bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Corruption Problem in Swaziland: Consequences and Some Aspects of Policy to Combat It
Authors: Hope Kempe Ronald
Published: April 2016

In spite of the existence of an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in the Kingdom of Swaziland, corruption persists as a major problem in the country which brings with it significant negative consequences on the economy and society. Among its major consequences, it hinders service delivery, leads to increased and more serious crimes and vandalism, results in moral degeneration, affects the collection of government revenue, results in a few individuals enjoying economic benefits, hinders the effectiveness of the administration of justice, results in the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer, and damages the country’s reputation and investment potential. This work discusses corruption in Swaziland and summarizes its consequences and the role and impact of the ACC. It then offers, from an analytical perspective, a set of policy measures to combat said corruption, taking into consideration best international practice and the country-context culture vis-à-vis corruption.
Culture, Corruption, and Anticorruption Struggles in Nigeria
Authors: Bamidele Oluwaseun , Olaniyan Azeez O. , Ayodele Bonnie
Published: April 2016

Most commentators on political and development crises in Nigeria have identified corruption as the prime factor. A number of factors have been adduced as responsible for the prevalence of corruption in the country. However, the aspect of culture is yet to be adequately captured. Yet, the place of culture in the high incidence of corruption as well as the constraints to its entrenchment cannot be underestimated. While the culture of the people abhors corruption, yet, we have various instances where culture has been invoked to support corrupt practices as well as fight against it. This article seeks to focus the angle of cultural dimension to the issue of corruption in Nigeria. It seeks to explain how culture has contributed to the menace of corruption and how it can be invoked for its extermination. In essence, it looks beyond the formal to the informal angle in the issue of corruption discourse in Nigeria.
Corruption in Indonesia’s Emerging Democracy
Authors: Ganie-Rochman Meuthia , Achwan Rochman
Published: April 2016

Much has been studied by political scientists about practices of corruption and their implications for development. They have provided useful analysis on the causes and impacts of corruption. In contrast, sociologists seem to have glossed over issues of corruption. This article aims to contribute to the sociology of organization by reconstructing a theoretical framework of organizational institutionalism through understanding corruption in an emerging democracy. Using cases of corruption in Indonesia, this article intends to enrich previous perspectives on social construction and contestation of corruption occurring in democratizing polities. It explores the extent to which reform in formal governance has taken into account informal arrangements to eradicate corruption. Secondary data and focused group discussions have been used to collect data. The findings inform that informal organizational networks of corruption emerge and develop within formal organizational relationships. On the other hand, informal norms and networks also exist that potentially facilitate anticorruption initiatives. This article recommends that the Corruption Eradication Commission, as the main anticorruption body, improves its understanding of the connections among public organizations, and between public organizations and societal organizations. This will enable public leaders to adopt a combination of the principles of Western and formal governance and existing informal arrangements to combat corruption. The sociology of organization will benefit from adopting the concept of informal organizational networks of corruption to illuminate the “dark corners” of formal organizational relationships.
From pulpal stem cells to tooth repair: an emerging field for dental tissue engineering
Authors: Baudry Anne , Uzunoglu Emel , Schneider Benoit , Kellermann Odile , Goldberg Michel
Published: April 2016

In current dental practices, traditional restorative approaches may have relatively limited long-term survival and may be associated to diverse complications, such as allergy, pulpitis, or periodontal pathologies. To overcome these shortcomings, novel innovative strategies have been envisioned for tooth repair. During the two last decades, the extensive advances in our understanding of tooth development as well as stem cell research provide the foundation for exciting opportunities in dental tissue engineering. The replacement of lost teeth by engineered dental tissue appears as a fascinating goal. However, the feasibility remains an intriguing question. Is the challenge to create a new tooth acting as a substitute for lost tooth or to regenerate only part of this organ that is enamel, dentin, or dental pulp? Is it possible to exploit stem cells for transplantation purposes to promote matrix formation and mineralization in the framework of endodontic treatment? Finally, investigating the functional properties of pulpal stem cells is however mandatory to envision novel therapeutic dental strategies. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of stem cells used for dental tissue engineering and discuss the ensuing challenges for regenerative dentistry.
Elizabeth Mayhew Edmonds: Greek prose fiction in English dress
Authors: Γκότση Γεωργία
Published: April 2016

Elizabeth Mayhew Edmonds (1823-1907) played a significant role in the mediation of Modern Greek literature and culture in late nineteenth-century Britain, with her translations forming a vital aspect of her activity as a cultural broker. Focusing on Edmond’s transmission of late nineteenth-century Greek prose fiction, the article discusses her translation practices in the contemporary contexts of the publishing domain and the marketplace as well as of her effort to acquire authority in the literary field. Albeit impressive for a woman who was an autodidact in Modern Greek, the narrow scope of Edmonds’ translations offered a limited image of the developments in Modern Greek fiction. Her correspondence with John Gennadius and Thomas Fisher Unwin sheds light on her sense of superiority regarding male Greek authors such as Drosines and Xenopoulos, whose texts she rendered into English. Against this background, the article seeks to explain her translating choices and examines how a self-conscious translator such as Edmonds tried to shape the reception of Greek fiction in Victorian England by portraying it in terms of an ethnographic study of cultural survivals. Finally, through a parallel reading of the original texts and her somewhat mundane renderings, the article seeks to illuminate her translating craft: although worthy for their contribution to the promotion of Modern Greek literature in Great Britain, Edmond’s translations suffered from her inability to recreate the density of the original texts.
Emily Dickinson, Επειδή δεν άντεχα να ζήσω φωναχτά. Ποιήματα και επιστολές, εισαγωγική μελέτη-επιμέλεια Λιάνα Σακελλίου, μτφρ. Λ. Σακελλίου, Α. Γρίβα, Φ. Μαντά.
Authors: Λαλαγιάννη Βασιλική
Published: April 2016

