bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Importância da Aplicação de um Check-list para Elaboração e Controle do PCMAT sob a Óptica da NR 18
Authors: Franco Ferreira Alex , Viana Jacudi Lien
Published: December 2019

O setor da Construção Civil é responsável por muitos acidentes de trabalho, devido à exposição de vários fatores de risco. Dessa forma, percebe-se a importância da implementação de medidas preventivas nas construções. O objetivo deste trabalho é criar uma ferramenta eficaz e ágil para avaliação e controle das condições do trabalho nos canteiros de obras da área da construção civil, apresentando a importância da aplicação de um check-list para elaboração e controle do PCMAT sob a óptica da NR 18. O PCMAT tem como objetivo, além da implantação de uma ferramenta que busca a preservação da saúde e da integridade física do trabalhador, manter sob controle todos os agentes ambientais, com monitoramentos periódicos e por ser um Programa extenso e com um número grande de exigências é importante a aplicação de um check-list para a elaboração e acompanhamento do mesmo. O objetivo é alcançado por meio da revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema abordado, concluindo-se que a aplicação de um check-list para elaboração correta do PCMAT, com o devido cumprimento das medidas preventivas, traz maior segurança e saúde aos colaboradores da Construção Civil.
Risco Ergonômico na Atividade Envolvendo Transporte Manual de Cargas no Canteiro de Obras
Authors: Da Silveira Vasconcelos Ferreira José Guilherme , Da Silva Amorim Junio , Da Silva Lavinas Luane , Braga Barbosa Barbara
Published: December 2019

Adaptar a forma de trabalhar ao homem ganhou destaque nas últimas décadas e se tornou uma ciência chamada ergonomia, que visa o conforto e a segurança do trabalhador em suas atividades psicofisiológicas, estudando os possíveis riscos que o trabalhador pode sofrer, evitando assim doenças e acidentes de trabalho. Esses riscos ergonômicos na construção civil podem vir desde lesões na pele, que podem ser causadas pela exposição demasiada ao sol, até lesões na coluna vertebral, produto do excesso de carregamento de peso, por exemplo. O presente artigo expõe uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o excesso do manuseio de cargas em canteiros de obras, baseando-se nas medidas e normas regulamentadoras adotadas pelo Ministério do Trabalho. Essa revisão discute tais aspectos e também relata as consequências do transporte incorreto de cargas e as atitudes que devem ser tomadas nesses casos. Esse estudo é elaborado por meio de documentação indireta; um levantamento de dados de outros artigos, monografias e fontes estatísticas. Verificou-se que grande parte dos problemas que o trabalhador sofre nos canteiros de obra está ligada ao carregamento de peso, e, por isso, é preciso a tomada de mudanças e regras, para que o limite da capacidade humana não seja extrapolado.
3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl) Phenylammonium triflate(BFPAT) as a Novel Organocatalyst for the Efficient Synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one Derivatives
Authors: Alipour Mandana , Hossaini Zinatossadat , Khaksar Samad , Rostami-Charati Faramarz
Published: December 2019

Aim and Objective:

A one-pot synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives by threecomponent
cyclo-condensation of isatoic anhydride, aldehydes and amine or ammonium acetate has been
developed using 3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl) phenylammonium triflate (BFPAT) as a new organocatalyst.

Material and method:

All of the obtained products are known compounds and identified by IR, 1HNMR,
13CNMR and melting points.

Results:

A wide variety of structurally different aldehydes reacted easily and rapidly to result in the relating
2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones in good to excellent yield.

Conclusion:

We have demonstrated an extremely effective and new process for synthesizing 2,3-
dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones employing BFPAT as a novel organocatalyst in one-pot fashion.
Application of Tea Extract in Food Industry
Authors: Rad Aziz H. , Fathipour Raana B. , Bidgoli Fariba K. , Azizi Aslan
Published: December 2019

Background and Objectives:

Tea is considered one of the most consumed drinks around
the world and the health benefits of it have recently attracted the attention of different researchers. It
has also been proven beneficial in preventing the danger of some diseases like cancer and cardiovascular
problems. Further, lipid oxidation is one of the major problems in food products. Considering
the above-mentioned issues, the present review focused on various techniques used to extract polyphenols
from different kinds of tea, as well as their use in the food industry.

Results and Conclusion:

Based on our findings in this review, the main components of tea are polyphenols
that have health benefits and include catechins, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin
gallate, epigallocatechin gallate, gallic acid, flavonoids, flavonols, and theophlavins. From these
components, catechin is regarded as the most beneficial component. Many techniques have been discovered
and reformed to extract tea compounds such as solvent-based extraction, microwave-assisted
water extraction, and ultrasound-assisted extraction techniques. Overall, the microwave-assisted water
extraction method is a useful method for extracting tea polyphenols, which may be used in the
meat, oil, and dairy industries.
Molecular Docking Studies Reveal Rhein from rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) as a Putative Inhibitor of ATP-binding Cassette Super-family G member 2
Authors: Khan Muhammad Saad , Mehmood Bareera , Yousafi Qudsia , Bibi Shabana , Fazal Sahar , Saleem Shahzad , Sajid Muhammad Wasim , Ihsan Awais , Azhar Muhammad , Kamal Mohammad Amjad
Published: December 2019

Background:

ATP-binding cassette Super-family G member 2 protein is an active ATPbinding cassette transporter with the potential to combat cancer stem cells.

