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Soviet Critical Design
Authors: Cubbin Tom
Published: April 2019

Soviet Critical Design is the first monograph to explore the socialist design practice of ‘artistic projecteering’, which was developed by the USSR’s Senezh Experimental Studio in the 1960s.

Tom Cubbin first examines the studio as a site for the development of the design discipline in the optimistic environment of the Soviet Thaw of the 1960s. He then explores how designers adapted to new realities of the Soviet Union of the 1970s and 80s. Over two decades, designers at the studio worked on critical projects that highlighted how the Soviet state’s treatment of citizens, urban heritage and the environment was manifest in daily life.

Drawing on previously unpublished visual material from private archives and also extensive interviews, this book presents a new history of the late socialist period in the USSR, which gives insight into the creative strategies of designers who engaged their practice as a contribution to broader discussions on alternative models for socialist existence. Overall, it argues that artistic projecteering must be read as a utopian activity which privileged the political and ideological over the functional.
The Power and Influence of Illustration
Authors: Male Alan
Published: April 2019

Delving into the rationale behind influential communication, The Power and Influence of Illustration helps you understand how to work with a message to create convincing illustrations for your audience.

Alan Male explains how illustrative imagery can lampoon, shock, insult, threaten, subvert, ridicule, express discontent and proclaim political and religious allegiance. He explores how its tools have been used in the past, and looks at how contemporary illustrators can use their own work to persuade – and discusses where the line between persuasion and propaganda lies. These issues are explored using hundreds of full colour images from international artists, both contemporary and historical.
Writing For the Design Mind
Authors: Ilyin Natalia
Published: April 2019

“Becoming a designer takes a huge amount of time and education. With so many skills to learn, many people never get the chance to master the one skill that can give them a real advantage in business or academia: They never learn to write well.”

In Writing for the Design Mind author, designer and educator Natalia Ilyin offers clear, concise, and humorous writing tips, techniques and strategies to people who have spent their lives mastering design rather than learning to write.

Ilyin's book helps designers approach writing in the same ways they approach designing – teaching skills and methods through encouragement, practical exercises and visual advice.

Writing well is a skill, like any other, and with this book you can learn to do it with confidence.
Designing for Society
Authors: Tromp Nynke , Hekkert Paul
Published: April 2019

Our globalized world is encountering problems on an unprecedented scale. Many of the issues we face as societies extend beyond the borders of our nations. Phenomena such as terrorism, climate change, immigration, cybercrime and poverty can no longer be understood without considering the complex socio-technical systems that support our way of living. It is widely acknowledged that to contend with any of the pressing issues of our time, we have to substantially adapt our lifestyles. To adequately counteract the problems of our time, we need interventions that help us actually adopt the behaviours that lead us toward a more sustainable and ethically just future.

In Designing for Society, Paul Hekkert and Nynke Tromp provide a hands-on tool for design professionals and students who wish to use design to counteract social issues. Viewing the artefact as a unique means of facilitating behavioural change to realise social impact, this book goes beyond the current trend of applying design thinking to enhancing public services, and beyond the idea of the designer as a facilitator of localized social change.
Modern Asian Design
Authors: Huppatz D. J.
Published: April 2019

Modern Asian Design provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of Asian design in the modern period, both tracing historical threads and offering a theoretical framework within which to chart the history of design in Asia.

Rather than a singular “Asian history”, this book presents a series of studies centred on trade routes, colonial relationships, regional networks and cross-cultural exchanges. Modern Asian Design builds on existing resources beyond design history in an effort to map the field, focusing particularly on relations between Asia and the West and also across Asian design cultures.

Opening with a brief overview of trade and exchange networks in the 17th and 18th centuries, the bulk of this study comprises analysis of the development of modern design in Asia during the later 19th and early 20th centuries, a period of rapid modernisation. The book’s final two chapters bring these central ideas into a contemporary and highly relevant context.
Large contribution of meteorological factors to inter-decadal changes in regional aerosol optical depth
Authors: Che Huizheng , Gui Ke , Xia Xiangao , Wang Yaqiang , Holben Brent N. , Goloub Philippe , Cuevas-Agulló Emilio , Wang Hong , Zheng Yu , Zhao Hujia , Zhang Xiaoye
Published: April 2019

