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Oasis' Definitely Maybe
Authors: Niven Alex
Published: March 2017

Oasis’s incendiary 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe managed to summarize almost the entire history of post-fifties guitar music from Chuck Berry to My Bloody Valentine in a way that seemed effortless. But this remarkable album was also a social document that came closer to narrating the collective hopes and dreams of a people than any other record of the last quarter century.

In a Britain that had just undergone the most damaging period of social upheaval in a century under the Thatcher government, Noel Gallagher ventriloquized slogans of burning communitarian optimism through the mouth of his brother Liam and the playing of the other Oasis ‘everymen’: Paul McGuigan, Paul Arthurs and Tony McCarroll. On Definitely Maybe, Oasis communicated a timeworn message of idealism and hope against the odds, but one that had special resonance in a society where the widening gap between high and low demanded a newly superhuman kind of leaping.

Alex Niven charts the astonishing rise of Oasis in the mid 1990s and celebrates the life-affirming, communal force of songs such as “Live Forever,” “Supersonic,” and ““Cigarettes & Alcohol.” In doing so, he seeks to reposition Oasis in relation to their Britpop peers and explore one of the most controversial pop-cultural narratives of the last thirty years.
Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Authors: Weingarten Christopher R.
Published: March 2017

Christopher R. Weingarten provides a thrilling account of how the Bomb Squad produced such a singular-sounding record: engineering, sampling, scratching, constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing - even occasionally stomping on vinyl that sounded too clean. Using production techniques that have never been duplicated, the Bomb Squad plundered and reconfigured their own compositions to make frenetic splatter collages; they played samples by hand together in a room like a rock band to create a "not quite right" tension; they hand-picked their samples from only the ugliest squawks and sirens.

Weingarten treats the samples used on Nation Of Millions as molecules of a greater whole, slivers of music that retain their own secret histories and folk traditions. Can the essence of a hip-hop record be found in the motives, emotions and energies of the artists it samples? Is it likely that something an artist intended 20 years ago would re-emerge anew? This is a compelling and thoroughly researched investigation that tells the story of one of hip-hop’s landmark albums.
Sly and the Family Stone's There’s A Riot Goin’ On
Authors: Lewis Miles Marshall
Published: March 2017

The story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart into a haze of drug addiction and delirium is captivating enough for the cinema. In the spacious attic of a Beverly Hills mansion belonging to John and Michelle Phillips (of the Mamas and the Papas) during the fall of 1970, Sly Stone began recording his follow-up to 1969’s “Stand!” the most popular album of his band's career.
The Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen
Authors: Gendron Bob
Published: March 2017

In the absence of love, there is loneliness, sorrow and desperation. And that’s where I come in.“ --Greg Dulli, introducing “When We Two Parted” onstage in San Francisco

Like no record before or since, Gentlemen is fraught with the psychological warfare, bedroom drama, Catholic guilt, reprehensible deception and uncleansable shame that coincide with relationships gone seriously wrong. This story explores what happens when intellectual sophistication is star-crossed with outspoken braggadocio, a charismatic mixture that managed to alienate the mainstream horde and arms-folded indie scenesters while, for good measure, incited outsider jealousy and condescending rumors advanced by the Fat Greg Dulli ‘zine. In addition to dissecting the record’s organization, arrangements and lyrics, as well as examining old articles, reviews and interviews, this book delves into the memories, experiences and influences of the Afghan Whigs, most notably those that drive Dulli, a polarizing frontman whose fierce pretentiousness, GQ appearance and gloves-off boisterousness concealed deep-rooted mental depression and chemical dependency.
The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique
Authors: LeRoy Dan
Published: March 2017

Derided as one-hit wonders, estranged from their original producer and record label, and in self-imposed exile in Los Angeles, the Beastie Boys were written off by most observers before even beginning to record their second album - an embarrassing commercial flop that should have ruined the group’s career. But not only did Paul’s Boutique eventually transformed the Beasties from a fratboy novelty to hiphop giants, its sample-happy, retro aesthetic changed popular culture forever.
The Rolling Stones' Exile On Main St
Authors: Janovitz Bill
Published: March 2017

Tracing the creation of Exile on Main Street from the original songwriting done while touring America through the final editing in Los Angeles, Bill Janovitz explains how an album recorded by a British band in a villa on the French Riviera is pure American rock & roll. Looking at each song individually, Janovitz unveils the innovative recording techniques, personal struggles, and rock & roll mythmaking that culminated in this pivotal album.
The Rolling Stones' Some Girls
Authors: Patell Cyrus R.K.
Published: March 2017

It’s October 1977, and the Rolling Stones are in a Paris recording studio. They’re under siege. Keith Richards’s legal troubles after his arrest for heroin possession threaten the band’s future, and the broad consensus among rock aficionados is that the band will never again reach the heights of Exile on Main Street.

But Mick Jagger is writing lyrics inspired by the year he has just spent in New York City, where he was hanging out with the punks at CBGB and with the glitterati at Studio 54. And new bandmember Ron Wood is helping Richards recapture the two-guitar groove that the band had been missing since the Brian Jones era. The result? Some Girls, the band’s response both to punk rock and to disco, an album that crackles with all the energy, decadence, and violence of New York in the 1970s. Weaving together the history of the band and the city, Cyrus R. K. Patell traces the genesis and legacy of the album that Jagger would later call the band’s best since Let It Bleed.
The Smiths' Meat is Murder
Authors: Pernice Joe
Published: March 2017

A Catholic high school near Boston in 1985. A time of suicides, gymnasium humiliations, smoking for beginners, asthma attacks, and incendiary teenage infatuations. Infatuations with a girl (Allison), with a band (The Smiths) and with an album, Meat is Murder, that was so raw, so vivid and so melodic that you could cling to it like a lifeboat in a storm.