Objective:

Due to the lack of potential ATP-binding cassette Super-family G member 2 inhibitors, we screened natural inhibitors, which could be a safe source to control multidrug resistance by blocking the regulation of ATP-binding cassette Super-family G member 2 protein.

Methods:

Three-dimensional structure of ATP-binding cassette Super-family G member 2 protein downloaded from the protein databank and chemical structures of 166 selected compounds of the training dataset were retrieved from PubChem. Drug-likeness and docking analysis was conducted to shortlist the dataset for pharmacophore generation. LigandScout 4.1.5 used for pharmacophorebased screening of Zbc library of ZINC database and Autodock Vina were utilized for molecular docking against the predicted active pocket of the target protein to evaluate the potential association of protein and ligands. The physiochemical properties of novel compounds were calculated by admetSAR respectively.

Results:

Through pharmacophore-based screening, ZINC4098704 (Rhein) was identified as a lead compound which demonstrates the least binding energy (-8.5) and the highest binding affinity with the target protein and showed optimal physiochemical profile. This compound is highly recommended for a laboratory test to confirm its activity as an ATP-binding cassette Super-family G member 2 inhibitors.

Conclusion:

Our computer-based study systematically selected natural lead compounds, which could be effective in inhibiting ATP-binding cassette Super-family G member 2 and may help reverse the effect of multidrug resistance to increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy in cancer treatment.
Improved Efficacy of Lovastatin from Soluplus-PEG Hybrid Polymer- Based Binary Dispersions
Authors: Verma Radhika , Nagpal Manju , Singh Thakur G. , Singh Manjinder , Aggarwal Geeta
Published: December 2019

Background:

Lovastatin is a statin drug used for lowering cholesterol in those with hypercholesterolemia to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. It is a BCS class II drug i.e. it has low aqueous solubility and high permeability.

Objective:

Improvement of solubility and in vivo efficacy was investigated by formulating binary solid dispersions.

Methods:

Binary solid dispersions of lovastatin were formulated in the current study using two polymers i.e. Soluplus and PEG 4000. Seven batches of solid dispersions were prepared (S1, P1, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, and SP5) via the solvent evaporation method. The prepared dispersions were evaluated for equilibrium solubility, FTIR, XRD, DSC, SEM studies, and further in vitro drug release were evaluated. The results revealed significant enhancement in the solubility of drug-using polymer hybrids as compared to that of individual polymer dispersion batches.

Results:

A significant solubility enhancement was observed with SP5 (approx 40 times) having a higher concentration of Soluplus. FTIR studies indicated no drug to polymer interaction. DSC studies revealed complete amorphization of polymer and also X-RD data is also in compliance with DSC results. In vitro drug release studies showed almost 100% release in 2h in polymer hybrid batches in comparison to individual polymer batch (S1 and P1). The best dissolution characteristics were observed in SP3 and SP5 which is also in compliance with solubility data. Further in vivo efficacy studies revealed a significant reduction in LDL, HDL, TG, AST, and ALT levels in comparison to pure drug lovastatin group and hypercholesterolemia control group.

Conclusion:

Hybrid polymer may be a prospective carrier system for the enhancement of solubility of BCS class II drugs.
Hardware Performance Evaluation of De novo Transcriptome Assembly Software in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Authors: Mora-Márquez Fernando , Vázquez-Poletti José Luis , Chano Víctor , Collada Carmen , Soto Álvaro , de Heredia Unai López
Published: December 2019

Background:

Bioinformatics software for RNA-seq analysis has a high computational requirement in terms of the number of CPUs, RAM size, and processor characteristics. Specifically, de novo transcriptome assembly demands large computational infrastructure due to the massive data size, and complexity of the algorithms employed. Comparative studies on the quality of the transcriptome yielded by de novo assemblers have been previously published, lacking, however, a hardware efficiency-oriented approach to help select the assembly hardware platform in a cost-efficient way.

Objective:

We tested the performance of two popular de novo transcriptome assemblers, Trinity and SOAPdenovo-Trans (SDNT), in terms of cost-efficiency and quality to assess limitations, and provided troubleshooting and guidelines to run transcriptome assemblies efficiently.

Methods:

We built virtual machines with different hardware characteristics (CPU number, RAM size) in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud of the Amazon Web Services. Using simulated and real data sets, we measured the elapsed time, cost, CPU percentage and output size of small and large data set assemblies.

Results:

For small data sets, SDNT outperformed Trinity by an order the magnitude, significantly reducing the time duration and costs of the assembly. For large data sets, Trinity performed better than SDNT. Both the assemblers provide good quality transcriptomes.

Conclusion:

The selection of the optimal transcriptome assembler and provision of computational resources depend on the combined effect of size and complexity of RNA-seq experiments.
Seismic Performance of Steel Moment Frames Containing Concentric Bracing Equipped with Shape Memory Alloys
Authors: Jabbari Hamed , Vahdani Reza , Gerami Mohsen , Naderpour Hossein
Published: December 2019

Background:

A building’s stability is a critical design element that structural engineers must understand. And, utilization of Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) in steel structures can importantly diminish seismic residual deformations, which will facilitate postseismic retrofitting.

Objective:

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the seismic behavior of 7-story and 15-story steel frames with moment frame system having chevron concentric brace equipped with Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs). Braces containing various amount of alloy (including 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%) applied to study SMAs effect on structural performance. Relatively persistent displacement of the structure as well as its relative maximum displacement under the earthquake imposing on frame models were investigated using non-linear dynamic analysis by OpenSees finite element software. The earthquakes were in near- fault nine accelerographs, which involved various maximum accelerations.

