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A INDUSTRIALIZAÇÃO DA CONSTRUÇÃO COM TERRA ATRAVÉS DA IMPRESSÃO 3D
Authors: Taparello Gladys Ilka Klen
Published: December 2017

A arquitetura tem incorporado novas estratégias e tecnologias para a materialidade do edifício e sustentabilidade no uso dos recursos. Dentre estas, a impressão 3D tem conseguido cada vez mais espaço nas indústrias em geral como um método inovador de fabricação, embora a tecnologia exista desde a década de 1980. Recentemente houve a introdução desta tecnologia no setor da construção civil, ainda em escala de testes. Entre os diversos materiais utilizados na impressão 3D de edificações destaca-se o solo, por ser um material barato, com grande disponibilidade, possibilidade de reciclagem total, com baixos impactos ambientais e ótimas propriedades de conforto térmico. Entretanto a construção com terra ainda é subaproveitada e vista com reservas, especialmente as técnicas mais artesanais. Assim este artigo propõe-se a explorar a prototipagem associado ao uso do solo de forma a aliar o baixo impacto ambiental e a racionalidade no uso do recurso com a diversidade da forma que a prototipagem pode conferir à arquitetura. Para cumprir com os objetivos revisou-se os principais conceitos da fabricação digital, as potencialidades do uso da terra como material de construção e por fim, o emprego deste material na prototipagem.
COMPACIDADE DOS ESPAÇOS ARQUITETÔNICOS
Authors: Barth Fernando , Vefago Luiz Henrique , Vasconcelos Cláudia
Published: December 2017

A maioria da população do mundo vive em cidades, segundo as Nações Unidas (2015), fazendo o estudo da densidade urbana de grande importância. Por outro lado, o número de edifícios altos aumentou acentuadamente nos grandes centros urbanos, como o de São Paulo que atualmente tem cerca de 12 milhões de habitantes, apresentando um processo de construção verticalizada e , ao mesmo tempo, uma redução significativa nas áreas construídas per capita. Grande parte da população opta por unidade de habitação compacta, buscando uma boa localização com infraestrutura e serviços que incrementam a qualidade de vida. Apartamentos com menor áreas privadas em locais mais qualificados são resultados da formação de famílias com menos filhos ou de família com idosos,  que buscam modelos mais adequados para a vida em grandes centros metropolitanos. Este processo de verticalização tem produzido um aumento na compacidade das unidades habitacionais, o que pode reduzir a funcionalidade arquitetônica e a satisfação do usuário. Neste âmbito, o Índice de Compacidade é um dos indicadores mais úteis para avaliar o quanto o projeto de um espaço pode estar longe do perímetro mais econômico, aquele determinado por suas paredes externas. É comum se adotar as áreas construídas como determinantes do custo da construção, esquecendo-se que o custo é uma função também das quantidades de paredes, materiais e revestimentos empregados. Neste contexto, o trabalho busca mostrar que a compacidade deve ser analisada de forma tridimensional, pois determina o desempenho do espaço interno, como o sistema de ar condicionado, a eficiência energética e o custo das divisórias internas e dos materiais utilizados. Por fim, busca-se estabelecer um método para determinação do índice de compacidade espacial. Os resultados mostram que espaços pequenos e compactos tendem a induzir funções sobrepostas, o que pode agravar os conflitos de uso. Tais espaços requerem um design detalhado que permita usos simultâneos e diferentes para ser adaptado às novas necessidades e aos perfis dos usuários contemporâneos.
A MATERIALIZAÇÃO DIGITAL E SUA SISTEMATIZAÇÃO NO PROCESSO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE PRODUTOS
Authors: Medeiros Ivan Luiz de , Braviano Gilson
Published: December 2017

Tese (Design)
VALORIZAÇÃO DE RESÍDUO INDUSTRIAL: ESTUDO ACÚSTICO DE PLACAS EVA/CIMENTO
Authors: Júnior Zulmar Souza , Silva Heloisa Regina Turatti , Magnago Rachel Faverzani , Egert Paola
Published: December 2017

TCC - Eng. Civil - UNISUL
TRACING THE DESIGN CONTRIBUTION OF DESIGN TO SOCIAL EQUITY
Authors: Santos Aguinaldo Dos
Published: December 2017

The present paper attempts to revise the progression of the theme social equity from the point of view of Design contributions throughout history. It shows some of the key constructs around the concept of social equity and presents some key events that have affected the way we understand social equity nowadays. It concludes with a discussion on a new epistemology of Design regarding the social dimension of sustainability.
RESÍDUO TÊXTIL: MATÉRIA-PRIMA PARA PRODUTOS DE ECONOMIA SOLIDÁRIA
Authors: Schulte Neide , Almeida Vitória Voltolini de , Salinas Beatriz Liston
Published: December 2017

Esse trabalho apresenta alguns impactos da indústria da moda, mais especificamente o problema do volume de resíduos têxteis gerado na confecção de roupas. Esses resíduos, se coletados adequadamente, podem ser utilizados como matéria-prima em empreendimentos de Economia Solidária. Além de contribuir na redução dos impactos da indústria da moda, o reuso desses resíduos também é uma solução para a minimização do desemprego e a reinserção social de reeducandas de presídios.
TRATAMENTOS PRESERVANTES NATURAIS DE MADEIRAS DE FLORESTA PLANTADA PARA A CONSTRUÇÃO CIVIL
Authors: Souza Rodrigo Vargas , Demenighi Alexandra Lima
Published: December 2017

