bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fast Computation of Combustion Phasing and Its Influence on Classifying Random or Deterministic Patterns
Authors: Lian Huan , Martz Jason , Prakash Niket , Stefanopoulou Anna
Published: April 2016

The classification between a sequence of highly variable combustion events that have an underlying deterministic pattern and a sequence of combustion events with similar level of variability but random characteristics is important for control of combustion phasing. In the case of high cyclic variation (CV) with underlying deterministic patterns, it is possible to apply closed-loop combustion control on a cyclic-basis with a fixed mean value, such as injection timing in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) or spark timing in spark ignition (SI) applications, to contract the CV. In the case of a random distribution, the high CV can be avoided by shifting operating conditions away from the unstable region via advancing or retarding the injection timing or the spark timing in the mean-sense. Therefore, the focus of this paper is on the various methods of computing CA50 for analyzing and classifying cycle-to-cycle variability. The assumptions made to establish fast and possibly online methods can alter the distribution of the calculated parameters from cycle-to-cycle, possibly leading to incorrect pattern interpretation and improper control action. Finally, we apply a statistical technique named “permutation entropy” for the first time on classifying combustion patterns in HCCI and SI engine for varying operating conditions. Then, the various fast methods for computing CA50 feed the two statistical methods, permutation and the Shannon entropy, and their differences and similarities are highlighted.
A Study of Trailing-Edge Losses in Organic Rankine Cycle Turbines
Authors: Durá Galiana Francisco J. , Wheeler Andrew P.S. , Ong Jonathan
Published: April 2016

In this paper, vane trailing-edge losses which occur in organic rankine cycle (ORC) turbines are investigated. Experiments are performed to study the influence of dense gas effects on trailing-edge loss in supersonic flows using a novel Ludwieg tube facility for the study of dense-gas flows. The data is also used to validate a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) flow solver. The computational simulations are then used to determine the contributions to loss from shocks and viscous effects which occur at the vane trailing edge. The results show that dense gas effects play a vital role in the structure of the trailing-edge flow, and control the extent of shock and viscous losses.
The Influence of Restricted Visual Feedback on Dribbling Performance in Youth Soccer Players
Authors: Fransen Job , Lovell Thomas W.J. , Bennett Kyle J.M. , Deprez Dieter , Deconinck Frederik J.A. , Lenoir Matthieu , Coutts Aaron J.
Published: April 2016

The aim of the current study was to examine the influence of restricted visual feedback using stroboscopic eyewear on the dribbling performance of youth soccer players. Three dribble test conditions were used in a within-subjects design to measure the effect of restricted visual feedback on soccer dribbling performance in 189 youth soccer players (age: 10–18 y) classified as fast, average or slow dribblers. The results showed that limiting visual feedback increased dribble test times across all abilities. Furthermore, the largest performance decrement between stroboscopic and full vision conditions was in fast dribblers, showing that fast dribblers were most affected by reduced visual information. This may be due to a greater dependency on visual feedback at increased speeds, which may limit the ability to maintain continuous control of the ball. These findings may have important implications for the development of soccer dribbling ability.
Primary malignant mixed Müllerian tumour (MMMT) of the vagina and review of the literature
Authors: Visvalingam Geetha , Lee Wai Kheong Ryan , Wong Chin Fong , Lim Yong Kuei
Published: April 2016

Primary malignant mixed Müllerian tumour (MMMT) of the vagina is a rare entity. We report a case of a 62-year-old woman who presented with a fixed and hard anterior vaginal wall mass with contact bleeding. She proceeded to have an anterior infralevator pelvic exenteration with urethrectomy and anterior vaginectomy, creation of an ileal conduit and bilateral lymph node dissection. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis of primary MMMT of the vagina. The patient was stage IVA at diagnosis. Despite chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she had progressive disease and eventually passed away at the age of 65 years.
Testing Read-Once Formula Satisfaction
Authors: Fischer Eldar , Goldhirsh Yonatan , Lachish Oded
Published: April 2016

We study the query complexity of testing for properties defined by read-once formulas, as instances of
massively parametrized properties
, and prove several testability and nontestability results. First, we prove the testability of any property accepted by a Boolean read-once formula involving any bounded arity gates, with a number of queries exponential in ϵ, doubly exponential in the arity, and independent of all other parameters. When the gates are limited to being monotone, we prove that there is an
estimation
algorithm that outputs an approximation of the distance of the input from satisfying the property. For formulas only involving And/Or gates, we provide a more efficient test whose query complexity is only quasipolynomial in ϵ. On the other hand, we show that such testability results do not hold in general for formulas over non-Boolean alphabets. Specifically, we construct a property defined by a read-once arity 2 (non-Boolean) formula over an alphabet of size 4, such that any 1/4-test for it requires a number of queries depending on the formula size. We also present such a formula over an alphabet of size 5 that also satisfies a strong monotonicity condition.
A Transfer-Aware Runtime System for Heterogeneous Asynchronous Parallel Execution
Authors: Hmid Soukaina N. , Coutinho Jose G.F. , Luk Wayne
Published: April 2016

This paper presents a novel resource management approach for efficiently managing the computation and the data movements between the host and its accelerators in a heterogeneous platform. Our approach is based on OmpSs, with support for multi-core CPUs, GPGPUs and Maxeler Data Flow Engines based on FPGA technology; it exploits data locality, data transfer costs and data dependencies. The proposed approach is supported by an offline learning process coupled with online monitoring, allowing performance to be estimated while learning from past observations during execution. Its performance is compared against the current OmpSs scheduler using five benchmarks: matrix multiplication, bitonic sort, N-body simulation, Cholesky decomposition and AdPredictor. The results show the proposed approach can achieve up to 4.25 times speed-up for Cholesky decomposition. Moreover, an evaluation with AdPredictor indicates that the FPGA version is up to 46 times faster than the CPU version for large task sizes.
A Configurable Architecture for Sparse LU Decomposition on Matrices with Arbitrary Patterns
Authors: Wang Xinying , Jones Phillip H. , Zambreno Joseph
Published: April 2016

