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Changes Beyond Limits: Proofreading in an American University
Authors: Alhojailan Ahmad I
Published: October 2019

Students are usually asked to submit term papers, reports, research proposals, dissertations, theses, etc. for assessment purposes. Unfortunately, not all students are able to write at the level that their professors expect. Therefore, students are encouraged by their professors to have their papers carefully proofread before submission. This study investigates the beliefs, practices, and experiences of proofreaders who proofread students’ writing, along with different issues related to proofreading. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with two proofreaders studying for their Ph.D. in the English Department in a university in the American Southwest. The results show that a misunderstanding of the role of a proofreader exists between proofreaders and student writers and among proofreaders themselves. My findings also show that proofreading is used only for academic survival. I highlight how the educational system and the proofreaders' qualifications have affected the description of proofreading. The results emphasize the need for implementing regulations for proofreading services to guarantee that they are standardized and administered consistently to avoid misrepresentation of students' true writing abilities, and to maintain a good reputation for universities with respect to their graduates' writing skills.
Study of the Factors Affecting the Career Development of New-Immigrant-Children University Students in Taiwan
Authors: Chen Yu-Chuan
Published: October 2019

Over the last two decades, Taiwan has experienced a surge in immigration due to marriage. With the growth in the incidence of international marriages, the number of immigrant children in Taiwan has sharply increased. Career development is an important factor worldwide and is thus an important issue for immigrant children in Taiwan. Many factors influence the choices of new immigrant children for their career development. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing the career development of new immigrant children. The research was conducted using the qualitative research method, and data were collected from 30 participants who were new-immigrant-children university students. After analyzing the interviews of the participants, the results were analyzed. Further, on the basis of analysis of previous literature and interviews, recommendations were made for the career development of new immigrant children, such as strengthen the attainment of and respect for multi-culturalism through School, family, and social systems.
Indo-Oceanic Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Thailand associated with higher mortality
Authors: Smittipat N. , Miyahara R. , Juthayothin T. , Billamas P. , Dokladda K. , Imsanguan W. , Intralawan D. , Rukseree K. , Jaitrong S. , Chaiyasirinroje B. , Wongjai J. , Disratthakit A. , Chaiprasert A. , Nedsuwan S. , Mahasirimongkol S. , Toyo-oka L. , Tokunaga K. , Yamada N. , Palittapongarnpim P. , Yanai H.
Published: October 2019

SETTING: This study was conducted among tuberculosis (TB) patients in a highly endemic Thai province.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between different Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages and clinical characteristics, especially mortality.DESIGN:
We enrolled 1,304 TB patients registered from 2002–2011 with culture isolates whose lineages were identified by specific regions of deletion. Data on mortality within 1 year of follow-up were extracted from the registration system and hospital records. Mortality-associated risk factors,
including bacterial lineages, as independent variables were analysed using Cox regression models.RESULTS: Of 1,304 isolates, 521 (40.0%) and 582 (44.6%) belonged to Indo-Oceanic and East-Asian lineages, respectively. Indo-Oceanic strains significantly increased the mortality risk
compared with East-Asian strains (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.42, 95%CI 1.02–1.99) or modern lineages (aHR 1.49, 95%CI 1.08–2.06) in the 172 patients who died within 1 year after TB diagnosis. The former also caused significantly higher mortality than modern lineages among patients
who died within 6 months after TB diagnosis (aHR 1.62, 95%CI 1.12–2.35). No significant association was found between drug resistance and death.CONCLUSION: In Thailand, the Indo-Oceanic lineage of M. tuberculosis increased mortality risk compared with modern lineages
or the East-Asian lineage, the latter being considered highly virulent in previous studies.
Rifampin pharmacokinetics in tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus patients: a pilot study from Baja California, Mexico
Authors: Perea-Jacobo R. , Muñiz-Salazar R. , Laniado-Laborín, R. , Cabello-Pasini, A. , Zenteno-Cuevas, R. , Ochoa-Terán A.
Published: October 2019

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, there has been an increase in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) as a comorbidity of tuberculosis (TB), which is characterized by alterations in the pharmacokinetics of drugs used for TB treatment.OBJECTIVE: To characterize the pharmacokinetics of
rifampin in patients with TB and TB-DM2.METHODS: Blood samples were collected in two hospitals in Baja California, Mexico from March through December 2017. Sampling was not random and included 14 patients with TB and 16 with TB-DM2. High-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC)
was carried out to determine the concentration of rifampin in human serum.RESULTS: On average, the highest concentration of rifampin for both groups was registered at 2.5 h after ingestion (3.5 ± 2.64 μg/ml). The maximum difference in concentration (Cmax) of
rifampin between TB and TB-DM2 group was not significant (P > 0.05). Importantly however, the analysis showed suboptimal levels of Cmax in a high proportion of both groups of patients studied.CONCLUSION: The study suggests that under the currently recommended
rifampin dose, suboptimal Cmax levels are reached in a high proportion of patients, regardless of whether they have diabetes or not. It may therefore be necessary to use higher doses of rifampin and perform routine monitoring of serum levels. However, further work is needed to confirm
these findings.
Progress in global rollout of new multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatments
Authors: Held K. , McAnaw S. , Chiang C-Y. , Trebucq A. , Horsburgh C. R.
Published: October 2019

