bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assimilatie in de literaire mainstream? - Etnische grenzen in dagbladrecensies van etnische minderheidsauteurs in de Verenigde Staten, Nederland en Duitsland
Authors: Berkers Pauwke , Janssen Susanne , Verboord Marc
Published: December 2017

Assimilation into the literary mainstream? Ethnic boundaries in newspaper reviews of ethnic minority authors in the United States, the Netherlands and Germany .This article addresses to what extent literary critics in the United States, the Netherlands and Germany have drawn ethnic
boundaries in their reviews of ethnic minority writers between 1983 and 2009, and to what extent ethnic boundaries in literary criticism have changed in each country in the course of ethnic minority writers’ careers and across time. By analyzing newspaper reviews, we find that American
reviewers less often refer to the ethnic and/or majority background of Mexican American authors than Dutch and German critics refer to the background of Moroccan and Turkish minority writers. But while these relatively strong ethnic boundaries tend to weaken over time in the Netherlands, Turkish
German authors encounter particularly strong boundaries in subsequent book publications. In the U.S. the reverse is true: ethnic boundaries tend to weaken after the debut has been reviewed.
De publieke acceptatie van vrijwillige kinderloosheid: van 20 naar 90 procent in 30 jaar
Authors: Noordhuizen Suzanne , de Graaf Paul , Sieben Inge
Published: December 2017

The public acceptance of voluntary childlessness in the Netherlands: . From 20 to 90 per cent in 30 years .In this paper, we address two research questions, which we answer with data from 13 waves of the repeated cross-sectional survey Cultural Change in the Netherlands (CCN,
1965-1996). First, we decompose the increasing acceptance of voluntary childlessness in effects of cohort replacement and intra-cohort change. We find that between 1965 and 1980 the change is primarily due to intra-cohort effects, whereas cohort replacement has become more important since
1980. Second, we address the question which social categories constitute the 10 percent of the population who do not accept voluntary childlessness. Church attendance – and not religiosity or religious socialization – turns out to be an important factor. Low levels of income and
education also negatively affect the acceptance of voluntary childless.
Eenheid of verdeeldheid? - Burgerschap in een gedifferentieerd voortgezet onderwijssysteem
Authors: E. Netjes Justine , G. van de Werfhorst Herman , Dijkstra Anne Bert , A. M. Geboers Ellen
Published: December 2017

United or dispersed? Civic competences in a differentiated schooling system . This paper examines whether there are differences in civic competences between secondary school children on the basis of school type, gender, ethnicity and parents’ education, and whether such differences
are smaller in schools that devote greater attention to civic education. Using survey data form students and school principals in fifteen secondary schools in the Netherlands, we examine civic competences relating to ‘democratic behaviour’, ‘socially responsible behaviour’,
and ‘dealing with social differences’. Our analyses show that students differ significantly in how they judge their own competences in these domains. Furthermore, differences in socially responsible behaviour between students of different levels of parental education are smaller
in schools that pay much attention to civic education. No evidence for mitigating effects of a school’s attention to civic education emerged for either democratic behaviour or responsible behaviour.
Voorspellers van vertrouwen in de buurt - Sociale cohesie in Amsterdam
Authors: van Oirschot Lonneke , Slot Jeroen , van Oirschot Emmie
Published: December 2017

Predictors of neighbourhood trust. Social cohesion in Amsterdam. This research investigates whether Robert Putnam’s (2007) well-known findings on the negative influence of ethnic diversity on social cohesion hold in Amsterdam. In the present study neighbourhood trust is the
measure of social cohesion. Using data from the ‘Living in Amsterdam’ monitor ( Wonen in Amsterdam, 2007 ), multilevel analysis shows that neighbourhood trust is lower in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods. Furthermore, the percentage of first generation non-Western immigrants and
second generation non-Western immigrants is also negatively related to neighbourhood trust. The percentage of second generation non-Western immigrants affects neighbourhood trust more strongly than the presence of first generation non-Western immigrants. In addition, the effect on neighbourhood
trust differs for various non-Western ethnic groups. Neighbourhood trust is higher in neighbourhoods with a large percentage of immigrants from the Dutch Antilles and trust is lower in neighbourhoods with a higher presence of Moroccans.
Een empirische verkenning van de ‘geschonden’ beroepseer van leraren - Mogelijke oorzaken en potentiële consequenties voor verloop
Authors: van den Berg Jurre , Glebbeek Arie , Bosman Rie
Published: December 2017

Exploring the ‘damaged’ professional pride of the Dutch teacher: potential causes and consequences.This article explores whether secondary school teachers in the Netherlands are indeed – as is often claimed but not investigated empirically yet – suffering
from ‘damaged professional pride’. Based on survey data gathered among teachers (n = 109), pupils (n = 554) and their parents (n = 264) we present a reliable multi-dimensional measure of professional pride, distinguishing a dimension of pride and a dimension of experienced esteem,
which differ in their vulnerability and consequences. We demonstrate that while a lack of autonomy does not affect teachers’ pride, it does undermine their perception of being esteemed. This is crucial, since particularly feeling esteemed reduces the risk of quitting teaching.
‘Oranje boven’ - Vieren en herdenken in vrijheid
Authors: Lubbers Marcel , Meuleman Roza
Published: December 2017