Nos últimos anos devido à escassez de espécies nativas resistentes à deterioração biológica cresce o uso de espécies de rápido crescimento provenientes de florestas plantadas, como algumas espécies Pinus e Eucaliptos. Estas espécies possuem pouca ou nenhuma resistência ao ataque de agentes xilófagos e necessitam de tratamentos preservantes. Os produtos preservantes, como o arseniato de cobre cromatado (CCA) e o borato de cobre cromatado (CCB), utilizados atualmente possuem elevado grau de toxicidade, trazendo potenciais riscos para a saúde humana e para o meio-ambiente. Assim, há uma crescente necessidade de desenvolver produtos preservastes não tóxicos para os seres humanos e para o meio ambiente. Neste sentido, este artigo se propõe a estudar os tratamentos preservastes naturais como alternativa para substituir o uso dos preservantes químico-sintéticos.
AVALIAÇÃO DA SUSTENTABILIDADE DE UM EMPREENDIMENTO DE HIS DO PMCMV, ATRAVÉS DO SELO CASA AZUL
Authors: Provenzano Denise De Castilho , Bastos Leopoldo E. G.
Published: December 2017

Este estudo buscou avaliar a questão da sustentabilidade num empreendimento de habitação de interesse social (HIS) do Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida (PMCMV) através do Selo Casa Azul. Foi escolhido o Projeto Residencial Bairro Carioca, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, com excelente inserção na malha urbana, aproveitamento de edificações antigas e descontaminação do solo. Através da checagem dos critérios que compõem esta certificação, constatou-se que este empreendimento não seria certificado por não atender a alguns critérios obrigatórios. O baixo valor da unidade habitacional imposto para a faixa 1 do PMCMV, é um dos fatores que mais dificulta o cumprimento de alguns critérios. Também a busca pela maior quantidade possível de unidades habitacionais não permite uma implantação destes blocos segundo melhor orientação solar e ventilação predominante. A obrigatoriedade da certificação mínima, nível bronze, para esses empreendimentos de HIS resultaria numa habitação de melhor qualidade para essa população mais carente.
MODELOS DE NEGÓCIOS SUSTENTÁVEIS A ABORDAGEM PROJETUAL DO DESIGN ESTRATÉGICO VALORIZAÇÃO DE PRODUTOS LOCAIS
Authors: Bezerra Pablo , Arruda Amilton José Vieira de , Moroni Isabela , Soares Theska
Published: December 2017

Em um contexto de alta competitividade e escassez de recursos, a busca da criação de modelos de negócio sustentáveis é fundamental para que organizações se destaquem e tenham longevidade no mercado. Tal ideal deve estar presente em tudo que a envolve, incluindo seus processos e produtos. O presente artigo visa refletir sobre o poder da adoção da abordagem de Design Estratégico na criação e aplicação de modelos de negócio baseados em produtos locais – importantes motores para o desenvolvimento econômico de suas regiões. Para tanto realizou-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica e foi analisado um estudo de caso. O Design Estratégico, como uma abordagem projetual que objetiva conceber Sistemas Produto-Serviço pautados pela sustentabilidade e fieis a uma estratégia organizacional bem definida, apresentou-se como um recurso de alto potencial para auxiliar na consolidação dos modelos de negócio sustentáveis e sua aplicação em tudo aquilo que uma empresa se propõe a fazer e comunicar.
ENTREVISTA
Authors: Arruda Amilton José Vieira de
Published: December 2017

Entrevista prof. Amilton Arruda, PhD - UFPE
O DESIGNER COMO PROMOTOR DE UM DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL: UMA RELEITURA DA LEGISLAÇÃO AMBIENTAL BRASILEIRA
Authors: Chedid Maria Clara Schüler , Jacques de Jacques Jocelise
Published: December 2017

O artigo apresenta uma discussão sobre o conceito de sustentabilidade, abordado na legislação ambiental, e o potencial do designer como promotor de medidas de sustentabilidade social e ambiental no processo de desenvolvimento e na produção de produtos, no contexto internacional e nacional. A pesquisa faz parte do projeto "Estudo de Métricas de Sustentabilidade Ambiental e Social no Processo de Desenvolvimento de Produtos", e foi realizada a partir de revisão bibliográfica em artigos acadêmicos sobre Direito Ambiental, bem como na investigação da própria legislação, e de textos que abordam os temas design e sustentabilidade, incluindo um­a discussão sobre o conceito de meio ambiente e como ele é apresentado na Constituição de 1988. Também se faz um apanhado dos principais marcos de discussão da questão ambiental em nível mundial, principalmente os eventos promovidos pelas Nações Unidas, e seus frutos na evolução da legislação ambiental. Por fim, relaciona-se o cenário de busca por inovação e sustentabilidade à prática profissional do designer, a fim de destacar o seu importante papel nesse processo.
ARQUITETURA COM CHEIRO DE MATO: A EXPERIÊNCIA PARTICIPATIVA NA CONCEPÇÃO DE UM CENTRO COMUNITÁRIO
Authors: Brito Thiago Carvalho , Oliveira Fernanda Rabelo , Nobre Paulo Lisboa
Published: December 2017

