bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Extensive Quality Model of Semantic Standards
Authors: Folmer Erwin
Published: October 2019

A problem survey, including 34 semantic standard setting organizations (SSOs), gives the evidence that quality of standards can be improved, but for the improvement of a quality measurement an instrument is needed. The main research question in this work is: What are the characteristics of an instrument to measure the quality of semantic standards that will aid standard developers in improving their standards? The presented quality model consists of in total 100 quality aspects structured within three hierarchical trees; product quality (intrinsic), process quality (the organization of the standard), and quality in practice (application of the standard).
Pedagogical Knowledge Acquisition During the Practicum
Authors: Gómez Raquel , Mena Juanjo , Rodríguez María-Luisa García
Published: October 2019

Teacher reflection is widely considered as an important process that provides in-depth learning experiences to preservice teachers. Portfolios and teachers' diaries are commonly used teaching tools to funnel one's own critical thoughts about practice. It is also common to analyse the teaching practice in the practicum through the guidance of expert teachers who act as mentors. Both ways are crucial to organise preservice teachers' practical knowledge acquired in the schools. The objective is to determine under which learning situations (individual reflection vs. mentoring interaction) knowledge is better acquired and determines the differences between preservice teachers. Five preservice teachers were recorded giving a regular lesson to primary school students. Data was analysed by following the PDA model that divides the content in narrative and inferential. Main results reveal that practical knowledge is mostly elicited with the help of a mentor and mostly inferential. There were minimal significant differences among preservice teachers.
Taxonomy of Payment Structures and Economic Incentive Schemes in Internet
Authors: Gupta Brij B. , Gulihar Prachi
Published: October 2019

Recently the study of economics of internet has emerged as an emerging field of study. The workstations being distributed across the network along with the users having varied interests has made this study very important from an information security and policy designing point of view. The main purpose of any framework design is to keep up with the security standards of confidentiality, integrity and availability without being an overburden on the deployer. The same goes for the users, the Quality of Service (QoS) should be in accordance with what they pay for. The concept of “tragedy of commons” plays an important role in distributing the limited resources of the internet. In this, the users because of their own self-interest destroy the collective interest of a community sharing the resource. A sustainable pricing strategy is the one which is able to cater to the competitive advantage of different network providers offering the same set of services but on varied prices. A pricing mechanism will help in differentiating the services offered to the users, but another important task is of fixing the incentives. The pricing strategy plays a very important role in facilitating varied kinds of QoS requirements. Security professionals have realized that while designing any security mechanism it is vital to keep in consideration the “theory of mind” which explains the way the attackers and benign users take decision to deceive of remain loyal to the system. So, studying the incentive and payment structure from economic point of view is important.
Uma avaliação de impacto do selo de controle fiscal de águas envasadas sobre arrecadação de ICMS no Estado do Ceará
Authors: Alencar Maria Cleide Freitas , Corrêa Márcio Veras , Carneiro Diego Rafael Fonseca
Published: October 2019

O segmento econômico do envasamento de água para o consumo humano tem apresentado um aumento significativo nos últimos anos no Estado do Ceará, saltando de um volume de 86 empresas, no ano de 2008, para 252 empresas, em 2017. É sabido que a regulamentação de produtos, como a água destinada ao consumo humano, impacta diretamente na qualidade de vida de toda população. Desta forma, torna-se necessário que o Estado seja atuante na regulamentação deste setor, de forma a garantir a qualidade sanitária do produto, bem como para certificar a regularidade de todas as suas obrigações das empresas envasadoras. Em função disso, o Estado do Ceará instituiu, em 2015, a obrigatoriedade do Selo de Controle Fiscal nos garrafões de 20 litros de água comercializados no Estado. Esse estudo busca mensurar o impacto da implantação dessa política sobre a arrecadação de ICMS pago pelos produtores de águas. Para tanto, foi utilizado um modelo de diferenças em diferenças associado ao método de regressões quantílicas. Os resultados apontam para a inexistência de um impacto global decorrente da criação do Selo Fiscal sobre a arrecadação do Estado. Porém, acerca de impactos financeiros nas empresas, a análise desagregada demostrou que a política apresenta um efeito significativo sobre os contribuintes no primeiro decil de arrecadação, cujo recolhimento foi incrementado em 3,8%. Isso sinaliza que o segmento, aparentemente mais afetado com a criação do Selo Fiscal, foi o dos pequenos envasadores, indicando um aumento na capilaridade do fisco e uma melhoria no potencial de cobrança de ICMS entre estes contribuintes.
La legge 180: il volto umano della psichiatria italiana
Authors: Ferro Filippo Maria
Published: October 2019