In this brilliant novella Joe Pernice tells the story of an asthmatic kid’s discovery of Meat is Murder.

Here is a short excerpt:

One morning as I was jogging my way past the bronze plaque commemorating the deaths of one student and one motorcyclist, my necktie flapping like a windsock, Ray floored the brake pedal of his Dodge as he closed in on me. Fifty mile an hour traffic came to a screeching, nearly murderous halt behind him. He leaned over and rolled down the passenger side window in one fluid motion. He dispensed with formalities while I marveled at the audacity of his driving and, tossing something at me, winked and said, “Here. I’m going to kill myself.” He pegged the gas, leaving a surprisingly good patch of rubber for such a shitty car. In the gutter, sugared with sand put down during the winter’s last snow, I saw written in red felt ink on masking tape stuck to a smoky-clear cassette: “Smiths: Meat.”
The Who's The Who Sell Out
Authors: Dougan John
Published: March 2017

Released in the U.S. in January 1968, The Who Sell Out was, according to critic Dave Marsh, a complete backfire—the album sold well, but not spectacularly [and was] ultimately a nostalgic in-joke: Who but a pop intellectual could appreciate such a thing? Further rarifying its in-joke status was its unapologetic Englishness; 13 tracks stitched together in a mock pirate radio broadcast, without a DJ, with cool, anglocentric commercials to boot. In the 36 years since its release, Sell Out, though still not the best selling release in The Who’s catalog, has been embraced by a growing number of fans who regard it as the band’s best work, one of the few recordings of the late 1960s that best represents the ambitious aesthetic possibilities of the concept album without becoming mired in a bog of smug, self-aggrandizing, high art aspirations. Sell Out, powerfully and ecstatically, articulates the nexus of pop music and pop culture.

As much as it is an expression of the band’s expanding sonic palette, Sell Out also functions as a critique of the rock and roll lifestyle. Not the clichéd mantra of sex, drugs, and rock and roll but in the ways that commercial advertising fabricates a youth-oriented cultural reality by hawking pimple cream, deodorant, food, musical equipment, etc., and linking it with rock and roll. In this sense Sell Out is a reflective work, one that struggles with rock and roll as a cultural expression that aspires to aesthetic permanence while marketed as ephemera. From this conflict emerges a pop art masterpiece.
Throbbing Gristle's Twenty Jazz Funk Greats
Authors: Daniel Drew
Published: March 2017

In Twenty Jazz Funk Greats, Drew Daniel (of the experimental band Matmos) creates-through both his own insights and exclusive interviews with the band-an exploded view of the album’s multiple agendas: a series of close readings of each song, shot through with a sequence of thematic entries on key concepts, strategies, and contexts (noise, leisure, process, the abject, information, and repetition). This is a smart and unusual book about a pioneering band.
Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones
Authors: Smay David
Published: March 2017

Two entwined narratives run through the creation of Swordfishtrombones and form the backbone of this book. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt increasingly constrained and trapped by his persona and career. Bitter and desperately unhappy, he moved to New York in 1979 to change his life. It wasn’t working. But at his low point, he got the phone call that changed everything: Francis Ford Coppola tapped Tom to write the score for One From the Heart. Waits moved back to Los Angeles to work at Zoetrope’s Hollywood studio for the next 18 months. He cleaned up, disciplined himself as a songwriter and musician, collaborated closely with Coppola, and met a script analyst named Kathleen Brennan - his “only true love”.

They married within 2 months at the Always and Forever Yours Wedding Chapel at 2am. Swordfishtrombones was the first thing Waits recorded after his marriage, and it was at Kathleen’s urging that he made a record that conceded exactly nothing to his record label, or the critics, or his fans. There aren’t many love stories where the happy ending sounds like a paint can tumbling in an empty cement mixer.

Kathleen Brennan was sorely disappointed by Tom’s record collection. She forced him out of his comfortable jazzbo pocket to take in foreign film scores, German theatre, and Asian percussion. These two stories of a man creating that elusive American second act, and also finding the perfect collaborator in his wife give this book a natural forward drive.
Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle
Authors: Henderson Richard
Published: March 2017

Posing more riddles than the average sphinx, with its decipherable answers pointing somewhere dark, Song Cycle was anything but passive. I had already witnessed hippie bands playing with their backs to the hall, so the thought of late ’60s musicians being interested in their audience struck me as a concept bordering on revolutionary.

The debut album from songwriter and pianist Van Dyke Parks, Song Cycle first appeared in 1968 on Warner Brothers Records. Its twelve songs led listeners through Joycean wordplay and sound collages to reveal messages of dissent and personal loss, at odds with Parks’ buoyant, riotously eclectic music. Monumentally ambitious and equally expensive, Song Cycle resembled a film - possibly Citizen Kane - more than the pop music of its day; like Kane, Parks’ masterwork was adored by critics yet all but ignored by paying customers. In his efforts to plumb the mysteries of this quixotic record and its subsequent fate, Richard Henderson interviews several of the key figures involved with Song Cycle, notably Parks himself and producer Lenny Waronker.
Ween's Chocolate and Cheese
Authors: Shteamer Hank
Published: March 2017

Ween now seems like a permanent fixture on the pop-cultural landscape, but when the band first hit MTV in the early ’90s, their longevity wasn’t so secure. Nearly two decades on, though, Aaron “Gene Ween” Freeman and Mickey “Dean Ween” Melchiondo preside over one of the most devoted cult fan bases in American music. So how exactly did Ween manage to transcend joke-band oblivion?

