bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
High-Salt Diet Causes Osmotic Gradients and Hyperosmolality in Skin Without Affecting Interstitial Fluid and Lymph
Authors: Nikpey Elham , Karlsen Tine V. , Rakova Natalia , Titze Jens M. , Tenstad Olav , Wiig Helge
Published: February 2017

The common notion is that the body Na
+
is maintained within narrow limits for fluid and blood pressure homeostasis. Several studies have, however, shown that considerable amounts of Na
+
can be retained or removed from the body without commensurate water loss and that the skin can serve as a major salt reservoir. Our own data from rats have suggested that the skin is hypertonic compared with plasma on salt storage and that this also applies to skin interstitial fluid. Even small electrolyte gradients between plasma and interstitial fluid would represent strong edema-generating forces. Because the water accumulation has been shown to be modest, we decided to reexamine with alternative methods in rats whether interstitial fluid is hypertonic during salt accumulation induced by high-salt diet (8% NaCl and 1% saline to drink) or deoxycorticosterone pellet implantation. These treatments resulted both in increased systemic blood pressure, skin salt, and water accumulation and in skin hyperosmolality. Interstitial fluid isolated from implanted wicks and lymph draining the skin was, however, isosmotic, and Na
+
concentration in fluid isolated by centrifugation and in lymph was not different from plasma. Interestingly, by eluting layers of the skin, we could show that there was an osmolality and urea gradient from epidermis to dermis. Collectively, our data suggest that fluid leaving the skin as lymph is isosmotic to plasma but also that the skin can differentially control its own electrolyte microenvironment by creating local gradients that may be functionally important.
Urbanization Impacts on the Summer Heavy Rainfall Climatology over the Eastern United States
Authors: Niyogi Dev , Lei Ming , Kishtawal Chandra , Schmid Paul , Shepherd Marshall
Published: February 2017

The relationship between rainfall characteristics and urbanization over the eastern United States was examined by analyzing four datasets: daily rainfall in 4593 surface stations over the last 50 years (1958–2008), a high-resolution gridded rainfall product, reanalysis wind data, and a proxy for urban land use (gridded human population data). Results indicate that summer monthly rainfall amounts show an increasing trend in urbanized regions. The frequency of heavy rainfall events has a potential positive bias toward urbanized regions. Most notably, consistent with case studies for individual cities, the climatology of rainfall amounts downwind of urban–rural boundaries shows a significant increasing trend. Analysis of heavy (90th percentile) and extreme (99.5th percentile) rainfall events indicated decreasing trends of heavy rainfall events and a possible increasing trend for extreme rainfall event frequency over urban areas. Results indicate that the urbanization impact was more pronounced in the northeastern and midwestern United States with an increase in rainfall amounts. In contrast, the southeastern United States showed a slight decrease in rainfall amounts and heavy rainfall event frequencies. Results suggest that the urbanization signature is becoming detectable in rainfall climatology as an anthropogenic influence affecting regional precipitation; however, extracting this signature is not straightforward and requires eliminating other dynamical confounding feedbacks.
A Diagnosis of Excessive Mixing in Smagorinsky Subfilter-Scale Turbulent Kinetic Energy Models
Authors: de Roode Stephan R. , Jonker Harm J. J. , van de Wiel Bas J. H. , Vertregt Victor , Perrin Vincent
Published: February 2017

Large-eddy simulation (LES) models are widely used to study atmospheric turbulence. The effects of small-scale motions that cannot be resolved need to be modeled by a subfilter-scale (SFS) model. The SFS contribution to the turbulent fluxes is typically significant in the surface layer. This study presents analytical solutions of the classical Smagorinsky SFS turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) model including a buoyancy flux contribution. Both a constant length scale and a stability-dependent one as proposed by Deardorff are considered. Analytical expressions for the mixing functions are derived and Monin–Obukhov similarity relations that are implicitly imposed by the SFS TKE model are diagnosed. For neutral and weakly stable conditions, observations indicate that the turbulent Prandtl number (PrT) is close to unity. However, based on observations in the convective boundary layer, a lower value for PrT is often applied in LES models. As a lower Prandtl number promotes a stronger mixing of heat, this may cause excessive mixing, which is quantified from a direct comparison of the mixing function as imposed by the SFS TKE model with empirical fits from field observations. For a strong stability, the diagnosed mixing functions for both momentum and heat are larger than observed. The problem of excessive mixing will be enhanced for anisotropic grids. The findings are also relevant for high-resolution numerical weather prediction models that use a Smagorinsky-type TKE closure.
Imiquimod Injection to Rabbit Vocal Folds: A Preliminary, Preclinical Investigation
Authors: Teng Stephanie E. , Dion Gregory R. , Sin Danielle N. , Hiwatashi Nao , Benedict Peter A. , Amin Milan R. , Branski Ryan C.
Published: February 2017

Objective

Given the recalcitrant nature of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, targeted therapies to reduce disease burden are fundamental to improved patient care paradigms. We seek to demonstrate the safety of imiquimod injection into vocal fold mucosa by evaluating the degree of laryngeal edema, histopathologic changes to vocal fold structure, and serologic interferon α (IFNα) levels following injection.