Sparse LU decomposition has been widely used to solve sparse linear systems of equations found in many scientific and engineering applications, such as circuit simulation, power system modeling and computer vision. However, it is considered a computationally expensive factorization tool. While parallel implementations have been explored to accelerate sparse LU decomposition, irregular sparsity patterns often limit their performance gains. Prior FPGA-based accelerators have been customized to domain-specific sparsity patterns of pre-ordered symmetric matrices. In this paper, we present an efficient architecture for sparse LU decomposition that supports both symmetric and asymmetric sparse matrices with arbitrary sparsity patterns. The control structure of our architecture parallelizes computation and pivoting operations. Also, on-chip resource utilization is configured based on properties of the matrices being processed. Our experimental results show a 1:6 to 14x speedup over an optimized software implementation for benchmarks containing a wide range of sparsity patterns.
Stream Computation of Shallow Water Equation Solver for FPGA-based 1D Tsunami Simulation
Authors: Sano Kentaro , Kono Fumiya , Nakasato Naohito , Vazhenin Alexander , Sedukhin Stanislav
Published: April 2016

MOST (Method Of Splitting Tsunami) is widely used to solve shallow water equations (SWEs) for forecasting tsunami generated by an earthquake. Toward development of a power-efficient and high-performance computing system for 2D tsunami simulation, we conduct feasibility study on stream computation of 1D SWE solver with FPGA.We analyze an original code and design a stream algorithm with techniques of kernel fusion, shift buffering for streamed stencil-data access, and cascading processing elements for a longer pipeline. We implement a deep pipeline with at most 744 stages of 4 SPEs on 28 nm Stratix V FPGA, which achieves 82.4 GFlop/s at 200 MHz.
A Very Rare Cause of a Relapsing Para-Oesophageal Abscess
Authors: Wespi Simon Peter , Frei Remus , Sulz Michael Christian
Published: April 2016

Oesophageal involvement in Crohn’s disease (CD) is uncommon and most often accompanied by involvement of more distal parts. Its presentation is mostly non-specific, and therefore a diagnosis, especially in isolated oesophageal disease, is difficult. We present the case of a 42-year-old male patient who was referred to our gastroenterology department because of a para-oesophageal abscess. Under antibiotic treatment the abscess healed, but despite great diagnostic efforts, its aetiology remained unclear. Three years later the patient was hospitalized again because of an abscess at the same site. Endoscopy showed disseminated ulcerations of the lower oesophagus, raising suspicion of CD. After excluding other possible causes, we made the diagnosis of isolated CD of the oesophagus. We review the available literature on this topic and discuss the clinical presentation, symptoms, endoscopic findings, and histology as well as treatment of oesophageal CD.
Cytogenomic Aberrations in Congenital Cardiovascular Malformations
Authors: Azamian Mahshid , Lalani Seema R.
Published: April 2016

Congenital cardiovascular malformations are the most common birth defects, with a complex multifactorial etiology. Genetic factors play an important role, illuminated by numerous cytogenetically visible abnormalities, as well as submicroscopic genomic imbalances affecting critical genomic regions in the affected individuals. Study of rare families with Mendelian forms, as well as emerging next-generation sequencing technologies have uncovered a multitude of genes relevant for human congenital cardiac diseases. It is clear that the complex embryology of human cardiac development, with an orchestrated interplay of transcription factors, chromatin regulators, and signal transduction pathway molecules can be easily perturbed by genomic imbalances affecting dosage-sensitive regions. This review focuses on chromosomal abnormalities contributing to congenital heart diseases and underscores several genomic disorders linked to human cardiac malformations in the last few decades.
''A Benfazeja'': o homem em busca de si
Authors: Barros Marta Cavalcante de
Published: April 2016

Apoiando-se nos mecanismos básicos de funcionamento do inconsciente o deslocamento e a condensação -, a autora analisa o conto "A benfazeja", de Guimarães Rosa, observando como se tece sua intertextualidade com a peça Édipo Rei, de Sófocles.
Pañcatantra
Authors: Tesheiner Maria da Graça , Flemming Marianne
Published: April 2016

Tradução, notas e comentários de: MARIA DA GRAÇA TESHEINER e  MARIANNE FLEMMING
Crítica, Providência e uso dos modos ficcionais no Quixote I'
Authors: Cintrão Heloisa Pezza
Published: April 2016

No Quixote I de Miguel de Cervantes convivem uma linha narrativa paródica de crítica aos livros de cavalaria e outra ilusionista, que resgata e reajusta convenções desses l ivros. Neste sentido, procura-se, nas sistematizações dos modos e formas ficcionais de Northrop Frye, bases teóricas para pensar a interação dessas duas linhas narrativas. A ficção concebida como instrumento de formação e de crítica social, a idéia de livre-arbítrio conjugada à presença da Providência divina no Mu ndo ficcional aparecem como chaves para entender a posição do Quixote I entre o romance e o romanesco e a relação de elementos da construção do texto com dados do contexto da Espanha da crise do Renascimento.
A Insuportável Contenção: Clarice Lispector e Katherine Mansfield
Authors: Iannage Ricardo
Published: April 2016

Trata-se de um estudo comparado dos contos "Amor", de Clarice Lispector, e "Bliss", de Katherine Mansfield. Os conceitos do historiador da literatura Mikhail Bakhtin acerca de dialogismo e polifonia dão suporte teórico à análise das duas narrativas,  cujas personagens centrais figuram esposas da média  burguesia que, ao se defrontarem com insólitas experiências, deixam transparecer seus reservados conflitos existenciais.
A Narrativa, a história e o "Miúdo Recruzado"
Authors: Pena Eduardo Spiller
Published: April 2016

