bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cluster Analysis of the Long-Period Ground-Motion Simulation Data: Application of the Sagami Trough Megathrust Earthquake Scenarios
Authors: Maeda Takahiro , Fujiwara Hiroyuki , Akagi Sho , Hayakawa Toshihiko ,   National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) 3-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0006, Japan,   Mitsubishi Space Software Co., Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
Published: March 2019

A clustering method that classifies earthquake scenarios and the local area on the basis of similarities in the spatial distribution of ground motion was applied to long-period ground-motion data computed by a seismic wave propagation simulation. The simulation utilized a large number of seismic source models and a three-dimensional velocity structure model in which megathrust earthquakes in the Sagami Trough were assumed. The relationship between the clusters, earthquake scenario parameters, and the velocity structure model was examined. In addition, the relationship between the earthquake scenario clusters for a case in which actual strong-motion observation points were treated as a mesh and those for a case in which an entire set of meshes was investigated, and a spatial interpolation method that estimated a ground-motion distribution from strong-motion observation data was examined.
Analysis of Traffic State During a Heavy Rain Disaster Using Probe Data
Authors: Umeda Shogo ,   Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University 6-6-06 Aoba, Aramaki-aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan, Kawasaki Yosuke , Kuwahara Masao
Published: March 2019

In this study, the traffic state of a commercial vehicle was analyzed from a macroscopic viewpoint by using the probe data of a commercial vehicle in the Shikoku region during a period of heavy rain that occurred in western Japan in July, 2018. A method is proposed to calculate indexes, such as the detour rate and reduction in the number of trips, through an analysis of a trip at each origin-destination (OD) and extracting the route of a detouring vehicle during a disaster by using the results of the calculation. Finally, a method for the early detection of abnormalities, which involves paying attention to U-turn action during traffic disturbances is proposed. The influence of heavy rain on a commercial vehicle was evaluated quantitatively by analyzing the probe data of the vehicle during a disaster period caused by heavy rain. Specifically, analysis was performed on the number of passing commercial vehicles before and after the occurrence of a disaster, changes in running speed, route changes at each OD, and the vehicle trajectory around a regulated area. From the results of the analysis, it was possible to grasp the macroscopic traffic state, OD influenced by the traffic restriction, route in use for the OD during a normal time period, and an alternate route (detour action) during the disaster time period. With the method for the early detection of abnormalities at the time of a traffic disturbance, which pays close attention to U-turn action, a U-turn after the traffic regulation can be detected; however, it was confirmed that there is a problem in detecting timing and the application range.
A Geomechanics-Coupled Embedded Discrete Fracture Model and its Application in Geothermal Reservoir Simulation
Authors: Yu Xiangyu , Winterfeld Philip , Wang Shihao , Wang Cong , Wang Lei , Wu Yu-shu
Published: March 2019

Geomechanics plays an essential role in fluid/heat flow by affecting hydraulic parameters. This influence could be amplified when fractures exist in the system because fracture aperture is highly sensitive to stresses. Coupled fluid/heat flow and geomechanics model is considerably important in simulating thermal-hydrologic-mechanical process, such as geothermal reservoir development. At the same time, due to the rock matrix shrinkage or expansion, thermal stress exerted on fracture surface remolds the aperture significantly and should be incorporated in modeling heat related process.

In this study, a coupled fluid/heat flow and geomechanics model, TOUGH2-THM, was developed based on the parallel framework of TOUGH2-CSM, with stress tensor components as primary variables. This modification is aiming on computing normal stresses on discrete fracture surface such that fracture related parameters can be fully coupled with geomechanical model. Embedded discrete fracture model was also improved to be compatible with the geomechanical coupling. Both of TOUGH2-THM and modified EDFM were validated for further application.

A geothermal reservoir simulation is conducted by the newly developed model, demonstrating the capability of this program to perform coupled modeling. It is also concluded that geomechanics and especially temperature alteration induced stress could affect fluid/heat flow in fracture and rock matrix. Thus, production efficiency could be impacted as well. The thermal stress generated by temperature reduction could enhance the fracture permeability in orders of magnitude. Various scenarios of injection temperature were modeled and compared. It can be observed that geothermal reservoir development is negatively influenced by geomechanical (and thermal) effect on fractures. The coupled model is helpful to improve the simulation accuracy.
Salt, Cold, and Drought Stress on Einkorn and Bread Wheat during Germination
Authors: ZENCİRCİ Nusret , ULUKAN Hakan , ORDU Bülent , ASLAN Didem , MUTLU Hakan Tahiri , ÖRGEÇ Mehmet
Published: March 2019

