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How zebrafish research has helped in understanding thyroid diseases
Authors: Marelli Federica , Persani Luca
Published: December 2017

Next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized the identification of disease-causing genes, accelerating the discovery of new mutations and new candidate genes for thyroid diseases. To face this flow of novel genetic information, it is important to have suitable animal models to study the mechanisms regulating thyroid development and thyroid hormone availability and activity. Zebrafish (Danio rerio), with its rapid external embryonic development, has been extensively used in developmental biology. To date, almost all of the components of the zebrafish thyroid axis have been characterized and are structurally and functionally comparable with those of higher vertebrates. The availability of transgenic fluorescent zebrafish lines allows the real-time analysis of thyroid organogenesis and its alterations. Transient morpholino-knockdown is a solution to silence the expression of a gene of interest and promptly obtain insights on its contribution during the development of the zebrafish thyroid axis. The recently available tools for targeted stable gene knockout have further increased the value of zebrafish to the study of thyroid disease. All of the reported zebrafish models can also be used to screen small compounds and to test new drugs and may allow the establishment of experimental proof of concept to plan subsequent clinical trials.
Introduction of Self-Regulation in Land Use
Authors: Борисов В. , Borisov V.
Published: December 2017

Th e article discusses the issues of transfer of certain functions of municipal land control in terms of conservation of land resources in the fi eld of self-regulation. Proposals for the development of institutions of self-government are made taking into account the peculiarities of agricultural production.
How Exemplary Teaching Physicians Interact with Hospitalized Patients
Authors: Saint Sanjay , Harrod Molly , Fowler Karen E. , Houchens Nathan
Published: December 2017

BACKGROUND

Effectively interacting with patients defines the consummate clinician.

OBJECTIVE

As part of a broader study, we examined how 12 carefully selected attending physicians interacted with patients during inpatient teaching rounds.

DESIGN

A multisite study using an exploratory, qualitative approach.

PARTICIPANTS

Exemplary teaching physicians were identified using modified snowball sampling. Of 59 potential participants, 16 were contacted, and 12 agreed to participate. Current and former learners of the participants were also interviewed. Participants were from hospitals located throughout the United States.

INTERVENTION

Two researchers—a physician and a medical anthropologist—conducted 1‐day site visits, during which they observed teaching rounds and patient‐physician interactions and interviewed learners and attendings.

MEASUREMENTS

Field notes were taken during teaching rounds. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, and code reports were generated.

RESULTS

The attendings generally exhibited the following 3 thematic behaviors when interacting with patients: (1) care for the patient's well‐being by being a patient advocate and forming a bond with the patient; (2) consideration of the “big picture” of the patient's medical and social situation by anticipating what the patient may need upon discharge and inquiring about the patient's social situation; and (3) respect for the patient through behaviors such as shaking hands with the patient and speaking with the patient at eye level by sitting or kneeling.

CONCLUSIONS

The key findings of our study (care for the patient's well‐being, consideration of the “big picture,” and respect for the patient) can be adopted and honed by physicians to improve their own interactions with hospitalized patients.
Sentido del humor, afectos y personalidad. Estudio en estudiantes universitarios
Authors: Salavera Carlos , Usan Pablo , Jarie Laurane , Lucha Orosia
Published: December 2017

El uso del humor, los afectos y su personalidad, pueden determinar de manera significativa el funcionamiento de una persona. Se evaluó a 652 estudiantes universitarios para analizar la relación entre estas variables: uso del humor, afectos y  personalidad. Los resultados muestran como los hombres hacen un mayor uso del humor, tanto positivo como negativo y presentan mayores niveles de impulsividad, actividad, sociabilidad y agresividad, no encontrándose diferencias en el manejo de los afectos. Las personas que muestran un mayor uso del humor positivo (afiliativo y automejora), también utilizan más los afectos positivos y muestran mayores niveles de actividad, sociabilidad e impulsividad. Los datos indican como el uso del humor está relacionado con los afectos y la personalidad, siendo esta última un buen predictor de los afectos. Como conclusión, afirmar que los datos de la investigación proporcionan evidencia de la relación entre el sentido del humor, los afectos y la personalidad.
Homofobia y recepción de personajes lésbicos en narrativas audiovisuales
Authors: Villegas Simón Isabel María , Angulo-Brunet Ariadna , Liu Kexin
Published: December 2017

