bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Roches et minéraux du collectionneur, Hull - Maniwaki, Québec; Ottawa - Peterborough, Ontario
Authors: Sabina A P
Published: December 2016

Occurrences of minerals, rocks and fossils are described from about two hundred easily accessible localities in the Gatineau River area between Hull and Maniwaki, Quebec, and along Highway 7 from Ottawa to Peterborough, Ontario. The localities furnish a wide
variety of specimen material and some minerals and rocks suitable for lapidary purposes.

In the Gatineau district, which reached its peak of mining activity in the 1880s and l890s, there are numerous abandoned mica-apatite mines. Good specimens of these minerals and of associated silicate minerals are available from the dumps. Other nonactive mines in this region include deposits of
iron, brucite, molybdenum, feldspar, barite, zinc, asbestos, quartz and limestone. Minerals and rocks suitable for lapidary purposes can be found, for example serpentine, marble, scapolite, feldspar (peristerite, amazonite), diopside, graphic granite, but this area is not notable for its variety or
abundance of ornamental-type material. One mine, the Leduc, was exploited for gem (tourmaline). Fossils occur only in the Hull area.

Deposits in the Ottawa-Peterborough area that are currently in operation include talc, nepheline, marble, and limestone. Inactive mines are more numerous; they were worked for gold, fluorite, iron, feldspar, sulphur, arsenic, lead, copper, uranium, apatite and actinolite. The earliest gold mines in
Ontario were operated in the area north of Madoc and Kaladar, and some of the earliest iron mines were worked in the Marmora area. Nepheline, cancrinite, marble, serpentine, epidote, peristerite and graphic granite are examples of the available lapidary material. Ordovician fossils are abundant in
road- cuts and in limestone quarries near Peterborough.
Distribution, nature, and origins of the 2400 BP eruption products of Mount Meager, British Columbia: linkages between magma chemistry and eruption behaviour
Authors: Stasiuk M V , Russell J K , Hickson C J
Published: December 2016

The Bridge River Volcanic Assemblage comprises the eruptive products of a 2400 BP eruption of Mount Meager including airfall pumice, pyroclastic flows, lahars, and lava flow. There is also a unique form of welded block and ash breccia derived from collapsing
fronts of the lava flow. Rock avalanches comprising mainly blocks of Plinth Assemblage volcanic rocks are found underlying and overlying Bridge River Volcanic Assemblage deposits, but appear to be unrelated to the eruptive events. This report presents new units that were not previously recognized,
new stratigraphic relationships, and new origins for some of the deposits. Rocks of the Bridge River Volcanic Assemblage are dacitic with phenocrysts of plagioclase, orthopyroxene, amphibole, biotite and minor oxides in a glassy groundmass. Sieve-textured plagioclase is pervasive in all Bridge River
Volcanic Assemblage rock types. The presence of banded pumices suggests mingling of mafic and dacitic magma prior to eruption and perhaps represents the trigger mechanism for Recent volcanism. Pearce element ratio diagrams demonstrate that the Bridge River Volcanic Assemblage rocks record a chemical
variation that correlates with mode of eruption. Pumices from airfall deposits and pumice blocks from pyroclastic flows are richer in water and tend to be more differentiated than do the Bridge River Volcanic Assemblage lavas. These slight chemical variations correlate with a change in eruptive
style from explosive to extrusive.
Guide de l'utilisateur sur la classification des instruments de politique relatifs à l'information géospatiale
Authors:   GéoConnexions,   Hickling Arthurs Low Corporation
Published: December 2016

Preamble This guide is one in a series of Operational Policy documents being developed by GeoConnections. This guide is intended to assist Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI ) stakeholders that work with geospatial data and produce and/or use policy
instruments that impact activities related to geospatial data. The c l s s i i a t n framework described in this document is to be used in conjunction with a proper cataloguing system that will allow the inventorying and searching of policy instruments.
Nonfluoroscopic endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts at atypical locations
Authors: Rana Surinder Singh , Sharma Vishal , Sharma Ravi , Chhabra Puneet , Gupta Rajesh , Bhasin Deepak Kumar
Published: December 2016

Background: Pancreatic pseudocysts (PP) at atypical locations are a therapeutic challenge and are usually managed surgically. Objective: We evaluated safety and efficacy of nonfluoroscopic endoscopic ultrasound (NF-EUS)-guided transmural drainage in the management of PP at atypical locations. Patients and Methods: Retrospective analysis of 11 patients (all males; age range: 28–46 years) with PP at atypical locations who were treated with NF-EUS-guided transmural drainage during the last 18 months was done. Results: Four patients had intra/peri-splenic, three patients had mediastinal, three patients had intrahepatic, and one patient had renal PP. Nine patients had chronic pancreatitis whereas two patients had acute pancreatitis. Alcohol was the etiology of pancreatitis in ten patients. The size of PP ranged from 4 to 10 cm. All patients had abdominal pain, and two patients had fever whereas one patient with mediastinal PP also had dysphagia. NF-EUS-guided transmural drainage could be done successfully in all patients. 7 Fr transmural stent(s) was/were placed in six patients whereas single-time complete aspiration of PP was done in five patients. On endoscopic retrograde pancreatography, six patients had partial duct disruption whereas five patients had complete disruption. Bridging transpapillary stent (5 Fr) was placed in all patients with partial disruption. All PP healed in 10/11 (91%) patients within 2–4 weeks, and there has been no recurrence in 9 of these patients during a follow-up period of 4–18 months. One patient with splenic PP needed surgery for gastrointestinal bleed. Conclusion: PP at atypical locations can be effectively and safely treated with NF-EUS-guided transmural drainage.
Caracterização hidroambiental de nascentes
Authors: Leal Mariana Santos , Tonello Kelly Cristina , Teixeira Dias Herly Carlos , Mingoti Rafael
Published: December 2016