Study Design

Preclinical.

Setting

Academic institution.

Subjects and Methods

Six New Zealand White rabbits underwent unilateral injection of 100 µg of sterile imiquimod (1 µg/µL), with 100 µL of normal saline injected into the contralateral vocal fold. Direct laryngoscopy was performed on days 3, 7, and 30 following injection. Larynges from 3 rabbits were harvested on postinjection day 7 for histologic analysis. The remaining 3 rabbit larynges were harvested on day 30. Serial serum samples were drawn for IFNα quantification via immunoassay.

Results

No signs of respiratory distress were observed at any point. Vocal fold appearance was not clinically divergent between imiquimod and control conditions via serial direct laryngoscopic evaluation. No inflammatory lesions or scarring were identified following injection. Histology showed no signs of acute inflammatory processes or changes in the control or imiquimod injection groups. Serum IFNα increased at days 3 and 7 following imiquimod injection (P <. 0001 and P =. 0368, respectively), before returning to baseline by day 14.

Conclusions

Vocal fold imiquimod injection did not result in notable morbidity in this preclinical model. However, serum IFNα concentrations increased transiently. These data are critical to advance the therapeutic utility of this compound, particularly in the setting of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
Partner notification and treatment for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in Gaborone, Botswana
Authors: Offorjebe Ogechukwu A , Wynn Adriane , Moshashane Neo , Joseph Davey Dvora , Arena Kaitlin , Ramogola-Masire Doreen , Gaolebale Ponatshego , Morroni Chelsea , Klausner Jeffrey D
Published: February 2017

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) are sexually transmitted infections (STIs) associated with adverse birth outcomes. Untreated partners contribute to high rates of STI reinfection; thus, partner notification and treatment remain important components of STI care and control. A prospective cohort study was conducted among 300 pregnant women presenting to the antenatal clinic at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana who enrolled in an STI screening study. Following informed consent and sample collection for CT/NG/TV testing, participants were asked if they were willing to disclose their STI result and to deliver medications to their partner(s). Those who tested positive were asked at a follow-up appointment if they notified their partners. Among the 300 participants, 294 (98%) said they would be willing to tell their partner(s) about their test results if they tested positive, and 284 (95%) said they would be willing to give their partner(s) medication if the option was available. Of those who tested positive and returned for a test of cure, 27 of 32 (84%) reported that they told their partner about the results, and 20 of 32 (63%) reported that their partner received treatment. Almost all pregnant women reported willingness to tell their partner the STI test result and give their partner medications. At test of cure, most women reported informing their partner, although actual treatment receipt was lower. Our findings suggest that pregnant women are willing to utilize patient-based partner notification, but actual partner treatment might be lower than intended.
Constraining self-organizing map facies analysis with stratigraphy: An approach to increase the credibility in automatic seismic facies classification
Authors: Zhao Tao , Li Fangyu , Marfurt Kurt J.
Published: February 2017

Pattern recognition-based seismic facies analysis techniques are commonly used in modern quantitative seismic interpretation. However, interpreters often treat techniques such as artificial neural networks and self-organizing maps (SOMs) as a “black box” that somehow correlates a suite of attributes to a desired geomorphological or geomechanical facies. Even when the statistical correlations are good, the inability to explain such correlations through principles of geology or physics results in suspicion of the results. The most common multiattribute facies analysis begins by correlating a suite of candidate attributes to a desired output, keeping those that correlate best for subsequent analysis. The analysis then takes place in attribute space rather than ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text]) space, removing spatial trends often observed by interpreters. We add a stratigraphy layering component to a SOM model that attempts to preserve the intersample relation along the vertical axis. Specifically, we use a mode decomposition algorithm to capture the sedimentary cycle pattern as an “attribute.” If we correlate this attribute to the training data, it will favor SOM facies maps that follow stratigraphy. We apply this workflow to a Barnett Shale data set and find that the constrained SOM facies map shows layers that are easily overlooked on traditional unconstrained SOM facies map.
Bert Neumann, 1960 – 2015
Authors: Vinge Vegard , Müller Ida
Published: February 2017

In this article, Andrew Friedman profiles the work of European choreographer and performance maker Mårten Spångberg, which he suggests trades in a radically expansive understanding of choreography in order to play with its perceptual experiences of “contemporaneity” and complicate easy consumerist habits of spectatorship promoted in neoliberal culture and media.
The Rap1–cofilin-1 pathway coordinates actin reorganization and MTOC polarization at the B cell immune synapse
Authors: Wang Jia C. , Lee Jeff Y.-J. , Christian Sonja , Dang-Lawson May , Pritchard Caitlin , Freeman Spencer A. , Gold Michael R.
Published: February 2017