São duas as reflexões que se cruzam no texto. A comparação entre duas formas legítimas de se produzir conhecimento (a narrativa histórica e o discurso das ciências exatas) e a sedução eterna do exercício da criação literária sobre aqueles que lapidam a escrita da história.
A crítica integradora de Antonio Candido (nota sobre "De Cortiço a Cortiço''))
Authors: Otsuka Edu Teruki
Published: April 2016

Antonio Candido tem evitado a teorização pura, bem como as análises apenas descritivas, preferindo apresentar o estudo minucioso de obras particulares, no qual é possível, entretanto, identificar questões teórico-metodológicas mais gerais que norteiam sua crítica. Este trabalho procura comentar o ensaio "De cortiço a cortiço", enfocando algumas dessas questões.
Ser e Desejar Ser: espirais entrelaçadas em "Um Homem Célebre"' de Machado de Assis
Authors: Homem Maria Lúcia
Published: April 2016

O artigo apresenta a análise de um conto de Machado de Assis, destacando as questões da criação artística e do ideal auto-imposto pelo sujeito. Serão utilizados alguns referenciais fornecidos pela teoria psicanalítica, tais como a relevância de aspectos inconscientes e a consideração do desejo na estrutura psíquica.
Canudos para hoje (níveis de leitura implícitos em os Sertões)
Authors: Horta Patricia
Published: April 2016

Este estudo procura analisar, em Os Sertões de Euclides da Cunha, algumas características do narrador, bem como suas implicações. São identificados quatro tipos de narradores, dentre os quais o narrador-tradutor. Este faz que uma espécie de tradução faça parte da experiência de leitura da obra, criando no texto um "tradutor implícito", como uma faceta do seu leitor implícito. Derivam desses narradores pelo menos cinco níveis de leitura, que correspondem aos diversos aspectos de Os Sertões.
A trama do desejo: uma leitura do conto ''Desenredo", de Guimarães Rosa
Authors: Rocha Marília Librandi
Published: April 2016

O presente estudo reelabora uma análise feita há alguns anos sobre o conto "Desenredo" de Guimarães Rosa (Tutaméia, 1967). Na ocasião, procedemos  a uma lei­ tura estritamente ligada ao campo da teoria literária, que agora desenvolvemos com o acréscimo de algumas reflexões provenientes da psicanálise e que se baseiam especifi­ camente em dois estudos de Freud: Os Chistes e sua relação com o Inconsciente (1905) e Escritores criativos e devaneio ( 1908).
O diálogo das virtudes (um ensaio sobre Brecht. Peças dos anos 30.)
Authors: Valle Ricardo Martins
Published: April 2016

Nos anos 30, algumas peças de Brecht revelam, pela contradição, uma relativização das virtudes e dos vícios: o mercado, como a guerra, neutraliza pela raiz qualquer fronteira ética, separa forma e conteúdo, desumaniza. Entre a rigidez dos binômios morais e o seu esvaziamento de sentido, o humanismo político e estético de Brecht parece perseguir uma nova moral, histórica e dialética.
Dostoiévski e a crítica russa
Authors: Bianchi Maria de Fátima
Published: April 2016

Logo no início de suas atividades em literatura, grandes polêmicas surgiram em torno do método criativo de Dostoiévski e de sua relação com a tendência realista russa que se desenvolvia então com o nome de "es“ola natural”. A escola representava a vida das pessoas pobres das cidades e possuía um caráter de protesto e de crítica social evidente.
A porta como ponto vélico
Authors: Moura Susan Blum Pessôa
Published: April 2016

Este artigo tem como objetivo demostrar a possibilidade a possibilidade de utilização de um elemento observado por Cortázar na análise de espaços dentro da literatura. O ponto vélico, elemento retirado da marítima, é observado por Cortázar como uma possível fissura inter-espacial que dialoga com entornos apresentados na ficção. Para exemplificação utilizou-se um conto do autor argentino.
"Ladrão se mata com tiro": lírica e autoritarismo em "Morte do leiteiro" de Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Authors: Jutgla Cristiano Augusto da Silva
Published: April 2016

O Objetivo deste artigo é tecer algumas considerações críticas a respeito das configurações entre sujeito lírico e autoritarismo no poema "Morte do leiteiro", de Carlos Drummond de Andrade, da obra A rosa do povo, de 1945.
O tribunal realista: considerações críticas sobre Machado de Assis e o gênero romance
Authors: Bier Felipe
Published: April 2016

Este trabalho divide seus esforços críticos em dois flancos, tendo como fim tecer considerações acerca do romance enquanto gênero histórico. Primeiro tratar-se-á da relação entre ética, ideologia e representação literária a partir das considerações de Georg Lukács: a saber, será explorada a divisão histórica que serve de base para o pensamento do autor húngaro – cujo marco é o ano de 1848 – para sustentar a hipótese de que a conhecida crise da representação realista encontra raízes no nexo ideologia/forma literária. A segunda metade do trabalho evidenciará como tais questões encontram florescimento especial na obra de Machado de Assis: partindo de uma análise centrada em Dom Casmurro, trabalha-se com a hipótese de que a maneira peculiar de lidar com o tema da calúnia nesta obra oferece o vislumbre de outra relação entre forma literária e ideologia.
Pêndulo entre negatividade e utopia no Poeta en Nueva York de García Lorca
Authors: Oliveira Marcelo Freitas Ferreira de
Published: April 2016

