bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ethics of Knowledge Sharing: A Perspective of Social Ontology
Authors: Panda Ranjan K.
Published: November 2019

In the contemporary socio-economical scenario, knowledge sharing has become a crucial topic for discussion. As the economy of the societies becoming knowledge centric, knowledge production and dissemination by the educational and other social institutions must play an important role. In this paper, we discuss the notion of knowledge sharing as normative action involving two modes of function: voluntary and obligatory. Knowledge sharing as voluntary action presupposes personal ontology of knowledge. The knower as owner of knowledge has the right to disseminate knowledge. The reason of this dissemination could be sometimes to fulfill certain psychological desire or material needs, rather than purely value centric. Such a mode of sharing could be the reason for the degeneration of knowledge. It is because voluntary dissemination of knowledge does not go beyond the whims and fancies of the knower. On the other hand, knowledge sharing as an obligatory action emphasizes care and commitment. These normative elements could not only transform the attitude of the knower, but also help him to transcend the mere economic and psychological reasons of knowledge sharing. This transcendental logic of sharing would show how knowledge obtains its social ontology.
The Concept of the 'New Soviet Man' As a Eugenic Project: Eugenics in Soviet Russia after World War II
Authors: Bardziński Filip
Published: November 2019

This article penetrates the idealistic, Marxist concept of the 'new  Soviet man', linking it with the notion of eugenics. Departing from a reconstruction of the history and specificity of the eugenic movement in Russia since the late 19th century until the installation of Joseph Stalin as the only ruler of the Soviet Union, Lysenkoism paradigm of Soviet natural sciences is being evoked as a theoretical frame for Soviet-specific eugenic programme. Through referring to a number of chosen – both theoretical (classic Marxist works) and practical (chosen aspects of Soviet science and internal politics) – issues and cases, the concept of the 'new Soviet man' is being confronted with an original reading of eugenics, understood in neo-Lamarckian terms of direct shaping human beings through environmental conditions (comprehending the GULag system of labour camps, pseudo-medical experiments and other) and intergenerational transfer (through inheritance) of acquired traits.
Workshop in Kinderphilosophie: Ich-Du-Wir. Eine philosophische Entdeckung des Anderen
Authors: Bogaczyk-Vormayr Małgorzata
Published: November 2019

Die Autorin präsentiert ihr Konzept fü r einen Workshop in Kinderphilosophie, in welchem sie eine theoretische Darstellung der Problematik der Begegnungsphilosophie – in einem pädagogischen Kontext – sowie eine detaillierte Gliederung des Workshops darstellt. Die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer dieses Workshops sollen die philosophischethische Problematik des Anderen kennenlernen, sie werden dazu befähigt, die folgenden dialogphilosophischen Begriffe zu unterscheiden und inhaltlich abzugrenzen: das Andere, die/der Andere, Dialog, Begegnung, Relation, Solidarität. Die Autorin präsentiert hier, wie die Denkweisen einiger Philosophen auf spielerische Art den Kindern nähergebracht werden (Martin Buber, Emmanuel Lévinas, Jó zef Tischner). Die Kinder sollen somit erfahren,  was die Begegnungsphilosophie beinhaltet, aber vor allem werden die mit den Phänomenen der Alterität konfrontiert. Das Ziel ist es, die soziale und kulturelle Akzeptanz der Kinder fü r den Anderen zu vertiefen
Feminism and the Cooling of Intimacy. Unintended Consequences of Women’s Movements
Authors: Musiał Maciej
Published: November 2019

Numerous diagnoses of contemporary transformations of love and eroticism emphasise the fact that the intimate life has become democratised and liberated. Anthony Giddens argues that personal relationships increasingly become compatible with the model of pure relationship, which means that they are more egalitarian and that both partners are free to choose and to negotiate the shape of their relations. Jeffrey Weeks claims that in “the world that we have won”, women, homosexuals and queers are increasingly considered as equal to heterosexual men. Most scholars agree that feminism(together with gays’ and lesbians’ movements) is one of most important factors that enabled the democratisation of intimacy. Yet, it is possible to distinguish some interesting approaches that examine the unintended consequences of women’s emancipation. Sociologists like Arlie Russell Hochschild and Eva Illouz recognise the importance of feminism in democratising intimacy, thus they also claim that liberation of women has entailed rationalisation and commercialisation of intimacy. One of Hochschild’s main thesis is that feminism commercialises intimacy by legitimising “the commercial spirit of intimate life”. What is more, she argues that instead of humanizing men feminism is capitalising women. On the other hand, Illouz persuades that feminism – together with therapeutic discourse – rationalises intimacy by emphasising the necessity of analysing and quantifying all aspects of intimate life. Hochschild and Illouz claim that feminism unintentionally makes intimacy “cold” – that is that it suggests focusing on personal autonomy and perceiving warm and close bonds as an endangerment for that autonomy. The cooling entails loosening of family and intimate relationships and making individuals more attached to the market. In the end, both sociologists agree that “cool” branches of feminism make women similar to men and intimacy similar to the market
Does our Past have a Motivational Effect? Our Reasons for Acting: Sartre’s Philosophy of Action
Authors: Malinge Yoann
Published: November 2019