‘Oranje boven [Orange Up]’: National Celebrations and Commemorations in Freedom.By ways of national celebrations and commemorations national cohesion is believed to be enlarged. It is unknown however who participates in these activities. In this contribution we address
the question to what extent socialization by the parents and schools, and integration into religious organizations affect participation in national celebrations and commemorations. We also hypothesize that this form of national participation is affected by one’s nationalistic attitudes.
Our findings show that these forms of participation are affected by patriotic attitudes, and not by chauvinistic attitudes. Moreover, parental examples are crucial for participation in the national celebrations and commemorations. Schooling and religiosity only affect specific forms of national
celebrations and commemorations. Patriotic attitudes do not provide an interpretation for the effects from parents, schools and churches. The strong effect of parental transmission is neither moderated by the socializing role of the school, nor by integration into religious organizations.
Statusverwerving en de rol van verenigingslidmaatschap als nieuwe compenserende strategie
Authors: van Houten Jasper M.A. , Gesthuizen Maurice , Wolbers Maarten H.J.
Published: December 2017

In this article, we raised the question as to what extent members from higher status groups effectuated social resources, more specifically voluntary association membership, as a possible new compensating strategy to guarantee a successful intergenerational transmission of their occupational
status. For that purpose, we investigated whether voluntary association membership (of parents and their child) mediate the positive effect of parental occupational status on that of their child and whether it has become more important over time as an explanation of the intergenerational transmission
of occupational status. In the empirical analysis, we incorporated voluntary association membership into the classic status attainment model and estimated path models using retrospective life course data from the Family Survey Dutch Population 2000. The empirical results showed that voluntary
association membership does not play a mediating role in the intergenerational transmission of occupational status for the 1916-1947 birth cohort. However, it does so for the 1948-1960 birth cohort, thereby becoming an effective compensating strategy in the intergenerational transmission of
occupation status.
Het sociale netwerk van gedetineerden voorafgaand aan detentie - Een vergelijking met de Nederlandse bevolking
Authors: de Cuyper Ruben , Dirkzwager Anja , Völker Beate , van der Laan Peter , Nieuwbeerta Paul
Published: December 2017

People with whom we discuss important personal matters – i.e. the core discussion network – are important for providing help and support as well as influencing behaviour. This is the first study that describes and compares the core discussion network of prisoners prior to
incarceration with that of the Dutch population. Differences in their networks have been analysed in terms of network structure, relationship quality and embedded socioeconomic resources. We used unique network data from the Prison Project (n = 1909) and the Survey of the Social Networks of
the Dutch (SSND; n = 394). The results show that compared with people in the general population, prior to incarceration, prisoners have a core discussion network that is similar or - in some respects - even more favourable in terms of structure and relationship quality. However, prisoners
seem to have less embedded socioeconomic resources in their core discussion networks.
Extreme politieke oriëntaties in Europa - Verklaringen op micro- en macroniveau
Authors: Visser Mark , Jaspers Eva , Kraaykamp Gerbert
Published: December 2017

In this study, we set out to explain extreme left-wing and extreme right-wing ideologies within and between 30 European countries in a multi-level framework. To test our hypotheses, we use data from the European Social Surveys of 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 (N = 176.803), enriched
with country characteristics. Our results show that lower educated people and manual workers are more likely to support left-wing extremism, because they are of the opinion that the government should take measures to reduce differences in income levels. Interestingly, the lower educated and
manual workers are also more likely to have an extreme right-wing ideology. This effect, however, is explained by a higher level of perceived ethnic threat. At the country-level, our analyses indicate that a heritage of a totalitarian regime increases the likelihood for an individual to hold
an extreme left-wing and extreme right-wing ideology. Moreover, we found a positive effect of the percentage of unemployed people in a country on the probability to support left-wing extremism.
Meeting is mating: utopie of werkelijkheid?
Authors: Belabas Warda
Published: December 2017

Meeting is mating: utopia or reality? . The topic of stimulating interethnic contact – especially at schools – is common in the Dutch policy debates since the early 1980s and 1990s. The municipality of Rotterdam, the second largest city in the Netherlands, established
the so-called "friendship school" in 2003 in an attempt to stimulate interethnic contact. The label indicates schools that are situated in homogenous neighborhoods that are either populated with autochthonal groups or immigrant groups. The friendship project means undertaking joint
activities with schools in other neighborhoods with the aim of having pupils meeting pupils from different socio-economic, ethnic or cultural groups. Such contacts are assumed to increase mutual understanding and tolerance, as originally expressed in the so-called contact hypothesis. However,
this hypothesis has not remained unchallenged. The central question in this study was whether policy makers and civil society organizations didn’t assume too easily that interethnic contact would lead to success. The results of this study show that children and teachers evaluate and
experience this so-called friendship school both as positive and negative. The most important outcome of this study however is that stimulating interethnic contact at schools does not necessarily mean that all the conditions derived from the contact hypothesis should be met. To set up successful
interethnic meetings at schools, one must above all make sure that children from different groups are not aware of any unequal conditions between them and one must not include cultural and ethnical differences in the activities for children.
Lokale concentratie van allochtonen en steun aan de PVV - Het effect van het percentage niet-westerse allochtonen op het percentage PVV-stemmen, in 246 gemeenten in 2006
Authors: van der Paauw Marnix , Flache Andreas
Published: December 2017