Results:

Results indicated a reduction in relatively persistent displacement using 20% SMAs in braces. Addition more amount of alloy resulted in less relative displacement as compared to steel one braces.

Conclusion:

Applying SMAs brace showed a reduction in persistent structural displacement in any types of frames. Furthermore, adding more than 20% SMAs to the brace, resulted in a decrease in structural displacement.
Macroeconomic Impact of Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility in Nigeria
Authors: Ogundipe Adeyemi A. , Adu Omobola , Ogundipe Oluwatomisin M. , Asaleye Abiola J.
Published: December 2019

Introduction:

The Nigerian economy has remained consistently heavily dependent on earnings from commodity exports which constitute over 95% external earning and 85% of budgetary and fiscal financing. Agricultural commodity exports have witnessed a significant price swings in the international market in the past few decades resulting in food price hike and macroeconomic distortions in economies heavily dependent on food imports.

Methods and Materials:

The study assesses the macreoconomic impact of agricultural commodity price volatility in Nigeria from 1970-2017 using Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) cointegration and Impulse-Response Function (IRF) analysis. The study adopted an atheoretical statistics to ascertain the evidence of swings in macroeconomic aggregates.

Results:

There was evidence of persistent fluctuations in the macroeconomic variables observed, implying that external price shocks exert a significant impact on the macroeconomic management, since bulk of national budgetary and fiscal financing is from commodity exports.

Conclusion:

The study found that volatile agricultural prices were responsible for a meager 2% of macroeconomic fluctuations. The empirical evidence corroborates the statistics showing that the share of agriculture in primary commodity exports has consistently remained less than 3% since the advent of crude oil. Furthermore, the study found that the swings in agricultural prices impacts foreign reserves and inflation more significantly and earlier in the time horizons than other macroeconomic aggregates.
Molecular Characterization of BK Polyomavirus’ Large T Antigen Gene Sequences Detected in Prostate Cancer Tissues of Sudanese Patients
Authors: Gorish Babbiker M. T. , Ournasseir Mohammed E. H. , Shammat Iman M.
Published: December 2019

Background:

BK virus, which is associated with Prostate Cancer (PCa), have a global seroprevalence in humans. Based on the sequences of VP1 and the Large Antigen (LTAg) genes, there are four subtypes of BKV. Each subtype has its own subgroups.

Objective:

The aim of this study was to identify the BKV subtype that circulates among Sudanese patients with PCa.

Materials and Methods:

A total of 8 samples from our previous work on BKV were studied in this investigation. The LTAg gene was partially amplified (176nt) by a homemade PCR. All the amplicons were purified and subjected to sequencing. Bioedit version 7.0 and Mega X version 6.0 were used to analyze the sequence and compare the results with the BKV sequences and build a phylogenetic tree.

Results:

All the BKV LTAg gene sequences derived from Sudanese patients were classified with Subtype-1 BKV strains from Iran and Japan. Translated protein alignment showed that some isolates had identical amino acids with Iranian and Japanese strains, whereas others had a silent mutation. Interestingly, a point mutation was identified in the sequences of isolate 5 and 8 where adenine nucleotide (A) was replaced with Cytosine (C) at position 276, resulting in amino acid substitution.

Conclusion:

It was concluded that all the BKV isolates which circulated among Sudanese prostate tumor patients belonged to subtype 1. These findings only highlighted the need for the molecular detection and subtyping of BKV strains in Sudanese patients in order to better demonstrate the relationship between BKV infection and PCa.
Specific Dog Allergen Immunoglobulin G Antibodies in Patients with Allergic Conjunctivitis
Authors: Mimura Tatsuya , Noma Hidetaka , Mizota Atsushi
Published: December 2019

Purpose:

The purpose of the study was to examine the role of total tear IgE, and specific serum dog IgG and IgE antibodies on the severity of allergic conjunctivitis.

Methods:

This study enrolled healthy subjects (control group, N=13), the patients with seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (seasonal group, N=13), and patients with perennial allergic conjunctivitis (perennial group, N=13). Skin prick test, tear IgE level, and serum specific dog IgE and IgG levels were examined. The severity of allergic conjunctivitis using a grading score (0-30) was also examined.

Results:

The levels of serum dog-specific IgE and IgG, and total tear IgE of the seasonal and perennial groups were higher as compared to those of the control group (all p<0.05). The levels of serum dog-specific IgG of the perennial group were higher than those of the seasonal group (0.4 ± 0.6 vs. 0.0 ± 0.0). Multivariate analysis confirmed that the skin prick test result for dog allergen was related to the serum dog-specific IgG levels, but not IgE levels (p<0.01). The severity of allergic conjunctivitis was related to the serum level of dog-specific IgG antibodies (p<0.01).

Conclusion:

It was concluded that dog-specific IgG antibodies level may be associated with the severity of dog-related perennial allergic conjunctivitis.
The Influence of Surface Treatments on Resin Bond Strength to Zirconia
Authors: Lenz Ulysses , Alessandretti Rodrigo , Bona Alvaro Della
Published: December 2019

Background:

It’s shown that the clinical success of ceramic restorations much depends
on the quality and durability of the bond to ceramic. For zirconia-based ceramics (Y-TZP), the surface
treatment has a substantial impact on bond strength. Therefore, the bond strength evaluation of
Y-TZP surface treatments is a requirement for predicting the clinical performance of such restorations.