O presente artigo está pautado na aplicação do processo participativo como metodologia de um projeto social, visando demonstrar a eficácia do diálogo com a comunidade na construção de um programa de necessidades condizente com a realidade local e que fortalece sentimentos de pertencimento e identidade com o lugar. Em consonância com esse objetivo, propõe-se um anteprojeto arquitetônico de um Centro Comunitário situado no bairro de Lagoa Azul no município de Natal/RN. Nesse contexto, foi adotado como conceito a "Arquitetura com Cheiro de Mato", que resgata a relação do homem com o meio ambiente e suas memórias afetivas vinculadas aos elementos naturais e utilizando os princípios da Arquitetura Bioclimática. As diretrizes do projeto foram definidas a partir do uso dos aspectos bioclimáticos e do processo participativo como condicionantes projetuais, desenvolvidos a partir de estudos teórico-metodológicos-referenciais que possibilitaram estabelecer relações entre esses temas. Espera-se que a adoção de tal percurso metodológico possa promover soluções mais adequadas ao lugar, gerando maior qualidade de vida e a preservação do meio ambiente.
PLACAS ECOEFICIENTES: APROVEITAMENTO DE RESÍDUO DE EVA EM COMPÓSITOS USADOS PARA ISOLAMENTO ACÚSTICO
Authors: Silva Heloisa R. T. , Cavalcante Bruna Maylla M. , Marques Diego Valdevino , Egert Paola , Magnago Rachel Faverzani , Consoni Deise Rebelo , Zanco Jasper José
Published: December 2017

O etileno acetato de vinila (EVA) é um polímero utilizado na confecção de materiais escolares, esportivos e no setor calçadista. Este gera resíduos, logo é necessário a sua reutilização. Visando isso, o trabalho tem como objetivo estudar placas produzidas a partir de EVA/cimento como isolante acústico e desta forma dar um destino a este material. Neste sentido a melhor mistura EVA/cimento foi estudada. Com a placa produzida foram investigadas suas características, para isto foram realizados os ensaios de absorção de água, acústica, e inflamabilidade e análise microscópica. Os resultados mostraram que a placa apresenta uma redução acústica mais eficiente nas frequências entre 800 e 1000Hz quando comparada a uma parede de concreto. Desta forma o material mostra-se viável para o isolamento acústico possibilitando assim um novo destino produtivo para o resíduo de EVA.
ENTRAVES AO DESLOCAMENTO PEDONAL EM UMA CIDADE DE PEQUENO PORTE: OS NÍVEIS DE CAMINHABILIDADE NA CIDADE DE GOIÁS -GO
Authors: Gonçalves Pedro Henrique , Fonseca Thalita Pereira da , Cardoso Carina Folena
Published: December 2017

A caminhabilidade pode ser entendida como um aspecto qualitativo do lugar que permite ao pedestre acessar os diferentes pontos da cidade. Desse modo, avaliar a qualidade dos percursos diários dos citadinos se mostra imprescindível para compreender o quão convidativo é o deslocamento pedonal. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar os resultados dos níveis de caminhabilidade de trajetos cotidianos realizados na cidade de Goiás (GO), localizada no centro-oeste brasileiro. A revisão bibliográfica fundamentou a sistematização dos parâmetros de qualidade do espaço. Em um primeiro momento, certificou-se o enquadramento dos percursos a uma distância ideal para os deslocamentos a pé. Em seguida, os critérios de análise da qualidade espacial foram definidos, constituídos de cenários com possibilidade de ocorrência no meio urbano, valorados a uma escala de zero a cinco. Os percursos analisados foram divididos em trechos aos quais foram verificados os critérios analíticos. Os resultados mostram que a cidade possui condições desfavoráveis à caminhabilidade, com equipamentos de uso cotidiano localizados a distâncias pouco convidativas ao deslocamento a pé e infraestrutura pedonal subdimensionada, apresentando ainda pouca proteção às intempéries, oferta insuficiente de mobiliários de apoio e obstáculos nas calçadas, desestimulando o deslocamento a pé nessa cidade de pequeno porte.
TRANSDISCIPLINARIDADE APLICADA À GESTÃO AMBIENTAL DE UNIDADE DE CONSERVAÇÃO - ESTUDO DE CASO: MANGUEZAL DO ITACORUBÍ (FLORIANÓPOLIS-SC)
Authors: Vieira Sálvio José , Orth Dora Maria
Published: December 2017

Resumo de tese
ESTUDO DE INICIATIVAS EM DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL DE PRODUTOS EM EMPRESAS CALÇADISTAS A PARTIR DO CONCEITO BERÇO AO BERÇO
Authors: Jacques Jocelise Jacques de , Guimarães Lia Buarque de Macedo
Published: December 2017

Resumo de tese
COLETOR DE RESÍDUO BINÁRIO PARA O CAMPUS DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA
Authors: Préve Marina Koerich , Pazmino Ana Veronica
Published: December 2017

Resumo de TCC
PARÂMETROS PROJETUAIS PARA A IMPLANTAÇÃO DE SANITÁRIOS SECOS DESIDRATADORES COM DESVIO DE URINA (SSDDU)
Authors: Demenighi Alexandra Lima , Goméz Luis Alberto , Souza Rodrigo Vargas
Published: December 2017

O Sanitário Seco Desidratador com Desvio de Urina difere dos sistemas convencionais por não utilizar água para seu funcionamento. Neste sistema os “dejetos” são considerados recursos, constituindo valiosos fertilizantes para o solo, fechando o ciclo de nutrientes. Neste sentido, o presente artigo tem como objetivo identificar os parâmetros projetuais que envolvem a implantação deste sistema. Para isso, foram realizados estudos de caso em locais que utilizaram este sistema como opção de saneamento. Como resultado, se definiu uma tipologia de sanitário seco adaptado para as condições brasileiras, especificando os componentes de projeto, sua operação e as recomendações para o gerenciamento e tratamento das fezes e urina do sistema de coleta e armazenamento. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que a tecnologia possibilita a constituição de um sistema limpo, seguro e conveniente, provocando uma redefinição na concepção atual de gestão de “resíduos” humanos, que desperdiçam água sendo responsáveis por graves danos ambientais cada vez mais assistidos
Classification Errors and Bias Regarding Research on Sexual Minority Youths
Authors: Cimpian Joseph R.
Published: December 2017