Abstract. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) has become a crucial metric for assessing global climate change. Although global and regional AOD trends have been studied extensively, it remains unclear what factors are driving the inter-decadal variations in regional AOD and how to quantify the relative contribution of each dominant factor. This study used a long-term (1980–2016) aerosol dataset from the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2) reanalysis, along with two satellite-based AOD datasets (MODIS/Terra and MISR) from 2001 to 2016, to investigate the long-term trends in global and regional aerosol loading. Statistical models based on emission factors and meteorological parameters were developed to identify the main factors driving the inter-decadal changes of regional AOD and to quantify their contribution. Evaluation of the MERRA-2 AOD with the combined in-situ measurements of AERONET and the China Aerosol Remote Sensing Network indicated significant spatial agreement on the global scale (r = 0.84, RMSE = 0.14, and MAE = 0.07). In general, MERRA-2 was able to quantitatively reproduce the annual and seasonal AOD trends on both regional and global scales, as observed by MODIS/Terra, albeit some differences were found when compared to MISR. Over the 37-year period in this study, significant decreasing trends were observed over Europe and the eastern United States. In contrast, eastern China and South Asia showed AOD increases, but the increasing trend of the former reversed sharply in the most recent decade. The statistical analyses suggested that the meteorological parameters explained a larger proportion of the AOD variability (20.4 %–72.8 %) over almost all regions of interest (ROIs) during 1980–2014 when compared with emission factors (0 %–56 %). Further analysis also showed that SO2 was the dominant emission factor, explaining 12.7 %–32.6 % of the variation in AOD over anthropogenic aerosol–dominant regions, while BC or OC was the leading factor over the biomass burning–dominant (BBD) regions, contributing 24.0 %–27.7 % of the variation. Additionally, wind speed was found to be the leading meteorological parameter, explaining 11.8 %–30.3 % of the variance over the mineral dust–dominant regions, while ambient humidity (including soil moisture and relative humidity) was the top meteorological parameter over the BBD regions, accounting for 11.7 %–35.5 % of the variation. The results of this study indicate that the variation in meteorological parameters is a key factor in determining the inter-decadal change in regional AOD.
Bayesian atmospheric tomography for detection and quantification of methane emissions: Application to data from the 2015 Ginninderra release experiment
Authors: Cartwright Laura , Zammit-Mangion Andrew , Bhatia Sangeeta , Schroder Ivan , Phillips Frances , Coates Trevor , Neghandhi Karita , Naylor Travis , Kennedy Martin , Zegelin Steve , Wokker Nick , Deutscher Nicholas M. , Feitz Andrew
Published: April 2019

Abstract. Detection and quantification of greenhouse-gas emissions is important for both compliance and environment conservation. However, despite several decades of active research, it remains predominantly an open problem, largely due to model errors and misspecifications that appear at each stage of the inversion processing chain. In 2015, a controlled-release experiment headed by Geoscience Australia was carried out at the Ginninderra Controlled Release Facility, and a variety of instruments and methods were employed for quantifying the release rates of methane and carbon dioxide from a point source. This paper proposes a fully Bayesian approach to atmospheric tomography for inferring the methane emission rate of this point source using data collected during the experiment from both point- and path-sampling instruments. The Bayesian framework is designed to account for uncertainty in the parametrisations of measurements, the meteorological data, and the atmospheric model itself when doing inversion using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). We apply our framework to all instrument groups using measurements from two release-rate periods. We show that the inversion framework is robust to instrument type and meteorological conditions. The worst median emission-rate estimate we obtain from all the inversions is within 36 % of the true value, while the worst posterior 95 % credible interval has a limit within 11 % of the true value.
Retrieval of atmospheric CH4 vertical information from TCCON
FTIR spectra
Authors: Zhou Minqiang , Langerock Bavo , Sha Mahesh Kumar , Kumps Nicolas , Hermans Christian , Petri Christof , Warneke Thorsten , Chen Huilin , Metzger Jean-Marc , Kivi Rigel , Heikkinen Pauli , Ramonet Michel , De Mazière Martine
Published: April 2019

Abstract. TCCON (Total Carbon Column Observing Network) column-averaged dry air mole fraction of CH4 (XCH4) measurements have been widely used to validate satellite observations and to estimate model simulations. The GGG2014 code is the standard TCCON retrieval software performing a profile scaling retrieval. In order to obtain several vertical information in addition to total column, in this study, the SFIT4 retrieval code is applied to retrieve CH4 mole fraction vertical profile using TCCON spectra (SFIT4TCCON) at six sites (Ny-Ålesund, Sodankylä, Bialystok, Bremen, Orléans and St Denis) during the time period of 2016−2017. The retrieval strategy of SFIT4TCCON is investigated. The degree of freedom for signal of the SFIT4TCCON retrieval is about 2.4, with two distinct species of information in the troposphere and in the stratosphere. The averaging kernel and error budget of the SFIT4TCCON retrieval are presented. The data accuracy and precision of the SFIT4TCCON retrievals, including the total column and two partial columns (in the troposphere and stratosphere), are estimated by TCCON standard retrievals, ground-based in situ measurements, ACE-FTS satellite observations, TCCON proxy data and AirCore measurements. By comparison against TCCON standard retrievals, it is found that the retrieval uncertainty of SFIT4TCCON XCH4 is similar to that of TCCON standard retrievals with the systematic uncertainty within 0.35 % and the random uncertainty about 0.5 %. The tropospheric and stratospheric XCH4 from SFIT4TCCON retrievals are assessed by comparing with AirCore measurements at Sodankylä, and there is a 1.2 % overestimation in the SFIT4TCCON tropospheric XCH4 and a 4.0 % underestimation in the SFIT4TCCON stratospheric XCH4, which are within the systematic uncertainties of SFIT4TCCON retrieved partial columns in the troposphere and stratosphere, respectively.
The ratio of methanogens to methanotrophs and water-level dynamics drive methane exchange velocity in a temperate kettle-hole peat bog
Authors: Rey-Sanchez Camilo , Bohrer Gil , Slater Julie , Li Yueh-Fen , Grau-Andrés Roger , Hao Yushan , Rich Virginia I. , Davies G. Matt
Published: April 2019