B cells that bind antigens displayed on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) form an immune synapse, a polarized cellular structure that optimizes the dual functions of the B cell receptor (BCR), signal transduction and antigen internalization. Immune synapse formation involves polarization of the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) towards the APC. We now show that BCR-induced MTOC polarization requires the Rap1 GTPase (which has two isoforms, Rap1a and Rap1b), an evolutionarily conserved regulator of cell polarity, as well as cofilin-1, an actin-severing protein that is regulated by Rap1. MTOC reorientation towards the antigen contact site correlated strongly with cofilin-1-dependent actin reorganization and cell spreading. We also show that BCR-induced MTOC polarization requires the dynein motor protein as well as IQGAP1, a scaffolding protein that can link the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons. At the periphery of the immune synapse, IQGAP1 associates closely with F-actin structures and with the microtubule plus-end-binding protein CLIP-170 (also known as CLIP1). Moreover, the accumulation of IQGAP1 at the antigen contact site depends on F-actin reorganization that is controlled by Rap1 and cofilin-1. Thus the Rap1–cofilin-1 pathway coordinates actin and microtubule organization at the immune synapse.
Saccadic movement strategy in a semiaquatic species – the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
Authors: Geurten Bart R. H. , Niesterok Benedikt , Dehnhardt Guido , Hanke Frederike D.
Published: February 2017

Moving animals can estimate the distance of visual objects from image shift on their retina (optic flow) created during translational, but not rotational movements. To facilitate this distance estimation, many terrestrial and flying animals perform saccadic movements, thereby temporally separating translational and rotational movements keeping rotation times short. In this study, we analysed if a semiaquatic mammal, the harbour seal, also adopts a saccadic movement strategy. We recorded the seals‘ normal swimming pattern with video cameras and analysed head and body movements. The swimming seals indeed minimized rotation times by saccadic head and body turns with top rotation speeds exceeding 350 deg s−1 which leads to an increase of translational movements. Saccades occurred during both types of locomotion of the seals‘ intermittent swimming mode, active propulsion and gliding. In conclusion, harbour seals share the saccadic movement strategy of terrestrial animals. If this movement strategy is adopted to facilitate distance estimation from optic flow or serves a different function will be a topic of future research.
Flipper stroke rate and venous oxygen levels in free-ranging California sea lions
Authors: Tift Michael S. , Hückstädt Luis A. , McDonald Birgitte I. , Thorson Philip H. , Ponganis Paul J.
Published: February 2017

The depletion rate of the blood oxygen store, development of hypoxemia, and dive capacity are dependent on the distribution and rate of blood oxygen delivery to tissues while diving. Although blood oxygen extraction by working muscle would increase the blood oxygen depletion rate in a swimming animal, there is little information on the relationship between muscle workload and blood oxygen depletion during dives. Therefore, we examined flipper stroke rate, a proxy of muscle workload, and posterior vena cava oxygen profiles in four adult female California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) during foraging trips at sea. Flipper stroke rate analysis revealed that sea lions minimized muscle metabolism with a stroke-glide strategy when diving, and exhibited prolonged glides during the descent of deeper dives (> 100 m). During the descent phase of these deep dives, 55±21% of descent was spent gliding with the longest glides lasting over 160 s and covering a vertical distance of 340 m. Animals also consistently glided to the surface from 15-25 m depth during these deeper dives. Venous hemoglobin saturation (SvO2) profiles were highly variable throughout dives, with values occasionally increasing during shallow dives. The relationship between SvO2 and flipper stroke rate was weak during deeper dives, while this relationship was stronger during shallow dives. We conclude that 1) the depletion of oxygen in the posterior vena cava in deep diving sea lions is not dependent on stroke effort, and 2) stroke-glide patterns during dives contribute to a reduction of muscle metabolic rate.
Poder predictivo de la edad y la inteligencia en el desempeño de una tarea de planificación: Torre de Londres
Authors: Injoque-Ricle Irene , Barreyro Juan Pablo , Calero Alejandra , Burin Débora I.
Published: February 2017

La planificación es un concepto clave de la función ejecutiva que permite a las personas generar un plan de acción necesario para la resolución eficaz de un problema con un propósito. Se trata de una capacidad que se desarrolla desde la infancia hasta mediados de la adolescencia y es fundamental para un funcionamiento cotidiano eficaz. El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar el poder predictivo de la edad y la inteligencia sobre la planificación en una muestra de niños de 6 a 13 años de edad. La muestra estuvo conformada por 240 niños divididos equitativamente en cuatro grupos etarios: 6, 8, 11 y 13. Se administró la prueba Torre de Londres y dos pruebas de la Escala de Inteligencia para Niños de Wechsler. Para determinar el grado de asociación entre las variables, se realizaron análisis de correlación, y para determinar el poder predictivo de la edad y la inteligencia sobre la planificación se realizó un análisis de regresión lineal. Los resultados muestran que ambas variables —edad e inteligencia— se asocian positivamente con el desempeño en Torre de Londres, y que también esas variables tienen un poder predictivo sobre el rendimiento en la tarea de planificación. Los datos permiten concluir que la planificación es una habilidad que se desarrolla a lo largo de la infancia y principios de la adolescencia, y que el nivel intelectual tiene un efecto en la capacidad para generar planes a partir de problemas con un propósito.
Percepción de las prácticas y de la cultura inclusiva en una comunidad escolar
Authors: Mateus Cifuentes Luz Eliana , Vallejo Moreno Diana Marcela , Obando Posada Diana , Fonseca Duran Laura
Published: February 2017