The goal of my paper is to consider how one chooses one’s own action. First, I will try to understand how both his past and his environment can condition someone's action. According to Sartre, we can act without being determined by our past which is always separated from us. It will be important to understand how such a process is possible. Is man completely free to act? Then I will raise the question of our reasons for acting in order to show that reasons do not pre-exist in the world. Motives are always motives for an agent who gives them meaning. They never condition the action completely. By his project, the agent reveals some reasons to act and these reasons have a value only in relation to the project adopted by the agent. Therefore, we can say that everyone is condemned to be free.
Interdisciplinary Foundations for Environmental and Sustainability Ethics: An Introduction
Authors: Dereniowska Małgorzata , Matzke Jason
Published: November 2019

This article introduces the special issue for Ethics in Progress entitled Environment, ethics, and sustainability: Crossroads of our future. Despite four decades of intense development in the field of academic and professional environmental ethics, environmental problems pose ever increasing ethical challenges. The discipline continues to undergo a transition from focusing on theoretical questions such as what kinds of beings deserve moral standing toward greater inclusion of the multifaceted dimensions of sustainability and environmental issues and policy formation. In this introductory paper, we present the development, some of the key disciplinary debates, and the continuing and emerging challenges in environmentalism as it intersects with sustainability. We emphasize the importance of increasing the range of interdisciplinary perspectives brought to bear on practical ethics. The papers included in this special issue reflect both the challenges that arise as environmental ethics continues to expand and explore new issues at the intersection of ethics, sustainability, and environmental research, and the interdisciplinarity required in our search to better understand matters related to environmental history, environmental inequalities, social and environmental value conflict, inter-generational justice, and ethical components of the human relationship with the world.
Profile of tuberculosis patients in Natal-RN, Brazil, from 2010 to 2018: a documentary study
Authors: Andrade Júnior Francisco Patricio de , Alves Thiago Willame Barbosa , Mendes Italy Heibe Aciole , Farias Brenda Kercya da Silva , Cordeiro Laísa Vilar , Lima Edeltrudes de Oliveira
Published: November 2019

The present study aimed to elucidate the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis patients in Natal-RN between the years 2010 and 2018. This was an epidemiological, retrospective and documentary study, in which the recovery of the secondary data occurred from the “Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS)” in Brazil. The following variables were studied: year of notification, gender, age, schooling, area of residence, ethnicity and factors that facilitate the onset of tuberculosis. Statistical association was performed using the Chi-Square test. In the year 2011, the highest percentage of notifications for tuberculosis was received (12.4%) in Natal-RN. The profile of the affected individuals was predominantly male (69.5%), between 20 and 39 years of age (43.8%), low educational levels (41.3%), mulattoes (68.2%) and urban residents (94.1%).  When gender was associated with factors that facilitate the onset of tuberculosis, it was observed that males presented higher percentages of positivity for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (16.3%), Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (15.8%), alcoholism (34%) and smoking (13.5%), while in females the highest rates of this correlation were with Diabetes mellitus (10.4%). In addition, a statistically significant association was found between gender with tobacco and alcohol consumption (<0.001) and with the presence of diabetes and Aids (<0.001). The data found in this study may serve as an auxiliary for developing more specific public policies for those most susceptible to tuberculosis in Natal-RN.
Passively Femtosecond Mode-Locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Oscillator with External Pulse Compressor for Frequency Comb Generation
Authors: Hammadi Yousif I. , Mansour Tahreer S. , Al-Masoodi A. H. H. , Harun S. W.
Published: November 2019

Optical frequency comb (OFC) sources, for their highly desirable properties, they have revolutionized a wide range of applications specifically orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system. OFC sources based on femtosecond erbium fiber laser has emerged as the most commonly used in many applications owing to their advantages of low cost, robustness, compactness, high performance, and flexibility. Here, 300 fs soliton mode-locked pulses were achieved using erbium fiber oscillator based on an efficient Graphene saturable absorber and an external all-fiber pulse compressor consisted of erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and 200 m long single-mode fiber (SMF). The proposed system works with a central wavelength of 1557 nm at the desirable communication band. The output power of the system and its corresponding pulse energy were 9.29 mW and 1.858 nJ, respectively, at a maximum pump power of 92.6 mW. The designed system is entirely fiber based, with no free-space optics and uses only standard telecommunication equipment. The results of this experiment demonstrate that the simple design of mode-locked fiber oscillator with an external compressor can provide a compact, portable, robust, reliable and high-performance femtoseconds frequency comb.
Corpus paralelos y traducción especializada: ejemplificación de diseño, compilación y alineación de un corpus paralelo bilingüe (inglés-español) para la traducción jurídica
Authors: Sánchez Ramos María del Mar
Published: November 2019

The article reports on the processing steps followed to build a bilingual parallel corpus (English-Spanish) as a resource for legal translation. The corpus, being in its initial stage of development, is made up of 127 and 145 aligned judgments referring to English and Spanish courts respectively. The corpus was aligned by using InterText alignment software, accounting for a total number of 29983 aligned sentence pairs. The paper describes the different design stages and the technical issues related to the compilation process.
An Inter-Linguistic Analysis on Multimodal Coupling of German and Chinese Tourism Video Commercials – A comparative Study based on ELAN
Authors: LI Jie
Published: November 2019