Este trabalho busca explorar o movimento pendular entre deflagração de uma realidade distópica e alusão a um mundo utópico existente em grande parte dos poemas do livro Poeta en Nueva York de García Lorca. Parte-se da contextualização histórica da obra e de uma explanação acerca de sua organização externa em seções - a qual poderia sugerir uma espécie de crônica da viagem do poeta pelos Estados Unidos -, para em seguida ingressar numa breve análise de determinados poemas, de modo a explicitar o seu caráter eminetemente lírico, na medida em que os dramas individuais do sujeito poético e os dramas da coletividade, simbolizados pela cidade de Nova York, se mostram fundidos ao longo da coletânea.
O incipit de Cidade de Deus
Authors: Takemoto César
Published: April 2016

O artigo é composto de uma breve análise das múltiplas aberturas de páginas do primeiro romance de Paulo Lins. A partir daquilo que em Teoria Literária alguns chamam de incipit, fez-se um comentário da multiplicidade de 'começos' que singularizam a narrativa em questão, levando em conta, num primeiro plano, aquilo que ela representa como radical indecisão da forma literária que dali se desenrolará. Em um segundo plano, o texto tenta desenvolver alguns temas que surgem nessas passagens iniciais, temas que serão desenvolvidos posteriormente no romance como um todo.
Dialética da representação da realidade na passagem do romance tradicional para o romance modernista
Authors: Araujo Murillo
Published: April 2016

Partindo de conceitos desenvolvidos pelas teorias literária, semiótica e marxista, este ensaio efetua uma breve análise da dialética da representação da realidade na passagem do romance tradicional para o romance modernista com o intuito de demonstrar como as mudanças no gênero do romance ocorreram em virtude de necessidades tanto internas quanto externas à própria obra de arte.
"Aqueles que dela comeram tornaram-se os tchierko, os feiticeiros devoradores de almas"
Authors: Silva Ana Luiza De Oliveira e
Published: April 2016

Pretendemos dar a conhecer, por meio da tradução, um conto que circulou oralmente na região da África Ocidental. A narrativa, cujos elementos permitem relacioná-la ao povo Zarma-Songai, possui origens imemoriais e nos permite vislumbrar alguns aspectos do universo mágico-religioso de povos daquela região, notadamente, a origem lendária dos chamados “feiticeiros devoradores de almas”.
La Douleur e a Compreensão do Contemporâneo
Authors: Mascaro Laura Degaspare Monte
Published: April 2016

Neste trabalho, pretendemos analisar brevemente a obra La Douleur de Marguerite Duras principalmente em seu caráter de literatura de testemunho, enquanto uma literatura preocupada com o eu e com o mundo. Para a referida análise, partiremos de uma articulação entre o tratamento que Giorgio Agamben dá ao contemporâneo e aquele que Hannah Arendt dá ao pensar entre o passado e o futuro; em segundo lugar nos questionaremos acerca do tipo de compreensão trazida pela obra sobre o mundo a partir do “eu” que narra suas vivências, e finalmente consideraremos o modo pelo qual a obra alcançaria essa compreensão.
Jorge de Lima e os Nativos da Ilha: podeis frechar-nos índios atuais.
Authors: Ribeiro Daniel Glaydson
Published: April 2016

Este ensaio percorre a relação do poeta, ensaísta e romancista Jorge de Lima (1893-1953) com a questão (a tragédia, o genocídio) indígena. O texto parte da Invenção de Orfeu (1952), mas retorna às origens da problemática relação através de obras menos conhecidas do autor, como Rassenbildung und rassenpolitik in Brasilien (1934), Salomão e as mulheres (1927), “Todos cantam sua terra...” (1929) e Anchieta (1934), desenhando um painel de ideologias controversas e feracidades contraideológicas. A semiofagia do grande poema, este experimento épico-nacional, só pode ser compreendida a partir de um duplo gesto, devorador de si próprio e violador de sua ascendência.
Intertextuality, Apocalypticism, and Covenant: The Rhetorical Force of the New Jerusalem in Rev 21:9-22:5
Authors: Harker Ryan D.
Published: April 2016

The culminating text of the Christian canon, Rev 21-22, is a key text for the church’s articulation of its eschatological hope. This paper argues that in Rev 21:9-22:5 John draws on the prophetic theme of covenant renewal and the attendant conception of the identity and character of God’s covenant people to reinforce in a new context that same conception of the identity of God’s people, though reimagined in light of the life and resurrection of the Lamb. The author is making a claim on his audience’s identity as the locus of the fulfilment of the prophetic hope of covenant renewal. Using the tools of rhetorical analysis and intertextuality, I thus argue that the New Jerusalem image is not an articulation of the future dwelling place of God’s people; rather, the New Jerusalem image is a call to discipleship anchored in the prophetic hope of covenant renewal.
How Acts Means
Authors: Brown Kris
Published: April 2016

In his gospel, Luke is caught up in the power of metaphor, in Jesus’ assertions that the kingdom of heaven is here. In Acts, on the other side of Jesus’ ascension, Luke is left with here where the kingdom of heaven just was. If the miracles of Acts suggests that the kingdom of heaven keeps popping out again, what Luke narrates in Acts is his discovery/rediscovery of this kingdom, outside of metaphor, fact by fact. Acts makes meaning for us as we begin to see how we might connect what is right in front of us to the kingdom of God.
Neopestalotiopsis vitis sp. nov. causing grapevine leaf spot in China
Authors: Jayawardena Ruvishika S. , Liu Mei , Maharachchikumbura Sajeewa S. N. , Zhang Wei , Xing QiKai , Hyde Kevin D. , Nilthong Somrudee , Li XingHong , Yan JiYe
Published: April 2016