One answer is that, in the years following their MTV breakthrough, Ween gradually polished their output, turning their staunchly primitive musical sketches into hi-fi paintings. Chocolate and Cheese, released in 1994, marked Freeman and Melchiondo’s first crucial steps in this direction. Based on new, in-depth interviews with both members of Ween, as well as producer Andrew Weiss and associates ranging from Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) to Spike Jonze, this book explores the song-by-song creation of Chocolate and Cheese and how the album served as a bridge between Ween’s original two-guys-and-a-4-track incarnation and the rich, virtuosic rock & roll force they would later become.
Wire's Pink Flag
Authors: Neate Wilson
Published: March 2017

In contrast with many of their punk peers, Wire were enigmatic and cerebral, always keeping a distance from the crowd. Although Pink Flag appeared before the end of 1977, it was already a meta-commentary on the punk scene and was far more revolutionary musically than the rest of the competition. Few punk bands moved beyond pared-down rock ‘n’ roll and garage rock, football-terrace sing-alongs or shambolic pub rock and, if we’re honest, only a handful of punk records hold up today as anything other than increasingly quaint period pieces. While the majority of their peers flogged one idea to death and paid only lip service to punk’s Year Zero credo, Wire took a genuinely radical approach, deconstructing song conventions, exploring new possibilities and consistently reinventing their sound. THIS IS A CHORD. THIS IS ANOTHER. THIS IS A THIRD. NOW FORM A BAND, proclaimed the caption to the famous diagram in a UK fanzine in 1976 and countless punk acts embodied that do-it-yourself spirit. Wire, however, showed more interesting ways of doing it once you’d formed that band and they found more compelling uses for those three mythical chords.
Role of vertical and horizontal mixing in the tape recorder signal near the tropical tropopause
Authors: Glanville Anne A. , Birner Thomas
Published: March 2017

Abstract. Nearly all air enters the stratosphere through the tropical tropopause layer (TTL). The TTL therefore exerts a control on stratospheric chemistry and climate. The hemispheric meridional overturning (Brewer–Dobson) circulation spreads this TTL influence upward and poleward. Stratospheric water vapor concentrations are set near the tropical tropopause and are nearly conserved in the lowermost stratosphere. The resulting upward propagating tracer transport signal of seasonally varying entry concentrations is known as the tape recorder signal. Here, we study the roles of vertical and horizontal mixing in shaping the tape recorder signal in the tropical lowermost stratosphere, focusing on the 80 hPa level. We analyze the tape recorder signal using data from satellite observations, a reanalysis, and a chemistry–climate model (CCM). By modifying past methods, we are able to capture the seasonal cycle of effective vertical transport velocity in the tropical lowermost stratosphere. Effective vertical transport velocities are found to be multiple times stronger than residual vertical velocities for the reanalysis and the CCM. We also study the tape recorder signal in an idealized 1-D transport model. By performing a parameter sweep, we test a range of different strengths of transport contributions by vertical advection, vertical mixing, and horizontal mixing. By introducing seasonality into the transport strengths, we find that the most successful simulation of the observed tape recorder signal requires vertical mixing at 80 hPa that is multiple times stronger compared to previous estimates in the literature. Vertical mixing is especially important during boreal summer when vertical advection is weak. Simulating the reanalysis tape recorder requires excessive amounts of vertical mixing compared to observations but also to the CCM, which hints at the role of spurious dispersion due to data assimilation. Contrasting the results between pressure and isentropic coordinates allows for further insights into quasi-adiabatic vertical mixing, e.g., associated with overshooting convection or breaking gravity waves. Horizontal mixing, which takes place primarily along isentropes due to Rossby wave breaking, is captured more consistently in isentropic coordinates. Overall, our study emphasizes the role of vertical mixing in lowermost tropical stratospheric transport, which appears to be as important as vertical advection by the residual mass circulation. This questions the perception of the tape recorder as a manifestation of slow upward transport as opposed to a phenomenon influenced by quick and intense transport through mixing, at least near the tape head. However, due to the limitations of the observational dataset used and the simplicity of the applied transport model, further work is required to more clearly specify the role of vertical mixing in lowermost stratospheric transport in the tropics.
A novel acclimative biogeochemical model and its implementation to
the southern North Sea
Authors: Kerimoglu Onur , Hofmeister Richard , Maerz Joeran , Wenzel Wirtz Kai
Published: March 2017

