater authority on the war or the human condition than anyone else. But what will they (be made to) say?
Any Place for Immunohistochemistry within the Predictive Biomarkers of Treatment in Lung Cancer Patients?
Authors: Hofman Véronique , Lassalle Sandra , Bence Coraline , Long-Mira Elodie , Nahon-Estève Sacha , Heeke Simon , Lespinet-Fabre Virginie , Butori Catherine , Ilié Marius , Hofman Paul
Published: March 2018

The identification of certain genomic alterations (EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF) or immunological markers (PD-L1) in tissues or cells has led to targeted treatment for patients presenting with late stage or metastatic lung cancer. These biomarkers can be detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and/or by molecular biology (MB) techniques. These approaches are often complementary but depending on, the quantity and quality of the biological material, the urgency to get the results, the access to technological platforms, the financial resources and the expertise of the team, the choice of the approach can be questioned. The possibility of detecting simultaneously several molecular targets, and of analyzing the degree of tumor mutation burden and of the micro-satellite instability, as well as the recent requirement to quantify the expression of PD-L1 in tumor cells, has led to case by case development of algorithms and international recommendations, which depend on the quality and quantity of biological samples. This review will highlight the different predictive biomarkers detected by IHC for treatment of lung cancer as well as the present advantages and limitations of this approach. A number of perspectives will be considered.
Study of Calcium Ethoxide as a New Product for Conservation of Historical Limestone
Authors: Zuena Martina , Tomasin Patrizia , Costa Dória , Delgado-Rodrigues José , Zendri Elisabetta
Published: March 2018

The combination of multiple physical, chemical and biological factors causes the weathering of limestone used in the field of cultural heritage. To overcome the limitations of traditional consolidating products and to meet the requirements of the historical building substrates, during the European collaborative project NANOMATCH, alkaline earth alkoxides were developed and studied as consolidating agents for limestone. Among these new products, calcium ethoxide, with the formula Ca(OEt)2, was chosen for this study and investigated in depth as an alternative consolidating treatment. It was first characterized through a study of the carbonation process: its kinetics, reaction pathway and the evaluation of formed mineralogical phases. Subsequently, it was applied on limestones with different total open porosity to test its performance as a consolidating agent. The compatibility and the efficiency of the treatment were investigated with a multi-technique approach and compared with results obtained with a reference product, based on nanolime. This study indicates that calcium ethoxide shows better results with respect to the reference product, both in terms of compatibility and consolidation effect.
Application of La-Doped SrTiO3 in Advanced Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Authors: Presto Sabrina , Barbucci Antonio , Carpanese Maria , Han Feng , Costa Rémi , Viviani Massimo
Published: March 2018

Composite materials frequently allow the drawbacks of single components to be overcome thanks to a synergistic combination of material- and structure-specific features, leading to enhanced and also new properties. This is the case of a metallic-ceramic composite, a nickel-chromium-aluminum (NiCrAl) foam impregnated with La-doped Strontium Titanate (LST). This particular cermet has very interesting properties that can be used in different fields of application, namely: mechanical robustness provided by the metal foam; and chemical stability in harsh conditions of temperature and atmosphere by promotion of a thin protective layer of alumina (Al2O3); high electronic conductivity given by a percolating ceramic conducting phase, i.e., La-doped Strontium Titanate. In this paper, its application as a current collector in a metal-supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) was studied. Firstly, the electronic properties of different compositions, stoichiometric and under stoichiometric, of LST were analyzed to choose the best one in terms of conductivity and phase purity. Then, LST chemical stability was studied in the presence of Al2O3 at different temperatures, gas compositions and aging times. Finally, stability and conductivity of LST-impregnated NiCrAl foam composite materials were measured, and LST was found to be fully compatible with the NiCrAl foam, as no reactions were detected in oxidizing and reducing atmosphere after up to 300 h operation at 750 °C and 900 °C between the Al2O3 layer and LST. Results showed that the composite is suitable as a current collector in innovative designs of metal-supported SOFC, like the Evolve cell, in which the metallic part is supposed not only to provide the structural stability to the cell, but also to play the role of current collector due to the impregnation of ceramic material.
Micro-Food Web Structure Shapes Rhizosphere Microbial Communities and Growth in Oak
Authors: Maboreke Hazel , Bartel Veronika , Seiml-Buchinger René , Ruess Liliane
Published: March 2018

