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Augustinus: Der Markt der Geschwätzigkeit und der Sinn des Verstehens
Authors: Kreuzer Johann
Published: November 2015

The paper discusses the intellectual development of Augustinus by means of his discussion of the status, the sense, the function and his judgement on rhetoric. This discussion let Augustinus be an important station in the history of the philosophy of language. Starting point is the explanation of the dialectics of the topos (or pathos) of the ›ineffabilis‹. Augustinus shows that the antirhetoric meaning of the ineffable leads in selfcontradictions. Therefore he discusses the forms and the conditions of understanding. This begins with the early dialogue De magistro and reaches to De trinitate and one of the central subjects within this theoretical mainwork of Augustinus: the concept of the verbum intimum. With the (at first view) extreme reductionism in the theory of signs, presented in De magistro - a mental ›oracle‹ is claimed as instance and criterion of understanding -, he destructs the naive representation-belief in an 1:1-relation between outer signs and mental contents. The subject of the ›inner word‹ in De trinitate then is the question of understanding signs as signs. It is shown that only the explanation of the inner word as a mental achievement within ordinary language is sufficient to answer the question of understanding. An excursus elucidates that the sermocinalis scientia of Wilhelm v. Ockham in the 14th century continues the discoveries and philosophical innovations, Augustinus made at the end of antiquity. These discoveries are inalienable for present debates concerning the philosophy of language. And they are inalienable for concepts of rhetoric based in the hermeneutics of understanding. The critique of rhetoric as ›fair of talkativeness‹ brings up a purified sight of the art of language: of the art, language ›is‹.
Das Paradox und der Glaube
Authors: Askani Hans-Christoph
Published: November 2015

In paradox language reaches its limits. Among all forms of language, paradox is an extreme case, where what it is possible to say turns into its own impossibility. Paradoxically this reversal does not signal the end of language but rather one of its forms. However, in paradox the speaking subject is called into question, he loses a measure of control over his language. He is the speaker of its discourse and at the same time he is not. Surprisingly, the intensity of language doesn’t decrease in this situation but rather increases.

What about religion - the other aspect of our topic - in this matter? If the old and somehow old-fashioned phenomenon of religion still has something to tell us, it would be this: that it is at the very limits of language that the event of its central speaking takes place.
Stimme und Gebet
Authors: Hunziker Andreas
Published: November 2015

There is a long during controversy about the reception of the rhetoric tradition within Christian theology. The essay focuses on the question of the relationship between voice and prayer. Against the tradition of imagining prayer as an essentially mental and inner event, which may be in the background of the grüne Heinrich’s shame about his own voice, the author underlines the essential exteriority of prayer expressed paradigmatically in the voice of prayer. This relation between prayer and voice is shown in a conversation with Martin Luther’s and Jean-Louis Chrétien’s understanding of prayer.
La idea de lengua en los Comentarios reales del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Authors: Garatea Carlos
Published: November 2015

This work offers a reflection on the concept of language elaborated by the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in Comentarios reales. The author shows how de La Vega’s ideas collaborate with the historiographical discourse which the Inca introduced, and how, moreover, they are employed to model the Andean past. In this case, the Quechua is part of a hermeneutical strategy. Secondly, Garcilaso de la Vega is situated within the framework of the history of linguistic concepts in Spain and it is shown how the chronicler translates and applies this framework to the history of the Incas.
Miming Utopia – Community at the Crossroads in Antonioni’s Blow-Up
Authors: Glomb Stefan , Butter Stella
Published: November 2015

This article examines how different forms of community are staged in Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow-Up (1966) and analyses their social, political, epistemological and aesthetic dimensions. The focus on community helps to explain how the film’s self-referential engagement with visuality and the depiction of Swinging London interconnect. The article argues that Blow-Up distinguishes two paradigms of community within youth counter-culture: ‘community as delusion’ and ‘community as utopian potential.’ The former is unwittingly complicit with the very power structures counter-culture opposes: the mechanisms of consumer society with their concomitant effects of reifying and isolating the individual. In contrast, the mimes embody community as utopian potential in different respects, as is shown in a comparative analysis of the two paradigms based on the following parameters: static/dynamic, old/new, creativity, visuality, technology and commodification.
Shakespeare Among the Nyoongar: Post-Colonial Texts, Colonial Intertexts and their Imbrications – Macbeth in Gail Jones’s Sorry
Authors: West-Pavlov Russell
Published: November 2015

This article reads Gail Jones’s 2007 novel Sorry as a novel of White usurpation of Indigenous country and culture. Sorry mobilizes a number of intertexts, primary among them Shakespeare. In particular Macbeth features prominently as a template for Sorry’s drama of usurpation. My analysis focuses on two extensive quotations from Macbeth, recited by one of the novel’s White protagonists as she surveys the scene of her husband’s murder, ostensibly at the hands of an Indigenous servant, one of the ‘Stolen Generations.’ This recitation, however, proves itself to be an act of usurpation, as it is Perdita, the White child protagonist of the novel, who has stabbed her father during one of his repeated rapes of the Indigenous girl. Perdita, in turn, recovers her memory of the act via the recitation of the same passages from Macbeth, thus allowing Shakespeare to emerge in the White post-colonial text as a self-critical element of White usurping culture but also, possibly, as a collaborator in a coalition against the ongoing oppression of the Indigenous population which characterizes contemporary Australia.
Non-passerine birds from Laguna Melincué Ramsar Site, Santa Fe province, Argentina
Authors: Romano Marcelo , Barberis Ignacio Martín , Luppi Marcelo , Pagano Fernando
Published: November 2015