SETTING: The global multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) epidemic has grown over the past decade and continues to be difficult to manage. In response, new drugs and treatment regimens have been recommended.OBJECTIVE: In 2017 and again in 2018, the International
Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) drug-resistant (DR) TB Working Group collaborated with RESIST-TB to implement an internet survey to members of The Union around the world to assess access to these new treatment strategies.DESIGN: A nine-question survey was
developed using SurveyMonkey®. The survey was open for participation to all members of The Union registered under the TB Section. Two reminders were sent during each survey. The responses were analyzed taking into account the WHO Region to which the respondent belonged.RESULTS:
The 2018 survey showed a global increase in implementation of the shorter (9-month) MDR-TB regimen (from 33% to 56% of respondents, P < 0.001) and an increase in the use of bedaquiline and/or delamanid (from 25% to 41% of respondents, P < 0.001) compared to 2017. There
were substantial variations in roll-out between WHO regions.CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate improvement in global implementation of the new treatment strategies over a 1-year period.
Are allergies, asthma or hypersensitivity to NSAIDs equally a risk factor for the development of a specific CRS phenotype?
Authors: Stryjewska-Makuch Grażyna , Janik Małgorzata , Kolebacz Bogdan , Ścierski Wojciech , Lisowska Grażeyna
Published: October 2019

Introduction: CRS is a complex systemic disease affecting more than 10% of the population. There are two main types of CRS phenotypes: CRSwNP and CRSsNP. In the Caucasian population, the prevalence of inflammation markers typical of the Th1 profile is observed in CRSsNP, whereas Th2 and Th17 in CRSwNP. Th2 inflammation is observed in the CRSwNP phenotype with concomitant allergies, asthma or hypersensitivity to NSAIDs.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate, based on the authors' own material, whether allergies, asthma or hypersensitivity to NSAIDs was a risk factor for the development of a specific CRS phenotype. An attempt was also made to investigate the effect of comorbidities on the extent of sinus endoscopic procedures, which depended on the severity of inflammation.
Methods: In the years 2006–2015, ESS was performed on 2217 patients with different CRS phenotypes. Patients with an allergy, bronchial asthma and hypersensitivity to NSAIDs were subjected to analysis.
Results: Based on logistic regression, it has been found that among the comorbidities, only asthma (p < 0.0001) and hypersensitivity to NSAIDs (p = 0.0007) significantly affect the occurrence of the phenotype with polyps, whereas the impact of allergies is statistically insignificant (p = 0.1909). The relationship between the type of ESS and CRS phenotypes is statistically significant (p < 0.0001).
Conclusions: Bronchial asthma and hypersensitivity to NSAIDs have a statistically significant effect on the occurrence of the CRSwNP phenotype. This effect has not been observed in the case of allergies. The impact of allergies, asthma and hypersensitivity on the phenotype has been observed in the group of patients subjected to the most extensive surgery (ESS 4).
Wartość dodatnia firmy (goodwill) a podatek od czynności cywilnoprawnych
Authors: Kiszka Joanna
Published: October 2019

Zarówno w orzecznictwie, jak i w literaturze przedmiotu istnieją rozbieżności co do tego, czy przedsiębiorstwo stanowi odrębny przedmiot prawa podmiotowego (stosunku cywilnoprawnego), czy też przedmiotami tymi są wyłącznie poszczególne składniki przedsiębiorstwa. Przedmiotem artykułu jest poszukiwanie rozwiązania problemu: czy umowa sprzedaży wartości firmy (goodwill), która to wartość firmy wchodzi w skład umowy sprzedaży przedsiębiorstwa, podlega podatkowi od czynności cywilnoprawnych, czy też jest odwrotnie. Powoli kształtuje się nowy kierunek orzeczniczy, uwzględniający rzeczywistą istotę goodwill, która wyklucza jego podleganie podatkowi od czynności cywilnoprawnych.
Financial Security of the Public Sector and Citizens Versus Transparency of the Real Estate Tax Management
Authors: Kozłowski Andrzej Józef , Czaplicka-Kozłowska Iwona Zofia
Published: October 2019

With the decentralisation of state management, decisions have been taken to strengthen the financial autonomy of public-law organisations. Decentralisation, together with the new area of competence of local governments, has become a very important element of the process of educating citizens in the area of finance, especially in the area of tax management. This article is devoted to the problem of proper use of real estate tax by the gmina self-government, hence its functionality in the context of the law in force and the use of this law by the inhabitants of the gminas and local authorities. Within the scope of decisions
influencing the amount of income of the gmina self-government from the real estate tax, there are residents, who most often determine the taxable area they use. Next, the decision-making and executive bodies, acting jointly, decide on the subjective and material scope of the tax. It should also be noted that the functionality of this tax is strongly influenced by the residents who contact their representatives in the gmina authorities and officials who consistently perform their duties and control the properties of the area to be taxed. Citizens’ knowledge of public finances, especially of the rules determining the size of liabilities towards the state
budget or public-law partnerships functioning within it, including budgets of local governments, translates into financial security not only of local budgets but also of household budgets. The study used research among taxpayers of this tax. It analysed the legal dimension and the income from this tax in a selected region of the Republic of Poland. The main objective of the study, apart from the assessment of the functionality of real estate tax, is to build a model of real estate tax management that takes into account, first of all, the principle of tax justice.
Police Cavalrymen in Defence of Warsaw During the Bolshevik Off ensive of 1920
Authors: Fałdowski Marek
Published: October 2019

