bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A arte de amar
Authors: Trevisan Matheus
Published: November 2015

OVÍDIO. A arte de amar. Tradução de Pietro Nassetti. São Paulo: Martin Claret, 2004
O terrível dom do saber: o conflito entre o rei e o adivinho no Édipo Rei de Sófocles
Authors: Ferreira Lúcia Rocha
Published: November 2015

No Édipo Rei de Sófocles, a tensão que é própria da tragédia toma a forma de uma acirrada disputa entre o rei e o adivinho, que se mostra como uma disputa pelo saber. Inserida no âmbito de um misterioso universo verbal em que as palavras ao mesmo tempo dizem e calam, a ação dramática põe em jogo, ao confrontar o poder do rei e os dons do adivinho, a eficiência da palavra nos vários domínios em que pode vigorar a força da palavra. Pretende-se discutir, aqui, o sentido dessa disputa em que poder e saber se entrelaçam, e na qual figuram, numa significativa alternância de valores, as imagens do dia e da noite.
Man, fate, and death in Indo-European tradition
Authors: West Martin Litchfield
Published: November 2015

This paper deals with Indo-European concepts concerning the human condition: the nature of man, the role of fate in shaping his life, his destiny in death. The evidence is partly drawn from linguistic material, partly from literary. The assumption is that, just as comparison of vocabulary in widely separated languages such as Hittite, Sanskrit and Old Irish makes it possible to reconstruct words of the parent language, so comparison of parallel motifs in different traditional literatures may show up inherited ideas and beliefs.
Editorial
Authors: Santos Marcos Martinho dos
Published: November 2015

Em 2004, ano de importantes encontros no Brasil de especialistas de diversas áreas dos Estudos Clássicos, o PPG Letras Clássicas da FFLCH/USP aproveitou a oportunidade para organizar e realizar uma reunião científica internacional de Estudos Clássicos de caráter eminentemente interdisciplinar, o colóquio internacional “Novas abordagens em ciências da Antigüidade”, com o apoio da FAPESP, do Consulado e Embaixada dos Estados Unidos da América, do Consulado e Embaixada do Reino Unido, da Fundação Humboldt. O colóquio contou com 15 pesquisadores convidados das mais importantes instituições de ensino e pesquisa da Alemanha (Bernd Seidensticker), Checoslováquia (Jan Bazant), Escócia (Keith Rutter), Estados Unidos (H. Alan Shapiro), França (Annie Bélis, Christian Jacob, Georges Rougemont, Mireille Corbier, Pierre Carlier, Roland Étienne), Inglaterra (Martin Litchfield West, Michael Winterbottom, Oliver Taplin, Stephanie West) e Itália (Paulo Butti de Lima), e constou de 15 sessões de conferências, 15 grupos de trabalho e um concerto (dirigido por Annie Bélis, o Ensemble Kérylos apresentou excertos de música grega antiga). Agora, a partir da seleção de artigos produzidos por aqueles participantes e outros autores, e a partir da seleção de traduções, notícias de pesquisa e resenhas, o PPG Letras Clássicas da FFLCH/USP edita este oitavo número de Letras Clássicas, cujo eixo temático é, justamente, o conjunto dos Estudos Clássicos, de que as Letras Clássicas são parte.
Dos gêneros de discurso (Quintiliano, Inst.Or. 12.10.58–80)
Authors: Martin Thaís Morgado
Published: November 2015

Quintiliano. Instituição oratória. “Livro XII”, 10, 58-801.

A edição empregada na tradução foi: QUINTILIEN. Institution oratoire. Texte établi et traduit par Jean Cousin. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1980. t. VII

Esta tradução é parte de um projeto de Iniciação Científica, desenvolvido no PPG Letras Clássicas da FFLCH/USP, sob orientação do Prof. Dr. Marcos Martinho, ao longo de 2006, com bolsa da FAPESP.
Dos poemas (Diomedes, Arte gramatical 3)
Authors: Garbellini Izabella Lombardi
Published: November 2015

Tradução de Diomedes. Arte gramatical. “Livro III”.

Esta tradução é parte de um projeto de Iniciação Cientifica intitulado “Tradução e comentários do De poematibus de Diomedes”. O projeto foi desenvolvido no PPG Letras Clássicas da FFLCH/USP, sob a orientação do Prof. Dr. Marcos Martinho dos Santos, ao longo do 2° semestre de 2004 e 1° semestre de 2005, com bolsa PIBIC do CNPq, e os resultados foram apresentados no 13o SIICUSP realiza- do nos dias 7, 8 e 9 de novembro de 2005. Recebeu menção honrosa da Comissão Organizadora do 13o SIICUSP. Em 24 de abril de 2006, foi selecionado, dentre os que receberam menção honrosa, para receber o prêmio da Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa da USP. Com o prêmio da Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa da USP, a orientanda desen- volveu as seguintes atividades na Inglaterra: (a) de 1 a 6 de setembro de 2006: pesquisa bibliográfica, na Bodleian Library e na Sackler Library da Oxford University (Oxford, Reino Unido); (b) de 7 a 9 de setembro de 2006: apresentação da comu- nicação “The De poematibus by Diomedes” em “The 2006 colloquium of the Henry Sweet”.