Local concentration of immigrants and support for the PVV: The effect of the percentage non-western immigrants on the percentage PVV votes, across 246 Dutch municipalities in 2006. In this article we study the effect of the percentage non-western immigrants in a municipality on
the percentage PVV votes at the municipality level, for 246 Dutch municipalities in 2006. Two contradictory hypotheses are tested. Ethnic group competition theory and integrated group threat theory suggest that a higher percentage non-western immigrants is associated with more PVV voting,
whereas from the perspective of intergroup contact theory we derive the expectation of a negative association. We control in the analysis for aggregate characteristics of a municipality, such as characteristics of the age distribution, distribution of educational levels, socio-economic status,
income distribution, number of residents, distribution of religious groups and average perceptions of unsafety. Multivariate regression analyses indicate that a higher percentage non-western immigrants is related to more PVV voting. Moreover, ethnic residential segregation in the municipality
is negatively associated with PVV support, suggesting that it is not a lack of exposure to the ethnic minorities that explains why there is more PVV support in municipalities with more non-western immigrants.
The Role of Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
in the Case of Delayed Climate Policy – Insights from Cost-Risk
Analysis
Authors: Mintenig Jana , Khabbazan Mohammad M. , Held Hermann
Published: December 2017

Abstract. Cost-Risk Analysis (CRA), a hybrid of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), has been proposed as an alternative to CEA as a decision criterion for evaluating climate policy. It weighs mitigation costs against associated risks of violating a predefined temperature guardrail, thereby enabling an analysis of otherwise infeasible temperature targets. Under CEA, delaying climate policy causes infeasibility of temperature targets which was resolved by the assessment under CRA. Indeed, CRA enables a quantitative evaluation of any delay scenario, thereby yielding information of the severeness of postponing climate policy. Alternatively, negative emission technologies have been included in CEA to enlarge the leeway in decision making and postpone infeasibility. This study closes the loop by evaluating the impact of the technology option BECCS (Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage) in light of delayed climate policy under CRA. The work is conducted using the Integrated Assessment Model MIND (Model of Investment and Technological Development). This interplay creates the following insights: An inclusion of BECCS avoids corner solutions that were previously identified for delay scenarios, yielding a larger window of opportunity for action to mitigate climate change. Moreover, it postpones mitigation efforts into the future and removes the pressure to shut down fossil fuel use immediately. Thereby, mitigation-induced welfare losses are reduced substantially. BECSS, when evaluated under CRA, has confirmed well-known results from CEA. However, in contrast to results derived from CEA, mitigation-induced welfare losses decline with delay, while climate risk-induced welfare losses increase with delay by approximately the same magnitude. Hence within CRA, BECCS reduces the welfare effect of delayed climate policy by an order of magnitude. This underlines the crucial role of BECCS for the case of delay, even if one changes the decision-analytic framework from CEA to CRA and thereby softened the temperature target.
Secretum Secretorum: o lugar do esoterismo nas cortes papal e imperial no medievo.
Authors: Mendonça Junior Francisco De Paula Souza
Published: December 2017

O presente artigo discutirá o lugar das concepções esotéricas nas relações de poder em algumas cortes medievais. Para tanto se escolheu como objeto a obra Secretum Secretorum, o Segredo dos Segredos, texto no qual Aristóteles daria conselhos de governo a Alexandre, o Grande, conselhos esses de teor esotérico. A análise está centrada em dois grandes eixos, sendo eles sua circulação entre as cortes imperial e papal, como também as temáticas das quais tratava tal obra. Acreditamos que a reflexão acerca do trânsito de tal livro entre essas duas cortes medievais, bem como o conhecimento a ele atribuído podem colaborar para ampliar a discussão acerca do papel do esoterismo como ferramenta aplicada nas relações de poder envolvendo interesses papais e imperiais. Compreendendo o esoterismo como instrumento de hierarquização social, onde o seu conhecimento ou a sua ignorância seriam capazes de causar distinção entre os homens, entendemos que o Secretum Secretorum, e o poder atribuído aos seus ensinamentos, estavam inseridos nessa dinâmica de relações de poder voltadas a separar os homens entre "aqueles que não podem saber" e "aqueles que podem saber".
Relatos de los poderes de las imágenes mágicas entre prescripción y prueba (siglos XII-XV)
Authors: Weill-Parot Nicolas
Published: December 2017

El artículo muestra cómo diversos relatos en torno a los talismanes astrológicos proporcionan datos significativos, a la vez sobre la cuestión de la autoridad de la magia y el asunto del horizonte político de esta narrativa y, más allá, de la propia práctica talismánica. El argumento se basa esencialmente en los relatos contenidos en dos obras: la Summa astrología e judicialis del astrólogo inglés John of Eschenden (1347-1348) y del De occultis et manifestis del mago italiano Antonio da Montolmo (finales del siglo xiv). De hecho no solo John Eschenden cuenta relatos conocidos y difundidos en la edad media (la historia del anillo de Moisés contado por Petrus Comestor y el relato del guarda curado con el talismán de Escorpio mencionado en el Centiloqium del Seudo-Ptolemeo), sino que relata una historia de su tiempo: cómo un burgués avaro de Paris fue curado de la gota con un talismán de ese tipo. Antonio da Montolmo cuenta tres “experiencias” con talismanes astrológicos atribuidas a Tommaso da Pizzano, a Bartolomeo de Sangibene y a sí mismo. Estos últimos relatos muestran el proceso histórico que desemboca a finales del siglo xiv y a principios del siglo xv en Italia del Norte en la aparición del “autor-mago”, es decir el mago que se atreve a firmar con su nombre unos escritos de magia y a asumir la experiencia de la magia en un nuevo contexto intelectual. En cuanto al contexto político, las referencias al poder tienen dos funciones: autenticar y legitimar el relato. Además, fundamentalmente el poder mágico puede ser relacionado con el poder del rey, como lo muestra un  fragmento crítico del De universo de Guillermo de Alvernia.
“Eles São Todos da Maçonaria!” A Maçonaria como poder político e social em Portugal.
Authors: Silva Francisco Santos
Published: December 2017