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Rilke, Παλαμάς, Σαχτούρης, Αθανασιάδης: ένα σημείο συνάντησης / Rilke, Sachtouris, Palamas, Athanasiades: a point of convergence
Authors: Τσούπρου Σταυρούλα
Published: April 2016

With the date 28.1.1924, the translation of the first nine verses from the “Book of Pilgrimage” is entered in the Appendix of Xanatonismene Mousike [Retoned Music], that is the collection of translations by Kostis Palamas, as these were included in his Complete Works. The “Book of Pilgrimage” is the second of the three parts of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Stundenbuch (which was translated into Greek as “Horologion” by Aris Diktaios, but is more widely known as “Book of Hours” and is referred to as such in Palamas’s translation. This translation of the characteristic excerpt from the poetic oeuvre of the “romantic” Rilke, as Palamas considered him, was destined – and not without reason – to be the most popular, even though several translations have followed. Except that, as we shall see, the perception of the specific verses as referring to the love affair between a man and a woman, a perception-interpretation that has prevailed widely, does not correspond (exactly) to the “reality” of Rilke’s poem. The two intertexts, to which we shall refer in the present article, seem to presuppose a corresponding interpretation, at least broadly speaking. So, examined here is the intertextual contact of the aforesaid poetic passage-translation from Rilke’s Stundenbuch, on the one hand, with the poem “The night of the forgotten woman” from the collection the Forgotten Woman (1945) by Miltos Sachtouris (who spoke often with love and respect about the influence of Rilke’s work on his own), and on the other, with a prose passage from the novel The Throne Room, by Tasos Athanasiadis (whose rich textual-intellectual contact with Rilke’s oeuvre has also been pointed out), which has characteristically been defined as a “modern Aesop’s fable”.
Τα νεοελληνικά επώνυμα στη Δεσκάτη
Authors: Σπανός Κώστας
Published: April 2016

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Διακριτικαί συνθήκαι των αρχαίων Μακεδόνων
Authors: Ανθεμίδης Αχιλλεύς Σ.
Published: April 2016

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Ο νέος μακεδονικός τάφος της Βεργίνας
Authors: Παντερμαλής Δημήτρης
Published: April 2016

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Το συνοδικό της Θεσσαλονίκης και ο διάδοχος του αρχιεπισκόπου Γρηγορίου
Authors: Τσάρας Γιάννης
Published: April 2016

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Φωτοτύπησις και επανέκδοσις δύο τουρκικών εγγράφων εκ Βεροίας αναφερομένων εις την επανάστασιν του 1821
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ιωάννης Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Les villages Haut et Bas Beala de la région Strouga-Achrid
Authors: Τοπάλης Αναστάσιος
Published: April 2016

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Ανέκδοτα έγγραφα περί του Μακεδονικού Αγώνος αφορώντα κυρίως εις τους Έλληνας οπλαρχηγούς των Κορεστίων Νταλίπη και Κύρου
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ιωάννης Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Το έντυπο «Καλλικελάδος Αηδών» της Θεσσαλονίκης
Authors: Παπαστάθης Χαράλαμπος Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Κύριλλος ο φιλόσοφος εις τας εικόνας παλαιόπιστου εικονογράφου
Authors: Begunov J. K.
Published: April 2016

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Δημητρίου Κ. Σαμσάρη, Συμβολή εις την ιστορίαν της Κοινότητος Εμμανουήλ Παππά (Ο ναός του Αγίου Αθανασίου και ο ανέκδοτος κώδιξ αυτού)
Authors: Παπαγεωργίου Γεώργιος Π.
Published: April 2016

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Η μακεδονική πόλις από της εμφανίσεως της μέχρι των χρόνων του Μεγάλου Κωνσταντίνου: (συνέχεια εκ του τόμου Ε΄, σ. 101): Ρωμαϊκαί αποικίαι εν Μακεδονία πολιτικοί και θρησκευτικοί θεσμοί αυτών
Authors: Κανατσούλης Δημ.
Published: April 2016

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Οι χριστιανοί απόγονοι του Ιζζεδδίν Καϊκαούς Β' στη Βέροια
Authors: Ζαχαριάδου Ε. Α.
Published: April 2016

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Λαογραφικά της Μπαλάφτσας
Authors: Κοσμάς Νικ. Β.
Published: April 2016

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Ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αχρίδος Ιωακείμ και οι συνωμοτικές κινήσεις στη Βόρειο Ήπειρο (1572-1576)
Authors: Χασιώτης Ι. Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Φιρμάνιον διακανονισμού φορολογικών θεμάτων, προνομίων και άλλων τιμών παρεμφερών ζητημάτων του Αγίου Όρους
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ι. Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Συμπληρωματικά για το Μάνθο Παπαγιάννη
Authors: Χασιώτης Ι. Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Το επικόν ποίημα του εξ Αχρίδος Γρηγορίου Σταυρίδου (Prlicev) "Σκενδέρμπεης": (ιστορικαί και λογοτεχνικαί πηγαί)
Authors: Γιοχάλας Τίτος Π.
Published: April 2016