Climate
changes prompt salt, cold, and drought stresses especially during early crop
growth stages. The damages during germination in wheat may even destroy whole
crop. Here, 12 bread and 10 einkorn wheats entries were distressed under salt,
cold and drought.  Germination rate and
germination power, coleoptile, shoot length, root length, shoot to root length
ratio, root fresh and dry weight and root fresh to dry weight ratio were
quantified under six salt, cold, drought stresses and one control. After ANOVA
and LSD discriminated the entries, stress tolerance indices differentiated six
tolerant and six susceptible entries. MANOVA, Pillai’s Trace and Wilks’ Lambda
tests finalized the stress testing. Shoot and root length, root fresh and dry
weight highly differed under salt, cold and drought. Bayraktar-2000 well
tolerated salt, drought, salt-drought and salt-cold-drought; Gerek-79 salt,
salt-drought, salt-cold-drought; Momtchil salt, cold and salt-cold-drought;
İkizce-96 salt, drought and salt-drought. Einkorn Population 14 was susceptible
to all stresses except cold and salt-cold; Population 15 to salt, salt-drought
and salt-cold-drought; Population 11 to salt, drought, salt-drought and salt-cold-drought.
These stresses sharply decreased shoot and root length, root fresh and root dry
weight. The higher % decreases under salt, cold and drought were in shoot
(59.72, 63.25 and 23.17) and root length (32.91, 51.77 and 34.69), root fresh
(44.32, 49.11 and 38.88) and root dry weight (21.63, 42.14 and 41.97).
Moreover, Pillai’s trace and Wilks’ Lambda tests differentiated both characters
and entries (P < 0.01). In conclusion, Momtchil, Gerek-79, Bayraktar-2000,
Populations 5, 6, and 1 are well endorsed against triple seedling stresses.
Designing Accelerated Life Testing For Product Reliability Under Warranty Prospective
Authors: Lone Showkat Ahmad , Rahman Ahmadur
Published: March 2019

The modules of the difference between the true value of the parameter and its estimator converges to zero, hence consistent. whenever a product is tested for a long period of time, its reliability decreases because of the wear out in the product. The studies show that the preventive replacement will be strongly affected under PRRW. Particularly, when the product is proven to failures, and adding the PRRW will extend the optimal replacement age closer to the warranty period.
A New Optimal Orthogonal Additive Randomized Response Model Based on Moments Ratios of Scrambling Variable
Authors: Tarray Tanveer Ahmad
Published: March 2019

This paper elucidates amelioration over the Singh’s (2010) randomized response model. We have advocated the optimal orthogonal additive randomized response model. The proposed model is found to be more resourceful both theoretically as well as numerically than the additive randomized response model studied by Singh (2010). Thus, the suggested RR procedure is therefore indorsed for its use in practice as an alternative to Singh’s (2010) model.
Non-Standard neutrino interactions and neutral gauge bosons
Authors: Heeck Julian , Lindner Manfred , Rodejohann Werner , Vogl Stefan
Published: March 2019

We investigate Non-Standard Neutrino Interactions (NSI) arising from
a flavor-sensitive Z'Z′
boson of a new U(1)'U(1)′
symmetry. We compare the limits from neutrino oscillations, coherent
elastic neutrino–nucleus scattering, and Z'Z′
searches at different beam and collider experiments for a variety of
straightforward anomaly-free U(1)'U(1)′
models generated by linear combinations of
B-LB−L
and lepton-family-number differences L_\alpha-L_\betaLα−Lβ.
Depending on the flavor structure of those models it is easily possible
to avoid NSI signals in long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments
or change the relative importance of the various experimental searches.
We also point out that kinetic ZZ–Z'Z′
mixing gives vanishing NSI in long-baseline experiments if a direct
coupling between the U(1)'U(1)′
gauge boson and matter is absent. In contrast,
ZZ–Z'Z′
mass mixing generates such NSI, which in turn means that there is a
Higgs multiplet charged under both the Standard Model and the new
U(1)'U(1)′
symmetry.
Sense Perception and the Flourishing of the Human Person in von Hildebrand and the Aristotelian Traditions
Authors: Spencer Mark K.
Published: March 2019

Phenomenologist Dietrich von Hildebrand argues that many properties of the material world only exist in relation to persons, that sense perception is not merely a bodily act, but a properly spiritual, personal act, and that our highest act is not purely intellectual but involves bodily sense perception. By his own assertion, his philosophy must be understood in the context of the Catholic philosophical tradition; here, I consider his account of the material world and of sense perception in comparison to two strands of the Aristotelian tradition in Catholic philosophy, represented by Thomas Aquinas and Gregory Palamas. I show how von Hildebrand’s views on the material world and sense perception can be better understood, their phenomenological bases defended, and their deficiencies corrected, by drawing on the notion of energeiai from Palamas’ thought, and of participation and obediential potency from Aquinas’ thought
Stage-discharge estimation in compound open channels with composite roughness
Authors: Kavousizadeh Amirreza , Maghrebi Mahmoud F. , Ahmadi Arash
Published: March 2019

Determination of stage-discharge relationships in natural rivers is extremely important in flood control projects. The importance of rating curves in rivers and the difficulty of its establishment show the need for simpler and more precise methods. Determination of rating curves in compound channels, especially with composite roughness, has proved to be difficult because of significant variations in hydraulic parameters from the main channel to the floodplains. In the current paper, a new approach that is based on the concept of the cross-sectional isovel contours is introduced for estimation of the stage-discharge curves in compound channels. The multivariate Newton's method is applied to the difference between the observed and estimated data to optimize the exponent values of the governing parameters. The proposed method is verified by comparing predictions obtained by using it with some experimental datasets. For compound channels with composite roughness, the stage-discharge curves obtained by the proposed method are more accurate than those obtained by using available conventional methods.
Vedolizumab in the Perioperative Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Authors: Lightner Amy L. , Loftus Edward V. , McKenna Nicholas P. , Raffals Laura E.
Published: March 2019

Background: :

The isolated effect of vedolizumab on increased postoperative complications
remains debated, similar to the controversial data on anti-TNF and postoperative complications.

