bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Continuing bonds from a discourse analytic perspective
Authors: Ziółkowska Justyna , Galasiński Dariusz , Bajkowska Natalia
Published: November 2015

The aim of the article is to contribute to the existing literature on continuing bonds with a deceased relative by exploration of discursive dimensions of the bonds through which the survivors construct their relationship with the person who died. The data come from five interviews with family members who survived the suicidal death of their relative. We argue that a focus upon the form and content of the survivors’ stories offers a complicated and heterogeneous picture of ‘bonding actions’. And so, assuming a constructionist view of discourse, we show two kinds of bonds. First, it is a bond related to social expectations of bereaved families. Second, it is a personal bond, part of which is a bond with a reverse direction, established and maintained by the deceased person.
Forest before illusory trees: illusory contours of local level elements do not influence perceptual global advantage in the hierarchical structure processing
Authors: Styrkowiec Piotr , Kras Dominika
Published: November 2015

There is a continuing debate in the field of perceptual organization as to whether the locus of global processing is early or late perceptual, as previous studies have yielded contrary results. The conducted behavioural study explored this issue with the paradigm of collating global processing with other process of perceptual organization, namely illusory contours processing. Interaction between these two processes of perceptual organization would indicate that global processing has an early perceptual locus, whereas the lack of such interaction would suggest the late perceptual locus of global processing. In experiment 1, the effect of global dominance was obtained with the use of a compound figure composed of geometrical shapes with real edges. Results showed that the processing of the figure at the global level was faster and that it disrupted the processing of the figures from the local level. In experiment 1b, the compound figure was composed of local geometrical shapes generated with the use of the line-end induced illusory contours (Ehrenstein illusion). Local elements with illusory contours did not affect the processing of the hierarchical structure and the effect of global precedence occurred without any changes. In experiment 2a, a global advantaged effect within a compound figure with local elements with real edges was obtained in the paradigm of attention divided between levels of the hierarchical structure. When illusory contours of local elements of a compound figure were introduced to this paradigm (experiment 2b), this again had no effect on the perceptual global advantage. The results demonstrate the lack of interaction between global processing and illusory contour processing, indicating that the locus of global processing is rather late perceptual.
Visuo-spatial attention and reading abilities: an action game prototype for dyslexic children
Authors: Mangione Giuseppina Rita , Ludovico Luca Andrea , Di Tore Pio Alfredo , Di Tore Stefano , Corona Felice
Published: November 2015

The ability to play action videogames – not directly related to phonological or orthographic training – seems to be a teaching tool able to intervene specifically on spatial attention and drastically improve the reading skills of dyslexic children. The MADRIGALE project aims at the design and development of an action game, simultaneously involving both phonological and attention training in order to adapt educational game strategies for special needs.

Within the MADRIGALE project, the design of the prototype was presented at the International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, while an experimentation about educational effectiveness of the prototype, conducted using ‘Prove MT2’ as a benchmarking tool for measuring accuracy and speed of reading, was published in the International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET). This paper is an extension of the work presented in SIREM – SIEL 2014 Conference, and presents the results of a Game Evaluation Sheet administered to 50 primary school teachers with experience of dyslexic students
Retrieving Rightfulness – The White Moor Fairy Tale Comic Strip And The Acnowledgment By Postmodernist Readers Of An Emerging Genre
Authors: Catalina Andreea-Nicoleta , Bottez Monica
Published: November 2015

The paper presents the impact of the Romanian The White Moor fairy tale adaptation into comic strip format on its various readers. The results of a well-developed questionnaire, randomly sent to some of the graphic version readers, are interpreted and unforeseen results thereafter highlight the weightiness of comics, despite steady disesteem and recurrent association with low-culture.
Morphological Errors Made By Jordanian University Students
Authors: Ramadan Saleh
Published: November 2015

This study tries to identify, classify, describe and find out the causes of the morphological errors made by the fourth year university students majoring in English in Jordan. The students who participated in the study were 20 students from Al–Zaytoonah Private University of Jordan. The procedure followed was essay writing. After analyzing the errors, the study shows that (a) the students’ competence in English morphology is poor and (b) The errors are caused by some factors such as the inconsistency in English as well as misapplication of rules. Interference and overgeneralization are also other causes. Since the course of morphology is selective in the university plan, it is also considered as an important cause. In order to reduce their errors, the researcher has suggested some remedies.
The Impact of Socio-Economic Determinants on the Vaccination Rates with Rotavirus and Human Papiloma Virus Vaccine
Authors: Grdadolnik Urška , Sočan Maja
Published: November 2015

Background

Socio-economic inequalities may have an impact on the uptake of selfpaid vaccines. The aim of the study was to identify the effect of some socio economic determinants on vaccination rates with self-paid human papilloma virus (HPV) and rotavirus (RV) vaccines.

Methods

Vaccination coverage data, available in electronic database cepljenje.net (administered by the National Institute of Public Health), were collected at administrative unit level. The socio-economic determinants (the average gross pay in euros, the unemployment rate, the educational and households structure, the population density, the number of inhabitants, the number of children aged from 0 to 4, the number of women aged from 15 to 30) were extracted from Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia web page. The strength of the correlation between socioeconomic variables and self-paid HPV and RV vaccination rates was determined.