With the development and renovation of digital information technology, images, sounds, animations, colors and other models are integrated into one system to convey information. Multimodality is also applied in language research. One example of multimodal discourse are tourism video commercials, which combine written, visual and auditory signals to construct the metaphorical meaning of advertisements. Therefore, this paper selects six pieces of German and Chinese tourism video commercials as objects, which are parsed, transcribed and annotated by ELAN 5.1. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches are adopted to analyze the selected corpus. The theoretical framework for this study is Systemic-Functional Grammar and Visual Grammar, and it aims to explore the similarities and differences in the fusion of multimodal features between German and Chinese tourism video advertisements by comparative analysis.
Erfolgsfaktor Diversity Management?
Authors: Scherle Nicolai , Rosenbaum Philipp
Published: November 2019

Diversität respektive Diversity Management entwickelt sich angesichts bestimmter sozio-kultureller und ökonomischer Metaprozesse – insbesondere demographischer Wandel, Globalisierung sowie Individualisierung und Pluralisierung der Lebensstile – zu einem immer wichtigeren strategischen Erfolgsfaktor für Unternehmen. Nichtsdestotrotz steckt die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit der entsprechenden Thematik im Tourismus- und Hospitalitysektor nach wie vor in den Anfängen. Im Rahmen einer qualitativ ausgerichteten Fallstudie anhand eines weltweit führenden Aviation-Konzerns – der Lufthansa Group – setzt sich der vorliegende Beitrag im Spannungsfeld von Tourismuswissenschaft und Diversitätsforschung mit den Konzepten Diversität und Diversity Management auseinander. In diesem Kontext lässt sich die explorative Studie in erster Linie von der Forschungsfrage leiten, wie eine zentrale stakeholder-Gruppe – Flugbegleiter – die auf dem Prinzip „Wertschöpfung durch Wertschätzung“ basierende Diversity-Strategie des Aviation-Konzerns wahrnimmt. Die mittels problemzentrierter Interviews generierten empirischen Ergebnisse erschließen einerseits vor dem Hintergrund divergierender konzeptioneller Verständnisansätze von Diversity Management das nach wie vor unterschätzte Potential dieses Managementkonzepts, andererseits sensibilisieren sie für potentielle Herausforderungen und Konflikte, die sich im Kontext personaler Heterogenität ergeben können.
Motive für CSR bei klein- und mittelständischen Reiseveranstaltern in Deutschland
Authors: Harms Geeske , Neumann Michael , Clemens Olav
Published: November 2019

Die CSR-Forschung hat unterschiedliche Arten von Motiven für die Übernahme sozialer Verantwortung in den Unternehmen herausgearbeitet. Allerdings wurde dabei bisher kaum Aufmerksamkeit auf das CSR in klein- und mittelständischen touristischen Unternehmen gelegt. Der vorliegende Beitrag beleuchtet die Art der Motivation deutscher Reiseveranstalter für die Implementierung von CSR. Er bietet empirische Bestätigung dafür, dass die moralischen Motive für die klein- und mittelständischen Reiseveranstalter eine wichtigere Rolle spielen als die Orientierung an möglichen Gewinnen, wie es der Business Case von CSR impliziert
Resilientes Reisen als neues Paradigma?
Authors: Pechlaner Harald , Zacher Daniel
Published: November 2019

Die zunehmend größer werdende Reiseerfahrung bringt sowohl für die touristischen Destinationen als auch für die Reisenden selbst neue Herausforderungen mit sich. Aktuelle Debatten um den so genannten Overtourism brechen einer neuen Tourismuskritik Bahn, die unter geänderten Vorzeichen zu betrachteten ist. Reisende werden im vorliegenden Beitrag als resilient Reisende charakterisiert; ihre Bedürfnisse, Wünsche und potenziellen Reaktionen auf aktuelle Entwicklungen werden diskutiert.

Der Resilienzansatz liefert in seiner multidisziplinären Verankerung aus mehreren Perspektiven einen Blick auf den Gast von Morgen. Einiges deutet darauf hin, dass Destinationen und Destinations-Managements den aktuellen gesellschaftlichen und ökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen künftig in stärkerem Maße Rechnung zu tragen haben, wollen sie die resilient Reisenden erfolgreich adressieren.

Noch ist nicht klar, was dem Gast dazu motiviert, eine touristische Reise anzutreten. Der Mehrwert des Reisens wird von resilient Reisenden neu definiert. Wenn sich die Destinationen den Wünschen und Vorstellungen dieser Zielgruppen öffnen und die Gelegenheit wahrnehmen, im Rahmen geeigneter Beteiligungsformate eine aktive Partizipation an der Gestaltung des regionalen Destinationsraums hervorzurufen, stehen die Chancen gut, auch die resilient Reisenden künftig zu ihren Gästen zählen zu können.

