bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cone-like rhodopsin expressed in the all cone retina of the colubrid pine snake as a potential adaptation to diurnality
Authors: Bhattacharyya Nihar , Darren Benedict , Schott Ryan K. , Tropepe Vincent , Chang Belinda S. W.
Published: May 2017

Colubridae is the largest and most diverse family of snakes, with visual systems that reflect this diversity, encompassing a variety of retinal photoreceptor organizations. The transmutation theory proposed by Walls postulates that photoreceptors could evolutionarily transition between cell types in squamates, but few studies have tested this theory. Recently, evidence for transmutation and rod-like machinery in an all cone retina has been identified in a diurnal garter snake (Thamnophis), and it appears that the rhodopsin gene at least may be widespread among colubrid snakes. However, functional evidence supporting transmutation beyond the existence of the rhodopsin gene remains rare. We examined the all cone retina of another colubrid, Pituophis melanoleucus, thought to be more secretive/burrowing than Thamnophis. We found that P. melanoleucus expresses two cone opsins (SWS1, LWS) and rhodopsin (RH1) within the eye. Immunohistochemistry localized rhodopsin to the outer segment of photoreceptors in the all-cone retina of the snake and all opsin genes produced functional visual pigments when expressed in vitro. Consistent with other studies, we found that P. melanoleucus rhodopsin is extremely blue-shifted. Surprisingly, P. melanoleucus rhodopsin reacted with hydroxylamine, a typical cone opsin characteristic. These results support the idea that the rhodopsin-containing photoreceptors of P. melanoleucus are the products of evolutionary transmutation from rod ancestors, and suggests that this phenomenon may be widespread in colubrid snakes. We hypothesize that transmutation may be an adaptation for diurnal, brighter-light vision, which could result in increased spectral sensitivity and chromatic discrimination with the potential for colour vision.
A resource for functional profiling of noncoding RNA in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Authors: Parker Steven , Fraczek Marcin G. , Wu Jian , Shamsah Sara , Manousaki Alkisti , Dungrattanalert Kobchai , de Almeida Rogerio Alves , Estrada-Rivadeneyra Diego , Omara Walid , Delneri Daniela , O'Keefe Raymond T.
Published: May 2017

Eukaryotic genomes are extensively transcribed, generating many different RNAs with no known function. We have constructed 1502 molecular barcoded ncRNA gene deletion strains encompassing 443 ncRNAs in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as tools for ncRNA functional analysis. This resource includes deletions of small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs), transfer RNAs (tRNAs), small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), and other annotated ncRNAs as well as the more recently identified stable unannotated transcripts (SUTs) and cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs) whose functions are largely unknown. Specifically, deletions have been constructed for ncRNAs found in the intergenic regions, not overlapping genes or their promoters (i.e., at least 200 bp minimum distance from the closest gene start codon). The deletion strains carry molecular barcodes designed to be complementary with the protein gene deletion collection enabling parallel analysis experiments. These strains will be useful for the numerous genomic and molecular techniques that utilize deletion strains, including genome-wide phenotypic screens under different growth conditions, pooled chemogenomic screens with drugs or chemicals, synthetic genetic array analysis to uncover novel genetic interactions, and synthetic dosage lethality screens to analyze gene dosage. Overall, we created a valuable resource for the RNA community and for future ncRNA research.
Cities of Resilience: Integrated Adaptive Planning
Authors: Hudec Oto
Published: May 2017

Purpose: to classify the definitions and approaches towards the concept of the city of resilience, to understand the reciprocal influences of academic research, resilience assessments and planning results as well as to identify the inconsistencies and formulate future research directions.Methodology/Approach: explanatory analysis, literature-based work comparing definitions, principles, dimensions. Rationalised analytic reasoning and approaches which lead to formulating crucial research questions.Findings: the definitions of city resilience are classified according to objects and fields. The differentiations in the sustainability and resilience concepts are indicated and an adaptive planning framework is described.Research Limitation/implication: the main challenges are filling in the gap between the theory and practice of city resilience literature, dealing with the complexity, the implementation of complexity theory considering self-organisation.Originality/Value of paper: the analysis contributes to the clarification of the main concept, classification of the main approaches and the formulation of open research questions and future trends.
Towards a Local Comprehensive Productive Development Strategy: A Methodological Proposal for the Metropolitan City of Naples
Authors: Girard Luigi Fusco , Cerreta Maria , De Toro Pasquale
Published: May 2017

Purpose: Identify homogeneous areas for metropolitan cities in order to activate a new governance based on territorial synergistic and symbiotic conditions, thus increasing multidimensional territorial productive processes through spatial planning.Methodology/Approach: The adopted methodology aimed at structuring a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) through three main phases: 1) Selection of criteria and indicators; 2) Statistical implementation procedures; 3) Multi-criteria evaluation.Findings: Experimentation of a useful procedure for supporting the elaboration of strategic metropolitan plans oriented to development strategies for achieving a comprehensive territorial productivity. The obtained results can support the selection of territorial opportunities able to integrate complementary local resources and to activate synergies and symbiosis among them, combining tangible and intangible components.Research Limitation/implication: The research is the first step of a more general study that will be improved with the availability of more data, especially with reference to the industrial and economic processes.Originality/Value of paper: Proposal of an approach based on a complete integration between Geographic Information System, Multivariate Analysis and Multi-Criteria Evaluation in order to improve the governance of metropolitan cities.
Geocraft as a Means to Support the Development of Smart Cities, Getting the People of the Place Involved - Youth Included -
Authors: Scholten Henk
Published: May 2017