We present a waterbird inventory of the Laguna Melincué Ramsar Site in southern Santa Fe province, Argentina. We record 109 species from 28 families of non-passerine birds, including the 14 Nearctic species, four southern austral migrant species, three northern austral migrants, 17 partial migrants, and two altitudinal migrants. The eight most abundant species belong to different families and trophic groups. Thirty-six species were observed nesting or rearing chicks. This baseline knowledge of non-passerine birds will be useful to assist future conservation studies in this highly threatened area.
Chiastic Structure of the Vessantara J?taka: Textual Criticism and Interpretation Through Inverted Parallelism
Authors: Huifeng Shi
Published: November 2015

The Vessantara J?taka is not only the most popular of all the Buddhist J?taka tales, but is important in the tradition as a whole, generally considered by the Therav?din tradition to display the epitome of the Bodhisatta’s perfection of giving (d?nap?ram?). While most studies have focused on philological approaches, numerous questions as to the text’s structure and how to interpret individual parts within that structure have remained unresolved (§1. The received tradition of the Vessantara J?taka). My study shall employ the theory of ‘chiasmus’ (inverted parallelism) to shed new light on both the key message of the story and also the sub-themes within it (§2. Chiastic structures as textual approach). In terms of textual criticism, I shall first elucidate the chiastic structure of the text and discuss how this structure can provide insights on text-critical readings (§3. Textual criticism: Chiastic units and structure). In terms of interpretation, I shall then see how the structure clearly demarcates the text’s scope through its prologue and conclusion with surrounding framework, its paired parallel sub-themes, and its central climax point, all in the light of its chiastic structure (§4. Interpretation: A chiastic reading). Finally, considering broader implications, on comparison with other recently discovered Buddhist textual chiasmi I shall present a tentative hypothesis as to the origins of such structures in the ‘bodhisatt(v)a’ literary genre (§5. Conclusions: Critical and interpretive implications).
Toward a Global History of Buddhism and Medicine
Authors: Salguero C. Pierce
Published: November 2015

The close relationship between Buddhism and medicine that has become so visible thanks to the contemporary ‘mindfulness revolution’ is not necessarily unique to the twenty-first century. The ubiquitous contemporary emphasis on the health benefits of Buddhist and Buddhist-inspired practice is in many ways the latest chapter in a symbiotic relationship between Buddhism and medicine that is both centuries-long and of global scope. This article represents the first steps toward writing a book that explores the global history of Buddhism and medicine ‘from Sarnath to Silicone Valley’. It identifies patterns in the transmission and reception of texts and ideas, networks of circulation, and intersections with local and regional histories that shaped the history of Buddhist ideas and practices concerning physical health and healing.
Assertion and Restraint in Dhamma Transmission in Early P?li Sources
Authors: Dixon Graham
Published: November 2015

The study seeks to elucidate the nature of early Dhamma-transmission. While Buddhism has achieved broad geographical dissemination, sometimes earning the epithet ‘missionary’, P?li sources are ambivalent regarding approaches to potential followers. The Buddha’s final words do not instruct the sangha to spread the message; the exhortation, ‘walk, monks … for the blessing of the manyfolk’, rather appears to be an early, isolated episode. The Buddha’s own hesitation to teach provides the paradigm for the renunciant sangha, whose members rarely initiate teaching episodes, preferring to wait for specific questions, an approach still formalised in modern practice. Following brahmanical norms, excessive eagerness to communicate would have devalued the message. Capacity to understand varied between individuals, and intelligent questions indicated preparedness.

Given the dependence upon lay-followers, the alms-round ensured regular sangha visibility. Embodied serenity, closely regulated by the Vinaya, both excited curiosity and proved beneficial to onlookers – an affecting dar?ana. Frequently d?na, meal offerings, provided the locus for communicating Dhamma in a graduated, step-by-step manner, according to the capacity of the listeners. Kindness and generosity thus provided the point of departure, while miraculous displays were generally eschewed.

In the proposed model, the alms-round is viewed as being undertaken to occasion generosity, making available a merit-field to generate benefits for the givers, rather than promotionally. The infrequent hints of greater assertion are confined to lay-followers, who, building on friendships, may occasionally draw attention to Dhamma. Arguably, this complements the role of the renunciant sangha, the guardian of the tradition, for whom teaching was not in fact obligatory. Though some lay-followers instructed others, their practice focussed on generosity and devotion. Some commentators have suggested that the original zeal waned over the centuries. However, the broadly reticent approach emerges as authentic in underlining the importance of the teachings, valuing goodness in other traditions, and accepting progression across multiple lifetimes. Most significantly, it underlines that coercion sits uneasily within a tradition which insists on exploration and personal transformation.
Healing in Early Buddhism
Authors: Anālayo .
Published: November 2015

In the present article I study passages from the early discourses preserved in the Nik?yas and ?gamas related to healing and bearing up in the face of pain. These show that the potential of psychological means of healing, in particular through mental qualities like mindfulness, were already recognized in ancient times, instead of being a purely modern phenomenon.
Introductory Reflections on Buddhism and Healing
Authors: Harvey Peter
Published: November 2015