La cultura inclusiva de un centro educativo está mediada por el conjunto de creencias y valores con que sus miembros se identifican, los cuales, a su vez, orientan sus acciones. La literatura señala que las actitudes y percepciones que tiene la comunidad frente a la educación inclusiva determinan el éxito de un proceso de inclusión en su contexto. El objetivo del presente estudio fue identificar las percepciones acerca de la cultura y las prácticas inclusivas de una comunidad académica en un centro educativo que implementa políticas de inclusión. Se contó con la participación de 71 miembros, quienes completaron las escalas de cultura y prácticas inclusivas del Índice de Inclusión de Booth, Ainscow, Black-Hawkins, Vaughn y Shaw (2002), y respondieron preguntas complementarias a partir de una entrevista semiestructurada sobre estas dimensiones. Los resultados permiten identificar que los miembros de la comunidad tienen percepciones similares en torno a la cultura inclusiva de la institución. Sin embargo, se identificaron diferencias significativas en las percepciones sobre las prácticas inclusivas, en las que los padres de hijos con discapacidad las perciben en una menor proporción.
Bugs, babies and birthing: midwifery management of sepsis
Authors: Doyle Lisa , Geraghty Sadie
Published: February 2017

Sepsis is a complex, multi-organ disorder that may have catastrophic effects on the woman and fetus, resulting in the rapid deterioration of the woman's health and subsequent serious morbidity and mortality. Guidelines specifically for pregnant women are derived from research on the non-pregnant population, and a lack of hospital guidelines for the management of sepsis in pregnancy has been identified. Considerations of physiological changes that occur in pregnant women make diagnostic thresholds difficult, thus identifying the need for a standard definition of sepsis in the obstetric population. This article will discuss the diagnosis and the midwife's role in the management of sepsis in pregnancy.
Use and perception of hospital-based maternity care services among women in selected communities of Ife Central LGA, Osun State, Nigeria
Authors: Olowokere Adekemi , Onyeamaobi Chinenye , Olowokere Idowu
Published: February 2017

Background:

Poor use of skilled birth attendants has contributed to non-realisation of Millennium Development Goal 5 in Nigeria.

Objective:

This study was designed to assess use of hospital-based maternity care services (HBMCS), women's perception of HBMCS, and factors that influence the use of these services among women.

Methods:

A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Participants were selected through systematic sampling at household level. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analysed using frequency tables and χ2 at P < 0.05.

Findings:

A total of 219 participants (55.4%) used HBMCS, and 210 (53.2%) had a good perception of HBMCS. Perception was not significantly associated with HBMCS use in this study (χ2 = 0.101, P = 0.414). Factors found to be linked with use of HBMCS were: logistics and hospital protocols; partner's choice; and attitude of health professionals.

Conclusions:

This study emphasised the need to reduce bureaucracy associated with HBMCS, improve attitudes and involve men to promote women's use of HBMCS.
Choosing a test for comparing independent groups
Authors: Campbell Malcolm
Published: February 2017

In the previous article in this series ( Campbell, 2016b ), we discussed the use of hypothesis tests as a way of generalising findings from a sample to a population. In practice, the approach can follow a routine, but as we saw, there was one tricky step: there are so many statistical tests available, so how do we choose an appropriate one for our analysis? In this article, we will look at the most common situation, the comparison of different kinds of variables between independent groups of individuals.
Should experienced aesthetic practitioners train newly qualified nurses?
Authors: McGloin Claudia
Published: February 2017

As the medical aesthetics sector continues to evolve, more and more newly qualified nurses are looking to undertake immediate training in non-surgical cosmetic procedures. But is this the right time for them to specialise in aesthetics, or should they wait to gain experience? Claudia McGloin argues that all nurses who have just qualified should spend a minimum of 3 years' experience in the NHS
Beard transplants and facial hair trends: why men are motivated to have surgery
Authors: Zucchelli Fabio
Published: February 2017

Over the past few years, an increasing number of men have undergone surgery to enhance or restore facial hair. This coincided with the time when beards came back into fashion. Drawing on the literature, Fabio Zucchelli explores the apparent link between facial hair trends and rates of beard transplants, and considers some deeper-seated psychological explanations for the heightened demand
Back to basics: understanding products and public liability insurance
Authors: Di-Scala Naomi
Published: February 2017

Over the past 20 years, insurer Hamilton Fraser has received a high number of enquiries regarding the benefits of different policy types, in particular public and products liability. Naomi Di-Scala explores the requirement and importance of these policies, and provides practical examples of how they apply to aesthetic practice. She also outlines additional policies of importance for practitioners in this sector
What constitutes good evidence? A brief guide for the nurse prescriber
Authors: Hilton Andrea
Published: February 2017

This article explores the steps that nurse prescribers should follow to practise evidence-based medicine. The use of good evidence, and what constitutes good evidence, is highlighted, and key terms used in the research literature, such as ‘systematic review’, ‘randomised controlled trial’ and ‘cohort study’, are defined. Nurses should be able to critically appraise literature, and this article highlights the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme, and the tools that research teams should follow to ensure they are producing the best evidence, which prescribers could also use to evaluate the reliability of evidence and its relevance to practice. This article also highlights potential facilitators and barriers to the implementation of evidence in practice, and concludes with tools to assess inappropriate prescribing.
What to look out for in 2017: clinical advances and complaints management
Authors: Senior Yvonne
Published: February 2017

