bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Coring the sedimentary expression of the early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event: new stratigraphic records from the Tethys Ocean
Authors: Erba Elisabetta , Gambacorta Gabriele , Visentin Stefano , Cavalheiro Liyenne , Reolon Dario , Faucher Giulia , Pegoraro Matteo
Published: December 2019

Abstract. The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) interval was cored at Colle di
Sogno and Gajum in the Lombardy Basin (Southern Alps, northern Italy). The
Sogno and Gajum cores recovered 26.83 and 31.18 stratigraphic metres, respectively, of pelagic sediments consisting of marly
limestones, marlstone, marly claystone, and black shale. Drilling at both
sites resulted in 100 % recovery of unweathered material. The pelagic
succession comprises a relatively expanded black shale interval of 4.98 m in
the Sogno core and 15.35 m in the Gajum core, with lower and upper
boundaries without evidence of hiatuses. The Sogno and Gajum cores can be
considered reference sections for the pelagic lower Toarcian interval of the
western Tethys and will provide high-resolution micropaleontological,
inorganic and organic geochemical, isotopic multiproxy data. Integrated
stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy are predicted to result in estimates of
durations and rates to model the ecosystem resilience to the extreme
perturbations of the T-OAE and gain a better understanding of current global
changes and help provide better projections of future scenarios.
The Aristocratic Poet: Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Reading of Walt Whitman
Authors: Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan Santiago
Published: December 2019

The essay analyses Juan Ramón Jiménez’s reading of Walt Whitman as an aristocrat. For Jiménez, aristocracy is not a term associated with nobility. Instead, it is related to the intellectual effort that a poet – or any person – makes to improve himself, while at the same time maintaining ties with the folk. Jiménez wrote on Whitman in Alerta and El Modernismo. Apuntes de un curso and mentioned him in other essays and lectures. For Jiménez who used the American poet to foreground his own poetics, Whitman stood as one of the precursors of Spanish and Spanish American modernismo. Jiménez’s preference for the folk, led him to assert that he preferred Whitman’s brief poems to his big epic poetry which was then and continues to be the readers’ favourite.
Parsing adverbial complex sentences in ASD-STE100 within ARTEMIS
Authors: Martín Díaz María Auxiliadora
Published: December 2019

One of the main objectives of Natural Language Processing is the simulation of natural language understanding. Within the applications designed for this purpose today, ARTEMIS follows the paradigm of unification grammars (Sag, I., Wasow, T. & Bender, E. 2003), and unlike other trending computational resources, it is theoretically grounded in linguistic models like RRG (Van Valin & LaPolla 1997 and Van Valin 2005), whose linking algorithm lies at the basis of the parsing process of our interlingua-based system.

A fundamental component of ARTEMIS is the Grammar Development Environment (GDE), where feature-based production rules (syntactic, constructional and lexical) are stored and ready to allow the generation of the enhanced layered structure of the clause of natural language expressions (Periñán-Pascual 2013: 222). Syntactic rules for phrasal constituents and simple sentences have already been described (Cortés-Rodríguez 2016; Cortés-Rodríguez & Mairal-Usón 2016; Díaz-Galán & Fumero-Pérez 2015; Fumero-Pérez & Díaz-Galán 2017; Martín-Díaz 2017 and Martín-Díaz 2018), but it now turns to focus on complex sentences, and, to be more precise, on adverbial subordination.

Bearing in mind the validation of these syntactic rules and the common problems that may arise in such parsing applications, our research will concentrate on the analysis of these structures as found in a Controlled Natural Language: ASD-STE100.
Dysfunctional Gaze and the Representation(s) of Women in Nuala Ní Chonchúir’s “As I Look”
Authors: Aláez Corral Máximo
Published: December 2019

In this article I intend to analyse Nuala Ní Chonchúir’s short story “As I Look,” from her 2009 collection Nude, in relation to the concept of dysfunction, the representation of the nude female body, and the deconstruction of the conventional male gaze. My analysis will be backed up by a theoretical framework on objectification and will focus on dysfunction in the gaze and representation, and also in narration. I aim at highlighting dysfunction as an instrument to convey a new meaning around the visual/literary representation of women, a more positive and desirable connotation than the “functional” order of the visual norm.
Teaching English for Translation and Interpreting: A framework of reference for developing the translator’s bilingual sub-competence
Authors: Carrasco Flores José Andrés
Published: December 2019

Even though the research on translator training explicitly advocates specific language training catering for translator and interpreter trainees’ needs, only a few, scattered attempts seem to have been made as regards the identification and provision of specific approaches guiding the teaching of such newly appointed branch of Languages for Specific Purposes. Drawing on previous studies on translator training and translation competence, this paper elaborates on the notion of the translator’s bilingual sub-competence and puts forward a framework of reference for teaching English for Translation and Interpreting, which can be used in the materials analysis and development.
Rhetorical Analysis of a Discourse Model in the Business World: 'Elevator Pitch'
Authors: De Santiago-Guervós Javier
Published: December 2019