Il contributo esamina il lungo e tormentato iter culturale che ha condotto alla promulgazione della legge 180/1978: dalla cesura in psichiatria tra il pensiero degli accademici e le azioni degli ospedalieri tra fine ’700 e primo ’800, passando attraverso il riferimento agli “alienisti” (così preferivano chiamarsi gli psichiatri in epoca positivista) romantici e spiritualisti sostenitori prima del “morotrofio”, luogo di cura e recupero attraverso trattamenti “morali” poi del “manicomio”, centro di esclusione e di mera custodia, sino alla rivoluzione operata da F. Basaglia, che si ispirava alla psichiatria inglese, sebbene gli intellettuali parigini e l’esistenzialismo di Jean Paul Sartre abbiamo rappresentato un riferimento essenziale. Il lavoro prosegue con una disamina critica della riforma realizzata rispondendo alle principali accuse che le sono state rivolte e termina con uno sguardo al panorama futuro della gestione della sofferenza psichica. ---------- The contribution examines the long and restless cultural iter that has led to the promulgation of the law 180/1978: from the caesura in psychiatry between the academicians’ thought and the hospital workers’ actions in the late 70’s early 80’s, going through the reference to the romantic and spiritualists “alienists” (psychiatrists preferred to be called in this way during the positivist age) supporting first places of care and rehabilitation by “moral” treatments and then the “mental hospital”, centre of exclusion and mere custody, to the revolution made by F. Basaglia, that was inspired by the English psychiatry, although the Parisian intellectuals and the Jean Paul Sartre’s existentialism have represented an essential reference. The works proceeds with a critical examination of the reform realized answering to the principal accusations that have been brought and it ends with a look at the future panorama of the psychic suffering management.
The vertical wheeler
Authors: Wakefield P. E.
Published: October 2019

The vertical wheeler provides the means for independent mobility in the standing position, thus contributing towards the physical and psychological requirements of the paraplegic child.
Treatment note: A mobilising technique for the symphysis pubis
Authors: Mitchell R.
Published: October 2019

No abstract available
The report of the 10th meeting of the National Committee of Representatives held on Saturday 20 March 1982 in Johannesburg
Authors: Editor The
Published: October 2019

No abstract available
Editorial: Evaluation of physiotheraphy
Authors: Gilder J. A.C.
Published: October 2019

No Abstract available.
The history of the lecturers’ group of the South African Society of Physiotherapy (afr. Dosentegroep)
Authors: Author No
Published: October 2019

No abstract available
Apparatus: New innovation in pulsed electromagnetic therapy
Authors: Author No
Published: October 2019

No abstract available
Littlewood–Paley Characterizations of Weighted Anisotropic Triebel–Lizorkin Spaces via Averages on Balls I
Authors: Liu Jun , Yang Dachun , Yuan Wen
Published: October 2019

This article is the first part of two works of the authors on the same topic. Let

A

be a general expansive matrix on

\mathbb{R}^n

and

w\in\mathcal{A}_\infty(A)

a Muckenhoupt

\mathcal{A}_\infty

-weight with respect to

A

. In this article, the authors first characterize the weighted anisotropic Triebel–Lizorkin space

F^\alpha_{p,q}(A;\,w)

in terms of Peetre maximal functions or Lusin-area functions defined via Fourier analytical tools. As an application, the authors also establish a characterization of

F^\alpha_{p,q}(A;\,w)

with smoothness order

\alpha\in(0,2\zeta_-)

via a Lusin-area function involving the difference between

f(x)

and its ball average

B_{b^{-k}}f(x):=\frac1{|B_\rho(x,b^{-k})|}\int_{B_\rho(x,b^{-k})}f(y)\,dy,\quad \forall\,x\in\mathbb{R}^n,\ \forall\,k\in\{1,2,\ldots\},

where

b:=|\mathrm {det} A|, \sigma(A)

denotes the set of all eigenvalues of

A

,

\lambda_-\in(1,\min\{|\lambda|: \lambda\in\sigma(A)\}],\quad \zeta_-:=\log_b\lambda_-,

\rho

denotes the step homogeneous quasi-norm associated with

A

and, for any

k\in\{1,2,\ldots\}

and

x\in\mathbb{R}^n

,

B_\rho(x,b^{-k}):=\{y\in\mathbb{R}^n: \rho(x-y) < b^{-k}\}

.
The contribution of the veterinary helminthology to medical helminthology
Authors: Vercruysse Jozef
Published: October 2019

Les infections avec les helminthes sont très fréquentes chez les animaux : tous les animaux qui broutent peuvent être considérés comme étant infectés. Au cours des dernières décennies des progrès considérables ont été faits spécialement dans : (1) le développement de techniques de diagnostic innovatrices, (2) le développement de nouveaux anthelminthiques et de vastes études pour évaluer leur efficacité et la présence de résistance aux anthelminthique et (3) l’initiation des études sur l’impact économique des helminthoses comme le gain de poids et la production de lait. Les développements techniques et scientifiques en helminthologie vétérinaire ont aussi contribué de plusieurs façons à l’helminthologie médicale. Trois exemples sont brièvement présentés et discutés : (1) l’introduction de nouvelles méthodes de diagnostic et la mise en commun des échantillons, (2) l’initiation d’études pour évaluer l’efficacité des anthelminthiques chez les enfants par le test du taux de réduction des oeufs fécaux et faire des recommandations sur leur l’efficacité et l’interprétation des données recueillies, et (3) études pour évaluer l’impact d’un traitement à l’accouchement pour améliorer l’allaitement et optimiser la croissance de l’enfant.
Contribution des vétérinaires à la sécurité sanitaire mondiale : de l’expérience acquise durant des épidémies de fièvre de la Vallée du Rift à la structuration de la coordination intersectorielle pour la réponse des pays aux urgences zoonotiques
Authors: La Rocque Stéphane de
Published: October 2019