A maçonaria em Portugal tem uma história longa, aparecendo pouco depois da sua fundação no formato moderno em Inglaterra no séc. XVIII. Esta história, pelo menos a partir do final do séc. XIX é também uma história profundamente entrecruzada com a política de Portugal. A maçonaria foi determinante na implantação da República, na resistência ao regime fascista e nos governos após a restauração da democracia em 1974. No entanto, o papel atual da maçonaria na política Portuguesa é muito pouco claro, não porque não esteja presente, mas porque a cobertura mediática dos assuntos relacionados com a maçonaria mistura acontecimentos reais, com teorias da conspiração, ideias fantasiosas e uma geral falta de conhecimento sobre a prática e ideias maçónicas. Este artigo procura dar uma breve visão do impacto político da maçonaria na história de Portugal e também examinar como esta influência política é representada hoje em Portugal.
Toxicity Studies of Ametryne to Land and Aquatic Organisms
Authors: Régo Ana Paula Justiniano , Bidoia Ederio Dino , Reganhan-Coneglian Cassiana Maria
Published: December 2017

The ametryne herbicide is largely used on sugar cane plantation in Brazil. It is persistent in the environment and can be found in bodies of water, impacting the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Generally, in crops are applied mixtures of herbicides in order to obtain a higher success in combating weeds. This study evaluated the toxicity only of ametryne herbicide, without mixture with other herbicides, in order to quantify only the degree of dangerousness. This work evaluated the toxicity of ametryne to one aquatic test organism (Daphnia similis) and two land test organism (Eruca sativa and Lactuca sativa). Immobility of D. similis was evaluated in the presence of ametryne. Influences of ametryne on seed germination and root growth of E. sativa and L. sativa were evaluated. Even at low concentrations (5.00 mg/L), ametryne caused toxic effects on the mobility of D. similis, and 0.25 g/L caused toxic effects on the seeds. Root growth and the percentage of inhibition showed greater sensitivity to ametryne compared with seed germination. Thus, ametryne resulted in toxic effects to the analyzed organisms, which may bring damage to both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Employee’s Motivation in Rural Local Governments in Tanzania: Empirical Evidence from Morogoro District Council
Authors: Njunwa Kelvin M.
Published: December 2017

Human resources apart from other resources in an organization are the most valuable resource for effective organizational performance. Organization either public or private is highly depends on employee’s performance and commitment towards achieving organizational goals. Employee’s commitment is associated with employee’s motivation at workplace and depends highly on how management treats employees. The purpose of this paper was to analyze employee’s motivation in rural Local Government Authorities (LGAs) in Tanzania. The case study design was employed in which Morogoro District Council (MDC) was randomly selected as a study case. The sample size of the study was 55 employees from management, middle and lower levels. The methods of data collection used includes, Interview and self-administered questionnaires and observations. Data collected was analyzed through Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS).  The study revealed that employees in local governments are not motivated in both financial and non financial aspects. Employees are dissatisfied with low salaries, lack of promotion and career development, poor training program, working environment, poor communication, unfair treatments and political interferences. The study recommends for the central government to improve salaries to employees, ensure fair promotion based on merits, invest in employee training and development, secure low rates loans, improve communication and relations between management and employees as well as to minimize political interference to local government employees by elected officials.
Factors Affecting the Implementation of Good Corporate Governance in Control of Operation and Finance
Authors: Sugiyanto Hadi , Assagaf Aminullah
Published: December 2017

This study aims to examine the effect of independent variables of inflation rate (X1Inf), install capacity consumer consumptive (X2ICKs), and install capacity productive consumer groups (X3ICPr) to the dependent variable of GCG implementation in controlling efficiency of operating and financial (YGCGEf), to prove the hypothesis, this research used linear regression model and its calculation using SPSS software. The result of this study found that the inflation rate variable (X1Inf) has a positive effect and does not affect the dependent variable of GCG implementation in controlling the operation and financial efficiency (YGCGEf). While the variable Instal capacity consumer consumptive group (X2ICKs) and install capacity consumer productive group (X3ICPr) significant effect on the dependent variable GCG implementation in control of operating and financial efficiency (YGCGEf). The X2ICKs variable has a negative effect and X3ICPr has a positive effect on the dependent variable of GCG implementation in controlling the efficiency of operation and financial (YGCGEf). This research recommends that management policy of PT. PLN (Persero) prioritize variable X2ICKs and X3ICPr, because both of these variables are significant so that significant effect on the dependent variable of GCG implementation in controlling the efficiency of operating and financial (YGCGEf).
Conceptualizing Noongar Song
Authors: Bracknell Clint
Published: December 2017