 
Alusiones a la sexualidad en algunas tragedias conservadas de Eurípides
Authors: Férez Juan Antonio López
Published: November 2015

Este artigo pretende verificar alusões à sexualidade, explícitas ou veladas, em nove tragédias de Eruípides.
Considerazioni sulla prima crisi imperiale e la condizione dell’intellettuale in Età Neroniana
Authors: Montagna Carlotta
Published: November 2015

Sob Nero, a sociedade romana enfrentou sua Primeira Crise Imperial, consequência de um nível de poder e assistencialismo sem precedentes que se deveu sobretudo à falta de diretrizes políticas e culturais bem definidas após a morte de Augusto. Em vez de convenientia ou πρέπον, os intelectuais da época privilegiaram a novitas e o exibicionismo, criando assim a poética do impressionante. Quanto mais o poder imperial foi assumindo conotações absolutistas e despóticas, menos o papel e a contribuição social do intelectual pareceram dignos de consideração. Consequentemente, os intelectuais sugeriram um novo conceito de homem de letras, concentrando-se nos aspectos psicológicos do comportamento humano, como é o caso de Sêneca. A alternativa possível, conscientemente adotada por Lucano na Farsália, foi empenhar-se num gênero de poesia macabro e difamatório: a expressão de uma condição comum de fraqueza mental. Nesse sentido, as soluções estilísticas de Lucano são dignas de consideração: por meio de seu modus scribendi ardens e concitatus, Lucano expressou sua visão trágica da realidade e se desviou da tradição literária romana, que concedia pouco espaço para a irracionalidade. Sob Nero, houve uma renovação do interesse filosófico, mas já não parecia possível acreditar nas filosofias tradicionais. A persistência da crise levou os intelectuais de início a aceitar passivamente o status quo, mas depois passaram a se afastar dignamente da cena pública. Os hexâmetros de Pérsio nas Sátiras são emblemáticos a esse respeito.
Ulisses, uma tragédia de Níkos Kazantzákis
Authors: Fonseca Ísis Belchior da
Published: November 2015

Este artigo mostra o vivo interesse de Kazantzákis pelos poemas homéricos, destacando entre seus heróis a figura de Ulisses. Torna evidente a semelhança entre o "épos" homérico e a tragédia. Apesar do desrespeito e irreligiosidade do herói para com as divindades, manifestos no 1o. ato, verifica-se que os limites das concepções clássicas são resguardados na mudança posterior de atitude de Ulisses, quando se vê protegido por Atena.
Crêmilo defende o deus da riqueza, Pluto, dos argumentos da pobreza (Aristófanes, Pluto 489–612)
Authors: Duarte Adriane Da Silva
Published: November 2015

Tradução: Aristófanes, Pluto, 489-612
Diálogo dos Mortos
Authors: Campos André Malta
Published: November 2015

DEZOTTI, M. C. C. Luciano: Diálogo dos Mortos. Edição Bilíngue. São Paulo: Hucitec. 1996. MURACHCO, H. G. Luciano: Diálogo dos Mortos. Edição Bilingue. São Paulo: Palas Atena. 1996.
Mito e violência na tragédia Agamêmnon de Ésquilo
Authors: Torrano JAA
Published: November 2015

Na tragédia se confundem e se distinguem quatro pontos de vista e quadro graus da verdade: o ponto de vista e o grau de verdade próprios dos Deuses, o dos Daímones, o dos Heróis e o dos homens cidadãos da cidade-estado. Nessa multiplicidade de pontos de vista e de graus da verdade, instaura-se a dialética trágica, pré-filosófica, que investiga o sentido humano, o sentido heróico e o sentido numinoso (pertinente ao Daímon, "Nume") da justiça divina dispensada por Zeus e partilhada pelos homens da pólis.
O discurso didático de Aristófanes em As Nuvens
Authors: Carvalho Aécio Flávio de
Published: November 2015

Aristófanes tinha um sentido didático inteligentemente planejado ao reelaborar As nuvens, prova de que o impulsionava uma missão, que se impôs, de educador do povo. E intuindo o dionisismo latente nas Nuvens como deusas primordiais da teogonia hesiódica, toma-se como símbolos dos valores culturais fundamentais da civilização grega.
Editorial
Authors: Cardoso Zelia De Almeida
Published: November 2015

O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras Clássicas da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo tem o prazer de oferecer ao público o primeiro número da revista Letras Clássicas, que tem como eixo temático a tragédia e a comédia grecolatinas. Espera-se que Letras Clássicas cumpra a sua função: a de divulgar conhecimentos e informações sobre uma cultura na qual se assentam as raízes do saber contemporâneo.
The Processing of Attended and Predicted Sounds in Time
Authors: Paris Tim , Kim Jeesun , Davis Chris
Published: November 2015