La presencia de personajes lésbicos ha aumentado en las narrativas audiovisuales populares, como en las series de televisión o las películas. Por ello es necesario explorar su percepción en audiencias heterogéneas. El objetivo de la investigación es explorar la relación entre la homofobia y la identificación con los personajes, el disfrute y el gusto como procesos de recepción narrativa en ficciones audiovisuales protagonizadas por lesbianas. Para ello, se ha realizado un trabajo empírico compuesto por un cuestionario en línea en el que 140 participantes contestaron primero a preguntas sobre su grado de homofobia, en segundo lugar realizaron un visionado y, finalmente, contestaron preguntas relativas a la identificación, el disfrute y el gusto. Tras obtener las evidencias de validez de la escala de Homofobia Moderna de Lesbianas (mhS-l) se exploraron las relaciones entre las dimensiones de la escala y el resto de variables. Los principales resultados muestran que las personas que tienen un grado menor de homofobia institucional disfrutan en mayor medida y les gusta más el video. Asimismo, se evidenció que los hombres se identifican más intensamente con los personajes de lesbianas, y los gais y lesbianas disfrutan más. Estos resultados se interpretan a la luz de las teorías del entretenimiento mediático.
Developing an infrastructure to support clinical academic careers
Authors: Strickland Karen
Published: December 2017

Research and evidence-based practice underpins the delivery of high-quality patient care. Developing the research capacity and capability of nurses, midwives and allied health professionals requires a robust emphasis and the necessary support infrastructure to encourage and develop practitioners to follow a clinical academic career pathway. Clinical academic partnerships between higher education and healthcare institutions can offer a blend of required expertise with mutual benefits. This article reports on a recent Florence Nightingale Foundation and Council of Deans of Health Leadership Scholarship improvement project to establish an infrastructure to support the development of clinical academic roles to enhance the provision of evidence-based patient care in the North East of Scotland.
Meeting the nutritional needs of premature babies: their future is in our hands
Authors: Riskin Arieh
Published: December 2017

The goals of early nutrition in preterm infants are to provide all the necessary vital nutrients, achieve extra-uterine growth rates similar to fetuses of the same gestational age, and support functional neurodevelopmental outcomes that are comparable to those of infants born at term. It is vital to provide nutrition that will maximally support brain growth and development, but over-feeding with accelerated growth, fat accumulation and long-term metabolic consequences should also be avoided.

Because the morbidity associated with prematurity increases nutritional and energetic demands, the basic approach is of providing early intensive nutrition. Protein is the main driving force for growth and brain development. Since deficits in protein occur from the first day of extra-uterine life, sufficient quantities of parenteral amino acids should be provided from the first hours of life. With protein and carbohydrates, enough energy should also be provided, via concomitant early administration of intravenous lipid emulsions. Early initiation of enteral feeding with advancement to full enteral nutrition is associated with better maturation of the gut and better neuro-developmental outcomes. Human milk is the best food for preterm babies, although enrichment may be needed.
Retraction: Understanding Islamophobia in Asia: The Cases of Myanmar and
Malaysia
Authors: Mohamed Nawab Bin Mohamed Osman
Published: December 2017

In June 2013, Alvin Tan, a prominent Malaysian blogger, posted on Facebook a
picture of his girlfriend and himself eating bak kut teh (pork) with the caption
“Selamat Berbuka Puasa” (Happy Breaking Fast). The duo had described the dish as
“wangi, enak, menyelerakan” (fragrant, delicious, appetizing) and also included
a “Halal” logo. During the same month, Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar faced one of
the community's worst persecution acts, with several hundred people murdered by
Buddhist religious zealots inspired by extremist Buddhist monks. These are but
some examples of Islamophobia in Asia. Buddhist nationalist groups such as the
Bodu Bala Sena in Sri Lanka and the 969 Movement in Myanmar have encouraged the
anti-Muslim violence. In India, the rise of the Hindu nationalist movement has
seen the forced conversion of Muslims and increased incidences of violence
against Muslims. Despite this endemic rise of Islamophobia, there has been
little academic research conducted on Islamophobia in Asian countries. This is
contrasted by the trends of Islamophobia as a phenomenon being well-documented
in the West. The rise in terror attacks within Europe, the refugee crisis on the
same continent, and the strengthening of the right-wing nationalist parties has
resulted in the rise of Islamophobia in Europe and North America. This article
seeks to better understand Islamophobia in the Asian context through the case
studies of Myanmar and Malaysia. It argues that Islamophobia in these countries
is largely the result of domestic socio-economic and political issues, rather
than the international narrative against Islam and Muslims. There are three
parts to this article: first, the discourse against Islam in both countries will
be examined. Second, the factors that caused the rise of Islamophobia in both
Myanmar and Malaysia will be looked at. Historical ethnic tensions, economic
gaps between different communities, state-initiated religious persecution and
the rise of right-wing religious organizations will be discussed in this regard.
This section will postulate the view that Islamophobia can occur within
countries such as Malaysia, especially when the minority groups are dominant in
the economic sphere. The article will conclude by analyzing whether the
manifestation and raison d'être of Islamophobia in Asia is different from the
West. The outcome of the inquiry will provide useful analytical tools in
studying Islamophobia within the Asian context.
Racializing “Oriental” Manliness: From Colonial Contexts to Cologne
Authors: Zuher Jazmati  , Nina Studer
Published: December 2017

