bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Human rights and the ethno—nationalist problematic through the eyes of Greek-Cypriot teachers
Authors: Zembylas Michalinos , Charalambous Panayiota , Charalambous Constadina , Lesta Stalo
Published: January 2016

The present article aims to examine the interplay between the transnational discourses of human rights and the particularities of local constructions and conceptualisations of human rights within the context of an ethnically divided society, Cyprus. Specifically, this interplay is examined through a qualitative study of Greek-Cypriot primary school teachers’ understandings of human rights and human rights teaching in Greek-Cypriot schools, focusing on the tensions that seem to arise between transnational and ethno-nationalist discourses of human rights. The findings show that Greek-Cypriot teachers seem to ‘reframe’ universalist perspectives of human rights in response to local demands that foreground conflict-related violations suffered by the Greek-Cypriot community, while backgrounding human rights violations experienced by ‘others’. A few teachers, though, realize how conflict may limit understandings of human rights and project a different interpretation that acknowledges the suffering of the ‘Other’. The implications for human rights teaching are discussed, especially in the context of conflict-affected societies.
Wrist arthrodesis in adolescents with cerebral palsy
Authors: Donadio J. , Upex P. , Bachy M. , Fitoussi F.
Published: January 2016

Twenty adolescents with severe spastic deformities of the wrist (Zancolli type 3) and poor function on the House score were operated on between 2009 and 2014, and included in this retrospective cohort study. All were treated by wrist arthrodesis combining a proximal row carpectomy, curetting of the distal radius in order to imbed the capitate and a dorsal locking plate. The primary endpoint was improvement in the House score. Secondary endpoints included pre- and postoperative wrist flexion deformity, bone union, patient satisfaction regarding appearance and complications. The mean follow-up was 22 months. The mean age at the time of surgery was 16.2 years. Additional soft-tissue release was necessary in eight wrists. The mean House score improved significantly from 0.9 to 2.7. Average flexion deformity improved significantly from 66° to 10°. Bony union was achieved in all patients within 6 months. Four of the 20 patients required hardware removal because of fixed extension of the middle metacarpal. Wrist arthrodesis combining proximal row carpectomy with the use of a dorsal locking plate is a safe and reliable technique to improve function and appearance.

Level of evidence: IV
Reference tissue normalization in longitudinal 18F-florbetapir positron emission tomography of late mild cognitive impairment
Authors: Shokouhi Sepideh , Mckay John W. , Baker Suzanne L. , Kang Hakmook , Brill Aaron B. , Gwirtsman Harry E. , Riddle William R. , Claassen Daniel O. , Rogers Baxter P. ,   for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Published: January 2016

Background

Semiquantitative methods such as the standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) require normalization of the radiotracer activity to a reference tissue to monitor changes in the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques measured with positron emission tomography (PET). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of reference tissue normalization in a test–retest 18F-florbetapir SUVR study using cerebellar gray matter, white matter (two different segmentation masks), brainstem, and corpus callosum as reference regions.

Methods

We calculated the correlation between 18F-florbetapir PET and concurrent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aβ1–42 levels in a late mild cognitive impairment cohort with longitudinal PET and CSF data over the course of 2 years. In addition to conventional SUVR analysis using mean and median values of normalized brain radiotracer activity, we investigated a new image analysis technique—the weighted two-point correlation function (wS2)—to capture potentially more subtle changes in Aβ-PET data.

Results

Compared with the SUVRs normalized to cerebellar gray matter, all cerebral-to-white matter normalization schemes resulted in a higher inverse correlation between PET and CSF Aβ1–42, while the brainstem normalization gave the best results (high and most stable correlation). Compared with the SUVR mean and median values, the wS2 values were associated with the lowest coefficient of variation and highest inverse correlation to CSF Aβ1–42 levels across all time points and reference regions, including the cerebellar gray matter.

Conclusions

The selection of reference tissue for normalization and the choice of image analysis method can affect changes in cortical 18F-florbetapir uptake in longitudinal studies.
Structural and functional dissection of Toxoplasma gondii armadillo repeats only protein
Authors: Mueller Christina , Samoo Atta , Hammoudi Pierre-Mehdi , Klages Natacha , Kallio Juha Pekka , Kursula Inari , Soldati-Favre Dominique
Published: January 2016

Rhoptries are club-shaped, regulated secretory organelles that cluster at the apical pole of apicomplexan parasites. Their discharge is essential for invasion and the establishment of an intracellular lifestyle. Little is known about rhoptry biogenesis and recycling during parasite division. In Toxoplasma gondii, positioning of rhoptries involves the armadillo repeats only protein (ARO) and myosin F (MyoF). Here, we show that two ARO partners, ARO-interacting protein (AIP) and adenylate cyclase β (ACβ) localize to a rhoptry subcompartment. In absence of AIP, ACβ disappears from the rhoptries. By assessing the contribution of each ARO armadillo (ARM) repeat, we provide evidence that ARO is multifunctional, participating not only in positioning but also in clustering of rhoptries. Structural analyses show that ARO resembles the myosin-binding domain of the Caenorhabditis elegans myosin chaperone UNC-45. A conserved patch of aromatic and acidic residues denotes the putative MyoF-binding site, and the overall arrangement of the ARM repeats explains the dramatic consequences of deleting each of them. Finally, Plasmodium falciparum ARO functionally complements ARO depletion and interacts with the same partners, highlighting the conservation of rhoptry biogenesis in Apicomplexa.
MBD3L2 promotes Tet2 enzymatic activity for mediating 5-methylcytosine oxidation
Authors: Peng Lina , Li Yan , Xi Yanping , Li Wei , Li Jin , Lv Ruitu , Zhang Lei , Zou Qingping , Dong Shihua , Luo Huaibing , Wu Feizhen , Yu Wenqiang
Published: January 2016