As of 2011, an estimated 669,900 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accounted for 3 per cent of Australia's total population (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015). Of that population, over 30,000 people from a uniquely large urban/rural area in the southwest of Western Australia—including the author of this article—identify as Noongar (also spelled Nyungar). This makes Noongar one of the largest Aboriginal cultural groups in Australia (SWALSC 2009; see figure 1); and yet, the Noongar language is critically endangered, with just 369 speakers acknowledged in the 2011 Australian census (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015). Noongar language is not unique in this regard; the most recent National Indigenous Languages Survey indicates that only “around 120” of more than two hundred Aboriginal languages are still spoken and that “about 13 can be considered strong” (Marmion, Obata, and Troy 2014:xii). Music traditions, often strongly tied to language, are disappearing too: approximately 98 per cent of Aboriginal musical traditions have been lost since colonization (Corn 2012:240). As is the case with most of Aboriginal Australia, traditional Noongar music is primarily vocal, featuring lyrics in the Noongar language. This implies an inextricable link between Noongar language and Noongar song traditions, a co-dependency that is critical for the vitality of both.
Liminal Utterances and Shapes of Sadness: Local and Acoustic Perspectives on Vocal Production among the Yezidis of Armenia
Authors: De La Bretèque Estelle Amy , Doval Boris , Feugère Lionel , Moreau-Gaudry Louis
Published: December 2017

The Yezidis are a Kurmanji-speaking (northern Kurdish) religious minority living scattered across northern Iraq, Syria, the Caucasus (Armenia and Georgia), and western Europe. Among the Yezidis of Armenia, “speech” (axavtin), “song” (stran; pl. stranen), and “words about” (kilamě ser, pl. kilamen ser) constitute the three main categories of vocal production. This article is a detailed exploration of the acoustic characteristics of these categories of vocal production with a special focus on “words about.” At first sight, one may question whether “words about” (kilamě ser) actually amounts to a separate vocal category. These words lack any name that would set them clearly apart from axavtin (speech), which is clearly also made up of “words” (kilamen). Furthermore, the Yezidis never refer to an abstract category of “words about” but only to “words about” something: “words about the dead” (kilamen ser mirya), “words about exile” (kilamen ser xerîbîě), “words about the hero” (kilamen ser měranîě), and so forth. What these topics share in common is their association with tragic events and/or feelings of sadness and nostalgia; “words about” are thus lamenting utterances. When Yezidi people (especially women) say “words about” such things, they often resort to a special tone of voice. This tone may be described as a kind of chanting that combines characteristics of axavtin and stran. As with axavtin, there is neither metre, rhyme, nor steady beat. And as with stran, there are sustained pitches and an interactional salience. These differences are all addressed in more detail below.
Le Nord québécois : un plan, trois régions, neuf défis
Authors: Simard Martin
Published: December 2017

Le nord québécois est un milieu géographique complexe et relativement peu connu. L’adoption en 2011 du Plan Nord par le gouvernement du Québec a suscité un renouveau d’intérêt envers cet espace singulier, malgré les aléas du projet. Cet article vise donc à faire un tour d’horizon des grands enjeux et défis qui touchent ce territoire. Sur le plan théorique, nous proposons une voie moyenne entre l’approche traditionnelle qui favorise les interventions de l’État et celle qui prône de laisser les populations autochtones nordiques planifier et réaliser des démarches d’auto-développement. Cet exercice se fera à l’aide d’une revue de la littérature et d’une réflexion sur le rôle des politiques publiques en matière de développement social, économique et territorial. Neufs thèmes ou défis majeurs seront abordés afin de contextualiser et d’alimenter la discussion.
Les « régions carrefours » du moyen nord comme laboratoires interculturels de nordicité
Authors: Rivard Étienne , Desbiens Caroline , Basile Suzy , Guimond Laurie
Published: December 2017

Contrairement à ce que peut laisser supposer la définition du Plan Nord, la limite entre l’espace nordique et le Québec laurentien ou méridional n’a rien d’une ligne continue et invariable. Fruit d’un ensemble de critères physiques et humains connexes, cette limite tient davantage de la zone de transition dynamique que de la ligne frontière. Plusieurs régions du Québec, qu’on connaît généralement sous les vocables de « régions périphériques » ou « régions ressources », se trouvent, du moins en partie, à l’intérieur de cette zone. À notre avis, elles sont des « régions carrefours » pouvant assurer un lien concret entre le Nord et l’axe laurentien et qui permettent de mieux comprendre la place du Nord dans l’ensemble québécois et ainsi, de redéfinir la nordicité (ou le caractère nordique) de la province. L’objectif principal de cet article est de vérifier la pertinence de cette hypothèse. En prenant appui sur des entretiens semi dirigés auprès d’acteurs régionaux allochtones – enquêtes qui visaient à mesurer la place des populations autochtones dans les stratégies de développement et de partenariat au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean et en Abitibi-Témiscamingue –, nous proposons d’établir une esquisse critique des relations interethniques dans ces deux régions.
Poster introductions
Authors: Presenters Poster
Published: December 2017