Objective:

Evaluating the resin bond strength to Y-TZP after different surface treatments.

Methods:

Monolithic Y-TZP (Zenostar Zr Translucent, Wieland Dental, Rosbach vor der Höhe,
Germany) blocks were bonded to resin composite blocks using a resin-based cement system after
two Y-TZP surface treatments: APA- airborne particle abrasion with alumina particles; and CJ- silicatization
(Cojet sand, 3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, USA). A silane coupling agent and an adhesive system
were applied to the treated Y-TZP surfaces and resin composite blocks were cemented (RelyX
Ultimate, 3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, USA) and light activated from all sides. These structures were
cut to obtain bar-shaped specimens (n=30), which were stored in 37ºC distilled water for 7 days before
microtensile testing. Specimens were loaded to failure under tension using a universal testing
machine. Data was statistically analyzed using Students t test (α=0.05) and Weibull distribution.
Failure modes were evaluated using optical (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Results:

Mean bond strength values (CJ= 25.7±8.2 MPa; APA= 22.0±6.3 MPa) were statistically
similar (p>0.05). No difference was found for the characteristic strengths (σ0) and for Weibull
moduli (m) since the confidence intervals (95% CI) overlapped. The bond strength values for a 5%
failure probability (σ5%) were 12.4 (CJ) and 11.5 (APA). All fractures were due to cohesive failure
within the adhesive cement system.

Conclusion:

Both Y-TZP surface treatments (CJ and APA) produced similar structural reliability
and short-term bond strength to a resin cement system.
Acoustical Respiratory Monitoring in the Time Domain
Authors: Doyle D. John
Published: December 2019

This paper introduces the reader to some of the various methods that are available for the time-domain bio-acoustical monitoring of patient breathing. Technical details concerning microphone selection, calibration and characterization, signal amplification, signal filtering and waveform recording are presented. We also describe proof of concept recordings obtained from the neck, from the external ear canal, from a microphone embedded into an oxygen mask and from a leak-free microphone pneumatically connected to the cuff of a laryngeal mask airway. We recommend Audacity, an open-source digital audio editor and recording package that can be freely downloaded at https://www.audacityteam.org for investigators seeking to conduct research on breath sound analysis.
SOBRE A ABORDAGEM DIREITO E POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS (DPP) EM UM CURSO DE GRADUAÇÃO EM DIREITO: CONTRIBUIÇÃO CRÍTICA PARA A CONSTRUÇÃO DE UM PROGRAMA
Authors: Brunet Emiliano R.
Published: December 2019

O presente artigo procura debater criticamente desafios específicos implicados na construção de um programa de ensino de políticas públicas no contexto de um curso de graduação em direito, como é aquele da Faculdade Nacional de Direito da FND/UFRJ. Adota-se, como ponto de partida, a peculiar institucionalização do debate sobre políticas públicas no meio jurídico, do que decorre a relevância da indagação sobre a contribuição específica que o direito teria a aportar ao tema. Pondera-se que essa condição impõe ao docente e pesquisador o desafio de refletir sobre uma estratégia de abordagem do tema. Em diálogo com traços estruturais do curso da FND/UFRJ e das opções que levaram à própria criação da disciplina “Políticas Públicas e Inclusão Social”, o artigo busca explicitar os desafios inerentes a uma estratégia articulada a partir de dois eixos: (i) o investimento na dimensão interdisciplinar como algo compatível e, a depender do método empregado, sinérgico ao desenvolvimento de uma reflexão jurídica sobre políticas públicas; (ii) o valor heurístico de uma abordagem que projete o debate acerca de direito e políticas públicas sobre o pano de fundo histórico das transformações do Estado e das instituições. Objetiva-se, ainda, apontar determinadas questões epistemológicas que se apresentam para a montagem de um programa que contemple esses eixos, buscando, sempre que possível, fazê-lo em diálogo com os caminhos que vêm sendo explorados por autores que têm se debruçado sobre a construção de uma abordagem de Direito e Políticas Públicas (DPP).
O SISTEMA NACIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO (SNE) E OS ENTRAVES À SUA INSTITUCIONALIZAÇÃO: UMA ANÁLISE A PARTIR DA ABORDAGEM DIREITO E POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Authors: Duarte Clarice Seixas
Published: December 2019

A Lei 13.005/2014, que estabeleceu o Plano Nacional de Educação (PNE 2014-2024), foi aprovada, por unanimidade, pelo Congresso Nacional, destacando-se, na sua elaboração, as contribuições de diversos setores, público e privado, da educação infantil à pós-graduação, cujas propostas foram amplamente debatidas e sistematizadas na Conferência Nacional de Educação (CONAE) 2010.  Para o cumprimento de suas diretrizes, metas e estratégias, o PNE 2014-2024 estabeleceu o dever de institucionalização do Sistema Nacional de Educação (SNE), com a fixação de um prazo de dois anos, após sua promulgação, para o cumprimento dessa obrigação. O objetivo do presente artigo é, a partir da abordagem Direito e Políticas Públicas, identificar os principais entraves jurídicos e políticos que impediram a estruturação e normatização do SNE.  Trata-se de uma questão complexa, que envolve disputas acerca da regulamentação do federalismo cooperativo em matéria educacional, previsto nos artigos 23 e 211 da CF/88, além de conflitos de natureza distributiva em torno da escolha de prioridades de ação governamental e destinação de recursos públicos. Estima-se estar em jogo um desmonte do modelo de proteção social pactuado durante o processo constituinte, justificando-se, para a identificação e uma melhor compreensão dos pontos de tensão entre os elementos jurídico, político e pragmático-financeiros que estão por trás do problema, a abordagem mencionada.
Introduction: Authorship
Authors: Buelens Gert , Cowan Yuri , Demoor Marysa , Berensmeyer Ingo , Hammerschmidt Sören
Published: December 2019