Results

Rotavirus vaccination rates show a slight negative correlation with the number of residents per administrative unit (ρ=-0.29, p=0.04), and no correlation with other socio-economic variables. Likewise, no correlation has been found between HPV vaccination rates and the selected socio-economic variables.

Conclusion

Ecological study did not reveal any correlations between socio economic variables and vaccination rates with RV and HPV self-paid vaccines on administrative unit level.
Indeterministic Temporal Logic
Authors: Trzęsicki Kazimierz
Published: November 2015

The questions od determinism, causality, and freedom have been the main philosophical problems debated since the beginning of temporal logic. The issue of the logical value of sentences about the future was stated by Aristotle in the famous tomorrow sea-battle passage. The question has inspired Łukasiewicz’s idea of many-valued logics and was a motive of A. N. Prior’s considerations about the logic of tenses. In the scheme of temporal logic there are different solutions to the problem. In the paper we consider indeterministic temporal logic based on the idea of temporal worlds and the relation of accessibility between them.
Logic of Algorithmic Knowledge
Authors: Surowik Dariusz
Published: November 2015

In this paper we consider the construction of a LAK system of temporal-epistemic logic which is used to formally describe algorithmic knowledge. We propose an axiom system of LAK and discuss the basic properties of this logic.
Algebraization of Jaśkowski’s Paraconsistent Logic D2
Authors: Ciuciura Janusz
Published: November 2015

The aim of this paper is to present an algebraic approach to Jaśkowski’s paraconsistent logic D2. We present: a D2-discursive algebra, Lindenbaum- Tarski algebra for D2 and D2-matrices. The analysis is mainly based on the results obtained by Jerzy Kotas in the 70s.
In Defence of the Textual Integrity of the Old English Resignation
Authors: Sobol Helena W.
Published: November 2015

Bliss & Frantzen’s (1976) paper against the previously assumed textual integrity of Resignation has been a watershed in research upon the poem. Nearly all subsequent studies and editions have followed their theory, the sole dissenting view being expressed by Klinck (1987, 1992). The present paper offers fresh evidence for the textual unity of the poem. First examined are codicological issues, whether the state of the manuscript suggests that a folio might be missing. Next analysed are the spellings of Resignation and its phonology, here the paper discusses peculiarities which both differentiate Resignation from its manuscript context and connect the two hypothetical parts of the text. Then the paper looks at the assumed cut-off point at l.69 to see if it may provide any evidence for textual discontinuity. Finally the whole Resignation, seen as a coherent poem, is placed in the history of Old English literature, with special attention being paid to the traditions of devotional texts and the Old English elegies.
Source marking in represented talk and thought in Vietnamese narratives
Authors: Nguyen Hanh thi
Published: November 2015

This paper uses conversation analysis to examine when Vietnamese speakers explicitly mark the source of represented talk or thought (RT) and when they may omit the RTs source in narratives in dyadic and multiparty family conversations. In Vietnamese, a pro-drop, non-inflectional language, RTs may be introduced by a verb of speaking and its subject, a verb of speaking without the subject, or no verb of speaking and no subject. The analysis focuses on how these three choices are employed in the sequential organization of narrative series, narrative participation frameworks, and narrative dramatization. The findings contribute to current understandings about source marking through linguistic devices as an interactional practice in conversations in addition to other resources such as voicing and embodied actions.
Reconstructing misinterpretation and misrepresentation through represented talk in Korean conversation
Authors: Kim Mary Shin
Published: November 2015

Drawing from a corpus of telephone and face-to-face Korean conversational data, this study investigates cases of represented talk (RT) that routinely occur in second position as a response to a prior turn that the speaker finds problematic and in need of repair. The speaker finds problems in the way the recipient interprets or represents certain events, situations, or the interlocutors themselves, and the speaker seeks to rectify these (mis)conceptions and (mis)representations through RT. The speaker reports a former locution, which demonstrates the recipient’s understanding to be incorrect or insufficient. At such delicate interactional junctures, the speaker begins a quote as direct reported speech (DRS) and closes the same quote as indirect reported speech (IRS). The unique design of combining DRS and IRS allows Korean speakers to negotiate what to show (DRS) and what to tell (IRS) according to the importance and relevance of the current interaction and current recipients. The study further discusses why this particular design of RT is readily observed in Korean conversation and how it fits within its interactional task of reconstructing matters according to the speaker’s perspective.
The Occurrence of Paracoenogonimus Ovatus (Trematoda, Cyathocotylidae) in Fish of Natural Reservoirs of Mykolaiv Region
Authors: Goncharov S. L. , Soroka N. M.
Published: November 2015