Abstract. Ecosystem models often rely on heuristic descriptions of autotroph growth that fail to reproduce various stationary and dynamic states of phytoplankton cellular composition observed in laboratory experiments. Here, we present the integration of an advanced phytoplankton growth model within a coupled 3-dimensional physical-biogeochemical model, and the implementation of the model system to the Southern North Sea (SNS) defined on a relatively high resolution (~ 1.5–4.5 km) curvilinear grid. The autotrophic growth model, recently introduced by Wirtz and Kerimoglu (2016), is built up on a set of novel concepts for the allocation of internal resources and operation of cellular metabolism. The coupled model system consists of the general estuarine transport model (GETM) as the hydrodynamical driver, a lower trophic level model and a simple sediment diagenesis model. We force the model system with realistic atmospheric and riverine fluxes, background turbidity caused by suspended particulate matter and open ocean boundary conditions. For a simulation for the period 2000–2010, we show that the model system satisfactorily reproduces the physical and biogeochemical states of the system, as inferred from comparisons against data from long-term monitoring stations, sparse measurements, continuous transects, and remote sensing data. In particular, the model shows high skill both in coastal and off shore waters, and captures the steep gradients in nutrient and chlorophyll concentrations observed prevalently across the coastal transition zone. We show that the cellular chlorophyll to carbon ratio show significant seasonal and lateral variability, the latter amplifying the steepness of the transitional chlorophyll gradient, thus, pointing to the relevance of resolving the physiological acclimation processes for an accurate description of biogeochemical fluxes.
Complex controls on nitrous oxide flux across a long elevation gradient in the tropical Peruvian Andes
Authors: Diem Torsten , Morley Nicholas J. , Ccahuana Adan Julian , Huaraca Quispe Lidia Priscila , Baggs Elizabeth M. , Meir Patrick , Richards Mark I. A. , Smith Pete , Teh Yit Arn
Published: March 2017

Abstract. Current bottom-up process models suggest that montane tropical ecosystems are weak atmospheric sources of N2O, although recent empirical studies from the southern Peruvian Andes have challenged this idea. Here we report N2O flux from combined field and laboratory experiments that investigated the process-based controls on N2O flux from montane ecosystems across a long elevation gradient (600–3700 m a.s.l.) in the southern Peruvian Andes. Nitrous oxide flux and environmental variables were quantified in four major habitat types (premontane forest, lower montane forest, upper montane forest and montane grassland) at monthly intervals over a 30-month period from January 2011 to June 2013. The role of soil moisture content in regulating N2O flux was investigated through a manipulative, laboratory-based 15N-tracer experiment. The role of substrate availability (labile organic matter, NO3−) in regulating N2O flux was examined through a field-based litter-fall manipulation experiment and a laboratory-based 15N-NO3− addition study. Ecosystems in this region were net atmospheric sources of N2O, emitting 0.27 ± 0.07 mg N-N2O m−2 d−1. Nitrous oxide flux was inversely related to elevation; N2O flux was greatest in premontane forest (0.75 ± 0.18 mg N-N2O m−2 d−1), followed by lower montane forest (0.46 ± 0.24 mg N-N2O m−2 d−1), montane grasslands (0.07 ± 0.08 mg N-N2O m−2 d−1), and upper montane forest (0.04 ± 0.07 mg N-N2O m−2 d−1). Nitrous oxide flux showed weak seasonal variation across the region; only lower montane forest showed significantly higher N2O flux during the dry season compared to wet season. Manipulation of soil moisture content in the laboratory indicated that N2O flux was significantly influenced by changes in water-filled pore space (WFPS). The relationship between N2O flux and WFPS was bimodal and non-linear, diverging from theoretical predictions of how WFPS relates to N2O flux. Nitrous oxide flux was greatest at 90 and 50 % WFPS, and lowest at 70 and 30 % WFPS. This bimodal distribution of N2O flux suggests a complex relationship between WFPS, environmental variables, and nitrate-reducing processes. Changes in labile organic matter inputs, through the manipulation of leaf litter-fall, did not alter N2O flux, suggesting that litter inputs have a negligible impact on N2O flux. Nitrate addition experiments demonstrated that variations in NO3− availability constrained N2O flux. Habitat – a proxy for NO3− availability under field conditions – was the best predictor for N2O flux, with N-rich habitats (premontane forest, lower montane forest) showing significantly higher N2O flux than N-poor habitats (upper montane forest, montane grassland). Nitrous oxide flux did not respond to short-term changes in NO3− concentration.
The response of Opalinus Clay when exposed to cyclic relative humidity variations
Authors: Wild Katrin M. , Walter Patric , Amann Florian
Published: March 2017

Abstract. Clay shale specimens were exposed to cyclic relative humidity (RH) variations to investigate the response of the material to natural environmental changes. Opalinus Clay, a clay shale chosen as host rock for nuclear waste disposal in Switzerland, was utilized. The specimens were exposed to stepwise relative humidity cycles in which they were alternately allowed to equilibrate at 66 and 93 % relative humidity. Principal strains were monitored throughout the experiments using strain gauges. After each relative humidity cycle, Brazilian tensile strength tests were performed to identify possible changes in tensile strength due to environmental degradation.Results showed that Opalinus Clay follows a cyclic swelling–shrinkage behaviour with irreversible expansion limited to the direction normal to bedding, suggesting that internal damage is restricted along the bedding planes. The Brazilian tensile strength in direction parallel and normal to bedding as well as the water retention characteristic remained unaffected by the RH variations.
Complejidad sintáctica y construcción de narración. Análisis de una tarea de recontado en niños de preescolar
Authors: Crespo Allende Nina , Koza Walter , Sotelo Eva
Published: March 2017