As nascentes consistem em um afloramento do lençol freático que dão origem aos fluxos d’água. Essas águas passam a formar a rede de drenagem. Os impactos ambientais negativos, provocados em qualquer porção da bacia podem interferir na quantidade e qualidade da água e, dependendo do impacto, formas ou alternativas diferentes de manejo deverão ser implantadas visando à melhoria do ambiente. Este trabalho teve por objetivo a caracterização das nascentes da bacia do córrego Itanguá, Capão Bonito, SP, Brasil, quanto ao tipo e estado de conservação, assim como a identificação de impactos ambientais negativos presentes. Quanto ao tipo, as nascentes foram classificadas em pontual ou difusa, e o estado de conservação obtido por meio da avaliação macroscópica foi ranqueado em ótimo, bom, razoável, ruim e péssimo. Na bacia foram identificadas 19 nascentes e, das 15 que foram visitadas, nove foram classificadas como pontuais, enquanto que seis foram difusas. Quanto ao estado de conservação, duas foram classificadas como ótimas, 12 como boas e uma como razoável. Também a partir da avaliação macroscópica foi observado que a presença de espécies exóticas, tanto animal (Sus scrofa) como vegetal (Pinus spp.), e a ausência de vegetação nativa na área de preservação permanente foram os impactos ambientais negativos mais frequentes. A metodologia empregada se mostrou eficiente como análise qualitativa visual da situação das nascentes e como fornecedoras de informação para subsidiar ações para a conservação da água na Floresta Nacional de Capão Bonito, SP, Brasil.
Water management assessment methodology for urban planning
Authors: Ulian Giovana , Cartes Ivan , Lemos Lima Maria Manuela C.
Published: December 2016

One of the biggest challenges in urban planning is to balance the use of natural resources with the need to preserve them. One of the main resources is water, which is essential to human life and activities. Population growth and urban sprawl challenge water availability. Thus, it is important to evaluate development trends in order to predict future scenarios, enabling the adoption of preventive actions and decision-making. The objective of this study is to present a water management assessment methodology for urban planning as a practical and direct tool capable of conveying the necessary information for decision making in the process of balanced and harmonious urban planning, applicable to medium size Brazilian cities.
Sodium chloride as a reference substance for the three growth endpoints used in the Lemna minor L. (1753) test
Authors: Godoy Aline Andrade , De Carvalho Luciano Bastos , Kummrow Fábio , Zaitune Pamplin Paulo Augusto
Published: December 2016

Lemna sp. growth inhibition test standardized protocols suggest the use of compounds such as 3,5-dichlorophenol as reference substances for checking the test organism’s sensitivity routinely. However, this and other recommended chemicals present risks to human health and to the environment. Sodium chloride (NaCl) appears as a less toxic alternative reference substance which has been successfully used in routine ecotoxicological tests. However, the evaluation of this compound in multiple growth endpoints used in the L. minor test, which is required for recommending it as a reference substance for this test organism, has not yet been reported. In the present study, NaCl was tested with L. minor for the growth endpoints frond number, total frond area and fresh weight. Results showed acceptable sensitivity and reproducibility (coefficient of variance < 15.0%) for all three of the measured endpoints. Statistically significant differences were observed between the EC50 values calculated based on the three endpoints (p < 0.05). Total frond area was the most sensitive one, with average EC50 value of 2742.80 ± 245.7 mg L-1. It was anticipated that NaCl can be a suitable alternative reference substance and that total frond area should be the endpoint of choice for sensitivity toxicity tests using NaCl.
Comparing Persistence of Product and Process Innovation: A Discrete-Time Duration Analysis of Innovation Spells
Authors: Córcoles David , Triguero Ángela , Cuerva María Carmen
Published: December 2016

The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of previous experience and learning capabilities on survival in product and process innovation for Spanish manufacturing firms in the period 1990–2010. The authors find past and path dependence and confirm the important effect of R&D effort in both types of innovation. Nevertheless, for product innovation, the level of appropriability and the fact of operating in a high-tech sector are more crucial for persistence in comparison with process innovation.
Impact of Hurricane Sandy on community pharmacies in severely affected areas of New York City: A qualitative assessment
Authors: Arya, PharmD, MPH Vibhuti , Medina, MPA Eric , Scaccia, RN Allison , Mathew, PharmD Cathleen , Starr, MIA David
Published: December 2016