En este trabajo se propone un modelo analítico para un tipo de discurso comercial (Elevator Pitch) basado en los cinco cánones de la retórica clásica (inventio, dispositio, elocutio, memoria y actio). Partiendo de dos discursos opuestos desde el punto de vista de su eficacia, se pretende deconstruir el texto para comprender las razones del logro persuasivo (o de su fracaso) analizando sus características discursivas y lingüísticas desde el mismo momento de la planificación (estudio del destinatario, argumentos, etc.) hasta la puesta en escena pasando por una selección léxica (elocutio) perfectamente estudiada que pretende estimular marcos cognitivos de interpretación que apoyan la propia argumentación en favor de la persuasión del interlocutor.
Deterring Rebels: Political Persuasion and Manipulation in the 'Divergent' Trilogy Films
Authors: Sánchez Ruiz Raquel
Published: December 2019

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las estrategias y recursos de persuasión y manipulación que se emplean en la propaganda política de las películas de la trilogía Divergente. Mención especial recibe la segunda, Insurgente, pues el estallido de la guerra entre las diversas facciones políticas e ideológicas es caldo de cultivo de estrategias políticas manipulativas para persuadir a la población y atraerla hacia un lado u otro con el propósito de ganar. Con estas premisas, el discurso político sirve tanto para disuadir a los Divergentes rebeldes que amenazan el sistema establecido como para controlar a las masas de las diferentes facciones. Para el estudio sigo los parámetros de diferentes marcos teóricos, como el análisis crítico del discurso político, la Teoría de la Valoración –centrándome en la actitud– y los fenómenos de polarización y legitimación. Los resultados permiten observar cómo los agentes políticos de la película consiguen influir en la población que escucha sus discursos repletos de medios retóricos, subjetividad para presentar situaciones, objetos o personas de manera positiva o negativa según los intereses y conveniencia del emisor, y diferentes tipos de poder.
'Jauría': el teatro documento como testimonio ético de la violencia de género
Authors: Núñez Puente Sonia , Gago Gelado Rocío
Published: December 2019

Este trabajo explora las posibilidades que el concepto del testimonio ético, vinculado al teatro documento como forma específica de dramaturgia política, muestra para desestabilizar el discurso hegemónico sobre la violencia de género. Para ello, analizamos el texto y la puesta en escena de la obra de teatro documental, Jauría, escrita por Jordi Casanovas y dirigida por Miguel del Arco, que presenta directamente al público los hechos ocurridos en el caso de la llamada Manada, a través de las transcripciones del juicio que tuvo lugar en 2018 en el Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Navarra. La operacionalización de las cuatro dimensiones del testimonio ético nos servirá para indagar en los modos en los que Jauría se construye como narración ética de la violencia mediante, entre otros, el relato directo de los hechos y los mecanismos discursivos de la persuasión, específicamente vinculada a una forma de poder. Finalmente, concluimos que la narración de la violencia sexual situada en el paradigma del testimonio ético contribuye a desafiar el relato dominante sobre la violencia activando una respuesta política orientada a la transformación social.
Estrategias persuasivas durante la irrupción de la ideología fascista en España: miedo, segregación y desprecio por la políticaEstrategias persuasivas durante la irrupción de la ideología fascista en España: miedo, segregación y desprecio por la política
Authors: Soler Gallo Miguel
Published: December 2019

En este trabajo se aborda la introducción de las corrientes fascistas en España a través del movimiento de Falange Española, en torno a los años treinta del siglo XX hasta antes de la guerra civil española, y los mecanismos y estrategias que, desde los discursos, los primeros representantes de la ideología fascista, aún poco definida pero de inspiración claramente mussoliniana, ponían en práctica para presentarse ante la sociedad y, sobre todo, para generar una conciencia de grupo con el fin de vencer al resto de opciones políticas consideradas enemigas de la patria y responsables de los males que atravesaba el país. En este proceso de toma de contacto con la sociedad, los simpatizantes del fascismo, que, en el caso español, eran falangistas, ponen en marcha estrategias para imponer a la colectividad su idea de Estado, crear una conciencia de grupo y desvincularse de las demás opciones políticas. Para conseguir esto se usa el infundio, la transmisión del miedo, la segregación y un rotundo desprecio hacia la forma de hacer política de su tiempo, que consideran caduca en relación con su propuesta.
Función comunicativa de los predicados verbales cuantitativos en noticias de economía
Authors: Michaud Maturana Daniel
Published: December 2019

Este artículo explica la función comunicativa de la variación léxica y construccional en los predicados verbales que elaboran la cuantificación de cifra o volumen de negocio en las noticias de economía. Las ocurrencias se analizan desde la perspectiva de la Lingüística Cognitiva y los resultados muestran que el contenido informativo está determinado por: (i) la categoría semántica del verbo, (ii) el número de complementos de medida, (iii) la posición de la expresión de medida en el predicado, (iv) la categoría léxica de la expresión de medida, y (iv) el uso de modificadores adverbiales. La conclusión es que los predicados verbales de cantidad representan diversos constructos y que la función comunicativa de la variación es la de representar las preferencias del emisor con respecto a la selección, la prominencia y el nivel de especificidad de la información.
Análisis macrosintáctico y discursivo de 'te lo prometo'
Authors: Prestigiacomo Carla
Published: December 2019