Für die resilient Reisenden rückt das Reisen als gesellschaftliches Phänomen in den Vordergrund – eine tiefergreifende Reflexion findet statt. Vor diesem Hintergrund entscheiden resilient Reisende, welche die Identifikationsorte sind, die einen Mehrwert des Reisens begründen und wann, auf welche Weise und ob sie überhaupt im klassischen Sinne eine Reise antreten.
Determination of Critical Conditions for Dynamic Recrystallization of Commercially Pure Titanium
Authors: Sonkar Suresh , Pancholi V. , Murty S. V. S. N.
Published: November 2019

Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties are controlled by dynamic recrystallization (DRX) during industrial processing. To identify the critical condition for initiation of DRX, hot isothermal compression tests of commercially pure (CP)-70 titanium were conducted in a temperature range of 750°C–1,100°C and strain rate range of 0.001–10 s−1 to a true strain of 0.69. The critical condition for initiation of DRX can be identified from the inflection point on the strain-hardening rate (θ=∂σ/∂ε) versus flow stress (σ) curve. A third-order polynomial equation was fitted to the experimental θ−σ data to find out the inflection point. The results show that the critical stress (σc) for the initiation of DRX can be expressed as σc=−B/3A, where A and B are the coefficients of the third-order polynomial equation. It was observed that critical stress value depends on the deformation condition. The stress-strain curve was then normalized with respect to the peak stress (U=σ/σp vs.W=ε/εp), leading to a normalized value of critical stress, (Uc)=σc/σp=−B′/3A′, where A′ and B′ are the coefficients of the normalized third-order equation. The value of Uc(≈0.95) is a constant and independent of deformation conditions. These parameters were then used to calculate the DRX fraction, and the relationship between DRX fraction and processing variables was established.
Hot Deformation Behavior of AA2024 with and without In Situ Titanium Diboride Dispersoids
Authors: Panda Rajiv , Gupta R. K. , Mandal Animesh , Chakravarthy P.
Published: November 2019

AA2024 is known for its good combination of mechanical properties and is widely used in aircraft fuselage and other aerospace applications. However, because of its relatively lower yield strength, it has limited application in high-stress regions. In alloy AA2024, when titanium diboride particulates are embedded uniformly, it is expected to improve the strength of alloy by working as particulate dispersed composite. However, deformation of such metal matrix composite (MMC) is likely to be difficult and different from the base alloy. In this work, the deformation behavior of AA2024 alloy and its composite with titanium diboride particles developed in situ through salt-metal reaction have been studied. Hot deformation behavior was studied through hot isothermal compression tests over a temperature range of 300°C–450°C and strain rate from 0.01–10 s−1. The results show that there is an increase in flow stress with an increase in strain rate and a decrease in flow stress with an increase in temperature. Processing maps were generated based on the dynamic material model to identify the stable and unstable regions for hot working. The strain rate sensitivity of the composite has been compared to base alloy AA2024. Deformation parameters were calculated from the stress-strain data, and constitutive equations have been generated. Softening in alloy and in MMC is found to be caused by dynamic recrystallization. Microstructural modifications that are caused by titanium diboride reinforcement and its impact during hot deformation are reported. The safe zones for the hot working of both base alloy and MMC were found to be in the range of 380°C to 450°C in a strain rate of 0.001–10 s−1.
A Cloud-Based Machine Vision Approach for Utilization Prediction of Manual Machine Tools
Authors: Parto Mahmoud , Han Dongmin , Rauby Pierrick , Ye Chong , Zhou Yuanlai , Chau Duen Horng , Kurfess Thomas
Published: November 2019

Since the last decades of the 20th century, the manufacturing industry has been moving toward the development of fully automated equipment; however, a large number of machine tools are still manual and require the operators to stay close by while operating. This allows solutions to be developed that measure machine utilization by tracking and correlating the location of personnel and manual machines. The knowledge of machine utilization and the prediction of machine availability can be extremely advantageous in efficiently scheduling the work that needs to be done with the machines. The lack of this knowledge, on the other hand, can cause long wait times and inefficiencies. In this article, we have proposed and studied a cost affordable cloud-based machine vision approach to capture and predict the utilization of manual machine tools. A case study was performed in Georgia Tech’s ME2110 lab, where approximately 400 students design and develop their projects every semester. Because this lab is open to all of these students with no predefined schedules, the statistical analysis on the historical equipment utilization could be one of the only methods of predicting machine availability. By analyzing the data of a security camera mounted in this lab, the location of students was tracked and correlated with the location of the machine tools to find out the utilization time of the machines. The autoregressive–moving-average (ARMA) method was then used to predict the machine utilization for days after. The evaluation results of this framework show that the error between the actual and predicted utilization was less than 20 %. Although the accuracy of this framework with the data collected in 27 days is high and can be used to increase the efficiency of the lab, the accuracy is expected to increase by capturing more data in a longer time period.
A Patchwork of Doors
Authors: Coscas-Williams Béatrice , Alberstein Michal
Published: November 2019