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Die erste Taufmatrikel der pester Griechen (1792-1803)
Authors: Füves Ödön
Published: April 2016

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George Rosen, Die Balkan Haiduken. Ein Beitrag zur innern Geschichte
Authors: Βασδραβέλλης Ι. Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Στεφάνου Ι. Παπαδοπούλου, Οι επαναστάσεις του 1854 και 1878 στην Μακεδονία
Authors: Νοτάρης Ιωαν. Σωτ.
Published: April 2016

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"Αρχαία Μακεδονία", Ανακοινώσεις κατά το Πρώτον Διεθνές Συμπόσιον εν Θεσσαλονίκη, 26-29 Αυγούστου 1968
Authors: Πέτσας Φώτιος Μ.
Published: April 2016

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Βασίλειος Λαούρδας
Authors: Παπαστάθης Χαραλ. Κ.
Published: April 2016

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Γεώργιος Θεμελής
Authors: Φραγκίστας Χαράλαμπος
Published: April 2016

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Μερικές αρχαίες διηγήσεις για τον Αριστοτέλη
Authors: Λυπουρλής Δημήτριος Δ.
Published: April 2016

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The 8th Global Forum on Migration and Development, 13-15 October 2015, Istanbul, Turkey: The “Plan B” Migration Governance
Authors: Ioannou Athanasia
Published: April 2016

No abstract (available). 
Gender awareness and attitudes toward gender equality among students participating in teacher training
Authors: Mägi Eve , Biin Helen , Trasberg Karmen , Kruus Kersti
Published: April 2016

Soolise võrdõiguslikkuse taotlemisel lähtutakse põhimõttest, et naistel ja meestel on võrdsed õigused, kohustused, võimalused ja vastutus nii hariduse omandamisel kui ka tööelus. Kuna haridusel, sh õpetajakoolitusel, on väärtuste ja hoiakute kujundamisel oluline roll, käsitletakse seda sageli soolise võrdõiguslikkuse edendamise ühe võtmevaldkonnana. Uurimuse eesmärk on kirjeldada Eesti õpetajakoolituse ja kasvatusteaduste valdkonna üliõpilaste hoiakuid ja teadlikkust soolise võrdõiguslikkuse küsimuses, sh osutada nende erinevustele üliõpilaste üldkogumist. Selleks kombineeriti kvantitatiivset ja kvalitatiivset uurimisviisi. Uuringus küsitleti üliõpilasi (N = 2748) soolise võrdõiguslikkusega seotud hoiakute ja kogemuste teemal ning intervjueeriti õpetajakoolituse üliõpilasi (N = 20) fookusrühmades, et mõtestada kõrgkoolide õpetamispraktikat ning seda mõjutavaid väärtusi ja norme soolise võrdõiguslikkuse vaatenurgast. Ilmnes, et üliõpilased suhtuvad soolisesse võrdõiguslikkusse soosivalt ja tajuvad ebavõrdset kohtlemist soo alusel probleemina. See on hea potentsiaal, mille varal arendada tulevaste õpetajate valmisolekut sootundlikuks pedagoogikaks. Selgelt eristusid ka nende üliõpilaste rühmad, kelle hoiakutes väljenduvad teiste rühmadega võrreldes enam soolised stereotüübid (algajad üliõpilased ja mehed). Uurimuse tulemused täiendavad varasemate uurimuste omi, milles käsitletakse sugupoolte aspekti arvestamist hariduses, ning neil on praktiline väärtus õpetajakoolituse õppekavade kujundamisel.
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Students’ perception of their teachers’ behaviour in the classroom and its coherence with teachers’ own understandings
Authors: Okas Anne , Van der Schaaf Marieke , Krull Edgar
Published: April 2016

Tutvustatav uurimus on osa mahukamast õpetaja professionaalsuse avaldumist käsitlevast uurimistööst. Selle eesmärk on selgitada välja, millisena tajuvad õpilased õpetaja tegevust tunnis, sealhulgas millised on erinevused hinnangutes algajatele ja kogenud õpetajatele, ning kõrvutada neid hinnanguid õpetajate endi kujutlustega õpetamisest. Uuringus osales 314 põhikooliõpilast (6.–9. klass) ja nende 20 õpetajat, kellest kümme olid algajad ja kümme kogenud õpetajad. Õpilaste hinnangud õpetajate õpetamisviiside kohta selgitati välja küsitlusega. Selles hindasid õpilased õppimistingimuste loomist, tunnieesmärkide selgust, tunni ülesannete sisu selgust ja raskusastet, õpetaja juhendamist, kontrollimist, hoolivust ja entusiasmi. Õpilaste hinnanguid võrreldi andmetega, mis on esitatud õpetajate reflekteerivates kirjutistes nende õpetamismeisterlikkuse kohta, samuti ainetunni kommentaaridega. Uurimistulemustest ilmnes, et õpilaste antud hinnangud õpetajate tegevusviisidele seostuvad õpetaja töökogemusega. Õpetajate endi kirjutistest ja intervjuudest ning õpilaste hinnangutest selgus, et algajate õpetajate raskusi tunni läbiviimisel märkavad ka nende õpilased. Õpilaste keskmised hinnangud kogenud õpetajate õpetamistegevuste kvaliteedile olid alati kõrgemad algajate õpetajate õpetamistegevusele antavatest hinnangutest.
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Language learning strategies of EFL learners and their effects on learning outcomes
Authors: Saks Katrin , Leijen Äli , Täht Karin
Published: April 2016