Este trabajo aborda el estudio del comportamiento de la unidad te lo prometo, desde la perspectiva de la lingüística pragmática y del discurso argumentativo. Después de una breve descripción de su comportamiento macrosintáctico (posición en el interior del enunciado, función de las pausas, combinación con otros elementos…), se demuestra cómo te lo prometo se encuentra inmerso en un proceso de fijación: va perdiendo su valor semántico original, para adquirir funciones discursivas estratégicas (intensificador de la aserción, elemento de fuerza argumentativa, elemento de (des)cortesía, ironía…) en textos argumentativos informales.
Online content moderation and the Dark Web: Policy responses to radicalizing hate speech and malicious content on the Darknet
Authors: Jardine Eric
Published: December 2019

De-listing, de-platforming, and account bans are just some of the increasingly common steps taken by major Internet companies to moderate their online content environments. Yet these steps are not without their unintended effects. This paper proposes a surface-to-Dark Web content cycle. In this process, malicious content is initially posted on the surface Web. It is then moderated by platforms. Moderated content does not necessarily disappear when major Internet platforms crackdown, but simply shifts to the Dark Web. From the Dark Web, malicious informational content can then percolate back to the surface Web through a series of three pathways. The implication of this cycle is that managing the online information environment requires careful attention to the whole system, not just content hosted on surface Web platforms per se. Both government and private sector actors can more effectively manage the surface-to-Dark Web content cycle through a series of discrete practices and policies implemented at each stage of the wider process.
Fashion informatics and the network of fashion knockoffs
Authors: Copeland Lauren , Ciampaglia Giovanni Luca , Zhao Li
Published: December 2019

Knowledge discovery techniques have a long history of application to fields of practice such as marketing and business intelligence. Fashion and other manufacturing compartments have comparably enjoyed little attention from computer scientists. With the increasing availability of multimedia data from the Web and social media, our understanding of the fashion apparel industry could be significantly enhanced through the use of knowledge discovery methods and of large scale datasets obtained from places such as Twitter and Instagram. Here, we are interested in one of the issues at the center of the contemporary structure and dynamics of the fashion industry: the practice of knockoffs. We combine Web scraping and network science techniques to give a preliminary characterization of how brands knock designs off each other. Such a study could be one of the first examples of an emergent field, which we refer to and define as “fashion informatics.”
Impact of Financial Leverage on Debt Servicing Capability - A Comparative Study Between Listed MNCs and Domestic Companies of Bangladesh
Authors: Rahman Syed Md. Khaled , Tania Tasmina Chowdhury
Published: December 2019

The use of debt in a firm’s capital structure is called financial leverage. The main objective of the study was to analyze the impact of financial leverage on debt servicing capability of DSE-listed MNCs & domestic companies in Bangladesh over a 20-year period (1998-2017).The study was based on secondary data. There are two populations in the study-one for MNCs and other for domestic companies. Stratified and Quota Sampling techniques were applied for the selection of sample items of MNCs and domestic companies respectively. Seven companies from each of the two populations were selected as sample from six industrial sectors.It is seen that MNCs’ interest paying ability and debt repayment capability is far higher than that of domestic companies in every year. In case of both types of firms, correlation coefficient between DFL (CS) and coverage ratio is significant. Weakly negative relationship is seen between DFL (General) and coverage ratios. MNCs show comparatively stronger negative relationship between all measures of DFL and coverage ratios than domestic companies. In case of domestic companies, correlation coefficient between coverage ratios and three leverage ratios (TD/TA, TD/SE and TD/CE) are significant. In case of MNCs, correlation coefficient between TIE and LTD/CE is significant.
Positive Acceptance of Morocco against Postitory Retirement Refugees 2011
Authors: Fadil Hamza , Yi Shen
Published: December 2019

Morocco is a country in the North African region with a strategic geographical location for migration routes to Europe. Morocco borders Spain directly, causing thousands of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to pass through Morocco as a transit country to get to Europe as a major destination. Previously, Morocco itself was a large migrant sending country with a total Moroccan diaspora abroad reaching almost 10% of the total population. The dynamics of Morocco as a sending, transit and now a recipient country for refugees makes Morocco have a policy dynamic that is quite interesting to study. Starting with Law 02-03 which made Morocco the first Arab country to have regulations on refugees, ratification of the 2011 constitution, until the enactment of the National Policy on Immigration and Asylum (NPIA) in 2013 made Morocco continue to get praise from various parties for its quite friendly regulations against these refugees, despite various diplomatic pressures that Morocco has received from other countries such as Spain and Greece. Morocco then offers permanent residency for refugees who fulfill the procedure. In discussing the motives behind Morocco's positive response, Jacobsen's concept of influencing factors influencing Jacobsen's explanations explains 4 variable factors: international relations, national security considerations, the competitiveness of local communities, and bureaucratic decisions.
According to Faculty, the Most Important Reasons for Doing Assessment at an HBCU
Authors: Culver Steve , Phipps Greg
Published: December 2019