Forces responsible for internal security in Poland include the Police. However, shortly after regaining independence in 1918, the officers of the newly created State Police (Act of 24 July 1919) played an important role not only in ensuring internal security, but also in critical moments in defending the independence of their homeland. A mounted police squadron taking part in the defence of Warsaw in August 1920 provided the “Zegrze” group command with precise, reliable, and thus extremely valuable information about the enemy army movements. Thanks to the knowledge of the planned directions of attack, the military commanders were able to make appropriate decisions that would make it impossible for the Bolsheviks to achieve the assumed military goals.
Travel Documents in use by Terrorists
Authors: Molnár Ákos
Published: October 2019

How does globalization affect the world? Terrorism in the XXI century is a global phenomenon, most frequently encountered in developed Western countries, although it is gaining in importance in developing countries. In order to prepare for this phenomenon and to take appropriate preventive measures, necessary for accurate identification, the following actions should be carried out: tracking, mapping, recognition, re-establishment of networks and even the apprehension of the perpetrator of a crime. Unfortunately, not only citizens and law enforcement authorities but also terrorist organisations can benefit from new technological inventions. According to the author, identifying, observing and disclosing persons crossing the border who are perpetrators of terrorist crimes is becoming an increasingly difficult task, as criminals can recruit new members in several countries and the
recruiter does not even have to be in the same place as the new „candidate”. In future, the fight against terrorism will not be carried out primarily on the battlefields of crisis-stricken areas, but on the borders of protected areas, with the use of computer monitors and in cooperation of intelligence services with other countries. Adequate EU legislation is needed to restrict the free movement of persons committing terrorist offences. EU countries must guarantee the security of their citizens and fight terrorism effectively.
La programación de actividades culturales y recreativas por parte de los organismos públicos como forma de conocer el territorio y evitar los conflictos turísticos. El caso de la Baixa Cerdanya = The Programming of Cultural and Recreational Activities by Public Institutions as a Way of Knowing the Territory and Avoiding Conflict. The Case of the Baixa Cerdanya
Authors: Prat Forga José Maria
Published: October 2019

Los territorios de interior apuestan cada vez más por el turismo como motor de desarrollo económico, por lo que ponen en valor turístico su patrimonio. Por ello, con el objetivo de atraer visitantes, aumentar la duración de sus estancias y desestacionalizarlas, desde los organismos públicos y las asociaciones locales se están programando una serie de actividades orientadas a la naturaleza, la cultura, el ocio y la recreación, que den satisfacción a las motivaciones y nuevas demandas de los turistas.No obstante, este incesante aumento de actividades, ocupando el espacio público, junto con el continuo incremento de segundas residencias, puede generar conflictos entre la población local y los visitantes, los cuales, a su vez, están convirtiendo socialmente el medio rural en un barrio periférico residencial de la gran ciudad, con los mismos servicios y realizando similares actividades.En este trabajo se ha analizado el caso de la Baixa Cerdanya, en los Pirineos catalanes, uno de los principales destinos turísticos de interior de Cataluña.AbstractThe interior territories are increasingly committed to tourism as an engine of economic development, which is why they place their heritage in tourist value. Therefore, with the aim of attracting visitors, increasing the length of their stays and seasonally, from public institutions and local associations are being programmed a series of activities oriented to nature, culture, leisure and recreation, giving satisfaction to the motivations and new demands of tourists.However, this incessant increase in activities, occupying the public space, together with the continuous increase of second residences, can generate conflict between the local population and visitors, who, in turn, are socially converting the rural environment into a neighborhood residential peripheral of the big city, with the same services and carrying out similar activities.In this workpaper we have analyzed the case of Baixa Cerdanya, in the Catalan Pyrenees, one of the main tourist destinations in the interior of Catalonia.
La estructura agraria en Castilla y León. La concentración parcelaria como instrumento de adaptabilidad y modernización territorial = The Agrarian Structure of Castilla y León. Land Consolidation as an Instrument of Adaptability and Territorial Modernization
Authors: Fernández Álvarez José
Published: October 2019