Introduction of the posters in plenum, see VIDEO.
Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA: panmixia or complex stock structure?
Authors: Leone Agostino , Urso Ilenia , Damalas Dimitrios , Martinsohn Jann , Zanzi Antonella , Mariani Stefano , Sperone Emilio , Micarelli Primo , Garibaldi Fulvio , Megalofonou Persefoni , Bargelloni Luca , Franch Rafaella , Macias David , Prodöhl Paulo , Fitzpatrick Séan , Stagioni Marco , Tinti Fausto , Cariani Alessia
Published: December 2017

Background

The blue shark (Prionace glauca, Linnaeus 1758) is one of the most abundant epipelagic shark inhabiting all the oceans except the poles, including the Mediterranean Sea, but its genetic structure has not been confirmed at basin and interoceanic distances. Past tagging programs in the Atlantic Ocean failed to find evidence of migration of blue sharks between the Mediterranean and the adjacent Atlantic, despite the extreme vagility of the species. Although the high rate of by-catch in the Mediterranean basin, to date no genetic study on Mediterranean blue shark was carried out, which constitutes a significant knowledge gap, considering that this population is classified as “Critically Endangered”, unlike its open-ocean counterpart.

Methods

Blue shark phylogeography and demography in the Mediterranean Sea and North-Eastern Atlantic Ocean were inferred using two mitochondrial genes (Cytb and control region) amplified from 207 and 170 individuals respectively, collected from six localities across the Mediterranean and two from the North-Eastern Atlantic.

Results

Although no obvious pattern of geographical differentiation was apparent from the haplotype network, Φst analyses indicated significant genetic structure among four geographical groups. Demographic analyses suggest that these populations have experienced a constant population expansion in the last 0.4–0.1 million of years.

Discussion

The weak, but significant, differences in Mediterranean and adjacent North-eastern Atlantic blue sharks revealed a complex phylogeographic structure, which appears to reject the assumption of panmixia across the study area, but also supports a certain degree of population connectivity across the Strait of Gibraltar, despite the lack of evidence of migratory movements observed by tagging data. Analyses of spatial genetic structure in relation to sex-ratio and size could indicate some level of sex/stage biased migratory behaviour.
Cytochrome c oxidase barcodes for aquatic oligochaete identification: development of a Swiss reference database
Authors: Vivien Régis , Holzmann Maria , Werner Inge , Pawlowski Jan , Lafont Michel , Ferrari Benoit J.D.
Published: December 2017

Introduction

Aquatic oligochaetes represent valuable indicators of the quality of sediments of watercourses and lakes, but their difficult identification based on morphological criteria compromises their more common use for eco-diagnostic analyses. This issue could be overcome by using DNA barcodes for species identification. A 10% threshold of cytochrome c oxidase (COI) divergence was proposed for differentiating between oligochaete species based on molecular and morphological data. A Swiss database of COI sequences of aquatic oligochaetes was initiated in 2012. The aim of this study is to complement the Swiss oligochaete database of COI sequences and to confirm the relevance of this threshold for species delimitation.

Methods

We sequenced the COI sequence of 216 specimens collected in different regions of Switzerland and ITS2 region of some lineages whose delimitation with COI data was doubtful.

Results

We distinguished 53 lineages, among which 34 were new for Switzerland and 17 sequenced for the first time. All the lineages were separated by more than 10% of COI variation, with the exception of some species within Nais and Uncinais. In these two genera, the threshold was lowered to 8% to be congruent with the morphological analysis. The total number of lineages reported so far for Switzerland is 75, including 59 morphospecies or unidentified species and 16 cryptic species.

Discussion

Our study shows that the threshold of 10% of COI divergence is generally appropriate to distinguish aquatic oligochaete lineages, but that it must be adjusted for some species. The database reported here will be complemented in the future in parallel to the development of genetic oligochaete indices.
Genome-wide identification of ABA receptor PYL family and expression analysis of PYLs in response to ABA and osmotic stress in Gossypium
Authors: Zhang Gaofeng , Lu Tingting , Miao Wenwen , Sun Lirong , Tian Mi , Wang Ji , Hao Fushun
Published: December 2017

Abscisic acid (ABA) receptor pyrabactin resistance1/PYR1-like/regulatory components of ABA receptor (PYR1/PYL/RCAR) (named PYLs for simplicity) are core regulators of ABA signaling, and have been well studied in Arabidopsis and rice. However, knowledge is limited about the PYL family regarding genome organization, gene structure, phylogenesis, gene expression and protein interaction with downstream targets in Gossypium. A comprehensive analysis of the Gossypium PYL family was carried out, and 21, 20, 40 and 39 PYL genes were identified in the genomes from the diploid progenitor G. arboretum, G. raimondii and the tetraploid G. hirsutum and G. barbadense, respectively. Characterization of the physical properties, chromosomal locations, structures and phylogeny of these family members revealed that Gossypium PYLs were quite conservative among the surveyed cotton species. Segmental duplication might be the main force promoting the expansion of PYLs, and the majority of the PYLs underwent evolution under purifying selection in Gossypium. Additionally, the expression profiles of GhPYL genes were specific in tissues. Transcriptions of many GhPYL genes were inhibited by ABA treatments and induced by osmotic stress. A number of GhPYLs can interact with GhABI1A or GhABID in the presence and/or absence of ABA by the yeast-two hybrid method in cotton.
(bn) a͗ gpṯr / (Binu) Agapṯarri’s House
Authors: Olmo Lete Gregorio del
Published: December 2017