Võõrkeeleoskuse omandamist on võimalik toetada, arendades õppijate keeleõppestrateegiaid. Õpistrateegiate uurijad on töötanud välja erinevaid õpistrateegiate taksonoomiaid, kuid tõendid nende valiidsuse kohta on vastukäivad. Selle uurimuse eesmärk on leida empiirilistele andmetele kõige paremini vastav keeleõppestrateegiate klassifikatsioon ning uurida keeleõppestrateegiate seoseid ja nende mõju õpitulemustele. Kinnitava faktoranalüüsi tulemused näitavad, et modifitseeritud ja täpsustatud kuuefaktorilisel mudelil on head mudeli headuse indeksid. Eestikeelses Est-SILLi mudelis moodustus kuus strateegiarühma: metakognitsioon, sotsiaalsed, kompensatsiooni- ja mälustrateegiad ning aktiivne keelekasutus ja seostamisstrateegiad. Struktuurivõrrandite mudelite analüüsiga saadud tulemused kinnitavad, et kognitiivsed õpistrateegiad avaldavad õpitulemustele otsest mõju, kuid metakognitiivsed õpistrateegiad mõjutavad õpiedu kaudselt, kognitiivsete strateegiate kaudu.
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Research Note—Gamification of Technology-Mediated Training: Not All Competitions Are the Same
Authors: Santhanam Radhika , Liu De , Shen Wei-Cheng Milton
Published: April 2016

Gamification, an application of game design elements to non-gaming contexts, is proposed as a way to add engagement in technology-mediated training programs. Yet there is hardly any information on how to adapt game design elements to improve learning outcomes and promote learner engagement. To address this issue, we focus on a popular game design element, competition, and specifically examine the effects of different competitive structures, i.e., whether a person faces a higher-skilled, lower-skilled or equally-skilled competitor, on learning and engagement. We study a gamified training design for databases, where trainees play a trivia-based mini-game with a competitor after each e-training module. Trainees who faced a lower-skilled competitor reported higher self-efficacy beliefs and better learning outcomes, supporting the effect of peer appraisal, a less examined aspect of social cognitive theory. Yet trainees who faced equally-skilled competitors reported higher levels of engagement, supporting the balance principle of flow theory. Our study findings indicate that no one competitive structure can simultaneously address learning and engagement outcomes. The choice of competitive structures depends on the priority of the outcomes in training. Our findings provide one explanation for the mixed findings on the effect of competitive gamification designs in technology mediated training.
Fee or Free: When Should Firms Charge for Online Content?
Authors: Lambrecht Anja , Misra Kanishka
Published: April 2016

Many online content providers aim to compensate for a loss in advertising revenues by charging consumers for access to content. However, such a choice is not straightforward because subscription fees typically deter customers, and a resulting decline in viewership further reduces advertising revenues. This research examines whether firms that offer both free and paid content can benefit from adjusting the amount of content offered for free. We find that firms should offer more free—and not paid—content in periods of high demand. We motivate theoretically that this policy, which we term “countercyclical offering,” may be optimal for firms when consumers are heterogeneous in their valuation of online content and this heterogeneity varies over time. Using unique data from an online content provider, we then provide empirical evidence that firms indeed engage in countercyclical offering and increase the share of free content in periods of high demand.

This paper was accepted by Matthew Shum, marketing.
An Adaptive Iterated Local Search for the Mixed Capacitated General Routing Problem
Authors: Dell’Amico Mauro , Díaz José Carlos Díaz , Hasle Geir , Iori Manuel
Published: April 2016

We study the mixed capacitated general routing problem (MCGRP) in which a fleet of capacitated vehicles has to serve a set of requests by traversing a mixed weighted graph. The requests may be located on nodes, edges, and arcs. The problem has theoretical interest because it is a generalization of the capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP), the capacitated arc routing problem (CARP), and the general routing problem. It is also of great practical interest since it is often a more accurate model for real-world cases than its widely studied specializations, particularly for so-called street routing applications. Examples are urban waste collection, snow removal, and newspaper delivery. We propose a new iterated local search metaheuristic for the problem that also includes vital mechanisms from adaptive large neighborhood search combined with further intensification through local search. The method utilizes selected, tailored, and novel local search and large neighborhood search operators, as well as a new local search strategy. Computational experiments show that the proposed metaheuristic is highly effective on five published benchmarks for the MCGRP. The metaheuristic yields excellent results also on seven standard CARP data sets, and good results on four well-known CVRP benchmarks, including improvement of the best known upper bound for one instance.
C the difference: exploring the learning strategies used by hepatology nurses in the era of new hepatitis C treatments
Authors: Richmond Jacqueline , Mason Susan
Published: April 2016