Abstract. Peatlands are a large source of methane (CH4) to the atmosphere, yet the uncertainty around the estimates of CH4 flux from peatlands is large. To better understand the spatial heterogeneity in temperate peatland CH4 emissions and their response to physical and biological drivers, we studied CH4 dynamics throughout the growing seasons of 2017 and 2018 in Flatiron Lake Bog, a kettle-hole peat bog in Ohio. The site is composed of six different hydro-biological zones: an open water zone, four concentric vegetation zones surrounding the open water, and a restored zone connected to the main bog by a narrow channel. At each of these locations, we monitored water level (WL), CH4 pore-water concentration at different peat depths, CH4 fluxes from the ground and from representative plant species using chambers, and microbial community composition with focus here on known methanogens and methanotrophs. Integrated CH4 emissions for the growing season were estimated as 315.4 ± 166 mg CH4 m−2 d−1 in 2017, and 362.3 ± 687 mg CH4 m−2 d−1 in 2018. Median CH4 emission was highest in the open water, then decreased and became more variable through the concentric vegetation zones as the WL dropped, with extreme emission hotspots observed in the Tamarack mixed woodlands (TMW), and low emissions in the restored zone (18.8–30.3 mg CH4 m−2 d−1). Generally, CH4 flux from above-ground vegetation was negligible compared to ground flux (
Carbon isotopes and Pa / Th response to forced circulation changes: a model perspective
Authors: Missiaen Lise , Bouttes Nathaelle , Roche Didier M. , Dutay Jean-Claude , Quiquet Aurélien , Waelbroeck Claire , Pichat Sylvain , Peterschmitt Jean-Yves
Published: April 2019

Abstract. Understanding the ocean circulation changes associated with last glacial abrupt climate events is key to better assess climate variability and understand its different natural modes. Sedimentary Pa / Th, benthic δ13C and Δ14C are common proxies used to reconstruct past circulation flow rate and ventilation. To overcome the limitations of each proxy taken separately, a better approach is to produce multi-proxy measurements on a single sediment core. Yet, different proxies can provide conflicting information about past ocean circulation. Thus, modelling them in a consistent physical framework has become necessary to assess the geographical pattern, the timing and sequence of the multi-proxy response to abrupt circulation changes. We have implemented a representation of the 231Pa and 230Th tracers into the model of intermediate complexity iLOVECLIM, which already included δ13C and Δ14C. We have further evaluated the response of these three ocean circulation proxies to a classical abrupt circulation reduction obtained by freshwater addition in the Nordic seas under preindustrial boundary conditions. Without a priori guess, the proxy response is shown to cluster in modes that resemble the modern Atlantic water masses. The clearest and most coherent response is obtained in the deep (> 2,000 m) Northwest Atlantic, where δ13C and Δ14C significantly decrease while Pa / Th increases. This is consistent with observational data across millennial scale events of the last glacial. Interestingly, while in marine records, except in rare instances, the phase relationship between these proxies remains unclear due to large dating uncertainties, in the model the bottom water carbon isotopes (δ13C and Δ14C) response lags the sedimentary Pa / Th response by a few hundred years.
Data set of submerged sand deposits organised in an interoperable spatial data infrastructure (Western Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea)
Authors: Brambilla Walter , Conforti Alessandro , Simeone Simone , Carrara Paola , Lanucara Simone , De Falco Giovanni
Published: April 2019

Abstract. The expected global sea level rise by the year 2100 will determine adaptation
of the whole coastal system and the land retreat of the shoreline. Future
scenarios coupled with the improvement of mining technologies will favour
increased exploitation of sand deposits for nourishment, especially for urban
beaches and sandy coasts with lowlands behind them. The objective of the work
is to provide useful tools to support planning in the management of sand
deposits located on the continental shelf of Western Sardinia (western
Mediterranean Sea). The work has been realised through the integration of
data and information collected during several projects. Available data
consist of morpho-bathymetric data (multibeam) associated with morphoacoustic
(backscatter) data, collected in the depth range −25 to −700 m.
Extensive coverage of high-resolution seismic profiles (Chirp 3.5 kHz) has
been acquired along the continental shelf. Also, surface sediment samples
(Van Veen grab and box corer) and vibrocorers have been collected.
These data allow mapping of the submerged sand deposits with the
determination of their thickness and volume and their sedimentological
characteristics. Furthermore, it is possible to map the seabed
geomorphological features of the continental shelf of Western Sardinia. All
the available data (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.895430) have been integrated and
organised in a geodatabase implemented through a GIS and the software suite
Geoinformation Enabling ToolkIT StarterKit®
(GET-IT), developed by researchers of the Italian National Research Council
for RITMARE project. GET-IT facilitates the creation of distributed nodes of
an interoperable spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and enables unskilled
researchers from various scientific domains to create their own Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard services for distributing geospatial
data, observations and metadata of sensors and data sets. Data distribution through standard services follows the guidelines of the
European Directive INSPIRE (DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC); in particular, standard
metadata describe each map level, containing identifiers such as data type,
origin, property, quality, processing processes to foster data searching and
quality assessment.
Spatial and temporal variation in river corridor exchange across a 5th order mountain stream network
Authors: Ward Adam S. , Wondzell Steven M. , Schmadel Noah M. , Herzog Skuyler , Zarnetske Jay P. , Baranov Viktor , Blaen Phillip J. , Brekenfeld Nicolai , Chu Rosalie , Derelle Romain , Drummond Jennifer , Fleckenstein Jan , Garayburu-Caruso Vanessa , Graham Emily , Hannah David , Harman Ciaran , Hixson Jase , Knapp Julia L. A. , Krause Stefan , Kurz Marie J. , Lewendowski Jörg , Li Angang , Marti Eugenia , Miller Melinda , Milner Alexander M. , Neil Kerry , Orsini Luisa , Packman Aaron I. , Plont Stephen , Renteria Lupita , Roche Kevin , Royer Todd , Segura Catalina , Stegen James , Toyoda Jason , Hager Jacqueline , Wisnoski Nathan I.
Published: April 2019