Since the emergence of assessment as a critical force in higher education, “faculty involvement” has repeatedly been identified as essential, yet approaches to assessment have been less than welcoming to faculty and tend to be more accountability-driven than learning-focused and improvement-driven. Past research on the perceptions of faculty regarding outcome assessment has tended to focus on the negative—why faculty are not interested or do not participate. For our study, we were interested in HBCU faculty perceptions regarding assessment, but from a positive perspective. Faculty were asked to distinguish importance among 15 items documented in the literature as benefits to doing assessment. Results indicate that faculty see assessment as taking care of accountability issues but also helping with curricular and program revisions. Interestingly, they see assessment as less likely to facilitate faculty discussions about curriculum. Implications for conducting assessment and further research are discussed.
Malleable and Immutable Student Characteristics: Incoming Profiles and Experiences on Campus
Authors: Ben-Avie Michael , Darrow Brian
Published: December 2019

Our predictive models of student success provide evidence that students’ incoming profiles do not define their destiny. We have found that the learning and developmental experiences that they have after enrollment are far more important in predicting persistence, academic achievement, and graduation. In contrast to immutable student demographic characteristics, we have found that malleable characteristics among students (such as academic habits of mind, sense of belonging, and future orientation) predict student success. Paying attention to students’ development does not detract from their learning. In fact, promoting the highest levels of development among students seems to be what helps them reach high academic goals.
Sexual Catharsis as an Experience of the Postfeminist in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
Authors: Opperman Samantha Ann
Published: December 2019

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is not just a fully actualized rendition of her Objectivist philosophy, but a symbol of the possibility of postfeminism in a postindustrial world. Rand's postfeminist signifier, Dagny Taggart, is able to attain this ideal of equality only through the catharsis of the physical relationships with men whom Dagny considers her spiritual equals. The men in Dagny's life each contribute a new awakening to her about herself as she, at the same time, awakens them.
Neither Algerian, nor French: Albert Camus’sPied-NoirIdentity
Authors: Breen Gina Marie
Published: December 2019

Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria, in 1913 to white European settlers of French and Spanish origin. Hence, Camus and his parents belonged to the pied-noir community, a term commonly used to refer to Europeans who settled in Algeria during the French colonial occupation. While Camus chose Algeria as the setting for four of his literary texts, this article focuses on Camus’s first novel, L’Étranger, written during World War II and published in 1942, and his unfinished, posthumous, semiautobiographical novel Le Premier Homme, written during Algeria’s War of Independence and published in 1994, because they both discuss the French Algerian pied-noir community. I argue that this distinction allows them to best convey the evolution of Camus’s pied-noir identity. Through an analysis of these novels, I examine the ambivalence of Camus’s representations of French Algeria. Though his writing has left an ambivalent legacy, I contend that Camus mythologizes the past and present primarily through his pied-noir origins. His poverty and loss are consolidated in his negative prognosis for Algeria’s future, a prognosis that is often mistrustful of Algerian independence. Often his pied-noir upbringing and experiences with poverty and marginality put in question the very possibility of an all-inclusive nation, rendering him incapable of imagining a hybrid community of French and Algerians living together. These works convey the complexity of Camus’s identities, and foreground his attempt and ultimate failure to navigate his past and access memories. In the end, these novels offer us a nuanced exploration of pied-noir marginality.
El posgrado en la UNAN-Managua y su relación con la sociedad nicaragüense II: implicaciones
Authors: Escobar Soriano Álvaro Antonio
Published: December 2019

Este artículo expone de manera sintética y objetiva la segunda parte del análisis documental que tiene los siguientes objetivos: a) explicitar el desempeño de los estudios de posgrado de la UNAN-Managua y su relación con la realidad nacional, específicamente con: las instituciones del Estado, la empresa privada y la comunidad, los que tienen vinculación con las funciones sustantivas de la universidad declaradas en sus estatutos y, b) presentar los retos (camino recorrido y por recorrer) y las implicaciones que esto tiene en este subnivel para el futuro de la universidad y del país en general. La descripción actual del posgrado se puede realizar desde varias dimensiones que se relacionan directamente con su quehacer. El conocimiento de estas, pasa por percibir lo mejor posible el impacto social del posgrado desarrollado en la universidad. Por consiguiente, se requiere explicitar y objetivar su desempeño y su relación con la realidad nacional de acuerdo con los ejes: relación con las instituciones del Estado, relación con la empresa privada y relación con la comunidad.
The Effect of Financial Ratios Derived From Operating Cash Flows on Jordanian Commercial Banks Earnings per Share
Authors: Abualrob Laith Abdel Rahman , Maswadeh Sanaa N.
Published: December 2019