Hurricane Sandy was one of the most severe natural disasters to hit the Mid-Atlantic States in recent history. Community pharmacies were among the businesses affected, with flooding and power outages significantly reducing services offered by many pharmacies. The objectives of our study were to assess the impact of Hurricane Sandy on community pharmacies, both independently owned and chain, in the severely affected areas of New York City (NYC), including Coney Island, Staten Island, and the Rockaways, using qualitative methods, and propose strategies to mitigate the impact of future storms and disasters. Of the total 52 solicited pharmacies, 35 (67 percent) responded and were included in our analysis. Only 10 (29 percent) of the pharmacies surveyed reported having a generator during Hurricane Sandy; 37 percent reported being equipped with a generator at the time of the survey approximately 1 year later. Our findings suggest that issues other than power outages contributed more toward a pharmacy remaining operational after the storm. Of those surveyed, 26 (74 percent) suffered from structural damage (most commonly in Coney Island). Most pharmacies (71 percent) were able to reopen within 1 month. Despite staffing challenges, most pharmacies (88 percent) had enough pharmacists/staff to resume normal operations. Overall, 91 percent were aware of law changes for emergency medication access, and 81 percent found the information easy to obtain. This survey helped inform our work toward improved community resiliency. Our findings have helped us recognize community pharmacists as important stakeholders and refocus our energy toward developing sustained partnerships with them in NYC as part of our ongoing preparedness strategy.
Using the Manchester triage system for refusing nonurgent patients in the emergency department: A 30-day outcome study
Authors: Daglius Dias, MD, MBA, PhD Roger , Rios, MD, PhD Izabel Cristina , Canhada, MSc Carlos Luis Benites , Fernandes, BSW Maria Dolores Galinanes Otero , Letaif, MD, MBA Leila Suemi Harima , Bonfá, MD, PhD Eloisa , Perondi, MD, MBA Maria Beatriz Moliterno
Published: December 2016

Objective: To evaluate the long-term outcomes and satisfaction of nonurgent patients who seek care in the emergency department (ED) and are diverted to primary health services (PHS). Methods: Data were collected from 264 nonurgent patients diverted from the ED of a tertiary public university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. The nonurgent patient definition was performed by Manchester triage system version II (MTS-II) associated to medical interview in the triage service. Satisfaction levels were evaluated by telephone interviews. The outcomes were assessed within 30 days after the ED visit. Results: Based on the MTS-II, 56.4 percent of the diverted patients were classified as green, 34.3 percent as blue, and 9.3 percent as white. Only one patient required a hospital admission and no deaths were registered within 30 days after ED diversion. After diversion, the majority of patients searched for PHS (62.7 percent), 14.4 percent sought out other EDs, and 22.9 percent did not seek out any other health services. Regarding patient satisfaction, 61.9 percent evaluated the triage team as fair, good, or very good. Conclusions: Our study suggests that diverting nonurgent patients from the ED to PHS may be carried out in a hierarchic system like the Brazilian public healthcare system. The MTS-II can be a useful triage system to support physician in the diverting process. In addition, patient satisfaction with the refusing was reasonable. Future studies should be designed to evaluate patient safety outcomes in a larger sample and in different healthcare systems.
Negotiating Constructions of Insider and Outsider Status in Research with Veiled Muslim Women Victims of Islamophobic Hate Crime
Authors: Zempi Irene
Published: December 2016

This article presents a reflexive discussion of insider and outsider positions in a qualitative study researching Islamophobic hate crime with Muslim women who wear the niqab (face veil) in public in the United Kingdom (UK). As a non-Muslim woman, some aspects of my identity can be linked to insider positions while other aspects of my identity can be linked to outsider positions, with implications for the documentation of participants’ lived experiences. Within the framework of ‘critical reflexivity’, this article considers the impact of my insider/outsider status at each stage of the research process, from deciding on the research topic, the research design, accessing participants through to data collection and analysis. This article re-articulates the importance of researcher reflexivity, particularly when both researchers and participants exhibit multiculturality (for example, in the context of having multicultural backgrounds), which has become more common in the globalised world. It will be concluded that engaging in critical reflexivity is important for producing reliable and ethical research as it enables researchers to be aware of their position in the ‘space between’ and be transparent how their positionality impacts on the entire research process.
Reframing Research Ethics: Towards a Professional Ethics for the Social Sciences
Authors: Emmerich Nathan
Published: December 2016

This article is premised on the idea that were we able to articulate a positive vision of the social scientist's professional ethics, this would enable us to reframe social science research ethics as something internal to the profession. As such, rather than suffering under the imperialism of a research ethics constructed for the purposes of governing biomedical research, social scientists might argue for ethical self-regulation with greater force. I seek to provide the requisite basis for such an ‘ethics’ by, first, suggesting that the conditions which gave rise to biomedical research ethics are not replicated within the social sciences. Second, I argue that social science research can be considered as the moral equivalent of the ‘true professions.’ Not only does it have an ultimate end, but it is one that is – or, at least, should be – shared by the state and society as a whole. I then present a reading of confidentiality as a methodological – and not simply ethical – aspect of research, one that offers further support for the view that social scientists should attend to their professional ethics and the internal standards of their disciplines, rather than the contemporary discourse of research ethics that is rooted in the bioethical literature. Finally, and by way of a conclusion, I consider the consequences of the idea that social scientists should adopt a professional ethics and propose that the Clinical Ethics Committee might provide an alternative model for the governance of social science research.
Remote sensing and modeling analysis of the extreme dust storm hitting Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean in September 2015
Authors: Solomos Stavros , Ansmann Albert , Mamouri Rodanthi-Elisavet , Binietoglou Ioannis , Patlakas Platon , Marinou Eleni , Amiridis Vassilis
Published: December 2016