Neural responses to an attended event are typically enhanced relative to those from an unattended one (attention enhancement). Conversely, neural responses to a predicted event are typically reduced relative to those from an unpredicted one (prediction suppression). What remains to be established is what happens with attended and predicted events. To examine the interaction between attention and prediction, we combined two robust paradigms developed for studying attention and prediction effects on ERPs into an orthogonal design. Participants were presented with sounds in attended or unattended intervals with onsets that were either predicted by a moving visual cue or unpredicted (no cue was provided). We demonstrated an N1 enhancement effect for attended sounds and an N1 suppression effect for predicted sounds; furthermore, an interaction between these effects was found that emerged early in the N1 (50–95 msec), indicating that attention enhancement only occurred when the sound was unpredicted. This pattern of results can be explained by the precision of the predictive cue that reduces the need for attention selection in the attended and predicted condition.
Jordan and Syrian Refugees: Avoiding the Worst Case Scenario
Authors: Carrion Doris
Published: November 2015

Civil war in Syria has provoked a major refugee crisis in neighbouring Jordan, raising the latter’s population by 8 per cent. For Jordanians, the highly visible presence of many thousands of refugees living in their midst – mostly in urban areas, rather than camps – raises fears over competition for resources and opportunities. Host communities have partly benefited from the presence of refugees, but many Jordanians feel they are worse off because of the Syrians. The refugee crisis has hit the most vulnerable people in their country hardest. Local inhabitants feel increasingly disenfranchised and neglected by both their government and international donors due to a real and perceived impact on rents, prices, public services and public order. If current trends continue, resentment and alienation in the northern governorates are likely to increase in the coming years. Local discontent may subside if Syrians are given more opportunities to earn a living legally, which would mean that Jordan would benefit more from their presence. In order to minimize a negative political effect, a more open livelihood policy should be accompanied by a significant increase in international development support for host communities. It does not look like refugees will be able to return to Syria any time soon, no matter how hard life in Jordan becomes. Jordan and the international community should take the difficult but necessary steps to prevent the crisis from making life even worse for the country’s most vulnerable residents.
Policy Research: Some Reflections on Theory and Practice
Authors: Hollis Rosemary
Published: November 2015

This essay reflects on the enterprise of policy research, considering its audience and purpose in a climate of political inaction. The author draws upon an extensive professional history of working in the policy sector in the uk and reflecting about its remit from an academic vantage point. Drawing upon the case studies featured in this issue on Syria’s refugee crisis, the author poses fundamental questions about the limits of policy research by reflecting the methods employed in policy research and the institutional and political climate in which such research is undertaken.
Taxonomy of the genus Osorius Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Osoriinae) from China
Authors: Zou Si-Si , Zhou Hong-Zhang
Published: November 2015

This paper studies the taxonomy of the genus Osorius Guérin-Méneville, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Osoriinae) and reports 10 new species and three new records from China: Osorius depressicapitatus sp. nov. (Yunnan and Xizang), O. guizhouensis sp. nov. (Guizhou), O. huangi sp. nov. (Hunan), O. limatidepressus sp. nov. (Sichuan), O. micromidas sp. nov. (Yunnan), O. minutoserratus sp. nov. (Yunnan), O. rectomarginatus sp. nov. (Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Guangdong and Xizang), O. striolatus sp. nov. (Hunan and Guangdong), O. trichinosis sp. nov. (Guizhou and Zhejiang), O. tuberocapitatus sp. nov. (Hubei), O. aspericeps Fauvel, 1905, new record of China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Xizang and Zhejiang), O. frontalis Fauvel, 1905, new record of China (Sichuan), and O. punctulatus Motschulsky, 1857, new record of China (Yunnan and Fujian). The number of the Chinese Osorius species is thus increased to 21 in total. The paper provides line drawings for 21 species and redescriptions for the species recorded for the first time in China. A key to Chinese species is also included.
Phytotelmatrichis, a new genus of Acrotrichinae (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) associated with the phytotelmata of Zingiberales plants in Peru
Authors: DARBY MICHAEL , CHABOO CAROLINE S.
Published: November 2015

Phytotelmatrichis, gen. n. a new genus of Ptiliidae: Acrotrichinae with two species Phytotelmatrichis peruviensis sp. n. and Phytotelmatrichis osopaddington sp. n. is described and illustrated. The new species were found during a survey of insects in the aquatic environments that form in the hollows (phytotelmata) in the leaves and floral bracts of Zingiberales plants. The new taxa were found in the the Zingiberales genera Calathea (Marantaceae), Heliconia (Heliconiaceae), and Alpinia and Renealmia (Zingiberaceae) in southern Peru. Sampling of other habitats in the same areas over five years and using a range of different techniques did not yield more specimens of this new genus. This suggests that the new species are restricted to phytotelmata.
Leucosiid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Taiwan, with three new records
Authors: SHIH YI-JIA , HO PING-HO , CHAN TIN-YAM
Published: November 2015

Four leucosiid species from Taiwan are presented. Ebalia nudipes Sakai, 1963, with its male first gonopod figured for the first time. Galilia petricola Komai & Tsuchida, 2014, is recorded on the basis of a larger specimen, and distinguishing features with its only congener, G. narusei Ng & Richer de Forges, 2007, reappraised. Nursia rhomboidalis (Miers, 1879), previously known only from Japan, Korea, and mainland China, is also recorded from Taiwan. Myra fugax (Fabricius, 1798) is now formally recorded from Taiwan, and female characters identified to help separate the three known Taiwanese species of Myra.
New species and records of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cuba
Authors: NIEDBAŁA Wojciech , ERMILOV SERGEY G.
Published: November 2015