This introduction reflects on some key passages on illness in the P?li suttas, especially as regards the relationship of illness and karma, and whether Buddhist meditative qualities might be seen to alleviate or cure physical illnesses.
Meeting report: ICSE 2014, Scarborough, Western Australia
Authors: Bridle Rodney
Published: November 2015

This paper presents an outline of ICSE 2014, the Seventh International Conference on Scour and Erosion. The event was organised jointly by the The International Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD) European Working Group on Internal Erosion (EWGIE) and the Scour and Erosion Group (Technical Committee 213) of the International Society on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and was held in Scarborough near Perth, Western Australia, 2–4 December 2014.
Influence of anisotropic consolidation stress paths on compression behaviour of reconstituted Wenzhou clay
Authors: Shi J. , Qian S. , Zeng L. L. , Bian X.
Published: November 2015

Triaxial anisotropic consolidation tests were performed on Wenzhou clay reconstituted at two initial water contents to investigate the effect of deviatoric stress on volume change during compression. The laboratory test results show that volumetric strain of reconstituted clays under different stress paths is significantly affected by the effective principal stress ratio defined as the ratio of minor effective principal stress to major effective principal stress. The volumetric change during anisotropic consolidation can be considered as functions of the mean effective stress and the deviatoric stress. The initial water content is also found to induce the difference in the volumetric strain of reconstituted clays.
Incidence of non-typhoidal Salmonella in poultry products in the North West Province, South Africa
Authors: Olobatoke Roseline Y. , Mulugeta Sendros D.
Published: November 2015

This study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) serotypes in raw and ready-to-eat (RTE) broiler products in the North West Province of South Africa. A total of 120 raw broiler samples, 40 samples of polonies and 20 samples of smoked viennas were obtained from retail points in major cities and towns in the province. Samples were subjected to aerobic plate count and later screened for the presence of NTS using phenotypic and genotypic techniques. The average bacterial count in raw products was 3.1 x 105 cfu/g whereas bacterial contamination of RTE products was 1.8 x 103 cfu/g. The average recovery rate of NTS species from raw broiler products was 12.5% and the serotypes identified were S. typhimurium (46.4%), S. enteritidis (30.9%) and S. newport (22.9%). No NTS was recovered from the RTE products. However, S. typhimurium was the predominant serotype in whole carcasses whereas S. enteritidis and S. newport were prevalent in chicken parts. Out of the 160 presumptive NTS isolates screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 140 (87.5%) were confirmed for the presence of the Salmonella-specific invA gene. In addition, 115 (82.4%) of the confirmed isolates harboured the plasmid spvC gene. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting of isolates using RAPD 1 and RAPD 3 primers, revealed some inter- and intra-serotype genetic diversity among isolates, suggesting varying sources of contamination. The results of this study represent the first report on the incidence and prevalent serotypes of NTS in chicken products in the North West Province of South Africa.
MOBILIDADE URBANA SUSTENTÁVEL: PROBLEMAS E SOLUÇÕES
Authors: Freitas Paulo Vitor Nascimento de , Silveira José Augusto Ribeiro da , Silva Geovany Jessé Alexandre da , Silva Danilo Coutinho da
Published: November 2015

O trabalho objetiva discutir sobre problemas de mobilidade urbana e apontar algumas soluções voltadas para a mobilidade urbana sustentável. Para isso, fez-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica visando à coleta de contribuições pertinentes ao tema na literatura. Encaminham-se discussões sobre: o conceito de mobilidade urbana sustentável e suas dimensões; racionalização do uso do automóvel; custos da (i)mobilidade; externalidades ambientais e gasto energético no setor de transportes; cidade compacta; transporte como direito social; gestão da mobilidade no âmbito do trabalho; qualidade do transporte público, dentre outras. O estudo evidenciou, entre outras coisas: a complexidade da mobilidade urbana sustentável e a interdependência de suas dimensões; e a necessidade de estimular o uso misto do solo, a cidade compacta e o uso de modos públicos e não motorizados de transporte.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: desenvolvimento sustentável; mobilidade urbana sustentável; sustentabilidade.   SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS ABSTRACTThe study aims to discuss urban mobility issues and point out some solutions focused on sustainable urban mobility. For this, there was a literature search aimed at gathering relevant contributions to the subject in the literature. Discussions are forwarded on: the concept of sustainable urban mobility and its dimensions; rational use of the automobile; costs of mobility; environmental externalities and energy consumption in the transportation sector; compact city; transportation as a social right; management of mobility in the work; quality of public transport, among others. The study showed, among other things: the complexity of sustainable urban mobility and interdependence of its dimensions; and the need to encourage mixed land use, the compact city and the use of public and non-motorized modes of transport.KEYWORDS: sustainable development; sustainable urban mobility; sustainability.  MOVILIDAD URBANA SOSTENIBLE: PROBLEMAS Y SOLUCIONES RESUMENEl estudio tiene como objetivo discutir problemas de movilidad urbana y señalar algunas soluciones centradas en la movilidad urbana sostenible. Para ello, había una búsqueda bibliográfica dirigida a reunir contribuciones relevantes al tema en la literatura. Discusiones se encaminan sobre: el concepto de movilidad urbana sostenible y sus dimensiones; uso racional del automóvil; costes de la movilidad; externalidades ambientales y el consumo de energía en el sector transporte; ciudad compacta; transporte como un derecho social; la gestión de la movilidad en el trabajo; calidad del transporte público, entre otros. El estudio mostró, entre otras cosas: la complejidad de la movilidad urbana sostenible y la interdependencia de sus dimensiones; y la necesidad de fomentar el uso del suelo mixto, la ciudad compacta y el uso de los modos públicos y no motorizados de transporte.PALABRAS CLAVE: desarrollo sustentable; movilidad urbana sostenible; sostenibilidad.
INDICADORES AMBIENTAIS NAS TRÊS MAIORES CIDADES DO AMAPÁ: MACAPÁ, SANTANA E LARANJAL DO JARI
Authors: Weiser Alice Agnes , Uliana Brenda Bezerra , Ferreira José Francisco de Carvalho
Published: November 2015