Welcome to the first issue of the open-access online journal Authorship.
Checking Some Wellesley Index Attributions by Empirical ‘Internal Evidence’: The Case of Blackie and Burton
Authors: Antonia Alexis , Jordan Ellen
Published: December 2019

Since its inception, the Wellesley Index has been a great resource for scholars wanting to know the identity of the numerous anonymous contributors to the nineteenth-century periodicals. However, when all the available external evidence was exhausted Wellesley attributors began to rely on internal evidence, and some of these attributions are now being queried as unduly speculative. This is the case with the attribution of certain articles in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine to John Stuart Blackie and John Hill Burton, two Scottish contributors in the 1830s and 40s, where the evidence is, as Eileen Curran noted in The Curran Index, often ‘tenuous.’  Developments in computational stylistics over the last thirty years now offer statistical techniques for testing such doubtful attributions. Use of the Burrows Method, based on an author’s relative usage or non-usage of common function words, allows the researcher to isolate an author’s distinctive stylistic traits and to use these to compare his known articles with others of more doubtful provenance and to make informed judgments about the likelihood of his authorship of these. These methods were used to test the authorship of eight articles attributed to Blackie and eight attributed to Burton. The use of function words in the doubtful articles was compared to that in six articles reliably attributed to Blackie and ten reliably attributed to Burton and then to that by contemporaries also writing for other major periodicals. It was found that only four of the Blackie articles tested and two of those by Burton appear to have been correctly attributed in the Wellesley Index.
Not ‘me – but a supposed person’: Emily Dickinson’s Non-Referential Correspondence
Authors: Kannan Trisha
Published: December 2019

This essay takes issue with the notion of Dickinson as the poet of privacy and argues that her conception of authorship involved a concentrated effort to break traditional conventions and assumptions regarding private communication and literary production.  The uniqueness of Dickinson's poetry stems from its cryptic, deceptive, and fierce simplicity, and she achieves the illusion of simplicity through a meticulous attention to diction.  Dickinson consciously works with the established notions of public and private during the nineteenth century, and uses the assumed simplicity of the distinction to develop a "new department" of prose and poetry that centers on manuscript construction and circulation.  Dickinson's manuscripts reveal a sustained commitment to breaking the generic conventions of lyric poetry and epistolary prose.  Readers since the nineteenth century have searched within Dickinson's correspondence for a static, autobiographical "I" in order to make the lyric "I" of her poetry more clear.  However, assuming a static "I" proves problematic in both genres.  Readers have sought an explanation of the poetry in Dickinson's biography, and they often turn to the letters as evidence, but a static voice in the correspondence proves to be an illusion.  In contrast to the spontaneous, natural, and emotional letters that proper nineteenth-century women were supposed to write, Dickinson makes private communication artful.  Dickinson's body of work represents a meticulous exploration into the power of un-occasional, non-referential prose and poetry.
Nightingale Discourse and “Author-ity”
Authors: Larson Janet L.
Published: December 2019

This essay considers current discourses circulated by what I call the Spiritual School of Nightingale production that enlarge her authority through religious authorship. Since the 1990s, this School’s distinctive populist and academic wings have been bringing out editions of her (mostly) unpublished manuscripts on religion along with their own commentaries, which construct Nightingale as a deeply spiritual author and inspirational role model by reading her writings as proofs of the “faith [. . .] central to her life, work, and thought,” rather than as textual evidences that require nonpartisan sifting. This School, which is positioned to take over Nightingale studies, can be credited with reviving interest in her work; and religious ideas could hardly have been more important for her sense of vocation. Despite the value of these efforts, especially the recently-arrived Collected Works, taking her equivocal writing about “faith” on faith of their own is problematic because it generally forecloses probing more deeply into what else these expressions might have meant or been intended to signify. What this School’s under- and over-readings miss, I argue, is the tangled “more is less” problem with the exalted terms of Nightingale’s self-authoring and the high discourses of “author-ity” that she adopted in writing on religious subjects.
Passing Through Vanity Fair: The Pilgrim’s Progress in the Marketplace
Authors: Simonova Natasha
Published: December 2019

Although it is usually approached as a religious text or a precursor of the novel, John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress was also a bestseller of its time and thus a valuable literary property, making it an important landmark in the history of authorship. This paper examines the publication history of The Pilgrim’s Progress and its sequels (by Bunyan and others) from within the context of the Restoration book trade, focusing on their paratexts and the controversies of ownership that surrounded them Despite his initial apology for writing a work of fiction, Bunyan came to assert greater authority over it, motivated first by accusations of plagiarism and then by the publication of Thomas Sherman’s Second Part. A significant role in configuring Bunyan’s authorship was also played by his publisher, Nathaniel Ponder, who—working in his own interests as the ‘proprietor’ of The Pilgrim’s Progress—repeatedly defended Bunyan’s authorial canon from piracy and spurious texts, including the anonymous Third Part brought out after Bunyan’s death.
Page Composing and Lettering Games: Experimentation in Italy in the 1930s
Authors: Bonciarelli Sarah
Published: December 2019