We propose a co-authored, interdisciplinary paper examining the durability of Islamophobic stereotypes connected to men from the MENA region and their specific forms of “manliness”. We argue that European notions of “Oriental” manliness — covering all ethnic and religious groups from this region — were strangely homogenized and static: the colonized “Oriental” manliness was constructed as the “primitive” counterpart to an idealized form of European masculinity. The significant markers of “Oriental” manliness, as defined in the 19th century, were still essentially the same in the 1960s, when Frantz Fanon wrote that his contemporaries had solidified (but not founded) the idea of North African men as “born slackers, born liars, born thieves, born criminals”.1 The events in Cologne on New Year's Eve 2015 went viral worldwide. Right-wing groups felt vindicated when the public discourse seemed to confirm their narrative of North African, sexually uncontrolled men. A lot of the media coverage following the events in Cologne overlapped with right-wing (and colonial) notions of wild North African men, who are in Europe in order to sexually threaten the white female body. Following the assaults in Cologne, this anxiety was not just limited to women in Germany, but extended across much of Europe. To analyze this alleged durability, we propose to divide our paper into a historical part, which will give a short overview over the formulaic metaphors, images and knowledge production of colonized “Oriental” manliness. In our contemporary analyses, we will trace the harmful longevity of these colonial stereotypes, from the Victorian epoch to the sensationalist reports following the recent incidents in Cologne. We will use pictures from German (and other European) public media depicting the incidents in Cologne and analyze how they reproduced the longstanding anti-Muslim-racist stereotypical image of and knowledge on the North African masculine subject.
Prólogo
Authors: López Rubia M.Edurne
Published: December 2017

Hace dos años, catorce profesores/as —once de la Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) y tres de la Universidad Jaume I de Castellón— presentamos una propuesta de Proyecto de Innovación Educativa (PIE), dentro de la Convocatoria de Proyectos de Innovación Educativa 2015-2017, realizada por el Servicio de Asesoramiento Educativo (SAE/HELAZ) de la UPV/EHU, bajo la coordinación de la Profesora Olga Fotinopoulou Basurko. Nuestra propuesta fue aceptada y durante el curso 2016-2017hemos tratado de implementar nuestro PIE 25/2015-2017, que ha consistido en la utilización del podcast como método de aprendizaje autónomo en la asignatura de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social en la UPV/EHU....
Identidad emocional y tertulias televisivas en el contexto político de Catalunya
Authors: Santamaria Guinot Laura
Published: December 2017

A partir del análisis de dos tertulias televisivas del programa Divendres de Televisió de Catalunya, este artículo muestra cómo los participantes presentan su punto de vista a partir de recreación de unas emociones determinadas. Estas emociones tienen múltiples vertientes: se pueden discriminar en ellas unos componentes afectivos, cognitivos, conativos y psicológicos; muestran a la vez estados cualitativos, pero también racionales; se relacionan con conceptos como las representaciones sociales, la memoria y la identidad. Es así como se configura una identidad discursiva que la cámara termina perfilando en un sentido concreto.
O código Beviláqua como instrumento do paradigma individualista
Authors: Favero Gustavo Henrichs
Published: December 2017

O presente ensaio visa proporcionar um panorama histórico-teórico acerca dos matizes filosóficos e metodológicos que inspiraram a elaboração do Código Civil de 1916, sua centralidade patrimonialista-individualista e como tal cosmovisão influenciou a edificação dos princípios contratuais então vigorantes.
Restoration in archaeological university courses: practical ceramic conservation laboratory in graduate school in archaeology – UNIFI
Authors: Dionisio Giulia , Puzio Daniela
Published: December 2017

In theoretical Archaeological University courses it is often impossible to act directly on artifacts owing to the lack of products and working spaces and the poor availability of suitable materials. However, the archaeologist’s work is mainly carried out in the field and in most cases requires direct conservative procedures on archaeological ceramics to allow their study and documentation. As such, the lack of practical restoration laboratories within the university curricula represents a serious gap in the training of future professional archaeologists. In 2016 a practical laboratory of ceramic conservation was established for the first time inside the Graduate School of Archaeology of the University of Florence. The goal was to give students the opportunity to put into practice the theoretical conservation lessons learned in the classroom. Trainees were put to work directly both on archaeological and modern ceramic materials, so as to learn which materials to use and how to make all relevant operations for the cultural heritage conservation (cleaning, sticking and integration of missing parts). All the operations carried out during the course followed the same procedures currently required on archaeological ceramics by the Superintendency for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany. All the steps taken in the laboratory are similar to those implemented on a Mycenaean stirrup jar reported in the poster as an example.
Maxentius 3D Project
Authors: Marsicano Lucia , Malatesta Saverio Giulio , Lella Francesco , D'Ignazio Emanuela , Massacci Eleonora , Onofri Simone
Published: December 2017

