bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Every day students in schools matter – reasons for not attending the school: evidence from advanced level students
Authors: Shakira M. N. F. , Kengatharan N.
Published: November 2019

The reason for students' absenteeism may vary across nations depending on country and cultural differences. Studies on student's absenteeism that have been investigated in the west are reflective of such cultural contexts and therefore, the finding can not be directly applied to another cultural context. There is a dearth of such studies in Asian and other similar developing countries. Consequently, the present study aims to discover factors determining students’ absenteeism in Sri Lanka. Strongly based on philosophical assumptions, the present study mainly employed a survey research strategy and data were primarily garnered from a self-administrated questionnaire. A total of 129 Advanced level students representing Arts and commerce streams were conveniently selected from five schools, namely KG/MW Baduriya Central College, KG/MW Zahira National School, KG/MW Mayurapada National School, KG/MW Nooraniya Muslim Vidhyalaya and KG/MW Mederigama Central College located Mawanella Zone in Sabaragamuwa province. The study revealed six factors determining students’ absenteeism, named student-preference, teacher and subject, physical and mental capabilities, non-collegiate, classroom facility and personal factors. Needless to say, the current study made several theoretical and practical implications.
Challenges of sustainable tourism in ancient cities: a case study based on Kandy, Sri Lanka
Authors: Sivesan S.
Published: November 2019

Within the extensive body of tourism literature, successful implication of sustainable tourism and obstacles to its practices in the developing world are emerging themes. This paper critically investigates challenges to sustainable tourism in the world heritage sites with special references to Kandy situated in Central Province of Sri Lanka. Through adopting a qualitative research method, a key issue for discussion in this paper is challenge to sustainable tourism in Kandy. Consequently, this paper provides an insight into sustainable tourism and suggests the ways by which these insights may be useful in the provision of sustainable tourism in other ancient heritage localities.
Newcomers’ socialization: the proactive behaviors, satisfaction and social integration
Authors: Kowsikka F. M. J. J. , James Robinson
Published: November 2019

When newcomers enter into organizations they often feel stressed and find difficulties to adjust to the new organizational context. Through the socialization process they learn how to adjust to the new context. Previous studies investigated the role of organizations in the process of newcomer adjustment. However, the individual role innewcomer adjustment has not been sufficiently discussed in the literature; particularly there is no such study in the Sri Lankan context. This study examines the influence of newcomer proactive behaviors (positive framing, relationship building, information seeking and feedback seeking) on adjustment (job satisfaction and social integration). This study was conducted with 114 newcomers who had less than one year of work experience from banking sector in Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The study employed PLS-SEM with Smart PLS to test the proposed hypotheses. The findings revealed that among the four proactive behaviors, positive framing positively influences both satisfaction and social integration. Information seeking, feedback seeking and relationship building also positively influence either job satisfaction or social integration. These findings suggest that newcomers need to engage in proactive behaviors to achieve satisfaction at the workplace and to become acceptable members of the organization. Further, this study contributes to the literature by investigating the influence of proactive behavior in the socialization process among new employees in the banking sector in the Sri Lankan cultural context.
Adenosine Receptor Signaling Targets Both PKA and Epac Pathways to Polarize Dendritic Cells to a Suppressive Phenotype
Authors: Kayhan Merve , Koyas Altay , Akdemir Imran , Savas Ali Can , Cekic Caglar
Published: November 2019

Extracellular adenosine accumulates in tumors and causes suppression of immune cells. Suppressive adenosine signaling is achieved through adenosine A2A and A2B receptors, which are Gs coupled, and their activation elevates cAMP levels. Gs-coupled GPCR signaling causes cAMP accumulation, which plays an anti-inflammatory role in immune cells. Protein kinase A (PKA) and exchange protein directly activated by cAMP (Epac) are two intracellular receptors of cAMP. In this study we showed that adenosine receptor signaling polarizes activated murine dendritic cells (DCs) into a tumor-promoting suppressive phenotype. Adenosine receptor signaling activates cAMP pathway and upregulates the negative regulators of NF-κB but does not influence phosphorylation of immediate inflammatory signaling molecules downstream of TLR signaling. Pharmacologic activation of both PKA and Epac pathways by specific cAMP analogues phenocopied the effects of adenosine signaling on murine DCs, such as suppression of proinflammatory cytokines, elevation of anti-inflammatory IL-10, increased expression of regulators of NF-κB pathway, and finally suppression of T cell activation. Inhibition of effector cytokine, IL-12p40 production, and increased immunosuppressive IL-10 production by adenosine signaling is significantly reversed only when both PKA and Epac pathways were inhibited together. Adenosine signaling increased IL-10 secretion while decreasing IL-12p40 secretion in human monocyte-derived DCs. Stimulation of both PKA and Epac pathways also caused combinatorial effects in regulation of IL-12p40 secretion in human monocyte-derived DCs. Interestingly, PKA signaling alone caused similar increase in IL-10 secretion to that of adenosine signaling in human monocyte-derived DCs. Our data suggest adenosine/cAMP signaling targets both PKA/Epac pathways to fully differentiate DCs into a suppressive phenotype.
‘But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream’ (Am 5:24). Social justice versus cult criticism in Amos (5:21–24) and Isaiah (1:10–20): A trauma perspective
Authors: Groenewald Alphonso
Published: November 2019