Abstract. The extreme dust storm that affected Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean in September 2015 resulted in record-breaking dust loads over Cyprus with aerosol optical depth exceeding 5.0 at 550 nm. We analyze this event using profiles from the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET), the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO), geostationary observations from the Meteosat Second Generation – Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (MSG-SEVIRI) and high resolution simulations with the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). The analysis reveals the main mechanisms that resulted in the generation and persistence of the dust cloud over Middle-East and Cyprus. A combination of meteorological and surface processes is found: (a) the development of a thermal low at the area of Syria that results in unstable atmospheric conditions and dust mobilization at this area; (b) the convective activity over North Iraq that triggers the formation of a westward moving haboob that merges with the previously elevated dust layer; and (c) the changes in land use due to war at the areas of North Iraq and Syria that enhances dust erodibility.
A DMA-train for precision measurement of sub 10-nm aerosol
dynamics
Authors: Stolzenburg Dominik , Steiner Gerhard , Winkler Paul M.
Published: December 2016

Abstract. Measurements of aerosol dynamics in the sub-10 nm size range are crucially important for quantifying the impact of new particle formation onto the global budget of cloud condensation nuclei. Here we present the development and characterization of a differential mobility analyzer – train (DMA-train), operating six DMAs in parallel for high time-resolution particle size-distribution measurements below 10 nm. The DMAs are operated at six different but fixed voltages and hence sizes, together with six state-of-the-art condensation particle counters. Two Airmodus A 10 particle size magnifiers (PSM) are used for channels below 2.5 nm while sizes above 2.5 nm are detected by TSI 3776 butanol or TSI 3788 water based CPCs. We report the transfer functions and characteristics of six identical Grimm S-DMAs as well as the calibration of a butanol-based TSI model 3776 CPC, a water-based TSI model 3788 CPC and an Aimodus A10 PSM. We find cut-off diameters similar to those reported in the literature. The performance of the DMA-train is tested with a rapidly changing aerosol of a tungsten oxide particle generator during warm-up. Additionally we report a measurement of new particle formation taken during a nucleation event in the CLOUD chamber experiment at CERN. We find that the DMA-train is able to bridge the gap between currently well-established measurement techniques in the cluster-particle transition regime, providing high time-resolution and accurate size information of neutral and charged particles even at atmospheric particle concentrations.
Identifying required model structures to predict global fire activity
from satellite and climate data
Authors: Forkel Matthias , Dorigo Wouter , Lasslop Gitta , Teubner Irene , Chuvieco Emilio , Thonicke Kirsten
Published: December 2016

Abstract. Vegetation fires affect human infrastructures, ecosystems, global vegetation distribution, and atmospheric composition. In particular, extreme fire conditions can cause devastating impacts on ecosystems and human society and dominate the year-to-year variability in global fire emissions. However, the climatic, environmental and socioeconomic factors that control fire activity in vegetation are only poorly understood and consequently it is unclear which components, structures, and complexities are required in global vegetation/fire models to accurately predict fire activity at a global scale. Here we introduce the SOFIA (Satellite Observations for FIre Activity) modelling approach, which integrates several satellite and climate datasets and different empirical model structures to systematically identify required structural components in global vegetation/fire models to predict burned area. Models result in the highest performance in predicting the spatial patterns and temporal variability of burned area if they account for a direct suppression of fire activity at wet conditions and if they include a land cover-dependent suppression or allowance of fire activity by vegetation density and biomass. The use of new vegetation optical depth data from microwave satellite observations, a proxy for vegetation biomass and water content, reaches higher model performance than commonly used vegetation variables from optical sensors. The SOFIA approach implements and confirms conceptual models where fire activity follows a biomass gradient and is modulated by moisture conditions. The use of datasets on population density or socioeconomic development do not improve model performances, which indicates that the complex interactions of human fire usage and management cannot be realistically represented by such datasets. However, the best SOFIA models outperform a highly flexible machine learning approach and the state-of-the art global process-oriented vegetation/fire model JSBACH-SPITFIRE. Our results suggest using multiple observational datasets on climate, hydrological, vegetation, and socioeconomic variables together with model-data integration approaches to guide the future development of global process-oriented vegetation/fire models and to better understand the interactions between fire and hydrological, ecological, and atmospheric Earth system components.
A Simple Kinematic Model for the Lagrangian Description of Relevant Nonlinear Processes in the Stratospheric Polar Vortex
Authors: García-Garrido Victor José , Curbelo Jezabel , Mechoso Carlos Roberto , Mancho Ana María , Wiggins Stephen
Published: December 2016

Abstract. In this work we study the Lagrangian footprint of the planetary waves present in the Southern Hemisphere stratosphere during the Sudden Stratospheric Warming event that took place during September 2002. The Lagrangian analysis of the transport and mixing processes is carried out in the framework of dynamical systems theory, by means of a Lagrangian descriptor. We seek to describe the Lagrangian skeleton of geometrical structures that lead to filamentation phenomena and the breakdown of the polar vortex, and establish its relation with how planetary waves interact. Our approach is based on the construction of a simple kinematic model, inspired by the Fourier decomposition of the geopotential field. We show that this model is capable of reproducing the key Lagrangian features present on the reanalysis data such as the formation of filaments eroding the stratospheric polar vortex and the breakdown of the vortex.
Publication Productivity in Central Asia and Countries of the Former Soviet Union
Authors: Adambekov Shalkar , Askarova Sholpan , Welburn Sharon C. , Goughnour Sharon L. , Konishi Ayumi , LaPorte Ronald , Linkov Faina
Published: December 2016