Nos tempos que correm relegar as questões ambientais para segundo plano pode ter custos que não estejamos preparados para pagar, em um futuro não muito longe. Com este artigo pretende-se fazer uma leitura da importância do meio ambiente para as três maiores cidades do estado do Amapá (Macapá, Santana e Laranjal do Jari). São utilizados indicadores ambientais, compostos por várias variáveis, que cobrem um vasto rol de assuntos, como esgoto, resíduos sólidos urbanos, biodiversidade, gestão ambiental e qualidade do ar, retirados de fontes oficiais. Os resultados revelam o contrassenso de o Amapá ser um dos estados mais protegidos do Brasil, mas dar pouca atenção ao seu desempenho ambiental. Embora todos as variáveis precisem ser consideradas atentamente, é na água, esgoto e resíduos sólidos que a atenção deverá ser redobrada. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Indicadores ambientais. Macapá. Santana. Laranjal do Jari. ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN THREE LARGEST CITIES OF AMAPÁ: MACAPÁ, SANTANA E LARANJAL DO JARI ABSTRACT In actual days relegate environmental issues into the background may have costs that we are not prepared to pay, in a future not too far away. With this article we intend to read the importance of the environment issues in the three largest cities in the state of Amapá (Macapa, Santana and Laranjal do Jari). Environmental indicators are used, consisting of several variables, covering a vast array of subjects such as sewage, solid waste, biodiversity, environmental management and air quality, drawn from official sources. The results reveal the nonsense of Amapá be one of the most protected states of Brazil, but pay little attention to their environmental performance. Although all the variables need to be considered carefully, it is in the water, sewage and solid waste that attention should be redoubled. KEYWORDS: Environmental Indicators. Macapá. Santana. Laranjal do Jari. INDICADORES AMBIENTALES EN LAS TRES MÁS GRANDES CIUDADES DEL AMAPÁ: MACAPÁ, SANTANA E LARANJAL DO JARI RESUMENEn los días que curren, relegar las cuestiones ambientales para según plan puede tener costos que no estamos dispuestos a pagar, en un futuro no muy lejano. Con este artículo se pretende hacer una lectura de la importancia del medio ambiente para las tres ciudades más grandes del estado de Amapá (Macapá, Santana y Laranjal do Jari). Se utilizan indicadores ambientales, que constan de varias variables, cubriendo una amplia gama de temas tales como aguas residuales, residuos sólidos, la biodiversidad, la gestión del medio ambiente y la calidad del aire, procedentes de fuentes oficiales. Los resultados revelan el absurdo de Amapá ser uno de los estados más protegidos de Brasil, pero se presta poca atención a su desempeño ambiental. Aunque todas las variables deben ser considerados cuidadosamente, es en el agua, aguas residuales y desechos sólidos que se debe redoblar la atención. PALABRAS-CLAVE: Indicadores Ambientales. Macapá. Santana. Laranjal do Jari.
ACCESIBILIDAD AL TRANSPORTE PÚBLICO: CONDICIONES DE ACCESO: EL AUTOMOVIL
Authors: Álvarez Diego Armando  Céspedes , Silva Fander de Oliveira
Published: November 2015

En este artículo se procura analizar cómo el acceso al transporte público está condicionado al acceso, siendo  unos de los puntos primordiales en la calidad de vida de las personas que se movilizan diariamente por los diferentes espacios. Además, se pretende descubrir cómo las políticas públicas pueden condicionar acciones para lograr avances importantes en la movilidad sustentable, asimismo  cómo el acceso del transporte público puede determinar la inclusión social como medio de movilidad en el territorio Brasilero que ha sido influido en su organización territorial por el transporte privado (automóvil) en las últimas décadas, en particular este es un análisis de caso particularmente en Brasil. PALABRAS CLAVES: Accesibilidad, Movilidad, Transporte Público, Desplazamiento, Espacios Públicos.  ACESSIBILIDADE AO TRANSPORTE PÚBLICO:CONDIÇÕES AO ACCESO: O AUTOMOVEL RESUMO Este artigo procura-se analisar como o acesso ao transporte público está condicionado ao acceso, sendo os mesmo uns dos pontos primordiais na qualidade de vida das pessoas que mobilizar-se diariamente por os diferentes espaços. Além se pretende descobrir como as políticas públicas podem condicionar ações para lograr avances importantes na mobilidade sustentável, assim mesmo como o acesso do transporte público pode determinar a inclusão social como médio de mobilidade no território brasileiro que há sido influído em sua organização territorial pôr o transporte particular nas últimas décadas, particularmente no Brasil.  PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Mobilidade, Acessibilidade, Transporte Público, Espaços Públicos.   ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT:CONDITIONS OF ACCESS: THE CAR  ABSTRACTThis article seeks to analyze how access to public transportation is subject to the acceso, and the same one of the primary points in the quality of life of the people who mobilized daily for the different spaces. Besides if you want to find out how public policies can constrain actions to achieve significant advances in sustainable mobility, even as public transport access can determine the social inclusion as a means of mobility in Brazil there been influenced in their territorial organization put transport particularly in recent decades, particularly in Brazil. KEYWORDS: Mobility, Accessibility, Public Transport, Public Spaces.
Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor
Authors: Fernandes Clinton
Published: November 2015