Desde mediados del siglo XX el espacio agrario de Castilla y León, y de gran parte de España, viene transformando las características que durante años definieron su estructuración. La masiva movilización demográfica obligó a adaptar los territorios ante el imponente grado de despoblación y con el fin de aumentar la producción, reducir los costes y poder, de este modo, competir en un mercado globalizado. El índice de correlación ayudará a garantizar la estrecha vinculación existente entre la dinámica poblacional, las variables estructurales y el fenómeno de la concentración parcelaria, mecanismo que se convertirá en el verdadero instrumento de modernización de la estructura agraria, centrado en eliminar las propiedades negativas que hasta la década de los 60 dominaban el espacio agrario castellano y leonés, si bien, este estará condicionado en todo momento por los componentes físicos de la altitud, la pendiente y el material geológico presentes en el territorio. Abstract Since the mid-twentieth century the agrarian space of Castilla y León, and much of Spain, has been transforming the characteristics that for years defined its structuring. The massive demographic mobilization forced to adapt the territories against the imposing degree of depopulation, in order to increase production, reduce costs and be able to compete, in this way, in a globalized market. The correlation index will help guarantee the close link between population dynamics, structural variables and the phenomenon of land consolidation, a mechanism that will become the real instrument for the modernization of the agrarian structure, focused on eliminating the negative properties that dominated the castellano y leonés space until the 60s, although this will be conditioned at all times by the physical components of altitude, slope and geological material present in the territory.
Impacto socioeconómico del Parque Nacional de Cabañeros en Los Navalucillos (Toledo) = Socio-Economic Impact of the National Park of Cabañeros in Los Navalucilos (Toledo)
Authors: García Galán Nicolás
Published: October 2019

La declaración de un Espacio Natural Protegido (ENP) en una zona rural deprimida, habitualmente es visto por los residentes como un escaparate al mundo y la solución a todos los problemas que les aquejan. Tras el ingreso de las tierras de Cabañeros en la élite de la protección medioambiental española en 1995, su posterior ampliación en 2005 supuso para el municipio de Los Navalucillos el logro de su objetivo, con la incorporación de las tierras de la vertiente septentrional del Macizo Rocigalgo.Mediante la combinación de técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas, este trabajo evaluará el escaso impacto socioeconómico que el Parque Nacional de Cabañeros ha tenido en el municipio de Los Navalucillos durante los últimos trece años, y su relación con el resto del Área de Influencia Socioeconómica.AbstractThe declaration of a Protected Natural Area (PNA) in a depressed rural zone, it is usually perceived by its inhabitants as a way to show their land to the world and the solution to all the problems that affect them. After the entry of Cabañeros Area into the elite of Spanish environmental protection in 1995, its subsequent expansion in 2005 meant for the village of Los Navalucillos the achievement of its aim, with the incorporation of the lands of the northern slope of the Rocigalgo peak.With the combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques, this paper will assess the limited socioeconomic impact of the National Park of Cabañeros in Los Navalucillos during the last thirteen years, and its relationship with the rest of the socioeconomic influenced area.
La organización morfoestructural del Macizo Occidental de los Picos de Europa. Una contribución a la geomorfología estructural = The Morpho-structural Organization of the Western Massif of the Picos de Europa. A Contribution to Structural Geomorphology
Authors: Ruiz-Fernández Jesús , García-Hernández Cristina , Fernández Fernández Antonio
Published: October 2019

Los procesos morfogenéticos constituyen el foco de interés preferente de la geomorfología actual, sin embargo, estos se hallan claramente condicionados por el marco morfoestructural en el que están insertos. Este artículo analiza las características litoestratigráficas, la evolución geológica y la disposición estructural de un macizo calcáreo de la alta montaña cantábrica, el Macizo Occidental de los Picos de Europa. Además, se identifican las principales unidades morfoestructurales que lo componen a partir de una profunda revisión bibliográfica y del trabajo de campo desarrollado en el área. Los resultados de esta investigación evidencian, mediante la puesta en relación de los rasgos de este armazón con los procesos que interactúan sobre él, el modo en que los estudios de geomorfología estructural, actualmente en retroceso, resultan vitales para comprender los procesos, morfologías y depósitos asociados en este macizo y, por extensión, en el conjunto de los Picos de Europa.AbstractNowadays geomorphological community is mainly interested in morphogenetic processes. However, those processes are clearly conditioned by the morphostructural framework they are part of. This article examines the lithostratigraphic features, geological evolution and structural disposition of a high mountain massif in the Cantabrian Mountains, the Western Massif of the Picos de Europa, identifying its main morphostructural units through a deep bibliographical review and the fieldwork conducted in the area. The results highlight the way in which, the studies of structural geomorphology, currently in retreat, are important to understand the processes, morphologies and deposits in this massif and, thus, in the Picos de Europa as a whole.
El conocimiento geográfico de California en el siglo XVIII. Homenaje a Fray Junípero Serra
Authors: Nieto Codina Aurelio
Published: October 2019

La exploración de California y la fundación de nuevas “misiones” conoció un auge inesperado durante el siglo XVIII, al mismo tiempo se favoreció un mejor conocimiento del territorio y se intentó incrementar la presencia española en las tierras norteamericanas. Se reivindica la figura de Fray Junipero Serra como uno de los responsables de este nuevo momento histórico que, al mismo tiempo, se corresponde con un mejor conocimiento geográfico del oeste de los actuales Estados Unidos. El incremento de las expediciones terrestres y marítimas coincide necesariamente con la realización de nuevas descripciones de las tierras exploradas y un incremento de los mapas disponibles de la región. Este material se conserva en el Museo Naval de Madrid.
Paisajes y elementos de defensa y control del territorio en la Costa Tropical de Granada. Conservación y uso turístico de su patrimonio cultural de carácter militar.
Authors: Sánchez Holgado José Ramón
Published: October 2019