Ten-eleven translocation (Tet) proteins are key players involved in the dynamic regulation of cytosine methylation and demethylation. Inactivating mutations of Tet2 are frequently found in human malignancies, highlighting the essential role of Tet2 in cellular transformation. However, the factors that control Tet enzymatic activity remain largely unknown. Here, we found that methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 3 (MBD3) and its homolog MBD3-like 2 (MBD3L2) can specifically modulate the enzymatic activity of Tet2 protein, but not Tet1 and Tet3 proteins, in converting 5-methylcytosine (5mC) into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC). Moreover, MBD3L2 is more effective than MBD3 in promoting Tet2 enzymatic activity through strengthening the binding affinity between Tet2 and the methylated DNA target. Further analysis revealed pronounced decreases in 5mC levels at MBD3L2 and Tet2 co-occupied genomic regions, most of which are promoter elements associated with either cancer-related genes or genes involved in the regulation of cellular metabolic processes. Our data add new insights into the regulation of Tet2 activity by MBD3 and MBD3L2, and into how that affects Tet2-mediated modulation of its target genes in cancer development. Thus, they have important applications in understanding how dysregulation of Tet2 might contribute to human malignancy.
α-Dystrobrevin-1 recruits Grb2 and α-catulin to organize neurotransmitter receptors at the neuromuscular junction
Authors: Gingras Jacinthe , Gawor Marta , Bernadzki Krzysztof M. , Grady R. Mark , Hallock Peter , Glass David J. , Sanes Joshua R. , Proszynski Tomasz J.
Published: January 2016

Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs), the synapses made by motor neurons on muscle fibers, form during embryonic development but undergo substantial remodeling postnatally. Several lines of evidence suggest that α-dystrobrevin, a component of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex (DGC), is a crucial regulator of the remodeling process and that tyrosine phosphorylation of one isoform, α-dystrobrevin-1, is required for its function at synapses. We identified a functionally important phosphorylation site on α-dystrobrevin-1, generated phosphorylation-specific antibodies to it and used them to demonstrate dramatic increases in phosphorylation during the remodeling period, as well as in nerve-dependent regulation in adults. We then identified proteins that bind to this site in a phosphorylation-dependent manner and others that bind to α-dystrobrevin-1 in a phosphorylation-independent manner. They include multiple members of the DGC, as well as α-catulin, liprin-α1, Usp9x, PI3K, Arhgef5 and Grb2. Finally, we show that two interactors, α-catulin (phosphorylation independent) and Grb2 (phosphorylation dependent) are localized to NMJs in vivo, and that they are required for proper organization of neurotransmitter receptors on myotubes.
Signs systematically studied: Invitation to Peirce’s theory
Authors: Pietarinen Ahti-Veikko
Published: January 2016

This introductory presentation reviews noteworthy topics and concepts in Peirce’s interrelated kingdoms of the theory of signs, their classification, categories, logic and semeiotic.
C. S. Peirce on the dynamic object of a sign: From ontology to semiotics and back
Authors: Pape Helmut
Published: January 2016

That reality, and in particular the (dynamic) objects of signs, are independent of our thoughts or other representations is a crucial thesis of Peirce’s realism. On the other hand, his semiotics implies the claim that all reality and all real objects are real for us only because of the signs we use. Do these two claims contradict, even exclude, each other? I will argue that both Peirce’s metaphysics and his semiotics provide a natural via media: a structural account of the openness of processes, featuring transitive relations, connects process ontology implicit in his evolutionary metaphysics and the relational, quasi-inferential features embodied in interpretational sequences of signs. It is shown that Peirce’s notion of a sign, its normative role and his account of the directional force of objects implies a sort of logical causality that supports the unity of objects. In this way sign sequences are able to relate flexibly sign use with contextually specified independent objects. That is to say, relational properties of object-oriented chains of interpretations provide sign users with a flexible, fallibilistic instrument able to capture by contingent identity relations (teridentity) of the identity of objects in changing situations.Includes: Comment by Francesco Bellucci (pp. 433–437).
The semiotic life cycle and The Symbolic Species
Authors: Bennett Tyler James
Published: January 2016