Our paper surveys the development of criminal hybrid models in two continental jurisdictions, Italy and France, following the 1987 Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to accelerate criminal proceedings through the introduction of guilty pleas, out-of-court settlements and simplified proceedings. We describe various frameworks for criminal justice as a multi-door arena, of which the plea bargaining is but one of several possibilities. In our review, we emphasize consensual elements, the place of the search of truth, and the role of the judges and other stakeholders. We outline the different paths that France and Italy have taken as incorporating adversarial and inquisitorial elements to increase efficiency. The French system made gradual modifications and remained inquisitorial by nature. Aside from the more recent integration of proceedings without trial inspired by plea bargaining, it has developed doors of abbreviated trials where the investigation stage is minimized. This has resulted in a different version of the vanishing trial—the vanishing investigation. The Italian system, on the other hand, has announced a drastic transformation to an adversarial framework of trial, while adopting mainly proceedings without trial. This shift has not resulted in a vanishing trial phenomenon, and currently, the full adversarial-type trial remains the main door in Italy. We describe the sequence of transformations of these systems and emphasize the significance of this contemporary patchwork of doors in terms of the role of the judges and the possibility of implementing a conflict resolution criminal justice perspective.
Whole Genome Analysis of a Single Scottish Deerhound Dog Family Provides Independent Corroboration That a SGK3 Coding Variant Leads to Hairlessness
Authors: Parker Heidi G , Whitaker D Thad , Harris Alexander C , Ostrander Elaine A
Published: November 2019

The breeds of domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, display a range of coat types with variation in color, texture, length, curl, and growth pattern. One trait of interest is that of partial or full hairlessness, which is found in a small number of breeds. While the standard for some breeds, such as the Xoloitzcuintli, requires sparse hair on their extremities, others are entirely bald, including the American Hairless Terrier. We identified a small, rare family of Scottish Deerhounds in which coated parents produced a mixed litter of coated and hairless offspring. To identify the underlying variant, we performed whole genome sequencing of the dam and five offspring, comparing single nucleotide polymorphisms and small insertions/deletions against an established catalog of 91 million canine variants. Of 325 homozygous alternative alleles found in both hairless dogs, 56 displayed the expected pattern of segregation and only a single, high impact variant within a coding region was observed: a single base pair insertion in exon two of SGK3 leading to a potential frameshift, thus verifying recently published findings. In addition, we observed that gene expression levels between coated and hairless dogs are similar, suggesting a mechanism other than non-sense mediated decay is responsible for the phenotype.
Cyclic (noncyclic) phi-condensing operator and its application to a system of differential equations
Authors: Moosa Gabeleh Moosa , Moshokoa Philemon , Vetro Calogero
Published: November 2019

We establish a best proximity pair theorem for noncyclic φ-condensing operators in strictly convex Banach spaces by using a measure of noncompactness. We also obtain a counterpart result for cyclic φ-condensing operators in Banach spaces to guarantee the existence of best proximity points, and so, an extension of Darbo’s fixed point theorem will be concluded. As an application of our results, we study the existence of a global optimal solution for a system of ordinary differential equations.
Toxicity Assay of Fermented Artocarpus altilis Leaves Using Brine Shrimp Lethality Test
Authors: Riasari Hesti , Febriani Yessi , Nurfauziah Winda A.
Published: November 2019

Fermented  Artocarpus altilis leaves contains phenolic compound  that has pharmacological activity. Differences in fermentation method, i.e., aerobic and anaerobic fermentation might change its characteristics and biological activity. The purpose of this study was to compare toxicity properties between aerobically and anaerobically fermented  Artocarpus altilis leaves  using brine shrimp lethality (BSL) test. Both types of fermented leaves were cold extracted using ethanol solvent (1:6) for 3 x 24 hours. Phytochemical screening was then performed to examine the presence of secondary metabolite compounds. BSL test was performed in 7 treatment groups, i.e., negative control, 1000, 500, 100, 50, 25, 12.5 ppm of extract. Each vial contained 10 Artemia larvae, extract, and sea water up to 10 ml. Toxicity is measured by calculating LC50 after 24 hours observation. The  experiment was repeated three times. The results of the study showed that LC50 of aerobic extract was 712 ppm, thus it can be categorized as toxic, while that of anaerobic extract is 1.927 ppm, or non-toxic to the Artemia salina larvae. In conclusion, aerobically fermented  Artocarpus altilis leaves had toxicity potency, while anaerobically fermented  Artocarpus altilis leaves had no toxicity potency against Artemia salina in BSL test. Key words: Artocarpus altilis, brine shrimp lethality test, toxicity.
Evaluasi Kondisi Ekosistem Mangrove Angke Kapuk Teluk Jakarta Dan Konsekuensinya Terhadap Jasa Ekosistem
Authors: Sofian Achmad , Kusmana Cecep , Fauzi Akhmad , Rusdiana Omo
Published: November 2019