The multitrophic interactions in the rhizosphere impose significant impacts on microbial community structure and function, affecting nutrient mineralisation and consequently plant performance. However, particularly for long-lived plants such as forest trees, the mechanisms by which trophic structure of the micro-food web governs rhizosphere microorganisms are still poorly understood. This study addresses the role of nematodes, as a major component of the soil micro-food web, in influencing the microbial abundance and community structure as well as tree growth. In a greenhouse experiment with Pedunculate Oak seedlings were grown in soil, where the nematode trophic structure was manipulated by altering the proportion of functional groups (i.e., bacterial, fungal, and plant feeders) in a full factorial design. The influence on the rhizosphere microbial community, the ectomycorrhizal symbiont Piloderma croceum, and oak growth, was assessed. Soil phospholipid fatty acids were employed to determine changes in the microbial communities. Increased density of singular nematode functional groups showed minor impact by increasing the biomass of single microbial groups (e.g., plant feeders that of Gram-negative bacteria), except fungal feeders, which resulted in a decline of all microorganisms in the soil. In contrast, inoculation of two or three nematode groups promoted microbial biomass and altered the community structure in favour of bacteria, thereby counteracting negative impact of single groups. These findings highlight that the collective action of trophic groups in the soil micro-food web can result in microbial community changes promoting the fitness of the tree, thereby alleviating the negative effects of individual functional groups.
Eyeing up the Future of the Pupillary Light Reflex in Neurodiagnostics
Authors: Hall Charlotte , Chilcott Robert
Published: March 2018

The pupillary light reflex (PLR) describes the constriction and subsequent dilation of the pupil in response to light as a result of the antagonistic actions of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles. Since these muscles are innervated by the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, respectively, different parameters of the PLR can be used as indicators for either sympathetic or parasympathetic modulation. Thus, the PLR provides an important metric of autonomic nervous system function that has been exploited for a wide range of clinical applications. Measurement of the PLR using dynamic pupillometry is now an established quantitative, non-invasive tool in assessment of traumatic head injuries. This review examines the more recent application of dynamic pupillometry as a diagnostic tool for a wide range of clinical conditions, varying from neurodegenerative disease to exposure to toxic chemicals, as well as its potential in the non-invasive diagnosis of infectious disease.
A Novel Statistical Method to Temporally Downscale Wind Speed Weibull Distribution Using Scaling Property
Authors: Shin Ju-Young , Jeong Changsam , Heo Jun-Haeng
Published: March 2018

To improve our capacity to use available wind speed data, it is necessary to develop a new statistical temporal downscaling method that uses one or a few input variables of any temporal scale for mean wind speed data to obtain wind statistics at finer temporal resolution. In the present study, a novel statistical temporal downscaling method for wind speed statistics and probability distribution is proposed. The proposed method uses the temporal structure to downscale the wind speed statistics to a fine temporal scale without the use of additional variables. The Weibull distribution of the hourly and 10-min mean wind speed data is obtained by the downscaled wind speed statistics. The proposed method provides the downscaled Weibull distribution of fine temporal wind speed data using coarse temporal wind statistics. Particularly, the use of sub-daily mean wind speed data in the downscaling of the wind speed Weibull distribution leads to good estimation precision. The Weibull distribution downscaled by the proposed method successfully reproduces the wind power density based on the wind potential energy estimation.
Model Predictive Control of a Wave Energy Converter with Discrete Fluid Power Power Take-Off System
Authors: Hedegaard Hansen Anders , F. Asmussen Magnus , Bech Michael
Published: March 2018

Wave power extraction algorithms for wave energy converters are normally designed without taking system losses into account leading to suboptimal power extraction. In the current work, a model predictive power extraction algorithm is designed for a discretized power take of system. It is shown how the quantized nature of a discrete fluid power system may be included in a new model predictive control algorithm leading to a significant increase in the harvested power. A detailed investigation of the influence of the prediction horizon and the time step is reported. Furthermore, it is shown how the inclusion of a loss model may increase the energy output. Based on the presented results it is concluded that power extraction algorithms based on model predictive control principles are both feasible and favorable for use in a discrete fluid power power take-off system for point absorber wave energy converters.