In The Symbolic Species (1997) Terrence Deacon identifies human verbal language acquisition as the first and foremost evolutionary threshold where symbol use happens, with all the concomitant adaptive advantages it affords, but along with these advantages in this book and elsewhere he alludes to certain disadvantages that result from symbols. To describe these disadvantages he uses words like maladaptation, parasitism, cognitive penumbra, and other hyperbolic terms. He does so offhandedly, either in connection with the results of some laboratory experiments, or simply in disconnected ominous generalizations, but never justifies these sign effects within the dominantly Peircean model of language acquisition that gives the book its title. In later works Deacon attempts to contextualize these generalizations within Richard Dawkins’ theory of the meme. Deacon is sometimes disparaged for his supposedly imprecise or incorrect use of the sign theory of Charles Peirce to defend his claims about memes and symbols. The problem is not that Peirce should not be used in this way. In fact Deacon’s book is a singular achievement in the application of Peirce. The problem is that Deacon’s Peircean model is too simple. In fact Deacon’s claim about the possible disadvantages of symbol use can be reinforced with a closer look at the mature, turn-of-the-century Peircean sign model. This preserves the theoretical integrity of The Symbolic Species and clarifies the relation between memes and signs.
The highest branch of logic? On a neglected question of speculative rhetoric
Authors: Bergman Mats
Published: January 2016

C. S. Peirce once described philosophical rhetoric as “the highest and most living branch of logic”. This article outlines a new interpretation of what prompted this unexpected elevation of the third subdivision of semiotic (understood as logic in the broad sense), and explores some of the implications of the proposed reading. Two plausible explanations are identified, leading to an exposition of Peirce’s equally puzzling association of rhetoric with objective logic in the 1890s. The final part of the essay briefly addresses the question of how Peirce’s subsequent shift from rhetoric to methodeutic may have affected his conception of the concluding branch of logic.
ANÁLISE DA EFICIÊNCIA DOS FUNDOS DE INVESTIMENTOS IMOBILIÁRIOS
Authors: Mizuno Jorge , Duclós Luis Carlos , Vieira da Silva Wesley , Rocha Daniela Torres da
Published: January 2016

Este artigo tem o objetivo de analisar eficiência do uso dos recursos dos Fundos de Investimentos Imobiliários utilizando a métrica DEA com aderência à teoria Visão Baseada em Recursos. Os resultados deste estudo sugerem os Fundos são mais eficientes no uso de recursos do Patrimônio Líquido e Ativo Total do que o uso de Receitas. Verificou-se também, que a teoria Visão Baseada em Recursos apresentou aderência aos aspectos que explicam as razões de forma abrangente, da ocorrência de grandes diferenças de desempenho dada a existência de vantagem competitiva nos Fundos de Investimentos Imobiliários analisados.
Paradigmas e críticas presentes na construção do campo de conhecimento da Administração Política
Authors: Sumiya Lilia Asuca , Silva Marcos Paulo da , Araújo Maria Arlete Duarte de
Published: January 2016

Neste estudo propõe-se o entendimento da evolução do campo da Administração Política como área do conhecimento sob um ponto de vista epistemológico, à luz do conceito de Paradigma de Thomas Kuhn e da Teoria Crítica da Escola de Frankfurt. Através de um ensaio teórico discute-se a proposta de estudo da dimensão societal da Administração na busca do estabelecimento de um objeto próprio a gestão, por meio da idealização de um campo de estudo que reconstrói o caráter social das ciências administrativas, a partir do cenário das dinâmicas de construção do conhecimento. Apresenta os fatores que integram o processo e traça paralelos com as abordagens da revolução científica e o delineamento de uma teoria crítica através da Administração Política. Conclui-se que a Administração Política está em estágio pré-paradigmático e que evolui através das discussões de congregações de pesquisadores que propõem a compreensão de suas dimensões societais durante as reflexões sobre as Teorias da Administração.
Contribuições da pedagogia freireana aos profissionais empreendedores
Authors: Lucena Rosivaldo De Lima , Centurión Wanusa Campos , Valadão José de Arimatéia Dias
Published: January 2016

O objetivo deste ensaio foi analisar como a Pedagogia Freireana contribui para o desenvolvimento de profissionais empreendedores na área de Administração. A fundamentação teórica foi baseada em questões relacionadas à Pedagogia Freireana, ao empreendedorismo, à educação empreendedora e ao ensino nos cursos de Administração. Uma comparação da educação empreendedora com a pedagogia de Paulo Freire foi feita com o intuito de identificar os aspectos convergentes e possibilidades de contribuição dessa pedagogia para o desenvolvimento de profissionais empreendedores nas Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), mais especificamente do curso de Administração. Foi identificado que a educação empreendedora enfatiza comportamentos e atitudes, envolvendo o desenvolvimento de potencialidades fundamentais em um âmbito maior que o fazer empresarial e o saber técnico científico, buscando na auto-realização a valorização do ser e da coletividade, fatores que convergem diretamente com a pedagogia proposta por Paulo Freire.
O cone de volatilidade no mercado de opções brasileiro
Authors: Cerqueira Rodrigo Jatobá , Figueiredo Pinto Antonio Carlos , Klotzle Marcelo Cabus
Published: January 2016

Este trabalho tem como objetivo testar se cone de volatilidade aplicado ao mercado de opções brasileiro pode trazer informações adicionais à decisão de compra e venda de volatilidade. Outra contribuição deste trabalho é mostrar se os resultados obtidos nas operações realizadas com o cone de volatilidade variam de acordo com a relação cotação da ação/preço de exercício da opção. Os resultados indicam que a comparação da volatilidade implícita com o cone de volatilidade pode ser um indicador eficiente para prever a evolução da volatilidade futura, permitindo ganhos em operações delta-neutro de compra e de venda de volatilidade. Além disso, foi constatado que existem diferenças nos ganhos, algumas significativas, entre as opções dentro do dinheiro, no dinheiro e fora do dinheiro.
Spillover de liquidez no mercado brasileiro
Authors: Milani Bruno , Bender Filho Reisoli , Ceretta Paulo Sérgio , Vieira Kelmara Mendes , Coronel Daniel Arruda
Published: January 2016