The hepatology nurse's role is evolving alongside the implementation of the new direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in hepatitis C virus (HCV) management. This study was conducted in Australia in 2012–2013 to explore the strategies used by hepatology nurses to incorporate new evidence into practice, using qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The results indicated that although Australian hepatology nurses were confident in conducting literature searches, they relied on informal knowledge-sharing with senior colleagues, which was not critiqued for potential bias. Preference for pre-digested information rather than the original research was frequently described, because it was easier to implement in practice. The results highlight the need for hepatology nurses to enhance their clinical decision-making by reflecting on their learning needs, and developing the skills and confidence to critically appraise research.
Leading a large department
Authors: Hall Jon
Published: April 2016

Is bigger really better? Jon Hall offers his reflections on improving pupil outcomes as a head of English in a large secondary comprehensive
Mycorrhizal population on various cropping systems on sandy soil in dryland area of North Lombok, Indonesia
Authors: ASTIKO WAHYU , FAUZI MUHAMMAD TAUFIK , SUKARTONO SUKARTONO
Published: April 2016

Abstract. Astiko W, Fauzi MT, Sukartono. 2016. Mycorrhizal population on various cropping systems on sandy soil in dryland area of North Lombok, Indonesia. Nusantara Bioscience 8: 66-70. Inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on maize in sandy soil is expected to have positive implications for the improvement of AMF population and nutrient uptake. However, how many increases in the AMF population and nutrient uptake in the second cycle of a certain cropping system commonly cultivated by the farmers after growing their corn crop have not been examined. Since different cropping systems would indicate different increases in the populations of AMF and nutrient uptake. This study aimed to determine the population AMF and nutrient uptake on the second cropping cycle of corn-based cropping systems which utilized indigenous mycorrhizal fungi on sandy soil in dryland area of North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. For that purpose, an experiment was conducted at the Akar-Akar Village in Bayan Sub-district of North Lombok, designed according to the Randomized Complete Block Design, with four replications and six treatments of cropping cycles (P0 = corn-soybean as a control, in which the corn plants were not inoculated with AMF; P1 = corn-soybean, P2 = corn-peanut, P3 = corn-upland rice, P4 = corn-sorghum, and P5 = corn-corn, in which the first cycle corn plants were inoculated with AMF). The results indicated that the mycorrhizal populations (spore number and infection percentage) were highest in the second cycle sorghum, achieving 335% and 226% respectively, which were significantly higher than those in the control. Increased uptake of N, P, K and Ca the sorghum plants at 60 DAS of the second cropping cycle reached 200%; 550%; 120% and 490% higher than in the control. The soil used in this experiment is rough-textured (sandy loam), so it is relatively low in water holding capacity and high porosity.
Non-resident fathers in the UK: living standards and social support
Authors: Dermott Esther
Published: April 2016

The paper provides a descriptive analysis of non-resident fathers in the UK in relation to living standards and social relationships. Drawing on data from the large-scale, nationally representative UK Poverty and Social Exclusion 2012 study the paper highlights that non-resident fathers have higher levels of poverty and deprivation, and lower levels of social support than do fathers with resident-only children. The paper therefore addresses the situation of a relatively ignored subpopulation and contributes to ongoing discussions about the limitations of the household as the unit of analysis for measuring living standards by noting the potential importance of extrahousehold financial responsibilities.
Existence and non-existence of area-minimizing hypersurfaces in manifolds of non-negative Ricci curvature
Authors: Ding Qi , Jost J. , Xin Y. L.
Published: April 2016

We study minimal hypersurfaces in manifolds of non-negative Ricci curvature, Euclidean volume growth and quadratic curvature decay at infinity. By comparison with capped spherical cones, we identify a precise borderline for the Ricci curvature decay. Above this value, no complete area-minimizing hypersurfaces exist. Below this value, in contrast, we construct examples.
The Yang-Mills flow and the Atiyah-Bott formula on compact Kähler manifolds
Authors: Jacob Adam
Published: April 2016

We study the Yang-Mills flow on a holomorphic vector bundle $E$ over a compact K\"ahler manifold $X$. Along a solution of the flow, we show that the curvature endomorphism $i\Lambda F(A_t)$ approaches in $L^2$ an endomorphism with constant eigenvalues given by the slopes of the quotients from the Harder-Narasimhan filtration of $E$. This proves a sharp lower bound for the Hermitian-Yang-Mills functional and thus the Yang-Mills functional, generalizing to arbitrary dimension a formula of Atiyah and Bott first proven on Riemann surfaces. Furthermore, we show any reflexive extension to all of $X$ of the limiting bundle $E_\infty$ is isomorphic to ${\rm Gr}^{{\rm hns}}(E)^{**}$, verifying a conjecture of Bando and Siu.
Discrete cores of type III free product factors
Authors: Ueda Yoshimichi
Published: April 2016

We give a general description of the discrete decompositions of type III factors arising as central summands of free product von Neumann algebras based on our previous works. This enables us to give several precise structural results on type III free product factors.
Arthur’s Dinner; Or, Robert Thornton Goes Shopping
Authors: Bartlett Jennifer
Published: April 2016