Quantitative research on sexual minority youths (SMYs) has likely contributed to misperceptions about the risk and deviance of this population. In part because it often relies on self-reported data from population-based self-administered questionnaires, this research is susceptible to misclassification bias whereby youths who are not SMYs are classified as such and vice versa. I introduce a taxonomy of classification errors, including seven unique sources, and discuss the potential effects of each error on estimates of youth outcomes. Through examples, I illustrate how researchers can detect and correct such errors and discuss how piecewise attempts to address bias can sometimes unintentionally exacerbate other forms of bias. Finally, I propose a unified conceptual model for addressing the various error sources, urging researchers to take a proactive and integrative approach to data validity by attending to errors at each step in the research process, from questionnaire development to data analysis. Although I focus on errors specific to the topic of sexuality research on youths, this argument can serve as a broader template for the development of taxonomies of error along other dimensions considered in educational research, such as race and disability status.
Queer and Trans Youth, Relational Subjectivity, and Uncertain Possibilities: Challenging Research in Complicated Contexts
Authors: Mayo Cris
Published: December 2017

This article addresses complications to how different disciplines define, study, and theorize sexuality, gender, gender identity, and other intersecting categories of subjectivity, like age, race, class, ethnicity, and so on. Categories that seem to get stabilized in empirical work are destabilized in theoretical and narrative research. These differences in key definitions and even refusal to make definitions mark how different disciplines approach research on gender identities and expression and sexualities. The contingency, relationality, and space-related aspects of gender and sexual identity, so key to humanities-based work and qualitative research, may not be amenable to measurement by some research methods. In trying to sort out methodological quandaries in quantitative work, complex subjectivities become a problem to work around, not focus on. What subjectivities mean to those who are developing them or grappling with their limitations may not get the same attention as more measurable things. This article advocates for thinking more capaciously about what counts as research, pushing for recognition of the work queer communities and theorists have been doing for generations and for the work that gender and sexual minority youth continue do now. Complexity, instability, and relationality have been queer practices for a long time, stimulating and responding to generative perversities.
Multi-residue levels of organophosphorus pesticides in cocoa beans from some cocoa farms in Ekiti state, Nigeria
Authors: Ibigbami OA , Aiyesanmi AF , Adeyeye EI , Adebayo AO , Aladesanwa RD
Published: December 2017

This study investigated the level and occurrence of 13 organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) residues in cocoa beans from some cocoa farms in Ekiti state, Nigeria. The pesticides in the cocoa beans were extracted and cleaned up on silica gel adsorbent. A gas chromatograph coupled with flame photometric detector (FPD) was used to quantify the pesticides. The reliability of the analytical method was examined by spiking the beans with known concentration of the pesticides and analysed following similar procedure of extraction and clean-up. The percentage of pesticides recovered ranged from 88% to 92%. Dichlorvos, mevinfos, diazinon, chlorpyrifos, dimethoate and parathion were detected with varying concentration in the bean samples whilst phosphamidon, pirimiphos-methyl, fenthion, bromophos, isofenfos, diclofenthion and ethion showed no detectable level. The concentration of OPPs ranged from ND - 58μg/kg and ND - 85μg/kg for the dry and wet seasons respectively. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed no significant variation (p ˃ 0.05) in the levels of all detectable pesticides among the sampled farms whilst dichlorvos, diazinon, dimethoate and chlorpyrifos showed significant difference between both seasons. Residual levels of these detectable pesticides were below the maximum residue limits (MRLs) set by the European Union in food. Hence, the cocoa beans from the study areas are considered safe for consumption.Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 52(4), 281-288, 2017
A comparative biosorption study of sulfide (S-2) by using Lagenaria siceraria fruit based raw biosorbent
Authors: Dar P , Dar A , Ahmed D , Dar AM
Published: December 2017

In batch mode, the adsorption characteristics of S2- ions on Lagenaria siceraria mesocarp, pedicle and peel as raw materials have been studied in comparison to remove sulfide ions from tanneries waste water, under various parameters such as adsorbent dosage, contact time, agitation speed and pH. Maximum removal efficiency (70.96%) was observed on L. Siceraria peel followed by pedicle (51.58%) and mesocarp (29.57%) for adsorbent dosage of 0.10 g/L peel for 50 ml solution of sulfide (20 mg/L). The adsorption process was rapid, and it reached equilibrium in early 20-35 min for all adsorbents. Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherms were employed for mathematical description of the adsorption equilibrium and to explain mechanism of adsorption. The maximum amounts of sulfide ions adsorbed, as evaluated by Langmuir isotherm, was 1.0436 mg/g of LS pedicle, 0.886 mg/g of peel and 0.843 mg/g of pedicle. The adsorption process conforms well to a pseudo second order kinetic model with best adsorption results at pH 8.Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 52(4), 309-320, 2017
Optimization of heat transfer at the surface of parabolic fins by genetic Algorithm
Authors: Gholami A , Mehrjou H
Published: December 2017