The article presents the original findings of Paracoenogonimus ovatus (Katsurada,1914) in fish in the Southern Bug and the Inhul rivers in Mykolaiv Region in 2012-2014. The roach (Rutilus rutilus), silver bream (Blicca bjoerkna), bream (Abramis brama), crucian (Carassius gibelio), rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), pike (Esox lucius), pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) were found to be infected with metacercariae of P. ovatus. Metacercariae of P. ovatus are described based on the original material. The highest prevalence of infection was observed in the roach, 82.3 %, the pike was infected in the less degree, with prevalence of 15.3 %. The infection intensity was highest in the roach, up to 247 specimens; that of the pikeperch was the lowest - 17 specimens. The highest occurrence of P. ovatus was observed in the parts of the river Southern Bug in Zhovtnevy, Mykolaiv, Novoodesky Districts, whereas in Voznesenky, Pervomaysky Discticts and in the city of Mykolaiv the occurrence was the lowest. In the area of the river Inhul the parasite was observed mostly in the waters of Bashtansky District in Mykolaiv Region.
Parasitic Nematodes in Flowering and Ornamental Plants: Effect of Parasites on the Plants and Response of the Plants to the Presence of Nematodes
Authors: Sigariova D. D. , Karpliyk V. G.
Published: November 2015

We studied the composition of the parasitic nematodes in the flowering and ornamental plants cultivated at the greenhouse facilities in the city of Kyiv. We found 9 species from the genera Meloidogyne Goeldi, 1887, Ditylenchus Filipjev, 1936, Pratylenchus Filipjev, 1934, Rotylenchus Filipjev, 1936, Tylenchorhynchus Cobb, 1913, Helicotylenchus Steiner, 1945, Paratylenchus Micoletzky, 1922, and Heterodera Schmidt, 1871. We also discovered the nature of the external manifestations of the nematodes’ effect on the plants and the plants’ response to the infection. Special attention was paid to the loss of the ornamental properties. In order to rank the loss of the ornamental properties of the plants under nematode infection, the scale (ranking system) was suggested. It includes 5 grades applicable to the exterior appearance of the plants, where “5” stands for “excellent”; “4” stands for “good” “3” stands for “satisfactory”; “2” stands for “unsatisfactory”; and “1” stands for “bad”. Th e joint parasitic activity of two nematode species (D. dipsaciі and R. robustus in asparagus, and D. dipsaciі and M. incognita in begonia) caused the highest level of infection progress observed (4 points), and this resulted in worsening of the exterior appearance of plants and in decrease of their ornamentality/ornamental properties down to “bad” (1 point). Th e parasitic activity of P. penetrans in coleus coincided with a high degree of the infection progress (3 to 3.5 points) while the ornamental properties of the plants corresponded to the gradations identified as “unsatisfactory” (2 points) and “bad” (1 point).
The Influence of Spring Flood Water Levels on the Distribution and Numbers of Terns (On the Example of the Lower Desna River)
Authors: Atamas’ N. S. , Tomchenko O. V.
Published: November 2015

The floodplain reservoirs of the lower Desna River are known to represent suitable breeding habitats for the Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) and the White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucoptera), while the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) and the Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) nest on sandy islands and river spits at the river bed. We combined analysis of Landsat 8 satellite images and the breeding abundance of the lower Desna River resident terns to investigate if the levels of the floodplain inundation affect the terns’ distribution and numbers. Under the high flood conditions of 2013, we observed a significant decrease in the numbers of colonies and nesting pairs of the Common and Little Terns, which was probably caused by the delayed exposure of their breeding habitats at the river bed. In contrast, in the low water conditions of 2014, areas of sandy islands and river spits increase in the form of temporary sandbanks. Under low-water conditions, we observed a marked increase of the number of colonies and nesting pairs of the Little Tern, while the White-winged Tern disappeared from nesting sites and the Black Tern decreased in numbers.
New Data on the Morphology and Distribution of Oswaldocruzia Skrjabini (Nematoda, Molineidae)
Authors: Svitin R. S.
Published: November 2015

Sixteen specimens of Oswaldocruzia (Nematoda, Molineidae) were found in the material from Zootoca vivipara Lichtenshtein, 1823 collected in Ukraine. The nematodes were identified as O. skrjabini Travassos, 1937 due to the presence of well-developed cervical alae and the host species. Based on the specimens examined, an amended description of the species, with new morphological characters and metrical data, was composed; its distribution in Ukraine was outlined. Oswaldocruzia skrjabini differs from other species of the genus by the presence of extra branches on spicular fork and shoe.
Changes in Liver Parenchyma of Green Frogs (Pelophylax Esculentus Complex) Under Conditions of Anthropogenic Pollution and Their Use in Monitoring of Water Bodies
Authors: Akulenko N. M.
Published: November 2015

Determination of the total biological effects of anthropogenic water pollution remains an important issue. Our long-term studies have shown that numerous alterations occur in the frog liver histological structure under pressure of anthropogenic pollution factor. Th e leukocyte infiltration, fat dystrophy, protein dystrophy and necrosis are well known on the mammal liver. Also we first described the rebuilding in the normal liver structure and the depletation of the fibrous tissue which are characteristic for the amphibians. Quantitative analysis of these alterations can identify significant differences in the pattern of pathological changes in the liver of the green frogs, which pick up in anthropogenically contaminated landscapes and in the clear ponds. Th is method allows quantifying the degree of biological effect of pollution.
New Species of the Genus Eryngyothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Iran
Authors: Mirab-balou M. , Bazgir M. , Mahmoodi M.
Published: November 2015