Paisajes y elementos de defensa y control del territorio en la Costa Tropical de Granada. Conservación y uso turístico de su patrimonio cultural de carácter militar. Departamento de Geografía. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Director: Dr. Carlos Javier Pardo Abad, leída el 17 de diciembre de 2018.EL objetivo principal de la tesis doctoral ha sido mediante un análisis territorial pormenorizado a escala comarcal, alcanzar diferentes propuestas que diversifiquen y potencien su oferta turística, poniendo en valor los variados y ricos paisajes junto a un interesante patrimonio cultural de carácter militar integrado por aquellos elementos de guerra y defensa de diferentes tipologías y cronologías que se conservan diseminados por nuestro ámbito de estudio.
Reseña de: Brotton, Jerry, Historia del mundo en 12 mapas
Authors: Guallart Moreno Carlos
Published: October 2019

BROTTON, Jerry, Historia del mundo en 12 mapas, 2016, DEBATE, 606 pp. ISBN: 978-849992422-9
Reseña de: Carter, J. Chris, Introduction to Human Geography using ArcGIS Onlin
Authors: De Lázaro Torres María Luisa
Published: October 2019

Reseña de: Carter, J. Chris, Introduction to Human Geography using ArcGIS Online. Redlands (California, Estados Unidos), 2019, ESRI Press, 427 pp. ISBN 978-15-8948-518-1.
Reseña de: De Miguel González, R., Donert, K. & Koutsopoulos, K. (Eds): Geospatial Technologies in Geography Education
Authors: Puertas Aguilar Miguel Ángel
Published: October 2019

Reseña de: De Miguel González, R., Donert, K. & Koutsopoulos, K. (Eds): Geospatial Technologies in Geography Education. EUROGEO Book Series: Key Challenges in Geography. Springer (Suiza), 2019, 219 pp. ISBN: 978-3-030-17782-9.
Presentación nº 12 ETF VI
Authors: De Lázaro Torres Mª Luisa
Published: October 2019

Presenyación del número 12 de Espaio, Tiemopo y Forma, VI, Geografía
Pegada hídrica de plantas hortículas cultivadas no semiárido brasileiro
Authors: Almeida Rafaela Silveira Rodrigues , Silva Madson Tavares , Campos João Hugo Baracuy da Cunha , Holanda Romildo Morant de , Dantas Neto José , Souza Enio Pereira de , Matsunaga Wendy Kaori , Santos Kamila Souza , Silva Vicente de Paulo Rodrigues da
Published: October 2019

A atual crise hídrica está relacionada a diversas ações antropogênicas no planeta, entre elas, a utilização demasiada da água no setor agrícola. A Pegada Hídrica (PH) é um indicador da apropriação de recursos hídricos que quantifica o uso direto e indireto deste recurso, possuindo o intuito de subsidiar o estabelecimento de políticas e ações concretas para economia de água. O objetivo desta pesquisa é determinar as pegadas hídricas de culturas do tomate (Solanum lycopersicum), cebola (Allium cepa), feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris), alface (Lactuca sativa L.) e o coentro (Coriandrum sativum). A parte experimental do estudo foi realizado na Estação Agrometeorológica Experimental (EstAgro - DCA da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande) e foram determinadas a PH de cada cultura com base na evapotranspiração das culturas determinadas pelo método do balanço hídrico do solo e pelo software Cropwat. A evapotranspiração de referência (ETo) foi determinada com base no método de Penman-Monteith. Os resultados deste trabalho permitem concluir que as hortaliças folhosas têm alto componente da PH cinza comparada com os componentes verde e azul da cultura. As pegadas hídricas azul e verde aumentam de acordo com o aumento da irrigação e precipitação pluvial, porém a pegada hídrica cinza varia apenas em função da produtividade.
Transfeminismo y activismos queer: emergencia y cohabitación en las fronteras de la coalición
Authors: Pérez Navarro Pablo
Published: October 2019

El ciclo de protestas que se abrió en las primaveras árabes ha servido para revitalizar la reflexión teórica sobre el modo en que los procesos de agenciamiento político son indisociables de los modos de producción de los espacios de coalición. Es el caso de Judith Butler en Cuerpos aliados y lucha política, junto con otras autoras que han mostrado la importancia de pensar los modos de encuentro corporal, y las políticas de acceso a los espacios de aparición, como parte central de la lucha y la reflexión política. En diálogo con estas y otras provocaciones teóricas, fundamentalmente en el ámbito de los estudios queer, este ensayo explora los modos de producción del espacio de coalición transfeminista y queer a partir de experiencias activistas recientes en la ciudad de Madrid.The cycle of protests opened by the Arab Springs has served to revitalize theoretical reflections on the interplay between the construction of political agency and the production of coalitional spaces. This is the case of Judith Butler in Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street, along with other authors that have shown the importance of thinking bodily encounter, and the politics of accessibility to the space of appearance, as a central part of political reflection and struggle. In dialogue with these and other theoretical provocations, specially coming from Queer Studies, this essay explores the modes of production of the space of transfeminist and queer coalition drawing on recent activist experiences in the city of Madrid.
Personal data are political. A feminist view on privacy and big data
Authors: Suárez-Gonzalo Sara
Published: October 2019