Objective: :

To determine the risk of vedolizumab on postoperative complications.

Method::

A review of the literature available to date on studies comparing postoperative outcomes in
vedolizumab-treated versus non-vedolizumab-treated patients was performed. Studies were stratified
by those which combined all inflammatory bowel disease together, those specifically focusing on
Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis individually, and those which included pediatric patients alone.

Results::

The data remains controversial in both the adult and pediatric literature regarding the association
of vedolizumab and increased postoperative complications. The strongest association between vedolizumab
and an increased risk of postoperative infectious complications seems to be in the Crohn’s
disease literature.

Conclusion::

Vedolizumab may be associated with an increased risk of postoperative infectious complications
in Crohn’s disease, but the literature remains controversial due to difficulty in isolating the
effect of the biologic alone in a chronically ill, heterogeneous patient population who are on multiple
medications including corticosteroids.
Could an Innovative Training Program Including Contact Sports and Counseling Help Young People With Traits of Psychopathy and A History of School Dropout?
Authors: Sancassiani Federica , Lecca Maria Efisia , Pintus Elisa , Moro Maria Francesca , Caria Roberto , Minerba Luigi , Mela Quirico , Nardi Antonio Egidio , Machado Sergio , d’Aloja Ernesto , Preti Antonio , Carta Mauro Giovanni
Published: March 2019

Background:

The aim was to assess the effects of a training program inclusive of contact sports and counseling on school dropout, quality of life (QoL) and psychopathologic symptoms in the youth with a history of school dropout and psychopathic personality traits.

Methods:

The Experimental Group (EG) consisted of 32 subjects (male 90.6%; age 19.6±4.3 years); the Control Group (CG) consisted of an equal number matched for gender and age with the same psychological features. At the beginning of the experimental Training Program (T0), both cohorts were assessed by a diagnostic psychiatric interview (SCID ANTAS), the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) to evaluate QoL, the Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R) for the assessment of psychopathic traits, the Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) to measure general psychopathology. At the end of the program (T1), the coorths were evaluated by SF-12 and SRQ.

Results:

Twenty-seven subjects in the EG (84.4%) completed the course and underwent the evaluation at T1. The SF-12 score significantly increased from T0 to T1 in both groups, albeit this was more evident in the EG than in the CG, owing to an interaction between time and group. SRQ score significantly decreased in the EG from T0 to T1, while in the CG it did not, although the interaction between time and group was not significant.

Conclusion:

The experimental training program was effective in improving QoL and countering school dropout in young citizens with psychopathic traits. Further studies are needed to clarify if such results are due to a relationship between the practical tasks approach including contact sports and an improvement in mentalization processes.
Towards the Fairest Teacher Evaluation Model
Authors: Idapalapati Srinivasa Rao
Published: March 2019

This study examines the fairness and reliability of the current teacher evaluation models as they are reflected in the existent literature of evaluation methods. The required data for the study are gathered from online sources. Twenty-five scholarly works on the current evaluation methods are considered for the study after a careful examination of about hundred relevant works. A qualitative analysis of the data gathered is done in light of cognitive bias theory in order to find out the major strengths and drawbacks in the models. The strengths and the drawbacks in the existent models are codified separately in the order of their occurrence in the chosen articles and brought all of them under two criteria of strengths and three criteria of drawbacks. The final set of strengths and drawbacks were analyzed quantitatively to draw inferences that are used in making recommendations for creating fairer, reliable and efficient teacher evaluation models.
Nadezhda Ivanovna Gainullina: In Memoriam
Authors: Tumanova Ainakul B
Published: March 2019

The article is written in memory of an outstanding philologist and an amazing person - Doctor of Philology, Professor Nadezhda Ivanovna Gainullina. The text does not have one author; it is a polyglossia of memories and impressions about the Person, who for many years set the standards of higher education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As an application, the reader is offered a list of works protected under the guidance of N.I. Gainullina. This is a kind of navigation map on modern lexicology of Kazakhstan, which can be useful to anyone who explores the state of the Russian language in the post-Soviet space.
Language Socialization in Bilingual Families: Functional Distribution of Languages in Baby-directed Talk
Authors: Smagulova Juldyz
Published: March 2019

This paper analyzes language socialization practices in relation to revitalization of Kazakh and maintenance of Russianin urban bilingual families. It draws on audio data of self-recorded baby-directed talk. The analysis reveals that language practices re-produce the social order in which Russian is a more valuable and powerful linguistic resource than Kazakh. This implicit ideology of privileging Russian may explain how and why youngchildren in urban Kazakh families are turning out to be Russianspeaking despite quantitatively dominant input in Kazakh.
Translingualism / Transculturality and Ethno-Cultural Identity: Complementarity or Conflictness?
Authors: Khukhuni Georgiy T , Valuitseva Irina I
Published: March 2019