Aim of the project is to propose a full 3D model of the Circus of Maxentius in Rome encompassing all the aspects of the environment, as well as the architectural system.The Circus is part o a complex built by Maxentius at the beginning of the IV century AD. The maxentian complex is situated on the via Appia between the second and the third mile; nowadays this area is part of the Parco Regionale dell’Appina Antica, where is not possible to remove the vegetation in order to preserve the ecosystem. For this reason a large part of the Circus is covered by the vegetation, making the reconnaissance of the entire structure impossible for researchers.Starting point was the study of archaeological data, afterward the team carried on a survey on field to integrate the published data with new information useful to create a metrically correct reconstruction of the monument.To model both the landscape and the architectural structures it was used Blender, an opens source software, otherwise to model the statues it was used the 3D software ZBrusj. Each element was modeled using scientific references or, in absence of them, following likelihood criteria.The result is a metrically and scientifically correct 3D model of the Circus of Maxentius useful to study the monument from a new point of view. Integrating archaeological data and 3D graphic is possible to verify the hypothesis on the reconstruction of the monument. To propose an in-depth study complete 3D model is needed to understand the relation among the architectonic elements and the environment.A 3D model is also useful to communicate the monument to the public, in order to strength the relationship between heritage and citizens.
Automatic Underwater Image Enhancement using Improved Dark Channel Prior
Authors: Block Marco , Gehmlich Benjamin , Hettmanczyk Damian
Published: December 2017

Images taken under water are often of a monochromatic appearance, due to the physical interaction (absorption and reflection) between particles and light sources. Enhanced images with improved saturation, for which the monochromatic character has been corrected, are more suitable for generating 3D models and for identifying structures and materials by human experts. In this paper, we present an automatic method to identify the mean water color from a set of images. This mean color represents an average gray and is used to describe a new axis in CIELab color space. An extended color variance and a histogram equalization are simultaneously applied to the image. The main advantage of this method is the fully automatic enhancement process. An UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) can operate without providing a color reference scheme. The presented method was implemented in the software JEnhancer, which is freely available. JEnhancer was successfully tested in several documentation campaigns, and was integrated into the videogrammetric software pipeline Archaeo3D to produce 3D models from videos.
Information Integration in a Mining Landscape
Authors: Hiebel Gerald , Hanke Klaus , Goldenberg Gert , Staudt Markus , Grutsch Caroline
Published: December 2017

The integration of information sources is a fundamental step to advance research and knowledge about the ancient mining landscape of Schwaz/Brixlegg in the Tyrol / Austria. The approach is applied for the localization, identification and interpretation of mining structures within the area. We want to show the use of the CIDOC CRM ontology with extensions in combination with a thesaurus to integrate data on a conceptual level. To implement this integration, we applied semantic web technologies to create a knowledge graph in RDF (Resource Description Framework) that currently represents the available information of seven different information sources in a network structure. More sources will be integrated using the same methodology. These are geochemical analysis of artefacts, onomastic research on names related to mining and archaeological information of other mining areas to research the spread of prehistoric mining activities and technologies.The RDF network can be queried for research, cultural or emergency response questions and the results can be displayed using Geoinformation systems. An exemplary archaeological research question is the location of mining, settlement and burial sites in the Bronze Age, differentiating between ore extraction, ore processing and smelting activities. For emergency forces the names and exact locations of mines are essential in case of an accident within an old mine. Different questions require a subset of the created knowledge graph. The results of queries to retrieve specific information can be visualised using appropriate tools.
The Tower of Torrenostra in Torreblanca - Spain: studies and documentation for a landscape archaeology reconstruction.
Authors: Giannotti Fabrizia , Leonardi Andrea , Pasquali Andrea
Published: December 2017

During the survey campaign of the TOVIVA research project “Torres de vigía y defensa del litoral valenciano. Generación de metadatos y modelos 3D para su interpretación y efectiva puesta en valor,” many of these towers have been digitally surveyed using 3D laser scanner, and terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry. The survey campaign took place in April 2015 and after gathering the data, a phase of elaboration has successfully produced the architectural drawings of plans, elevations and sections. A part of this documentation has been collected on the poster "When an isolated building becomes a guideline for the urban pattern. The case of “Torrenostra” in Torreblanca, Castellón, Spain", by T. G. Piqueras S. Giraudeau and A. Leonardi in 2015. In this case we want to present an evolution of the work, aiming to reconstruct the original landscape around it. Although today the tower is surrounded by other buildings on both sides, the situation was different in the past, when the tower was isolated on the coast. Rediscovering the original landscape of the city could be a topic of interest and discussion in the Museum of the Territory of Torreblanca. This could take place inside the tower and explain to visitors the history of the territory and its evolution, involving the structure of the tower itself, changing its shape and value. The 3D reconstruction, both digital and tangible, is also a good way to involve children and adults alike, adding a special value to a historical building.
Panoramic Video: Recording and Representing the Digital Heritage Experience
Authors: Nagakura Takehiko , Tsai Daniel , Choi Joshua
Published: December 2017