Este estudo objetiva analisar o impacto de choques de iliquidez entre mercados, dentro do contexto brasileiro, tomando os mercados de Fundos de Investimento, Títulos do Tesouro Nacional, Poupança e Depósitos a Prazo (CDB), através de um modelo de Auto-regressão Vetorial (VAR). Tomando como proxy para iliquidez a medida de Amihud (2002), utilizou-se seis variáveis endógenas no modelo VAR, uma para a iliquidez de cada mercado, além de quatro exógenas, as quais referem-se basicamente a retornos e volatilidades destes mercados. As funções de impulso-resposta demonstram que há co-movimentos de iliquidez entre alguns mercados, mas que as maiores respostas de um mercado ocorrem devido a choques no próprio mercado, dando indícios da existência de influência de variáveis extrínsecas. Também verificou-se que a variação da iliquidez dos mercados livres de risco não causa a variação da iliquidez dos mercados de risco e vice-versa, com apenas uma exceção.
Configuração dos relacionamentos entre produtores agropecuários e cooperativas
Authors: Alves Juliano Nunes , Zamberlan Tiago , Quatrin Denise Rossato
Published: January 2016

Dada à importância crescente das mais diversas formas de cooperação, esse estudo visa avaliar como se configuram os relacionamentos entre produtores rurais e cooperativas agropecuárias, identificando as motivações para tal e a presença das óticas social e humana e econômica. Para tal, foram entrevistados produtores agropecuários associados a cooperativas e, como principais resultados, destaca-se que os cooperados buscam primeiramente vantagens diretamente ligadas à atividade econômica que desenvolvem, mas que com o passar do tempo questões de aprendizado também passam a ser importantes para a continuidade do relacionamento. Ainda, as cooperativas precisam investir na transparência de suas decisões, ações e distribuição de recursos, importante fator para fidelização de seus cooperados.
Competências e aprendizagem empreendedora em MPE’s educacionais
Authors: Zampier Marcia Aparecida , Takahashi Adriana Roseli Wünsch
Published: January 2016

Este estudo, realizado com proprietários e gestores de MPE’s do setor educacional privado de Curitiba, teve o propósito de analisar de que maneira as competências empreendedoras de oportunidade e administrativas foram desenvolvidas por meio de um processo de aprendizagem empreendedora. A metodologia consistiu em um estudo exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa e perspectiva temporal de corte transversal com aproximação longitudinal. Realizou-se um estudo de multicasos (nove). Como resultado, foi possível identificar o desenvolvimento das competências de oportunidade e administrativa e o processo de aprendizagem empreendedora e constatar que a competência administrativa foi desenvolvida com um grau ligeiramente superior à de oportunidade. Quanto às proposições da autora, algumas foram confirmadas totalmente, outras parcialmente e outras não puderam ser confirmadas. Além disso, foi possível apresentar uma proposta de aprimoramento do modelo conceitual utilizado.
Desenvolvimento de pessoas em um micro empreendimento do terceiro setor: a experiência da adesjovem
Authors: Malacarne Robson , Brunstein Janette , Brito Margarete Dias de , Bedoni José Luiz , Rodrigues Rodrigo Nascimento
Published: January 2016

O objetivo deste estudo é compreender as ações de desenvolvimento de pessoas da ADESJOVEM. A experiência do micro empreendimento social é singular, pois sensibiliza e envolve profissionais de diferentes áreas do conhecimento para atuarem com projetos de Desenvolvimento de Competências Empreendedoras - DCEs. Destaca-se, neste processo, o Programa de Incentivo a Inovação Social, Inova Jovem, e o Projeto de Educação Empreendedora, A Juventude Quer Mais. O desenvolvimento teórico se fez com base nas reflexões sobre gestão de pessoas de Davel e Vergara, nas competências preconizadas por Wiek, Withycombe e Redman e na discussão de Aprendizagem Social de Elkjaer. A pesquisa foi feita a partir das entrevistas realizadas com a diretoria e com os beneficiários dos projetos desenvolvidos pela entidade. A análise dos dados revela que o incentivo a inovação é uma estratégia que favorece o DCEs, principalmente quando associadas a projetos participativos e cooperativos.
Indicadores de desempenho em pequenas e médias empresas
Authors: Souza Antonia Egidia , Correa Hamilton Luiz
Published: January 2016

As PMEs têm características organizacionais e de desempenho que as tornam diferentes das grandes empresas, porém nao se pode negligenciar o importante papel dos sistemas de mensuração de desempenho para qualquer tipo de empresa ou forma de gestão. Com isso em mente, a intenção deste artigo foi responder a duas perguntas importantes: as Pequenas e Médias Empresas (PMEs) empregam indicadores de mensuração de desempenho? As características organizacionais influenciam no emprego de indicadores de mensuração de desempenho? Para melhor responder essas questões aplicou-se uma pesquisa de campo com uma amostra  não probabilística por conveniência com 87 empresas do setor calçadista de Santa Catarina. O método privilegiado foi o quantitativo e na análise dos dados aplicou-se técnicas estatisticas com o auxílio do SPSS. Os resultados revelam que as empresas pesquisadas adotam indicadores financeiros e não financeiros, porém os indicadores financeiros são mais utilizados que os não financeiros.
O dilema da Toldo Metalmecânica: caso de ensino
Authors: Severo Eliana Andréa , Guimarães Julio Cesar Ferro de
Published: January 2016