This study tries to investigate the effect of operating cash flows ratios, which are (operating cash flows attributed to net income, operating cash flows attributed to credit facilities, and operating cash flows attributed to deposits) on earnings per share. The study was applied on Jordanian commercial banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange during the period (2013-2017), and multiple regression analysis was used to test the study hypotheses.The most important results revealed by the study were: the ratio of operating cash flows attributed to credit facilities is considered as the most important ratio derived from the cash flow statement helping in determining the earnings per share in Jordanian commercial banks. And there is a statistically significant effect of operating cash flows attributed to net income, operating cash flows attributed to credit facilities, and operating cash flows attributed to deposit on earnings per share in Jordanian commercial banks.
Internal Controls and Performance of Selected Tertiary Institutions in Ekiti State: A Committee of Sponsoring Organisations (COSO) Framework Approach
Authors: Akinleye Gideon Tayo , Kolawole Adebola Daniel
Published: December 2019

This study examined the effect of internal controls on performance of selected tertiary institutions in Ekiti state using a committee of sponsoring organisations (COSO) framework approach. The study employed a survey research design. Primary data were obtained and analysed using multiple regression analysis. Findings from the study showed that the overall influence of COSO components of internal control on performance of selected tertiary institutions in Ekiti state was significantly positive. However, Control activities (CA) (t =2.487, p=0.013 <0.05), Information & communication (IFC) (t=7.195, p=0.000 < 0.05) and Monitoring activities (MA) (t=4.809, p=0.000 < 0.05) had significant and positive influence on organisational performance of the selected tertiary institutions while Control environment (CE) (t =0.569, p=0.570 > 0.05) and Risk assessment (RA) (t=0.446, p=0.656 > 0.05) had positive but insignificant effect on organisational performance of the selected tertiary institutions. The study concluded that internal control had a positive effect on performance and was statistically significant in explaining performance of selected tertiary institutions in Ekiti state. The study thus recommended that those charged with governance in tertiary institutions should strengthen the highlighted components of internal controls.
Reliability Scaling of Nanoscale Avalanche Photodiodes in High-Speed Optical Communication
Authors: Huang Jack Jia-Sheng , Chang H. S. , Jan Yu-Heng
Published: December 2019

In the present era of big data and 5G wireless, both microelectronic and photonic components are indispensable building blocks. For microelectronics, device miniaturization has been following Moore’s law to attain higher speed and greater functionality. For photonics, similar device scaling is also evolving in both lasers and photodiodes to transmit high data rates of 25 Gb/s and beyond. However, such device miniaturization may impose challenges such as reliability and fabrication that require careful scientific and engineering studies. In particular, the reliability understanding of photonic device scaling is fairly rudimentary with only scattered reports. In this paper, we study the device and reliability scaling of nanoscale avalanche photodiodes (APDs). The device miniaturization of APDs mainly involves thickness reduction in the charge control and multiplication layers. The layer reduction however causes an increase in breakdown field that may adversely affect reliability in several aspects such as electrical/optical overload and electrostatic discharge (ESD). We present a new reliability degradation model of APDs based on the breakdown field and correlate it with the experimental data. Empirical reliability equations are instituted to establish quantitative formulation. We discuss the overload and ESD performances as a function of breakdown field for both planar-type and mesa-type APD structures.
Archimedes’ Principle and the Concept of Gravitation
Authors: Cavazzini Giancarlo
Published: December 2019

Simple experimental evidence shows that the current physical interpretation of the phenomenon of a solid material body floating on the surface of a liquid body - known as ‘Archimedes’ Principle’ - is not correct. As this interpretation is a consequence of the assumption that a volume of material, when immersed in a fluid, does not ‘lose’ its ‘weight’, what we believe of gravitational mechanical action is also not correct.

A material volume immersed in a fluid is currently believed to be subjected to two mechanical actions, ‘gravitational mechanical action’ or ‘weight of the material volume’ and ‘Archimedes’ force’. This is not in fact correct: the material volume is subjected to only one mechanical action, proportional to volume and to the difference in density between the matter of the material volume and that of the fluid.

We propose to call this mechanical action the ‘weight of the material volume in that fluid’, ceteris paribus. At the Earth’s surface, floating of a solid material volume B on the surface of a liquid volume is the result of the concurrent action of two ‘weights’, the ‘weight in air’ of the part of volume B which is immersed in air, directed downwards, and the ‘weight in the liquid’ of the part of volume B which is immersed in the liquid, directed upwards.
Does Special Relativity Lead to a Trans-Planckian Crisis?
Authors: Haug Espen Gaarder
Published: December 2019

In gravity theory, there is a well-known trans-Planckian problem, which is that general relativity theory leads

to a shorter than Planck length and shorter than Planck time in relation to so-called black holes. However, there has been little focus on the fact that special relativity also leads to a trans-Planckian problem, something we will demonstrate here. According to special relativity, an object with mass must move slower than light, but special relativity has no limits on how close to the speed of light something with mass can move. This leads to a scenario where objects can undergo so much length contraction that they will become shorter than the Planck length as measured from another frame, and we can also have shorter time intervals than the Planck time.