By situating the first feast scene of the Lincoln Thornton manuscript’s Alliterative Morte Arthure in its local and historical contexts, this article argues for a reassessment of current critical assumptions concerning attitudes towards the ‘Oryent’ and supposedly ‘exotic’ material culture in late medieval England.
‘Ure Bruttisce speche’: Language, Culture, and Conquest in LaƷamon’s Brut
Authors: Burek Jacqueline M.
Published: April 2016

LaƷamon depicts the Britons as culturally inflexible and the English as culturally flexible throughout the Brut , suggesting that the English conquer Britain because they negotiate the relationship between culture and conquest more effectively. LaƷamon presents the Brut as both a model and a reflection of such constructive cultural interaction.
Astronomy Translated: Caput Draconis and the Pendragon Star in Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and LaƷamon
Authors: Bryan Elizabeth J.
Published: April 2016

Geoffrey of Monmouth encodes into the Historia Regum Britanniae different astronomical and astrological meanings and uses of caput draconis . A concept introduced into twelfth-century England from Arabic science, it informs his naming of Uther’s (and Arthur’s) dynasty as ‘Pendragon’ and influences how his translators Wace and LaƷamon treat this significant astronomical/astrological phenomenon.
The Perceptions and Responses of Vietnamese Firms Towards Deeper Regional Economic Integration: Case Studies from the Food Processing Industry
Authors: Nguyen Ha Thanh Nhan , Enderwick Peter
Published: April 2016

Increasing regional economic integration amongst ASEAN member countries, and the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will bring both opportunities and challenges for local firms. This research investigates the perception and understanding of five Vietnamese food processing companies towards the AEC as well as their planned responses towards deeper integration. Case study interviews revealed that respondents had a limited understanding of the AEC, which moderated their strategic responses. Opportunities identified include access to new markets, the possibility of exploiting regionwide resources, and access to regional value chains. Increased competitive pressure, particularly from foreign investors, was the key anticipated challenge. Business responses focused on increasing intra-regional exports, cooperating with potential partner organizations, improving products and processes, and revising marketing strategies. Respondents also believed that the Vietnamese government could do more to support their businesses in the face of deepening economic integration.
Women and Development, Not Gender and Politics: Explaining ASEAN’s Failure to Engage with the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Authors: Davies Mathew
Published: April 2016

While questions have been asked about whether ASEAN could, or even should, adopt the United Nation’s Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, this article is the first to ask why it has not done so already. ASEAN’s strong engagement with gender issues beyond the WPS agenda, together with the pressing need to address conflict and security concerns within Southeast Asia, make this an absence that requires an explanation. I argue that the usual explanatory framework deployed to account for ASEAN “not doing” something — the weaknesses caused by consensus, unanimity and the “ASEAN Way” — do not explain the absence of the WPS agenda; ASEAN’s engagement with gender is too advanced for the “it does not want to” explanation to hold. Instead, I locate the failure to engage with the WPS agenda in a particular elite understanding of women as both non-political and vehicles for the realization of economic and social well-being. This elite mindset, which both differs from that found within the ASEAN institutions dedicated to gender issues and which serves as the key driver of ASEAN’s institutional design, has retarded engagement with WPS because it stands at odds with the active political agency of women that WPS promotes. Revealing this reason for ASEAN’s failure to institutionalize WPS provides a way to consider the future of this important set of norms. I argue that efforts to mainstream WPS must take account of this ingrained framing of women as apolitical if they are to be successful.
Indonesia as an Emerging Peacekeeping Power: Norm Revisionist or Pragmatic Provider?
Authors: Capie David
Published: April 2016

Indonesia is frequently mentioned as an emerging player in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping, but its role has been understudied compared to other emerging powers. Drawing on interviews with foreign and defence ministry officials, and independent analysts in Jakarta, as well as statements by Indonesian representatives in the UN and other forums, this article makes three arguments. First, although Indonesia has a long history of involvement in UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs), there has been a major change in policy in the last decade, with much greater importance attached to peacekeeping. Jakarta has set itself the goal of becoming a top ten troop contributing country with 4,000 personnel deployed by 2019. Second, although Indonesia retains a strong preference for traditional “blue helmet” missions mandated by the UN Security Council (UNSC), and based on principles of host country consent, impartiality and non-use of force, its views on peacekeeping are evolving. While Indonesia has concerns about aspects of the “new” peacekeeping agenda, such as Protection of Civilians and robust peace enforcement missions, in practice it has proved to be more pragmatic than some of its rhetoric might suggest. Third, although emerging powers are frequently portrayed as conservative, Indonesia has been an advocate for a more ambitious approach to peacekeeping in Southeast Asia. It was the first to argue for an ASEAN peacekeeping force and has supported the use of regional troops to monitor peace agreements. In sum, the Indonesian case supports some of the claims made about emerging powers and peace operations but challenges others, underlining the diversity of this group of states.
(Re) building Livelihoods of Communities Confronting
HIV
and
AIDS
in Ethiopia
Authors: Tadele Getnet , Ayalew Asrat , Loevinsohn Michael
Published: April 2016