Abstract. Although most field and modeling studies of river corridor exchange have been conducted a scales ranging from 10’s to 100’s of meters; results of these studies are used to predict their ecological and hydrological influences at the scale of river networks. Further complicating prediction, exchange are expected to vary with hydrologic forcing and the local geomorphic setting. While we desire predictive power, we lack a complete spatiotemporal relationship relating discharge to the variation in geologic setting and hydrologic forcing that are expected across a river basin. Indeed, Wondzell’s [2011] conceptual model predicts systematic variation in river corridor exchange as a function of (1) variation in discharge over time at a fixed location, (2) variation in discharge with location in the river network, and (3) local geomorphic setting. To test this conceptual model we conducted more than 60 solute tracer studies collected in a synoptic campaign in the 5th order river network of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest (Oregon, USA). We interpret the data using a series of metrics describing river corridor exchange and solute transport, testing for consistent direction and magnitude of relationships relating these metrics to discharge and local geomorphic setting. We confirmed systematic decrease in river corridor exchange space through the river networks, from headwaters to the larger mainstem. However, we did not find systematic variation with changes in discharge through time, nor with local geomorphic setting. While interpretation of our results are complicated by problems with the analytical methods, they are sufficiently robust for us to conclude that space-for-time and time-for-space substitutions are not appropriate in our study system. Finally, we suggest two strategies that will improve the interpretability of tracer test results and help the hyporheic community develop robust data sets that will enable comparisons across multiple sites and/or discharge conditions.
WHAT-IF: an open-source decision support tool for water
infrastructure investment planning within the Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus
Authors: Payet-Burin Raphaël , Kromann Mikkel , Pereira-Cardenal Silvio , Strzepek Kenneth , Bauer-Gottwein Peter
Published: April 2019

Abstract. Water infrastructure investment planning must consider the interdependencies within the water-energy-food nexus. Moreover, uncertain future climate, evolving socio-economic context, and stakeholders with conflicting interests, lead to a highly complex decision problem. Therefore, there is a need for decision support tools to objectively determine the value of investments, considering the impacts on different groups of actors, and the risks linked to uncertainties. We present a new open-source hydroeconomic optimization model, linking in a holistic framework, representations of the water, agriculture, and power systems. The model represents the joint development of nexus-related infrastructure and policies and evaluates their economic impact, as well as the risks linked to uncertainties in future climate and socio-economic development. We apply the methodology in the Zambezi River Basin, a major African basin shared by eight countries, in which multiple investment opportunities exist, including new hydropower plants, new or resized reservoirs, development of irrigation agriculture, and investments into the power grid. We show that the linkage of the different systems is crucial to evaluate impacts of climate change and socio-economic development, which will ultimately influence investment decisions. We find that climate change could induce economic losses up to 2.3 billion dollars per year on the current system. We show that the value of the hydropower development plan is sensitive to future fuel prices, carbon pricing policies, the capital cost of solar technologies, and climate change. Similarly, we show that the value of the irrigation development plan is sensitive to the evolution of crop yields, world market crop prices and climate change. Finally, we evaluate the opportunity costs of restoring the natural floods in the Zambezi delta; we find limited economic trade-offs under the current climate, but potentially major trade-offs with irrigation and hydropower generation under climate change.
Landslides distribution at tributaries with different evolution stages in Jiangjia Gully, southwestern China
Authors: Tian Xia Fei , Li Yong , Tian Quan Yan , Su Feng Huan
Published: April 2019

Abstract. Jiangjia Gully (JJG) is known for its high frequency and variety of debris flows, especially the intermittent surges of various flow regimes and materials. Observation indicates that the surges come from various tributaries with different landslides activities. In this study, 81 tributaries of JJG are taken from DEM with 10 m grid cells, and the hypsometric curves are used to characterize their evolution stages; five stages are identified by the evolution index (EI, the integral of the hypsometric curves) and most tributaries are in relative youth stage with EI between 0.5 and 0.6. Then 908 landslides are interpreted from Quickbird satellite image of 0.61 m resolution, and it is found that LD (LD = landslides number in a tributary/the tributary area) increases exponentially with EI, while LAp (LAp = landslides area in a tributary/the tributary area) fluctuates with EI, meaning that landslides are inclined to occur in tributaries with EI between 0.5 and 0.6, and thus these tributaries are the main material sources supplying for debris flows.
Assessment of the 1783 Scilla landslide-tsunami effects on Calabria
and Sicily coasts through numerical modeling
Authors: Zaniboni Filippo , Pagnoni Gianluca , Gallotti Glauco , Paparo Maria Ausilia , Armigliato Alberto , Tinti Stefano
Published: April 2019