Purpose: In this paper we present Geocraft, a Geo-ICT framework meant to provide the information needed to support the development of smart cities in an accessible and user-friendly way. We explored whether Geocraft could be an effective way to get the people of the place, especially youth, involved in geospatial issues.Methodology/Approach:Geocraft is a virtual environment in which we import real geospatial data into the gaming environment of the popular computer game Minecraft. In Geocraft, we can run real-time impact models to virtually simulate ánd visualise future developments and their implications, providing the user with relevant information during design processes. Geocraft is linked to Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs); data generated or added in Geocraft can upgrade existing databases and SDIs. In four use cases, Geocraft is used by children and high school students to address spatial planning challenges with the help of Geocraft.Findings: Geocraft has an appropriate level of abstraction to effectively represent the real world. The use of Geocraft enhances insight in geospatial relations and can raise awareness and insights in a number of geospatial issues. Geocraft can be used to collect the ideas of citizens, in this case children, and engage them in urban planning issues to raise solutions that can reckon on public support. Geocraft can engage thousands of children working on the same geospatial project in the same online Geocraft world. Spatial scenarios designed in Geocraft can be effectively translated into a feasible spatial design and be imported to the digital environment of professional designers. Moreover, Geocraft turned out to be a valuable educational tool to develop typical 21th century skills: communicating, finding and evaluating information, creating and innovating, collaborating and problem solving.We conclude that as an easy to use smart visualisation tool, in which everybody can build future scenarios, Geocraft can be used to get the people of the place involved with geospatial issues.Research Limitation/implication: We present qualitative research results. In the next step, we will investigate how statistically significant the improvements in learning skills are.Originality/Value of paper: This paper presents a new digital environment facilitating citizen participation and educational processes. We use actual spatial data to transform physical reality into a parallel and playable virtual version of that reality. Herein we can simulate spatial processes and support collaboration. By doing so, we can provide unique visualizations of complex processes, raising insights across the borders of disciplines in an user-friendly way.
Multicriteria Tools for the Implementation of Historic Urban Landscape
Authors: Gravagnuolo Antonia , Girard Luigi Fusco
Published: May 2017

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview and critical outlook of current evaluation tools for the implementation of the UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach, focusing on the need of multidimensional / multistakeholder evaluation and impact assessment to turn heritage / landscape into a driver of sustainable development.Methodology/Approach: We analyse the definition of Historic Urban Landscape comparing the thoretical mandate to current tools / practices. Based on literature review and critical analysis of recent experiences, we identify indicators categories and evaluation methods that can be applied for a reacher cost-benefit analysis.Findings: Indicators and evaluation methods for multidmensional impact assessment of conservation / regeneration are not applied in HUL recent initiatives and guidelines. Evaluation tools can be developed and tested to inform decision-making processes and to turn the cultural value of heritage / landscape into a resource able to attract investments. A framework for HUL impact assessment can be structured including wellbeing indicators and stakeholders analysis.Research Limitation/implication: New hybrid tools are proposed, providing a possible toolkit for evaluation. However, it needs further testing and implementation.Originality/Value of paper: This paper contributes to bridging the gap between the theoretical approach of the Historic Urban Landscape and its operative practice. The HUL approach has been generally acquired in the theoretical research, but its implementation is still sporadic, and unframed into urban regeneration policies. Evaluation tools are not incorporated in the HUL practices. This paper aims to advance the existing knowledge on evaluation tools to make operational the HUL approach.
CULTURA NACIONAL COMO COMUNIDADE FILMADA: REPRESENTAÇÕES DA NACIONALIDADE NO CINEMA BRASILEIRO
Authors: Botelho Marcos Cezar
Published: May 2017

A reiteração das representações da nacionalidade em filmes e na cultura midiática em geral indicia a viabilidade da nação como uma categoria persistente — embora mais evanescente e menos sólida do que na era moderna — de análise da cultura. Mesmo que seu centro produtor de identificações, o Estado-Nação, tenha perdido a força de homogeneização e persuasão política, a narrativa da nação, em meio à problemática das identidades coletivas no mundo globalizado, continua sendo reescrita e debatida no ci-nema brasileiro contemporâneo.
RECRIAÇÕES DE UM TEXTO LITERÁRIO, OU: DO RISO AO SUSSURRO
Authors: De Oliveira Marinyze das Graças Prates
Published: May 2017

Promove-se, neste artigo, uma análise da coletânea Missa do galo: variações sobre o mesmo tema, na qual seis escritores fazem uma releitura do conto de Machado de Assis, adotando, em sua maioria, o ponto de vista de diferentes personagens. Procura-se explorar as similaridades entre tal o-peração e a transcriação de um texto literário para o cinema, bem como o fa-to de o ponto de vista das escravas negras, referidas no texto matricial, não ter sido adotado em nenhuma das novas versões do conto machadiano.
VIOLÊNCIA, FOME E SONHO: AS ESTÉTICAS DO SUBDESENVOLVIMENTO NO DISCURSO DE GLAUBER ROCHA
Authors: Siega Paula Regina
Published: May 2017