Thermal fins are extended surfaces like longitudinal, radial, and cylindrical fins. They are used for the improvement of heat transfer between an object and fluid. Fins can be applied in many processes of objects cooling such as electrical appliances, many types of engines, transformers, chemical industry, air conditioning, heat exchangers and the industries of energy exchanges. This matter is one of the main results of paying attention to this issue. Therefore, this study examined the optimization of fin heat transfer by using a genetic algorithm and consideration of Nusselt number and hydraulic resistance as the objective function. In this paper, we investigated the optimization of the fin to maximize the heat transfer and also to minimize the hydraulic resistance. The results of this study can be effective in term of technical and economic efficiency in the industry of fin transformer. The stimulation and library method has been used to collect data. The results indicated that if the hydraulic resistance was limited to a specific value, using wavy fins will not improve the device heat.Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 52(4), 325-330, 2017
Charles Williams’s Arthuriad: Mythic Vision and the Possibilities of Belief
Authors: Bradbury J. G.
Published: December 2017

This essay explores Charles Williams’s use of the Arthurian myth to sustain a religious worldview in the aftermath of sustained attacks on the relevance and veracity of Christian belief in the early twentieth century. The premise to be explored is that key developments in science and philosophy made during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries resulted in a cultural and intellectual milieu in which assertions of religious faith became increasingly difficult. In literary terms this became evident in, amongst other things, the significant reduction in the production of devotional poetry. By the late 1930s the intellectual environment was such that Charles Williams, a man of profound religious belief who might otherwise have been expected to produce devotional work, turned to a much older mode, that of myth, that had taken on new relevance in the modern world. Williams’s use of this mode allowed him the possibility of expressing a singularly Christian vision to a world in which such vision was in danger of becoming anathema. This essay examines the way in which Williams’s lexis, verse structure, and narrative mode builds on his Arthurian source material to allow for an appreciation of religiously-informed ideas in the modern world.
‘To whom my own glad debts are incalculable’: St. Augustine and human loves in The Four Loves and Till We Have Faces
Authors: Zepeda Joseph
Published: December 2017

This essay examines C.S. Lewis’ criticism of St. Augustine in The Four Loves and his development of Augustinian themes in Till We Have Faces. Lewis reads Augustine, in his discussion of his friend’s death in Confessions Book IV, as endorsing the moral that one should love only that which will not bring us heartbreak. This, according to Lewis, is the wrong way to privilege the love of God over human loves, one that owes more to Augustine’s philosophical context than to Christianity. I argue that Lewis’ reading of Augustine is mistaken, that Augustine is saying something very different and much more profound, and that Lewis himself explores these same depths in Till We Have Faces. Both Lewis’ novel and Augustine’s Confessions IV meditate on time and eternity, complete and incomplete love, truth and falsehood, and the severe shortcomings in our self-knowledge. Augustine, like Lewis’ narrator, is examining the untruth, in both the moral and intellectual senses of the term, of his human love. Loving the beloved in God, for both Lewis and Augustine, does not mean choosing security over the possibility of heartbreak as such; rather it means seeing the beloved truly, as a complete person, for the first time.
‘It’s All One’: Medievalist Synthesis and Christian Apology in Owen Barfield’s Studies of Meaning
Authors: Grewell Cory Lowell
Published: December 2017

In Saving the Appearances, Owen Barfield offers what he calls ‘final participation’ as an antidote to the unfortunate and ‘disastrous’ fragmentation of meaning in the modern world. Final participation, as Barfield defines it, is an act of the human consciousness whereby it first recognizes the synthetic nature of the universe and its grounding in the creative act of the divine consciousness. Then the human consciousness proceeds, through the imaginative faculty, to participate with the divine in the ongoing process of creating and making meaning. Barfield argues that the modern world lost the conception of a participated universe with the increasing materialism of ‘scientific’ thought, beginning in the Renaissance and continuing through the Scientific Revolution. Thus, human consciousness must return to the medieval concept of a synthetic universe, a universe most thoroughly theorized in the thought of Thomas Aquinas, and recover the ‘spiritual wealth’ found in the medieval worldview if it is to produce the meaning-saturated understanding of the cosmos that final participation provides.
Dorothy L. Sayers, Dante, and the Modern Reader
Authors: Willerton Chris
Published: December 2017

The strongest link between the medieval and Dorothy L. Sayers’s Christian apologetics are her commentaries on Dante. She was less interested in medievalism than in the medieval itself, used as a mirror of her own century. One result is that Sayers does not discuss Dante’s work in order to promote the gospel but rather finds the gospel fused into it. Her concern with reader response drives both her exposition of Dante and the Christian apologetic embedded in it: to rejoice in Dante, a reader has to suspend disbelief (and other habits of modern thought) and consider whether Christianity might be both true and desirable.
Double Affirmation: Medievalism as Christian Apologetic in the Arthurian Poetry of Charles Williams
Authors: Higgins Sørina
Published: December 2017

In his unfinished cycle of Arthurian poems, Charles Williams developed a totalizing mythology in which he fictionalized the Medieval. First, he employed chronological conflation, juxtaposing events and cultural references from a millennium of European history and aligning each with his doctrinal system. Second, following the Biblical metaphor of the body of Christ, Blake’s symbolism, and Rosicrucian sacramentalism, he embodied theology in the Medieval landscape via a superimposed female figure. Finally, Williams worked to show the validity of two Scholastic approaches to spirituality: the kataphatic and apophatic paths. His attempts to balance via negativa and via positiva led Williams to practical misapplication—but also to creation of a landmark work of twentieth century poetry.