The second-wave feminist critique of privacy defies the liberal opposition between the public-political and the private-personal. Feminist thinkers such as Hanisch, Young or Fraser note that, according to this liberal conception, public institutions often keep asymmetric power relations between private agents away from political discussion and action. The resulting subordination of some agents to others tends, therefore, to be naturalised and redefined as a «personal problem». Drawing on these contributions, this article reviews the social and political implications of big data exploitation and questions whether personal data protection must remain a matter of «privacy self-management». It aims to show that feminist political theory can decidedly help to identify and tackle the root causes of what I call «data domination».La crítica feminista de segunda ola a la privacidad desafía la oposición liberal entre lo público-político y lo privado-personal. Pensadoras feministas como Hanisch, Young o Fraser señalan que, de acuerdo con esta concepción liberal, las instituciones públicas a menudo dejan fuera de la discusión y la acción política las relaciones de poder asimétricas entre agentes privados. La resultante subordinación de unos agentes a otros tiende, por tanto, a ser naturalizada y redefinida como un «problema personal». Basándose en estas contribuciones, este artículo revisa las implicaciones sociales y políticas de la explotación de datos masivos y cuestiona si la protección de los datos personales debe continuar siendo una cuestión de «auto-gestión de la privacidad». Su objetivo es mostrar que la teoría política feminista puede ayudar decididamente a identificar y enfrentar las causas de lo que llamo «dominación a través de los datos».
Dying with ‘Infinity Mushrooms’ – Mortuary Rituals, Mycoremediation and Multispecies Legacies
Authors: Rodeck Salome
Published: October 2019

In a world conceptualised as Anthropocene, in which human activities are transforming every part of the biosphere, funerals have become political and ethical activities in new and unforeseen ways. The use of formaldehyde in embalming practices and the release of air pollutants during cremation are only two of many points of criticism which have led to the rise of alternative ‘greener’ burial methods. The ‘infinity burial project’ is one such alternative, but it exceeds discourses on sustainable funerals by highlighting the toxicity of human bodies and challenging cultural taboos surrounding corporeal decomposition. Infinity burial employs ‘mycoremediation’, the usage of fungi for decomposing and cleaning up contaminated bodies and landscapes. Departing from Donna Haraway’s call for embracing situated technical projects in order to make ‘oddkin’, this article explores how the infinity burial project engenders queer communities which dismiss taxonomical lines between species as well as ontological claims about life and death. Drawing on new materialisms’ work on the radical openness of bodies, I explore how the infinity burial project sheds light on the material reality of decaying and the implications of dying in a polluted world.
Beyond Death and Mourning in A Dark Song and We Are Still Here
Authors: Kotwasińska Agnieszka
Published: October 2019

Drawing on Ewa Domańska’s theory of necrovitalism (2017), Rosi Braidotti’s works that engage with life/death ‘dichotomy’ (2006; 2008; 2013), and affect theories, I hope to show how normative understanding of death and mourning, typical for horror cinema as such, are questioned and transformed through an affective engagement with spectral soundscapes in two recent horror films – A Dark Song (2016) and We Are Still Here (2015). To a large extent, both films replicate normative understanding of what constitutes a reasonable occasion for grieving: the sudden and seemingly unjust death of a child. A child’s lost life, often seen as the pinnacle of felt grief, is then mourned passionately by the mother (rather than the father), whose determination and intuition guide her over the life-death threshold in order to reunite with her dead child or find some kind of closure. And yet rather than stopping at representing bereavement as a finite process, these films incorporate mourning into their cinematic language and use it to comment on the limits of Western definitions of death and life after death. In both films, encounters with otherworldly necropersons (to borrow Ewa Domańska’s term) disturb the zoe/bios distinction that organises Western mourning practices. More importantly, since these encounters rely on sound rather than vision, the protagonists (and the viewers) can no longer depend onscopic regimes of knowledge and are encouraged to think/feel about death differently.
While the dead labour for the living
Authors: Hansen Ida Hillerup
Published: October 2019

Book review of Laqueur, Thomas W.: The Work of the Dead: a Cultural History of Mortal Remains. Princeton University Press, 2015, 711 pp.
Percepcja i projekcja krajobrazu: teorie, zastosowania, oczekiwania = Perception and projection of the landscape: theories, applications, expectations
Authors: Chmielewski Tadeusz Jan , Chmielewski Szymon , Kułak Agnieszka
Published: October 2019