Recuperando o texto Cinema Novo e Cinema Mundial, matriz do célebre Uma estética da fome, analisamos a perspectiva anticolonial de Glauber Rocha na tese que defendeu na cidade de Gênova, em 1965, e que ficou conhecida na Europa como A estética da violência. Com uma fala cortante e provocadora, Glauber Rocha denunciava, de um lado, o desejo de primitivismo do observador europeu e, do outro, o comodismo do público brasileiro, vendo em ambos a perpetuação de uma mentalidade tipicamente colonial. Ao superar o tradicional complexo de inferioridade do intelectual brasileiro frente à arte e ao pensamento europeus, o cineasta via na estética da violên-cia a possibilidade de uma revolução cultural do terceiro mundo. Receptor das escritas de Friedrich Nietzsche, Frantz Fanon e Josué de Castro, propunha um novo ponto de vista a partir do qual interpretar as criações artísticas do subdesenvolvimento, dissociando-o das suas habituais conotações melodra-máticas para revelar a sua condição trágica.
PERSPECTIVA POÉTICA DE NEGOCIAÇÃO — PROPOSTA TEÓRICA E METODOLÓGICA PARA DISCUTIR O PROCESSO DE ADAPTAÇÃO FÍLMICA DE ROMANCES
Authors: Da Silva Juliana de Fátima Alves , Serafim José Francisco
Published: May 2017

Este artigo discute questões relativas à adaptação de obras literá-rias para o cinema, buscando desenvolver e apresentar uma proposta meto-dológica e teórica que possibilite orientar a discussão sobre o assunto em uma direção mais apropriada do que tem percorrido os estudos recentes so-bre o tema. Denominamos tal proposta de Perspectiva Poética de Negocia-ção. O desenvolvimento desta proposta está diretamente relacionado à ma-neira como se define o processo de adaptação. Nesse sentido, neste trabalho, sugerimos como a adaptação deve ser entendida conceitualmente e, posteriormente, se apresenta os elementos e parâmetros metodológicos que permitem ao analista tanto verificar como cada obra (filme e romance) está configurada narrativamente para provocar determinados efeitos, assim como compará-las, observando o que foi transferido e o que foi transforma-do de uma para outra.
A IRONIA DO NARRADOR E O DRAMA TRÁGICO DA HOSPITALIDADE CANIBAL EM DOGVILLE, DE LARS VON TRIER
Authors: De Souza Carlos Cézar Mascarenhas
Published: May 2017

Este artigo tem por objetivo abordar, a partir da enunciação irônica que afeta a voz do narrador no filme Dogville, do cineasta Lars Von Trier, a imagem de um destino trágico em função do “Drama da hospitalidade cani-bal”, à luz da psicanálise freudo-lacaniana articulada às contribuições de Jac-ques Derrida e Emmanuel Lévinas.
POÉTICAS DA DIFERENÇA: A REPRESENTAÇÃO DE SI NA LÍRICA AFRO-FEMININA
Authors: Santos Lívia Maria Natália De Souza
Published: May 2017

Este artigo se propõe a pensar a literatura afro-feminina como insti-tuidora de uma rasura teórica necessária no campo da teoria da literatura.
HABILIDADES PERCEPTIVAS E CULTURA: A CAPOEIRA COMO MODO DE VER E DE SER
Authors: Zonzon Christine
Published: May 2017

A partir de um estudo do ensino e da prática da capoeira, focaliza-mos as qualidades que se constituem como critérios de excelência expressas pelos termos malícia, malandragem ou mandinga. Ressalta-se que a malícia caracteriza tanto os fazeres do corpo como as interações sociais do capoeiris-ta, revelando-se como um modo de ser diante das tensões e conflitos poten-ciais. Essa perspectiva aponta para a dimensão existencial da experiência corporal e nos convida a uma releitura dessa tradição que tem se reforçado como emblema da cultura afrobrasileira, com significados étnico-políticos postos em destaque ao longo das últimas décadas. No texto que segue, pro-põe-se apreender as formas peculiares de atuar/ser do capoeirista associan-do-as ao desenvolvimento de habilidades perceptivas específicas, entre as quais os modos de atenção visual ocupam um lugar central. A investigação da visão e da motricidade que subjazem à atuação maliciosa do capoeirista procura enriquecer a discussão sobre as especifidades sensoriais próprias a cada cultura e demonstrar que o sentido da visão nem sempre se apresenta a serviço da cultura ocidental visualista, como o pretendem recentes estudos da antropologia dos sentidos. A abordagem visa a revisitar antigas questões em torno da cultura e da sua transmissão, inspirando-se nos aportes da fe-nomenologia e da antropologia cultural, notadamente através de uma inter-pretação dos conceitos de “habitar o mundo” de Maurice Merleau-Ponty e do “par organismo/ambiente” de Tim Ingold.
A REPRESENTAÇÃO DA MORTE NOS CONTOS DE CADERNO NEGROS, V. 34
Authors: Alves Miriam
Published: May 2017

O presente artigo empreende análise dos contos reunidos no vol-ume 34 da Cadernos Negros, publicação cooperativada de escritores negros dos mais diversos pontos do Brasil, reunidos em torno do selo editorial Quilombhoje Literatura. Dos 22 contos do volume 34, a análise se detém naqules que tematizam a morte.
ABANDONO E ERRÂNCIA: A BUSCA IDENTITÁRIA EM LÉONORA MIANO E PAULINA CHIZIANE
Authors: Germano Patrícia Gomes , Bezerra Rosilda Alves
Published: May 2017