This paper examines early warning of, and political responses to, mass atrocities in East Timor in the late 1970s. Using newly-declassified intelligence and diplomatic records, it describes Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor in 1975 and its three year military campaign to crush the East Timorese resistance. It shows that the campaign resulted in mass deaths due to famine and disease, and considers the United Nations’ response to the unfolding crisis. It evaluates the level of international awareness of the humanitarian crisis in East Timor by inspecting contemporaneous eyewitness reports by foreign diplomats from states with a keen interest in Indonesia: Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Canada. In contrast to a popular, highly lauded view, the paper shows that these states did not “look away”; rather, they had early warning and ongoing knowledge of the catastrophe but provided military and diplomatic assistance to Indonesia. The paper contrasts a counter-productive effort by civil society activists with a very effective one, and thus demonstrates the role that robust scholarship can play in terminating atrocities.
Is R2P a Fully-Fledged International Norm?
Authors: Ralph Jason , Souter James
Published: November 2015

This commentary examines whether R2P is a fully-fledged norm. As a normative aspiration R2P is almost universally accepted. However as a standard of behaviour that states implement as a matter of course R2P is far from fully-fledged. By examining state responses to refugee crises in Syria it is argued that powerful states are failing in their special responsibility to protect.
FEI Titan G3 50-300 PICO
Authors: Barthel Juri , Houben Lothar , Tillmann Karsten
Published: November 2015

The FEI Titan G3 50-300 PICO is a unique fourth generation transmission electron microscope which has been specifically designed for the investigation of a wide range of solid state phenomena taking place on the atomic scale and thus necessitating true atomic resolution analysis capabilities. For these purposes, the FEI Titan G3 50-300 PICO is equipped with a Schottky type high-brightness electron gun (FEI X-FEG), a monochromator unit, and a Cs probe corrector (CEOS DCOR), a Cs-Cc achro-aplanat image corrector (CEOS CCOR+), a double biprism, a post-column energy filter system (Gatan Quantum 966 ERS) as well as a 16 megapixel CCD system (Gatan UltraScan 4000 UHS). Characterised by a TEM and STEM resolution well below 50 pm at 200 kV, the instrument is one of the few chromatically-corrected high resolution transmission electron microscopes in the world. Typical examples of use and technical specifications for the instrument are given below.
Ton Kox, Kweekplaats van katholieke deugd. De onderwijsstrategie van de Congregatie van de Fraters van Tilburg tussen 1844 en 1916
Authors: Hilhorst Mariek
Published: November 2015

Ton Kox, Kweekplaats van katholieke deugd. De onderwijsstrategie van de Congregatie van de Fraters van Tilburg tussen 1844 en 1916 (Dissertatie Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen 2014; Tilburg: Stichting Zuidelijk Historisch Contact, 2014, 395 pp., isbn 978 90 8219 720 4).
Thijs van Vugt, Een arbeidersbuurt onder de rook van ‘De Sphinx’. Eeen sociaal-ruimtelijke geschiedenis van het Boschstraatkwartier-Oost te Maastricht, 1829-1904
Authors: Smit Christianne
Published: November 2015

Thijs van Vugt, Een arbeidersbuurt onder de rook van ‘De Sphinx’. Een sociaal-ruimtelijke geschiedenis van het Boschstraatkwartier-Oost te Maastricht, 1829-1904 (Dissertatie Universiteit van Maastricht 2015; Maaslandse Monografieën 78; Hilversum: Verloren, 2015, 228 pp., isbn 978 90 8704 493 0).
Maurits Ebben, Margriet Lacy-Bruijn, and Rolof van Hövell tot Westerflier (eds.), Alba: General and Servant to the Crown
Authors: Hortal Muñoz José Eloy
Published: November 2015

Maurits Ebben, Margriet Lacy-Bruijn, and Rolof van Hövell tot Westerflier (eds.), Alba:  General and Servant to the Crown (Rotterdam: Karwansaray publishers, 2013, 464 pp., isbn 978 94 90258 08 5).
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL AS A RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL IN EMERGING ECONOMIES. THE CASE OF POLAND
Authors: Adamska Agata , Staszkiewicz Piotr
Published: November 2015