Ekosistem mangrove memiliki sejumlah manfaat dan jasa ekosistem, namun keberadaannya terus memperoleh tantangan dan tekanan akibat aktivitas di wilayah pesisir. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis kondisi ekosistem mangrove dan konsekuensinya terhadap jasa ekosistem di kawasan ekosistem Mangrove Angke Kapuk Teluk Jakarta. Kondisi ekosistem dianalisis dengan mengkaji tutupan lahan dan tingkat kekritisan lahan mangrove menggunakan citra SPOT 6 dan Sistem Informasi Geografi, sedangkan konsekuensinya terhadap jasa ekosistem dikaji dengan analisis deskriptif. Hasil analisis menunjukkan luasan ekosistem Mangrove Angke Kapuk sebesar 291.17 ha dengan tingkat kerapatan 272.79 ha jarang, 16.83 ha sedang dan 1.54 ha lebat. Ekosistem mangrove yang masih terlihat terjaga sebagian besar berada pada kawasan Suaka Marga Satwa Muara Angke dan Hutan Lindung Angke Kapuk, meskipun demikian posisinya sangat dekat dan berada diantara kawasan permukiman dan infrastruktur lainnya. Kondisi kawasan ekosistem Mangrove Angke Kapuk berdasarkan tingkat kekritisan lahan mangrove terkategori rusak 272.79 ha dan 18.38 ha terkategori tidak rusak. Kawasan ekosistem Mangrove Angke Kapuk berpotensi terus mengalami tekanan terutama disebabkan aktivitas dari area terbangun di sekitarnya. Kondisi tersebut juga akan berkonsekuensi terhadap menurunnya jasa ekosistem yang tersedia. Jasa ekosistem mangrove yang sediakala masih dirasakan menjadi semakin berkurang atau bahkan hilang sehingga pada akhirnya dapat menyebabkan ketidaknyamanan, kerugian ekonomi dan ancaman bencana. Keberadaan kawasan ekosistem Mangrove Angke Kapuk di pesisir utara Jakarta perlu mendapat perhatian karena masih berkontribusi memberikan jasa ekosistem dan menjaga kelestarian lingkungan.
No me banco la gente así. Un estudio comparativo del uso de palabras coloquiales y malsonantes en conversaciones informales en tres comunidades de habla hispanohablantes
Authors: Drange Eli-Marie D.
Published: November 2019

The present article aims at describing and comparing the use of slang words and swearwords in teenage talk from three different Spanish speaking communities. The analysis builds on spontaneous teenage conversations from the corpus of teenage language Corpus Oral de Lenguaje Adolescente (COLA). This corpus contains informal conversations from Madrid, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile; and for this study one conversation from each city has been selected. The aim of the analysis is twofold, in the first place to describe and compare the slang words and swearwords registered in the three conversations, and secondly to study the pragmatic functions of these words. The analysis of the slang words shows that there is variation in the informal words and expressions used in the three communities, and that these expressions seem to be mostly regional. Regarding the swearwords used, there are similarities in the three communities. There are also similarities in the pragmatic functions of the slang words and swearwords in context. The conclusions that can be drawn from the analysis, is that the Spanish speaking communities have a common system regarding how the slang words are used, but each community uses their creativity in developing words and expressions. For swearwords, the system and the words used are more similar, which might indicate that the communities share the cultural aspects that are reflected in the swearwords.
System identification for a six-storey precast concrete frame building
Authors: Celik Ozan Cem , Gülkan H. Polat
Published: November 2019

This paper presents forced and ambient vibration tests on a six-storey precast concrete frame building, a structural system that has not often been the focus of such tests in spite of its widespread use. Precast buildings come with semi-rigid connections so their idealisation requires good knowledge of the construction practice for those connections and their details. Structural system dynamic properties are identified for the first three translational modes along each axis of the building and for the first three torsional modes. The study shows that the three-dimensional finite-element structural model for the building is capable of replicating the measured in situ dynamic properties. In the small displacement elastic range, the finite-element modelling of precast concrete frame systems is not very different from their cast-in-place counterparts but an extrapolation to the large displacement range requires empirical confirmation.
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) v1
Authors: Junior Neilier
Published: November 2019

Parameters adjusted for gels 7 cm and 1.5 mm thick.
Subjectification Strategy of Author’s Statement in English Literary Xeno-Narrative
Authors: Kulikova Liudmila V. , Mikalauskaite Elizaveta Iu.
Published: November 2019

Literary xeno-narrative is a text illustrating the experience of interaction with cultural otherness that focuses on contrasting the in-group/out-group categories, with adaptation stress minimization and mental experience transfer as xeno-narrative functions. The author of the xeno-narrative forms the idea of the perfect reader through the implementation of strategies aimed at the recipient. The subjectification strategy of the author’s statement in literary communication is aimed at the reader’s personal acceptance of the author’s meanings in the text and the reader’s emotional involvement and empathy. This process is represented through the lexical and emotionally connotative language tools in xeno-narrative texts and also readers’ reviews corpus. The results of the study indicate the difference in the process of subjectification, understanding of content and the author’s emotional intentions among the readers with different national worldviews. The study is based on the materials of the electronic corpus of English and Russian readers’ reviews of the analysed narrative text. English-speaking readers recorded thematic units typical for the xeno-narrative and showed a high level of empathy to the immigrants’ experience associated with the personal experience of overcoming otherness. Russian-speaking readers drew on the thematic unit associated with intercultural interaction to a lesser extent, focusing on the timeline of growing up.
Teenagers in Social Networks: Patterns of Usage and Aggressiveness
Authors: Sobkin Vladimir S. , Fedotova Aleksandra V.
Published: November 2019