An annotated checklist of identified oribatid mites from Cuba, including 16 species, 9 genera and 4 families, is provided. Three new species, Prototritia triangularibus Niedbała sp. nov. (Protoplophoridae), Hoplophthiracarus vinalesensis Niedbała sp. nov. and Protophthiracarus paratripartitus Niedbała sp. nov. (both Steganacaridae), are described from leaf litter. Three species of the subgenus Atropacarus (Hoplophorella)—A. (H.) andrei (Balogh, 1958), A. (H.) brachys Niedbała, 2004 and A. (H.) stilifer (Hammer, 1961)—are recorded in the Cuban mite fauna for the first time.
The Implementation of the Ice-Phase Microphysical Process into a Four-Dimensional Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System (VDRAS) and Its Impact on Parameter Retrieval and Quantitative Precipitation Nowcasting
Authors: Chang Shao-Fan , Liou Yu-Chieng , Sun Juanzhen , Tai Sheng-Lun
Published: November 2015

The microphysical process of a cloud-scale model used by a four-dimensional Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System (VDRAS) is extended from its original warm rain parameterization scheme to a cold rain process containing ice and snow. The development of the adjoint equations for the additional control variables related to ice physics is accomplished by utilizing the existing four-dimensional variational (4DVar) minimization framework employed by VDRAS. Experiments are conducted to examine the accuracy of the new 4DVar system with the ice physics scheme implemented and to explore the impact of the ice-phase process on numerical simulations, parameter retrievals, and the model’s quantitative precipitation nowcasting (QPN) capability.

It is shown that the ice-phase microphysical process can significantly alter the kinematic and thermodynamic structure of deep convection and provide a better description of the contents of the hydrometeors. During the 4DVar minimization, using the VDRAS-predicted freezing level after the previous assimilation cycle to replace the true but unknown 0°C line is found to be a feasible approach for separating the rain and snow and, at the same time, allowing the 4DVar minimization algorithm to converge to an optimal solution. A real case study from intensive observation period 8 of the 2008 Southwest Monsoon Experiment shows that, with the added ice-phase process, VDRAS is more capable of capturing the actual evolution of the reflectivity field than the original scheme. The model’s QPN skill is also improved significantly. Thus, the benefits of adding the ice-phase process into a 4DVar radar data assimilation system on the convective-scale weather analysis and forecast are demonstrated.
Attempted suicide and violent criminality among Danish second-generation immigrants according to parental place of origin
Authors: Webb Roger T , Antonsen Sussie , Pedersen Carsten B , Mok Pearl LH , Cantor-Graae Elizabeth , Agerbo Esben
Published: November 2015

Background:

Immigrant populations in Western European countries have grown in their size and diversity, but little is known about risks of self-directed and externalised violence among second-generation immigrants.

Aims:

To compare risks for attempted suicides and violent offending among second-generation immigrants to Denmark according to parental region of origin versus the native Danish population.

Methods:

Data from interlinked national Danish registers were used ( N = 1,973,614). Parental origin outside Denmark was categorised thus: Asia, Africa, Middle East, Greenland, other Scandinavian countries, elsewhere in Europe and all other regions. We estimated gender-specific cumulative incidence and incidence rate ratios (IRRs) versus native Danes.

Results:

In virtually all subgroups of second-generation immigrants, risk was elevated for the two adverse outcomes in both genders. Females generally had greater elevations in attempted suicide risk, and males had greater elevations in violent offending risk. For attempted suicide, especially large IRRs were observed for males and females whose parents emigrated from Greenland; for violent offending, risks were particularly raised for males and females of Middle Eastern, Greenlandic and African origin. Adjustment for socioeconomic status partially explained these associations.

Conclusion:

Western European nations should develop preventive programmes tailored towards specific second-generation immigrant populations, with integrated approaches jointly tackling suicidality and violence.
Exploring partnership: Reflections on an international collaboration
Authors: Karban Kate , Ngandu Rosemary
Published: November 2015

This article explores some of the challenges involved in a collaborative mental health partnership, drawing on the reflections of two project members from the Chainama College of Health Sciences in Zambia and the Leeds Metropolitan University in England. The aim of the project was to support the education and training of the mental health workforce in Zambia as services shift from institutional to community-based care. The discussion is located within Gray’s ‘three-pronged dilemma’ and debates concerning the internationalisation agenda in social work and higher education. The conclusion emphasises the benefits and tensions of partnership working between ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries.
Can Class-Based Substitute for Race-Based Student Assignment Plans? Evidence From Wake County, North Carolina
Authors: McMillian M. Monique , Fuller Sarah , Hill Zoelene , Duch Kate , Darity William A.
Published: November 2015

This study uses a North Carolina administrative data set to analyze racial segregation and student achievement in Wake County during race-based and income-based school assignment plans. We find a modest increase in the level of racial segregation in Wake schools during the income-based plan, but compared with other large districts in the state, Wake County remained relatively desegregated. We also find a small increase in reading and math test scores and a narrowing of the Black-White test score gap. Our analysis indicates that the improvement in math scores may be partially due to school composition changes attributable to the income-based assignment plan.
Urban political ecologies of housing and climate change: The ‘Coolest Block’ Contest in Philadelphia
Authors: Edwards Gareth A S , Bulkeley Harriet
Published: November 2015