The focus of this article is on the cult-critical statement(s) in Amos (5:21–24) and Isaiah (1.10–20). The title of this article inevitably leads us to the question of the relationship between the practice of the cult on the one hand and ethics on the other hand, namely the ‘either–or’ dilemma which exegetes face in the interpretation of these texts. This article should therefore be seen as part of the on-going debate of the significance of the prophetic understanding of the role of the cult versus Israel’s ethical considerations. Furthermore, an overview of important insights from trauma studies, which are applied to the cult-critical statements in the books of Amos and Isaiah, is given.
Projective Reconstruction in Algebraic Vision
Authors: Ito Atsushi , Miura Makoto , Ueda Kazushi
Published: November 2019

We discuss the geometry of rational maps from a projective space of an arbitrary dimension to the product of projective spaces of lower dimensions induced by linear projections. In particular, we give an algebro-geometric variant of the projective reconstruction theorem by Hartley and Schaffalitzky.
Doce Horas: A Family Border Tale
Authors: Dwyer Angelique K.
Published: November 2019

This creative non-fiction piece written in Spanglish called "Doce horas: A Family Border Tale" comically narrates my family's adventure crossing the U.S./Mexico border by car a few days after Three Kings Day (Epiphany). The story deals with identity negotiation, biculturalism and bilingualism in a non-conventional American family raised in Mexico. The narrative voice in my piece provides a unique perspective broadening dialogue(s) on Mexican American identity.
La Manda
Authors: Dwyer Angelique K.
Published: November 2019

This creative non-fiction piece written in Spanglish called “La Manda" reflects upon faith and ritual practices from a personal and transnational perspective. From dance, to fairs, to nun school, this story focuses on the difference in religious perspective held by two American siblings raised in Mexico. The narrative voice in this piece provides a unique perspective broadening dialogue(s) on Mexican American identity.
Aerosol hygroscopicity and its link to chemical composition in coastal atmosphere of Mace Head: marine and continental air masses
Authors: Xu Wei , Ovadnevaite Jurgita , Fossum Kirsten N. , Lin Chunshui , Huang Ru-Jin , O'Dowd Colin , Ceburnis Darius
Published: November 2019

Abstract. Chemical composition and hygroscopicity closure of marine aerosol in high time resolution has not been yet achieved because of the difficulty in measuring refractory sea-salt concentration in near-real time. In this study, attempts were made to achieve a closure for marine aerosol based on a humidified tandem differential mobility analyser (HTDMA) and a high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) for wintertime aerosol at Mace Head, Ireland. The aerosol hygroscopicity was examined as a growth factor (GF) at 90 % relative humidity (RH). The corresponding GFs of 35, 50, 75, 110 and 165 nm particles were 1.54 ± 0.26, 1.60 ± 0.29, 1.66 ± 0.31, 1.72 ± 0.29 and 1.78 ± 0.30 (mean ± standard deviation), respectively. Two contrasting air masses (continental and marine) were selected to study the temporal variation in hygroscopicity and the results demonstrated a clear diurnal pattern in continental air masses, while no diurnal pattern was found in marine air masses. In addition, the winter time aerosol was observed to be largely externally mixed in both contrasting air masses. Concurrent high time resolution PM1 (particulate matter
Comparison of CSES ionospheric RO data with COSMIC measurements
Authors: Wang Xiuying , Cheng Wanli , Zhou Zihan , Xu Song , Yang Dehe , Cui Jing
Published: November 2019

Abstract. CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is a newly launched
electric-magnetic satellite in China. A GNSS occultation receiver (GOR) is
installed on the satellite to retrieve electron density related parameters.
In order to validate the radio occultation (RO) data from the GOR on board CSES,
a comparison between CSES RO and the co-located COSMIC RO data is conducted
to check the consistency and reliability of the CSES RO data using
measurements from 12 February 2018 to 31 March 2019. CSES RO peak values
(NmF2), peak heights (hmF2), and electron density
profiles (EPDs) are compared with corresponding COSMIC measurements in this
study. The results show that (1) NmF2 between CSES and COSMIC is
in extremely good agreement, with a correlation coefficient of 0.9898. The
near-zero bias between the two sets is 0.005363×105 cm−3
with a RMSE of 0.3638×105 cm−3, and the relative bias is
1.97 % with a relative RMSE of 16.17 %, which are in accordance with
previous studies according to error propagation rules. (2) hmF2
between the two missions is also in very good agreement with a correlation
coefficient of 0.9385; the mean difference between the two sets is 0.59 km
with a RMSE of 12.28 km, which is within the error limits of previous
studies. (3) Co-located EDPs between the two sets are generally in good
agreement, but with a better agreement for data above 200 km than those below
this altitude. Data at the peak height ranges show the best agreement, and
then data above the peak regions; data below the peak regions, especially at
the altitude of about the E layer, show relatively large fluctuations. It is
concluded that CSES RO data are in good agreement with COSMIC measurements,
and the CSES RO data are applicable for most ionosphere-related studies
considering the wide acceptance and application of COSMIC RO measurements.
However, particular attention should be paid to EDP data below peak regions
in application as data at the bottom side of the profiles are less reliable than
that at the peak and topside regions.
Ehon Don Kihōte de Serizawa Keisuke: Don Quijote como puente entre culturas
Authors: Trujillo Dennis Ana
Published: November 2019