The article is devoted to the study of the patterns of network interaction as regards teenagers and their attitude to the aggressive behaviour in social networks. The article is based on data obtained by specialists of the Center for Sociology of Education of the Institute of Education Management of the Russian Academy of Education as a result of an anonymous survey of 2074 students from grades 5, 7, 9 and 11 of Moscow region schools. Methods of mathematical statistics were used for data processing. The analysis is aimed at identifying the influence of social, demographic and behavioural characteristics that determine the attitude of teenagers to aggression in social networks. It has been revealed that the leader’s position of a teenager in the class contributes to a greater participation of this teenager in network interaction, which is associated with their motivation to expand their social circle. The growth in the number of provocative statements in the network communication by the time of graduation indicates that the need for manipulation in social relations plays an important role in the process of network communication at this age. It has been proved that while growing up teenagers start to change the attitude to aggression; the share of high school students who negatively perceive aggression scenes decreases; active users are more likely to show a positive attitude towards aggression scenes, which evidences their “getting used to” the aggressive style of communication on the Internet. Teenagers focused on attracting the attention of others (those who consider their accounts “provocative”, “expansive” or “extraordinary”) are more likely to enjoy watching violent scenes than the owners of “ordinary” accounts. Personal experience of participating in aggressive situations either in the role of an “aggressor” or a “victim” facilitates their acceptance of aggression. The data presented allow us to conclude that the most significant factors for the creation of the teenagers’ attitude to expression of aggression in social networks are their gender, age, frequency of use of social networks, self-presentation on the Internet, social status in the class, estimation of their future success
Information and Cognitive Technologies in the Context of the 4th Technological Revolution: Educational Aspects
Authors: Shutikova Margarita I. , Beshenkov Sergey A. , Mindzaeva Eteri V.
Published: November 2019

Subject of the work: information and knowledge technologies as a key element of the 4th industrial revolution. These technologies are represented by a variety of Smart technologies, the scope of which is constantly expanding. However, there are still many unexplored features and capacities of these technologies. The purpose of this work is to analyse educational capacity of information-knowledge technologies and to formulate the strategies of their implementation at universities and secondary schools. The research methodology is based on the concept of convergence, according to which new technologies emerge from the convergence of both established and new technologies. The result of the analysis of the educational capabilities of information and cognitive technologies suggests that the technology of the full cycle information prevails in the field of education. This technology allows shifting from data to information and from information to knowledge. The area of application of the results includes educational standards, textbooks and teaching aids, programs of additional professional education
Use of the Hardware and Software Complex “Moscow Electronic School” in Training Teachers Working Under the International Baccalaureate Programmes
Authors: Grinshkun Vadim V. , Usova Natalia A.
Published: November 2019

The results of a study of the influence quantity of the educational resources of the Moscow Electronic School project on the professional qualities of teachers working under the International Baccalaureate programmes are presented in the article. A comparison of the effectiveness of teachers’ work at Moscow schools of the International Baccalaureate system, who are enrolled in master’s degree programmes at Moscow City University and use these resources as an object and a tool for education, was used as the main research method. The proposed changes to the teacher training system, applied in connection with the possibility of their participation in the development and assessment of the Moscow Electronic School project’s educational resources effectiveness are described in the article, an example of students’ creative projects is provided. In conclusion, based on the data available from the experiments, the trends of the described electronic resources’ influence on the effectiveness of collective, creative and result-oriented educational activities, typical for the International Baccalaureate’s approaches are identified. Conclusions about improving teachers’ professional qualities in the field of educational, extracurricular and scientific-methodological activities are made
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY LEADERS IN INDONESIA
Authors: Syamsudin  , Agus Setyawan Anton , Nuryulia Praswati Aflit
Published: November 2019

Purpose of the study: This study aims to examine the organizational commitment of Muhammadiyah university leaders in Indonesia. In this study, we describe factors of organizational commitment and explain those factors partially.   

Methodology: This design of this study is quantitative. We conduct surveys involved 120 respondents from 12 Muhammadiyah universities. In this study, we use purposive sampling methods with the student body of the university and size of academic board as special characteristics of the samples.

Results: The results of this study indicate that the affective commitment of all Muhammadiyah university leaders is more glaring with high trust and great loyalty to their organization as major features. They run the organization guided by the concept of amar ma'ruf nahi mungkar (spreading goodness and eradicating badness).

Implications: Muhammadiyah universities need to compare their leader’s commitment before and after accommodating regulation about university governance. This could be a foundation to build a strategic approach for organizations in order to achieve their mission.

Novelty/Originality: This study analyzes commitment, governance and shared the vision of one of the largest Islamic organizations in the world. It also discusses university governance generally.
Educational aid, symbolic power and policy reform: The World Bank in Ethiopia
Authors: Molla Tebeje
Published: November 2019

The World Bank uses a combination of financial and non-financial aid to influence educational reform in aid-recipient countries. Drawing on an interpretive policy analysis methodology and using Pierre Bourdieu's concept of symbolic power as a 'thinking tool', this article aims to shed
light on the Bank's non-financial pathways of policy influence in the Ethiopian higher education policy space. Specifically, it identifies knowledge-based policy regulatory instruments of the Bank, including sector reviews, advisory activities, analytical reports and learning events. The key
argument is that in order to understand the full extent of donor power in national education policy fields in sub-Saharan Africa, it is imperative to problematize less visible discursive means of policy imposition.
Education and social pedagogy: What relationship?
Authors: Moss Peter , Petrie Pat
Published: November 2019