Abstract. The 1783 Scilla tsunami, induced by a coastal landslide occurring during an intense seismic sequence in Calabria (South Italy), was one of the most lethal ever observed in Italy. It caused more than 1500 fatalities, most of which on the 10 beach close to the town where people gathered to escape earthquake shaking. In this paper, complementing a previous work (Zaniboni et al., 2016) focusing on the very local tsunami effects in the town of Scilla, we study the tsunami impact on the Calabria and Sicily coasts out of Scilla. To this purpose we take into account the same landslide geometry considered in the previous study and perform three tsunami simulations, one embracing a larger region with a 50-m computational grid, and two covering the specific area of Capo Peloro, in Sicily, facing Scilla on the western side of the Messina Straits, with even 15 higher resolution (10 m mesh). Numerical results show a very good agreement with the historical observations in Capo Peloro. Moreover, the resulting global tsunami inundation pattern provides a useful hint for tsunami hazard assessment in the Messina Straits area, which is known to be one of the most exposed to tsunami threat in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea.
Needs Assessment of Saudi University EFL Teaching Assistants
Authors: Freihat Nasser M. , Alshowaier Rana A.
Published: April 2019

This study aims at investigating Saudi university English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching assistants’ linguistic, pedagogic and technological needs. The sample of the study involves (52) female and (32) male teaching assistants all working in the department of English language and literature at Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) in the second semester of the academic year 2016-2017. The study employed a questionnaire to answer the research questions. The results demonstrated that Saudi teaching assistants are in dire need to improve their competences. Based on their responses, technological competence ranks as the most needed skill which indicates that they were willing to implement Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in their classroom. The study also showed that linguistic competence was the second most needed competence while the pedagogic competence is the third most needed skill to be mastered. Saudi teaching assistants need systematic assessment of the linguistic, pedagogic and technological competences as the core criteria for success in the teaching process.
The Employee Engagement Framework: High Impact Drivers and Outcomes
Authors: Shahid Amena
Published: April 2019

For the prior two decades, employee engagement has been a subject of interest both in academic research and among managers. Organizations have invested vital resources in promoting employee engagement since employee engagement is identified as a critical driver of organizational performance. Engagement adds distinctly to an organization’s performance, driving to gains in quality, customer satisfaction, and long-term monetary results. In a world that is evolving both regarding the global essence of work and the diversity of the employees, engaged employees may be a core of an ambitious resource. Companies promoting employee engagement will achieve organizational goals effectively. Several employees look for settings where they can be engaged and know that they are participating positively. The paper presents the employee engagement framework enabling organizations to understand how engagement may differ by employee or group and recognize the key drivers that impact engagement at the workplace.
A Diagnostic Test for the ‘Dutch Disease’ in the U.S.A using the ARDL Bounds Testing Technique
Authors: Addey Kwame Asiam
Published: April 2019

This study examines the impact of the most recent oil boom on North Dakota’s agricultural sector. I employ the autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) model to examine short and long run relationships among four labor competing sectors. The model produces an optimal lag order of ARDL (6,6,6,5). Results reveal an 80% speed of adjustment coefficient. This implies that about 80% of any disequilibrium caused by a shock to the economy can be corrected within a quarter of a year. The oil sector has a negative and positive impact on the agricultural and construction sectors respectively but no significant impact on the manufacturing sector. The impulse response function (IRF) from an orthogonalized structural vector autoregression (SVAR) matrix system revealed no deviation from the boom period equilibrium agricultural GDP. Structural spending policies are recommended to curb the negative effects of another oil boom on labor competing sectors. The introduction of an agricultural wage transfer tax will also be helpful in the event of another oil boom.
Distance Communication of the Lecturer and Students in the Higher Education
Authors: Yavich Roman , Gerkerova Alexandra
Published: April 2019

The article suggests an information-pedagogical model of a teacher-student interaction via telecommunication means. The necessity of information technologies implementation into the educational process is determined by the changing role of the teacher in today’s education. The suggested model may help to develop the theoretical grounds for comprehensive management of students’ educational activity distantly, the model may be also used for the work with the students who take full-time course.
The Effect of the Profitability on the Valuation Models: Evidence from Italian Acquisitions
Authors: Marinoni Marco Angelo , Fellegara Anna Maria
Published: April 2019