Introduction. Despite the significant number of research institutions and rich scientific heritage, published research from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan) is traditionally underrepresented in international scientific literature. The goal of this paper was to analyze publication patterns in Central Asian countries, and to explore the factors that contributed to the publication productivity in Kazakhstan.Methods. Publication  productivity was evaluated using data generated by the SCImago Journal & Country Rank over the period of 1996-2014 for all of the 15 former Soviet Union Republics for all subject categories. Country specific data, including total population, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, research and development (R&D) expenditure (% of GDP), number of reserchers (per million people), was abstracted from World Bank data. ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses compared the mean number of publications among Central Asian countries. Separate analyses was done for publication patterns in the health sciences. Multiple comparisons were performed using Tukey methodResults. The analysis of publication productivity showed significant discrepancies in the number of published documents among the Central Asian countries. Kazakhstan demonstrated a significant increase in the number of published documents in the period of 1996-2014, mainly in the areas of natural and multidisciplinary sciences. Our analyses also showed that the number of publications are siginicantly associated with GDP and population size.Conclusions. We identified large gaps in publication productivity among the Central Asian countries. The association between publication rate with GDP and population size indicates there is a need to adjust for these factors when planning research policy.
III. Nota-Reseña
Authors: Arredondo Erika
Published: December 2016

Política de los afectos y emociones en producciones culturales de América Latina
La necesidad de una doctrina sobrenatural en Duns Scoto como reacción contra el aristotelismo
Authors: Guerrero Troncoso Hernán
Published: December 2016

Este artículo pretende indicar, mediante un examen de la cuestión sobre la necesidad de la Revelación, en qué sentido se debe entender la posición de Duns Scoto en relación con la validez de la doctrina revelada ante la razón natural, cuya figura principal era Aristóteles. Dado que el Doctor Sutil opone el conocimiento natural al sobrenatural, en este trabajo se determina asimismo cómo se debe asumir el significado de “naturaleza” y “natural” en relación con el conocimiento, y en qué sentido un conocimiento se puede considerar sobrenatural. En la parte final, se presentan algunas reflexiones relativas a la distancia que Scoto y el pensamiento cristiano en general mantiene con Aristóteles, y con una filosofía que ignora o prescinde de la Revelación.
Justificaciones minimalistas y republicanas del deber de asistencia a los pobres en el Estado kantiano
Authors: Oliveira Martín
Published: December 2016

Este trabajo tiene por objetivo evaluar los distintos argumentos que se han elaborado para explicar el deber de asistencia a los pobres en la filosofía política kantiana. En primer lugar, nos concentraremos en desarrollar, puntualizar y criticar los intentos de justificación de dicho deber a partir de concepciones minimalistas del Estado, consideraciones instrumentales o apelaciones al valor de la dignidad humana. Acto seguido, examinaremos los principales argumentos de corte republicano que se han elaborado a los mismos efectos. Dado que unos y otros se muestran insatisfactorios, intentaremos esbozar la estructura de un argumento más robusto en favor del deber de asistencia a los pobres a partir del concepto de “posesión común originaria del suelo”.
Hegel y las redes lógicas como diseñadoras de la realidad
Authors: Espinoza Lolas Ricardo , Landaeta Patricio , Arias Juan Ignacio
Published: December 2016

Este artículo indaga en el método hegeliano de la Wissenschaft der Logik (WdL), porque este método, ya para la filosofía ya para las ciencias ya para la teoría política, nos permite dar cuenta de lo real tanto de la naturaleza como del hombre. El método es expresión de lo lógico. Y vemos en esto la posibilidad de repensar el presente en sus producciones culturales y naturales como momentos expresivos del diseño lógico. Un diseño que acontece en la misma realidad y que la posibilita como tal. Un diseño que se expresa como un cierto algoritmo constructor de la realidad.
Cartografía de algunas «recepciones» actuales en biopolítica
Authors: Toscano López Daniel
Published: December 2016

Dada la abundante literatura no sólo filosófica, sino también la proveniente de otras disciplinas como la sociología, las ciencias políticas, la medicina, la educación, entre otras que abordan el fenómeno de la biopolítica, este artículo realiza una visión de conjunto por algunas “recepciones” acerca de dicho problema: los Governmentality Studies y algunos filósofos analíticos; el escenario francés y el despegue de la biopolítica en España; la biopolítica negativa y afirmativa; los registros de la biotecnología y la bioética y, por último, la recepción en América latina. Este itinerario, sin pretender ser exhaustivo, permite determinar el carácter transdisciplinario, variopinto, pero también empírico de la “biopolítica”. Asimismo, deja abierta la discusión al hecho de que usualmente se la concibe erróneamente como si se tratara de una esencia o sustancia.
Los trasplantes institucionales en el campo del derecho. Una nueva perspectiva para la nueva economía institucional
Authors: Blanco Contreras Sara
Published: December 2016