La collaboration entre les différents secteurs, en particulier entre les services de la santé animale et ceux de la santé humaine, est évidemment indispensable durant la gestion d’évènements zoonotiques. Cette collaboration n’est pas toujours aisée, surtout si mal anticipée en amont des urgences. En utilisant l’exemple des plans de riposte aux épidémies de fièvre de la Vallée du Rift (FVR), cet article décrit certaines des difficultés, mais aussi les bénéfices d’une gestion coordonnée entre les différents acteurs. Un cadre opérationnel développé conjointement par la FAO et l’OMS a prouvé son efficacité pour la RVF et pourrait être utilisé pour d’autres évènements zoonotiques. L’OMS, l’OIE et la FAO travaillent également à renforcer la contribution des vétérinaires à la mise en oeuvre du Règlement Sanitaire International, un des outils les plus importants pour le développement des capacités nationales de détection et de réponse aux urgences de santé publique et le renforcement de la sécurité sanitaire mondiale.
Un nouveau regard sur la leptospirose humaine
Authors: Tuaillon Edouard , Zida Sylvie
Published: October 2019

En 1918 Martin et Pettit démontraient la présence d’anticorps agglutinants dans le sérum des malades atteints de leptospirose. Un siècle plus tard, alors que la réaction d’agglutination-lyse reste la technique de référence pour la confirmation des cas, cette zoonose mériterait qu’on lui prête un regard plus attentif tant son impact demeure important dans le monde. La leptospirose est une infection dont les présentations cliniques constituent un continuum, allant des formes asymptomatiques aux formes les plus sévères conduisant au décès. L’incidence de la leptospirose dans les zones climatiques tropicales semi-arides comme en Afrique de l’Ouest semble sous-estimée mais les données disponibles sont rares. Une étude réalisée au Burkina Faso par le Centre Muraz montre que la leptospirose constitue une des causes d’ictère fébrile observées dans ce pays. Il est indispensable de mettre en place des programmes spécifiques de recherche et de prise en charge de cette zoonose négligée. Le réseau francophone sur les maladies tropicales négligées a retenu la leptospirose comme une des infections prioritaires dans une approche One Health pour les années 2019-2020.
Les infections leptospirosiques du cheval : mythes et réalités
Authors: Valon François Xavier , Cadoré Jean-Luc
Published: October 2019

Il est établi que le pourcentage de chevaux ayant été infectés par des leptospires sur la base de la séro-prévalence est élevé. Les difficultés de dénombrement des formes cliniques des infections leptospirosiques reposent encore sur les difficultés de mise en évidence du pathogène. La pathogénie des infections leptospirosiques est de mieux en mieux connue. Les données cliniques obtenues lors d’infection expérimentale sont peu nombreuses. Les formes générales affectant le foie ou les reins sont rares. La relation entre l’infection leptospirosique et les uvéites récidivantes est décrite. Il est noté l’émergence de descriptions de formes rénales et aussi d’hémorragies pulmonaires chez le poulain et chez l’adulte ; chez la jument gestante d’atteinte du fétus avec surtout des formes abortives et plus rarement des formes périnatales se traduisant par des affections chez le poulain Il n’existe à ce jour aucune preuve de l’implication de l’infection leptospirosique dans le syndrome d’hyperthermie aigu ou récurrent, et pas plus dans les situations de méforme et de contre-performance chez le cheval sportif. Enfin, il n’existe pas de vaccin spécifique pour le cheval en France.
La leptospirose dans les uvéites récidivantes du cheval : mythe ou réalité
Authors: Launois Thomas
Published: October 2019

L’objectif est d’évaluer l’association entre les uvéites récurrentes chez le cheval et la leptospirose et quels sont ses traitements. Deux questions sont donc posées : d’une part qu’elle est l’incidence de la leptospirose et de ses différents sérogroupes dans les uvéites et d’autre part les protocoles de traitement des uvéites sont-ils différents si l’étiologie est leptospirosique ou liée à une autre affection ? On peut donc répondre que les leptospires présents dans certaines zones géographiques avec des conditions d’humidité particulières peuvent être un facteur de déclenchement d’uvéite par un mécanisme immunitaire plutôt que par une action pathogène directe de la bactérie. Les sérogroupes les plus souvent incriminés sont Pomona et Grippotyphosa. Les traitements sont fondamentalement immuno-modulateurs. Il semble que la vitrectomie ait une indication dans les uvéites leptospirosiques. Les bons pronostics des autres traitements chirurgicaux (implants de cyclosporine et injection microdosée de gentamicine) pratiqués indépendamment de l’étiologie de l’uvéite, relativisent l’intérêt de prendre le risque d’effectuer un prélèvement d’humeur aqueuse pour calculer la valeur C (Coefficient de Goldman-Witmer) et de réaliser d’une vitrectomie, technique invasive pouvant affecter le pronostic visuel.
Discursos sobre a imposição do trabalho humano como critério de ressocialização
Authors: Fanini Ângela Maria Rubel , Santos Adriana Cabral dos
Published: October 2019