Abstract: This paper addresses the strength of the incentives from both supervisors and market players to use authorized capital application as a risk management tool. The study contrasts the motivational factors for the financial market in transition  and market supervisor. It analyses the interaction between motivation and the application of authorized capital as a risk management tool. We challenge the hypothesis that there is a weak statistical relationship between goodwill rates and the existence of authorized capital instruments for quoted companies and a weak statistical relationship between bank allowance and authorized capital instruments. Through the application of logit procedures to companies quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, we conclude findings based on 386 listed and domiciled entities in Poland, as quoted on the of 30 December 2011. We conclude a semi-effective market suffers from efficiency in adoption of authorized capital as a risk management tool. We indicate that market forces are overridden by supervisory requirements; thus, the promotion of effective risk management tools is positively associated with regulator and supervisory activities.
DOES TIMING MATTER FOR THE DETERMINANTS OF IPO SHORT-TERM RETURNS? EVIDENCE FROM THE TOP EMERGING MARKETS
Authors: Lizińska Joanna , Czapiewski Leszek
Published: November 2015

The study examined the short-term price behavior of initial public offerings (IPOs) of equities listed on the top emerging market exchanges during the period from 2005 to 2012. We investigated whether underpricing could be explained with models based on stakeholder rationality and those concerning behavioral factors. There were extremely high initial, two- and four-week returns in the three top emerging markets during the sample period. The results documented the existence of significant differences in IPO short-term returns between initial equity issues offered in hot- versus cold-and-neutral markets. It was also found that the amount of money left on the table during initial public offerings was related most to the uncertainty, signaling and timing proxies. The study showed that the explanations for high initial returns were, to some extent, influenced by IPO timing.
REASSESSING POLISH IPO UNDERPRICING AND UNDERPERFORMANCE
Authors: Lizińska Joanna , Czapiewski Leszek
Published: November 2015

The purpose of the research was to assess the price behavior of initial public offerings (IPO) of equities listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange from 1996 to 2010. We also aimed to observe IPO underpricing and the underperformance phenomenon with different approaches. Short-term performance was analyzed with raw and adjusted initial returns. For the long-term, abnormal returns were compounded and cumulated. Different methods of outliers detection and ways of minimizing the detrimental effect of outliers were applied. In long-term studies, we also compared the results for the daily, weekly and monthly returns. IPO underpricing and underperformance on the WSE still remains substantial and significant, even accounting for the variety of methods applied. The difference in underpricing between the 1996–2004 and the 2005–2010 sample was insignificant. However, we reported statistically significant and economically important differences in underperformance between both samples.
ELEMENTS OF CONTROL THEORY APPLIED TO AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO IN THE CAPITAL MARKET. THE OPTIMAL TIME HORIZON FOR SELLING A PORTFOLIO
Authors: Tymiński Jerzy
Published: November 2015

The article presents a concept of capital management for assembling investment portfolios. Two optimization variants of a portfolio to be purchased are discussed. Portfolio I is structural, using the „traditional model”. To assemble Portfolio II, elements of reliability theory and the dynamic programming method were used. The article also analyses the sale of a portfolio with respect to the demand for financial instruments in the capital market. The presented concept dealing with rational investment decisions during transactions at the Warsaw Stock Exchange can also be used by managers to create an effective portfolio of financial instruments.
Nematodos fitoparásitos asociados a raíces de plátano (Musa acuminata AA) en el centro de Veracruz, México
Authors: Lara-Posadas Soledad Victoria , Núñez-Sánchez Ángel Enrrique , López-Lima Daniel , Carrión Gloria
Published: November 2015

Los nematodos fitoparásitos están entre los principales patógenos que afectan el cultivo de plátano a nivel mundial. En el estado de Veracruz, la zona más importante de producción de este cultivo son los municipios de Atzalan y Tlapacoyan. En algunos predios de estos municipios se han detectado plantas con debilitamiento del sistema radical, uno de los síntomas de afectación por nematodos. En este trabajo se identificaron los nematodos fitoparásitos en seis plantaciones con observaciones previas de afectaciones en la raíz. La identificación de los nematodos presentes en las raíces se realizó de acuerdo a sus características morfológicas y, en el caso de las especies de Meloidogyne, se utilizaron marcadores moleculares específicos. En todos los predios muestreados se detectaron nematodos fitoparásitos: Criconema sp., Helicotylenchus multicinctus, Meloidogyne arenaria y Radopholus similis se registran por primera vez en el cultivo de plátano en Veracruz.
TRETMANI NEDOSTAJUĆIH PODATAKA
Authors: Oblaković Mirjana , Sokolovska Valentina , Dinić Bojana
Published: November 2015

U radu je dat kritički osvrt na najčešće korišćene tretmane nedostajućih podataka: tradicionalne, kao što su isključivanje nedostajućih podataka i jednostruke imputacije (zamena nedostajućih podataka srednjom vrednošću, imputacija pomoću regresije, slučajna imputacija), moderne, kao što su tretmani zasnovani na maksimalnoj verodostojnosti (npr. EM algoritam i FIML metod) i metodi višestruke imputacije. Ukazano je na prednosti i mane svakog od ovih tretmana i preporuke u vezi sa odabirom tretmana u odnosu na mehanizam nedostajanja podataka, tip i nivo merenja varijable, veličinu uzorka i slično. Takođe, dat je pregled prakse tretmana kategorijalnih i numeričkih nedostajućih podataka u psihologiji u objavljenim radovima u vrhunskim psihološkim časopisima. Zaključeno je da je najčešće korišćen tradicionalni metod izbacivanja slučajeva sa nedostajućim vrednostima, a potom se u nešto manjem broju koristi metod multiple imputacije. S obzirom na to, u radu je dat primer sprovođenja multiple imputacije u SPSS-u.
JEDNAKOST PROFILA DOBIJENIH RAČUNARSKI PODRŽANIM I KLASIČNIM MODALITETOM MMPI-202
Authors: Janičić Bojan
Published: November 2015