Neopestalotiopsis species are associated with a post harvest fruit rot and trunk disease of grapevines in China. A new species, N. vitis was isolated from the grape leaf spot in Guangxi Province, China. Initially, small circular, slightly sunken, necrotic spots, developed on the leaf surface, mainly at the inter-vein regions. The spots enlarged rapidly turning irregular, necrotic and brittle with age. Phylogenetic species recognition based on analysis of the combined ITS, TUB2 and tef1 sequence data coupled with morphology distinguished N. vitis from all other known species in the genus. This is the first report of a Neopestalotiopsis species causing a leaf spot on grapevine.
A brief taxonomic revision of Physoptychis (Alysseae, Brassicaceae)
Authors: German Dmitry A , TEKİN MEHMET , ŠPANIEL STANISLAV , MARHOLD KAROL , AL-SHEHBAZ IHSAN A.
Published: April 2016

Physoptychis is recognized as a genus of two species: P. caspica, a relatively widespread in SW Asia, and P. haussknechtii, an endemic of inner Anatolia. Nomenclature of both taxa is updated, and three new synonyms are established. Of them, the poorly known Fibigia thesigeri and Vesicaria physiphora are proven to be conspecific with P. caspica, while the recently described P. purpurascens is found to be indistinguishable from P. haussknechtii. The approximate locus classicus of V. physiphora, hitherto unclear, is revealed, and the name is typified. Notes on the original material and typification of Crambe caspica [≡ Physoptychis caspica] are provided. Morphological characteristics and distribution of P. haussknechtii are updated.
Paepalanthus capixaba (Eriocaulaceae), a new microendemic species from Espírito Santo, Brazil
Authors: Trovó Marcelo , Sano Paulo Takeo , De Fraga Claudio Nicoletti
Published: April 2016

We describe and illustrate Paepalanthus capixaba, a new species of Paepalanthus ser. Paepalanthus. The species is endemic to Espírito Santo state and restricted to a very distinct and endangered area, which comprises a mosaic of quartzitic sandy patches within a granitic argillaceous site. The indument of leaves, spathes, and scapes is crucial to recognize the taxon as a unique entity. The species is compared to Paepalanthus klotzschianus, the morphologically most similar species. An official conservation status of critically endangered species was assessed by the Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora committee. Comments on the occurrence area and the morphological variation of the species, as well as a distribution map, photos, and illustrations are provided.
Lectotypification and taxonomic identity of Orthostichopsis subtenuis (Pterobryaceae)
Authors: Vilas Bôas-Bastos Silvana B. , Bastos Cid José Passos
Published: April 2016

A taxonomic study of Pterobryaceae in Brazil indicates the need to lectotypify Orthostichopsis subtenuis, and to consider this taxon under synonymy with Orthostichella pachygastrella (Neckeraceae). Both names are clearly conspecific on the basis of various morphological characters.
Review of Christopher Clark's Οι Υπνοβάτες: Πώς η Ευρώπη πήγε στον πόλεμο το 1914
Authors: Lemonidou Elli
Published: April 2016

There is hardly an issue in the entire history of the 20th century that has caught so much the interest of the historians and has seen the production of such a huge number of books and articles as the one regarding the origins of the First World War. It is no surprise that the explosion of interest in the First World War on the occasion of the centenary year was marked, among else, by new discussions and many publications on this subject.

The book that has caught mostly the attention of public and academic debate is no other than Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Through an exhaustive study of the main actors and the motives behind their decisions, characterized by thorough knowledge of the subject and a thrilling narrative style, the author tries to answer the crucial question of how Europe went to war in 1914.
Introduction: The end of a parable? Unsettling the transitology model in the age of crisis
Authors: Kornetis Kostis
Published: April 2016

This volume brings together scholars from the fields of history, political science, political economy, historical sociology and cultural studies, to comment on the theoretical and empirical unsettling of democratic transitions at the time of the economic crisis. The volume links together transitions in time and space, reappraising the democratic processes in Southern Europe in the mid-1970s, the post-1989 transformations in Eastern Europe, the effects of Southern Cone democratisations and the 2011 revolts in the Arab worlds, resisting both temporal particularities and national exceptionalisms. It further showcases how even supposed model transitions came under attack during the current economic crisis, thus highlighting the incloncusive nature of these events and the strong interconnections between past and present.
Αι εορταστικαί επιγραφαί των ψηφιδωτών του τρούλλου του Αγ.Γεωργίου (Rotonda) Θεσσαλονίκης
Authors: Γούναρης Γεώργιος
Published: April 2016

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Δύο ανέκδοτα τουρκικά έγγραφα προερχόμενα εκ των Μονών του Αγίου Όρους, Λαύρας και Βατοπεδίου
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ιωάννης Κ.
Published: April 2016

No abstract
Το γλωσσικό ιδίωμα του Λαγκαδά
Authors: Κοσμάς Νίκος Β.
Published: April 2016

No abstract
Michael Zahrnt, Olynth und die Chalkidier, Untersuchungen zur Stadtbildung auf der Chalkidischen Halbinsel im 5. und 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Vestigia, Beiträge zur alten Geschichte
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δ.
Published: April 2016

No abstract
Ίωάννου Πετρώφ, του εκ Μόσχας φιλέλληνος, Περίδοξος κλεφτουριά της Μακεδονίας. Βιογραφίαι 28 κλεφταρματολών της. Εισαγωγή, μετά καταλόγου των ανεκδότων έργων του Πετρώφ, προσθήκαι και επιμέλεια Γεωργίου X. Χιονίδη
Authors: Τσιρπανλής Ζαχ. Ν.
Published: April 2016

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Αποστόλου Μ. Τζαφεροπούλου, Οι Καρατασαίοι-Α' Ο Γέρο-Καρατάσος
Authors: Νικολαΐδου Ελευθερία Ι.
Published: April 2016

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Istorija na Makedonskiot Narod (Ιστορία του Μακεδονικού Έθνους)
Authors: Σαμσάρης Δημήτριος Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Ένα άγνωστο χειρόγραφο του Γεωργίου Ζαβίρα στη βιβλιοθήκη του Σαιντεντρέ της Ουγγαρίας: "θέματα όπου επαρεδίδεν ο Γεώργιος Ζαβίρας τω τότε μαθητή αυτού Κωνσταντίνο Εμμανουήλ"
Authors: Φιούβες Εντέν
Published: April 2016