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue establecer de qué manera los niños complejizan la sintaxis en los diferentes momentos de sus narraciones, de acuerdo con un enfoque funcionalista discursivo. A tales efectos, se seleccionaron 30 niños de nivel preescolar, que participaron en una tarea de recontado. Posteriormente, se analizaron las producciones sobre la base de la gramática de las historias, los paquetes clausulares y los tipos de cláusulas que conformaban a estos últimos: isotaxis, parataxis e hipotaxis. Los resultados indican que los sujetos construyen más paquetes clausulares y con mayor complejidad en el esquema causal del relato (evento inicial y acción del personaje) y en la manifestación del mundo interior de los personajes. A partir de allí, se sostiene la noción de un uso estratégico de la sintaxis y de la incidencia de la modalidad textual en el desarrollo posterior de esta.
Hacer (cosas con) palabras: la discursividad como universal genérico-esencial del lenguaje
Authors: López Serena Araceli
Published: March 2017

Este trabajo reivindica la necesidad de subrayar el hecho de que las lenguas son, en primera instancia, técnicas para la construcción o la formulación de discursos, es decir, técnicas cuyo cometido primario es hacer palabras, y aboga por considerar el decir cosas y el hacer cosas con esas palabras como funciones secundarias con respecto a la función formulativa o discursiva del lenguaje, que se postula como universal genérico-esencial. La condición de universal genérico-esencial del lenguaje de la discursividad se justifica, en primer lugar, por la vía racional y apriorística de su deducción a partir de la propia definición del concepto de lenguaje y, en segundo lugar, de manera inductiva, a partir de la consideración de diversos fenómenos (unidades, estrategias y posiciones lingüísticas) cuyo estudio precisa la adopción de una perspectiva de proceso (enérgeia), y no únicamente de producto (érgon), entre ellos, la investigación de la mímesis de la oralidad en la escritura, el análisis de los mecanismos de reformulación y de interrupción y el examen de lo que algunas escuelas sintácticas formalistas y funcionalistas suelen denominar periferia izquierda del enunciado.
¿Existe influencia del sistema verbal en la 'jugabilidad' de un videojuego?: Registro de movimientos oculares con eye tracker
Authors: Moya Joaquín , Parodi Giovanni
Published: March 2017

Esta investigación tuvo como propósito determinar en qué medida la ‘jugabilidad’ de un grupo de jugadores se ve afectada por el grado de atención al sistema verbal de un videojuego de Disparos en Primera Persona. Para ello, se conceptualiza el videojuego como un macrogénero compuesto de rasgos distintivos y agrupables en tres componentes interactuantes: uno computacional, otro de actividad de juego y otro multimodal o multisemiótico. Entre sus géneros se encuentra el de Disparos en Primera Persona, caracterizado por un alto grado de atención en el centro de la pantalla debido al objeto que se manipula en esa área, además de la alta cantidad de estímulos del sistema gráfico. En este estudio, 29 participantes jugaron un segmento del videojuego Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, 2009) sin sonido, en el que aparecen dos tipos de mensajes: ‘advertencias’ y ‘órdenes’. La atención a dichos mensajes fue grabada por medio de un sistema de seguimiento de movimientos oculares o eye tracker, mientras que el desempeño se registró por medio de un conteo simple de muertes en la sección analizada. Los resultados indican que no existe una correlación positiva entre atención a los mensajes y desempeño; en otras palabras, la atención al sistema verbal no parece conducir a un mejor desempeño. Los hallazgos indican que, al enfrentarse a dos sistemas que son comprendidos por un mismo modo de entrada (visual), los jugadores dividen su atención y optan por la acción. Queda pendiente conocer qué ocurre con el sonido activado.
The Integration between Strategic Cost Management Techniques to Improve the Performance of Iraqi Manufacturing Companies
Authors: Al-Naser Khalis , Mohamed Rapiah
Published: March 2017

The performance of manufacturing industry in Iraq has been declining over the last few decades. Worst still, many companies in the manufacturing sector in Iraq are yet to adopt Balanced Scorecard (BSC) to improve their performance despite its potency ensure to achieve competitive advantage and better performance. This study examines the integration between Total Quality Management (TQM) and BSC four perspectives in Iraqi manufacturing industry. Data were collected by means of structured questionnaire survey using simple random sampling and a Partial Least Squares (PLS) algorithm and bootstrap techniques were used to test the hypothesis of the paper. The result revealed that TQM had a significant positive effect on BSC through the measurement of customer perspective, financial perspective, innovation and learning perspective, and internal business process perspective. The finding implies that Iraqi manufacturing industries can attain the performance of their companies in the different perspective of BSC by proper implementation of TQM technique.
The definite article in Romance expletives and long weak definites
Authors: Espinal M.Teresa , Cyrino Sonia
Published: March 2017

This paper focuses on some issues involving expletive articles and long weak definites in Romance (mainly Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Catalan), in comparison to DPs that elicit a strong reading. We show the similarities between expletive definites and long weak definites, and we argue for an analysis in common to other polarity items in terms of polarity sensitivity. We reach the conclusion that the definite article in Romance comes in two variants: the referentially unique variant (to be translated as the semantic iota operator) and the polar variant, formally characterized with an abstract [+σ] feature, that encodes a weak bound reading (to be semantically translated by an existential operator).
The Use of Technologies for Teaching Dentistry in Brazil: Reflections from an Integrative Review
Authors: Silva Henrique Salustiano , Bariani Rita Catia , Kubo Hatsuo , Leal Tais Pereira , Ilinsky Roberta , Borges Thalita , Faltin Jr. Kurt , Ortolani Cristina Lucia Feijó
Published: March 2017