The human species transforms the landscape to meet its needs, but landscape resources and valuable features at the same time affect wellbeing in the context of human activity. In these mutually conditioned interactions, two processes playing a key role are the so-called landscape perception and landscape projection. This article presents: (1) a review of theories playing a key role in the development of knowledge on landscape perception; (2) the basis for landscape projection as a logical and creative continuation of perception processes; (3) an outline of the theory of physiognomic landscape structure and of possibilities for it to gain practical application; (4) the results of the first Polish research into the public’s expectations where quality of the landscape is concerned. Perception of the landscape entails the receipt of stimuli from surrounding space with the help of the senses. It serves primarily in knowledge-based transformation of landscape systems, in a manner that meets ever-more exacting requirements on the part of society when it comes to living in an environment of the highest quality. Only a little scientific work has been devoted to the process of landscape projection. This is therefore a new research field, just opening up, which has the potential to give rise to a group of space-projection theories.
Wpływ zróżnicowania użytkowania krajobrazowego na cechy zgrupowań biegaczowatych (Coleoptera: Carabidae) obszarów rolnych = Effects of the diversity of landscape use on the characteristics of farmland ground-beetle assemblages
Authors: Solon Jerzy , Regulska Edyta
Published: October 2019

We studied the effects of landscape structure and agricultural land-use on ground beetles (Carabidae) in a temperate farmland mosaic and homogeneous landscape. The research was carried out at twelve research sites located in two regional units, i.e. (a) the northern part of mesoregion 842.72 West Lake District in the macroregion of the Lithuanian Lake District and (b) in the southern part of mesoregion 313.44 Damnicka Upland, within the macroregion of the Koszalin Coastland. By administrative division, these positions are respectively: in the gmina of Dubeninki, voivodeship of Warmian-Masury (Rogajny and Łoje), and in the gmina of Przerośl in Podlasie voivodeship (Rakówek) – hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Dubeninki area”; as well as in the gmina of Potęgowo in the Pomeranian Voivodship (villages of Wieliszewo, Malczkowo, Darżyno and Darżynko – hereinafter referred to as the “Potęgowo area”). Four of the research sites were located in fields of large area, and four in complexes of small fields subject to traditional cultivation. The faunistic data comes from 12 transects (6 for each regional unit and 3 for each field type – large-area fields and complexes of small fields) using standard trapping methods (Barber˙s traps). A set of landscape-structure indicators adapted to the local scale of the study was then applied. Results point to a relationship between the structure of the landscape, the expressed number of patches of plant communities, the diversity of vegetation in the surroundings and the presence of trees in the landscape, and species richness and diversity of ground beetles. Where agricultural areas nevertheless have a diversified landscape these are characterised by greater species richness of Carabidae than homogeneous areas. Furthermore, the shorter the distance to the nearest tree, the greater the species richness and diversity of Carabidae. However, soil type, as well as soil diversity, at a study site and its vicinity are not found to exert a direct impact on the species richness of Carabidae. Different soil types may be characterised by similar grain size, and thus similar humidity conditions and soil reaction, with these in turn determining other habitat conditions of importance to the studied taxon.
Linking Kids with Trauma to Evidence-Based Treatment: Implementation of a Centralized Referral System at the Child Trauma Training Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
Authors: Kostova Zlatina , Griffin Jessica
Published: October 2019

At a time when the general standard of child welfare and mental health provision has been improving, some important groups in Massachusetts remain under-served. One such is children suffering from trauma. Despite various state-wide efforts to educate professionals about the evidence-based treatments available, trauma sufferers have typically faced long waits to receive these treatments, with average waiting times at some larger mental health agencies stretching to four or even six months. In this brief, we are presenting the implementation of a highly innovative Centralized Referral System – LINK-KID – developed at the Child Trauma Training Center (CTTC) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. LINK-KID referral system connects children in need of evidence-based trauma treatment with mental health providers who have been trained in these treatments.
Josep Pujol (ed.), Publi Ovidi Nasó, «Heroides. Traducció catalana medieval de Guillem Nicolau», Barcelona, Barcino («Els Nostres Clàssics»), 2018, 577 p.
Authors: Perujo Melgar Joan M.
Published: October 2019

Ressenya sobre el llibre de Josep Pujol (ed.), Publi Ovidi Nasó, Heroides. Traducció catalana medieval de Guillem Nicolau, Barcelona, Barcino («Els Nostres Clàssics»), 2018, 577 p. ISBN: 978-84-7226-822-7.
Vicente Lledó-Guillem, «The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Times», Nova York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2018, 250 p.
Authors: Lloret Albert
Published: October 2019

Ressenya sobre el llibre de Vicente Lledó-Guillem, The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Times, Nova York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2018, 250 p., ISBN: 978-3-319-72080-7.
Farklı uzunluklarda dinamik kalça vidası yan plakaları ile intertrakkanterik kalça kırığı tedavisinin biyomekanik analizi
Authors: KAYABAŞI Oğuz
Published: October 2019