This article explores possible relationships between education and social pedagogy. It begins by examining in more detail the theory and practice of social pedagogy, and the profession of social pedagogue widely known in Continental Europe but much less so in the Anglophone world. It
then explores some different meanings of education, before considering in more detail the concept of Bildung and its potential for interconnecting education and social pedagogy. It is argued that the relationship between social pedagogy and education depends on the meaning attached
to education; and the article ends by considering some implications – for schools, other settings for children and young people, and for their workforces – of choosing a close relationship between education and social pedagogy.
Geografía y calidad de vida en la Argentina:
Authors: Velázquez Guillermo Angel , Celemin Juan Pablo
Published: November 2019

Una de las características por las que se destaca la ciencia geográfica es la elaboración de cartografía que permite llevar el análisis al territorio, recurriendo a diferentes escalas que consienten desde el estudio a escala nacional. En este contexto se propone conocer la calidad de vida a partir de un índice (ICV) elaborado con anterioridad  a escala departamental y un índice de calidad de vida a nivel de radio censal  (el mayor nivel de desagregación territorial posible) remarcando las situaciones más extremas. En este artículo se propone un Índice de Calidad de Vida (ICV) a escala de radios censales para la Argentina a partir de una combinación ponderada de indicadores socioeconómicos y ambientales. Para ello se adaptan las variables que componen el ICV por departamentos (525 unidades) a los radios censales de INDEC 2010 (52.408 unidades). En el caso de las variables socioeconómicas es posible procesar la información hasta el nivel de radios (salvo para la tasa de mortalidad infantil). Para las variables ambientales, en cambio, debimos recurrir a otros procedimientos para su ajuste. Los resultados muestran que en los contextos adversos (departamentos con baja calidad de vida) los respectivos radios censales se muestran bastante homogéneos. Por el contrario, en los departamentos con alta calidad de vida, los respectivos radios exhiben un alto grado de fragmentación socio-territorial.
Las relaciones y políticas del estado chino con sus diáspora. Apuntes sobre la burocracia diaspórica desde Argentina
Authors: Denardi Luciana Emilia
Published: November 2019

Este artículo analiza las políticas del Estado Chino respecto a sus diásporas en general y el anclaje de dichas políticas en la diáspora china en Argentina en particular. Basado en un trabajo etnográfico realizado entre 2012 y 2015 en la ciudad de Buenos Aires que tuvo como objetivo identificar las transformaciones que se dieron en distintos ámbitos de la diáspora con el fortalecimiento de las relaciones entre China y Argentina, se propone que la idea que circula extendidamente sobre el Estado chino omnipresente, jerárquico y ritualizado está impidiendo el análisis de otros agentes informalmente burocráticos que cumplen un rol fundamental al menos en la diáspora de Buenos Aires.

Para ello se presentan dos escenarios de la comunidad overseas antes ocupados por la burocracia diaspórica informal para dar cuenta de los cambios y/o tensiones que generó la llegada de la burocracia diaspórica formal china.

En primer lugar, se realizará una pequeña cronología de las políticas que el Estado Chino puso en marcha sobre sus ciudadanos residentes en otros países. Se fundamentará la necesidad de dar cuenta de estas “comunidades” como diásporas. Luego, se analizará por un lado el surgimiento de nuevas asociaciones chinas en Buenos Aires, y por otro las disputas, tensiones y conflictos que se generaron alrededor del festejo del Año Nuevo Chino.
Regorafenib plus FOLFIRI with irinotecan dose escalated according to uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 genotyping in previous treated metastatic colorectal cancer patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Ma Cheng-Jen , Chang Tsung-Kun , Tsai Hsiang-Lin , Su Wei-Chih , Huang Ching-Wen , Yeh Yung-Sung , Chang Yu-Tang , Wang Jaw Yuan
Published: November 2019

Background Regorafenib is an oral multi-kinase inhibitor for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) previously treated with fluoropyrimidines, irinotecan, oxaliplatin, monoclonal antibodies targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and monoclonal antibodies targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). A dose reduction from 160 mg to 120 mg regorafenib reduces regorafenib-associated adverse events (AEs). Dose adjustment of irinotecan in FOLFIRI regimen on basis of individual uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) genotype provides optimal oncological outcomes with acceptable AEs. This study is trying to address the efficacy and safety of dose adjusted combination of regorafenib and FOLFIRI for patients with mCRC. Methods A prospective, multicenter, randomized in a 2:1 ratio, controlled, clinical trial with two parallel arms will be conducted to compare irinotecan dose escalated FOLFIRI according to UGT1A1 genotyping plus 120 mg regorafenib with 120 mg regorafenib alone in previously treated patients with mCRC. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival (PFS) and the secondary endpoints are overall survival (OS), disease control rate (DCR), time to progression (TTP), and duration of treatment (DoT). Safety assessments are recorded as well. Discussion Dose adjustment for regorafenib and irinotecan makes treatment-related AEs tolerable and makes the concomitant treatment practicable. This study will provide initial evidences regarding the efficacy and safety of a new combination of chemotherapy and a targeted agent for mCRC.