O setor metalomecânico é um grande impactante ambiental, pois além de consumir recursos naturais, gera uma série de poluentes ambientais. Destaca-se que está cada vez mais evidente a questão ambiental e social, tanto no Brasil como na grande maioria dos países do ocidente. As estratégias ambientais propõe que novas tecnologias e ações sejam desenvolvidas no âmbito da economia ambiental, ecológica e social. A Toldo Metalmecânica Ltda é uma empresa que surgiu em virtude das habilidades e visão empreendedora do proprietário Rui Toldo. Após 33 anos atuando no mercado nacional o empresário necessitava abarcar novos mercados, pois estava se tornando impossível competir no mercado local e a empresa apresentava problemas ambientais. Neste sentido a empresa deveria se adequar o mais rápido possível, pois a pressão dos stakeholders influenciava a comercialização dos produtos. O objetivo desse caso de ensino é propor reflexões acerca das decisões e ações associadas à gestão ambiental e a responsabilidade social aplicada às empresas Metalmecânicas. Sua utilização está indicada em cursos de Pós-graduação e Graduação em Administração e Engenharia da Produção.
Valuation effect as a determinant of the international investment position in Central and Eastern European economies
Authors: Sobański Konrad
Published: January 2016

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the significance of the valuation effect in determining the dynamics of the net international investment position of CEE economies. For this purpose an analysis of BoP and IIP time series for the four largest CEE economies (Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania) for the years 2005-2013 was carried out. The exercise revealed that the valuation effect (VE) is, in the short run, the key determinant of net IIP changes (for most observed years). Nevertheless, in the long-run its influence decreases as valuation gains and losses tend to cancel each other out. As the VE is relatively volatile, it is important to analyse its dynamics over the mid and long-term when evaluating the IIP. The significance of the VE for determining net IIP dynamics turned out to be non-investment-type specific because valuations of both the short-term and long-term investments contributed in a large part to the change in the net IIP. Similarities in the dynamics of the VE in CEE countries prove that the VE depends to a large extent on the general price fluctuations in financial markets that nowadays exhibit strong correlations across countries.
Recording inpatient weight: implications for medicines administration
Authors: Willson Jamie SB , Thomas Seb J , Mackenzie Strachan C , Armitage Alice J , Sen Soumen , Ratliff William D , Patel Arti , Black Sabrina E , Chauhan Sarasvati U , Robb Alastair O , Garnham Kathryn E , Horsnell Jonathan D , Tarr Gregory P
Published: January 2016

Aim:

To identify the proportions of hospital inpatients with recorded weights: among all patients, and among those receiving weight-dosed drug therapy.

Method:

Survey of clinical notes of hospital inpatients across a convenience sample of 11 secondary and tertiary referral hospitals in England and Wales in November 2011.

Results:

1068 patients were included, and 1061 patient clinical notes were available (99.3%). Nearly all paediatric patients had recorded weights (77/78; 98.7%). Half of adult inpatients had recorded weights (503/983, 51.2%). The proportion of adult inpatients with recorded weights varied by hospital, ranging from 13.5% to 92.5% (p<0.0001). In those receiving gentamicin or therapeutic-dose low molecular weight heparin (t-LMWH), only 64.5% (71/110) had a recorded weight.

Conclusions:

Half of adult inpatients, and two-thirds of those receiving gentamicin or t-LMWH, had recorded weights. There was significant variation in rates of weighing adult inpatients across hospitals. This may put patients at increased risk of side effects and problems resulting from malnutrition.
Pakistan's ‘Blue Economy’: Potential and Prospects
Authors: Asaf Humayun  , Naghmana Zafar
Published: January 2016

The idea of ‘Blue Economy’ recognizes the seas and oceans as main drivers for the economic development with great potential for innovation and growth. Pakistan is an important maritime state in the Indian Ocean blessed with approximately 1,050 km long coastline and the Exclusive Economic Zone covering about 240,000 sq. km. The maritime sector acts as the bedrock of the national economy. To optimally benefit from this natural endowment, there is a need for an integrated National Maritime Policy. Increasing the awareness and knowledge among the decision-makers as well as the general public and capacity building through public-private partnerships are required. Development of effective national compliance mechanism and stimulating renewal of potential maritime sectors through regional and international collaboration can usher the country into an era of significant growth. The efficiency of Pakistani ports should be enhanced by improving the network of rail and road infrastructure. The role of National Co-ordination bodies should be augmented. Impediments are there but efforts can surmount them.
The moon as my witness
Authors: Allen Jess , Preece Bronwyn
Published: January 2016