Este artigo objetiva problematizar a centralidade da esfera laboral enquanto dimensão exclusiva da possibilidade de reinserção social de apenados que precisam provar que podem se integrar ao mercado de trabalho para terem suas penas reduzidas. Michel Foucault compreendeu o trabalho como força política que promove o ajustamento dos indivíduos à sociedade do trabalho. O sujeito é investido por poderes ao identificar-se cidadão laborioso, colocando-se em uma posição social privilegiada que pode protegê-lo de agressões e punições, concedendo-lhe uma identidade aceitável e afastando-o dos excluídos sociais. Os discursos sobre a essencialidade do trabalho no sistema jurídico-penal, enfatizando o trabalho como proposta de reinserção social, encontram-se no cerne das estratégias de poder, contribuindo para excluir, criminalizar e punir os desempregados. Analisamos alguns desses discursos sobre o trabalho, objetivando questionar a sua onipresença positiva, denunciar a opressão de sua obrigatoriedade e sua estratégia de disciplinamento.
Culturas de trabalho e associações de práticos em Manaus e Belém (anos finais do século XIX)
Authors: Paião Caio Giulliano
Published: October 2019

O trecho fluvial entre Belém e Manaus há muitos anos era percorrido por populações nativas e suas práticas de navegação. O prático é ainda hoje o embarcadiço que guia e/ou pilota navios de diferentes calados. Com os avanços capitalistas na região, impulsionados pela expansão da navegação a vapor, a necessidade de compor tripulações com práticos experimentados obrigou armadores e comandantes a negociarem com habitantes e suas culturas de trabalho. Nos anos finais do oitocentos, de maior movimento náutico e portuário, companhias armadoras passaram a questionar o controle destes profissionais sobre o mercado de trabalho e os rumos dos navios. No advento da República, o governo provisório estabeleceu uma série de critérios que retirava a independência de trabalho dos marinheiros. O processo associativo dos práticos de Manaus e Belém é construído com base na força da tradição e do histórico de solidariedade, à revelia dos ataques políticos do empresariado e outros setores sociais dominantes. Foram esses os elementos que reforçaram a defesa de um associativismo que ia além das fronteiras delimitadas pela federação.
“Não existem rebeldes negros”: repensando o legado de E. P. Thompson para a Guerra Civil Americana
Authors: Oakes James
Published: October 2019

O artigo aborda a lealdade dos escravos à União durante a Guerra Civil Americana, indo além de duas afirmações habituais, tanto “Lincoln libertou os escravos”, quanto “Os escravos se libertaram”. Ao fazê-lo, sonda como a abolição da escravatura foi obtida pela interação de dois atores poderosos, o Partido Republicano e seu líder, o presidente dos EUA, e os próprios escravos, que se afirmaram livres ao migrar para as linhas do Norte. Dialogando com E. P. Thompson, o artigo chama a atenção para o significado da exclusão de plebeus e trabalhadores da política institucional, apontando para a importância da história política também para os negros estadunidenses.
The Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series (JCTAWS): Integrating disciplines for enhanced capabilities during a complex coordinated attack
Authors: Shapiro, BSHS, EMT-P Geoffrey L. , Armstrong, MD John H. , Roberts, BA Kathryn , Gordon, SGT (Ret.) James , Smith, MD, FACEP E. Reed , Afman, MS Jeffrey , Sasser, MD, FACEP Scott M.
Published: October 2019

Evolving threats, such as Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTAs) and other High-Threat Active Violence Incidents, require a comprehensive “Whole of Community” approach to enhance readiness within the emergency management mission. Engaging all community stakeholders, inclusive of the private sector, public safety organizations, and the health and healthcare communities, is essential for risk reduction by preventing and limiting consequences from such critical incidents. The Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series (JCTAWS) is a unique interdisciplinary table-top exercise sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and National Counterterrorism Center, and is designed to test plans and capabilities surrounding a CCTA. JCTAWS focuses on response integration between and across disciplines and jurisdictions. The workshop stimulates participant identification of best practices and gaps so that plans can be refined and resources realigned to improve response coordination for CCTAs.
Nuclear emergencies and natural disasters
Authors: Lafortune, PhD Jean-Francois , Waller, PhD Edward
Published: October 2019

The Fukushima disaster following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan demonstrates the complexity of responding to nuclear emergencies during a natural disaster. Current international safety standards and guidance do not specifically address this type of situation. The potential conflicts between the response to the conventional impacts and the radiological consequences, real and perceived, can impede the effectiveness of the overall emergency response. The present article discusses the strategic and operational challenges likely to be encountered in such a complex emergency, and draws conclusions on how countries should better plan for the low probability but high consequence impacts of natural disasters coincident with a nuclear accident at a nuclear power plant.
A framework for integrating information resources for chemical emergency management and response
Authors: Seaton, MS Melissa G. , Maier, PhD, CIH, DABT Andrew , Sachdeva, PhD Sonny , Barton, PhD, DABT Charles , Ngai, MS Eugene , Lentz, PhD, MPH Thomas J. , Rane, MPH Pranav D. , McKernan, ScD, CIH Lauralynn Taylor
Published: October 2019