In an essay on architectural representation, Stan Allen (2000) wrote about a paradoxical nature of built forms: “Buildings are presumably more tangible and physically present than drawings, yet it is only in the experience of the building that the most intangible aspects of reality can be made visible.”Documenting a heritage site is difficult since no representational method can make an exact copy without loss. This paper specifically examines panoramic recording media and related technologies as new means to archive and represent architectural heritage. It looks at cost effective and widely available platforms such as 360 video recording, YouTube, and immersive Head Mounted Display (HMD) equipment. Tests with subjects are conducted to probe how the experience of recorded panorama compares to the spatial and temporal experience in the physical space. For instance, the subjects with HMD are tested for the ability of sensing the correct scale and proportion of spatial forms in the playback. Through analysis of the test results, discussions are made as to the roles such systems can play in conveying the spatial environment, especially in representing some of its intangible aspects.The paper shows examples of prototype designs for exhibition that utilize panoramically recorded onsite footage in derivative forms. Recordings of sites such as Palladio’s villas and the Acropolis in Athens are used to demonstrate spatial and temporal editing, interactive panoramic walk-through combined with a map, and creation of a framed-video narrative reduced from panoramic videos. These methods illustrate a range of possibilities that put each dislocated recording back into context while controlling a balance between the viewer’s exploration and the intent of the curation, and shed a light on what is often difficult to achieve by other means of representations.
Reconstructing Pre-Industrial Long Distance Roads in a Hilly Region in Germany, Based on Historical and Archaeological Data
Authors: Herzog Irmela
Published: December 2017

The aim of this contribution is on the one hand to map pre-industrial long distance roads located in a hilly region east of Cologne, Germany, as exactly as possible and on the other hand to assess the accuracy of least-cost approaches that are increasingly applied by archaeologists for prehistoric road reconstruction. Probably the earliest map covering the study area east of Cologne dates back to 1575. The map is distorted so that rectification is difficult. But it is possible to assess the local accuracy of the map and to transfer the approximate routes to a modern map manually. Most of the area covered by the 1575 map is also depicted on a set of more accurate maps created in the early 19th century and a somewhat later historical map set (ca. 1842 AD). The historical roads on these rectified historical maps close to the approximate roads were digitized and compared to the outcomes of least-cost analysis, specifically least-cost paths and accessibility maps. Based on these route reconstructions with limited accuracy, Lidar data is checked to identify remains of these roads. Several approaches for visualizing Lidar data are tested to identify appropriate methods for detecting sunken roads. Possible sunken roads detected on the Lidar images were validated by checking cross sections in the digital elevation model and in the field.
Lauchheim 1986–2016. The Interdisciplinary analysis and GIS-Mapping of a prominent early medieval necropolis in Eastern Swabia
Authors: Hoeke Benjamin Nicolas , Bibby David
Published: December 2017

One of the most well-known and largest early medieval necropoles in Western Europe lies near the small town of Lauchheim in Baden-Württemberg, South West Germany. Totaling round 1400 inhumations dating from 5th – 7th Century AD, it was completely excavated between 1986 – 1996. Due to the high frequency of finds and the fragility of some of the bone material, much use was made of block lifting. Some blocks remain unopened till today. The good state of preservation and the juxtaposition of the necropolis with a contemporary settlement, which was also extensively excavated, set the stage for an extensive social-historical analysis of a local early medieval com-munity over two centuries. Analysis of the grave good and anthropological appraisal have been combined and structured in a specially designed Database containing over 30,000 individual en-tries. A GIS Map of the site, arduously piped from the original hand drawings via vectorization software and CAD into Open Source GIS, allows for perspicuous visualization of any combination of anthropological data and/or finds and contributes greatly to the understanding of the development of the necropolis. Since 2008 the Lauchheim Project has been supported by the German Research Council, allowing innovative conservation and documentation methods including complete anthropological examination, 3D computer tomography of the  unopened blocks (with sometimes surprising results) and the extensive examination of organic material and textiles.
3D Reconstruction of Furniture Fragments from the Ancient Town of Karanis
Authors: Elgewely Eiman
Published: December 2017

Furniture is the most personalized component of architectural space. It reflects or even determines the use of space, but also the standard of living, the gender, and age of the user. Heirlooms, furthermore, are retainers of memory and social relationships.  The raw materials used and the level of skill and craftsmanship to produce furniture speak to the availability of such items for the community. Import of wood, techniques, or entire pieces of furniture show connectedness with other production centers. Furniture fragments are abundant among the well-preserved archaeological finds from the ancient Greco-Roman Town of Karanis, a site located on the arid desert edge of the Fayum basin, Egypt. Objects include furniture legs, boxes, reading tables, and table tops. The University of Michigan mission which worked on the site for about ten years (1924-1934), had as its main focus the architecture of Karanis. The furnishings of these structure do, however, provide important information and a study of the woodworking and composition of the pieces has now been undertaken, together with an attempt to place these remains back in their virtual context. The reconstruction of the Karanis furniture provides a major challenge because the fragments belong to various time periods and combine Egyptian, Greek, and Roman influences and tastes. This research is a next phase of the project “Reviving Karanis in 3D”, which we started in 2013.  In this research, we aim at using state-of-the-art digital technologies to create multiple interpretations of 3D reconstruction of a selection of furniture pieces based on analysis and photogrammetric models of wood furniture fragments from the Karanis collection of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.
Contribution of Terrestrial Runoff to Coral Disease Prevalence on North Bali’s Massive Porites
Authors: Siladharma I Gusti Bagus , Karim Widiastuti
Published: December 2017