full:new was a transnational score for a site-based Authentic Movement (AM) and ecopoetic writing practice, performed for the duration of a complete lunar phase: two women (one in Wales, the other in Canada) moving/writing authentically on their respective sites for 28 minutes every day, for 28 consecutive days. The process led to the creation of a collaborative, concrete poem: the length of each line waxing and waning daily with the moon. In an adaptation of the ‘classic’ form of AM, the moverwitness dyad was stretched into a virtual arc across the northern hemisphere, held within the witnessing circle of the moon’s cycle: ‘witnessing’ thus took the form of a remote, reciprocal commitment to self, site and other, through a strict adherence to the score. In these artist pages, we offer a reflective poetic-photographic documentation of this practice, with an accompanying written commentary on the role of AM within this process: how can the authentically moving body, transnationally witnessed, become a resonant organ both for sensing ecological relations and writing them into being?
Choice, surrender and transitions in Authentic Movement: Reflections on personal and teaching practice
Authors: Hartley Linda
Published: January 2016

I was first introduced to Authentic Movement in 1980, and since that time it has been central to my personal practice. I have integrated it into my training programme in Integrative Bodywork & Movement Therapy1 since its inception in 1990, and began to teach the Discipline of Authentic Movement in 2000, inspired by my studies with Janet Adler. Authentic Movement has also profoundly informed my practice as a somatic movement therapist and transpersonal psychotherapist over a period of 30 years.
Holy dreaming – poetry and movement
Authors: Mahon Siobhan Mac
Published: January 2016

This artist’s document incorporates my poetry and the relationship between it and my ongoing practice in Authentic Movement. Both these practices are an embodied expression of a journey towards the truth of my own body; this ‘truth’ wraps herself within the words of a poem or expresses herself through the body. I explore the sacred nature of a collective participation in the unfolding of a new, healing story for the Earth.
Journey of the inner witness: A path of development
Authors: Sager Paula
Published: January 2016

This article discusses how a conscious interpersonal and intrapersonal relationship to movement impulse, as an expression of creative self-emergence, serves transformative growth. It offers an overview of Janet Adler’s developmental perspective on and teaching of the Discipline of Authentic Movement. The author’s research, looking at the development of the inner witness in practitioners of Authentic Movement over a 30-year span of time, affirms and offers new insights into Adler’s model of a threephase development of human consciousness. The article also demonstrates how the research process itself integrates contemplative inquiry into an academic study, and notes the parallels between the practice of witness consciousness and the practice of phenomenological research.
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF AORTAL BIFURCATION
Authors: Kronek Jakub , Žitný Rudolf
Published: January 2016

Arterial bifurcations loaded by internal pressure represent significant stress concentrators. Increased mechanical stress inside arterial wall probably accelerates pathogenic processes at these places. Stress concentration factor (SCF) depends mainly on geometry, loading and material. This work presents a map of SCFs calculated by FEM at aortic bifurcation (AB) loaded by static internal pressure. Influence of geometry (aortic diameter, wall thickness, bifurcation angle, "non-planarity" angle and radius of apex), material properties and internal pressure were evaluated statistically by regression of FEM results. Two variants of materials were used (linear Hook and hyper elastic Ogden). Viscoelastic behaviour, anisotropy and prestrain were neglected. Results indicate that the highest Mises stress appears in the inner side of AB apex and that the SCF is negatively correlated with bifurcation angle and with internal pressure. The SCF varies from 4,5 to 7,5 (Hook) and from 7 to 21 (Ogden).
Estudo cinético e de equilíbrio da biossorção de Cr(VI) de solução aquosas usando mesocarpo de maracujá-amarelo como biossorvente
Authors: Costa Yasmin De Jesus , Souza Tiago Ferreira , Reis Erivaldo Nascimento , Santos Edilson Jesus
Published: January 2016

Este estudo objetivou avaliar a potencialidade do mesocarpo de maracujá (Passiflora edulis) como biossorvente no tratamento de soluções aquosas com Cr(VI). A influência do pH, tempo de contato e a concentração inicial de cromo na remoção de Cr(VI) das soluções foram investigados. O biomaterial (pó de mesocarpo de maracujá) foi obtido através de tratamento térmico a 400 °C. A determinação de Cr(VI) foi feita por espectrofotometria UV-visível através da complexação com 1,5-difenilcarbazida, medindo a absorbância no comprimento de onda de 540 nm. O tempo de contato necessário para atingir o equilíbrio e o pH ótimo foram 3 horas e 2.0, respectivamente. A cinética de biossorção dos íons de Cr(VI) foi descrita através do modelo de pseudossegunda ordem. Os dados de equilíbrio químico foram analisados usando os modelos de Langmuir e Freundlich e os parâmetros foram determinados através de programação matemática não-linear. O processo de sorção foi melhor representado pelo modelo de Freundlich. Os resultados mostraram que o biossorvente removeu em média 74% de Cr(VI) em 180 minutos, possuindo capacidade máxima de biossorção de 13,0 mg g-1.
Particle Image Velocimetry and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Applied to Aerodynamic Sound Source Region Visualization in Organ Flue Pipe
Authors: Mickiewicz Witold
Published: January 2016