En el año 1937, el artista japonés Serizawa Keisuke publicó una edición ilustrada de la gran obra maestra de la literatura española y universal, Don Quijote de la Mancha de Miguel de Cervantes, bajo el título de Ehon Don Kihōte (o Libro ilustrado de Don Quijote). Este libro ilustrado japonés es una adaptación cultural de la obra cervantina al contexto cultural japonés. En este artículo se quiere poner el foco en el contexto en el que Serizawa creó esta obra, que surgió de un encargo privado y se creó en el contexto del movimiento Mingei, y que sirve de ejemplo de cómo los intercambios y las interacciones entre culturas pueden ser herramientas muy útiles para establecer lazos de amistad, entendimiento y admiración entre ciudadanos de culturas distantes y distintas.
Donald Keene: una vida dedicada a la literatura japonesa
Authors: Pazó Espinosa José
Published: November 2019

Donald Keene ha sido seguramente el estudioso de la literatura japonesa más importante de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Neoyorquino por origen, se formó en la Universidad de Columbia y en la escuela de lenguas del ejército de los EE.UU. La segunda guerra mundial, lo llevó a Hawai primero, y de allí pasó a Japón. Continuó su formación en Cambridge (UK), y tras dos años en Japón se convirtió en el mayor especialista occidental en literatura japonesa, y uno de sus mejores traductores. En su obra destacan las traducciones de Chikamatsu, Matsuo Basho, Osamu Dazai o Yukio Mishima, por citar algunos ejemplos. Al pasar gran parte de su vida profesional entre Nueva York y Japón, contribuyó en gran medida a dar a conocer la literatura japonesa en los círculos intelectuales y editoriales estadounidenses e internacionales en general. En este artículo efectuamos un repaso de su vida y su obra y argumentamos que el reconocimiento del lugar de la literatura japonesa en el canon universal se debe en gran parte a su aportación como estudioso y divulgador. De forma paralela, se convirtió en un referente para el mundo literario japonés y en uno de los puentes de la cultura nipona con el exterior.
Fuentes para la Construcción de la Historia: Crónicas desde la Embajada de España en Japón
Authors: Takagi Kayoki
Published: November 2019

El trabajo que se presenta pretende ser una serie de fuentes directas en torno a la evolución de las percepciones sobre Japón desde la década de los setenta del siglo XX hasta los inicios del siglo XXI, desde el privilegiado observatorio de la política diplomática a través de la Embajada de España en Tokio. Dicha labor se enmarca en los coletazos de la celebración de los 150 años del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre España y Japón, lo cual ha invitado a la reflexión y al balance. Para ello se ha contado con el testimonio del Exmo. Sr. Embajador D. Antonio de Oyarzábal Marquesi Exmo. Sr. Embajador D. Juan Leña Casas y Exmo. Sr. Embajador D. Arturo Pérez Martínez, y se ha recurrido a la entrevista como herramienta, que posteriormente ha sido revisada por los participantes en su forma escrita.
How Stablecoin Implementation Can Lead to Increased Accounting Clarity and Standardization
Authors: Stein Smith Sean
Published: November 2019

Stablecoins represent the current iteration of cryptoasset development and implementation but remain an area in which further development and research is necessary to improve the reporting and accounting codification conversation. Although the various iterations of stablecoins do purport to address some of the significant problems and issues preventing wide adoption and implementation of cryptocurrencies there is also some debate around the future of these cryptoassets. Accounting and reporting guidelines for cryptoassets overall, including stablecoins, remain fragmented due to regulatory misunderstanding as well regulatory scrutiny over proposed stablecoin projects. What this research does is present both an analysis of stablecoins as well as put forth a number of suggestions as to how stablecoins can help drive the accounting classification dialogue forward. Written with both a practitioner and academic audience in mind this research can be used to pursue further implementation and research projects moving forward.
Mood Books: The Textual Production of Black Feeling
Authors: Crawford Margo Natalie
Published: November 2019

This article uncovers Langston Hughes’s and Amiri Baraka’s shared interest in the art of black mood. Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz (1962) and In Our Terribleness (1970) are “mood books”—books that make black mood become the deepest frequency of black aesthetics. Reading Ask Your Mama alongside In Our Terribleness opens up Hughes’s anticipation of the Black Art Movement’s call for black interior avant-garde art. The article ends with an analysis of another mood book—Hughes’s last book Black Misery (1969). Hughes’s dedication of the liner notes in Ask Your Mama—“for the poetically unhep”—gains a new meaning when applied to Black Misery. Only the poetically “hep,” those who feel the terribleness hailed by Baraka, will understand that this terribleness does not mean black misery.
Effect of Insulin and Fasting Regimen on Blood Glucose Concentrations of Diabetic Dogs During Phacoemulsification
Authors: Adami Chiara , Hayes Robert Shane , Sanchez Rick F. , Monticelli Paolo
Published: November 2019