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Το Βελβεντό: η ιστορία του ονόματος της κωμοπόλεως και η ετυμολογία του
Authors: Θαβώρης Α. Ι.
Published: April 2016

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Πολύγυρος
Authors: Συμεωνίδης Χ.
Published: April 2016

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Peter Robert France, Literaturüberblicke der griechischen Numismatik
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δ.
Published: April 2016

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Συμβολή στην ιστορία της Ελληνικής Κοινότητος του Σεμλίνου: πέντε ανέκδοτα έγγραφα του έτους 1793
Authors: Παπανδριανός Ιωάννης , Kolakovic Vasllija
Published: April 2016

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Το μητρώον βαπτίσεων της Καθολικής Εκκλησίας Θεσσαλονίκης (1702-1727)
Authors: Dumon Yves-Jean
Published: April 2016

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Ονοματολάτραι: (Ετεροδιδασκαλία Ρώσων μοναχών του Αγίου Όρους κατά την δευτέραν δεκαετίαν του 20ου αιώνος)
Authors: Παπουλίδης Κωνσταντίνος Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Άγνωστος "ενθύμησις" περί της ναυμαχίας του Άθω εν έτει 1807
Authors: Στογιόγλου Γεώργιος Α.
Published: April 2016

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Μερικά ελληνικά έγγραφα ευρισκόμενα εις τα αρχεία του Βουκουρεστίου
Authors: Limona Dumitru
Published: April 2016

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Επανομή
Authors: Συμεωνίδης Χ. Π.
Published: April 2016

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Beitrag zur topographie Nord-Griechenlands in der Spätbyzantinischen zeit
Authors: Hrochovâ Vëra
Published: April 2016

Αί μελέται αί σχετικαί μέ τήν βυζαντινήν πόλιν περιορίζονται μέχρι τού παρόντος εις τήν Κωνσταντινούπολιν καί άλλα τινά έμπορεΐα. Το φαινόμενον αυτό όφείλεται άναμφιβόλως, μεταξύ άλλων, εις τό γεγονός ότι αί ίστορικαί πηγαί έπί τής περιπτώσεως ταύτης είναι πλουσιώτεραι.

Εις τήν παρούσαν μελέτην ή συγγραφεύς προσπαθεί νά άνασυγκροτήση τό δίκτυον γενικώς των πόλεων εις τάς βυζαντινός έπαρχίας, νά προσδιορίση τόν δυναμισμόν τής έξελίξεώς του καί νά συμπεράνη τόν οικονομικόν ρόλον των διαφόρων πόλεων. Ή συγγραφεύς γνωρίζει καλώς τό γεγονός ότι κατά τούς 13-16 αί. αί βυζαντινοί πόλεις, κυρίως των επαρχιών, διαφέρουν ούσιωδως των πόλεων τής Δυτικής Εύρώπης κατά τήν ιδίαν εποχήν. Ή συγγραφεύς κατονομάζει «πόλεις», άδιακρίτως, καί όλους τούς συνοικισμούς μέ αγροτικόν χαρακτήρα.

Τό χαρακτηριστικόν των επαρχιακών πόλεων συνίσταται εις δύο παρά­γοντας, πού οί μελετηταί μάλλον παρημέλησαν μέχρι σήμερον: α) Παράγων τής έξελίξεώς των μεταβολών, τάς όποιας ύπέστησαν οί συνοικισμοί τού άστικού τύπου άπό τόν 13 μέχρι τόν 16 αί. β) Παράγων χωροταξικός. Προ­σπαθεί ή συγγραφεύς νά άνασκευάση άπό άπόψεως έξελίξεώς τό δίκτυον των «άστικών» συνοικισμών καί νά τό άντιπαραβάλη μέ τά γεωγραφικά δε­δομένα τών έμπορικών οδών κ.λ. Τήν αρχήν αύτήν εις τόν έλληνικόν χώρον δέχεται προκειμένου περί τής Θεσσαλίας.

Ή τοπογραφική έξέτασις έδειξεν ότι ή λειτουργία τών πόλεων κατά τούς 13-16 αί. δεν έξηρτάτο καθόλου άπό τό γεγονός άν μία πόλις ύφίστατο άπό τήν πρώιμον βυζαντινήν έποχήν ή άν ίδρύθη μεταγενεστέρως. 'Ως μόνον άξιόπιστον κριτήριον θεωρούνται λοιπόν αί διάφοροι λειτουργίαι τών πό­λεων εϊς τήν βυζαντινήν κοινωνίαν. Μεταξύ τών διαφόρων λειτουργιών αύτών πρέπει άναμφισβητήτως νά άναφέρωμεν τόν ρόλον τού πολιτικού καί θρη­ σκευτικού κέντρου, τήν ϋπαρξιν τού έξωτερικοϋ έμπορίου καί τήν ανταλ­λαγήν προϊόντων μή άγροτικών.