Aesthetics is a fast-evolving sector and it is incumbent on nurses to keep their knowledge of clinical advances and professional initiatives up to date. In the Private Independent Aesthetic Practice Association's first column of the year, its cofounder Yvonne Senior picks out some of significant products, services and events worth investigating for aesthetic nurses over the next 12 months
Educating patients on the skincare ranges you stock: the benefits for your business
Authors: Smith Victoria , Wiggins Nancy
Published: February 2017

The medical aesthetic sector is booming and patients are not only seeking the latest and greatest procedures, but also they often look for skincare that makes them look and feel good. Victoria Smith and Nancy Wiggins believe that if patients are coming in for regular treatments at your clinic, they could also benefit from investing in the medical-grade skincare ranges you sell
Non-medical prescribing within the context of aesthetic practice
Authors: Mather Linda , Maw Gillian
Published: February 2017

The purpose of this series of articles is to explore the legal and professional boundaries of non-medical prescribing (NMP) in the context of aesthetic practice. The authors also aim to contextualise the Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for NMP, the benefits of NMP to practice and the patient journey, enabling aesthetic nurses to appreciate the complexity and professional demands of prescribing. This article will discuss who can prescribe and how nurse prescribing has evolved over many years and much legislation.
Management of lumps and bumps following dermal filler injections
Authors: King Martyn
Published: February 2017

Dermal fillers provide the ideal treatment to replace lost volume, enhance facial features and smooth out lines. However, practitioners need to be aware of the complications that may occur and how to manage them. The Aesthetic Complications Expert Group has produced peer-reviewed, evidence-based guidelines that are freely available. Martyn King outlines how to manage lumps and bumps
Good practice in accountability
Authors: Frankova Helena
Published: February 2017

The Care Quality Commission report on learning, candour and accountability reviews patient deaths in the NHS. Helena Frankova considers what GP practices can learn from this analysis, and the developments GPs and practice managers need to be prepared for
Independent advocacy for patient concerns
Authors: Curbishley Peter , Lupton Jeni
Published: February 2017

No practice likes a patient making a complaint, but the involvement of an independent advocacy service can help secure a better outcome for patient and practice
Fearful of being inflexible?
Authors: Saunders Emma
Published: February 2017

Employment expert Emma Saunders of law firm Cripps outlines the obligations of practice managers when it comes to requests for flexible working – and warns about the dangers of an unfair refusal
On the closure of the completely positive semidefinite cone and linear approximations to quantum colorings
Authors: Burgdorf Sabine , Laurent Monique , Piovesan Teresa
Published: February 2017

We investigate structural properties of the completely positive semidefinite cone $\mathcal{CS}_+$, consisting of all the $n \times n$ symmetric matrices that admit a Gram representation by positive semidefinite matrices of any size. This cone has been introduced to model quantum graph parameters as conic optimization problems. Recently it has also been used to characterize the set $\mathcal Q$ of bipartite quantum correlations, as projection of an affine section of it. We have two main results concerning the structure of the completely positive semidefinite cone, namely about its interior and about its closure. On the one hand we construct a hierarchy of polyhedral cones covering the interior of $\mathcal{CS}_+$, which we use for computing some variants of the quantum chromatic number by way of a linear program. On the other hand we give an explicit description of the closure of the completely positive semidefinite cone by showing that it consists of all matrices admitting a Gram representation in the tracial ultraproduct of matrix algebras.
Elysium as a critical dystopia
Authors: Mirrlees Tanner , Pedersen Isabel
Published: February 2017

This article argues that Elysium communicates a ‘critical dystopia’ that illuminates and interrogates global capitalism’s worst social, political, ecological and technological conditions and shows them being resisted and changed, for the better. To this end, our article’s first section contextualizes Elysium by building upon recent studies of global Hollywood, the genre characteristics and politics of science fiction films and ‘critical dystopia’. The second section interprets Elysium’s dystopian future of society, the state, environment and technology, and argues it forwards a critique of present-day global capitalism’s class divisions and dispossessions, neo-liberal security state, ecological catastrophe and militarized technology. The third section excavates Elysium’s alternative to the fictional and actual dystopic conditions of capitalism the film critiques, thereby liberating the film’s imminent utopian content from the cage of its commodity form. The conclusion addresses some important criticisms of Elysium’s politics: its perpetuation of Hollywood’s ‘white saviour’ trope, regressive gender dynamics, and ‘single point of failure’ fantasy. Despite these problems, Elysium still has value as a critical dystopian film.
International Puppet Festival LUTKE 2014
Authors: Jelesijević Nenad
Published: February 2017

The article considers fragments of performances from the Ljubljana International Puppet Festival, especially emphasizing Antigone and Georges Méliès’ Final Trick. It places at its centre the hybridisation of the bodies of puppet and puppeteer as a phenomenon that creates unexpected transitions of form and sensuality – that is, a trans-situation, in which sensual distribution occurs not only among living individuals but also among (animated) objects. A trans-situation allows for a wider space of sensual distribution within the temporary bounds of the performance.
Bubbling Boundless Creativity
Authors: Redjko Mojca
Published: February 2017