This study aimed to compare four protocols for preanesthetic insulin administration and fasting time with respect to the variation of intraoperative blood glucose (BG) concentrations versus preanesthetic values (baseline). The patient records of dogs undergoing cataract surgery were included. Data on anesthetic protocols, comorbidities, and intraoperative complications (hyper- and hypoglycemia, hypotension, hypothermia, and bradycardia) were analyzed. The insulin/fasting protocols included (A) 12 hr fasting and half insulin dose, (B) 6 hr fasting and half insulin dose, (C) 12 hr fasting and full insulin dose, and (D) 12 hr fasting and no insulin. Forty-eight dogs were included (14 in A, 10 in B, 13 in C, and 11 in D). Protocol D resulted in a significant increase of intraoperative BG concentrations compared with baseline (P = .001), whereas in the remaining groups, the baseline BG did not differ from intraoperative values. There were no statistically significant associations between the treatment group and the occurrence of intraoperative complications or the presence of diagnosed comorbidities. In conclusion, different insulin and fasting regimen protocols may be used for diabetic patients with no apparent benefit or risk from one protocol versus another. The use of insulin before surgery results in lesser increase of BG intraoperatively as compared with preanesthetic values. However, whether this should be interpreted as better perioperative control of glycemia remains debatable.
Canine Nonstructural Megaesophagus as a Clinical Sign of Potential Neurological Disease: 99 Cases
Authors: Gomes Sergio A. , Van Ham Luc , Van Ham Anouk , Ives Edward J. , Vanhaesebrouck An
Published: November 2019

Knowledge regarding the etiology and prognosis for canine megaesophagus (ME) is currently limited to small case series that may now be out of date in light of recent advances in the understanding of neurological syndromes and the availability of advanced diagnostic testing. Ninety-nine dogs diagnosed with nonstructural ME were included. Congenital idiopathic ME was present in 10 cases, with complete resolution of clinical signs in a single case. Eighty-nine cases were considered acquired, with most cases being either idiopathic (42.7%) or associated with myasthenia gravis (38.2%). Idiopathic cases represented a smaller percentage of acquired ME than previously reported. Death or euthanasia directly related to ME occurred in almost 50% of acquired cases, whereas clinical signs persisted in ∼20% of cases and resolved in 30% of cases. A diagnosis of an underlying etiology, in particular myasthenia gravis, was associated with a better outcome in acquired ME. ME continues to be a challenging condition to manage, with a guarded-to-poor prognosis, particularly when an underlying etiology is not identified. Thorough diagnostic testing for an underlying neurological disorder is important in cases with ME as this may allow institution of appropriate treatment and the potential for a better prognosis.
Realismo jurídico escandinavo: algunos asuntos inconclusos
Authors: Malminen Toni , Campos Zamora Francisco J.
Published: November 2019

En este ensayo se revisa alguna literatura reciente sobre el realismo jurídico y en particular sobre el realismo jurídico escandinavo. Más adelante, se proponen también dos líneas de investigación adicionales. Se sugiere que los estudios históricos deben iluminar el realismo jurídico como parte de un cambio intelectual a largo plazo del pensamiento social occidental (1860-1960), un cambio precipitado por variaciones socioeconómicas, como la segunda revolución industrial, el desarrollo de la secularización, y la llegada del estado de bienestar regulador, así como por transformaciones intelectuales tales como el avance del materialismo científico y el naturalismo. Además, en lugar de retratar el realismo jurídico casi exclusivamente como una crítica del formalismo jurídico y el conceptualismo, los historiadores intelectuales deben discutir el realismo jurídico como un antídoto intelectual contra las diversas corrientes intelectuales autoritarias y totalitarias características de las décadas de 1920 y 1930.
Inclusive Education: Origins, ‘Defectology’, and Kosovo’s Experiences of Inclusive Education
Authors: Joubert Roelien , Harrington Ingrid
Published: November 2019

Vygotsky (1993) first identified the theory of ‘Defectology’ to understand and describe children with special and additional needs, but essentially categorized them as ‘defective’ (Bartlett et al., 2004; Thomazet, 2009). It is with Vygotsky’s theory in mind that inclusive education frameworks in Kosovo and Russia are critically examined: whilst they both present similar methods of educating students with additional needs (Bartlett, Power & Blatch, 2004), analysis of these methods against their contrasting socio-political environments, requires careful consideration and attention.
'To secure a better future': the affordances and constraints of complex familial and social factors encoded in higher education students' narratives of engagement.
Authors: Trowler Vicki , Allan Robert L. , Din Rukhsana R.
Published: November 2019

Not all students admitted to higher education have the same chances of success, with differential outcomes reported for students from a variety of widening participation backgrounds. This paper reports on a study of such students in a science foundation programme in the north of England.
Analysing their stated motivations and aspirations for study reveals complex familial and social factors which enable and constrain their ability to engage with their studies. These notably include the duties and obligations towards their extended families that exist as a kinship tax and which
threaten their ability to sustain sufficient time, energy and headspace to meet the demands of their studies. This presents challenges in teaching these students, whose priorities may not lie unambiguously with their studies, given their familial and social contexts.
Anglo-Saxon and Latinate Synonyms: The Case of Speed vs. Velocity
Authors: Franceschi Daniele
Published: November 2019