The aim of this study is to analyse the behaviour of the book-to-market index, B/MV, on a sample of Italian listed companies that completed a M&A operation in the span 2008-2016, the decade of the economic-financial crisis. Moreover the authors' interest in investigating the relationship between the market index and the income and non-earnings performance index. The study has verified whether the listed Italian companies sampled have book-to-market indices in line with corporate performance in terms of profitability, and therefore of general economic, patrimonial and financial equilibrium. The intention is to consider if the market manages to "capitalise" corporate trends regularly and with what intensity. The hypothesis concerns the possibility that the B/MV may be more affected by financial market externalities than by the specific economic and financial outlook in terms of market capitalisation. The profound geopolitical and macroeconomic changes of the last few decades and the consequent multiple corporate crises, have undoubtedly called into question the validity and reliability of certain valuation assumptions.
Contemporary threats related to content processing in the cyberspace
Authors: Szydłowski Dariusz , Martyniak Kamil
Published: April 2019

The Internet, as a social medium has a wide spectrum of applications. In general, the cyberspace serves as a provider of services, a commercial platform and the arena of social networking. On one hand, the Internet offers unlimited possibilities with respect to the access to all sources of information but, on the other hand, it can generate a series of threats to the established social and legal order. The threats may pertain to systems, data security, computer programs, users' privacy and intellectual property. Although the problem is important socially as well as politically, until recently the Polish literature on the subject did not address the issue of counteracting and punishing offences related to electronic data processing widely enough. The motivation behind this paper was recent social discourse on the free flow of information on the Internet and the multiplicity of controversies accompanying this topic.
Burka Songs 2.0
Authors: Nilsson Per-Erik ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: April 2019

This article analyzes a minor event in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden that rose from being a local scandal to become a national mediatized political affair. It is argued that local articulations of the discourse on Islamic terrorism function as a way of regulating access to the public sphere by the politics of extremization, i.e., the performative identification of certain Muslim subjects as threats to the established order by their very presence in the public sphere. It is also argued that the polarization of political debate brought about by the mediatization of politics, coupled with the dichotomous logic of the discourse on Islamic terrorism, poses serious challenges to any sound and deliberate political debate.
Diversity Is Not Enough
Authors: Jacquart Melissa , Scott Rebecca , Hermberg Kevin , Bloch-Schulman Stephen ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: April 2019

In philosophy, much attention has rightly been paid to the need to diversify teaching with regard to who teaches, who is taught, and which authors and questions are the focus of study. Less attention, however, has been paid to inclusive pedagogy—the teaching methods that are used, and how they can make or fail to make classes as accessible as possible to the diverse students who enter them. By drawing on experiences from our own teaching as well as research on student-centered, inclusive best practices, we advocate for five principles of inclusive pedagogy: fostering a growth mindset, examining inclusive conceptions of authority, promoting transparency, encouraging flexibility, and, finally, continually promoting self-reflection for both students and teachers.
Campydoroides manautei gen. et sp. nov. from New Caledonia and a reappraisal of the suborder Campydorina (Nematoda)
Authors: Holovachov Oleksandr
Published: April 2019

The new genus and species Campydoroides manautei Holovachov gen. et sp. nov. is placed in the suborder Campydorina and is characterised by a transversely striated cuticle without lateral alae, body pores or epidermal glands; somatic sensilla only on pharyngeal region and on tail; a truncate labial region with papilliform inner labial, outer labial and cephalic sensilla; a stirrup-shaped amphid with transverse slit-like opening; a conoid stoma with strongly cuticularised walls and large protrusible dorsal tooth; a cylindrical pharynx with distinct basal bulb but without valves; a large ovoid cardia; didelphic, amphidelphic female gonads with antidromously reflexed ovaries and without spermatheca; a transverse vulva; a straight vagina without pars refringens vaginae or epiptygmata; an elongate tail with caudal glands and spinneret. The new genus is similar to the genera Campydora Cobb, 1920 and Udonchus Cobb, 1913 in having papilliform labial and cephalic sensilla, a stirrup-shaped amphid with a transverse slit-like opening, a stoma with a well-developed protrusible dorsal tooth, and a muscular pharynx with a strongly developed basal bulb, but can be easily separated from both in details of a stoma morphology. The systematics of the suborder Campydorina is revised. Halirhabdolaimus Siddiqi, 2012 is synonymised with Syringolaimus de Man, 1888.
Peer review sobre os estudos dos teores foliares de nutrientes em Bertholletia excelsa Bonp
Authors: Damaceno João Batista Dias , Lobato Ana Cecília Nina , Oliveira Danielle Monteiro de
Published: April 2019

O adequado suprimento de nutrientes para a castanheira-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa Bonp.) facilita seu manejo para fins econômicos ou ecológicos. Entretanto, a carência de faixas de suficiência para os teores foliares de macronutrientes primários e secundários dificultam a interpretação da exigência nutricional da cultura. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo é caracterizar os aspectos nutricionais de Bertholletia excelsa, com base na revisão sistemática da literatura acerca dos teores foliares de macro e micronutrientes em plantas cultivadas no Brasil. O estudo é baseado em oito publicações sobre Bertholletia excelsa, que foram analisados por meio de estatística descritiva. Faixas de macro e micronutrientes foram definidas conforme a média dos teores mínimos e máximos verificados nos estudos e, os valores foram estimados em: baixos normais e altos para cada nutriente. Houve grande variação entre os valores de macronutrientes, onde o nitrogênio é acumulado em maior quantidade nas folhas de Bertholletia excelsa, sendo que, o acúmulo foliar segue a ordem: N > K > Ca > Mg > S > P. Os teores foliares de nutrientes observados na literatura são condizentes com as faixas foliares propostas neste trabalho para plantas de castanheira-do-Brasil.
Reseña de: Irijoa Cortés, Iago, Goicolea Julián, Francisco Javier, García Fernández, Ernesto (Coords.), Mercaderes y financieros vascos y riojanos en Castilla y en Europa en el tránsito de la Edad Media a la Moderna
Authors: Rivera Medina Ana María
Published: April 2019