The article focuses on the latest edition of a large puppet festival that has been taking place in Charleville-Mézières since 1961. The top names in world puppetry participate at the biennial festival, whose rich festival happenings and events move from the city’s numerous halls to its streets, squares and even private apartments. In 2015, the main part of the programme consisted of shows and events for adult audiences.
The “Terrorism” of Puppets. An Attempt at understanding state violence in the arrest of two Spanish puppeteers accused of “promoting terrorism” in a play.
Authors: Gelderloos Peter
Published: February 2017

The article reports on the arrest and detainment of two Spanish puppeteers for promoting terrorism during their puppet performance at the Carnival in Madrid; it also mentions an anarchistic organization accused of promoting terrorism. While pointing out the various levels of irony involved in this particular incident, the author then outlines the bigger picture of repression in Spain (and across the world) being carried out by way of anti-terrorist politics.
’Man’ as X-Foucault, Kant and their doublets
Authors: Apostolou-Hölscher Stefan
Published: February 2017

The concept of ‘man’ is introduced by Michel Foucault in the context of a discursive formation that, for him, emerges toward the end of the 18th century, following the epistemes of the Renaissance and Classical periods, which, by way of contrast, had foregrounded similarity and representation as ordering principles. Instead of a guaranteed correspondence between the subject and the object of thought, the modern era is concerned with the finitude of concrete ‘human beings’ in their relation to an abstract ‘humanity’, and asks under what conditions is a correlation of a subject with its objects possible in experience.
As a Cloud Shaped by the Winds
Authors: Blanga-Gubbay Daniel
Published: February 2017

With the words “I hereby resign from art” imprinted on a postcard in 1985, Joseph Beuys seems to retrospectively summarize what has been the whole attempt of his art: withdrawing from the image, resisting the achieved discourse. Beuys shows, above all, the potentiality of this interruption: different equal possibilities dwell always in the same matter and no future form is predetermined or necessary. The matter does not have a unique destiny, but rather exposes an uncertainty that asks to be investigated in the present. The matter emerges from the point of view of its sheer contingency of becoming all forms, as a cloud shaped by the winds, and Beuys’ artistic measures all aim to bring the material into play as the non-human performer of the creation.

While opening a reflection on the concept of the possible, this article puts into question the very form of its presentation. Scholars in Humanities often use images when presenting their thoughts and reflections: powerpoints are prepared following a unique line, and images in a presentation are used to sustain a single given discourse. But what if these images, while refusing to follow a single line and appearing all together, as in a Warburgian constellation, were able to suggest completely different connections and different possible discourses in the empty space among them?

The article discloses a space where the notion of contingency affects content and form; it shares a possible discourse, but it presents it as a possible one; it discloses a space where images – in their different impulses, like winds coming from different directions – open up the vitality of their uncertain relation.
Between the Body, the Object and the Image: Dance and the Visual Arts in Puppet Art
Authors: Herbin Renaud
Published: February 2017

The close connection between creation, theory, and institutions is the starting point for the author’s reflection on the kinds of spaces the latter should prepare. He emphasises that of particular interest are those spaces that are established between different approaches (or rather relationships between the body, the object, and the image). In Reprendre son soufflé by Julika Mayer, the puppet and the actor form a relationship that leaves none of the participants untouched but allows their identities to be changed. Similarly, the puppeteer-dancer in Uta Gebert’s Anubis reveals himself in order to uncover the relationship which links him and the puppet: both exist solely in motion, in the zone of exchange. Bodies and objects, assembled into body-objects, seem to meet by chance in Miet Warlop’s Springville, but in the forefront is the Image, which follows a visual logic in placing the body-objects in different configurations. On the other hand, the space occupied by the body in Yngvild Aspeli’s Signaux is undefined: the actor, his puppet-double, and his phantom limb embody a feeling of strangeness and pain. In the project Anémochore, Christophe Le Blay enables the embodiment of the environment (the wind) in the image of a recorded trace, with which a dancer then engages in dance. Space is therefore something unfinished, something open, undefinable and empty, all of which applies equally to bodies, objects, and images.
Sound Animation, or on the Singing Stone
Authors: Kus Peter
Published: February 2017

The starting point for the author’s reflection on sound animation is the Egyptian statue of Memnon, the stone that sang at dawn; at first sight, this appears to be an oxymoron, for stone is an allegory of the inanimate, and yet immortal, while voice is the exact opposite, the fleeting sign of life. This opposition has triggered thinking about the life of stone and about the question of whether stone – not unlike musical instruments – has its own soul or if another life sounds through it. The author touches upon cosmological theories and world mythologies, which describe the world and its origin with musical metaphors, as well as the superstring theory in contemporary physics, according to which the vibrations of superstrings determine the properties of particles and forces in nature. Oscillation, then, is an innate property of all things; hence, man is not only a constructor and animator, but must also listen to things and become an echo of their own sounds. In this relationship, the author finds the line separating classical, mainly industrial, instruments from original musical instruments that originate from the “animation” of materials: in the first case, it is the musician who expresses him- or herself, while in the latter case, it is the object that does so; the former instruments are played by musicians, the latter are animated by them. The writer is the author of musical puppet plays in which set design elements, props and puppets enable visual and theatrical expressiveness as well as the performance of music; therefore, his performances are an indivisible blend of puppet animation and music concerts.
How Fertilisation Affects Distribution Of Carbon And Nutrients In Vineyard Soil?
Authors: Šimanský Vladimír , Horák Ján , Ložek Otto , Chlpík Juraj
Published: February 2017