The trans-Planckian problem is easily solved by a small modification that assumes Haug’s maximum velocity for matter is the ultimate speed limit for something with mass. This speed limit depends on the Planck length, which can be measured without any knowledge of Newton’s gravitational constant or the Planck constant.
Reviewer acknowledgements for International Journal of English Linguistics, Vol. 9, No. 6
Authors: Xu Diana
Published: December 2019

Reviewer acknowledgements for International Journal of English Linguistics, Vol. 9, No. 6, 2019. 
Evaluation a Career Planning Course with Case-based Teaching Modelon College Students’ Career Decisions and Learning Satisfaction
Authors: Peng Huiling , Lin Wen-Chun
Published: December 2019

This study aims to investigate the impact of the case-based teaching model on college students' career decision making and learning satisfaction. The study conducted both a pre-test and a post-test on a single group of subjects. Thirty-two freshmen (8 males and 24 females) taking the class “Career Planning in Finance” in the department of finance of a business university. The researcher developed case-based teaching model materials for an 18-week career planning courses in one semester. There are two-hour classes per week for a whole semester. The results are as follows: (1) There are significant differences in the pre-test and the post-test on career decisions measured with career decided scores (t=-4.05, p=0.0028). The differences in career indecision scores are also statistically significant (t=-3.85, p=0.0001); (2) The questionnaire on learning satisfaction reports high scores in general (M=4.73, SD=0.40). Meanwhile, the university’s teaching assessment also indicates high satisfaction in this elective (M=4.89, SD=0.48). Results suggest that college students’ career decision making and learning satisfaction can be increased through their participation in the cased-based career planning courses.
Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease as important prognostic factors in acute pancreatitis
Authors: Rostropowicz-Honka Anna , Klinger Marian
Published: December 2019

This study includes an analysis of acute pancreatitis (AP) prognostic factors was performed as well as a critical review of the most important AP prognostic scales (APACHE II, Ranson, BISAP, SOFA, Marshall). The limitations of each scale were described. Simultaneously, the clinical applicability in the early prognostic AP stratification was presented, along with the clinical value of the alcoholic and gallstones etiology in the differential diagnosis. Pre-existing type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease significantly worsen the course of AP and should be included in the prognostic scale. It was shown that the diabetes coexisting with a HBA1C level above 6.5% significantly increases the mortality of AP patients and prolongs the period of hospitalization for 5 days. It was also observed that chronic kidney disease significantly increases the frequency of infective AP complications and raises 3-months mortality.
’World Environmental Education Congresses’ og naturfagenes rolle innen utdanning for bærekraftig utvikling
Authors: Sageidet Barbara Maria
Published: December 2019

This paper elucidates the role of the sciences within education for sustainable development as it is reflected on the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), a leading international conference since 2003. A historical perspective, and observations, conversations, interviews and a look at the presentations of the WEEC 2015 and WEEC 2017, this study reveals an underrepresentation of science education, while a dominance was registered on WEEC conferences for ten years ago. Both the WEEC 2015 and WEEC 2017 provided plenty of information about science related realities, but little about how to get children and the youth to understand them. Only few of the papers and posters were addressed to children’s and pupils learning related to physics or biogeochemical basic understanding.

 

The understanding of natural interrelationships and concepts is essential for children and the youth for to become informed decision-makers and active participants in a sustainable society.
Superabsorbent Hydrogels for Heavy Metal Removal
Authors: Ur Rehman Tanzil , Ali Shah Luqman , Saeed Khattak Noor , Khan Abbas , Rehman Noor , Alam Sultan
Published: December 2019

The superabsorbent hydrogels (SAHs) are 3D polymer networks having hydrophilic nature, which can swell, absorb, and hold incredible amount of water in aqueous medium showing better sorption ability. The sorption ability enables SAH to absorb organic pollutants, dyes, and heavy metal ions (HMI) from wastewater. Therefore, SAHs have recently got considerable interest from the researchers to be used for wastewater treatment. In order to know the swelling property and to understand the wastewater treatment in general and heavy metal ion removal from industrial effluent in particular, this chapter describes the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater in details. Thus this chapter will enable us to understand the theoretical and experimental part regarding the removal of heavy metal ions by SAH from wastewater. It also highlights the parameters of adsorption process such as effect of initial concentration of heavy metal ions, effect of external stimuli (pH), effect of temperature on the removal of heavy metal ions, and dosage studies. The synthesis of SAH and its use for removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater as well as recycling, selectivity, and effectiveness are also discussed in detail.
Conservative Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis
Authors: Yan Ng Shu
Published: December 2019

Degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) is commonly seen in people over the age of 50 years. The prevalence increases with age. Patients with DLS often complain of low back pain and radiculopathy. Neurological complaints are rare. Current treatments are generally targeted at pain relief. Effects are temporary; this is understandable as the spinal deformities which are the cause of the pain are not addressed. A few studies have shown that scoliosis specific exercises and lordotic bracing stabilize or reduce the rate of curve progression in patients with DLS. Patients should also be instructed in performing corrective movements in daily activities. In the presence of sarcopenia or decreased bone mineral density (BMD), resistance exercises and nutritional supplements should also be prescribed, as reduction in paraspinal muscle mass and BMD are risk factors of DLS. In the presence of neurological involvement or when the symptoms are refractory to conservative treatment, referral for surgery is required.
The Functional Effects of Adult Spinal Deformity and the Effectiveness of Surgery
Authors: Christopher Kieser David , Charles Wyatt Michael
Published: December 2019

The prevalence of adult spinal deformity (ASD) is increasing worldwide, driven by changing patient demographics, as well as an increased capacity to diagnose and treat this condition. ASD carries the worst healthcare burden of all chronic conditions including arthritis, chronic lung disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes and ischaemic heart disease. Recent advances in diagnostic and treatment modalities have resulted in an increase in surgical intervention for this condition. To be successful, however, a comprehensive understanding of the functional deficits caused by ASD must be recognised by those clinicians managing such patients. This chapter provides an overview of the functional deficits caused by ASD and its treatment.
Effects of Access to Retailers, Single Households, and Presence of a Patient in the Household on Healthy Eating
Authors: Jin Hyun J. , Kim Sang H.
Published: December 2019

Objectives: We reviewed the current status of healthy eating behaviors in South Korea and analyzed the influencing factors. Methods: A single-equation robust estimator and a seemingly unrelated regression were completed for the effects of access to food retailers, single
households, and patients living in the household on healthy eating. Data were retrieved from a consumer survey of 3043 household members preparing food. Results: Better access to retailers is positively related to healthy eating status. Single households are least likely to practice
healthy eating and the presence of a patient in the household is negatively related to healthy eating status. Conclusions: The 3 factors have significant effects on South Koreans' healthy eating status.
Melamine-Ceramic Membrane for Oily Wastewater Treatment
Authors: Ossman M.E. , Wagdy W. , Nabat K.Y. , Bramoo A. , Mohamed Y. , Gamal M.
Published: December 2019

Four distinctive Ceramic membranes have been synthesized using bentonite and Egyptian clay with the expansion of melamine. The addition of melamine (~ 1% by wt.) enhanced the porosity, density, the thermal stability and water permeability of the membranes made from bentonite or Egyptian clay while decreasing the chemical stability of either bentonite or Egyptian clay membranes. The most noteworthy level of decrease in COD (94.7%) is acquired for the concentration of 200ppm with saturating flux of 4.63 E-05 (m3/m2.s) utilizing (B+M) membrane. The cost of the four manufactured clay membranes was assessed based on raw materials used in the present investigation.
Léxico económico en la lengua española de principios del XIX. El epítome de Jean-Baptiste Say
Authors: Castellano Martínez José María
Published: December 2019

Esta reseña bibliográfica comparte con el lector el análisis crítico de la monografía "Léxico económico en la lengua española de principios del XIX. El epítome de Jean-Baptiste Say" del prof. José Carlos de Hoyos. El volumen es el resultado de un proyecto de investigación articulado según tres ópticas diferentes: diacrónica, diatécnica y textual con respecto del vocabulario integrado por Jean-Baptiste Say al final de su Traité d’économie politique: el Épitomé.
La crise de la théâtralité dans l’Eden Cinéma de Marguerite Duras: entre éclatement des codes dramaturgiques et mise en pièce du corps vieillissant, le corps jeune comme signe d’un renouveau théâtral.
Authors: Kocevar Savannah
Published: December 2019

Por su estructura que a la vez es novedosa  y transgrede los códigos clásicos  de la dramaturgia, el Eden cinéma de Marguerite Duras contribue a la renovacion  del genero teatral. El cuento hibrido y desconstruido, por el medio del lenguajé y de la representación, que mescla diferentes temporalidades y que alia cuerpo vivo y cuerpo cadaverico, cuerpo joven y cuerpo envejecido plantea la manera sobre que un cuerpo puede desparecer para dar lugar al renacimiento.

 

 

With it's innovative and transgressive structure, L’Eden Cinéma, written by Marguerite Duras is participating in the renewal of the the theatrical genre. By mixing several temporalities and associating, bodies young and aging, « cadaverisés» and alive, the fable, hybrid and destructured, evokes through language and represantation  how a body (of a person but also of a text) car disapear to leave a renewal in its place.