O pós-colonial pode ser visualizado como uma condição propícia à mobilidade, à errância, à fluidez. Imersos nesse universo caótico e fraturado, sujeitos vagueiam, pontuam relações e se mobilizam para se afirmarem en-quanto identidade em meio aos fluxos, ao nomadismo. Textos timbrados com o “rótulo” de pós-coloniais convidam leitores à reflexão de como itin-erários conflituosos, desenvolvidos em espaços de múltiplos encontros, des-velam a fragmentação circunscrita nas formações identitárias. Nesse sentido, a proposta do presente artigo é identificar de que forma esses aportes norteadores de “padrões” e “fixações” identitárias ocorrem nas obras de Léonora Miano e Paulina Chiziane.
DOS PERIGOS DA CIDADE AOS RISCOS DO URBANISMO: COMO OS CONCEITOS DE COMPLEXIDADE, RISCO E SISTEMA EM NIKLAS LUHMANN AJUDAM A DISCUTIR O FUTURO DO URBANISMO
Authors: V. Amaro João Julio
Published: May 2017

O âmago da teoria de Luhmann é a comunicação. Toda comunicação no interior de um sistema opera pela seleção e processamento de apenas uma quantidade limitada de informações disponíveis de fora. Cada sistema trabalha estritamente em seus próprios códigos e sem acordo sobre os modos como outros sistemas percebem seu entorno. Niklas Luhmann desen- volve um programa teórico para exame desta questão. Sua premissa é que o conceito de risco projeta, no presente, aspectos essenciais de nossa descrição do futuro. Risco é concebido como a possibilidade de uma decisão desencadeadora de consequências improváveis, inesperadas e prejudiciais, ser atribuída aos tomadores de decisão. Assentados nessa teoria,  discutimos uma abordagem para explorar a complexidade do sistema urbano.
O HORIZONTE E O “RITO DE CIDADE”
Authors: Lopes Myriam Bahia
Published: May 2017

O texto acompanha as transformações da noção de horizonte e mantém o ritmo dado pelo ponto, o início da cidade e o seu contraponto, que se situa no futuro desse passado. Ele visa mostrar o processo de espacialização e de subjetivação dos corpos na cidade de Belo Horizonte relacionando-o a um contexto sócio-sensorial e técnico em mutação.
LER AS IMAGENS DOS DESENHOS ANIMADOS: UM HÁBITO A ENSINAR E APRENDER NA ESCOLA
Authors: De Andrade Carla Borges
Published: May 2017

Num mundo dominado pelas imagens e informações, muito mais que apreciar essa linguagem artístico-imagética, faz-se necessário ensinar desde a escola a ler efetivamente esses textos pictóricos. Uma maneira atraente aos alunos de se fazer isso é utilizando em sala de aula os desenhos animados. Este texto objetiva fomentar a discussão a respeito do ensino da leitura de imagens e orientar os docentes acerca da utilização dos desenhos animados para que esta prática realmente se torne efetiva nas escolas.
As orações relativas no falar feirense: Uma descrição preliminar
Authors: Da Silva Jéssica Carneiro , Figueiredo Cristina , Araújo Silvana Silva de Farias
Published: May 2017

Neste trabalho, faz-se uma discussão teórica e uma revisão de literatura sobre as estratégias de relativização, traçando explicações acerca das cinco estratégias existentes: 1. A relativa padrão; 2. A relativa padrão com lembrete; 3. A relativa pied piping; 4. A relativa cortadora; 5. A relativa cortadora com lembrete, descrevendo suas funções sintáticas. Revisitam-se os pressupostos teóricos da Sociolinguística Laboviana, discutindo os principais conceitos, ideias e perspectivas, correlacionando-os com um breve percurso sócio-histórico sobre a cidade de Feira de Santana, situada no semiárido baiano, região também conhecida como a zona da agropecuária. Em linhas gerais, este trabalho reúne discussões sucintas sobre a sócio-história do português brasileiro (PB) – levando em conta aspectos como o forte contato linguístico e a transmissão linguística irregular – e a sócio-história do município baiano de Feira de Santana –, enfatizando suas características comerciais, o fator migratório e sua posição geográfica. Ademais, busca-se elencar uma variação de ordem sintática no português feirense falado, representada por dados reais de fala extraídos do projeto A língua portuguesa do semiárido baiano – Fase 3: amostras da língua falada em Feira de Santana-Ba, sediado no Núcleo de Estudos da Língua Portuguesa (NELP), descrevendo-se os possíveis fatores linguísticos e sociais dessa variação, com a finalidade de difundir os resultados parciais obtidos na pesquisa desenvolvida no âmbito do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), com a dissertação de mestrado intitulada “As orações relativas no português falado em Feira de Santana”, em andamento.
NOTAS SOBRE A PRESENÇA DA SÁTIA MENIPÉIA NAS MEMÓRIAS PÓSTUMAS E NO CONTO O SEGREDO DO BONZO
Authors: França Eduardo Melo
Published: May 2017