Effective emergency management and response require appropriate utilization of various resources as an incident evolves. This manuscript describes the information resources used in chemical emergency management and operations and how their utility evolves from the initial response phase to recovery to event close out. The authors address chemical hazard guidance in the context of four different phases of emergency response: preparedness, emergency response (both initial and ongoing), recovery, and mitigation. Immediately following a chemical incident, during the initial response, responders often use readily available, broad-spectrum guidance to make rapid decisions in the face of uncertainties regarding potential exposure to physical and health hazards. Physical hazards are described as the hazards caused by chemicals that can cause harm with or without direct contact. Examples of physical hazards include explosives, flammables, and gases under pressure. This first line of resources may not be chemical-specific in nature, but it can provide guidance related to isolation distances, protective actions, and the most important physical and health threats. During the ongoing response phase, an array of resources can provide detailed information on physical and health hazards related to specific chemicals of concern. Consequently, risk management and mitigation actions evolve as well. When the incident stabilizes to a recovery phase, the types of information resources that facilitate safe and effective incident management evolve. Health and physical concerns transition from acute toxicity and immediate hazards to both immediate and latent health effects. Finally, the information inputs utilized during the preparedness phase include response evaluations of past events, emergency preparedness planning, and chemical-specific guidance about chemicals present. This manuscript details a framework for identifying the effective use of information resources at each phase and provides case study examples from chemical hazard emergencies.
Translatie als filosofisch programma
Authors: Glas Gerrit
Published: October 2019

Translation as philosophical program: An explorative review

What does the concept of translation mean in the expression ‘translational neuroscience’? What are the different steps, or components, in the translation of neuroscientific findings to psychiatry? There are serious concerns about the validity and productivity of the traditional idea of a translational pipeline, starting in the fundamental sciences (chemistry, molecular and cellular biology) and ending in the practice of clinical medicine, including psychiatry. The article defends the thesis that the difficulties in the traditional approach result, at least partially, from insufficient reflection on the philosophical premises upon which the concept of translation is based. The linear pipeline model is strongly determined by the traditional biomedical approach to disease. The translation crisis signifies some of the limitations of this approach, especially in the realm of clinical practice and patient experience. The biomedical model suggests that illness manifestations should be conceived as causally determined expressions of an underlying biological derailment or dysfunction. This model lacks the language and conceptual tools to address the role of contextual and person-bound factors in the manifestation of illness. It is only recently that personalized and context-sensitive approaches to psychopathology have gained scientific attention. In the wake of this conceptual and practical reform, network-like approaches to translation have emerged. These network approaches are based on a different conception of transdisciplinarity. They address all stakeholders, by asking them what kind of translation they need. Stakeholders are not only scientists and clinicians, but also patient- and family support groups; and parties that are responsible for the institutional embedding, the financial and logistic infrastructure, and the legal frameworks that support psychiatric care. It is the interaction between science (as producer of knowledge) and the contexts that are supposed to benefit from this knowledge, that should be put at the centre of conceptual reflection. The degree and fruitfulness of this interaction will be decisive for the future of both psychiatry and clinical neuroscience. Philosophy can play an important role in this interaction, by making explicit underlying logical and practical tensions and ambiguities in this interaction.
Improved 1-km-resolution PM2.5 estimates across China
using the space-time extremely randomized trees
Authors: Wei Jing , Li Zhanqing , Huang Wei , Xue Wenhao , Sun Lin , Guo Jianping , Peng Yiran , Li Jing , Lyapustin Alexei , Liu Lei , Wu Hao , Song Yimeng
Published: October 2019

Abstract. Fine particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) shows adverse effects on human health and atmospheric environment. Satellite-derived aerosol products have been intensively adopted in estimating surface PM2.5 concentrations, but most previous studies failed to monitor air pollution over small-scale areas limited by coarse spatial-resolution (3–50 km) and low data-quality aerosol optical depth (AOD) products. Therefore, a new space-time extremely randomized trees (STET) model is developed that integrates spatiotemporal information to improve PM2.5 estimates at both spatial resolution and overall accuracy across China. To this end, the newly released MODIS MAIAC AOD product, meteorological and other auxiliary data are inputs to the STET model. Daily 1-km PM2.5 maps in 2018 across mainland China are produced. The STET model performs well with a high out-of-sample (out-of-station) cross-validation coefficient of 0.89 (0.88), a low root-mean-square error of 10.35 (10.97) μg/m3, a small mean absolute error of 6.71 (7.17) μg/m3, and a small mean relative error of 21.37 % (23.77 %), respectively. Particularly, it can well capture the PM2.5 concentrations at both regional and individual site scales. In addition, it posed a strong predictive power (e.g., monthly-R2 = 0.80) and can be used to predict the historical PM2.5 records. The North China Plain, the Sichuan Basin, and Xinjiang Province always are featured with high PM2.5 pollution, especially in winter. The STET model outperforms most models presented in previous related studies. More importantly, our study provides a new approach to obtain high-quality PM2.5 estimates, which is important for air pollution studies over urban areas.
Spatial distribution of cloud droplet size properties from Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) measurements
Authors: McBride Brent A. , Martins J. Vanderlei , Barbosa Henrique M. J. , Birmingham Wiliam , Remer Lorraine A.
Published: October 2019