The objective of this article is to analyze how or in what ways the most advanced visual experiments centred on “the book” as an object in the period between 1900 and 1930 in Italy, in particular in relation to the development of middlebrow literature. The article’s hypothesis is that the revolution brought about by Futurism soon touched on literature intended for a middlebrow reading public, attracted and interested by the paratextual presentation of the book and its physical aspects. This article focuses in particular on changes in page layout and on lettering games in paratextuality, to give a precise idea of how strong the thrust of Futurism was and how book design affected the visual culture of the beginning of the twentieth century in Italy.
Signalement van: Kerk, natie en arbeidersklasse. Een essay over collectieve identificatie, in het bijzonder m.b.t. de (christelijke) arbeidersbeweging in België
Authors: Boeva Luc
Published: December 2019

signalement
Recensie van: Docendo discimus. Liber amicorum Romain Van Eenoo, 2 dln. / Jan Art en Luc Luc François (1999)
Authors: Van Hees Pieter
Published: December 2019

recensie
Vlaamse ambtenaren en volksvertegenwoordigers: één strijd ! De studiecommissie voor de Vervlaamsing der Openbare Besturen in Vlaanderen, 1911-1914
Authors: Vandeweyer Luc
Published: December 2019

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Recensie van: Frans van Cauwelaert en de barst in België, 1910-1919 / Lode Wils (2000)
Authors: Van Hees Pieter
Published: December 2019

recensie
Signalement van: 9 februari 1946. Lucrèce Vanbillemont terechtgesteld in Brugge / Jos Rondas en Raf Declerq (2001)
Authors: De Metsenaere Machteld
Published: December 2019

signalement
Vertalingen als steen des aanstoots. Taalpolitiek in het ministerie van Financiën vóór 1914. Deel 1
Authors: Vandeweyer Luc
Published: December 2019

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Recensie van: Alfred Toepfer Stifter und Kaufmann. Bausteine einer Biographie-Kritische Bestandsaufnahme / Georg Kreis, Gerd Krumeich, Henri Ménudier, Arnold Sywottek (2000)
Authors: Govaerts Bert
Published: December 2019

recensie
Vertalingen als steen des aanstoots. Taalpolitiek in het ministerie van Financiën vóór 1914. Deel 2
Authors: Vandeweyer Luc
Published: December 2019

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Recensie van: Oorlog en Verleden. Nationale geschiedenis in België en Nederland 1938-1947 / Marnix Beyen (2002)
Authors: Van Hees Pieter
Published: December 2019

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Recensie van: ‘Die Belgische Nation’. Patriotismus und Nationalbewusztsein in den Südlichen Niederlanden im Späten 18. Jahrhundert / Johannes Koll (2003)
Authors: Wils Lode
Published: December 2019

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De historiografie van Clemens De Landtsheer en Flandria Film.
Authors: Biltereyst Daniel , Vande Winkel Roel , Mestdagh Bruno
Published: December 2019

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De historiografie van Clemens De Landtsheer en Flandria Film. Deel 1: Clemens De Landtsheer en Flandria Film
Authors: Biltereyst Daniel , Vande Winkel Roel
Published: December 2019

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Signalement van: Bewegend Geheugen. Een gids naar audio-visuele bronnen over Vlaanderen / Daniël Biltereyst en Roel Vande Winkel
Authors: Van Keer Koen
Published: December 2019

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Recensie van: Collaboration, répression. Un passé qui résiste / Chantal Kesteloot en José Gotovitch (2002)
Authors: Vos Louis
Published: December 2019

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De historiografie van Clemens De Landtsheer en Flandria Film. Deel 3: De cinematografische activiteit van Clemens De Landtsheer: geannoteerde catalogus van door De Landtsheer via Flandria Film en het IJzerbedevaartcomité geproduceerde of uitgebrachte film
Authors: Mestdagh Bruno , Vande Winkel Roel , Biltereyst Daniel
Published: December 2019

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Recensie van: 1302 revisité / herbekeken / Claire Billen; Sergio Boffa; Marc Boone (2003)
Authors: Fransen Jan
Published: December 2019

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Des historiens au service d’une nation nachevée, la Bretagne / Historici in dienst van een onvoltooide natie, Bretagne (samenvatting)
Authors: Fournis Yann , Kernalegenn Tudi
Published: December 2019

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J.B.C. Verlooy tot keizer Jozef II in 1785: als een olifant in de porseleinwinkel
Authors: Vermaut Jos
Published: December 2019

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Edgard Delvo, 1905-1999
Authors: De Wever Bruno
Published: December 2019

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De hand aan de ploeg. Vlaamse landbouworganisaties en Vlaams-nationalistische partijen in de twintigste eeuw. Deel II
Authors: Coppein Bart
Published: December 2019

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De taalkwestie in de Nationale Bank van België. Communautaire tegenstellingen vanuit institutioneel en bedrijfsperspectief
Authors: Boehme Olivier
Published: December 2019

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Jan Derk Domela Nieuwenhuys Nyegaard (1870-1955)
Authors: Van Hees Pieter
Published: December 2019

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Charles Rogier (1800-1885) en de Vlaamse beweging. De beeldvorming herbekeken
Authors: De Mey Raf
Published: December 2019

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Ook voor “Wt” staat de tijd niet stil. Want wat niet evolueert sterft
Authors: Verdoodt Frans-Jos
Published: December 2019