Urban authorities and a range of private and civil society actors have come to view housing as a key arena in which to address climate change whilst also pursuing wider social, economic and environmental objectives. Housing has been a critical area for urban studies, but often considered in sectoral terms and work on urban responses to climate change has followed this positioning. By contrast, an Urban Political Ecology (UPE) perspective would position housing in more integrated terms as part of the metabolism of the city. Yet so far there has been relatively little written in UPE about either housing or climate change. This paper therefore seeks to bring UPE into dialogue with the emergent literature focused on governing climate change through housing. It does so through a detailed study of the ‘Retrofit Philly “Coolest Block” Contest’. We argue that this contest highlights the ways climate change is changing the way housing is embedded in the circulations of the city, pointing to changes in who is governing housing, how housing is being governed and who is able to access the benefits of (climate change-branded) action on housing.
Structurally adjusting: Narratives of fiscal crisis in four US cities
Authors: Hinkley Sara
Published: November 2015

The Great Recession unleashed a wave of fiscal stress in the USA, with austerity measures such as spending cuts, service reductions and privatisation predictably taking centre stage. Decades of federal withdrawal from urban policy and funding, combined with state retrenchment, have contributed to a landscape of urban fiscal stress exacerbated by the prolonged effects of the post-2007 recession. This article examines the experience of fiscal crisis in four US cities (Detroit, Dallas, Philadelphia, and San Jose), focusing on the narratives used by city and state government leadership to publicly describe local crises. Shared elements of the framing of urban fiscal crisis in this diverse set of cities provide insight into the unfolding of austerity in local politics. Blame for the crisis has centred less on social spending than in previous crises, and more on local governance failures, public pension commitments, and ongoing global economic precarity. Crisis governance has become widespread, even in fiscally resilient cities, driven by a vision of lean government in a ‘new normal’. While retrenchment effectively shrinks the state through spending cuts and privatisation, the governing power of cities is also being diminished by the narrative of fiscal responsibility reflected in the national move toward public pension restructuring and expanded state interventionism.
An Evaluation of Different Statistical Targets for Assembling Parallel Forms in Item Response Theory
Authors: Ali Usama S. , van Rijn Peter W.
Published: November 2015

Assembly of parallel forms is an important step in the test development process. Therefore, choosing a suitable theoretical framework to generate well-defined test specifications is critical. The performance of different statistical targets of test specifications using the test characteristic curve (TCC) and the test information function (TIF) was investigated. Test length, the number of test forms, and content specifications are considered as well. The TCC target results in forms that are parallel in difficulty, but not necessarily in terms of precision. Vice versa, test forms created using a TIF target are parallel in terms of precision, but not necessarily in terms of difficulty. As sometimes the focus is either on TIF or TCC, differences in either difficulty or precision can arise. Differences in difficulty can be mitigated by equating, but differences in precision cannot. In a series of simulations using a real item bank, the two-parameter logistic model, and mixed integer linear programming for automated test assembly, these differences were found to be quite substantial. When both TIF and TCC are combined into one target with manipulation to relative importance, these differences can be made to disappear.
Social cognitive determinants of entrepreneurial career choice in university students
Authors: Lanero Ana , Vázquez José-Luis , Aza Carlota L
Published: November 2015

This article tests a model of entrepreneurial career choice in university students based upon Social Cognitive Career Theory. In particular, we hypothesize that entrepreneurial interests affect career choice and that perceived self-efficacy is related to outcome expectations and both constructs affect interests and career choice. Additionally, this study explores the differences in these variables and tests the generalization of the relationships among students in both entrepreneurship- and non-entrepreneurship-related disciplines. Data collected from a survey of 400 students at a Spanish university are analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance and Partial Least Squares. The findings indicate that self-efficacy exerted positive effects on outcome expectations, entrepreneurial interests, and career choice, which holds for students across disciplines. However, interests are not associated with career choice, whereas the effects of outcome expectations depend on their extrinsic/intrinsic nature and the student’s academic orientation.
What ICT4D and information management researchers can learn from Paul Otlet’s notion of development
Authors: Cibangu Sylvain K , Hepworth Mark
Published: November 2015

While expansive literature of information-related fields presents Paul Otlet (1868-1944) as one of the founders and prolific writers of information research, it displays a lean coverage of Otlet’s works. Indeed, despite his reflections on information and technology as a conduit of human development, Otlet tends to be caricatured with the concept document and related subjects such as book, library, bibliography, etc. One of the reasons for this shortcoming is that development represents one of the least researched themes of information studies on the one hand and of information and communication technology for development [ICT4D] on the other. It follows that, although integral to human actualization, development is seen as alien to or unfit for information-related fields. Another consequence is that development is taken to mean the development of and access to information technologies. Applying qualitative content analysis, the present paper canvasses Otlet’s works, and features the notion of development. Otlet saw information as a service toward people’s development. For him, people’s development implies the totality and expansion of human life. The paper captures some of the salient themes under which Otlet approached development. The goal is to bring to the forefront of information research, the development, not just of information systems and forums, but also that of people.
Effect of iso-butanol addition to diesel fuel on performance and emissions of a DI diesel engine with exhaust gas recirculation
Authors: Rajesh Kumar B , Saravanan S
Published: November 2015