The aim of this paper is to provide an initial analysis of the semantic relations holding between Anglo-Saxon and Latinate synonyms in present-day English. It is an acknowledged fact that the lexicon of English consists of a basic indigenous vocabulary of Germanic origin with many foreign borrowings especially from French, Latin and Greek. This has produced an etymologically diverse word-stock characterized by distinct features. Near-synonymous words with a different etymology can be a source of confusion and dictionaries often fail to clearly distinguish between them. Pairs of Anglo-Saxon vs. Latinate words, such as speed/velocity, sweat/perspire, lunatic/insane, etc., are often said to be equivalent in meaning, with differences only in terms of style and register. The scenario, however, is more subtle, complex and interesting than this. A finer-grained analysis of speed and velocity, for instance, shows, on the one hand, that there is a high degree of interchangeability between the two words. On the other hand, though, the semantics of speed is more generic, neutral and broader in scope, while velocity expresses specific and restricted meanings. In addition to this generic-specific relation between the two words, velocity appears to undergo metaphoric extension.
Pragma-Semantic Relations in the Structure of a Business Microblog
Authors: Radyuk Alexandra V. , Ivanova Maria V. , Badmatsyrenova Darima A. , Makukha Vasily S.
Published: November 2019

The article considers the business microblog as a new business communication register and studies its structural and semantic properties. The relevance of the work is determined by the fact that at present the microblog register in the context of business communication and its semantic structure are not fully studied. The authors aim to find out what pragmatic, structural and semantic features are peculiar to business messages in social network Twitter. Using the methods of discourse analysis, semantic and linguosynergetic analysis, we identified such structural properties of business microblogs as hypertextuality, interactivity, spontaneity, business context, dialogism, situationality and expressiveness. Semantic properties include most frequent pragma-semantic relations between propositions in microblogs (explanation, expansion, causation, pragmatic commentary). The language material shows that the genre of business microblogging is the result of mixing and contamination of oral and written registers of business discourse, as well as the emergence of new technical means of communication. A linguosynergetic analysis of propositions showed that the semantic structure is determined by the communicative intention of the addressee and, due to the small volume of messages, is based on two or three propositions connected by certain logical relationships. Further research on this topic can be carried out in the field of studying other genres and the influence of addressee factor in online communication.
Exact Controllability of the Heat Equation by Temporarily Strategic Actuators Borders
Authors: SECK Cheikh
Published: November 2019

The use of the strategic zone actuators, where possible, to control a system is simpler because the unknown functions depend only on the time variable. However, the restrictions and difficulties for establishing the coercivity inequality of the parabolic operator, requires looking for other methods of internal controls. So, we will generalize the concept of actuators strategic areas and deduce results of exact controllability.
A Note on Testing Serial Correlation in Partially Linear Additive Measurement Error Models
Authors: Li Jing , Li Xueyan
Published: November 2019

The paper considers the problem of testing error serial correlation of partially linear additive measurement error model. We propose a test statistic and show that it converges to the standard chi-square distribution under the null hypothesis. Finally, a simulation study is conducted to illustrate the performance of the test approach.
Sedimentation rate and suPAR in relation to disease activity and mortality in patients with tuberculosis
Authors: Schulman H. , Niward K. , Abate E. , Idh J. , Axenram P. , Bornefall A. , Forsgren S. , Jakobsson J. , öhrling C. , Kron M. , Brudin L. , Diro E. , Getachew Kebede A. , Paues J. , Bruchfeld J. , Wejse C. , Stendahl O. , Schön T.
Published: November 2019

OBJECTIVE: To investigate how levels of the soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) correlate with disease activity and prognosis in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis of
patients with active PTB (n = 500) in Gondar, Ethiopia, for whom the suPAR (n = 301) and ESR (n = 330) were analysed at the start of treatment. Both biomarkers were available for 176 patients. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, chest X-ray (CXR) findings, classification
according to the clinical TBscore and treatment outcome were all recorded.RESULTS: In a multivariable logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, sex and HIV status, surrogate markers of disease activity such as advanced CXR patterns correlated with increased levels of suPAR
(adjusted OR [aOR] 8.24, P < 0.001) and of ESR (aOR 1.63, P = 0.030), whereas ESR only correlated significantly with a TBscore >6 points. Increased levels of both suPAR and ESR were associated with unsuccessful treatment outcomes (aOR 2.93, P = 0.013; aOR 2.52, P
= 0.025). The highest quartile of suPAR (aOR 13.3, P = 0.029) but not ESR levels correlated independently with increased mortality.CONCLUSION: SuPAR and ESR levels correlate with disease activity in PTB; however, the clinical role of these potentially prognostic biomarkers
needs to be verified in prospective studies.
Lektury bohaterek Jane Austen – utopijna edukacja sentymentalna czy ucieczka przed odpowiedzialnością?
Authors: Grusza Sylwia
Published: November 2019