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Van kaft tot kaft
Authors: Verdoodt Frans-Jos
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Elias of het gevecht met de democratie
Authors: Wils Lode
Published: December 2019

Elias or the struggle with democracyLode Wils confronts the recently published biography by Pieter Jan Verstraete of Hendrik Elias (1902-1973), one of the foremost protagonists of Flemish-nationalism during the interwar years and WWII, with his own view and that of other scholars. The title, derived from a well-known Flemish novel, refers to the gradual sliding away of the academic Elias from democratic principles to New Order, fascist and national-socialist thinking and practices.
Signalement van: Une guerre totale? La Belgique dans la Première Guerre mondiale. Nouvelles tendances de la recherche historique / Serge Jaumain (2005)
Authors: Boeva Luc
Published: December 2019

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Signalement van: Spraakmakend Nederlands / Wim Daniëls (2005)
Authors: Wils Lode
Published: December 2019

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Recensie van: Broedertwist. Nederland en de erfenis van 1830 / Peter Rietbergen; Tom Verschaffel (2005)
Authors: Wils Lode
Published: December 2019

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Het Bormsfonds (1927-1990)
Authors: Vandenhouten Hans
Published: December 2019

August Borms (1878-1946) was de meest bekende activist die na zijn veroordeling in een Belgische gevangenis verbleef. In tegenstelling tot zijn lotgenoten, verkoos hij een langdurig verblijf in de gevangenis boven de genademaatregelen die hem de vrijheid konden schenken. Die keuze liet hem toe het archetype te worden van de martelaar in de dienst van de Vlaamse wederopstanding. Om de daardoor ontstane aanzienlijke materiële noden voor Borms en zijn gezin te lenigen, ontstonden solidariteitsacties en -fondsen, collectes en steunlijsten. Hans Vandenhouten beschrijft hoe het Bormsfonds vanaf 1927 meer slagkracht en continuïteit wilde bezorgen aan die verspreide initiatieven. Ook na de de terechtstelling van Borms in 1946 werd de werking van het steunfonds voortgezet; na de dood van diens weduwe tot de ontbinding in 1990, werd gefocust op de steunverlening aan flamingantische organisaties en personen.________The Bormsfonds (1927-1990)August Borms (1878-1946) was the most well known activist who was incarcerated in a Belgian prison after his conviction. In contrast to his fellow-sufferers he preferred a long sojourn in prison to the clemency measures that could grant him freedom. This choice allowed him to become the archetypal martyr serving the Flemish resurrection. In order to alleviate the considerable material needs that were brought about by this choice for Borms and his family, solidarity actions and trusts were organised as well as collections and lists of supporters. Hans Vandenhouten describes how the Borms trust tried from 1927 onwards to provide these disparate initiatives with more impact and continuity. Even after the execution of Borms in 1946 the relief fund continued to operate; after the death of Borms’s widow and until it was dissolved in 1990 the trust focused on supporting organisations and people within the Flemish movement.
De oprichtingsakte van de Vlaamse Wacht in het kamp van Alten-Grabow
Authors: Vandeweyer Luc
Published: December 2019

Deze bronnenuitgave betreft een document van de Vlaamse Wacht, een vereniging die als spil functioneerde voor Vlaamse actie en culturele en politieke bewustmaking in het Duitse krijgsgevangenkamp van Alten-Grabow. In bepaalde Duitse krijgsgevangenkampen werd een activistische werking onder de  Vlaamsgezinden bevorderd, als onderdeel van de Flamenpolitik, de tegemoetkomende houding van de Duitse bezetter tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog tegenover de Nederlandssprekenden in België, om hen te helpen los te komen uit het Belgisch staatsverband en nauwer aan te sluiten bij het Duitse Rijk. Luc Vandeweyer beschrijft hoe de Vlaamsgezinde soldaat Aloïs Valgaeren (1881-1942), een bekende van August Borms, in Alten-Grabow onder meer de Vlaamse Wacht mede-oprichtte, bestuurde en bezielde. Daarbij vervulden een ‘boekerij’ en de uitwisseling van flamingantische periodieken met het Vlaamse thuisland een voorname rol. In het kamp van Alten-Grabow waren de Belgisch-patriottische tegenkrachten overigens vitaler dan in het soortgelijke kamp van Göttingen (waar de Duitsers de potentiële Vlaamse activisten zoveel mogelijk trachtten te concentreren). Valgaeren was na zijn terugkeer in Vlaanderen verder actief in het activisme; na de oorlog bestraft met gevangenschap en een hoge boete, kende hij daarna een eerder armlastig bestaan. Hij overleed tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, nadat hij opnieuw in de collaboratie was gestapt.________The memorandum of association of the Vlaamsche Wacht, in the Alten-Grabow Prisoner of War campThis edition of original source material concerns a document of the Flemish Watch, an association, which served as a pivot for Flemish action and cultural and political awareness raising in the German Prisoner Of War camp of Alten-Grabow. Some German Prisoner of War camps promoted activism among the sympathizers of the Flemish Movement, as part of the Flamenpolitik, the obliging attitude of the German occupier during the First World War towards the Dutch speakers in Belgium, in order to help them to detach themselves from the connection with the Belgian state and to forge closer links with the German Empire. Luc Vandeweyer describes how the soldier Aloïs Valgaeren (1881-1942), an advocate of the Flemish Movement and an acquaintance of August Borms, co-founded, ran, and inspired the Flemish Watch amongst other things in Alten-Grabow. A library and the exchange of periodicals of the Flemish Movement with the Flemish homeland played an important part in this. For that matter, the Belgian patriotic counter forces were more vigorous in the Prisoner Of War camp of Alten-Grabow than in the similar camp of Göttingen (where the Germans tried to concentrate the potential Flemish activists as much as possible).After his return to Flanders Valgaeren continued to be involved in activism. Having been punished after the war with imprisonment and a high fine he consequently lived a rather impoverished life. He died during the Second World War, after he had chosen again to collaborate.
Recensie van: Een geheugen in fragmenten. Heilige plaatsen van de Vlaamse Beweging / Andreas Stynen (2005)
Authors: Seberechts Frank
Published: December 2019