La Nueva Economía Institucional (NEI) comenzó recientemente a plantearse la utilidad de los trasplantes institucionales como medio para promover el crecimiento económico. Sin embargo, pronto se dieron cuenta de que estos trasplantes en general fallaban debido al problema del path dependence, que provocaba el choque de la institución formal trasplantada con las instituciones informales de la sociedad receptora. ¿Son estos trasplantes institucionales algo nuevo o, por el contrario, son un fenómeno importado de otra disciplina? En este artículo analizamos el origen de los trasplantes, aportando una visión enteramente jurídica del tema a través de los trabajos de los principales juristas que han estudiado esta materia en el campo del Derecho –especialmente dentro del Derecho comparado–.
ANÁLISE SAZONAL DA VEGETAÇÃO DO CERRADO POR MEIO DE DADOS DO SENSOR MODIS NO DISTRITO FEDERAL (BRASIL) - DOI 10.5216/bgg.v36i3.44555
Authors: Moreira de Souza Greison , Da Costa Gurgel Helen , Mazzega Ciamp Pierre
Published: December 2016

O presente estudo visa caracterizar o comportamento sazonal da vegetação do Cerrado por meio de índices de vegetação (NDVI e EVI) do sensor MODIS. A caracterização da sazonalidade foi realizada em áreas com e sem registro de queimadas. Para construção das séries temporais foi utilizado o produto MOD13Q1. As imagens datam do período de 2000 a 2015, com um período de amostragem a cada 16 dias. As transformações de Fourier de séries temporais mostram que os índices de vegetação do Cerrado são amplamente dominados pelo ciclo anual. O comportamento dos índices de vegetação estabelecida para o período 2000-2015 é fortemente controlado pela precipitação estabelecida em relação ao mesmo período. Em alguns anos, os índices de vegetação mostram uma dinâmica mais propagada durante a estação chuvosa (aumento prematuro e amplitude menor do que a amplitude média de climatologia), ou ao contrário, uma atividade mais tardia e mais ampla. Os diagramas de dispersões entre os índices de vegetação obtidos para os locais sem fogo contra os locais queimados, mostram uma separação de dados em três grupos distintos: os índices de vegetação da estação das chuvas, os da estação seca, e, finalmente, os índices que comportam uma assinatura relacionada com o fogo.Palavras-chave: EVI, NDVI, precipitação, fogo, sensoriamento remoto.
Editorial
Authors: Alencar Arrais Tadeu
Published: December 2016

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FURTHER EVIDENCE OF FILLER–FILLER MECHANICAL ENGAGEMENT IN RUBBER COMPOUNDS FILLED WITH SILICA TREATED BY LONG-CHAIN SILANE
Authors: Mahtabani Amirhossein , Alimardani Mohammad , Razzaghi-Kashani Mehdi
Published: December 2016

The present study discusses that filler–filler mechanical engagement resulting from the grafted long-chain silanes on the silica surface is indeed a reinforcing mechanism in rubber composites, as already speculated by nonlinear viscoelastic properties in our previous study. The existence and severity of such a phenomenon are assessed purely by isolating the energetic contribution of reinforcement from interfering with filler mechanical engagement in the silica network formation and breakdown processes. In a novel approach, the driving force of fillers to flocculate energetically at elevated temperatures was defined using surface energy theories, and it was adjusted to be similar in two composites having silica treated by short- and long-chain silanes. Filler–filler mechanical engagement was monitored by tracking network formation (filler flocculation) in a matrix of styrene–butadiene rubber and also by conducting various dynamic viscoelastic experiments on liquid paraffin suspensions having short- and long-chain silica of similar surface energy. Results consistently confirmed the existence of mechanical engagement between silica particles having the long-chain silane in both rubber compounds and paraffin suspensions. The results may find applications in the rolling resistance of tires, for example, where stabilization of the filler network by displacing the peak energy dissipation of the network breakdown from applied service strains to larger values would be of technical importance.
The Art of Shrinking: Minority Stress, Coping, and Camp in Beverley Nichols's Merry Hall Trilogy
Authors: Adair Joshua , Goemaat Rebekah
Published: December 2016

Examining Beverley Nichols's Merry Hall trilogy, this essay applies the social theory of minority stress and explores the ways in which the author's identity is shaped by his sexual identity in mid-century England. Through the collation of well-documented details from Nichols's life as well as historical research detailing the effects of societal marginalization on sexual minorities during the mid-twentieth century, the authors demonstrate the effects of minority stress, including both adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms, in Nichols's Merry Hall trilogy, documenting the hypervigilance Nichols exhibits as he conceals his sexual orientation as well as his internalization of societal homophobia. The authors argue that Nichols's stylized affectations demonstrate his use of elaborate coping mechanisms that mitigate his marginalization in society. Ultimately, this study interrogates the ways in which Nichols employs the literary theme of gardening in order to create a protected communal space for gay men, applying the political significance of the British garden as a means to cultivate a public image of himself as a patriarchal landowner as he appeals to the postwar British nostalgia for its past; and it demonstrates how Nichols uses both camp humor and duplicity to subvert the rigid intolerance of the period toward sexual minorities.
Nathaniel Branden's Oedipus Complex
Authors: Brown Susan Love
Published: December 2016

In Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden told the story of how he met Ayn Rand and became involved with her philosophy of Objectivism. But he also shared the story of his own life and the personal details of his romantic involvement with Ayn Rand. Applying an Oedipal interpretation to the life details that Branden provides, this article shows how Branden came to terms with his own developmental struggles by adopting a surrogate family in Ayn Rand and Frank O'Connor and ultimately found the family he needed in order to eventually break free and become his own person.
My Aristotle
Authors: Ben-Shahar Tal
Published: December 2016

The author discusses Nathaniel Branden's influence on his personal and professional life.
Branden's Self-Esteem Theory within the Context of Academic Psychology
Authors: Foddis Walter
Published: December 2016

The author proposes an integrated definition and theory of self-esteem that merges models from developmental, social, and clinical psychology. He identifies optimal, shared sources of self-esteem that he combines into a multidimensional model called the Intrapersonal Sources of Self-Esteem Theory. Based on this multidimensional theory, he designed a qualitative and quantitative measuring instrument, the Self-Esteem Sentence Completion Instrument, to assess people's sources of self-esteem. He discusses research that applies this instrument, which suggests promising results in understanding self-esteem. Finally, he suggests a clinical application of the theory within a cognitive-behavioral therapy paradigm.
Contemporary Utopian Studies in Hungary
Authors: Czigányik Zsolt
Published: December 2016

Utopian studies in Hungary concentrate on the literary face of utopianism, yet there is a growing interest in the political aspects as well, and with the cooperation of universities the research is becoming more and more interdisciplinary. This article gives an overview of the state of affairs in utopian studies in Hungary mainly since 2000, reflecting on active researchers and institutions, focusing on recent publications and current university courses.
Portuguese Translations of Thomas More's Utopia
Authors: Vieira Fátima
Published: December 2016

This article examines two inevitable questions when one is writing on Utopia and Portugal: the fact that Raphael Hythloday was identified as being Portuguese and the reception of Utopia in Portugal, no doubt influenced by the fact that the book was forbidden by the Inquisition. It then examines in full detail the six translations of Thomas More's work into European Portuguese, from Agostinho da Silva's partial translation in 1946 to Aires do Nascimento's critical translation in 2006, reflecting on the circumstances of the reception of these translations in the framework of the Portuguese dictatorship.
Acerba illa vita velut carcere atque aculeo. Health or Death in More's Libellus vere aureus: Early Modern Thought and Contemporary Debate
Authors: Spinozzi Paola
Published: December 2016

Constantly interrogated by utopian writers, death has instigated bold theories. In Thomas More's Libellus vere aureus Raphael Hythloday explains how and why death on the island of Utopia has been rationalized. Such radical assumptions about when and how to die diversely shape More's theories as a utopian thinker, his stance as a statesman, and his convictions as a religious person. Whereas More's commitment to Catholic doctrine prevailed over his allegiance to the king, he seems to overturn it in Utopia, a country in which euthanasia is highly institutionalized as well as commonly and openly practiced. This article pursues a dual purpose. It explores the ways in which More develops his provocative attitude toward health and death by merging classical notions, early modern re-elaborations, and religious beliefs about acts of self-killing or intentionally ending a life in order to relieve incurable suffering. It situates issues of health and death in More's Utopia and early modern thought within the contemporary debate on end-of-life decisions.
Policía: modelos, estrategias y reformas. De la policía gubernativa a la seguridad plural
Authors: Guillén Lasierra Francesc
Published: December 2016

Los grandes cambios experimentados por nuestras sociedades a partir del siglo XX, han obligado a la Policía a reformar tanto sus estructuras como sus funciones, pensadas originariamente para las incipientes sociedades industriales del siglo XIX. La necesidad de un saber técnico y profesional que la distanciara del poder político y le permitieran conocer y combatir la delincuencia, así como una mayor relación con la ciudadanía que legitimase su poder, han sido elementos claves de estas reformas, así como la adopción de estrategias que mejoren su eficiencia. A pesar de todos estos esfuerzos, la gran complejidad y movilidad de las sociedades actuales que, por una parte, incrementan las esferas de riesgo y, por otro, desbordan la capacidad del Estado, han exigido la puesta en escena de otros actores complementarios pero de protagonismo creciente: los cuerpos auxiliares, la seguridad privada y los ciudadanos. Falta todavía, sin embargo, un actor supraestatal eficiente que sea capaz de preservar las garantías ciudadanas como ocurre a nivel estatal (en los Estados democráticos).
Una aproximación al clima organizacional en la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) de El Salvador
Authors: Amaya Luis Enrique , Martínez Juan José
Published: December 2016

Este artículo constituye un modesto aporte al décimo número de la revista “Policía y Seguridad Pública”, y tiene  como  objetivo  general  hacer  un  breve  análisis, muy preliminar y genérico, del estado actual del clima organizacional  en  la  PNC  a  partir  de  dos  momentos elementales de referencia: su fundación y su situación presente.La metodología empleada incluyó la aplicación de las técnicas  de  revisión  documental,  entrevistas  en  profundidad  y  encuesta.  Casi  la  totalidad  de  los  datos  analizados  fueron  recabados  en  un  acotado  período de tiempo;  y,  asimismo,  el  conjunto  de  informantes que  se  consultaron  estuvo  delimitado  por  un  cierto perfil preestablecido. Por ello, los hallazgos y los resultados globales deben ser adecuadamente localizados, dimensionados  y  tomados  con  cautela,  así  como  las conclusiones y las recomendaciones que se derivan de aquéllos.
Decreto Nº 815 Ley Orgánica de la Inspectoría General de la Seguridad Pública
Authors: Editor El
Published: December 2016