. . . the two great vocations, the Rejection of all images before the unimaged, the Affirmation of all images before the all-imaged, the Rejection affirming, the Affirmation rejecting. . . —from ‘The Departure of Dindrane’

—O Blessed, pardon affirmation!— —O Blessed, pardon negation!— —from ‘The Prayers of the Pope’
Horrid Red Herrings: A New Look at the ‘Lewisian Argument from Desire’ - and Beyond
Authors: Smilde Arend
Published: December 2017

In an attempt to make the English-speaking world aware of a major contribution to C. S. Lewis studies published in German by Norbert Feinendegen in 2008, this essay explores and supports the case made by Feinendegen, in one brief section of his book, for abandoning the widespread idea that Lewis accepted and promoted an explicit philosophical argument from the existence of human ‘natural desire’ to the existence of God. The case for revision is made from the conviction, and as part of the overall attempt to show, that any given passage in Lewis’s work can and should be read in the context of his total oeuvre. The fruitfulness of this approach with regard to the question of ‘Desire’ is found to lie in the way it restores to prominence an important and truly distinctive element both of Lewis’s life and of his work.
C. S. Lewis, St Jerome, and the Biblical Creation Story: The Background of a Recurring Misattribution
Authors: Smilde Arend
Published: December 2017

C. S. Lewis frequently quoted a testimony, supposed to be St Jerome’s, in which it is suggested that the biblical account of Creation was ‘poetic’ or ‘mythical’. However, it seems Lewis had confused his authors and was ascribing to St Jerome a passage actually by the Renaissance humanist John Colet. At the same time, Lewis was certainly aware of St Augustine’s similar – and perhaps more relevant – views on the subject; indeed, along with one of his references to Jerome, Lewis briefly mentioned St Augustine too. It remains to be seen precisely which (if any) early Christian authors might have been cited to back up Lewis’s point.
Embalmed Images: C. S. Lewis and the Art of Film
Authors: Fraser Benson , Lindvall Terry
Published: December 2017

The article gleans an aesthetics of film from the writings of C. S. Lewis, showing complex, ambivalent, and cautious postures toward a medium that threatens an imaginative ‘death in the camera’.
‘So Numerous, So Cheap, and So Changing’: G. K. Chesterton and the Speed of Modernity
Authors: Mitchell Philip
Published: December 2017

This article explores the trust in existence that allowed G. K. Chesterton in his occasional writing on cinema to bring together film with sculpture, automobiles, and the meaning of place and history. At the heart of his diverse concerns was wonder as a basic human need and as a basic source of engagement with the world. A sense of amateur play and of ontological dependence, he held, enables the reception of the gifts of the world, as does a slow, continuous attention to life and history. Against these, Chesterton opposed progressivism and Futurism as ideologies that flatten reality through grasping for control and for power; Rather than the experience of speed itself, modernity may contain ideological commitments that dampen, or even erase, joy. Loyalty to the world and its most fundamental givenness, for Chesterton, included a love of the past that opens us to the complexity and abundance of human life, and in turn orients us to a responsible posture before the present. To attend to the good world we must open ourselves repeatedly to its riches, well-aware that it is not dependent upon us.
The Fall of Arthur and The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún : A Metrical Review of Three Modern English Alliterative Poems
Authors: Goering Nelson
Published: December 2017

J.R.R. Tolkien produced a considerable body of poetry in which he used the traditional alliterative metre of Old Norse and Old English to write modern English verse. This paper reviews three of his longer narrative poems, published in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún and The Fall of Arthur, examining Tolkien’s alliterative technique in comparison to medieval poetry and to the metrical theories of Eduard Sievers. In particular, the two poems in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, which are adapted from Old Norse material, show a number of metrical and poetic features reminiscent of Tolkien’s sources in the Poetic Edda. The Fall of Arthur, on the other hand, is in a style that is, in detail and in general, strongly reminiscent of Old English poetry. Throughout all these compositions, Tolkien employs a distinctive alliterative style, closely based on medieval and philological models, but adjusted according to the linguistic needs of modern English and to his own preferences.
The Screwtape Letters as Epistolary Fiction
Authors: Huttar Charles A.
Published: December 2017

Epistolary fiction, often thought of as an eighteenth-century phenomenon, enjoys considerable vitality in our time and has attracted much welcome critical attention in recent years. The focus, however, has been on selected aspects of the epistolary tradition, to the neglect of others that are part of its rich history. At the same time, discussions of C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters (1942) have generally concentrated on its theological, moral, and satirical aspects, with little consideration of the generic identification declared in the book's title. Attention to its striking affiliations with the epistolary tradition in fiction sheds light on Lewis's artistry in the work, on current critical discourse concerning epistolarity, on Lewis's social and cultural criticism, and on his contributions to critical theory. In the present study, selected aspects of the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century epistolary tradition are briefly surveyed; then, matters of setting, plot, characterization (especially), and handling of viewpoint in The Screwtape Letters are considered, as well as its widespread debts to the literary heritage and its relationship to Lewis's own contributions as a literary scholar and critic. Attention is given to the implications of Lewis's original preface which has recently been discovered.
That Hideous Strength and Till We Have Faces : C.S. Lewis, Evangelism, and the Role of Story
Authors: Hans Rebecca
Published: December 2017