Este artigo se propõe a verificar, nas Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas, a inserção do narrador digressivo e hipertrofiado, característico da sátira me-nipéia, mais especificamente do romance A vida e as opiniões do cavalheiro Tris-tram Shandy. Também pretendemos mostrar que o conto O segredo do bonzo pode ser lido como resultado de um diálogo entre Machado e Sterne acerca da Retórica e de suas possibilidade de manipulação e de estatuto de Verdade.
OS POEMAS AGRESTES DE GERALDO VALENÇA
Authors: Jardim Adilson Guimarães
Published: May 2017

Poeta pernambucano que estreou nos anos 40, sem pertencer a ne-nhuma vanguarda, mas transitando entre algumas delas, sob influência da re-tomada dos esquemas métricos isossilábicos e de formas como o soneto, com temática regional, Geraldo Valença dá prosseguimento a certos diálogos entre a modernidade e a pós-modernidade, como o tema da identidade e dos espaços: totalitários no primeiro e fragmentados no segundo.
“ALUDIR É MELHOR QUE NOMEAR”: A LEITURA E A ALUSÃO NO TEXTO LITERÁRIO
Authors: Torga Vânia Lucia Menezes
Published: May 2017

Estudo sobre leitura, ensino e aprendizagem e intertextualidade e tem como objetivo investigar o movimento de sentido da alusão na constru-ção de uma teoria de leitura que contempla as estratégias textuais que deli-neiam o projeto de leitor proposto pelos autores estudados, quando o pro-duto fala ao mesmo tempo do processo em algumas obras literárias como “Ler, escrever e fazer conta de cabeça, “Por Parte de Pai” e “Ciganos” de Bartolomeu Campos Queirós e “O Risco do bordado” de Autran Dourado. A organização teórico-metodológica da leitura se dá sob a perspectiva da re-lação de simetria/assimetria proposta pelas estratégias textuais, distribuídas pelas categorias da memória, metáfora/metonímia na articulação lingüístico-semântica que operacionaliza a produção da alusão, a partir de Bakhtin, A-morim, Campos, Gagnebin, Torga, Authier-Revuz, Eco, Walty, Cury e Pau-lino, Kosik que dão suporte ao estudo.
APAGAMENTO DA OCLUSIVA DENTAL NO DIALETO DO BREJO PARAIBANO: UMA REGRA VARIÁVEL
Authors: De Lucena Rubens Marques , De Vasconcelos Denise Cunha
Published: May 2017

presente pesquisa, fundamentada no modelo teórico da sociolin-güística quantitativa, versa sobre o apagamento da oclusiva dental /d/ nos grupos “ndo”, na língua falada na região do Brejo da Paraíba. Os dados fo-ram extraídos de um corpus composto por registros de fala de 6 informantes residentes naquela região. As entrevistas, gravadas em situações naturais de interação social, foram realizadas com base em questões voltadas para os in-teresses de cada informante, de acordo com as informações contidas em uma ficha social. Em seguida, os dados coletados foram submetidos a um tratamento computacional, através do software GOLDVARB X. Como re-sultados preliminares, o software apontou as seguintes variáveis como rele-vantes para o fenômeno em estudo: classe de palavras, sexo e contexto foné-tico-fonológico anterior. Além disto, observou-se que há maior ocorrência da manutenção da oclusiva dental /d/ na fala dos informantes.
A VIRADA CULTURAL E A CRISE DOS ESTUDOS LITERÁRIOS
Authors: Torres José Wanderson Lima
Published: May 2017

Analisa-se a centralidade do conceito de cultura na sociedade pósmoderna e suas conseqüências para os estudos literários. Aponta-se o conflito entre estudos culturais e estudos literários e vindica-se um lócus singular à teoria literária, partindo da hipótese de que a categoria do estético é antes um espaço ambíguo capaz de suscitar contestações aos discursos hegemônicos do que uma manifestação do elitismo cultural.
The datafication of media: Big data and the media industries
Authors: Arsenault Amelia H.
Published: May 2017

The datafication of media and the application of big data services to that data are facilitating new forms of networked associations between media companies. Moreover, big data represents an emerging global format, theoretically analogous to the global proliferation of television formats; media organizations around the world are using big data in an effort to compete in a globalized media marketplace and to better tailor content to local audiences. The article argues that these two interrelated trends have intensified the merging of Internet networks and communication networks, creating new centres of power – not based on control of content but on control of data. The first section provides theoretical and historical context surrounding the proliferation of big data within media industries. The second section examines how ‘hyperscale’ big data networks are solidifying the relationships between large Internet companies and media companies. The article concludes with an exploration of how big data have emerged as a global format in the media industries.
Dimensions of polity, politics and policy in the Austrian media system: Media coverage of the ‘refugee/asylum seeker crisis’
Authors: Zeitel-Bank Natascha
Published: May 2017