The effect of fertilisation on C and N, P, K nutrients distribution in the Rendzic Leptosol in locality Nitra-Dražovce was studied. We evaluated the following treatments of fertilisation: (1) G (non-fertilised), (2) FYM (farmyard manure – dose 40 t/ha), (3) G+NPK3 (grass + 3rd intensity of fertilisation for vineyards), and (4) G+NPK1 (grass + 1st intensity of fertilisation for vineyards). The soil samples were taken in spring during the years 2008–2015. Obtained results showed that the content of organic carbon (Corg) decreased in the following order: G+NPK1 > FYM > G > G+NPK3 and content of total nitrogen (Nt) decreased in the following order: FYM > G+NPK3 > G+NPK1 > G. The application of NPK in the 1st intensity of fertilisation for vineyards and added FYM build up a Corg at an average rate of 370 and 229 mg/kg/year, respectively. On the other hand, contents of Nt due to fertilisation declined in FYM, G+NPK3 and G+NPK1 at an average rate of 53, 22 and 20 mg/kg/year, respectively. Available P and K contents were also increased after the fertilisation of FYM and NPK. Added fertilisers (G+NPK3) significantly build up a P at an average rate of 10.2 mg/kg/year.
Zustandsbeobachtung linearer Systeme mit unbekannten Eingängen
Authors: Lunze Jan
Published: February 2017

Der Beitrag fasst Ergebnisse zur Zustandsbeobachtung linearer Systeme zusammen, die durch Eingangsgrößen
beeinflusst werden, die nicht messbar und deshalb nicht für die Beobachtung auswertbar sind. Das
Beobachtungsproblem wird durch die unbekannten Eingänge wesentlich erschwert, so dass die Existenzbedingungen für eine
Lösung des Problems deutlich schärfer sind als die bekannten Beobachtbarkeitsbedingungen. Der Beitrag erläutert notwendige
und hinreichende Bedingungen für die Existenz des Beobachters, gibt eine allgemeine Lösung des Beobachtungsproblems an und
illustriert diese am Beispiel eines
Industrieofens.
Transdisciplinarity of Edusemiotics
Authors: Seif Farouk Y.
Published: February 2017

Edusemiotics emerges as a fresh field of inquiry that benefits from the mutual reciprocities between design thinking and semiotic interpretation. By revealing these mutual reciprocities, edusemiotics emerges as one of the most important developments in educational philosophy, bridging the gap between the humanities and sciences that was fashioned by modernity and postmodernity. In a transmodern world, we are free and able to cross over diaphanous boundaries among diverse disciplines and transcend our assumptions about the ephemeral phenomena of reality. The transdisciplinarity of edusemiotics encourages us to integrate theoretical investigations and practical applications in both humanities and sciences, and turns our attention to the development of our capacity to integrate factual information and imaginative interpretation. Therefore, we truly become educators of adult learners.
Static and dynamic tensile shear test of glued lap wooden joint with four different types of adhesives
Authors: Bachtiar Erik V. , Clerc Gaspard , Brunner Andreas J. , Kaliske Michael , Niemz Peter
Published: February 2017

Investigations of quasi-static and fatigue failure in glued wooden joints subjected to tensile shear loading are presented. Lap joints of beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) connected with four different types of adhesives, i.e. polyurethane (PUR), melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF), bone glue and fish glue, were experimentally tested until the specimens failed. The average shear strengths obtained from the quasi-static test ranged from 12.2 to 13.4 MPa. These results do not indicate any influence of the different adhesive types. The influence of the adhesives is only visible from the results of the fatigue tests, which were carried out under different stress excitation levels between 45% and 75% of the shear strength. Specimens bound with ductile adhesive (PUR) showed a slightly higher number of cycles to failure (N
f) at low-stress levels and lower N

f
at high-stress levels in comparison to more brittle adhesives (MUF, fish glue). In general, the performances of animal glues and MUF were similar in both quasi-static and fatigue loading under dry conditions.
Language vitality among the Orang Asli of Malaysia: the case of the Mah Meri on Telo’ Gunjeng (Carey Island, Selangor)
Authors: Coluzzi Paolo , Riget Patricia Nora , Xiaomei Wang
Published: February 2017

After a general introduction to the aboriginals of Peninsular Malaysia, the so-called Orang Asli, this article introduces the ethnic group upon which the research focused: the Mah Meri, a Senoi group living in the state of Selangor, not far from Kuala Lumpur. The research is based on a survey on language use and attitudes carried out in four different Mah Meri villages on Carey Island. The results are then analysed in general terms and compared with those provided by similar research carried out among the Bidayuh, a Dayak ethnic group in Borneo, showing a rather high degree of vitality for the Mah Meri language, even though lower than in the case of the Bidayuh. In contrast, when the answers given by the younger speakers of the language are compared with those provided by older speakers, a pattern of slow but steady ongoing language shift clearly emerges. The article closes with some general considerations on the state of linguistic and cultural endangerment Orang Asli are facing, including further comparisons between the results of this research and those of another study conducted in a different Mah Meri village and some suggestions on possible revitalization strategies. The evidence seems to show a relatively high degree of endangerment for the languages spoken by the Orang Asli in general, and for the Mah Meri in particular.
A Four-Channel Optical Demultiplexer Using Photonic Crystal-Based Resonant Cavities
Authors: Absalan Hassan
Published: February 2017