The article is to describe an interesting phenomenon of the duplication of the literary patterns of behaviour among female protagonists created by Jane Austen. The subject of the paper is the analysis of the set books of the heroines invented by the British author in the both social and cultural context. Jane Austen’s novels can be regarded as the treasury of knowledge on the existence of the young girls at that time. The omnipresent conventions took away their right to dreams and self-fulfilment in almost every sphere of life. Lots of them found the coveted hope of improving their lives on the pages of overly aesthetic, sentimental novels. The characters from the books became inspirational among the female sex. The view of young ladies was based on their inner cultivation of the behaviour and mood which were inseparable from the girls from the popular romances. The patterns, continually given by fiction, took the place of humanistic and scientific knowledge, making the girls unaware – without the simplest information about the world. The subjects given in a wrong way by wrong teachers lowered their interest in education among youth, which also led to the popularity of sentimental, historical (especially those presenting the romance on the background of crucial events form the history of the given country) and Gothic novels. The text will concern the analysis of the attitude of the heroines created by the British author – on the basis of their set books and the position of Jane Austen in the range of literary criticism and the above-mentioned social phenomenon.
Emma Tennant. Rozważna i romantyczna
Authors: Poniatowska Izabela
Published: November 2019

The article is devoted to the works of Emma Tennant, an English writer, the author of, inter alia, the continuation of Sense and Sensibility, Emma, as well as Pride and Prejudice. A characteristic feature of Tennant’s writing was the ability to give new meanings to the texts and myths of the popular culture – so she did with the story of Elinor and Marianne, or Sylvia Plath, to whom she devoted one of her better texts. The article, based on the example of Emma Tennant’s writing, focuses on the issues of the strategy of creating literature as rewriting and functioning of feminist ideas in the modern literature.
Zagubione w Austen: Duma i uprzedzenie w postmodernistycznej odsłonie – między parodią a nostalgią
Authors: Terentowicz-Fotyga Urszula
Published: November 2019

The article analyses an ITV series Lost in Austen (2008), directed by Dan Zeff, as an example of postmodern play with Pride and Prejudice. Moving the contemporary heroine to the imaginary, textual sphere, the movie compares the reality of the 19th and the 21st century, emphasizing the visibly different positions of women. It not only “rewrites” the course of events, but also makes the tensions (which were previously silenced by the romance convention) more dynamic. Oscillating between the parody and nostalgia, Lost in Austen both continues and enriches Pride and Prejudice. Playful engagement with the original novel is the principal theme and motif of the series, but also the subject of its parodistic criticism. Lost in Austen engages both with the novel and with its 20th century reception. Moreover, by creative reinterpretation of the writer’s text, it shows the changing paradigms of the 20th century criticism and the cultural and literary theory. Highlighting the aspects of the novel important for the contemporary era, it initiates an interesting dialogue with the rich intertextual tapestry that contemporary popular culture weaved around Jane Austen.
Teoria, nostalgia, alt-right: amerykańska Austen w XXI wieku
Authors: Golubiewski Mikołaj
Published: November 2019

In July 2017, some American scholars accused alt-right groups of appropriating Jane Austen’s works for extreme-right propaganda. How could Austen’s texts – an author associated with the beginnings of feminism – be used by blatant misogynists? This clash of perceptions reveals a dispute between Austen’s broad reception as classically romantic romances and a whole range of narrow theoretical academic readings. In the analysis of this dispute, the paper outlines long-lasting threads of Austen’s interpretation in AngloAmerican culture, whose ideological reconstruction of the last few decades clashes with a nostalgia for imperial order.
Physical Model of Vertical Water Movement Inside a Soil-Column Apparatus for Infiltration Study with A Two-Way Orientation Approach
Authors: Fajar Reza Adhi , Handayani Gunawan , Notosiswoyo Sudarto , Widodo Lilik Eko , Pamungkas Tri Chandra
Published: November 2019

To improve the theory of Richard's equation, studying infiltration under free-draining conditions at the ground surface is necessary. Verification is required to clarify the physical model of water movement. The aim of this study was to describe multistage measurements of both the wetting and the drying front scheme of one-dimensional infiltration at laboratory scale. A soil-column infiltration apparatus was built consisting of a double acrylic wall, a sensor set and a light bulb. Acrylic was chosen as the material for the wall to minimize possible heat conduction on the wall side, which was wrapped in double insulation to achieve adiabatic condition. The following three main sensors were used and controlled by a microcontroller: water-content, pressure and temperature sensors. Meanwhile, the light bulb at the top of the apparatus was set to non-isothermal condition. The instrument was successfully built to describe vertical water movement. Slight modifications were carried out to ensure more precise observation. This resulted in the initiating of new shape interpretation based on the water-ponding measurement to refine the simplified pattern that was introduced by the conventional Green-Ampt theory.
An Evaluation of Pile-Raft Interaction in Cohesive Soils using 3D Finite Element Method
Authors: Susila Endra , Syahputra Muhammad Yoke , Sahadewa Andhika , Putri Karina Meilawati Eka
Published: November 2019