The article deals with a few aspects of translingualism and their influence on ethno-cultural and ethno-lingual consciousness. The authors postulate that a statement of the harmonic coexistence between the ‘native’ and the ‘acquired’, with all its attractiveness and ‘magnetism’, isfar from being always proven in practice. In addition, the ‘smoothness’ of transition from one linguistic culture to another and the ‘cross-flow’ of languages and cultures into each other can be perceived as a threat to the preservation of the ‘native’ linguocultural identity and an implicit form of the ‘linguistic imperialism’. In this regard, it seems appropriate to objectively analyze the phenomena of translingualism and transculturalism and to consider the associated positive and negative consequences in more details.
Self-Identification of Ravil Bukharayev’s Lyrical Subject (as seen in A Wreath of Wild-Growing Sonnets)
Authors: Amineva Venera R , Yuzmukhametova Landysh N
Published: March 2019

The works by Ravil Bukharayev (1951-2012) - who created his poetic texts in Russian, Tatar, English, and Hungarian and was involved in the Tatar literature and culture - possess a special art and esthetic nature, which demands evidence-based and adequate esthetic assessment. An attempt to reveal the functioning features of this genre and strophe form is made for the first timein the modern Russianspeaking poetry on the material of A Wreath of Wild - Growing Sonnets , a cycle of poems by R. Bukharayev. The methodical studying system of the works, which are created on a joint of cultures, thus embodying new forms of a “hybrid” identity, relies on the doctrine about the dialogical nature of art creativity and on the theory of a trans-level of culture developed in foreign and domestic literary criticism. The conclusion is drawn that the wreath of sonnets stops being a static form in R. Bukharayev’s lyrics, and its genre semantics is formed only by its composite structure. The art integrity of this genre and strophe system is created not only by a “chained” design of a wreath connecting the end and the beginning of all cyclic context in general, but also by a concentric principle of the main subject development. It is defined that the subjective architectonics of this sonnet cycle is formed by the relations of the lyrical hero and special-type supersubjects - personified images of foreign culture. The main ways of overcoming the border between “own” and “other” are described in the article as follows: to study Hungarian which performs a replaceable function and to study the works. They are allocated with mythological features and find one-to-one correspondences: nature and person, “own” and “other”, silence and a word, lines of a sonnet and flowers in a bouquet. The received results are significant for understanding the art and esthetic nature of the “boundary” phenomena in the modern literary process.
Translingual Writers: Introductory Notes
Authors: Kellman Steven G
Published: March 2019

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Features of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language in Bilingual Audience
Authors: Afanasieva Nina D , Zakharchenko Svetlana S , Mogileva Irina B
Published: March 2019

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of teaching Russian to bilingual students: overcoming the low motivation of deep language learning, difficulties in writing, socialization, intercultural communication, issues of the professional language learning. The authors note that the special program written for bilinguals includes expanding vocabulary, work on the texts, writing samples, audio and video materials. Professional language learning and extracurricular work play a significant role in the Russian language study.
A magyar települési könyvtárakban dolgozó könyvtárosok digitális kompetenciájának állapota: egy országos reprezentatív vizsgálat eredményei
Authors: Eszenyiné Borbély Mária
Published: March 2019

A tanulmány a Múzeumi és könyvtári fejlesztések mindenkinek „Az én könyvtáram” EFOP-3.3.3.-VEKOP/16-2016-00001 projekt keretében lefolytatott vizsgálat eredményeit ismerteti. A projekt többek között arra keresi a választ, hogy mi lehet a könyvtárosok szerepe a közkönyvtárakban a tanulást támogató könyvtári szolgáltatások megvalósításában, elsősorban a digitális írástudás, információs műveltség fejlesztésében. Ez a fajta könyvtáros szerepvállalás feltételezi, hogy a könyvtárosok rendelkeznek a feladatellátáshoz kívánatos digitális kompetenciával és egyéb szükséges készségekkel. Ahhoz, hogy reálisan értékelhessük a helyzetet, fel kell térképeznünk a könyvtárosok digitális kompetenciáinak szintjét. A pályázat megteremtette egy országos reprezentatív felmérés lebonyolításnak lehetőségét, melynek eredményeként mélységeiben sikerült megismerni, hogy a magyarországi települési könyvtárakban dolgozó könyvtárosok milyen digitális kompetenciákkal rendelkeznek.

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Digital competence levels of librarians working in Hungarian municipal libraries: Results of a Countrywide Representative Survey

The study describes the results of the survey carried out by the Museum and Library Development for Everyone “My Library” EFOP-3.3.3.-VEKOP/16-2016-00001 project. Among other things the aim of the project is to define the role of librarians in public libraries in their implementation of library services, directed towards supporting learning, primarily in developing digital literacy and information literacy. This engagement requires librarians to have digital competences and various skills needed for carrying out their responsibilities. In order to evaluate the situation realistically, we need to map out the level of librarians’ digital literacy. The project created the opportunity for conducting a representative national survey. As a result of this survey, the depth of the digital competence status of librarians working in the Hungarian municipal libraries was assessed.