C.S. Lewis and other Christians have often struggled with the apparent conflict between culture, or the arts, and evangelism. Lewis, however, concluded that while evangelism is the duty of all Christians, culture could serve as a road to conversion for some, particularly as a praeparatio evangelica. Evangelicals, however, approach culture and evangelism with the desire to use the work as an explicitly evangelistic tool and therefore tend to interpret Lewis's works in such a light. Using Lewis's own conversion narrative, non-fictional writings, and his fictional depictions of conversion in That Hideous Strength and Till We Have Faces, this article explores conversion as a necessary but gradual process in which the non-believer is prepared both imaginatively and mentally, through works of literature, for a more explicit and direct gospel presentation. These works are each inseparable from the influence of literature, fairy-tale, story, and myth, demonstrating how culture may act as a pre-conversion stimulus, but also, as a work itself, may also stimulate such a transformation in the reader.
The Abolition of Mars: The Platonic Soul in C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet
Authors: Bolman Katrina
Published: December 2017

On the surface, Out of the Silent Planet appears to be C.S. Lewis' first halting exploration into the realm of ‘the space-and-time story’. However, there is a deeper and more significant experiment involved; Out of the Silent Planet is Lewis' first attempt at a philosophical narrative exploring a specific theme, a technique which he will later incorporate into his most famous works, the Chronicles of Narnia. In Out of the Silent Planet, Lewis is examining the tri-part Platonic soul as he presents it in The Abolition of Man, using the three species of Mars as representations of each aspect. This article demonstrates how these three parts are represented: the seroni being the Head, the pfifltriggi being the Belly, and the hrossa being the Chest, as well as the other connections between The Abolition of Man and the first book in the Ransom Trilogy.
From the Editors: De Ethica. A Journal of Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics
Authors: Ehnberg Jenny
Published: December 2017

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Introduction
Authors: Svensson Frans
Published: December 2017

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A Review of Chronic Pain and Cognitive, Mood, and Motor Dysfunction Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Complex, Comorbid, and/or Overlapping Conditions?
Authors: Grandhi Ramesh , Tavakoli Samon , Ortega Catherine , Simmonds Maureen
Published: December 2017

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is commonly encountered in clinical practice. While the cognitive ramifications of mTBI are frequently described in the literature, the impact of mTBI on emotional, sensory, and motor function is not as commonly discussed. Chronic pain is a phenomenon more prevalent among patients with mTBI compared to those with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury. Chronic pain can become a primary disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) expressed as widespread pain, and cognitive, mood, and movement dysfunction. Shared mechanisms across chronic pain conditions can account for how pain is generated and maintained in the CNS, irrespective of the underlying structural pathology. Herein, we review the impact of mTBI on cognitive, emotional, sensory, and motor domains, and the role of pain as an important confounding variable in patient recovery and dysfunction following mTBI.
Identification of Intermetallic Compounds and Its Formation Mechanism in Boron Steel Hot-Dipped in Al-7 wt.% Mn Alloy
Authors: Kwak Sung-Yun , Yun Jung-Gil , Lee Jae-Hyeong , Shin Dong-Ik , Kang Chung-Yun
Published: December 2017

In laser welding and hot stamping Al-Si-coated boron steel, there is a problem that the strength of the joint is lowered due to ferrite formation in the fusion zone. The purpose of this study is to develop an Al-7 wt.% Mn hot-dip coating in which Mn, an austenite stabilizing element, replaces the ferrite stabilizing element Si. The nucleation and formation mechanism of the reaction layer was studied in detail by varying the dipping time between 0 and 120 s at 773 °C. The microstructure and phase constitution of the reaction layer were investigated by various observational methods. Phase formation is discussed using a phase diagram calculated by Thermo-CalcTM. Under a 30 s hot-dipping process, no reaction occurred due to the formation of a Fe3O4 layer on the steel surface. The Fe3O4 layer decomposed by a reduction reaction with Al-Mn molten alloy, constituent elements of steel dissolved into a liquid, and the reaction-layer nucleus was formed toward the liquid phase. A coated layer consists of a solidified layer of Al and Al6Mn and a reactive layer formed beneath it. The reaction layer is formed mainly by inter-diffusion of Al and Fe in the solid state, which is arranged on the steel in the order of Al11Mn4 → FeAl3 (θ) → Fe2Al5 (η) phases, and the Fe3AlC (κ) in several nm bands formed at the interface between the η-phase and steel.
Determination of the Most Optimal On-Shore Wind Farm Site Location Using a GIS-MCDM Methodology: Evaluating the Case of South Korea
Authors: Ali Sajid , Lee Sang-Moon , Jang Choon-Man
Published: December 2017

Optimum wind farm site selection is a quite complicated and iterative process, as it depends upon various parameters and so called “site selection criteria”. Determining the relative weight of each criterion, which is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) process, is very critical during this process. The current study deals with the optimum site selection for on-shore wind farm development in the territory of South Korea using a geographic information system (GIS). Seven different site selection criteria, including the slope of the land, the distance to roads and wind potential are considered. Similarly, seven different types of land zones where it is impossible to build a wind farm, commonly known as restricted areas, such as military zones, wetlands, etc., were also considered and excluded from the study area. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) coupled with fuzzy triangular numbers (FTN) was utilized as a MCDM tool to get criterion weights and making the optimum site selection decision. Wind farm suitability maps were prepared under six different scenarios, and it was found that the eastern part of the country has relatively higher feasibility for on-shore wind farm development in the near future. According to the wind farm suitability scale (1 to 8 where 8 being top sites) developed in this study, it was determined that under each scenario the total area of scale 8 sites i.e., “the most suitable sites” account for less than one percent of the total area of South Korea. Apart from the wind farm suitability maps, the top five sites were also determined according to each scenario and the values of important parameters such as latitude (°) & longitude (°), the area of the site (km2) and the average values of all seven criterions were also estimated for each of the top five sites.
Cross-Layer Energy Optimization for IoT Environments: Technical Advances and Opportunities
Authors: Kumar Kirshna , Kumar Sushil , Kaiwartya Omprakash , Cao Yue , Lloret Jaime , Aslam Nauman
Published: December 2017