This article is an integrative review regarding the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for teaching Dentistry. Thus, the article aimed to analyze papers that show the use of these technologies as resources and tools for learning. The stages in the elaboration of this integrative review were: establishing the guiding question and aims of the study, establishing the inclusion and exclusion criteria for articles, defining the research instrument and information to be extracted from the articles selected, results analysis, and discussion. For this, bibliographical data was collected from the SciELO, ColecionaSUS, and Periódicos CAPES databases in the search for articles published in the last five years, written in Portuguese, and containing the following keywords in Health Sciences: “education in dentistry”, “dentistry”, “dentistry informatics”, “distance learning”, and “education”, and which were related in context to the topic of study. Eleven articles were selected as the results, which were analyzed using the data collection instrument. It was concluded that the current technologies used as teaching resources and tools contribute as allies for improving ways of teaching and learning, particularly in the area of dentistry, in a way that makes courses more interactive and dynamic, and adding personal and technical skills to the profiles of the professionals trained.
Strengthening the Creative Transformational Leadership of Primary School Teachers
Authors: Kallapadee Yadapak , Tesaputa Kowat , Somprach Kanokorn
Published: March 2017

This research and development aimed to: 1) study the components and indicators of creative transformational leadership of primary school teachers; 2) study the existing situation, and the desirable situation of creative transformational leadership of primary school teachers in the northeastern region of Thailand; 3) develop a program to strengthen creative transformational leadership of primary school teachers; 4) study the results of implementing the strengthening of the creative transformational leadership program of primary school teachers. The research instruments are comprised of: 1) a form for evaluation components and indicators of creative transformational leadership; 2) a questionnaire for the existing situation and the desirable situation; 3) a form for the assessment of the program to strengthen the creative transformational leadership of primary school teachers; 4) a form for evaluating the results of implementing creative transformational leadership; 5) a test of creative transformational leadership. The research found that: The creative transformational leadership of primary school teachers has 5 elements and 16 indicators, including 1) the vision, 2) the intellectual stimulation 3) creativity, 4) inspirational motivation, 5) flexibility. The results of the study of the existing situation and the desirable situation of creative transformational leadership of primary school teachers showed at practice level every dimension and at overall were high. The study result of how to strengthen creative transformational leadership indicates coaching and mentoring levels were at high. Developed programs to strengthen creative transformational leadership of primary school teachers consisted of 5 modules: 1) the vision which covers three indicators, namely, picture mind, challenge and goal, 2) the intellectual stimulation which covers three indicators, namely, promotion of wisdom use, rationality and the ability to solve problems, 3) creativity which covers four indicators, namely, the initiative idea, the flexibility of thinking, fluency of and the quality of thinking, 4) inspirational motivation which covers three indicators, namely, confidence, concentration in action, hope for success, 5) flexibility of thought which covers three indicators, namely, adaptation according to the situation, adaptation to problem solution and action ability in several dimensions. The second program was guideline-applied coaching and mentoring processes. The results of the study found significant difference between before and after use of the strengthening in that the level after use was higher than before using every module (p-value< 0.05).
Competencies for Production, Search, Diffusion and Mobilization of Open Educational Resources
Authors: García-López Ramona-Imelda , Salazar Omar Cuevas , Ramírez-Montoya María-Soledad , Tenorio-Sepúlveda Gloria-Concepción
Published: March 2017

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the achievement of competencies for production, search, diffusion and open educational resources through a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The development of this project required the participation of 10 institutions of higher education in Mexico*, as well as financial support from the National System of Distance Education (SINED). This is a quantitative research and the participants were 134 teachers in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Rubrics were used to evaluate the competencies mentioned (which conformed the four modules object of study); each was broken down into indicators and self-assessment was used with the student (basic), beginner (intermediate) and expert (advanced) criteria. It was found that in the three levels of competency, the total percentage is very similar in the four modules: Basic level is between 0.5% y 3.9%, intermediate, around 30.0% and 31.5% and advanced around 65.4% and 69.5%.
Antecedents and Outcomes of Customer Satisfaction: A Comprehensive Review
Authors: Thusyanthy Vadivelu , Tharanikaran Vadivelu
Published: March 2017

Understanding the antecedents and outcome variables of customer satisfaction is become an important issue, since there are few comprehensive studies conducted related to the various antecedent and outcome variables of customer satisfaction as a whole. Therefore, the main aims of this qualitative study are to investigate and to build two comprehensive models related to the antecedent and outcome variables of customer satisfaction with the various literature supports. Importantly, the comprehensive and complex models contributes to the existing literature and enhances the future studies, which are related in both online and offline customer satisfaction contexts.
Decentralisation and the Living Conditions and Struggle of Fishers: A Study in West Java and East Kalimantan
Authors: Kinseng Rilus A.
Published: March 2017