A new thrips species, Eryngyothrips veisii sp. n. (Thripidae, Thripinae) is described and illustrated based on individual specimens collected from Choqasabz Forest Park (Ilam Province), western Iran. This new species is most similar to E. discolor Bhatti, but is readily distinguished from the latter by divided ferna, prothorax color yellowish brown, absence of metanotal campaniform sensilla, and the longest postocular setae pair III.
The CDS and the Government Bonds Markets During the Last Financial Crisis
Authors: Križanič France , Oplotnik Žan Jan
Published: November 2015

Financial market had developed a special instrument to insure the buyers of bonds. This instrument is so called Credit Default Swap (CDS). The CDS price is a kind of insurance premium that the buyer of CDS pays to the seller of CDS in exchange for compensation of possible loss in operation. Paper analyses causality between CDS price and dynamics of bond yields and influence of macroeconomic factors on it in four selected countries during the last financial crisis. Analysis results show that there is no important macroeconomic variable included in the analysis that preceded the CDS prices connected with German government bonds. Sellers of CDS were apparently aware of the systemic nature of the financial crisis in the euro area. In the case of the United Kingdom, Russia and Slovenia we can observe the unemployment rate as the most important macroeconomic variable that preceded the CDS prices for government bonds.
Implications of De-Industrialization for Poverty and Income-Inequality in Pakistan
Authors: Yasmin Bushra , Qamar Wajeeha
Published: November 2015

This study endeavors to identify the dynamic link among growth, inequality and poverty, instigated from deindustrialization, in Pakistan over the time period 1970-2013. The Reduced-form Vector Autoregressive Model (VAR) is applied to estimate the empirical model. According to the results, trade openness has declining (mounting) impact on poverty (income inequality) over the specified time period. Moreover, the industrial sector share in GDP has appeared as a major contributing factor in tackling income inequality and poverty. This implies that the deindustrialization, as an emergent of trade liberalization, neutralizes the policy effect for income distribution and poverty in Pakistan. Besides, the Kuznet’s hypothesis has been proved to be true in case of Pakistan where GDP growth has led to increase in the income inequality. The role of industrial sector growth in tackling poverty and income inequality has emerged as vital but the move towards rapid trade liberalization has placed this sector in more competitive position and the persistent nature of income inequality has subdued the growth effects on poverty. The results underlie very pertinent policy to focus on the sector-specific growth in order to tackle the welfare issues. And a cautious move towards trade liberalization is also suggested.
The Intellectual Capital Effect on Financial Performances at Islamic Insurance
Authors: Syah Aji Rizqon Halal , Kurniasih Kurniasih
Published: November 2015

The research has analyzed the intellectual capital effect of the Islamic insurance company’s financial performance. Intellectual capital is quantified by VAICTM (Value Added Intellectual Capital), for efficiency components are physical capital coefficient (VACA), human capital coefficient (VAHU), and structural capital coefficient (STVA). Financial performance is quantified by ROA and RBC. Data is given from seven Islamic insurance companies during 2009-2013. Data analysis used is PLS (Partial Least Square). The result shows that intellectual capital factors had an affect the company’s financial performance. Intellectual capital relation to financial performance parameter value estimated coefficient 0,845 with t-statistic 46,771. VAICTM enables to elucidate financial performance variable 71, 6%, is by finding the R-square PERF value (financial performance) 0,716.DOI: 10.15408/aiq.v7i2.1696
Capital Market Integration: Palestine and Israeli Experience.
Authors: Suryanto Tulus , Abdul Hadi Abdul Razak
Published: November 2015

This study is driven by the motivation to examine the existence of probable equilibrium and dynamic relations between Palestine Stock Exchange (PEX) and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). Within the framework of international trade theories, this study uses Engle-Granger Co-integration procedure as an estimation model employing monthly time series data during the observed period from January 1998 till February 2012. It was discovered that there is a significant equilibrium relationship between PEX and TASE, but no empirical evidence was found on the presence of dynamic relations between the two stock markets using Granger Causality tests. Meanwhile, analysis of dynamic interactions over post-sample period by Impulse-Response Functions and Variance Decomposition indicate that movements in TASE Index do influence the performance of PEX.DOI: 10.15408/aiq.v7i2.1697
Financial Ratio and Its Influence to Profitability in Islamic Banks.
Authors: Amelia Erika
Published: November 2015

This research aims to analyze the influence of the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Non Performing Financing (NPF), Financing to Deposit Ratio (FDR) and Biaya Operasional Pendapatan Operasional (BOPO) to Return on Asset (ROA) in Bank Muamalat Indonesia and Bank Syariah Mega. The data analysis method used in this research is multiple regression analysis. From the test results show that the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Non Performing Financing (NPF), Financing to Deposit Ratio (FDR) and Biaya Operasional Pendapatan Operasional (BOPO) simultaneously effect to Return on Asset (ROA). Based on the test results of the t statistic was concluded that the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Non Performing Financing (NPF) and the Financing to Deposit Ratio (FDR) partially no significant effect to Return on Asset (ROA), while Biaya Operasional Pendapatan Operasional (BOPO) partially significant effect to Return on Asset (ROA)DOI: 10.15408/aiq.v7i2.1700
Application of Pattern of Islamic State Revenue Policy to Improve the Ability of Indonesia’s Fiscal
Authors: Setyaningrum Any
Published: November 2015