Keywords: digital competence, DigComp, librarians, public library, Hungary, survey
Az Egyesült Királyságban működő kiberbiztonsági képzésekbe bevont oktatók tudományos teljesítményének elemzése
Authors: Urbanovics Anna , Sasvári Péter
Published: March 2019

A mai digitalizált világban, amelyben az ügyintézés jelentős része az online felületekhez köthető, az információs rendszerek biztonsága még hangsúlyosabbá vált. A kiberbiztonság megvalósítására több országban állami szinten készítettek átfogó stratégiát, amelyben kiemelkedő szerep jut a kiberbiztonsági szakemberek képzésének. Az Egyesült Királyságban működő Nemzeti Kiberbiztonsági Központ egységes képzési programot alkotott meg azon egyetemek számára, amelyek kiberbiztonságot oktatnak. A dolgozat célja, hogy a brit egyetemek kiberbiztonsági képzéseit vizsgálja és hasonlítsa össze egymással. Az első nagyobb fejezet elméleti megközelítésből szemléli eme brit egyetemeket és azok képzéseit, valamint ez utóbbiak szükségességét. A második fejezet pedig különböző szempontok szerint vizsgálja a képzések tematikáit, kurzusait, tananyagait, valamint a vizsgálatra került 1650 brit oktató tudományos tevékenységét – elsősorban a Scopus adatai alapján.

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Research Activities of Academics Involved in Cyber Security Master’s Degree Programs in the United Kingdom: a Comparative Analysis

In today’s digitized world, where most of our activities are related to online platforms, information security has become more essential than ever. Most countries have launched national strategies for the implementation of cyber security. In these, the education and training of information security professionals is accorded specific roles. The National Cyber Security Centre created a common framework for cyber security education in the United Kingdom for the universities offering information security degrees. The aim of this essay is to examine and compare the British cyber security degrees. The first chapter examines and compares the British universities and degrees from a theoretical aspect, including the necessity of these programs. The second chapter examines the degrees from several aspects, with special focus on the thematic, modules, and the academic activities of the 1,650 university instructors who were examined based on the Scopus database.

Keywords: cyber security education, National Cyber Security Centre, United Kingdom, Scopus
A metakonvergens geofúzió és a kialakuló hiperpolgárság
Authors: Fabó Edit , Petroccia Sara
Published: March 2019

Recenzió Csizmadia Norbert: Geopillanatok: a 21. század megismerésének térképe (Budapest, L’Harmattan, 2016, 408 oldal, ISBN 9789634141471) című művéről.

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Metaconvergent Geofusion and the Emerging Hypercitizenship

Book review on Norbert Csizmadia Geopillanatok: a 21. század megismerésének térképe (Geomoments: a map to the 21st century, L’Harmattan, Budapest, 2016, 408 pages, ISBN 9789634141471).
Italian volunteers in Serbia in 1914
Authors: D’Alessandri Antonio
Published: March 2019

Seven Italian volunteers decided on 29 July 1914 to join the Serbian army
responding to a proclamation issued by the son of Giuseppe Garibaldi,
Ricciotti. They were Republicans and Anarchists, and saw their engagement as
the advance party of Italian volunteers that would eventually force Italy to
join the ranks of the Entente in order to accomplish the last phase of the
Italian Risorgimento by liberating Trento and Venezia Giulia with the city
of Trieste. Five of them were killed on the Drina river, while the remaining
two returned soon afterwards to Italy. Nevertheless, their memory was
honoured as the first Italian participants in the Great War and as the
tangible proof of the Italian engagement in favour of Serbia, and later
Yugoslavia.
The Austro-Hungarian occupation of Serbia as a "civilizing mission" (1915-1918)
Authors: Fundic Dusan
Published: March 2019

This paper analyses the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Serbia during the
First World War and the activity of the occupation administration of the
Military Governorate in the context of its ?civilizing mission?. It points
to the aspects of the occupation that reveal the Austro-Hungarians?
self-perception as bringers of culture and civilization as conducive to
creating an ideological basis for a war against Serbia. The paper also
presents their outlook on the world in the age of empires and their idea of
establishing what they saw as a more acceptable cultural basis of Serbian
national identity shaped primarily by loyalty to the Austro-Hungarian
Emperor and King and the ideals of order and discipline. The process is
studied through analysing the occupation policies aimed at depoliticizing
the public sphere by closing the pre-war institutions of culture and
education and introducing educational patterns primarily based on the
Austro-Hungarian experience in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Eleftherios Venizelos, British public opinion and the climax of Anglo-Hellenism (1915-1920)
Authors: Markovich Slobodan
Published: March 2019

The paper analyses the construction of a more than favourable image of
Eleftherios Venizelos in Britain in 1915-1920. Although Venizelos was highly
praised and popular in Britain since at least 1913, his effort to bring
Greece to the side of the Entente in 1915 made him exceptionally popular in
Paris and particularly in London. Traditions of British philhellenism have
been analysed, particularly the influence of two associations: the Hellenic
Society founded in 1879 and, especially, the Anglo-Hellenic League
established in 1913. The latter helped boost Venizelos?s image in Britain,
but it also paved the way for Anglo-Hellenism, the belief of some influential
Britons that the fate of modern Greece is inseparably linked with Britain.
The Times leaders/editorials and key articles on Venizelos in 1915-1920 have
been analysed to demonstrate the level of support and admiration that
Venizelos gradually attained. The role of Ronald Burrows and the group of
experts around The New Europe is particularly analysed in terms of how the
image of Venizelos and Venzelist Greece was constructed. The degree of
admiration for Venizelos in Britain has been dealt with through a number of
periodicals and newspapers published in Britain during the Great War and
through Venizelos?s biographies published in Britain with an aim to show how
he became a widely respected super-celebrity. The views of leading British
statesmen and opinion makers also indicate a quite high degree of
identification with both Venizelos and Greek war aims in Britain in
1915-1920. The climax and the collapse of Anglo-Hellenism in 1919-20 are
analysed at the end of the paper. When Venizelos lost the elections of
November 1920, Anglo-Hellenism disappeared as a relevant factor in British
politics, journalism and diplomacy.
The Great War and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia the legacy of an enduring conflict
Authors: Bakic Dragan
Published: March 2019