People affected by HIV and AIDS face risks which secure livelihood can enable them to avoid. At-risk groups and the type of risks differ between locations and over time. Opportunities to (re)build livelihoods are also diverse and context-specific. Supportive policies and programmes must therefore be responsive to these differences and to people’s and communities’ innovative capacities. This study assesses how five Ethiopian NGOs: one AIDS service organisation, one PLHIV network, one microfinance institution (MFI), one development NGO, and one faith-based NGO engaged in strengthening livelihoods in communities confronting HIV and AIDS identified at-risk groups, priorities for livelihood support, and responded to needs. Interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with purposefully selected beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries, and key informants. Findings show that the organisations support livelihoods in very different ways and have adopted different approaches in the way they organise, provide and attempt to ensure the sustainability of the support. However, support is often based on limited experience since there are no guidelines and proper monitoring and evaluation and feedback mechanisms are absent. All of the organisations did not conduct meaningful needs assessments, leading to the proliferation of stereotyped responses targeting stereotyped populations while other groups at significant risk of HIV are ignored. The organisations have also largely failed to keep AIDS in perspective since groups facing other challenges are rarely supported. Local innovations and suggestions from beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries are given little attention. This failure to draw on local innovation means that less effective activities are supported and productive relationships between organisations and communities are undermined. Nevertheless, there is an immense opportunity for evaluation and learning from these diverse practices.
Growing up Too Fast: Rural Children Working in Addis Ababa
Authors: Mulugeta Emebet , Eriksen Sissel H.
Published: April 2016

The study explores the life situation of children who come from rural areas to work in Addis Ababa. It discusses their migration, work, relationships, and their economic contributions using data from 30 children. Findings indicate that poverty is a major push factor for migration, while a strong network of relatives living in Addis Ababa is a pull factor. In Addis Ababa, the children live in a challenging environment, drawing on their personal and social resources to persevere in the face of difficulties. Though they work hard and sometimes manage without basic necessities, they appreciate the opportunities available to help families, and for most to go to school, which reflects agency in action. Interventions need to consider not only vulnerability, but also the agency and resilience of children and the factors behind these.
Sustaining Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihoods through Rainfall-Deficit-Index-Based Crop Insurance in Drought-Prone Areas: Lessons from Ethiopia
Authors: Degefa Terefe
Published: April 2016

The main objective of this article is to assess the contributions in sustaining the livelihoods of smallholder farmers of rainfall-deficit-index-based crop insurance pilot project based on haricot beans implemented in Ethiopia in 2009. Based on cross-sectional data, assessment results revealed that crop insurance has a potential in sustaining the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, but that there was a problem of information flow, belated payout and inadequate consideration of farmers’ preferences. Scaling-up crop insurance scheme in the future increasingly depends upon building farmers’ knowledge on how the scheme works, through proper agricultural extension services and farmers’ active participation. Signifying crop insurance as an appropriate risk management strategy, the article underlines the importance of public extension services besides appreciating farmers’ motivations to take over the management and leadership of their own affairs when existing structures are not responsive in the context of practicing crop insurance.
“The Bond of Peace”: A Hermeneutical Rapprochement?
Authors: O’Neill William
Published: April 2016

How we interpret our ecumenical differences and the difference they make depends upon our assessment of differences internal to our respective traditions. This essay argues that hermeneutical shifts in modern Roman Catholic teaching on dignity and human rights fundamentally alter the sense of actions regarded as “intrinsically evil.” While these shifts preserve the meaning of the term, they raise serious questions about its applicability to same-sex marriage. Rather than merely assuming that same-sex relations are, per se, intrinsically distorted; Catholic teaching, it is argued, might learn from the Anglican Communion in asking whether the ends of marriage can indeed be fulfilled in such unions.
Warrants for Reconstruction: Christian Hegemony, White Supremacy
Authors: Fletcher Jeannine Hill
Published: April 2016

Discussions of religious pluralism have yet to consider how theologies of superiority might be linked with racist ideologies. Tracing historical precedents of Christian theologies of religious supremacy that inform racist practices and legislation, this essay argues the need for reconstructing Christian theologies of religious difference with anti-racist and anti-supremacist tools.
Le facteur littéraire dans De l’égalité des races humaines d’Anténor Firmin
Authors: Desormeaux Daniel
Published: April 2016

The anthropological argument of Anténor Firmin takes into account ancient and modern literary works from around the world. The place Firmin accorded to the “literary factor” in his De l’égalité des races humaines (1885), which is devoted to the prolegomenon of racial anthropology, requires a deep reflection on the influential importance of the humanities for empirical research methods on race, and suggests that some apparently innocent literary texts are more harmful than the ethno-racial scientific discourses of the nineteenth century. This article examines the case of an epistemological poaching under the influence of Comtian positivism.
Anténor Firmin, Aimé and Suzanne Césaire: In Search of Africa and Ourselves
Authors: Walker Keith Louis
Published: April 2016

An examination of Haitian anthropologist Anténor Firmin’s revolutionary articulations on the natural equality of the human races in  De l’égalité des races humaines  (1885) and their immanent, substantive, and resonant place subsequently in the work of Aimé Césaire. The article incorporates the thought of Suzanne Césaire to complete the ontological “Ethiopian-Africa” nexus present in both Firmin and Césaire. Beyond alluding to a shared sense of the elusive concept of Négritude, the article performs close readings of Firmin-Césaire texts side by side. Establishing a politico-spatial diaspora genealogy of thought, the article brings the force of Firmin’s essay into the twenty-first century.
Inhabiting Rights
Authors: Fischer Sibylle
Published: April 2016