Τό παράδειγμα τής Θεσσαλίας έπέτρεψεν εις τήν συγγραφέα νά έξετάση τάς άλλαγάς εις τούς άστικούς συνοικισμούς καί τήν σπουδαιότητα τών λειτουργιών, πού έμφανίζουν αί διάφοροι πόλεις εις τήν βυζαντινήν έποχήν.
Αι πέντε εκδόσεις του "Ευεργετινού"
Authors: Παπουλίδης Κωνσταντίνος Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Κωνσταντίνος Μηνάς, Μηνωΐδης, ένας Εδεσσαίος λόγιος του 1821
Authors: Τουσίμης Γεώργιος
Published: April 2016

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Θεοδώρου Χ. Σαρικάκη, Ρωμαίοι άρχοντες της επαρχίας Μακεδονίας, μερ. Α'. Από της ιδρύσεως της επαρχίας μέχρι των χρόνων του Αυγούστου (148-27 π.Χ.)
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δ.
Published: April 2016

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Θεοδώρου Σαρικάκη, Η εν Μακεδονία δράσις του Πείσωνος
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δ.
Published: April 2016

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Όλγας Μπορίσοβνα Σπάρο, Η απελευθέρωση της Ελλάδος και η Ρωσία, 1821-1828
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ι. Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Ζαχαρία Ν. Τσιρπανλή, Οι Μακεδόνες σπουδαστές του Ελληνικού Κολλεγίου της Ρώμης και η δράση τους στην Ελλάδα και στην Ιταλία (16ος αι.-1650)
Authors: Χιονίδης Γεώργιος Χ.
Published: April 2016

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Γεωργίου Χ. Χιονίδη, Ανέκδοτος Ακολουθία του νεομάρτυρος Αρσενίου, Μητροολίτου Βεροίας
Authors: Πάσχος Π. Β.
Published: April 2016

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Οι εις τα μητρώα των αγωνιστών του 1821 αναγραφόμενοι Μακεδόνες
Authors: Χιονίδης Γεώργιος Χ.
Published: April 2016

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Πρσθήκαι και διορθώσεις εις εκδεδομένας επιγραφάς εκ Βεροίας-μέρος Β'
Authors: Τουράτσογλου Ι. Π.
Published: April 2016

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Activating solidarity: the French reforms of minimum income schemes: a critical assessment
Authors: Eydoux Anne
Published: April 2016

The article presents the main features of French Minimum Income Schemes (MISs) and examines how activation has changed the French concept of solidarity: originally thought as “social debts” towards poor households, MISs now mainly refer to individual duties. Subsequently, it will question this change, relying on the analysis of the failure of the Revenu de Solidarite Active (RSA), and draw more general conclusions.
Confronting homelessness in Greece during at time of crisis
Authors: Kourachanis Nikos
Published: April 2016

This article attempts to examine the policies for confronting homelessness in Greece during the crisis. The thesis proposed is that, regardless of the signs of a significant deterioration in the problem of homelessness, a range of policies has been developed that focus on the management of its most extreme and publicly visible manifestations. Social interventions are inadequate, fragmented, repressive in their nature, and with a strong emphasis on charity. This can be seen in the emphasis given to developing emergency services centered on in-kind provisions. The main burden of implementing these services is mainly borne by civil society, with extensive non-state fund-raising to supports its activities. This fact entails wider connotations for the “new” form of social policy that is emerging.
Immigrants and Greece: pensions at crossroads: an analysis of the people who claim a part of their pension from the Greek Social Security System and a calculation of the respective liability
Authors: Symeonidis Georgios
Published: April 2016

No abstract (available). 
The developmental transcriptome of contrasting Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) morphs
Authors: Gudbrandsson Johannes , Ahi Ehsan P. , Franzdottir Sigridur R. , Kapralova Kalina H. , Kristjansson Bjarni K. , Steinhaeuser S. Sophie , Maier Valerie H. , Johannesson Isak M. , Snorrason Sigurdur S. , Jonsson Zophonias O. , Palsson Arnar
Published: April 2016

Species and populations with parallel evolution of specific traits can help illuminate how predictable adaptations and divergence are at the molecular and developmental level. Following the last glacial period, dwarfism and specialized bottom feeding morphology evolved rapidly in several landlocked Arctic charrSalvelinus alpinuspopulations in Iceland.  

To study the genetic divergence between small benthic morphs and limnetic morphs, we conducted RNA-sequencing charr embryos at four stages in early development. We studied two stocks with contrasting morphologies: the small benthic (SB) charr from Lake Thingvallavatn and Holar aquaculture (AC) charr.

The data reveal significant differences in expression of several biological pathways during charr development. There was also an expression difference between SB- and AC-charr in genes involved in energy metabolism and blood coagulation genes. We confirmed differing expression of five genes in whole embryos with qPCR, includinglysozymeandnatterin-likewhich was previously identified as a fish-toxin of a lectin family that may be a putative immunopeptide. We also verified differential expression of 7 genes in the developing head that associated consistently with benthic v.s.limnetic morphology (studied in 4 morphs). Comparison of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) frequencies reveals extensive genetic differentiation between the SB and AC-charr (~1300 with more than 50% frequency difference). Curiously, three derived alleles in the otherwise conserved 12s and 16s mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes are found in benthic charr.

The data implicate multiple genes and molecular pathways in divergence of small benthic charr and/or the response of aquaculture charr to domestication. Functional, genetic and population genetic studies on more freshwater and anadromous populations are needed to confirm the specific loci and mutations relating to specific ecological traits in Arctic charr.
Early detection of lung cancer
Authors: Midthun David E.
Published: April 2016

Most patients with lung cancer are diagnosed when they present with symptoms, they have advanced stage disease, and curative treatment is no longer an option. An effective screening test has long been desired for early detection with the goal of reducing mortality from lung cancer. Sputum cytology, chest radiography, and computed tomography (CT) scan have been studied as potential screening tests. The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) demonstrated a 20% reduction in mortality with low-dose CT (LDCT) screening, and guidelines now endorse annual LDCT for those at high risk. Implementation of screening is underway with the desire that the benefits be seen in clinical practice outside of a research study format. Concerns include management of false positives, cost, incidental findings, radiation exposure, and overdiagnosis. Studies continue to evaluate LDCT screening and use of biomarkers in risk assessment and diagnosis in attempt to further improve outcomes for patients with lung cancer.
An assay to measure poly(ADP ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) activity in cells
Authors: James Dominic I. , Durant Stephen , Eckersley Kay , Fairweather Emma , Griffiths Louise A. , Hamilton Nicola , Kelly Paul , O'Connor Mark , Shea Kerry , Waddell Ian D. , Ogilvie Donald J.
Published: April 2016