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, officially named Yugoslavia after
1929, came into being on the ruins of the Habsburg Empire in 1918 after the
immense war efforts and sacrifices endured by Serbia. The experience of
anti-Habsburg struggle both before and after 1914 and the memory of some of
the most difficult moments in the Great War left a deep imprint on the minds
of policy-makers in Belgrade. As they believed that many dangers faced in
the war were likely to be revived in the future, the impact of these
experiences was instrumental to their post-war foreign policy and military
planning. This paper looks at the specific ways in which the legacy of the
Great War affected and shaped the (planned) responses of the Yugoslav
government to certain crises and challenges posed to Yugoslavia and the
newly-established order in the region. These concern the reaction to the two
attempts of Habsburg restoration in Hungary in 1921, the importance of the
Greek port of Salonica (Thessaloniki) for Yugoslavia?s strategic and defence
requirements, and military planning within the framework of the Little
Entente (the defensive alliance between Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and
Romania) in the early 1930s. In addition, it is ar?gued here that the legacy
of Serbo-Croat differences during the war relating to the manner of their
unification was apparent in the political struggle between Serbs and Croats
during the two decades of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia?s existence.
The Serbian heritage of the Great War in Greece
Authors: Vlasidis Vlasis
Published: March 2019

During the First World War Serbian soldiers were encamped or fought in
different parts of Greece. Many of them died there of diseases or exhaustion
or were killed in battle. This paper looks at the issue of cemeteries of and
memorials to the dead Serbian soldiers (primarily in the area of Corfu,
Thessaloniki and Florina) in the context of post-war relations between
Greece and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia), at the
attitude of post-Second World War Yugoslavia towards them, and the Serbs?
revived interest in their First World War history. It also takes a look at
the image of Serbs in the memory of local people.
Application of activated bentonite for the removal of direct and reactive dye from aqueous solutions
Authors: Zdravkovic Aleksandar , Stankovic Novica , Ristic Nebojsa , Petkovic Goran
Published: March 2019

The aim of this study was to determine adsorptive properties of acid
activated bentonite clay for the removal of Direct Red 173 (DR 173) and
Reactive Red 22 (RR 22) dyes from aqueous solutions. Raw and modified clay
were characterized by the following methods: Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), and scanning electron
microscopy (SEM). The efficiency of activated clay adsorption was
investigated depending on process parameters: the adsorbent dose, pH,
temperature, initial dye concentration, and contact time. Experimental data
were analyzed by Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and Dubinin-Radushkevich
isotherm as well as kinetic models of pseudo-first order, pseudo-second
order and intra-particle diffusion. The process of dye adsorption was best
described by Langmuir, Temkin, and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm (R2 >
0.97). Pseudo-second order model (R2 > 0.99) had the highest correlation
with the obtained kinetic results. The positive value of ?H? indicated that
adsorption of dyes by activated bentonite clay is endothermic process. The
activated bentonite exhibited good regenerative ability in the 0.1 M NaOH
solution. Maximum adsorption capacities of acid activated bentonite clay at
25?C for DR 173 and RR 22 dyes were 356.65 and 109.58 ?mol g-1,
respectively.
Mejoramiento estructural de la vivienda tradicional de adobe de Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas / Structural improvement of the traditional housing of adobe from Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas
Authors: Escamirosa Montalvo Lorenzo Franco , Arroyo Matus Roberto , Ocampo García María de Lourdes , Peralta Gálvez Hermenegildo
Published: March 2019

En México existe una larga tradición constructiva precolombina y colonial, y en el caso del estado de Chiapas, la ciudad de Chiapa de Corzo, fundada durante el preclásico (2000 a. C.), destaca por su importante arquitectura colonial y tipología de viviendas tradicionales, consideradas patrimonio histórico y cultural de México y del mundo; sin embargo, debido a que Chiapas se localiza en una región de alta sismicidad, la riqueza cultural edificada de la ciudad es vulnerable. Por tal motivo, en este artículo se presentan los resultados obtenidos en trabajos de investigación desarrollados para reducir la vulnerabilidad sísmica en dos viviendas tradicionales de adobe. Para esto, se realizó el reforzamiento de muros a base de aplanados de mortero combinados con malla electrosoldada con el propósito de conservar el patrimonio construido y, lo más importante, ofrecer mayor seguridad a las familias que habitan las viviendas, especialmente las de bajos ingresos. Las mediciones realizadas in situ con acelerómetros, en condiciones previas y posteriores al refuerzo en una de las viviendas, muestran una disminución en el valor máximo del periodo fundamental de vibración, lo que indica que se incrementó su capacidad sismorresistente; también, con el método de elementos finitos se elaboró un modelo analítico tridimensional representativo para examinar el comportamiento de la vivienda ante los efectos de cargas sísmicas. Los resultados corroboran similitud con los análisis de campo e indican que los valores de los periodos de vibración se redujeron 13 %; además, el estudio muestra que los desplazamientos laterales disminuyeron cerca de 45 %.
Evaluation of the Effect of Heart Failure Reversal Therapy (HFRT) on the Anthropometric Obesity Parameters in Patients of Chronic Heart Failure
Authors: Sane Dr. Rohit , Amin Dr. Gurudatta , Dongre Dr. Snehal , Mandole Dr. Rahul
Published: March 2019