The paper presents experimental results of the visualization of the nonlinear aeroacoustic sound generation phenomena occurring in organ flue pipe. The phase-locked particle image velocimetry technique is applied to visualize the mixed velocity field in the transparent organ flue pipe model made from Plexiglas. Presented measurements were done using synchronization to the tone generated by the pipe itself sup- plied by controlled air flow with seeding particles. The time series of raw velocity field distribution images show nonlinear sound generation mechanisms: the large amplitude of deflection of the mean flue jet and vortex shedding in the region of pipe mouth. Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) was then applied to the experimental data to separately visualize the mean mass flow, pulsating jet mass flow with vortices and also sound waves near the generation region as well as inside and outside of the pipe. The resulting POD spatial and temporal modes were used to approximate the acoustic velocity field behaviour at the pipe fundamental frequency. The temporal modes shapes are in a good agreement with the microphone pressure signal shape registered from a distance. Obtained decomposed spatial modes give interesting insight into sound generating region of the organ pipe and the transition area towards the pure acoustic field inside the resonance pipe. They can give qualitative and quantitative data to verify existing sound generation models used in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Aero-Acoustics (CAA).
“Journeys are Meaningful” (Travelling, Travellers, Literary Periods, Literary Journeys)
Authors: Fried István
Published: January 2016

If the changes of the “discourse networks” (Aufschreibesysteme) from 1800 to 1900 model the relations pertaining to the personality, to the cultural determinedness of technology and personality as well as to their interconnections (Kittler 1995), especially having in view the literary mise en scène, it applies all the more to travelling - setting out on a journey, heading towards a destination, pilgrimage and/or wandering as well as the relationship between transport technology and personality. The changes taking place in “transport” are partly of technological, partly (in close connection with the former) indicative of individual and collective claims. The diplomatic, religious, commercial and educational journeys essentially belong to the continuous processes of European centuries; however, the appearance of the railway starts a new era at least to the same extent as the car and the airplane in the twentieth century. The journeys becoming systematic and perhaps most tightly connected to pilgrimages from the Middle Ages on assured the “transfer” of ideas, attitudes and cultural materials in the widest sense; the journeys and personal encounters (of course, taking place, in part, through correspondence) of the more cultured layers mainly, are to be highly appreciated from the viewpoint of the history of mentalities and society.
Piso the Rambler: Travelling and Tracking in Cicero’s Rhetoric Discourse
Authors: Pap Levente
Published: January 2016

Travelling was not less popular in ancient times than nowadays. People would set out for distant lands with various purposes: to trade, to do business, to gain information, to further develop science, to fight a battle, to visit sacred sites, and last but not least, they travelled with political-administrative purposes. Those who returned from these voyages often shared their exotic experiences; sometimes they even put them down on paper (like Herodotus, Pausanias, Caesar, etc.]. When somebody’s journey or delegation had not been very successful, they could still cosmeticize the story when telling it in the City, in case there had not been any witnesses to tell otherwise. On the other hand, such cases could easily be exploited by the prosecutor in critical situations such as a trial: Cicero used this exact method in his attack against Piso.
A Melancholy Journey through Landscapes of Transience
Authors: Pieldner Judit
Published: January 2016

Saturn is the planet of melancholy, about which Walter Benjamin writes: “I came into the world under the sign of Saturn - the star of the slowest revolution, the planet of detours and delays.” W. G. Sebald’s prose poetics seems to be driven by this motion, which is more than a simple state of being: it is a way of perceiving the world as well as a way of writing, perpetual transition, walk, halt, deviation from the road, getting lost and finding the way back. The paper reflects on W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn (Die Ringe des Saturn: Eine englische Wallfahrt, 1995], a unique literary achievement deeply embedded into the history of literature, culture and the arts, which can be best construed from the direction of “the order of melancholy.” On the pages of the book the reader can traverse, together with the Sebald-narrator, a route in East Anglia, with digressions in various directions of (culture) history. The journey in the concrete physical space turns into an inner journey, into a spiritual pilgrimage; the traversed locations become documents of destruction and transience. From the perspective of the order of melancholy places are determined by their relations, temporality and role in history rather than by their concrete geographic coordinates. The infinitely rich construction of the narrative creates a continuous passage between the local and the universal, the concrete locations of the journey and the scenes of world history, between the time of the journey and the (colonial] past, between East and West. The traversed historical, cultural and medial spaces displace the perception of human existence and result in the incommensurable aesthetic experience of the Sebaldian prose.
Change of Place, Space Perception and Topographic Discourse
Authors: Toldi Éva
Published: January 2016

The paper examines the view and representation of space in Terézia Mora’s prose, primarily based on her novel entitled The Only Man on the Continent (Der einzige Mann auf dem Kontinent). In the universe of the novel the perception of space basically determines the individual’s space of action and highly influences his self-image as well as his attitude toward alterity. The city not only functions as space, but also forms a multicultural medium which becomes itself the subject of reflection and metanarration. In the novel the anthropological places and non-places, in Augé’s sense, change their function and thus the borders of referential, mental and virtual worlds are blurred, the notion of space itself is revaluated. The protagonist is the Ulysses of our days; his journeys and adventures mainly take place in his imagination. In the virtual world he loses his sense of reality, which can also be perceived in the narrative procedures of the text: the novel is in fact the protagonist’s quest for identity, his endless monologue, which is interrupted by the omniscient narrator’s comments from time to time. In the meantime the evident intertextual context also gets shape: the text maintains an ironical intertextual connection with James Joyce’s Ulysses.
The Blending of Cultural Patterns in Texts of Teenagers
Authors: Pletl Rita
Published: January 2016