After a DNA damage signal multiple polymers of ADP ribose attached to poly(ADP) ribose (PAR) polymerases (PARPs) are broken down by the enzyme poly(ADP) ribose glycohydrolase (PARG). Inhibition of PARG leads to a failure of DNA repair and small molecule inhibition of PARG has been a goal for many years. To determine whether biochemical inhibitors of PARG are active in cells we have designed an immunofluorescence assay to detect nuclear PAR after DNA damage. This 384-well assay is suitable for medium throughput high-content screening and can detect cell-permeable inhibitors of PARG from nM to µM potency. In addition, the assay has been shown to work in murine cells and in a variety of human cancer cells. Furthermore, the assay is suitable for detecting the DNA damage response induced by treatment with temozolomide and methylmethane sulfonate (MMS). Lastly, the assay has been shown to be robust over a period of several years.
The Conundrum of the Palestinian Two-State, One-State Solution
Authors: Ghada Hashem Talhami
Published: April 2016

This study seeks to explain the implications of the US's withdrawal from the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, resulting in the weakening of the Palestinian Authority, and calls for abrogating the Oslo Accords. Causes of the failure of the Accords, such as the Palestinians' inability to act on Oslo's projected date of 1990 for statehood, or to stand up to the Clinton Parameters for peace, or to stem the tide of the Jewish settlement movement, or to capitalize on pronouncements of the International Criminal Court on the Wall and the settlements, are examined. International stalemate resulting from Israel's freezing of the Quartet's Roadmap leading to Israel's rebranding itself as a Jewish state hammered the last nail in the coffin of the two-state solution. The article concludes with an assessment of Israeli reaction to the one-state solution.
Recounting Memories of Resistance in 33 Days
Authors: Syrine Hout
Published: April 2016

In this article, I examine the only entirely fictional film made so far about Israel's July 2006 war on Lebanon: the Lebanese-Iranian film 33 Days (2012). I demonstrate how this cinematic intervention, centered on the real-life Battle of Aita al-Shaab, provides a counter-hegemonic narrative to the mostly Western and largely orientalist views not only of this war but of the history of conflict between two opposed political imaginaries: the Israeli on the one hand and the discourse of resistance on the other. I argue that the film's featuring a web of different types of intersecting memories—personal and collective, traumatic and inherited (post-memories)—of both Lebanese and Israeli characters is instrumental for (re)defining resistance as an ongoing project with both a historical trajectory and an eye to the future of Arab-Israeli armed conflict. While memories are used to recount parts of the (hi)story of combat against Israeli offensives, they also force Israeli commanders to recount, i.e., to recalculate, their own tactics and strategies as they encounter an unwavering and surprising opponent.
A Black Passion: Voiding Melancholic Obsession in Pamuk’s The Museum of Innocence
Authors: Restuccia Frances L.
Published: April 2016

This essay explores Orhan Pamuk’s The Museum of Innocence , showing how the void the main character is terrified to face appears full-blown in the museum, where it signifies lack/desire as well as Lacanian love. Through its main character, whose ailments are eventually cured paradoxically through his shame, the novel navigates between fetishistic sexist rigidity and an equally fetishistic capitalist satiety. Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence is grounded in Turkish history and pays tribute to that rich history as it both spirals around and opens up a space that serves as the basis of erotic encounter. This reading brings out a sense of melancholic attachment to Istanbul.
Ritual Existence and the Preservation of Self-Identity in the Concentration Camps: Time, Body, and Objects
Authors: Rachmani Moriya
Published: April 2016

In the midst of the horrors of the Holocaust, some Jews in the concentration camps sought to perform various ritual acts. Examining the role ritual plays in preserving self-identity in extreme circumstances, this article investigates the way in which such acts created a symbolic space as an alternative existence to the regime of death. The essay analyzes attempts by concentration camp prisoners to find in ritual a sense of time and continuity, a measure of control over their bodies, and a link with the past.
Research Notes: Fiscal Cyclicality in Brunei Darussalam
Authors: Chian Koh Wee
Published: April 2016

This paper examines the conduct of fiscal policy in Brunei from 2003Q1 to 2014Q2, focusing on the cyclical patterns in government expenditure. The results from a structural vector autoregression model provide evidence that fiscal policy in Brunei is procyclical, which has an expansionary effect on output and thus exacerbates the business cycle. This behaviour is primarily driven by procyclical current expenditure while capital expenditure is largely acyclical. The government should exercise caution to avoid adding cyclical pressures to the economy already afflicted by volatile oil prices. A key policy recommendation would be to adopt clear fiscal rules and better integration of the reserve funds in the budgetary framework to delink government spending from volatile oil revenues.
Postsecondary Strengths, Challenges, and Supports Experienced by Foster Care Alumni College Graduates
Authors: Salazar Amy M. , Jones Kevin R. , Emerson John C. , Mucha Lauren
Published: April 2016

Young people transitioning from foster care to college experience unique identities and circumstances that make being successful in college especially challenging. We used qualitative survey data from 248 college graduates who were formerly in foster care to explore the strengths, challenges, and supports they experienced while in college that affected their success. A qualitative content analysis of responses to 3 open-ended survey questions revealed 7 global themes related to participants’ college experiences: positive self, overcoming, interpersonal relationships, finances and logistics, academic orientation, physical and mental health, and independent living skills. Subordinate themes are identified and participant quotes are provided to help illuminate participants’ postsecondary experiences. A primary goal for this study is to increase awareness of this hidden population on college campuses and provide a better understanding of their unique circumstances and needs. This information can be used by colleges and advocates to improve support services for these youth.