Background: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a common cause of mortality and morbidity. Obesity influences the CHF development and prognosis. This study was conducted to assess effect of Heart failure reversal therapy (HFRT), a combination of panchakarma and allied therapies, on anthropometric parameters in CHF patients. Methodology: This retrospective study was conducted on data of patients who visited Madhavbaug clinics in Maharashtra, India between July-December 2018. Selection was based upon the availability of complete baseline (day 1 of HFRT) and follow-up data (day 30 of HFRT) of CHF patients who were admitted for minimum 5 days for HFRT. Results: Out of 147 patients, 74.15% were males with mean age 59.15+10.28 years. There was statistically significant decrease (p<0.05) in both mean BMI and abdominal girth at day 30 of HFRT. 42 of 147 patients (28.57%) had hypertension (HTN) with CHF, 22 patients (14.97%) had diabetes mellitus (DM) and 61 patients (41.49%) had both HTN and DM. In all these sub-groups, mean BMI and abdominal girth was significantly decreased (p<0.05) at day 30. Strong positive correlation was found between BMI and abdominal girth on day 1 (R=0.9, P<0.05) and day 30 (R=0.83, P<0.05) by Pearson’s correlation. Similar correlation was found between the two parameters in subsets of CHF patients having HTN or DM or both DM and HTN (p<0.05). Conclusion: HFRT decreased BMI and abdominal circumference significantly in CHF patients, irrespective of the presence of HTN or DM. Both the anthropometric parameters correlated strongly in all co-morbidity subsets of CHF patients.
Invasion potential of herbaceous ornamental perennials in northern climate conditions
Authors: Kaukoranta Timo , Juhanoja Sirkka , Tuhkanen Eeva-Maria , Hyvönen Terho
Published: March 2019

We studied invasion potential of perennial herbaceous ornamental plants in Finland by using their reproduction success as an indicator. Altogether, 220 clones from 166 species were included in the studies. In common gardens, 50% of the species were found to produce seedlings and 75% rhizomes, respectively. Twelve of the clones produced neither seedlings nor rhizomes. Rankings of the invasion potential based on the two reproduction modes did not correlate. The species known for their invasion potential in temperate or cool climates were among the highest ranking seedling producers in the common gardens. In the field experiment, the highest seedling production (73%) was found in the semi-dry moisture regime, followed by the dry (40%) and the moist (27%) regimes. In the greenhouse experiment, 83% of the studied clones and 84% of the species emerged. Temperature sum required for the production of viable seeds for one third of the studied species is reached at least every second year in latitudes 62–63°N. Several perennial herbaceous ornamentals have potential for northward range expansion.
The use of the thiol-disulfide homeostasis as an indicator of oxidative stress in pediatric adenoid hypertrophy patients
Authors: Kadir Ozdamar , Alper Sen , Ismail Koyuncu
Published: March 2019

Background: To the best of our knowledge, no study has yet focused on the association between the adenoid hypertrophy (AH) and the thiol-disulphide balance. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relation between AH and the thiol-disulphide balance, which is used as a marker of oxidative stress (OS), by measuring its exchange using a novel technique. Study design: Non-randomized and prospective clinical study. Material and methods: The present study consisted of 25 patients who presented to the otolaryngology outpatient clinic of our hospital with AH. An ageand sex-matched control group was composed of 24 healthy children. The effect of AH on the thiol-disulphide balance in children was evaluated. We also evaluated the total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS), oxidative stress index (OSI), ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP), glutathione (GSH), lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH) and advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) to assess the OS status of children. Results: The TOS was significantly higher in the AH group and the TAS was significantly higher in the control group (all p values < 0.05). The mean values of OSI, LOOH and AOPP were significantly higher in the AH group than the control group ( all p values < 0.05). Native thiol and total thiol levels were lower in the AH group than those of the control group (p < 0.05). Disulphide level and disulphide/native thiol and disulphide/total thiol ratios were higher in the AH group than that of the control group (all p values < 0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, we observed decreased thiols with increased disulphide values in children with AH compared with the controls. Thiol/disulphide homeostasis can be used as an indicator of OS in children with AH.
Analysis of the effect of the antidepressant sertraline on the length of QT interval in patients with depression and alcohol dependence
Authors: Stojanović-Vukadinović Sanja , Stojanović Zlatan , Macanović Gordana , Banjac Nada , Erić Želimir
Published: March 2019