Some argue that one of the key factors contributing to marine resource and environmental degradation, as well as to the poverty of fishers in Indonesia was the centralized resource management system. Since the start of the era of reform in 1998, Indonesia has experienced many fundamental changes, including decentralization of fisheries management.This paper assess impacts of the decentraization on fishers living condition and their struggle. This study shows that decentralization in Indonesia, including decentralization of fishery resources management, has not brought any significant improvement to fishers’ living conditions. Thus, I argue that what is important is not the decentralization per se, but those who are in power. If the people in power put more emphasize in pursuing economic growth and their own prosperity without paying enough attention to the environment and poor people, decentralization would not bring any significant improvement to the environment and poor people such as fishers. In that case, decentarlization simply moves the locus of power from central government to local government.
Relationship between Manure Management Application Practices and Phosphorus and Nitrogen Export in Snowmelt Run-off Water from a Black Chernozem Saskatchewan Soil
Authors: King Tom , Schoenau Jeff , Elliott Jane
Published: March 2017

In Saskatchewan, soil nutrients released from land-applied solid cattle manure (SCM) and liquid hog manure (LHM) could be subject to off-field export via spring surface run-off water and/or subsurface leaching from melting snow. The objective of this study was to determine how the placement of SCM and LHM using surface and subsurface application methods affects the amounts of soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) and ammonium nitrogen (NH4-N) exported in simulated snowmelt run-off. Intact soil slabs were collected post-harvest in Oct. 2008 and Oct. 2009 from an annually cropped Black Chernozem in east-central Saskatchewan having treatments of: 1) a control, with no SCM or urea fertilizer added and 2) SCM applied at a rate of 60.6 t ha-1 for 2 years as: surface broadcast, broadcast and incorporated and subsurface banded. For comparison purposes, intact soil slab monoliths were collected post-harvest in Oct. 2009 from an annually cropped Black Chernozem in east-central Saskatchewan having treatments of: 1) a control, with no LHM or urea fertilizer added; 2) LHM broadcast and incorporated at a rate of 37,000 L ha-1 for 12 years; and 3) LHM subsurface banded at rates of 37,000 L ha-1 and 148,000 L ha-1 for 12 years. Run-off water and leachate were collected under two different simulated prairie spring melt conditions: 1) thawing soil slabs containing snow that slowly melted on the surface; and 2) frozen soil slabs with run-off water applied to the surface and allowed to run-off across the frozen soil surface. Export of SRP in the thawing soil slabs that had SCM applied in subsurface bands was 0.51 kg P ha-1 and was significantly higher than the non-manured control (0.07 kg P ha-1). Dissolved NO3-N exported in water running across the frozen soil slabs was highest in the broadcast and incorporated treatment (0.30 kg N ha-1). All SCM manured treatments had higher export of nitrate (0.2-0.25 kg NO3-N ha-1) compared to the non-manured control (0.07 kg ha-1). There was no significant (P ≤ 0.10) effect of placement method on SRP, NO3-N and NH4-N export on thawing or frozen SCM soil slabs. Export of SRP was less in LHM treatments than SCM treatments. In thawing soil slabs with 148,000 L ha-1 LHM treatment, the P export was 0.05 kg P ha-1 and was greater than the control treatment (0.01 kg ha-1). Rate of application and manure type appears to be more important than method of placement in influencing P and N transport in melt water on these soils.
Grensoverschrijdend contracteren binnen de Europese Unie: de erkenning en tenuitvoerlegging van beslissingen in burgerlijke en handelszaken gebaseerd op het beginsel van wederzijds vertrouwen, getoetst aan het EVRM
Authors: Emaus J.M.
Published: March 2017

Grensoverschrijdend contracteren binnen de Europese Unie: de erkenning en tenuitvoerlegging van beslissingen in burgerlijke en handelszaken gebaseerd op het beginsel van wederzijds vertrouwen, getoetst aan het EVRM

Voor een rechtsgeding tussen contractspartijen afkomstig uit twee of meer EU-lidstaten is in de Brussel I Verordening herschikking bepaald welke rechter in de zaak bevoegd is, en ook dat de erkenning en tenuitvoerlegging van de door het gerecht van herkomst gegeven ‘beslissing’ automatisch dient te geschieden. Die automatische erkenning en tenuitvoerlegging is gebaseerd op het Unierechtelijke beginsel van ‘wederzijds vertrouwen in de rechtsbedeling in de Unie’. Het is de balans tussen deze eenvoudige erkenning en tenuitvoerlegging enerzijds en de weigering om dat te doen vanwege dringende redenen anderzijds die in dit artikel naar aanleiding van de recente zaak Avotiņš/Letland centraal staat.
Videofluoroscopic examination – study procedure with an assessment questionnaire
Authors: Chmielewska Joanna , Jamróz Barbara , Gibiński Krzysztof , Sielska-Badurek Ewelina , Milewska Magdalena , Niemczyk Kazimierz
Published: March 2017

In this article, we proposed a questionnaire for assessment of videofluorscopic examination in patients with swallowing disorders. It was developed during years 2015 - 2016 by the Department of Otolaryngology at the Medical University of Warsaw. The main body of the form consists of 3 parts assessing the oral phase, the pharyngeal phase and the esophageal phase. The main column contains a list of specific symptoms with yes/no answers. There is a four-point scale assessing the severity of the disorders from 0 to 3, where 0 corresponds to clinically insignificant findings, 1- mild impairment, 2 - moderate impairment, and 3 – severe impairment. Other elements of the form include: basic demographic and nutritional data, assessment of the consistency and texture of ingested food, food texture recommended based on the evaluation acc. to the recommendations of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (www.iddsi.org), and therapeutic assessment before implementation of speech therapy. The questionnaire was prepared on the basis of Trinity College survey, own experience and literature data.
The birds (Aves) of Oromia, Ethiopia – an annotated checklist
Authors: Gedeon Kai , Zewedie Chemere , Töpfer Till
Published: March 2017