Reseña del libro: Irijoa Cortés, Iago, Goicolea Julián, Francisco Javier, García Fernández, Ernesto (Coords.), Mercaderes y financieros vascos y riojanos en Castilla y en Europa en el tránsito de la Edad Media a la Moderna. Valladolid, Castilla Ediciones, 2018, 506 págs. ISBN: 978-84-16822-12.
Reseña de: Martín Prieto, Pablo, Las Cruzadas.
Authors: Cantera Montenegro Margarita
Published: April 2019

Martín Prieto, Pablo, Las Cruzadas. Madrid, Digital Reasons, 2019, 273 págs. ISBN: 978-84-949317-5-8.
Reseña de: Royo Pérez, Vicent, Les arrels històriques de la comarca dels Ports. Societat, poder i identitat en una terra de frontera durant la Baixa Edat Mitjana.
Authors: Donado Vara Julián
Published: April 2019

Royo Pérez, Vicent, Les arrels històriques de la comarca dels Ports. Societat, poder i identitat en una terra de frontera durant la Baixa Edat Mitjana. Benicarló. Biblioteca La Barcella Minor, nº 2. Onada Edicions, 2018. 372 págs. ISBN: 8417050620. ISBN-13: 9788417050627.
Reproductive biology of Hybopsis amblops, the Bigeye Chub, in the Flint River of Alabama
Authors: Tarver Crissy L , Stallsmith Bruce W
Published: April 2019

Background. The purpose of this study was to establish a reproductive schedule and examine reproductive traits that shape fecundity of the Bigeye Chub, Hybopsis amblops Cyprinidae, in the Flint River system of north Alabama.

Methods. Life history traits associated with reproduction, growth, and maturation were assessed. Fish collections were made monthly from August, 2013, through July, 2014.

Results. The Bigeye Chub in Alabama primarily spawns in April and May as indicated by gonadosomatic index (GSI), ovarian condition and clutch size. Average GSI values began to rise in February, peaked in April and May at over 13% for females and 1.6% for males, and showed a steep decline from May to June for both sexes. Average clutch size was highest in April at 812. Diameter of the most mature oocyte stage averaged 0.74 mm, relatively small compared to other cyprinids found in the Flint River.

Discussion. The Bigeye Chub’s relatively large clutch size as a measure of fecundity places the species intermediate between opportunistic and periodic in the trilateral life history scheme of Winemiller and Rose. The species is apparently responding to a flow regime with a defined seasonality as well as predictability of flow and resources.
Effect of Time Intervals on K-nearest Neighbors Model for Short-term Traffic Flow Prediction
Authors: Liu Zhao , Qin Xiao , Huang Wei , Zhu Xuanbing , Wei Yun , Cao Jinde , Guo Jianhua
Published: April 2019

The accuracy and reliability in predicting short-term traffic flow is important. The K-nearest neighbors (K-NN) approach has been widely used as a nonparametric model for traffic flow prediction. However, the reliability of the K-NN model results is unknown and the uncertainty of traffic flow point prediction needs to be quantified. To this end, we extended the K-NN approach by constructing the prediction interval associated with the point prediction. Recognizing the stochastic nature of traffic, time interval used to measure traffic flow rate is remarkably influential. In this paper, extensive tests have also been conducted after aggregating real traffic flow data into time intervals, ranging from 3 minutes to 30 minutes. The results show that the performance of traffic flow prediction can be improved when the time interval increases. More importantly, when the time interval is shorter than 10 minutes, K-NN can generate higher accuracy of the point prediction than the selected benchmark model. This finding suggests the K-NN model may be more appropriate for traffic flow point and interval prediction at a shorter time interval.
An Estimation of Transport Energy Demand in Turkey via Artificial Neural Networks
Authors: Çodur Muhammed Yasin , Ünal Ahmet
Published: April 2019

The transportation sector accounts for nearly 19% of total energy consumption in Turkey, where energy demand increases rapidly depending on the economic and human population growth and the increasing number of motor vehicles. Hence, the estimation of future energy demand is of great importance to design, plan and use the transportation systems more efficiently, for which a reliable quantitative estimation is of primary concern. However, the estimation of transport energy demand is a complex task, since various model parameters are interacting with each other. In this study, artificial neural networks were used to estimate the energy demand in transportation sector in Turkey. Gross domestic product, oil prices, population, vehicle-km, ton-km and passenger-km were selected as parameters by considering the data for the period from 1975 to 2016. Seven models in total were created and analyzed. The best yielding model with the parameters of oil price, population and motor vehicle-km was determined to have the lowest error and the highest R2 values. This model was selected to estimate transport energy demand for the years 2020, 2023, 2025 and 2030.
The effect of pharmacological inhibition of Serine Proteases on neuronal networks in vitro
Authors: Van De Vijver Sebastiaan , Missault Stephan , Van Soom Jeroen , Van Der Veken Pieter , Augustyns Koen , Joossens Jurgen , Dedeurwaerdere Stefanie , Giugliano Michele
Published: April 2019