Toussaint Louverture’s 1801 constitution for colonial Saint Domingue includes significant revisions to the 1789 Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen . These revisions have gone entirely unnoticed in recent scholarship. They entail a trenchant analysis of the logic of universalist rights and their relationship to racial slavery and racism, tie the ban on slavery to the existential and historical reality of Atlantic slavery, and create an entirely novel subject of rights. The 1801 constitution thus needs to be recognized as a central document in intellectual history and the history of human rights.
Native American Educators and Their Leadership Roles on Reservations in the Northern Great Plains
Authors: Huffman Terry
Published: April 2016

Native American educators occupy a significant place within their respective communities. In this article I report findings from a qualitative investigation on the various ways Native educators define their roles to their students, schools, and communities. Using personal interviews in conjunction with combined snowball and purposive sampling techniques, I documented the perceptions and experiences of 21 Native American educators on their roles as professionals serving reservation schools in the Northern Great Plains. Reflecting the complexities of reservation life, the educators played a myriad of intertwined roles. Analysis of the data led me to identify two types of educators. One I refer to as affinitive educators and the other facilitative educators . Moreover, upon closer examination, I also discovered that the participants articulated two types of roles they perform, definitional roles and foundational roles . In this article I present the two types of educators and the associated roles expressed by the participants.
In a World of Disposable Students: The Humanizing Elements of Border Pedagogy in Teacher Education
Authors: Reyes Reynaldo
Published: April 2016

Abstract:
One of the many consequences of a neoliberal, high-stakes policy in No Child Left Behind has been that teachers and administrators have resorted to the systematic removal of vulnerable student groups, such as Latina/o English language learners. This process has dehumanized these students and commodified aspects of their identity, such as language, and deemed them disposable in the pursuit of high test scores. Border pedagogy is one way to address how pre- and in-service educators can be prepared to become critical and empowered educators of border youth in the pursuit of a more just and humanizing education.
Examining the Impact of State Level Merit-Aid Policies on Advanced Placement Participation
Authors: Kramer Dennis A.
Published: April 2016

This study examines the impact of merit-aid programs on secondary course taking patterns. Specifically, this study uses difference-in-differences to analyze state-level Advanced Placement (AP) participation and examination data pre and post merit-aid adoption. Results indicate increases in AP participation and number of total examinations after the adoption for merit-aid program who initial eligibility requirements are solely high school performance rather than a combined initial eligibility of high school GPA and standardized test performance. Findings illustrate the potential rationality of student decisions as they take high school courses that not only maximize their admittance into college, but also increase probability of achieving the necessary GPA to receive the merit-aid scholarship.
Turkey’s Two Elections: The AKP Comes Back
Authors: Öniş Ziya
Published: April 2016

In power since 2002, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seemed as if it might be losing its hold when Turkish voters went to the polls in June 2015. Yet that “hung election” gave way to another contest in November, and the AKP came roaring back.
Latin America’s New Turbulence: Mexico’s Stalled Reforms
Authors: Flores-Macías Gustavo A.
Published: April 2016

Abstract: The long-ruling PRI staged a comeback in 2012 behind a young president touting a reformist agenda, but Enrique Peña Nieto’s early successes have been eclipsed by government underperformance and a continued failure to restore public security.
Latin America’s New Turbulence: Can Democracy Win in Venezuela?
Authors: Alarcón Benigno , Álvarez Ángel E. , Hidalgo Manuel
Published: April 2016

Abstract: Venezuela’s competitive authoritarian regime now confronts a highly mobilized opposition with a large majority in the legislature. What are the prospects for successful democratic change amidst a deteriorating security situation and an economy in freefall?
Burma Votes for Change: The New Configuration of Power
Authors: Zin Min
Published: April 2016

Abstract: Even though Burma’s military seems to have accepted the NLD’s stunning election victory, it can still use an array of constitutional provisions to hamstring the incoming NLD government.
Latin America’s New Turbulence: The End of the Kirchner Era
Authors: Lupu Noam
Published: April 2016

Abstract: With a skillfully conveyed message of managerial competence and an electorate disenchanted by a floundering economy and the outgoing incumbent’s confrontational style, Mauricio Macri demonstrated that a non-Peronist can win Argentina’s presidency.
Advocating for Librarianship: The Discourses of Advocacy and Service in the Professional Identities of Librarians
Authors: Hicks Deborah
Published: April 2016

A dedication to service is often cited as a hallmark of a profession. Service is included as one of eleven Core Values in the American Library Association’s “Core Values of Librarianship” (2004). For librarians, service includes helping people find information resources to meet their educational, recreational, and work needs. Reporting findings from a larger study into the professional identity of librarians, this paper explores the centrality of service, with specific attention to how librarians advocate for their services and, ultimately, for librarianship. Using a discourse analysis approach, this study examines the roles that Service as a Core Value and advocacy play in the construction of professional identity. Three different data sources were used: professional journals, e-mail discussion lists, and research interviews. The data were analyzed for the discourses librarians use when describing librarians, librarianship, and professionalism and their connection to advocacy. When librarians advocate for the services they offer, they are in fact advocating for the value of the profession. Discursively, speaking or writing about advocacy positioned librarians as active participants in their own identity formation. By making advocacy a central activity of the profession, librarians not only challenged others’ perception of librarianship, they challenged their own understanding as well.