Revista Policía y Seguridad Pública 6(2) 2016: 321-330
Libros: De la tortura a la protección ciudadana
Authors: López Ramírez Augusto Rigoberto
Published: December 2016

Revista Policía y Seguridad Pública 6(2) 2016: 362-364
Cine: Muchedumbre 30s
Authors: Piedra Cobo Lorena Yael , Pinto Morales Jean Paul
Published: December 2016

Revista Policía y Seguridad Pública 6(2) 2016: 379-383
Limit Theorems for Negatively Dependent Fuzzy Set-Valued Random Variables
Authors: Guan Li
Published: December 2016

In this paper, we shall discuss negatively dependent fuzzy set-valued random variables. And at last, we shall prove the limit theorems for rowwise negatively dependent fuzzy set-valued random variables in the sense of $d_H^\infty$, which is the extension of (Guan \& Sun, 2014) and (Guan \& Wan, 2016).
Semeando e Cultivando Relações. Transformações nas Redes de Suporte Social de Migrantes ao longo do Tempo e do Espaço.
Authors: Da Cunha Tiago Augusto
Published: December 2016

Usualmente, os estudos sobre redes sociais e o processo migratório se debruçam essencialmente sobre duas vertentes: a) o direcionamento do fluxo migratório e b) e a relevância das redes no processo de integração do migrante as áreas de destino. Desse modo, o presente estudo propõe uma inversão desta perspectiva predominante, qual seja; compreender os impactos da migração sobre a rede de suporte social dos indivíduos e famílias, tanto em termos quantitativos, como em termos qualitativos. Todavia, os câmbios na rede de suporte social não estão associados tão somente a uma única variável, neste caso, à migração. Tão fundamental quanto ela são os próprios eventos do curso de vida, tais como: a) formação de um novo domicílio, b) casamento e/ou estabilidade conjugal e c) nascimento dos filhos. Para tanto, foi realizada uma série de entrevistas qualitativas, a fim de captar e mapear a rede de suporte social do migrante ao longo de cada um desses pontos de inflexão. Ademais, há uma complementação quantitativa das primeiras análises aqui feitas a partir dos dados de uma pesquisa amostral realizada em 2007 na Região Metropolitana de Campinas com o objetivo de retratar as condições de vulnerabilidade social de seus habitantes. O principal pressuposto aqui assumido é que a migração, assim como, determinados eventos/marcadores do curso de vida de um indivíduo foram responsáveis por “abrir novas portas e oportunidades” para aqueles que a realizaram ou os vivenciaram, sendo que suas condições de vulnerabilidade social foram severamente transformadas seja pelo incremento de contatos, quanto pela diversificação dos mesmos.
‘Childless Children’. A Cross-Cultural Approach to Childlessness and Kinship.
Authors: Piella Vila Anna
Published: December 2016

The conceptualizations and relations of people with no direct descendants are a field scarcely studied from Social Anthropology and has often been engulfed by the wide networks of family relationships. In this article, the concept “childless children” is proposed as an expression of the link between childlessness and kinship, that is, of the role of childless people in their family network. A cross-cultural perspective allows us to shape the social area of intersection between childlessness and kinship based on topic connections with: procreation as a duty, cultural palliatives to lack of reproduction, celibacy, circulation of children and intergenerational relationships.
Acerca de las bases psicoanaliticas del estudio de la parentalidad.
Authors: Solís Pontón Leticia
Published: December 2016

Las nociones que a continuación, por razones de espacio, son expuestas de manera esquemática, son el fruto de los trabajos realizados durante 27 años de colaboración con el Profesor Serge Lebovici, psicoanalista francés quien dedicó sus esfuerzos en la Universidad de Paris XIII Bobigny, a la prevención y al tratamiento precoz del sufrimiento psíquico del niño y de la familia. Es pues una aplicación del psicoanálisis al campo del estudio del vínculo padres–hijo, toma en consideración así mismo los aportes de la investigación psiconeurológica de las capacidades del feto y del recién nacido (R. Emde 1990), los aportes de la psicoterapia familiar (R. Kaes 1993), en fin los trabajos de Sigmund Freud dirigidos al campo de la cultura y la transmisión a través de las generaciones (1914) y continuados en el campo del etnopsicoanálisis por Georges Devereux (1985); en esta perspectiva se asume que psiquismo y cultura son co-emergentes, la parentalidad se sitúa en el núcleo de lo humano.
NEW DATA ON HYDROCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF THE THERAPEUTIC WATER IN THE IWONICZ-ZDRÓJ – RUDAWKA RYMANOWSKA ANTICLINE
Authors: Chowaniec Józef , Gągulski Tomasz , Gorczyca Grażyna , Operacz Tomasz
Published: December 2016

The mineralization of the therapeutic water in the Iwonicz-Zdrój – Rudawka Rymanowska Antycline varies between 1.24 and 19.25 g/dm3. There are two hydrogeochemical types of the water: Cl–HCO3– Na (extracted in most of the studied intakes), and HCO3– Cl–Na. Most of them contain specific components like I and CO2. The studies point, with great probability, to the presence of four various components: diagenetic, relict marine (?), of present-day infiltration, and of older infiltration.