 

Par sa structure à la fois novatrice et transgressive des codes dramaturgiques classiques, L’Eden Cinéma de Marguerite Duras, participe au renouvellement du genre théâtral. Mêlant différentes temporalités et alliant corps vivant et corps cadavérisé, corps jeune et corps vieillissant, la fable, hybride et déstructurée, évoque par le biais du langage et de la représentation comment un corps (ou un corpus) peut disparaître pour laisser place au renouveau.
Dedans, dehors de Sophie Bessis,
Authors: Genovese Marilena
Published: December 2019

Bilan Dedans, dehors de Sophie Bessis,
Antonin Artaud sur la scène espagnole (1969-2016)
Authors: Corral Fulla Anna
Published: December 2019

La influencia de las teorías de Artaud en el mundo del teatro es, a día de hoy, una realidad indiscutible. En efecto, Artaud representa uno de los pilares sobre el que reposan los grupos colectivos de teatro independiente surgidos en los años 60-70 (Living Theater, etc.); las teorías más innovadoras de directores teatrales de renombre como Jerzy Grotowski o Peter Brook; el teatro posdramático (la performance, entre otros) y el nuevo rango otorgado a la palabra en la representación teatral. En la actualidad, Artaud es una referencia ineludible en el ámbito teatral: Artaud y El teatro y la peste; Artaud y El teatro de la crueldad; escritos teóricos recogidos en El teatro y su doble.

Este artículo se propone abordar la recepción de Artaud en la escena teatral española. Nos interesa identificar qué representaciones de Artaud se han privilegiado – el hombre de teatro, el loco, el poeta, el enfermo… – y examinar la incidencia de dichos espectáculos en la divulgación de la obra de Antonin Artaud en España.

The influence of Artaud's theories in the world of theatre is, today, an indisputable reality. Indeed, Artaud represents the pillar on which the collective groups of independent theatre arisen in the years 60-70 (Living Theater, etc.) rest; the most innovative theories of renowned theater directors such as Jerzy Grotowski or Peter Brook; the postdramatic theatre (the performance, among others) and the new rank granted to the word in the theatrical representation. At present, Artaud is an inescapable reference in the theatrical field: Artaud and The theatre and the plague; Artaud and Theatre of cruelty; theoretical writings collected in Theatre and its double.

This article aims to address the reception of Artaud on the Spanish theatre stage. We are interested in revealing what representations of Artaud have been privileged - the theatre man, the madman, the poet, the sick ... - and examine the incidence of these performances in the dissemination of the work of Antonin Artaud in Spain.

La influencia de las teorías de Artaud en el mundo del teatro es, a día de hoy, una realidad indiscutible. En efecto, Artaud representa uno de los pilares sobre el que reposan los grupos colectivos de teatro independiente surgidos en los años 60-70 (Living Theater, etc.); las teorías más innovadoras de directores teatrales de renombre como Jerzy Grotowski o Peter Brook; el teatro posdramático (la performance, entre otros) y el nuevo rango otorgado a la palabra en la representación teatral. En la actualidad, Artaud es una referencia ineludible en el ámbito teatral: Artaud y El teatro y la peste; Artaud y El teatro de la crueldad; escritos teóricos recogidos en El teatro y su doble.

Este artículo se propone abordar la recepción de Artaud en la escena teatral española. Nos interesa identificar qué representaciones de Artaud se han privilegiado – el hombre de teatro, el loco, el poeta, el enfermo… – y examinar la incidencia de dichos espectáculos en la divulgación de la obra de Antonin Artaud en España.
Plataformas digitales en la educación a distancia en México, una alternativa de estudio en comunicación
Authors: Hernández Gómez Arturo Secundino , Carro Pérez Ennio Héctor , Martínez Trejo Isaías
Published: December 2019

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo conocer la cantidad de artículos publicados sobre las plataformas digitales en la educación a distancia en México. La metodología empleada fue un diseño de investigación no experimental,  transversal descriptivo. La población se conformó de 497 artículos  obtenidos de las bases de datos DOAJ, SciELO y Redalyc, de acuerdo diversos criterios de palabras clave; la muestra no probabilística de tipo intencional obtenida fue de 7 artículos; los criterios de inclusión para la muestra fueron artículos que tuvieran un apartado metodológico y que fueran escritos en español,  inglés y portugués. Los resultados indican que de los 497 artículos encontrados, 61 corresponden a la base de datos DOAJ (12%), 227 artículos a Scielo (46%) y 209 a Redalyc (42%) y la media de autores que publican es de 2.5. Conclusiones: se encontraron 7 artículos de la temática investigada, 5 corresponden a estudios empíricos y 2  de tipo teórico; el 60% se realizan en la Universidad de Guadalajara, 20% en la UNAM y 20% en la UAEH.

The objective of this study is to know the amount of articles published on digital platforms in distance education in Mexico. The methodology used was a non-experimental, cross-descriptive research design. The population was made up of 493 articles obtained from the DOAJ, SciELO and Redalyc databases, according to various keyword criteria; the non-probabilistic sample of intentional type obtained was 7 articles; The inclusion criteria for the sample were articles that had a methodological section and were written in Spanish, English and Portuguese. The results indicate that of the 497 articles found, 61 correspond to the DOAJ database (12%), 227 articles to Scielo (46%) and 209 to Redalyc (42%) and the average of authors that publish is 2.52. Conclusions: 7 articles of the subject investigated were found, 5 correspond to empirical studies and 2 of theoretical type; 60% are carried out at the University of Guadalajara, 20% at the UNAM and 20% at the UAEH.