Iso-butanol is a second generation biofuel that has the potential to improve energy security and mitigate harmful pollutants in reciprocating engines. The present study investigates the effect of iso-butanol addition to diesel fuel on performance and emissions of a single cylinder direct-injection diesel engine with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). For this objective, four iso-butanol/diesel blends containing 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% were prepared by volume basis and tested in the engine under three EGR rates: 10% to 30% (at increments of 10%) with the combination of two injection timings: 23° and 21° crank angle (CA) before top dead center (bTDC). Experimental results showed that the combination of 30% EGR rate, 40% iso-butanol addition (ISB40) and retarded injection timing by 2° CA bTDC simultaneously reduced NOx emissions from 1284 to 749 ppm and smoke opacity from 20.7% to 1.9% with a slight drop in performance. It was found that higher iso-butanol/diesel blends require higher EGR levels to attain optimum levels of smoke and NOx emissions. Both hydrocarbon (HC) and carbon-monoxide (CO) emissions presented an increasing trend at escalating EGR rates. At retarded injection timing, ISB40 blend presented decreased HC emissions, increased CO emissions with a slight drop in performance compared to its injection at original timing.
Data literacy for researchers and data librarians
Authors: Koltay Tibor
Published: November 2015

This paper describes data literacy and emphasizes its importance. Data literacy is vital for researchers who need to become data literate science workers and also for (potential) data management professionals. Its important characteristic is a close connection and similarity to information literacy. To support this argument, a review of literature was undertaken on the importance of data, and the data-intensive paradigm of scientific research, researchers’ expected and real behaviour, the nature of research data management, the possible roles of the academic library, data quality and data citation, Besides describing the nature of data literacy and enumerating the related skills, the application of phenomenographic approaches to data literacy and its relationship to the digital humanities have been identified as subjects for further investigation.
Optimal two-stage enrichment design correcting for biomarker misclassification
Authors: Zang Yong , Guo Beibei
Published: November 2015

The enrichment design is an important clinical trial design to detect the treatment effect of the molecularly targeted agent (MTA) in personalized medicine. Under this design, patients are stratified into marker-positive and marker-negative subgroups based on their biomarker statuses and only the marker-positive patients are enrolled into the trial and randomized to receive either the MTA or a standard treatment. As the biomarker plays a key role in determining the enrollment of the trial, a misclassification of the biomarker can induce substantial bias, undermine the integrity of the trial, and seriously affect the treatment evaluation. In this paper, we propose a two-stage optimal enrichment design that utilizes the surrogate marker to correct for the biomarker misclassification. The proposed design is optimal in the sense that it maximizes the probability of correctly classifying each patient’s biomarker status based on the surrogate marker information. In addition, after analytically deriving the bias caused by the biomarker misclassification, we develop a likelihood ratio test based on the EM algorithm to correct for such bias. We conduct comprehensive simulation studies to investigate the operating characteristics of the optimal design and the results confirm the desirable performance of the proposed design.
Continued Gains in Health Insurance but Few Signs of Increased Utilization: An Update on the ACA’s Dependent Coverage Mandate
Authors: Shane Dan M. , Ayyagari Padmaja , Wehby George
Published: November 2015

Objectives: To evaluate the Affordable Care Act’s dependent coverage mandate impact on insurance take-up and health services use through the second full year of implementation. Data: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey from 2006 to 2012. Study Design: Difference-in-difference regressions comparing pre-/postpolicy-outcome changes between 19- to 25-year-olds and 27- to 34-year-olds. Principal Findings: Following significant increases in 2011, insurance take-up among 19- to 25-year-olds leveled off overall in 2012. However, increases in coverage for Black young adults were higher in 2012 compared to 2011. Despite increased coverage, there is little evidence of an overall effect on health services use postmandate. Evidence points to increased doctor visits and emergency department visits among Hispanics in the first year postmandate. Conclusions: The Affordable Care Act young adult mandate led to significant gains in insurance take-up, though evidence suggests that the bulk of the gains occurred in the first year after the mandate. Gains for Black young adults appear to have picked up in 2012.
Effects of Hospital Type and Distance on Lymph Node Assessment for Colon Cancer Among Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Patients in Appalachia
Authors: Short Pamela Farley , Moran John R. , Yang Tse-Chuan , Camacho Fabian , Gusani Niraj J. , Mackley Heath B. , Matthews Stephen A. , Anderson Roger T.
Published: November 2015

We studied differences in access to large or accredited cancer programs as a possible explanation for geographic disparities in adherence to the national guideline on lymph node assessment for Stages I to III colon cancer. State cancer registries were linked with Medicare claims of patients diagnosed from 2006 to 2008 from Appalachian counties of four states. Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan patients differed on adherence, proximity to high-volume or accredited hospitals, and hospital type. We modeled effects of hospital type on adherence with ordinary least squares and instrumental variables (instrumenting for hospital type with relative distance). The evidence was strongest for improved adherence in high-volume hospitals for nonmetropolitan patients. We estimate that roughly 100 deaths might be prevented over 5 years among each year’s incident cases if the nonmetropolitan disparity in hospital volume were eliminated nationally. We conclude that regionalization or targeting smaller hospitals would improve adherence in nonmetropolitan areas, but also argue for improving adherence generally.
Ultrasonographic and clinicopathological features of pyloroduodenal adenomatous polyps in cats
Authors: Daure Evence , Jania Rachel , Jennings Samuel , d’Anjou Marc-André , Penninck Dominique
Published: November 2015

Objectives

The aim of the study was to report the ultrasonographic and clinicopathological findings in cats with confirmed pyloroduodenal adenomatous polyps.