Abstract. The global variability of clouds and their interactions with aerosol and radiation make them one of our largest uncertainties related to global radiative forcing. The droplet size distribution (DSD) of clouds is an excellent proxy that connects cloud microphysical properties with radiative impacts on our climate. However, traditional radiometric instruments are information-limited in their DSD retrievals. Radiometric sensors can infer droplet effective radius directly, but not the distribution width, which is an important parameter tied to the growth of a cloud field and to the onset of precipitation. DSD heterogeneity hidden inside large pixels, lack of angular information and the absence of polarization limits the amount of information these retrievals can provide. Next-generation instruments that can measure at narrow resolutions, multiple view angles on the same pixel, with a broad swath, and sensitivity to intensity and polarization of light are best situated to retrieve DSDs at the pixel-level and over a wide spatial field. The Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) is a wide field-of-view imaging polarimeter instrument designed by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) for retrievals of cloud droplet size distribution properties over a wide swath, narrow resolution, and at up to 60 unique, co-located view zenith angles in the 670 nm channel. Cloud droplet effective radius (CDR) and variance (CDV) of a unimodal gamma size distribution are inferred simultaneously by matching measurement to Mie polarized phase functions. For all targets with appropriate geometry, a retrieval is possible, and unprecedented spatial maps of CDR and CDV are made for cloud fields that stretch both across the swath and along the entirety of a flight observation. During the NASA Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS) aircraft campaign from May–June 2017, the Airborne HARP (AirHARP) instrument observed a heterogeneous stratocumulus cloud field along the solar principal plane. Our retrievals from this dataset show that cloud DSD heterogeneity can occur at the 200 m scale, much smaller than the 1–2 km resolution of most spaceborne sensors. This heterogeneity at the subpixel level can create artificial broadening of the DSD in retrievals made at resolutions on the order of 0.5 to 1 km. This AirHARP study demonstrates the viability of the HARP concept to make cloud measurements at scales of individual clouds with global coverage, and all in a low-cost, compact CubeSat-size payload.
The impact of RCM formulation and resolution on simulated precipitation in Africa
Authors: Wu Minchao , Nikulin Grigory , Kjellström Erik , Belušić Danijel , Jones Colin , Lindstedt David
Published: October 2019

Abstract. We investigate the impact of model formulation and horizontal resolution on the ability of Regional Climate Models (RCMs) to simulate precipitation in Africa. Two RCMs – SMHI-RCA4 and HCLIM38-ALADIN are utilized for downscaling the ERA-Interim reanalysis over Africa at four different resolutions: 25, 50, 100 and 200 km. Additionally to the two RCMs, two different configurations of the same RCA4 are used. Contrasting different RCMs, configurations and resolutions it is found that model formulation has the primary control over many aspects of the precipitation climatology in Africa. Patterns of spatial biases in seasonal mean precipitation are mostly defined by model formulation while the magnitude of the biases is controlled by resolution. In a similar way, the phase of the diurnal cycle is completely controlled by model formulation (convection scheme) while its amplitude is a function of resolution. Although higher resolution in many cases leads to smaller biases in the time mean climate, the impact of higher resolution is mixed. An improvement in one region/season (e.g. reduction of dry biases) often corresponds to a deterioration in another region/season (e.g. amplification of wet biases). The experiments confirm a pronounced and well known impact of higher resolution – a more realistic distribution of daily precipitation. Even if the time-mean climate is not always greatly sensitive to resolution, what the time-mean climate is made up of, higher order statistics, is sensitive. Therefore, the realism of the simulated precipitation increases as resolution increases. Our results show that improvements in the ability of RCMs to simulate precipitation in Africa compared to their driving reanalysis in many cases are simply related to model formulation and not necessarily to higher resolution. Such model formulation related improvements are strongly model dependent and in general cannot be considered as an added value of downscaling.
Rodríguez Morató, A. y A. Santana Acuña (eds) (2017): La nueva sociología de las artes. Una perspectiva hispanohablante y global, Barcelona, Gedisa
Authors: Del Val Ripollés Fernán
Published: October 2019

Plantea Arturo Rodríguez Morató, uno de los editores de la obra, en la introducción de la misma que la cultura y el arte son actividades cada vez más centrales en las sociedades contemporáneas, cuestión que se manifiesta en el hecho de que la creatividad se ha convertido en un paradigma de las economías actuales. Esta creciente importancia que la cultura y las artes tienen en las sociedades contemporáneas es algo que la sociología tiene muy presente, y que ha hecho que la sociología de las artes haya ido ganando peso y consistencia de un tiempo a esta parte. Pero, como apunta Rodríguez Morató, la sociología española no ha sido permeable a esa “culturación” de la sociología francesa, británica u holandesa y, salvo la excepción de Bourdieu, buena parte de la sociología de las artes más actual no ha tenido difusión en España.
Displaying families. Significado y valor de las familias de origen en la homoparentalidad
Authors: Álvarez Bernardo Gloria , García Berbén Ana Belén
Published: October 2019