When organized into functional categories, the set of texts found in the Ugaritic archive in the “Maison du prêtre-magicien” manifests a clear raison d’être as a collection. Of the twelve main categories of texts from this deposit, the most significant serve to justify various forms of magical praxis and detail how to carry them out. Almost the entire collection of Ugaritic offering texts is found here, since all include a purification rite of the king, the responsibility of the magician priest as mḥll, whose function is stated in KTU 1.119. This fact had been ignored up to now. In addition, the main texts setting out the royal ideology were entrusted to this magician priest, thus reflecting their magical-cultic nature. Additional texts belong to the realm of scribal training, another responsibility of this public official. The adjacent library with a wide variety of Akkadian texts was of fundamental value in this latter connection.
Reliance on Scripture and Vicissitudes of Textual Practices in Madhyamaka Thought
Authors: Li Shenghai
Published: December 2017

What texts did Buddhists of South Asia and beyond read? How did they read, interpret, and use these texts? This essay focuses primarily on the first of the two questions and examines in this connection instances of citation found in the early Mūlamadhyamakakārikā commentaries and in a related Tibetan work as evidence of the uses of Buddhist texts. The collected samples indicate two major shifts in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist textual practices. The first transition occurred in the sixth and seventh centuries when Indian commentaries on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā began to cite scriptural passages with greater frequency, especially from the Mahāyāna sūtras. The example of Tsong kha pa’s Madhyamaka work represents a later trend in which Tibetan writers repeated sūtra passages previously cited in the Indian texts that were the main objects of their study and attention. What emerges here is the pivotal role played by the middle-period Indian Mādhyamikas. Writers such as Bhāviveka and Candrakīrti contributed very substantially to the collection of core scriptural citations that were deployed in the Madhyamaka texts. While some of the sūtra passages these Indian Madhyamaka authors used were circulated outside the circle of their own philosophical tradition, others appear to have been newly collected through their private reading experience.
Das Höhlenbuch: Textkritische Edition und Textgrammatik. 2 vols. Teil I: Überlieferungsgeschichte und Textgrammatik. Teil II: Textkritische Edition und Übersetzung. By Daniel A. Werning
Authors: Leprohon Ronald J.
Published: December 2017

Das Höhlenbuch: Textkritische Edition und Textgrammatik. 2 vols. Teil I: Überlieferungsgeschichte und Textgrammatik. Teil II: Textkritische Edition und Übersetzung. By Daniel A. Werning. Göttinger Orientforschungen, Ägypten, vol. 48. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 2011. Pp. xviii + 345, 13 plts., illus; xv + 543, illus. €159.
Das ägyptische Investiturritual. By Martin Bommas
Authors: Bojowald Stefan
Published: December 2017

Das ägyptische Investiturritual. By Martin Bommas. BAR International Series, vol. 2562. Oxford:

Archaeopress, 2013. Pp. xvi + 244, illus. £41 (paper).
Unbeatable Light: Melammu and Its Biblical Parallels. By Shawn Zelig Aster
Authors: Loisel Anne-Carolin Rendu
Published: December 2017

The Unbeatable Light: Melammu and Its Biblical Parallels. By Shawn Zelig Aster. Alter Orient und Altes Testament, vol. 384. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2012. Pp. xviii + 421. $114. [Distributed in North America by Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind.]
Syrien im 1.-7. Jahrhundert nach Christus. Edited by Dmitrij Bumazhnov and Hans Reinhard Seeliger
Authors: Méndez Hugo
Published: December 2017

Syrien im 1.-7. Jahrhundert nach Christus. Edited by Dmitrij Bumazhnov and Hans Reinhard Seeliger. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum, vol. 62. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011. Pp. viii + 284. €64 (paper).
Mālik and Medina: Islamic Legal Reasoning in the Formative Period. By Umar F. Abd-Allah Wymann-Landgraf
Authors: Lucas Scott C.
Published: December 2017

Mālik and Medina: Islamic Legal Reasoning in the Formative Period. By Umar F. Abd-Allah Wymann-Landgraf. Islamic History and Civilization, vol. 101. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xiv + 552. $277, €199.
Turco-Sogdian Documents from 9th–10th Century Dunhuang. By Nicholas Sims-Williams and James Hamilton. Translated by Nicholas Sims-Williams, with an appendix by Wen Xin
Authors: Raschmann Simone-Christiane
Published: December 2017

Turco-Sogdian Documents from 9th–10th Century Dunhuang. By Nicholas Sims-Williams and James Hamilton. Translated by Nicholas Sims-Williams, with an appendix by Wen Xin. Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum, pt. II, vol. III/3. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 2015. Pp. 120, 50 pl. £40.
Sanskrit Syntax: Selected Papers Presented at the Seminar on Sanskrit Syntax and Discourse Structures, 13–15 June 2013, Université Paris Diderot, with an Updated and Revised Bibliography by Hans Henrich Hock. Edited by Peter M. Scharf
Authors: Kobayashi Masato
Published: December 2017

Sanskrit Syntax: Selected Papers Presented at the Seminar on Sanskrit Syntax and Discourse Structures, 13–15 June 2013, Université Paris Diderot, with an Updated and Revised Bibliography by Hans Henrich Hock. Edited by Peter M. Scharf. Providence, RI: The Sanskrit Library, 2015. Pp. xxx + 522. $60.
Chinese Religious Art. By Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky
Authors: Murray Julia K
Published: December 2017