Neurons are embedded in an extracellular matrix (ECM), which functions both as a scaffold and as a regulator of neuronal function. The ECM is in turn dynamically altered through the action of serine proteases, which break down its constituents. This pathway has been implicated in the regulation of synaptic plasticity and of neuronal intrinsic excitability. In this study, we determined the short-term effects of interfering with proteolytic processes in the ECM, with a newly developed serine protease inhibitor. We monitored the spontaneous electrophysiological activity of in vitro primary rat cortical cultures, using microelectrode arrays. While pharmacological inhibition at a low dosage had no significant effect, at elevated concentrations it altered significantly network synchronization and functional connectivity but left unaltered single-cell electrical properties. These results suggest that serine protease inhibition affects synaptic properties, likely through its actions on the ECM.
The TransKidsNL Study: Healthcare and Support Needs of Transgender Children, Youth, and Families on the Island of Newfoundland
Authors: Newhook Julia Temple , Benson Krista , Bridger Tracey , Crowther Colleen , Sinnott Rob
Published: April 2019

This investigation examined needs and concerns of transgender youth and their families throughout the island of Newfoundland. Twenty-four youth and 21 parents completed qualitative questionnaires. Both parent and youth participants expressed concern about general practitioners’ lack of knowledge of transgender healthcare. Trans youths’ main concerns included lack of parental support, feelings of dysphoria, the desire to be fully accepted, and safety. Parents’ main concerns included wait times for care, their child’s mental health, lack of information or guidance, safety, and depathologizing their children’s identities. The findings point to six key recommendations for healthcare providers and policymakers.
THE EFFECT OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ON THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS MEDIATED BY COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPANY
Authors: Sundiman Didi
Published: April 2019

The purpose of this study is to discuss the synergic and separate use of knowledge management and competitive intelligence in stage of strategic management process. This study presents two independent variables (knowledge management and competitive intelligence) and one dependent variable (strategic management process). 145 samples from Indonesia small businesses considered valid, thereby indicating 88.41% validity rate. The results show that the proposed variable, Knowledge management and competitive intelligence significantly influences strategic management process from the perspective of the small business in West Indonesia. This result implies a lack of mediation effect presented by the competitive intelligence. This finding clarifies the research question that knowledge management and competitive intelligence are associated with strategic management process
THE INFLUENCE OF INFLATION RATE, BI RATE, AND EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR STOCK PRICE INDEX RETURN IN THE INDONESIAN STOCK MARKET
Authors: Yunita Yunita , Robiyanto Robiyanto
Published: April 2019

The objective of this study is to find out how macroeconomic factors such as exchange rate changes, BI rate and inflation rate can affect the financial sector stock price index in IDX from 2011 until 2017. Generalize Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) is used as the analysis method in this research to find the fittest model. The results are, only exchange rate change that has significant effect to financial sector stock price index. Inflation and BI rate have no significant effect to financial sector stock price index.
Positive Effect of Mischmetal Ce/La (Cerium and Lanthanum) on High Temperature Oxidation of Ni80Cr20 Alloys
Authors: Ateba Betanda Yanick , Afrounn Amina , Bousquet Richard , Riblet Françoise
Published: April 2019

The effect of Mischmetal Ce/La on the high temperature oxidation of the heat resistant Ni80Cr20 alloys is studied in order to increase the alloys life time at high temperature. The oxidation kinetic follows the parabolic behavior for both alloys Ni80Cr20‐0 without reactive element and Ni80Cr20‐Ce/La with reactive elements Ce/La. The presence of Ce/La elements strongly decreases the oxidation kinetic. Oxide layer is found to be very adhesive on the alloy containing the reactive elements by scratch test adhesive energy measurement. These results are discussed and correlated with the oxide microstructure, mechanical properties of oxide such stress, and chemical composition of oxide layer.
Corona Poling Conditions for Barium Titanate/Epoxy Composites and their Unsteady Wind Energy Harvesting Potential
Authors: Wang Zhenjin , Narita Fumio
Published: April 2019

The objective of this paper is to design and fabricate barium titanate (BTO)/epoxy composites, investigate the effect of poling conditions on their piezoelectric properties, and obtain their unsteady energy harvesting potential. The poling condition test deals with the effect of the poling conditions on the piezoelectricity of BTO/epoxy composites. The specimens are polarized by corona poling under different conditions, and their piezoelectric coefficient d33 is measured. The distribution of the piezoelectric particles in the matrix is studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the microstructure of the particle is investigated using X‐ray diffraction (XRD). A wind harvesting test is then performed, and the output voltage is measured for the composite sheets under unsteady air flow. This study opens the way for the development of flexible energy harvesting devices.