Las transformaciones científicas como los avances socio-políticos han supuesto una alternativa para acceder a la maternidad que va más allá de la existencia de una relación de pareja heterosexual. Esa ruptura con lo normativo genera dudas y miedos entre aquellas parejas que se plantean ser madres puede acabar condicionando la decisión final. Algunos de esas dudas parten de la reacción y respuesta que recibirán de su familia de origen. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el significado y el valor que las parejas del mismo sexo confieren a sus respectivas familias durante todo el proceso de formación de su unidad familiar independiente. Se llevó a cabo una investigación cualitativa con once parejas de mujeres que accedieron a la maternidad a través de la reproducción asistida. Los resultados indican que las familias de origen ocupan una posición central en sus vidas. Algunas familias vivieron la maternidad de sus hijas como un proceso que oscilaba entre el rechazo inicial y la aceptación final. Como parte de esa aceptación, las familias empleaban mecanismos para visibilizar sus relaciones. Siguiendo a Finch (2007), estos mecanismos se agrupan bajo la categoría de displaying families para reforzar las funciones y mecanismos familiares.
Pettit, Ph. (2014): Just Freedom. A Moral Compass for Complex World, New York, Norton. 258 pp
Authors: Rangel Torrijo Hugo
Published: October 2019

Philip Pettit es internacionalmente conocido por sus trabajos de filosofía política, principalmente sobre el republicanismo. Profesor de Política y Valores Humanos en la universidad de Princeton, es de origen irlandés. Su libro Just Freedom es particularmente interesante por razones teóricas y políticas. Además es de gran trascendencia para las diferentes ciencias sociales. Sus posturas políticas en torno al republicanismo son relevantes; sobre todo sus propuestas políticas vinculadas a la democracia. Pettit muestra que su republicanismo se diferencia del libertarianismo de derecha.
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Authors: Konvalinka Nancy , Jociles María Isabel
Published: October 2019

Más que su simple aparición, ha sido la extensión del uso de las Técnicas de Reproducción Humana Asistida (TRHA) y de la gestación por sustitución lo que ha impulsado que distintas áreas de estudio, entre ellas, la antropología, la sociología, la psicología y los estudios de ciencia y tecnología, hayan encontrado un campo enormemente fértil. El hecho de que muchas personas empiecen a utilizar estas medidas para formar sus familias nos obliga a todos y a todas —usuarios, familiares y amigos, personal médico, políticos, creadores de leyes y de jurisprudencia, la sociedad en general— a pensar sobre qué es el parentesco y qué implicaciones pueden tener estas maneras de hacer familia.
Are Islamic Banks Really More Solvent Than Conventional Banks in a Financial Stable Period?
Authors: HADDAD Achraf , EL AMMARI Anis , BOURI Abdelfettah
Published: October 2019

The knowledge value produced by this research was established in particular by the methodological challenges of the comparative study. Based on a process of bibliographic research, available conditional observation and necessary statistical tests, we innovated an equiprobable comparison between the solvencies of conventional and Islamic banks over the period (2010-2018). Our study is not only a matter of dealing generically with the financial solvency question of conventional and Islamic banks, but also, we analysed the inherent implications and difficulties that may alter the results and influence the establishment of an operative evaluation of financial institutions. Two samples were taken from two reference populations. The core populations are all existing conventional and Islamic banks in the selected countries. The choice of banks is limited to countries whose banking systems incorporate both Islamic and conventional banks regardless of the proportion of each system in the country's banking market. Subsequently, each list bank was reduced on the basis of qualitative and quantitative filtering criteria. Therefore, each conventional bank has its closest Islamic equivalence in terms of capital and size taken from the same country. This restriction reduced the sample size to 63 banks each. The selected banks are all large and listed in different stock exchanges around the world. In conclusion, we found that conventional banks are more solvent than Islamic banks during a financial stable period.
The Spirits of Satire: Kant and Blake Read Emanuel Swedenborg
Authors: Dunn Allen
Published: October 2019

Emanuel Swedenborg was a scientist and mystic whose religious writings attracted a large following in the late eighteenth century. Both Immanuel Kant and William Blake wrote satires of Swedenborg’s work, but their satires mask a deep ambivalence. They are fascinated by, and sometimes envious of, Swedenborg’s visionary powers even as they remain skeptical of these powers. Both the poet and the philosopher find a tentative resolution for this ambivalence in their accounts of poetry, which claim that poetic inspiration is a more trustworthy guide to the spirit world than Swedenborg’s systematic theology, because poetry does not attempt to present the experience of the spirit world with the specious certainty of a metaphysical system.
Student Relation Management on Cloud Technology for Academic and Internship Counseling Model in Rajabhat University
Authors: Srisakonsub Phatthranit , Jeerungsuwan Namon , Piriyasurawong Pallop
Published: October 2019

The purposes of this study were: 1) to design a model of student relation management system on cloud technology for academic and internship counseling in Rajabhat University and 2) to assess a model of student relation management system on cloud technology for academic and internship counseling in Rajabhat University.