The aim of this study is to analyze the possibility of Islamic state revenue to improve the ability of Indonesia’s fiscal. This thing is important in the way to diversify the fiscal instruments in Indonesia. The result shows that several Islamic revenues instruments still relevant to applied in Indonesia, exclude the ghanimah and Jizya. But, it is necessary to adjust the nomenclature and connectivity with state financial regulations. The application does not have to be exclusive and labels associated with Islam, but should be more focused on the exploration of universal values and utility, which is inherent in all of Islam income instruments.DOI: 10.15408/aiq.v7i2.1702
Substantiation and working out of recreation health related technology on the basis of health related hiking and orienteering for junior school age children
Authors: Goncharova N.N. , Butenko H.A.
Published: November 2015

Purpose: to study role of health related hiking and orienteering in improvement of children’s physical conditions. Material: 163 children of 7 - 10 years old age participated in the research (82 boys and 81 girls). Tests for assessment of physical condition, physical health, adaptation reserve potentials and motor functioning of junior schoolchildren were used. Results: It was found that 46,01% of pupils can be considered healthy. Accordingly more than half (53,99%) have not infectious diseases. Among them nosologies of musculoskeletal apparatus prevail. In academic day with physical culture lesson average and high levels of motor functioning prevail (61,36%). Recreation health related technology on the basis of health related hiking and orienteering has been theoretically substantiated and worked out. Its structural components and content have been described. Realization of recreation health related technology is envisaged to be in three stages. Most of classes shall be in the open air. Conclusions: low level of adaptation reserve potentials and physical health of children have been determined that points at demand in health related measures in junior schoolchildren’s physical education.
Body composition of young people aged 17-18 years, practicing and not practicing swimming, with the use of the bioelectrical impedance method
Authors: Jendrysek Marek , Nowosielska-Swadzba Danuta , Zwolinska Danuta , Podstawski Robert
Published: November 2015

Purpose: Body composition evaluation of youth aged 17-18 of a different physical activity with the help of bioelectric impedance method. Material and Methods: 18 boys practicing swimming and 19 boys not practicing it took part in the study, making up a control group. Height, weight, BMI, lean body mass, the content of fat and water, Rohr factor were evaluated. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney test has been used to evaluate the differences in the range of the tissue components between the two groups. Results: Statistically significant differences were found on the p-0,05 level in % fat content. Mean body weight in experimental group was 71.5 kg, while in control group it was 69.4 kg. Minimum and maximum weight in group of swimming-practicing persons was: 56.6-92.2 kg. Increased body weight in the group of swimmers can result from greater amount of active tissue in this group compared with persons of low physical activity. Proportionally, it amounted to 64.3 kg and 61.3 kg. In the tested groups, minimal and maximal values of amount of active tissue proportionately amounted to: 54.1-78 and 49.5-72,3 kg. Conclusions: Physical activity modifies body composition. Active lifestyle is one of the methods for prevention of overweight and obesity.
Jerome F. D. Creach, Violence in Scripture [Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church]
Authors: Liu Gerald C.
Published: November 2015

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Rick Blackwood, The Power of Multi-Sensory Preaching and Teaching
Authors: Yang Sunggu
Published: November 2015

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Brian K. Blount, Invasion of the Dead: Preaching Resurrection
Authors: Jacobsen David Schnasa
Published: November 2015

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O. C. Edwards Jr., with James Dunkly, A Nation with the Soul of a Church: How Christian Proclamation Has Shaped American History
Authors: Zink-Sawyer Beverly
Published: November 2015

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Introduction to the Essays of the Consultation on Preaching and Postcolonial Theology
Authors: Go Yohan , Jacobsen David Schnasa , Lee Duse
Published: November 2015

The essays that follow were first presented as part of a consultation on preaching and postcolonial theology at Boston University in October, 2014, sponsored by the BU Center for Practical Theology. The consultation was an opportunity to bring together a leading scholar in postcolonial theology, Dr. Kwok Pui-lan of Episcopal Theological Seminary; two homileticians who have already started to grapple with postcolonial theory and theology in their work, Drs. Pablo Jiménez and Sarah Travis; and two Ph.D. students, Revs. Tim Jones and Lis Valle, from BU and Vanderbilt respectively. The goal of this interdisciplinary consultation was to jump start a wider conversation on today’s postcolonial context in North American homiletics for the sake of the practice of preaching. As an ad hoc research team for the fall term of 2014, we editors named above were all pleased to help bring this consultation together and are now excited to bring its fruits to you, the international and diverse body of homileticians based in North America, the Academy of Homiletics. *Note: Special thanks go to Drs. Shelly Rambo, Cristian De La Rosa, and Sung Jung Oh, who together with Revs. Yohan Go and Duse Lee, responded to the papers at the consultation in October, 2014. Their responses were crucial in the process of revising these papers for publication.
If You Just Close Your Eyes: Postcolonial Perspectives on Preaching from the Caribbean
Authors: Jiménez Pablo A.
Published: November 2015

This essay builds on the author’s experiences hearing preaching while growing up in the Caribbean. The author offers an acute critique of the traditional sermon, affirming that “deductive preaching is colonial preaching.” Acknowledging the contradictions common in the Caribbean, where the colonial and the postcolonial clash every day, Jiménez calls for the development of a postcolonial Caribbean homiletic.
Toward Postcolonial Liturgical Preaching: Drawing on the Pre-Columbian Caribbean Religion of the Taínos
Authors: Valle Lis
Published: November 2015