The widespread of coral disease may threatened Bali`s marine tourism which is the main asset for the nation prosperity. However, the disease prevalence is still unknown, in particular inshore coral reefs near to tourist spot areas. Therefore, the research aims to investigate the contribution of terrestrial runoff to coral disease prevalence and to examine the relationships between disease prevalence and environmental parameters (nitrate, phosphate, organic carbon and total suspended solids (TSS)) within the population of massive Porites on shallow north Bali reefs. Syndrome, diseases and healthy colonies of massive Porites coral were counted and noted within a 2 x 10 m belt transect at 3 sampling sites. The dominant disease observed was ulcerative white spots (UWS), while the syndromes were pigmentation response and aggressive overgrowth by macroalgae. The highest mean UWS prevalence was at site 3 which was the closest site to runoff (prevalence = 91%).This disease only affected one colony at site 1 and 2, respectively. Disease prevalence had strong relationship with TSS and nitrate, yet it showed weak relationship with phosphate and organic carbon. These results suggest that terrestrial runoff could contribute to the disease prevalence by increasing the TSS, nutrients and organic carbon loading to the inshore ecosystems. High level of organic carbon could severe the disease, particularly when combined with elevated TSS and nutrient, by reducing the coral`s immunity system. Keywords: coral disease, prevalence, terrestrial runoff, Porites, ulcerative white spot, environmental parameter, North Bali.
Sample size determination in the Mann–Whitney test
Authors: Kornacki Andrzej , Bochniak Andrzej , Kubik-Komar Agnieszka
Published: December 2017

This paper discusses the problem of determining the number of observations necessary to apply the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test. We describe the method given by Noether (1987) for determining a sample size which guarantees that the Mann-Whitney test at a given significance level α has a predetermined power 1-β. The presented theory is tested by calculating the empirical power in computer simulations. The paper also raises the issue of the method of rounding the determined sample size to an even number when the sample is divided into two equinumerous subsamples.
Spectrodensitometric simultaneous determination of esomeprazole and domperidone in human plasma
Authors: Khashaba Pakinaz Y. , Ali Hassan Refat H. , El-Wekil Mohamed M.
Published: December 2017

A simple, rapid, cost-effective, and sensitive TLC-spectrodensitometric method for simultaneous determination of esomeprazole and domperidone was developed and tested in human plasma. Ethyl acetate: methanol: benzene: acetonitrile (5: 4: 8: 3, v/v/v/v) mobile phase was used for separation on TLC plates detected at 286 nm. The linearity ranges were 5-1200 and 2-600 ng/ spot for esomeprazole and domperidone, and limits of detection were 1.73 and 0.59 ng/spot. The effects of four variables affecting Rf were evaluated by fractional factorial design. The benzene volume and saturation time had significant effects.
Mitgefühl in Kants Ethik
Authors: Wehofsits Anna
Published: December 2017

According to Kant, building moral character is not limited to developing rational capacities but also includes developing emotional capacities as well as responsibly managing and deliberately cultivating emotional dispositions. Kant assigns central importance specifically to the cultivation of sympathy. This paper first distinguishes three levels on which sympathy is significant in Kant’s ethics. Referring to recent philosophical and psychological research, it then aims to reconstruct the process of cultivating sympathy in a way that is persuasive both as an interpretation of Kant and as a systematic account. Contrary to what Kant’s brief comments on this process seem to suggest, cultivating sympathy does not consist in a mere stimulation of a natural emotional mechanism – this, I argue, would be inconsistent with central concerns of Kantian ethics. Rather, it consists in a morally motivated, reflexive transformation of a natural disposition that aims to make us responsive to the needs of others.
Phänomenologie braucht einen langen Atem
Authors: Waldenfels Bernhard , Gehring Petra , Gelhard Andreas
Published: December 2017

As a philosopher educated in the classics, as a crucial communicator of French thinking to the oftentimes heated German-language debates of the 1980s and 1990s, as the author of monographies on the questions of the strange, on answering and responsive rationality, on attentiveness, on “phenomenotechnology” and on problems of moral philosophy, Bernhard Waldenfels points out a direction to contemporary European philosophy that is entirely his own – all of it in the name of phenomenology, and first and foremost, the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. With a tight connection to the classical philosophical tradition as well as to contemporary scientific disciplines, literature, the arts and everyday life, Waldenfels has lent his own signature to phenomenology. In this interview, we ask Bernhard Waldenfels to situate himself with respect to the question: What is phenomenological philosophy and what does it accomplish?
A Stream Tilling Approach to Surface Area Estimation for Large Scale Spatial Data in a Shared Memory System
Authors: Liu Jiping , Kang Xiaochen , Dong Chun , Xu Shenghua
Published: December 2017