The research methods were of 2 stages: 1) the model design stage in which 1.1) documents, textbooks and related literature were reviewed and analyzed, and 1.2) the model was designed, using elements and guidelines obtained from those documentaries together with the Front-end Analysis of needs, learners, environment and technology; and 2) the model assessment stage which included 5 steps, namely, 2.1) constructing instruments for model assessment, 2.2) having 9 experts to assess the instruments, 2.3) analyzing the data obtained from the assessment, using mathematic mean (x̄) and standard deviation (S.D.), 2.4) improving the model according to the experts ‘advises, and 2.5) presenting the model.

It was found that the designed model was made up of 3 main components: 1) student relation management which consisted of 1.1) data base, 1.2) cloud technology, 1.3) creating relation, and 1.4) maintaining relation; 2) student relation activities of the management system on cloud technology that comprised 2.1) filtering teacher students’ demographic data, 2.2) connecting the data from the university with the university system, 2.3) publicizing information and news, 2.4) formulating academic counseling plan, 2.5) carrying out academic counseling, and 2.6) following up and evaluating; and 3) academic and internship counseling which was composed of 3.1) registration, 3.2) orientation, 3.3) supervision planning, 3.4) supervising, 3.5) academic counseling, following up the academic counseling, and 3.6) evaluation. The study revealed that the developed model was very appropriate to be used for academic and internship counseling.
Neurological complications and quality of life after submandibular gland resection. A Prospective, non-randomized, single-centre study
Authors: Chiesa Estomba Carlos , Valldeperes-Vilanova Ariadna , González-García Jose , Larruscain-Sarasola Ekhiñe , Sistiaga-Suarez Jon , Altuna-Mariezcurrena Xabier
Published: October 2019

Introduction: There are different complications related to the submandibular gland resection, like damage to the mandibular branch of the facial nerve, lingual or hypoglossal nerve. Moreover, subjective complaints like dry mouth, altered sensation around the scar and taste alterations were described. Patients and methods: A prospective, non-randomized study was performed including 20 patients treated with submandibular gland resection. Results: The most common etiology was sialolithiasis affecting 9 (45%) patients. One (5%) patient presented a lingual nerve paresis, 2 (10%) patients presented a transient marginal mandibular branch paresis and no hypoglossal nerve alteration was observed. Factors like the size of the lithiasis (P = 0.293), size of the tumor (P = 0.445) or type of pathology (P = 0.694) were not related with neurological complications. Altered sensation in the skin around a scar was the most severely weighted problem (55% and 33.3%), and xerostomia was the second one (33% and 27.3%) at one month and at six months after surgery, respectively. Conclusion: The submandibular gland resection remains to be a safe technique with a low rate of surgical and neurological complications. However, patients should be informed about sequelae like xerostomia, altered sensation in the skin or pain around the scar, which may be discomforting. The cosmetic result can be satisfactory, but a surgical scar can be avoided with another approach. Although rare, the risk of MBFN, lingual and hypoglossal nerve damage should always be included in the preoperative information on surgical risks.
Robotic Combined Anterior & Posterior Repair of a Rectal Prolapse, Rectocele, and Sigmoidocele with a Mesh
Authors: Borsuk Daniel , Studniarek Adam , Gantt Gerald , Kochar Kunal , Marecik Slawomir
Published: October 2019

Rectal prolapse (RP) is often seen in patients over the age of fifty, particularly women. These patients frequently suffer from other concomitant pathologies like rectocele, sigmoidocele, cystocele, or even enterocele. Rectopexy with a mesh has been an established treatment for rectal prolapse. The utilization of the robotic system allows for a successful repair within a confined pelvic space, especially for precise suture placement when working with the mesh.

A 77-year-old female presented with obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS) symptoms found to be caused by a progressive rectal prolapse. Her pre-operative ODS score was 9/20. Pelvic floor evaluation revealed concomitant rectocele and sigmoidocele. The patient was offered a robotic-assisted rectopexy with mesh placement to address the three concomitant pathologies.

During the procedure, a posterior mesorectal mobilization with autonomic nerves preservation was performed to address the posterior leading edge of the prolapse. Subsequently, the vagina was separated from the anterior portion of the rectum and dissected down to the levator ani muscles and the perineal body. This allowed for the affixation of a polypropylene mesh to the anterior portion of the rectum. Anterior suspension of the mobilized rectum with the mesh addressed all three pathologies.

No recurrence or complications occurred at two-year follow up. The patients ODS score decreased to 1/20.
Visual Analytics via Graph Signal Processing
Authors: Dal Col Alcebiades , Nonato Luis Gustavo
Published: October 2019

This dissertation presents an overview of the extension of the classical signal processing theory to graph domains. Furthermore, we introduce in this dissertation a novel method for visual analysis of dynamic networks, which relies on the graph wavelet theory. Our method enables the automatic analysis of a signal defined on the nodes of a network. We use a fast approximation of the graph wavelet transform to derive a set of wavelet coefficients, which are then used to identify activity patterns on large networks, including their temporal recurrence. The wavelet coefficients naturally encode spatial and temporal variations of the signal, leading to an efficient and meaningful representation. This method allows for the exploration of the structural evolution of the network and their patterns over time. The effectiveness of our approach is demonstrated using different scenarios and comparisons involving real dynamic networks.