Methods

Clinicopathological data, ultrasonographic and histopathological findings were collected retrospectively from medical records.

Results

Pyloroduodenal polyps appeared as small moderately echogenic and homogeneous nodules filling most of the proximal duodenal or pyloroduodenal lumen. The most common presenting signs in this study included acute vomiting and anorexia in 4/6 cats and lethargy in 3/6 cats. Two cats presented with severe anemia, suggestive of active bleeding. One cat presented with increased bilirubin without anemia, suggestive of impaired bile flow. Five cats survived surgical removal of the polyp and were free of clinical signs 817 days after the procedure.

Conclusions and relevance

Pyloroduodenal polyps have subtle ultrasonographic changes that can easily be mistaken for ingesta. They are characterized by a discrete small (up to 1.5 cm in diameter) homogeneous echogenic nodule filling the pyloroduodenal lumen. Pyloroduodenal polyps are benign lesions but can cause severe clinical signs including gastrointestinal bleeding or biliary obstruction. The prognosis is excellent with surgical removal.
Religious beliefs, coping, and psychological well-being among Greek cancer patients
Authors: Kaliampos Apostolos , Roussi Pagona
Published: November 2015

Using a prospective design, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between coping and psychological well-being (distress and positive affect) in a sample of Greek cancer patients ( N = 86), giving a special emphasis on the role of religiosity (religious beliefs and coping). Results showed that religious coping during chemotherapy was the only predictor of positive affect 7 months later, when engagement and disengagement strategies were included in the model. The present findings suggest that religious coping may play a positive role in the well-being of patients facing a life-threatening disease, such as cancer.
Socio-economic status and major trauma in a Scandinavian urban city: A population-based case-control study
Authors: Bagher A. , Andersson L. , Wingren C. J. , Ottosson A. , Wangefjord S. , Acosta S.
Published: November 2015

Aims: Epidemiological studies of patients with major trauma, including both hospitalized and immediately deceased whom are undergoing medico-legal autopsy, are very rare. We studied the incidence and mortality of major trauma in all 10 districts in the Scandinavian city of Malmö, Sweden, and the association between socio-economic status and major trauma. Methods: Major trauma was defined as a New Injury Severity Score > 15, or a lethal outcome due to trauma. Cases with a registration address in Malmö between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2013 were identified from the red trauma alarm list in the hospital and the autopsy register in the Forensic Department. Statistics Sweden matched each case with four randomly selected age-, gender- and district-matched controls. Social assistance within the household, level of education, income and capital income were compared. Results: We identified 117 cases (80 men and 37 women) with a median age of 48.0 years (IQR 28.5–65.0). The incidence of major trauma in Malmö was 12.7 (95% CI 10.4–15.0) per 100,000 person-years; and 69 died due to major trauma, with 8.4 (95% CI 6.4–10.4) per 1000 deaths. Lower income ( p = 0.024), no income (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.0–2.4; p = 0.037) and social assistance (OR 2.3; 95% CI 1.3–4.1; p = 0.003) were associated with major trauma. The level of education was not found to be related to major trauma ( p = 0.47). Conclusions: Low income and social assistance within the household were associated with major trauma in the city of Malmö, but not the level of education; in this age-, gender- and district-matched case-control study of major trauma.
A qualitative analysis of South Korean casino experiences: A perspective on the experience economy
Authors: Shim Changsup , Oh Eun Ji , Jeong Chul
Published: November 2015

This study aims to examine the casino experiences of South Koreans within the framework of the four realms suggested by Pine and Gilmore's concept of the experience economy. Employing a qualitative research method, the current analysis focuses on how casinos are experienced and contextualized by contemporary South Koreans who imbue casinos with different meanings depending on how the individuals have experienced these places. The results reveal that the concept of the experience economy provides a new perspective for casino researchers to shift focus away from the rational behavior of casino visitors to focus more on their subjective and emotional experiences. The findings particularly show that South Korean casino visitors get easily absorbed in the casino environment, although they are unlikely to be completely immersed; at the same time, most of the visitors remain passive participants in gambling activities. Several salient practical implications are provided for casino researchers and marketers.
A blueprint for sustainability marketing
Authors: Lim Weng Marc
Published: November 2015