Energy efficiency is a significant characteristic of battery-run devices such as sensors, RFID and mobile phones. In the present scenario, this is the most prominent requirement that must be served while introducing a communication protocol for an IoT environment. IoT network success and performance enhancement depend heavily on optimization of energy consumption that enhance the lifetime of IoT nodes and the network. In this context, this paper presents a comprehensive review on energy efficiency techniques used in IoT environments. The techniques proposed by researchers have been categorized based on five different layers of the energy architecture of IoT. These five layers are named as sensing, local processing and storage, network/communication, cloud processing and storage, and application. Specifically, the significance of energy efficiency in IoT environments is highlighted. A taxonomy is presented for the classification of related literature on energy efficient techniques in IoT environments. Following the taxonomy, a critical review of literature is performed focusing on major functional models, strengths and weaknesses. Open research challenges related to energy efficiency in IoT are identified as future research directions in the area. The survey should benefit IoT industry practitioners and researchers, in terms of augmenting the understanding of energy efficiency and its IoT-related trends and issues.
Molecular Structures of Enantiomerically-Pure (S)-2-(Triphenylsilyl)- and (S)-2-(Methyldiphenylsilyl)pyrrolidinium Salts
Authors: Bauer Jonathan , Strohmann Carsten
Published: December 2017

Silyl-substituted pyrrolidines have gained increased interest for the design of new catalyst scaffolds. The molecular structures of four enantiomerically-pure 2-silylpyrrolidinium salts are reported. The perchlorate salts of (S)-2-(triphenylsilyl)pyrrolidine [(S)-1·HClO4] and (S)-2-(methyldiphenylsilyl)pyrrolidine [(S)-2·HClO4], the trifluoroacetate (S)-2·TFA, and the methanol-including hydrochloride (S)-1·HCl·MeOH were elucidated by X-ray crystallography and discussed in terms of hydrogen-bond interactions.
Effect of Electron Blocking Layer Doping and Composition on the Performance of 310 nm Light Emitting Diodes
Authors: Kolbe Tim , Knauer Arne , Rass Jens , Cho Hyun , Hagedorn Sylvia , Einfeldt Sven , Kneissl Michael , Weyers Markus
Published: December 2017

The effects of composition and p-doping profile of the AlGaN:Mg electron blocking layer (EBL) in 310 nm ultraviolet B (UV-B) light emitting diodes (LEDs) have been investigated. The carrier injection and internal quantum efficiency of the LEDs were simulated and compared to electroluminescence measurements. The light output power depends strongly on the temporal biscyclopentadienylmagnesium (Cp 2 Mg) carrier gas flow profile during growth as well as on the aluminum profile of the AlGaN:Mg EBL. The highest emission power has been found for an EBL with the highest Cp 2 Mg carrier gas flow and a gradually decreasing aluminum content in direction to the p-side of the LED. This effect is attributed to an improved carrier injection and confinement that prevents electron leakage into the p-doped region of the LED with a simultaneously enhanced carrier injection into the active region.
Acting Semicircular Elements Induced by Orthogonal Projections on Von-Neumann-Algebras
Authors: Cho Ilwoo
Published: December 2017

In this paper, we construct a free semicircular family induced by

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-many mutually-orthogonal projections, and construct Banach ∗-probability spaces containing the family, called the free filterizations. By acting a free filterization on fixed von Neumann algebras, we construct the corresponding Banach ∗-probability spaces, called affiliated free filterizations. We study free-probabilistic properties on such new structures, determined by both semicircularity and free-distributional data on von Neumann algebras. In particular, we study how the freeness on free filterizations, and embedded freeness conditions on fixed von Neumann algebras affect free-distributional data on affiliated free filterizations.
Support for Natural Small-Molecule Phenols as Anxiolytics
Authors: Wang Xiaohong , Chen Yahong , Wang Qiang , Sun Lu , Li Guiyun , Zhang Chanxi , Huang Jianmei , Chen Lei , Zhai Haifeng
Published: December 2017

Natural small-molecule phenols (NSMPs) share some bioactivities. The anxiolytic activity of NSMPs is attracting attention in the scientific community. This paper provides data supporting the hypothesis that NSMPs are generally anxiolytic. The anxiolytic activities of seven simple phenols, including phloroglucinol, eugenol, protocatechuic aldehyde, vanillin, thymol, ferulic acid, and caffeic acid, were assayed with the elevated plus maze (EPM) test in mice. The oral doses were 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg, except for phloroglucinol for which the doses were 2.5, 5 and 10 mg/kg. All tested phenols had anxiolytic activity in mice. The phenolic hydroxyl group in 4-hydroxycinnamic acid (4-OH CA) was essential for the anxiolytic activity in the EPM test in mice and rats compared to 4-chlorocinnamic acid (4-Cl CA). The in vivo spike recording of rats’ hippocampal neurons also showed significant differences between 4-OH CA and 4-Cl CA. Behavioral and neuronal spike recording results converged to indicate the hippocampal CA1 region might be a part of the anxiolytic pathways of 4-OH CA. Therefore, our study provides further experimental data supporting NSMPs sharing anxiolytic activity, which may have general implications for phytotherapy because small phenols occur extensively in herbal medicines.