This paper presents the results of a numerical study of soil-structure interaction in a piled-raft foundation system in clay soil by reviewing the deformation and load transfer mechanism of the piled-raft foundation system. ABAQUS was used to evaluate the interaction in the system, while a Mohr-Coulomb constitutive model was chosen to model the clay soil. Verification of the model was conducted by comparing the simulation result to an experimental laboratory result. The verification result showed that the model used in this research agreed well with the experimental laboratory research. Subsequently, a parametric study was performed by varying the pile spacing, raft size, pile length, and raft thickness. A parametric study was conducted on very stiff and hard clays. This study concludes that the load transfer mechanism in a piled-raft foundation system between the pile and raft foundation occurs after the pile reaches its ultimate capacity and is in the plastic zone.
Viscosity Measurement of Blended Patchouli Oil at Atmospheric Pressure and Room Temperature
Authors: Yusibani Elin , Woodfield Peter Lloyd , Ardiah Lena , Surbakti Muhammad Syukri , Rahmi Rahmi
Published: November 2019

Patchouli is an essential oil used in perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, insect repellents and also a candidate for biodiesel from non-edible oil. Patchouli oil from Aceh Province, Indonesia, is generally produced using a distillation process. The relationships between physical properties, i.e. the viscosity and quality, of patchouli oil from Aceh Province and blends with other oils, were investigated. The mixture oils used were palm oil, kerosene and lubricant oil SAE 40. The mixture compositions were 100:0; 75:25; 50:50; 25:75 and 0:100 (v/v). It was found that mixing palm crude oil (25%) or lubricant oil (25%) with patchouli oil increased the viscosity by about 41% and 72%, respectively, compared with pure patchouli oil. A 53% decrease in viscosity was observed when the patchouli oil blend contained 25% kerosene. Natural variation in patchouli alcohol (PA) and iron (Fe) content in the patchouli oil sample was found to increase the value of viscosity by up to 1.5%.
Metodologias ativas para o ensino da computação: uma revisão sistemática e um estudo prático
Authors: Hartwig Amanda Körber , Silveira Marlei , Fronza Leonardo , Mattos Mauro , Kohler Luciana P. de Araújo
Published: November 2019

A cultura digital crescente na vida cotidiana das pessoas vem influenciando a forma com que os indivíduos aprendem, consultam informações, participam de grupos e trocam experiências entre si. Com ela, a forma com a qual o aluno interage em sala de aula também está mudando, visto que ele tem as informações nos meios digitais, sendo assim tem-se a questão: qual é o papel da universidade ou do professor para o aluno se este aluno consegue as informações através de outros meios? A partir dessa questão, alguns autores trazem experiências, relatos e estudos na área de metodologias ativas aplicadas ao ensino de modo que o papel entre professor e aluno seja modificado. A partir das metodologias ativas, o aluno recebe o foco principal do ensino-aprendizagem, sendo o protagonista do aprendizado e o professor é o responsável por instiga-lo a aprender e a evoluir seu conhecimento através da informação disponível. Ocorre que, em meio a tanta informação, o professor também precisa se preparar para receber esse aluno e realizar aulas voltadas a eles de forma personalizada, na qual cada um desenvolverá mais as habilidades que lhes competem. Para isso, é importante o estudo das tecnologias de informação que auxiliam na prática do ensino híbrido, pois através delas as metodologias ativas são mescladas entre tecnologia e ensino presencial. Dessa forma, este artigo apresenta uma Revisão Sistemática da Literatura que identificou trabalhos na área de metodologias ativas e em seguida, os relaciona a área da Computação, abordando alguns exemplos de como coloca-las em prática.
Curso de Infraestrutura de Redes nas Escolas: Relato de uma Ação do Programa de Educacão Tutorial
Authors: Mesquita Nayara , Farias Joao , Chaves Letícia Saraiva , Bezerra Carla Ilane Moreira
Published: November 2019

Este artigo descreve as práticas desenvolvidas pela ação do Curso de Infraestrutura de Redes nas Escolas, realizada em uma escola de ensino médio. A ação foi realizada pelo Programa de Educação Tutorial (PET) e teve como objetivos principais, despertar o interesse dos alunos do ensino médio pela área de Tecnologia da Informação (TI) e promover formação específica em atividades relacionadas a infraestrutura e configuração de redes de computadores através de aulas que utilizam de estratégias de metodologias ativas como Aprendizagem Baseada em Times e Aulas Expositivas Dialogadas para disseminar práticas comuns a esse campo de atuação.
Jogo Corrida das Frações - Ludicidade e Pensamento Computacional
Authors: Guarda Graziela , Gonçalves Caroline Dos Santos , Cunha Lidia Raquel Rocha
Published: November 2019

O presente estudo apresenta um relato de experiência acerca de um jogo lúdico "Corrida das Frações". A experiência foi oriunda do conjunto de atividades do projeto de pesquisa Logicamente, cujo enfoque é desenvolver uma metodologia educacional e objetos de aprendizagem utilizando as premissas das aprendizagens criativas, pensamento computacional, cultura maker, computação desplugada e robótica educacional como pilares para a Educação Básica. Neste sentido, o jogo explora de maneira criativa e lúdica as frações matemáticas em suas diferentes vertentes desenvolvendo conjuntamente habilidades do pensamento computacional. A experiência foi considerada exitosa e o reforço matemático dos conteúdos abordados um diferencial.
Oficina de Banco de Dados com Aprendizado Cinestésico para Meninas do Ensino Médio
Authors: Berardi Rita , Kozievitch Nádia , Bim Silvia Amelia , Auceli Pedro
Published: November 2019