This article focuses on the media system in Austria, with particular interest in the portrayal of asylum seekers and refugees in the print news media. The objective is to define conditions, processes, and content issues in order to determine their roles in the coverage of this topic. As a framework for analysis, the model of three political dimensions, polity, politics and policy, is used. For each dimension, key factors are determined. In the analysis of the systemic framework (polity), the legal aspects for mass media, the level of concentration in the Austrian media sector, and the media self-regulation measures are considered to be essential as they form the basis for media plurality and diversity of opinion in a democratic system. Regarding the processes (politics), various main players are identified. These include policy-makers in the parliament and government and their influence on media enterprises, as well as Austrian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) committed to the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Journalists are seen as important actors, even if their gatekeeper-function seems to have changed due to new technologies. Thus, an individual citizen can now also use social media channels as a tool of direct participation and as an agenda-setting opportunity. Concerning the content issues (policy), the descriptive model of news values is considered essential for mass media coverage. A qualitative analysis of online articles in two daily newspapers, Kronen Zeitung and Der Standard, compares the tonality of the discourse in a range of articles and shows differences of the reporting styles in tabloid and quality media. Furthermore, there will be a comparison of online articles in derstandard.at of different time periods, analysing changes in the Austrian media coverage during and after the ‘welcome culture’ with regard to refugees/asylum seekers.
Curate, curate | curator, curator: Curatorial practice in art education
Authors: Lawton Pamela Harris
Published: May 2017

This article discusses the need for formal training in critique, exhibition and curatorial practice for becoming K-12 art teachers and students. Formal curatorial training can better prepare art teachers to educate their students in aesthetics, criticism and art as a form of public discourse. Through an examination of personal experience as artist/educator/curator the author makes a case for teaching curatorial skills to K-12 learners and pre and in-service art educators; suggesting some possibilities for how formal training might take place.
Constraints to a Robust Evidence Base for Anti-Trafficking Interventions
Authors: Harkins Benjamin
Published: May 2017

Over fifteen years after the UN Trafficking Protocol was adopted, the evidence available to determine how much progress has been made in combatting human trafficking remains very limited. This paper provides a practitioner’s perspective on some of the main reasons for the continuing lack of meaningful results documented in the context of anti-trafficking projects. A key finding is that limitations in the practice of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) pose the greatest constraint rather than the clandestine nature of trafficking in persons. There are currently few incentives to be rigorous in pursuing evidence, especially of the contribution made to long-term reductions in human trafficking. Bean counting the direct outputs of activities rather than assessing the outcomes that are intended to flow from them remains the core approach to M&E in the sector. Because the collection and analysis of data has not been prioritised, anti-trafficking initiatives without a strong empirical basis are reflexively continued for years–particularly notable in some of the untested assumptions about the central importance of an effective criminal justice response. Increased commitment by donors and practitioners to raise their standards of evidence for anti-trafficking projects is necessary to move beyond basic accountability and start leveraging learning, including greater willingness to document in rich detail where interventions have failed to produce their intended outcomes.
Aviation Technology Life Cycle Management: Importance for Aviation Companies, Aerospace Industry Organizations and Relevant Stakeholders
Authors: Szabo Stanislav , Koblen Ivan
Published: May 2017

The paper in the introductory part underlines some aspects concerning the importance of Aviation Technology Life Cycle Management and informs on basic international standards for the processes and stages of life cycle. The second part is focused on definition and main objectives of system life cycle management. The authors subsequently inform on system life cycle stages (in general) and system life cycle processes according to ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015 standard. Following the fact, that life cycle cost (LCC) is inseparable part and has direct connection to the life cycle management, the paper contains brief information regarding to LCC (cost categories, cost breakdown structure, cost estimation a.o.). Recently was issued the first part of Aviation Technology Life Cycle Management monograph (in Slovak: ”Manažment životného cyklu leteckej techniky I”), written by I.Koblen and S.Szabo. Following this fact and direct relation to the topic of article it is a part of article briefly introduced the content of two parts of this monograph (the 2nd part of monograph it has been prepared for the print). The last part of article is focused on issue concerning main assumptions and conditions for successful application of aviation technology life cycle management in aviation companies, aerospace industry organizations as well as from the relevant stakeholders side.
Evaluation of the clinical safety and analytical reliability of blood glucose self-control tools "Glucocard Sigma" and "Glucocard Sigma-mini" in type 1 diabetes children.
Authors: Andrianova Ekaterina A. , Ilyin Aleksandr V. , Kuraeva Tamara L. , Peterkova Valentina A.
Published: May 2017

Rationale. Arkray blood glucose meters have become widely used in Russia since 2013. Studies focused on their accuracy, where Arkray Glucocard II glucose meter is used as the reference monitoring system, have been published. Since insulin dose to be injected relies upon readings of a personal blood glucose meter, the system being used must comply with the clinical safety and analytical accuracy criteria for glucose meters.
Objective — to assess clinical safety and analytical accuracy of the results of studying blood glucose level measured using Glucocard Sigma and Glucocard Sigma Mini blood glucose meters.
Material and methods. Glucose level in a drop of capillary blood was studied in 48 pediatric and adolescent patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DMT1). The mean age of the patients was 9.4±5.6 years; average duration of the disease, 4.2±2.7 years. Parallel studies on glycaemia using the Glucocard Sigma and Glucocard Sigma Mini glucose meters being tested, as well as a BIOSEN C-line stationary biochemical analyzer system, were carried out at the Department of Diabetes Mellitus of the Institute of Pediatric Endocrinology and the Biochemical Laboratory of the Endocrinology Research Center of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation. A total of 320 samples were examined. The hexokinase method performed on a BIOSEN C-line biochemical analyzer system was used as the reference method for measuring blood glucose level.
Results. Assessment of clinical safety demonstrated that 100% of test results belonged to zone A (will not result in patient error) and B (will not result in patient error or there will be a minor error not affecting patient’s condition). These findings fully comply with the ISO 15197-2016 standard. Investigation of the analytical accuracy of Glucocard Sigma and Glucocard Sigma Mini glucose meters (capillary blood, glucose blood level >4.2 mmol/L) compared to the results obtained using the BIOSEN C-line biochemical analyzer system showed a <5% deviation in 118 (51.3%) measurements; <10%, in 202 (87.8%) measurements; less than 15%, 222 (96.5%) measurements; and less than 20%, in 230 (100%) measurements. These results comply both with the ISO 15197-2015 criteria and stricter criteria ISO 15197-2016.
Conclusion. The high accuracy of Glucocard Sigma and Glucocard Sigma Mini glucose meters has been confirmed. The accuracy of these glucose meters complies with the State Standard GOST ISO 15197-2015 and the ISO 15197-2016 standard.
Evaluation of the efficiency of using glucose monitoring devices upon unsatisfactory diabetes compensation
Authors: Kurnikova Irina A. , Ualihanova Aigerim U. , Morgunov Leonid Y. , Mavlyalieva Elvira R. , Surikova Marya A.
Published: May 2017