The aim of this paper was to propose and design an all optical four-channel demultiplexer using two-dimensional photonic crystals. To do so a resonant cavity was created by reducing the radius of the two adjacent rods. The radius of these defect rods was about 85 nm. The resonant cavity has a resonant mode at 1,557 nm. Then by using four resonant cavities with different radius values a four-channel optical demultiplexer was designed. The demultiplexer has four optical channels at λ1=1,537 nm, λ2=1,546 nm, λ3=1,553 nm and λ4=1,560 nm.
The Online Media Environment of the North Caucasus: Issues of Preservation and Accessibility in a Zone of Political and Ideological Conflict
Authors: Condill Kit
Published: February 2017

As one of the world's most ethnolinguistically-diverse and conflict-prone regions, the North Caucasus presents particular challenges for librarians seeking to preserve its rich and varied online news media content. This content is generated in multiple languages in multiple political and ideological contexts, both within the North Caucasus region and abroad. While online news media content in general is ephemeral, poorly-preserved, and difficult to access via any single search interface or search strategy, content relating to the North Caucasus is at additional risk due to ongoing insurgency/counterinsurgency activity, as well as historical, political and linguistic factors. Various options for preserving and searching North Caucasus web content are explored.
Two mefenamic acid derivatives: structural study using powder X-ray diffraction, Hirshfeld surface and molecular electrostatic potential calculations
Authors: Chatterjee Paramita , Dey Tanusri , Pal Sarbani , Mukherjee Alok K.
Published: February 2017

Two mefenamic acid (1) derivatives, prop-2-ynyl 2-(2,3-dimethylphynylamino)benzoate (2) and N′-(dihydro-2H-pyran-4(3H)-ylidene)-2-((2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino)benzohydrazide (3), have been synthesized and their crystal structures have been determined from laboratory powder X-ray diffraction data. The DFT optimized molecular geometry in 2 and 3 agrees closely to that obtained from the crystallographic study. The nature of intermolecular interactions in 2 and 3 has been analyzed through Hirshfeld surfaces and two-dimensional fingerprint plots, and compared with that in the mefenamic acid polymorphs. Intermolecular N–H···N, C–H···O/N and C–H···π(arene) interactions in 2 and 3 assemble molecules into two and three-dimensional supramolecular frameworks, respectively. Hydrogen-bond based interactions in 2 and 3 have been complimented by calculating molecular electrostatic potential surfaces. Hirshfeld surface analyses of 2, 3, three mefenamic acid polymorphs and a few related mefenamic acid derivatives retrieved from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) indicate that about 80% of the Hirshfeld surface areas in these compounds are due to H···H and C···H/H···C contacts.
A “missing” caesium member in the family of A
3Al2P3O12 aluminophosphates
Authors: Shvanskaya Larisa , Yakubovich Olga
Published: February 2017

A new caesium aluminophosphate, Cs3Al2P3O12, has been synthesized by spontaneous crystallization from the melt and structurally characterized. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma, with a=9.7675(2) Å, b=17.7537(3) Å, c=8.1063(2) Å, V=1405.71(2) Å3, and Z=4. Its crystal structure is based on an open interrupted framework built by alternating AlO4 and PO4 tetrahedra with Cs ions occupying the channels. The Cs3Al2P3O12 framework topology resembles the previously known 4.8.12-net, which has been reported in the [C4N3H16][Al2P3O12] phase prepared by solvothermal synthesis in the presence of diethylenetriamine (DETA). The crystal chemical relationships between the K, Rb, Cs, Tl, [NH4] and [C4N3H16]-members of the A
3Al2P3O12 family of compounds are discussed.
Teaching pronouns in classes of Portuguese as an additional language: further discussions
Authors: Andrighetti Graziela , Perna Cristina
Published: February 2017

This article aims to propose reflections on pedagogical practices for Portuguese as Additional Language (PAL) involving the teaching of pronouns. Assuming that learning a language is learning to use it to (inter) act with different purposes and interlocutors (Clark, 2000), and that language is identity, built on a daily basis in several oral and written practices (Marcuschi, 2008), we seek to observe how the teaching of pronouns is proposed in textbooks of PAL and how these activities promote reflections on gender pronouns and the relations that are established among these uses and identity papers assumed by the speakers of a language in specific contexts of communication. The analysis of teaching materials points to a work with pronouns that is still limited to an approach to lexico-grammatical aspects of the language as a code, not including cultural relations, feeling of belonging, of assumed roles that are established from their use in social practices. Finally, we present a pedagogical task focused on the teaching of pronouns, to contribute to the teaching of PLA from a conception of language in use.