Introduction and Aim: Depression in psychiatry covers a large area of mental pathology and it is one of the most complex problems of modern medicine with broad implications for the health of the individual and the society as a whole. Depression is also a frequent companion of alcohol addiction. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the antidepressant drug sertraline on the length of QT interval in depressed patients with alcohol dependence. Patients and methods: This research included male patients (older than 18 years of age) suffering from alcohol addiction, who were also diagnosed with depression, that is, depressive disorder, at the beginning of hospitalisation, on the basis of DSM-IV (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) criterion and positive Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD). The study included 49 patients treated with antidepressant sertraline for 20 days. In our study, the global QTc interval (12 leads) was determined automatically by applying ECG device of the producer and type "Schiller Cardiovit AT-1", which uses "SCHILLER ECG Measurement and Interpretation Software for Children and Adult ECGs". Measured/empirical values of data were statistically processed in SPSS 16.0 programme package for Windows. Methods of descriptive statistics and methods of statistic testing of hypotheses were used. Results: In our study, in spite of the vulnerability of patients due to the heart damage and the liver dysfunction arising from alcohol consumption, as well as altered patients' drugs metabolism, no elongation of QTc interval resulting from the application of sertraline was established (p = 0.735). The average prolongation of QTc interval of 1.633 ms was observed (95% CI = 8.005 ms, 11.270 ms). Conclusion: Our study does not indicate that the antidepressant drug sertraline has a statistically significant effect on the prolongation of the QT interval of depressed patients with alcohol dependence.
Phantom tumor of the lung in patient with pneumonia
Authors: Mulić Mersudin , Lazović Biljana , Detanac Džemail , Detanac Dženana , Milić Rade , Žugič Vladimir
Published: March 2019

Introduction: Localized interlobar effusions in congestive heart failure (phantom or vanishing lung tumor/s) are infrequent, but widely recognized entities. Case report: A 80-years-old woman affected by progressive dyspnea over the previous three months, with productive cough. She was treated hypertension and had a pace maker implanted due to bradycardia. Chest X ray has shown right side pneumonia with high positive inflammatory markers. After resolution of pneumonia, phantom tumor of the lung was revealed, which disappear with intensive loop diuretics. Conclusions: The diagnosis of the phantom tumor ought to be pondered as a possibility in any patient with congestive heart failure and lung mass. The patient at hand featured no prior history of congestive heart failure, hence indicating that phantom tumor may occur in non-chronic heart failure patients. Albeid the reliable diagnosis of the phantom tumor through the utilization of imaging modalities in patients without congestive heart failure can be rather challenging, such possibility must be considered in a patient with a lung mass in the major fissure of the lungs. Due to accelerated expansion of the geriatric population and subsequent spread of the congestive heart failure, a rise in the incidence of vanishing tumors of the lung may be anticipated.
Gross anatomy of the nose, nasal cavity and larynx in the pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus, Linnaeus 1758)
Authors: Vazquez 1 Noelia , König 2 Horst Erich , Jerbi 3 Hassen , Pérez 1 William
Published: March 2019

Available information on the anatomy of the respiratory system of the pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus, Linnaeus 1758) is scarce, so the aim of this work was to describe the upper respiratory tract anatomy of this species. The study was performed with 10 adult animals of both sexes and the study method was simple dissection. Pampas deer had a nasolabial plane different to the small domestic ruminants. The nasal cavity had the fundamental conformation of the ruminants with simple winding of the dorsal concha and double winding of the ventral one. The vomeronasal organ communicated directly with the oral cavity by the incisive duct. The larynx was located ventrally to the first two cervical vertebrae. The total length of the larynx was 52.76 ± 7.66 mm from the epiglottis to the cricoid cartilage. The dorsoventral length was 30.32 ± 3.71 mm. It is necessary to make detailed histological examinations of the distribution of the olfactory epithelium versus non-sensory epithelium within the nasal cavity. These data are essential to understand the function of the turbinates and the nasal cavity in general. In the same way, detailed studies of the physiology of the vomeronasal organ and larynx are necessary.
Robustness of score-driven location and scale models to extreme observations: An application to the Chinese stock market
Authors: Blazsek 1 Szabolcs , Licht 1 Adrian
Published: March 2019

Recently, the use of dynamic conditional score (DCS) time series models are suggested in the body of literature on time series econometrics. DCS models are robust to extreme observations because those observations are discounted by the score function that updates each dynamic equation. Examples of the DCS models are the quasi-autoregressive (QAR) model and the Beta-t-EGARCH (exponential generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity) model, which measure the dynamics of location and scale, respectively, of the dependent variable. Both QAR and Beta-t-EGARCH discount extreme observations according to a smooth form of trimming. Classical dynamic location and scale models (for example, the AR and the GARCH models) are sensitive to extreme observations. Thus, the AR and the GARCH modelsmay provide imprecise estimates of location and scale dynamics. In the application presented in this paper, we use data from the Shanghai Stock Exchange A-Share Index and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange A-Share Index for the period of 5th January 1998 to 29th December 2017. For the corresponding stock index return time series, a relatively high number of extreme values are observed during the sample period. We find that the statistical performance of QAR plus Beta-t-EGARCH is superior to that of AR plus t-GARCH, due to the robustness of QAR plus Beta-t-EGARCH to extreme unexpected returns.