Chinese Religious Art. By Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2014. Pp. vi + 387, 218 figs. $110 (cloth); $44.99 (paper).
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Mesoscale Eddies in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean: Three‐Dimensional Eddy Structures and Heat/Salt Transports
Authors: Dong Di , Brandt Peter , Chang Ping , Schütte Florian , Yang Xiaofeng , Yan Jinhui , Zeng Jisheng
Published: December 2017

The region encompassing the Kuroshio Extension (KE) in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean (25°N–45°N and 130°E–180°E) is one of the most eddy‐energetic regions of the global ocean. The three‐dimensional structures and transports of mesoscale eddies in this region are comprehensively investigated by combined use of satellite data and Argo profiles. With the allocation of Argo profiles inside detected eddies, the spatial variations of structures of eddy temperature and salinity anomalies are analyzed. The results show that eddies predominantly have subsurface (near‐surface) intensified temperature and salinity anomalies south (north) of the KE jet, which is related to different background stratifications between these regions. A new method based on eddy trajectories and the inferred three‐dimensional eddy structures is proposed to estimate heat and salt transports by eddy movements in a Lagrangian framework. Spatial distributions of eddy transports are presented over the vicinity of the KE for the first time. The magnitude of eddy‐induced meridional heat (freshwater volume) transport is on the order of 0.01 PW (103 m3/s). The eddy heat transport divergence results in an oceanic heat loss south and heat gain north of the KE, thereby reinforcing and counteracting the oceanic heat loss from air‐sea fluxes south and north of the KE jet, respectively. It also suggests a poleward heat transport across the KE jet due to eddy propagation.
Kinetic analysis of the isoleucyl‐tRNA synthetase mechanism: the next reaction cycle can start before the previous one ends
Authors: Airas R. Kalervo
Published: December 2017

Aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases join correct amino acids to their cognate tRNA at the start of the protein synthesis. Through the kinetic analysis, it is possible to estimate how their functional details correspond to the known structural features. Kinetic analysis of the isoleucyl‐tRNA synthetase (IleRS) from Escherichia coli was accomplished. Sixteen different steady‐state two‐ligand experiments were statistically analysed simultaneously so that the same rate equations and same rate and dissociation constants applied to all experiments. The so‐called rapid equilibrium segments procedure was used to derive the rate equations. The final best‐fit mechanism included the normal activation and transfer steps, and reorganization of the steps between them and after the transfer step. In addition, the analysis strongly suggested an additional activation step, formation of a new isoleucyl‐AMP before the isoleucyl‐tRNA was freed from the enzyme. The removal of Ile‐tRNA was possible without the formation of Ile‐AMP if both isoleucine and ATP were bound to the E‐Ile‐tRNA complex, but this route covered only 11% of the total formation of Ile‐tRNA. In addition to the Mg2+ in MgATP or MgPPi, only two tRNA‐bound Mg2+ were required to explain the magnesium dependence in the best‐fit mechanism. The first Mg2+ could be present in all steps before the second activation and was obligatory in the first reorganizing step and transfer step. The second Mg2+ was present only at the transfer step, whereas elsewhere it prevented the reaction, including the activation reactions. Chloride inhibited the IleRS reaction, while 100 mm KCl caused 50% inhibition if the ionic strength was kept constant with K‐acetate. The (tRNA) value was increased from 0.057 to 1.37 μm when the KCl concentration was increased from 0 to 200 mm. The total rate equation helps to understand the reaction route and how the simultaneous presence of Ile‐tRNA and Ile‐AMP can cause new possibilities to proofreading mechanisms of this enzyme.

Enzyme

Isoleucyl‐tRNA synthetase (EC 6.1.1.5)
Iridium/Chiral Diene‐Catalyzed Enantioselective (3+2) Annulation of Aromatic Ketimines with 1,3‐Enynes via C−H Activation
Authors: Nagamoto Midori , Sakamoto Kana , Nishimura Takahiro
Published: December 2017

An iridium/chiral diene complex efficiently catalyzed enantioselective (3+2) annulation between 1,3‐enynes and cyclic N‐acyl ketimines generated in situ from 3‐aryl‐3‐hydroxyisoindoin‐1‐ones. The reaction gave the corresponding aminoindane derivatives in high yields with high regio‐, diastereo‐, and enantioselectivity.

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Redox Active Sodium Iodide/Recyclable Heterogeneous Solid Acid: An Efficient Dual Catalytic System for Electrochemically Oxidative α‐C−H Thiocyanation and Sulfenylation of Ketones
Authors: Liang Sen , Zeng Cheng‐Chu , Tian Hong‐Yu , Sun Bao‐Guo , Luo Xu‐Gang , Ren Fa‐zheng
Published: December 2017

An efficient electrochemically oxidative α‐C−H thiocyanation and sulfenylation of ketones has been developed in a simple undivided cell under constant current condition. The electrochemistry performs using NaI as the redox catalyst and heterogeneous solid salt Amberlyst‐15(H)® (A‐15(H)) as proton catalyst without the addition of external conductive salts. The protocol proved to be practical since the solid salt could be reused in up to five consecutive gram‐scale runs without significant decrease in efficiency. Control experiments and cyclic voltammetry analysis disclose that the reaction proceeds likely via a cascade α‐halogenation and subsequent thiocyanation or sulfenylation.

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