Oromia is the largest National Regional State of Ethiopia. Here we present the first comprehensive checklist of its birds. A total of 804 bird species has been recorded, 601 of them confirmed (443) or assumed (158) to be breeding birds. At least 561 are all-year residents (and 31 more potentially so), at least 73 are Afrotropical migrants and visitors (and 44 more potentially so), and 184 are Palaearctic migrants and visitors (and eight more potentially so). Three species are endemic to Oromia, 18 to Ethiopia and 43 to the Horn of Africa. 170 Oromia bird species are biome restricted: 57 to the Afrotropical Highlands biome, 95 to the Somali-Masai biome, and 18 to the Sudan-Guinea Savanna biome. 26 species of birds of Oromia are Threatened (three Critically Endangered, nine Endangered, and 14 Vulnerable), and an additional 20 species are classified as Near Threatened. International regulations affect 225 Ethiopian bird species. Of the polytypic species, a total of 620 subspecies can be taxonomically assigned to Oromia. 11 of them are endemic to Oromia, 71 to Ethiopia and 150 to the Horn of Africa. This very high diversity underlines the high responsibility of the Oromia National Regional State for bird conservation.
INDICADORES SÓCIO-DEMOGRÁFICOS DE CRIANÇAS DE 0-6 ANOS NO BRASIL
Authors: Rosemberg Fúlvia
Published: March 2017

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DESENVOLVIMENTO E APRENDIZAGEM DA CRIANÇA
Authors: Werner Jairo , Santo Katia Alves do Espírito
Published: March 2017

Os autores abordam diferentes com ilibes metateóricas e teorias sobre o processo de desenvolvimento e aprendizagem da criança ~ fazem uma reflexão sobre as suas repercussões na prática pedagógica. Demarcam, ainda, 0 modelo e a teoria que parecem mais adequados ao estabelecimento de uma proposta pedagógica promotora do processo de desenvolvimento e aprendizagem.Enfatizam, também, que as propostas voltadas para a criança pré-escolar no Brasil, têm sido assistemáticas, desiguais e insuficientes para demarcar o caráter educativo Ditado pelaConstituição, contribuindo para um crescente processo de reprodução da seletividade social.Faz-se necessário, portanto, que os debates entre o Estado e a sociedade civil continuem cada vez mais prcsentes.
PROPOSTAS PARA CAPACITAÇÃO DE AGENTES INSTITUCIONAIS E COMUNITÁRIOS PARA O ATENDIMENTO DA CRIANÇA DE 0 A 6 ANOS NO BRASIL
Authors: Siqueira Arnaldo Augusto Franco de , Correa Maria Elena G.
Published: March 2017

São apresentados aqui os relatórios dos grupos de trabalho sobre temas pertinentes à capacitação de recursos humanos para o atendimento da criança d~ 0 a 6 anos em nosso meio. Foram abordados os temas: formação participativa de recursos humanos em educação, comunicação e informação; as modalidades de atendimento em educação e saúde com crianças de 0 a 6 anos; o desenvolvimento e a aprendizagem; capacitação de multiplicadores e a legislação. Buscou-se,ésempre, além da contextuação do tema, definir os referenciais teóricos e metodológicos, bem como chegar a propostas de capacitação que garantissem a perspectiva teórico-metodológica da participação.
PROCESSO DE ABORDAGEM DAS CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES “DE E NA” RUA: DESAFIOS E PERSPECTIVAS
Authors: Graciani Maria Stela Santos
Published: March 2017

O trabalho apresenta uma reflexão sobre a abordagem pedagógica utilizada em processos educativos junto às crianças e adolescentes “de e na” rua. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido por professores e universit~rios da Pontificia Universidade Cat61ica de São Paulo, buscando através de principios pedagógicos pré-determinados, elaborar uma forma de contato com essas crianças e adolescentes.Considerando estes principios, foram criados passos metodológicos e novas estratégias para a prática educativa dos educadores. Foram detectados, a partir da prática social da Educação Popular, os principais aspectos do ato educativo junto às crianças e adolescentes de rua, dentre eles, o processode comunicação como condição primeira de abordagem. Através da análise dos códigos de comunicação busca construir um processo interativo com essas crianças.
ALTA HOSPITALAR DA CRIANÇA: IMPLICAÇÕES PARA A ENFERMAGEM
Authors: Madeira Lelia Maria
Published: March 2017

Focalizando a alta da criança, a autora descreve os malefícios da hospitalização, a importancia da alta planejada, bem como do seguimento pós-alta da criança, no domicílio; apresenta as implicações para a enfermagem e discute o- papel do enfermeiro neste processo.
ENSAIO PSICOSSOCIOLÓGICO DAS RELAÇÕES ENTRE A PRÁTICA-TEORIA NO LOCUS DA MORADIA: ARRUMAC,AO E ORGANIZAÇÃO TEMPO-ESPACIAL
Authors: Rabinovich Elaine Pedreira
Published: March 2017

Este artigo pretende, através de uma abordagem transdisciplinar, esboçar algumas categorias analíticas que possam ser úteis na busca da compreensão dos elementos constitutivos da identidade brasileira. Isto é feito pela análise de certas dimensõeshabitacionais que se acredita informar sobre o contexto do desenvolvimento infantil.