My paper examines how the cultural attitude of teenagers develops in the dual force field of the public pedagogy mediated through the school and that of environmental culture. More precisely. I would like to track the changes and alterations of cultural attitude in a force field defined by several cultural patterns determined by different codes.
Phonetic Adaptation of Hungarian Loanwords in Romanian
Authors: Both Csaba Attila
Published: January 2016

In current linguistics, as well as in the fields of contact linguistics and sociolinguistics, the assessment of contact between the different languages used by speakers living in the same geographical/political area receives a pronounced role. These languages inevitably come into contact. The research on language contact between Hungarian and Romanian has a past marked by scholarly works that focus especially on the lexical- semantic level. Because contact between linguistic phenomena occurs at every level of language, it is necessary to focus on the smallest linguistic elements as well. In our work, we analyse a corpus of words borrowed from Hungarian by the Romanian language, focusing on stop sounds. In our paper, we establish the main phonetic transfer modalities, discussing the subject in an international framework.
Modelling of chemical migration under the overlapping impact of multiple and diverse pollution sources in the area of the “Zachem” Chemical Plant (Bydgoszcz, northern Poland)
Authors: Pietrucin Dorota , Czop Mariusz
Published: January 2016

Modelling studies of chemical migration in the area of the “Zachem” Chemical Plant in Bydgoszcz started from the analyses of the production profile. These studies were conducted to investigate the potential contamination. Organic compounds still represent a substantial concentration in the soil and water environment, including total organic carbon (TOC) reaching values above 1600 mg/L, aniline, nitrobenzene and phenol (up to 500-800 mg/l), organochloride and organometallic compounds, as well as hydrocarbons, such as benzene, toluene and PAHs. Groundwater contains most of the major ions (chlorides, sulphates and bicarbonates, sodium and calcium) and trace elements (Al, Co, Cr and Ni).

A reliable conceptual model of the geological structure was constructed for 3 continuous layers with variable bottom morphology. This model represents the complex structure containing permeable and impermeable Quaternary and Neogene deposits. A hydrogeological numerical model was created for the area of the “Zachem” Chemical Plant using the Visual MODFLOW program. Low values of two key statistical measures confirm a good model fit to the measured data: root mean square (RMS) amounts to only about 1.5 m and normalized RMS reaches only about 4.4%. The differences between measured and calculated values are normally distributed. A Modpath module was used to analyse the potential extent of contaminant plume. Accurate hydrogeological 3D sampling was conducted using a “low flow” technique.

The results of full and reliable modelling of the chemical migration under the overlapping impact of multiple and diverse pollution sources in the area of the “Zachem” Chemical Plant are essential for further planning of remedial strategies.
Non-invasive diagnostic methods for investigating the quality of Žilina airport’s runway
Authors: Slabej Martin , Grinč Michal , Kováč Matúš , Decký Martin , Šedivý Štefan
Published: January 2016

The Žilina airport was after almost 50 years of use measured by non-invasive methods including GPR and Profilograph GE in order to investigate the quality of the runway pavement at the chosen spots. Since it was just a pilot action, a sample of survey was carried out. The testing spots were placed where the geologic drill core J02 have been drilled out. The measurements performed by Profilograph GE were used to verify the quality of the pavement surface in term longitudinal unevenness by means of index IRI and C. The GPR survey was performed in 3D geometry, hence in the x- and y-direction. A horn type antenna with central frequency of 2 GHz was used on the test field in order to verify the thicknesses of pavement construction layers. Here, the result of a 3D survey is presented. The investigation confirms two sub-horizontal construction layers of the runway pavement. In some areas the GPR interpretation was not possible due to the signal attenuation. This significant signal attenuation is found mainly in the areas where the linear cracks are situated.
Very large hail occurrence in Poland from 2007 to 2015
Authors: Pilorz Wojciech
Published: January 2016

Very large hail is known as a presence of a hailstone greater or equal to 5 cm in diameter. This phenomenon is rare but its significant consequences, not only to agriculture but also to automobiles, households and people outdoor makes it essential thing to examine. Hail appearance is strictly connected with storms frequency and its kind. The most hail-endangered kind of storm is supercell storm. Geographical distribution of hailstorms was compared with geographical distribution of storms in Poland. Similarities were found. The area of the largest number of storms is southeastern Poland. Analyzed European Severe Weather Database (ESWD) data showed that most of very large hail reports occurred in this part of Poland. The probable reason for this situation is the longest period of lasting tropical airmasses in southeastern Poland. Spatial distribution analysis shows also more hail incidents over Upper Silesia, Lesser Poland, Subcarpathia and Świętokrzyskie regions. The information source about hail occurrence was ESWD - open database, where everyone can add report and find reports which meet given search criteria. 69 hailstorms in the period of 2007 - 2015 were examined. They caused 121 very large hail reports. It was found that there is large disproportion in number of hailstorms and hail reports between individual years. Very large hail season in Poland begins in May and ends in September with cumulation in July. Most of hail occurs between 12:00 and 17:00 UTC, but there were some cases of very large (one extremely large) hail at night and early morning hours. However very large hail is a spectacular phenomenon, its local character determines potentially high information loss rate and it is the most significant problem in hail research.