Surface area estimation is a widely used tool for resource evaluation in the physical world. When processing large scale spatial data, the input/output (I/O) can easily become the bottleneck in parallelizing the algorithm due to the limited physical memory resources and the very slow disk transfer rate. In this paper, we proposed a stream tilling approach to surface area estimation that first decomposed a spatial data set into tiles with topological expansions. With these tiles, the one-to-one mapping relationship between the input and the computing process was broken. Then, we realized a streaming framework towards the scheduling of the I/O processes and computing units. Herein, each computing unit encapsulated a same copy of the estimation algorithm, and multiple asynchronous computing units could work individually in parallel. Finally, the performed experiment demonstrated that our stream tilling estimation can efficiently alleviate the heavy pressures from the I/O-bound work, and the measured speedup after being optimized have greatly outperformed the directly parallel versions in shared memory systems with multi-core processors.
Design of Multiservice Code (MS) in Spectral/Temporal/Spatial Domain for OCDMA System
Authors: Gupta Sumit , Goel Aditya
Published: December 2017

This paper explores the design of multiservice code (MS) in spectral, time spreading and wavelength domains (3-Dimensional). The proposed 3D code is designed in such a manner that follows the ideal in phase unit cross correlation in spectral, time spreading and wavelength domains. The proposed encoder generates the MS code effectively in 3D domain and decoder suppresses the multi-user interferences successfully. Performance analyses are carried out by considering the all noises such as phase induce intensity noise(PIIN), shot noise and thermal noise. The analysis of 3D-MS code for variable code length is also performed for measurement of variation in bit error rate against the received power and number of active users in the design. The observed performances are also compared with existing codes such as 2D-MDW, 3D-PDC and 1D-MS code and the proposed code shows the better performance. The analysis of bit error rate of proposed code is carried out against the number of users at 0.622Gbits/s data rate and 0 dBm received power and comparison is also formed with the existing code such as 3D PD(M=21, N=3, P=3), 2DMDW(M=63, P=3), PDC(M=57, P=3) and 1D MS Code. It is noted that 3D MS code shows the better performance than the existing methods. Analysis is also evaluated for variable weight and variable length codes in order to observe the variation in bit error rate with variation in received power and number of simultaneous users.
Modal Analysis of Laminated “CAS” and “CUS” Box-Beams
Authors: Gawryluk Jarosław , Bocheński Marcin , Teter Andrzej
Published: December 2017

In the paper, the authors discuss the numerical and experimental modal analysis of the cantilever thin-walled beams made of a carbon-epoxy laminate. Two types of beams were considered: circumferentially asymmetric stiffness (i.e., CAS) and circumferentially uniform stiffness (i.e., CUS) beams. The layer-up configurations of the laminate were chosen to get a vibration mode coupling effect in both analysed cases. The aim of the paper was to perform the numerical and experimental modal analysis of the composite structures, when a flapwise bending with torsion coupling effect or flapwise-chordwise bending coupling effect took place. Firstly, numerical studies by the finite element method was performed. The numerical simulations were carried out by the Lanczos method in the Abaqus software package. The natural frequencies and the corresponding free vibration modes were determined. Next, the experimental modal analyses of the CAS and CUS beams were performed. The test stand was consisted of a special grip, two beams with an adhered holder, the LMS Scadas III system with a modal hammer and an acceleration sensor. Finally, the results of both methods were compared.
Cold Zone Exploration Using Position of Maximum Nusselt Number for Inclined Air Jet Cooling
Authors: Ingole Sunil B. , Sundaram K. K.
Published: December 2017

Inclined jet air cooling can be effectively used for cooling of electronics or other such applications. The non-confined air jet is impinged and experimentally investigated on the hot target surface to be cooled, which is placed horizontally. Analysis and evaluations are made by introduction of a jet on the leading edge and investigated for downhill side cooling to identify cold spots. The jet Reynolds number in the range of 2000 ≤ Re ≤ 20 000 is examined with a circular jet for inclination (Θ) of 15 < Θ < 75 degree. Also, the consequence of a jet to target distance (H) is explored in the range 0:5 ≤ H/D ≤ 6.8. For 45 degree jet impingement, the maximum Nusselt number is widely spread. Location of maximum Nusselt number is studied, which indicates cold spots identification. At a higher angle ratio, the angle is the dominating parameter compared to the Reynolds Number. Whereas at a lower angle ratio, the inclined jet with a higher Reynolds number is giving the cooling point away from leading edge. It is observed that for a particular angle of incident location of maximum Nusselt Number, measured from leading edge of target, is ahead than that of stagnation point in stated conditions.
Politicized Aesthetics: German Art in Warsaw of 1938
Authors: Kossowska Irena
Published: December 2017

This paper focuses attention on the reception of the exhibition “Deutsche Bildhauer der Gegenwart”, which was inaugurated on April 23rd, 1938 at the Institute of Art Propaganda in Warsaw – an institution whose exhibition hall was considered a venue of crucial importance to the cultural policy of the Polish state. The presentation was organized in the framework of a cultural exchange between Poland and Germany which was initiated by an exhibition of Polish contemporary art mounted in 1935 at the Preußischen Akademie der Künste in Berlin.