Sa sve većom primenom računarski administriranih testova javlja se problem jednakosti merenja klasičnom i računarski podržanom formom. Ispitivanja ekvivalencije računarski podržanog i modaliteta papir-olovka obično uključuju i ispitivanje uticaja individualnih razlika i varijabli kao što su računarsko iskustvo i računarska anksioznost. Dosadašnja istraživanja dala su nekonzistentne rezultate. Cilj ovog istraživanja je bio da utvrdi da li postoje razlike u profilima ispitanika dobijenim pomoću računarski podržane i klasične verzije MMPI-202. Takođe, cilj ovog istraživanja je bio da ispita uticaj pola, starosti, nivoa obrazovanja, računarskog iskustva i računarske anksioznosti jednakost profila ispitanika na računarskom i klasičnom modalitetu ovog testa. Nije utvrđeno postojanje razlika u profilima ispitanika koje se mogu pripisati modalitetu testiranja.
ICT-Enabled Time-Critical Clinical Practices: Examining the Affordances of an Information Processing Solution
Authors: Hoon Leonard , Tan Felix Ter Chian , Vasa Rajesh , Mouzakis Kon , Fitzgerald Mark
Published: November 2015

In this paper, we present a case study of a decision-support system deployment at The Alfred Hospital, in Melbourne, Australia. This work outlines Information and Communications Technology (ICT) affordances and their actualisations in time-critical clinical practices to enable better information processing. From our study findings, we present a stage-wise model describing the role played by ICT in the context of the Trauma Centre practices. This addresses a knowledge gap surrounding the role and impact of ICT in the delivery of quality improvements to processes and culture in time-critical environments, amid increasing expenditure on ICT globally. Our model has implications for research and practice, such that we observe for the first time how information standards, synergy and renewal are developed between the system and its users in order to reduce error rates in the healthcare context. Through the study findings, we demonstrate that healthcare quality can be further refined as ICT allows for knowledge dissemination and informs existing practices.
Enhancing client welfare through better communication of private mental health data between rural service providers
Authors: Burmeister Oliver Kisalay , Islam Md Zahidul , Dayhew Miriam , Crichton Merrilyn
Published: November 2015

Client welfare is detrimentally affected by poor communication of data between rural service providers, which in part is complicated by privacy legislation. A study of service provision involving interviews with mental health professionals, found challenges in communicative processes between agencies were exacerbated by the heavy workloads. Dependence on individual interpretations of legislation, and on manual handling, led to delays that detrimentally affected client welfare. The main recommendation arising from this article is the creation of an ehealth system that is able to negotiate differing levels of access to client data through centralised controls, where the administration of that system ensures that it stays current with changing legislative requirements. The main contribution of the proposed model is to combine two well-known concepts: data integration and generalisation. People with mental illness are amongst the most vulnerable members of society, and current ehealth systems that provide access to medical records inadequately cater to their needs.
Innovation Determinants and Barriers: A Tri-Perspective Analysis of IT Appropriation within an Early Childhood Education and Care Organisation
Authors: Plumb Melinda , Kautz Karlheinz
Published: November 2015

Empirical studies on information technology (IT) in early childhood education and care organisations are scant, despite an increasing number of these organisations choosing to innovate with IT. This paper presents a framework to understand the appropriation of IT as an innovation within such an organisation. The framework consists of three perspectives on innovation: an individualist, a structuralist and an interactive process perspective. While the first focuses on concepts such as leadership, IT champions, previous IT exposure, the second focuses on organisation size, parents as stakeholders, competitors, government compliance and regulatory requirements. The third perspective views the innovation as a dynamic phenomenon of change, produced by the continuous interaction of the innovation content, its context, and the appropriation process as related in an interactive process. We demonstrate the framework’s applicability and determine that the three perspectives supplement each other and together provide a deeper understanding of the IT appropriation process in terms of innovation determinants and barriers.
Healthy Community and Healthy Commons: ‘Opensourcing’ as a Sustainable Model of Software Production
Authors: Naparat Damrongsak , Finnegan Patrick , Cahalane Michael
Published: November 2015

Many commercial software firms rely on opensourcing as a viable model of software production. Opensourcing is a specific form of interaction between firms and open source software (OSS) communities for collaboratively producing software. The existing literature has identified opensourcing as a viable form of software production, which could be a substitute for “in-house” or “outsourced” software development. However, little is known about how opensourcing works or is sustained in the long term. The objective of this research is to explain the factors affecting the sustainability of opensourcing as a model of software production. The study employs a single case study of hospital software in Thailand to understand how firms and the communities can live symbiotically and sustain their collaboration to peer-produce vertical domain software. The analysis reveals six mechanisms (positive experience, trust in the leadership of the project leader, the demonstration of reciprocity, marketing the community, enriching knowledge, and face-to-face meetings) and demonstrates how they operate in conjunction with each other to sustain opensourcing.
Underground Theater
Authors: Stalter-Pace Sunny
Published: November 2015