Sustainability marketing is a provocative area of research. Through an integrated knowledge inquiry approach, the conceptual article aims to provide answers to the feasibility of a joint application of sustainability and marketing and a blueprint for future sustainability marketing studies and practices. Five issues pertaining to the credibility and ambiguity of sustainability marketing are addressed—namely, the controversial debate between the incompatibility of marketing and sustainability, what sustainability offers marketing, what marketing offers sustainability, the feasibility of adopting the sustainability concept in marketing, and sustainability marketing myopia. Then, the article identifies a set of dimensions that characterize sustainability marketing, including economic, environmental, social, ethical, and technological dimensions. Unlike previous studies that often focus on only selected dimensions, the current article makes the case to consider the five identified dimensions as a whole to achieve greater sustainability. The article is also the first to incorporate two new dimensions into the sustainability marketing model: (1) the ethical dimension, in which a proposed synthesis among consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics is argued to contribute to the sustainability agenda and (2) the technological dimension, in which the innovation and use of technology is argued to enable communication and education of sustainability and the creation or cocreation of alternatives or solutions that contribute to greater sustainability. Remarks on the proposed blueprint and suggestions for further research conclude the article.
Of “Sluts” and “Arseholes”: Antagonistic Desire and the Production of Sexual Vigilance
Authors: Fanghanel Alexandra , Lim Jason
Published: November 2015

This article examines a contemporary antagonism in gendered safety discourses—the imperative to be free in public space against the obligation to be safe and “properly” feminine. We argue that this produces (and is produced by) contemporary rape culture, which might be contested through recourse to an agonistic ethic. Using qualitative interview data, we examine how participants contest victim-blaming discourses, while limiting how far they will accept the female body’s right to occupy public space. This article has significant implications for approaching social justice, in particular justice for women and their right to occupy public space.
Contextual Factors and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young, Black Men
Authors: Jones Jamal , Salazar Laura F. , Crosby Richard
Published: November 2015

Young Black men (YBM), aged 13 to 24 years, face a disproportionate burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). STI acquisition among YBM is due to incorrect and inconsistent condom use and is exacerbated by multiple sexual partners. Sexual and reproductive health is influenced by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social determinants that contribute to increased risk for STI acquisition. However, there are key social determinants of sexual health that play a major role in adolescent sexual risk–taking behaviors: gender norms, environment, peers, and families as well as a desire to impregnate a woman. Associations between contextual factors (risky environmental context, desire to impregnate a woman, and peer norms supportive of unsafe sex) and sexual risk behaviors were examined among a sample of YBM attending adolescent health clinics. This study used baseline data from a randomized controlled trial ( N = 702). Parental monitoring was also examined as an effect modifier of those associations. Sexual risk behaviors were the frequency of condomless vaginal sex, number of sexual partners within the previous 2 months, and lifetime number of sexual partners. Mean age was 19.7. In the adjusted model, peer norms was the only significant predictor for all sexual risk outcomes ( p < .05). Parental monitoring was an effect modifier for the perceived peer norms and lifetime sexual partners association ( p = .053) where the effect of peer norms on lifetime sexual partners was lower for participants with higher levels of perceived parental monitoring.
Perception of Solar Eclipses Captured by Art Explains How Imaging Misrepresented the Source of the Solar Wind
Authors: Woo Richard
Published: November 2015

The visible corona revealed by the natural phenomenon of solar eclipses has been studied for 150 years. A turning point has been the discovery that the true spatial distribution of coronal brightness can neither be seen nor imaged on account of its unprecedented dynamic range. Howard Russell Butler (1856–1934), the painter of solar eclipses in the early 20th century, possessed the extraordinary skill of painting from memory what he saw for only a brief time. His remarkable but forgotten eclipse paintings are, therefore, ideal for capturing and representing best the perceptual experience of the visible corona. Explained here is how by bridging the eras of visual (late 19th century) and imaging investigations (since the latter half of the 20th century), Butler’s paintings reveal why white-light images misled researching and understanding the Sun’s atmosphere, the solar wind. The closure in understanding solar eclipses through the convergence of perception, art, imaging, science and the history of science promises to enrich the experience of viewing and photographing the first solar eclipse of the 21st century in the United States on 21st August 2017.
Occipital pressure sores in two neonates
Authors: Liu Yi , Xiao Bin , Zhang Cheng , Su Zhihong
Published: November 2015

The preference for a specific head shape can be influenced by people’s culture, religious beliefs and race. Modern Chinese people prefer a “talented” head shape, which is rounded and has a long profile. To obtain their preferred head shape, some parents try to change their neonates’ sleeping position. Due to these forced sleeping positions, positional skull deformities, such as plagiocephaly, may be present during the first few months of life. In this article, we report two neonatal cases, of Hui nationality and Dongxiang nationality, with occipital pressure sores that were caused by using hard objects as pillows with the intention of obtaining a flattened occiput. The pressure sores were deep to the occipital bone and needed surgical management. These pressure sores caused wounds that were repaired by local skin flaps, after debridement, and the use of external constraints from a dense sponge-made head frame for approximately two weeks. One case recovered with primary healing after surgical operation. The other case suffered from a disruption of the sutured wound, and a secondary operation was performed to cover the wound. These occipital pressure sores are avoidable by providing guidance to the parents in ethnic minorities’ area regarding the prevention, diagnosis and management of positional skull deformity.