Postcolonial criticism has made its way into the field of religion mostly in the disciplines of theology and biblical studies. Little has been done to approach liturgics and homiletics from a postcolonial perspective. Building on such initial approaches, this paper recovers the tradition of the Taíno religion—the pre-Columbian religion in the Antilles prior to colonial times—and borrows from it a worldview of “complementary dualities” and a ritual pattern that embraces both conflict and unity. Drawing on the tradition of the Taíno religion and building on the work of postcolonial theologians, this paper proposes a liturgical dynamic that moves the community from spaces of tension to experiences of connectedness in order to alleviate the segregation of colonized and colonizers.
Troubled Gospel: Postcolonial Preaching for the Colonized, Colonizer, and Everyone In Between
Authors: Travis Sarah
Published: November 2015

The task of preaching is imbedded in a world that has been shaped by colonialism and imperialism. Preaching in North America will benefit from an engagement with postcolonial theory and a process of decolonization. This process, however, is a significant challenge for white, wealthy western preachers whose own position vis a vis colonialism is somewhat ambiguous. Most preachers in the West are both perpetrators of imperial projects, and simultaneously oppressed by these very systems. Is it possible for such preachers to participate in a process of decolonization? This article argues that it is possible, although preachers must attend to issues such as social location, neocolonizing anticolonialism, and the experiences of those with deeper knowledge of the realities of colonialism. Another key question is the manner in which the proclamation of the gospel is affected by the process of decolonizing preaching. Is a decolonized gospel good news for those who have benefited from colonial and imperial projects? At first, such a gospel may sound like bad news, as it involves a voluntary surrender of power and a willingness to occupy a marginal space. The truly good news is found in the promise of freedom from oppressive systems in which all are caught. Postcolonial preaching problematizes “gospel,” yet ultimately offers both preachers and listeners a way to escape destructive social systems.
Making New Spaces In Between: A Post-Reflective Essay Weaving Postcolonial Threads into North American Homiletics
Authors: Go Yohan , Jacobsen David Schnasa , Lee Duse
Published: November 2015

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Kathleen A. Cahalan and Gordon S. Mikoski, eds., Opening the Field of Practical Theology: An Introduction
Authors: Hoch Robert
Published: November 2015

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Robert P. Hoch, By the Rivers of Babylon: Blueprint for a Church in Exile
Authors: Kim Eunjoo Mary
Published: November 2015

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Jennifer E. Copeland, Feminine Registers: The Importance of Women’s Voices for Christian Preaching
Authors: Fleer David
Published: November 2015

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Sarah Travis, Decolonizing Preaching: The Pulpit as Postcolonial Space
Authors: Jiménez Pablo A.
Published: November 2015

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Trygve David Johnson, The Preacher as Liturgical Artist: Metaphor, Identity, and the Vicarious Humanity of Christ
Authors: Yang Sunggu
Published: November 2015

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EPICARDIAL OBESITY AND A RANGE OF METABOLIC RISK FACTORS RELATION WITH THE PREVALENCE INDEX OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Authors: Chumakova G. A. , Veselovskaya N. G. , Ott A. V. , Gritsenko O. V.
Published: November 2015

Aim. To assess the relation of epicardial fat tissue thickness (EFTT) and other metabolic risk factors with the index of coronary atherosclerosis Spread (CASI) in obese patients. Material and methods. Totally 186 men included (54,4±9,1 y.o.) with coronary heart disease (CHD) and obesity. By the results of coronary arteriography we calculated Gensini Score of CASI. All patients underwent laboratory tests with the measurement of basic and additional metabolic risk factors and echocardiography with EFFT measurement. Results. By the data of regression analysis we selected 7 predictors significantly related to EFTT: CASI (β=0,390), resistine (β=0,453), glucose (β=152), adiponectine (β=-0,175), high density lipoproteides cholesterol (β=-0,138), interleukine-6 (β=0,118), and tumor necrosis factor-α (β=0,117). Measurement of the predictors values led in 52,1% to the changes of CASI value (R²=0,521). Conclusion. In obese patients the assessment of the parameters described makes possible to circle a high risk group for unsymptomatic CHD forms with the aim for on-time investigation of patients and for early preventive interventions.
THE MOTIVES FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND PREVENTION OF ITS ONSET IN MARIY EL REPUBLIC
Authors: Belova Yu. Yu.
Published: November 2015

Aim. To study the motives of student alcohol consumption in Mariy El republic and to create, according to the results, the relevant recommendations on prevention of alcoholization of studentship in educational institutions. Material and methods. Mass survey of learners (n=1209) of primary and higher educational institutions in Mariy El Republic. Multistage selection. At the first stage the selection was done from the educational institutions. At the second stage we selected focal student groups; inside the groups we performed total questioning. The proportion of the age and gender was followed. Survey was done with questionnaires. Results. Of participants 87,4% older than 14 y. already tasted alcohol. Of those 45% did it before their 15. 73,4% responders consume alcohol. Severe drunkenness experience periodically 48% of responders. 41,2% of those think that it is not bad to consume alcohol if not to overdrink. Students named a variety of motives for the first tasting of alcohol: interest, wish to have fun, wish to feel unusual, behaving as adults, wish to look more amateur, wish to relieve stress, to prove the identity in front of the same agers, to cure, to show a concern and respect, to celebrate an event. Current consumption motives can be classified as following: to move from the reality and life problems, to experience unusual feelings, to remove communication barriers, due to boredom and monotony, as a self-prove, to reach a specific emotional condition, as imitation of adults, to show social group, as a tradition, for treatment. Conclusion. Alcohol consumption is prevalent in students of Mariy El rebublic. There is a broad spectrum of motives for trying alcohol and continuing of consumption, that should be prevented by relevant preventive activities.
Becoming a Language Teacher
Authors: Huhtala Anne
Published: November 2015