This article begins from the premise that modern American drama provides a useful and understudied archive of representations of mobility. It focuses on plays set on the New York City subway, using the performance studies concept of “restored behavior” to understand the way that these plays repeat and heighten the experience of subway riding. Through their repetitions, they make visible the psychological consequences of ridership under the historical and cultural constraints of the interwar period. Elmer Rice's 1929 play The Subway is read as a particularly rich exploration of the consequences of female passenger's presumed passivity and sexualization in this era. The Subway and plays like it enable scholars of mobility to better understand the ways that theatrical texts intervene in cultural conversations about urban transportation.
Multiple recurrent postoperative spinal infections due to an unrecognized presacral abscess following placement of bicortical sacral screws: case report
Authors: Bloom Laura , Burks S. Shelby , Levi Allan D.
Published: November 2015

Postoperative wound infections in spinal surgery remain an important complication to diagnose and treat successfully. In most cases of deep infection, even with instrumentation, aggressive soft-tissue debridement followed by intravenous antibiotics is sufficient. This report presents a patient who underwent L3–S1 laminectomy and pedicle screw placement including bicortical sacral screws. This patient went on to develop multiple (7) recurrent infections at the operative site over a 5-year period. Continued investigation eventually revealed a large presacral abscess, which remained the source of recurrent bacterial seeding via the remaining bone tracts of the bicortical sacral screws placed during the original lumbar surgery. Two years after drainage of this presacral collection via a retroperitoneal approach, the patient remains symptom free.
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: a rare intracranial tumor with possible familial predisposition. Case report
Authors: Wolf Amparo , Alghefari Huda , Krivosheya Daria , Staudt Michael D. , Bowden Gregory , Macdonald David R. , Goobie Sharan , Ramsay David , Hebb Matthew O.
Published: November 2015

The biological origin of cerebellar liponeurocytomas is unknown, and hereditary forms of this disease have not been described. Here, the authors present clinical and histopathological findings of a young patient with a cerebellar liponeurocytoma who had multiple immediate family members who harbored similar intracranial tumors. A 37-year-old otherwise healthy woman presented with a history of progressive headaches. Lipomatous medulloblastoma had been diagnosed previously in her mother and maternal grandfather, and her maternal uncle had a supratentorial liponeurocytoma. MRI revealed a large, poorly enhancing, lipomatous mass emanating from the superior vermis that produced marked compression of posterior fossa structures. An uncomplicated supracerebellar infratentorial approach was used to resect the lesion. Genetic and histopathological analyses of the lesion revealed neuronal, glial, and lipomatous differentiation and confirmed the diagnosis of cerebellar liponeurocytoma. A comparison of the tumors resected from the patient and, 22 years previously, her mother revealed similar features. Cerebellar liponeurocytoma is a poorly understood entity. This report provides novel evidence of an inheritable predisposition for tumor development. Accurate diagnosis and reporting of clinical outcomes and associated genetic and histopathological changes are necessary for guiding prognosis and developing recommendations for patient care.
A multicenter prospective cohort study of volume management after subarachnoid hemorrhage: circulatory characteristics of pulmonary edema after subarachnoid hemorrhage
Authors: Obata Yoshiki , Takeda Junichi , Sato Yohei , Ishikura Hiroyasu , Matsui Toru , Isotani Eiji
Published: November 2015

OBJECT

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is often accompanied by pulmonary complications, which may lead to poor outcomes and death. This study investigated the incidence and cause of pulmonary edema in patients with SAH by using hemodynamic monitoring with PiCCO-plus pulse contour analysis.

METHODS

A total of 204 patients with SAH were included in a multicenter prospective cohort study to investigate hemodynamic changes after surgical clipping or coil embolization of ruptured cerebral aneurysms by using a PiCCO-plus device. Changes in various hemodynamic parameters after SAH were analyzed statistically.

RESULTS

Fifty-two patients (25.5%) developed pulmonary edema. Patients with pulmonary edema (PE group) were significantly older than those without pulmonary edema (non-PE group) (p = 0.017). The mean extravascular lung water index was significantly higher in the PE group than in the non-PE group throughout the study period. The pulmonary vascular permeability index (PVPI) was significantly higher in the PE group than in the non-PE group on Day 6 (p = 0.029) and Day 10 (p = 0.011). The cardiac index of the PE group was significantly decreased biphasically on Days 2 and 10 compared with that of the non-PE group. In the early phase (Days 1–5 after SAH), the daily water balance of the PE group was slightly positive. In the delayed phase (Days 6–14 after SAH), the serum C-reactive protein level and the global end-diastolic volume index were significantly higher in the PE group than in the non-PE group, whereas the PVPI tended to be higher in the PE group.

CONCLUSIONS

Pulmonary edema that occurs in the early and delayed phases after SAH is caused by cardiac failure and inflammatory (i.e., noncardiogenic) conditions, respectively. Measurement of the extravascular lung water index, cardiac index, and PVPI by PiCCO-plus monitoring is useful for identifying pulmonary edema in patients with SAH.