Dinamik kalça vidası (DKV), stabil tip intertrokanterik kalça
kırıklarını tedavi etmek için kullanılan yaygın bir implanttır. Cerrahinin
başarısını etkileyebilecek birçok faktör vardır. Yan plakaların uzunluğu
faktörlerden biridir. Bu nedenle, DKV yan plakaların uzunluklarının
biyomekaniğini araştırmak önemlidir. İmplant başarısızlıklarını azaltmak ve
farklı uzunluklarda yan plaka etkilerini anlamak için, bu çalışmanın amacı
DKV'daki farklı uzunluklarda yan plakaları araştırmak için sonlu elemanlar
analizini kullanmaya çalışmaktadır. Bu sonlu elemanlar analizi çalışması,
farklı uzunluklarda yan plaka (2 delikli, 4 delikli ve 6 delikli) DKV
implantasyonunu simüle etmek için kortikal kemik, süngerimsi kemik, yan plaka,
gecikme vidası ve kortikal vidalı bir 3D model inşa etti. intertrokanterik
kalça kırıkları için. Yükleme koşulu, bir süje dik dururken femur başı
üzerindeki kuvveti (400N) simüle etmek için kullanılır. Bu çalışma gecikme
vidası, yan plaka, kortikal vidalar ve femurdaki stres dağılımını araştırdı. En
büyük stres, vidaların kortikal kemiklerle temas ettiği noktaların çevresinde
meydana geldi. Femurdaki en distal kortikal vidadaki stres en büyüktü. Yan
plakanın uzunluğu kısaldıkça kortikal vidalar üzerindeki stres artar ve bu da
kortikal vidaları çevreleyen femur üzerindeki stresi arttırır. Yan plakanın
uzunluğu (2 delikli yan plaka) ve femur üzerindeki en uzak vida ile DHS
kullanımı, yan plakanın dışarı çekilme riskini artırabilir. Bu çalışmanın
sonuçları, ortopedik cerrahlar tarafından DKV implant uzunluklarının seçilmesi
için biyomekanik bir analiz sağlayabilir.
Chemistry of California Lycium cooperi and Lycium andersonii
Authors: Navarrete Gerson , Bracquemond Axel , Villasenor Enrique , Wong Michelle , Adams James
Published: October 2019

Aims: To examine the chemistry of two California Lycium species and evaluate the possible use of California Lycium species as dietary supplements especially for age related macular degeneration.

Study Design: This exploratory analytical research used samples of Lycium andersonii and Lycium cooperi collected in the field and analyzed in the lab.

Place and Duration of Study: University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA USA 90089.

Methodology: Plant extracts were analyzed by high pressure liquid chromatography mass spectrometry with ultraviolet photodiode array detection in order to identify the chemical characteristics of compounds found in the plants.

Results: Several known compounds were found in extracts of Lycium cooperi and Lycium andersonii foliage and fruit including: zeaxanthin, zeaxanthin monopalmitate and β-cryptoxanthin.  The various California species of Lycium are discussed as possible alternatives to Chinese Lycium barbarum.

Conclusion: California Lycium berries may be suitable substitutes for Chinese Lycium berries.
Development of a Training Program for Family Caregivers on Home Care of Older Adults in Cameroon
Authors: Ubenoh Ukum Susan , Bassah Nahyeni , Palle John Ngunde
Published: October 2019

Background: Family caregivers who are the primary care providers to the elderly in communities in Cameroon, specifically in the Buea health district, are not aware of available resources and lack adequate knowledge and skills on the care of the elderly. As a result, the elderly are not receiving adequate care and support which might also affect their quality of life. In line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) strategic proposed objectives of promoting healthy aging, the aim of this study was to develop a training program for family caregivers of the elderly.

Methods: An exploratory, cross-sectional study research design was employed, with the use of qualitative methods for data collection. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 key informants including nurses, social workers, community relay persons, personnel from the ministries (Public Health and Social Affairs), director of a geriatric nurse training school and directors of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) concerned with age-care who were purposively recruited. Information on the scope of practice and available resources was obtained. The sample size was determined based on data saturation. Data was transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic content analysis.

Results: Two major themes emerged from data analysis; ‘Recognise the boundary’ for the scope of practice of family caregivers which was further divided into two categories (bridge the gap and shared responsibilities)’ and ‘Health and wellbeing’ as all available resources were aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of the elderly.

Conclusion: The training program should include a pyscho-educational intervention with information on available resources such as: Geriatric nurses and social centers, the  scope of practice for family caregivers which includes: Assistance with Activities of Daily Living & Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Psychosocial care, strategies to  involve  elderly persons in various activities and the creation of age- friendly environments.
Stakeholders’ Interaction and Sustainable Rural Development Implementation Challenges in Kom, Western Highlands of Cameroon
Authors: N. Fogwe Zephania , N. Ateh Eugene , N. Kimengsi Jude
Published: October 2019

Rural development stakeholder support is an essential strategy for the initiation, operation, and implementation of sustainable of development interventions, especially in geographically-biased highland regions, characterised by diverse stakeholder development interests. This paper sought to analyze the interaction of rural development stakeholders and the challenges linked to the implementation of sustainable rural development initiatives in the Kom Highlands of Cameroon. Primary data was obtained through semi-structured, in-depth interviews. The data was analysed using content analysis, while a spatial picture, based on slope gradient was presented. Results showed that rural development is strongly determined by slope gradients of this highland community, with an array of diverse rural development experts (organizations, local councils, government ministries and development-oriented non-governmental organizations) operating mainly with local communities and organizations. The use of stakeholder theory thus appeared significant in understanding stakeholders’ goals for implementing of sustainable rural development.