In this qualitative study the author examined personal narratives written by 14 Finnish speaking student teachers of Swedish, in order to find out what they tell about their thoughts and feelings concerning their future work as language teachers. The following three themes were in focus: firstly, what university students tell about their reasons for wanting to become teachers in the first place; secondly, what kinds of worries concerning their future work they mention in their narratives; and thirdly, how student teachers could be supported during transition from teacher education to teaching. According to the study, students choose teaching for reasons that are related to: (a) teacher identity and (b) teaching profession. They see teaching as meaningful and rewarding, but tell about worries connected to: (a) appearing in class and not having enough subject knowledge; (b) contacts with teenagers and their parents; and (c) heavy workload and lack of time. The results give support to previous studies indicating that novice teachers would benefit from organized mentoring sessions during transition to working life, so as to make it smoother and less challenging.
Attendance Spillovers between Public and For-Profit Colleges: Evidence from Statewide Changes in Appropriations for Higher Education
Authors: Goodman Sarena F. , Henriques Alice M.
Published: November 2015

Between 2000 and 2010, U.S. public postsecondary schools experienced widespread and uneven changes in funding from state and local appropriations. We estimate that statewide funding cuts lead to a decrease in public attendance that is offset by an increase in for-profit attendance, with no change in overall enrollment rates. We document a corresponding increase in borrowing, driven by both a shift in attendance toward a higher-borrowing sector and public institutions price adjusting to offset losses in revenue. Finally, we examine potential channels underlying these results and detect meaningful changes in public universities' tuition, faculty, and competitive admissions slots.
Autoritarismo Versus Redemocratização: Do Imigrante no Brasil
Authors: Fornasier Mateus De Oliveira , Wermuth Maiquel Angelo Dezordi
Published: November 2015

Este artigo analisa a evolução da política de imigração brasileira, focando-se nos reflexos da doutrina da segurança nacional à legislação brasileira. Investigou-se, nesta senda, que características podem ser atribuídas ao (des)respeito aos direitos fundamentais dos estrangeiros, sendo considerada a ordem constitucional de 1988. Resultou-se que, apesar do grande progresso na semântica constitucional referente ao significado da dignidade humana, verificou-se, no Estatuto do Estrangeiro brasileiro, uma continuidade da discriminação, da discricionariedade do Poder Executivo, e do choque entre esta lei e os objetivos do Estado brasileiro instituídos na Constituição.
Reivindicação Coletiva de Direitos, Movimentos Sociais e Repressão: As Greves do ABC como Objeto de Estudo
Authors: Lemos Eduardo Xavier
Published: November 2015

O presente texto analisa o caso das Greves do ABC, ocorridas no final da década de 70 e meados da década de 80 do século passado. O estudo parte de declarações dos líderes sindicais e verifica se o tradicional movimento sindical, em razão da luta pela democracia, transformou-se em um fenômeno que transcendeu a luta de classes para um “novo movimento social”. A metodologia utilizada é da revisão bibliográfica e da análise discursiva dos sindicalizados daquele período histórico.
A Aplicação da “Teoria da Desconsideração da Personalidade Jurídica” no Processo do Trabalho
Authors: Giovanetti Pereira da Silva Juliana , Giovanetti Lais , Hinz Henrique Macedo
Published: November 2015

O presente artigo aborda a aplicação da “Teoria da Desconsideração da Personalidade Jurídica” - “Disregard of Legal Entity” da sociedade empresária no Processo do Trabalho, no momento da execução dos créditos do trabalhador. Dessa forma, inicia-se com a análise das origens e as causas para se desconsiderar a personalidade jurídica de uma sociedade empresária, além da investigação dos preceitos normativos autorizadores da aplicação desta Teoria no Direito Brasileiro, em especial no Direito Processual do Trabalho. Por fim, dar-se-á um enfoque maior ao modo como a Justiça Trabalhista e o magistrado trabalhista atuam em relação à desconsideração da personalidade jurídica e como se dá sua aplicação e quanto à omissão da legislação acerca de normas específicas no ramo do Direito do Trabalho e Processual do Trabalho que autorize o direcionamento da execução em face dos sócios, observando os limites da responsabilidade de cada um que compõe a sociedade empresária. Do ponto de vista metodológico, aplicou-se o método racional dedutivo, utilizando-se de deduções para a obtenção da conclusão.
Interpretation of Dreams and Kafka's A Country Doctor: A Psychoanalytic Reading
Authors: Mirmobin Sara , Shabanirad Ensieh
Published: November 2015