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Recensie van: André Renard. Biographie / Pierre Tilly (2005)
Authors: Wils Lode
Published: December 2019

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Wilfried Borms in Belgisch-Congo. Een eenmansgevecht voor het Nederlands in de kolonie?
Authors: Govaerts Bert
Published: December 2019

Wilfried Borms was een bekwame koloniale ambtenaar in Belgisch Congo op het einde van de jaren 1930, die een principiële strijd leverde voor zijn wettelijke rechten als Nederlandstalige. Hij werd daarvoor, maar ook door de schaduw van zijn vader, de  controversiële Vlaams-nationalistische voorman August Borms, fijngemalen in de repressieve machine van de hiërarchie, niet het minst toen de gouverneur-generaal tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de Belgische kolonie onvoorwaardelijk ten dienste stelde van de geallieerden, terwijl vader Borms voor de tweede maal collaboreerde met de Duitse bezetter. Bert Govaerts beschrijft dit onverkwikkelijk en vooral intriest verhaal waarin de kwalijke vooringenomenheid en het naïeve zelfvertrouwen de boventoon vormen.________Wilfried Borms in the Belgian Congo. A one-man crusade for the Dutch language in the colony?Wilfried Borms was a competent colonial official in the Belgian Congo at the end of the 1930s, who fought a battle on principle to defend his legal rights as a Dutch speaker. For this reason, but also because of the shadow cast by his father, the controversial Flemish nationalistic leader August Borms, he was crushed by the repressive hierarchical system, particularly when during the Second World War the governor general placed the Belgian colony unconditionally at the disposal of the Allies, whilst father Borms collaborated for the second time with the German occupying forces. Bert Govaerts describes this unsavoury and chiefly deeply sad tale, characterised by vile prejudice and naïve self-confidence.
Kroniek van een aangekondigd ontslag. Twee opmerkelijke brieven van Alfons Van de Perre betreffende zijn afscheid als volksvertegenwoordiger in 1919
Authors: Vandeweyer Luc
Published: December 2019

In deze bronnenpublicatie ontleedt Luc Vandeweyer de parlementaire loopbaan van de geneesheer-politicus Alfons Van de Perre: hoe hij in 1912 feitelijk  tegen wil en dank  volksvertegenwoordiger werd, zich anderzijds blijkbaar naar behoren kweet van zijn taak en tijdens de eerste verkiezingen na de Eerste Wereldoorlog (1919) zijn mandaat hernieuwd zag maar meteen daarop ontslag nam. Volgens de bekende historiografische lezing was de abdicatie van de progressieve politicus een daad van zelfverloochening die enerzijds werd ingegeven door gezondheidsmotieven en  anderzijds was geïnspireerd door de wil om de eenheid binnen de katholieke partij te herstellen. De auteur komt op basis van nieuw en onontgonnen bronnenmateriaal tot de vaststelling dat Van de Perres spontane beslissing tot ontslag in de eerste plaats een strategische keuze was: in het parlement, waar hij zich overigens niet erg in zijn schik voelde, kon hij minder invloed uitoefenen op de Vlaamse beweging dan via de talrijke engagementen waarvoor hij voortaan de handen vrij had. Eén ervan was die van bestuurder én publicist bij het dagblad De Standaard.________Chronicle of the announcement of a resignation. Two remaekable letters by Alfons Van de Perre concerning his resignation as a Member of Parliament in 1919In this source publication Luc Vandeweyer analyses the parliamentary career of the physician-politician Alfons Van de Perre and he describes how Van de Perre became a Member of Parliament in 1912 actually against the grain, yet how he apparently did a good job carrying out his duties. During the first elections after the First World War (1919) Van de Perre found that his mandate was renewed, but he handed in his resignation immediately afterwards. According to the familiar historiographical interpretation the abdication of the progressive politician was an act of self-denial, which was prompted on the one hand by health reasons and on the other hand inspired by the will to restore unity within the Catholic political party. On the basis of new and so far unexplored source material the author concludes that the spontaneous decision by Van de Perres to hand in his resignation was above all a strategic choice: in the Parliament, which he did not much enjoy anyway, he could exert less influence on the Flemish movement than via his numerous commitments, which he was now free to take on. One of these was the post of director as well as political commentator of the newspaper De Standaard.
Recensie van: De Führerstaat. Overheid en collaboratie in België (1940-1944) / Nico Wouters (2006)
Authors: Luyten Dirk
Published: December 2019

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Signalement van: Boerenpsalm. Vlaamse boeren in Wallonië / Guido Fonteyn (2006)
Authors: Van Velthoven Harry
Published: December 2019

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“Les pourquoi et les parce que” van de geschiedenis
Authors: Verdoodt Frans-Jos
Published: December 2019

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