I will present the response of the Warsaw public to the presentation of contemporary German sculpture within the context of traditionalist ideology which was promulgated in Poland as much as across Europe in the decades between the two world wars. Drawing on traditionalism, which heralded a prevalence of national cultural values strongly anchored in the past, I will question the relevance of its rhetoric to the artistic phenomena evolving under political pressure. It seems intriguing to juxtapose the accounts provided by Polish and German authorities from the art world in an attempt to grasp the semantic content of such categories as “the genius of the race”, as reflected in the 1930s’ critical discourse. Moreover, in order to reflect upon the concept of propaganda art – another key notion of the time – it is worth considering the response of Polish commentators to official exhibitions of other nation-states held in Warsaw in the 1930s.
Soviet Modernism in the Historic Context. The Cases of Vilnius and Panevėžys City Centers
Authors: Vilkončius Evaldas
Published: December 2017

In the history of Lithuanian architecture, the period of soviet modernism has made very problematical mark. The architectural and urbanist changes that were made in Lithuanian cities during this period are linked with the beginning and development of modern building practice. Many discussions causes the changes in the city centres that were made from the 1960s. New modern buildings that were built in the historic context changed its individuality and singularity. This article analyses architectural changes that were made from 1960s to1990s in the historic context of Vilnius and Panevėžys centres. The article suggests that during different decades of the soviet modernism period, the new architecture had a different approach to the historic context. To prove this suggestion, the article presents the most distinctive buildings that were built in the historic context of the selected city centres.
Tension Between Everyday Practice and the New Museology Theory: A Case of the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius
Authors: Stoškutė Neringa
Published: December 2017

This article aims to present the main aspects of the New Museology theory and discuss the possibilities of its adaptation in Lithuanian museum practice. To date, the New Museology theory, which was formed in the 1980’s and places the emphasis on the contextual presentation of artworks and the social role museums play in public cultural life, is not widely used in Lithuanian museum practice and a comprehensive survey of art museum permanent collection displays has not been carried out in regards to this particular framework. The first part of this article presents the New Museology theory and its historiography, including main authors, who have contributed to the formation and development of the ‘new’ theory. The second part presents an overview of different methods of display, including aesthetic, contextual/educational and white cube models. The third part shows how a recent establishment of the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Lithuania completely ignored the New Museology theory and was based on the modernist view of art history, made popular in the Soviet period. Thus, it comes as no surprise, that the permanent collection display at the NGA has received a lot of criticism from various cultural and art historians and other academics. It is expected that the presentation of the main aspects of the New Museology theory and an assessment of a permanent collection display at the National Gallery of Art will help inform Lithuanian museum practice and form a basis for further studies in Lithuanian museological research.
Multiplicity of Cruising: Interactions with the Unknown and Realisation of Cruising for Sex in A. K. Campbell’Sthe Pride
Authors: Narauskaitė Gintarė
Published: December 2017

Cruisingcan be defined as an activity where subjects look for sex in public spaces and is usually called cruising for sex. Authors like Humphrey and Delph emphasize that non-verbal communication, such as eye contact, body language, way of walking, etc., is used to make first contacts that eventually lead to sex. Despite the sexuality of cruising, authors like T. Dean or Turner note that besides public sex, cruising also defines a way of life or indicates a pastime. When discussing cruising, T. Dean emphasizes that contacts, superficial conversations and a playful relaxing atmosphere are characteristic to cruising. The context of cruising not only involves pleasing sexual impulses but also focuses on hospitality and friendliness towards strangers. It notes that this practise is used to establish contacts, engage in a meaningless conversation and start relations for the goal of pleasure, however the identity ego remains free. Furthermore, cruising for sex is often considered to be a negative activity for immoral behaviour in public and the risk to contract sexually transmitted diseases. Men who cruise often stigmatize themselves and assign deviational meanings to cruising. Contacts established while cruising as an open and an unregulated activity are managed entirely by pleasure produced by playfulness of randomness.
A New Synonym of Dilutineuron Corrugatum (Grimmiaceae, Bryophyta) from Japan
Authors: Bednarek-Ochyra Halina , Ochyra Ryszard
Published: December 2017

The type material of Racomitrium canescens (Hedw.) Brid. fo. erythrophyllum Sakurai from Japan is taxonomically evaluated. This form perfectly falls within the range of variation of Dilutineuron corrugatum (Bednarek-Ochyra) Bednarek- Ochyra, Sawicki, Ochyra, Szczecińska & Plášek and, accordingly, R. canescens fo. erythrophyllum is reduced to synonymy with this species name.