Dreams are so real that one cannot easily distinguish them from reality. We feel disappointed after waking up from a fascinating dream and rejoice to wake up knowing the nightmare is ended. In some literary works the line between fancy and reality is blurred as well, so it provides the opportunity to ponder on them psychologically. The plot of some of the poems, novels, novellas, dramas and short stories is centered on the minds, thoughts, or generally speaking, human psyche. This essay elaborates upon the "nightmarish"-rather than dreamlike-story, Kafka's A Country Doctor, by applying psychological approach. It seeks to discuss the interpretation of some of the incidents of the story according to Freud's "The Interpretations of Dreams". Also, the id, ego and superego, the three parts of Freudian psychic apparatus, as well as their identification with the related characters are discussed.
Biopsychosocial Implications Related to the Breast Cancer in Women
Authors: Uossif Alfilani Ali Abdulrazig
Published: November 2015

Breast Cancer is among the most common cancer in women. Breast Cancer’s aggressiveness truly depends on the age of patient, status of lymph node and size of the tumor. Prognosis may the unfavorable if the age of woman is under 35. Breast cancer, usually, is diagnosed when it is in the advance stage. Looking at all the aspects, this paper analyzes and identifies the socio-economic, psychological and biological implications for the breast cancer in women. In order to meet the objective, the paper applies the qualitative approach and reads all the available literature to find the answers. The results of surveying all the available literature depicts that detection of this cancer at earliest stages is in the benefit of the patient. This benefit is not in case of medical/bio reasons only but also for socio-economic and psychological perspectives. This paper further finds that if the cancer diagnosed in the earliest stages, it not only shorten the hospitalized period but also save a handsome amount of treatment, give satisfactory psychological comforts and a very good life prognosis that results into a rapid familial and social reintegration.
Foreign Languages: A Gate from the Past to the Present
Authors: Dahmardeh Mahdi , Limaee Amir Nemati
Published: November 2015

Persia has got an ancient, very rich history and civilisation. This has resulted into widespread relations between Persians and other nations along history. As a result, besides the Persian language which has been used to communicate by different people settled in this territory, befitting a time and era, a variety of foreign languages have become popular. By the means of historical research, this article aims to discuss foreign languages in Persia and their changes in different eras, from the past to the present. Having considered historical documents and existing knowledge, it has been realised that the number of languages that used to be spoken during the Persian history as well as their diversity is very impressive.
Understanding the Transhumance and Migration as Phase in the Humanity Cycles
Authors: Trifu Alexandru , Terec-Vlad Loredana
Published: November 2015

The human society evolves and develops according either to intrinsic (natural) laws and to so-called laws of motion imposed by the challenges, impulses, came from the actions of different components of it.The analysis conducted in this paper is considered as a precursor of the sequences of the human activities, or humanity general speaking, from ancient times, through the present times and towards the new trends in the theory of knowledge, in the manner of the discovery of what is "beyond’ ("trans”) humanity and the implications in the day-to-day life.Even this process is declining today, it is very important, not only for the pastoral and rural traditions, but also for the health status of population. Eco and bio-products from healthy livestock, living in healthy natural environment, that is on way to go in order to preserve life and health of the people.We’ve questioned also aspects of the superior level of transhumance: people migration, as a pulse motion and its impact on the daily facts and even some remarks on the refugees as ultimate stage of the migration (with intention to establish and work in the new locations).
ÓLEO ESSENCIAL DE SATUREJA MONTANA L.: ANÁLISE CROMATOGRÁFICA, DETERMINAÇÃO DAS ATIVIDADES ANTIOXIDANTE E ANTIFÚNGICA
Authors: Silva Lucilene Fernandes , Cardoso Maria Das Graças , Souza Paulo Estevão de , Andrade Milene Aparecida , Oliveira Christiane Maria de , Gomes Marcos De Sousa , Teixeira Maria Luisa , Santiago Juliana De Andrade
Published: November 2015

As plantas constituem fontes importantes de compostos biologicamente ativos, muitos dos quais são protótipos de síntese de um grande número de fármacos. Muitos trabalhos científicos relatam que os óleos essenciais possuem propriedades antifúngicas, antibacterianas, inseticidas, antioxidante, entre outras. Essas atividades podem ser atribuídas aos constituintes presentes nos óleos essenciais, que desempenham funções de proteção aos organismos vivos, resguardando-os contra micro-organismos, insetos e produção excessiva de radicais livres. No presente estudo, objetivou-se caracterizar e quantificar os constituintes químicos do óleo essencial de Satureja montana L., avaliar as atividades antioxidantes pelos métodos do sequestro do radical DPPH e β-caroteno/ácido linoleico e o efeito fungicida sobre os fitopatógenos Colletotrichum truncatum, Fusarium graminearum e Drechslera oryzae, pelo método de fumigação. Os constituintes majoritários encontrados no óleo essencial foram o timol, o carvacrol, o p-cimeno e o linalol. A atividade antioxidante do óleo essencial apresentou maior destaque diante do sistema β-caroteno/ácido linoleico. O óleo essencial apresentou atividade fungicida para todos os fungos testados, sendo que a partir da concentração de 250 μgmL-1 ocorreu a inibição total para todos os fitopatógenos em estudo.