Muitas iniciativas mundiais têm buscado atrair meninas para as carreiras STEM (Ciência, Tecnologia, Engenharia e Matemáticas) através de oficinas nas escolas. Este artigo tem como objetivo relatar a experiência de uma oficina de Banco de Dados onde foi aplicada uma adaptação da atividade de computação desplugada Human Branching Databases para ensinar conceitos básicos de Banco de Dados e assim motivar meninas a considerar computação como carreira. Através da análise da compreensão dos conceitos e da percepção sobre a área, os resultados são promissores no uso desse tipo de prática para divulgar e motivar pessoas para a computação.
Mandated Choice: der Zwang zur Entscheidung auf dem Prüfstand von Privacy by Default (Art. 25 Abs. 2 S. 1 DSGVO)
Authors: Martini Mario , Weinzierl Quirin
Published: November 2019

Der Mensch trifft Entscheidungen nicht rein rational. Diese Erkenntnis hat sich in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft längst durchgesetzt. Wie mit „begrenzter Rationalität“ regulatorisch sachgerecht umzugehen ist, ist hingegen weniger klar. Die verhaltensökonomischen Effekte, die Entscheidungen lenken, lassen sich insbesondere normativ nur schwer greifen. Die Privacy by Default-Regelung der DSGVO (Art. 25 Abs. 2 S. 1 DSGVO) illustriert dies paradigmatisch: Sie soll datenschutzfeindliche Voreinstellungen unterbinden. Doch finden Entscheidungsarchitekten stets neue Gestaltungen, die verhaltenspsychologische Effekte zum Nachteil der Privatheit ausnutzen. Eine ihrer praktisch relevantesten Spielarten ist der Zwang zur Entscheidung („Mandated Choice“). In welchem Verhältnis solche Architekturen zu den normativen Vorgaben des Art. 25 Abs. 2 S. 1 DSGVO stehen, ist im Augenblick unklar. Ein tiefer Blick in die verhaltenspsychologischen Hintergründe der Regelung bringt Licht ins Dunkel.
Der Werkschöpfer im Arbeits- und Auftragsverhältnis
Authors: Ottermann Maria
Published: November 2019

The majority of copyright-protected works are created on a contractor or employment basis. In addition, the cross-border use of works has increased. In this book, Maria Ottermann examines how the Urheberrecht in Germany, the copyright law in England and the auteursrecht in the Netherlands resolve conflicts in the distribution of copyright in employer or contractor relationships. She clarifies to what extent the statutory differences in the allocation of original ownership and the scope of moral and exploitation rights can be aligned on a contractual basis. A further focus of this book lies in an examination of the national conflict of laws applicable in Germany, England and the Netherlands and the approaches of the principles of country of protection and country of origin which they represent. The author points out the areas in which European-wide harmonisation would be desirable in this respect.
Die §§ 164, 165 AO als besondere Nebenbestimmungen zum Steuerbescheid
Authors: Busch Philipp
Published: November 2019

Handling mass cases, tax law faces the difficulty of balancing the principles of legal certainty and legal correctness fairly. In order to achieve this, tax authorities may employ tax assessments subject to review (sec. 164 of the AO, Germany’s fiscal code) and provisional tax assessments (sec. 165), both of which are applied in millions of cases each year. Taking these sections’ great importance into account, the author analyses these two legal institutions in detail in this study, while also discussing the legal foundations of ancillary provisions in the field of tax law. This dissertation’s main concern is to highlight the exact regulatory content of both the proviso of reviewing a case and notice of provisional status, and to illustrate what it means in terms of regulatory procedure when the review proviso is cancelled or a provisional tax assessment is declared final by the tax authorities. Moreover, the author drafts proposals to improve sec. 164, 165 of the AO.
Religious Presuppositions of Logic and Rationality
Authors: Neto Alberto Leopoldo Batista ,   Akademia Ignatianum
Published: November 2019

There is a crisis in philosophical rationality today—in which modern logicisimplicated—thatcanbetracedtotheabandonmentofacommonbackground of principles. The situation has no parallel within the pre-modern tradition, which not only admits of such principles (as an unproblematic presumption), but also refers them back to a set of assumptions grounded in a clearly religious frame of mind. Modern conceptions of rationality claim complete independence from religious sources, as from tradition more generally, and typically end up disposing of first principles altogether. The result is a fragmentation of reason, which can be seen to be dramatically exemplified in the realm of modern logic, populated by countless different systems and incompatible conceptions of what it is to be a logic. Many of the conceptual choices that became implicit in the philosophical discussions eventually leading to the rejection of the religious picture, and ultimately to the aforementioned crisis, were themselves originally linked to religious premises, so that all along, a kind of religious subconscious has subsisted throughout those disputations; however, the lack of any proper recognition of this background obstructs the possibility of making a reasonable assessment of the nature and causes of the crisis. Alasdair MacIntyre, whose thought inspires the argument developed here, reached similar conclusions regarding practical (or moral) rationality and the effects of abandoning the teleological framework of Aristotelian (and Thomistic) philosophy. MacIntyre’s arguments can be adapted, as he suggests, to deal with reason more generally, and his insistence upon the tradition-laden character of rational enquiry can help point toward the grounding of human reason in religion.