Rationale. The key purpose of modern glucose meters is to ensure regular self-monitoring of glucose level when receiving outpatient management, provided that fair diabetes compensation is achieved. Although glucose meters are not intended for assessing the glucose level in severe metabolic disorders (ketosis, ketoacidosis), since these conditions have a negative effect on device accuracy, in actual life a patient (or a physician) can face a situation when a glucose meter is the only tool for evaluating carbohydrate metabolism disorders.
Objective. To evaluate clinical accuracy of Satellite Express PKG-03 glucose meter in measuring the glucose level in patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) receiving insulin therapy when the disease course is complicated by ketosis or ketoacidosis.
Material and methods. Capillary blood was simultaneously collected in two groups of patients receiving insulin therapy from the same drop to evaluate the glucose blood level using the Satellite Express glucose meter and a SUPER GL laboratory analyzer of glucose and lactate levels. Acid-base imbalance was the key criterion for distributing patients into groups: no disorders were detected in group 1 patients, while group 2 patients had ketosis or ketoacidosis. The results were evaluated using the Clarke error grid.
Results. Comparative analysis of blood samples collected from 77 patients showed that all deviations in glucose level indices measured using the Satellite Express glucose meter from the reference values belonged to zones A (the clinically valid values) and B (safe deviations) in patients without acid-base imbalance. In patients hospitalized for ketosis and ketoacidosis (group 2), the deviations from the reference values lay in zones A and B in 97%, while lying on the boundary between zones B and C only in 3%.
Modelo morfométrico para determinar áreas susceptibles a procesos de ladera
Authors: Quesada Román Adolfo , Barrantes Castillo Gustavo
Published: May 2017

En países tropicales donde existen condiciones geodinámicas activas, tanto internas como externas, y el modelado del relieve está en constante modificación, los procesos de ladera son una de las amenazas naturales más recurrentes que causan pérdidas humanas y económicas todos los años. El área de estudio comprende una sección de 52 km2 en las coordenadas geográficas extremas: 10,23° N y 10,18° S, -84,23° W y -84,14° E, la cual se localiza en la ladera noreste del volcán Poás en Costa Rica. El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar un modelo morfométrico para determinar áreas susceptibles a procesos de ladera a partir del caso de estudio de la región más afectada por los deslizamientos disparados durante el terremoto de Cinchona en 2009. Se desarrollaron siete mapas morfométricos que explican de manera indirecta la dinámica geomorfológica de este territorio. Se compararon los resultados del mapa de susceptibilidad a procesos de ladera con los movimientos en masa cosísmicos de 2009, lo que dio como resultado que un 98% de estos fenómenos coincidieran con las áreas de ocurrencia frecuente y máxima ocurrencia. Además, se utilizaron las superficies de ruptura de los procesos gravitacionales de 2009 para validar este modelo con un evento sísmico real, lo que dio un 78% de predicción. Por último, este modelo podría ser replicado en otras regiones tropicales como insumo de base para la toma de decisiones en la gestión del riesgo a desastres y el ordenamiento territorial.
Mehr Raum den Fließgewässern More Space for the Rivers—the Path to a Sustainable Flood Prevention
Authors: Zaugg Marc
Published: May 2017

Brought on, in part, by the massive floods of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the institutional framework governing flood prevention in Switzerland has undergone considerable changes. These changes can be typified
as a "change in philosophy"—a term meant to express the change from a primarily technologically-oriented "expert system" to one committed to the concept of sustainability. Sustainability, though,
calls for the coordination of many expectations. Therefore, flood prevention projects are today often negotiated against the backdrop of conflicting interests and are usually associated with a substantial
change to the existing rules that pertain to the use and protection of a stretch of running water and its spatial environment. Nowadays, different stakeholders from various social and state levels are participating
in these conflicts about territoriality and scale. This article illustrates such a negotiation process using the example of a specific flood prevention project on the River Thur in Eastern Switzerland.
Atmosphärenchemie quo vadis? Das Beispiel der Ozonforschung Atmospheric Chemistry quo vadis? The Example of Ozone Research
Authors: Staehelin Johannes
Published: May 2017

Atmospheric chemistry is a relatively young field of applied chemistry. In this article, the historical development of ozone research, representing an important branch of atmospheric chemistry, is outlined.
Additionally, future focal points of ozone research are defined. In order to understand key questions in atmospheric ozone research (both for stratospheric ozone depletion and for photooxidant formation)
the input from chemistry is crucial. In order to avoid that atmospheric chemistry develops into a more and more specialized and narrow discipline, I recommend that future ozone research further emphasizes
the responsibility toward society and continues (and strengthens) the links to atmospheric physics.
Verknüpfter Boden- und Biodiversitätsschutz als Herausforderung für die Akteure Combined Soil and Biodiversity Protection—a Challenge for Stakeholders
Authors: Seidl Irmi , Fry Patricia , Joshi Jasmin
Published: May 2017

The destruction of soil and biodiversity are preeminent global problems. The interdependence of soil and biodiversity, and consequently, of soil and biodiversity destruction, is now gradually being recognised. Yet, the collaboration and interaction of various groups, concerned with either biodiversity protection or soil protection, has not been realised. This is particularly unfortunate because efforts to reduce the threats to biodiversity will have little success if its linkage to soil destruction is not addressed and vice versa. This paper summarises some recent studies examining the interdependency of soil and biodiversity and discusses the difficulties faced by involved groups when this interdependency is under discussion. Our investigation showed, that none of the groups we looked at, parties in the fields of research, civil services, agriculture and real estate, focuses primarily on the interdependency of soil and biodiversity, and that the methods to realise their objectives differ. We then present four practical approaches to overcoming the differences in objectives and methods among the stakeholder groups - trading zones, intermediary specialists, design of farm landscapes based on the natural preconditions, and cooperative planning such as landscape development concepts (Landschaftsentwicklungskonzepte).
Was will und was kann die Umweltmedizin? The Goals and Potentials of Environmental Medicine
Authors: Herbarth Olf
Published: May 2017

It is increasingly evident that environmental factors are involved in the causation of disease processes. Epidemiological studies attempt to determine which environmental factors can be considered risk
factors as well as their order of significance (i.e. risk ranking). Two kinds of research are described here, population-oriented epidemiological research and individual-based research in environmental
medicine. From each of these research branches a study is presented. The first study examined whether the exposure to the noxious substances found outdoors during the time passed outdoors was more dangerous
than the exposure to noxious substances found indoors during the time passed there. The study showed that exposure to noxious substances found indoors poses a greater risk for newborns and preschool children
of respiratory diseases, infections and allergies than outdoor exposure. The second, separate study analyzed the effects on children of remediation efforts. Using a special developed diagnostic tool, improvement
in the children's liver detoxification capacity could be shown over the observed time span. To thus learn about the effectiveness of remediation efforts undertaken in highly polluted industrial areas, pollution-associated
physiological and/or biochemical parameters had to be investigated, which required specific and sensitive diagnostic test methods.
Aplikasi Penilaian Kinerja Dosen pada Proses Belajar Mengajar Berbasis Web: Studi Kasus di Badan Penjamin Mutu Internal Institut Teknologi Padang
Authors: Son Harison , Faisal Roby
Published: May 2017

The lecturer has the main duty of Tridharma of Higher Education, namely education, research and community service. Currently, the assessment of lecturers using questionnaires by students at the Padang Institute of Technology is still ineffective and the data is less valid. With this application, the internal quality assurance agency of Padang Technology Institute will not be bothered to calculate student questionnaire data as much as 2500 people. The results of this application provide a detailed value to the lecturer, in which a lecturer has a low score and in which part a lecturer excels based on the question items. This value will be calculated by the application of each student who has filled the questionnaire. The application will provide information on the value of the whole lecturer and can be the basis to make improvements to the weakness of the lecturer in detail and accurately. This application is designed using PHP programming language and MySql database. Lecturer performance appraisal results can be obtained directly, to determine the highest to lowest score and can also see the results of the overall lecturer's score accessed on the account of each lecturer on the campus information system.Dosen mempunyai tugas pokok tridharma Perguruan Tinggi, yaitu pendidikan, penelitian dan pengabdian kepada masyarakat. Saat ini, penilaian dosen menggunakan kuesioner oleh mahasiswa di Institut Teknologi Padang masih tidak efektif dan datanya kurang valid. Dengan adanya Aplikasi ini badan penjamin mutu internal Institut Teknologi Padang tidak akan direpotkan untuk mengalkulasi data angket mahasiswa sebanyak 2500 orang. Hasil dari aplikasi ini memberikan nilai secara detail kepada dosen, di bagian mana seorang dosen yang mempunyai nilai rendah dan di bagian mana seorang dosen unggul berdasarkan item pertanyaan. Nilai ini akan di kalkulasi oleh aplikasi setiap mahasiswa yang telah mengisi kuesioner dan akan memberikan informasi nilai secara keseluruhan dosen dan bisa menjadi dasar untuk mengadakan peningkatan terhadap kelemahan dosen secara detail dan tepat. Aplikasi ini dirancang menggunakan bahasa pemograman PHP dan database MySql. Hasil penilaian kinerja dosen bisa diperoleh secara langsung, untuk mengetahui nilai tertinggi sampai terendah dan bisa juga melihat hasil keseluruhan nilai dosen yang diakses pada akun masing-masing dosen pada sistem informasi kampus.